Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights COLORADO COLLEGE summer music festival chamber music & orchestra june 5–25, 2016 www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 1
Susan Grace
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welcome to the 32nd season of the colorado college summer music festival
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ach year we bring you works by well-known composers and introduce you to newer works of equal brilliance. I am especially excited about two premieres on our
program this year. The first is Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute
and Jazz Piano Trio, arranged for orchestra by Colorado College jazz piano instructor and GRAMMY nominee Steve Barta. The second is Breaking Sweat: Composer Mark Fewer and Break Beat Poet Idris Goodwin in an aural conversation of the body in crisis, a new piece commissioned by the Festival combining violin and spoken word. We are also looking forward to the new “On the Fringe” concert series, which will include a bluegrass concert with Colorado College's own bluegrass ensemble director Keith Reed and his friends from Nashville, as well as a mini recital and master class with international lyric baritone Russell Braun in collaboration with Opera Theatre of the Rockies and El Pomar Foundation. If you have been a festival aficionado you know that nothing compares to the experience of beautiful music in the intimate setting of our concert halls. If you are new to the festival you are in for a treat! Our festival fellows, selected from a pool of over 470 applicants, hail from the best music schools in the country. Our festival faculty bring great passion for music to their teaching and performances. Each year I am inspired by the talent and sense of community that the festival generates. We can’t wait to share the new season with you. Cheers,
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Each year the festival offers a variety of performances on and off campus. Festival Artists Concert Our renowned festival faculty perform chamber music in the intimate setting of Packard Hall.
Festival Orchestra Concerts With Scott Yoo, conductor extraordinaire, the festival orchestra shines in two concerts at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center. Having only met a few weeks prior, the fellows impress each year with their artistic abilities and passionate performances! Both orchestra concerts on campus will be broadcast live via KCME.
Pre-concert Recitals Festival faculty give a half-hour performance of a work that inspires them. These concerts are free and open to the public. Stay for the concert that follows and enjoy the wine bar and great company of fellow music lovers in between both concerts.
“On the Fringe” Concert Series A new addition this year! The two concerts in this series celebrate music “on the fringe” of the festival with bluegrass and song.
Festival Orchestra Children’s Concert An annual favorite for all ages! The orchestra performs as well as educates everyone about the instruments and how they work together. The featured work this year is Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals.” This free concert packs the Richard F. Celeste Theatre each year, so be sure to get your tickets in advance. 3 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Music at Midday Our talented festival fellows perform chamber music that they have been working on with their faculty coaches. These free performances rival those of any professional ensemble. The best way to spend your lunch break!
Student Concerto Reading All festival fellows are invited to audition to read one movement of a concerto with the festival orchestra. The concerto reading gives the selected fellows a chance to work through the movement while receiving feedback on their performance from festival faculty.
Community Master Classes A chance for community members to perform for our festival faculty. These master classes are free and open to the public. Participation is by invitation only.
Outreach Concerts The Summer Music Festival is proud to bring its music to a variety of local organizations. You will find a list of all outreach concerts on page 18.
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Jon Manasse Thursday, June 9 pre-concert lecture
6:15 p.m., Packard Hall Room 9
festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall
rossini
Duetto for double bass and cello
tedesco
Ecloghe, Op. 206
schumann
Andante and Variations, Op. 46
mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Festival favorite Jon Manasse will take your breath away with Mozart’s only completed clarinet quintet, one of the earliest and best-known works written especially for the instrument. Joined by Stephen Rose and Stefan Hersh, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; and Bion Tsang, cello, this will be an exhilarating finale to the opening Festival Artists Concert! 55| |COLORADO COLORADOCOLLEGE COLLEGESummer SummerMusic MusicFestival Festival| |Sizzling SizzlingSummer SummerMusic Musicfor forHot HotSummer SummerNights Nights
Sunday, June 12
festival artists concert 3 p.m., Packard Hall
Russell Braun michael haydn
Divertimento in G Major, st518/p96
shostakovich
Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet , Op. 11
poulenc Le Bal Masqué dohnányi
Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1
Poulenc was very fond of the surreal, shape-changing images and incongruous plots that filled the poems of Max Jacob (1876–1944), and set many of them to music. Among these are the four poems appearing in Poulenc's Le Bal Masqué (The Masked Ball). international lyric baritone Russell Braun will join our festival faculty as a special guest. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 6
Monday, June 13
“on the fringe” concert series 7 p.m., Packard Hall
Mini-Recital and Master Class with russell braun Renowned for his luminous voice “capable of the most powerful explosions as well as the gentlest covered notes” (Toronto Star), baritone Russell Braun rightfully claims his place on the concert, opera, and recital stages of the world. Braun will perform songs by Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Finzi, followed by a master class featuring Colorado singers. The festival is thrilled to bring Braun in collaboration with El Pomar Foundation and Opera Theatre of the Rockies. 7 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Scott Yoo
