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CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2020 PUBLISHER + FOUNDER Misty Tompoles
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ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Katrina Ketchum SALES DIRECTOR Lindsey Ferguson DIGITAL DIRECTOR Chris Porras MANAGING EDITOR Kristen Seidman ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS & SPECIAL PROJECTS Ashley Coates
On the cover: Artwork by Abby Matarazzo, age 11
about us ORCHESTRA 5
PROJECT MANAGER + SENIOR DESIGNER Jackie Tran BUSINESS MANAGER Bella Showerman PUBLISHER’S REPRESENTATIVE Nicole Lane SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Vladimir Popov
OUR SUPPORTERS 10
performances THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA 6 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2 PM
activities & features IN THE SPOTLIGHT: COVER ARTIST ABBY MATARAZZO 12 ORIGAMI PIANO 15 FASCINATING FACTOIDS: HARRY POTTER 17 SPOT THE INSTRUMENTS 18
PUBLISHING COORDINATOR Mindy Mawhirter PODCAST HOST Susannah Mars VIDEOGRAPHER Jordyn Roach
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SCHOOL DAY CONCERTS! learning and community engagement Creating a stronger and more vibrant community through music
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS KINDERKONZERTS
SYMPHONY STORYTIMES
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FOR GRADES K–2
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 9:30 & 11 AM
TUESDAYS IN FEBRUARY BELMONT LIBRARY 2–3 PM
Norman Huynh, conductor A great way to explore all the sections of the orchestra through lively compositions. School groups and home schooling families welcomed.
Give your children in grades k–2 an up-close musical experience, with these entertaining, educational chamber ensemble programs. Three Kinderkonzerts occur per month in October, January, February, and April, and are open to all schools and home-school families.
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Introduce younger children to music with a fun, interactive storytime. A reader from the library will tell the stories while an Oregon Symphony musician brings books to life with live music. Kids get to try the instruments for themselves! local public libraries
information about school day concerts, schedules, locations, and tickets can be found at: orsymphony.org/learning-community and by contacting Monica Hayes, Hank Swigert director, learning and community engagement programs, at mhayes@orsymphony.org
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MARCH 8 | 2 PM Norman Huynh, conductor Pam Mahon, narrator Dance West Pacific Youth Choir The best dance parties are brought to you by a full orchestra! With “Mambo” from West Side Story and Leroy Anderson’s Sandpaper Ballet, we’ve got a line-up sure to get you off your feet and dancing in your seat.
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Carlos Kalmar Jean Vollum music director chair
Nancy Ives, Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Hayes, Jr. principal cello chair Marilyn de Oliveira, assistant principal Seth Biagini Kenneth Finch Trevor Fitzpatrick Antoinette Gan Kevin Kunkel
John Cox, principal Joseph Berger, associate principal Graham Kingsbury, assistant principal Matthew Berliner* Mary Grant** Alicia Michele Waite
A S S O CIATE COND U C TO R Norman Huynh Harold and Arlene Schnitzer associate conductor chair PR IN CIPAL P O P S COND U C TO R Jeff Tyzik VI O LIN
BASS Colin Corner, principal Braizahn Jones, assistant principal Nina DeCesare Donald Hermanns Jeffrey Johnson Jason Schooler
Sarah Kwak, Janet & Richard Geary concertmaster chair Peter Frajola, Del M. Smith & Maria Stanley Smith associate concertmaster chair FLU TE Erin Furbee, Harold & Jane Pollin Martha Long, Bruce & Judy Thesenga assistant concertmaster chair principal flute chair Chien Tan, Truman Collins, Sr. principal Alicia DiDonato Paulsen, second violin chair Inés Voglar Belgique, assistant principal assistant principal Zachariah Galatis second violin Fumino Ando PI CCO LO Keiko Araki Zachariah Galatis Clarisse Atcherson Ron Blessinger OBOE Lisbeth Carreno Martin Hébert, Harold J. Schnitzer Ruby Chen principal oboe chair Emily Cole Karen Wagner, assistant principal Julie Coleman Kyle Mustain** Eileen Deiss Jason Sudduth* Jonathan Dubay Gregory Ewer ENGLI S H H O RN Daniel Ge Feng Kyle Mustain** Lynne Finch Jason Sudduth* Shin-young Kwon Ryan Lee CL AR INE T Yuqi Li James Shields, principal Samuel Park Todd Kuhns, assistant principal Searmi Park Mark Dubac Vali Phillips Shanshan Zeng B A S S CL AR INE T VIOLA Todd Kuhns Joël Belgique, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund principal viola chair Charles Noble, assistant principal Jennifer Arnold** Kenji Bunch* Silu Fei Leah Ilem Ningning Jin Brian Quincey Viorel Russo Martha Warrington
