ONE HUNDRED FOURTH SEASON CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO
Ken-David Masur Principal Conductor
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
Sunday, May 14, 2023, at 2:00 Kenwood Academy High School
Ken-David Masur Conductor
clyne Masquerade
gruselle A Long Way from Home
Kenwood Academy High School Orchestra
Jhonatan A. Roldan, conductor
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Old Boatman
Kenwood Academy High School Orchestra
Jhonatan A. Roldan, conductor
intermission
berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Dreams—Passions (Largo—Allegro agitato e appassionato assai)
A Ball (Waltz: Allegro non troppo)
A Scene in the Country (Adagio)
March to the Scaffold (Allegretto non troppo)
Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath (Larghetto—Allegro)
The 2022–23 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by The Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.
Major support for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago also provided by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Leslie Fund, Inc., Judy and Scott McCue, Nancy Lauter McDougal † and Alfred L. McDougal †, Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation, The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc., and an anonymous donor.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
† Deceased
Ken-David Masur Conductor
During the 2022–23 season, Masur leads a range of programs with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, where his programming explores the natural world and its relationship to humanity. He also continues the second year of an MSO artistic partnership with pianist Aaron Diehl, and leads choral and symphonic works including Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Mahler’s Symphony no. 2. With the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Masur leads concerts throughout the season. Other engagements include subscription weeks with the Nashville and Omaha symphony orchestras, and a return to Poland’s Wrocław Philharmonic.
Last season, Masur made debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and led performances with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra.
Masur has conducted distinguished orchestras around the world, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the National Philharmonic of Russia, and other orchestras throughout the United States, France, Germany, Korea, Japan, and Scandinavia. Previously Masur was associate conductor of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, where he led numerous concerts, at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, of new and standard works featuring guest artists such as Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, Joshua Bell, Louis Lortie, Kirill Gerstein, Nikolay Lugansky, and others. For eight years, Masur served as principal guest conductor of the Munich Symphony, and also as associate conductor of the San Diego Symphony and resident conductor of the San Antonio Symphony.
Music education and working with the next generation of young artists are of major importance to Masur. In addition to his work with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, he has led orchestras and master classes at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Chamber Orchestra, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, New England Conservatory, Boston University, Boston Conservatory, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and at other leading universities and conservatories throughout the world.
Masur is passionate about the growth, encouragement, and application of contemporary music. He has conducted and commissioned dozens of new works, many of which have premiered at the Chelsea Music Festival, an annual summer music festival in New York City founded and directed by Masur and his wife, pianist Melinda Lee Masur.
Ken-David Masur holds the Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
PHOTO BY ADAM DETOUR
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Ken-David Masur Principal Conductor
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
violins
Gabriela Lara
Matthew Weinberg
Subin Shin
Ran Huo
Janani Sivakumar
Marian Antonette Mayuga*
Jonah Kartman
Sungjoo Kang
Annie Pham
Nelson Mendoza Hernandez*
Hsuan Chen
Diego Diaz+
Kimberly Bill
Dylan Marshall Feldpausch*
Diane Yang*
Munire Mierxiati
Jesús Linárez
Kristian Brusubardis
Hee Yeon Kim*
Crystal Qi
Hee Woo Seo
Valentina Guillen
Menesello
Robbie Herbst
Liya Ma
Yu-Kun Hsiang
Kenichi Kiyama
Grace Walker
Kina Ono
Laura Schafer
Lina Yamin
violas
Pedro Mendez
Teddy Schenkman*
Aditi Prakash
Amanda Kellman
Megan Yeung
Carlos Lozano Sanchez
Derrick Ware
Larissa Mapua
Calvin Dai
Rachel Mossburg
Michael Ayala
Yulong Han
cellos
Annamarie Wellems
