Onstage Ogden Spring Concerts 2023

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Welcome! We are so pleased you joined us for one of the final performances of our 2022/2023 season. It’s been a great year of concerts, but we’re not done yet.

We’re closing out our first full season in three years in a big way with the Utah Opera, two amazing performances by the Utah Symphony, Snow White with Ballet West II, and the Merz Trio. Thanks for joining us at one or more of these incredible shows.

I also want to take a moment to acknowledge Thierry Fischer’s final performance in Ogden as Music Director of the Utah Symphony. He’s an absolute legend, and we’re so grateful for his impact on our community. Thank you, Maestro.

We’re gearing up for the 2023/2024 season, and believe me, it’s going to be special. You’ll enjoy performances like Audra McDonald, Beethoven’s 9th, Cirque Mechanics, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tour, and a special summer performance at the Ogden Amphitheater with Preservation Hall Jazz Band. These are just 5 of the more than 20 titles we’ve got lined up for you next season.

I want to express my sincerest gratitude to our subscribers and donors who make this season and next season possible. Without your support, we wouldn’t be able to bring these incredible performances to our community. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

As we wrap up the season, we want to wish everyone a fantastic summer. We’ll see you all back here soon for another amazing year of performances.

James Fredrick Executive Director, Onstage Ogden

ONSTAGE OGDEN

In 1949, Beverly Lund and Ginny Mathei decided they wanted to add even more culture to Weber County. So, for the small fee of $400, they brought the Utah Symphony to Ogden for a single performance. Three hundred people attended the concert.

This 1949 concert was a big success, so the women decided to present even more concerts in Ogden. They organized a committee within the Welfare League (later the Junior League) to raise funds for the Symphony Concerts. Then, in 1957, this committee reformed and incorporated as the Ogden Guild. After a few more name changes and the addition of Ballet West performances in 1982, the organization became the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association.

Under the direction of numerous board members and long-serving Executive Directors like Jean Pell (27 years), and Sharon Macfarlane (14 years), Onstage Ogden has expanded our programming to include internationally renowned classical dance, vocal, and chamber music. Since our inception, we have presented over 800 performances to tens of thousands of Utahns.

In addition, Onstage Ogden actively works to engage and educate younger patrons. For example, our Youth Guild has provided generations of high school students with opportunities to serve. We also offer a variety of education classes, from Masterworks Music Detectives to Music and Dance Explorers. And we are partnering with several local community organizations to expand these programs to reach even more children and students. Onstage Ogden is proud to celebrate 70 years sponsoring only the finest music and dance in the Greater Ogden area. We are honored participate in the enrichment of our community by presenting professional classical performance.

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BOARD & STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jennifer Webb

President

Jean Vaniman

President-Elect

Dr. Val Johnson

Vice President

Roger Christensen Treasurer

FOUNDATION

Russel King

Chair

Meg Naisbitt Vice Chair

Marti M. Clayson Secretary

STAFF

James Fredrick

Executive Director

Andrew Barrett Watson Outreach & Events Manager

Sarah Lorna Bailey Development Coordinator

Christina Myers Secretary

Dr. Ann Ellis, At Large

Cirilo Franco, At Large

John Fromer

Russel King, Chair of Foundation Board

Dr. Rosemary Lesser

Wendy Roberts

Joyce Stillwell

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Dotty Steimke Treasurer

Michael S. Malmborg

Dr. Judith Mitchell

Carolyn N. Rasmussen

Sherm Smith

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2022–23 SEASON

Patriotic Pops

June 30, 2022 at 8PM

The Goonies in Concert

Sept. 22, 2022 at 7:30PM

Jarabe Mexicano

Sept. 28, 2022 at 7:30PM

Portland Cello Project

Oct. 7, 2022 at 7:30PM

Kittel & Company

Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:30PM

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Nov. 5, 2022 at 7:30PM

Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninoff

Nov. 10, 2022 at 7:30PM

The Nutcracker

Nov. 25–26, 2022 at 2PM & 7PM

Here Comes Santa Claus

Dec. 12, 2022 at 7PM

The Swingles with Chamber Orchestra Ogden

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:30PM

Repertory Dance Theatre

Jan. 13, 2023 at 7:30PM

Carmina Burana

Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:30PM

Peking Acrobats

Feb. 2, 2023 at 7:30PM

Storm Large with the Utah Symphony: Love, Storm

Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:30PM

International Guitar Night

Feb. 10, 2023 at 7:30PM

Empire Wild

Feb. 22, 2023 at 7:30PM

The Queen’s Cartoonists

Mar. 1, 2023 at 7:30PM

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 5

Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:30PM

Brooklyn Rider

Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:30PM

FLY Dance Company: Breakin’ Classical Mar. 16 at 7PM

BYU International Folk Ensemble

Mar. 25, 2023 at 7:30PM

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico

Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:30PM

All in a Day

Friday, Apr. 7 at 7:30PM

Blue Rhapsody: 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue

Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:30PM

Sibelius’ 5th Symphony

Apr. 20, 2023 at 7:30PM

Ballet West II Snow White

May 5, 2023 at 7PM

Merz Trio

May 11, 2023 at 7:30

Arts

The Onstage Ogden’s 2022–2023 season is funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Weber County Recreation, Arts, Museums, and Parks (RAMP) program, and Ogden City Arts.

Unmatched Academic Results

All in a Day Everyday Magic

April 7, 2023 / 7:30PM

GRIEG

LEONCAVALLO

JOHNSON

CIPULLO

HEISLER/GOLDRICH

BERNSTEIN

BENAVIDES

OFFENBACH

ROSSINI

SCHMIDT/JONES

CATÁN

MAXFIELD/PRILLAMAN

“Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt

“Mattinata”

Ride on King Jesus

Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House

Taylor the Latte Boy

“Suburbia” from Trouble in Tahiti

Pepito

“Belle nuit” from Tales of Hoffman

“Se il mio nome” from Il barbiere di Siviglia

“Simple Little Things” from 110 in the Shade

“Cuarteto de Cartas” from Florencia en el Amazonas

Happy Birthday

SEASON SPONSOR CONCERT SPONSORS

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Soprano Jasmine Rodriguez is a Latinx crossover artist from Los Angeles, California. She received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Chapman University and Master of Music in Musical Theatre and Opera Performance from Arizona State University. Some of her favorite operatic roles performed include Laetitia in Old Maid and the Thief, Susannah in Susannah, Rose in Street Scene, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi She is an Encouragement Award winner from the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She’s had the pleasure of studying at the Taos Opera Institute, the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, and the Seagle Festival. Most recently, she covered the role of Michaela in Arizona Opera’s production of Carmen, performed Musetta in Chandler Opera Company’s inaugural performance of La bohème, and covered Marie in Utah Opera’s production of Daughter of the Regiment.

