Irving H. Cohen Memorial Concert & Concerto Winners’ Concert WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Joseph Caminiti, Music Director SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022 EMILIE K. ASPLUNDH CONCERT HALL PHILIPS MEMORIAL BUILDING 7:00 PM
30th ANNUAL MEMORIAL CONCERT
Irving H. Cohen 1925–1989 Dr. Irving H. Cohen received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from New York University. After many years teaching music in the New York City area, he came to West Chester University in 1969 as professor of music in the Department of Music History and simultaneously taught double bass and tuba students through the Department of Instrumental Music (now the Department of Applied Music). Dr. Cohen served as both chair and member of many University committees, as well as on the Faculty Senate. He was acting director of the School of Music from 1982 to 1983. He loved West Chester University and did all in his power to enhance and enrich it. In addition, Dr. Cohen was visiting professor of Music at Gratz College in Philadelphia and Vice President of the National Jewish Music Council. He was a member of many professional organizations, including the American Musicological Society, the Ethno-Musicological Society, the Association of Jewish Musicians, and the Guild of Temple Organists. He was a recipient of the Legion of Honor Award of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains. He lived an exemplary life of goodness, integrity, concern, and care for others, mingled with intellectual brilliance and scholarly endeavors. In his kind, gentle manner he influenced the lives of many, especially his students of all ages. They reveled in his vast storehouse of knowledge and sterling personal qualities. Many students felt the impact that “Doc” had on their lives and were grateful for his support and wisdom.
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PROGRAM MAY NIGHT OVERTURE (1879) ...................................................... N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908) Piece Profile: “May Night” is a comedic opera based on a book authored by Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852). The opera tells the story of a father’s and son’s fight for the affection of a woman, and the overture is performed as a “prelude” to the rest of the work. Many historians consider this piece to be Korsakov’s way of proving he hadn’t strayed from Russian Nationalism during a time when he was studying western classical music. CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR, OP. 283 (1908) ....... C. Reinecke (1824–1910) III. Finale. Moderato Morgan Turner, flute (WCUSO Concerto Competition Winner) Piece Profile: This concerto was Reinecke’s last work. He served as a professor and conductor at numerous European conservatories for 35 years. Reinecke focused his full attention to composition after his retirement from teaching. He is best known for his piano playing, and for his flute concerto and sonata. PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR, OP. 54 (1845) ............................................. R. Schumann (1810–1856) I. Allegro affettuoso Yanzhima Tsybikova, piano (WCUSO Concerto Competition Winner) Piece Profile: The first movement of this, Schumanns’s only piano concerto, was originally written as a single movement “Fantasie.” The “Fantasie” (and thus the concerto) is inspired by the composer’s love, yearning, and joy for his wife, Clara, the first performer of the piece. Robert Schumann’s career as a composer began when a hand injury interrupted his budding career as a concert pianist and forced him to shift his focus. He suffered from what would now be classified as severe bipolar disorder, and periods of mania and depression likely find a voice in his compositions.
