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Please see your tax adviser for de• tails. Gamer Symphony Orchestra How did you hear about the Gamer Symphony Orchestra? Spring 2015 Concert Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 What arrangements would you like to hear from GSO? Do you have other comments about our perfor• mance? Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kevin Mok, Conductor Please legibly write down your e-mail address if you would like to receive messages about future GSO Bryan Doyle, Conductor concerts and events. (About three e-mails per semester) Elizabeth Green, Assistant Conductor Daniel Hopkins, Choral Director Are you a UMCP student interested in joining the GSO? If so, please write your name and e-mail ad• dress below and we'll be sure to get in touch! GSO Officers Chorus Roster Soprano About the GSO Rebecca Brown"" Sarah Buchanan In the fall of 2005, student violist Miehelle Eng sought to create an orchestral group that played President: Zog DiGiorgio Tori Buckshaw Vice-President: Jasmine Marcelo video game inusic. With a half-dozen others from the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra, Zoe DiGiorgio'* Treasurer: Adam Marinelli she founded the GSO to achieve that dream. By the time of the ensemble's first public performance in Nicole Grap* Secretary: fori Buckshaw the spring of 2006, its size had quadrupled. Jasmine Marcelo'* Conductors: Kevin Mok Nikki Schoenbrun* Today, the GSO provides a musical and social outlet to 120 members. It is the world's first col• Bryan Doyle Shelby Smith legiate ensemble to draw its repertoire exclusively from the soundtracks of video games. The ensemble Choral Director: Daniel Hopkins is entirely student run, including the conducting and arranging of the pieces performed. Music Director: Dakota Sparks Alto Orchestra Manager: Tatiana Bravo In February of 2012 the GSO collaborated with Video Games Live!, for their performances at Nicole Butterworth Social Director: Kellie Tappan The Strathmore in Bethesda, Md. The National Philhannonic perfonned the GSO's arrangement of Sarah Caudil Wel)master: .lulia Eng "Korobeiniki" as featured in this evening's concert. In May of 2012 the GSO was invited to perform as Suzie DeMeritte Fundraising Director: Jesse Halpern part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's "The Art of Video Games" exhibit. Jennifer Johnson Officcr-at-Large: Jon Seibert Aside from its concerts, the GSO also holds the "Deathmatch for Charity" video game tourna• Tess Krimchansky Matthew Chin ment every spring. All proceeds benefit Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. Hana Petersen Madison Potter Michelle Sloan Find the GSO online at UMD.GamerSymphony.org. GSO Founder: Michelle Eng Faculty Advisor: Dr. Derek Richardson Tenor Department of Astronomy Ben Cha GSO Logo: Matt Maiatieo, Katie Noble Jonathan Hansford Daniel Hopkins Michael Michalik* Dave Pilachottski Emeritus Members: Marshall Tyers Michelle Eng: Founder and President Greg Cox: Conductor Bass Peter Fontana: Conductor Simeon Anfinrud* Rob Gamer: President Scott DeHart Chris Apple: Music Director Chase Frederick* Kira Levitzky: Conductor Jesse Halpern Alexander Ryan: President Luke Johnston Adam Marinelli* Ben Phillip Jacob Siegel Elliott Weinberg Rober Zimmerman indicates featured performer Orchestra Roster Concert Program Alto Saxophone Piccolo Oboe Violin II Julia Eng Jessica Kerns Elizabeth Lavin Julia Belenky Infmite Color Mario Kart Series Zachary Frcy Griffin Moskowitz Bo Chen Composers: Various Artists Kellie Tappan Flute Austin Feng Arranger: Matthew Chin Alex Yu Tatiana Bravo Euphonium Alexandra Fincannon Marie Sterba Chris Hawkins Adrian Kahaner Featuring: Chris Hawkins, Kevin Mok, Drew Star, Marlin Ballard, Matthew Chin, Andrew Jones Tenor Saxophone Marissa Tonkay Ang Li Maria Koelbcl Since 1992, Mario Karters everywhere have feared the unbounded tracks of the iconic Rainbow Roads. Hop aboard the Hype Train as wc take you on a vivid journey, encapsulating all 8 Rainbow Road themes and some William Combs LeAnne Young Tia Vafeas Gladys Ruiz-Malca other colorful songs (while trying not to fall off the map of course.) Watch out for banana peels and shells of Mitchell Kennedy Paola Sola red, green, and the dreaded blue. Race you back down to the Earth!! Horn in F Piano David Wang Baritone Saxophone Nathan Caudill Eileen Liu Jessica Yau Scan Jones Kristian Koeser Kathleen Metz