Winona Martin is a mezzosoprano born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Winona received her Master’s in Music in Opera Performance from Boston Conservatory in 2022, where she was the Jost J. and Reine C. Fleck Opera Scholar. She has had significant success in competitions, including the Shreveport Opera Mary J. Smith Singer of the Year, Denver Lyric Opera Guild, National NATS, National Opera

Association’s Carolyn Bailey Argento, and Classical Singer competitions. She is a two-time consecutive winner of the Arizona District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. In the summer of 2022, she made her professional debut at the renowned Wolf Trap Opera and was hailed for her “dramatic malice” as Mrs. McLean in Susannah. This season at Utah Opera, she can be seen as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto and in the Ensemble of The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs. She will return to the Wolf Trap Opera Studio this summer.

Jehú Otero is a tenor from Puerto Rico. He completed his Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Rice University and earned two Bachelor of Music degrees in Classical Guitar and Voice at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. He was a District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Puerto Rico, and has also performed with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Past roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Pane in La Calisto, Mr. Erlanson in A Little Night Music, and Miles Zegner in Proving Up. In 2022, Jehú played Bazile in Silvain at The Kennedy Center with Lafayette Opera. In the summer of 2023, he will join Santa Fe Opera. At Utah Opera, Jehú performs as the Peasant in Daughter of the Regiment, Borsa in Rigoletto and in the Ensemble of The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs. Jehú is a founding member of the Fourte Guitar Quartet and is a 2021–2022 Olga Iglesias Project Fellow.

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

South African baritone Tshilidzi Ndou holds degrees from North-Western University in South Africa, and a Performer’s Diploma in Voice and Master of Music from Southern Methodist University. Past roles include Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mr. Webb in Our Town, Luther Billis in South Pacific, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, John Proctor in The Crucible, and the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. As part of Dallas Opera’s Educational Outreach program, he performed the Mayor in Doctor Miracle and Belcore in L’Elisir d’amore. Tshilidzi has won numerous awards, including First Prize of the Pre-Professional Division and the Spiritual and Contemporary Art Song prizes in the 2022 George Shirley Vocal Competition, Second place and legacy award winner of the 2022 NOA Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition, and District Winner and Western Region Encouragement Award Winner in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. At Utah Opera he appears in Daughter of the Regiment as the Corporal, in Rigoletto as Marullo, and in the Ensemble of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. This summer Tshilidzi will join the Chautauqua Opera as an Apprentice Artist.

Hawaii-born pianist Laura Bleakley received her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano at the University of Houston, where she is currently a Doctoral Candidate. She received her Bachelor of Music in Organ and Piano Performance from the University of Puget Sound. She has won competitions in both instruments, including the state Music Teachers National Association Piano Solo Competition, the first alternate in the regional MTNA Chamber Music Competition, and the American Guild of Organists Competition. She has performed on National Public Radio for From the Top, was featured in Houston Public Media’s Skyline Sessions, and recorded an album of rare Russian art songs for KNS Classical. She was a Festival Artist with Opera Saratoga in 2020 and 2021, the artist in residence at Opera in the Heights from 2019–2022, and a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She will be joining the Glimmerglass Festival as a Young Artist this summer.

Blue Rhapsody

100 YEARS OF RHAPSODY IN BLUE & CONCERTO IN F

April 13, 2023 / 7:30PM

BROWNING CENTER AT WSU

Kevin Cole, piano/host

Sylvia McNair, vocalist

David Alan Miller, conductor

ARR. DAVID SNYDER

ARR. CONRAD SALINGER/BRIAN EADS

“Gershwin’s Opening Night” Overture (1920s)

“How Long Has This Been Going On?”

Concerto in F

INTERMISSION

ARR. SYNDER

SEASON SPONSOR

An American in Paris

“Someone to Watch Over Me”

A Rhapsody in Blue

CONCERT SPONSOR

RICHARD & SHIRLEY

HEMINGWAY FOUNDATION

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

KEVIN COLE Piano/Host

“America’s Pianist” Kevin Cole has delighted audiences with a repertoire that includes the best of American Music. Cole’s performances have prompted accolades from some of the foremost critics in America. “A piano genius...he reveals an understanding of harmony, rhythmic complexity and pure show-biz virtuosity that would have had Vladimir Horowitz smiling with envy,” wrote critic Andrew Patner. On Cole’s affinity for Gershwin: “When Cole sits down at the piano, you would swear Gershwin himself was at work… Cole stands as the best Gershwin pianist in America today,” Howard Reich, arts critic for the Chicago Tribune.

SYLVIA McNAIR Vocalist

The Performance History document and the Discography show plenty of evidence I spent more than 35 years making my living as a singer. Most of those 35 years were spent working at the very highest level of the classical music business: The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—at Ravinia and on Michigan Avenue, the Salzburg Festival and the Philharmonics of Vienna and Berlin.

Kevin Cole is an award-winning musical director, arranger, composer, vocalist and archivist who garnered the praises of Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Hugh Martin, Burton Lane, Marvin Hamlisch, Stephen Sondheim and members of the Jerome Kern and Gershwin families.

Kevin has given Master Classes in musical theatre vocal performance at Interlochen Center for the Arts, North Carolina School of the Arts and was Guest Artist-In-Residence at Saginaw Valley State University.

He has served as Musical Director for Pasadena Playhouse, Michigan Ensemble Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Royal George Theatre (Chicago) and the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

There were life-changing experiences at Opera Theater of St. Louis, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and Carnegie Hall. I got to sing a recital at the Supreme Court, by special invitation from Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and sing with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II’s 80th birthday.

Riding the wave of the CD boom, I made a lot of recordings in the 1980s and ‘90s. Works by Bach, Handel, Mozart (lots of Mozart), Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. I was nominated for the Grammy award five times and won twice!

