The Oakville Symphony "Romance of Rachmaninoff" featuring Alexei Gulenco

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The Randall Residences by Rosehaven Homes presents The Oakville Symphony

“Romance of Rachmaninoff�

Saturday, November 1 & Sunday, November 2, 2014

with guest artist Alexei Gulenco, piano

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From the Conductor’s Podium

Welcome to the Oakville Symphony 2014/15 season - “A Season of Favourites” One of my great pleasures as Music Director is the opportunity to connect with our audience at concerts and Symphony functions. During these conversations, many of you have suggested some of the great orchestral works that have particular meaning or significance for you. When planning this season, I realized that many of these works have not been performed by the Symphony for a number of years. With this in mind, we have designed a season that is dedicated to some of your favourite music.

Outstanding works such as the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2, Smetana’s The Moldau, Beethoven’s First Symphony, Ravel’s Pavane and the New World Symphony of Dvorak are just some of your favourite masterpieces that we are performing throughout the season. Outstanding guest artists, combined with the dedicated performances of our own talented musicians, will ensure that our concerts will be a thrilling and memorable experience.

Our 47th season will also feature a full orchestra Young People’s concert in February, mini-concerts in the OCPA lobby, as well as our Family Christmas concerts, featuring the voices of the award-winning Oakville Children’s Choir. The Oakville Symphony is indeed proud to produce concerts for every age group in our community, while devoting particular attention to introducing children and their families to live orchestral music.

On behalf of our wonderful musicians, I would like to express sincerest thanks to our dedicated Board of Directors, the great organizational and management team of Peggy and Murray Steele, and the outstanding leadership of our Board President, Gillian Santangeli. Along with our corporate sponsors and the ongoing commitment of our generous donors and audience, the Oakville Symphony has become a model of true community engagement and support. Thanks to the enthusiasm of our subscribers, this season will mark our ninth consecutive “sold-out on subscription” season.

As our Thank You for your continued support, we invite you to enjoy the Symphony@47 – A Season of Favourites.

Sincerely, ROBERTO DE CLARA, Conductor and Music Director

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Roberto De Clara Active in both symphonic and operatic conducting, Roberto De Clara has been the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Oakville Symphony since 1997. Past Artistic Director positions have included Music Director of the Prince George Symphony, Music Director York Symphony and Artistic Director of the Etobicoke Philharmonic. In addition to the artistic success of the Main Series subscription concerts, his tenure at the Oakville Symphony has been marked by a number of initiatives, including Family Christmas Concerts, educational concerts, a series of post-concert chats following regular subscription concerts and a well-attended behind-the-scenes look at orchestral life and music entitled nOt just the scOre. Mr. De Clara’s symphonic guest conducting has included engagements with orchestras in Canada and abroad including: the Winnipeg Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Orchestra London, Stratford Symphony, the Vienna Pro Arte Orchestra and the orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague. His European operatic debut took place in the historic Estates Theatre in Prague, conducting a new production of Mozart’s COSI FAN TUTTE for the National Theatre of the Czech Republic. He has also served as a guest conductor for highly successful productions of Gianni Schicchi and Don Pasquale for the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel-Aviv, in stagings by legendary singers Renato Capecchi and Federico Davia.

Mr. De Clara began his professional career as Assistant Conductor of both the Hamilton Philharmonic and Opera Hamilton. A summa cum laude graduate of McMaster University, he also holds diplomas in conducting from the Mozarteum Sommerakademie in Salzburg and the Wiener Meisterkurse of the Vienna Conservatory. He has also studied conducting at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy; the Aspen Music School in the USA and the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. In the course of his career he has worked with such distinguished conductors as Jiri Belohlavek, Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic (Prague), Boris Brott (Toronto), Julius Kalmar (Vienna), Ferdinand Leitner (Salzburg), Gustav Meier (U.S.A.) and Richard Woitach and Joan Dornemann of the Metropolitan Opera. A strong proponent of continual professional development, Mr. De Clara has participated in international conducting seminars in the U.S.A, Prague and Sofia, with the noted pedagogue Gustav Meier and Rossen Milanov (Former Associate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra).

Roberto De Clara has been the recipient of numerous awards including: First Prize in the Austrian-Television Radio (O.R.F.) Salzburg Conducting Competition (where the head of the jury was the legendary Intendant Rolf Liebermann), the Heinz Unger Conducting Award in Toronto and scholarships from the Canada Council and the CanadaIsrael Cultural Foundation.

