Jeremy Dutcher & the KSO Concert Program

Sagebrush Theatre

Friday May 17, 2024 • 7:30pm

Kelson Group Pops Performance

Saturday May 18, 2024 • 7:30pm

Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Series Performance

Proud Sponsor

The City of Kamloops is a proud sponsor and wishes the symphony all the best during its 2022–2023 season.

Allen Douglas (from KSO files)

Message from the Executive Director

I welcome you to this extraordinary final performance of the KSO’s 2023/24 season, here on the unceded and traditional territories of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc peoples, where we are proud to continue the tradition of musicmaking that has existed here since time immemorial.

Through the music of Juno-nominated artist Jeremy Dutcher, I am reminded of the profound connection between language, music, and reconciliation. It is a bridge—a shared language that unites us all. Dutcher has breathed new life into centuries old Wolastoqiyik melodies, weaving his Indigenous heritage with contemporary influences. His compositions serve as a testament to the power of cultural revival and reconciliation: honouring the Indigenous peoples and languages that have endured despite historical challenges and upheaval while echoing stories of resilience, loss, and hope. As we close the season, we also look to our upcoming 48th season—one of joy that places the power of music at the heart of our community. It features orchestral favourites like Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Handel’s The Messiah, and Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony, and unique performances like the history of the Ojibwe horses told through music, storytelling, and art in The Spirit Horse Returns; the return of Alex Cuba, the Grammy Awardwinning artist from Northern BC; and new musical experiences on the North Shore and at our home in Kelson Hall.

I invite you to join us for the KSO’s 2024/25 season as a valued season ticket holder. With your season ticket to any of our curated series or when you compose your own, you help keep the music playing for everyone across Kamloops and the BC interior.

Thank you for joining us this season, and we look forward to welcoming you back in September! Kukstsélp!

Yours in music,

Christopher Young Executive Director KSO & KSO Music School

GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOUNDATIONS

BC Interior Community Foundation

Kamloops Symphony Foundation

Shuswap Community Foundation

SOCAN Foundation

The Kamloops Symphony wishes to acknowledge that this concert is taking place on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory within the traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation.

—— Proud to be the Kamloops Symphony Signature Series Sponsor ——

Kamloops Symphony Society

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John McDonald, ICD.D • President

Steve Powrie • Vice President

Tyler Klymchuk • Treasurer

Lisa Fuller

Christy Gauley

Lucille Gnanasihamany

Gabriele Klein

Simon Walter

HONOURARY LIFE MEMBERS

Bonnie Jetsen

Art Hooper

ADMINISTRATION

Executive Director

Christopher Young

Office Administrator

Sue Adams

Operations Coordinator

Sam Bregoliss

Marketing Coordinator

Ryan Noakes

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Olivia Martin

Production Assistant

Adrien Fillion

Audio Engineer

Doug Perry

Proud Member of Orchestras Canada, the national association for Canadian orchestras

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Music Director Dina Gilbert is a Canadian conductor passionate about communicating with audiences of all ages to broaden their appreciation of orchestral music through innovative collaborations. This commitment, along with her extensive knowledge of the orchestra repertoire, has brought her to conduct orchestras across Canada as well as in France, Spain, the United States, Colombia and Japan. She has received critical acclaim for her energetic presence on the podium, her versatility, and her audacious programming.

In addition to conducting the Kamloops Symphony, highlights of the 20232024 season include return invitations with the Toronto Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, as well as debuts with the Walla Walla Symphony and the Kingston Symphony. As the Principal Conductor of the Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Dina will perform Prokofiev’s Cinderella, as well as works of Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, Louise Farrenc and Kaija Saariaho in the ballet premiere of La Dame aux Camélias by choreographer Peter Quanz.

Her innate curiosity towards nonclassical musical genres and her willingness to democratize classical music has brought her to conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre national de Lyon in several Hip Hop Symphonic

programs featuring renowned Hip hop artists I AM, MC Solaar, Youssoupha and Bigflo & Oli. Dina is also renowned for her expertise in conducting multidisciplinary projects such as film concert performances (The Red Violin, The Artist, E.T. the Extraterrestrial).

As the founder and artistic director of the Ensemble Arkea, a Montrealbased chamber orchestra, Dina has premiered over thirty works from emerging Canadian composers and has reached thousands of children with her interactive and participative Conducting 101 workshops. From 2013 to 2016, Dina Gilbert was the assistant conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and Maestro Kent Nagano, also assisting notable guest conductors including Zubin Mehta and Sir Roger Norrington. In April 2016, she received great acclaim for stepping in to replace Maestro Alain Altinoglu with the OSM in a program showcasing Gustav Holst’s The Planets.

Featured in the recent documentary “Femmes symphoniques”, Dina Gilbert earned her doctorate from the Université de Montréal and polished her skills in masterclasses with Kenneth Kiesler, Pinchas Zukerman, Neeme Järvi and the musicians from the Kritische Orchester in Berlin. Awarded the Opus Prize of “Découverte de l’année” in 2017, Dina Gilbert was also named as one of the “50 personnalités créant l’extraordinaire au Québec” in 2018 by the Urbania Magazine.

