SoNA Imagine Big 2022-23 Concert Program

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Imagine Big

Saturday, October 29, 2022 — 7:30PM

Baum Walker Hall / Walton Arts Center

Paul Haas, conductor

Jessica Meyer Go BIG or Go HOME

Dmitri Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1

Julian Schwarz, cello

I. Allegretto

II. Moderato

III. Cadenza

IV. Allegro con moto

INTERMISSION

Modest Mussorgsky

Maurice Ravel, orch.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Promenade I

I. Gnomus

Promenade II

II. The Old Castle

Promenade III

III. Tuileries Gardens

IV. Bydlo

Promenade IV

V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle

VII. The Market at Limoges

VIIIa. Catacombae (Sepulchrum Romanum)

VIIIb. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua

IX. The Hut on Chicken’s Legs

X. The Great Gate of Kiev

SoNA Board and Staff

Board of Directors

Mike Russell, Chair

Jack Cleghorn, Vice Chair

Kim Hadley, Treasurer

Marti Sudduth, Secretary Hannah Breden

Julianne Brown, Ph.D. Monique Carswell

Malcolm Hayward, M.D. Drew Hutchison Carl Frazier-Sparks

Anthony Sumlin

Laura Wilkins

Tod Yeslow

Board of Advisors

Ed Clifford

Cynthia Coughlin Reed Greenwood, Ed.D. Michele Harrington, Esq. Susan Hui

Jill King

Tom King, Ph.D. Peter B. Lane Bill Mitchell Frank Sharp Dick Trammel

Staff

D. Riley Nicholson, Executive Director Paul Haas, Music Director

Ben Harris, General Manager

Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor Natalie Fernandez, Music Education Director

Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair

Jarrett Bastow, Personnel Manager Richard Bobo, Music Librarian Luke Pearson, Accounting

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The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas

Paul Haas

Music Director & Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

Zsolt Eder, Acting Concertmaster

Maestro’s Circle Chair

Natalia Korenchuk, Acting Associate Concertmaster

Evgeny Zvonnikov, Acting Associate Concertmaster

Andrew Chu

Rebecca Cutler-Metzger

Merritt Denton Meredith Hicks Yida Hu Diana Norwood Isaac Orvin Austin Rice Bethany Wildes

SECOND VIOLIN

Miho Oda Sakon, Principal Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*

Geronimo Oyenard, Associate Principal Isabella Adams Faith Flurry Diane Halliburton Thane Isaac Cristian Martinez Vega Hubert Pralitz Allison Steiner

VIOLA

Hanna Waldo, Acting Principal Kirk Thompson and Brett Burch Chair

Grace Clark, Acting Associate Principal Lester Lewis Endowed Chair Gloria Britez-Scolari Sydney Epke Joy Kotey Christy Roberts Missy Townsend Anne Wenzel

CELLO

Kari Caldwell, Principal Starr Foundation Chair Ashley Allison, Acting Associate Principal Diane Bucchianeri Lauren Green Amelia Ivory Michael Puryear

BASS

Jarrett Bastow, Principal Marybeth and Rick Hays Chair Christine Craddock, Associate Principal Kassandra Ferrero Benji Wilson

FLUTE

Gabriel Vega, Acting Principal Greenwood Gearhart Chair Ginny Hudson, Acting Associate Principal Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair* Kelly Herrmann, piccolo

OBOE

Theresa Delaplain, Principal Robert Murphy and Beau Reynolds Chair Andrew Parker Andrew Baker, English horn

CLARINET

Trevor Stewart, Principal Jasper Hensley Orlando Scalia, bass clarinet

SAXOPHONE

Michael Hanna, Acting Principal

BASSOON

Mark Lauer, Acting Principal Kay Brusca Richard Bobo, contrabassoon

HORN

David Renfro, Acting Principal James Rester Mirella Gable Katelyn Halbert

TRUMPET

Richard Rulli, Principal Ed and Carol Clifford Chair Andrew Stadler Tim Wootton

TROMBONE

Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor Hollomon Wailes Chair Doug Fletcher Jason Hausback, Principal Bass

TUBA Ryan Robinson, Principal TIMPANI

Elizabeth Kosko, Acting Principal

PERCUSSION

Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal Amy Hearting Connor Stevens Paul Keesling Carson Vanduch

HARP

Alisa Coffey, Acting Principal

KEYBOARD

Cathy Venable, Acting Principal Garrison Financial Chair

ELECTRIC GUITAR

Ben Harris, Acting Principal

ELECTRIC BASS

Garrett Jones, Acting Principal

*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Liz Allen, Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Phoebe Goodwin, Jill King, Natalie Olsen, Lynn Rogers, Jane Scroggs, Jackie Telfair, Laura Wilkins, and Ann Marie Ziegler

Paul Haas Music Director & Conductor

SoNA Music Director Paul Haas enjoys a distinctive career as conductor, composer and installation artist. His guest conducting engagements have included performances with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, San Antonio Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony, among others, as well as festival appearances.

