PROGRAM
"Hymn to the Moon" Antonín Dvořák from Rusalka (1900) (1841 1904)
Jeannine Allen, soprano
"Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" (Pierrot's Tanzlied) from Die Tote Stadt (1920) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Adam McCrory, baritone
"E'strano...ah! Fors'è lui...sempre libera" Giuseppe Verdi from La traviata (1853) (1813 1901)
Agnese Gallenzi, soprano
Piano Concerto #1 in E flat major, S. 124 (1849)
Franz Liszt
I. Allegro maestoso - (1811-1886)
II. Quasi adagio Allegretto vivace Allegro animato
III. Allegro marziale animato Dutch Dodge, piano
INTERMISSION
Symphony #4 in E minor, Opus 98 (1884) Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro non troppo (1833-1897)
II. Andante moderato
III. Allegro giocoso
IV. Allegro energico e passionato
CSUN Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1 Bass Trombone
Nelly Guevara Ian Lindley Thomas Monce Logan Sacino
Jonathan Hoe Jordan Friedman
Melanie Ooi Aidan Neuman Ronald Minor* Alizah Chao Zachary Pickens
Scott Johnson Tuba
Min Shen Chiou
Flute Shane Willey
Cansu Ozyurek Marcos Ramirez
Abtine Farrokh Eliana Perez Timpani Esteban Andrade Heavyn Rivera Evan Frangesh
Violin 2 Oboe Percussion
Daniel Herrnstein Linda Muggeridge* Lucas Heininger Garrett Wong Jason Kennedy* Andy Greenberg Saul Romero
Jasmine Forooghi Clarinet Harp Sahand Zare Nancy Crisostomo Kenneth Pasewark Yukyung Son Katelyn Sonny Keeley
Samantha Carabay Piano/Celesta Rachel Greenup Bassoon Tomomi Kojima Yuna Herman Eric Johnson-Tamai*
Matthew Bevens Librarian
Viola Leah Kohn* Alec Glass
Zachary Cruz
Luigi Ito Horn Nic Lampert Hayden Amendola Karen Paz Michele Cheaure Sharon Ray* Danile Gallardo Matthew Witmer* Preston Shepard* Natalie Brejcha*
Trumpet
Cello Ryan Buchanan Alec Glass Taraneh Pourmoradian Betsy Liu Carlos Gonzalez Santiago
Alicja Blanquart*
Isabella Argueta Pola Benke* Griblas Lizama*
*Guest Performers
Tomasz Golka, Conductor
Since winning 1st Prize at the 2003 Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition, conductor and composer Tomasz Golka has appeared with orchestras in North and South America and Europe to great critical acclaim.
As guest conductor, he has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Seattle, Fort Worth, Buffalo, Spoleto Festival USA, Warsaw Philharmonic, Baden Baden Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, as well as numerous orchestras throughout Mexico, including those in Xalapa, Mérida, Queretaro, Guadalajara, Boca del Río, Guanajuato, Puebla, Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Juarez, Monterrey, Saltillo, and the OFUNAM in Mexico City, as well as Puerto Rico Symphony in San Juan and in Concepción (Chile), where he was Principal Guest Conductor. He has collaborated with some of the world’s top soloists, including Susan Graham, Alisa Weilerstein, Gary Hoffman, Inon Barnatan, Miriam Fried, Yuval Yaron, Joseph Swensen, and his pianist-brother Adam Golka.
Past positions include Chief Conductor of Colombia National Symphony in Bogotá as well as Music Director of the Lubbock Symphony. He is currently in his 12th season as Music Director of Riverside Philharmonic, a virtuoso orchestra made up of the top studio musicians in Hollywood, and Artistic Director of Village Concerts.
Golka has served as Cover Conductor for Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra. He was a semi finalist in the 2010 Solti International Conducting Competition and the 2005 Malko International Conducting competition, where he conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and the Danish Radio Symphony, respectively.