Tuesday, June 14 pre-concert lecture 6:15 p.m., Screening Room
festival orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
scott yoo, conducting adams The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) enesco Symphonie Concertante in B minor, Op. 8 Bion Tsang, cello dvorák
Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60
Dvorák’s Symphony No. 6 was one of the first of his large symphonic works to draw international attention. This work has many similarities to symphonies by Brahms and Beethoven, as well as references to Czech folk tunes. Stay for the opening festival orchestra reception in the Cornerstone Main Space after the performance and meet our festival fellows! www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 8
Thursday, June 16
festival orchestra children’s concert
11 a.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
juan pablo noreña, conducting george preston, narrating
French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ 1886 Carnival of the Animals continues to delight audiences of all ages today. Saint-Saëns originally wrote the work as a joke and worried that it might damage his reputation. He banned complete performances and only allowed one movement, The Swan, to be published while he was alive. Today we’ll hear all 14 movements, narrated by KCME’s George Preston. 9 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Thursday, June 16
festival artists pre-concert recital 6:15 p.m., Packard Hall
hindemith
Concerto for piano, brass, and harps, Op. 49
Festival faculty and festival fellows join their talents for a riveting rendition of Hindemith’s concerto, featuring William Wolfram, piano. You have not heard brass until you’ve heard this performance in Packard Hall! Then join us for free wine and great conversation about the music you have just heard in the Packard courtyard. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 10
Elizabeth Mann Thursday, June 16
festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall
vackár
Concerto for trumpet, percussion, and piano
koetsier Unterkagner Ländler for violin and bass trombone stravinsky
Rite of Spring (arranged for Woodwind Quintet)
dvorák
String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
Originally written as a ballet and orchestral work, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring caused a sensation and a riot in the audience when first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on May 29, 1913, due to the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography. Today it is considered one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century. Elizabeth Mann, flute; Elizabeth Koch, oboe; Burt Hara, clarinet; Michael Kroth, bassoon, and Michael Thornton, horn, will present an intimate chamber music arrangement of the piece. 11 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Saturday, June 18
student concerto reading
2 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
Enjoy hearing four of our festival fellows perform a movement of a concerto with the festival orchestra. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 12
Keith Reed
Sunday, June 19
“on the fringe� concert series 5 p.m., Packard Hall
An Evening of Bluegrass Join us for an evening of spectacular bluegrass featuring Don Rigsby, mandolin; Ron Stewart, banjo; Richard Bennett, guitar; Keith Reed, banjo and two-time GRAMMY winner Gene Libbea, bass. Hear the best bluegrass musicians of today performing traditional bluegrass at its finest! 13 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Tuesday, June 21 pre-concert lecture
6:15 p.m., Packard Hall Room 9
festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall
Idris Goodwin
connesson Techno-Parade goodwin & fewer
Breaking Sweat
sampson Just Keep Moving golijov Tenebrae for string quartet wilson
The Avatar for solo bassoon and winds
Tonight’s contemporary masters’ concert will feature the premiere of an improv piece by festival faculty violinist Mark Fewer and Colorado College’s drama faculty Idris Goodwin, one of the most dynamic and innovative young playwrights and beat poets in the country. The work will center on Goodwin's writings that will be an aural conversation of the body in crisis. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 14
Susan Cahill
Friday, June 24
festival artists pre-concert recital
6:15 p.m., Packard Hall
Piano & Bass: Body and Soul john novacek, piano and susan cahill, bass John Novacek and Susan Cahill bring you their new music as well as the music that inspired them in this out-of-bounds take on the bass-piano jazz duo. 15 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
Friday, June 24
festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall
Burt Hara
David Kim doppler
Nocturne, Op. 19
grieg
Sonata No. 3 in C minor for violin and piano, Op. 45
klein String Trio brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Here, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim joins Burt Hara, clarinetist with the LA Philharmonic, in a very special Brahms Clarinet Quintet. The composer, who came out of retirement to create this work, left us one of the great masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 16
Saturday, June 25 pre-concert lecture 6:15 p.m., Screening Room
festival orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts
scott yoo, conducting dvorák
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
bolling
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (arr. Steve Barta)
elizabeth mann, flute; john novacek, piano; susan cahill, bass; john kinzie, drums
sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
The festival closes with the Colorado premiere of Colorado College jazz piano instructor and GRAMMY nominee Steve Barta’s symphonic arrangement of Claude Bolling’s 1973 crossover suite, which was listed on the Billboard charts for over 10 years. On hearing this new arrangement, Bolling exclaimed, “A thousand Bravos! …a true and modern arrangement!” 17 | COLORADO COLLEGE Summer Music Festival | Sizzling Summer Music for Hot Summer Nights
music at midday
12:15 p.m., Packard Hall MONDAY, JUNE 13 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 FRIDAY, JUNE 17 MONDAY, JUNE 20 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 THURSDAY, JUNE 23 FRIDAY, JUNE 24
outreach concerts MONDAY, JUNE 13 FRIDAY, JUNE 17
2:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m.