World Première CONCERTO FOR TWO CELLOS, STRINGS AND PERCUSSION (2021) .......... O. MARINESCU (b. 1965) I. Balkan II. Forest Dream III. The Isle of Dance Ovidiu Marinescu, Ally Paino, Lia Criscuolo, Carlos Martinez, soloists Piece Profile: Composed in The United States and Brazil in 2021, this piece draws inspiration from Romanian and Bulgarian folk music as well as Scandanavian, Irish, and Romanian dances. It quotes a few of Marinescu’s previous works: a piano trio entitled “The Journey” as well as “Rorrim no. 1” for piano and cello. The vernacular of composer Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999) and a ninth century Gregorian chant also inspired the composition of this work. ~Piece Profiles written by Natalie Repper, WCUSO violinist.~ Many thanks to the skilled work of the Creative Committee of the WCUSO: Bonnie Calhoun: Executive Administrator Olivia Flickinger: Marketing Specialist Natalie Repper and Bryan Lynch: Concert and Outreach Specialists Millie Slifer, Sharon Chen, Tom Fitzpatrick: Specialist Assistants Carlos Martinez and Michael Repko: Treasurers Talita Solís: Librarian
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CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS Morgan Turner is a senior at West Chester University pursuing a dual bachelor's degree in Music Education and Flute Performance. Morgan has competed and performed as a solo flutist at West Chester University, in the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Young Artist competitions, and the Music Teachers National Association competitions where she has received an honorable mention. With the direction of her flute professor Dr. Kimberly Reighley, Morgan competed and placed first in the freshman and sophomore instrumental scholarship competitions at West Chester University. She has participated in many large ensembles on campus including the Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphony Orchestra, Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band, Trilovati Flute Ensemble, and the Wind Symphony. She also plays in a prominent wind quintet group and has performed in several different flute quartets. Morgan is a member of the Wells School of Music Student Advisory Board and is the Vice President of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. She teaches private music lessons in the local area and is inspired each day by her amazing students. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her family and friends, reading, learning more about fashion and interior design, and snuggling her dog Bailey. Russian pianist Yanzhima Tsybikova is a prizewinner of numerous allRussian and international piano competitions. Her awards include 2nd Prize in the International Piano Competition “Gran Klavier” in Madrid, Spain; 2nd Prize in the International Piano Competition “Citta di Spoletto” in Spoleto, Italy; Grand Prize in the International Competition of Art in Samara, Russia; 2nd Prize in the 10th International Competition “Romanticism: Its Origins and Beyond” in Moscow, Russia; 3rd Prize in the 2020 Putra International Piano Competition; 3rd Prize in the 6th International Competition of Musicians in Cyprus; 2nd Prize in the “Virtual International Music Competition Malaysia 2020;” 1st Prize Winner in Triumph Music Festival 2021 in Philadelphia. In November 2021, she became the winner of the Pennsylvania MTNA-Steinway Young Artist Piano Competition. Ms. Tsybikova has performed in Russia and abroad in such halls as the Great Hall of the Russian Gnesins Academy of Music, Moscow; the Concert Hall of Alcala de Henares Conservatory, Madrid; the Academy of Music, Philadelphia; the Great Hall of Novosibirsk Conservatory; Tomsk Philharmonic Hall; the Concert Hall of East Siberian State Institute of Culture, Ulan-Ude; Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, West Chester University. In 2013, Ms. Tsybikova took part in the 7th International Piano Festival in Ruza, Russia. In 2018, she was invited by the House of Music in Saint Petersburg to be a part of the festival “The River of Talents.” In 2014, Ms. Tsybikova graduated from Novosibirsk Specialized Music School (college) under the tutelage of Irina Berman. In 2019, she received a bachelor’s degree with distinction at the Russian Gnesins Academy of Music in Moscow where she studied with Sofia Ruchimskaya. Currently, Ms. Tsybikova is pursuing a master’s degree in piano performance at West Chester University of Pennsylvania studying with Dr. Igor Resnianski.
