2 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WHAT’S INSIDE LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE RCO | II BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF | III PROGRAM | V GUEST ARTIST DONATO CABRERA BIOGRAPHY | VI GUEST ARTIST ELIZABETH PHILLIPS BIOGRAPHY | VII ORCHESTRA MEMBERS | XI PROGRAM NOTES | XII THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS | XX ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of Onstage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2018. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE RCO - In November, we are excited to present a conductor-less program for the first time. Concertmaster Ruth Lenz leads Vivaldi’s four Seasons in an intimate style which reflects early chamber ensembles of that era. - Martin Chalifour, perennially popular concertmaster of the L.A. Philharmonic, will act as Artistic Director for the 15th annual Nevada Chamber Music Festival in December. He brings together a collection of some of the finest performers from around the world for an inspiring week of concerts around our area. In August, we said goodbye to Chris Morrison, who departed from the Executive Director position after years of service to the RCO in a variety of roles. On behalf of our board, staff ear RCO Friends, and musicians, I would like to thank him for his D two decades of passion and commitment to the orchestra. Welcome to the second concert of the 2018-19 Season. We are pleased to welcome a familiar face Last month we announced our new administrative back to Reno: Donato Cabrera. He has grown leader, Thom Mayes, who joins us from the Seattle into a distinguished conductor after beginning area where he serves as CEO for the Northwest his musical career on our stage, and currently Sinfonietta. His education and experience as serves as Music Director of the California both a classical musician and arts administrator Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic. Our make him ideal to lead the organization through 2017 College Concerto Competition winner, the transition and artistic searches ahead. I hope Elizabeth Phillips, is also featured on this you take a moment to meet him in the lobby and weekend’s program. The result is a program which welcome him to the RCO family. spotlights the variety of talent coming from right here in Northern Nevada. Enjoy this wonderful concert and the rest of our season of music ahead. This summer and fall have been busy for the RCO, and I would like to share some of the highlights from our board and musicians: Mark MacDonald - The RCO is welcoming four renowned President guest conductors for the current season, while our Music Director search committee identifies finalists for the position from over 185 applicants from around the world. These finalists will be joining us in the 2019/2020 season. We will announce our next musical leader for the orchestra at the end of that season. II RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Booth STAFF Mark MacDonald Holly Walton-Buchanan Thom Mayes, President Kay Dean Executive Director Cleta Dillard Jennifer Smith William Douglass Bryan Wildman, First Vice President Paul Lenz Marketing and Office Manager Gail McAllister John Tozzi Lloyd Rogers Kati Wentink, Operations Second Vice President Judith Simpson Manager and Librarian Tony Stoik Tasha Reisz Karen Stout-Gardner Dustin Budish, Treasurer Personnel Manager Fred Jakolat Korona Phelps, Accountant Secretary Alisen Olsen, Office Assistant Sara Fujii, Stage Manager Sophie Ralston, Digital Marketing Reno Chamber Orchestra This project is funded, in part, by a grant from 925 Riverside Drive, Suite 5 Reno, NV 89503 Phone (775) 348-9413 the Nevada Arts Council, Fax (775) 348-0643 a state agency, and www.RenoChamberOrchestra.org the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Member of the These concerts have been made possible, in part, by the support of The City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission. The mission of the Reno Chamber Orchestra is to create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the Chamber Orchestra and chamber ensembles. Superb Music. Shared Experience. Enriched Lives. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA III IV RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PROGRAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018, 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018, 2:00 P.M. MICHAEL TORKE (1961 - ) Ash NIGHTINGALE CONCERT HALL SCRIABIN (1872- 1915) Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20 Allegro Andante Allegro Moderato Elizabeth Phillips, piano INTERMISSION JEAN SIBELIUS (1864 – 1957) Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 Tempo Molto Moderato - Allegro Moderato Andante Mosso, Quasi Allegretto Allegro Molto - Misterioso DONATO CABRERA, Please disable all noise-making devices – cell phones, watches, etc. – during the guest conductor performance. Audio or video recording of RCO concerts is strictly prohibited. The mission of the Reno Chamber Orchestra is to create intimate, inspirational ELIZABETH PHILLIPS, musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by piano, and winner of the RCO’s the Chamber Orchestra and chamber ensembles. annual College Concerto Competition Superb Music. Shared Experience. Enriched Lives. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA V CONDUCTOR BIOGRAPHY programming music by women and people of color. With a recently extended contract through the 2022-23 season, Cabrera continues to advise and oversee the Symphony’s music education programs and community engagement activities. Cabrera has also greatly changed the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s concert experience by expanding the scope and breadth of its orchestral concerts. Cabrera has also reenergized the Youth Concert Series by creating an engaging and interactive curriculum-based concert experience. In recent seasons, Cabrera has made impressive debuts with the National Symphony’s KC Jukebox at the Kennedy Center, Louisville Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, New West Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, and the Reno Philharmonic. In 2016, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra DONATO CABRERA in performances with Grammy Award-winning singer Lila Downs. Cabrera made his Carnegie onato Cabrera is the Music Director of the Hall debut leading the world premiere of DCalifornia Symphony and the Las Vegas Mark Grey’s Ătash Sorushan with soprano, Philharmonic, and served as the Resident Jessica Rivera. Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Wattis Foundation Music Director of the Awards and fellowships include a Herbert San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra from von Karajan Conducting Fellowship at the 2009-2016. Salzburg Festival and conducting the Nashville Symphony in the League of American Orchestra’s Since Cabrera’s appointment as Music Director prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor of the California Symphony in 2013, the Preview. Donato Cabrera was recognized by the organization has reached new artistic heights Consulate-General of Mexico in San Francisco as by implementing innovative programming that a Luminary of the Friends of Mexico Honorary emphasizes welcoming newcomers and loyalists Committee, for his contributions to promoting alike, building on its reputation for championing and developing the presence of the Mexican music by living composers, and committing to community in the Bay Area. VI RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHY after her family moved to Nevada, Elizabeth began studying with Dr. James Winn and practicing with discipline. By the end of one year she was accepted into Oberlin as a National Merit Scholar, but she ultimately signed a full-ride scholarship to the University of Nevada, Reno. At the age of 20, Elizabeth graduated as a summa cum laude Honors student in both Piano Performance and Neuroscience. In her undergraduate career, she reached the semifinals of the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival, won the Reno Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, performed in multiple masterclasses, published several interdisciplinary research articles (including a 90-page senior thesis), presented at the Western Regional Honors Conference, and co-contributed to electroacoustic symposiums in Toronto and ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Germany. She is currently taking a year off of school to organize benefit recitals for charities, n life, Elizabeth is charismatic, yet as a pianist, though she plans to attend UC Berkeley as Ishe prefers obscure pieces that require curiosity, a Biophysics graduate student next fall. She sensitivity, and a pastel touch. She began playing hopes to continue performing, volunteering, piano at age four, but could not receive serious and engaging in interdisciplinary scholarship training in her rural Coloradan hometown. Her about music. Her favorite hobbies include fitness debut performance in a “big city” was at the age and outdoor recreation, creative writing and of 14 in Farmington, New Mexico, as one of the composing, and turning pages for other pianists. winners of a Young Artist Competition. Shortly RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA VII RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IX ORCHESTRA MEMBERS OCTOBER 13 AND 14, 2018 Phillip Ruder, Concertmaster Emeritus Andrea Lenz, Oboist Emerita Marilyn Sevilla, Violinist Emerita VIOLINS CELLOS BASSOONS Franklyn D’Antonio Peter Lenz* (Principal) Eric Fassbender (Principal) (Concertmaster) The Cecilia Lee Chair Jimmie’s Chair