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a perfect fifth

western piedmont symphony


matthew troy, music director
welcome to the

55th
season of the

matthew troy,
music director
A Note from the President 06

Board of Directors 07

A Note from the Executive Director 08


WPS Staff

A Note from Matthew Troy 09


table of conten ts
First Chair Society 10

2019-20 Annual Fund Contributors 11

Season Schedule 17

WPS Musicians 19

History of WPS 22

Matthew Troy 26

Endowment 31

Masterworks 1 32

Masterworks 2 42

Masterworks 3 50

Masterworks 4 60

Masterworks 5 72

Chamber Classics Series 79

Friends of the Quartet 82

The Maestro Challenge/Partners 84

Dueling Pianos 86

Holiday Pops 88

VIVO: WPS Young Professionals 91

Education and Engagement 92

Youth Symphony 93

Pops Concert Schedule 95

Temp-O’s Volunteers 97

4 Directory of Advertisers 98
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a note from the president

We welcome Matthew Troy as the new music director for this the 55th season of
your national award-winning Western Piedmont Symphony! On behalf of the WPS
Board of Directors, we thank you for your input and participation in last season’s
concerts and events that brought Maestro Troy here to lead us into the future.

As our Executive Director, Ingrid Keller, pointed out to me, this is the season of “5’s”.
Maestro Troy is our 5th music director in this, our 55th season. There will be 5
Masterworks concerts including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in our 5th Masterworks
concert.

The quartet residency program, the only one in North Carolina, is another “5” with
five previous quartets each coming back for encores: Fry Street Quartet (1999-
2002) in September, La Catrina Quartet (2007-2009) in October, KAIA String
Quartet (2015 Battle of the Bows) in January 2020, Kontras Quartet (2010-2014)
in February 2020 and Tesla Quartet (2015-2019) in March 2020. What a gift!
We thank our many donors, concert sponsors, advertisers in the program book,
season subscribers, ticket purchasers, and volunteers. By your support you
are providing not only the gift of outstanding orchestral music, but also music
education to over 30,000 people, from preschoolers to seniors, in schools and
senior facilities in a twelve-county area.

I hope you were able to attend the May the Fourth concert at the Crawdad’s stadium
when Matthew Troy was introduced and the July 20th Pops concert on the lawn at
the Science Center celebrating the 50th (another “5”) anniversary of the moon
landing.

We thank all who make it possible to fulfill the Western Piedmont Symphony’s
mission: “to provide musical performances of distinction that enrich the community’s
classical music experience; and to nourish new audiences through school concerts
and family outreach programs.”

On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome. See you at the concerts.

Gary McDougal
WPS Board President

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wps board of directors

Gary McDougal Jayne Abernethy Allister Morris


President
Helen Devlin John Nelson
Sharon S. Goodwin
Vice President Paul Fogleman Katherine Newton

Emma Sellers Lu Litton Griffin Chris Nigrelli


Secretary
Ann Joslyn Katharyn Portwood
D’Ann Grell
Treasurer Cathy Lail Becky Stevens

David Millholland Patricia Turner

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a note from the
executive director
Dear Patrons of the
Western Piedmont Symphony, wps staff
Our season is truly a perfect fifth. Matthew Troy
It is our 55th Season of celebrating Music Director & Conductor
beautiful music. We are welcoming the
5th music director and conductor in our Ingrid Keller
organization’s history, Maestro Matthew Executive Director
Troy. We have 5 spectacular Masterworks
concerts. We are celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the Hickory Metro String David Wortman
Quartet Residency by bringing back 5 Youth Symphony Director
incredible string quartets who have been
in residency with us before – including
Fry Street Quartet, who held our first Dona Chevrette
residency. We are celebrating Beethoven’s Account Manager
250th birthday by performing his
5th Symphony at our Masterworks 5 Helena Hoyle
concert. Finally, we are bringing back
the immersive concert experience for our Patron Experience Manager
big gala on January 11th, 2020 titled
Symphony 5.0. Luke Benton
Music Librarian
Many people believe that the perfect fifth
is the basis of harmony. This equates
beautifully with how important this season Mary Boudreault
is for the Western Piedmont Symphony. Orchestra Personnel Manager
The word “harmony” can also mean
cooperation, understanding or unity.
As we continue to transition, this year Dillon Warren
is certainly about building cooperation Marketing Coordinator
within our organization, creating an
understanding within our community and Chris Coffey
working to unify us all through the very
reason our orchestra exists – the music. Education & Community
Engagement Coordinator
I thank you for your contributions to
last year’s Maestro Challenge. This
year, I am asking you all to grow with Phil Barringer
us as we grow our organization. Help Properties Manager
us build on what Maestro John Gordon
Ross and his predecessors did for our Caleb Craig
arts community by creating cooperative
musical experiences that reach all ages Assistant Properties Manager
and the wide geographical areas of
our region. All financial contributions Deborah Crawford
are crucial to our success, as is all of Volunteer Coordinator
the time you spend with us. Help us
share this understanding. Lastly, join the
Western Piedmont Symphony in unifying
our community through the music of our
55th season – A Perfect Fifth.
Sincerely,

Executive Director

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a note fr om
m a tth e w tr o y
Welcome to the 55th season of the Western Piedmont Symphony! This is my first full
season on the podium as your new conductor, and I am thrilled to begin such an exciting
and momentous year of great concerts as we build on the orchestra’s tradition of musical
excellence. Here at the Western Piedmont Symphony, we are constantly striving to grow,
improve, and evolve to present compelling programs that will leave you inspired and fulfilled.

Our programming this season is a cornerstone of these efforts. I believe that programming
should be reflective of our incredible community and be accessible and uplifting for everyone.
The power of a live performance is irreplaceable, and I am so eager to have you with us
this season as we explore many important musical artists and styles – always with an eye for
innovation.

I am so happy you have chosen to join us here tonight and hope you will take a look at the
rest of our season. This season we are branching out, and we hope you will take the chance
to do so with us.

Throughout the year you will find


amazing Masterworks programs with
diverse composers, thrilling guest artists,
and wonderful variety. We are closing our
55th season, with me as your 5th music
director, with Beethoven’s powerful Fifth
Symphony along with a few interesting
surprises thrown in for good measure.
These concerts are unlike any other event
you will see in this area and are not to be
missed!

Thank you for embarking on this musical


journey with us and for making Hickory
the city where life is “well crafted”, as
we present music, well crafted. With
your support we will forge a new and
vibrant future for the Western Piedmont
Symphony!

Best wishes,

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Freiman Family
Honorary Concertmaster

Hickory Daily Record


First Chair French Horn

first
Adam Neilly Family
First Chair Timpani

Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc.


First Chair Flute

chair Fry Street Quartet


First Chair Violin 2

society
Kontras Quartet
First Chair Violin

The First Chair Society ensures excellence in musical


performance and leadership by providing the orchestra the
highest quality musicians for each of the principal chairs.

The First Chair Society partnership was implemented in l987 as a major financial
resource for the expanding needs of the Western Piedmont Symphony. With the
generous support of the First Chair Society, the Symphony has been able to solicit
a wider variety of nationally known guest artists, composers and performers. This
partnership provides funding to support in-school music education programs, as
well as outreach programs for all ages.

Our community has benefited by having a much higher caliber of musical


talent normally limited to major orchestras in large metropolitan centers.
This enhancement of our quality of life is appreciated by the community and
businesses presently residing here and also by those businesses and individuals
contemplating making this area home.

Please join the Western Piedmont Symphony in saluting this special group
of supporters for their continued commitment to musical excellence in our
communities. To learn more about becoming a First Chair Society member,
contact the symphony office.

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thank you, donors!
President’s Circle Virtuosi
$20,000 & Above $10,000-$19,999

Corning Incorporated Foundation Alex Lee, Inc.


Mr. David K. Millholland Mr. and Mrs. Adam Neilly
North Carolina Arts Council Mr. and Mrs. Harley Shuford
United Arts Council of Catawba County Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tarlton

Golden Baton Conductor’s Circle


$5,000-$9,999 $2,500-$4,999

Beaver Family Foundation, Inc. Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc.


City of Hickory City of Newton
Dr. and Mrs. George Clay Hon. and Mrs. Forrest Ferrell
Corning Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fogleman
Corning Optical Communications Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Freiman Mr. and Mrs. Boyd L. George
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Grell Dr. and Mrs. James Goodwin
Kenneth K. and Suzanne G. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Kiser
Millholland Mr. and Mrs. John C. Nelson
North Carolina Community Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rowe
Foundation, Inc. Shurtape Technologies, LLC
Robert Abbey Inc.
Vanguard Furniture
Von Drehle
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Young
Mr. Thomas W. Warlick

The Western Piedmont Symphony deeply


appreciates the support of its many
contributors. Your gifts help sustain our efforts
to achieve artistic excellence in all that we do.
We can’t thank you enough!

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thank you, donors!
Founder Sustainer
$1,000-$2,499 $500-$999

Mr. and Mrs. C. Shuford Abernethy Dr. and Mrs. David Branyon
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Aiello Caldwell Arts Council, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell
Brown and Neuwirth Oral and Cosmetic
Ms. Joyce Corbett
Surgery Center Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Devlin
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Chatham Mr. and Mrs. Michael Filip
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cline III Foothills Oral Surgery
CommScope Mr. and Mrs. Clement Geitner
Mr. John Forlines III Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glasheen
Dr. and Mrs. John Francis The Gold Mine Fine Jewelry & Gifts
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gerrard, Sr. Mrs. Dianne Graeber
Goodwin Family Dentistry Ms. Elizabeth Hage
Hambrick Memorial Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hargreaves
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Isenhour Hickory Park
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ivester
Dr. Robert Fisher and Dr. Ann Joslyn
Mr. Michael Jenkins and Ms. Tricia
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kramer Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. G. Leroy Lail Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lael
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Long Mr. and Mrs. Ron Livingston
Drs. Gary and Karen McDougal Ms. Katherine S. Newton
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Of Oakwood Dental Arts
Hickory, NC., Inc Mrs. Pauline Shook
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ritter Dr. & Mrs. Keith Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ross Texas Roadhouse
Mr. Harold W. Sherrill
Mr. Andrew K. Straw and Ms. Anita Doran
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Tosky

Patron Highland Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Richard Paul


John L. Hyatt, DDS MS, PA Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Phifer
$250-$499
Mr. and Mrs. David Lail Mrs. Katharyn Portwood
Mr. and Mrs. Landon Lane Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raines
Mrs. Shirley Arditti
Mr. and Mrs. William Lawson Allison S. Reese, D.D.S.
Associated Brands, Inc.
Dr. Laura Luckadoo Thomas E. Rider, D.D.S and
Mr. Jeff Behmer and Mrs. Angela
Ms. Lucy McCarl Ms. Carol Schuele Robinson
Beaver Simmons
Dr. and Mrs. Norman McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Danny Seaver
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bell
Drs. Ian and Janelle McDonald Ms. Emma Sellers
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Momier Small & Martin Orthodontics
Carolina Game Tables
Mr. Barron Monroe, II Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cartee
Mr. and Mrs. George Moretz Ms. Mary Snooks
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Cramer
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cartee Mr. and Mrs. David Sparks
Catawba Paper Box
Mr. Lynn Nash and William F. Straka, DDS
Mr. Bo Hughes and Ms. Carol Frye
Ms. Katie Dejarnette Ms. Nancy Wilfong
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garvey
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Nigrelli Ms. Janet Wilson
Growing Smiles
Ms. Henrietta Ouzts Mr. Paul Wise
Gunter & Graham, DDS
Hickory Public Schools Mrs. Margery Owsley