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

DAVID ALAN MILLER Conductor

Grammy Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. Music Director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, he now also serves as Artistic Advisor to the Sarasota Orchestra. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra appeared twice at “Spring For Music,” the festival of America’s most creative orchestras at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, and in 2018 at

the Kennedy Center’s “Shift Festival”. Other accolades include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming.

A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was Music Director of the New York Youth Symphony.

Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5

April 20, 2023 / 7:30PM

Thierry Fischer, conductor

Emmanuel Pahud, flute (Artist-in-Association)

SIBELIUS ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR

Finlandia, Op. 26)

Lux Stellarum (U.S. Premiere)

I. Fading Stardust

II. Dancing Asteroids

III. Litany of the Dying Stars

IV. Floating Galaxies

Emmanuel Pahud, flute

INTERMISSION

SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 5

SEASON SPONSOR

CONCERT SPONSORS

VAL A. BROWNING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

ONSTAGE OGDEN

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BROWNING CENTER AT WSU

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Thierry Fischer has been Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009, has held the same position with the São Paulo Symphony since 2020, and took up his post as Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in September 2022.

In recent seasons he has conducted orchestras across the globe, notably the Cleveland Orchestra—where he returned this past autumn—also the Boston, Atlanta, and Cincinnati Symphonies; London Philharmonic; Royal Philharmonic; Oslo Philharmonic; Rotterdam Philharmonic Maggio Musicale Firenze among others.

Fischer closes his tenure in Utah with Mahler’s allembracing 3rd Symphony, featuring the women of the Tabernacle Choir. This follows on their recording together of Mahler’s 8th symphony (released in 2017 on Reference Records, after Mahler 1 in 2015 and a disc of newly commissioned works by American composers in 2015). In this farewell season he has also chosen to celebrate Messiaen’s music with a performance of Turangalîla and the release on Hyperion in 2023 of his Des canyons aux étoiles (directly inspired by the breathtaking landscape of Utah). After a transformative 14 years in Utah, including the orchestra’s visit to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 40 years, a Saint-Saëns cycle on Hyperion and many other highlights, Fischer becomes Music Director Emeritus in 2023–24 Season.

THIERRY FISCHER Music Director

While Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales 2006–2012, Fischer appeared every year at the BBC Proms, toured internationally, and recorded for Hyperion, Signum, and Orfeo. In 2012 he won the ICMA Award for his Hyperion recording of Frank Martin’s Der Sturm with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. His discography also includes a Beethoven disc with the London Philharmonic on the Aparté label.

Fischer started out as Principal Flute in Hamburg and at the Zurich Opera. His conducting career began in his 30s when he replaced an ailing colleague, subsequently directing his first few concerts with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe where he was Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado. He spent his apprentice years in Holland and became Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra 2001–2006. He was Principal Guest of the Seoul Philharmonic 2017–2020 and Chief Conductor (now Honorary Guest) of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2008–2011.

Thierry Fischer is represented by Intermusica.

The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

French and Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud began studying music at the age of six. He graduated in 1990 with the 1er Prix from the Paris Conservatoire and went on studying with Aurèle Nicolet. He won 1st Prize at the Duino, Kobe and Geneva Competitions, and at age 22 Emmanuel joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado, a position which he still holds today. In addition, he enjoys an extensive international career as soloist and chamber musician.

In 1993, Emmanuel founded the Summer Music Festival in Salon de Provence together with Eric Le Sage and Paul Meyer, which is still a unique chamber music festival today. He also continues chamber music performances and recordings with “Les Vents Français”, one of the premiere wind quintets featuring François Leleux, Paul Meyer, Gilbert Audin and Radovan Vlatkovic.

EMMANUEL PAHUD

Flute (Artist-in-Association)

He is committed to expanding the flute repertoire and commissions new flute works every year to composers such as Elliott Carter, Marc-André Dalbavie, Thierry Escaich, Toshio Hosokawa, Michaël Jarrell, Philippe Manoury, Matthias Pintscher, Christian Rivet, Eric Montalbetti, Luca Francesconi and Erkki-Sven Tüür.

Since 1996, Emmanuel has recorded 40 albums exclusively for EMI / Warner Classics, which all have received unanimous critical acclaim and awards, resulting in one of the most significant contributions to recorded flute music.

Emmanuel was honoured to receive the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to music,and is HonRAM of the Royal Academy of Music. He also is an Ambassador for Unicef.

UTAH SYMPHONY

Thierry Fischer, Music Director

The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Benjamin Manis

Associate Conductor

Barlow Bradford

Symphony Chorus Director

VIOLIN*

Madeline Adkins

Concertmaster

The Jon M. & Karen

Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton

Kathryn Eberle

Associate Concertmaster

The Richard K. & Shirley S.

