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MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SENIOR SYMPHONY

FOUNDERS CONCERT Helen Bader Concert Hall Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:00 PM Margery Deutsch, Music Director Shelby Keith Dixon, Associate Conductor Jeannie Yu, Piano

DMITRY KABALEVSKY Colas Breugnon Overture, Op. 24 (1904-1987) Mr. Dixon KEVIN PUTS ‌this noble company (2003) (b. 1972)

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1873-1943) Ms. Yu INTERMISSION

GUSTAV HOLST The Planets, Op. 32

(1874-1934) Mars, The Bringer of War Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age Uranus, The Magician Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity

With our flagship ensemble, the internationally acclaimed Senior Symphony, we pay tribute to the visionaries who formed and shaped MYSO in its infancy, upon which its 56 years of musical excellence are built.

This concert and MYSO are supported in part by generous grants from UPAF, CAMPAC and Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin. MYSO gratefully acknowledges this important support as well as the critically important donations from so many individuals, foundations and corporations.

BIOGR APHIES Jeannie Yu, Pianist Pianist Jeannie Yu was awarded first prize in the Frinna Awerbuch Piano Competition in New York, the Flint Symphony International Concerto Competition, the Portland Symphony International Concerto Competition and the Kingsville Piano Competition in Texas. She also earned the prestigious Gina Bachauer Memorial Scholarship Award, a full scholarship for the master’s degree program at The Juilliard School of Music where she also received the Bachelor’s Degree.

Subsequently she was awarded an accompanist fellowship at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree.

Ms. Yu has performed as soloist with the Flint Symphony, Portland Symphony, Marina del Rey-Westchester Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, Des Moines Brandenburg Symphony, the Xiamen Symphony Orchestra in China, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and the Festival City Symphony Orchestra.

She has been in great demand as a soloist and collaborative artist in live performances on WQXR in New York, WOI in Iowa, WFMT in Chicago, and chamber music series such as the Northwestern University Winter Chamber Music Series, the Rembrandt Chamber Players Series in Chicago and Chamber Music North in Michigan, in addition to her schedule of performances as a member of the Florestan Duo and the Trio Antigo.

Recently she has been asked to join the Rembrandt Chamber Players as an associate member.

Kevin Puts, Composer Known for his rich and distinctive voice, Kevin Puts has been hailed by the critics as one of the most important composers of his generation.

His work has been commissioned and performed by leading orchestras in the United States and abroad, including the New York Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchestër (Zurich), the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Fort Worth, Utah, St. Louis, the Boston Pops and the Minnesota Orchestra which commissioned his Sinfonia Concertante, and by leading chamber ensembles such as the Mirò Quartet, the Eroica Trio, eighth blackbird, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Puts’ orchestral catalog includes four symphonies as well as several concertos written for some of today’s top soloists. In 2005, Mr. Puts received the tremendous honor of a commission in celebration of David Zinman’s 70th birthday, and the result was Vision, a cello concerto premiered by YoYo Ma and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra. During the same year, his Percussion Concerto was premiered by Evelyn Glennie with the Pacific and Utah Symphonies. He has also written concertos for marimbist Makoto Nakura, violinist Michael Shih, clarinetist Bil Jackson, and a piano concerto commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and premiered in 2008 by pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane. Future projects include a work for chorus and orchestra for the Houston Symphony and a large-scale opera based on the film Joyeux Nöel for Minnesota Opera, a chamber opera for eighth blackbird and a work for Trio Solisti commissioned by Chamber Music Monterey Bay.

Ms. Yu has also participated as faculty in the Alfred University Summer Chamber Music Institute, the Ohio Wesleyan Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Puts has received awards and grants Milwaukee Chamber Music Festival and from the American Academy in the Troy Youth Chamber Music Institute.

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B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI and ASCAP. He has served as composer-in-residence of Young Concert Artists, the California Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire and the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. He received his training as a composer and pianist at the Eastman School of Music and Yale University. Since 2006, he has been a member of the composition department at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Puts received his Bachelor’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music, his Master’s Degree from Yale University and a Doctor of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music.

Margery Deutsch, Music Director Margery Deutsch has been Music Director of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Senior Symphony since 1987. Under her direction, the Senior Symphony toured China in 2007, and most recently, British Columbia in July 2009; past tours include concerts in Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Canada (Quebec) and Scotland, where the orchestra performed as part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras and the Edinburgh Festival. In summer 2012, she will lead the Senior Symphony on a ten day tour of Vienna and Prague.

In 2000 the Senior Symphony was chosen as one of only five U.S. youth orchestras to participate in the National Youth Orchestra Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Deutsch has conducted the orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Wisconsin Music Educators Conference (North Central Division) and the MidWest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Deutsch and the orchestra were selected by famed bassist and

author Barry Green (The Inner Game of Music) to serve as the demonstration orchestra for his series of ensemble workbooks and videotape. In 2007, MYSO received a “Meet the Composer” grant through Music Alive and the League of American Orchestras for which Deutsch conducted the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Jeffrey Mumford.

Deutsch is actively involved with high school-age musicians throughout the country and is in frequent demand as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator. She has served four terms on the Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra Division. Deutsch has been Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1984. Prior to coming to Milwaukee, Deutsch served as Music Director of the Shreveport (LA) Symphony where she conducted classical, chamber orchestra, pops and children’s concerts, as well as operas. Versed in both orchestral and choral repertoire, she was Music Director of the Long Island Singers Society and, in Milwaukee, has guest conducted The Master Singers, Bel Canto Chorus, Milwaukee Choristers, Lawrence University Choir, Milwaukee Children’s Choir and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus.

Deutsch has been a frequent guest conductor for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Youth, Children’s and Family concert series. In addition, she has worked with the Sheboygan Symphony, Aurora University’s Music by the Lake Opera Theater, Women’s Philharmonic (CA), Plymouth (MI) Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Charleston (SC) Symphony, Nebraska Sinfonia, Monroe (LA) Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, and the all-state orchestras of Massachusetts, Kansas, Missouri, Washington, Minnesota, Montana, Delaware, Maine and most recently, New York, as well as numerous district festivals throughout the country.

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The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Deutsch received the 2001 Milwaukee Civic Music Association Award for Excellence in Contributions to Music and the 1990 UW-Milwaukee Undergraduate Teaching Award.