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Sponsor Mr. Robert McDonnell
$100-$249 Dr. and Mrs. Mark McGinnis
Ms. Ray McKinnon
Mrs. Nancy G. Allured Ms. Elsie Meek
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Mr. Charles Mogray
Ms. Mary Bass Dr. Sharon Monday
Mr. Bernard Boatwright Ms. Anita Montes
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bolick Mr. and Mrs. John Montgomery
Mrs. Sue Bormuth Ms. Margaret Nealon
Mr. and Mrs. Tod Caldwell Ms. Katherine S. Newton
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Caporossi Newton-Conover City Schools
Mr. Kenyon Kelly and Mrs. Mary Helen Cline Mrs. Catherine Norris
Dr. W. Gerald Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Chris Okopny
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cumming Mr. Emmett Paradine
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Danielson Mrs. Laura Paschall
Ms. Darda Dibble Mr. and Mrs. William Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Duffey Ms. Betty Purcell
Dr. and Mrs. John K. Earl Ms. Helen Reed
Rev. Pat T. Earle Mrs. Pat Rice
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Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ferretti Ms. Kathleen Rozea
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frank Dr. Bob Boyd and Dr. Sarb Sran
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Godfrey Mr. Lawrence Shuford
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Sills
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Mr. and Mrs. John Hall Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
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Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Huffman Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Inman Dr. and Mrs. William Straka
Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Johnson Ms. Mary Texer
Lincoln County Extension and Community Mr. Charles Trado
Association Mr. and Mrs. Phil Trick
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Ms. Eleanor Kirby Ms. Jennifer Vaughn
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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Knecht Mr. Davis Walker
Mr. Theodore R. Kramer and Ms. Doreen Mueller Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kukla Mr. and Mrs. Lester Whicker
Mr. and Mrs. G. Scott Lail Ms. Anne Williams
Ms. Cathie Lane Ms. Janet Wilson
Ms. Barbara Laney Mrs. Ruby Wyly
Mr. and Mrs. William Lawing In Memory of Dr. Robert Wyly
Mrs. Carolann Lemley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Marland Mr. and Mrs. David Zagaroli
Ms. Catherine McDaniel

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Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Alderman Ms. Betty Long
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Ms. Lindsay Barrick Dr. and Mrs. Kathleen Menard
Mrs. Evelyn Beam Ms. Janice Murphy
Ms. Elma Jean Beatty In Memory of Ms. Janet Murphy
Dr. and Mrs. Luke Benton Mr. Jeremy Norman

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Mr. and Mrs. Luke Boudreault Mr. and Mrs. John Orgain
Ms. Shanna Bryant Ms. Carol Paz
Ms. Elise Burnham Ms. Liza Plaster
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Dana’s Fine Jewelry Ms. Sarah Sakatos
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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ester Ms. Jill Towery
Eye Can See Arts by Terra Tracy’s on the Square
Ms. Patricia Fay Ms. Kaitlyn Triplett
Ms. Pamela Ferguson Mr. Matthew Troy
Mr. Richard Fritz Mr. Walter Vaughn, Jr.
Haymarket of Hickory Ms. Denise Volz
Mr. Louis Garrou Ms. Jenny Wadsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gentile Mr. Dillon Warren
Ms. Anne Grace Ms. Adrienne Washer
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Griffin Wells Fargo Community Support/United Way
Mr. Derval Hamilton Campaign
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Ms. Jennifer Harper In Honor of Dr. Tom Foster
Mrs. Autumn Hight Ms. Alise Will
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Ms. Amber Icard Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wilson
Mr. Andrew Isenhour Mr. David Wortman
The Jewelry Exchange Mr. Jeffrey Wright
Mr. Randall Jump

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western
piedmont Western Piedmont Symphony’s
mission is to provide musical
performances of distinction

symphony
that enrich and enliven the
community’s classical music
experience; and to nourish

mission
new audiences through school
concerts and family outreach
programs.

statement
tickets symphony etiquette
The box office opens to the public one hour Concerts begin promptly at 7:30 pm. There
prior to all concerts. In order to avoid the is a 15 minute intermission. All concerts
hassle of waiting in line, please feel free are recorded live. Latecomers will not be
to call the WPS office to place your tickets seated until the first convenient pause in the
in Will-Call OR just drop by and pick them program.
up. You can purchase and print your tickets
through our website at WPSymphony.org/ Please be considerate of your fellow
Tickets. You can also obtain tickets by patrons. No cell phones, cameras or
clicking the links on our Facebook page. recording devices are allowed unless
Buy a season subscription and save time approved by WPS. Also, no smoking, food
and money! or drinks are allowed in the auditoriums.

Season ticket holders desiring to purchase Since the mid-19th century, audiences
additional tickets for a single concert may no longer clap between movements of a
do so by calling the Symphony office prior multi-movement work, like symphonies or
to the performance. Additional tickets concertos. But sometimes people get caught
are subject to availability. The box office up in the excitement of a dazzling passage
will make every effort to work with your and they want to clap. Go right ahead!
seating preferences. We are unable to issue
refunds or exchanges for unused tickets.
Don’t let your seat be empty! Please give
your ticket(s) to a friend or call the office
special assistance
to release your tickets for re-sale. We will Assisted Listening Devices are available at
issue you a receipt for tax purposes for the P.E. Monroe auditorium. The ushers will be
donation of your ticket(s). glad to help you.

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by the numbers
2019-2020 is our 55th season when
we welcome our 5th conductor in
the history of our organization!

Celebrating

Years
of beautiful music

30,000+
Each year, WPS reaches over Quartet Residency in
30,000 people through our many
North Carolina
outreach programs - from

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pre-schoolers to our senior adults First Place Winners of the
American Prize National Competition

1972
for Professional Orchestras

First WP Youth Symphony Concert


1,000s
Enjoy Outdoor
Performances each
year throughout a
Concerts
12 county region
masterworks series chamber classics series
October 5, 2019 September 28, 2019**
November 2, 2019* October 26, 2019
February 1, 2020 January 18, 2020
March 7, 2020 February 29, 2020***
April 4, 2020 April 18, 2020

concerts are at 7:30 pm in concerts are at 7:30 pm in


P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block

*family concert is at 3:00 pm, **concert is at 7:30 pm at


full concert is at 7:30 pm in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block ***concert is at 7:30 pm at
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center
soup, salad & strings
September 27, 2019
October 25, 2019
January 17, 2020
February 28, 2020
April 10, 2020

lunch is served at 11:45 am in


Keiser Community Room, SALT Block

holiday pops
November 23, 2019

concerts are at 3:00 & 7:30 pm in


Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block

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western
piedmont
symphony
musicians
violin 1 cello contrabassoon
Visiting Musician*, Principal Visiting Musician*, Principal Rebecca Libera
Concertmaster Kontras Quartet Chair
Freiman Family Chair Sarah Rocco Ross, Associate horn
Anna Boyle, Principal Frank Merritt, Principal
Associate Concert Master Allison Bormuth Hickory Daily Record Chair
Kelsey Philbrick, Alexandra Johnson Christopher Griffin, Co-Principal
Assistant Concert Master Kimberly Pfleeger Mary Boudreault
Angela Allen Eddie Little
Galina Johnson bass Benjamin Weber
Rachael Kistler-Igo Aaron Craven, Principal
Maria Lemp Phil Barringer, Associate Principal trumpet
Wilson Pace Earl Anderson Luke Boudreault, Principal
Naiara Sanchez Michael DiTrolio William Lawing
Jonathan Sullivan Tonya Steward Timothy Phillips
Richard Wohlman
flute trombone
violin 2 Laura D. Stevens, Principal Christopher Nigrelli, Principal
Visiting Musician*, Principal Broyhill Family Foundation Chair Mark Stephens
Luke Benton, Associate Principal Lissie Okopny Shanahan
Molly Barrett, Assistant Principal bass trombone
Melissa Alderman piccolo Alexander Witt
Laura Blankenship Peter Shanahan
Elizabeth Boyle tuba
Nan Freeman oboe Edward L. Baity, Jr.
William Freeman Anna Morris, Principal
Mary Ellen Watson Frye Regional Medical Center Chair timpani
Charles Smith
viola english horn Neilly Family Chair
Visiting Musician*, Principal Jennifer Roberts
Fry Street Quartet Chair percussion
Timothy Gudger, Associate Principal clarinet Shawn Roberts, Principal
Dean Burgos Douglas Miller, Principal Rick Cline
Kathryn Estes David Allen Stephanie Wilson
Elda Franklin
Kathryn Middel bassoon harp
Margaret Neville Paige West-Smith, Principal Helen Rifas
Diana Stone Stephanie Lipka

*Visiting Quartet members will serve as


Principals of their sections during
their respective residencies.
Fry Street Quartet La Catrina Quartet
Robert Waters, Violin 1 Daniel Vega-Albela, Violin 1
Rebecca McFaul, Violin 2 Simón Gollo, Violin 2
Bradley Ottesen, Viola Jorge Martínez-Ríos, Viola
Anne Francis Bayless, Cello Jorge Espinoza, Cello

KAIA String Quartet Kontras Quartet


Victoria Moreira, Violin 1 Eleanor Bartsch, Violin 1
Naomi Culp, Violin 2 Francois Henkins, Violin 2
Amanda Grimm, Viola Ben Weber, Viola
Hope DeCelle, Cello Jean Hatmaker, Cello

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*original WPS logo
1964
Written by: Henrietta Ouzts Mr. Jeffers thought the proposition was absurd, but he
Organized music in Hickory goes back to the 1940’s. asked his father-in-law, Mr. T.R. Kramer, about it. He
A group of 25 to 30 amateur musicians were expected laughter in response. Instead, Mr. Kramer
assembled by Dr. Robin Gatwood, and they played said, “Do it! Get the Arts Council to organize it, and
together on a regular basis. I’ll underwrite it.”

Albert Chaffoo was leading the Asheville Symphony, He did underwrite it to the tune of $50,000, and at
and he sent a letter to Charles Jeffers, who was the moment in 1964, the Hickory Symphony was
president of the newly formed Arts Council, proposing born.
that a symphony be started in Hickory.
Albert Chaffoo: 1964-1970
1964 marked the beginning of the
Hickory Symphony Society, which was
the forerunner of the Western Piedmont
Symphony. The first board of directors
hired Albert Chaffoo as its first
conductor and music director. Chaffoo
was born in Iraq, but was trained in
music in London at the Royal Academy
of Music and the Royal College of
Music. He came to the United States
in 1956 after serving as Director of
Music for the Iraqi government. He
was the music director of the Asheville
Symphony Orchestra before coming to
Hickory.