Hemingway Chair

Laura Ha

2nd Associate Concertmaster

Claude Halter

Principal Second

Wen Yuan Gu#

Associate Principal Second

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya

Assistant Principal Second

Karen Wyatt••

Sara Bauman~

Erin David

Joseph Evans

Lun Jiang

Rebekah Johnson••v

Tina Johnson~

Amanda Kofoed~

Jennifer Kozbial Posadas~

Veronica Kulig

David Langr

Shengnan Li

Hannah Linz••

Yuki MacQueen

Alexander Martin

Rebecca Moench

Hugh Palmer•

David Porter

Lynn Maxine Rosen

Barbara Ann Scowcroft**

Ju Hyung Shin•

Bonnie Terry

Julie Wunderle

VIOLA*

Brant Bayless

Principal

The Sue & Walker

Wallace Chair

Yuan Qi

Associate Principal

Julie Edwards

Joel Gibbs

Carl Johansen

Scott Lewis

John Posadas

Whittney Sjogren

Leslie Richards~

CELLO*

Matthew Johnson

Acting Principal

The J. Ryan Selberg

Memorial Chair

Andrew Larson Acting Associate Principal

John Eckstein

Walter Haman

Anne Lee

Louis-Philippe Robillard

Kevin Shumway

Hannah Thomas-Hollands~

Pegsoon Whang

BASS*

David Yavornitzky

Principal

Corbin Johnston Associate Principal

James Allyn

Andrew Keller

Edward Merritt

Jens Tenbroek

Thomas Zera

HARP

Louise Vickerman Principal

FLUTE

Mercedes Smith

Principal

The Val A. Browning Chair

Lisa Byrnes

Associate Principal

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

PICCOLO

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

OBOE

Zachary Hammond Principal

The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

James Hall

Associate Principal

Lissa Stolz

ENGLISH HORN

Lissa Stolz

CLARINET

Tad Calcara

Principal

The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist

Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell

Erin Svoboda-Scott Associate Principal

Lee Livengood

BASS CLARINET

Lee Livengood

E-FLAT CLARINET

Erin Svoboda-Scott

BASSOON

Lori Wike

Principal

The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair

Leon Chodos Associate Principal

Jennifer Rhodes

CONTRABASSOON

Leon Chodos

HORN

Jessica Danz

Principal

Edmund Rollett

Associate Principal

Nate Basinger~

Julia Pilant~

Stephen Proser

TRUMPET

Travis Peterson

Principal

Jeff Luke

Associate Principal

Peter Margulies

Paul Torrisi

TROMBONE

Mark Davidson

Principal

Sam Elliot

Associate Principal

BASS TROMBONE

Graeme Mutchler

TUBA

Alexander Purdy Principal

TIMPANI

George Brown Principal

Eric Hopkins

Associate Principal

PERCUSSION

Keith Carrick Principal

Eric Hopkins

Michael Pape

KEYBOARD

Jason Hardink Principal

LIBRARIANS

Clovis Lark Principal

Claudia Restrepo

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Walt Zeschin

Director of Orchestra

Personnel

Hannah Thomas-Hollands Orchestra Personnel Manager

HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

FINLANDIA, OP. 26

Duration: 8 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – JEAN SIBELIUS

(1865–1957) – Just before the turn of the 20th century, Sibelius was working hard to establish as stable life as a musician. He had failed in 1896 to secure a permanent teaching position at Helsinki University and was regularly spending beyond his means. In 1899, Sibelius wrote and premiered his first symphony, an important event that announced the arrival of a potentially powerful new contributor to the genre, but it didn’t pay the bills. The small lifetime pension he received from the Finnish government that same year helped steady the young Sibelius family a bit, but international fame was still a year away for the composer.

THE HISTORY – Running in the background behind Sibelius’ personal and professional striving in the 1890s was a great deal of discontent for his country. On paper, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy of the Russian Empire. In reality, The Tsar was consistently nibbling away at Finnish self-government with decrees designed to bring the people more fully under Russian dominion. The Finns, Sibelius very much included, reacted with pride and occasional boldness. The composer did his part by celebrating his culture on the concert stage. Works like En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela and the Karelia Suite put Finland front and center and, in their subtle way, confirmed

Sibelius’ commitment to the cause of selfdetermination. “I now grasp those purely Finnish tendencies in music…more truthfully than before” he wrote to his wife Aino. But he wanted to contribute more. The chance to do so came with a request to write a new work for a press pension fund event in 1899. Sibelius wrote a fetching anthem for the performance (which had a strong but carefully managed political subtext) called Finland Awakes that put his name on the lips of every Finn. He revised it a year later and changed the title to Finlandia The piece featured prominently on the Helsinki Philharmonic’s first big tour and Sibelius’ reputation finally began to take hold beyond his homeland borders. The patriotism of Finlandia is pan-national too, and it still stirs the souls of every openhearted listener, regardless of their country of origin. Reflecting back on the work after Finland achieved its independence from Russia, Sibelius said, “We fought 600 years for our freedom and I am part of the generation which achieved it. Freedom! My Finlandia is the story of this fight. It is the song of our battle, our hymn of victory.”

THE WORLD – Elsewhere in 1899, the Philippine-American War began, the Spanish-American war ended, Aspirin was patented by the Bayer Company in Germany and Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, was discovered.

THE CONNECTION – Finlandia has not been performed on a Utah Symphony Masterworks concert since 2010. Guest Conductor Marion Venzago was on the podium.

HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

FLUTE CONCERTO “LUX STELLARUM”

Duration: 25 minutes in four movements.

THE COMPOSER – ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR (b. 1959) – Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür got his start in music as the front man of a progressive rock band in the 1970s and made his mark in the Baltic as a classical music composer ten years later. Decades now into his celebrated career, Tüür still tries to raise existential questions with his music. “What is our mission?”, he writes, “One of my goals is to reach the creative energy of the listener. Music as an abstract form of art is able to create different visions for each of us, for each and every individual being, as we are all unique.” Tüür has composed nine symphonies, an opera, numerous works for chamber ensemble and ten instrumental concertos.

THE HISTORY – The most recent of those ten concertos is the “Lux Stellarum” for flute and orchestra. Written for renowned virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud in 2021, the work was a co-commission of the Berlin Philharmonic and Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. In Tüür’s own program note for the piece, he admits that the title (“Starlight”, roughly) is, like all of his titles, only intended to “guide the listener’s train of thought onto certain paths.” The concerto is not expressly programmatic, therefore, but rather an opportunity to consider “new unfathomable dimensions” through sound. Where better to encounter such expansive possibility than the cosmos itself? Later in his note, Tüür recalls a thrilling moonless night he once

experienced in Namibia where “the Milky Way glimmered…like a blue cloud” across the sky. “In these moments,” he continues, “the inability of man to actually grasp the scope of the universe, both in time and space, becomes particularly obvious. This emotion, the sense of solemn awe and wonder, and also a sort of eeriness is what Lux Stellarum is about.” The role in the flute in this colorful timbral study of the “unfathomable” is as our proxy, a “lonely spiritual voyager” like us, who is “trying to penetrate the borders of perception.” To appropriately set the stage for that voyage, Tüür used evocative movement titles (Fading Stardust, Dancing Asteroids, Litany of the Dying Stars, Flowing Galaxies) to highlight the various celestial processes that are converted in Lux Stellarum into mysterious orchestral vibration. “All great civilizations have interpreted the starlit sky,” Tüür’s commentary concludes, “even our veins are full of ‘stardust’ and the notion that we are part of all this should increase our responsibility to this magnificent planet we are lucky to live on. It should make us humble in the profoundest sense of the word.”