She has been awarded conducting fellowships and scholarships from the Aspen Music Festival, the Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and the Nebraska-based “Festival of a Thousand Oaks.” She was also invited to participate in the conducting seminar at Tanglewood where she took master classes with Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and Colin Davis. Her other teachers include Thomas Briccetti, Franco Ferrarra, Bruno Bartoletti, Piero Bellugi, Sergiu Commisiona and Dennis Russell Davies; she has also studied flute with Samuel Baron and voice with Jan DeGaetani. A native New Yorker and Regents Scholar, she holds a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting, a Master of Arts degree in Musicology, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Flute and Vocal Performance.

Shelby Keith Dixon, Associate Conductor Mr. Dixon is the retired Director of Orchestras and Chairman of Fine Arts at Homestead High School in Mequon. Before going to the Mequon-Thiensville School District

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in 1975, he served as Choral Director at Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois. For six years, he was Assistant Professor of Music at Alverno College in Milwaukee. There he taught the History and Literature of Music and was Musical Director of Theatre Alverno.

Mr. Dixon has extensive background in brasses, keyboard and strings.

He has served as Music Director of Milwaukee Players at the Pabst Theatre, conductor with the Sullivan Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, Musical Assistant with Milwaukee’s Music Under the Stars, Assistant Conductor of the Northwestern University Chapel Choir, and Interim Music Director of the Elgin (IL) Youth Symphony Orchestras.

He holds both the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in the History and Literature of Music from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He has taught on the music education faculty of Concordia University-Wisconsin and has served on the boards of directors of the Milwaukee Civic Music Association and Gathering on the Green. The 2011-12 season is Mr Dixon’s twenty-eighth as a MYSO conductor.

SENIOR SYMPHONY PERSONNEL FIRST VIOLINS Isaac Young, Co-Concertmaster Holly Spangenberg, Co-Concertmaster Ellen Sonnenberg, Co-Concertmaster Thomas Bewell, Co-Concertmaster Anna Belle Hoots Samuel Femal Andrew Dunlap Meghan Murphy Chang Ge Hannah White Alexander Peterson Mark Halstrom Michael Lin Amelia Bemis Fatima Gomez Sean Oh Rachel May Abigail Schneider Austin Budiono Claire Cohen Dante Giacobassi Moriah Norris Jenna Greene Carmalisa Reichhart Katherine Willden Tamar Lascelle Seungjoo Lee Leah Plachinski SECOND VIOLINS Rebekah Ruetz, Co-Principal Anna Penkert, Co-Principal Jeffrey Teng Lauren Crandall Monika Greco Abigail Brooks Thomas Ramstack Liam McCarty Leah Lee Owen Liu Elliott Rashed Mara Bajic Rebecca Pyne Samantha Kosarzycki Kingshuk Mazumdar Alyssa Serceki Hannah Miner Sarah Plachinski Ethan Garcia Stephanie Fote

Waukesha

Waukesha West H.S

Thiensville

home schooled

Howards Grove

Sheboygan Falls H.S.

Thiensville

Homestead H.S.

Mequon Waukesha Manitowoc Wauwatosa Brookfield Germantown Cedarburg River Hills New Berlin Kenosha Milwaukee Waukesha Milwaukee Greendale Sussex Shorewood Shorewood Menomonee Falls Waukesha West Allis Cedarburg Mukwonago Brookfield Oak Creek

Homestead H.S. Waukesha West H.S. Lincoln H.S. home schooled Brookfield East H.S. home schooled Marquette University H.S. Nicolet H.S. Eisenhower H.S. Tremper H.S. University School of Milwaukee Butler M.S. Trinity Academy Greendale H.S. Queen of Apostles School Shorewood H.S. Shorewood H.S. home schooled Kettle Moraine H.S. Nathan Hale H.S. Cedarburg H.S. Mukwonago H.S. Brookfield Central H.S. The Prairie School

Waukesha

home schooled

Waukesha

Kettle Moraine H.S.

Brookfield Oconomowoc Milwaukee Cedarburg Milwaukee Elm Grove Brookfield Waukesha Brookfield Oconomowoc Delafield Greendale Brookfield Hartland Brookfield Oak Creek Germantown Franklin

Brookfield Central H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Greco Christian Academy home schooled Milwaukee H.S. of the Arts Brookfield Academy Brookfield Central H.S. Waukesha West H.S. Brookfield Central H.S. Kettle Moraine M.S home schooled Greendale H.S. Brookfield Central H.S. Arrowhead H.S. Brookfield East H.S. The Prairie School Germantown H.S. Franklin H.S. Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra 5

S E N I O R S Y M P H O N Y P E R S O N N E L ( c o n t .)

Rachel Halstrom Deanna Breunig Ivana Bajic Nils Hjortnaes Hannah Greene Allen Hung Alison Armstrong Erica Meier VIOLAS Rachel Mooers, Co-Principal Martin Hintz, Co-Principal Samuel Soik Minhi Kang Jenna Mark Carlos Orozco Carly Schulz Melissa Shi Alex Siy Hannah Thompson Ann Thomas Yoana Kanastab Alex Schroeder Melodie Heins David Foster Timothy Reinholz Henry Windau Shawn Head Rebecca Miller Melanie Galeno Natalia Hernandez CELLOS Elliot Yang, Co-Principal Nikhil Ramnarayan, Co-Principal Kartik Papatla, Assistant Principal Viktor Brusubardis Christian Morzinski Natalie Melk Kirstin Edwards Seth Banaszak Joshua Baerwald Charles Phil Gabriela M. Cardenas Joseph Krmpotich Meghan McVann Joseph Dillon Ellyn Kirtley Justin Sykes

River Hills Hartland Oconomowoc Menomonee Falls Waukesha Glendale New Berlin Brookfield

Nicolet H.S. Arrowhead H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Menomonee Falls H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Nicolet H.S. Brookfield Academy Brookfield Central H.S.

Delafield

home schooled

West Allis

Nathan Hale H.S.

Brookfield New Berlin Brookfield Brown Deer Mequon Brookfield Brookfield Whitefish Bay Greendale Wauwatosa West Allis Menomonee Falls Elm Grove Mequon Shorewood Franklin Greendale Milwaukee Milwaukee

Brookfield Central H.S. Eisenhower H.S. Brookfield Central H.S Brown Deer H.S. Homestead H.S. Brookfield Central H.S. Marquette University H.S. Whitefish Bay H.S. Greendale H.S. Wauwatosa West H.S. West Allis Central H.S. Menomonee Falls H.S. Brookfield East H.S. Homestead H.S. Shorewood H.S. Franklin H.S. Greendale H.S. Veritas H.S. Dominican H.S.

New Berlin

New Berlin West H.S.

Mequon

Homestead H.S.

Mequon

Homestead H.S.