FEATURE COMPOSER Ovidiu Marinescu is internationally recognized as a cellist, composer, conductor, and educator. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, Merkin Hall (New York), the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Holywell Room in Oxford, Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, and has appeared as soloist with the New York Chamber Symphony, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Helena, Great Falls, Portsmouth, and Newark Symphonies, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic, Limeira Symphony in Brazil, Orquesta de Extremadura in Spain, and most of the professional orchestras in his native Romania. Marinescu’s compositions have been performed in Romania, China, Brazil, Bulgaria, Russia, Guatemala, Montenegro, and across the United States. Parma Recordings included “I’m All Ears” for solo cello on the album Moto Celeste and “Rorrim no. 1. A Sort Essay” on the album Through Glass, and his piano trio “The Journey” for the album A Grand Journey. He has been composer-in-residence for the International Chamber Music Festival in Guatemala City and the 7th edition of the International String Encounters in Limeira, Brazil. Marinescu’s ongoing MOTO series, developed with Parma Recordings, has been praised as “bold and expressive” (Gramophone Magazine) and “tight, musical, technically virtuosic” (The Whole Note). Since its launch in 2012, the MOTO series has premiered works by nearly three dozen composers in both recordings and performance at Carnegie Hall. Marinescu has more than 15 album releases for Parma Recordings and Cambria as a cellist, conductor, or chamber musician, and several recordings released independently. The recording of the Arthur Gottschalk Sonata for Cello and Piano has received the Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards for 2014 and the recording of “The Sea Knows” by Michael Kurek made its debut as no. 1 on the Classical Billboard list in July 2017. Upcoming projects for 2022 include the recording for 8 new cello concerti with London Symphony. Equally successful as a conductor, Marinescu has worked with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow, the Chamber Orchestra of the Romanian Radio, “New Russia” State Orchestra, the Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, the Bacau, Craiova, Ploiesti, Botosani, Targu Mures, and Brasov Philharmonics in Romania, Filarmonica de Gaia in Portugal, Orquesta de Extremadura in Spain, the Helena, Newark, and Southeastern PA Symphony Orchestras, as well as Vidin Sinfonietta in Bulgaria. Marinescu is cello professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania as well as founder and Artistic Director of the International Musicians Academy. More information can be found at www.marinescu.com
MUSICIANS VIOLIN I Chanin Jung, Concertmaster Olivia Flickinger Sharon Chen Aamirah Hickman Talita Solís Ben Weaver VIOLIN II Dominick Conte, Principal Abigail Stratton, Assist. Principal Natalie Repper Millie Slifer Stephanie Feyh Daniel Dwyer VIOLA Priscilla Nieves, Principal Nolan Prochnau, Assist. Principal Isaac Meyer John Griffin Joe Seifrit Katie Calderone CELLO Ally Paino, Principal Simon Perez Torres, Assoc. Principal Carlos Martinez Justin Miller Bonnie Calhoun Sean Pastorak Grace Rich Thomas Fitzpatrick Michael Repko Lauren Heine BASS Caleb Sharp, Principal Tim Celfo Sarah Renz Brian Lynch Joseph Murphy
FLUTE Emma Flinchbaugh, Principal Analiesia Hall Grace Obert OBOE Madison Feeser, Principal Hannah Shields CLARINET Cat Minnier,Principal Benjamin Davan Alex Kashparovskiy BASSOON Joe Plavin, Principal Dominick Destefano HORN Frank Stroble, Principal Brittany Saunders JT Haughey Noah Schaefer Dan Paollelo TRUMPET Jake Hepler, Principal Charlotte McMillen Madison Smith Brendan Hartner TROMBONE Julia Galdi Gracie Tennant Andrew Baker (bass trombone) TUBA Mike Loughran TIMPANI Kathleen Carter, Principal Timpani PERCUSSION Luke Thurston, Principal Percussion Craig DiGiamarino Anton Saliaris Nicholas Stalford
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 8:15 PM Chamber Winds & Concert Band Concert Andrew Yozviak, Adam Gumble, Joseph Caminiti, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 8:15 PM Global Music Residency Program Concert by Guest Artist Gamin, WCU Faculty, and Students Heidi Lee, faculty liaison Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building
Saturday, February 26, 2022, 7:30 PM 3rd Annual Orchestra Festival Concert Joseph Caminiti, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony Concert Andrew Yozviak & M. Gregory Martin, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 7:00 PM Faculty & Quartet in Residence: Dalí Quartet Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
Monday, February 28, 2022, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Henry Grabb, oboe & Jonathan Gaarder, bassoon Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 12:00 PM Madeleine Wing Adler Concert Series: Sophomore Instrumental Scholarship Competition Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Grand Foyer Performing Arts Center
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 8:15 PM Winter Choral Festival David P. Devenney & Ryan Kelly, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center
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