THE WORLD – Elsewhere in 2021, the United States began its full military withdrawal from Afghanistan, Alexey Navalny was jailed in Russia, record floods devastated Belgium and Germany and the Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo.

THE CONNECTION – These concerts represent the United States Premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Flute Concerto (“Lux Stellarum”).

HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82

Duration: 30 minutes in three movements.

THE COMPOSER – JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) – Sibelius was confronting a crisis of compositional faith in the middle 1910s. Though he had never intentionally aligned himself with either side of the conservative/ progressive debate, the progressives had essentially decided the matter for him and often made him the model-opposite of their preferred “modern” sound. For his part, Sibelius was changing as an artist but not in a way that would register quickly to either side. None of this mattered much by the end of the decade. Europe was a smoldering wreck and Finland fought its own brief civil war after gaining independence from the Russian Empire in 1917.

THE HISTORY – During what would turn out to be the last meaningfully productive period of his career, Sibelius was focused on finding a deeper connection between music and nature. Many of his late creations shared an earthbound spirituality that, according to biographer James Hepokoski, reflected the composer’s secluded forest retreat at Ainola. Predominate among the works that came out of that meditative reverie was the 5th Symphony. It was commissioned for the celebration of Sibelius’ 50th birthday which, given his status as the most importantly “international” Finn artist alive, promised to be a big event. Much like Mozart had done with his 24th Piano Concerto, Sibelius had courted disfavor with his dark and misunderstood 4th Symphony. But also just

like Mozart, the next link in the Sibelius chain provided some welcome triumphal medicine. Symphony No. 5 suffered through three iterations before Sibelius considered it done, the first dating from 1915. 1915 was a Great War year and Sibelius was depressed by the loss of life and financially stricken by the loss of access to his German publishers. His diary entries from the time reveal a decidedly gloomy mood but also make mention of the hopeful “mountain [he would] surely ascend” with the 5th The symphony was completed in time for the 1915 birthday concert but then almost immediately withdrawn. He revised it in 1916 and then again for a final time in 1919. This is the version we know today. The gorgeous opening sunrise of the first movement has been best described by Sibelius himself: “…God opens His door for a moment and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.” This was no boast. Well, it was a boast, of course, but not a harmful one. Just like the absolutely transcendent sounds of the “swan hymn” in the finale, Sibelius was merely acknowledging his fortunate ability to gather the mysterious world around him into music. As an experience, Sibelius 5 is neither modern nor quaint, only lasting.

THE WORLD – Elsewhere in 1919, “The Tragic Week” of anarchist riots erupted in Argentina, as did the Spartacist Uprising in Germany, and the 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages) was ratified.

THE CONNECTION – Sibelius 5 was last performed on a Utah Symphony Masterworks concert back in 2013. Guest Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier was on the podium.

BALLET WEST II

Snow White

A GRIMM BROTHERS’ TALE

May 5, 2023 / 7PM

BROWNING CENTER AT WSU

Presented by Ballet West II and Students of the Frederick Quinney Lawson

Ballet West Academy

Choreography and Libretto: Pamela Robinson-Harris

Assistant Choreographer: Christopher Sellars

Music: Edvard Grieg, Johann Strauss II

Musical Selections and Arrangement: Pamela Robinson-Harris

Music and Sound Editing: Ken Kruckenberg at Sonic Pathways

Rehearsal Directors: Calvin Kitten, Courtney Hellebuyck

Costumes: David Heuvel

Sets: Thomas George

Lighting: James K. Larsen

Narration: Adam Sklute, Christopher Renstrom

Stage Manager: Angelina Pellini

Co-commissioned by Ballet West and Cincinnati Ballet

World Premiere: November 8, 2019, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

The program is 1 hour and 38 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.

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BALLET WEST II

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION

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Olivia Bellone, Kaya Jones, Katherine Patterson, Mateo Salinas, Sofie Triebitz, Aaron Williamson, Zoe Wilson

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Isabella Agrapides, Liberty Bangerter, Elaina Blackburn, Sterling Brown, Korver Bush, Molly Caldwell, Sophia Cannella, Maya Cheng, Roslin Cherry, Mary Esson, Emmaline Fotu, Edith Frandsen, Emma Freeman, Lucia Fuoco, Haylie Hawkins, Eloise Hawks, Ruby Hawks, Grace Heighton, Olivia Humeniuk, Lila Jackson, Tess Jensen, Nora Jeppsen, Laylie Kinikini, Quentin Kirkbride, Catherine Koziol, Juliet Lammi, Libby Lehauli, Athelia Lesueur, Hazel Lowe, Sabrina Lowell, Sophia Lowell, Olive Manning, Ayla Martinez, Sammy Mathews, Pierce Mendoza, Sawyer Moes, Eve Monson, Leila Morris, Juliana Neal, Sonia Neal, Winona Neal, Harper Pack, Rhythm Pacheco, Amelie Petersen, Celeste Robinson, Blythe Rollins, Janaey Salcedo, Sasha Scholnick, Isabel Schutjer, Madeline Silon, Cameron Spencer, Daisy Stewart, Molly Stowe, Jack Sweeney, Genevieve Wilson, Elizabeth Zheng

ARTISTIC STAFF

Pamela Robinson-Harris PRINCIPAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Michael Andrew Currey DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

WILLAM CHRISTENSEN, CO-FOUNDER & FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GLENN WALKER WALLACE, CO-FOUNDER

Courtney Hellebuyck STUDENT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Reuben Lehr ARTISTIC OPERATIONS MANAGER/ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Angelina Pellini STAGE MANAGER/PRODUCTION OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Bruce Caldwell COMPANY ARCHIVIST/ REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Nicholas Maughan COMPANY PIANIST

Calvin Kitten DIRECTOR OF BALLET WEST II/ REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Jared Oaks MUSIC DIRECTOR

Adam Sklute ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Jane Victorine Wood INTERIM PRINCIPAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Jason Hadley DIRECTOR OF COSTUME PRODUCTION

Michael McCulloch PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

CASTING

Jakob Grimm ................................................................................................................... Victor Galeana

Wilhelm Grimm

William Lynch

Snow White/Blanca Nieves.................................................................................................Kye Cooley

The Prince/El Príncipe Luca Freudenberg

The King/El Rey ........................................................................................................... Anderson Duhan