In July 1964, the Hickory Orchestra


held its first rehearsal on the campus
of Lenoir-Rhyne. The first concert was
presented on Sunday, October 18, 1964 in P.E.
Monroe Auditorium. The Symphony performed three composer Igor Stravinsky, who performed with the
more concerts in its inaugural season. The final Symphony.
concert played to a capacity crowd at P.E. Monroe
Auditorium. In the third season, the Hickory Symphony was joined
by a ninety-voice massed chorus from different
Four concerts were again performed in the second churches and community choruses from the area;
season. During this year, the Hickory Symphony they performed Handel’s Messiah. When Look
Society and the St. Cecilia Music Club sponsored Magazine named Hickory an All-American city in
a Mozart Festival for a weekend in 1966. The top early 1968, it cited the Hickory Symphony as part of
attraction was pianist Soulima Stravinsky, son of what made the city noteworthy.

In the fifth season, the Symphony joined with choral


groups in the area and performed Mendelssohn’s
Elijah in P.E. Monroe. At the end of this season,
Albert Chaffoo was hospitalized and was not able to
continue as conductor.

Martin Bellar: 1970-1983


After serving as interim director for the 69-70 season,
Martin Bellar was named permanent music director
and conductor for the Hickory Symphony Society in
1970. Mr. Bellar was a prominent member of the
Charlotte music scene.

At the beginning of Bellar’s tenure, discussion began


about expanding the Hickory Symphony into the
adjoining counties. In February 1972, the Hickory
Symphony was changed to the Western Piedmont
Symphony, and on November 3, it was legally
incorporated in the state of North Carolina.

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In September 1971, Mr. Bellar held an organizational meeting for the
Unifour Youth Orchestra, and in January 1972, fifty-six student musicians
from eight towns performed a concert. Also, in-school concerts were
instituted and were well-received.

In July 1975, Bellar attended the conducting class of the Eastern Institute
of Orchestral Studies Virginia. He was one of eleven conductors selected
to attend after nationwide auditions.

During this time, various fundraising events were held, and the Symphony
began to have paid employees, in addition to the conductor, in the
Symphony office. One fundraiser, profitable for at least two years, was
the Needlework Fair. The Symphony began to apply for grants at this time
also; one $3,000 grant for the purchase of percussion instruments was
awarded in 1976 by the Z. Smith Reynolds Association of Winston Salem.

Mr. Richard Hughey came in 1982 as assistant director. He was named


director of the Symphony in the spring of 1983, following the resignation
of Martin Bellar.

Richard Hughey: 1983-1990


Mr. Hughey formed the Western Piedmont Quartet from members of the
orchestra in 1982 when he was assistant director. This group performed
in schools and in other venues, thus adding to the outreach program
which continues to grow to this day. He also initiated the Family Concerts
in the 88-89 season, again beginning a tradition that expanded audience
and outreach.

In 1987, the First Chair Society partnership was implemented as a major


financial source for the needs of WPS. The First Chair Society encourages
the highest quality musicians and supports our outreach programs.

Mr. Hughey notably turned the Western Piedmont Symphony into a fully
professional orchestra, improving the sound that people appreciated.

After the 89-90 season, Hughey left for a teaching position in Germany.
In the 90-91 season, five conductors for the Masterworks concerts and
two conductors for the Family Concerts auditioned to become the fourth
conductor of the Western Piedmont Symphony. Mr. John Gordon Ross was
chosen from this field.
John Gordon Ross: 1991-2018
John Gordon Ross began his leadership of
the Symphony in 1991. Mr. Ross, from Selma,
Indiana, came to Hickory from Kingsport,
Tennessee, where he was conductor of the
Kingsport Symphony Orchestra from 1981-1991.
Prior to that stint, he served in various positions
with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra and
the Canton Symphony Orchestra. When the
Rosses moved here, his wife, Sally Rocco Ross,
became the associate principal cellist and the
Director of Strings for Hickory Public Schools.
Because Ross believed in balancing purely classical
music with more modern music, he has attracted
All members of these quartets have served as
significant American artists and composers to Hickory
principals of their sections at WPS Masterworks, and
for Masterworks Concerts. In the first three years, Ross
have presented 4-5 of their own concerts each year.
had Riders in the Sky, Judy Collins and the Lettermen.
In addition, they have spent countless hours teaching
Subsequently, he had Edgar Meyer, the Kruger
and attending various outreach events.
Brothers, Bela Fleck, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels
Outreach expanded under Ross’ leadership.
and many more.
Members of the Symphony and/or quartets have
In 1997, because Ross had a reputation for
performed in almost every venue one can imagine. A
promoting American music by living composers,
count made after 2017 revealed that musicians had
a representative of the E. Rhodes and Leona B.
reached 30,000 students, and they had made 85
Carpenter Foundation approached WPS about being
presentations to a variety of age groups.
the lead partner in a 3-year composer residency
During this time, the Suzanne G. and Kenneth
under the aegis of Meet the Composer, Inc. WPS,
Millholland Symphony Award was established to
along with Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory Public
recognize support for WPS at the highest level. A few
Library, and Lenoir-Rhyne College selected Dr. J. Mark
of the criteria for this award are the level of support
Scearce for the residency. The Hickory Metro was the
in giving to the Symphony, years of participation,
smallest market ever chosen for a full-time composer
level of volunteerism, and overall impact on the
residency.
music community in our region. The award was
While he was here, Scearce composed many works
initially given to Suzanne and Kenneth Millholland.
which were premiered by WPS. By the end of the
Subsequent winners were Larry and Barbara Freiman,
2018-2019 season, WPS or affiliated quartets had
D’Ann Grell, Adam Neilly, Rhys Samuel, and David
performed over forty premiers.
Millholland. In the 17-18 season, T.R. Kramer was
Chamber Classics began in 1982, but WPS
given this award posthumously.
launched its first resident quartet in the 1999-2000
Under Ross’ leadership, WPS was featured on WDAV,
season. The first residency was supported by a Rural
WFDD, South Carolina Public Radio, and with Greg
Residency Grant from Chamber Music America and
Knight on Performance Today. Four different years
the National Endowment for the Arts. It would later
WPS placed in national competition, the Professional
be supported by the Millholland Foundation, which
Orchestral Division of the American Prize Competition:
allows WPS and the Metro region to enjoy and profit
3rd place in 2011, 2nd place in 2012, and first place
from having a resident quartet in place. Once the first
in 2013 and 2015.
quartet came to Hickory, the Friends of the Quartet
In 2016-17, John Gordon Ross relinquished
was formed to help with funding.
leadership of the Youth Symphony, and announced
that he would be retiring after the 54th season of
Fry Street Quartet: 1999-2002
WPS in the spring of 2018. His finale was Beethoven’s
Degas Quartet: 2003-2006
Ninth, Ode to Joy, a work that Maestro Ross presented
La Catrina Quartet: 2007-2009
on September 28, 1991 in his first Masterworks
Kontras Quartet: 2010-2014
concert.
Tesla Quartet: 2015-2019

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albert chaffoo

1983-1990
richard hughey
john gordon ross
1990-2018

welcome
matthew thomas troy
music director & conductor
2019
Matthew Thomas Troy is a conductor with a mission Troy is a passionate advocate for orchestral music and
to make classical music accessible to everyone and music education. As a viola/violin faculty member at
to program concerts that are socially meaningful and the Music Academy of North Carolina, he received
relevant. He was recently named the new music director awards for excellence in teaching. Troy is a frequent
and conductor of the Western Piedmont Symphony, conductor/clinician and has led numerous high
following a national search. Troy has conducted school and middle school All-State and All-County
orchestras across the country including the North clinics throughout the United States. In 2015 and
Carolina Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Oklahoma 2016 Troy served as conductor of the Cannon Music
City Philharmonic, Portland Symphony, Greensboro Camp, where he also played viola in the faculty string
Symphony, UNCSA Symphony, and the Salisbury ensemble. He is thrilled to return as conductor in the
Symphony. Maestro Troy has held the position of music summer of 2019. One of Troy’s most creative projects
director and conductor of the Piedmont Wind Symphony at the Winston-Salem Symphony was an educational
since January 2015, where he has transformed the program that partnered the orchestra with a San
organization and received many accolades. Troy also Francisco-based non-profit organization called the
serves as education conductor with the Oklahoma City African Library Project. This program, created in
Philharmonic, where he conducts the Discovery Family conjunction with the educational concert series and
Series, educational concerts, Carnegie Hall’s Link Up a corresponding short story competition, used music
concerts, and other outreach efforts. Recently, he made to focus on the importance of literacy both locally
his Classic Concert Series debut with the Oklahoma and abroad. Through this program, Troy raised over
City Philharmonic, to wide acclaim. Troy has previously 50,000 books to start 50 new libraries for schools in
held positions as associate conductor of the Winston- Botswana, while allowing three students in Winston-
Salem Symphony, conductor of the Fibonacci Chamber Salem the opportunity to receive new instruments
Orchestra, the Wake Forest University Orchestra, and the and music lessons. This program garnered national
Salisbury Youth Orchestra. Troy has led performances attention. Troy received the Compassion-In-Action
with many internationally renowned pops and classical award from the African Library Project and was
artists including Jennifer Koh, Ben Folds, Boyz II Men, invited to lead a presentation on the project at the
Pink Martini, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Midori, Judy Collins, 2010 League of American Orchestras conference in
Anthony Dean Griffey, Eileen Ivers, The Wailers, Dmitry Atlanta.
Vorobiev, and many others.
Troy maintains an active guest conducting schedule
Maestro Troy is known for innovative programming and and has led performances with the Portland
partnerships, deep community involvement, and support Symphony Orchestra, Greensboro Symphony
for music education. He is recognized for creating an Orchestra, the Carolina Chamber Symphony,
instant rapport with both orchestras and audiences, Kensington Consort, the Philharmonia of Greensboro,
and for his unique ability to make classical music Gate City Camerata, and the Triad Chamber
engaging and relevant to today’s audiences. Troy was Music Society. Troy also competed in the Jordanian
awarded the R. Phillip Hanes, Jr. Young Leader Award International Conducting Competition. Troy earned
from WS/Forsyth County Arts Council in 2017. He has a bachelor’s degree in music at UNCG, where he
pushed boundaries through a number of film and music also completed his master’s degree in orchestral
projects. In April 2018, he crafted a program called conducting as a student of Maestro Robert Gutter. He
Music Without Borders, which focused on the ongoing has studied at the prestigious Pierre Monteux School
refugee crisis both locally and abroad. This concert under Maestro Michael Jinbo and with renowned
included music and partnerships for many countries conducting pedagogues Maestro Gerard Schwarz
affected by these issues, including a partnership with and Maestro Kenneth Kiesler at the Conductors
World Relief and local interfaith groups. Troy has Retreat at Medomak. In addition to his conducting
commissioned new works, performed countless clinics engagements, Troy keeps a very active schedule as a
supporting local music teachers, and created programs public speaker and is a member of the Conductors
and received funding for outreach into the local prison Guild, League of American Orchestras, and the Pi
systems. The 2017-18 season saw the creation of Kappa Lambda Honors Music Society. In his free time,
the Female Fanfare Project with the Piedmont Wind he enjoys reading, studying new music, traveling, and
Symphony, which included the important contribution of singing.
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masterworks 1
maestro debut
October 5, 2019 | 7:30 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU
Gregory Knight, Piano

Sibelius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finlandia, Op. 26

Grieg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16


Gregory Knight, Piano

I. Allegro molto moderato


II. Adagio
III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto -
Andante maestoso

Intermission

Mussorgsky. . . . . . . . . . . .Pictures at an Exhibition


I. Promenade
II. The Gnome
III. Promenade (2nd)
IV. The Old Castle
V. Promenade (3rd)
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VIII. Promenade (4th)
IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
X. Samuel Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”
XI. Limoges. The Market (The Great News)
XII. Catacombs (Roman Tomb)
With the Dead in a Dead Language
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Gregory Knight started playing the piano when he was four years
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Thelma Rast, with whom he continued until his graduation in 1983
with a Bachelor of Arts in piano performance.