OSO Board of Directors Gillian Santangeli, Chair Heath Allen Kevin Brockie Mark Brown Cathy Carter Deb Cooper

Anna Hewitt Martin Levman Colin Litton Patrick Pacenti Bianca Tino-Gaetani Rhonda Wild Rob Whittaker

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Roberto De Clara, Conductor & Music Director Dennis Thacker, Treasurer Peggy Steele, General Manager Tel: 905-338-1462

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From the Mayor To the OSO Audience: Welcome to the Oakville Symphony’s 2014-2015 Season!

We are all looking forward to A Season of Favourites. Who better to interpret and arrange this music than the Oakville Symphony, one of the finest community orchestras in Canada.

From Rachmaninoff to Dvorak, this season has something for everyone: masterpieces, outstanding guest artists, seasonal classics and the dedicated musicians who perform so beautifully.

I encourage everyone, lifelong patrons and those who’ve never been, to come out and enjoy the Oakville Symphony experience.

On that note, I would like to extend very best wishes to all – maestro, musicians and audience – for an inspiring 47th season ahead.

Happy listening, Mayor Rob Burton

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From the Chair Welcome to the Oakville Symphony’s 47th season!

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Oakville Symphony, I would like to thank all of our corporate partners, subscribers and ‘Friends’ who make this season possible. Your support of our musicians and your enthusiasm for the classical music they bring to life makes us the envy of many other orchestras.

At our opening concert, we present the Young Artist awards and thank the donors who make the program possible. An initiative of the late Janet Jones, the Young Artist program offers talented high school age musicians the opportunity to rehearse under the mentorship of a professional musician and perform challenging repertoire.

We are most grateful to the Jones Family for the creation of the Janet Jones Endowment Fund in recognition of Janet’s leadership of this program.

While sponsoring a Young Artist is beyond the reach of many, a gift to the Janet Jones Endowment Fund is an excellent way to support the program.

The Oakville Symphony also has a general endowment fund, with proceeds available to the Symphony for funding of day-to-day operations.

Gifts in honour of a special birthday, in memoriam, or even a gift in kind through a donation of securities are other ways to contribute to the longterm financial health of the Symphony. Contact any Board member for more information.

It is a great honour to represent the Board at our concerts and to represent the Symphony in the community. While this is my final year as chair, I plan to stay involved through the Outreach Committee. The Outreach Committee offers the free Mini-concerts, brings musicians into the schools and coordinates the Poster Contest. Would you like to join me?

Speak to me at any concert about volunteer opportunities.

Enjoy the Season!

Gillian Santangeli, Chair The Oakville Symphony Board of Directors

Gillian Santangeli has been a member of the Board of the OSO since 2007. Many years ago, she was a member of the percussion section of the OSO. Gillian and her husband David have been raising their three sons in Oakville for the last 16 years and are both active volunteers in the community.

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BRAVO! To Our 2014-2015 Partners

MARQUEE SPONSOR Investors Group Financial Services Sponsor of OSO Music Director, Maestro Roberto De Clara

“VIVACE” SPONSORS The Randall Residences by Rosehaven Homes ~ November Concert Judith Harris and Tony Woolfson ~ February Concert Youssef-Warren Foundation~ April Concert

“ALLEGRO” & “PRESTO” CO-SPONSORS Intriguing Landscapes Inc. ~ Family Christmas Concert Tino-Gaetani & Carusi ~ Family Christmas Concert Revera Churchill Place Retirement Living ~ May Concert Cathy Whittaker ~ May Concert | The Trafalgar Club ~ May Concert

YOUTH PROGRAM SPONSORS RBC Foundation ~ Two Young Artists | Ian Morrison ~ One Young Artist William & Margaret Andrews ~ One Young Artist | Anonymous ~ One Young Artist INSTRUMENT SPONSORS Youssef-Warren Foundation ~ Gift of a Violin | Ian Morrison ~ Gift of a Violin Bow Rotary Club of Oakville West ~ Gift of two Rotary-Valve Trumpets and also Gift of four Ludwig Timpani Dorothy Hollier-Bidlake ~ Gift of Hollier Viola and Bow

AND ALSO . . .

Ontario Arts Council | The Town of Oakville (through the Oakville Arts Council) Holiday Inn, Oakville Centre ~ “Home” for OSO guest artists Special thanks to Revera Churchill Place Retirement Residence for the use of their Board Room

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Our Musicians VIOLINS Joseph Peleg, Concertmaster* Norman Hathaway, Co-Principal* Wren Canzoneri, Co-Principal* Simcha Armstrong Eslyn Blair Brigitte Cormier Eleanor Crymble-Shapero Irene DeWolf Sabina Gorohkovsky Karl Hakala Harag Hamboyan Michaela Huras Andrea Kho Igor Kubelik Clara Kyung, Y.A. June Miller Ian Morrison Helen Peto Ron Sealey Ruthie Snell Tamara Snell Jill Yokoyama Sarah Zbogar Linda Choi (M) David Rehner (M) Kaylee Van der Vliet (G) VIOLAS Bill McMillan, Principal* Kevin Belvedere Y.A. Bonnie Britain Esme Davies Vilija Hakala Munjal Joshi Stephanie Khurana Martin Levman Clement Ng Norma Noseworthy Madeleine Spence Y.A.

