University Symphony Orchestra
Mark Russell Smith, director of orchestral activities David Carrillo, graduate conductor Hisham Groover, graduate conductor Andrew Kim, graduate conductor
University Wind Ensemble
Emily Threinen, director of bands Betsy McCann, guest conductor Shaun Evans, graduate conductor David Roush, graduate conductor Preston Weber, graduate conductor RECORDED AT TED MANN CONCERT HALL
Friday, October 23, 2020 | 1:30 pm BROADCAST PREMIERE
Friday, December 4, 2020 | 7:30 pm
PROGRAM
JOHANN S. BACH ARR. HOWLAND | 1685-1750
"Little" Fugue in G Minor (1703-1707/2015) WOLFGANG A. MOZART | 1756-1791
Symphony No. 21 in A Major, K. 134 (1772)
I. Allegro II. Andante III. Menuetto IV. Allegro David Carrillo, Hisham Groover, Andrew Kim, graduate conductors
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ ARR. MARCEL MULE | 1860-1909
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47 for Saxophone Quartet III. Sevilla Symphonic Band Saxophone Quartet Adam Shew, soprano saxophone Chloe Schindler, alto saxophone Epiphany Rhoads, tenor saxophone Colin Fitzsimmons, baritone saxophone
MAURICE RAVEL TRANS. FREY | 1875-1937
Mother Goose Suite (1901/2018)
I. Pavanne of a Sleeping Beauty II. Tom Thumb III. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas IV. Conversation of Beauty and the Beast V. The Fairy Garden David Roush, graduate conductor
SHUHEI TAMURA | b. 1986
City Girl Sentimentalism (2011) Preston Weber, graduate conductor
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PROGRAM
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS | 1887-1959
Chôros No. 7 (1924)
Shaun Evans, graduate conductor
MICHAEL COLGRASS | 1932-2019
Concertino for Timpani (1965) I. Movement I II. Movement II III. Movement III Betsy McCann, guest conductor
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BIOGRAPHIES
Mark Russell Smith is a graduate in cello performance from the Juilliard School, and of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied conducting with Max Rudolf and Otto-Werner Mueller. He has served as director of U of M orchestral studies since 2007. In 2012, Smith spearheaded the U of M School of Music’s Britten Peace Project, with performances of Britten’s War Requiem in Europe and the U.S. Recent U of M projects include Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (with the Joffrey Ballet), and St. Matthew Passion with the Detmold Hochschule für Musik (Germany). He serves as music director/conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and has guest conducted the Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony, and others. He was named artistic director of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies in 2012, and was director of new music projects with the SPCO. He has been music director of the Cheyenne Symphony, Springfield (MA) Symphony, and Richmond Symphony. Born and raised in Costa Rica, David Carrillo started the violin at the age of four with his mother. An active performer, David has given chamber and solo recitals in Costa Rica, Italy, El Salvador, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, and across the U.S.. He completed his undergraduate degree in violin performance at the University of Minnesota and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in orchestral conducting and violin at the same institution with Mark Russell Smith and Sally O’Reilly.
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Emily Threinen is director of bands and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. She conducts the University Wind Ensemble, guides the graduate wind band conducting program, and provides administrative leadership for the bands. Threinen consistently works with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines. She is active across the nation and abroad (most recently--within the last five years, Spain, Australia, and Canada) as a guest conductor, clinician, and conference presenter. An advocate for music education, Threinen is a Yamaha Master Educator and is active in ABA, WASBE, CBDNA, NBA, and NAfME. Betsy McCann is the assistant director of bands and director of athletic bands at the University of Minnesota, where she directs the Marching Band and University Band, teaches conducting, and administers the Athletic Band program. McCann earned degrees from the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University and is active as a guest conductor and clinician. Shaun Evans is a second-year wind band conducting doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. He received his master of music degree from the University of California, Los Angeles after serving as high school band director in Kennesaw, Georgia. Shaun currently serves as the conductor for the UMN Gold Campus Band.
