A TRIBUTE TO VETERANS CONCERT Sunday I November 10, 2019 I 3:00 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall CENTRAL VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONY Thomas Derthick I music director CENTRAL VALLEY PREPARATORY ORCHESTRA Shane Kalbach I conductor John C. Kimball High School Choir Merrill F. West High School Advanced Choir Tracy High School Choirs
26th Performance I 2019-2020 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific
CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 10, 2019 I 3:00 PM Central Valley Youth Symphony: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 Pastorale Intermezzo Minuetto Farandole
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Central Valley Youth Symphony Preparatory Orchestra: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Arr. David Burndrett
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899) Arr. S. Applebaum and J.D. Ployhar
Emperor Waltz
Shenandoah
Traditional American Folk Song Arr. Jack Bullock
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Arr. Richard Meyer
New World Symphony IV.
Intermission
CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 10, 2019 I 3:00 PM Kimball High School Choir: Amy Bernon
Oceans and Stars
West High School Advanced Choir Traditional American Folk Song
Shenandoah
Tracy High School Combined Choirs: My Song Goes On
Traditional American Folk Hymn Arr. Earline Rentz
Central Valley Youth Symphony and Combined Choirs: Kyrie from Mass in G Major, D. 167
Armed Forces Salute
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Arr. Bob Lowden
Service Marches of the Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force and Navy
CENTRAL VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thomas Derthick I Music Director 1st Violin AJ Delgado, Concertmaster Kaylin Pimshan, Assistant Jenny Chang Remalyn Flores Joyce Lu Grace Lu Caroline Schwarzenberg Luke Valdez 2nd Violin Amelia Morrison, Principal Jason Jiang, Assistant Sohyun Ahn Elena Blum Ian Clark Alana Holdaway Adelaide Madary Kevin Manshadi Ryan Manshadi Sammy Morrison Joshua Narvaez Elizabeth Narvaez Gillian VerSteeg Viola Juan Barragan, Principal Thomas Park, Assistant Anastasia Karp Emily Waters, Coach Cello Connor Huang, Principal Donovin Rutland, Assistant Caleb Dingle Theresa Jiang Katie Kim Justice Lu Amaris Martinez Summer Risso Oona Wang
Bass Makayla Sousa, Principal Flute/Piccolo Ellie Kim Oboe Quinton Nguyen Yuzar Oo Sarah Rios Valeria Rosseau Nunez Clarinet Arsh Muhib Bassoon Paul Barron, Co-Principal Ronin Tsang, Co-Principal French Horn Braydon Ross, Coach Trombone Benjamin Migliori Timpani/Percussion Anthony Agbaynani, Co-Principal Nick MacDonald, Co-Principal Craig Robinson, Coach Harp Aden Eva Barbuta, Principal Orchestra Manager/Librarian Ayocuan Pacheco
CENTRAL VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Now under the leadership of University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, the Central Valley Youth Symphony and Preparatory Orchestra have provided young people in San Joaquin and surrounding counties with the opportunity to play great symphonic music since 1965. The Youth Symphony features two orchestras where students receive expert coaching from Music Director Thomas Derthick and Preparatory Orchestra Conductor Shane Kalbach. Faculty and students from Pacific Conservatory of Music also assist throughout the season. Bassist/teacher/conductor Thomas Derthick joined University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in 1988, where he is Associate Professor of Practice. He teaches Applied Double Bass, Orchestral Repertoire and Chamber Music, and has served in the past as interim Program Director for both strings and for chamber music. Many of his former students have found placement in major graduate conservatories, and in major and regional professional orchestras. Derthick is currently Principal Bassist of the Sacramento Philharmonic, Opera and Choral Society, and recently completed 25 years as Principal of the Cabrillo Festival, America’s foremost Contemporary Music Festival. He frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, and recently conducted them both in performance and a recording of Roberto Sierra’s Pequeno Concierto with guitarist David Tanenbaum. Other performances include the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Diego Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and the Empyrean Ensemble, as well as recording work and Broadway shows. Thirty five years of service to his fellow professional musicians have led to four terms as Vice President of AFM Local 12, where he will be sworn in as President in January. Solo bass appearances include the Bottesini Grand Duo Concertante on multiple occasions; Bottesini’s Concerto #2 with the orchestras at Pacific and Sacramento State; and the Koussevitzky Concerto with the Solano Community Symphony and with the UC Davis Symphony at Mondavi Center. A frequent recitalist, Tom had performances this fall in Sacramento and Stockton. Tom celebrates his twentieth season as Music Director of the Central Valley Youth Symphony this year. Under his leadership the orchestra has performed twice in Carnegie Hall, instituted their annual Concerto Competition featuring the area’s best young musicians, and in 2018 became part of the Pacific Conservatory family. Guest conducting appearances include leading his Sacramento Philharmonic colleagues in Link Up Performances for Spring 2015; the San Joaquin County High School Honor Orchestra; the CMEA Capital Section Junior High School Honor Orchestra; and the Tracy Unified Schools Honor Orchestra. Tom served as Interim Orchestra Conductor at Sacramento State in 2017, and was Interim Music Director for the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra for the 2007-08 season. He was honored as Outstanding Arts Educator in Music for 2014 by the Stockton Arts Commission.