Gregory was selected as one of six finalists in the 2016 Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, where he
also received the Creative Programming Award. Also in 2016, the
city of Lenoir, North Carolina, presented him with a Pinnacle Award
for lifetime achievement in music. In March 2017, he was invited
Piano

to perform an all-Chopin recital at the Gasteig Performance Center


in Munich, Germany as part of the Mein Pianoforte Pianomarathon
Internationaler Meisteramateure festival.

Gregory has performed in Bass Performance Hall and Van Cliburn


Recital Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, and as guest soloist with the Fort
Worth Symphony and the Western Piedmont Symphony. He has
appeared extensively over the years with a wide variety of performers
and musical groups. In October 2014, he was featured on American
Public Media’s Performance Today. His performances have also been
broadcast on WDAV’s Carolina Live program.

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JEAN SIBELIUS: Finlandia, Op. 26
program note BORN: December 8, 1865. Tavestehus, Finland
DIED: September 20, 1957. Järvenpää, Finland
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3
trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, and strings
DURATION: About 8 mins

In the 1890s, Sibelius was recognized as the greatest composer in Finland. After 1900, he
became famous around the world. It was his miniature symphonic poem, Finlandia, that marked
the turning point. He had agreed to compose music for a public demonstration in Helsinki, but
1899 was a time of heightened political tensions. The Russian hold on Finland was growing
tighter through censorship of the free press, so a simple but stirring composition called Finland
Awakes, crowned by a big singable tune, struck like a thunderbolt. In October 1899, Sibelius
composed a melodrama to Finnish writer Zachria Topelius’ poem The Melting of the Ice on the
Ulea River, which was marked by the patriotic sentiment, “I was born free, and free will I die.”

Sibelius extracted six tableaux from the melodrama for a celebratory gathering on November
4. Innocuously titled Music for Press Ceremony, the score concluded with Finland Awakens,
which Sibelius reworked the following year. Following the suggestion of his artistic confidant,
Axel Carpelan, he retitled this rousing patriotic essay Finlandia. Since that time, the work has
virtually become Finland’s second national anthem. Because of censorship restrictions, the
work was most often performed under the title Impromptu until Finland gained independence
following World War I.

In 1919, Sibelius revised the score and gave it the title Finlandia. The Helsinki Philharmonic,
then only eighteen months old, took the music on its first major tour, carrying Sibelius’s name
throughout Europe.

The work opens with an ominous brass progression that evokes the “powers of darkness” from
Topelius’ text, setting off a colorful drama that is reflective, jubilant, and militant. Most famous,
though, is a hymn-like melody which appears in quiet reverence; by the end of the work, it
has become a powerful statement of triumph. Finlandia is a clear precursor to the composer’s
symphonies, in which the orchestra often assumes the role of an ever-strengthening, defiant
juggernaut.

EDVARD GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16


BORN: June 15, 1843. Bergen, Norway
DIED: September 4, 1907. Bergen, Norway
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3
trombones, tuba, timpani, strings and solo piano
DURATION: About 30 mins

Grieg’s Piano Concerto has become so popular that it frequently appears on Pops concerts or
other programs of “light classical music.” This is a shame, because the Concerto was one of
the most important steps on Grieg’s path toward the creation of a national Norwegian music.
After his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory (where one of his classmates was a young Arthur
Sullivan), he returned north to Copenhagen, the only Scandinavian city with an active musical
life. There he met Rikard Nordraak, another young Norwegian composer whose influence
proved decisive, particularly after his premature death at the age of twenty-four. Nordraak
would notably compose the Norwegian National Anthem before his untimely death.

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Following the birth of a daughter in April 1868, Edvard and his wife Nina spent a pleasant
program note summer in a cottage at Søllerød, Denmark, where he experienced a creative outburst that
resulted in the Piano Concerto. From the very beginning, it has been regarded as Grieg’s finest
large-scale accomplishment (he generally found miniature works to be more accessible) and
as the fullest musical embodiment of Norwegian nationalism in Romantic music. The basic
architecture is clearly inspired by Schumann’s Piano Concerto, which is in the same key. The
piano part has the brilliance of Liszt, blended with Grieg’s own harmonic language, which was
influenced by Norwegian folk song. One Norwegian analyst has pointed out that the opening
splash of piano, built on a sequence of a descending second followed by a descending third, is
a very characteristic Norwegian melodic gesture, and that this opening typifies the pervasiveness
of the folk influence. Though the Concerto was published soon after its composition, Grieg
himself was never entirely satisfied with it, and he continued to touch up the score and solo part
for the rest of his life.

MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (Tableaux d’une exposition),


orch. Maurice Ravel
BORN: March 21, 1839. Karevo, Russia
DIED: March 28, 1881. Saint Petersburg, Russia
INSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes (including 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (including English horn), 3
clarinets (including bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (including contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, alto saxophone, timpani, xylophone, snare drum, tam-tam, bells, triangle,
bass drum, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, rattle, whip, side drum, celesta, chimes, harp, and
strings
DURATION: About 35 mins

Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition as piano pieces in June 1874. Ravel made his
orchestral transcription in the summer of 1922 for Serge Koussevitzky. When Victor Hartmann
died at the age of thirty-nine, little did he know that the pictures he left behind—the legacy of an
undistinguished career as artist and architect—would live on. The idea for an exhibition of his
work came from Vladimir Stasov, the influential critic who organized a show in Saint Petersburg
in the spring of 1874. But it was Modest Mussorgsky, so shocked at the unexpected death of his
friend, who set out to make something of this loss.

Stasov’s memorial show gave Mussorgsky the idea for a piano work that depicted the composer
“roving through the exhibition…thinking of his departed friend.” Mussorgsky worked feverishly
that spring, and by June 22, 1874, the work was complete. Mussorgsky may well have had an
inflated impression of Hartmann’s artistic importance (as friends often do), but these pictures
guaranteed Hartmann a place in history that his art alone never could have achieved. There is
no record of a public performance of Pictures in Mussorgsky’s lifetime and it was left to Rimsky-
Korsakov, the musical executor of Mussorgsky’s estate, to edit the manuscript and bring Pictures
to the light of day. Ravel was already sensitive to Mussorgsky’s style and since most of his own
orchestral works started out as piano scores, the process of transcription was second nature to
him. Ravel remained as faithful as possible to the original; only in the final “Great Gate of Kiev“
did he add a few notes of his own to Mussorgsky’s.

Mussorgsky chose eleven of Hartmann’s works for his set of piano pieces. He owned the
sketches of Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, which were combined into one “picture”; most,
:

though not all, of the other works were in Stasov’s exhibition. Of the four hundred Hartmann
works exhibited, less than a hundred have come to light, and only six of those in Mussorgsky’s
score can be identified with certainty.

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seasons & strings
November 2, 2019 | 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block
Lucia Kobza, Violin

Von Biber. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battalia


I. Presto I
II. Allegro
III. Presto II
IV. The March
V. Presto III
VI. Aria
VII. The Battle
VIII. Lamento Adagio

Nielsen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pan og Syrinx, Op. 49

DiLorenzo. . . . . . . . . . . . Jabberwocky

Intermission

Vivaldi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)


Lucia Kobza, Violin

1. Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269


“Spring” (La primavera)
I. Allegro
II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
III. Allegro pastorale

2. Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315


“Summer” (L’estate)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
III. Presto

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3. Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293
“Autumn” (L’autunno)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Allegro

4. Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, 297


“Winter” (L’inverno)
I. Allegro non molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro

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Violin
Lucia Kobza
Lucia Kobza received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Hochschule
der Künste Bern, Switzerland, with distinction. Following her mentor Professor
Ida Bieler to the United States, she studied under her tutelage at UNCSA and
was honored with the UNCSA Graduate Excellence in Performance Award
both for her Master’s degree and Professional Artist Certificate. Lucia is
currently a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University in New York in the
Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) program. She is pursuing a double major
in violin and viola performance with Emerson String Quartet’s violinist Philip
Setzer and violist Lawrence Dutton. At Stony Brook University Lucia was a
member of the Steinem String Quartet, which was honored to be chosen to
participate in Philip Setzer’s String Quartet Intensive as well as the Emerson
String Quartet Institute. The quartet has had several thrilling performance
opportunities, such as premiering Emerson violinist Eugene Drucker’s
“Levertov Settings” for string quartet and voice at Carnegie Hall.

Lucia has held leadership positions in several orchestras, including the


Greensboro Symphony and the Western Piedmont Symphony. Lucia was
1st Prize winner of the MANC Competition, NC ASTA Competition, UNCSA
Concerto Competition, Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition,
and was Audience Choice Award Winner in the Rosen-Schaffel Competition
2015. As soloist she had the opportunity to perform with the UNCSA
Symphony, Western Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, Symphony of the
Mountains, and is looking forward to her upcoming performance with the
Western Piedmont Symphony.

Lucia enjoys spending her free time outdoors, going for walks and admiring
nature, as well as playing bluegrass fiddle in the Deep Roots Ensemble.
Lucia is excited to be joining the Friction Quartet in San Francisco in the Fall
of 2019.
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HEINRICH FRANZ BIBER: Battalia
program note BORN: August 12, 1644. Wartenburg, Bohemia
DIED: May 3, 1704. Salzburg, Austria
INSTRUMENTATION: Strings and Continuo
DURATION: About 10 mins

Heinrich Biber was recognized as a violin virtuoso and composer who was employed as a
Kapellmeister in Moravia and thus had access to one of the best orchestras in Europe. His
musical personality was primarily influenced by the florid Italian School. Therefore, we find
the brilliance of the Italian school combined with vivid contrasts of transparency and daring
improvisational techniques not thought to be related to music until the twentieth century.
In Battalia, Biber popularized the concepts of “scordatura,” then-unknown devices such as
polytonality, and “col legno,” as well as other imitative effects.

