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All gift s are October 21, 2012 at 4:00 pm tax-deductible to the fulest extent of the IRS Code. River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, NJ Join our Email List! www.ACONJ.org PO Box 262 · River Edge, NJ 07661 We will send you a concert reminder Th e Romantics October 21, 2012 at 4:00 pm River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, NJ David Feltner Conductor Sunday Aft ernoon Concerts 2012–13 Th e Fair Melusine, Op. 32 F. Mendelssohn 1809–1847 Jan 20 2013 — 4:00 pm Riverdell Regional School District Auditorium Sonata for Viola and Orchestra Rebecca Clarke Eric Dudley, Conductor • Robert Deutsch, Cello 1886–1979 Mar 24 2013 — 3:00 pm Orchestrated by Ruth Lomon Pascack Valley Regional High School Partial Funding by the Rebecca Clarke Society Diane Wittry, Conductor • Alice Burla, Piano I. Impetuoso May 5 2013 — 4:00 pm II. Vivace Riverdell Regional School District Auditorium III. Adagio — Allegro Celebration of Opera and Anniversaries: Richard Owen Jr., Conductor Works of Verdi • Mascagni • Wagner • Poulenc Sarah Adams Viola Karen Foster, Soprano Community Outreach Concerts: Adelphi Chamber Ensemble • Intermission • Nov 4 2012 — 5:00 pm Nicholas Roerich Museum NYC Feb 24 2013 — 2:00 pm Mahwah Public Library Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 J. Brahms Apr 21 2013 — 3:00 pm Teaneck Public Library 1833–1897 I. Allegro molto II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo — Trio. Poco più moto III. Adagio non tropo IV. Menuetto I — Menuetto II V. Scherzo. Allegro VI. Rondo. Allegro Th is Concert is Dedicated to the memory of Frank Lee Please turn off all cell telephones, pagers, or other audible electronic devices before the concert begins. Audio or video recording of any kind, or photograpy are not allowed dur- ing the performance without express permission from the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra Members Violin 1 Cello French Horn Alexandra Wilson* Robert Deutsch* Carolyn Kirby* Amelia DeSalvio- Erika Boras Tesi Deloss Schertz Muccia Florin Sutton Bryan Meyers Claire Kapilow Andrew Knowlton Rachel Mathews Bass David Miller Sylvia Rubin Alice Yoo Jay VandeKopple* David Muleski Trumpet George Sabel* Violin 2 Flute Anthony Fenicchia Michael Peng* Carron Moroney* Arlene Locola Timpani/Percussion Chelsea Merriman Natasha Loomis Dana Reedy-Gagler John Wagner Oboe Marilyn Wagner Viola Linda Kaplan* Harp Ruth Demarco-Conti* Alyssa Ahearn Roland Hutchinson Irene Bressler Mary Kay Binder Clarinet Gigi Jones Monte Morgenstern* Celesta Caren Davis Noriko Kubo Audio Engineer Vincent Troyani Bassoon Robert Quinn* Jessica Frane *Principals Rotating Seating Among Sections David Feltner, Conductor Hailed as “an intelligent and insightful musician” by Th e Bos- ton Globe, David Feltner is entering his ninth season as Mu- sic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Boston. Following the inaugural concert of the COB in January 2001, he was invited to serve as Associate Conductor and Chorus Master for Boston Lyric Opera’s 2001–02 season, for which he re- ceived critical acclaim. Of Verdi’s Don Carlos, Opera News wrote, “Th e Lyric Opera Chorus under David Feltner sang splendidly.” Th e same publication commented on the pro- duction of Tod Machover’s Resurrection: “…the chorus, under David Feltner, proved fully up to the challenge of the complex meters and rich, kaleidoscopic colors of Machover’s score.” Following his Jordan Hall debut, he was invited to serve as Cover Conduc- tor for Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. He has also served as Cover Con- ductor for Larry Rachleff and the Rhode Island Philharmonic and has been Guest Conductor for Intermezzo: Th e New England Chamber Opera Series, conducting Lee Hoiby’s opera, Th e Scarf. Mr. Feltner is also Music Director of the Nashua Chamber Orchestra. His performance of Robert Edward Smith’s Concerto for English Horn with the NCO was selected as one of the top ten best local performances in New Hamp- shire for 2007. In the Classical Countdown: Best of 2007, music critic Jeff Rapsis wrote: “Conductor David Feltner brought the Nashua Chamber Orchestra to new places.” He has participated in many workshops with master teacher Joseph Gif- ford, in Vermont and in Elba, Italy and has performed in festivals in Spoleto, Italy, Flagstaff , Arizona (performing Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle) and the Festival Musical de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Prior to