VIOLONCELLI Jose Shapero, Principal* Sonja Buckland Paul Burghardt Deb Daymond Barbara Frensch Jean Grieve Elena Jubinville Liz Lesser Dominic Mitchell Marilyn McKay Peggy Steele Kim Tatone BASSI Elizabeth Wallace, Principal* Bob Bell Emmett Glancie Y.A. David Gowing Y.A. Roger Hollingworth Kevin Mann Wes Pratt Jeff Stringer Tim FitzGerald (M) FLUTES Máté Szigeti, Principal (G) Natalie Cabri PICCOLO Natalie Cabri HARP Sharlene Wallace, Principal* OBOES Nancy Nelson, Principal* Paul Lancaster, Principal Emeritus ENGLISH HORN Nancy Nelson

(M) - Young Artist Mentor | (G) - Guest | Y.A. - Young Artist |

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CLARINETS Stephen Walter, Principal Steve Haynes BASS CLARINET Stephen Walter BASSOONS Margaret Davey, Josh Marshall (G) FRENCH HORNS Heath Allen, Principal* Kelly Kaddatz Juliet Mayer Gail Pauling Tina Shapero (G) TRUMPETS Ron McKee, Co-Principal Jenny Peace, Co-Principal TROMBONES Jonathan Lapp, Principal Joanna Venturanza BASS TROMBONE Mark Kissel TUBA Rick Jatiouk (G) TIMPANI Lorne Grossman, Principal* PERCUSSION Bob Comber (G) Samuel Morgenstein (G)

* - Member of professional core

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Featuring . . .

ALEXEI GULENCO, piano A veritable titan of the keyboard, Alexei Gulenco has won prizes at numerous piano competitions, including the International Rachmaninov Piano Competition in Moscow, the International Jose Iturbi Competition in Spain, the International Franz Liszt Competition in Italy, the Louisiana International Competition, and many others.

He has been a featured soloist with such orchestras as the Shanghai Symphony, the Moldavian State Philharmonic, the Latvian National Symphony, the Moscow Symphony, the Orchestra of Music Conservatory “A. Boito,� the Orchestra of Valencia, the Rapides Symphony, Guelph Symphony, and the National Academy Orchestra of Canada.

As a recitalist, Mr. Gulenco has appeared in Russia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Belarus, Latvia, Romania, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Republic of Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Canada, and the United States. His performances have been broadcast on television and radio stations in Moldova, Russia, Hungary, Spain, the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.

Alexei Gulenco began his piano studies at the Rachmaninov Music Lyceum in Chisinau, Moldova. He is a graduate of Moldavian Academy of Music, the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Valery Kastelsky, and the Royal Conservatory The Hague, with Naum Grubert as his mentor. In 2008, Mr. Gulenco obtained the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Maryland at College Park under the guidance of Larissa Dedova.

Since 2008 Mr. Gulenco has resided in Hamilton, Ontario. In addition to performing, he is on faculty at McMaster University and Mohawk College.

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Professional Performers JOSEPH PELEG, Concertmaster A native of Hungary, Joseph came to Canada in 1968 and earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, and later his Masters of Music from Indiana University, while working with Joseph Gingold. Mr. Peleg has also worked with the eminent virtuosi Joseph Szigeti and Nathan Milstein. He has performed solos and recorded and played with chamber music groups throughout Canada, the USA, Israel and many European centres. As well as serving as concertmaster of the Oakville Symphony he is also the leader of the Contreras String Quartet.

NORMAN HATHAWAY, Co-Principal Second Violin Mr. Hathaway graduated with a performance degree from the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, where he studied violin with David Zafer and chamber music with the Orford String Quartet. Following his graduation he spent several summers at the Banff School of the Arts. He has been a member of the Stratford Festival Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic, the Toronto Philharmonic, the popular ensembles Quintessence and Ensemble Vivant, as well as coconcertmaster of the Phantom of the Opera Orchestra in Toronto. Norman enjoys his association with the Oakville Symphony and wishes to express his thanks to the people of Oakville for their unfailing support for this outstanding orchestra.