Battalia was written in 1673, and is one of the most ingenious and unusual compositions of
the Baroque era. As a “battle-piece” dedicated to Bacchus, it appears to deride the Baroque
disdain for war; yet through the glittering but transparent curtain of sound effects and musical
games, Biber’s severe censure of the values and mores of the aristocracy of the period —
which hired armies and treated war as a royal sport — is apparent. The eight folk songs in the
second movement which simultaneously sound in seven keys (D, C, d, F, A G, e) with two meters
in nine voices, represent the various ethnic groups forming those armies. It becomes evident
that this din implies the cancellation of identity in the chaos of war and unveils the grim reality
of bloodshed and the destruction of individuality and property. The resulting meaninglessness
is a gem of philosophical imagery craft in the art of music.

We may envision that Biber, knowing that the abstraction conveyed in this work would not be
comprehended in his time, employed his creativity in a disguise, which, surviving through the
aether of time, would place the social conditions of the Baroque era in a historical perspective.
Battalia, written twelve years before the birth of J.S. Bach, arrives into the twenty-first century as
a work which could have been incubated in a spaceship.

CARL NIELSEN: Pan og Syrinx, Op. 49


BORN: June 9, 1865. Sortelung, Denmark
DIED: October 3, 1931. Copenhagen, Denmark
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes (including piccolo), 2 oboes (including English horn), 2
clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, side drum,
ratchet, glockenspiel, xylophone, and strings
DURATION: About 9 mins

Carl Nielsen’s Pan and Syrinx is a symphonic poem that was written and performed for a
concert of the composer’s works that was presented in February 1918 in Copenhagen. As
late as January 23, 1918, it appears that the composer had not yet written a note of the work,
although he had been thinking about it for some time. The reception was particularly good
and the work was frequently performed during Nielsen’s lifetime. The critic, Charles Kjerulf
commented on the “Gallic, quite Debussy-esque” quality and went on to note: “For each note
that was added it became more and more sublime. And when in the end the very highest
and very lowest notes of the orchestra were sounded right up against each other in the violin
harmonics and double-basses…then the rejoicing broke out quite spontaneously.”

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The work is based on the ancient legend which tells how the amorous god Pan invented the pan
program note flute when following the nymph, Syrinx. Syrinx ran to the river’s edge and asked for assistance
from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made
a haunting sound when the god’s frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to
fashion the first set of pan pipes, which were thenceforth known as syrinx.

As the piece features Syrinx, it obviously has significant solos for the woodwinds. The music
was written at the height of Nielsen’s powers as a composer, shortly after he finished the Fourth
Symphony. It is a vigorous, beautiful, and poetic work.

ANTHONY DI LORENZO: Jabberwocky


BORN: 1967. Stoughton. Massachusetts
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, oboe and English horn, 2 clarinets (including bass clarinet), 2
bassoons (including contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, waterphone, bowed bicycle
wheel, cymbals, woodblocks, glockenspiel, temple blocks, washboard, claves, marimba, flutter
sticks, vibraphone, bamboo chimes, sandpaper, harp, celesta, and strings
DURATION: About 17 mins

NOTES FROM THE COMPOSER:


The music underscores Alice’s journey through the looking glass back to Wonderland. When
the piece begins, I wanted to portray a feeling of mystery, as if we (the audience) were opening
a book knowing that adventure lays just a few pages away.

While spending just a few moments in the “real world,” I waste no time and start the teleportation
process, through her looking glass. The low woodwinds start their low trembling burbles that
quickly build to a full orchestra crescendo, signaling her arrival back to Wonderland. The
wondrous world is just as she remembered. Alice looks on with amazement and curiosity before
stumbling upon an intriguing book of poems. The poem is written in mirror text, which appears
completely backwards. Since the world of Wonderland is inverse and upside-down in just about
every way, Alice carries her own mirror to help navigate her way through Wonderland.

The poem she fixates on is called “Jabberwocky.” Holding her mirror up to the poem, She
reads it. Alice is utterly confused by its meaning and comprehension. It is utter nonsense! The
music underscores a sense of mystery, foreshadowing events to come.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the
borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub
bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!

“He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by
the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling
through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it
dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day!
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Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the
program note borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.”

- Lewis Carroll

Shortly into the music, a strange boy spies Alice as she catches just a glimpse of him through
the corner of her eye. The boy quickly runs away and she pursues him through the fantastic
mazed gardens of Wonderland. I used a few percussion instruments and techniques to simulate
the odd creatures of wonderland. One of which are metal brushes being played on a cigar box
(or similar) to create the wings of flying nymphs.

Eventually the boy leads Alice to a part of Wonderland she’s never explored. She finds herself
at the edge of a thick dense forest where she hesitates. Eventually, Alice builds the courage to
enter. Before her eyes is a wondrous world of beauty and color. The music builds with melodic
strings and orchestration as Alice pulls back the thick foliage to uncover a new magical world
deep within the forest.

While Alice familiarizes herself with her new surroundings, the boy keeps his distance. In fact,
she never really gets a good look at him. Surrounding Alice are many oddly-shaped and quirky
creatures that will eventually come to be known as Mome Raths, Bandersnatches, Borogoves,
and a few others that will follow.

Night falls quickly and soon Alice’s imagination starts to play tricks on her. Or does it? Across
the lake, an eerie murmur of sound is heard. Before she can make up her mind to investigate,
the mysterious boy steers her astray where she runs into the Jubjub bird. Here the contra
bassoon begins, with low tones quickly crescendo-ing one after another, as if to mimic a
ghastly outburst of, “Who goes there!?” After his squawking is finished, the Jubjub bird prances
around in a clumsy gallop, circling and pacing around Alice.

The music builds, as does Alice’s anxiety. Whilst the Jubjub’s intentions weren’t clear, a more
menacing foe awaits just beyond sight. The sound of ferocious clawing on the forest trees gets
the best of both of them. The Jubjub and Alice run. The use of the scraped washboard seemed
appropriate here.

Confused and disoriented, Alice luckily navigates from harm’s way through and out of the
forest to a triumphant escape. As Alice catches her breath, she thanks the boy and asks who
he is. The boy does not answer, but simply smiles and disappears into the nearby brush just
before Alice catches a glimpse of a large claw tied around his neck, like a trophy. “Could this
be the boy in the poem?” Alice thinks to herself.

The story concludes with the reading of Lewis Carroll’s inventive and whimsical poem. Here, I
chose the music to be slightly more serious, haunting, and thought provoking.
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
program note BORN: March 4, 1678. Venice, Italy
DIED: July 28, 1741. Vienna, Austria
INSTRUMENTATION: Strings and Continuo with solo violin
DURATION: About 37 mins

Of the many composers who helped to bring the Italian Baroque style to its zenith at the
beginning of the 18th century, Vivaldi stands out as the most unique and prodigious. Like
Bach, his energy was directed toward perfecting existing forms rather than creating new ones.
Within the works of Vivaldi, we see a perfection of the concerto and opera forms.

Vivaldi’s interest in concerto writing was brought about by his employment as the “conservatoire
director” at the Ospedale della Piera, a home for orphaned and illegitimate girls which
specialized in the teaching of music. According to reports, the orchestra under Vivaldi’s
direction maintained very high standards. Weekly concerts featured the most outstanding
students — Vivaldi himself — performing music for the occasion. During his forty-year tenure,
he wrote over 450 concerti, with the vast majority being for the violin.

Spring: The first movement is inscribed, “Spring’s awakening – Song of the birds – The
Springs gush out – Thunder – The song of the birds.” The second movement describes “A
sleeping goatherd – Rustling of foliage – The dog barks – The goat-herder and his faithful
dog.” Under the violin solo, the cellos and harpsichord are silent. The violas become the bass
instruments, and represent the barking dog with a repeated figure. The third movement is
inscribed “Country Dance.”

Summer: The first movement, “Languor caused by the heat – the Cuckoo – the Turtledove – the
Goldfinch – Gentle Zephyrs – Various winds – the North-Wind – Young Countryman’s Lament,”
is full of events, somewhat obscuring the Rondo form, but the description is superb. The slow
movement depicts the harvester resting while storm clouds gather. The third movement fulfils
the promise of bad weather. Entitled “Summer Storm,” it is a veritable tempest.

Autumn: The opening is inscribed, “Dance and song of country folk,” and it begins rustically
and then becomes intoxicated. “The Sleeping Drunkard,” the Adagio second movement, is
remarkably lively in spite of its title, suggesting that Vivaldi was carried away developing this
theme. The last movement describes the pleasures of the chase. “The fleeing beast – guns and
hounds – The fleeing beast is slain.”

Winter: The opening movement is quite hilarious – “Dreadful storm – Running and foot
stamping because of the cold – winds – chattering of teeth.” Vivaldi’s art of description here
reaches its peak. The following Largo depicts “the Rain,” and the comfort of a warm fireside.
The Finale, an Allegro, takes us outdoors, with a vengeance. The movement is inscribed
“Crossing the ice – Moving carefully and anxiously – Falling to the ground – Striding bolding
on – The Sirocco – The North wind and all other winds” and shows Vivaldi’s genius.

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a new americana
February 1, 2020 | 7:30 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU
Hickory Choral Society, LRU A Cappella Choir,
& CVCC Choral Ensemble
Rev. David E. Roberts, II, Narrator

Copland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fanfare for the Common Man

Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyric for Strings

Schwantner. . . . . . . . . . . .New Morning for the World


(“Daybreak of Freedom”)
Rev. David E. Roberts, II, Narrator

Intermission

Forrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jubilate Deo


Combined Choirs

I. Jubilate Deo...
II. Ve adthdor vador
III. Ta cao chang de yang
IV. Ngokujabula!
V. Bendecid su nombre
VI. Song of the Earth
VII. ...Omnis Terra!

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addition to delivering spectacular sermons to his congregation, he performs
a variety of services to the community. Pastor Roberts is actively involved in
helping the homeless, marriage counseling, and helping in prisons with
developing educational opportunities. David earned a Bachelor’s Degree in
Fine Arts from Western Carolina University and a Master’s Degree in Divinity
from Liberty University. He enjoys running, exercising, bowling, basketball
and movies in his leisure time.

The Hickory Choral Society raised its collective voice for the first time in
1978, touching music lovers in the Catawba Valley with the spirit of song.
Today, some 110 singers blend their voices in harmony, brought together
by a common devotion to musical excellence. The work of the Hickory
Choral Society is a testament to the belief that each person, regardless of
station, should be allowed to share the divine, universal gift of music and its
immeasurable rewards.
The LRU A Cappella Choir is Lenoir-Rhyne University’s flagship choral
ensemble which is open to all students by audition. A service and student
organization of the University, the Choir is first and foremost an ensemble
that learns the art of singing and engages in an active performance schedule.

The Catawba Valley Community College Choral Ensemble is an audition


only, select group of talented singers. Under the direction of Caroline Simyon,
the singers perform fine choral literature from all periods. The goal of the
Ensemble is to cultivate quality choral music, provide a medium of musical
expression, and to afford numerous performance opportunities within the
community.

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AARON COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
program note BORN: November 14, 1900. Brooklyn, New York
DIED: December 2, 1990. North Tarrytown, New York
INSTRUMENTATION: 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, and tam-
tam
DURATION: About 3 minutes

Aaron Copland trained as a composer in Paris, but his music has a distinctive sound that has
become identified with this country’s wide-open spaces. He created music that is invariably
associated with the United States and its national idioms.