BIOGRAPHIES, CONTINUED
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. Andrew Jinhong Kim is the first-year doctoral orchestral conducting student of Mark Russell Smith. Before Minnesota, he studied conducting at Ithaca College and music and English at Swarthmore College. Collaborative music making is a source of inspiration and joy for him, and he hopes to cultivate and contribute to a vibrant musical community wherever he goes.
David Roush is a second-year wind conducting master’s student at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his studies at Minnesota, he received a bachelor of music education degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His career began as a band director for grades 5-12 in Neoga, IL, where he taught for 5 years. He currently lives in Minneapolis. Preston Weber is a second-year wind conducting master’s student at the University of Minnesota. After graduating with a bachelor of music education from the University of Minnesota, he taught band and orchestra at Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, MN and conducted the Crosstown Community Band in Minneapolis. He lives in Roseville with his daughter and his wife, Olivia, a doctor of psychology candidate.
Thank you to John Marks and Sari Baker for their technical assistance to make this online performance possible.
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UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Flute Alexandra Brouillard Sarah Bylsma Horn Nicholas White Molly Lampone Violin I Steven DeNiro* Rachel Stokes Lucie Han Kaitlynn Paulson Ash Wood Katherine Seeger Philip Dowdell Violin II James Zabawa-Martinez* Yiru Liao Brianna Talusan Anna Janni Cory Jameson Gillian Rath Angelica Lopez-Solis
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Viola Niloofar Sohi* Josh Peterson Gabriel Spahn Eleni Ciuta Jessica Wasson Murah Hsiung
Additional In-Person USO Participants Elizabeth Bergmann, violin Sam Anderson, viola Nina Gourley, viola Jen Petereson, viola
Cello Rosa Thompson-Vieira* MaryKate Fenstermaker Z Molitor Peter Moriarty
Online Participants in USO Yu Chia Hsu, violin Xinyao Zhang, violin Yang Yang, viola Wei-Ting Chang, cello Yaxin Fang, cello Daniel Keeler, cello Hang Liu, cello Omar Macias, cello Aleks Tengersdal, cello Andrea Wallick, cello Jingduan Wang, cello
Bass Josh Zimmer* Logan Rollag
*denotes section principal
UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE PERSONNEL
Flute Evan Fraser Aimi Katzman Isaac Olso Kirsten Rotvold
Trumpet Hollyn Fellows Mary Grace Shearon Beckett Shuholm* Michael Valois
Oboe Alyssa Jermiason Arielle Wolfe
Trombone Daniel Cosio Christian Howard* Jacques Tousignant
Clarinet Sheng Chen David Mayrhofer Noah Holz Allison Maxa Jia Xibei Maya Yokanovich Claire Zwiefelhofer* Bassoon Ariel Detwiler Owen Schigiel Soprano Saxophone Cameron Vinson Alto Saxophone Emily Brewer* Charlie Gannon Baritone Saxophone Andrew Nelson Horn Molly Lampone Nicholas White*
Euphonium Justin Schoenherr** Tuba Roger Gomoll Matthew Healy Percussion Peyton Green Annaliese Heim Jonathan Hickox-Young** Cosette Isakson Miranda Smith** Calvin Stromwall Mackenna Tolfa Rachel Yurik Violin Elizabeth Bergmann Cello Rosa Thompson-Vieira* Harp Heather Cornelius
Additional In-person Participants in UWE Alexandra Brouillard, flute* Sarah Bylsma, flute Caroline Schmitter, oboe Mallika Chadaga, bassoon Christopher Dickhaus, saxophone Owen Drabek, trumpet Ross Fugl, trombone Joseph Weiler, tuba** Rahn Yanes, bass Online Participants in UWE Savannah Ridley, flute Joseph Schachtner, bassoon Alexander Berglund, horn Alyssa Inglett, horn Jean Smith, horn Zachary Ploeger, trumpet Sijie Yang, trumpet Marshall Yoes, trumpet Samuel Charlton, trombone Ada Tzab Poot, harp *denotes section principal **denotes section co-principals
Celesta Leonie Li
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