Dousman Wauwatosa Milwaukee Whitefish Bay Jackson Milwaukee Franklin Milwaukee Delafield Greendale Wauwatosa Wauwatosa Milwaukee

home schooled Wauwatosa West H.S. Nathan Hale H.S. Whitefish Bay H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Greendale H.S. Franklin H.S. Bruce-Guadalupe Comm. School home schooled Greendale H.S. Wauwatosa East H.S. Wauwatosa West H.S. Pius XI H.S.

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S E N I O R S Y M P H O N Y P E R S O N N E L ( c o n t .)

DOUBLE BASSES James Kröner, Co-Principal Laura LeBrun, Co-Principal Isaiah Simons, Assistant Principal Alexis Messnick Luke Miller Erica Kennedy Ian McAllister McKenzie Ross HARPS Chloé Tula ** Kelsey Molinari FLUTES AND PICCOLOS Kristen Alberty * Anne Daley * Danielle Graf * Kate Hayes Sabrina Raber ALTO FLUTE Anne Daley OBOES Sarah Bromberger Sarah Friedland * Camille Galles * Charlie Niedzialkowski * Chelsea Obermann ENGLISH HORN Sarah Friedland CLARINETS Sarah Clapp Peter McCracken * Ana Nelson Kelly Riordan * Nathan Wells BASS CLARINETS Peter McCracken Kelly Riordan BASSOONS * Megan Braunschweig * Natalie Galles Alex Saxton John Warren

Milwaukee

Wauwatosa East H.S.

Bayside

Nicolet H.S.

Wauwatosa

Wauwatosa East H.S.

Wauwatosa Brookfield Brown Deer Greenfield Milwaukee

Wauwatosa East H.S. Brookfield Central H.S. Brown Deer H.S. Whitnall H.S. Milwaukee H.S. of the Arts

Delafield

Kettle Moraine H.S.

Germantown Hartford Germantown Shorewood Whitefish Bay

Germantown H.S. Hartford Union H.S. Germantown H.S. Shorewood H.S. Whitefish Bay H.S.

Hartford

Hartford Union H.S.

Hartland Whitefish Bay Oconomowoc Cascade New Berlin

Arrowhead H.S. Whitefish Bay H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Plymouth H.S. Muskego H.S.

Whitefish Bay

Whitefish Bay H.S.

Cedarburg Glendale Ripon Dousman Elkhorn

Cedarburg H.S. Nicolet H.S. Berlin H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. East Troy H.S.

Glendale Dousman

Nicolet H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S.

Neosho Oconomowoc Glendale Hartland

Hartford Union H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Nicolet H.S. Arrowhead H.S.

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CONTRABASSOON John Warren

Hartland

Arrowhead H.S.

HORNS Bethany Brinton Sarah Bubik Heather Casterline Jessica Cribbs Kurt Heins Dan Hively Deanna Josten * Sarah Kruske * Bianca Kue * Katherine Seybold

Hartland New Berlin Oconomowoc Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls Oconomowoc Hartford Port Washington Franklin Grafton

Lake Country Lutheran H.S. Pius XI H.S. Oconomowoc H.S. Menomonee Falls H.S. Menomonee Falls H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Hartford Union H.S. Port Washington H.S. Franklin H.S. Grafton H.S.

TRUMPETS * Zachary Bednarke Tom Hougard Nick Mihalyi Jordan Smith Amanda Wahl * Tom Wester

Hartland Delafield Franklin Brookfield New Berlin Brookfield

Arrowhead H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Franklin H.S. Milwaukee Lutheran H.S. New Berlin Eisenhower H.S. Brookfield East H.S.

TROMBONES * Thomas Bagin Kara Metzger * Sean Murray * Danny Schwalbach Holly Wilinski

Hubertus Waukesha Dousman Menomonee Falls Wauwatosa

home schooled Waukesha South H.S. Kettle Moraine H.S. Menomonee Falls H.S. Wauwatosa East H.S.

BASS TROMBONE Sam Patchett

Brookfield

Brookfield Central H.S.

EUPHONIUM Thomas Bagin

Hubertus

home schooled

TUBAS Kenton Cooksey Zachariah Dietenberger

Menomonee Falls Hartford

Menomonee Falls H.S. Hartford Union H.S.

PERCUSSION Alec Entress Nicholas Farrar-Foley Alex Feuling Laurin Friedland Justin Park Nathan Simons

Brookfield Milwaukee Muskego Whitefish Bay Franklin Brookfield

Marquette University H.S. Marquette University H.S. Muskego H.S. Whitefish Bay H.S. Franklin H.S. Brookfield East H.S.

* Denotes principal player. In Senior Symphony, section leadership assignments rotate within each concert cycle. ** Guest artist

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P R O G R A M N O T E S B Y R O G E R R U G G E R I © 2 012 Dmitri Kabalevsky b. December 30, 1904; St. Petersburg d. February 24, 1987; Moscow Overture to the opera Colas Breugnon Frequently infusing his music with personal wit, Kabalevsky gained favor throughout the world with vital, folk-flavored compositions. Much to his credit, Kabalevsky weathered the rigors of Russian cultural life without lapsing into Slavic melancholy. Equally fascinating as a man, he was a lucid speaker and writer, and was one of the few Russian composers of his generation who spoke vritually unaccented English.

Kabalevsky began life as the son of a bourgeois specialist in state insurance. He enjoyed a liberal education, demonstrating unusual artistic talent and excelling at piano, poetry and art. When his family moved to Moscow after the Revolution, the fifteen-year-old Kabalevsky contributed to his support by giving piano lessons.

In those turbulent years it was not always easy to find music; Kabalevsky began writing little pieces for his students to practice. About that same time, he entered a period of formal music study at the Scriabin Music School. In 1925, he gained a government appointment to a teaching position in a children’s school. There Kabalevsky added to his delightful list of works for students. It seems that those early experiences with children gave Kabalevsky a special affinity for creating youthful music.

In 1937, he composed an opera based on Romain Rolland’s (1866-1944) novel, Colas Breugnon, Burgundian. A fictional one-year diary, the book is filled with the humorous and philosophical reflections of a 16th-century Burgundian craftsman.

Like the book itself, the opera is a series of unconnected episodes dealing with a siege, a riot and a fire. Although the complete opera is rarely performed in America, its gay and witty overture has long been a concert favorite.

