Mastery and Mythology The University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra Carolyn Watson, Director of Orchestral Activities Leandro Cardoso, Graduate Teaching Assistant Joseph Chan, Assistant Conductor La Péri Fanfare Paul Dukas (1865-1935) Left, Right? Ethan Martin (b. 1997) Winner of the 2020 Lawner Composition Prize Blumine Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Entr’acte Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) Intermission Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Taeri Lee, piano soloist Winner, 2019-20 School of Music Concerto Competition Friday, February 26, 2021 7:30 p.m., Streaming from the Lied Center of Kansas THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Violin Yi-Miao Huang, Concertmaster Ilvina Gabrielian Diego Zapata Abby Atwood Tristan McGehee Dmitrii Tulupov Xiaohui Yan Daniel Hanneman Mariana Heatwole Anna Marburger Viola Ricardo Cavalcante Joseph Chan Nicolás Arguello Calista Brunett Emily Lavely Jonathan Hess Grace Hart Ali Pittman Nicholas Dang Cello James Alexander Josiah Cordes Arabella Schwerin Diana Unruh Vincent Hsiung Abbey King Hunter Turner Regan Reed Gabriela Ruiz Matthew Wellman Ben Farney Bass Minjoo Hwangbo Caitlin Crosby William Kleemann Colin Oberg Flute Chloe Descher Brenna Wiinanen Mackenzie Dugger Oboe Wesley Boehm Maya Griswold Clarinet Kaitlyn Gerde Katherine Anderson Bassoon Megan Gordon William Holke Horn Sam Spicer Caleb Kraemer Carter Harrod Aubrey Fossett Trumpet Tyler McTavish Oscar Haro Tyler Parkridge Rafniel Rios Trombone Sam Rosenbaum Brady Gell Bass Trombone David Paff Tuba Bryan Johnson Harp Erin Wood Timpani Ethan Martin Nate Bachta Percussion Thomas Parnell Tom Fabing Nicholas Wright Biographies & Program Notes Carolyn Watson, Conductor Australian conductor Carolyn Watson has been based in the United States since 2013 during which time she has led performances with the Austin Symphony, Catskill Symphony, Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, LaPorte County Symphony, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Recruited internationally as Music Director of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, she won the 2015 American Prize for Orchestral Performance with this ensemble, also collaborating with soloists including Mark O’Connor and Alexandre Tharaud during her tenure. Carolyn continues to enjoy an ongoing association with Interlochen as conducting faculty at Interlochen Arts Camp and for Interlochen Online. An experienced conductor of opera, 2021 sees Carolyn lead Hansel and Gretel for Amarillo Opera and Fellow Travelers at Des Moines Metro Opera, along with a production of As One. Most recently she conducted ‘And Still we Dream’ for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, her third engagement for the Lyric in as many years. This production was featured in the Emmy-Award winning PBS documentary, Higher Octaves: Leading Women in the Arts. She was engaged to conduct the world premiere of Gordon Getty’s opera at Festival Napa Valley, and in 2017 Carolyn was one of six conductors selected for the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, where she led the Dallas Opera Orchestra in two public performances. A committed music educator, Carolyn currently serves as Director of Orchestral Studies at The University of Kansas whilst continuing to enjoy an active freelance career throughout the US, Europe and Australia. She has conducted orchestras internationally including the Brandenburg Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra, Budapest Operetta Theatre, Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kodály Philharmonic, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and in Russia, the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic. Other notable European credits include Musical Assistant at the Staatsoper Berlin for Infektion!, a festival of modern theatre celebrating the works of John Cage, resident at the Israeli National Opera, and assistant to Sir Charles Mackerras on his final two productions at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne. She has participated in master classes with Marin Alsop, Peter Eötvös, Yoel Levi, Martyn Brabbins and Alex Polishchuk and conducted musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic in Interaktion. A major prizewinner at the 2012 Emmerich Kálmán International Operetta Conducting Competition in Budapest, Carolyn Watson was a Fellow of the American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival where she studied with David Zinman. Carolyn is the recipient of a number of prestigious national and international awards for young conductors including the Brian Stacey Award for emerging Australian conductors, Sir Charles Mackerras Conducting Prize awarded via the Australian Music Foundation in London, Opera Foundation Australia’s Bayreuth Opera Award and Berlin New Music Opera Award and the