12-6 Campus Orchestras

MAROON CAMPUS ORCHESTRA, GOLD CAMPUS ORCHESTRA & NORTH STAR PHILHARMONIA Qinqing Hilkert, Hisham Bravo Groover & Ho-Yin Kwok, conductors

Friday, December 6, 2019 | 7:30 pm TED MANN CONCERT HALL

NORTH STAR PHILHARMONIA

AARON COPLAND | 1900-1990

Fanfare for the Common Man Qinqing Hilkert, Conductor

HUBERT BATH | 1883-1945

Cornish Rhapsody

Qinqing Hilkert, Piano and Conductor

GIUSEPPE VERDI | 1813-1901

"O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos Shang Zhang, Mezzo-Soprano Qinqing Hilkert, Conductor

GOLD CAMPUS ORCHESTRA

MICHAEL TIPPETT | 1905-1998

Divertimento on “Sellinger’s Round” I. Allegro V. Allegro assai Ho-Yin Kwok, Conductor

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MAROON CAMPUS ORCHESTRA

JOHANNES BRAHMS | 1833-1897

Tragic Overture

Hisham Bravo Groover, Conductor

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NORTH STAR PHILHARMONIA ROSTER

Piccolo Julie Zumsteg Lee Menzel Flute Johanna Engh Amal Suri Theresa Buerstmayr London Aman Emily Sroga Sara Mendoza Reyes Hannah Henricksen Oboe David Brunner Clarinet Yi Tang Sarah Vadnais Marissa Seurer Bassoon Emily Lillo John Kohl Horn Logan McGraw Cat Clements Jack Perisich Christopher O’Driscoll Trumpet Joseph Kebbekus Thomas Rohlader Ken Ross Trombone Robert Halverson Christopher Hannan Braden Johnson Jake Marble Tuba Mike Rounds Percussion Paul Geiger William Stone Killian Miller

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Violin I David Carrillo Isaac Blaine-Sauer Esther Chan Cory Jameson Mira Altobell-Resendez Maren Tollefson Nathan Kim Elizabeth Mejicano Isabella Gold Mahnoor Ghumman Kaitlin Galdonik Caleb Feltis Audrey Gasser Steven Bridgeforth Grace Cumming Violin II Anna Aquino Annika Graber Viola El-Afandi Sophia Montgomery Kiley Campos Anusha Duggirala Sarah Tanck Elisabeth Duffy Jaiden Mahlberg Madison Knott Rachel Arduengo Profeta Maria Valentin Leah Ness Viola Gabriel Spahn Nicole Campbell Grace Dean Alex Misura Corinne Barajas Andrew (Drew) Hatchner Katherine Czaplewski Greer Gentges Jonah Jossart Elaina Smith Whitney Scott

Cello Evan Maraganore Andrea Wallick Rebecca Arnold Yamuna Satsangi Henry Schmitz Noah Zach Joe Bensing Rachel Zhao Grace Gibbons Gretchen Stahle Brandon Giebner Catie Miller Samantha Irvin Beatrice Peters Bass Logan Wood Lauren Brann

GOLD CAMPUS ORCHESTRA ROSTER

Flute Gigi Otten Oboe Cole Schlottman Clarinet Ryan Brunner Bassoon Emily Lillo Horn Amelia Tallarini

Violin I Hudson Shih Morgan Huenink Melia Olsen Nathan Barney Johanna Tolarova Caroline Pavlecic Ava Coleman Montse Lopez Michael Collins Violin II Madeline Marusich Matthew Dietrich ZoĂŤ Challenger Grace Christensen Liliana Williams Iris Carroll Emma McFeely Madeline Knorr Sagrario Torres Sarthak Jain Yuhan Kim

Viola Isaac Mastalski Angie Moyer Kayla Wayman Daniel Rohde Lauren Craig Caroline Colbert Mcdermott Sheikerz Lyria Gansop Cello Isaac Lewis Hari Gopalakrishnan Margaret Forth Aidan Johnson Adelle Schlensker Elise Bernstein Bass Olivia D'Sousa

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MAROON CAMPUS ORCHESTRA ROSTER