Kevin Puts b. January 3, 1972, St. Louis, Missouri ...this noble company, processional for orchestra (2003) Commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony. Premiere: Atlanta Symphony/Jere Flint conductor, Summer 2003 In the fall of 2002, I was asked by Rudi Schlegel at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to write “an American Pomp and Circumstance”. He was referring, of course, to the beautiful concert march by English composer Edward Elgar, played at nearly every graduation ceremony in the country.

My answer to this daunting challenge is ...this noble company, a processional for orchestra whose title, like Elgar’s, is drawn from Shakespeare’s Othello. The piece was written during a time of great wartime financial strife for our country’s orchestras and artistic organizations and is dedicated with gratitude and admiration to these devoted musicians and administrators.

Program Notes by Kevin Puts

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Serge Rachmaninoff b. April 1, 1873; Novgorod d. March 28, 1943; Beverly Hills Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 On July 3, 1934, Rachmaninoff sat down in his summer home at Lucerne and began working on what was to be his last composition for piano and orchestra.

The object of his efforts was a set of twenty-four variations on the theme from Paganini’s famed Caprice No. 24 for solo violin. The theme of this final caprice, written when Paganini was a youth of nineteen, has attracted a number of composers over the years: Liszt, Schumann, Brahms and Boris Blacher have all provided variational solutions to Paganini’s basis for technical display.

When Rachmaninoff completed his score on August 24, he inscribed the title Rhapsodie (en forme de variations) sur un theme de Paganini (he later deleted the parenthetical phrase). It would seem that Rachmaninoff composed the work as a solo vehicle for his upcoming American tour, for he played the first performance of the work with Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in Baltimore on November 7, 1934, and subsequently performed the work throughout the United States.

A masterful display of virtuosity and late-romantic expression, the Rhapsody begins with a brief introduction that leads directly to the first variation. The theme follows, appropriately played by the violins. Amid the brief variations, No. 18 stands out as one of the greatest “purple patches” in the repertoire. Also notable is Rachmaninoff’s use of the Dies Irae theme in the seventh, tenth and final variations. This Gregorian sequence from the Requiem Mass for the Dead warns of the impending Day of Judgment. The presence of this theme would seem to indicate some esoteric meaning, but the composer characteristically never revealed his innermost thoughts on the subject.

“If the Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini is the best of Rachmaninoff’s later works, this may be because he was happier composing variations than wrestling with sonata form. Most important, he discovered new terrain in the Rhapsody—new to him at any rate—proving that he was still capable of invention and stylistic renovation, and this despite the failure of other late works. Variation XVII displays a marvelous transparency between piano and orchestra, though in this respect the entire score is limpidity itself. The musical level, in everything except volume, is less evenly sustained, however, and it falls off sharply from the tutti of Variation XVIII to the end. Variation XVIII is sweet; but that quality is not necessarily a shortcoming, and in the piano alone, before the string octaves, the confectionery is by no means indigestible. Variation XIX promises a return to the higher caliber of the earlier variations, but it does not deliver, and a flashy ending dilutes the impact of the Rhapsody as a whole.

“It has been said that Variation IX imitates a train, and that Rachmaninoff, not always so dour as he looked, was spoofing a sound track to The Perils of Pauline.

Certainly he did not lack experience of trains. (Once as he boarded one for yet another concert tour, an admirer asked him when he would return home and was told: ‘This is my home.’) He is also known to have been fond of automobiles, and hence of the money that buys them. Surely he must have been aware that Variation XVIII would bring in that commodity.”

--Robert Craft

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Gustav Holst b. September 21, 1874; Cheltenham, England d, May 25, 1934; London Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter from The Planets, Opus 32 Although a composer since his youth, Holst approached his fortieth year without writing anything that gained widespread approval. After years of supporting himself as a freelance trombonist, he gained a position, in 1903, as director of music at the St. Paul’s Girls’ School in the London suburb of Hammersmith.

Thoroughly devoted to teaching, he had to save his compositional ideas through the week, for he could only find time to compose on weekends. The genesis of The Planets can be traced back to a conversation about astrology that Holst had with his friend, Clifford Bax, in 1913. Fascinated with the idea of characterizing the planets in sound, Holst created his large score in every possible free moment between the years of 1914 and 1916.

“The first informal performance of The Planets on 29 September 1918 was a present to Holst from his friend and patron Balfour Gardiner,” explains the composer’s daughter, Imogen Holst (1907-1984). “Adrian Boult conducted, and the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra had one rehearsal, lasting less than two hours, in which to sight-read the hurriedly copied parts. The invited audience at that private performance was astounded to hear such a work by an English composer.

Listening to ‘Mars,’ they felt sure that the music was meant to be a description of the war that was still going on, but Holst had finished the movement before August 1914. It was the end of ‘Neptune’ that made the greatest impression on that first audience, although Holst himself considered ‘Saturn’ to be the best movement.”

Of his work, Gustav Holst wrote: “These pieces were suggested by the astrological significance of the planets. There is no program music in them, neither have they any connection with the deities of classical mythology bearing the same names. If any guide to the music is required, the subtitle to each piece will be found sufficient, especially if it be used in a broad sense. For instance, ‘Jupiter’ brings jollity in the ordinary sense, and also the more ceremonial kind of rejoicing associated with religious or national festivities. ‘Saturn’ brings not only physical decay, but also a vision of fulfillment.”

The English critic Edwin Evans made the following comments about the composer’s cosmic statement: “One may be skeptical concerning horoscopes, but one will nevertheless be carried away with the aggressive rhythm of ‘Mars, the Bringer of War…’ The very word ‘joviality’ connotes ‘Jupiter,’ and the sandglass and scythe connect ‘Saturn’ with old age. It may be new to some of us to regard… ’Uranus’ as a Magician; but once these relations are established in the titles, it is easy to fall into the mood of the respective movements.”

Mars, The Bringer of War. Allegro; C major, 5/4. Holst began working on this first movement in May of 1914, completing the preliminary sketches just before the outbreak of World War I. The menacing 5/4 march pounding through the movement certainly suggests the brutality of war. Toward the end, there is a memorable chase in a rising pattern between tenor tuba and trumpet. It is amazing to realize that Holst had never heard the sound of automatic weaponry, for his sonic expression of the warring state of mind definitely evokes the actual sounds of World War I armed conflict.

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Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age. Adagio; C major, 4/4. Saturn was the composer’s favorite movement and contains his greatest depth of expression. The tolling of harps and flutes accompanies the first presentation of the theme by the double basses. A feeling of despair, woe, and resignation pervades the movement.

Following a clangorous climax, the mood of the opening returns with a sense of peaceful acceptance.

