Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra May 29, 2011

May 29, 2011 — Severance Hall with conductors Gareth Morrell, Steven Smith, Jayce Ogren, and James Feddeck

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Dear Friends, It is a great pleasure to welcome you to today’s alumni concert, commemorating the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s 25th season. Reaching this milestone at the high level of quality that the Youth Orchestra consistently maintains is no small achievement. Through the dedicated efforts of members of The Cleveland Orchestra who serve as coaches, the ongoing guidance and support of private and school music teachers and parents, and invaluable funding from generous individuals and organizations, the Youth Orchestra has provided a truly transformational music experience for students from Northern Ohio (and beyond). Although many Youth Orchestra alumni are now spread out over the country and around the globe, we hope they will always consider Severance Hall their musical home.

Today, as we welcome back alumni from the past 25 years, we are pleased that former music directors Gareth Morrell, Steven Smith, and Jayce Ogren are able to join in the celebration along with current music director James Feddeck. Participants in Alumni Weekend have had the opportunity to relive and reminisce about their COYO experience, reconnecting with old friends and forming new memories.

A pursuit of artistic excellence guides The Cleveland Orchestra in all that it does, including its leadership of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. True to the original mission of the ensemble, the Youth Orchestra provides pre-professional training of the highest quality. Students play the finest orchestral repertoire, enjoy the camaraderie of other highly motivated and gifted musicians, and perform in one of the best and most beautiful concert halls in the world.

When Jahja Ling founded the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, he had the highest hopes for it. Many of those dreams have already been realized, with an ensemble that has nurtured more than 1,200 young musicians over the past quarter century. With additional training, a number of these students have pursued careers in music to become fulltime members of professional orchestras across the country (three are now members of The Cleveland Orchestra, and a fourth has been invited to join later this year).

Whatever professional path today’s performers have chosen, participating in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra instilled in them an extraordinary sense of artistic excellence, the discipline and teamwork required to achieve it, and the satisfaction and sheer pleasure that come with making beautiful music together. Our passionate Youth Orchestra alumni have greatly widened the circle of those who realize how much more fulfilling life is with symphonic music.

Franz Welser-Möst Gary Hanson Music Director Executive Director

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Sunday afternoon, May 29, 2011, at 2:00 p. m.

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Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Alumni TWENTY-FIVE YEARS CELEBRATION CONCERT richard wagner (1813-1883)

Prelude to Die Meistersinger

conducted by Gareth morrell

johannes brahms

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Music Director, 1993-97

from Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68

4. Adagio — Più andante — Allegro non troppo ma con brio — Più allegro

conducted by jayce ogren

manuel de falla (1876-1946)

Music Director, 2006-09

Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat

1. The Neighbor’s Dance (Seguidilla) 2. The Miller’s Dance (Farruca) 3. Final Dance (Jota)

conducted by steven smith

piotr i. tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Music Director, 1998-2003

from Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

conducted by james feddeck

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This afternoon’s concert is being broadcast live on WCLV (104.9 FM).

This special concert is presented without intermission and will end at approximately 3:00 p.m.

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is supported by a generous grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and by gifts from many other generous donors.

Endowment support is provided by The George Gund Foundation and Christine Gitlin Miles.

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VIOLINS Katrina Bobbs

Georgina McKay Lodge

FLUTES Elise Campbell

HORNS Kara Bane

Jessica Byrd Stearns

Seth Pae

Maria Haller

Alexandra Hennig

Lisa Chiu

Sarah Poe

Sarah Hartong

Lynn Orfahli

Rochelle Dumm

Sara Rossi

Katie Johnson

SaraJean Petite

Allison Klier

Jason Riberdy

Jennifer Zhou

Gregory Savich

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Isaac Kay

2005-2008 2005-2009 2007-2010 2000-2007

2010-present 2002-2005 2008-2009 2007-2008

2009-2011 1987-1991

CELLOS Yohei Asada

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Isabel Dimoff

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Eric Jacobstein

OBOES Stephen Beckwith

TRUMPETS Alicia Andjelkovic

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Molly Jones

Andria Brennan Hoy

Martin Arlinghaus

Cecilia Orazi

Adam DeSorgo*

Robert Banks

Zosia Prochoroff

Lee Ann Song

Shoshana Klein

Lena Console

Kaelyn Quinn

Hannah Whitehead

Joshua Lauretig

Juan Ingram

Gabe Napoli Emily Nebel Alexandra Preucil Dolan 1997-2001

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Laura Simna 2001-2004

Robin Su 2007-2011

Ashley Windle 1996-2000

VIOLAS Jennifer Arnold 1991-1999

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2009-present 2007-2009 2008-2009 2005-2009

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Matt Zucker

Molly Goldman 2007-2009

Bethany Hargreaves 2008-present

Anna Hoopes 2006-2009

Rachel Howsmon 2008-2011

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2010-present 2007-present

2007-2009 2009-2010 1994-1997

David Kleckner* 1986-1987

Lyle Steelman

Alexander Goodin

Thomas Huston

Darin Thornton

Laura Preslan*

Kathleen Verib

Mark Toole

BASSOONS Stuart Englehart

TROMBONES Sean DeLong

Samantha Kasper

Dan DiMarino

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harp Sarah Baldessari 2008-2011

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Margret Chen Erlendsdottir

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2009-2010 2001-2002

2010-present 2009-2011

Philip Kish 1997-1998

Ashley Rohm 2010-present

2004-2008 1996-1997 1997-1999

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TUBA Andrew Bohnert 2006-2007

TIMPANI/PERCUSSION Mell Csicsila*

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Doug Jacobs

Katherine Lawhead 2008-2010

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Robert Davis

Nathan Varga

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BASSES Christopher Glavac

Abigail Elder 2006-2008

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Justin Pressman

George Richard

Allison Elder

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CLARINETS Rosemary Bullock

2007-2010

David Beytas 2006-2009

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Performers are listed alphabetically within each section.

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Carrie Klayman Singler

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Kevin Ritenauer 2009-present

Nicholas Sakakeeny 2010-present

Matt Zadell 2006-2007

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Dear COYO, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations on the 25th season since the founding of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.

It was an incredible privilege and honor for me to be the founding music director of this marvelous ensemble. I can still remember the excitement and anticipation of the first COYO audition, rehearsal, and concert. To this day, nothing compares to the thrilling and rewarding experience of seeing these wonderful young musicians learn, grow, and perform above all expectations, all while under the guidance of our venerable parent institution, The Cleveland Orchestra.

In my travels conducting various orchestras around the country, many of our alumni from COYO, who now have professional positions with those orchestras, have effusively expressed to me how much playing with COYO impacted their lives. I have even received messages from former members who are not professional musicians, conveying the lasting influence of the Youth Orchestra experience in their lives.

The Cleveland Orchestra family has shown the ultimate care in music education by their devotion to the Youth Orchestra. I have no doubt that many more aspiring musicians and music-lovers will be blessed and stimulated through this program in the years to come.

Warmest congratulations to COYO for its first quarter of a century of great music-making and inspiration, with heartfelt best wishes for its great venture into the future.

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Jahja Ling Founding Music Director 1986-1993

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Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s 25th year and the second season under the direction of James Feddeck. Mr. Feddeck is the Youth Orchestra’s sixth music director (see pages 12-17).

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) is one of northern Ohio’s premier musical destinations for aspiring student musicians. Since its inaugural concert in 1987, the Youth Orchestra has presented more than 130 performances, played 15 world premieres of new works, and provided a musical home to over 1,200 talented young instrumentalists. The Youth Orchestra was founded by Jahja Ling, then resident conductor of The Cleveland Orch­ estra, to provide talented young musicians with a pre-professional orchestral training experience of the highest artistic standard.

The unique musical experiences that the Youth Orchestra offers include weekly coachings with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, rehearsals and performances in historic Severance Hall, and opportunities to work with internationally renowned guest artists and conductors, including Pierre Boulez, Sir Andrew Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi, Yo-Yo Ma, Kurt Masur,

Gil Shaham, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Cleveland Orch­estra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst.

As one of the best youth orchestras in the country and one of the few affiliated with a top-tier orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra has garnered a number of prestigious accolades. In 1998, the Youth Orchestra was selected to participate in the second National Youth Orch­ estra Festival sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. In March 2001, the Youth Orchestra appeared on the Family Concert Series at New York’s Carnegie Hall.

And in June 2009, the Youth Orchestra travelled to Boston for a series of four performances.

In recent years, several COYO students have been featured on the nationally syndicated radio series From the Top, and several former COYO members have won fulltime positions in major orchestras, including four with The Cleveland Orchestra.

