MUSICAL MAGIC: Larry Painter and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

JOAN STEELE STEIN

Family Series

MUSICAL MAGIC: Larry Painter and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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ABOUT LARRY PAINTER AND THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE

Presto! Allegro! Crescendo! Go on a magical musical adventure with Larry Painter, an aspiring wizard studying at the Frogbumps Virtual Academy. Through his encounter with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Larry learns some magical musical terms, that a conductor’s baton is as powerful as a wand, and that music and storytelling might be some of the best magic of all!

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Musical Magic:

Larry Painter and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

A Joan Steele Stein Family Concert

Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Ryan Tani, conductor

Benjamin Burney, Larry Painter

Nathan Wesselowski, Professor Rumblegate

Script written by Rebecca Whitney

JOHN WILLIAMS

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Suite for Orchestra

EDVARD GRIEG

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Finale from The Firebird Suite (1919 revision)

FELA SOWANDE

“Akinla” from African Suite

PAUL DUKAS

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Nathan Wesselowski, narrator

JOHN WILLIAMS

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Suite for Orchestra

The length of this concert is approximately 45 minutes and will be performed without intermission.

RYAN TANI , conductor

Ryan Tani is in his first season as assistant conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he completed his two-year tenure as the Orchestral Conducting Fellow for the Yale Philharmonia under Music Director Peter Oundjian, where he was the recipient of the Dean’s Prize for artistic excellence in his graduating class. Committed to meaningful community music-making in the state of Montana, Tani has directed the Bozeman Chamber Orchestra, Bozeman Symphonic Choir, Second String Orchestra, and MSU Symphony Orchestras. He frequently serves as cover conductor for the St. Louis, Colorado, and Bozeman symphonies and also recently served on the faculty at the Montana State University School of Music.

Tani recently concluded his tenure as music director of the Occasional Symphony in Baltimore. A fierce advocate of new music, Tani curated over 20 commissions from Baltimore-based composers during his four-year directorship of OS. As resident conductor of the New Music New Haven series, he has collaborated, under the guidance of Aaron Jay Kernis, with Yale University composition students and faculty.

Tani is also a graduate of the Peabody Institute, where he studied conducting with Marin Alsop and Markand Thakar, and the University of Southern California, where he studied voice with Gary Glaze. In 2015, he was declared the winner of the ACDA Undergraduate Student Conducting Competition at their national conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to his studies at Yale and Peabody, Tani has also studied conducting with Larry Rachleff, Donald Schleicher, Gerard Schwarz, Grant Cooper, and José-Luis Novo. Tani currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he can be found in the park with his dog, playing board games with friends and family, in the library with a good book, or in the practice room with his violin.

BENJAMIN BURNEY, Larry Painter

Tenor Benjamin Burney, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, has performed locally in his hometown and internationally from the Caribbean Islands to Estonia. Recently, Burney performed in the world premiere of Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding and went on to make his Kennedy Center debut with said opera. In past years, he has appeared in Florentine Opera’s Roméo et Juliette; Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s Merrie England; Folk Operetta’s Die Kathrin and The Flower of Hawaii; and Transgressive Theatre-Opera’s Comte Ory. Burney is a Benjamin A. Gilman alumnus, where he studied opera and Italian abroad in Milan, Italy, and performed with Il Coro Orchestra Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Burney received his M.M. in vocal performance from Roosevelt University CCPA, and he graduated from Anderson University with a B.M. in vocal performance.

NATHAN WESSELOWSKI, Professor Rumblegate

Nathan Wesselowski (tenor) has been seen on stage with Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Cleveland Opera, The National Opera Company, Ash Lawn Highland Summer Festival, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, In Tandem Theatre, First Stage, Fireside Theatre, and many other regional theatres. He received his Master of Music in vocal performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music and Bachelor of Music from Baker University.

MEET THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CELLOS

Susan Babini, Principal, Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair

Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal*

Shinae Ra, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair)

2023.24 SEASON

KEN-DAVID MASUR

Music Director

Polly and Bill Van Dyke

Music Director Chair

EDO DE WAART

Music Director Laureate

RYAN TANI

Assistant Conductor

CHERYL FRAZES HILL

Chorus Director

Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair

TIMOTHY J. BENSON

Assistant Chorus Director

FIRST VIOLINS

Jinwoo Lee, Concertmaster, Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair

Ilana Setapen, First Associate Concertmaster

Jeanyi Kim, Associate Concertmaster

Alexander Ayers

Yuka Kadota

Elliot Lee**

Ji-Yeon Lee

Dylana Leung

Allison Lovera

Kyung Ah Oh

Lijia Phang

Yuanhui Fiona Zheng

SECOND VIOLINS

Jennifer Startt, Principal, Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin Chair

Timothy Klabunde, Assistant Principal

John Bian, Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Glenn Asch

Lisa Johnson Fuller

Paul Hauer

Hyewon Kim

Alejandra Switala**

Mary Terranova

VIOLAS

Robert Levine, Principal, Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair

Georgi Dimitrov, Assistant Principal (2nd chair), Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola Chair

Samantha Rodriguez, Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Alejandro Duque, Acting Assistant Principal (3rd chair)

Elizabeth Breslin

Nathan Hackett

Erin H. Pipal

Helen Reich

Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus

Madeleine Kabat

Peter Szczepanek

Peter J. Thomas

Adrien Zitoun

BASSES

Jon McCullough-Benner, Principal, Donald B. Abert Bass Chair*

Andrew Raciti, Acting Principal

Nash Tomey, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair)

Brittany Conrad

Teddy Gabrieledes**

Peter Hatch*

Paris Myers

HARP

Julia Coronelli, Principal, Walter Schroeder Harp Chair

FLUTES

Sonora Slocum, Principal, Margaret and Roy Butter Flute Chair

Heather Zinninger, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Bouton Schaub

PICCOLO

Jennifer Bouton Schaub

OBOES

Katherine Young Steele, Principal, Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe Chair

Kevin Pearl, Assistant Principal

Margaret Butler

ENGLISH HORN

Margaret Butler, Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin

CLARINETS

Todd Levy, Principal, Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair

Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet Chair*

Taylor Eiffert*

Madison Freed**

E-FLAT CLARINET

Benjamin Adler*

BASS CLARINET

Taylor Eiffert*

Madison Freed**

BASSOONS

Catherine Van Handel, Principal, Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair

Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal

Beth W. Giacobassi

CONTRABASSOON

Beth W. Giacobassi

HORNS

Matthew Annin, Principal, Krause Family French Horn Chair

Krystof Pipal, Associate Principal

Dietrich Hemann, Andy Nunemaker French Horn Chair

Darcy Hamlin

Kelsey Williams**

TRUMPETS

Matthew Ernst, Principal, Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet Chair

David Cohen, Associate Principal, Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal Trumpet Chair

TROMBONES

Megumi Kanda, Principal, Marjorie Tiefenthaler Trombone Chair

Kirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONE

John Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair

TUBA

Robyn Black, Principal, John and Judith Simonitsch Tuba Chair

TIMPANI

Dean Borghesani, Principal

Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Robert Klieger, Principal

Chris Riggs

PIANO

Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel

LIBRARIANS

Paul Beck, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair

Matthew Geise, Assistant Librarian & Media Archivist

PRODUCTION

Tristan Wallace, Production Manager /Live Audio

* Leave of Absence 2023.24 Season

** Acting member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2023.24 Season

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