Uranus, The Magician. Vivace; C major, 6/4. Four loud chords shatter the tranquility of the moment and launch a grotesque dance of vaudevillian magic that blusters on with increasingly larger gestures. At the peak of sound, the organ plays a glissando sweeping the movement into the realm of real magic.

Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity. Allegro giocoso; C major, 2/4. With somewhat rustic humor, Holst juxtaposes a syncopated theme, persistent trumpet calls and various pseudo-folk tunes. A bit of Holst’s humor is revealed by quotation of the hymn I vow to thee, my country, which tends to bring British audiences to patriotic attention.

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P R I VAT E I N S T R U M E N TA L T E AC H E R S MYSO appreciates—and greatly benefits from—the high quality training provided by private instrumental teachers in the Milwaukee area. We especially thank the following, who have been identified by current MYSO students as their teachers. (We apologize if any names have been inadvertently omitted or listed incorrectly. Please email us at general@myso.org to correct this.)

Violin Barbara Ahlf, Pat Anders, David Anderson, Ludmilla Anisimov, Yuri Anisimov, Glenn Asch, Laurie Asch, Kate Behring, Ted Bjorklund, Carly Blank, Katie Brooks, Penny Bruce, Andrea Buchta, Emily Buckner, Cathy Bush, Dee Butler, Roberta Carpenter, Julie Cook, Jean Dickinson, Darcy Drexler, Jamie Dringinberg, Mark Eagon, Lindsay Erickson, Celestine Fitzgerald, Pam Foard, Jerome Franke, Steven Friedenberg, Alexis Ganos, Judy Gasser, Samantha George, Maria Gesoriek, Michael Giacobassi, Chia-Chien Goh, Marjorie Greene, Juanita Groff, Phillip Grossman, Sigrid Gullickson, Joann Haasler, Denice Haney, Erin Hoffman, Jamie Hoffman, Kris Hurlebaus, Erin Jakubowski, Kathy Kalfas, Joe Ketchum, Jeanyi Kim, Tim Klabunde, Cathy Kolb, Jonathan Landis, Travis Leanna, HyeSun Lee, Heather Lewin-Tiarks, Michael Lopez, Jerry Loughney, Jason Loveall, Nancy Maio, Alexander “Sascha” Mandl, Dinorah Marquez, Mary Pat Michels, Tatiana Migliaccio, Doris Nadolny, Lori Nappe, Sister Anita New, Lyda Osinga, John Patek, Annette Perkins, Rosemary Poetzel, Renee Pyne, Elliott Rashed, Diane Rockenbach, Laura Rooney, Karli Ross, Julie Roubik, Karla Seigler, Terra Serena, Ilana Setapen, Laurie Shawger, Joseph Siegworth, Pamela Simmons, Loree Simuncak, Sharon Slattery, Jennifer

Startt, Zander Suetholtz, Marvin Suson, Kristen Tan, Elizabeth Teal, Tim Klabunde, Lygia Topolovec, Carol Waldvogel, Elizabeth Warne, Juliette Williams, April Witkofski, Stephanie Young and Bernard Zinck.

Viola Pat Anders, Glenn Asch, Sarah Christie, Pam Foard, Maria Gesiorek, Juanita Groff, Joann Haasler, Nathan Hackett, Denice Haney, Keith Hetzel, T.J. Hull, Amanda Koch, Jenny Kozoroz, Kathy Krubsack, Jonathan Landis, Heather Lewin-Tiarks, Dinorah Marquez, Matthew Michelic, Mary Pat Michels, Sister Anita New, Lyda Osinga, Daniella Pardo, Jean Pippitt, Beth Rees, Beth Rindt, Laura Rooney, Lewis Rosove, Julie Roubik, Kristen Tan and Elizabeth Warne.

Cello Chris Abbott, Barbara Ballin, Beth Bender, Rosa Borisova, Penny Bruce, Kathleen Collisson, Scott Cook, Shelby Dixon, Alana Dust, Braden FlanaganZitoun, Courtnay Gildersleeve, Suzanne Hayworth, Ravenna Helson, Kevin Janisch, Stefan Kartman, Trischa Loebl, Laura Love, Janet Marshall, Gregory Mathews, Jackie Oakes, Haley PicotteStozek, Lisa Quinn, Jared Snyder, Peter Thomas, Ingrid Tihtcheva-Haag and Adrien Zitoun.

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P R I VAT E I N S T R U M E N TA L T E AC H E R S ( c o n t .)

Bass John Babbitt, Mike Britz, Gary Christianson, Scott Kreger, Catherine McGinn, Matt Miller, Jim Paolo, Rosemary Poetzel, Andrew Raciti, Daniel Rindt, Laura Snyder, Jason Spottek, Kirk Tatnall and Larry Tresp.

Harp Geraldine Elliott, Jeanne Henderson and Danis Kelly.

Flute Carolyn Atwell, Judy Cappleman, Morgann Davis, Connie Fellows, Jeani Foster, Aaron Gardner, Amy Hartman, Sherry Jenkel, Kathy Lorenz, Lauren McCray, Carol Meves, Amy Miller, Deborah Musante, Linda Nielson, Linda Nielson, Judith Ormond, Amanda Patterson, Shaun Rochan, Marie Sander, Amy Louise Sarno, Andrea Snavely, Cherie Stein, Linnae Stewart, Amy Taylor, Kathryn Thorson, Katie Warrichaiet and Eunice Yoo. Oboe Margaret Butler, Suzanne Geoffrey, Lori Gnabasik, Karli Larsen, Laura Medisky, Mary Rees, Anna Roberts and Doreen Wunsch.

Clarinet Pierre Allard, Tim Dodge, Tammy Enevold, Dan Gilmore, Laura Hilt, Kyle Knox, Todd Levy, John Lovaas, Orlando Pumentol, John Revozoulis, Dan Roberdeau, Dawn Sisley, Susan Slaber, Lindsay Richter Tryba, Anne Widener, Val Wisniewski and Jennifer Wszalek.

Bassoon Aaron Araza, Beth Giacobassi, Kathy Hibler, Andrew Jackson, Monte Perkins and Jacob Polancich.

Saxophone Nick Carlson, Aaron Gardner, Jeff Gilchrist, Jason Goldsmith, Corey Klunk, Lauren McCray, Mike Miller, Peter Nuemer, Lindsay Richter Tryba and Cherie Stein.

Horn Sonia Anderson, Trevor Casterline, Nancy Cline, Kristi Crago, Karen Flint, Denice Hagie, Wes Hatch, Dietrich Hemann, Kathy Krubsack, Cheryl Miracle, Theresa Oestriecher, Liz Olson, Allison Schweitzer, Karen Suarez-Flint and Tim Trotier.

