Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Louis Scaglione • Music Director Presents prysm Philadelphia Region Youth String Music Gloria dePasquale • Conductor prysm young artists Jessica Villante • Conductor Saturday • February 8, 2014 • 3:00 p.m. Centennial Hall The Haverford School 01 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Louis Scaglione • Music Director Presents PRYSM Philadelphia Region Youth String Music Gloria dePasquale • Conductor PRYSM Young Artists Jessica Villante • Conductor PROGRAM * R E M I N D E R * “Allegro con brio” from Symphony No. 25 W.A. Mozart / Brubaker 2014 PYO Gala Dinner & Concert Celebrating Our 74th Anniversary Season Ancient Airs & Dances Ottorino Respighi / Brubaker Arlington Sketches Elliot Del Borgo Friday, March 21, 2014 • 6:00 p.m. PRYSM Young Artists Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Capriol Suite for String Orchestra Peter Warlock Bravo Brass I. Basse-Danse PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists II. Pavane Tune Up Philly PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists Five Variants of ‘Dives & Lazarus’ Ralph Vaughan Williams The Union League of Philadelphia for String Orchestra & Harp Adagio Variant I Advanced reservations required Variant II – Allegro moderato To request an invitation: 215 545 0502 Variant III – Allegretto Variant IV – L’istesso tempo Helen Gerhold • Harp St. Paul’s Suite Gustav Holst I. Jig II. Ostinato III. Intermezzo IV. Finale – The Daragason Fiddle Faddle Leroy Anderson PRYSM 02 03 PRYSM • 2013–2014 PRYSM Young Artists • 2013–2014 Gloria dePasquale Violin I Viola Gloria dePasquale Violin I Viola Director & Conductor Haley Richardson, Kristy Wong* Director Marco Porras Lyric Scott* Concertmaster Catherine Castelli Jessica Villante Concertmaster Grace Wu Jenna Kim Veronica Bochenek Conductor Nahoko Okamoto Kayla Foy Angelina Phillips Isabella Maloney Nanami Haruyama Christopher Tyburski Jolade Adebekun Kendall Scott Brian Williams Nicholas Hsieh Kristen Ho Cello Victoria Smith Cello Phoebe Howse Feyi Adebekun* David Clarke Sasha He* Julia Youakim Matthew Wang Joshua Baw Shangen Lu Charles Witmer Emma Lo David K. Kim Violin II Anne-Sophie Bilello Caroline Castelli Amy Huang* Eric Zhao Aidan Bolding Eva Li Siddharth Parameswar Alexander Peters Miriam Bouch * Section leaders Boglárka Kearney Kamran Kara-Pabani Kallam Kara - Pabani Helen Hu Joshua Weng Talia Schley Anthony Zhu Eugenia Feng Morgan Unruh Cindy Chea Casey Williams Violin II Isaac Kim Emma Maloney Anna Park* Sierra Wei Heidi Suh Erica Clarke Bowen Ying Anya Chan Ocean Shen Hayley Bouch Lily Schwalb Benjamin Kozloff Andy Mei Sophia Liu Bass Alexa Richards Camille Donoho* Caroline Kaplan Ali Zerafati Michelle Chea Jonathan Liu Sadie Park * Section leaders 04 05 Gloria dePasquale Jessica Villante Gloria dePasquale Jessica Villante Director & Conductor, PRYSM, Conductor, PRYSM Young Artists Director, PRYSM Young Artists Jessica Villante has been playing the violin Gloria dePasquale joined the Philadelphia Mr. and Mrs. dePasquale were frequent since the age of five and has performed Orchestra ‘cello section in 1977 at the soloists with area community and youth throughout the United States and Puerto invitation of Eugene Ormandy. Prior to orchestras, performing both the Brahms Rico. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi becoming a member of the Philadelphia Double Concerto and the Saint-Saëns La Beta Kappa from Temple University with Orchestra, Mrs. dePasquale served as Muse et Le Poèt. Their last public perfor- Bachelors of Music degrees in both violin Associate Principal ‘cellist of The Buffalo mance together as soloists was in June performance and in music education with Philharmonic Orchestra under Michael of 2010 in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel an emphasis on strings. While at Temple Tilson Thomas and was also a substitute Center in Philadelphia performing with University, she studied violin with William player for the Boston Symphony Orchestra The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. Last sea- dePasquale. Jessica has been a coach with and Boston Pops Orchestra. son, Mrs. dePasquale was soloist with the PRYSM since its inception in 2007; this Born in Evansville, Indiana, Mrs. dePasquale Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, performing year marks her second as conductor of credits the public school music program Haydn’s C Major Concerto in Verizon Hall. PRYSM Young Artists. Jessica is currently of her home town for her introduction to Mrs. dePasquale is an advocate for music employed at Harriton and Lower Merion the ‘cello. She graduated with honors with education both at The Philadelphia High schools, where she teaches strings, both her BM and MM degrees at The New Orchestra where she chairs the musi- music theory, music history, and orchestra. England Conservatory of Music in Boston cian education committee and in The In addition, Jessica