Over the last decade, he has written commissions for a wide variety of iconic venues, including the Park Avenue Armory and Rubin Museum of Art in New York, Grace Cathedral in San

Francisco, the Anchorage Museum of Art in Alaska, and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

In addition to his positions as Music Director of SoNA and the Thunder Bay Symphony in Ontario, Canada, Haas is the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho, a trailblazing concert production company that creates powerful and emotional musical experiences, collaborating with leading artists and using unexpected performance methods and unorthodox venues.

Haas is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School. He resides in Germantown, New York, with his wife and three children. Find out more at paulhaas.com.

Julian Schwarz Cello

Julian Schwarz was born to a multigenerational musical family in 1991. Recognized from a young age as a cellist destined to rank among the best of the 21st century, his powerful tone, effortless virtuosity and extraordinarily large color palate are hallmarks of his style.

Since making his concerto debut at the age of 11 with the Seattle Symphony with his father, Gerard Schwarz, on the podium, he has led an active career as a soloist, performing with the symphony orchestras of Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbus, Hartford, Jacksonville, Louisville, Memphis, Modesto, Omaha, Puerto Rico, Richmond, Rochester, San Antonio, Seattle, Toledo, Tucson and Virginia among others. Internationally, he has appeared in Australia with the Queensland Symphony, in Mexico with the Boca del Rio Philharmonic in Veracruz and the Mexico City Philharmonic, and in Hong Kong at the Intimacy of Creativity Festival. He has also appeared at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Schwarz performs extensively in recital with pianist Marika Bournaki. In 2016 the SchwarzBournaki duo was awarded first prize at the inaugural Boulder International String Competition’s “The Art of Duo”, and subsequently embarked on an extensive 10-recital tour of China in March 2017.

Julian Schwarz is an ardent supporter of new music and has premiered concertos by Richard Danielpour and Samuel Jones.

In the 17-18 season, he gave the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s first Cello Concerto with the Toledo Symphony followed by performances of the work with a consortium of five other orchestras. No stranger to the recording studio, he has recorded Bright Sheng’s “Northern Lights” for Naxos, the complete cello/piano works by Ernest Bloch for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, and a CD of concertos with the Seattle Symphony.

A devoted teacher, Mr. Schwarz serves as Assistant Professor of Cello at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University and on the artist faculty of New York University. He spends his summers teaching and performing at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC.

Born in Seattle, WA, Julian Schwarz studied at the Colburn School in Los Angeles under Ronald Leonard, followed by a move to New York City to study with mentor Joel Krosnick at The Juilliard School, earning his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Mr. Schwarz plays a Neapolitan cello made by Gennaro Gagliano in 1743 and uses an American bow made by Paul Martin Siefried. He is an active contributor to Strings Magazine’s Artist Blog and sits on the music committee of the National Arts Club. A Pirastro artist, he endorses and plays the “Perpetual” medium and edition sets of cello strings as well as Melos Rosin.

For more information, visit julianschwarz.com.

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A gift to the Overture Society (our annual fund) provides general operating support for concerts, education programs, outreach, collaborations and administrative expenses.

Chair Sponsorships

Chair Sponsorships — whether individual, group or corporate — provide much needed support and can create a personal relationship with a SoNA musician. Your gift will help attract and retain the best musicians, ensuring our continued artistic growth and regional stature. A gift of $2,500 will sponsor a SoNA principal musician chair, or a gift of $1,000 will sponsor an orchestra section chair.

Leave a Legacy

Your planned charitable bequest to SoNA can make a significant impact by helping to ensure that our mission will thrive far into the future. Gifts of all sizes make it possible for us to build financial strength and maintain our tradition of excellence and community outreach for generations to come. For assistance with bequests, including gifts of stock, please contact Jett Moore with Greenwood Gearhart, Inc. at jtmoore@greenwoodgearhart.com or 479.521.5353.

The Maestro’s Circle

SoNA wishes to thank the donors who have contributed to our Endowment Fund through the Maestro’s Circle. If you would like to learn more about multi-year gifts that help ensure SoNA’s future, please contact D. Riley Nicholson, Executive Director, at riley@sonamusic.org or 479.521.4166.

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Contributions to SoNA’s annual fund and special events enable us to continue to bring great music and innovative music education to life in Northwest Arkansas. Gifts listed below have been received or pledged as of September 14, 2022. We make every effort to maintain accurate records. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, please let us know so that we may correct our error. Gifts listed below do not include corporate matches.

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