Trumpet Pierre Allard, Patricia Backhaus, Wayne Cook, Thomas Dvorak, Greg Garcia, Kevin Hartman, Eric Jacobson, Cathy Kliebenstein, Kathy Krubsack, Mark Niehaus, Chris Nowak, Dave Reul, Pete Roth, Donald Sipe, Eric Sperry and Cherie Stein.

Low brass—Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba Jonathan Belott, William Berlyn, Maxon Day, Greg Garcia, Martin Haack, Randy Hake, Mark Hoelscher, Megumi Kanda, Eric Larsen, Kyle Samuelson, Sam Schlosser, Jason Ladd and Randall Ruback.

Percussion and Drums Dean Borghesani, Thor Bremer, Mike Grassman, Ben Hans, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Randy Kuehn, Jeff Kuliga, Tele Lesbines, Chris Mell, Shane Mooney, Neal Manke, Colin O’Day, Bony Plog-Benavides, James Sewrey, Jeno Somlai and Tobie Wilkinson.

Piano Sonja Anderson, Mark Davis, Steve Grassel, Trischa Loebl, Carl Mussmann, Mathias Newman, Julie Roubik, Mary Ann Sadowski and Jacques Sewrey.

Guitar Doug Boduch and Gary Williams.

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M U S I C D I R E C TO R S A N D E D U C ATO R S MYSO gratefully acknowledges the support and cooperation of school music directors and music educators throughout the greater Milwaukee area. This year’s MYSO members, who are expected to participate in their school’s instrumental music program, have reported that they are fortunate to work with the following school music directors (and others whose names may have been inadvertently omitted). Without the efforts of these dedicated individuals, MYSO simply could not exist.

Michael Ackerman, Pierre Allard, Kevin Allen, Beth Alvarez, Pablo Amaya, Ray Ames, Susan Anderegg, Laurie Asch, David Aswegan, Megan Aswegan, Katherine Ayers, Pat Badger, Patty Bailey, Brian Balfany, James Barnes, Joe Becker, Jamie Beckman, Jennifer Beryl, Dale Bigus, Kay Black, Chris Blanchard, Corinn Bonkalski, Ron Booth, Kathryn Borghesani, William Born, Helen Breitenbach, Jamie Breiwick, Michael Britz, Jonathan Brodie, Michelle Brody, Andrea Buchta, Sue Butcher, Roxanne Carloni, David Carlton, Ken Carson, Therese Catania, Avis Chmielewski, John Christian, Rachel Clark, Tim Cobb, Kris Corey, Kristi Wicihowski Corley, Jacquie Crema, Vince DiMaggio, Brett Dimmer, Dan Duffy, Jeffrey Durr, Alan Dust, Linda Dvorak, Mark Eagon, Elizabeth Elliott, John Emanuelson, Rob Engl, Robin Engl, B.J. Engrav, Kevin Erickson, Kirsten Ertl, Connie Fellows, Brad Fiegles, Amanda Filkins, Jane Foerester, Jon Fox, Matthew Friedli, Karen Frink, Alexis Ganos, Sharie Garcia, Becky Garlock, Mary Beth Garrett, Jeff Genovese, Maria Gesiorek, Courtnay Gildersleeve, Jason Gillette, Mark Grauer, Thomas Gundrum, Andy Hacher, Denice Haney, Ijoister Harris, Joann Haasler, Donald Hazlett, Jim Hebbe, Justine Heinrichs, Julie Hockridge, Erin Hoffman, Jamin Hoffman, Melissa Honigman, Monika Hrudrik, T.J. Hull, Tim Hummel, Robert Ignaszak, Steve Johnson, David Jones, Jon Jupp, Guy Kammerer, Tim Karth, Peg Kasun, Kathy Kern, Jeffrey Kitzman,

Arlene Klavins, Cathy Kolb, Pauline Koszuta, Michael Krofta, Kathy Kuehn, Linda Lak, Byron Lampkins, Pete Lange, Benjamin Leon, Rodney Loren, Kevin Loughney, Stan Luth, Cristina Rosario Maldonado, Dinorah Marquez, Tom Matthews, Pamela May, Michael McDowell, Tracey McGinnis, Alexander Medina, Kathy Melius, Mary Pat Michels, David Miles, Cheryl Miracle, Kate Mitchell, Karen Moniza, Adam Murphy, Gayle Murphy, David Neubauer, Kris Olderman, Karen O’Leary, Justin Olsen, Lyda Osinga, Dawn Pachniak, Courtney Parker, Scott Paukner, Pamela Perry, Johnathan Petersen, Katie Petersen, Anne Marie Peterson, Lynn Phelps, Scott Plank, Jacob Polancich, Bryan Polanski, Fred Polansky, Amanda Pound, Lisa Quinn, Michael Rakowiecki, John Rash, , Greg Richlin, Lindsay Richter, Beth Rindt, Jane Rinka, Travis Robinson, Lauren Roznowski, Ben Ruetten, Mike Saindon, Del Schmidt, Kelly Schultz, Trinny Schumann, Jason Sebranek, Martin Schadd, Dain Shuler, Dawn Sisley, Randy Skowronski, Richard Smith, Todd Spindler, Rebecca Steinberg, Jeff Sturgeon, Doug Syme, Salvatore Terrasi, Jeff Thielke, David Topolovec, Charlene Ulichny, Allison Umhoefer, David Vandermeuse, Ligia Vascan, Clayton Wachholz, Toni Wagner, John Waite, Anne Widener, Nate Wise, Annie Wisner, John Woger, Allison Woyach, Adam York, Anne Zabel, Josh Zallar, Michael Zens and Stacey Zwirlein.