CENTRAL VALLEY PREPARATORY ORCHESTRA Shane Kalbach I Conductor 1st Violin Hana Alhamadsheh Sarah Joo Isabella Rios Angela Sanchez Derek Uch Michelle Xu 2nd Violin Kaitlyn Adamovics Maya Alhamadsheh Hailie Kim Aijhanaya Nguyen Clara Plath
Charlotte Soung Alexis Uch Viola Emily Waters, Coach Cello Paul Larwood Rachel Lim Clarinet Eva Madary Alexandra Sanchez
French Horn Philip Barron Atticus Chan Braydon Ross, Coach Trombone Mattia Amato Percussion/Piano Logan Downing Craig Robinson, Coach
Shane Kalbach graduated from California State University, Sacramento in spring of 2004 in Viola Performance (under Anna Kruger) and theory/composition (under Stephen Blumberg). He began working for CVYSA in fall 2004 as a coach and then in fall 2005 as the Preparatory Orchestra Conductor. He has taught both privately and in schools in both Sacramento and Stockton and joined the staff teaching strings at Main Street Music in Tracy in the fall of 2011. Shane also enjoys teaching at summer music camps such as Pacific Music Camp, at which he began working in 2005, and Hayward - La Honda Music Camp, where he began attending as a camper in 1997, and then joined on as a staff member after graduating high school. He enjoys an active freelance performance career on both violin and viola, playing jazz, classical and country style music for all kinds of different events, for bands and orchestras throughout the Central Valley. Recently, Shane can most often be found playing fiddle and mandolin for the Stockton based bluegrass band Snap Jackson & The Knock on Wood Players.
KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Jacob Cortez I Director Gianna Ang Vanessa Arbuckle Ava Balbin Marquez Bartlow Johnson Christina Biton Megan Chittun Riley Chitwood Ellie Dickson Escobar Elizabeth Dorado Ureno Yasmine Duran Isaac Espinoza Yael Espitia
Hayden Evans Nathan Forschen Anthony Gamis Lysha Goff Marie Grootendorst Heaven Gully-Smith Jennessa Lu Natalie Martin Tailyn Mendiola Angela Mohamed Jazmine Monterroso Adam Murillo
Joseph Netto Oriana Newton Kyla Ortega Victoria Palmer Isabella Polee Alex Price Ashley Reale Olivia Stephenson Anaiyah Talaga Kevin Trinh Bethany Trujillo Menera
WEST HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED CHOIR Nicholas Jamero I Director
Charlene Arias Faith Beck Cheyenne Bills Alejandra Bravo Ledesma Paola Contreras Romero CJ Dela Cruz Tristan Dumo Sam Esparza Mallory Fowler
Anessa Garcia Cynthia Garcia Jazmine Godinez Ariel Medina Charlize Nunez Ursula Nunez Alejandra Ramos Campuzano
Robert Raya Kennedy Robinson Fayeza Sajjad D’Arshe Tabor BreNaya Toussaint Huy Tran Stephanie Vazquez Cazares
TRACY HIGH SCHOOL COMBINED CHOIRS Jennifer Grover I Director
Arianna Arellano Dunia Argand Karalee Butler Gabriella Callahan Ariana Chavez Ammiel Clemente Sophia Decker Jocelyn Estrada Edgar Farias Samantha Faulkner Savannah Frazier Tomas Garcia Natalie Giuliacci
Camille Gottberg Grace Ann Gregorio Patrick Gutierrez Heidi Hardebeck Jamie Haskell Alyssa Hernandez Hannah Kamai Nadine Koochou Alaska Landeros Justin Maas-Espinoza Kaylee McMillan Richard Minnicus Madison Montano
Vanessa Morales-Sorro Mursal Nadem Jarvis Oca Michael Reinheimer Christen Rosales Isaiah Santo Samantha Silva Sydney Simms Daniel Spencer Jahdai Spikes Jason Stephenson Jordyn Theurer Kyle Vergara Olivia Vidal
PROGRAM NOTES Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven completed his music for Goethe’s play Egmont in 1810, about two years after his Fifth Symphony. The overture we play today shares many dramatic elements from that symphony and his Coriolan overture CVYS performed two years ago. Inspired by heroes facing death while taking a stand against political oppression, Beethoven captures this essential drama in each of these overtures, as well as the Eroica (third) and fifth symphonies. CVYS last performed Egmont in 2014. L’Arlesienne Georges Bizet Bizet lived an all-too-brief life but left us many musical treasures. He died shortly after the apparent failure of his opera Carmen, which now ranks as the most popular French opera ever produced. Bizet wrote incidental music for Daudet’s play L’Arlesienne in 1872, just prior to starting Carmen. The second suite extracted from this music includes a Pastorale, an Intermezzo, a Menuetto and the famous Farandole. Notice the prominence of the saxophone, particularly in the Intermezzo. Very few works for orchestra use this instrument, which was invented around 1840. The CVYS Preparatory Orchestra performed an arrangement of the Farandole last season, so our young students who moved up to Symphony get a crack at the original work today. Kyrie from Mass in G Major, D. 167 Franz Schubert Schubert wrote three short masses (Missa brevis), and the Kyrie we perform today is from the middle of the three, dating from 1815. Scored for strings, four-part choir and soprano solo, we will have the solo performed by the entire soprano section. As with much of his output, this Schubert work was not published until 1845, long after his death. Schubert employs a technique of repeated diminduendi gestures, now understood as expressive more than just getting softer, both in the choir and orchestra. Brahms would later take up this technique to great effect.
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