Chun Mun Loke Roger Singh Viola Bass Clarinet Brooke Groff Leanne Cetorelli Trumpet Percussion Alana Haniann Michael Mitchell Nicholas Amold- Matthew Chin Katie Hergenreder Medabalimi Daniel Ganton Danny Hoffman Ethan Berg Bass Guitar Patrick Musselman David Pfeiffer Sean Jurado Kane Wade Jon Seibert Joe Kozlowski CeUo Alex Measday Bassoon Violin I Andrea Beaty Amanda Modica Douglas Eber Zadamarie Alfeche Austin Hope Dakota Sparks Kid Icarus Elizabeth Green Sailunsi Chen Kid Icarus {md) Michael Younkin Kevin Chou Contrabass Trombone Jenny Luo Christian Larsen Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka MaHin Ballard Clarinet Liangcheng Tao Michael Mahoney Arranger: A.C. Menes Drew Star Kyle Carruthers Reed Trevelyan Isabel Martinez SkywoHd has been plunged into chaos! The evil Goddess Medusa has launched a massive attack, kidnapped Felix Lee Joan Tsai the benevolent Goddess Palutena, and turned many brave warriors into stone. It's up to the angelic warrior Pit Tuba Travis Mudd Sandy Wan to save the day and rescue Palutena, ruler of Skyworld. But this will be no easy task for our young hero. The Myles Hill four themes heard in this medley each come from a stage in Kid Icarus. In order to rescue Palutena, Pit must TiiTiothy Spillman Jeffrey Yang Andrew Jones climb out of the treacherous depths of the Underworld, navigate the harsh terrain of the Overworld, ascend the Ryan Zelinsky Emily Yee dizzying heights of Skyworid, and lead the attack on Medusa at the Palace in the Sky. To victory! Guitar Contra-Alto Clarinet Brendan Lawler Zoe Ladwig Concert Program (cont.) Concert Program (cont.) Stanley's Meddling The Stanley Parable (2013) Air Rally Composers: Blake Robinson, Yiannis loannides, Christiaan Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011) Bakker Composer: Tsunuku and Masami Yone Arranger: Matthew Chin Arranger: Simeon Anfinrud You play as Stanley, who is employee 427 in a big office 427 building. One day, something goes wrong, actually nothing happens, so you have to go adventure and find out what's Play along with the GSO in "Air Rally" from Rhythm Heaven Fever. Rhythm Heaven Fever was a fun rhythm going on along with the help of the Narrator. At one point in game released for the Wii in 2011. In "Air Rally", the player plays badminton with a cat while flying in planes the game, the Narrator employs the services of the Stanley over the landscape. The cat shouts a series of Parable Adventure Line to help you on your merry way. For• ' commands which indicate when to hit the tunately, things result in a happy ending. , ' . birdie. We've taken this feature of the game and made it an audience interactive song! Chase Frederick will play the role of our cat 200X and it's your job to clap along to the com• Mega Man (\<)%1) '• , •0(5 mands! (We've got a cowbell to help you out.) Composers: Takashi Tateisi, Maname Mamtsumeo THE Arrangers: Jason Troiano, Laura Peregoy Everything's Alright Art by Matthew Chin His six robot masters are destroyed, and his fortress lies in ru• To the Moon (2011) ins. "Forgive me", he cries, "I was wrong to try to conquer the world." With a smile and a nod, our hero grants Composer: Laura Shigihara him his forgiveness and departs to enjoy the newly created peace. He watches him go, and begins to smile. To the Moon is a short RPG about two doc• "How naive", he says as he begins to laugh aloud. "Enjoy it while it lasts, my friend. Next time, the vsorld will tors travelling through and changing the be mine and not even you will stop me!" The year is 200X, and mankind is once again threatened by the mach• memories of a dying man. For reasons the inations of Dr. Wily and his robot masters. Is evil destined to triumph, or will Megainan defeat Dr. Wily and i man cannot recall, he feels that he has to go restore peace to the world? Join us for the thrilling conclusion! j to the moon. To the Moon is a short RPG 2015 about two doctors travelling through and changing the memories of a dying man. For Terra's Resolve reasons the man cannot recall, he feels that he Final Fantasy K/(1994) has lo go to the moon. Everylhing's Alright expresses the feelings of loss and confusion of the dying man and his wife. Why do my words always lose their meaning? But if you're with me, then everything's alright. Composer: Nobuo Uematso Arranger: Chad Seiter Katamari Groove The theme "Terra" serves both as the main theme of Final Fantasy VI and its eponymous heroine.