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M Y S O S TA F F EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Frances S. Richman ¯ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Carter Simmons ¯ PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Justin N. Smith ¯ COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, Michelle Hoffman ¯ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Emily Stern ¯ PROGRAM COORDINATOR, Katie Truax ¯ COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE, Sarah Christie ¯ VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR/ ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON, Elinor Jacobson ¯ FINANCE DIRECTOR, Kim Jankowiak ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Margery Deutsch ¯ ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Shelby Keith Dixon ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, PHILHARMONIA, Ronald Melby, Carter Simmons ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SINFONIA, Steven Rindt ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Thomas L. Dvorak ¯ ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Nicholas Carlson, David Shaw ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, FLUTE CHORALE, CHAMBER FLUTE ENSEMBLE, Lenee Stevens ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, STRING ORCHESTRAS, Denice Haney, Lynn Trinkl, Lyda Osinga ¯ DIRECTOR OF THEORY INSTRUCTION, James Burmeister ¯ MUSIC LIBRARIAN/STAGE AND EQUIPMENT MANAGER, David Rieder ¯ COACH, SINFONIA, Lyda Osinga ¯ COACHES, STRING ORCHESTRAS, Matthew DeYoung, Ashley Dobner, Melissa Jastrow, Jared Snyder, Kevin Stewart and Brittany Szaj ¯ JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR and INSTRUCTOR, Jeno Somlai ¯ JAZZ STUDIES URBAN OUTREACH COORDINATOR and INSTRUCTOR Ethan Bender ¯ INSTRUCTORS, JAZZ STUDIES, Neil Davis, Jason Goldsmith, Dean Lea, Chris Mell, John Simons and Doug Syme ¯ CALYPSO DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Tim Rush ¯ CALYPSO CO-DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Charles B. Short ¯ PROGRESSIONS DIRECTOR and INSTRUCTOR, Jenny Kozoroz ¯ PROGRESSIONS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, Mary Pat Michels  PROGRESSIONS INSTRUCTORS, John Babbitt, Cathy Bush, Alexis Ganos and Ravenna Helson 

2012 North American

Biennial Piano Competition Prizes of over $22,000 • PianoArts Fellowships • Concert Engagements • Scholarship Award For pianists, ages 15 – 20, who live or study in North America

June 7 – 13, 2012 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Finalists Perform Complete Concertos with MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA World-Class Judges: Pavlina Dokovska, James Giles, Julian Martin Career Training Classes Application: February 3, 2012 DVD Preliminary Round submission: February 24, 2012

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David Yoshiaki Ko

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MYSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Susan Graham Wernecke

President Elect: Patrick Rath

Vice Presidents: Patricia Ellis Michael Fischer Michael Van Handel

Secretary: Daniel Bruskiewitz

Assistant Secretary: Bunny Raasch-Hooten

Treasurer: Michael Linley

Assistant Treasurer: Craig Peotter

Directors: Joyce Altman Robert Chou David De Bruin

Myra Edwards Terése Einhorn Thomas Ellis Michael Halfenger Lawrence Hammond Patty Hanz Cristina Hernandez Amy Jensen Michael Jordan Marlene Lauwasser Danielle Machata Jennifer Mattes William Mortimore Jamshed Patel John Pienkos Rip Prétat Matthew Sauer Gregory Schmidt Susa Siy Kent Tess-Mattner Wesley Van Linda Anne Zizzo Paul E. Kritzer, ex officio,

Advisors of Note Angela Johnston, ex officio,

Advisors of Note Ron Kuramoto, First Stage Liaison

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M I LWAU K E E YO U T H S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A Celebrating 56 years of excellence, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) has been instrumental in changing the lives of young people since 1956 when it began as a single orchestra of 30 musicians. Since its early beginnings it has grown to become, by several measures, the largest and most extensive youth orchestra program in the country. Serving more than 900 talented young musicians from as many as 14 counties in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, this award-winning program offers the highest level of training in ensemble musicianship to motivated young people from diverse backgrounds.

Students with varied levels of instrumental skills benefit from the broad range of MYSO experiences, all created to foster talent, build character and enhance lives by nurturing an enduring love of music.

In 2005, MYSO moved into the acclaimed Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a collaborative initiative of MYSO and First Stage Children’s Theater. Home, also, to dance and vocal music training programs, this 56,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility in Milwaukee’s historic Schlitz Park is quickly becoming a national model for arts education, with a mission of using the arts to enhance all children’s lives. Several innovative MYSO offerings, prompted and made possible by the move, have received notable awards and recognition—locally, regionally and nationally—particularly for MYSO’s ambitious efforts in outreach and community partnerships. Building on the rich past of its first half-century, MYSO combines many respected, established programs with exciting new ventures. Founded with assistance from the Junior League and Rotary Club of Milwaukee, MYSO has expanded its offerings to include: Senior Symphony—MYSO’s flagship ensemble, a full symphony orchestra made up of very advanced players, generally in the upper grades of high school. It has long been recognized as one of the nation’s top youth music ensembles,hailed for artistic excellence both nationally and internationally.

Philharmonia—a full symphony orchestra which provides musicians with experience in preparing a great variety of shorter works from the romantic to post-modern periods; comprised generally of younger high school musicians.

Chamber Orchestra—A subset of the Senior Symphony, this very advanced group is organized to play standard chamber orchestra repertoire—music not generally played by the large symphony orchestras.

Sinfonia/Junior Symphony Orchestra—A large, intermediate-level string orchestra whose members are generally in middle school and early high school. In the spring, selected wind players from the Junior Wind Ensemble augment this group to form the Junior Symphony Orchestra, playing full orchestra literature.

Junior Wind Ensemble—An intermediate-level wind ensemble comprised of woodwind, brass and percussion players in grades 6-9.

String Orchestra—A string training program, which rehearses as four smaller groups at regional sites around the area (Central, North, South and West). These groups combine to perform as two large string orchestras.

Chamber Flute Ensemble—An advanced, multi-part flute choir that works on cutting edge, advanced flute ensemble repertoire and more sophisticated arrangements of orchestral repertoire.

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Flute Chorale—A multi-part flute choir that plays standard flute ensemble repertoire and arrangements of orchestral repertoire. Members are generally in middle school or early high school.

Progressions—an intensive, introductory string training program consisting of lessons and orchestra experience; directed toward City of Milwaukee populations which have previously been under-represented in MYSO. Jazz Studies—a constellation of classes and small combo opportunities for middle and high school students, with a special focus on City of Milwaukee students.

Calypso—a steel band in the Trinidadian tradition, originally formed in partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools.

White Rock Elementary initiative—a beginning string instrument training program at White Rock Elementary School, a predominantly Latino public school in downtown Waukesha.

MYSO’s extensive schedule of rehearsals, performances, outreach initiatives and enrichment opportunities also includes: a large chamber music program, music theory and composition classes, “side-by-side” rehearsals which combine less experienced players with those who are more advanced, free master classes, workshops, competitions, recitals and much more.

MYSO has partnered with numerous other organizations to better serve both students and community. Examples of these collaborations, in addition to the facility initiative with First Stage Children’s Theater, include side-by-side reading workshops with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, an annual concert with the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Jazz Collab, a joint venture with the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, a “new music” composition initiative with Present Music, a talent development partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs, ongoing programs in cooperation with Milwaukee Public Schools and periodic artistic initiatives with such groups as Danceworks, Master Singers and Milwaukee Choristers.