Flute Caden Salo Hannah Wilson Bethany Hiltbrand Paige Waddick Brittany Raab Kang Thao Kaisa Bornhoft Hao Lin William Chen Oboe David Brunner Vanessa Loe Sam Syberg Jared Rieck Clarinet Ryan Brunner Necole Lin Julia Lingo Danielle Ungurian Richard Thompson Lauren Bird Bassoon Jonathon Kohl Emma Alden-Connor Horn Lauren Pross Andrew Resch Trumpet Benjamin Toriseva Katherine Rusch Trombone Jake Marble Bennett Sherwood Benjamin Engen Tuba Mike Rounds Timpani Killian Miller

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Violin I Elizabeth Bergmann James Wagner Xiang Zhang Alexis Tao Eva Chen Hengyue Liang Sarah Kollodge Dah-Ye Lee Lydia Rigge Mehrnaz Mirhosseini Jeffery Liu Karl Penaz Alena Oxenham Emily Honnold Samanta Paulson Brianna Zadnik Erik Aas Joseph Mullen Jr. Abigail Layng Elaine Lee Margaret Grota Ming Him Tai Violin II TaeJun Park Hudson Shih Patricha Jagdish Matthew Su Grace Hillmann Shannon Hofer-Pottala Rebekah Polverari Ellen Lisser Camryn Schaller Jake Coenen Andrew Larson Andrius Adomavicius Winston Guo Yugene Guo Ian Natvig Sofia Consing Graham Wendorff Shreya Yadav Morgan McIntyre George Muller Meredith Rosheim

Viola Ben Newcomb Abigail Bauer Deven Diaz Minjae Kim Cassandra Davis Amanda Mannes Annalise Anspach Samantha Toczyl Eleanor Dorn Juan Mantilla Emma Jester Jolie Dunlap Cello Erika Christiansen Becan Schindler Emma Roehrich Carol Naujok Emma Lenz Mikkel Ward Simone Hendrix Audrey Callahan Kayla Siemann Ianna Oatis Ambrose Dukek Adeline Vacura Haley App Bass Lauren Brann

BIOGRAPHIES

Shang Zhang, a Chinese Mezzo-soprano, who has studied voice at Shanghai Conservatory High School, and awarded B.M. at Peabody Conservatory, and M.M. at New England Conservatory.

She has performed as “Second lady” in “Die Zauberflöte”, “Hansel” in “Hansel and Gretel”, Ramiro in “La Finta Giardiniera”, “Suzuki” in “Madama Butterfly”, “Medoro” in “Orlando”, “Sister Alice” in “Dialogues of the Carmelites”. Shang was awarded Second Prize of Great Composers Competition, The Music of America in 2017, The First Prize of The Friday Morning Music Club Competition for Voice in 2015, Honorable Mention of Bergonzi International Vocal Competition in 2012. She has worked with Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Sichuan Symphony Orchestra as soloist.

Shang is currently a first year D.M.A. student of Professor Adriana Zabala.

Qinqing Q. Hilkert is a James Sample Fellow and ABD in orchestral conducting, studying with Mark Russell Smith. As the co-director to the U of M Campus Orchestras, she also is the contract score reader to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Hilkert also serves as the music director of the Minhua Chorus. She previously served as the adjunct faculty to the Conducting Department and the coach to the opera productions at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and was the assistant conductor at Shanghai Opera House. Originally from Shanghai, Hilkert has studied conducting at Boston University, and holds two MMs and BAs from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Shanghai Conservatory of Music, majors in Conducting, Piano Performance, and Sound Engineering.

Ho-Yin Kwok is a James Sample Fellow studying with Mark Russell Smith.

He is the winner of 2017-2018 Vincent C. LaGuardia, Jr. Conducting Competition and is artistic director and conductor of the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, assistant conductor of Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO), and director of DSSO Youth Symphony. Kwok has previously served as cover conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and conducted at Eastern Music Festival and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.

Hisham Bravo Groover is a James Sample Fellow at the University of Minnesota studying under Mark Russell Smith. Concurrently, he serves as music director/conductor of the Buffalo Community Orchestra. Previously, Hisham was associate conductor of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Arapahoe Philharmonic, and assistant conductor of the Lamont Symphony Orchestra. Hisham’s principal conducting mentors include Mark Russell Smith, Leonid Grin, and William LaRue Jones.

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