In 1941, Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, contacted composers and
asked them to write fanfares for the 1942-43 season. Eighteen new works resulted, written by
composers including Walter Piston, Darius Milhaud, Henry Cowell, Morton Gould, William
Grant Still, and Howard Hanson. The works’ titles were indicative of the national mood: “A
Fanfare for the Fighting French,” “A Fanfare for American Heroes,” “Fanfare for Freedom.” But
one work stands out as unique, both because of its title and as the only work on the list to have
remained in the standard repertoire.

Aaron Copland considered several titles for his contribution, but his imagination was captured
by a May 1942 speech in which Vice President Henry Wallace declared, “Some have spoken
of the ‘American Century.’ I say that the century on which we are entering — the century which
will come out of this war — can be and must be the century of the common man.”

On receiving Copland’s piece, Goosens informed Copland that it would be premiered on


March 12, 1943. Copland later remarked, “I was all for honoring the common man at income
tax time.” Fanfare for the Common Man was an instant success, and Copland later expanded it
into one of the principal themes of his Symphony No. 3.

GEORGE WALKER: Lyric for Strings


BORN: June 27, 1922. Washington, D.C.
DIED: August 23, 2018. Montclair, New Jersey
INSTRUMENTATION: Strings
DURATION: About 9 minutes

George Walker was born in Washington, D.C. and started piano lessons at age five. When he
was 14 years old, he enrolled at Oberlin Conservatory and graduated at age 18. At that point,
Walker enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music and became the first black graduate from the
conservatory in 1945. After graduation from Curtis, Walker balanced a career as a concert
pianist, teacher, and composer — achieving many milestones for African-American musicians
in each category.

As a pianist he became the first black instrumentalist to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra
when he performed Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto. In 1947, he performed Brahms’ 2nd
Piano Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and in 1950 he became the first
black musician to be signed by a major artist management company, which led to a 1954 tour
of seven European countries in 1954. As a composer, Walker wrote more than 90 pieces for
solo piano, voice, winds, small ensembles, and orchestra. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
for composition in 1996, and has earned dozens of composition awards and prizes including
Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Fulbright fellowships.
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Written in 1946, Lyric for Strings remains Walker’s best-known and most-performed work. The
program note piece was originally titled Lament and is dedicated to Walker’s grandmother who died the year
prior. Walker is known for his counterpoint and has said he likes writing vertically rather than
horizontally.

Lyric embodies this thought process as the piece is driven by separate linear melody and
accompaniment lines in the strings that occasionally come together for climactic moments
of harmony. Somewhat akin to the history of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Walker’s
Lyric was originally the middle movement of a string quartet that proved so popular that the
composer repurposed it into a larger work.

JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World (“Daybreak of Freedom”)


BORN: March 22, 1943. Chicago, Illinois; now living in Spofford, New Hampshire
INSTRUMENTATION: 4 flutes (including 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (including English horn),
3 clarinets (including bass clarinet), 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba,
timpani, vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba, crotales, xylophone, 3 tom-toms, buttongong,
two pairs of timbales, 2 suspended cymbals, 2 tam-tams, 2 bass drums, harp, piano, celesta,
strings, and narrator
DURATION: About 27 minutes

New Morning for the World (“Daybreak of Freedom”) is Joseph Schwantner’s 1982 tribute
to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The idea of a work honoring Dr. King was first suggested to
Schwantner in 1981 by Robert Freeman, Director of the Eastman School of Music. Schwantner
writes:

“I was excited by the opportunity to engage my work with the profound and deeply felt words
of Dr. King, a man of great dignity and courage whom I had long admired. The words that I
selected for the narration were garnered from a variety of Dr. King’s writings, addresses, and
speeches, and drawn from a period of more than a decade of his life. These words, eloquently
expressed by the thrust of his oratory, bear witness to the power and nobility of Martin Luther
King, Jr.’s ideas, principles, and beliefs. This work of celebration is humbly dedicated to his
memory.”

New Morning for the World was composed under a commission from the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company for an East Coast tour undertaken by the Eastman Philharmonia. The
orchestra first performed the work on 15 January 1983, in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., and was narrated by the renowned
Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star Willie Stargell. Following the premiere performance, the work
was subsequently introduced in Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh, and Rochester, N.Y.

The work has received hundreds of performances by major orchestras throughout the United
States and has been narrated by such noted individuals as Coretta Scott King, Yolanda King,
James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou, Danny Glover, Robert Guillaume, Alfred Woodard, and
Vernon Jordan. The piece has taken its place alongside Aaron Copland’s famed A Lincoln
Portrait in the orchestral repertoire.

New Morning is built from an upward-rocketing fanfare motive, which refracts the colorful
prisms of different instrumental combinations. The central section, surrounding the words
“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy,” features beautiful, elegiac music
for the strings alone, singing a vision of “the sunlit path of racial justice.”
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DAN FORREST: Jubilate Deo
program note BORN: January 7, 1978. Elmira, New Catawba.
York Where Compassion Meets Innovation.
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2
clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, harp, percussion,
strings, and SATB Choir
DURATION: About 50 minutes

Jubilate Deo brings to life the global


aspect of the traditional Psalm 100 text,
“O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands,” by
setting it in seven different languages and
drawing from a wide spectrum of musical
influences. Each movement combines some
characteristics of its language-group’s
musical culture with the composer’s own
musical language.

The opening movement sets the ancient


liturgical Latin translation of the Psalm in a
rather American musical idiom, reflecting
various influences from the composer’s
native country and introducing key
musical motives for the work. The second
movement sets the “from age to age”
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The sixth movement, “Song of the Earth,”
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southern sounds
March 7, 2020 | 7:30 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU
Chelsie Propst, Soprano

Bates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rusty Air in Carolina

Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Oak

Barber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24


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Intermission

Brahms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73


I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio non troppo
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IV. Allegro con spirito

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Soprano Chelsie Propst is an active performer based in Madison, WI. Her musical
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interests bookend the spectrum of western music--beginning with chant and early
concert music and ending with contemporary classical compositions. She is also
an advocate for reviving the American art song tradition in concert repertoire.

Chelsie is a member of the Rose Ensemble and Mirandola, both located in Saint
Paul, MN, and Madison-based ensembles, the Madison Choral Project and Hearing
Voices, a vocal project affiliated with Milwaukee’s Present Music. She also has
appeared as a guest artist with acclaimed early music ensembles, Liber and Piffaro.
Chelsie regularly performs with the Madison Bach Musicians and various chamber
ensembles.
Soprano

In addition to her ensemble work, Chelsie regularly appears as a recitalist and


concert soloist in the Midwest. Recent stage appearances include Second Woman in
Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, L’Amour in Rameau’s Pygmalion, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s
Don Giovanni, and Belinda in Dido & Aeneas.

Chelsie is on faculty for the Madison Early Music Festival, where she teaches a
variety of classes and regularly appears as a soloist. She was a finalist in Wisconsin
Public Radio’s 2012 Neale-Silva Young Artists’ Competition and UW-Madison’s
2013 Concerto Competition. She also attended SongFest in 2012, where she was
delighted to work with some of the greatest American art song composers of our
day.

She is currently pursuing a PhD in Historical Musicology at the University of


Wisconsin-Madison, where she is writing a dissertation on melodic ornamentation
in trouvère chansons. Chelsie holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance
from UW-Madison and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sacred Music and Voice
Performance from Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina. Chelsie also teaches
62 private voice lessons in the Madison area.
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MASON BATES: Rusty Air in Carolina
program note BORN: January 23, 1977. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes (including piccolo), 2 oboes (including English horn), 2
clarinets (including bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (including contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, electonica, and strings
DURATION: About 13 minutes

Rusty Air in Carolina is a symphonic poem for electronica and orchestra by the American
composer Mason Bates. The work was commissioned by conductor Robert Moody, a longtime
friend and collaborator of Bates. It was premiered in 2006 by Robert Moody and the Winston-
Salem Symphony. The piece was composed as an homage to the culture and climate of the
Carolinas.

Rusty Air in Carolina was the first work conductor Robert Moody commissioned as music
director for the Winston-Salem Symphony. Bates writes in the score program notes: “When Bob
took the helm at The Winston-Salem Symphony recently and asked if I might write a new piece
for him, perhaps his own return to the Carolina’s inspired Rusty Air. Though he travels the
world, he’s a Greenville boy.” Bates spent a summer in the Carolinas in his youth and reflected
that “memories are so vivid from that summer in Brevard, South Carolina - where I spent
several months at the music festival there as a teenager - that some sort of homage seemed
necessary.” Bates integrated the sounds of katydids and cicadas into the music through the
use of live-performed electronica in addition to the traditional orchestra.

Rusty Air in Carolina is composed in four connected movements:

1. Nan’s Porch
2. Katydid Country
3. Southern Midnight
4. Southern Dawn

FLORENCE PRICE: The Oak


BORN: April 9, 1887. Little Rock, Arkansas
DIED: June 3, 1953. Chicago, Illinois
INSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes (including piccolo), 2 oboes (including English horn), 2
clarinets (including bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (including contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, harp, piano, and
strings
DURATION: About 13 minutes

Florence Beatrice (Smith) Price was the first black female composer to have her work played
by a major American orchestra: the Chicago Symphony in 1933, under Music Director
Frederick Stock. She had come to his attention the previous year when she won the prestigious
Wanamaker Competition.

Although this premiere brought instant recognition and fame to Price, success as a composer
was not to be hers. She would “continue to wage an uphill battle – a battle much larger than
any war that pure talent and musical skill could win. It was a battle in which the nation was
embroiled – a dangerous mélange of segregation, Jim Crow laws, entrenched racism, and
sexism.” (Women’s Voices for Change, March 8, 2013.)

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Price was born into the racially-integrated community in Little Rock in 1887. She was a brilliant
program note child that gave her first piano recital at age 4. By age 11 she was published as a composer
under her mother’s guidance and graduated high school at age 14 as valedictorian. Her
mother was a teacher, sold real estate, and served as a secretary, while her father was the only
black dentist in town and his patients include the state’s governor. After Price graduated high
school, she left Little Rock in 1904 to attend the New England Conservatory. After following
her mother’s advice to present herself as being of Mexican descent, she earned a Bachelor of
Music degree in 1906, the only one of 2,000 students to pursue a double major (organ and
piano performance).

After college, she moved back to Little Rock, but eventually left for Chicago in 1927 after racial
tensions began to mount following a lynching. Soon after arriving in Chicago she divorced her
husband, Attorney Thomas J. Price. She took their two daughters and moved in with her former
student, friend, and fellow composer Margaret Bonds in 1928. Price continued to compose
throughout the 1940s and early 1950s. Her voice is a combination of the romantic style
coupled with her black cultural heritage. While planning a trip to Europe, Florence B. Price
died of a stroke on June 3, 1953 in Chicago.

