CSO Get Out In Concert - program 11-4-22

MICHAEL ABELS

JORDAN PEELE

Welcome to your CSO!

I’m so excited to welcome you back to the Charlotte Symphony this month for a wide variety of performances that speak to the Orchestra’s incredible breadth, agility, and spirit of discovery! A busy November begins with a live performance of Michael Abels’ score to the groundbreaking horror film Get Out. The very next night, acclaimed singer/ songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens joins the Orchestra for our Annual Gala to perform works from her Grammy Award-winning album They’re Calling Me Home.

The following week, CSO musicians perform side-by-side with the talented young musicians of the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras, performing works by Dvořák, Grieg, and Elgar. And audiences will be dancing in the aisles when the world’s top ABBA tribute band joins the Orchestra to perform the band’s most iconic hits.

Later in the month, rising star Erina Yashima will lead the CSO in Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, as well as Beethoven’s rarely performed Triple Concerto with a powerhouse trio of soloists. And finally, we head into the holidays with a trip on The Polar Express, followed by a joyful holiday concert pairing our majestic brass section with the incredible 3,500pipe organ at Charlotte’s First United Methodist Church.

This is what we mean when we say that the Charlotte Symphony is for everyone. So whether you’re here to experience gospel horror in Get Out, sing along to “Dancing Queen,” or revel in the glory of Beethoven’s “Triple,” we’re so glad that you’ve decided to join us!

Enjoy the performance! We look forward to sharing a wonderful season of Thanksgiving with you!

David Fisk President & CEO

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THAN WHAT’S ONSTAGE.

Did you know that the Charlotte Symphony is much more than what you see on the Belk and Knight Theater stages? Beyond the Classical, Pops, Family, and Movie Series in the theaters, we work to uplift, entertain, and educate our community through inclusive education programs and community performances.

• The CSO has three programs for young musicians: the Youth Orchestra, the Youth Philharmonic, and the Youth Ensemble. CSO musicians participate in coaching throughout the year, and even perform with the young musicians!

• Reaching approximately 15,000 students each season, we also have extensive school programs, including Project Harmony, “Music and the Holocaust,” and “One Musical Family” Education Concerts.

• We perform throughout the region, from community parks and schools to breweries, senior care centers, and places of worship all season long.

Jordan Peele is an Oscar and Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director. His debut feature, Get Out, was released in 2017 to widespread acclaim, earning four Academy Award® nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay for Peele.

In 2019, Peele wrote, produced and directed his second feature, Us, which instantly became a smash hit with audiences and critics alike, posting the largest box-office opening for an original horror movie ever. In the summer of 2022, Peele released his third feature, the sci-fi horror epic Nope, which also opened to number one at the box office.

Prior to Get Out, Peele was the co-creator of Comedy Central’s Key & Peele. Across five seasons, the show’s unique take on sketch comedy became a viral sensation online. In 2012, Peele formed his film and television company, Monkeypaw Productions, to champion unconventional storytelling through genre.

This Halloween, Peele and Monkeypaw are releasing the Henry Selick-directed stop-motion film Wendell & Wild for Netflix, which Peele co-wrote, produced and provided a voice.

Jordan Peele

writer/director

Michael Abels is best-known for his scores for the Oscarwinning film Get Out, and for Jordan Peele’s Us, for which Abels won the World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, an Image Award nomination, and multiple critics’ awards. The hiphop influenced score for Us was short-listed for the Oscar, and was even named “Score of the Decade” by online publication The Wrap.

As a concert composer, Abels has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and the Sphinx Organization, among others. His orchestral works have been performed by the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and many more.

As guest conductor of Get Out with Live Orchestra, Abels has led orchestras like the National Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. Several of his orchestral works have been recorded by the Chicago Sinfonietta on the Cedille label, including Delights & Dances and Global Warming.

He is co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, an advocacy group to increase visibility of composers of color in film, game and streaming media. Upcoming projects include Jordan Peele’s Nope, the ballet for concert band Falling Sky for Butler University, At War with Ourselves for the Kronos Quartet, and the Hugh Jackman film Bad Education for HBO. His compositions include the one-act opera Homies and Popz, commissioned by LA Opera and premiered in 2000.

Michael Abels

composer

Thiago Tiberio

guest conductor

A young and energetic talent with a quickly-expanding international career, maestro Thiago Tiberio is often praised for mature musicianship, clarity of expression, and accurate technique. His classical, operatic, and film music career includes work with the world’s most prestigious orchestras in countries such as the United States, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, Bulgaria, South Korea, China, and Brazil.

Mr. Tiberio is a specialist in live musical synchronization to film, having led orchestras in scoring sessions during most of his career. Fusing his conducting experience with an award-winning training as a composer, he has arranged, orchestrated, and directed concert adaptations of a variety of films, most notably Love Actually, The Hunger Games, Cinema Paradiso, The Goonies, Coraline, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Get Out, Grease, and Twilight.

Mr. Tiberio’s awards include an Emmy, a Luso-Brazilian Award from the United Nations, and an International Brazilian Press Award. He was the first Western conductor to perform in the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, with La La Land in Concert. At Disney’s request, he has premiered Star Wars Live in Concert in France, Portugal, and Brazil, as well as the fully-orchestrated version of Coco in Concert at the 2019 Ravinia Festival. Perhaps the only maestro in the world who makes his own batons and binds his own scores in hardcover, Mr. Tiberio is a polyglot and multi-instrumentalist in the classical and jazz domains. He lives in New York with his wife Patricia and their Maltese, Dori.