The hundred members the ensemble each season range in age from 12 to 18 and are selected through competitive auditions held each spring. They come from communities throughout Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, and students have traveled as far as Stage College, PA, and Detoit, MI, to rehearse together each week in Severance Hall. The Youth Orchestra season runs from September through May and includes a three-concert subscription series in Severance Hall, radio broadcasts of COYO concerts on Cleveland’s classical music station, WCLV 104.9 FM, and a variety of community concerts by both the full orchestra and chamber groups of COYO members.

For further information about COYO, please call the Youth Orchestra manager at (216) 231-7352, or visit us online at www.clevelandorchestra.com.

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About Today’s Musical Selections Richard Wagner was occupied in writing Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg between 1862 and 1867. However, he wrote the Prelude while still finalizing the libretto, in the spring of 1862, and conducted it in a concert in Leipzig on November 1 of that year. The opera itself was premiered in Munich on June 21, 1868, under Hans von Bülow.

Johannes Brahms began sketches for his First Symphony as early as 1862. He completed the work many years later, in 1876. It was first performed on November 4, 1876, at Karlsruhe, with Otto Dessoff conducting. The symphony was first performed in the United States on December 15, 1877, in New York’s Steinway Hall, conducted by Leopold Damrosch.

Manuel de Falla first wrote this work as a panto­mime in two tableaux under the title El corregidor y la molinera (“The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife”) in 1916-17. It was first performed on April 7, 1917, in Madrid. Falla then expanded the score for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, who gave the first performance (under the French title Le Tricorne or “The Three-Cornered Hat”) on July 22, 1919, in London, under Ernest Ansermet’s musical direction.

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky began composing his Fourth Symphony in February 1877 in Russia, completing the first three movements by summer. He wrote the final movement in Italy later in the year and finished the orchestration in Venice in January 1878. The work was first performed on February 22, 1878, in Moscow at a concert of the Russian Musical Society conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.

Endowed Chairs The future of classical music shines brightly through the talented young musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. A gift to The Cleveland Orchestra’s endowment in support of the Youth Orchestra is a wonderful way to show your commitment to the future of this important program while providing vital funding for The Cleveland Orchestra.

In addition to the supportive donors listed below, who have endowed a musician’s chair, The George Gund Foundation has made a significant gift to the Orchestra’s endowment in support of the Youth Orchestra, and Christine Gitlin Miles has made a generous planned gift to honor Jahja Ling, founding music director of the Youth Orchestra.

The following six endowed Youth Orchestra chairs have been created in recognition of generous gifts to The Cleveland Orchestra’s endowment: Concertmaster, Daniel Majeske Memorial Endowed Chair Principal Cello, Barbara P. and Alan S. Geismer Chair Principal Bass, Anthony F. Knight Memorial Chair Principal Flute, Virginia S. Jones Memorial Chair Principal Harp, Norma Battes Chair Principal Keyboard, Victor C. Laughlin M.D. Memorial Chair

For more information about how you can support the Youth Orchestra through an endowed chair, please contact The Cleveland Orchestra’s Development Office by calling (216) 231-7521.

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to do the math and realize that since the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) began twenty-five years ago, more than 1,200 young musicians have performed in it. The numbers have steadily accumulated since founding music director Jahja Ling, then resident conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, led the Youth Orchestra’s first concert in 1987. It’s no wonder, considering the opportunity. Each season, musicians are chosen by audition for the chance to work with Cleveland Orchestra musicians and other gifted teachers as their coaches in weekly rehearsals at Severance Hall, to learn from Cleveland Orchestra staff conductors, to feel the thrill of making music at the highest level they have ever experienced — and to have the fun of doing all of this with other motivated students they meet from communities across Northern Ohio and beyond.

The benefits of COYO are tremendous, both for students who pursue other fields in college and for those who make a career as a professional musician. Violinist Alexandra Hoopes, who performed as a soloist in a week of student it ’ s some w h at sta r tlin g

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concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra in October 2010 and was a winner of the annual COYO Concerto Competition, said that belonging to COYO sparked her decision to go into music. “The conductors — James Feddeck and Jayce Ogren — motivated me and made me feel special, like I could make a difference,” she says, adding, “There’s a special bond in this Youth Orchestra that’s different from other youth orchestras. We were given opportunities to be not just students and colleagues, but friends and partners in music.” Alexandra’s siblings, Chad Hoopes and Anna Hoopes, also played in COYO.

Here’s a sampling of what some other former COYO members are doing now:

Caroline Goulding — violin.

COYO member [2004-07]. Winning the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions has helped fuel Ms. Goulding’s career with concert engagements, following early success as concerto competition winner at the Aspen Music Festival at age 13 and television and radio appearances from a young age on shows including PBS’s From the Top: Live from Carnegie

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Hall and NBC’s Today Show. She has continued building her career while completing her freshman year at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She performed with The Cleveland Orchestra in student concerts in 2006 and appeared as soloist this year as part of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. This season, Ms. Goulding also made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra and was re-engaged by the Dallas Symphony.

She performs at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont this summer.

Alisa Weilerstein — cello.

COYO member [1992-94]. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music and of Columbia University, where she earned a degree in Russian history, Ms. Weilerstein made her Cleveland Orchestra debut in October 1995 at age 13, playing the Tchaikovsky “Rococo” Variations.

During the 2009-10 season, she served as the Orchestra’s artist-in-residence and performed to a rapturous audience at Severance Hall in Golijov’s Azul. In demand around the world, she has recently performed at the White House, as soloist in Venezuela with the Simón Bolívar

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Alexandra Preucil Dolan Symphony Orchestra led by Gustavo Dudamel, and with the Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim in London for a concert televised live worldwide and released on DVD. Ms. Weilerstein is a Celebrity Advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Orion Weiss — piano. COYO member [1996-97]. Orion Weiss studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in 1999, performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. He is the recipient of the Gil­more Young Artist Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Gina Bachauer Scholarship at the Juilliard School, where he studied with Emanuel Ax and graduated in 2004. In March 1999, with less than 24 hours’ notice, Mr. Weiss stepped in to replace André Watts for a performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Weiss performs regularly with his wife, pianist Anna Polonsky, as well as with the Pacifica Quartet and other recital partners.

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INSTRUMENT: violin HOMETOWN: Shaker Heights, Ohio COYO MEMBER: 1997-2001 COLLEGE: Bachelor of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, 2005 CURRENT JOB: violin section, The Cleveland Orchestra COYO MEMORY: One of the years when I was concertmaster, we did a side-byside with The Cleveland Orchestra and so I got to sit next to my dad. We had so much fun playing together!

HOW DID COYO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? The Youth Orchestra helped my dream of becoming a member of The Cleveland Orchestra come true! I learned so much from the conductors, coaches, and my peers.

Participating in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra has helped three former members achieve their dream of performing in The Cleveland Orchestra.

Portrait photography by Roger Mastroianni.

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INSTRUMENT: trumpet

INSTRUMENT: viola

HOMETOWN: Euclid, Ohio

HOMETOWN: North Pole, Alaska

COYO MEMBER: 1996-1997

COYO MEMBER: 1989-92

COLLEGE: Bachelor of Music, Baldwin-Wallace College, 2001.

Master of Music, Southern Methodist University, 2003.

COLLEGE: Cleveland Institute of Music, Bachelor of Music, 1995, and Master of Music, 1999. Royal Academy of Music (London), Diploma, 1996

CURRENT JOB: assistant principal trumpet, The Cleveland Orchestra.

CURRENT JOB: viola, The Cleveland Orchestra

COYO MEMORY: The brass coach (James DeSano, then principal trombone of The Cleveland Orchestra) really took me under his wing. His guidance and support gave me the confidence to pursue music performance as a career.

COYO MEMORY: My last two years in COYO, I served as concertmaster. The concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra at that time was Daniel Majeske. He was a real mentor for me, and an example of integrity and leadership. I appreciate his help with all the concertmaster solos I had. I also loved the side-by-side rehearsals with The Cleveland Orchestra. Once I sat next to Yoko Moore, assistant concertmaster, and I recall how solid and assured a player she is. I wanted to play like that one day.

HOW DID COYO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? Playing in the home of one of the world’s great orchestras was an experience that I did not take for granted.

Being on stage at Severance Hall gave me a goal in life — to one day be a member of The Cleveland Orchestra.

I have seen my dreams become a reality!

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HOW DID COYO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? Coming from a small town in Alaska, I had not experienced such a large number of talented students living in the same region who were so involved with music. It was great to experience that dedication.