SAMUEL BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24


BORN: March 9, 1910. West Chester, Pennsylvania
DIED: January 23, 1981. New York, New York
INSTRUMENTATION: 1 flute (including piccolo), 1 oboe (including English horn), 1 clarinet,
1 bassoon, 2 horns, 1 trumpet, 1 percussion, harp, strings, and soprano
DURATION: About 16 minutes

Samuel Barber took the text for his 1947 “lyric rhapsody,” Knoxville: Summer of 1915, from
a short prose piece written by James Agee, who later used the work as the preamble to his
Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family. “It has become that time
of evening when people sit on their porches, rocking gently and talking gently and watching the
street...” begins Barber’s adaptation, hewing closely to Agee’s richly descriptive and nostalgic
reverie of his growing up in the American South just after the turn of the 20th century.

Barber was drawn to Agee’s words which struck a chord in him regarding his own childhood,
which unfolded several states to the north, but not without significant similarities. “I had always
admired Mr. Agee’s writing, and this prose poem particularly struck me because the summer
evening he describes in his native southern town reminded me so much of similar evenings
when I was a child at home,” Barber told a CBS radio interviewer in 1949. “I found out after
setting this that Mr. Agee and I are the same age. And the year he described was 1915, when
we were both five. You see, it expresses a child’s feeling of loneliness, wonder, and lack of
identity in that marginal world between twilight and sleep.”

There were additional parallels. Agee’s father died in an automobile accident in 1916,
making his reminiscence of his family’s idyllic life before that tragedy all the more powerful
and poignant. Barber’s father was in failing health and died around the time Knoxville was
composed. It was dedicated to his memory. A final similarity is that both pieces were written in
such powerful fits of nostalgia that they were completed quickly and without much revision, yet
neither shows any negative effects of their rapid composition. Instead, both display a degree
of technical mastery only occasionally visited upon works conceived and executed with such
spontaneity.

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KNOXVILLE: Summer of 1915
program note We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville Tennessee in that time that I lived there so
successfully disguised to myself as a child.

...It has become that time of evening when people sit on their porches, rocking gently and
talking gently and watching the street and the standing up into their sphere of possession of the
trees, of birds’ hung havens, hangars. People go by; things go by. A horse, drawing a buggy,
breaking his hollow iron music on the asphalt; a loud auto; a quiet auto; people in pairs, not
in a hurry, scuffling, switching their weight of aestival body, talking casually, the taste hovering
over them of vanilla, strawberry, pasteboard and starched milk, the image upon them of lovers
and horsemen, squared with clowns in hueless amber.

A streetcar raising its iron moan; stopping, belling and starting; stertorous; rousing and raising
again its iron increasing moan and swimming its gold windows and straw seats on past and
past and past, the bleak spark crackling and cursing above it like a small malignant spirit set
to dog its tracks; the iron whine rises on rising speed; still risen, faints; halts; the faint stinging
bell; rises again, still fainter, fainting, lifting, lifts, faints foregone: forgotten. Now is the night
one blue dew.

Now is the night one blue dew, my father has drained, he has coiled the hose.
Low on the length of lawns, a frailing of fire who breathes....
Parents on porches: rock and rock. From damp strings morning glories
.....hang their ancient faces.
The dry and exalted noise of the locusts from all the air at once
.....enchants my eardrums.

On the rough wet grass of the back yard my father and mother have spread quilts. We all
lie there, my mother, my father, my uncle, my aunt, and I too am lying there....They are not
talking much, and the talk is quiet, of nothing in particular, of nothing at all. The stars are
wide and alive, they seem each like a smile of great sweetness, and they seem very near. All
my people are larger bodies than mine,...with voices gentle and meaningless like the voices of
sleeping birds. One is an artist, he is living at home. One is a musician, she is living at home.
One is my mother who is good to me. One is my father who is good to me. By some chance,
here they are, all on this earth; and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying,
on quilts, on the grass, in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. May God bless
my people, my uncle, my aunt, my mother, my good father, oh, remember them kindly in their
time of trouble; and in the hour of their taking away.

After a little I am taken in and put to bed. Sleep, soft smiling, draws me unto her: and those
receive me, who quietly treat me, as one familiar and well beloved in that home: but will not,
oh, will not, not now, not ever; but will not ever tell me who I am.

- James Agee

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JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
program note BORN: May 7, 1833. Hamburg, Germany
DIED: April 3, 1897. Vienna, Austria
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3
trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings
DURATION: About 40 minutes

Johannes Brahms was an early bloomer. He was just barely out of his teenage years when
Schumann introduced him as the heir to Beethoven in the pages of Europe’s most influential
music journal, the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. Overnight, Brahms encountered the delight of
fame and the dread of high expectations. The pressure all but stopped him before he could
move on to larger-scale compositions than the piano works that had excited Schumann.

Part of the problem was that Brahms was such a harsh self-critic. He approached the orchestra
slowly and deliberately, producing two serenades, a piano concerto, and his German Requiem
before retreating to smaller forms.

Meanwhile, the music world expected him to write a symphony, and for years he was determined
to join the ranks of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schumann. But by the time
he pulled it off with the premiere of his First Symphony, he was already forty-two years old.

Brahms’ First Symphony, fourteen years in the writing, was instantly recognized as the greatest
symphony of the past half-century (since Beethoven’s Ninth had first been heard in 1824).
Deep down inside, Brahms knew now that he could get it right. In four months he turned out a
second symphony during a pleasant summer at the Austrian lakeside resort of Pörtschach. The
First Symphony is an epic composition, and the Second, was idyllic. When it was unveiled at
the end of 1877, the public loved it.

From the building blocks of the first three notes in the low strings, Brahms generates an opening
movement that sounds miraculously varied, one tune leading to another, but somehow always
tied to home base. This symphony is almost invariably described as “sunny,” and that is often
how it’s approached. But there are clouds in this sky and the coda is a wistful evocation of
regret, tempered by the jaunty little tune that is tacked on as an afterthought.

Two such characters are the main players in the second movement, whose opening changes
almost immediately into a glorious melody. Throughout this movement, one voice is pensive
and searching, the other full of optimism. The Allegretto grazioso that follows is Brahms at his
most lighthearted and offers a welcome break after the Adagio.

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Beethoven. . . . . . . . . . . . .Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67


I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Allegro - Presto

Intermission

Tomasi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concerto for Alto Saxophone


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Joe Lulloff, Saxophone

I. Andante et Allegro
II. Final (“Giration”)

Stravinsky. . . . . . . . . . . . .Suite from The Firebird


(L’Oiseau de feu - 1919 Version)
I. Introduction - The Firebird and its Dance - The
Firebird’s Variation
II. The Princesses’ Khorovod
(Rondo, round dance)
III. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
IV. Berceuse (Lullaby)
V. Finale

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Acclaimed internationally for his innovative style and musical virtuosity, Yamaha
and Vandoren Performing Artist Joseph Lulloff has been described by Branford
Marsalis as “a marvelous musician” whose “knowledge of music, along with
Saxophone

his ability to embrace music normally considered outside the sphere, makes
him a joy to listen to.” Lulloff enjoys a prolific career as both a performing artist
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and teacher. A recipient of the Concert Artists Guild Award, the Pro Musicis
International Soloist Award, and the Dortha J. and John D. Withrow Award for
Excellence in Teaching from the MSU College of Music, Mr. Lulloff has been
featured as guest soloist with the Cleveland, Minnesota, Grand Rapids, and
Brevard Music Center Orchestras amongst others. He has performed extensively
throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, performing at music
festivals and notable venues such as the Ojai Festival, the Lucerne Festival,
the Moscow Autumn Festival, the Brevard Music Center Festival, Carnegie
Hall, Disney Hall, and many others. Mr. Lulloff has also served as principal
saxophonist with the Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, and St. Louis
Symphony Orchestras.

Mr. Lulloff holds a strong interest in collaborations with many notable composers
to enhance the contemporary saxophone canon. The Bryant Concerto was
commissioned as a gift to him and the MSU Wind Symphony, and has received
rave reviews from his performances both in the United States and abroad.

Equally at home in the realms of classical and jazz performance, Mr. Lulloff
holds the alto saxophone chair with the Capitol Quartet and the soprano
saxophone chair with the J4 Saxophone Quartet. During summers, he teaches
at the Brevard Music Center Summer Music Institute in North Carolina, along
with other music festivals throughout the United States and Europe.

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program note LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
BORN: December 16, 1770. Bonn, Germany
DIED: March 26, 1827. Vienna, Austria
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes (including piccolo) 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons (including
contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings
DURATION: About 31 minutes

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has spoken forcefully and directly to many listeners—trained
and untrained—over the years. This is the symphony that, along with an image of Beethoven
as agitated and disheveled, has come to represent greatness in music. Beethoven began to
sketch this symphony in 1804, completed the score in the spring of 1808, and conducted
the first performance in Vienna on December 22 of that year. For a while it was somewhat
overshadowed by the Ninth Symphony, but the Fifth has never really lost its appeal.

Symphony No. 5 occupies a place that only a handful of works in the history of music have
retained, and knowing the immense influence of the piece has somewhat blinded us to the
originality of Beethoven’s boldest music. The 4-note motive appears in almost every section of
the symphony, and the four movements of the symphony combine into one unified design.

There’s no way to know what the first audience thought. The concert was so inordinately long
(lasting some 4 hours in the bitter cold) and jammed with so much important new music that no
one could truly have taken it all in. The performance was certainly rough and unsympathetic.
The celebrated opening, which Beethoven likened to Fate knocking at the door, is bold and
simple. The first movement is full of energy and urgency from the first notes and has an
extensive coda that is particularly satisfying because it uncovers still new depths of drama and
power at a point when that seems unthinkable.

The Andante con moto is a distant relative of the “theme and variations” that often occur
as slow movements in classical symphonies. But unlike the conventional type, it presents two
different themes and varies them separately. The sequence of events is so unpredictable and
seductive that, in the least assertive movement of the symphony, Beethoven still commands our
attention to the final stroke.

The Scherzo begins in the low strings, then stumbling on the horns who let loose with their own
rendition of Fate at the door. Beethoven was the first to notice the Scherzo’s resemblance to the
opening of the finale of Mozart’s great G minor symphony—he wrote out the Mozart opening
on a page of sketches for this music.

Now, one of the most ingenious passages in all of classical music is the transitional passage
into the Finale. The drumbeat is the first sign that something momentous is about to happen.
The arrival to the Finale is a moment that composers have struggled ever since to match; not
just of binding movements together, but of emerging so dramatically from darkness to light.
Before the end the ghost of the scherzo quietly re-appears. But Beethoven still finds it necessary
to end the symphony with fifty-four measures of the purest C major material, resolving any
lingering doubts and reminding us of the conquest, not the struggle.

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HENRI TOMASI: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
program note BORN: August 17, 1901. Marseille, France
DIED: January 13, 1971. Paris, France
INSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, harp, and strings
DURATION: About 18 minutes

Henri Tomasi was a prolific composer and conductor. He was born in the French seaport city of
Marseilles on the 17 of August, 1901. When Tomasi was a young man he dreamed of being
a sailor, just like his uncles. However, Henri’s father Xavier was a flautist and bandleader that
recognized his son’s talent and encouraged him to pursue music. At the age of eighteen, Henri
enrolled into the Paris Conservatory, studying with such names as Vincent d’Indy and Paul
Dukas.