Dr. Ifill-Taylor has been a Soprano with the Charlotte Master Chorale, (the Resident Chorus of the Charlotte Symphony), since 2016. She has been a soloist with the Heritage Signature Chorale, the Alexandria Symphony, the Choral Arts Society of D.C, the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Charlotte Master Chorale. She obtained her Associates Degree in Music at Prince Georges Community College and has sung in Lyon France, Krakow Poland, and many cities in the United States. When she is not performing, she is a Physician in private practice in Charlotte, NC.

Young dramatic soprano Lauren Russell is coming off of successful engagements as a Resident Artist with Opera Carolina. Known for her powerhouse vocals across operatic, musical theater, and choral genres, Lauren makes her home in Charlotte and regularly performs with Opera Carolina, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Master Chorale, and Bach Akademie. This season she can be heard with Opera Carolina in Porgy & Bess and La Traviata. In addition, she has performed alongside Kristin Chenoweth, Nadine Sierra, and Andrea Bocelli. Lauren has recently performed concerts and recital repertoire with Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in 2022 on their Summer Pops in the Park concert. In 2019, Lauren was the Alto Soloist (cover) in Handel’s Messiah with the Winston-Salem Symphony. She has sung as a soloist for Charlotte Master Chorale on Considering Matthew Shepard, Alzheimer’s Stories (cover), and Gospel Mass. Ms. Russell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Vocal Performance from Wingate University.

Darlene Ifill-Taylor

Lauren Nicole Russell

soprano soprano

Lamar Davis is a graduate of WIngate University with a Bachelor of Music Education in Voice. Mr. Davis is in his fourth season with Charlotte Master Chorale. He begins his first season with Opera Carolina in the upcoming production of Porgy & Bess. His operatic roles include the Father in Humperdinck’s Hänsel & Gretel, the Count in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, as well as leading the world premiere of David Brooks’ Urban Legend. He also portrayed the role of Barrett in Titanic the Musical. Mr. Davis is currently the choral director at West Rowan High School in Salisbury, NC. He is a nationally recognized conductor and his choirs have received numerous awards during his tenure.

Jordan Taylor is a classical and theatrical vocalist whose powerful tenor has seen him frequently requested for solo and choral work across the south east. He received his undergraduate degree from Clemson University. He studied under Dr. Lisa Odom at Clemson University, Dr. Jeffery McEvoy at Winthrop University, Ridley Chauvin at Morgan State University, and Denyce Graves at Peabody Conservatory. Jordan is the winner of numerous music awards including the Mu Beta Psi Choral Award for Musical Excellence at Clemson University, multiple first place finishes in both South Carolina and Regional NATS competitions and an invitation to compete at the national level for NATS in both the classical and music theater categories. In his post graduate career, Jordan has become a member of the Caritas A Cappella Ensemble, the Charlotte Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus, and currently enjoys performing with many groups in the greater Charlotte area.

Lamar Davis Jordan Taylor

tenor tenor

Ra’Saun Elliott bass

Heard for his resonant bass color, Ra’Saun Elliott is a recent graduate of Wingate University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Vocal Performance. Now residing in Charlotte, NC, Mr. Elliott is singing with Opera Carolina in their upcoming production of Porgy & Bess and is a part of the OperaXpress education tour of The Tortoise & the Hare. While at Wingate University, Ra’Saun played the principal roles of Cura Viejo in Behold the Man and Don Alhambra del Bolero in The Gondoliers, as well as premiering the two operas Behold the Man by Paul Fowler and Andrew Flack and Urban Legend by David Brooks. Internationally, he has performed in South Africa with the Wingate University Singers and plans on singing at Carnegie Hall in April with the Charlotte Master Chorale. Recently, Ra’Saun performed in Sister Act: The Musical at Matthews Playhouse. Ra’Saun can be heard around Charlotte singing with the Charlotte Master Chorale and frequently singing solos with the Covenant Church Choir.

One of the premier music organizations in the Southeastern United States and the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) connects with more than 100,000 music lovers each year through its lively season of concerts, broadcasts, community events, and robust educational programs. The CSO is committed to its mission of uplifting, entertaining, and educating the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional music experiences.

The Charlotte Symphony upholds the highest artistic integrity and takes bold steps to engage with its community through music. Its 62 professional, full-time time musicians perform throughout the region — from community parks and breweries, to places of worship and senior care centers — and offer significant educational support, aimed at serving the underresourced areas of our community.

The Charlotte Symphony is deeply committed to the notion that music, accessible to all and experienced in its many forms, enriches and unifies our community. The CSO believes in equity and inclusion and strives to be an industry leader in imaginative, relevant programming by intentionally seeking out women conductors, underrepresented in our industry, and conductors, composers, and guest artists of color.

Founded in 1932, the Charlotte Symphony plays a leading cultural role in the Charlotte area and aims to serve the community as a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region through the transformative power of live music.

OUR MISSION

The Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.

OUR VISION

Reaching out through the transformative power of live music, the Charlotte Symphony will be a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region.

more information, visit us online at charlottesymphony.org

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