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Jahja Ling

Music Director 1986-93 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

The 2010-11 season marks Jahja Ling’s seventh year as music director of the San Diego Symphony. He also maintains a career as an internationally renowned guest conductor. In addition, Mr. Ling holds the title of music director laureate of the Florida Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, after distinguished tenures as chief conductor of each ensemble.

Jahja Ling holds a long and collaborative relationship with The Cleveland Orchestra. He was a member of the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2005. He was resident conductor of the Orchestra (1985-2002) and served as Blossom Festival Director for six seasons (2000-05). His most recent performances with the Orch­ estra as a guest conductor were in May 2009 at Severance Hall and last summer as part of the 2010 Blossom Festival.

Mr. Ling has conducted all of the major symphony orchestras of North America and many prominent ensembles across Europe and Asia. Acclaimed for his interpretation of works in the standard repertoire, he is also recognized for the breadth of contemporary music included in his programs. In May 2000, his debut performance with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and cellist Yo-Yo Ma was featured on the ABC News program 20/20. In recent seasons, Mr. Ling’s guest-conducting engagements have included the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Honolulu, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, and Utah, as well as appearances in Europe and Asia.

Mr. Ling’s commitment to working with and developing young musicians is evidenced by his work as founding music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (1986-93) and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (1981-84). He has also conducted the orchestras of the Juilliard School (where he is a regular guest), Curtis Institute of Music, and Aspen Music Festival.

Mr. Ling’s recordings include a range of works on the Telarc, Azica Records, and Continuum labels, featuring performances with the Florida Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, one of which was nominated for a Grammy award. His performance of the world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Third Symphony with the New York Philharmonic is included in that ensemble’s American Celebrations collection.

Mr. Ling makes his home in San Diego with his wife, Jessie, and their young daughters, Priscilla and Stephanie.

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Gareth Morrell

Music Director 1993-97 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

British conductor Gareth Morrell has been a member of the conducting staff at the Metropolitan Opera since the fall of 1995. He made his New York conducting debut with the Metropolitan Opera in January 1999, conducting Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Since that time, he has led Met performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s La Bohème, and Verdi’s Aïda. Other operatic appearances include Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde in Puerto Rico and Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Arizona Opera.

Gareth Morrell served as director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra from 1989 to 1998. He made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in March 1990, conducting Mendelssohn’s Saint Paul, and subsequently led the Orchestra in nearly 100 performances of choral, symphonic, and operatic repertoire. Under Mr. Morrell’s direction, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 in the best choral performance category for their participation in Simon Rattle’s EMI recording of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast.

In 1991, Gareth Morrell was the founding director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. The Youth Chorus was created as a professionally led choral ensemble to encourage high school age singers to continue their choral activities into their adult lives and to provide the experience of performing works with live orchestra in conjunction with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.

Prior to coming to Cleveland, Mr. Morrell was on the staff of London’s Royal Opera House as a vocal coach and musical assistant. During that time, he conducted the Royal Opera House production of Benjamin Britten’s The Little Sweep. Mr. Morrell joined the opera faculty of the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1988 and conducted their production of Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict. He subsequently toured England with British Youth Opera, conducting Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

During this period, he also served as director of the BBC Symphony Chorus, assisting conductors such as Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel and Christoph von Dohnányi. He collaborated with Seiji Ozawa in performances of Olivier Messiaen’s opera Saint Francis of Assisi in London and Berlin, and with Andrew Davis in a critically acclaimed recording of Michael Tippett’s The Mask of Time.

Mr. Morrell made his debut with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra in January 2000, conducting Orff’s Carmina Burana. He has also conducted the Naples Philharmonic in Florida, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and this summer he will conduct the China National Symphony Orchestra in Beijing.

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Steven Smith

Music Director 1998-2003 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Steven Smith is completing his inaugural season as music director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia.

He continues as music director of the Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus, a position he has held since 1999, and also serves as music director of the Grammy Award-winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, an ensemble devoted to the performance of contemporary music.

Mr. Smith served as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra from 1997 to 2003. As music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, he led the ensemble’s first performance at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Steven Smith’s recent guest-conducting activities include appearances with the San Francisco Symphony, Puerto Rico Symphony, and Milwaukee Symphony. He has also led numerous programs at Indiana University, including the school’s production of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. Other opera productions have included Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Bizet’s Carmen at the Brevard Music Festival and Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio with Lyric Opera Cleveland.

Past guest-conducting engagements have included several seasons with New Zealand’s Auckland Philharmonia, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Mexico’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa. In addition, Mr. Smith has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Akron, Colorado, Dayton, Hartford, Kalamazoo, Long Beach, Santa Rosa, and Toledo, as well as Carnegie-Mellon University and the Aspen Music Festival.

He was honored to serve as conductor for the 2009 New Mexico All-State Orchestra.

Steven Smith is also an active ASCAP award-winning composer. His most recent orchestral work, Kataklysmos, was premiered by the Santa Fe Symphony in May 2010.

He was named 2008 Ohio Composer of the Year, receiving a commission for a new string quartet (premiered in 2008). He has also received commissions from The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (Tane Mahuta in 2006), Grand Rapids Symphony, Eugene Youth Symphony, and a variety of solo artists. His interactive work Shake, Rattle, and Roar has been performed by more than a dozen orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, Steven Smith earned master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is the recipient of the CIM Alumni Association 1999 Alumni Achievement Award.

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James Gaffigan

Music Director 2003-06 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

James Gaffigan begins his tenure as chief conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with the upcoming 2011-12 season.

In the United States, Mr. Gaffigan’s guest engagements have included performances with the symphonies of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and St. Paul. In Europe, he has worked with the Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, Camerata Salzburg, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, among other ensembles. Recent and upcoming appearances include concerts with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony, Qatar Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Dresden Staatskapelle, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sao Paolo Symphony, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony.

James Gaffigan made his professional opera debut at the Zurich Opera in 2005 conducting Puccini’s La Bohème. In 2009, he conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Aspen Music Festival and also led a production of Verdi’s Falstaff for Glyndebourne-on-Tour.

His 2010-11 season included Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro with the Houston Opera.

Born in New York City, James Gaffigan studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Juilliard School Preparatory Division. A graduate of New England Conservatory of Music, he earned a master’s degree in conducting at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he worked with Larry Rachleff. In 2000, Mr. Gaffigan was one of eight young conductors chosen by David Zinman to participate as an Academy Conductor in the inaugural year of the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen. Two years later, he received the Academy’s first Robert Harth Conducting Award; the following summer, he was selected as one of two conducting fellows to study at the Tanglewood Music Center.

Mr. Gaffigan served as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra (2003-06) and associate conductor of the San Francisco Symphony (2006-09). He also served as artistic director of the San Francisco Symphony’s Summer in the City festival. In 2006, he was named a First Prize winner at the Georg Solti International Conducting Competition.

He resides in Lucerne with his wife, writer Lee Taylor Gaffigan.

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Jayce Ogren

Music Director 2006-09 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Since completing a three-year term as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra in 2009, Jayce Ogren has been a free-lance conductor based in Berlin. Last season, he made his Canadian Opera Company debut, conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, and stepped in to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra when James Levine cancelled. Highlights of the current season include a new production of Bernstein’s A Quiet Place with New York City Opera and a performance with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, conducting works by Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, and Haydn.

In addition, Mr. Ogren has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and led the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Grand Rapids Symphony. He made his New York debut in programs with the International Contemporary Ensemble under the auspices of the Miller Theater and has conducted a staged production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute with New York City Opera.

A native of Hoquiam, Washington, Jayce Ogren served as a conducting apprentice with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under chief conductor Alan Gilbert prior to joining the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra. He has conducted the orchestras of Gävle, Helsingborg, and Norrköping; the SAMI Sinfonietta; the Swedish National Orchestra Academy, and Stockholm’s Opera Vox, all in Sweden, as well as Finland’s Vaasa City Orchestra. Mr. Ogren has also appeared with the New World Symphony, Boston’s Callithumpian Consort, the Harvard Group for New Music, and the New England Conservatory Opera Theater. He has worked with student musicians throughout the United States, including an appearance as a guest composer/conductor at the Washington All-State Music Festival.

Mr. Ogren holds a bachelor’s degree in composition from St. Olaf College, a master’s degree in conducting from the New England Conservatory, and a postgraduate diploma in orchestral conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.

He also completed two summers at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. His principal teachers have been Steven Amundson, Jorma Panula, Charles Peltz, and David Zinman. A published composer, Jayce Ogren’s Symphonies of Gaia has been performed by ensembles on three continents. In 2001, the Minnesota Music Educators Association named Jayce Ogren their Composer of the Year. He subsequently founded Young Kreisler, a Seattle-based band that performs a range of music from Mahler to Piazzolla to Kurt Cobain.

