1999 Individual Programs

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PROGRAM NUMBER ONE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Saturday, June 19 7:30PM gehorah lten8on-Conanf Jazz Harpist and Entertainer Selections will be announced from the stage by Ms. Henson-Conant. SpeciaJ thanks to Billi and Bernie Marcus for sponsoring this evening's event. Cover: 'The Conductor - by Ale=ndra Nechita Ms. Henson-Conant was recently featured on PBS's "Celtic Harpestry" andjust returned from a solo European tour and four nights with Marvin Hamlisch and the Baltimore Symphony. This July, Ms. Henson-Conant will present the world premiere of her double harp concerto with the Radio Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Proceeds from the show benefit the Brevard Music Center's educational programs. **"'*********'" Please Note: Latecomers .... ill be scated at the head usher's discretion. No cameras, tape recorders, smoking. or food in the auditorium, please. Refreshments arc available before the performance and during intermission. The refreshment stand is located across the walkway from the auditorium. Coffee. icc-cream, soft drinks and candy are available for sale. Tonight's perfonnancc is sponsored in part by radio stttions WMYI and WHLC. The Brevard Music Center is grateful for the suppon received. from the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council. BALDWIN is the official piano of tile Brevard Music Center. All pianos are moisture-protected. by DAMPP-CHASER dehumidifiers. Please join us for the following perfonnances next week: June 24, 7:30 PM Manon, Dress Rehearsal June 25, 7:30 PM Broadway Spectacular Pops Concert June 26, 7:30 PM Manon, Perfonnance June 27, 3:00 PM Tenor Gary Lakes with the BMC Festival Orchestra PROGRAM NlJMBER FORTY-FOlJR BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Friday. June 23. 1999 7:30 PM TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thomas Joiner, Conductor with RHYTHM & BRASS Bruce Schoonmaker, Narrator Barbara Howse-Diemer, Choreographer Support lor Brevard Music f'esti val" s 1449 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. Firebird Suite (1919) .......... . . . • . . . •.. . • . . . . . . .• . . . •.... Igor Stravinsky Introduction Dance of the Firebird Dance of the Princesses Infernal Dance of King Kastchei Berceuse Finale with dancers from the Jonfee Opera Company Barbara Howse·Diemer as the Firebird Sean David Cooper, Aleksey Vodyanitskiy, Aaron Guckian, Brian Osborne, Dan Hershey. Mark Craig, Juan Ibarra, Jesse Blumberg A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring (1995) ................... Fred Sturm I. From Altitude. The Diamond 2. The Miracle of Light 3. A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring 4. When The Grass Was Real 5. Night Game 6. Time is or The Essence . .. 7. The Green Fields Of The Mind 8. The Empty Playing Field 9. Baseball's Time Lord ofthe Dance Rhythm and Brass Bruce Schoonmaker, narrator -INTERMISSION- with dancers Ronan Hardiman arr.Larry Moore Sher Shepherd, Heidi Snyder, Courtney Whittemore, Claire Brown Pat's School of Dance, Hendersonville, NC Pat Shepherd, choreographer * •• * ••• * Selections by Rhythm & Brass • • • • • • • • Beatles Medley .............. . ... ..... .......•...... . .. Across the Universe And I Love Her Sitting In An English Garden LennonIMcCartney arr. David Gluck A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring Fred Stwm Baseball and music have intertwined throughout my life. Dad was a Chicago Symphony cellist with a knuckleball that fooled me until I was seventeen and Mom - a professional contralto - could hit a softball a country mile. My boyhood home was filled with the sounds of string quartets, CSOlReiner recordings, voice lessons and Cub games on Channel 9; as the folks tried to pave the way for my life in music, I dreamed of batting Mantle, Maris, Berra, Ford and Kubek in the World Series. Years later, long after I realized that my address was going to he somewhere in music education rather than at Wrigley Field, my wife and ] built a backyard diamond for our two bonus babies and coached boys and girls baseball in the summertime. I now find a night in the stand at Rochester's Silver Stadium the perfect way to cap a day of teaching at the Eastman School of Music. A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring incorporates music, poetry and prose to capture the universal magic of America's fields of dreams. Richard Hugo's From Altitude, The Diamond provides a nostalgic view of the game from above. A citation from Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River portrays the majesty of the major league stadium in The Miracle of Light. Douglas Wallop'S Baseball: An Informal History recalls a boy's Saturday morning games and describes A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring. Baseball great Pete Reiser's sweetest memories, preserved by writer Donald Honig, are quoted in When the Grass Was Real. The poetry of Rolfe Humphries describes the mood, tempo and rhythm of baseball in Night Game and Time is of the Essence . .. fonner Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti's The Green Field o/the Mind promotes the playing of the game in the only place it will last. The Empty Playing Field accompanies W.P. Kindella's loving recollections ofan empty ball stadium (from Shoeless Joe). Roger Angel's The Summer Game delivers a plan to keep the rally alive forever in Baseball's Time. Fonner New York Yankee shortstop and NBC sportscaster Tony Kubek was the narrator for the first performance of this work. Thanks to Tony, Mickey Mantle had a recording of A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring in the hospital room during his final weeks of life. My Dad died two months after the 1995 premiere and I later found the score that I had sent on his dresser - with his umpire's counter from my childhood. -Fred Stwm RHYTHM & BRASS Tom Brantley, trombone Alex Shuhan, horn/piano David Gluck, percussion Wiff Rudd, trumpet Rex Richardson, trumpet Charles Villarrubia, tuba Members of Rhythm & Brass are Yamaha performing artists. Six virtuosi performing on trumpets, hom, piano, trombone, tuba and percussion speak as one unique voice in Rhythm & Brass. These six internationally acclaimed artists bring to the stage an extraordinarily diverse range oflalent and expertise, with an extensive repertoire from the pristine baroque tradition to chamber jazz and beyond, resulting in a concert experience to set them apart from the rest. Since its founding in 1993, Rhythm & Brass has performed over 100 concerts annually including three tours of Japan, two Middle-Eastern tours, and concerts in Canada and the Virgin Islands. Rhythm & Brass has recorded three albums on the d'Note label: Time in September (Jazz); Song & Dance (classical/jazz); and Christmas Time is Here. Their most recent project, More Money Jungle . . . Ellington Explorations, will be distributed on the Koch World label. Rhythm & Brass is committed to working with aspiring musicians of all ages through student concerts, clinics, master classes, and publications. Universal Editions (Austria) has just released a new method book by Rhythm & Brass titled Team Play: The Art of Making Chamber Music Together. As talented perfonners, composers, arrangers, publishers and innovative educators with tremendous outreach capabilities, Rhythm & Brass is the complete ensemble for the times. ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Thomas Joiner (Education: 8M-Furman University, MM-Southern Baptist Thological Semi nary, OM-Florida State University; Studies: Elaine Ri chey, Dan Boda, Guido Lamcll, Gerardo Ribiero) has appeared as a soloist, chamber pl ayer, conductor, and teacher in over 20 slates and 9 foreign countries. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Ccnter as a principal player with the Indianapoli s Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the Louisville, Aspen, Charlotte, Charl eston, and Savannah Orchestras. As a 1996 US Information Agency Artistic Ambassador, he presented seventeen recitals in Western Africa and the Middle East with pianist Douglas Weeks. He is professor of violin and orchestral studies at Furman University and music director of the Hendersonville, (NC) Symphony Orchestra. At Brevard Music Center he holds the Dr. and Mrs. William J. Pendergrast, Sr. Artist Chair, conducts the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, and serves as co-concertmaster of the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra. Bruce Schoonmaker teaches voice and directs opera at Furman University. A native of Charlotte, he attended Davidson College, Furman University, and Northwestern University where he forged a reputation in the Chicago area as one of the region's best singing actors. Bruce was a well-known fixture at the Brevard Music Center for many years where he sang leading roles in Madame Butterfly, Rigo/etto, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, Fiddler on the Roofand The Fantastiks. We welcome him back as narrator in A Place Where It Would Always Be Spring. Barbara Howse-Diemer (Education: Boston Conservatory, BS-State University of New York-Brockport) is a dance instructor at Wilson Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was awarded "Teacher of the Year" in 1992-93; she is also art istic director and co-founder of «Catch in' On," a thirteen year-old Charlotte-based dance company. Her studies include African, jazz, modem and ballet. Actively involved with Theatre Charlotte and the North Carolina Dance Theatre, she serves on both boards. Ms. Howse-Diemer is the Brevard Music Center choreographer. TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I VIOLA DO!.!ULE BASS Caroline Shaw, eM OJ Engrav Laura Spiller, Jonathan Siccum Byron Tauchi* princi pal principal Sara Scurry David Edwards Thomas Kluge· Dan Swaim· HORN James Harvey Stephanie Kauten Manhcw Brancheau Nancy Cooper Matthew Watts Ann Pimal Matthew Cory Allyson Partin Heather Fig; Kale I-Icdin Reginald Lamb David Renfro Karla Smart Armando Sardinas Phillip Suzuki Aaron Brant Bill Terwilliger· Ryan Kucera Pal ricia Priester James Boldin Megan McClendon All yson Flcckli Amber Holder Richard Hsiung Maggi e Stanley Matthew Waid Doug Clarke Lindsay Pruett Rachel Ward Martin Houghtaling Brandon Craswell Allyson Slack Cindy Irish FLUTE Jennifer Cr.lwford Diane Kline Herman Jones Suzanne Buerkle Bill Withem Daniel Thigpen CELl.O Melissa Healey TRQMBQI'!E Jaya Varma Samuel Nordlund. PI(;(;Q!"O George Curran II princ ipal Nicole Esposito George Berry Ginger Kowal. George Work· Q!!Q.!; Jason Oli ver principal Jason Rarr Somerlie ASlon I.!.LI!A Misha Rosenker· Lin Lin He Ann Fronckowiak Jeff Alvarez Sheridan Randolph Brian Hatton Faith Scholfield HARP Kimberly Specht J ill-nan Zhao# ENG LISI:I Anais Mailloux Eli7;lbelh Zehner Elizabeth O' Neil Erica Howard Mariah Mazur Jorda n Rodu Johannes Robbins Madeline Scheer Katherine I'ollack Aaron Rose Evan Barr Blythe Teh# Leamarie Wilson Chris You Jerr Luft Jennirer Peterson Tate Ol sen Amy Woody Brian McKinney Anita Bao Tamar Moten Andrew McColl um Hiroko Okada Justi n Taylor Amy Collins Gary Parsons Chri stopher Clark Lee Vinson KEYRQABIJ Emi Tokunaga eM Concertmaster • Faculty Coaches Ii Teaching Assistants PROGRAM NUMBER TWO AND FOUR BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Dress RehcarsaJ Thursday. June 24, 1999 7:30 PM Performance Saturday, June 26, 1999 7:30 PM THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER JANIEC OPERA COMPANY presents MANON An Opera in Five Acts Music by Jules Massenet Libretto by Meilhac and Gille, after the novel by Abbe Prevost Conductor, David Effron Director, Jonathon Field Chorus Master, Gerard Flonano Set Designer, Ted Simpson Costume Designer, Kevin Wolfgang Lighting Designer, Joe Saint CAST OF CHARACTERS Guillot Morfontaine, a nobleman De Bretigny, a tax-collector .. Poussettc, actress . , , .. , Javotte, actress, .. Rosette, actress Innkeeper .. , .. .... . , . . .... . • • . •. .... . • • . . . . . • . . . .• . . . .. .. . .. .. . Lescaut,_Manon' s cousin ... .. . • .. .. . . . . . • • . . . . .• . .. .• .. . . . Manon Lescaut . . Daniel Hershey Jason Fuh Serena Benedetti MeaIrt Park. 13iloxi. MS SFC John Gucke\. Cleveland, OH SSG Charlotte Roberts, Riehrmnd. VA SSG Samuel Swill. Lansing, MI BASS SSG Tom Fowler. Angeles. CA SFC Michael McReynolds. SI. Louis, MO FLUTE sfC Andrea Artley. SI. Charles, IL SSG Barbam Vigil. Garland, TX OBOE MSG Ada Saunders. Washington DC SGM Boyd Sarratt. Gnmd Prairie, TX CLARINET SSG Dennis Stmwlcy, Philadelphia, PA SSG Donald Hollinan. Northumberland,PA BASSOON SFC David Brundage, Woodbridge, VA SSG Max Wharton, Grafton, OH SAXOPHONE MSG Martin Wilkes, Jad oonviUe, FL SFC Les Owen, RichrYDnd, VA SSG David Brown, Ballston Lake, NY FRENCH HORN SSG Joseph Lovinsky, Miami, FL SSG Robert Craven, Manchester, NH TRUMPET SOM Dennis Edelbrock, Iowa City, IA SSG Christilm Hinkle, MI. Ail)', NC·" TROJ\.mONE MSO Frederick Gleason, Siln:r Spring, MD SSG Scutt Winger, Baltimore, MD TUBA Sf' C Tl1m Waid, Merritt Island, FL PERCUSSION SSG Fnlllk. Carml1, Washington [X.' HARP SFC Mary Beth Mailand, PortsIQ)uth, VA PIANO SFC Holt, Columbus, OA VOCALIST SSO Robert McDonald, Falls Church, VA ACCORDION APC Manny Bobcnrieth, Silver Spring, MD SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS SFC Johnny Turpen, Ft. Worth, TX SFC Donald Newsome, Emporia, VA SSG Auron Tucker, Pittsburg, PA SOT Abdur Rahman, Pensacola, FL SOT Anthony AlrrDdovnr, Newport News, VA L T COL Lieutenant Colonel SOM Sergeant Major MSO Master Sergeant SFC Sergeant 1 II Class SSG Stan Sergeant SOT Sergeant • Concertmaster & Stroll Leader •• Group Leader ••• Brevard Music Center Alunmi PROGRAM NUMBER TWELVE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Friday, July 2, 1999 7:30 PM BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA David Effron, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano Slava! ............................