maintains a private stu- where she was a student of Stephen Geber. Philadelphia Youth Orchestra where she is dio, is music director at St. John’s Episcopal Artistic Advisor to the organization and Church, and is an active free-lance violinist ‘Cellist of the dePasquale String Quartet in the greater Philadelphia area. for more than two decades, the quartet Director and Conductor of the PRYSM and was in residence at Villanova University PRYSM Young Artist Orchestras, founded and presented a highly acclaimed chamber seven years ago with her late husband, music series performing with such art- William. ists as Yo-yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Christoph Mrs. dePasquale maintains a large private Eschenbach, Yefim Bronfman, Wolfgang studio and runs monthly masterclass and Sawallisch, and Andre Watts. Ms. dePasquale performance classes for her students. Her was also ‘cellist in the dePasquale trio, per- graduating students regularly are accepted forming alongside her late husband William, into the nation’s finest conservatories, col- and daughter, Francesca. leges, and universities. Mrs. dePasquale teaches for the New York State School of Orchestral Studies at Saratoga Springs New York every August and also is on the faculty of Luzerne (NY) Music Center and the Philadelphia International Music Festival. Mrs. dePasquale serves on the board of The Philadelphia Orchestra as a representative for the musicians in her elected position of Chair of the Musician Members’ Committee of The Philadelphia Orchestra. 06 07 Helen Gerhold • Soloist PRYSM Faculty • 2013–2014 Helen Gerhold received a harp on her fifth During 2011, Helen performed in Carnegie Matthew Barrell, viola coach, is enjoying Meichen Liao-Barnes is Associate birthday from her aunt, harpist Yi Liu, and Hall, was featured on the From the Top his third season with PRYSM. He is a Concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra began piano lessons at age three. Helen radio show, and played in Toronto, Canada graduate of Temple University with degrees of Philadelphia. She is a graduate of the began her harp training with Ms. Lucile at the World Harp Congress ‘Focus on in Viola Performance and Music Education. Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard Lawrence and Virginia Flanagan, and cur- Youth’ program. In 2013, she won the Play Mr. Barrell has performed with the Temple School. Upon graduation from the Juilliard rently studies with Elizabeth Hainen, of The with the Pros Concerto Competition and University Symphony Orchestra, the School, she was awarded a recital in Philadelphia Orchestra, and Judy Loman. performed the Reinecke Concerto with Reading Pops Orchestra, and the Optimis Town Hall New York. Meichen has per- Helen won the American Harp Society a string quartet from The Philadelphia Quartet. He is looking forward to another formed with the Lincoln Chamber players, Philadelphia Chapter Student Concerto Orchestra, and again with the Lower exciting season with these talented young Brandenburg ensemble, and toured with Competition at age seven and subse- Merion Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, musicians. Music from Marlboro. Solo appearances quently performed Vivaldi’s Concerto Helen won the international 2013 Lyon & include the Hartford Symphony, Concerto in C Major with the Philadelphia Young Healy Awards Competition. Soloists, Philly Pops, and The Philadelphia Derek Barnes joined The Philadelphia Orchestra, as winner of the Greenfield Artists Orchestra (PYAO). She won first Helen is a high school senior at Orchestra in February 1995. A native place in the AHS Philadelphia Chapter Germantown Academy and in her fifth senior competition. She has appeared with of Philadelphia, he had previously held Sasha and Misha Schneider, Isadore Cohen, Competition Junior Division at age nine. season as the Harp Section Leader of the the post of Co-Principal Cello of the At eleven, she won fourth place in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO). David Soyer, Felix Galimir and Arnold Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia (now Steinhardt. AHS National Competition, Junior Division, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia) and performed in the Kennedy Center in and he has been a member of the Santa Washington D.C. At thirteen, Helen won Fe Opera Orchestra and the New York Robert dePasquale was a member of the second place in the AHSNC Intermediate String Orchestra. Mr. Barnes has performed New York Philharmonic before joining The I Division, and thereafter performed at the chamber music with Christoph Eschenbach, Philadelphia Orchestra in 1964, where 2010 USA International Harp Competition. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Isaac Stern, and he served as Associate Principal Second Sarah Chang. He has appeared on televi- Violin until his retirement in 1997. He sion in “Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood”. studied at the New