1 Table of Contents 02 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 2012-2013 05 PYO 73rd Annual Festival Concert 07 Louis Scaglione: Music Director & Conductor 11 Michelle Johnson: Soprano 13 Chrystal E. Williams: Mezzo Soprano 15 Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia 21 PYO Festival Concert Program Notes 29 Section Leaders of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 30 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Graduating Seniors 31 History of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 34 Master Class & Advanced Orchestral Training Program 35 Helen T. Carp Distinguished Service Award 36 Season Repertoire 2012–2013 38 Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra 2012-2013 40 PYAO 18th Annual Festival Concert 41 Geoffrey McDonald: Director & Conductor 42 PYAO Festival Concert Program Notes 50 Section Leaders of the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra 52 Bravo Brass 2012-2013 54 Bravo Brass 10th Annual Festival Concert 55 Paul Bryan: Director & Conductor 56 Barry McCommon & Robert Skoniczin: Associate Conductors 58 Bravo Brass Faculty 60 PRYSM 2012-2013 62 PRYSM Young Artists 2012-2013 63 PRYSM 6th Annual Festival Concert 65 Gloria dePasquale: Director & Conductor 66 Jessica Bowman: Assistant Director & Conductor, PRYSM Young Artists 67 PRYSM Faculty 70 Tune Up Philly 2012-2013 72 Tune Up Philly 3rd Annual Festival Concert 73 Delia Raab-Snyder: Director 73 Paul Smith: Assistant Director & Conductor 74 Tune Up Philly Faculty 76 In Appreciation 2012-2013 86 Season Performance Schedule 2012-2013 87 Auditions 2013-2014 88 Open Rehearsals 2 3 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra • 2012–2013 Louis Scaglione Lawrence Weizhong Feng Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Music Director & Conductor Dagny Moll Barone Sean Bailey* Brian Monroe Moser Rachel Elizabeth Bates Violin I Anita Tenjarla Gareth Thomas Haynes Austin Haley Berman, Viola David Kim Concertmaster Justine Zhang Mike Congzhou Sha Michael Stanley* Helenmarie Vassiliou Chason Elliot Goldfinger Bassoon/Contra Bassoon Weijia Wang Beatrice Jane Ferreira Rebecca Gayle Krown* Jason Frederic Herrmann Joseph Burke Zachary Spector Daniel J. Kim Natalie Easton Loughran French Horn Jessica C. Schmidt Andrea Jin Ryan Michael Dinon Andrea Sylvia Biscoveanu Francco L. Yugga Sara Michelle Dornblaser* Timothy James Holland Bria Nicole Blackshear Gregory G. Greene Jingning Zhang Puneeth Guruprasad Derek Jacob Maseloff Alexis D. Meschter Violoncello Rafael DeJarnatt Schneider Patrick Fei Cameron Christopher Clarke* Trumpet Sophie Mae Fortunato Andres Eduardo Sanchez Manuel O. Jimenez Clare Sooyeon Choi Anne Catherine Lin Nathan Peter Korsen Asher Edward Wulfman Elizabeth Y. Lee Lucas Ty Ranieri* Daniel Joseph Angstadt Edward Pyun Di Yue Allan W. Wang Ariel W. Sotirescu Da Young Rachel Lim Jake Solomon Aronchick Trombone Asher Samuele Goldfinger Margaret Loughran Jeremy S. Cohen* Samuel W. Wang Andrew Ge Jeffrey Dennis Costello May Wang Michael Yuanxin Gu James B. Tobias Daniel H. Jang Double Bass Tuba Violin II Brittany Alyse Conrad* Jeffrey David Stewart Benjamin Warren Biffis* Christopher William Perron Carolyn Marie Tillstrom* Alexandra M. Zhang Patrick Paul Nugent Percussion Joo Hyun Lee Andrew Schwartz Peter Charles Hillinck Sean Alexander Bennett Troy Rudy Thomas Anthony Kolakowski Grace Lee Christopher J. Cute Gregory Martin LaRosa Bartholomew Frederick Shields Flute/Piccolo David W. Lu* Ethan Zhao Jodie Barasatian Harp Alberta Douglas Colin MacLaine Fadzen* Ruth Sophie Boyajian Michelle Cheng Jessica Emily Herrmann Helen Gerhold* Nathan H. Lowman Nicholas R. Ioffreda Piano/Celeste H.A. Isaac Linton James William Rose Elizabeth Carmen Morgan Christine Yeji Kim* Dennis Woo Oboe/English Horn Andrew Z. Guo Jonathan S. Cohen* Jeffrey Chang Christopher Daniel Dinon * Section Leader Allison Chiang Julie Anne Kress Winds, brass, percussion rotate seating. Maria Terese Dell’Orefice Tanavi Prabhu Abraham Isaac Smith 4 5 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 73rd Annual Festival Concert Louis Scaglione • Conductor Michelle Johnson • Soprano Chrystal E. Williams • Mezzo Soprano Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia Alan Harler • Artistic Director The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts • Verizon Hall Sunday, June 2, 2013 • 7:30 p.m. PROGRAM Symphony No. 2, Resurrection Gustav Mahler I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante moderato III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlict V. Im Tempo des Scherzos Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. The use of photographic and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow concert-goers, please silence all cell phones prior to the performance. 