WREN CANZONERI, Co-Principal Second Violin Wren is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia and was formerly Associate Concertmaster of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony. A part time member of the TSO, Wren is a free-lance violinist, recording for television and movies. He owns and coordinates the activities of TorMusic Entertainment, which provides Strings/Jazz/Band and Convention musicians for corporate and private events.

WILLIAM MCMILLAN, Principal Viola Mr. McMillan has completed undergraduate degrees and postgraduate studies in music and education at the University of Toronto. A former director of the Inter-Provincial Music Camp, Principal of the North York Summer Music School as well as past conductor of the Halton and Sheridan Youth Orchestras, Pickering Philharmonic and Havergal and Crescent Chamber String Orchestras, Mr. McMillan is currently Curriculum Leader in Arts at York Mills Collegiate and active in writing and publishing music for strings. He has recently been appointed principal second violin in the Toronto Community Orchestra as of this 2014-2015 season.

JOSE SHAPERO, Principal Cello Mr. Shapero graduated from the University of Toronto with Bachelor and Masters degrees in cello and piano. He has been Principal Cellist and guest soloist with several professional and community orchestras. Jose has recorded for commercials and television shows including the CBC series, Street Legal. Jose leads the music ministry at north Bramalea United Church in Brampton and Temple Sinai Synagogue in Toronto.

ELIZABETH WALLACE, Principal Double Bass Ms. Wallace studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with the former TSO principal bass, Tom Monahan, and privately with virtuoso Gary Karr. She has performed as Assistant Principal Bass with the Atlantic Symphony and CBC orchestras in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a member of the Atlantic Camera Trio, Elizabeth has performed at provincial and national functions including Royal Family visits. As well as freelancing with various orchestras, she is presently Principal Double Bass with the Rose Orchestra in Brampton. Ms. Wallace teaches privately and is also the double bass instructor at Klaudia’s Music Studio in Oakville.

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HEATH ALLEN, Principal French Horn Mr. Allen completed his Bachelor of Music at Queen’s University and his Master of Music in performance at the University of Toronto under the direction of Eugene Rittich. He has performed frequently with orchestras throughout southern and eastern Ontario, including the London, Windsor, Kingston, Niagara, Kitchener-Waterloo, Oshawa-Durham, Royal Opera Canada, Brampton Lyric Opera and Opera Kitchener. Mr. Allen also performs with the Ceremonial Brass Quintet and coaches the Halton/Mississauga Youth Orchestra. He has also conducted on numerous occasions for the Peel Intermediate Honour Band, the Brampton Youth Concert Band and the former Halton Youth Orchestra. He lives in Mississauga where he continues to have an active private studio and teaches instrumental and vocal music for the Peel District School Board. Mr. Allen is an advocate for music education and is an active performer and organizer for International Horn Day held bi-annually in Toronto.

LORNE GROSSMAN, Principal Percussionist I have been playing with the Oakville Symphony for over 15 years. I’ve lost track. No need to count years when every season is a joy and musical adventure with wonderful repertoire and soloists. I live over 2 hours away near Georgian Bay but sleet, wind and snow won’t keep me away – as long as they want me. I come to the area also to play with The Hannaford Street Silver Band, Toronto Sinfonietta, Rose Orchestra in Brampton and Opera York in Richmond Hill. I head east to Peterborough to be the timpanist with the Peterborough Symphony also. And now, my wife and I are in a contemporary duo called “Fizzgig” where I’m singing and playing lots of vibraphone. So you never know where I am or what I’m playing, but when there is an Oakville Symphony concert, you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll be behind those big copper bowls, stage right. (That means if you are in the audience, I’ll be on your left.)

SHARLENE WALLACE, Principal Harp Oakville native Sharlene Wallace is both a Classsical harpist and one of Canada’s most prolific and influential Celtic/lever harp players. She has won two international harp competitions and created six independent CDs, featuring many of her own compositions. Most recently she released a new CD, Q&A, with American Celtic harpist Kim Robertson. Sharlene tours internationally giving concerts, workshops, masterclasses and adjudications. She also teaches both lever and pedal harps privately in Oakville, Guelph and Toronto as well as at York University and Wilfred Laurier University. Her own Classical performance degree is from the University of Toronto where she studied with the eminent Judy Loman. Sharlene is principal harpist with Oakville, Guelph and Kingston Symphonies. www.sharlenewallace.com.

NANCY NELSON, Principal Oboe After receiving a full scholarship and graduating from McMaster University in Honours Music Summa Cum Laude, Nancy Nelson received a Canada Council Grant for further oboe and English horn studies in Philadelphia. She is the oboe/English horn of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed in the Toronto Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Symphony Niagara, Brantford Symphony, and Orchestra London oboe sections.