Festival Fellows Children’s Outreach
Fort Carson Patriot Program
Festival Fellows Outreach
Brookdale Skyline
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 4 p.m. Faculty/Fellows Outreach TUESDAY, JUNE 21
1 p.m.
Broadmoor Chamber Series Pauline Chapel
Festival Fellows Children’s Outreach
Hillside Community Center
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2016 Summer Music Festival Faculty Susan Grace, music director Virginia Barron, associate director, viola Scott Yoo, conductor, violin Steven Copes, violin Mark Fewer, violin Stefan Hersh, violin David Kim, violin Stephen Rose, violin Toby Appel, viola; violin Phillip Ying, viola Bion Tsang, cello David Ying, cello Susan Cahill, bass Elizabeth Mann, flute Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe Burt Hara, clarinet Jon Manasse, clarinet Michael Kroth, bassoon Michael Thornton, horn Louis Hanzlik, trumpet John Rojak, trombone Jon Nakamatsu, piano John Novacek, piano William Wolfram, piano John Kinzie, timpani/percussion
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Festival Calendar Thursday, June 9
6:15 p.m.
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Packard Hall, Room 9
7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT
Packard Hall
Saturday, June 11 2 p.m. Community Violin MASTER CLASS Sunday, June 12 3 p.m. FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT
Packard Hall Packard Hall
Monday, June 13
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
2:15 p.m.
FESTIVAL FELLOWS CHILDREN’S OUTREACH
Fort Carson Patriot Program
“ON THE FRINGE” CONCERT SERIES: Mini-Recital and Master Class with international lyric baritone Russell Braun
Packard Hall
7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 14 6:15 p.m. PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Cornerstone Arts Center, Screening Room
7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Cornerstone Arts Center
Wednesday, June 15
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
Thursday, June 16
11 a.m.
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Cornerstone Arts Center
6:15 p.m.
FESTIVAL ARTISTS PRE-CONCERT RECITAL
Packard Hall
7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT
Packard Hall
Friday, June 17
10:30a.m.
FESTIVAL FELLOWS CONCERT
Brookdale Skyline
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
4 p.m.
FACULTY/FELLOWS OUTREACH CONCERT
Pauline Chapel
Saturday, June 18
2 p.m.
STUDENT CONCERTO READING
Cornerstone Arts Center
“ON THE FRINGE” CONCERT SERIES: An Evening of Bluegrass
Packard Hall
Sunday, June 19 5 p.m. Monday, June 20
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
Tuesday, June 21
1 p.m.
FESTIVAL FELLOWS CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Hillside Community Center
6:15 p.m.
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Packard Hall, Room 9
7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT
Packard Hall
Wednesday, June 22
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
Thursday, June 23
12:15 p.m.
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
Friday, June 24 12:15p.m. MUSIC AT MIDDAY
Packard Hall
Packard Hall Packard Hall
6:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ARTISTS PRE-CONCERT RECITAL FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT
Saturday, June 25 6:15 p.m. PRE-CONCERT LECTURE 7:30 p.m. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT
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Cornerstone Arts Center, Screening Room Cornerstone Arts Center
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festival artists concerts - Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. $30 general public; $25 CC ID; $5 students; free for CC students
Date Thursday, June 9, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.
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festival orchestra concerts
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Richard F. Celeste Theatre, 825 N. Nevada Ave. $25 general public; $20 CC ID; $5 students; free for CC students
Date Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
Price Quantity TOTAL $25/$20/$5/$0 $25/$20/$5/$0
“on the fringe”concerts: June 13: Mini-recital & Master Class with Russell Braun - $5; or, June 19: An Evening of Bluegrass - $20 general public; $15 donors and CC ID; $5 students; free for CC students
Date Monday, June 13, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 5 p.m.
Price Quantity TOTAL $5 $20/$15/$5/$0
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