The Good Queen/La Reina Buena Maren Florence

The Peddler Woman/La Mujer Vendedora Ambulante ...................................... Maren Florence

The Vain Queen/La Reina Vanidosa Kaeli Ware

The Huntsman/El Cazador ..................................................................................... Micheal Bushman

The Seven Dwarfs/Los Siete Enanos Molly Caldwell, Lucia Fuoco, Lila Jackson, Winona Neal, Celeste Robinson, Cameron Spencer, Molly Stowe

Forest Animals/Animales del Bosque Sophia Cannella, Olivia Humeniuk, Quentin Kirkbride, Athelia Lesueur, Pierce Mendoza, Juliana Neal, Rhythm Pacheco

The Vain Queen’s Mirror/El Espejo de la Reina Vanidosa Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Kennedy Sheriff, Rebecca Trockel

The Queen’s Handmaidens/Las Doncellas de la Reina Julia Outmesguine, Schuyler Lian

The Queen’s Servant/El Sirviente de la Reina ........................................................... Elijah Hartley

Courtiers/Cortesanos Olivia Book, Zachary Brickson, Kai Casperson, Caitlyn Feddock, Mikayla Gyfteas, Callie Herbert, Cameron Keston, Adrian Fife

Young Courtiers/Cortesanos Jovenes John Aquirre, Solomon Fishman, Shannon Moore, Anna Murray, Mateo Salinas, Charlize Villacorta, Mary Claire Whitley, Aaron Willamson

Garland Dancers/Bailarinas de Guirnaldas ...... Olivia Bellone, Olivia Book, Mikayla Gyfteas, Callie Herbert, Kaya Jones, Sasha Lowell, Isabella Tome, Zoe Wilson

Snowflakes/Copos de Nieve .................................Mary Esson, Edith Frandsen, Nora Jeppsen, Eve Monson, Sonia Neal, Amelie Petersen, Janaey Salcedo, Sasha Scholnick

Leaves/Hojas ................................................. Liberty Bangerter, Grace Heighton, Laylie Kinikini, Catherine Koziol, Olive Manning, Sammy Mathews, Jack Sweeney, Genevive Wilson

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Since 2007, Adam Sklute has expanded Ballet West’s outlook, repertoire, and visibility with exciting Company and world premieres, increased touring, heightened public exposure, and greater focus on the Ballet West Academy. He began his career with The Joffrey Ballet, rising through the ranks from dancer to Associate Director. His stewardship of Ballet West has been marked by both financial growth and elevated artistry, and was the subject of The CW Network’s docu-drama, Breaking Pointe, which aired for two seasons. From September 2016 to October 2017, Sklute took on the dual position of CEO and Artistic Director, overseeing both administrative and artistic operations of Ballet West. An internationally sought-after teacher and adjudicator, Sklute has received numerous awards, including Utah’s Enlightened 50 (2014), The Bronze Minuteman Award for Outstanding Service to Utah and The Nation (2015), and Utah Diversity Connection’s Business Award for outstanding commitment to diversity initiatives. Most recently, Sklute was included in Deseret Magazine’s 25 Changemakers of the West for his efforts to build greater equity and inclusion in classical ballet.

Michael Scolamiero joined Ballet West in 2017 after an extensive international search led by Michael Kaiser, President Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Scolamiero previously served as Executive Director of Miami City Ballet for three years, during which time the organization achieved a significant reduction in debt, as well as robust growth in ticket revenue, contributions, and touring income. Prior to Miami City Ballet, Mr. Scolamiero was Pennsylvania Ballet’s Executive Director for 17 years, the longest tenure in the Company’s history and among the longest of any leader of a major ballet company. During his tenure, Mr. Scolamiero led the organization’s first capital campaign that raised $11.9 million (against a $10 million goal) to build an endowment and fund repertoire expansion. At Ballet West, Mr. Scolamiero has restructured administrative operations resulting in increases in subscriptions, paid capacity, and contributed income while achieving a strong balance sheet with positive working capital.

Adam Sklute Artistic Director Ballet West

Michael Scolamiero Executive Director Ballet West

Pamela Robinson-Harris has served as Ballet Mistress for Ballet West for 20 years, as well as the Company’s Interim Artistic Director from 2006–2007. Her career began with the Cleveland Ballet, followed by the State of Alabama Ballet in 1982 and Ballet Mississippi in 1984. Pamela joined Ballet West in 1985, advancing to Principal in 1988. During her career, Pamela performed in some of the most prestigious theatres in America, performing principal roles in most major classical works, including those of George Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Ben Stevenson. Pamela, together with Associate Director of Ballet West II, Peggy Dolkas, co-choreographed three ballets for Ballet West’s Family Series—The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. She also reworked major sections of Ballet West’s productions of The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, and has choreographed for Ballet West II and the Ballet West Academy Professional Trainee Division.

Christopher Sellars received most of his dance training from his parents at their school in Huntington Beach, California. Following this, he spent a year furthering his training at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began dancing with Ballet West in 2005 and retired as First Soloist in 2016. Christopher has received the Outstanding Choreography Award from the Youth America Grand Prix twice, and has choreographed multiple works for Ballet West, where Adam Sklute has offered many opportunities for his growth and creativity. Christopher appreciates coaching and choreographing on students and young professionals, as it allows both parties the opportunity to work and grow together.

Pamela Robinson-Harris Choreographer and Principal Rehearsal Director

Christopher Sellars Assistant Choreographer

Calvin Kitten began his dance training at the California Ballet School in San Diego, and continued training at the State Ballet School in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, and at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. Calvin joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1991. During his 19 years with the Joffrey, Calvin performed many Principal and Soloist roles while touring within the United States and internationally. Calvin has received two Ruth Page Awards, been featured on the cover of Dance Magazine, and appeared in numerous films. In 2010, Calvin joined the teaching faculty at the University of Utah’s ballet department. Calvin joined the Ballet West artistic staff as Director of Ballet West II in 2015.