Nancy also regularly performed in the musicals Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Showboat, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, House of Martin Guerre, Annie Get Your Gun, and in NOTL (My Fair Lady and Ragtime). During the summer of 2012, she had the honour of playing in the Broadway tour production of Wicked. Nancy is oboe instructor at 3 main universities. You can hear her on numerous CDs and DVDs. She also operates a private music studio in home (piano/oboe/theory) and is organist and Music Director at Christ Church Flamborough.

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The Concert Randall Residences by Rosehaven Homes presents

The Oakville Symphony

“Romance of Rachmaninoff” November 1 at 8:00pm & November 2 at 2:00pm

O Canada Night on Bald Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modest Mussorgsky Pavane pour une infante defunte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maurice Ravel Vltava (The Moldau), from Ma Vlast (My Country) . . . Bedrich Smetana

INTERMISSION Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 18. . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Rachmaninoff I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando

Guest Artist, Alexei Gulenco, piano

Book your tickets now for the OSO’s

“Family Christmas Concert” December 14, 2014 at 1:30 & 4:00 pm Special Guests – The Oakville Children’s Choir

Our subscription series continues…

January 31 & February 1, 2015

“From Vienna with Love” Guest Artist: Emmanuel Vukovich - Violin

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Program Notes MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839 - 1891) Night on Bald Mountain In 1867, Mussorgsky indicated he had completed this work on the night of June 23, a date that is traditionally regarded as the Witches’ Midsummer Sabbath. Indeed, he stated that the music portrays the Sabbath Assembly of Witches and Satan’s Pageant. As is traditional for such pagan themes, the music begins in relative calm, and then gradually descends into chaos.

An alternative interpretation of the piece, given its title, is of a traveller benighted in a cruel mountain storm, and confronted by real or imagined peril. Eventually the storm passes and the clarinet and flute solos in the closing bars become a prayer of thanks for having survived the night.

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante defunte Pavane was written originally for the piano in 1899, and orchestrated as a ballet score in 1910. The piece was inspired by a rendition of the princess infanta by the painter Velazquez, and the music evokes a solemn ceremonial dance in the Spanish court at a time of mourning. It is characterised by somewhat variable phrase lengths, and long flowing lines. The apparent simplicity of the music belies its technical difficulty for some of the performers, for instance in the opening horn solo.

BEDRICH SMETANA (1824-1884) Vltava (The Moldau), from Ma Vlast (My Country) The Ma Vlast cycle of symphonic tone poems depicts a variety of Czech legends, history and scenery. It was written during 1872-79, and was much inspired by similar efforts of Tchaikowsky and Saint-Saens to develop nationalistic material. Smetana was ill at the time, and by 1874 he was also completely deaf. A string quartet written shortly afterwards includes a persistent high E flat, possibly the constant whistling in the ears that Smetana had experienced. By 1882, his sanity had collapsed and he was confined to an asylum.

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The Moldau is the best known segment. It portrays a river that has two sources, which are represented by separate, then interleaved figures in the flutes (a cold stream) and clarinets (a warm one). The river widens, with a broad melody in the strings, and then in turn there are hunting horns (in the brass), dancing at a rustic wedding, and rustling elves and water nymphs in the light of the rising moon. Eventually we arrive at the St. John Rapids, where the water gradually accelerates, forming waves that dash and foam. Finally the river broadens once again as it approaches Prague.

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 I. Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando This work reflects a triumph over adversity. After the disastrous reception of his first symphony in 1897 (the conductor, Glazunov, had arrived drunk, and did not take the work seriously), Rachmaninov endured a three year period of intense depression. He consulted a hypnotist, Dr. Nikolai Dahl, who used subliminal techniques to build Rachmaninov’s confidence in his ability to write a new piano concerto.

Composition began in 1900, and the work was premiered in Moscow in the following year, with Rachmaninov himself as soloist. The work describes Rachmaninov’s progression from sombre introspection at the opening, to the triumphant Finale, celebrating his release. The work is dedicated to Dr. Dahl – and in fact the violas are used more frequently than usual, acknowledging Dahl's own musicianship as a violist. It is now one of the most popular piano concertos by any composer.

The concerto’s morbid opening has eight poignant chords that gradually build in tension and lead to a soaring second theme. The “romantic” second movement begins on muted strings, and continues with a wistful melody on the flute and clarinet, which become a counterpoint to a theme in the piano. These roles are later reversed.