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Music Director 2006-2009

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James Feddeck is completing his second season as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. He was appointed to the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra by Franz Welser-Möst in March 2009 and holds the position of Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Assistant Conductor Endowed Chair. He conducts Education, Family, and other concerts and serves as cover conductor for Severance Hall and Blossom Festival concerts. Mr. Feddeck made his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in August 2009. He led a performance of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni with The Cleveland Orchestra in March, stepping in for Welser-Möst, and led performances with The Cleveland Orchestra in May as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Italian Masterworks presentations.

James Feddeck came to Cleveland from his prior position as assistant conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2009, he served as assistant conductor at the Aspen Music Festival and School. He earlier completed three summers as an Aspen conducting fellow, studying with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin. He received the Aspen Conducting Prize in 2008 and was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize in 2007. In addition, he was the unanimous winner of the Sixth Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition, and, at twenty-two, was its youngest participant. He recently received a Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation U.S., a new prize for talented young American conductors.

Mr. Feddeck was admitted to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in four areas: piano, oboe, organ, and conducting. He studied conducting with Steven Smith, Timothy Weiss, and Bridget-Michaele Rei­schl. While at Oberlin, he was music director and conductor of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Following undergraduate and graduate degrees from Oberlin, he continued conducting studies at the University of Michigan, working with Kenneth Kiesler. In 2010, Mr. Feddeck was recognized by Oberlin as the first recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award for professional achievement and contributions to society.

An accomplished organist, Mr. Feddeck has performed recitals throughout Europe and North America and has been featured on the nationally syndicated radio program Pipedreams. As an oboist, he has taken a special interest in new music, having commissioned and premiered works including Daniel Pinkham’s Oboe Quartet.

Recent or upcoming conducting engagements include appearances with the orchestras of Atlanta, Charlotte, Saint Louis, and Toledo, as well as the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra (for performances in the Ballet Across America Festival).

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Youth Orchestra Coaching Staff Special thanks and appreciation to these Cleveland Orchestra musicians who have coached the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra during the past twenty-five years . . .

Martha Aarons Joseph Adato Bernard Adelstein Lawrence Angell Mark Atherton Mark Braunstein Jay Burnham Elizabeth Camus Hans Clebsch Marc Damoulakis James DeSano Maximilian Dimoff Bryan Dumm Eli Epstein

Mary Kay Fink Tom Freer Stephen Geber Bernhard Goldschmidt Scott Haigh David Alan Harrell Mark Jackobs Joela Jones Richard King Thomas Klaber Stanley Konopka Emilio Llinas John Mack Daniel Majeske

Stephen Majeske Michael Mayhew Daniel McKelway Michael Miller Donald Miller Yoko Moore William Preucil Lynne Ramsey Michael Sachs Marisela Sager Jonathan Sherwin Shelley Showers Lyle Steelman Barrick Stees

Trina Struble Richard Stout Robert Sullivan Jack Sutte Kevin Switalksi Robert Vernon Richard Weiner Richard Weiss Douglas Wright Paul Yancich

And thanks to these staff members who have served as orchestra managers for the Youth Orchestra . . .

Ashley Smith 2007 to present Kevin Tan 2004-2007 Theresa Perez 2003-2004 Christine Haff-Paluck 1996-2003 Lauren Generette Floyd 1986-1996

The Musical Arts Association is grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra and its programs: National Endowment for the Arts, State of Ohio and the Ohio Arts Council, and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.

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Over 1,200 musicians have been members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra during the past twenty-five years. Their names are listed on the following pages. (We regret any errors in or omissions from this list of current Youth Orchestra members and alumni.)

VIOLINS

Doug Adams Ginger Anders Gina Ardillo Jennifer Arnold MaeLynn Arnold Sarah Arnold Caren Babick Anastasia Barkett Cheryl Benedict Tanya Benkovic Nicholas Bi Joanna Bleil Nicole Bloam Katrina Bobbs Bryan Boehm John Paul Boukis Philip Brezina Daniel C. Broniatowski Andrew Bronkaj Rachel Bryant Clare Burovac Jessica Lauren Byrd Stearns Alicia Carney Natasha Carrasco Stillman Keisha Cassel Amy Cave Peter Chai Caroline Chang Robert Chang Daniel Chen Eric Chen Ling Cheung Lisa Chiu Jinjoo Cho Rita Michelle Chobanian Cathy Choi David Chou Jessica Chuang Joseph Chuang Carol Chung Hannah Chung Jane Chung Mary Beth Ciocco Myriam Clermont Jill Clymer Diana Cohen Laura Colgate Sarah Costales Alina Costaras Dylan Cowley Dan Craig Shameeka Craig Timothy Cuffman Anna Czerniak

Patrick Dalton-Holmes Michelle Davis Polina Krylova Decker Joanna Demko Warren Den Joseph Deninzon Sally Ann Derwae Dan DiMatteo Marc Djokic Jia Doughman James Du Rochelle Dumm Rebekah Durham Russell Durham Allison Elder Julian Ellins Douglas Elliott Erika Emeruwa Arthur Erlendsson Elisabeth Evans Annegret Falkner Lena Fankhauser Michael Ferri Amy Fetherolf Kelsey Fischer Rebecca Fischer Alexis Generette Floyd Mollie Folkman Ieisha Forte Marie Frisof Henry Fu Marcelo Fujimoto Tamara Gaebelein Brandon Garbo Claire Geho Anna Gibbons Dorothy Gomez Samantha Goodin Roman Goronok Caroline Goulding Richard Grant Oliver Gratry Eric Gratz Amanda Grimm Tiffany Guo Maghan Haas Chris Han Patricia Han George Hancsak Charles Frederick Hann Beth Ann Hansen Lisa Hansen Alexis Harris Bryant-Douglas Harris Austin Haynesworth Sarah Heck Daniel Hodge

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Julia Holliday Molly Holmes Rosamond Hong Alexandra Hoopes Anna Hoopes Chad Hoopes Carl Huang Frank Huang Jonathan S. Huang Joshua Huang Tzu-Yung Libby Huang Nilka Huff Tony Hwang Elizabeth Ivy Rebecca Jacobmeyer Laura Jacobson Henry Jenkins Karen Jenks Laura Jenks Colleen Jennings Nils Johnson Dana Judson Erik Kang Isaac Kay Qing Susan Ke Ryan Kearns Todd Kennedy Rachel Kibbe Carolyn Y. Kim Haejin Kim Jane Kim John S. Kim Lisa Kim Paul Kim Soo-Jin Kim Soovin Kim Stephanie Kim Ted Kim Carrie Klayman Singler Stella Klemperer Mio Kobayashi Carla Kountoupes Lilli Krauss Adda Kridler Wei-Pin Kuo Tai-Chi Kwok Becca Lambright Meg Lamm Brad Larson Danny Lee Eddy Lee Erena Lee Grace Lee Hyun-Young Lee Jessica Lee Johnny Lee Joseph Lee

Karen Lee Michael Lee Rebecca Lee Sarah Lee Sheri Lee So-Young Lee Stephanie Lee Wilson Liao Marcos Kozlowski Ligiero Grace Lim Mir Lim Alanna Lin Eric Lin Kevin Lin David Ling Elliot Ling Allison Lint Peter Liou Rachel Liou Shana Litt Alice Liu Joseph Liu Ruikang Liu Tiffany Liu Cecilia Loh Elizabeth Lyon Oleh Mahlay Lisa Mahowald Heather Malyuk Sarah Mark Ari Maron Anjli Maroo Seema Maroo Margaret Matuska Meghan McAdams Seth McFadden Augusta Jane McKay Lodge Mandi Melaragno Marian Mentel Alena Merimee Shirah Meyer Stephen Miahky Aleksandra Mikhlin Marijo Miller Shelly Miller Joonho Min Joana Miranda Alexander Misono Stephanie Misono Charles Morey Irina L. Mueller Eric W. Myhre Nambi Nallasamy Gabe Napoli Emily Nebel