Native Californian Evelyn Cisneros-Legate began studying ballet to overcome her profound shyness. After completing summer scholarships with the San Francisco Ballet School and the School of American Ballet, she began her apprenticeship with the San Francisco Ballet in 1976. She joined the Company in 1977 and soon began dancing principal roles, becoming a muse to the talents of Michael Smuin. Her repertoire with San Francisco Ballet included leading roles in both classical and contemporary pieces. Cisneros has been featured on the covers of several dance publications and received numerous awards for community activism and artistic achievements. She has honorary doctorate degrees from Mills College and the University of California at Monterey Bay. Cisneros retired from the San Francisco Ballet in 1999, and in 2001 she was appointed Ballet Education Coordinator in the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education. She is currently on faculty at the University of California Irvine and has staged ballets for Val Caniparoli and Michael Smuin for numerous ballet companies. Cisneros co-authored “Ballet for Dummies” with conductor Scott Speck. She is married to retired principal dancer Stephen Legate, and their two children are their ultimate accomplishments and joy.

Evelyn Cisneros-Legate Director of Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy

Calvin Kitten Director of Ballet West II and Rehearsal Director

Courtney Hellebuyck began her professional ballet training at the San Francisco Ballet School. She progressed through all of the levels and was then invited to be a part of the inaugural year of the San Francisco Ballet Trainee Program. She then went on to dance professionally with Pennsylvania Ballet, and toured to Edinburgh, Scotland in Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake. From there, Courtney joined Smuin Ballet, under the Direction of Michael Smuin, where she danced in several World Premiere’s created on her by Michael. Ms. Hellebuyck then went on to join Cincinnati Ballet, and danced many leading roles including “Bomb Squad Girl” in Twyla Tharp’s “Upper Room”, “Marie” in Val Caniparoli’s Nutcracker, and Demi-Soloist in Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. After retiring from the stage, Courtney became Full-Time Academy Faculty + Adult Programming at the Otto M. Budig Academy at Cincinnati Ballet. She has been certified to teach in Group Fitness from A.F.A.A. partnered through N.A.S.M. and has been certified in Barre Fitness at The Ballet Physique Fitness Studio. Courtney has taught every Division at Cincinnati Ballet including Company Class, as well as a being a Rehearsal Assistant for Nutcracker, Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, Snow White, and the World Premiere of Victoria Morgan’s Dancing to Oz. In August 2020, Ms. Hellebuyck became the Associate Artistic Director of Eastern Connecticut Ballet under the direction of Gloria Govrin, where she choreographed for ECB’s Virtual Nutcracker, as well as Spring Showcase. Courtney is thrilled to be at Ballet West, now in her second season, where she has brought Nutcracker to the Stage twice, along with The Little Mermaid, Romeo & Juliet, and The Sleeping Beauty, as well as now Snow White.

Courtney Hellebuyck Student Rehearsal Director

BALLET WEST STAFF

Adam Sklute ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Liz Crawford

chief financial officer

Misha Eady-Harbold

director of company management & touring

Felicia Cowan

director of human resources

Teri Percy

assistant to the executive director and board liaison

Jennifer Bailey

senior accounting manager

Sophia Ashaboglu

accounting coordinator

ARTISTIC STAFF

Pamela Robinson-Harris

principal rehearsal director

Jane Victorine Wood

interim principal rehearsal director

Calvin Kitten

director of ballet west ii /

rehearsal director

Bruce Caldwell

rehearsal director and company

archivist

Reuben Lehr

artistic operations manager/

assistant to the artistic director

Courtney Hellebuyck

student rehearsal director

James Payne

trainee coordinator

Nicolo Fonte

resident choreographer

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Jason Hadley

director of costume production

Cindy Farrimond

costume shop manager

Barbara Arcolio

head stitcher

Mary Kay Feicht, Vicki Goslin

Raincrow

stitchers

David Heuvel

director of costume production

emeritus

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Peter Christie

director of education and outreach

Dana Rossi

education associate /assistant director, i can do

Heather Fryxell

creator and founder movement mentor

Audrey Dodd

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Shelly Cordova

assistant director senior steps/

forward steps

Silas Campos manager, education and outreach virtual and technology programs

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Marie Smith, Elease Stice, Alicia Trump, Ashlee Vilos, Hannah Willis, Trisha Wilstead

educators

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senior director external affairs

Angela Krull

director of major gifts and corporate sponsorships

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senior manager communications and publications

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annual giving manager

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data manager

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manager special events & benefits

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manager of foundations and government giving

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marketing and revenue manager

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retail sales and boutique manager

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FREDERICK QUINNEY

LAWSON BALLET WEST

ACADEMY

Evelyn Cisneros-Legate

director ballet west academy

Sarah Taylor

director of business operations

ballet west academy

Allison DeBona

principal peggy bergmann park

city campus

Katherine Lawrence principal

jessie eccles quinney ballet centre and trolley corners campuses

Heather Thackeray

principal utah county campus

Michael Scolamiero EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

Eunice Stafford

associate principal trolley corners campus

Catherine Batcheller

principal faculty and artistic engagement coordinator

Stacey Mahan

principal faculty and associate director of curriculum

James Payne

principal faculty and trainee coordinator

Jeffrey Rogers

principal faculty and director of academy men’s program

Jessica Baynes

full-time faculty

Jordan Debona

summer intensive coordinator

Jennifer Hildreth

senior academy operations manager

Jenny Lowell

trolley corners campus

operations manager

Rex Tilton

park city campus operations

manager

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administrative assistants

Izzy Arrieta, Silver Barkes, Hannah Brandt, Jamie Butler, Jazz Bynum, Bruce Caldwell, Dantzel Cherry, Nanette Reimschussel Chertudi, Natalie Desch, Mariah Edmunds, Jennifer Fjeldsted, Sammy Gomm, Tyler Gum, Jake Hancock, Eunice Kim Stafford, Calvin Kitten, Vera Kotova, Justine SheedyKramer, Lindsey Larsen, Deborah Latimer, Stephen Legate, Vinicius Lima, Amber Miller, Katelyn Milner-Packer, Jaiden Morley, Bridget Payne, Kendra Rangel, Ashleigh Richardson, Autumn Ryskoski, Samira Saeed, Mary Ann Shaefer, Heidi Slagle, Connie Smith, Kramer Snead, Stefanie Spiece, Kristen Stringham, Scout Sutton, Jessica Harston Thompson, Rex Tilton, Kristina Weimer, Elizabeth Weldon, Bashaun