Again the emotional level builds to a climax, and a beautiful coda. The vigorous finale has echoes of Tchaikowsky. © Notes by STEPHEN WALTER

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The Oakville Symphony wishes to thank

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“Friends of the OSO” Support one of Oakville’s most important cultural organizations through “Friends of the OSO”. While keeping ticket prices at affordable levels so that as many as possible may enjoy the OSO, the proceeds from ticket sales cover only 40% of the total costs of presenting a concert. The Symphony needs the generous additional support of “Friends of the OSO”.

• Join the BRAVO CIRCLE: $2,000 + • Join the MAESTROS: $1,000 - $1,999 • Become a BENEFACTOR: $500 - $999

• Sustain as a SUPPORTER: $250 - $499 • Commit to being a CONTRIBUTOR: $50 - $249 • Sponsor a Young Artist – see below

ENHANCE YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE: • Increase your involvement and commitment by joining or stepping up your level of support • Attend “Lunch with Friends” – an annual event held in June. • Receive a tax deductible benefit We always welcome new “FRIENDS”! Send your cheque, VISA, or MasterCard information to: The Oakville Symphony, 310-200 North Service Road West, Oakville ON L6M 2Y1

The OSO Youth Program The purpose of this program is • To support the development of young musicians in the Halton area • To find and develop new players for the orchestra • To encourage cultural diversity in the youth of the community YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS The 2014-2015 concert season in Oakville marks the 18th year for the Young Artist Awards. These awards stimulate the interest of young people by creating opportunities for them to develop their skills by playing with the orchestra. In turn, their participation helps the orchestra to achieve its objective of continuous improvement of the symphonic sound. Each student receives a bursary of $1,500 Young Artists for 201415: Clara Kyung – violin, Kevin Belvedere – viola, Madeleine Spence – viola, David Gowing – bass, and Emmett Glancie – bass.

THE KENNETH HOLLIER AWARD This award, named in honour of the orchestra's founding musical director, was introduced five years ago and also recognizes promising young artists. It is available to string players and non-string players in alternate years. The winner receives a bursary of $500. This award does not include a commitment to play with the orchestra, other than the possibility of a solo under mutually agreeable circumstances. The winner for the 2014-2015 season is Sophie Lanthier – flute.

DEVELOPING ARTIST AWARDS These awards were introduced to recognize the talents of some of the younger competitors for the Kenneth Hollier Award. They are given at the discretion of the judges on a “deserving” basis. The winners for the 2014-2015 season are Rebecca Heathcote – alto saxophone, Victoria Pancoe – oboe, and David Lu – oboe.

THE YOUSSEF-WARREN VIOLIN The Oakville-based Youssef-Warren Foundation donated a quality violin, to be loaned to a young violinist, playing with the OSO. The violin, made in 1993 by Romano Gaini a master violinmaker from Ferrara, Italy, is appraised at $14,000. Ian Morrison, violinist with the OSO, has donated a “Handorff” bow in the value of $1000 to accompany the violin when it is borrowed. For the 2014-2015 season the violin is available for a member of the symphony to play.

THE HOLLIER VIOLA The Oakville Symphony is very grateful to Dorothy Hollier-Bidlake, widow of the founder of the symphony, Kenneth Hollier, for her donation in his honour of his A. G. Galea viola, as well as his Laberte viola bow and viola case. The appraised value of this gift is $24,000. The recipient of this viola & bow for the 2014-2015 season is Madeleine Spence.

For more information about all youth awards, please call the Oakville Symphony office.

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“Friends of the OSO” BRAVO CIRCLE ($2,000 +) Robert & Mary Catherine Acheson William & Margaret Andrews Russell & Sonja Buckland Jean Grieve Dorothy & Emil Nenniger John Postle David & Gillian Santangeli Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Sutton MAESTROS ($1,000-$1,999) Mrs. Bonnie Budd Colin Chappell & Carol Murray Deb Daymond Domenic Dirisio & Deb Cooper The Honourable James & Sandra Farley Ross & Trish McTavish Mr. Ian Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pugsley Simon & Lynne Scott The Hilary & Roger Selby Family Fund (a fund held within the Oakville Community Foundation) In memory of Jean Beaumont BENEFACTORS ($500-$999) Anonymous Dorothy Bidlake Peter & Dorine Bloemen Russell & Joan Browne Lewis Copestick Thomas & Nancy Judge Mr. & Mrs. Robert March Ron & Pat McKee Dwight & Patricia Nowlan RBC Royal Bank Marcia Todd Chuck Whipple Mr. & Mrs. Robert Whittaker Frank & Anne Zinatelli

