WindSync program

Sunday

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2:00 pm

Pavilion

Sponsored by

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WindSync prize-winning wind quintet

Dave and Gunda Hiebert are pleased to sponsor this afternoon’s performance.

As the 2018–19 Lied Across Kansas ensemble, WindSync traveled to Sabetha, Russell, Hays and Ell-Saline.

The quintet shared performances, engaged in master classes and other activities with students and community members in these areas.

Supported by

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PROGRAM Julian Hernandez, clarinet Anni Hochhalter, horn Garrett Hudson, flute Kara LaMoure, bassoon Emily Tsai, oboe

Finale from Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American” . . . . . Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

Danzas Argentinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) Danza del viejo boyero Danza de la moza donosa Danza del gaucho matrero Apollo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Mellits (b. 1966) I: Theia II: Sea of Tranquility III: The Buzz IV: Luna Nova V: Debbie Waltzing on the Moon VI: One Small Step VII: Moonwalk

20-Minute Intermission Quintet for Winds No. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Maslanka (1943–2017) I. Slow, Moderate II. Moderate III. Very Fast All attendees at today’s performance are invited to stay after the show for a reception with the artists, courtesy of Tom and Judy Bowser.

Program is subject to change.

Please see your pre- and post-performance emails for program notes.

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WindSync is a collective of five outstanding North American wind musicians who come together as performers, educators and community-builders. WindSync concerts are intimate, joyful and thoughtfully programmed with people and places in mind. The quintet eliminates the “fourth wall” by performing from memory, connecting quickly and memorably with audiences. Recent winners of the Concert Artists Guild and Fischoff competitions, they approach their mixed repertory of classics for quintet, new American music, and in-house transcriptions with infectious excitement and artistic dedication.

This season, WindSync celebrates their 10th anniversary as an ensemble with an exploration of origins and home. The program opens with two pieces that broke ground in establishing a uniquely American sound in classical music—Antonín Dvořák’s “American” Quartet and Alberto Ginastera’s Danzas Argentinas. The two other works are virtuosic examples of how the American style has since developed—a brand new piece by Marc Mellits celebrating NASA’s Apollo moon missions and Maslanka’s Quintet for Winds No. 3, which is based on the Bach chorale “Your stars, your cavernous sky.”

WindSync has appeared in recital at the Met Museum, Schubert Club, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center and the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2015, WindSync was invited by the Library of Congress to perform the world premiere of Paul Lansky’s “The Long and the Short of it,” commissioned by the Carolyn Royall Just Fund and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Their 2018–19 season includes performances at the New School, Ravinia and the Hobby Center.

WindSync takes a special interest in reaching children, families and underserved audiences. Part of the burgeoning creative placemaking movement, the ensemble has recently focused on performance in public spaces in Houston and in Opelousas, LA. They have been featured in educational concerts presented by the Seattle Symphony, Midland Symphony and Orli Shaham’s “Baby Got Bach,” and the group’s concerts for young people reach over 10,000 students per year.

Advocates of 21st-century musicianship models, the members of WindSync have led master classes at New World Symphony, Texas Music Festival and the University of Maryland Renegade Series, among others. WindSync has also served as ensemblein-residence for Adelphi University, the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington and the Grand Teton Music Festival.

Julian Hernandez, clarinet A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Julian began his musical studies at the age of nine.

He earned his undergraduate degree in music education from Baylor University and completed his master’s degree in music performance at the University of Michigan under Dan Gilbert. Julian has performed with the Waco Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Lansing Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Akropolis Reed Quintet, and

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can be heard on multiple CD recordings as principal of the Baylor Wind Ensemble and the University of Michigan Symphony Band. Recent summer festival engagements include the Brevard Summer Music Festival, Hot Springs Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival and Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA). In addition, Julian was a two-time orchestral fellow at the Texas Music Festival where he won second prize at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Concerto Competition and participated twice as a member of the New York Orchestra Seminar. A strong advocate for music as a vehicle for social change, he is a graduate of the Global Leaders Training Program through YOA that aims to start social music programs around the world, and he has presented master classes in the U.S., Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Suriname. He is currently in his first year of his DMA at the Eastman School of Music.

Anni Hochhalter, horn Born in California and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Anni is an active musician and innovator in the arts field. Specializing in chamber music, she joined WindSync in 2010 and has launched an exciting career as a recitalist, instructor and social entrepreneur. Anni graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Music degree in French horn performance, studying with leading studio and orchestral musicians Rick Todd, James Thatcher and Kristy Morrell, in addition to summers under Roger Kaza as a fellow at the Chautauqua Music Festival and Texas Music Festival. In 2009, Anni won first prize in the Yen Liang Young Artist Competition and performed Richard Strauss’ First Horn Concerto in E-flat Major with the Diablo Symphony. As a touring musician, she has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles across North America, Europe and Asia and was recently named a Gold Medalist at the National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Anni is based in Washington, D.C. and currently serves as executive director and musician chair of WindSync.

Garrett Hudson, flute Recognized by the Winnipeg Free Press for “shaking up the classical music world,” Garrett Hudson is known for his charismatic stage presence and highly personal voice on the flute. The young Canadian’s roots lie in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he emerged at the age of 16 in a solo debut with the Winnipeg Symphony. Before embarking upon a dynamic career as an international soloist, instructor, and orchestral and chamber musician, Garrett held positions in some of North America’s leading professional training orchestras, including the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and l’Orchestre de la Francophonie in Montreal, Quebec, and he participated in other world-class training programs such as the Young Artists Program through Ottawa’s National Arts Center. Garrett completed a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia, studying under Scottish flutist Lorna McGhee and earned his Master of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under the tutelage of renowned flute pedagogue Leone Buyse. He has served as flutist with WindSync since 2009.

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Kara LaMoure, bassoon Kara LaMoure joined WindSync in 2016, in addition to her work as a freelance bassoonist, teacher and member of the Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet. A chamber music addict, Kara has recently been on the roster of the Missouri Quintet, Odyssey Chamber Music Series (Columbia, MO) and Chamber Project St. Louis. She also takes great interest in global youth orchestra movements and has served as a coach for the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra (Switzerland), YOA Honduras, Esperanza Azteca (Mexico), and Bahia Orchestra Project (Brazil). As an orchestral musician, Kara previously performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and she can be heard on the original soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Between performances, she can probably be found working on new creative projects, tasting beers or listening to podcasts.

Emily Tsai, oboe Quoted by DMV Classical as having “a consistently lovely tone and [taking] her melodic twists and turns with stylish assurance,” Emily Tsai began her musical studies at the age of four on the violin and started playing oboe when she was 10.

She won second place in the Eastman Oboe and University of Maryland Concerto Competitions, where she performed with the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra with added dance choreography. Based in the Washington, D.C. area, she is the Principal English horn in the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and is an active freelancer performing with the National Philharmonic, Amadeus Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony, Arlington Symphony and the McLean Symphony Orchestra.

In past summers, Emily has attended the AIMs Festival in Austria, Mortizburg Music Festival in Germany, Alba Music Festival in Italy, Sarasota Music Festival, and many others, where she studied under such prominent oboists as Neil Black, Allan Vogel, Richard Killmer, Werner Herbers, Randall Ellis, John Ferillo and Robert Sheena. Her main teachers include Mark Hill, Richard Killmer and Malcolm Smith. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance from the Eastman School of Music with a Performer’s Certificate and the Chamber Music Award, and her Bachelor of Science degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Rochester graduating Magna Cum Laude. She received her Master of Music degree from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the Graduate Fellowship Quintet, SIREN.