Nelly Apt Conducting Scholarship. She is the beneficiary of support from the American Australian Association's Dame Joan Sutherland Fund and a Sheila Pryor Study Grant from the Australian Opera Auditions Committee. She is also a Churchill Fellow, and was the recipient of a Creative Fellowship from the State Library of Victoria. Carolyn holds a PhD in Performance (Conducting) from the University of Sydney where she studied under Imre Palló. The subject of her doctoral thesis was Gesture as Communication: The Art of Carlos Kleiber. www.carolyn-watson.com Leandro Cardoso Leandro Cardoso is a Brazilian conductor currently pursuing his master's degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Kansas under Dr. Carolyn Watson's tutelage. He is the Co-Director of the University Orchestra in Lawrence and serves as the assistant conductor at the University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra. In the United States, he has also served as a cover conductor at Greater Kansas City's Philharmonia. He is the Athos Chamber Orchestra's founder and principal conductor, a group dedicated to premiering contemporary works by Brazilian composers. The group held its first concert in April 2018 - Containers: Multidimensional Paths, with an acclaimed reception at the Palace of Arts in Belo Horizonte. Leandro also develops a solid work as an arranger, writing for everything from chamber groups to the symphony orchestra. Leandro previously studied with renowned Brazilian conductor Marcos Arakaki and with professors Lincoln Andrade, Arnon Oliveira, and Iara Fricke Matte in the Orchestral Conducting Course at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He always sought to improve. He took courses and masterclasses in orchestral direction with internationally acclaimed conductors, such as Cristian Măcelaru, Miguel Harth- Bedoya, Sarah Ioannides, and Keneth Kiesler. He began his musical life at the age of 10, with Maestro Edgard Andrade, at Colégio Militar de Belo Horizonte, where he later became the Music Band's assistant conductor. At the age of 14, he joined the Music Education course at the State University of Minas Gerais. At the age of 17, he started a bachelor's degree in trumpet at UFMG. He graduated and acted as the UFMG symphony orchestra's principal trumpet for two years, playing under renowned conductors, such as Silvio Viegas, Dwight Satterwhite, and Dario Sotelo. In 2008, he joined the Symphonic Orchestra of the Military Police of Minas Gerais, acting as a trumpeter and assistant conductor. He also performed as a guest trumpeter in the Minas Gerais Symphonic Orchestras and the Ouro Preto Orchestra. JosepH CHan Joseph Shing Him Chan is an emerging Australian conductor currently based in Lawrence, Kansas, where he is completing a Master of Music (MMus) under the tutelage of Dr Carolyn Watson. Balancing his strong instinct for musical interpretation with a co-operative approach, Joseph is equally comfortable engaging both professional and developing ensembles. During his undergraduate studies in Australia, Joseph was one of only eleven young conductors selected to participate in the prestigious Australian Conducting Academy Summer School held in Tasmania. There, he worked with the principal guest conductor of The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch, and conducted the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in a showcase concert, performing Mozart’s Symphony no.39. Additionally, Joseph has also worked with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra, participated in the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Orchestral Conducting School, the Symphony Services International Scholar Conductor Course, working with local and international conductors Dane Lam, Larry Rachleff, and Christopher Seaman, respectively. Now beginning his career in the United States, Joseph has been actively involved in the orchestral programs of The University of Kansas, regularly directing the Kansas University Symphony Orchestra as well as co- founding a new ensemble, the Kansas University Orchestra. In addition to his conducting schedule, Joseph is also a proficient violist, with mentors including Professor Patricia Pollett and Boris Vayner. As a violist, he has performed symphonic and operatic works under the batons of Alondra de la Parra, Matthew Coorey, Daniel Carter and Guy Noble, and has performed in a solo masterclass with violist Antoine Tamestit. Through his work as a conductor, Joseph strives to bring both innovation and vision to a diverse range of ensembles. Taeri Lee, piano soloist Pianist Taeri Lee is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in piano performance at the University of Kansas where he studies with Dr. Eric Zuber. He received a Masters at the University of Kansas, a Bachelor’s at Chung-Ang University, and graduated from Kay-Won Art High School in South Korea. He has won top prizes