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Bernstein Pi ano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor. Op. 37 Symphony No.5, Op. 100 I. Andante II. Allegro rnarcato III. Adagio IV. Allegro giocoso - INTERMISSION - Beethoven Prokofi ev Support for Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundat ion. Cm-er "The COl/duc/or" by Alex(lIulra Nechiw American pianist Jonathan Biss has already established an international reputation with performances in Canada, Finland, Germany, and Israel, as well as throughout the United States. Mr. Biss has appeared in recital with Isaac Stem and has performed with such artists as Andras Schiff, James Tocco, Michael Tree, David Finkel, Paul Katz, and Timothy Eddy, among others. Mr. Biss has recently made debut performances with the Seattle Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. By the early age of fourteen, Mr. Biss had won both the Indianapolis Symphony and Bloomington Symphony concerto competitions. Mr. Biss has studied piano since the age of six and continues instruction under Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Conductor, David Effron, (Education: BM-University of Michigan, MM-Indiana University) is professor of instrumental conducting at Indiana University. Before assuming his position at Indiana, he was music director and conductor at the Eastman School of Music, on the conducting staff of the New York City Opera and principal conductor of the Curtis Institute of Music. Organization affiliations include Central City Opera Summer Festival, Aspen, Chautauqua, Bach Aria Group, Frankfurt Germany Opera, the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Denver, Buffalo, Rochester, New Mexico, the National Ballet and Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. He is Brevard Music Center's artistic director and principal conductor. Siava! Leonard Bernstein ( 1 9 1 8 ~ 1990) By composing Slava in 1977 Bernstein was able to rise above all the tumult in his life. No longer the musical director of the New York Philharmonic, he was dashing around the world as guest conductor of orchestras in Tokyo, Vienna, Salzburg, Paris and London. His personal life was in a shambles. His wife, Felicia, was in the last stages of a four year struggle against cancer. Bernstein himself had been hospitalized with lung and heart problems. Both he and his wife were intennittently trying to stop smoking. Anger often characterized the relationship of the couple because of some of his personal behavior. The couple were separated for several months. When asked about the difficulties he was enduring Bernstein replied "You would think I might want to give up. On the contrary it makes me only want to do more". "Possessed by the Gods" is the original Greek meaning of the word Slava, according to Leonard Bernstein. In this instance Slava is none other than Mstislav Rostropovich, the Russian cellist and conductor to whom the work is dedicated. Bernstein wrote Siava, a short "political overture", for an all Bernstein concert on October II, 1977, by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. It was Rostropovich' s inaugural concert as the orchestra's music director. President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter anended. Felicia accompanied the composer to the concert celebration. In the winy overture Bernstein reworks two numbers from his failed musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Also on the program were Three Meditalions for cello and orchestra. and the On the Waterfront Suite based on Bernstein's film score. In the months following the premiere of SJava Leonard and Felicia Bernstein reconciled their differences and became close again. He did everything possible for her during her last months. Felicia died on July 16, 1978. BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Byron Tauchi· eM Manuel Diaz- Eric Hoover· Charlie Matthiessen· Blythe Teh Allyson Fleck Trygve Peterson· Mark Schubert* Bill Terwilliger* Thomas Kluge- Lindsey Goodman Chad Winkler Stephen Beall K.ara Poorbaugh PICCOLO TROMBONE Katie Mclin· Louise Zeitlin· Suzanne Buerkle Bill Zehfuss· Renia Madura Michael Avagliano OBOE Bradley Koser Kristine McCreery· Anna Joiner- Eric Ohlsson· BASS TROMBONE Eric Sewell Will Horton Paige Morgan· Dan Satterwhite· Marla Woods Christina Placilla Matt Fossa TUBA Chris Corde Maria Kindt Sarah Mellander Michael Grose- Andrea Smith Rachel Sompong ENGLISH HORN HARP Mariusz Kozak Laura Beede Paige Morgan- Frances Duffy- Chad Uyehara CELLO CLARINET TIMPANI Diana lungu Carlton McCreery- Steve Cohen· Timothy K. Adams,Jr.- Yuri Grankin Jameson Platte Eric Ginsberg- PERCUSSION VIOLIN II Madeleine Oolz· Alix Rei nhardt Conrad Alexander- Misha Rosenker* Jia-nan Zhao BASS CLARINET Mark Saenz Rochelle Davis George Work· Nicholas Lewis Karen Cl imer Jeanne Majors· Ana Jesse BASSOON Gary Parsons Jason Bell Elaine Anderson· Barrick Stees· Philip Webster Margaret Baldridge· Heiki Palm Lee Goodhew· KEYBOARD Tara Barnes Laura Dubau CONTRABASSOON Jonathan Mann Mary Ada Poole Ken Pruitt Javier Rodriguez GUITAR Juiianna Methven Tim Stanley SAXOPHONE Oren Fader· Dorothy Knowles Jennifer Peterson Joseoph LullofP' Julia Koo DOUBLE BASS HORN Amanda Baum Dan Swaim· Eli Epstein· Kiku Enomoto Brad lovelace Jean Martin· Katrina Rozmus Kevi n Mauldin· Ion Balu Ana Ortiz Joshua Hallock Nancy Cooper • BMC faculty Jaime Cabudol Ryan Kuck Christian Johanson CM Concertmaster Holland Phillips Justin Jimenez David Renfro Matthew Brancheau PROGRAM NUMBER THIRTEEN BREV ARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Saturday, July 3, 1999 7:30 PM TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thomas Joiner, conductor Barrick Stees, bassoon Eric Ohlsson, oboe Toward the Splendid City (1992) ..... . ....... ............ Richard Danielpour (b. 1956) Concerto in B flat Major, K. 191 ..... .... ........ . ... . .... .... . W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Allegro Andante rna Adagio Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto Concerto in C Major, K. 314 Allegro aperto Adagio rna non treppo Rondo. Allegretto Mr. Stees Mr. Ohlsson - INTERMISSION- Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op. 88 .................... . ... . Allegro con brio Adagio Allegretto grazioso Allegro, rna non troppo W.A. Mozart Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Support for Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. COI'cr ' "lhe (mdue/or " hv Alexandra Nc('hila ERIC OHLSSON Eric Ohlsson is principal oboist of the BMC Festival Orchestra. He graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Music. He received his Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from Ohio State University, where he studied oboe under John Mack, William Baber, James Caldwell, and Ben Wright. Since 1986, Dr. Ohlsson has been professor of oboe at Florida State University. He also serves as principal oboist of the Tallahassee Symphony and is a member of the Opperman Reed Trio. He has performed at conventions of the International Double Reed Society, at the Spoleto Festival, and at Carnegie Recital Hall. BARRICK STEES Barrick Stees is principal bassoonist of the BMC Festival Orchestra. He received his education from the Eastman School of Music and studied under fellow bassoonist K. David Van Haesen. Mr. Stees is an associate professor of bassoon at Michigan State University. He is also principal bassoonist with Lansing Symphony, bassoonist with the Richards Quintet, and the bassoon instructor at Interlochen Arts Academy. He has perfonned frequently as a soloist throughout the United States as well as in Gennany, Italy, and China. For several years he perfonned as principal bassoonist of the Hartford Symphony while teaching at the Hartt School of Music and the University of Connecticut. Mr. Stees has also performed with the Pittsburgh and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestras and has recorded two solo CD's. TRANSYLVANI A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VI OLI N I VIOLAS DOUBLE BASS II OI:{ NS Caroline Shaw, eM Kale Hedin, principal Matthew Brancheau, Nancy Cooper William Tcrwillingcr- Manuel Dia;; '" pdncipal Allysoll Partin Karla Smart Herman Jones Dan Swaim'" David Renfro Jamt!s Harvey BJ Engrav Regi nal d Lamb Aaron Brant Davi d Edwards Ann Pima! Matthew Cory James Boldin Megan McClendon Maggie Stanley Phillip Suzuki TRUMPETS Lyndsay Pruetl Ryan Kucera Patricia Priester Doug Clarke Byron Tauchi'" Thomas Kluge'" Laura Spitler Brandon Craswel l Alyson Slack Cynthia Irish Amber Holder Jenni fer Crawford Daniel Thi gpen Stephanie Kaulen Martin Houghtali ng Bill Withem Matthew Watts Rachel Ward Manhew Waid TROM80NES Diane Kline Armando Sardinas FLUTES George Curran Jaya Varma CELLOS Suzanne Buerkle George Berry Richard Hsiung Samuel Nordlund. Melissa Healey Jason Oliver Heather Figi principal PICCOLO TUBA VIOLIN II Madeleine Golz· Nicole Esposito Jeff Alvarez Anita Baa, Principal Elizabeth O'Neil OBOES HARPS Mi scha Rosenker· Linlin He Somerlie Aston Ann Hintze Nikki Owens Johannes Robbins Ann Fronckowiak Anais Mailloux Elizabeth Zehner Tamar Moten Faith Scholfield PERCUSSION Sheridan Randolph Amy Collins Erica Howard Brandon Barnes Justin Taylor Georgc Work· CLARI NETS Sergio Carreno Ginger Kowal Tatc Olsen Aaron Rose Je ff Luft Katie Mclin· Katherine Pollack Chris You Robert Hudson Christopher Clark Jason Raff Amy Woody Graham Thompson Madel ine Scheer Brian Hatton BASS CLARI NET Krista Filsinger Kimberl y Specht Lcamarie Wi lson Andrew McCollum KEYBOARD Jordan Rodu BASSOONS Hyunsio Choi Jennifer Peterson Jonathan Biccum Spencer Layton eM Concertmaster Sara Scurry • Faculty Coaches Please Note: I.atccomers will he seated at the Il e concepts related to creation and the universe. The work is developed on the underlying image of the Hindu God Shiva's dance as the primal event in the creation. The composition has three parts. There is no specific story that the first section is intended to describe, but it expresses the images of dances of heavenly bodies, rushing of solar winds and showering of meteors, all part of the "dance of creation." Part two ponders "the vastness of space and lime ... [and] our own finite moment of existence." The final part expresses "a high ~ p e e d trip through the ... universe. [We see] images . .. and .. . glimpses of galaxies. brilliant light. vast darkness, love. fear, [and] the miracle of existence." Celestial Dance was commissioned by the Long Beach Symphony and its music director JoAnn Falletta. The premiere was in April, 1995. Dansa Trimbula Henry Mollicone Dansa Trimbufa is a sensuous dance which features the saxophone and accordion. The work was commissioned by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Inspiration came from the composer's travels in Mexico and from music derived from works of the famous tango composer, Astor Piazzola. During the development of the piece the composer maintained close contact with the virtuoso soloists, trombonist Bill Trimble and accordionist Anthony Quartuccio. Mr. Mollicone has written that the process of composing is much like having a child. It begins with pregnancy (months ofintemal work), followed by childbirth (the music coming to life at rehearsal) and finally, entering the greater world (perfonnance of the piece). Mr. Mollicone refers to the performers who are involved in the process as "musical midwives." Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 0 Major, Opus 35 Peter Iyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Tchaikovsky's only marriage lasted but a few weeks. The experience brought him close to a nervous breakdown. In the aftennath he poured himself into his music. A wealth of compositions followed in the next few years, including the Violin Concerto in D Major, written in 1878. Certainly there is no hint of despair in this sunny, bright concerto. The entire work is technically difficult. The first movement, Allegro moderato, contains two charming melodic themes warmly supported by the orchestra. It ends with an unaccompanied virtuostic cadenza. Tchaikovsky became unhappy with his original middle movement and wrote a replacement, Andante canzonetta. This beautiful slow section blends directly into the final movement, Allegro vivacissimo. The finale contains rustic Russian folk dances and, as before, demands great skill of the performer. Tchaivosky reworked the original slow movement into a violin-pianoforte piece, Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Opus 42 No.3. Tchaikovsky had in mind the Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer who later became the teacher of such eminent violinists as Jascha Heifetz. Auer declined to play it, saying it was too difficult and radical. Another violinist, Joseph Kotek, who had given technical advice to Tchaikovsky during the composition. also found it 100 hard to perform. Three years after its completion, on December 4, 1881, the Russian violinist Adolf Brodsky premiered the concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Hans Richter. Tchaikovsky later dedicated the work to Brodsky. The first performance met with mixed reviews from Viennese critics. Their descriptions ranged from "one of the most original and effective compositions for the violin" to "barbarously terrible." An especially negative review from Eduard Hanslick bothered Tchaikovsky terribly. He carried the clipping with him for months. However this concerto became well accepted in the next few years and was soon heard in all the major concert halls of the world. Auer, who originally shunned the work, became one of its greatest protagonists. By this time he was no longer perfonning in public, but he taught the concerto to many of his celebrated students. Today il is one of the greatest masterpieces for violin. It ranks along with the violin concerti of Beethoven. Mendelssohn and Brahms. DAVID EFFRON Conductor David Effron (Education: 8M-University of Michigan, MM-Indiana University) is professor of instrumental conducting at Indiana University. Before assuming his position at Indiana. he was music director and conductor at the Eastman School of Music, on the conducting staff of the New York City Opera and principal conductor of the Curtis Institute of Music. Organization affiliations include Centra] City Opera Summer Festival, Aspen, Chautauqua, Bach Aria Group, Frankfurt Gennany Opera, the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Denver, Buffalo, Rochester. New Mexico, the National Ballet and Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. He is Brevard Music Center's artistic director and principal conductor. RUGGIERO RICCI The 1998/99 season marks the 70th anniversary of Ruggiero Ricci ' s extraordinary career as a concert perfonner. His debut in 1928 at the age often in San Francisco, playing a fonnidable program of works by Vieuxtemps, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn and Wieniawski, astounded the audience and started him on the road to early stardom. His consecration as a world class "wunderkind; one of this century' s few authentic prodigies," came the next year in New York when the leading critic of the day wrote: "All that great violinists do, he did." He made his first tour of Europe in 1932 at the age of 14, a highly sensationalized series of concerts with the world' s greatest orchestras; he continued to play extensively until, ironically, the Anny Air Force put a stop eleven years later to his world travels. He enlisted at the beginning of the war and became "Entertainment Specialist Ricci." During those three years he played and broadcast hundreds of concerts under a variety of unusual conditions, often without an accompanist, exploring and presenting the largely unexploited solo violin repertoire. Since then, he has remained an enthusiastic exponent of the solo recital , basing a majority of his yearl y programs on the solo works of Bach, Paganini, Wieniawski , Kreisler, Ernst, Bartok, etc. His was the first recording of the unadulterated Paganini Caprices, and he perfonned the US premiers of both the 4Th and 6tb concerti. Not surprisingly, Ricci is recognized as having greatly contributed to the world' s renewed appreciation and affection for the great 19'" century composers, though he maintains a broad repertoire of over 50 concerti. He has perfonned the world premiers of several distinguished contemporary composers including Alberto Ginastera, Gottfried von Einem, Alexander Goehr, Joseph White, Gerard Schumann and Carlos VeerhofT. His discography lists more than 500 recordings. His fourth recording of the Paganini Caprices was made for the first time on Paganini's own Guarneri. expressly lent to Ricci by the city of Genoa. Ricci's first teacher from the age of six was Louis Persinger. He later studied with Michel Piastro, Paul Stassevitch and Georg Kulenkampf. Past teaching posts include Indiana University, the Juilliard School and the University of Michigan. His book Left Hand Violin Technique was published by G. Schinner. Ruggiero Ricci teaches at the Mozarteum Conservatory in Salzburg, Austri a, as well as holding annual masterclasses in Berlin. BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA I VIOLA FLUTE Byron Tauchi- e M Manuel Diaz· Eric Hoover· Bill Zehfuss· Bl ythe Tch Allyson Fleck Trygve Peterson· Hoyt Andres Bill Terwi lliger- Thomas Kluge· Lindsey Goodman BASS: Stephen Bcall Kara Poorbaugh PICCOLQ Dan Satterwhite- Katie McLin- Louise Zeitlin- Trygve Peterson· Il.!!!A Renia Madura Michael Avagliano OBOE Mi chael Grose- Kristine McCreery· Anna Joi ner· Eric Ohlsson· HARP Eric Sewell Will Horton Paige Morgan- Frances Duffy· Marla Woods Christina Placilla Mati Fossa I IMPA!'II Chris Corde Maria Kindt Sarah Mellandcr I( Adams, l r .. Andrea Smi th Rachel Sompong UQ!!I'! PERCUSSIQN Marius7. Kozak Laura Beede Paige Morgan· Conrad Alexander- Chad Uyehara Hennan Jones CLARI r:!EI Brian McKinney Diana Lungu B.1. Engrav Steve Cohen· Lee Vinson Yuri Grankin CELLQ Eric Ginsberg· Evan Barr I'I!.!LII'! " Carlt on McCreery· Mariko Gillan Dave Cochran Mi sha Rosenker· Jameson Pl atte BASS KEYBQARD Rochelle Davis Madeleine Golz· Nicholas Lewis Jonathan Mann Jeanne Majors· J ia-nan Zhao Hyuncil Choi Jason Bell George Work· Barrick Stees· ACCORDIQN Margaret Baldridge- Ana Jesse Lee Goodhew· Anthony Quartuccio Tara Barnes Elaine Anderson· Mary Ada Poole Heiki Palm Joseph Lulloff* • BMC faculty Juli anna Methven Laura Dubau 1I0R!'! CM Concertmaster Dorothy Knowles Ken Pruitt John Ericson· Juli a Koo Tim Stanley Jean Mart in· Amanda Baum Jennifer Peterson Ion Balu Kiku Enomoto 1l!.!l.!I!I.E BASS Nancy Cooper Katrina Rozmus Dan Swaim· Christian Johanson Ana Ortiz Brad Lovelace David Renfro Jaime Cabudol Kevin Mauldin· TRl.!MrEI Holland Phillips Joshua Hallock Charl ie Matthiessen· Ryan Kuck Mark Schubert· Justin Jimenez Chad Winkler Matthew Brancheau The Ruggiero Ricci String Art ist Chair was establi shed in 1993 through the generosity of Josephine Gri sham Renzulli. a trustee of the Center and a long-time friend of Mr. Ri cci. Ruggiero Ricci has played and given maslercJ asses at the Music Center many times, enthralling both our audiences and our students. We are proud to welcome him back. PROGRAM NUMIl ER TWENTY-NINE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Straus Aud itori um Wednesday, July 14, 1999 8:00 PM The - 0\.-10 Orcl1 F",bcr, sucst ",,'tist Chaconnc in G Major (Arranged by Castellani-Andriaccio) Grand Duo Opus 2.2 - HOB. 1118 All egro Adagio Menuetto all egro Finale presto • INTERMISSION' Introduction and Fandango La Cumparsita * Tango No.2, Opus 164 * Escorregando Prctcnci oso Tango No. 2 Duo Flamenco· E1 Tango • Arranged by the Castellani -Andriacci o Duo Cover: "The Coudl/c/O,. ,. by A lexafldra Nechita G.F. Handel Joseph Haydn Luigi Boecherini G.H. Malos Isaac Albeniz Ernesto Nazareth Alrredo Viana Astor Piazzola Co Pfi ster The CaSlcllani-Andriaccio Duo is rega rdcd as one of the elite c1t.unbe r enscmbles on the music secnc today. These brill iant artists ha,·c been pmised by cri tics intemationally. The Nell' York Times call ed them "fi rst rat e and a pleasure to hear" ,lI1d slaled Ih.lt "Ihe pcrfom1:Ulces were consistent ly fine and the rapport just aboul perfect -I hc concert was admirabl e. " After being invited to perfonn on scholarship 10 the master classes of Andres Segovi .. in Spain. they ,vere featured in eoneen in London. Madrid. Budapest. Rome and Rio Dc Ja neiro. ha" e also bee n featured in SOille of the 1I10st cOllcert ha ll s such as the Smithsonian Insti tuti on. the JFK Center for the Perfonni ng Arts. Carnegie Recit;11 Hall. The AtcncQ de Madrid. the Casa Thomas Jefferson in Brazil, the Sala Casals in San Juan. tJLe Chaul ;tUqua Festival and received a spl:cial illl"ilalivllfrom Prl:sidelll Clinlon Iv perform at Ihe /I 'llIfe HOl/sI!. The Duo is frequent ly scheduled at musi c festival s th roughout North Ameri ca. Europe and Latin Ameri ca where the two sc.ved as arti stic envoys of the U. S. S[ Alex Cohen David Kirby· !;Q!!NEJ Nathan Harless Matt Spaulding Hiroko Okada CM Concertmaster Jesse Livingston Sergio Carreno + Teaching Assistant John Kendrick Gary Parsons ... • Faculty Coach PROGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-FOUR THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Dress Rehearsal Thursday. July 15, 1999 7:30 PM PcrfQmtance Saturday, Jul y 17. 1999 7:30 PM THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA pn:scnts A MASKED BALL In Concert Music by Verdi Libretto by Somma. after Scribe's librctt("l for Auber's "Gustave III ou Le Bal Masque" Angela Brown, soprano David Trent, tenor Patryk Wroblewski , baritone David Effron, conductor, Gerard Flori ano, chorus master Carol Anderson, musical preparation CAST OF CHARACTERS Ricardo, the king .. .. . . ..... .......... ... .......... ... .. . . . ... .. . David Trent Renata, hi s aide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Patrick Wroblewski Amelia, Ricardo's wife ......... . . .. ... . . .... .. . . . ........ . .. . . .... Angela Brown Ulrica, a fortune teller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .. Roxanne Rowcdder Oscar, a page ...... . ... . . ..... . ..... . ... .. . ....... .. ... . ..... ... Jennifer Rouse Si lvana. a sail or ..... . .. ... • •• .. • .... . .. . . . •• • •• • .... . . . . ..... . Jesse Blumberg Tom, enemy of the king . ... . . . . .... .. . . . . . . . . ... . .. ..... ........... Anton Belov Sam, enemy of the king . .. ... .. . . . . . . • . . . ...... .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . James Lopez The Chief Magistrate .. . . ..... . . . .. ... ... ... .. . ... .. .. ..... . Aleksey Vodyanitski y A Servant of Amelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Guckian rOI·er. "The Cundllc/or " by Alexandra Nechira JANIEC OPERA COMPANY ENSEMBLE Dominic Aquilino. Orlando. FL. Manhattan School of Music; Nishi Badhwar, Evanston, IL; Serena Benedetti. Philadelphia. PA; Hai-Ting Chinn. Brooklyn. NY; Sean Cooper. Shepherdstown. WV. Manhattan School ofMus!c; Mark Craig, Ann Arbor. MI. University of Michigan: Tracy Dufek, Chelsea, MI. University of Michigan School of Music; Jason Fuh, Shaker Hei ghts. Oil; David Gordon, Ann Arbor. MI, University of Michigan; Daniel Hershey. Brook line. MA; Keith Hudspeth, Houston. TX. Rice University; ,'uan Ibarra. San Antonio. TX: Me:,ra Jones. Rochester. NY; Kwon Ho Jung, Little Ferry. NJ, Manhattan School o f Music: Cassidy King. Plainfield. IN. De Pauw Univers ity; Anita Lyons, Bloomington. IN; Ricardo Mercado, Rochcster, NY, Eastman School of Music; Susan Miller, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University: Rc\' crie Mati. Spokane, \VA. Univcrs it y of Michigan; John Ohle, Waverl y. IN,DePau\\ University: Sol\'Cig Olsen, Las Vegas. N:v1, Indiana University: Brian Osborne. Tallahassee. FL: Jennifer Rice. Alamo. CA. Indi ana University: Alissa Rose, Billings. MT, Rice Universi ty; Jose Sacin, Burke. VA. Universi ty of Maryland: Reshma Shclty, Richmond, VA. James Madison University: Arlene Simmonds. Toronto, Ontario. University of Toronto; Eric Small. Bloomington. IN: Amber Smoke. Rochester. NY, Eastman School of Music; Lauric Marie Tossing. Mesa. AZ, Arizona State University; Anna Uzzell, Charlotte, NC. Appalachian State University; Rachel Watkins. Metairie. LA, Yale Univers ity: Erika Wueschner. Ottumwa, IA. Julliard School. ••••••••••••••••••••••• ACT ONE Scene I An audience in Ri cardo's chamber Scene II Ulrica's hovel - INTERMISSION- ACT TWO Scene I A solitary outlying field al night - INTERMISSION- ACT THREE Scene I Renalto' s study Scene Ii Ricardo's lavi sh study Scene III The Masked ]Jail ABOUT THE GUEST PERFORMERS Angela Brown is a dramatic soprano with a spellbinding voice. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Ms. Brown's love of music and singing began in the church, continued and developed at Oakwood College in Alabama and, most recently, at the Indiana University School of Music where she studied with Virginia Zeani. Adept in opera, art song, gospel and theater, her vocal perfonnance has been lauded by The New York Times as "robust and confident singing." Ms. Brown's first national recognition came in 1992 at her Kennedy Center debut as Seena in Leonard Bernstein' s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. With three standing-room-only performances there, The Washington Times proclaimed Ms. Brown "clearly a performer we will get to know better." Ms. Brown has performed in recital around the world with pianist Charles Webb, Dean Emeritus of the School of Music at Indiana University. Recent recordings include a solo CD of opera arias, art songs, and African-American spirituals and a CD of selections from Porgy and Bess with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Telarc). In 1997 Ms. Brown was a National Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions winner. David Trent, tenor, has studied and performed internationally including a unique opportunity to perform in Volgograd, Russia, last summer. Recent performances at Indiana University include Alfredo in La Traviata, Rodolfo in La Boheme, and Mao Tse Tung in Nixon in China. He most recently sang the role of Don Jose in Carmen and is scheduled this fall to perform the role of the Drum Major in Berg's Wozzeck. Mr. Trent is especially pleased to be making his debut at the Brevard Music Center as his wife is a native of Anderson, South Carolina. Patryk Wroblewski, baritone, was the Grand Prize Winner in the Rosa Ponselle International Voice Competition and also a winner in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition. Mr. Wroblewski's European debut was in concert performance with the Dublin Grand Opera followed by his stage debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as Silvio in I Pagliacci. Recent engagements include Guglielmo in Cosi/an Tuite with the Opera Festival of New Jersey, twelve performances as Jochanaan in Salome with the Klagenfurt Opera in Austria, and Marcell in La Boheme with the Tulsa Opera. During the 1999-00 season Mr. Wroblewski returns to Tulsa Opera as Lescaut in Massenet's Manon. ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Roxanne Rowedder, mezzo-soprano, graduated from the University of Northern Iowa where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. She has sung the roles of Miss Todd in Menotti's The Old Maid and The Thief, La Principessa in Suor Angelica, both of which were performed at the University ofIawa. Ms. Rowedder has also completed study at the Bel Canto Institute with Jane Klauitter. She has appeared as a soloist in Handers Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Beethoven's Mass in C with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Symphony and Chorale. Ms. Rowedder has performed in master classes with Simon Estes, George Shirley, and Joan Dorremann. She is currently studying privately in New York. Jennifer Rouse, soprano and native of Thomasville, Georgia. recently completed her studies at Manhattan School of Music. Recent appearances inclu1e La Comtesse in Le CornIe Ory, Frasquita in Carmen, and Lily in The Secret Garden. She has worked with artists such as Martin Katz, Elly Ameling, and Warren Jones. Ms. Rouse recently ~ e r f o n n e d with Patti Lu Pone in A Broadway Revue directed by Paul Gemingani. Jesse Blumberg, baritone, has just completed his second year at the University of Michigan where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Vocal PerfOiTIlanCe and a Bachelor of Arts in History. Mr. Blumberg studies voice at the University of Michigan with Freda Herseth. This past year, Mr. Blumberg sang in the choruses of the University productions of La Traviata and The Magic Flute. Anton Belov, baritone, native of Moscow, Russia, is currently a senior at the New England Conservatory of Music. He recently appeared on stage in the title role in The Mikado at BMC and in scenes perfonned by the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop as Michele in II Tabarro, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rambaldo in La Rondine and Pangloss in Candide. His recent concert perfonnances include Haydn's Missa in Angustis with the New England Conservatory Choir and Mozart's Requiem with the Paul Madore Chorale. Mr. Belov was a 1999 New England Regional Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition. James Lopez. baritone. comes to Brevard Music Center from Houston, TX, where he completed his Bachelor of Music degree. While in Texas, he competed in the N.A.T.S. competition and was 1 st place in 1997 and 1998. This fall Mr. Lopez will attend The New England Conservatory of Music for graduate work and will study with Edward Zamhara. He has perfonned the rol es of Dan Cairo in Carmen, Mr. Gobineau in The Medium, Geronimo in II Matrimonio Segreto, Betto in Gianni Schiecht, and Frank in Die Fledermaus. Brevard Music Center Janiec Opera Company General Manager Conductors Stage Directors Asst. Stage Director Choreographer Chorus Master Coaches Coach Apprentice Production Manager and Lighting Designer Set Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Technical Director Asst. Technical Director Master Carpenter Carpenters Scenic Charge Scenic Artists Wardrobe Supervisor Stage Manager Asst. Stage Manager Props Supervisor Props Assistants Master Electrician/Asst. Production Manager Asst. Lighting Designer Sound Technicians Stage Crew Chief Asst. Stage Crew Chief Stage Crew John Greer David Effron John Greer Jonathon Field James Stuart Lydia Steier Barbara Howse-Diemer Gerard Floriano John Greer Carol Anderson Paul Transue Jonathan Mann Joe Saint Ted Simpson Kevin Wolfgang Robin Coates David Carrico Wes Shinn Rob Sturgess Brent Lind Drew Maciula Karen Rahlfs Jacob Richardson Ron F. Temple Kate Jones Kwong Li Amber Campbell Jeremy Seemann Jessica Velez Sue Huggins Erin laVallee Rachel Picken Joshua Redfearn Andrea Boccanfuso Danny Tauber Andrea Schoeneberger Erika Binninger Nic Davis Jane Lycan Ben Morris Anna Peterson BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I VIOLA FLUTE TRl!MrEI Thomas Joiner· eM Manuel Diaz· Eric Hoover- Charlie Matthiessen* Blythe Teh Will Horton Trygve Peterson· Mark Schubert- Byron Tauchi* Thomas Kluge· Suzanne Buerkle + Chad Winkler + Renia Madura Rachel Sompong Lindsey Goodman Brandon CTaswell + Bill Terwilliger- Louise Zeitlin· OBOE Chris McDonald + Marla Woods Laura Beede Eric Ohlsson- Doug Clarke + Katie Mclin· Hennan Jones Paige Morgan· TRQMI!ONE Diana Lungu BJ Engrav E!'!GLI5H HQB!'! Bill Zehfuss· Kristine McCreery- Allyson Fleck+ Paige Morgan· Bradley Koser Yuri Grankin Kara Poorbaugh+ CLARINEI Hoyt Andres + Chris Corde CELLO Steve Cohen· Chris Sydor + Caroline Shaw + Carlton McCreery- Alix Reinhardt DASS IROMBQME David Edwards + Jameson Platte Christina Crispin + Dan Satterwhite- VIOLIN II Madeleine Golz· Kelly Griffin + Jason Oliver + Misha Rosenker· Jia-nan Zhao Eric Bean + IUI!A Rochelle Davis George Work· I!AS500N Michael Grose· Jeanne Majors· Ana Jesse Barrick Stees· Eric Fuller + Julia Koo Elaine Anderson· Lee Goodhew· HARP Margaret Baldridge· Heiki Palm Javier Rodriguez + Frances Duffy· Kiku Enomoto Samuel Nordlund+ Melissa Etling + I1MPANI Mary Ada Poole Elizabeth O' Neil + HQM Timothy K. Adams,Jr.· Dorothy Knowles I!Ol!I!LE I!ASS Jean Martin· rERCl!SSIO!,! Matthew Watts + Dan Swaim· Ion Balu Conrad Alexander· Heather Figi + Brad Lovelace Nancy Cooper Kevin Mauldin· David Renfro Joshua Hallock Christian Johanson + Laura Spitler + Allyson Partin + • BMC Faculty Matthew Brancheau+ Sarah Oube + CM Concertmaster Kevin Welch + + Off-Stage Orchestra PROGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-THREE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Friday, July 16, 1999 7:30 PM Exclusive Sponsor: Deerlake Village POPS! - Janiec Style Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra Members of the Janice Opera Company Henry Jani ec, guest conductor Henry Janiec is Brevard Music Center's Artistic Director Emeritus Support for Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Founda ti on. ('ol'e/': "The Conductor " by Alexandra Nechita BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Henry Janiee, Guest Conductor Soloists from the Janiee Opera Company: Amber Smoke, Ricardo Mercado, Meara Jones, Juan Ibarra, Jennifer Rice, Aaron Guckian, James Lopez, Jennifer Rouse, Anita Lyons and David Gordon Belle of the Ball ......•.. . ....•...•.. . •........................ Anderson Overture to Die Fledermaus ..... .. . ... . . . .......... . . . . . . . . . . ... J. Strauss Selections from "Annie, Get Your Gun" ................ . . , . ... . ... .... Berlin "Anything You Can Do" Amber Smoke. mezzo-soprano & Ricardo Mercado, baritone "They Say It's Wonderful" Meara Jones, mezzo-soprano & Juan Ibarra, baritone "What the World Needs Now Is Love" .......... . • . .. .• ... . ... .... Bacharach "Kiss Me Again" . ... . ........................... .... . ... . ....... Herbert Jennifer Rice, soprano "Yours Is My Heart Alone" .................... ... .. .. .• .. . .. .. ..... Lehar Aaron Guckian, tenor Selections from West Side Story .... .. •...... . . • ....... ... . ....... Bemstein - INTERMISSION- Selections from Man of fa Mancha .......•...... . .. .. . . ...... ... .. Leigh Selecti ons from Les Miserables .... . . . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . , . . . . • . . . . .. Schonberg Selections from Phantom of the Opera . . ......... ..... .... . ..... ... . Webber "Music of {he Ni ght" James Lopez, baritone " Think of Me" Jennifer Rouse, soprano "AII I Ask of You" Anita Lyons. soprano & Davi d Gordon, tenor Pops Hoe-Down . .. . . ...• .... ...• . ..•...... • ... . .... •... . .. . . ... Hayman THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA VIQLIN I VIQLA FLUTE IBUMl'EI Thomas Joiner· eM Manuel Diaz· Eric Hoover- Charlie Matthiessen* Blythe Teh All yson Flcck Lindsey Goodman Mark Schubert· Byron Tauchi * Anna Joiner- l' ICCOLO Chad Winkler Stephen Beall Will Horton Suzanne Buerkle Brandon Craswell Chri s Corde Michael Avagl iano OBQE TROMI!Ol' with thi s noncxislen: person if they were trying to escape tedious company or avoid an ull\\ anted invitation. Among hi" closesl fr iends was the Godebski famil). Ra vel ded icated several o!'his compositions 1\ \ members o f the family. He liwd on their yacht lo r ;1 month in 1907 when he wrote Espagnnle, It ,\oas his first Ill :ljor on.: hestral work. He dedicated it to his tcacher Charles dt.: Ber ior. Spanish intlucnct.: is common in Ra vel"s music. He was born in south\.,.est France. ncar the border with Spai n. Hi s mother was Basqu..:. li e sometimes at1riblltcd the Hi spaniC content of hi s music 10 his mother hummi ng and s inging Spani sh 1l1l:lodies 10 him as a child. The work was lirsl performed by the Colonne Orchestra al the Chatclet on March 28. 1908. The second section. "dalaguei1a. was reCC'lVeJ with bot h hisses and applause. From Ihe balcony carne the voice of FIorelli Schmitt. a member of the Apaches. who demanded an encore. Shouting, "play it again for the gentlemen downstairs who haven't been able to undcrstand." The conductor promptl y obliged. After the encore Schmitt then shouted, "Tell them it' s Wagncr and they will find it vcry good." The work. for the most part. received prompt acclaim. REPERTORY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VIQLli"! I VIOLA FLUTE TR!,i MfEI Stephen Beall Michael Avagl iano Lindsey Goodman Brandon Craswell Eric Sewedl Willi-lort on Chri stine Pcl zek JoAnn Lamol ino MariUSl Kozak Maria Kindt Melissa Healey Chris McDona ld Chad Uyehara Rachel Sompong P!!:!:QLQ Chad Winkler Amanda Saurn Kale I-Iedin Nicole Esposito TROMBOi'lE Rochelle Davi s Herman Jones 08QE Hoyt Andres Jason Bell I3J Engrav Matt Fossa Chri s Sydor Tara Barnes Ann Pirnat Sarah Mellandcr BASS TRQMIlQi"![ Jul i a Koo Maggie Stan ley Wendy Spi tzer Eric Kelley Caroli ne Shaw Ryan Kucera !:!..AR!i"!H TUBA Katrina Rozmus !:ELLO Eric Bean Eric Fuller Ana Orti z I-Iciki Palm Chr istina Crispin HARP Megan McClendon Ken Pruin Mariko Gi l lan Anais Mail loux Manhcw Watts Laura Dubau Kell y Griffin Mariah Mazur Diane Cl ine Samuel Nord lund Nicholas Lewis Erin Maric Collins Jaya Varma Elizabeth O"Neil Alix Reinhardt Ann Hintze VIQLIi"! II Linli n He SAXOrHQNE l'ER!:l ISSIOi"! Andrea Smit h Johannes Robbins Amy Decker Hiroko Okada Karla Smart Tamar Moten David Polk Mark Saenz James Harvey Amy Collins Jose Acosta Ph ilip Webstcr Heather Figi Tate Olscn Wi lbur Vinson An ita Bao Ka lhcrint: Pollok Mel issa Ell ing Gary Parsons Nikki Owens Jason RafT Javier Rodriguez Evan Barr Sheridan Randolph IlASS Jonathan Biccum David Edwards Bradley Lovelace Spencer LaYlon Lyndsay Pruett Joshua Hallock 1I0Ri"! Alyson Slack Justin Jimcnez Ion Balu Daniel Thigpen Reginald Lamb All yson Partin Ri chard Hsiung Matthew Cory Kevi n Welch Justin Taylor Phill ip Suzuki Sarah Oubre Patricia Priester Christian Johanson Amber Holder James Boldin PROGRAM NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Monday, July 19, 1999 8:00 PM THE TRANSYLVANIA WIND ENSEMBLE Jamie Hafuer, conductor Sarah McKoin, guest conductor Eric Ginsberg, clarinet Support for Brevard Music Festival"s 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. COl'er: ''The Conductor" by Alexandra Nechita The Universal Judgement . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . ...... . .. ... . ... .... DeNardis Hillandale Waltzes. . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . . . . • . . .. BabinlNygren Theme Valse elegante Valse passionee Valse sombre Valse volante Valse triste Valse de bonne humeur Valse brillante etjoyeuse Valse oubilee Niagara Falls Mr. Ginsberg - INTERMISSION - Daugherty Serenade, Op.7 . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . .. Strauss Symphony in B Flat ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . • . . .. . . . • . . .. Hindemith Moderately fast, with vigor Andantino grazioso Fugue, Rather broad ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Jamie Hafner (Education: 8M and MM-University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music) is director of education at Brevard Music Center and Professor Emeritus of University Bands at The University of Toledo. Mr. Hafner was tubi st with the resident brass quintet of the US Military Academy Band, West Point. NY, director of bands at Glynn Academy Hi gh School in Brunswick, GA, and tubi st with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra. He was a recipient of The University of Toledo's Outstanding Teaching Award and has been recognized by many noted American composers including Karel Husa, Ulysses Kay, Robert Ward, Fisher Tull , Martin Mailman and Francis MacBeth for hi s perfonnances of their band music. He conducts the BMC Wind Ensemble. Sarah McKoin (Education: 8M-Michigan State University, MM-Wi chita State University, DMA- University of Texas-Austin) is director of bands at the State University of New York at Buffalo and instructor of conducting, wind literature and instrumental methods. Dr. McKoi n was co-founder, music director and conductor of the Western New York Youth Wind Ensemble. In keeping with her commitment to perfonning literature oftoday's prominent composers, ensembles under Dr. McKoin' s direct ion have won the prai se of both local music crit ics and guest composers. She conducts the BMC Symphonic and Concert Bands. Eric Ginsberg (Education: 8M and MM-The lulli ard School; Studies: Ben Annato, Stanley Drucker, Kalmen Oppcnnan) is professor of clarinet at Western Illinois University and principal clari net with the Knox-Galesburg Symphony. Festi val perfonnanccs include the Spoleto, Aspen and Adirondack Festival s. He is a former member of the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra and fomler faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. TRANSYLVANIA WIND ENSEMBLE FLUTE BASS: CLARIMEI IRllMfEI fERCllSS:lQM Christine Pelzek Andrew McCollum George Voellinger Karen Climer MyaCaruso SAXQlUOME John Messinger David Cochran Erica Bass Amy Decker IROMBOrl:E Brian McKinney Andrew Rehrig David Polk Chris Sydor Evan Barr Jessica Sherer Chris Corde George Berry Gary Parsons l!I!QJ:; Jose Acosta Nate Enns Wilbur Vinson Somerlie Aston BASS IROMDQME Sergio Carrena Wendy Spi tzer Jonathan Biccum George Curran Ann Fronckowiak Spencer Layton Sara Scurry Michael Warchol eM Concert Master Chris You eM IIl!!lli Glenn Wilkinson Aaron Rose Sarah Oubre Il!IIA Christian Engley David Byrd-Marrow Jeff Alvarez Amy Woody Aaron Brant Eric Fuller David Macgrayne Zach Cramer IIA!!l' Megan Anderson James Richardson Erin Marie Collins Kiera Thompson CORNET Ann Hintze Lauren Smith Chris McDonald Anais Mailloux Kristen Armstrong DougCJarkc Mariah Mazur Emily Avesian Jennifer Crawford JoAnn Lamolino ******************** Please Note: Latecomers will be seated at the Head Usher's discretion. No cameras, tape recorders, smoking, or food in the auditorium, please. Refreshments are available before the perfonnance and during intennission. The refreshment stand is located across the walkway from the auditorium. Coffee, ice-cream, soft drinks and candy are available for sale. The Brevard Music Center is grateful for the support received from the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Counci l. Special thanks to the official media sponsors of the 1999 season: Yellow Book USA, WMYI 102.5, and public radio stations WCQS FM and South Carolina Educational Radio. BALDWIN is the official piano of the Brevard Music Center. All pianos are moisture- protected by DAMPP-CHASER dehumidifiers. PROGRAM NUMBER FORTY BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:00 PM Jerry Hart Jerome Memorial Concert Tonight's performance is sponsored by the/amity of former BMC trustee Jerry Hart Jerome MARVIN HAMLISCH & THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA The concert this evening will be performed in two acts with one intermission. Maestro Hamli sch will announce hi s program from the stage. Michael Keller, Drummer Mark McVey, Vocalist Support for Orcvard Music Fcstival"s 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. ( 'OJ'e/". " rhe ('(Jllduclor" by Alexandra Nechita MARVIN HAMLISCH Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance. Best known as a composer, Hamlisch has written major works for film, stage, recordings, and concert hall. Among the Broadway shows Mr. Hamlisch has composed are They're Playing Our song and The Goodbye Girl. He is the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were. As composer, Mr. Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exists: three Oscars, four Grammys. two Emmys. a Tony and three Golden Globe awards; his groundbreaking show, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize. As conductor, he has led the great orchestras of the world, and as pianist and entertainer, he has performed both with ensembles and in solo capacity. Mr. Hamlisch holds the position of Principal Pops Conductor with both the Pittsburgh Symphony and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. He was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as afthe television special , "Barbra Streisand: The Concert," (for which he received two Emmys). One of the youngest students ever admitted to The Julliard School, Mr. Hamlisch is a graduate of bOlh lulliard and Queens College (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree). Hamlisch believes in the power of music to bring people together. He says, "Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an intemationallanguage, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can." Hamlisch has been actively engaged in supporting various charities by giving benefit perfonnances throughout the United States. He and his wife, Terre, reside in New York City. where he is now working on his latest project, a musical version of Sweet Smell of Success, slated for production in late 1999. BREVARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA VIOLI!'! I YIOLA FLUTE IRl!MI'EI Thomas Joiner· eM Thomas Kluge· Trygve Peterson* Charlie Matthiessen* Blythe Teh Kara Poorbaugh Lindsey Goodman Mark Schubert· Chad Byron Tauchi* Louise Zeitlin- I'ICCOLO Winkler Stephen Beall Will Horton Suzanne Buerkle Brandon Craswell Bill Terwilliger- Michael Avagliano OBOE IROMBO!'!E Renia Madura Christi na Placilla Eric Ohlsson· Bill Zehfuss· Katie Mclin· Maria Kindt Paige Morgan· Bradley Koser Eric Sewell Rachel Sompong Sarah Mellander Hoyt Andres Kristine McCreery- Laura Beede Matt Fossa BASS II!QMI!Q!'!E Marla Woods Hennan Jones ENGLISH HOI!JS Dan Satterwhite· Chris Corde CELW Paige Morgan- Il!BA Andrea Smith George Work· CLARI!'!ET Michael Grose· Mariusz Kozak Jameson Platte Steve Cohen· HARP Chad Uyehara Madeleine Golz· Eric Ginsberg- Frances Duffy· VIQLI!'! II Jia-nan Zhao I!ASS CLARI!'!EI TIMI'A!'!I Misha Rosenker· Elaine Anderson· Nicholas Lewis Timothy K. Adams. Jr.. Rochelle Davis Anna Jesse BASSOQ!,! I'EI!.Cl!SSIO!,! Jeanne Majors* Heiki Palm Barrick Stees· Conrad Alexander· Jason Bell Laura Dubau Lee Goodhew* Brian McKinney Margaret Baldridge* Ken Pruitt CONTRABASSOON Hiroko Okada Tara Barnes Tim Stanley Javier Rodriguez Philip Webster Mary Ada Poole DQl!I!LE !lASS Gary Parson Julianna Methven Dan Swaim* Joseph Lulloff* Dorothy Knowles Brad Lovelace HQRN Julia Koo Kevin Mauldin· Jean Martin· • BMC faculty Amanda Baum Joshua Hallock David Renfro eM Concertmaster Kiku Enomoto Ryan Kuck Ion Balu Justin Jimenez Christian Johanson MatthewBrancheau Nancy Cooper PROGRAM NUMBER FORTY-ONE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Straus Auditorium Wednesday, July 21 , 1999 8:00 PM AN EVENING WITH MARTIN KATZ, pianist Hermit Songs, Op. 29 and members of the Janiee Opera Company At Saint Patrick's Purgatory Church Bell at Night S1. Ita's Vision The Heavenly Banquet The Crucifixion Sea-Snatch Promiscuity The Monk and His Cat The Praises of God The Desire for Hennitage Daniel Hershey, tenor Erika Wueschner, soprano Selections from the Italienisches Liederbuch Auch Kleine Dinge Gesegnet sei Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen Ihr seid die Allerschonste Du denkst mit einem Fadchen Lass sie nur gehn Wie lange schon Geselle, wall'n wiT uos in Kutten hiillen Mein Liebster ist so Klein Nun lass uns Flieden schliessen Samuel Barher Hugo Wolf Ein Stiindcher Euch zu bringer Mein Liebster singt am HallS Sterb'ich Ich esse nun mein Brod Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter Ich hab' in Penna Nishi Badhwar, soprano Arlene Simmonds, soprano Jason Fuh, baritone Juan Jose Ibarra, bass-baritone ••• INTERMISSION' •• Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 Johannes Brahms Rede, Madchen, allzu tiebes Am Gesteine Tauscht die Flut Odie Fraven Wie des Ahends schone Rate Die grune Hopfenranke Ein Kleiner, hiibscher Vogel Wohl Schon bewandt war es Wenn so lind dein Auge miT Am Donaustrande o wie sanft die Quelle Nein, es ist nicht auszukonunen Schlosser auf Vogelein dUTchrauscht die Luft Sieh, wie ist die Welle Klar Nachtigall, sic singt so schon Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe Nicht wandie. meln Licht Es bebe! das Gestrauche Reshma Shetty and Rachel Watkins, soprano Hai-Ting Chinn and Amber Smoke, mezzo-soprano David Gordon and Aleksey Vodyanitskiy, tenor Dominic Aquilino and Brian Osborne, baritone Martin Katz and Andrew Campbell, piano MARTIN KATZ, PIANIST Martin Katz "must surely be considered the dean of collaborative pianists," said the Los Angeles Times after a concert last season, and this season he is the first recipient of Musical America's Accompanist of the Year Award. One of the world' s busiest collaborators, he has been in constant demand by the world's most celebrated vocal soloists for more than a quarter-century. He appears regularly with Marilyn Home, Frederica von Stade, Sylvia McNair, Jose Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa and Kathleen Battle, to name a few. In the past, he collaborated with Renata Tebaldi, Cesare Siepi, Katia Ricciarelli, Judith Blegen, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, Tatiana Troyanos, Gabriella Tucci and Regine Crepin. He has more than a dozen recordings to his credit for BMG, CBS, Sony, Decca, Phillips, RCA and Fonit Celra labels. Mr. Katz is a native of Los Angeles, where he began piano studies at the age of five. He attended the University of Southern California as a scholarship student and studied the specialized field of accompanying with its pioneer teacher, Gwendolyn Koldofsky. While yet a student, he was given the unique opportunity of accompanying the master classes and lessons of such luminaries as Lotte Lehmann, lascha Heifetz, Pierre Bernac and Gregor Piatigorsky. Following his formal education, he held the position of pianist for the U.S. Army Chorus in Washington, D.c., for three years, before moving to New York where his busy international career began in earnest in 1969. PROGRAM NUMBER fORTY-THREE AND fORTY-SIX BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whilli ngton- Pfohl Auditorium Dress Rehearsal Thursday_ July 22.1999 7:30 PM P..:rfor1l1ancc Saturday_ July. 24.1999 7:30 Ptvl HIE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER JANI EC OPERA COMPANY presents NAUGHTY MARIETTA An Opera in Tim:,,; Acts Musk by Victor Herbert Conductor. John Greer Di rector. Jonal hon Ficld Choreographer. Howse-Diemer Chorus Master. Gerard Fl oriano ScI Designer. Ted Simpson Costume f)l."'signer. Kevin Wolfgang Li ghti ng Designer. Joe Saint CAST OF CI-I ARACTEI{S Marietta IYAi1o.!tKI ......... ......... . Captain Rich:ud Warrington Et ienne Gram!.:1 Adah Lc Clercq ........ . ......... . Silas Sli ck ....... .... . Rudolfo . . ....... .. . Sgl. l'larry I3 lakc Floren7.. .. Town Crier SiSler Domniqllcll-'irsl Flower Girl ..... La . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . Chorus of Pi ratcs. Rang.ers. FIO\\ cr Girls. C;asquo.: llc elC. ..... Susan Miller Kl.'i lh Il udsp":lh Ri c:lrdo M .. n'::ldo . ..... Anna Uzzdl ... Juan I harra M:rrk Crai g Aaron Guc\..i:1Il David (I(lrdllil Daniel I Dominic Aquili no . Anita Palll '1 JANIEC OPERA COMPANY ENSEMBLE Anton Belov, Boston, MA. New England Conservatory; Nishi Badhwar, Evanston, II. ; Serena Benedetti, Philadelphia, PA; Jesse Blumberg, Ann Arbor, MI , University of Michigan; Hai-Ting Chinn, Brooklyn, NY; Sean Cooper, Shepherdstown, WV, Manhattan School of Music; Tracy Dufek, Chelsea, MI, University of Michigan School of Music; Jason Fuh, Shaker Heights, OH; Meara Jones, Rochester, NY; Kwon"o Jung t Little Ferry. NJ, Manhattan School of Music; Cassidy King, Plainfield, IN, De Pauw University; James Lopez, Houston, TX, New England Conservatory; Reverie Mott, Spokane. WA, University of Michigan; John Ohle, Waverly, IN, DePauw University; Solveig Olsen, Las Vegas, NM, Indiana University; Brian Osborne, Tallahassee, FL; Jennifer Rice. Alamo, CA, Indiana University; Alissa Rose, Billings, MT, Rice University; Jennifer Rouse, Thomasville, GA; Roxanne Rowedder, New York, NY; Jose Sacin, Burke, VA, University of Maryland; Reshma Shetty, Richmond. VA, James Madison University; Arlene Simmonds, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto; Eric Small, Bloomington, TN; Amber Smoke, Rochester, NY, Eastman School of Music; Laurie Marie Tossing, Mesa, AZ, Arizona State University; Rachel Watkins, Metairie, LA, Yale University; Aleksey Vodyaoitskiy, Bloomfield, CT, Hartt School of Music; Erika Wueschner, Ottumwa, lA, Julliard School. • • • • * • • • • • • * • * • * • * • • * AIlOUT THE PERFORMERS Susan Miller. soprano. is originall y from South Africa but rai sed primaril y in California. She holds hoth Bachelor and Masters degrees in Voice Performance from Ind iana University_ Recent perlortnanccs have included concerts in England. with the Brittcn- Pears SchooL for the Metropolitan Opera Nati onal Coullcil: Trouble in Tahili for the Indi ana University Bernstein Festival: and the role ofZdenka in Richard Strauss' Arabella wilh the Indiana University Opera Theater. Her bvorile Indiana University credit s include: in Le Nozze di Figaro. Gretel in Hansel and Grefel. Chava in Fiddler 0/1 rhe Roo/and Second Niece in Peter Grimes. Susan has also sung wi th the Ohio Li ght Opera in roles including Marietta in Die Bajadere and the title role in Veroniqlle. Keith Hudspeth. tenor. a nat ive of Charlone. North Carolina. is currentl y working on hi s Master of Music Degree at Ri ce University in Houston, Texas. where he studies with Joyce Farv·/cll. He received hi s Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1998. Whil c at Rice University, MI". Hudspeth played the rol e or Frederic in The Pirates of Penza nee. and he has performed in Handel' s Messiah. Mozart's Coronation Mass and Mario Davidovsky's Shir-a-Shirim. Ri ca rdo Mer cado. hass-bari tonc. originally from thc Dominican Repuhl ie. is fin ish ing up his Bachelors degree at the Eastman Schoo! or Music. While there he has had the opportunity to perform in scenes or productions of the following operas: 11110 Ihe l.foods. The Telephone. Sigllor Re/usfJ. DOl/ghler oflhe Regimeill. A/herl Herring. Tosca. Le No:.ze di Figaro. and L' [/isir d' AII/()re. Thi s marks hi s debut operatic performallcc at the Brevard Music Center. l ie will be performing Alcindoro in La Boheme later thi s season. Ann a Uzzr ll . mczzo-soprano. is l"tllT\.'ntly pursu ing a degree in Vocal Perforrnancl.' al Appalachian Siale Universit y in BoonC'. North Carolina. Ms, Uzzell has pcrformcd the role of Isabella in Rossi ni' s " alion (;i,.1 i ll Algiers with the Appalachian Opera Workshop' s Sccnes Program and has performed in hoth Menotti's Amah! alld 'he N(ghl Jlisilors and AII/elia Goes 10 'h£' /Joll . , 111 :1 11 Ibarra. harit one, nali H' \nt onio. Texas. has just performed the roles or <-i regor in in RO/lleo lIlId Jlllil!!. the \larqui" d'Ohi gny in L(I Tro\"l lllC/ and (j iuglicllllo in ( 'osi.fhn flllle;H (he l li ah Olk'ra in S,lIt Lah:l.' Cit y. Mr, Iharra has perforl11l.' d as hass soloist in I i aluki' s Messiah. Mn/cln ' R(,(/IfI(,III. Bal: h 's Magnifical and Faurl.":--' Requielll, I k is a memher of thl.' 'l'\\ Y \lrk City Opl.'ra's Associate Chorus Mark Craig. tenor. will be a senior at the University of Michigan this fall. He has perlormed Lh c role of Marco in Gi lbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers and Arac in Princess ida. Mr. Craig has also performed in the ensembles of Pagliacci. Madame Butterfly. La Traviata. and Man olLa Mancha. Mark thanks God first and foremost for the gift of music and his family and fri ends for their endless love and support. Aaron Guckian, tenor. is currently pursuing graduate studies at the Eastman School 01" Musk . Mr. Guckian recently appeared as a soloist in the Rochester Chamber Orchestra's pt!rformance of the Messiah. In the fall of 1998. Mr. Guckian sang the role of the Mayor in Eastman Opera Theater's production of A/ber! Herring. During the spring semester. he pl ayed Don Jose in Carmen and Nadir in Pearl Fishers with the Eastman School of Music Scenes Program. David Gordon, tenor, is from Kalamazoo, Michigan. and is currently training with Professor George Shirley at the University of Michigan. Perfonnance credits at Michigan Opera Works include Rodolfo in La Boheme, Elder Gleason in Susannah, Herman in the world premiere ofAhraham and Hanna. Monastatos in The Magic Flute, EI Dancairo in Carmen and Apollo in Semele. Mr. Gordon has sung with the Friends of the Opera of Michigan. the Detroit Oratorio Society and the Metropolitan Chorus/Greek Chorale SocielY· Daniel Hershey. tenor. received hi s Master of Vocal Performance degree at the New England Conservatory where he studied under the direction of Richard Hughes. Mr. Hershey has performed in the greater Boston area as a solois.t with the Chamber Singers of Greater Lynn. Mastcf\yorks Chorale. Fine Arts Chorale. The Paul Madore Chorale, Chorus pro Musica and the Boston Academy of Music. Some of his recent operatic rol es include flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Lacoufin Les Mamelles de Tiresias. Dominic M. Aquilino, baritone, is coming strai ght to Brevard Music Festival after fini shing up hi s second year as a resident artist with the Orlando Opera. Mr. Aquilino has performed the following roles: Dimitri in Richard Wargo's The Music Shop, Wagner in FallS!. Mandarin in Turondot. Dr. Illind in Die Fledermalls, Sciarrone in Tosca. Thi s fall he will begin his Masters in Music at the Manhattan School of Music. Anila Lyons. received her Mastt!r's Degree from Indiana University. Thi s past season. Ms. Lyons was a member or the Indianapolis Opera Chorus. In 1997-98, she performed as Si ster Clair in Poule-m"s Dialogl/es Carmelites with IU Opera Theatre. This autumn she will he moving to Minneapolis to study with Elizabeth Mannion. Brevard Music Center Janiee Opera Company General Manager Conductors Stage Directors Ass!. Stage Director Choreographer Chorus Master Coaches Coach Apprentice Production Manager and Li ght ing Designer Set Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Technical Director Asst. Technical Director Master Carpenter Carpenters Scenic Charge Sceni c Artists Wardrobe Supervi sor Slage Manager Ass!. Stage Manager Props Supervi sor Props Assistants Master Electrician/Ass!. Production Manager Asst. Lighting Designer Sound Technicians Stage Crew Chief Asst. Stage Crew Chie f Stage Crew John Greer David Effron John Greer Jonathon Field James Stuart Lydia Steier Barbara Howse- Diemer Gerard Floriano John Greer Carol Anderson Paul Transue Jonathan Mann Joe Saint Ted Simpson Kevin Wolfgang Robi n Coatcs David C;mico Wcs Shinn Rob Sturgess Brent Lind Drew Maeiula Karen Rahlfs Jacob Ri chardson Ron F. Temple Kate Jones Kwong Li Amber Campbel l Jeremy Seemann Jessica Velez Sue Huggi ns Erin laVallee Rachel Pickett Joshua Redfearn Andrea Boccanfuso Danny Tauber Andrea Schoenebcrger Erika Binninger Nic Davis Jane Lycan Ben Morri s Anna Peterson BREVARD MUSI C CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I Stephen Be;ll! eM Eric Snvdl Mariusz KO;'llJ.. eh,ld Uychar,1 Jason Bell Taw Ilames Amanda Bailin VIOLIN II !\ndn:;1 Smith Julianna M.:t]l\en Katrina Rozmus I\n,lOrt iz Jaillle Cabuda! Ii oliand Phillips eM COllc..::n I" ' aster VIOLA Allyson Fleck Kara Poorbaugh Michael Avagliano Christina Pl acil1a Mana Kindt CF.Ll.O l.a ura Dubau Kt::n Pruill Tim Jennifer Stanlc) DOUBLE BASS Justin Jimenez Matthew Urancheau FLUTF. Lindsey Goodman SunH1llc l1ucrklc 080t: Malt Fossa CLARI NET Christ ina Crispin Kelly Griffin BASSOON Spencer l.aYIClIl UOH.N Ion Balu David Renfro THUMI)ET Chad Winkler Brandon Crdswdl I loYI Andres HARP Anais PERCUSSI ON Lee Vinson Evan Barr David Cochran Support I'm Il rcvard Music Festival' s 1999 prt1g.ram ilOilo'S prm idcd by The Ut ley Foundation. Plcasc Nole: II III hc sc,ltcd at the Uslll'r' 50 di s .. :rclion. No cameras. tape rcconkrs, slll{l" ing. food or dri nks in Ihe audit ori ulll. pkase. Refreshments arc availat'lk before Ihe performanec and during inlermiss ion. Thc rdrcshmcm .; Iand i, ](1cated across the wal"way from the audilOrium. C(llke, ice-crcam. son drinks and arc availahle 10 r $.11<:. 10 Anl iques Et c. , Cantrd l Et o\\ ah Appliance ,md Hcarlh, Roth Anl iqu<.!S ;md Rkc fmniturl.' :llld r')f pro\ idi ng f(l l" thi s evening's performance. The Brevard Music CClltcr is gmh:ful for Ihc support received from Ihe North Carohna Gellcral Asscl11bly. thc North Caroli na Dl.'rartlllCllt {lfCultural Rcsourccs and the North Carolina Arts Council. Sl)I.'ciallhanl..s tn Ihc (lffi .. ;ialilledia sronsors ("Ifth..: 1999 s..:ason; Yell ow Book USA. WMYI 1015. and public radio slaliotls W("(.)S FM and Soulh Clr\llllla Educational Radi o. The Music Cetller I\{lul d al , o li ke 10 lhan" ra(lio stations WISE!W'1 ZQ and \\ J ILC for their support of thi s concen. Special lhanks to Noro.:osh.:o, Atl anta. GA. for pnll' iding. thc costume, for thi s cI'.:ning's pcrforillance. I.3ALDW I N is onicial piano of Ihc BI"l'\ ard lusi.: Centcr A II pianos arc rnoislurc-prole..: ted hy DAMPP-( ' IIASER tkhlllniJilil.'rs PROGRAM NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Sunday, July 25, 1999 3:00 PM Superband Gala Transylvania Wind Ensemble Jamie Hafner, conductor Transylvania Symphonic Band Sarah McKoin, conductor Frederick Fennell, guest conductor Charles Vernon, trombone Charles Vernon is the 1999 Brevard Music Center Distinguished Alumnus Suppor1 for Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. ("ul'er. "1h" ("ondllc/r)r" hy Afe:wndru Nechila Overture La Forza del Destino ............ . ....... . .... . . _ . __ .. Verdi/Rogers Irish Tune from County Derry ....... . ........ .... ... .... . . ........ Grainger Shepherd's Hey Funeral March ....... . ....... . . . . . .................... ... .. Grieg!Fennell English Folksong Suite """"" """" """"""""""" """ """" "" """"" Vaughan Williams I. March, "Seventeen Come Sunday" II. Intermezzo, "My Bonny Boy" rn. Folksongs from Somerset - INTERMISSJON- Trombone Concerto ......... . . . ................................ Bourgeois I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Presto Charles Vernon PRESENTATION OF THE 1999 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD - INTERMISSJON- Fanfare and Al legro . ............... . ... . ........... . .... . . ...... Williams Paso Doble. "'EI Abanico" ... . . . .. ... . .. . . ... . . .. .. .. . . ... Javaloyes/Fennell M h '"I"" "I" " h"' K" arc.' 1ger Tlump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. lng Crown Imperial Coronation March, 1937 ..... . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . . .... Walton ABOUT THE PERFORMERS J :lmie Hafner is din.:ctor of education at Brevard Music Center and Professor Emeritus or University Uands at The Uni versity of Toledo. Mr. )-Ialner was tuhist with th...:: resident bmss qui ntet ur lhe US Military Academy Band. Wesl l)oinL NY. director of bands a1 Glynn Academy Hi gh School in Brunswick. GA. and lubi sl wit h the Savannah Symphony li e was a recipi ent of The University of Toledo's Outstanding Teaching and has been recogni zed by many noted American composers including Karel !-I usa. Ulysses Kay, Robert Ward. Fisher Tull . Marti n Mai lman and Francis MacBeth for his performances of thei r hand music. He conducts the BMC Wind Ensembl e. Sa r:lh McKoin is di rector or bands at the State University of New York at Buffa lo and instructor of conduct ing. wi nd literalUre and instrumental methods. Dr. McKoin was co- founder, music director and conductor of the Western New York Youth Wind Ensemble. In keepi ng with her commitment to performing literature oftoday' s prominent composers. enscmhlcs under Dr. McKoin's direction have won the praise of both local music crit ics and guest composers. She conducts the- BMC Symphonic and Concen Ballds. Frcdc-rick Fennell. is intL'rnat ionally rL'cogni zed as one of lhe most famous wino cnsl;.'mhk conductors in the world. His recordings with the Eastman Wind Ensemble (which he founded) and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra seIIhe by wh ich all ot her n .. "l: ordings arc compared. 1999 DI STI NGUISHED ALUMNUS Charles V('rnon atll'ndcd Brc:vard Musil.: Center as a student in the 1960s. 11ll1l1L'diatdy alier sllIdi cs ai Georgia Stale he won the audition lor hass tromboni st with the Baltimore Symphony: he returned thaI same year to j oin the BMC fac ulty. From 1972 until 19S I. Mr. Vcrnon spent hi s teaching and performing at BMC In the lll Canli llll". hi s prokssional crcdl..'llIi :lis (ollli nued to mount as he accepted hass trombone posi tions \\ ith the San h 'ancisco Symphony (1980-1981). thL' Philadelphia On.:h!;;stra ( 19R 1-1986). and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1986-prcscnt). He has also served on th L' f:Kldtil' s oj" SUdl presti gious inslitutions as the Curt is Institute. the Phibdclphi:l Colk gl.' of Performing Arts. Tt! mpk Universi ty. and D.: Paul University. Des pit e hi s demanding perti.ll"ming and tcaching Mr. Vernon continues to carve out lime to rev isit BMC as a master teacher and pl..'rformer. spending a week or more with students in master classes and I.:oaching sl.' ssions. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to lllllsic education and achievement s in the professiona l real m. the Brevard Music Center presL'nt s Charl!;;s Vernon with the Di sti nguished Alumnus Award. FLUTE Mo:lissa 11o:a"id ,\I a..:gr BAS5;QQi" Gt!orgo: Ucrl)' l clr l .ull J,ln;llhall l3i ccurll Nate Enns (i r;rh:Jrll ) hOlllpson Spencer Laylon J:Json Oli vo:r S !!A.l!..t Lrie Ileal! knnili: r Cr;l\1 fmd Erin M.lri\., Coll ins SAXOI' / IO·"Io:t; Jo..: Th..:rrie Mari;lh 1I.- 1a"Uf .los..: John PEB!;;;;USSION 1 lal id 1'011-.. l)al 'id Co..:hran 1):lIlicllklT)hill JOIIII ) Kendri d. t\ ar..:n Climer A D\.