Nov 1, 2013 to Nov 1, 2014 Dr. & Mrs. Lee Farrow Yoka & Jan Feberwee Michael & Barbara Greene Asif & Donna Hassan Sharon Hawley Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hierlihy Bruce & Grace Holmes Don Robinson & Ilona Kopriva Lucie Larose Colin & Helen Litton Kevin & Patricia Mann Carolyn McLeod Donna Milligan E. Lorraine Mitchell Frank & Jean Anne Morewood Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nairn Michael & Barbara Naylor Mr. Justice Terry O’Connor Elizabeth Peck Bill & Donna Pirie Dr. Orest & Dr. Maureen Rudzik Peter & Anne Shaw Ruthie Snell Terry Still Robert & Yvonne Strother H.W. Taylor Dennis & Shirley Thacker Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Walter CONTRIBUTORS ($50-$249) Anonymous Tom & Janet Alton In memory of Graham Norgate Anne & Charles Anderson John & Margaret Ashfield W. Douglas & Alaine Baines Freda Barber Eric & Catherine Bentzen-Bilkvist Richard & Barbara Birkett Norma Boocock Frank Braun Margaret Brennan Kevin & Michelle Brockie Ken & Shirley Brown Gordon & Berit Buck Ann Bucke Geoffrey & Margot Camp Gail Cargo Cathy Carter Jose & Josephine Cavaco John Chance Mary Clegg Mr. & Mrs. Chris Coderre Mrs. Nellie Collins Jackie Corbett

SUPPORTERS ($250-$499) Anonymous Joan Barber & Christine MacDowell Richard Beaumont William & Sandy Boughner Ian & Diane Bovey Mr. & Mrs. Russell Brake Erich & Lisa Bruckmann Dr. & Mrs. H. Bykerk Christopher Byrne Doug & Patricia Coate Mr. & Mrs. Michael Colls Charles & Mary Davidson Roberto & Anna De Clara

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Rita McCall Findley & Penny McCarney Mrs. Mary McCarter Mrs. Ann McCulloch Joanne McGinty Scott & Julie McNabb Donna McNaught Tom & Carilyn McNaught William & Kathy Miller Mr. John Mockford & Mrs. Margaret Odenbach Mrs. Carmen Montminy Willard & Elspeth Morrison Karen Motherwell Warren & Sharon Mueller Laetitia Murray Mark O’Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Pacenti Michael & Ann Pallant John & Phyllis Parish Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Patchett Frieda Pennie Winsor & Ruth Ann Pepall Pauline Ponedel Ethel I. Prichard Barbara E. Rennick Peter & Helen Riediger Margaret Ripley Nadine Robinson Glenda Romanson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ryan Allan & Wendy Schmidt David & Pat Schooling John & Rosemary Seeton Jose & Eleanor Shapero Allan Simpson Barry & Sandra Smith Duncan Smith Betty Spray Donna Starkey Murray & Peggy Steele Barbara Stone Dr. Margaret Swayze Sarah & Michael Thompson Sandra & Jim Tonner Neil & Maureen Westoll Ms. Patricia Whateley Dr. & Mrs. R. James Wheler Patricia Wiltshire Harry & Nellie Wogden Malcolm & Anne Wootton Donna & Robert Yorke

Donald & Helen Crawford Kenneth Christie Wanda Crichton William Crisell Jennifer Curran & Colin Mein R. Keith Davidson Cam & Maili Davreux Clifford & Dorothy Demaray Sylvia Depuis Arlene Dim Heather Driver Les & Margaret Edwards Amber Foulkes William Howard Fraser Katherine Gayman Dr. Helen Goggin Cathy A. Goodier-Pote Domenic Grande Joan Grant Bremner & Marny Green Lorne Grossman Norman Hathaway Mrs. Mary Hawley Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hebert Ms. Jill Howe Mr. & Mrs. Terry Jackson Brian E. James Mr. & Mrs. Henry Jelenik Jennifer Jesseau Joan Johnson Gordon & Beryl Jones Bill & Freda Kantor Pamela Kay Joyce Kellock Andrew & Carol Kennedy Don & Cathie Kennedy Jennifer & Fergus Kyle Elizabeth Large Marianne Lavallee Peggy Lawrence Shelagh Leitch Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Lesser Mr. & Mrs. John Lewis Annette Liehr Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. Charles Low Gunther & Barbara Lutz Roberto & Margo MacLean Don & Jane MacLennan David & Elizabeth Mander Sandra Manns Donald G. Marshall Mrs. Bette Martin Marjorie Mason Warren & June McBurney

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Young Artist Awards 2014/2015 KEVIN BELVEDERE, Viola Kevin Belvedere started playing the viola in grade 6 as part of his middle school music program after studying piano for many years before. Last year he graduated from Martingrove CI in Etobicoke, where he benefited from a strong music program provided by distinguished school music teacher Ionel Stoica, at which time he also studied privately with respected teacher, violinist, and composer Jani Papadhimitri.