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Eliesha Nelson Aaron Neumann Jennifer Ruth Nicholson Christie Obiaya James Oh Michelle Oltman Joanne Ong Tae Woo Park Betsy Patterson Lucas Paul Lavinia Pavlish Ursula Pavlish Chad Peiper Jiale Andy Peng Wesley Peng Samuel Petrey Angela Pina Annaliesa Place Dana Plank Ben Poreh Debra Powers Alexandra Preucil Dolan Zosia Prochoroff Diana Proske Kaelyn Quinn Lourdes Ramirez Leslie Ravestein Stacey Ravestein Tyler Reilly David Rice David Richins Eileen Rieger Therese Ritchie Sara Rossi Kerri Ryan Lisa Salzinger Martel Haruno Sato Katherine M. Sawyer Nicole L. Scaperato Bryan Schatmeyer Gabriele Sesta Neal Shaffer Serena Shapard Mittra Sharif William Shaub Anita Shaw Craig Sherwood JuHyung Shin Elen Shulga Lena Shulga Mark Siegmund Laura Simna Rashi Singhal Kelly Skotko Kathleen Sloan

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Courtney Sniderman Krista Solars Audrey Solomon David Somach Chang-Min Song Ji-Won Song Julian Spiro Phoebe Springstubb Maria Stager Joe Stepec Jonathan Strassfeld Kyle Strimbu Thomas Stuart Carly Stuneck Robin Su Jane Suh Emily Sulcs Yukiko Sumikawa Melissa Taddie Jeremy Swider Daniela H. Tartakoff Abha Tewari James Thompson Gregory Thorkelson Lisa Thrall Jenny Topilow Melanie Torres Shawna Trost Ryan Tsou Nathan Tulenson Cara Tweed Arlyn Valencia Colleen Valencia Linbee Valencia Yazmin Valencia Amrita Vijayaraghavan Jessica Wargo Robert Waters David Weinberger Beth Adair Weisman Marc Weisman Amie Weiss Andrew Wensel Keith Wesley Sally Williams John Willmer Ashley Ellen Windle Hayley Wolfe Gabriela Wong Drew Woodhams Andrew Wu Angela Wu Michele Wyler Bethany Yeiser Michael Yerukhimovich Ann Yu Lydia Yun Douglas Yung Sarah Zaman Megan Zapfe Erin Zehngut Jeffrey Alan Zehngut Alan Zhang Daniel Zhou

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VIOLAS

Daniel Adams Claire Elizabeth Andorka Michael Apanius Jennifer Arnold David Beytas Cheryl K. Bindel Arvilla BlochowiakWendland Nicholas Bobbs Martha Bober Lorelei Suzanne Bowman Trevor Brewer Emma Brownlee Elizabeth Burg Sherell Carter Kristin Chai Angela Chang Naomi Clark Elizabeth Clouse Wendy Clymer Jennifer Conaway Charles Cooney Melissa Cornelius Rhonda Couch Jennifer Ann Currutt George Davis Emily DeCapite Dominic DeStefano Lauren Dugard Megan Eckardt Abby Elder Allison Elder Katie Elder Bloom Hayley Elszaz Daniel B. Elyar Jonathan Epstein Madeline Faler Renate Falkner Ryan Fox Wiley Fox Daren Fuster Lesley Gibson Deborah Jeannette Glasgow Molly Goldman Marisa Green Jacqueline Greene Janna Greer Monica Gregory Brian Hamilton Bethany Hargreaves Juji Harimoto Charles Hayes Nicole Holley Anna Hoopes Rachel Howsmon Missy Hydock Cecily Karen Katz Courtney O’Keefe Benjamin Keller Christine KÜrner Sarah Kratzer Katherine Lawhead Benjamin Lee Leann Leitner

Michael Lester Frederick Liu Phaedra Long Gwen MacFarland Christen McArdle Justin McArdle Wayne McEachron Abigail McGreehan Paul McIntyre Georgina McKay Lodge Michael Meador Katherine Mervart Faheem Moghal Pauline Moleski Linsey Molloy Tamra Morris Jane Morton Sarah Murphy Matt Oatman Kathryn Oney Miriam Elizabeth Osterfield Seth Pae Nikkos Pappas Lindsey Parsons Jessica Pasternak Leslie Patterson Nick Perry Tracy Peshek Natalie Pillsbury Sarah Poe Leah Reiter Vanessa Ripley Erin E. Roberts Faith Roberts Russ Roberts Becky Ann Rosen Theresa Rudolph Rene Salazar Rachel Samson Jessica Sharkey Laura Shuster Doug Sillars Juliana Sinclair Christina Spackey Charlotte Sperl Samantha Stewart Elaine Stratton Victor Szabo Cyrus Taylor Catherine Towns Megan Tweed Alexandra Vago Matthew Weinert-Stein Cassidi Williams Emily Williams Puntuzs Jordyn Woodhams Dmitri Yevstifeev Erica Zappia Gareth Zehngut Erin Zemanek Lori Ann Zygmont

CELLOS

Julie Albers Deborah Ardussi Danae Arnold Yohei Asada Christina Babick Rosser Zane Miles Baker Rajli Bicolli Kevin Bjerre Maria Black Emma Louise Bobbs Emily Bonem Jennifer Brown Julie Buss Hannah Cha Joshua Chari Faith Mai Chiang Carl Choi Brian Dainton Sophia DeGeorgia Sonia Deninzon Michael Devol Denise Djokic Isabel Dimoff Amir Eldan Ben Elder David Ellis Stephen Ellis Nadine Engel Sherman Anthony Fanning Kevin Ferst Jonathan Flaksman Benjamin Francisco Katie Frato Ismar Gomes Rachel Green Vicki Hamm Corbett Hein Jennifer Heinert Alison Hicks Sarah Hill Caroline Honsa Lily Huang Mitchell Iacullo Chris Irvine Eric Jacobstein Robin Jolley Molly Jones Madeleine Kabat Michael Kaufman Johanna Keenan Pamela Kelly Brian Kim Susan Kim Jessica Kless Andrea K. Knight Yutaro Komuro Marie Krisko Gillian Kuroiwa Emily Kyne Hyunho Richard Lee Jane Leggiero Lauren Ann Lewis Sage F. Lewis Maria Lind Corie Lint Jonathan Litt Karl Love

Members 1986 to 2011

Laura Love Kathleen Luster Dane Macaskill Erin Macke Katie Magrino Nathanael Matthews Clarice Mazanec Mara McClain Braden McConnell David Mergen Jon Meyer Paul Miahky Lydia Miller Victor Miller Andrew Moleski Stephanie Monnier Elliot Moore Gabrielle Moses Hannah Moses Kathryn Murrell Michael Newman Joel Noyes Cecilia Orazi Paul Osterfield Aileen Pagan Luke Pak Janet Park Joy Payton-Stevens Helen Peyrebrune Brendon Phelps Chris Pfeiffer Luke Pomorsky Rebecca Lyn Rakow Ashley Ravestein Charlie Reed Brad Reynolds Kathy Richards Ylonda Rosenthal David Russell Robin Sanfilippo Anna Scholz Anne Schroeder Henry Shapard Maredith Sheridan Adam Sims Collin A.B. Sims Ginger Smith Johanna Snader Amanda Solem Lee Ann Song Natalie Spehar Laura Splettstoesser Lyle Suess Eric Tannenbaum Margo Tatgenhorst Sawyer Thomson Krista Toriello Matthew Trawick Amanda Vernon Alisa Weilerstein Seth White Hannah Bess Whitehead Sophie Willer Rachel Wilson Sara Woo Matt Zucker

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Members 1986 to 2011 BASSES

Joe Acar Wesley Bacon Daniel Barker Brian Beckman Emily Bedwell Robert Anthony Bellamy Brad Black Justus Brake Desmond Carter Tiesha Cassel Leigh Culbertson James B. Curl David Danks Michael Davis Christopher DeMarco Samantha Dickman Tony Dolar Abbie Flower Jordan Frazier Meryl Friedrich Matt Ghazarian Richard Gizzi Christopher Glavac Alexander Goodin Dionna Grabowski Alex Hanna Jeffrey Hickman Dean Hulett Daryl Jentes Tristan Kasten-Krause Jesse Kepner Abie Klein-Stefanchik Kenneth Kneuer Michael Kristoffersen Paul Kristoffersen Christina Levensky David Litwin Andrew Loosemoore Cody Lumsden John Arthur Mancuso Andrew Manista McCarthy Mayer Elizabeth M. Meadows Joseph Mirsadshanow Trevor Mohr Andrew Moleski Helen Morgenstern DeSean Oden Iken Panek Benjamin Park Joseph Piccolo Aidan Plank Laura Preslan Deborah Pucci Paul Reich Michelle Reynard George Richard Patrick Richey Dan Riebel Kim Rishert James Robinson Robert Rohwer Caelyn Rosch Taylor Sanderson Matthew Schmidt Matthew Senra

