University Syphony Orchestra 9.28.19

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Saturday I September 28, 2019 I 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Nicolas Waldvogel I conductor

7th Performance I 2019-2020 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 I 7:30 PM From Holberg’s Time Prelude Sarabande Gavotte - Musette Air Rigaudon

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Intermission

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro Andante Sostenuto Un Poco Allegretto e Grazioso Adagio - Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Nicolas Waldvogel conducts University Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting and music history at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music since 2001. He has guest conducted the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande (Switzerland) and the State Philharmonic “Dinu Lipatti” (Romania). He was a Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Festival, where he studied with Gustav Meier, Seiji Ozawa, and John Nelson. He also assisted Horst Stein in a production of Wagner’s Der Ring der Nibelungen at the Deutsche Oper, in Berlin.

Dr. Waldvogel has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, with Anonymous 4, and with Alan Gilbert. His recent credits include a performance of Ives’s immense Fourth Symphony, Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light, Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony and the complete symphonies by Jean Sibelius. He also contributed to the “Symphony” article for Oxford Bibliographies Online. Dr. Waldvogel holds a BA in music from Harvard University, an MA in music from Harvard University, an MM in conducting and a Graduate Performance Diploma in conducting from Peabody Conservatory, and a PhD in music history from Yale University. His primary conducting teacher was Frederik Prausnitz.

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The University Symphony Orchestra provides a full range of performance experiences. In addition to the standard repertoire, the orchestra performs literature from the Baroque through the twenty-first century. It collaborates with the Pacific Opera Theatre in fully-staged operas and musical theater, and performs major choral and orchestral works with the University choral ensembles. The orchestra also performs concertos with faculty and guest artists, and with students in the annual Concerto Competition Concert.

Violin I Anne Plescia, Principal Ayocuan Pacheco Maya Balachandran Aubrey Williams Charlotte Han Ellie Aquino Marcella Stone-Fox Lauren Huen Lotan Yeung Tabitha Machabie Violin II Emily Criss, Principal Emily Waters Manuel Manriquez Liam Shaughnessy Celeste Carranza Caroline Burke-Baker Jelani Brown Malaika Elahi Riley Brearton

Viola Zachary Zumstein, Principal Marissa Staffero Samantha Tse Gabriel Agno Raquel Johnson

Oboe Kyle Bruckmann Apollo Parish

Cello John King, Principal Amy Wheeler Jon Ivy Danna Schilling

Bassoon Tristen Collinsworth Ealaph Tabbaa Tyler Van Zuiden

Bass Yuki Nagase, Principal Antonio Sarzi Charles Leonard Jasmine Melendez Bailey Bertao Trinitie Wood Noah Gonzales Flute Ellie Rose Monica Mendoza Natalie Kowalski Carrie Asai

Clarinet Scott Pastor Molly Westlake

Horn Braydon Ross Olivia Gideon Reese Romero Rory O’Regan Trumpet Thomas Hubel Kevin Hee Trombone Rebecca Growcott Josh Dunsford Nico Peruzzi Timpani Vincent Lei

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UPCOMING CONSERVATORY EVENTS Oct. 2 I 7:30 pm Pacific Jazz Ensemble Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Oct. 16 I 7:30 pm Pacific Choral Ensembles Cathedral of Annunciation

Oct. 11 I 7:30 pm Pacific Prism DeRosa University Center

Oct. 20 I 2:30 pm Aarod String Quartet Faye Spanos Concert Hall

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