Dina Gilbert

Meet the Orchestra

Music Director Dina Gilbert

Music Director Emeritus Bruce Dunn

FIRST VIOLIN

Cvetozar Vutev concertmaster*

Geoff & Judith Benson Chair

Elyse Jacobsen, assisstant concertmaster++

Rod Michell Chair

Susan Aylard

Meredith Bates

Jiten Beairsto

Evelyn Creaser-Rumley

Samantha Kung

Molly MacKinnon

SECOND VIOLIN

Boris Ulanowicz*

Gabriele Klein Chair

Annette Dominik

Michelle Gao

Narumi Higuchi

Haley Leach

Sandra Wilmot

*Principal

+Acting Principal

++Substitute Principal

VIOLA

Ashley Kroecher*

June McClure Chair

Jennifer Ho

Caroline Olsen

Wennie Wei

Calvin Yang

CELLO

Martin Krátký*

Anonymous Chair

Doug Gorkoff

Yu Yu Liu

Olivia Walsh

BASS

Maggie Hasspacher*

Yefeng Yin

FLUTE

Heather Beaty*

Eleanor Nicoll chair

Jeff Pelletier

OBOE

Marea Chernoff*

Lauris Davis

KSO CHORUS—supported by the Kelson Group

Chorus Master Tomas Bijok

Collaborative Pianist Daniela O’Fee

Chorus Administrator Marnie Smith

CLARINET

Sally Arai*

John & Joyce Henderson Chair

Julie Begg

BASSOON

Sam McNally*

Heather Walker

HORN

Olivia Martin*

Karmen Doucette

TRUMPET

Mark D’Angelo*

Hugh & Marylin Fallis Chair

Jeremy Vint

TIMPANI

Caroline Bucher*

PERCUSSION

François-Xavier Leroy*

Robin Reid

LIBRARIAN

Sally Arai

Sponsors

SERIES SPONSORS

SEASON SPONSORS

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

PROGRAM

JEREMY DUTCHER & THE KSO

Jennifer Tung, conductor*

Jeremy Dutcher, piano & vocals

Bram Gielen, bass

Stefan Schneider, drums

KSO Chorus; Tomas Bijok, chorusmaster

Honour Song (arr. Lucas Waldin)

Skicinuwihkuk (arr. Bram Gielen)

Pomawsuwinuwok Wonakiyawoltuwok (People are Rising)(arr. Bram G)

Wolasweltomutine (arr. Bram Gielen)

Tahcuwi Anelsutipon (arr. Bram Gielen)

TBA (solo work by Jeremy)

Essuwonike (arr. Lucas Walsin)

INTERMISSION

Music is vibration (by composer Andrew Balfour)

Koselwintuwakon “Love Song” (arr. Lucas Waldin)

Sakom (arr. Stéphanie Hamelin)

Graveyard (Feist Cover — arr. Stéphanie Hamelin)

Ancestors Too Young (arr. Bram Gielen)

Mehcinut (arr. Lucas Waldin)

Take My Hand (arr. Bram Gielen)

Nipuwoltin (arr. Lucas Waldin)

Pomok naka Poktoinskwes (arr. Lucas Waldin)

*Participation made possible by the Kamloops Symphony’s partnership with Tapestry Opera in the Women in Musical Leadership Program

Jennifer Tung Guest Conductor

Artistic director of Toronto City Opera and assistant conductor of the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Chinese-Canadian conductor Jennifer Tung leads a uniquely versatile career as music director and pianist.

In 2020/21, she joined Tapestry Opera as a conducting fellow in the inaugural year of the Women in Musical Leadership program, in partnership with Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Opera Victoria. As part of her time within the program, Jennifer served as assistant conductor for the world premiere of Brian Current’s Gould’s Wall for Tapestry Opera, and a brand-new production of Orfeo ed Euridice by Vancouver Opera in collaboration with Ne Sans.

In 2017, Jennifer made her conducting debut in The Mikado with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and has subsequently returned to conduct Sweeney Todd and Peter Brook’s Tragedy of Carmen. In 2019, she led La Traviata for Opera York and assisted the Dora Award winning opera Shanawdithit by Dean Burry and Yvette Nolan for Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon.

Jennifer is a sought-after faculty member for international training programs, and is on faculty at Toronto’s prestigious Glenn Gould School. She holds degrees in vocal performance and collaborative piano from the Eastman School of Music and studies conducting with Denis Mastromonaco.

Jeremy Dutcher

Piano & Vocals

Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, ethnomusicologist and classically-trained vocalist from New Brunswick, Canada who currently lives in Montréal, Québec. A Wolastoqiyik member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in North-West New Brunswick, Jeremy is best known for his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (The Songs of the People of the Beautiful River), recorded following a research project on archival recordings of traditional Wolastoqiyik songs at the Canadian Museum of History. Jeremy transcribed songs sung by his ancestors in 1907 and recorded onto wax cylinders, transforming them into “collaborative” compositions. The album earned him the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards. His 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Concert has over 95,000 views.