A composer of both film and concert works, he was named Composer in residence of the 2018 Boulder International Chamber Music Competition, which commissioned his piece “True Green.” He composed scores for the films “Shaking Cup” (2019), “The Dare” (2018), and the web series “Pagan Holidays” (2019). His concert works have been performed by the symphony orchestras of California, El Paso, Williamsport, Boca del Río, and the Suffolk County Festival Orchestra.
As violinist he appears as chamber musician and soloist throughout North America.
As a conducting fellow at the 2006 Tanglewood Music Festival, Golka conducted a historic performance of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale with legendary composers Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, and John Harbison as narrators a recording that is now available through the Boston Symphony. He has also recorded Ciranda das sete notas by Heitor Villa Lobos for Melo Records. He was also a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in 2002 and has conducted in masterclasses for such esteemed conductors as David Zinman, Yuri Temirkanov, and Daniel Lewis.
Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1975, Golka’s family emigrated to Mexico in 1980 and to the United States in 1982. His conducting teachers were David Effron (Indiana University), Gustav Meier (Peabody Conservatory), and Bernard Haitink. He has a Certificate in Film Scoring from the prestigious UCLA Extension Film Scoring Program where he was the recipient of the coveted BMI/Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship. He also holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in violin performance from Rice University, where his teachers were Sergiu Luca and Kenneth Goldsmith. His other violin teachers included Tadeusz Wronski and Marina Yashvili. He is fluent in Polish, English, and Spanish.
Jeannine Allen, soprano
Jeannine Allen is a second year masters student at CSUN studying under Shigemi Matsumoto. She received her undergraduate degree in Opera Performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach. She is also an alum of The Aspen Music Festival and School. She is a cantor at St. Mary’s by the Sea in Huntington Beach and also teaches private voice lessons. Her previous operatic roles include Pamina, Adina, Marēnka, and L’Ensolleiad. At CSUN she has had the honor of performing Anna Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene, and Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. This year with CSUN opera she will be singing Kayley in Speed Dating and Mimi in La Boheme.
Adam McCrory, baritone
Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Adam earned his bachelor’s degree from UCLA and is now in the final year of a master’s in Vocal Arts at CSUN, studying with Professor Shigemi Matsumoto. This year he will feature as leading roles in all three CSUN Opera productions, and he was selected for the CSUN Opera “Outstanding Student in Opera” Award in 2021 and 2022. Previous roles include “Guglielmo” (Cosi fan tutte), “Frank Maurrant” (Street Scene), “The Clock & The Black Cat” (L’Enfant et les sortilèges), “Marco” (Gianni Schicchi), “Papageno” (Die Zauberflöte), “The Baker” (Into the Woods). Adam has performed locally with Guild Opera Company as well as The Opera Buffs, Inc. and was a grateful recipient of the Opera Buffs Artist Grant for the past two years. He has also worked as a professional choral singer and section leader with various choirs and religious institutions in Los Angeles. During the pandemic Adam sang in numerous video projects as well as producing and marketing livestreamed concerts and fundraisers for individuals, bands, private studios, colleges, and the LA Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS LA).
Agnese Gallenzi, soprano
Agnese Gallenzi is an Italian Soprano. She graduated in 2016 at Conservatorio G. B Pergolesi di Fermo (ITA) with top grades. Winner of International competitions including the Metropolitan Laffont Competition and the Medici International Music Competition, she performed a variety of female lead operatic roles, and made her European debut with Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore in the State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, April 2022. She is currently enrolled in the Master in Operatic Performance at California State University Northridge, studying under the guide of Diane Ketchie. Her training also includes an intensive summer program at the Bologna International Opera Academy where she worked with world renowned coaches and teachers including Soprano Svetla Vassileva, Master Vocal Coach Danielle Orlando and Pavarotti Freni’s coach Leone Magiera. She has recently been selected to perform the role of Mimi’ in the Spring production of La Bohème, at California State University. Agnese Gallenzi has been gaining exceptionally favorable responses from music critics for her warm and floating voice and particularly for her poignant interpretation of the most famous females operatic characters.