Lindsey Sharpe*
Lidanys Graterol
Jaime An
Abby Monroe
Cameron Slaugh
Hana Takemoto
Charlotte Ullman
Miles Link
J Holzen
basses
Hannah Novak
Bennett Norris
Olivia Reyes
Nate Beaver
Caleb Edwards
Ben Foerster
Victor Stahoviak
Jack Platt
flutes
Aalia Hanif
Katarina Ignatovich
Eric Leise
piccolo
Aalia Hanif
oboes
James Jihyun Kim
Kyung Yeon Hong
Natalie Johnson
english horn
Natalie Johnson
clarinets
Irina Chang
Antonio Garrasi
Daniel Solowey
bass clarinet
Nico Chona+
bassoons
Seo Young (Michelle) Min
Mackenzie Brauns*
Peter Houdalis
William George
contrabassoon
Peter Houdalis
horns
Jacob Medina
Michael Stevens
Nelson Yovera Perez
Kenwood Academy High School Orchestra
Gerald Powell Band Director and Music Department Chair
Jhonatan A. Roldan Orchestra Director
Karen Calloway Principal
violins
Erianah Austin
Elliot Papczun
Israel Carruthers
Zoey Obregon
Anthony Owens
Winston Purajarik
Michael Purkett
Caleb Scott
Jah-elle Smith
Christian Copeland
Makaila Bonsu
Lahna Davis
Andre Madison
Lydia Popova
Alana Powell
Gayle Sancho
Warren Sims
T’anna Lomack
Maya Wells
violas
Keian Chin
Adele Jennings
Elliot Swanson
Julian Ford
cellos
Aaron Hill
Ava Monberg
Tyler Chin
Asa Moon-Sarudi
Ryan Williamson
Sylvia Denecke
trumpets
Michael Leavens
Quincy Erickson
Abner Wong
Sean Whitworth
trombones
Felix Regalado
Hugo Saavedra
Arciniegas*
bass trombone
Zhen Lei
tubas
Nick Collins
Ben Poirot
timpani
David Miller
Tomas Leivestad
percussion
Thaddeus Chung
Charley Gillette
George Tantchev
Sehee Park
harps
Natalie Man
Emily Stone
librarian
Anna Thompson
basses
Khamari Hall
Jeremiah Davis
David Nyam
Richard Knoble
* Civic Orchestra Fellow + Civic Orchestra Alumni
CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS
Members of the Civic Orchestra receive an annual stipend to help offset some of their living expenses during their training in Civic. The following donors have generously underwritten a Civic musician(s) for the 2022–23 season.
Eleven Civic members participate in the Civic Fellowship program, a rigorous artistic and professional development curriculum that supplements their membership in the full orchestra. Major funding for this program is generously provided by The Julian Family Foundation
Nancy A. Abshire
Amanda Kellman, viola
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund
Megan Yeung, viola
Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation+
Michael Stevens, horn
Sue and Jim Colletti
Hee Yeon Kim,** violin
Lawrence Corry
Jonah Kartman, violin
Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund
Irina Chang, clarinet
Kunjing Dai, viola
Antonio Garrasi, clarinet
James Jihyun Kim, oboe
David Miller, timpani
Bennett Norris, bass
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Jacob Medina, horn
Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Benjamin Foerster, bass
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat
Larissa Mapua, viola
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
Michael Leavens, trumpet
Richard and Alice Godfrey
Robbie Herbst, violin
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Liam Jackson, bassoon
Mary Winton Green
Victor Stahoviak, bass
Jane Redmond Haliday Chair
Hana Takemoto, cello
The Julian Family Foundation
Nelson Mendoza,** violin
Ryan Williamson, horn
Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust
Jaime An, cello
Isaac Hopkins, trumpet
Miles Link, cello
Jake Platt, bass
Crystal Qi, violin
League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Lindsey Sharpe,** cello
Leslie Fund Inc.
Aalia Hanif, flute Francisco Malespin,** cello
Phillip G. Lumpkin
Dylan Feldpausch,** violin
Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl
Abigail Monroe, cello
† Deceased ** Civic Orchestra Fellow + Partial Sponsor
Gifts listed as of April 2023
Judy and Scott McCue
Andrew Port,** oboe
Nancy Lauter McDougal † and Alfred L. McDougal †
Emily Nardo, violin
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Olivia Reyes, bass
Ms. Susan Norvich
Nick Collins, tuba
Benjamin Poirot, tuba
Michael and Margo Oberman
Kyung Yeon Hong, oboe
Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak, Jr.
Sylvia Denecke, horn
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
Alexander Mullins, bass trombone
Hugo Saavedra,** trombone
The George L. Shields Foundation Inc.
Stephanie Block, viola
Laura Schafer, violin
Haley Slaugh, cello
The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair
Grace Walker, violin
Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund
Kimberly Bill, violin
Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund
Caleb Edwards, bass
Dr. Marylou Witz
Marian Mayuga,** violin
Anonymous
Diane Yang,** violin
Anonymous
Kina Ono, violin
Complete program notes and information can be found via a link in your concert reminder email or online at cso.org/program.