·cl-..cr k ssc BrtIllJ('n names I:mily A\esi:1I1 KristJ Fibinger HASSQQN Juhn Vcr.! Rob..:n lludson Justin Hnl\\n Justin lsenhouf ( ir.!h;1I11 Thompson Safah MeKitlrict.. Page A kit Cnhcn I' rank Luke Schram Iln-ki Hrush Adam Cllnrad PROG RAM NUMBER FIFTY BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Monday, July 26, 1999 8:00 PM TRANSYLVANIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA Gerard Floriano, Conductor An Outdoor Overture Aaron Copland Porgy and Bess Selecti ons for Orchestra George Gershwi nIRobel1 Russell Bennett Symphony No 2,Op JO .... . ... ... . .. . Howard Hanson l. Adagio; allegro moderato II . Andante con tenerezza III. All egro con brio Support ror Brevard Music Festival' s 19')') program notes is provided by The Utl ey Foundation. Co,'er: "The COllductor" byAkwmdro Nechila TRANSYLVANIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I VIOLA DOUBLE BASS HORN Ginger Kowal CM Marty Lucas Laura Sptiler David Byrd-Marrow Margaret Baldridge· Louise Zeitlin· Ryan Kuck + James Richardson Meri Wa lton Frances Shaeffer Matt Waid Lauren Vinoski Kimberly Specht Stephanie Kauten Martin Houghtaling Casey Maltese Jamie FUlscher Annando Sardinas Gary Ogle Sarah Hendrix Anna Griffis Cindy Irish Jane Lazarovic Jonathan Murray Madeline Scheer Rachel Ward FLUTE TRUMPET Renia Madunl+ Christina Placill a -+ Christine Pel:zek Craig King Jennifer K. Peterson Jennifer Murray Mya Caruso Sam Oatts lordan Rodu Eric Anderson, Jr. Katelyn Love loe Therrien Christopher Clark Melissa Shideler PICCOLO George Voellinger Miriam Readling Laur.l Gorton Andrew Rehrig TROMBONE VIOLIN II CELLO OBOE Nate Enns Erin Burley Brian Hatton Erica Howard l ohn Vera Jeanne Majors • Elaine Anderson· Faith Scholfield BASS TROMBONE Stacey Burnette Ginny Beck Reid Messich Adam Conrad Tina Pai Daniel Shin Nathan Swain TUBA Zach AmlStrong Harrison Parks CLARINET Jeff A1varez AlexJs Gcstwicki Jameson Plane + Kiera Thompson HARP Jennifer All en + Dan Lucas Lauren Smith Erin Marie Collins Elizabeth Jamison Leamarie Wilson Kristen Annstrong Ann Hintze Marla Woods + Lauren Weaver BASSOON PERCUSSION Justin Brown Brian McKinney • Faculty Coaches Frank Purdy David Cochran eM Concert Master Sarah McKittrick Karen Climer + Teaching Assistant Brandon Barnes Sergio Carreno Krista Filsinger ••••••••••••••••• Please Note: Latecomers \vill be seated at the Head Usher's discretion. No cameras, tape recorders, smoking. or food in the auditorium, please. Refreshments are avai lable before the perfonnancc and during intennission. The refreshment stand is located across the walkway from the auditorium. Coffec, ice--cream, soft drinks and candy are available for sale. The Brevard Music Center is grateful for the support received from the North Carolina General Assembly, thc North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council. Special thanks to the official media sponsors of the 1999 season: Yellow Book USA, WMYI 102.5, and public radio stations WCQS FM and South Carolina Educational Radio. BALDWlN is the official piano of the Brevard Music Center. All pianos arc moisture·protected by DAMPP-CHASER dehumidifiers PROGRAM NUMBER FIFTY· THREE Tri o in Bb, 047 1 Allegro Trio Op. 34 TOCCATA LANGSAM Trio MAnlG SCHNELLE FUGE Allegretto vivo Scherzo Andanle Rondo Serenade Op_ 10 Marcia Romanza Scherzo Tema con Variazioni Rondo BREVARD MUSIC CENT ER Straus Auditorium Wednesday, July 28, 1999 800 PM THE DIAZ TRIO Andres Cardcnes, violin Roberto Diaz, viola Andres Diaz, cello * * * INTERM ISSION * * * F. Schubcl1 P. Hi ndemith J Francaix E Dohnanyi Support for Brevard Music Festi val's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utl ey Foundati on. Cover: "71Je COl/duG/or" by A /vxlIIdra Nechitn PROGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SIX AND FIFTY-EIGHT THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington- Pfohl Auditorium Dress Rehearsal Thursday, July 29, 1999 7:30 PM Performance Saturday, Jul y3 1,1999 7:30 PM Exclusive Sponsor: Carolina Community Bank THE BREVARD MUSIC CENTER JANIEC OPERA COMPANY presents SOME ENCHANTED EVENING® A RODGERS AND HAMMER STEIN REVUE Music by Richard Rodgers, Words by Oscar Hammerstcin Director, James Stuart Choreographer/Co-director, Barbara Howse- Diemer Music Director/Pi anist, Paul Transue Pi ani st. Andrew Campbell Set Designer. Joe Saint Costume Designer, Kevin Wolfgang Li ghting Designer, Andrea Boccanfuso CAST OF CHARACTERS Julie .. .... ... . ......... ....... ..................... Solveig Maria Olsen Anna. , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reveri e MOll Nellie .... . . .... , . ' , , ... . ... . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lauric Marie Tossing Will , .... .. ... .. . . .. ... . . ... . .. ..... ... .. . .. .. ...... " .. David Gordon Billy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . ............. .. John M.Ohlc and Stagehand ..... . .. . .• .. Mark Craig (·Ol'<'f . "The ( 'undue/or " by AII.'XQndra t'h:chiM Opening Sequence The Surrey With The Fringe On Top It Might As Well Be Spring There Is Nothin' Like A Dame The Gentleman Is A Dope I Have Dreamed Grand Night Agitato and Vocal Overture A Wonderful Guy Hello, Young Lovers If I Loved You Something Wonderful A Fellow Needs A Gi rl I Cain', Say No I Enjoy Being A Girl Maria Lonely Room In My Own Linle Comer A Bell is No Bell Shall We Dance and Finale Act I Entf' Acte ACT I - INTERMISSION - The Presentation of the 1999 Distinguished Service Award Act II Opening Medley Twin Soliloquies This Nearly Was Mine Out Of My Dreams Don't Marry Me Sequence Love, Look Away A Puzzlement A Cockeyed Optimist Soliloquy Sixteen Going On Seventeen Younger Than Springtime ACTTWO I'm Ganna Wash That Man Right Quia My Hai r Closing Medley Some Enchanted Evening Some Enchanted Evening Some Enchanted Ewning is a celebration of songs that have become a part of our lives. We si ng them in the shower and we sing them to entertain and amuse. This show places five perfonners - each of whom could easily be cast in any Rodgers and Hammerstein show - in a theatrical setting - first "backstage," where the songs are sung as personal interplay and then ;'on stage" where the songs are "perfonned" for the audience. •• Taken from program notes by Jeffrey B. Moss 1999 Dislinguished Service Award The 1999 Distinguished Service: Award will be given posthumously to Mr. Paul Thomas who was a member of the BMC Board of Trustees from 1960 until his death in 1972. In the late 1950's-early 1960·s. the Brevard Music Center was suffering through the financial difficulties that grip most arts institutions. Fully in support of BMC's educational and artistic mission, Thomas used hi s business background to approach the problem. As chairman of the BMC Board of Trustees, he insisted on establishing fiscal goals and responsibilities for BMC and, morc importantly, held BMC accountable to its policies. Paul Thomas facilitated an affiliation with Converse College and its School of Music in 1964. Converse guaranteed a loan so that BMC could payoff its debts and continue operation. That affiliation proved to be the turning point. The Brevard Music Center began to rid itself of the deep financial burdens which had plagued it. 1964 was also the year that Henry Jani ce assumed artistic direction at BMC, bringing with him several colleagues from Converse as faculty, staff and trustee additions. Under the joint leadership of Thomas and Janice. the Brevard Music Cenler started on the road toward fiscal responsi bility. In fact, BMC is now an anomaly among arts institutions; it is a fiscally sound organi zation, having maintained a balanced budget and incurring no debt for twenty consecutive years. The Brevard Music Center and Thomas's family and fri ends are honoring him with construction of Thomas Hall, a multi-purpose rehearsal faci lity to be opened during the 2000 season. Thomas Hall will be the home of the Janiec Opera Company and will provide the company with its own full-sized rehearsal spacc. The new building will be located behind the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium and will include climate controlled teaching and practice studios for large instruments and additional costume storage space. A plaza area is being planned. which will offer public recognition for Paul Thomas and will serve as a beautiful gathering place for patrons before and after the concerts and during intennission. The Music Center would li ke to thank Anne Irwin. daughter; Don Bain, son-in-law; and Joseph Blake, fri end of the Thomas fami ly; for the inspirat ion and the majority of the financial support for this project. JAMES STUART Mr. Stuart recently recei ved national recognition as he was invested in the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. He earned a doctor of musical arts degree at the Eastman School of Music and is noted as a scholar, educator, and performing artist. He has been involvc:d in almost every facet of lyric theatre production from stage a r t i ~ t to producer and director. His extensive teaching experience includes Boston Universit ). Boston Conservatory of Music. and Kent State University. He has appeared with opera compames in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chautauqua, Atlanta, and New Orleans. He sang the leading tenor rol e in the world premiere of Rafaello de Banfield's Lord Byron's Love Lefler opposite Patricia Neway and performed the title roles in the Ameri can premiere!' of Rameau's Pluftee and the New York premiere of Seymour Barab's Chanticleer. For seven seasons he performed the principal tenor roles with the American Savoyards and the Martyn Green Gilbert and Sullivan Company. As soloist in oratori o and concert, Stuart has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra. Rochester Philharmonic, New Orleans Symphony, the Boston Handel and Haydn Society, and the orchestras of Lewisohn Stadium, Grant Park. and Robin Hood Dell . Among the numerous distingui shed musical artists Stuart has performed with are singers Beverly Si ll s, Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, and Robert Merrill ; conductors Franz Allers. Richard Bonynge, Renato Cellini. Boris Goldovsky, Louis Lanc, Jonel Perlea, Nicola Rescigno, Juli us Rudel, and Robert Shaw. Numerous television credits incl ude The Perry Como Show and The Andy Williams Show. In 1979, he founded The Ohio Light Opera. Drawing upon hi s vast experience as a performing artist, Dr. Stuart developed the company into an internationally renowned company unique in the world of the lyric theat re in its festival presentation of operettas with many rarities performed, some being American premieres in Stuart' s translations (Auber' s Fra Diavolo, Lecocq's loftlle de Madame AnguI, Hahn's Cihoulette, Kalman's Die Bajatierer, and Johann Strauss' Eine Naclll ill Venedig) and adaptat ions (Offenbach's M. Chuujleuri, newly titled Regrets Only, Victor Herbert's Eileen, and Kurt Weill's The Firebrand 0/ Florence). BARBARA HOWSE-DIEMER Barbara Howse-Diemer (Education: Boston Conservatory, BS-State University of New York-Brockport) is a dance instructor at Wilson Middle School in Charl one. North Carolina., where she was awarded ''Teacher of the Year" in 1992-93; she is also arti stic director and co-founder of "Catch in' On," a thirteen year-old Charlotte-based dance company. Her studies include African, jazz, modern and ballet. Actively involved with Theatre Charl olle and the North Carolina Dance Theatre. she serves on both boards. Ms. Howse- Diemer is the Brevard Music Center choreographer. PAUL TRANSUE Paul Transue is the opera department coach/accompanist at the Cleveland Instit ute of Music. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music. In past summers he has been a coach/accompanist wi th the Ohio Light Opera. Opera in the Ozarks, and Lyric Opera of Cleveland. With fluti st Keith Pettway he recorded Three Sonata-i/or Flu/e and Pianu by Friedrich Kuhlau for Cestaur Records. lie is a past winner of the MTNA National Chamber Music competition and was twice a semi-finali st at the FischoffNational Chamber Music Competition as a member of Trio Sortilege. ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Solveig Maria Olsen received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Iowa in 1998 where she studied with me7zo-soprano Marcia Roberts. She has spent previous summers at the Aspen Music Festival where she studied with soprano Irene Gubrud and at the Centro Studi ltaliani in Urbania. Ital y. Role'S in her repertoire include Juliet. Mistre'SS Ford. and Sour uenevieve. Ms. Olsen is currently attending Indiana University where she is earning her maslers dcgrt:e in music. Reverie Matt. mezzo-soprano, is now in her second season at the Brevard Music Center. Ms. MOil studi ed al the University of Michigan with Freda Herseth and will be at the Manhattan School of Music in the fall of 1999. She has performed the roles of Dinah in Trouble in Tahit;, Ino in Semele. the Third Spirit in Die Zauberjlore. and Annina in La Traviata. Recently, she was a soloisl with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in a concert version of L 'En/aliI el Sor/ileges. Ms. Mott attended the Opera Theatre of Lucca program in Italy. Laurie Marie Tossing is returning for her second season at BMC where she has been seen as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Gen. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls. She holds degrees from Arizona State Uni versity, where she studied under Jerry Doan. and performed principal roles in such productions as Le Nozze di Figaro, The Bartered Bride, and L' enjemt er les Other performances include numerous solo recitals including a concert in San Jose, Costa Rica. John M. Ohle is a junior at DePauw University majoring in vocal performance. His previous roles at DePauw incl ude Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, Ben in The Telephone. and Papageno in The Magic Flute at Vall ey High School. Additionally, john has won the Great Lakes Midwest Region N.A.T.S. competition for the last two years and recently sang the baritone solo in a premier of a new choral work at Wartburg College. in his hometown of Waverly, Iowa. David Gordon is from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is currently training with Professor George Shirley at the University of Michigan. Performance credits include Rodolfo in La Boheme, Elder Gleason in Susannah, Hennan in the world premiere of Abraham and Hannah, Monastatos in Die Zauberflo/e, EI Dancairo in Carmen and Apollo in Semele. Directing credi ts include Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Carolina Community Bank, with fourteen offices, has a long history of serving the communities of Western North Carolina. In September 1997, the bank opened in Brevard and now serves the area with two full-service branches located at Straus Park and downtown Brevard on West Main Street. It is with great pride and pleasure that Carolina Community Bank sponsors Brevard Music Center's production of Some Enchanted Evening.® ••••••••••••••••••• *' Support for Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. Please Note: Latecomers will be seated at the Head Usher's discretion. No cameras, tape recorders, smoking, food or drinks in the auditorium, pl ease. Refreshments are available before the performance and during intennission. The refreshment stand is located across the walkway from the auditorium. Coffee, ice-cream, soft drinks and candy are avail able for sale. Brevard Music Center would like to thank Ohio Light Opera Company for providing the costumes for this evening' s perfonnance. The Brevard Music Center is grateful for the support received from the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council. Special thanks to the official media sponsors of the 1999 season: Yellow Book USA, WMYI 102.5, and public radio stations WCQS FM and South Carolina Educational Radio. This evening's perfonnance is supported in part by radio stations WISElWTZQ, and WHLC. BALDWIN is the official piano of the Brevard Music Center. All pianos are moisture- protected by DAMPP-CHASER dehumidifiers. Brevard Music Center Janiec Opera Company General Manager Conductors Stage Directors Asst. Stage Director Choreographer Chorus Master Coaches Coach Apprentice Production Manager and Lighting Designer Set Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Technical Director Asst. Technical Director Master Carpenter Carpenters Scenic Charge Scenic Artists Wardrobe Supervisor Stage Manager Asst. Stage Manager Props Supervisor Props Assistants Master Electrician/Asst. Production Manager Asst. Lighting Designer Sound Technicians Stagc Crew Chief Asst. Stage Crew Chief Stage Crew John Greer David Effron John Greer Jonathon Field James Stuart Lydia Steier Barbara Howse-Diemer Gerard Floriano John Greer Carol Anderson Paul Transue Jonathan Mann Joe Saint Ted Simpson Kevin Wolfgang Robin Coates David Carrico Wes Shinn Rob Sturgess Brent Lind Drew Maciula Karen Rablfs Jacob Richardson Ron F. Temple Kate Jones KwongLi Amber Campbell Jeremy Seemann Jessica Velez Sue Huggins Erin laVallee Rachel Picken Joshua Redfearn Andrea Boccanfuso Danny Tauber Andrea Schoeneberger Erika Binninger Nic Davis Jane Lycan Ben Morris Anna Peterson PROGRAM NUMBER EIGIIT BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium Tuesday, June 29, 1999 800 PM TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONIC BAND Sarah McKain, Conductor TRANSYLVANIA WIND ENSEMBLE Jamie Hafner, Conductor Support for Brcnrd Ivlusic Fcsli,"al" s I 'J'J'J program notes is pro\,idcd by The Utl ey Fou nd:lIiulI . ('''1'1'1"" '7//1' ( ""'(/1,,"/01' "' by .. llc.wndra N cc llila TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONI C BAND Sarah McKoin, Conductor OvenUfC to The Wasps Vaughan Wi lli ams Vari ants on a Medieval Tune . Deli o Joio Lassus Trombone .. Fi ll more - IN7ERMISSION- TRANSYLVANIA WIND ENSEMBLE Jamie Hafn er, Conductor Classic Ovcrlure Gossec Fantasia in G Major . Bach, arr. Goldman & Leist Barnum anti Bailey' s Favorite . Three Chorale Preludes Breakfonh. 0 Beauteous Hca\"enl y Li ght o Sacred Head Now Wounded Now Thank We All Our God King Latham Fl.un:s Klltelyn Jessica ShcfI .. 'r Melanic Cristol Carrie Ingram Chri!'.1inc Smith Erica Bass Kimt)(:rly Bergstrom Ruehel Barnhard Ll'Slic Yarbrough Trishll TIlOrnpson OBOES RL>id Ml!Ssich Nllthan Swai n Rebecca Schott Belton Mickle CLARINETS KierI! Thompson Eng!..'}' David Ma\;gfl:lym: Chrbtina Crispin Megan Am.k:rson Rachd Ellstcrwood " LUTES Christine I'd:rek MViJ Caruso Erica Andrew Rduig Shen.:r OBOES SUIIl ... 'flie A,,1011 Wendy Spitz ... 'f Ann From:ko",jak CLARINETS Chris Yuu Aaron Rose Chrisl illn Engky Am\' Woody David Ma\;grayne Megan And"''fson Ki.:ra'illompson Laur ... ,!l Smith Krislt!n Annstrong Andrew Md.:ollum TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONIC BAND Ikth Htmlt."gret! CORNETS TUBAS Kdly Grillin Cmig King Liz Jamison Alexis Medina Joe Therrien Drew Pearl Courtney Murray Sam Datts Joshua Spillards Eric Bean Matt Spaulding HARPS SAXOPHONES John Kendrick Erin Marie Collins David Polk TRUMPETS Mariah Mazur Daniel Bl!l'T)'hill John Messinger PERCUSSION Simon Harding Jesse Livingston Alex Cohen Emily A vesiWl Kevin Smith Hiroko Okada BASSOONS TROMBONES Wilbur Vinson Justin Brov.m John Vcra Evan Barr Frank Purdy Bryan Page Brian McKinney Sarah McKituick Justin Ist:nhour JdTLull Bl!Cki Brush Luke Schram HORNS BASS TROMBONE Kevin Welch Adam Conrad Z.ach Cmmcr EUPHONIUMS Lauren Vinoski Michael Warchol Jan..: Amirews Glenn Wilkinson LlIura Ashley Bendig Alicia M..:Intyre Hill Tyler Hutto TRANSYLVANIA WIND ENSEMBLE SAXOPHONES TRUMPETS PERCUSSION Amy I.A:ckcr G ... "Orge Voellinger K.lfCIl Climer David Polk John Messinger David Cochnm Cordc TROMBONES BriWl McKinney Jose Awsta Chris Sydor Evan Bwr BASSOONS George BerTY Gary Parsons JUllailian 13i\;\;um Nat<: Elms Wilbur Vinson SpeIH':"'1" Layton BASS TROM BONE S"''fgio Carrena Sllfa ScurY) Grorge Curran HORNS EUPHONIUMS Sur.ili Ouhre Mi\;hacl W Mehol David Byrd-MUlTO\\ Glenn Wilkinson Aaron Oranl TUBAS Zach Cralll ... 'f JctrAlvl!reZ Jam ... 'S Richardson Eric Fulla CORNETS HARP Chris McDonald Erin Marie Collins Doug Clarke Ann Hintz..: knnifcr Cra\\fOld Anais Mailloux JoAnn Lamolin() Mariah Mazur TRANSYLVANIA SYMPHONIC BAND Sarah McKoin, Conductor, (Education- 8M-Mi chigan State University, MM-Wichita State Universi ty, DMA-University of Texas-Austin). Dr. McKain is director of bands at the State Uni versit y ofNcw York at Buffal o and instructor of conducti ng, wind literature and instrumental methods. Dr. McKain was co-founder, music director and conductor of the Western New York Youth Wind Ensemble. In keeping with her commitment to perfonning literature oftoday's prominent composers, ensembles under Dr. McKain 's direction have won the prai se of both local music critics and guest composers. She conducts the BMC Symphonic and Concert Bands. WIND ENSEMBLE Jamie Hafner, Conductor, (Education: 8M and MM-University of Cincinnati Coll ege- Conservatory of Music) Mr Hafner is di rector of educati on at Brevard Music Center and Professor Emerit us of University Bands at The University of Toledo. Mr. Hafner was tubi st with the resident brass quintet of the US Military Academy Band, West POI nt, NY, di rector of bands at Glynn Academy High School in Brunswick, GA, and tubist Wit h the Savannah Symphony Orchestra He was a recipient of The Uni versity of Toledo' s Outstanding Teaching Award and has been recognized by many noted American composers including Karel Husa, Ulysses Kay, Robert Ward, Fi sher Tull , Manin Mail man and Francis MacBeth for hi s perfonnances of their band music. He conducts the BMC Wind Ensembl e. PROGRAM NUMBER FIFTY-SEVEN BREVARD MUSIC CENTER Whittington-Pfohl Auditori um Friday, July 30, 1999 7:30 PM LXc!lIsive Sponsor: Whitewater Gardens BREV ARD MUSIC CENTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA David Effron, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piani st Mr. Ohlsson is the Gina Bachall er Chair artisl for the J 999 season. Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 17 Introduction Love Scene Queen Mab Scherzo Festivit ies at CapuleCs - INTERMISSION - .. . Berlioz Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83 for piano and orchestra ............ Brahms All egro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso Mr. Ohlsson Support ror Brevard Music Festival's 1999 program notes is provided by The Utley Foundation. COI'e/": ··l lle ('Olld/iclor " b}' Afoandra Nee-hila The S('('olld Pumo ("(JIICCrlO was tirst pcdormed in Budapest on November 9. 1881 . \\ itll Brahms as the soloist. It pruduced ktpp) aud iences throughout (inman) . Swi1l. ... .'rland :md Il o[L.mJ during. the of till' ISS I-S:! COIlCLT' season. It remains tllth!) as one of his grL·'lle." \,olls. the mark Ur Prelude and Fugue in F Minor. wrc J ....... ... ..... ... ..... .............. ...... .............................................. 1.S. Bach Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35................. ......... .................... ........ ............. . .... ... .. .... ... ...... Chopin I. Grave. Doppio movimento Sonata NO. 4 in C minor. Op. 29 ...... ...... ... ..... ... ........ .. ....... .. ...... .... ........... ........ .......... .......... ...... Prokofiev I. Allegro molto sostenuto II. Andante assai III. Allegro con brio. rna non leggiero Knln. ·jn T.rl/ai r:.<{' •..• Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" ....... ..... ... ...... ... ......... ........ .. ..... .................... ....... .... Beethoven HI. Allegro rna non troppo Barcarolle. Op. 60 ........ .. ....... .................................................... ........ .... ...... .... ............................... Chopin Etude in A minor. Op. 25 No. II ..... ................................................... ...... ........ .... ........ ........ ........... Chopin Gaspard de Ia Nuit ..... ... ..... ..... ....... ..... .. .................. ....... ................. .. ... .. ....... .... ....... .. ..... ........... ..... Ravel I. Ondine 11 Shen f.\'TERAfIS.' ·'ON (10 min:fles) Etude in C. Op. 10 No. I .... ..... .... .. .. ............. .... ..... .... ...... .. ................ ...... ................. .... ........ ... ....... . Chopin Prelude and Fugue in E-flat. wrc 11.. ................................................. ... .. ............... ....... ... ....... ..... J.S. Bach Etude-Tableau." in C minor. Op. 39 No. 1 ....... ... ..... ........... ....................... ............................. Rachmaninoff Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 .. ......... ... ...... ... ..... ... ...... ............................ .... ............. .............. ..... ........ . Chopin Sonata in C, Op. 2 No. 3 ... .... ...... .... ......... .. ............... ......... ........ .... ...... .... ........... ... ...... .. ........ .. Beethoven I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio ShenLiu f,) Fugue (from Chromalic Fantasy and Fugue) ...... .. ...... .......... .. .. ....... ..... .. ...... ... .......... ...... .. ........ .. J.S. Bach !..::.!!'" Jv) I..:u.;t-:.. . ...................... .... ..... .. . .. ..... .. ....... . . ... .. .. . ... ... ..... ....... .. . ... . ........ . . .. .. . . ... ... Debussy Sonata in E. Op. 109....... .... ...... ... ....... ........ ......... ... ........ ........... ....... .......... .......... .. ....... . .. Beethoven I. Vivace. rna non treppe II. Prestissimo III. Andante, molto cantabile Sungyoon Yoon Announcen:ent o/Winners Please hold applause Wltil the end of each contestant's program. The MLisic Celli¢!" is grateful for SLipport received from the North Carolina :"orth Carolina ofCLllll.lflll and the :-.Ionh Carolina An s Council. Spcci;ll thanks 10 the official sponsors 1999 !<.-rg* CELLO Nichol1ls Lewis Carlton McCreery· BASSOON Jmnc::>on Platte Barrick Stees· Madeleine Golz· L<-'\! Goodhc\v· Zhao Mdi,,-'<:: HORN Uain.: Anderson" Eli Epstein" Hciki Pal m Jean Martin" I,aura Duhau Ion Bil lu K<.-11 Pruitt D1l\'id Renfro Tim Swnley Nancy Coopcr 1cnnifer Petcrson AMon Branch DOUBLE BASS Christ ian Johanson Dim Swaim* Sarah Oubre Ryml Kuck Kevin Welch K.::vin Miluldin* TRUMPET Brad Lovelacc Charlic JOSIIlIll Hallock M1irk Schubcrt· Amber Holdcr Chad Winkler MilttCorey Brandon Craswell FLUTE Jcnnil<:r Cnm1urd Eric H(H1V<.-'f * BASS TRUMPET ** ** ** * * ** ** ** **** Bill Zchfuss· TROMBONE Bill Zehfuss· Bradley Koser Hoyt Andres BASS TROMBONE Dan Sattenvhitc· TUBA MiChile1 HARP Fmnccs Dufly* TIMPANI Timothy K_ Adams, 1r.. PERCUSSION Conrad Alexander· Philip Wdh1er Milrk Saenz KilfL'T1 ClimL'f Gary Parsons KEYBOARD Jonatium MUiUl * BMC Faculty eM Concert Master Please Note: Latecomers wil! be scaled at the Head Usher 's discreti on. No cameras. tape ((.""Corders. smoking, or food in UIC auditonum, please Refreshments arc availabl e before the perfonnance and during intemlission. The refreshment stand is located across the walkway from Ul e auditorIUm. Coffee. ice-cre