TR UMPE T Jeffrey Work, principal David Bamonte, assistant principal, Musicians of the Oregon Symphony Richard Thornburg trumpet chair Doug Reneau TR OMB ONE Casey Jones, principal Robert Taylor, assistant principal Charles Reneau B A S S TR OMB ONE Charles Reneau TUBA JáTtik Clark, principal TIMPANI Jonathan Greeney, principal Sergio Carreno, assistant principal PE R CU S S I ON Niel DePonte, principal Michael Roberts, assistant principal Sergio Carreno HAR P Jennifer Craig, principal LIB R ARY Joy Fabos, principal Kathryn Thompson, associate Sara Pyne, assistant O R CHE S TR A PE R S ONNE L MANAGE R Leah Ilem AR TI S T- IN - R E S ID EN CE
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Carin Miller Packwood, principal Evan Kuhlmann, assistant principal** Nicole Haywood, assistant principal* Adam Trussell ** Steve Vacchi*
Artist-in-Residence program is sponsored by Drs. Cliff and Karen Deveney
CR E ATIVE CHAIR Gabriel Kahane
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Creative Chair is sponsored by Michael, Kristen, and Andrew Kern, and Anna Sanford
Evan Kuhlmann** Steve Vacchi*
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THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020, 2 PM SPONSORED BY
Norman Huynh, conductor Pam Mahon, narrator Dance West Julane Stites, artistic director Vivienne Elborne, scriptwriter Jim Crino, costumes and props Hanami Froom, violin Benjamin Britten
Jean-Baptiste Lully Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Pam Mahon Overture from Armide Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Ludwig van Beethoven
Excerpt from The Creatures of Prometheus Finale Dance West
Felix Mendelssohn
Allegretto non troppo—Allegro molto vivace from Violin Concerto in E Minor Hanami Froom
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Germaine Tailleferre
John Williams
Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan Valse des dépêches (Waltz of the Telegrams) Dance West Main Title from Star Wars
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Biographies
Norman Huynh Norman Huynh has established himself as a conductor with an ability to captivate an audience through a multitude of musical genres. This season, Huynh continues to showcase his versatility in concerts featuring Itzhak Perlman, hip hop artists Nas and Wyclef Jean, and vocal superstar Storm Large. Born in 1988, Huynh is a first generation Asian American and the first in his family to pursue classical music as a career. Upcoming and recent engagements include the St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Grant Park Music Festival. He has served as a cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic with John Williams. Huynh has been at the forefront of moving orchestral music out of the traditional concert hall. In 2011, he co-founded the Occasional Symphony in Baltimore to celebrate holidays by performing innovative concerts in distinct venues throughout the inner-city. The orchestra performed on Dr. Seuss’ birthday at Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Halloween in a burnt church turned concert venue, and Cinco de Mayo in the basement bar of a Mexican restaurant. Huynh currently resides in Portland, Oregon, and enjoys skiing, board games, and riding his motorcycle. You can follow him on Instagram @normanconductor.
job. Mahon is also the teaching artist for the Oregon Symphony’s Kinderkonzerts and Carnegie Hall Link Up National Concerts. Other Portland credits include: Lureena Jones, Adrift in Macao (Broadway Rose); Aldonza, Man of La Mancha; Mother, Ragtime; Baker’s Wife, Into the Woods; Claire Ganz, Rumors; Donna/Oolie, City of Angels; Carmen, Sweet Charity; Pam, The Full Monty (Lakewood Theatre Company); Mary Bland, Eating Raoul (Live on Stage); Madame de la Grande Bouche, Beauty and the Beast; Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz; Brooke Wyndham, Legally Blonde: The Musical (Pixie Dust Productions); Mazeppa, Gypsy (Portland Center Stage at The Armory); Susan, [title of show] (Triangle Productions); Young Boy, Jenůfa; Chocholka/Jay, The Cunning Little Vixen; Papagena, The Magic Flute; and Nurse Maid, Street Scene (Portland Opera).