Rachel Sepulveda Tami-Lyn Shean Blake Shimola Robert Stasko Chad Stephens Cody Takacs Kevin Tan Nick Tatarka Russell Thompson Danielle Topalsky Adam N. Tully Nathan Varga Andrew Williams Alice Wondrak Matthew Yoke

FLUTES

Amy Abbatomarco Allison Ballard Justin Berrie Melissa Brown Elise Campbell Katherine Marie Calvey Peter Chirdon Theresa Cilluffo Abigail Clark Kathaleen C. Collins Monica Daniel Elizabeth D. Diener Margit Dijkstra Christopher R. Dolwick Abigail Dombrowski Nicole Edwards Gretchen Ewalt Sarah Frisof Kathleen Gardner Marissa A. Glynias Allison Greene Monica Grevious Kyra Hall Maria Haller Amy Hanson Sarah Hartong Lauren Hoff Kristen Jansen Christina Jennings Katie Johnson Kyra Kester Ji Sun Julia Kim Allison Klier Sean Koenig Gloria A. Kostiuk Anne Lake Becky Lebowitz Nils Lehmann Greg McMahon Min-jung Paik Kelsey Patterson Kate Petro Virginia Pierce Heidi Pintner Ruth Ann Ritchie Jenny Robinson Keith Sheridan Chelsea Silverberg Jessica Sindell

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Suzie Svetlik Chelsea Tanner Camilla Taylor Grace Teeter Julie Williams Shana Yates Jacquie Zarach Jennifer Zhou

OBOES

Jeffrey Apana Michael Christopher Austin Stephen Beckwith Elise Bower Andria Brennan Hoy Mary Cicconetti Emma Coleman Christopher Connors Jennifer Day Adam De Sorgo Kevin Fischer Nicole Glover Karen Glowacki Bryan Gunn Erica Jacobs Paula Kalasky Sarah Kendis Lisa Kidder Juliana King Jeffrey Kish Shoshana Klein David Kulma Jessica Laughlin Joshua Lauretig Oliver McDonald Bridie (Josephine) Mee Danielle Meltzer Matt Mitcheltree Jenny Muehrcke Mary O’Keefe Kristin Olson Terry Orcutt Amy Patterson Stephanie Pearson Hilary Phillip Paul Ragaller Rachel Rankin Michael Resanovic Matthew Ressenger Brent M. Ross Paul Rotella Stephanie Rue Geoff Sanford Nicole Sigler Watt Lani Smith Jonathan Snyder Alyssa Strzalka Beth Tropman Kevin Vogel James Weaver Tami Zeman Deborah Zetes

CLARINETS

Deanna Brizgys Emily Broda Rosemary Bullock Pi-Shan Chang Erika Cikraji Ruth Daley Robert Lemar Davis Barbara Drapcho Tiffany Dulmage Andrew Durak Maria Fernandez Abigail Freeman Marco J. Fujimoto Matt Furda Hannah Gadzinski Christine Gall Susan Gershman Nicholas Gonda Sara Gordy Jason Hastings Jared Hunter Thomas Huston Koto Ishida Shawn Jackson Walter Johnson Jae-Won Kim Christine Kloss Ginger Kroft John Kurokawa David Lipkin Mara Mayer Robert McClave Meghan McCurdy James Meadows Rachel Melilli Charles Messersmith Jennifer Obiaya Angela Occhionero Kelli O’Connor Christopher Perrone Christopher Peterson Genevieve Ray Laura Ray Sara Rohfeld Melanie Rust Laura Sabo Anjenette Santelli Fenske Katie Sejba John T. Shen Charlotte Simpson David Snyder Laura Kay Stephenson Kevin Sterba Erica Strandberg Carly Stuneck Ellen Sugar Susan Telega Obergefell Sam Terman Stephanie Vance Kathlene Verib Zeyu Kevin Wang Teresa Wanner Daniel Williams Scott Williams Craig Wohlschlager

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BASSOONS

Christopher Aldrich Kate Anderson Bethany Aram Kevin Babuder Katie Brooks Gregory Caldwell Michael Dalby Vincent Disantis Andrea Donze Gwen Eberts Satoko Egusa Jennnifer Engel Stuart Englehart Lenore Ethington Stephanie Evans Brenton D. Foster Melinda Frazier Kristin Geber Kate Goheen Dionna Grabowski Edie Hardin Stefanie Hodgson Renee Hoover Todd Jelen Kathleen Heather Jordan Samantha Kasper Philip Kish Laura Koepke Adam Lauretig Sharon Levine Matthew McDonald Robert Monti Matt Newman Gwendolyn Ohlemacher Dan Perttu Dawn Elaine Petersen Pierre Plax Katie Pletka Kathryn Portaro Louis Rispoli Ashley Rohm Heather Roys Allyson Schmidt Jennifer Dee Schoeppner Laurel Sharp Robert Simon Patrick Souza Johanna Sterba Anna Urang Shannon Colleen Valentine Nicholas Waldron Kathy Zaleski

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HORNS

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Christian Albert Savas Altuntas Grant M. Anderson Brent Anstead Ian Arnold Kara Bane Aaron Timothy Brant Tyler Bogard Annie Breckling Amber Chisholm Sasha Chusid Lindsay Ciulla Andrew William Cross Rebekah Daley Travis Damicone Christi deBessonet Karen DiCarlo Rachel Erdman Meredith Evans Lisa Farmer Abbey Fitch Erin Foster David Geho Patricia Elizabeth Gorby Jennifer Graebert Sarah Greenlee Bryn Grey Bethany Guegold Meghan Guegold Laura Guili Lauren Haas Leah Hadgis Sam Hartman Joshua Henle Alexandra Hennig Katherine Higgins Tempe Hubbard Elizabeth Irvin Laura Jacqmin Rana Jurjus Jennifer Kangas Rose Madonia Sarah Marrone Caitlyn McGaugh Amy Katherine McHenry Jonathan McLean Susanne Gayle Metcalf Stephen Meyer Duane Miller Paul N. Mooibroek Remo Mueller Tami Myers Kelly Nye John Oatman Rebecca Orchard Lynn Orfahli Michael Oswald Allison Palmer Grace Patuwo Joshua Perez Jason Riberdy Heidi Ritz Rebecca Ross Perrin Sah Teresa Santillo

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Gregory Savich Alice Shoemaker Brian See Jeffrey Smith Dena Stachowicz Timothy Stewart Stewart Sundholm Sharon Svetlik Joseph Tipton Greg Venezia SaraJean Wehrmeister Petite Andrew Welles Jonathan Wilhelms Darin Zahuranec

TRUMPET

Alicia Andjelkovic Martin Arlinghaus Susan Bacon Urbanc Robert Banks Megan Barthelmes Meredith Boyd Casey Brefka Eric Brewer Jacob Ciulla Nicholas Ciulla Lena Console Wesley Cowie Michelle Cross Denise Davenport David DePhillipo Eric Faler Sam Fantroy Christa Anne Fiscus Andrew Mark Fowerbaugh Ryan Gallagher Reed Peter Gallo Alysia Geiger Lisamarie Heiman John-Curtis Heisler Jonathan Hess Jeff Hotz Juan Maurice Ingram Dolf Kamper David Kangas David Kleckner Matthew Klodor John Kullgren Alfred Kwon Eric Larson Jennifer Laughlin Matt Lempner Jeffrey Linderoth Dean Malec Mark Maliniak Michael Stuart Mau Susan May Ben McClave Brian Miller Mark Minahan Logan Mueller Emily Nosse-Leirer Alizabeth Nowland Jonathan Oleinick

David Perkins Justin Pressman Isaac Pulford James Ready Alexander Schurman Jeff Shaffer Keith Smith Lyle Steelman Kerry Stranman Tepei Suzuki Darin Thornton David Toerek Mark Toole Jay Villella David Wharton Robert Wilson Mark Wyler Michael Yuhas

TROMBONES

James J. Albrecht Matthew App Holger Bach Michael Teague Bates Stephen Paul Baxter Cuffy Bell Chris Bertram Tom Billiard B.J. (Brian) Bishop Joseph H. Collura Sean DeLong Dan DiMarino Brian Eisenberger II Doug Fletcher Nathan Ford Anders Goldman Victor Grund Jason Hadgis Jonathan Hartman Katie Hollo Christopher Inniss Steven R. Johnston Tamara Kapostasy Leo Katz Braeden Kepner-Kraus David Kubacki Timothy Lawler Ben Lightner Jack Madden Michael Maier John McClave Steve Mroz Stephen Omelsky Jay Oswald Channing Paluck Jun-Gyu Park Kyle Pearce Emily Petkovich Daniel Pierce Michael Priddy Emily Rees Greg Robinson Caitlin Roseum Robert Sheppard-Sage Jonn Sokol Gene Steele

