Concert Program Classical Music in the Mountains June 6 - 8, 2014 Floyd, VA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Jay Durner President Barbara von Claparede Vice President David Wiley Sr Secretary Classical Music in the Mountains Jodie Norton Treasurer Directors Jennifer Brooke June 6 - 8, 2014 Sara Dalton Ed Fallon Sam Kephart Floyd, Virginia Lorrie Mann Natasha Shishkevish Sandra Smith Vickie Sowers Serving New River Valley and neighboring communities, Clemens von Claparede Roanoke Valley, and communities along the Blue Ridge Randall Wells Mary Wiley Ex officio David Stewart Wiley Artistic Director and Conductor David Stewart Wiley Artistic Director Meg Carter Executive Director Meg Carter Executive Director Advisory Group Jay Durner Board President Kamala Bauers Donia Eley Linda Fallon Past Board President Jack Wall Website: VirginiasBlueRidgeMusicFestival.org VBRMF, PO Box 757, Floyd, VA 24091 540.597.6314 • [email protected] • VirginiasBlueRidgeMusicFestival.org Floyd Community Center for the Arts, Inc. dba The Jacksonville Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and serves as the nonprofit sponsor for Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival. 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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival expresses “Thanks” to Floyd Pharmacy “Here for you” 709 E Main St (221N), Floyd, VA 540-745-2177 – Save on prescriptions – – Kodak film processing on premises – – Cards – Gifts – Toys – OPEN Monday - Friday 9 am – 7 pm James W Shortt & Assoc., PC Saturday 9 am – 2 pm Attorney at Law Closed Sunday A "general practice" firm handling a variety of legal matters 108 S Locust St, Floyd, VA 540-745-3131 www.floyd-law.com Help Make Your Classical Music Festival Successful and Sustainable for Years To Come! • Invite your friends and colleagues to our remaining Concerts. • Make a Tax-deductible Donation to VBRMF • Patronize and Thank Our Generous Business Sponsors • Enjoy Floyd! • Mark Your Calendar – to come back next year: May 27 – June 7, 2015 for “Ode to Joy in the Mountains” The 12 day Festival will include major symphonic works, chamber music, and many delightful informal events throughout the community – presented by a full symphony of professional musicians and pre-professional Fellows, led by Maestro Wiley. Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, two Concerto Nights with Academy Fellows, plus much more. – Once again the Festival will feature an Academy of highly talented and aspiring pre-professional instrumentalists who study and perform with highly skilled professional musicians – leading to a wide array of exciting musical offerings for the public in a variety of Floyd area venues. – The Festival seeks to broaden our region’s musical richness and make classical music and a blend of regional styles affordable and available in our community – in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Follow our website as exciting details unfold! Concert Information & Etiquette for Everyone’s Enjoyment Kindly turn off Cell Phones and Alarms. Latecomers will be seated between musical selections at the discretion of the ushers. Audio and Video recording are not allowed without prior permission. Still pictures are permitted discreetly during applause, no flash ever. Children age 6 and older accompanied by an adult are welcome at all performances. Children of all ages are welcome at rehearsals and family concerts. We are happy you are here with us – enjoy the performance and please introduce yourselves to those around you before and after the event. Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival Saturday, June 7 10:30 – 11:30 am EcoVillage-Celebration Hall Family Concert The Classical Connection: From Baroque to Billy Joel Julee Hickcox, flute John Smith, bass Al Wojtera, percussion David Stewart Wiley, piano and host We explore the roots of recorded popular hits – from Baroque, Classical, and Ragtime to Billy Joel and other hit-makers – likely including: Mozart/Arr. Wiley Funky Figaro Scott Joplin Three Short Rags: Weeping Willow, Cascades, Strenuous Life Wiley 5-Legged Rag (2014) [premiere] Jethro Tull Bouree [from J.S. Bach Bouree] Billy Joel Classical Invention (2001) Peter De Rose The Lamp is Low (1939) [from Ravel’s Pavane] Apollo 100 Joy (1972) [from Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring] Forrest/Wright Stranger in Paradise (1953) [from Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances] Procol Harem A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967) [from Bach’s Air on a G String] Bolling Baroque & Blue & Irlandaise [from Bach & Handel] Raymond Scott In an 18th Century Drawing Room (1930) [from Haydn’s Piano Concerto in C] The Program will last an hour. Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival Saturday, June 7 6:30 pm EcoVillage-Celebration Hall & Lake Pavilion “Gala Concert” Virtuosi Chamber Strings, David Stewart Wiley, Conductor Akemi Takayama, Violin Jeff Midkiff, Composer and Mandolin Blacksburg Community Band, Jay Durner, Music Director Part 1: Celebration Hall -- Virtuosi Chamber Strings Karl Jenkins Palladio (The DeBeers “Diamond” music) Antonio Vivaldi “Spring” Concerto from The Four Seasons Akemi Takayama and Ensemble Jeff Midkiff Sneak Preview excerpt from Double Concerto for Mandolin & Violin Akemi Takayama, Jeff Midkiff, and Ensemble Jeff Midkiff Run For Your Life [2014, Premiere] Akemi Takayama, Jeff Midkiff, and Ensemble Astor Piazzolla Primavera Portena (“Spring”) from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Akemi Takayama and Ensemble Akemi Takayama, violin Bernard DiGregorio, viola Jeff Midkiff, composer/mandolin Kelley Mikkelsen, cello Elise Blake, violin John Smith, bass Geronimo Oyenard, violin Tracy Cowden, piano Intermission Part II: Outside at Adjacent Lake Pavilion – Blacksburg Community Band “Sunset Serenade” Jay Durner, Conductor Selections to be announced from the podium Reception, Meet the Artists Following The Program will last about an hour and forty five minutes. Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival Sunday, June 8 3 pm Floyd EcoVillage-Celebration Hall “Art and Music in the Mountains” Festival Virtuosi, David Stewart Wiley, Conductor Akemi Takayama, Concertmaster Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Beethoven Allegro from Octet Martinu The Kitchen Review: A Musical Play with Ragtime, Tango, and The Kitchen Sink Prologue, Introduction, Dances of the Utensils, Tango, Charleston, Finale (Ragtime) Intermission Dvorak Serenade for Winds and Strings in D Major, Op. 44 1. Moderately, March-like 2. Minuet & Trio 3. Pastorale – In Nature’s Realm 4. Finale: Allegro Molto, March Reprise, Coda (Presto) The Program will last about an hour and thirty minutes. Art by area students, inspired by the music, will be on display at all the concerts. Akemi Takayama, violin Kelley Mikkelsen, cello John Smith, bass Bill Parrish, oboe Julee Hickcox, flute Carmen Eby, clarinet Jeff Midkiff, clarinet Ryan Romine, bassoon Carol Bernstorf, bassoon Wally Easter, horn Kristen Fowler, Horn Fellow Wallace Easter III, Horn Fellow Tracy Cowden, piano Neville, Michael McDonald, Art Garfunkel, the Pointer Sisters, Ben Background of Principal Vereen, Kool & the Gang, Cirque, Jeans n’ Classics, Boz Skaggs, Billy Ocean, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, The Moscow Ballet, and Sounds Musicians of Blackness. Wiley website: www.davidstewartwiley.com David Stewart Wiley, Artistic Director & Conductor of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival, serves concurrently as Akemi Takayama, Concertmaster, appears Music Director & Conductor of New York’s Long Island internationally as a soloist and chamber music collaborator and Philharmonic and Virginia’s Roanoke Symphony Orchestra has recently collaborated with famed Irish pianist, John O'Conor. (RSO.com). Active as a guest conductor, pianist, arranger and film She is an associate professor at the Shenandoah University composer, Wiley has guest conducted acclaimed symphonies Conservatory of Music and concertmaster of both the Roanoke including Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Symphony Orchestra and The Williamsburg Symphonia in Virginia. Indianapolis, Minnesota, Saint Louis, Atlanta, Oregon, Honolulu, In the fall of 2012 Takayama also served as a faculty member at and Utah, among many others in 35 U.S. states. Wiley’s music the Oberlin Conservatory. Acclaimed by Isaac Stern as “a true career has taken him to dozens of countries in Europe, Asia, and musician,” she was invited to the Marlboro Music Festival and has Africa. He has previously served as Assistant Conductor of the served on the faculties of the Chautauqua Institute in New York, Minnesota Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. the Idyllwild School for the Arts in California, the Brevard Music Among his diverse activities, he created and leads an acclaimed Center in North Carolina, Shenandoah Performs in Virginia and at event with business executives and musicians together on stage Virginia Tech. Takayama also enjoys her recent associations with titled “Conducting Change” which helps executives to model New Orchestra of Washington and Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music leadership skills in a fun and engaging atmosphere. Festival. She has served as an adjudicator for Virginia ASTA Solo Competition, The Virginia Music Teachers’ Association and David’s U.S. Summer Music Festival conducting appearances National Music Teachers' Association and currently serves as a include Aspen, Brevard, The Music Academy of the West, member of the Collegiate Advisory of Virginia String Teacher's Tanglewood, Park City, Minnesota Orchestra Summerfest, Association. She was also a violinist in the recently retired Indianapolis Symphony on the Prairie,