Tomasi joined an avant-garde group named Le Triton, in 1922. The European music community
regarded Tomasi as a distinguished conductor. He conducted several major radio concerts,
operas, ballets, symphonic works, and festivals. Throughout his conducting career and until his
retirement from conducting in 1957, he was especially fond of works by the French masters.

He is considered an independent and very versatile composer. His son described his creativity
and innovation by saying, “He could express everything, either tragic or comic, and use all
kinds of forms, such as dance, voice, and instrumental in a variety of styles.” Some people
classify his works as Modern Impressionist which were influenced by Ravel and Debussy.

Some of the elements that exist within his compositions include the following: mysticism, great
emotional intensity, brilliant orchestration, Impressionism, and an atmospheric style. His music
uses oriental sounds (pentatonic scales), neo-Impressionistic effects (whole-tone scales, modal
scales, and augmented chords), quartal harmonies, occasional jazz inferences, and even
isolated, highly chromatic sections that hint at atonality.

Tomasi’s Concerto Pour Saxophone Alto et Orchestra (1949) consists of two movements. A
highly lyrical Andante introduces the first movement, followed by an Allegro with a more intense
melody and a quick, jaunty feel, situated in an odd 5/4 time signature rendering a feeling of
imbalance. Present within the entire composition is bi-tonality, or two completely unrelated
chords which shift in parallel motion and are played at the same time.

The second movement, subtitled “Giration” and marked Vif (lively), frequently shifts meters and
tonality, keeping with the off-balance feel of the first movement. A call-and-response section
is a highlight of the second movement, alternating between the saxophone and the orchestra.
The concerto concludes with a supercharged Largo, which mildly imitates the work’s opening
theme.
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird (1919 Version)
program note BORN: June 17, 1882. Oranienbaum, Russia
DIED: April 6, 1971. New York City, USA
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes (including piccolo), 2 oboes (including English horn), 2 clarinets,
2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, xylophone, triangle, cymbals,
bass drum, harp, piano, celesta, and strings
DURATION: About 23 minutes

The famed Ballets Russes run by Sergei Diaghilev was one of the greatest ballet companies in
history. It is also recognized for uniting the world’s most illustrious dancers within one company.
Diaghilev had the soul of a brilliant artist with the mind of a shrewd businessman. He was
committed to exciting and innovative productions, and he sought out the best modern artists
and composers of the day. He collaborated with Debussy, Ravel, Falla, Prokofiev, and many
others. However, he never made a more important musical discovery than when he hired the
27-year-old Igor Stravinsky to compose the music for Michel Fokine’s new ballet, The Firebird.

To create a story of an appropriately exotic flavor, Fokine and his collaborators used several
Russian fairy-tales in the scenario of The Firebird. To describe the magical world of fairy-birds
and evil sorcerers, Stravinsky had a remarkable tradition to build on, a tradition he inherited
from his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Both the story and the musical style of the ballet
seemed highly original in the West; although, in fact, both grew out of an authentic Russian
culture.

The 1919 Suite is in five movements. The mysterious “Introduction” leads into the “Dance of the
Firebird,” followed by the slow and solemn Khorovod (round dance) of the captive princesses,
based on a melancholy Russian folksong first played by the oboe. “Kashchei’s Infernal Dance”
is next, started by a fast timpani roll and dominated by a syncopated motif that arises from the
lower voices, then taken on by the entire orchestra. This is the longest movement in the suite,
including a lyrical countersubject symbolizing the plight of Kashchei’s prisoners. The “infernal
dance” returns, concluding with a wild climax. Offering a moment of extreme contrast, the
Firebird’s Berceuse (“Lullaby”) is a delicate song for solo bassoon. It leads directly into the
Finale (the wedding of Ivan Tsarevich and the Princess), where the principal horn introduces
one of the most famous Russian folksongs in the ballet. This beautiful melody swells and then
changes asymmetrically to 7/4, bringing the music to its final exhilarating close.

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Carnegie Hall to London, and Sarajevo to Jerusalem,
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affirming potential with "profound understanding...depth
of expression, and stunning technical astuteness". FSQ has
commissioned and toured new works by a wide range of
composers. The FSQ holds the Russell Family
Foundation Endowed String Quartet Residency at the fry street quartet
Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University in Logan,
Utah.

Since its founding in 2007, La Catrina String Quartet


(LCSQ) is recognized as the new vanguard for
contemporary Latin American string quartet repertoire.
Their mission is three-fold: a deep commitment to the
cultivation of new works by living U.S. composers and
throughout the Americas; the programming of existing
Latin American works rarely performed in the U.S. and
abroad; bringing fresh interpretations to classical,
romantic and twentieth century masterpieces. Hailed by
Yo-Yo Ma as "wonderful ambassadors for Latin American
music," LCSQ members are from Mexico (Daniel
Vega-Albela, Jorge Martínez-Ríos), Venezuela (Simón
Gollo) and Chile (Jorge Espinoza). Their rich cultural
la catrina quartet origins convey an unparalleled stylistic authenticity and
artistic vision in their performances, collaborations and
recordings. It is this unique balance of core Latin American
repertoire with American and European classical traditions
that characterizes both the diversity of their concert
programs and appeal to multi-cultural audiences.

KAIA String Quartet is a Chicago-based ensemble devoted


to capturing the essence of Latin American culture through
the medium of the string quartet. KAIA recently completed
their residency with WFMT Chicago's classical and arts
radio station where they performed, curated, and exposed
audiences to new ways of thinking about Latin American
music. The quartet toured Uruguay and Argentina in
support of their latest work, QUARTANGO, an album
featuring all tangos from the Rio de la Plata. KAIA's
ongoing involvement in Latin American communities has
resulted in notable performances in Chicago and abroad.
The ensemble is a regular guest artist at the Latino Music
Festival of Chicago and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern
Art where they are currently in residence. Passionate music kaia string quartet
educators, KAIA gives in-school presentations around
Chicagoland through the Ravinia Festival’s
Reach*Teach*Play program, in which they introduce
students
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The Kontras Quartet has been described as "a tightly
crafted and beautiful instrument" and has been
commended by Gramophone Magazine for their
"scrupulous shading and control" and "enjoyable musical
personality". Kontras means "contrasts" in the Afrikaans
language - fitting for a string ensemble whose colorful
repertoire spans centuries, genres, and continents. The
Quartet's recent engagements include tours of South Africa
and Switzerland; broadcasts on Performance Today and a
three-month residency with Chicago's WFMT 98.7 FM;
appearances on NBC and PBS; and sold-out
performances in San Diego, Chicago, Washington D.C.,
Telluride, Salt Lake City, Raleigh and Arizona. The Kontras
kontras quartet Quartet records for MSR Classics and DoubleTime Music,
and have released three critically acclaimed albums,
including the premiere recording of Dan Visconti's
Ramshackle Songs. Kontras enjoys educational work of all
kinds, and is in its fourth year as the professional Quartet
in Residence at Western Michigan University.

Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of


everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical
demand”, the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess
to both new and established repertoire. Dubbed
“technically superb” by The Strad, the Tesla Quartet
recently took Second Prize as well as the Haydn Prize and
Canadian Commission Prize at the 12th Banff International
String Quartet Competition. The quartet has also garnered
top prizes at numerous other international competitions,
including the Gold Medal at the 2012 Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition, Third Prize and the Best
Interpretation of the Commissioned Work at the 6th
International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition
in Vienna, and Third Prize at the 2012 London tesla quartet
International String Quartet Competition. The London
Evening Standard called their rendition of the Debussy
Quartet “a subtly coloured performance that balanced
confidently between intimacy and extraversion.”

soup, salad & strings September 27, 2019


Fry Street Quartet
Fridays | 11:45 am
Keiser Community Room, SALT Block October 25, 2019
La Catrina Quartet

January 17, 2020


Start off your weekend with KAIA String Quartet
a catered lunch, beer & February 28, 2020
wine and of course, quality Kontras Quartet
live music!
April 10, 2020
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Friends of the Quartet is a group of dedicated music lovers who are
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The Friends believe that the Quartet helps with the growing need for
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Thank you to those who supported last
year’s Maestro Challenge, helping us
select our Perfect Fifth.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bolick


Dr. and Mrs. David Branyon
Drs. Gary and Karen McDougal
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Phifer
THE MAESTRO
Ms. Madeline Walle

CHALLENGE

thank you to our partners!


Education: Community:
United Arts Council A Cleaner World
Catawba County Schools Alex Lee, Inc.
Newton-Conover City Schools Associated Brands
Hickory Public Schools Beaver Family Foundation
Burke County Schools CommScope
Caldwell County Schools Corning
Caldwell Arts Council Caldwell Arts Council
Alexander County Schools Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln County Schools Catawba County Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Arts Council Burke County Chamber of Commerce
Alleghany County Schools David Cohen Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Alleghany Educational Foundation Hickory Daily Record
Ashe County Schools Hickory Metro Convention Center & Visitor’s
Ashe County Arts Council Bureau
McDowell County Schools United Arts Council of Catawba County
North Carolina Arts Council
Government: Texas Roadhouse
City of Hickory Larry’s Music and Sound
City of Newton Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Hickory, NC
SELEM Artists
WDAV
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adj, adv
(Classical Music) music (in combination)
with life and vigour: allegro vivo.
[Italian: lively]

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wps education
and engagement
School Programs Community Programs
String Quartet in Schools Open Rehearsals
The Quartet-In-Residence travels to elementary Can’t make performance night? Orchestra
schools to perform for 2nd grade students. rehearsals are open to the public!

Meet a Musician Concerts on Campus


Symphony musicians visit schools to perform and The Quartet-In-Residence performs on concert
speak with students. series of several colleges in the area.

Symphony in Schools Silver Serenades


The Western Piedmont Chamber Orchestra The Quartet-In-Residence gives special
regularly tours 8 different counties to perform performances for retirement communities.
concerts for 4th and 5th grade students.
Pop-Up Concerts
Link-Up Concerts The Quartet-In-Residence gives spontaneous
An interactive concert experience where 4th and performances in various locations, such as
5th grade students learn to play recorder and farmers markets, coffee shops and breweries.
sing in the classroom, then play and sing along
with the orchestra from their seats at the Link-Up Outdoors Pops Concerts
Concert. The Western Piedmont Symphony performs free
outdoors pops concerts in Hickory and Newton
for audiences of all ages!
Family Programs
Instrument Petting Zoo
Children are given the opportunity to touch, hold
and play different symphonic instruments.

Rug Concerts
Sitting on the rug of the library, pre-school-aged
children get an up close concert experience!

Western Piedmont Youth Symphony


Performing 2 concerts a year, the Youth
Symphony gives high school-aged students the
opportunity to grow as musicians and play as a
group.

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Western
Piedmont
Youth
Symphony
David Wortman
Music Director & Conductor

FALL CONCERT
November 25, 2019
SPRING CONCERT
April 6, 2020
7pm at Drendel Auditorium,
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