Tarah Vadini Brian Wenner Matthew Wenner Eric Wood Sean Yates Erik Yorke

TUBAS

Benjamin Ammon Jason Baker Daniel Allen Bethel Andrew Bohnert Holly Botzum Kenneth Drobnak Jim Eder Mallory Griebel Angelo Kortyka Anthony Lazzeri James Lovesee Jason Maloy Christopher Martin Michael Moyseenko William Pearch Matt Rizer Dustin Roberts Michael Schwall Martin Witczak

PERCUSSION

Jack Anderson Chris Baker Matthew Bassett Jacob Berkman Dalton W. Brewer Joseph Caputo Max Carlino Keith Cavey Alexander Cohen Deborah Cole Mell Csicsila John Stuart Ely III Adam Epstein Suzanne Fassett Zach Flohr Joseph Fox Greg Fritz Richard Geier Jason Ginter Nathaniel Hartman Dylan Hayden Kevin Haydl Douglas Jacobs Dinesh Joseph Matt Kantorski Tony Kazel Joseph Knize II Katy LaFavre Steve Larson David Leanza Christopher Lee Michael Lehman Amy Libman Brian Manchen Rosalyn McCreary Jonathan D. Miller

Members 1986 to 2011

Evan Mitchell Dan Morris Gerald Noble Lee Norman Geoffrey Peterson Richard Pozniak Luke Rinderknecht Kevin Ritenauer Kyle Ritenauer Sean Ritenauer Nicholas Sakakeeny David Salay Amy T. Salsgiver Jacob Snell Joe Tomino Joseph Verba Putnam Yancich Matt Zadell

HARPS

Sarah Baldessari Ericka Barhams Olivia Harris Barbara Kwon Susie Lim Beth Ann Lora Nisa Marks Rebecca Magdalene Morrow Jenny Robertson Rachel Schermer Megan Sherman Molly Singer

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Ning An Mary Jane Austin Konrad Binienda Lorelei Suzanne Bowman Lydia Brown Margret Chen Erlendsdottir Ines Irawati Lura Johnson Andrew Lenhart Gabriel Ling Peter Liou Kei Niedra Ann Oh Joyce Oh Orion Weiss Stephanie Yang Cicilia Yudha

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The following pages list the repertoire performed by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra during its first twenty-five years, including 15 world premieres, 12 of them commissioned by COYO. An asterisk ( *) denotes a work performed with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus.

Composer and Works

Season Performed

Adams, John

Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra

Lollapalooza

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

1998-99, 2003-04 2006-07 1987-88, 2010-11

Bach, Johann Sebastion

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Amie Weiss and Jeffrey Zehngut, violin

Fugue in E-flat major (for brass choir) Barber, Samuel

Essay No. 1, Op. 12

Essay No. 2, Op. 17

Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23

2000-01 1999-00 2010-11 1991-92, 2004-05 2006-07

Bártok, Béla

Concerto for Orchestra 2006-07

Hungarian Sketches 1995-96, 2002-03

Viola Concerto 2001-02 Katie Elder, viola Beard, Ryan

Night Passing [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO] 1995-96 Beethoven, Ludwig van

*Fantasia, Op. 80 (“Choral Fantasy”) Randall Fusco, piano;

Leonore Overture No. 3

Overture to Coriolan

Overture to Egmont

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Stephanie Yang, piano

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”) in F major, Op. 68

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

1989-90, 2000-01, 2008-09 2010-11 1991-92

Berlioz, Hector

Roman Carnival

Symphonie fantastique

2004-05, 2009-10 1987-88, 2000-01

Bernstein, Leonard

*Chichester Psalms Elana Shaddow, soprano; Melissa Bugaj and Kevin New, alto; Christopher Keppler, tenor; Jonathan Cool, baritone

Divertimento for Orchestra, selections from

Fancy Free (complete ballet music)

Overture to West Side Story

Overture to Candide

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

West Side Story, orchestral selections Bizet, George

Farandole, from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2

Suite from Carmen

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1999-00 1995-96, 2001-02 2003-04 1998-99 2004-05

1995-96 1991-92 2000-01 1986-87 1996-97, 2006-07 2005-06, 2009-10 1991-92 1989-90 1998-1999 1989-90, 2000-01

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Bloch, Ernest

Suite Hébraique Jennifer Arnold, viola

1997-98

Borodin, Alexander

*Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor

1997-98, 2002-03

Brahms, Johannes

Academic Festival Overture

Hungarian Dances, Nos. 5 and 20

*Schicksalslied, Op. 54

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Tragic Overture

1999-00 2004-05 2008-2009 1988-89 1997-98 2008-09 1993-94, 2004-05, 2009-10 1991-92, 2002-03

Bryant, Alexandra

Apostrophe [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

2007-08

Chabrier, Emmanuel

España

1994-95

Chausson, Ernest

Poème, Op. 25 Amie Weiss, violin Copland, Aaron

Appalachian Spring Suite

Billy the Kid, Suite from

Fanfare for the Common Man

John Henry

Lincoln Portrait 1991-92: Leon Bibb, narrator; David Tidyman, narrator 2006-07: William Marshall, narrator

*Old American Songs Creston, Paul

Concertino for Marimba, Op. 21 Matt Kantorski, marimba Davies, Peter Maxwell

Five Klee Pictures

1999-00

1988-89, 1991-92, 2003-04, 2009-10 1998-99 1991-92, 2009-10 2007-08 1991-92, 2006-07 1994-95, 2006-07 2002-03

1989-90

Debussy, Claude

Danse Sacrée et profane Susie Lim, harp

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Printemps

1994-95, 2005-06 2004-05

Delius, Frederick

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Op. 61

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

1993-94 2004-05

Dukas, Paul

Fanfare, from La Peri

1996-97

Duruflé, Maurice

*Requiem, Op. 9

1992-93, 1998-99

Dvořák, Antonín

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8

Slavonic Dances Op. 72 Nos. 2, 4, 7

Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Symphony No. 9 in E minor

*Te Deum, Op. 103 1991-92: Mary Jane Carlin, soprano; Robert W. Becker, baritone 2003-04: Sharon Shaffer, soprano; Ray Liddle, bass

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1992-93

1993-94, 2003-04 1987-88, 2008-09 2008-09 2002-03 1986-87, 1998-99 1989-90, 1994-95, 2001-02, 2006-07 1991-92, 2003-04

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Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Emily Kyne, cello

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39

Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 4 in G Major, Op. 39

1993-94 1993-94 1986-87

Falla, Manuel de

Dances, from The Three-Cornered Hat

1998-99

Fauré, Gabriel

*Pavane

*Requiem, op. 48

2004-05: Marie Masters, soprano; Todd Boyce, baritone 2010-11: Annalise Dzwonczyk, soprano; Jaired Birks, baritone

1994-95 2004-05, 2009-10

1992-93

Gabrieli, Giovanni

Sonata Pian’e Forte (for brass choir)

1999-00

Gershwin, George

An American in Paris

Piano Concerto in F major Ines Irawati, piano

Lullaby for Strings

Promenade

1990-91 1990-91

Glière, Reinhold

Russian Sailors Dance, from The Red Poppy

2000-01

Glinka, Mikhail

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla

1997-98, 2006-07

1988-89 1996-97

Grandjany, Marcel

Aria in Classical Style Susie Lim, harp

1992-93

Grieg, Edvard

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Peter Liou, piano

1986-87, 2000-01, 2002-03 2003-04

Hailstork, Adolphus

*I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Daniel Curtin, tenor

2009-10 1993-94

Hale, Casey

Pax in Nomine Domini! [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

2005-06

Hallman, Joseph

Elegy [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

2001-02

Handel, George Frideric

*Coronation Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest

1993-94

Harbison, John

Remembering Gatsby: Foxtrot for Orchestra

2001-02

Haydn, Franz Joseph

*Missa in Tempore Belli (“Mass in Time of War”) Lisa Fabritius Evans, soprano; Barbara Boeke, alto; Andrew Bolden, tenor; James Onion, bass

Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)

The Storm

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Franck, César

Symphony in D minor

Haigh, Gabrielle

Poème-Rituel [World Premiere]

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Hindemith, Paul

Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

1999-00

Hirt, James

Emerald Rain

1989-90

Hovhaness, Alan

Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints Adam Epstein, marimba

2000-01

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Prelude to Hansel and Gretel

2003-04

Ives, Charles

Variations on “America”