Dutch Dodge, piano
Dutch Dodge is studying music at California State University, Northridge. He began playing piano around the age of 7 and enjoys all styles of music for the instrument. Throughout middle school and high school, he studied with Hak Soon Swiatkowski, and was coached by Chet Swiatkowski. Upon entering college, he began studying with his current teacher, Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov. Dutch has won prizes in the SYMF Complete Sonata Competition, the Gail Newby Concerto Competition, and the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. His debut with orchestra was in 2016 at the Duarte Performing Arts Center playing the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto, and in 2017 he toured with the Roger Wagner Chorale throughout Japan and South Korea. In addition to his studies as a pianist, Dutch also enjoys aviation, hoping to earn a pilot’s license, as well as composing and spending time with family and friends.
Dvořák, "Hymn to the Moon" from Rusalka
Moon high and deep in the sky Your light travels far, You travel around the wide world, and see into people’s homes.
Moon, stand still a little while and tell me where is my love.
Tell him, silvery moon, that I am embracing him. For at last momentarily Let him recall dreaming of me.
Illuminate him from far away and tell him, tell him who is waiting for him.
If his human soul is really dreaming of me, may the memory awaken him! Moon, don’t disappear, don’t disappear!
Korngold, "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" from Die Tote Stadt
My yearnings, my delusions, in dreams they take me back. In dancing I won, I lost my happiness. In dancing on the Rhine in the moonlight, Confessed to me through blue eyes an intimate look, Confessed to me her pleading word, O stay, oh don’t go away from me, preserve home’s quiet, blossoming happiness.
My yearnings, my delusions, in dreams they take me back. Magic from afar threw fire into my soul, Magic of dances lured me, and I became a comedian. Followed her, the wonderfully sweet, learning to kiss through tears. Intoxication and need, delusion and happiness, ah, that is the clown’s fate.
My yearnings, my delusions, in dreams they take me back… back…back…
Verdi, "E'strano...ah! Fors'è'lui...sempre libera" from La traviata
How strange! How strange!
I have these words engraved in my heart!
Would a serious love be a misfortune for me?
What's your decision, oh troubled soul of mine? No man has set you on fire before Oh what joy I didn't know being loved, loving!
And could I reject it out of the barren insanity of my living?
Ah, maybe he's the one who often rejoiced painting my soul alone amid excitements with his occult colors
How modest and vigilant he climbed the sad doorsteps and lit up a new fever arousing my love!
Such a love that makes the whole universe palpitate mysterious and lofty crucifixion and delight for my heart Madness! This is a futile delirium!
Poor woman, alone, abandoned in this crowded desert that's called Paris what do I hope for now on?
What must I do? Have fun!
Perish in the vortices of pleasure! Have fun!
I must stay always free cavorting from joy to joy
I want my living to run trough paths of pleasure day in and day out always happy in hangouts among always new delights my thoughts should fly
The CSUN Music Department is thankful for generous donations of support from the following individuals and foundations
Planned Gifts
Linda S. Anderson
Sandra J. Bostrom Aguado and Donald E. Bostrom Nancy Fierro
Deanna M. Gorman (dec.)
Sherry Lapides
Shigemi E. Matsumoto and Martin Stark Carson E. Schreiber
Richard J. Wiegand (dec.)
$25k+
$500 $999
The Herb Alpert Foundation Jonathan Braun
The Colburn Foundation Jane Brockman Nancy Fierro Brian Driscoll Michael Gintz Joseph Gardner
Sherry Lapides Diane Ketchie Saar and Raymond Saar Michael McClish
$10k $24,999
Rising Star Music Fund Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation Rosa Maria Belli
Synne Hansen Miller David (dec.) and Gita Kronen
$5k $9,999
Marilyn N. Hankins
Shigemi E. Matsumoto and Martin Stark
$1k $4,999
Linda Anderson
Aurelio De la Vega (dec.)
The Benny Golbin Foundation Joe Goodman Eden Miller
Michael Ryan and Kenneth Howard Michael Sandler David W. and Judith G. Scott Revocable Trust