Jeremy studied music and anthropology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After training as an operatic tenor in the Western classical tradition, he expanded his professional repertoire to include the traditional singing style and songs of his community. Jeremy’s music transcends boundaries: unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical influences, full of reverence for the traditional songs of his home, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day resistance.

Jeremy has toured the world, from Australia and Norway to Italy and the Philippines. He has worked with and performed for iconic artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Joni Mitchell, and Beverly Glenn Copeland. Jeremy is regularly sought out for his perspectives on queerness, Indigeneity, language revitalization, and fashion, including a 2022 appearance as a guest judge on Canada’s Drag Race, and a 2023 feature in Vogue. In 2022, Jeremy and his family launched Kekhimin, the first ever Wolastoqey language immersion school, in Fredericton New Brunswick.

KSO Chorus

The KSO Chorus provides local singers with the opportunity to perform masterworks for choir and orchestra in concert with the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.

Nichole Annis

Guram Asatiani

Robin Bhattcharya

Rita Bittante

Amanda Bond

Nicole Bremner

Elisa Bruno

Alan Buchanan

Jingbi Cui

Lynn Eberts

Tom Eccleston

Kristine Faulds

Heather Gnoato

Grace Graham

Alan Hodgson

Tomas Bijok, chorus master

Daniela O’Fee, collaborative pianist

Marnie Smith, chorus administrator

Mary Hunter

Adrianne Hydasz

Tracy Hydasz

George Johnson

Elaine Karas

Heather Martin

Diane McArthur

Dale Merret

Candace Morrison

Peter Nieuwold

Daniella O'Fee

Linda Oliver

Charene Perog

Elizabeth Reichenback

Janice Rutherford

Supported by the Kelson Group

Mia Sage

Phillip Sigalet

Marnie Smith

Samantha(Sam) Snucins

Patricia Spencer

Gisele Strodl

Jill Timko

Gordon Tisher

Evelyn Vipond-Schmidt

Bob Walter

Natasha Winston

Cynthia Yaunish

Hayang Yoo

Michelle Zwolak

Sally Zyrd

Proud

Thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers

Volunteers

Randy Adams

Kathy Aban

Jo & Kathleen Alcock

Mary Aulin

Pierette Beaton

Joan Bernard

Doffy Bourbonnais

Pam Bradley

Norma Browne

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Cherryl Rice

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Tom Stone

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Sydney Takahashi

Annette Toop

Lynn Totten

Simon Walter

Judy Wiebe

And a special thank you to the Kamloops District Men’s Shed

April 20 to July 6, 2024

Cindy Mochizuki, Autumn Strawberry (dance film), 2021.

Photo: Malumi Photography

Thank you to our Donors

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CONCERT CALENDAR

JANUARY

Elinor Frey plays Bach’s Cello Suites

22 & 23 | Kelson Hall • Live At Kelson Hall

Jean-Michel Blais & Dina Gilbert

28 | Sagebrush Theatre • Fairfield by Marriott Signature

29 | The Nexus at First • Salmon Arm Sundays

Musical Fairytales: Bremen’s Musical Brigade

12 | Kelson Hall • Tiny Tots & Relaxed Tots

Sycamore String Quartet plays Bach

12 | Kelson Hall • KSO Chamber Players

Alex Cuba & The KSO

1 & 2 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kelson Group Pops

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid

3 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kids Concerts & Relaxed Performances

Palestrina, Mozart & Beyond

16 | Kamloops Alliance Church • North Shore Harmonies

17 | The Nexus at First • Salmon Arm Sundays

Christmas with the KSO

13 & 14 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kelson Group Pops

Kids’ Christmas with the KSO

15 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kids Concerts & Relaxed Performances

The Who & Led Zeppelin

10 & 11 | Sagebrush Theatre • Special Concert

String Theory

25 | Kelson Hall • Tiny Tots & Relaxed Tots

A Night with Dvořák, Ellington & Price

25 | Kelson Hall • KSO Chamber Players

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony

8 | Sagebrush Theatre • Fairfield by Marriott Signature

9 | The Nexus at First • Salmon Arm Sundays

Rémi Bolduc swings with Oscar Peterson

22 | Kelson Hall • Live at Kelson Hall

Maggie & Her Magical Bass

2 | Kelson Hall • Tiny Tots & Relaxed Tots

All About that Bass! with Maggie Hasspacher

2 | Kelson Hall • KSO Chamber Players

From Paris to Broadway

7 & 8 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kelson Group Pops

Janina Fialkowska in Recital

1 | Kelson Hall • Live at Kelson Hall

Vivaldi’s Gloria

12 | Kamloops Alliance Church • North Shore Harmonies

Symphonic Stories: Handel Writes the Messiah

26 | Sagebrush Theatre • Fairfield by Marriott Signature

The Spirit Horse Returns

11 | Sagebrush Theatre • Kids Concerts & Relaxed Performances

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5

17 | Sagebrush Theatre • Fairfield by Marriott Signature