1988-89

Jongen, Joseph

Allegro Appassionato, Op. 79 Eliesha Nelson, viola

2005-06

Khachaturian, Aram

Flute Concerto

Jennifer Zhou, flute

Gayane, Suite from the ballet

1987-88

Kodály, Zoltán

Háry János Suite

2000-01

2009-10

Kraft, William

Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra Matt Bassett, Geoff Petersen, Dave Salay, and Joe Verba, percussion

1988-89

Lalo, Edouard

Cello Concerto in D minor Hannah Whitehead, cello

2001-02

LeBrun, August

Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D minor Joshua Lauretig, oboe

2010-11

Liadov, Anatol

Eight Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58

1997-98

Lutoslawski, Witold

Three Postludes for Orchestra

1987-88

Mackey, John

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO] Mahler, Gustav

Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5

Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Titan”)

*Symphony No. 4 in G major Marla Berg, soprano

Totenfeier, from Symphony No. 2 in C minor Mendelssohn, Felix

Piano Concerto No. 1, G minor, Op. 25 Cecilia Yudha, piano

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Michael Lee, violin

Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mozart, Wolfgang Amadè

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191 Robert Monti, bassoon

Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K.365 Ning An and Andrew Lenhart, piano

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1993-94

1994-95, 2004-05 1988-89, 2001-02, 2007-08 1996-97 2007-08 1997-98 1986-87 1989-90 1991-92 1990-91

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Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K.412 1990-91 Theresa Santillo, horn

*Kyrie, K.341 1999-00

*Mass in C major, K.317 (“Coronation”) 2005-06 Sharon Shaffer, soprano; Emily Landa, mezzo-soprano; Michael Sansoni, tenor; Ray Liddle, bass

Oboe Concerto in C major, K.314 1989-90 Adam DeSorgo, oboe

Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K.384 1988-89

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 1987-88 Mary Jane Austin piano

*Regina Coeli, K.276 2009-10 Annalise Dzwonczyk, soprano; Katie Staskus, soprano; Rebeccah Dahlhausen, mezzo-soprano; Elysha Ross, mezzo-soprano; T.J. Fallon, tenor; Zachary Pytel, tenor; De’Ron McDaniel, bass; Brogan Reilly, bass

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 1995-96 Mussorgsky, Modest

Night on Bald Mountain

Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel) Nielsen, Karl

Flute Concerto Elizabeth Deiner, flute Ogren, Jayce

Not only the fire… [World Premiere] Orff, Carl

*Carmina Burana, selections from Justin Caithaml, baritone; Jaired Birks, baritone

2001-02 1990-91, 1997-98 1999-00

2008-09 2010-11

Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor

Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2 for Strings

2010-11

Pezel, Johann

Fanfare (for brass choir)

1999-00

Picker, Tobias

And Suddenly It’s Evening [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

1996-97

Piston, Walter

Suite from The Incredible Flutist

1987-88, 1999-00

Poulenc, Francis

*Gloria 1996-97: Marla Berg, soprano 2001-02: Kathryn Brown, soprano

Suite from Les Biches Prokofiev, Sergei

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Charlotte Blake Alston, narrator

Romeo and Juliet, Orchestral Suite

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2

Scythian Suite, Op. 20

1996-97, 2001-02 2010-11 2003-04 2005-06 1999-00 2008-09

Puccini, Giocamo

I Crisantemi (The Crysanthemums)

2002-03

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

2006-07

Ravel, Maurice

Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

Mother Goose Suite

Piano Concerto in G Stephanie Lee, piano

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Resanovic, Nikola

Child’s Play

2000-01

Respighi, Ottorino

Ancient Airs and Dances: Set 1

The Pines of Rome

1986-87 1995-96, 2002-03, 2010-11

Riegger, Wallingford

Dance Rhythms

1988-89

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

Introduction and Wedding March, from Le Coq d’Or

Scheherazade 1991-92: Eliesha Nelson, violin 2005-06: Jinjoo Cho, violin 2010-11: Brandon Garbot, violin

1995-96 2002-03 1991-92, 2005-06, 2010-11

Saint-Saëns, Camille

Bacchanale, from Samson et Delilah

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Jonathan Flaksman, cello

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Margret Erlendsdottir, piano

*Samson et Delilah, Excerpts from Act III Daniel Curtin, tenor

Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”) in C minor, Op. 78

2009-10

Samuelson, Eric

Vapor Voids [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

1990-91

2003-04 1998-99 2008-09 1993-94

Schubert, Franz

*Mass No. 2 in G major, D.167 2007-08 Andrea Chenoweth, soprano; Salvatore Champagne, tenor; Todd Boyce, baritone Schuman, William

New England Triptych

1996-97

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Festive Overture, Op. 96

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

2007-08 1986-87, 1997-98, 2003-04

Sibelius, Jean

*Finlandia, Op. 26

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 1995-96: Annaliesa Place, violin 2010-11: Brandon Garbot, violin

1992-93, 2004-05 1992-93 1987-88, 1999-00, 2007-08 1995-96, 2010-11

Smetana, Bedřich

Vltava (The Moldau), from Má Vlast

1991-92

Smith, Matthew

Chasing the Moon [World Premiere]

2010-11

Smith, Steven

Tane Mahuta [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

Water

2005-06 2002-03

Stenhammar, Wilhelm

Interlude from Sangen, Op. 44

2006-07

Strauss, Johann

Radetzky March, Op. 228

2000-01

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Don Juan, Op. 20

Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7

Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Stravinsky, Igor

The Firebird Suite (1919)

Pétrouchka (1911)

The Rite of Spring

Scherzo à la Russe

Violin Concerto in D major Emily Nebel, violin Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 Kei Niedra, piano

Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 (“Little Russian”)

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 2002-03: Jinjoo Cho, violin 2006-07: Caroline Goulding, violin Vanhal, Johann Baptist

Concerto in E major for Double Bass Alex Goodin, bass

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2008-09 2007-08 1994-95, 1999-00 1998-99, 2007-08 2004-05 2005-06 2002-03, 2008-09 2008-2009

1986-87 2003-04 2007-08 2001-02, 2009-10 1990-91 1987-88, 1994-95, 1998-99, 2003-04 2008-09 2002-03, 2006-07

2008-09

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

1999-00, 2007-08

Verdi, Giuseppe

Overture to La Forza del Destino

1990-91, 2002-03

Vieuxtemps, Henri

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 Laura Colgate, violin

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Visconti, Dan

Graffiti [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO] 2004-05

Storm Windows [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO] 2004-05 Robert Conrad, narrator Vivaldi, Antonio

Concerto for Four Violins and String Orchestra, No. 10 in B minor, Op. 3 Shawna Trost, Adda Kridler, Johnny Lee, and Jenny Topilow, violin

1990-91

Wagner, Richard

Overture to Rienzi

Prelude to Die Meistersinger

1997-98 1990-91, 2000-01, 2005-06

Walker, George

Lyric for Strings

2005-06, 2009-10

Wang, Xiao-Guang

Long Night [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

1992-93

Webb, Orianna

Being and Becoming [World Premiere] [Commissioned by COYO]

1999-00

Weber, Carl Maria von

Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74 Charlotte Simpson, clarinet

1987-88

Wieniawski, Henri

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 James Thompson, violin

2008-09

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To the COYO family: I’m always surprised to see how far the COYO connection extends worldwide as I frequently run into former players, whether they are in orchestras I work with or behind the scenes or in some capacity completely unrelated to music.

When I began working with COYO, there wasn’t too much of an age difference between the students and me, and looking back, I realize that they taught me as much about how to do my job as I did the same for them. I wouldn’t have won any awards for patience, but I always left rehearsal drained, knowing that I gave everything I had to offer. Of course, any frustrations I had were poetic justice for me, for I instigated the same grief for my conductors when I was a student in a youth orchestra myself.

I still see my job with COYO as one of the most complicated posts I’ve held, because of the responsibility I felt in guiding young musicians through their first encounters with many of the warhorses of classical repertoire — a challenge that ultimately led to some of the most inspiring performances I have been lucky enough to be a part of.

When I consider the word proud, I often think of my father, who tells my sister and me that he is proud of us. When I worked with COYO, I came to understand just what that meant when I felt the fullness of pride in their growth and accomplishment. Teenagers are complex creatures, and while I had my moments with some in rehearsal, it has been remarkable to see that the underpinnings of their characters were special then and remain so, if not even more.

I am terribly sorry that I cannot be there in person to celebrate COYO and reunite with my colleagues. I hope to continue running into more of you in the future . . .

Your proud former music director,

James Gaffigan, 03-06

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