Williams, Jane Wood, Nichele Woods, Kyohei Yoshida

instructors

Maggie Wright-Tesc

u of u/bw joint trainee liaison

MUSIC

Jared Oaks

music director

Seretta Hart

orchestra manager

Nicholas Maughan

company pianist

Max Hall

principal academy pianist

Penelope Brown, Lisa Haddon, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, Brian Pappal, John Rukavina, Heidi Slagle, Kimball Whitaker pianists

PRODUCTION

Michael Andrew Currey

director of production

Michael McCulloch production

stage manager

Angelina Pellini

stage manager and production

operations coordinator

Robert Clifford

technical director / head carpenter

Joshua Belka

assistant carpenter

Jeff F. Herbig

properties master

James K. Larsen

head electrician

Corey Cresswell

assistant electrician

Emily Fowler

wardrobe supervisor

Lizzie Mickelsen

Wardrobe Assistant

Yancey J. Quick

wig master

Heidi Belka

pyrotechnician

Members of IATSE Local 99 Run of Show Crew

PATRON SERVICES

Jack E Stahl

associate director of technology and ticketing

Natalie Thorpe

senior manager of patron services

Andrew Wilson

assistant manager, patron services

Jane Harris

patron services and group sales lead advisor

Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) company.

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

Merz Trio

“Lines in Motion”

May 11, 2023 / 7:30PM

THE MONARCH

Lee Dionne, piano Brigid Coleridge, violin Julia Yang, cello

SEASON

MERZ TRIO

Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Lento lugubre

Lines in Motion (2021) ........................................ Karim Al-Zand (b. 1970)

co-commissioned by CM Houston and CM Columbus for the Merz Trio

Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8 .....................

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

INTERMISSION

Four Songs of Alma Mahler and Alban Berg ....... arranged and assembled by Merz Trio

Die Stille Stadt (from Five Songs, No. 1)

Alma Mahler (1879–1964)

Traumgekrönt (from Seven Early Songs, No. 4) ................. Alban Berg (1885–1935)

Laue Sommernacht (from Five Songs, No. 3) ............................. Alma Mahler

Sommertage (from Seven Early Songs, No. 7) ............................. Alban Berg

Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80 (1847)

I. Sehr lebhaft (Quickly moving)

II. Mit innigem Audsruck -- Lebhaft (With innermost expression -- Faster)

III. In mässiger Bewegung (Moderately moving)

IV. Nicht zu rasch (Not too fast)

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Hailed as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon), Merz Trio have established themselves at the forefront of the US chamber music scene, with upcoming debuts at Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, CM Houston, CM Detroit, MN’s Schubert Club, DC’s Strathmore Mansion, and Music Mountain, among others. Winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff, and Chesapeake Competitions, they have been lauded for their “stunning virtuosity... fresh and surprising interpretations” (Reading Eagle), and “perfection of intonation and ensemble” (Hudson Review).

Merz Trio are passionately committed to reshaping the narrative of classical music through vibrantly dynamic programming and wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration. Their narrative programming style juxtaposes classical standards, new music, and their own arrangements of familiar and forgotten works, fluidly interwoven and guided with speaking from the Trio’s members. Their interdisciplinary collaborations include ongoing projects with directors Emma Jaster and Jon Levin,

dancer Caroline Copeland, and Sandglass Puppet Theater.

The Trio are equally known for their more immersive integrations of music and text in performance, ranging from their recitaltheater piece built around Shakespeare’s Macbeth (“Those Secret Eyes”), to their debut album interweaving Ravel’s Trio with short pieces, poems, and diaries of the era (“Ink,” August, 2021), presented in the concert version “Ink Spills.” In their prolific arranging work, the Trio are committed to uplifting overlooked voices from history, ranging from Hildegard von Bingen to Lili and Nadia Boulanger, from Joséphine Baker to Irish folk melodies.

Merz Trio have been encouraged in their explorations by numerous institutional homes around the world: New England Conservatory, Yellow Barn, Snape Maltings, Avaloch Farm Institute, the Naumburg Foundation, the Lake Champlain, Olympic, and Chesapeake Music Festivals, and the Fischoff Competition, as well as many other venues and hosts around the US, Australia and the UK. They are currently represented by Concert Artists Guild.

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George & Maragret Pappas

Jeff Paulson

Bonnie & William Rembacz

Tamara Robinette

Eileen Santella

Shane & Pamela Schvaneveldt

Denise Sly

Edward & Mari Lou Steffen

Michael Taylor

Nikki Thon*

Andrew & Suzanne Wall

Bruce & Kay Wallace

Paula Weick & Carl Stuart

Barbara & Gerald West

Aloha Whitney

Bobbie Ramer

Amy Huntington

Doris D’Asto

Melba & Denis Kirby

William & Jackie Jones

Ogden Chapter of MacDowell Ensemble

Roland & Amy Miller

Edna Stratford

Linda Watson

Dr. Ann Ellis*

Marlene Barnett

Gerry & Dixie Funk

Erika Martin

Scott & Pam Parkinson

Raymond & Betty Christian

David & Linda Lundstrom

Donna & Ralph Friz

Jan & Jerome Luger

Allan & Kellie Diersman

Jennifer & Dr. Michael Webb*

Sempre Musical Society in memory of Dr. Richard Miller

Dorothy & Dan Steimke*

Lucinda & Phillip Wagner

Marilyn Woodbury

Larry Zaugg

Josh Grimaud

Stephen & Judy Farr

James & Jennifer McGregor

Dr. Allen & Janis Christensen

Jeffry & Linda Burton

DeLoris & Dale Dorius

Janet & Steven Evans

Kim & Becky Hale

Janet & Robert Petersen

Matt & Camille Pollard

Mary & Howard Schuyler

Carol & Paul Sonntag

Jack & Bonnie Wahlen

Kent & Trudy Whiteman

Carl & Helgard Wolfram

Sandy & Phillip Maxwell

Cathay Christiansen

William & Deborah Hackett

Paul & Sandra Perkin

James & Deborah Lindstrom

Pat Fuller

Katherine Grunert

Frank & Sharon Markos

Andy & Susan Mccrady

Gary & Marilyn Newman

Ned & Sheila Stephens

Jeane Taylor

Michael & Cindy Palumbo

Wendy & Cary Roberts*

Keith & Marlys Sorbo

Laurie & Greg Rives

Juergen Sass

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