becoming Music Director of Th e Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Mr. Feltner served for six seasons as Principal Violist of New York City Opera National Company. He also performs as violist for BLO, Boston Pops Espla- nade Orchestra, Emmanuel Music and Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Sarah Adams Sarah Adams began her musical training in Cleveland, Ohio, where her fi rst teachers were Kurt Loebel and Ed- ward Ormond, both members of the Cleveland Orches- tra, and where she won the inaugural Cleveland Orchestra String Competition and the Louis Lane Scholarship. She studied at the Eastman School of Music with Martha Katz, and members of the Cleveland Quartet, then received her BA and MM from Kent State University, studying with Kay Slocum, Tung Kwong-Kwong and Ma Si-Hon. Summer studies were with Heidi Castleman, Jeff rey Irvine and Lynne Ramsey. Sarah attended Th e Juilliard School, where she received the Professional Studies Cer- tifi cate, studying with Karen Tuttle, and Felix Galimir. During her tenure as violist of the Cassatt Quartet, the quartet studied with Eugene Lehner, Louis Krasner and members of the Juilliard, Tokyo, American, Vermeer, Orion and Emerson Quartets, going on to become top prize winners at the Banff String Quartet Competition and concertizing throughout the United States, Canada, France and Japan. Ms. Adams is a frequent performer of chamber music in the New York area. She is a member of the New York Chamber Ensemble, and the Sherman Chamber Ensemble. As violist with the Roerich Quartet, she performed con- certs in NYC, upstate New York and Vermont, at the Riverrun Chamber Music Festival, and at Sarah Lawrence College. A frequent performer with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, she has also performed and recorded with Parnassus and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. Other chamber music appearances include the Claring Chamber Players, Friends of Mozart Chamber Series, the Wind- ham Chamber Music Series, the Saratoga Chamber Players, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, Speculum Musicae, the Amernet String Quartet, and the Metropolitan Museum Chamber Series with fl utist Paula Robison. Th is 2010–2011 season, Sarah joins the Cassatt Quartet for performances and re- cordings in NYC, Chappaqua, NY, Lincoln, Nebraska, Odessa, Texas, Sanibel Island, Florida, Th e Seal Bay Music Festival and Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Adams has been assistant principal violist of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and is currently principal violist of the Riverside Symphony and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. She is a member of the American Bal- let Th eatre, performs frequently with the New York City Opera Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and has ap- peared oft en with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Or- chestra, and the New York Chamber Symphony. Sarah has been a member of the house orchestras for Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, Kiss of Spiderwoman, Candide, Swan Lake, Aida and La Boheme. Ms. Adams has served on the faculty of Long Island University and Queens College, and has taught viola and chamber music at Columbia University since 1993. She has performed as soloist in Alice Tully Hall with the Jupiter and Riverside Symphonies, at Caramoor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, at the Washington Square Music Festival, with Parnassus at the Ethical Culture Soci- ety, and in recital with the Hong Kong Chamber Series, the Houston Chamber Music Society, and the New York Viola Society. Her summer appearances include the Bard Music Festival, the Hartwick College Summer Music Festi- val, the Sherman Chamber Music Series, the Cape May Music Festival and the Windham Music Festival. Sarah resides in Westchester with her children- Quinn, Eugene, Hannah, Winona, and Jean-Luc, her husband, Fred Grevin, and their dog, Buddy. Program Notes Th e Fair Melusina (Zum Märchen von der Schönen Melusine), opus 32: A medieval French romance, fi rst recorded in 1387 by Jean d'Arras, tells of a wa- ter sprite, or mermaid, named Melusine (in English, Melusina), who is able to render her fi shy bottom half human for several days at a time to go about on land. She marries Count Raymond of Poitiers, but only on the condition that he never see her on Saturdays, as that is when she must resume her mermaid form. Eventually, Raymond does spy on her one Saturday, with dire results.