Kevin has also been playing in community orchestras across the GTA for years, including the Etobicoke Philharmonic, Greater Toronto Philharmonic, Orchestra Toronto, and the Heliconian Choir and Orchestra just to name a few.

He currently studies privately with Katherine Rapoport in Toronto.

EMMETT GLANCIE, Bass Emmett Glancie is a grade 12 student at Lester B. Pearson high school, where he sings bass in the choir, plays guitar in the jazz band, and timpani/percussion in the concert band. He is a multi-instrumentalist that has taught himself how to play approximately 17 different instruments. His main instruments are: violin, which he played for 10 years; double bass, which he has played for five years; guitar, which he has played for four years; and piano which he has played for three years. Emmett has won many competitions playing violin, and double bass. He has also won competitions for composition, which he plans to study at university next year.

Emmett has played with the Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra for 5 years, the Halton/Mississauga Symphony Orchestra for one year, and has begun his first year in the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. This is his second year with the Oakville Symphony.

DAVID GOWING, Bass David Gowing is a grade 12 student at T. A. Blakelock High School, where he studies math, science and music. David is an accomplished musician on three instruments; violin, piano and double bass (which he plays in the orchestra).

He began playing violin at age five, piano at age 12 and bass at age 14.

After playing for two years with the Halton Mississauga youth orchestra on violin, David auditioned for, and successfully received a scholarship to play with the Oakville Symphony on bass. He is also currently working towards a grade 10 RCM piano exam, and is actively involved with his own string quartet, in which he plays the violin. Every Sunday, David accompanies a church choir on the upright bass. When he is not playing music, David often researches the subject of computer science, a passion which he is studying in school and plans to pursue post-secondary as a career.

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CLARA (YEYHUN) KYUNG, Violin Clara Kyung is 17 years old and is currently a grade 12 student at White Oaks Secondary School. She began playing piano at the age of 5 and completed her grade 9 RCM exam in 2013. She began playing violin at the age of 8, when she started attending École Sacré-Coeur (an arts school) in Sherbrooke, Québec.

She is currently working on her grade 10 RCM for violin and she studies with Adele Pierre.

Clara has played violin in the Halton Youth Symphony and the pit band in the WOSS production of Fiddler on the Roof. She has also played flute in her school’s concert band.

Clara is part of the International Baccalaureate program at her school and in her free time she enjoys reading and crafting. She is honoured to be playing in the Oakville Symphony for a second season.

MADELEINE SPENCE, Viola Toronto based Violist, Madeleine Spence, began her studies from a very early age on the violin. Upon switching to viola, she was accepted into the Young Artists Performance Academy at The Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied for three years. Her passion for music took her to the Faculty of Music at The University of Toronto, where she graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in viola performance.

While at the University, she was fortunate to study, and be mentored by Katherine Rapoport, and Eric Nowlin. Throughout her career she has performed in opera orchestras as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. The experience of recording at Glenn Gould Studio for CBC television program scores was unforgettable and eye-opening to the world of music and media. Her passion for music has brought her to play on stages in Prague, Vienna, Munich, Paris and various locations across Canada. During the 2014/2015 season, Madeleine is proud to be part of the Oakville Symphony as well as the Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Viola Power!

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The Oakville Centre HOUSE NOTES Wheelchair Seating is available. Please request these seats in advance, when ordering your tickets at the Box Office.

Smoking is prohibited inside the Oakville Centre.

Latecomers will not be permitted to enter the Main Theatre after the show has been called. Guests arriving late will be asked to remain in the lobby and watch the performance on a video monitor. ushers will escort latecomers to their seats during an appropriate break in the performance.

Sennheiser Hearing Assistance is installed in our Main Auditorium. Please ask the House Manager on duty for equipment.

Coat Check Services are provided in the Main Lobby by front Row Centre volunteers. Your donation assists the group’s fundraising efforts, the proceeds of which benefit the Oakville Centre.

Cameras and Recording Equipment are not permitted in the Main Theatre, due to copyright infringements and the hazards to performers created by the use of such equipment.

Mailing List Membership is complimentary at The Oakville Centre. if you are interested in being notified of upcoming events, simply complete the back portion of your ticket envelope and give it to a member of the house staff.

Refreshments and Beverages are not permitted in the Main Theatre. Bar service will be provided before the show and at intermission.

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