Symphony Spooktacular - Young People's Family Concert Series - October 26, 2024

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DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director

Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ

Principal Pops Conductor

Devereaux Family Chair

FIRST VIOLIN

Robyn Bollinger

CONCERTMASTER

Katherine Tuck Chair

Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair

Hai-Xin Wu

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair

Jennifer Wey Fang ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Marguerite Deslippe*

Laurie Goldman*

Rachel Harding Klaus*

Eun Park Lee*

Adrienne Rönmark*

William and Story John Chair

Alexandros Sakarellos*

Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair

Laura Soto*

Greg Staples*

Jiamin Wang*

Mingzhao Zhou*

SECOND VIOLIN

Adam Stepniewski

ACTING PRINCIPAL

The Devereaux Family Chair

Will Haapaniemi*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Hae Jeong Heidi Han*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Sheryl Hwangbo Yu*

Sujin Lim*

Hong-Yi Mo *

Marian Tanau*

Alexander Volkov*

Jing Zhang*

VIOLA

Eric Nowlin

PRINCIPAL

Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

James VanValkenburg

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Janet and Norm Ankers Chair

Caroline Coade

Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair

Glenn Mellow

Hang Su

Hart Hollman

Han Zheng

Mike Chen

Harper Randolph §

CELLO

Wei Yu PRINCIPAL

Abraham Feder ^

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman*

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

Jeremy Crosmer*

Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

David LeDoux*

Peter McCaffrey*

Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden

Chair

Una O’Riordan*

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair

Cole Randolph*

Mary Lee Gwizdala Chair

BASS

Kevin Brown

PRINCIPAL

Van Dusen Family Chair

Stephen Molina

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Christopher Hamlen*

Peter Hatch*

Vincent Luciano*

Brandon Mason*

HARP

Alyssa Katahara  PRINCIPAL

Winifred E. Polk Chair

FLUTE

Hannah Hammel Maser

PRINCIPAL

Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair

Amanda Blaikie

Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair

Sharon Sparrow

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair

Jeffery Zook

PICCOLO

Jeffery Zook

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

OBOE

Alexander Kinmonth

PRINCIPAL

Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Sarah Lewis

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Monica Fosnaugh

ENGLISH HORN

Monica Fosnaugh

CLARINET

Ralph Skiano

PRINCIPAL

Robert B. Semple Chair

Jocelyn Langworthy

ACTING SECOND CLARINET

Jack Walters

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

PVS Chemicals Inc./

Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

Shannon Orme

TABITA BERGLUND

Principal Guest Conductor

E-FLAT CLARINET

Jack Walters

BASS CLARINET

Shannon Orme

Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BASSOON

Conrad Cornelison

PRINCIPAL

Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair

Cornelia Sommer

Jaquain Sloan ACTING UTILITY BASSOON

CONTRABASSOON OPEN

HORN

Patrick Walle

ACTING PRINCIPAL HORN

David and Christine Provost Chair

Johanna Yarbrough ^

Scott Strong

Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair

OPEN

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Kristi Crago ACTING UTILITY HORN

Ben Wulfman

ACTING SECOND HORN

TRUMPET

Hunter Eberly

PRINCIPAL

Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Austin Williams

James Vaughen

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Lucas

TROMBONE

Kenneth Thompkins

PRINCIPAL

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

David Binder

Adam Rainey

Richard Sonenklar and Greg Haynes

Chair

BASS TROMBONE

Adam Rainey

TUBA

Dennis Nulty

PRINCIPAL

TIMPANI

Jeremy Epp

PRINCIPAL

Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair

James Ritchie

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip &

Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

PERCUSSION

Joseph Becker

PRINCIPAL

Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair

Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Cody Knicely Chair

James Ritchie

Luciano Valdes§

LIBRARIANS

Robert Stiles

PRINCIPAL

Ethan Allen

LEGACY CHAIRS

Principal Flute

Women’s Association for the DSO

Principal Cello

James C. Gordon

PERSONNEL MANAGERS

Patrick Peterson

ORCHESTRA MANAGER

Benjamin Tisherman

MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Nolan Cardenas

AUDITION AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

STAGE PERSONNEL

Dennis Rottell

STAGE MANAGER

William Dailing

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Zach Deater

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Issac Eide

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Kurt Henry

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Matthew Pons

SENIOR AUDIO DEPARTMENT HEAD

Jason Tschantre

DEPARTMENT HEAD

PAST MUSIC DIRECTORS

Leonard Slatkin

MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Neeme Järvi

MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS

LEGEND

* These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis

^ Leave of Absence

§ African American Orchestra Fellow

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES

SPOOKTACULAR

OCTOBER 26, 2024 AT 11 AM ORCHESTRA HALL

TINY TOTS MISS PAULA AND THE CANDY BANDITS

OCTOBER 26, 2024 10 AM IN THE CUBE

Selections to be announced from the stage

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES

SYMPHONY

SPOOKTACULAR

Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 11 a.m. in Orchestra Hall

NA’ZIR M C FADDEN, conductor

Aram Khachaturian “Galop” from Masquerade Suite (1903 - 1978)

Richard Wagner “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre (1813 - 1883) arr, Wouter Hutschenruyter

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (1756 - 1791) (The Magic Flute)

Alan Menken Beauty and the Beast Overture (b. 1949)

Michael Kosarin, orch. Doug Besterman

Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain (1839 - 1881) orch. Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Traditional - Folk La Llorona arr. Enrico Lopez-Yañez

Danny Elfman Main Title and Farewell from Spiderman (b. 1953) arr. John Wasson

John Powell How To Train Your Dragon arr. Sean O’Loughlin

Robert Wendel Ride of the Headless Horseman (b. 1951)

John Williams Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (b. 1932) Hedwig’s Theme

PROFILE

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

American conductor

Na’Zir McFadden is the Assistant Conductor and Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

McFadden also serves as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra. Together this season, they will present three programs—exploring the masterworks of Sibelius, Schubert, Beethoven, Takashi Yoshimatsu, and Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Establishing his presence on the classical music scene, the 2024–25 season includes debuts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, and The No Name Pops (formerly the Philly Pops) at Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. He will also return to the New Mexico Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Ballet, in addition to several engagements with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

This past summer, McFadden was invited by the Boston Symphony Orchestra as one of two 2024 Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows. As a fellow, he conducted the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in numerous performances, and participated in masterclasses led by

Andris Nelsons, Alan Gilbert, Thomas Wilkins, and Dima Slobodeniouk.

In the 2022–23 season, he made his subscription debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, alongside bassbaritone Davóne Tines and clarinetist Anthony McGill. In March of 2024, he conducted the DSO’s Classical Roots program, premiering two new works by composers Billy Childs and Shelley Washington.

Other career highlights have included debuts with the North Carolina Symphony, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, and Philadelphia Ballet. Additionally, McFadden led a recording project with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago—featuring Hilary Hahn as co-collaborator and soloist.

In 2020, McFadden was named the inaugural Apprentice Conductor of the Philadelphia Ballet; a position he held until 2022. He also served as the Robert L. Poster Conducting Apprentice of the New York Youth Symphony from 2020 to 2021.

At the age of 16, McFadden conducted his hometown orchestra—The Philadelphia Orchestra—in their “Pop-Up” series, meeting their Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has been a mentor ever since. The Philadelphia Inquirer praised his “great stick [baton] technique and energetic presence on the podium” in their concert review.

JOIN US THIS MORNING IN THE WILLIAM DAVIDSON ATRIUM FOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES!

Musical Explorations, Write to DSO Musicians, Arts and Crafts, Composer’s Workshop, and more!

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