6 7 Louis Scaglione: President & Music Director Maestro Scaglione has taken the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra on several international concert tours, including The World Youth Music Forum in Moscow, Russia in 1998; Czech Republic and Italy in 2000; and China in 2002. In 2004, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra per- formed in eastern and central Europe. In 2007, Maestro Scaglione conducted the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra during its tour of Brazil, where they performed to sold-out venues in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Maestro Scaglione has also arranged musical collaborations for the orches- tras with such accomplished soloists Maestro Louis Scaglione is the President as William dePasquale, former Co- and Music Director of the Philadelphia Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization and has Orchestra; Gloria dePasquale, cellist, The extensive experience as a musician, educa- Philadelphia Orchestra; Michael Ludwig, tor, conductor and administrator. He over- former Associate Concertmaster of The sees all of the organization’s programs and Philadelphia Orchestra; Ellen dePasquale, is principal conductor of the Philadelphia former Associate Concertmaster, The Youth Orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra; pianists David Pasbrig and Kenneth Drake; vocal soloists Laura Maestro Scaglione and PYO Heimes, Serena Benedetti, Phyllis Lewis- Through his leadership, Maestro Scaglione Hale, Richard Zuch, Todd Thomas, Brian has grown and transformed a youth Chu, Sandra Carney, James Longacre, Steven orchestra that was created in 1939 Brenfleck, and Monica Ziglar; leading jazz from an all-volunteer organization to a artists Regina Carter, Diane Monroe and nationally recognized, professionally man- John Blake, Jr.; and internationally renowned aged institution. His tenure with the soloists Sarah Chang (violinist), Susan Starr PYO organization began in 1997 when (pianist), Eric Owens (vocalist) and Sylvia Joseph Primavera, who served as PYO’s Thereza (pianist). Music Director for 51 years, appointed Maestro Scaglione as Conductor of PYO’s Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra. In 1999, Maestro Scaglione was appointed Associate Conductor of the PYO organiza- tion and became the organization’s first Executive Director in 2001. In 2003, his title was changed to President and after Maestro Primavera retired in 2005, Maestro Scaglione became the PYO organization’s Music Director, President and CEO. 8 9 Louis Scaglione: President & Music Director Philanthropy Performing Arts Center; Trustee to the Philanthropy is paramount to Maestro Andalusia Foundation; Advisor to the Arts Scaglione. For the past 16 years, many Advisory Council of The Society for the performances from the Philadelphia Youth Performing Arts of the Media Theater; and Orchestra organization have helped raise on the Arts and Cultural Advisory Board, funds for charitable organizations such as Bensalem Township (Pa.). For many years, Reach Out and Read at The Children’s he has served as grant review panelist for Hospital of Philadelphia; MANNA the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. Nutritional Alliance); the Voices for Children Additionally, Maestro Scaglione’s involve- Foundation; St. James School, Philadelphia; ment with the greater Philadelphia cultural and the Youth Work Foundation of The and social community includes services Union League of Philadelphia. as member of the Board of Director’s of Encore Series, Inc., The Philly Pops; Professional Affiliations, Appointments The Archbishop’s Cabinet, Archdioceses and Honors of Philadelphia; and Treasurer of Studio Because of his work with the PYO program, Incamminati. Most recent appointments also Maestro Scaglione was elected by his peers included Director of The Union League of in 2006 to serve as Chairman of the Youth Philadelphia; and Vice Chairman of Orchestra Division Board of the League The Youth Work Foundation of The Union of American Orchestras, and served on the League of Philadelphia. League’s Board of Directors concurrent with his chairmanship. Professional Studies Maestro Scaglione is Executive Vice Maestro Scaglione’s professional studies President & Chief Operating Officer of as a conductor have taken him to the Encore Series, Inc., the presenter of Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon; The Philly Pops; a position he has held the Internationale Bachakademie and since July 2012. the Europäische Musikfest in Stuttgart, Germany; the Classical Music Seminar in Maestro Scaglione served as Artistic Eisenstadt, Austria; and master classes at the Director of the Choral Society of conservatory in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Montgomery County in residence at Montgomery County Community College Maestro Scaglione graduated with hon- from 2002 to 2012. From 2006 through ors from The University of Illinois with a 2010 he was Resident Music Director and Bachelor of Science in music education Conductor for the Luzerne Music Center and also holds a