KU Symphony Orchestra with Caroline Goulding program

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KU Symphony Orchestra

Friday

SEP 30

7:30 pm

with special guest

Caroline Goulding , violin

and guest conductor,

Jung-Ho Pak

SEP 30 | KUSO w/Caroline Goulding & conductor Jung-Ho Pak

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Program Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527. . . . . . Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 . . . . . . . . . . Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

20-Minute Intermission Towers of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Wendel (b. 1951) Selections from Romeo and Juliet . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) 1. Montagues and Capulets 2. Young Juliet 3. Masques 4. Death of Tybalt 5. Romeo at the Tomb of Juliet Please see your pre-and post-performance emails for program notes.

Caroline Goulding, violin Named “precociously gifted” by Gramophone magazine, violinist Caroline Goulding has appeared as a soloist with many of the world’s premier orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Berlin’s ensemblemini and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She has appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall, the Tonhalle-Zurich, the Louvre Museum and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

The 2015–2016 season brought forth engagements in Asia, Europe and North America with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Houston Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Tacoma Symphony, and New West Symphony. She recently released Works for Violin and Piano with pianist Danae Dörken. The recording includes works by Schumann, Enescu and Dvorák.

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SEP 30 | KUSO w/Caroline Goulding & conductor Jung-Ho Pak

Goulding is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Grammy nomination for her debut album on the Telarc label and has appeared on NBC’s Today, MARTHA hosted by Martha Stewart, Germany’s Stars von Morgen hosted by Rolando Villazón and can be heard on NPR’s Performance Today and SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

Currently studying with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy, Goulding splits her time between Kronberg, Germany and Boston, Massachusetts. Other musical mentors have included Donald Weilerstein, Paul Kantor, Joel Smirnoff and Julia Kurtyka.

A past member of the Stradivari Society, Goulding currently plays the General Kyd Stradivarius (c 1720), courtesy of Jonathan Moulds.

Jung-Ho Pak, guest conductor Jung-Ho Pak is currently artistic director and conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra and music director emeritus of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

He has been conductor of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Arts Camp since 2003. Formerly music director of the San Diego Symphony, he helped guide the orchestra’s emergence from bankruptcy to financial success. Pak has been music director with the University of Southern California, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Colburn School of Music, University of California, Berkeley, Emmy-nominated Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, International Chamber Orchestra and Diablo Ballet. He has conducted in Europe, Soviet Union, South America and Asia. Pak is a frequent speaker on television and radio about the relevance of art in society and the importance of music education, and clinician and guest conductor at national music festivals.

KU Symphony Orchestra Founded in 1904, the orchestra program is one of the oldest in the nation. Dean Skilton first assembled a group to form a rudimentary ensemble, and the KU Symphony Orchestra (KUSO) has grown during the ensuing 100-years. The KUSO serves the university community and the greater Lawrence area while reaching out to audiences in nearby cities. The orchestra provides music majors with the highest quality preparation for a career in music. It is also open to qualified students with majors other than music. In addition to its regular concert season, popular events include the annual Halloween concert and KU Holiday Vespers. In the summer of 2011, members of the KUSO traveled to Germany to perform at the Eutin Festival.