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Vivienne Elborne Vivienne Elborne is originally from London, where she had a successful performance career. The family moved to the us in 1984, and since then, she has performed with theater groups and symphonies all over the country. She moved into directing and teaching some 20 years ago and is proud of her association with the Oregon Symphony, for which she has directed staged musicals and written scripts for Kids concerts. She resides in Texas and continues to write while also running a private vocal studio. Thanks to Pam Mahon and Jim Crino for always making her characters come alive.
Pamela Mahon Pam Mahon is thrilled to be teaming up once again with the Oregon Symphony, Dance West, and the Pacific Youth Choir. Entertaining pint-sized symphony audience members is her absolute dream
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THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA Magnet Academy in Beaverton, Oregon. Under the direction of Julane Stites, Dance West provides an intensive training program for the school’s most advanced dance students desiring in-depth study and performance experience. Dancers who have auditioned for placement range in ages from 13–19 and commit to at least one full year of a training and performance schedule.
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The students, staff, and administrators share a common goal of developing stellar students with an arts-infused curriculum. A large percentage of their company members have been accepted to such schools as Juilliard, nyu, University of Arizona, University of Utah, Cornish, Cal Arts, North Carolina School of the Arts, Point Park University, and amda to continue their studies in dance. In addition, many have gone straight into careers with Disney, cruise lines, Broadway shows, ballet, and contemporary dance companies. Dance West has an annual concert in April and is available for community events.
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Hanami Froom, age 13, began studying the violin at the age of two and currently studies with Carol Sindell. She is a concertmaster at Portland Youth Philharmonic. Froom won first prize in the 2019 and 2020 mtna nw Division Competition; the 2017, 2018, and 2019 omta Competition; and the 2016 International Great Composer Competition. She is also a winner of The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition in 2020. Hanami soloed with the MetroArts Orchestra in 2016 and 2018, Portland Youth Philharmonic Conservatory Orchestra in 2018 and 2019, and the Jewish Community Orchestra in 2015 as a winner of their competition.
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Meet Abby Matar azzo, the cover artist for this issue of InSymphony Kids. The Oregon Symphony selected Abby’s art from the many spectacular submissions of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra coloring page in the Kids Activity Book. Congratulations, Abby! We hope you enjoy the show.
Tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Abby. I have just started sixth grade at Rachel Carson School of Environmental Science. I love everything to do with nature, especially taking photographs of the things I find outside. I love to do arts, crafts, and baking with my friends and family. I do a lot of doodling in my spare time. I am also a competitive gymnast, which takes up a lot of my time. How did you get the Oregon Symphony’s Kid’s Activity Book? My family and I went to see the Peter and the Wolf concert earlier this year, and the ushers were handing them out. I have two younger siblings, and we all enjoy going to the kids shows together. As a family, we really like going to see live performances. What made you choose the coloring page of the instruments and kids to send to the Symphony? I chose this page because it sparked my imagination. I love bringing color into pictures. I always like to see Norman conducting with his funky shoes, and I wanted to add the narrator because she is really funny in every performance. What’s your favorite color? What kinds of things do you like to draw?
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I love everything purple. My favorite things to draw are flowers, rainbows, and animals. Do you play any instruments, or would you like to someday? I took piano lessons for a few years. However, the instrument I use the most is my voice. I am in a choir and would like to continue with this in the future. What are some of the other Oregon Symphony performances you’ve seen, and what did love you about them? We have seen many of the Oregon Symphony performances. My favorites include Along the Oregon Trail because we had just studied it in school when we went to see it. I also really liked Cirque de la Symphonie last year. It was good to see the talented acrobats and the musicians perform together. I like going to the Symphony concerts because they always tell a story and keep the audience engaged. Pam Mahon always makes everyone laugh. It’s fun to get dressed up to go out, too! What’s your favorite instrument in the orchestra? My favorite instrument in the orchestra is the harp. It makes such a beautiful sound, and it is very pretty to look at. .