MYSO’s talented music faculty members blend creativity and pedagogical expertise with their great breadth of musical knowledge. They come from all corners of the musical world and include UW-Milwaukee faculty, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra players, seasoned and recognized school educators and other noted area musicians. MYSO’s experienced, capable administrative staff has doubled organization’s enrollment over the past fifteen years while successfully completing the fundraising for—and building of—a major new community facility.

The entire MYSO family is united in its dedication not only to training future performers and music educators but especially to instilling in many thousands of young people a much deeper appreciation of the arts—fine music in particular.

While participation in most MYSO ensembles is tuition-based, we have a longstanding commitment to making our programs available to all qualified musicians; scholarship assistance is available upon application, and no student shall be denied an opportunity to participate because of financial need. A major community initiative to raise $2 million in scholarship funds (“Fran’s Fund”) is underway, with plans to complete the effort by June 2012. MYSO has been a member of the United Performing Arts Fund since UPAF’s founding in 1969. We are grateful to UPAF and to the thousands of other generous donors who make our programs possible!

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UPCOMING MYSO EVENTS Jazz Heritage Festival – 9 AM – 5 PM, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (MYAC), 325 West Walnut St., Milwaukee. Join MYSO as it showcases the rich jazz history of its Bronzeville neighborhood. Hear live jazz combo performances by the very talented young musicians in MYSO’s Jazz Studies program as well as clinics by professional jazz musicians; sample food from local vendors, check out exhibitors from in and around the Historic King Drive Business District. Special guest artists include pianist and Milwaukee native Dan Nimmer, now performing with Wynton Marsalis, and local jazz legend guitarist Mantey Ellis.

Saturday, February 4, 2012 Winter Concert I – 3 PM, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. This concert will feature MYSO’s String Orchestras North & South, its Junior Wind Ensemble, made up of advanced young wind players, and MYSO’s second full symphony orchestra, Philharmonia.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 Progressions Winter Concert - 5:30 PM, Youth Arts Hall, MYAC. Students from MYSO’s Progressions Program, a high-impact string training program for third and fourth graders from City of Milwaukee schools, will present a FREE performance

Saturday, February 11, 2012 Percussion Series Concert - 3 PM, Youth Arts Hall, MYAC. This FREE concert will feature MYSO’s hippest and most engaging ensemble, the Calypso steel band, and the advanced Percussion Ensemble comprised of the Senior Symphony percussion section.

Saturday, February 18, 2012 Winter Concert II - 7:30 PM, Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll University, 218 East Ave., Waukesha. This concert will feature MYSO’s String Orchestras West and Central and Chamber Orchestra, comprised of the most musically advanced student musicians in the MYSO program.

Sunday, February 19, 2012 Winter Concert III - 3 PM, Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll University, 218 East Ave., Waukesha. This concert will feature MYSO’s Sinfonia string orchestra, its advanced flute choir, the Chamber Flute Ensemble and an encore performance by the Chamber Orchestra.

Sunday, March 11, 2012 Milwaukee Youth Music Celebration - 3 PM, Elmbrook Church, 777 South Barker Road, Brookfield. A collaboration of MYSO and Milwaukee Children’s Choir. Don’t miss this gathering of the Milwaukee area’s finest young musicians—including MYSO’s internationally recognized Senior Symphony—performing some of the world’s greatest choral and orchestral repertoire.

Sunday, March 25, 2012 Davidson Chamber Ensemble Recitals - 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, MYAC. MYSO presents the fruits of its extensive Chamber Ensemble Program, which exists thanks to the generosity and vision of the late Arthur and Francesca “Peter” Davidson in establishing the Davidson Ensembles Fund. MYSO’s intermediatelevel Flute Chorale will perform on the 1 PM recital.

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Wednesday, April 25 - Sunday, April 29, 2012 Auditions for 2012-13 - MYAC. Sunday, April 29, 2012 Honor Recital - 2 PM, MYAC. Some of the crème de la crème of southeastern Wisconsin’s youth music scene take the stage. This recital will feature solo performances by the runner-up and honorable mentions from MYSO’s 2012 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition plus several advanced ensembles.

Sunday, May 6, 2012 Spring Concert I - 3 PM, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. MYSO presents performances by the Junior Symphony Orchestra (MYSO’s Sinfonia orchestra plus selected Junior Wind Ensemble members), Junior Wind Ensemble and the Senior Symphony.

Saturday, May 12, 2012 Percussion Series Concert - 3 PM, MYAC. This FREE concert will feature MYSO’s Calypso steel band, and two advanced percussion ensembles comprised of the accomplished players from the Senior Symphony and Philharmonia percussion sections.

Sunday, May 13, 2012 Jazz Finale - times, location TBA. Performance features all MYSO Jazz Combos, including the Bronzeville Jazz Ensemble and Latin Son.

Saturday, May 19, 2012 Spring Concert II - 7 PM, Shattuck Auditorium at Carroll University, 218 East Ave., Waukesha. Performance features MYSO’s intermediate-level Flute Chorale, String Orchestras North and South and the highly acclaimed Chamber Orchestra.

Sunday, May 20, 2012 Spring Concert III - 3 PM, Shattuck Auditorium at Carroll University, 218 East Ave., Waukesha. Performance features MYSO’s advanced Chamber Flute Ensemble, String Orchestras West and Central and Philharmonia.

Thursday, June 7, 2012 Progressions Spring Honors Concert - 5:30 PM, Youth Arts Hall, MYAC. The students of the Progressions Program present their final performance of 2011-12.

This is a FREE event.

Saturday, June 30, 2012 Vienna-Prague Tour Send-Off Concert - 7:00 PM, Bader Concert Hall, UWMilwaukee’s Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. The internationally acclaimed Senior Symphony performs for its hometown fans prior to its international concert tour.

July 2-11, 2012 Senior Symphony tour to Vienna and Prague.

Watch our website, www.myso.org, for additional performance listings and changes!

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Friday, January 27, 2012 9 AM – 5 PM Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 325 West Walnut St., Milwaukee Join MYSO as it showcases the rich jazz history of its Bronzeville neighborhood. Hear live jazz combo performances by the very talented young musicians in MYSO’s Jazz Studies program as well as clinics by professional jazz musicians; sample food from local vendors, check out exhibitors from in and around the Historic King Drive Business District. Special guest artists include pianist and Milwaukee native Dan Nimmer, now performing with Wynton Marsalis, and local jazz legend guitarist Manty Ellis.