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A M I E L E L FE RT “Philip Glass said that music is not a metaphor for the world ‘out there.’ The ‘out there’ is the metaphor, and what’s real is music. Music is an extension of who I am. Glass and I are both living in the real world.”
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Make your very own paper upright piano by following these simple instructions.
Fold in half to make a crease and fold back
Start with a square piece of black paper. Fold in half.
Fold to meet the centerline and fold back
Place your finger inside to open flap. Continue opening and fold the flap down. Open the right side.
Flatten and do the same on other side.
Fold half of that flap back down.
Fold flap up.
Draw and cut out your keyboard and sheet music. You can also download our printable instructions that include a keyboard and sheet music. Have fun!
Fold in the two sides. Open both sides and lift folded flap down.
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HARRY POTTER AUTHOR J.K. ROWLING STUDIED CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AT EXETER UNIVERSITY, AND MANY OF THE WIZARD’S SPELLS ARE IN LATIN. Hogwarts’ motto, “Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus” is Latin for “Never tickle a sleeping dragon.”
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“DUMBLEDORE,” THE NAME OF HOGWARTS’ HEADMASTER, IS AN OLD ENGLISH WORD FOR “BUMBLEBEE.” Rowling chose it because the character loved music, and she imagined him with the habit of humming to himself.
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ROWLING CREATED THE NAMES OF THE FOUR HOUSES AT HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY – GRYFFINDOR, SLYTHERIN, RAVENCLAW, AND HUFFLEPUFF – while on an airplane and jotted them down on a vomit bag to be sure she’d remember them when the plane landed.
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IN RESPONSE TO POPULAR REQUEST, THE MANAGEMENT OF KING’S CROSS STATION HUNG A SIGN THAT READS “PLATFORM 9 ¾” BETWEEN PLATFORMS 9 AND 10 SO FANS CAN TAKE PHOTOS OF THE FICTIONAL BOARDING SPOT FOR THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS. There’s also half of a luggage trolley “disappearing” into the brick wall beneath the platform sign.
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FOR YEARS, ROWLING PLANNED THAT THE LAST WORD OF THE FINAL SENTENCE IN THE SEVEN-BOOK SERIES WOULD BE “SCAR,” but she changed it at the last minute to “all was well.”
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ROWLING MODELED DEMENTORS, CREATURES WHO FEED ON HUMAN HAPPINESS IN THE HARRY POTTER STORIES, on the “hollowed-out feeling” of depression that she experienced after the death of her mother.
ROWLING’S EARLY SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE BOOKS DEPICT HARRY’S LIGHTNING-SHAPED SCAR IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FOREHEAD. In the movies, it is off-center on actor Daniel Radcliffe’s forehead at Rowling’s request. She has not addressed the discrepancy.
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THE NAMES OF THE PLANTS IN THE WIZARDING WORLD, SUCH AS “MUGWORT” AND “TOADFLAX,” ARE NOT FROM ROWLING’S IMAGINATION BUT FROM A BOOK NAMED CULPEPER’S COMPLETE HERBAL, written in the 17th century by English botanist and herbalist Nicholas Culpeper.
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THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED MOANING MYRTLE, THE 14-YEAROLD GHOST WHO HAUNTS THE GIRLS’ BATHROOM AT HOGWARTS, was 37 years old during the filming of the movie.
TOM FELTON, THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED THE VILLAINOUS DRACO MALFOY, originally auditioned for the roles of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. .
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Which of these musical instruments can you spot in the orchestra? How many of each are there? Hint: Not all of them are in the orchestra!
triangle
electric guitar
trumpet
maracas
horn
lyre
accordion
violin
drum
Did you know? The symphony orchestra is the largest and most exciting of all musical groups, with as many as 100 players. It is divided into four musical families called strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Every instrument in the orchestra belongs to one of these families. In a symphony orchestra, the musical families are related to one another, just like cousins, aunts, and uncles. The orchestra is a big family of instruments playing together. 18 artslandia.com
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