ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL 2020 West Chester University Symphony Orchestra & Festival Strings Joseph Caminiti, director Elena Urioste, guest violinist
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020 MADELEINE WING ADLER THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7:30 PM
PROGRAM FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS (1910) ......................... R. Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) ROMANCE IN G MAJOR, OP. 40 (1801–2) ................................................ L. van Beethoven (1770–1827) ROMANCE IN F MAJOR, OP. 50 (1798)...................................................... L. van Beethoven
Elena Urioste, violin CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL (1887) ............................................................. N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) V. Fandango asturiano
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WCUSO MUSICIANS VIOLIN I Ben Weaver, Concertmaster Olivia Choi River Cobain Michael Brian Robbins Kristin Erle Abigail Stratton
OBOE Theoron Hershey, Principal Hannah Shields (Oboe/English horn)
VIOLIN II Freddy Contreras-Romero, Principal Sharon Chen, Associate Principal Kyla de Guia Sean Devers Katelyn Norman Susan Altemose
BASSOON Meghan Freer, Principal Andrew Gifford
VIOLA Riley McGowan, Principal Isaac Meyer Robert Cuthill CELLO Ally Paino, Principal Elisa Aquino Gomez Taylor Cope Bonnie Calhoun Ceara Caisido Liam Shaw DOUBLE BASS James Devor, Principal Grace Wible Tim Ragsdale Caleb Sharp Casey Warfield Amber Kowal Saven Wright Brian Lynch Sarah Rentz FLUTE Katie Stidham, Principal Chloe Leed Emma Flinchbaugh, piccolo
CLARINET Zach Stola, Principal Paige Rehill
HORN Isaac Duquette, Co-Principal Felicia Quinn, Co-Principal Katie Fox Michael Antonacci Brittany Saunders TRUMPET Maeve Bartra, Principal Adrianna Korey Nick Neu Charlotte McMillen TROMBONE Stephen Lowrie, Principal Julia Galdi Josh Ladonis, bass trombone TUBA Alex Sandi TIMPANI Cameron Davis, Principal Timpanist PERCUSSION Luke Thurston, Principal Percussionist Jon Partridge Anton Saliaris Fred Spaziani Johnny Peacock HARP Michael Rublesky, Principal
ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL STRINGS (Listed by instrument and alphabetically) VIOLIN (Carlos Rubio, Festival Artist) Alisa Berenshtein Levy Bobb Leah Brown Daniel Cheng Isabella Cho Daniel Dwyer Sarah Fallouh Silvana Gonzalez Hurtado Benjamin Greve Patricia Harden Jordan Hoffman Anagha Kapsi Sophia Keddie Julie Kim Belinda Lerner Linxuan Li Autumn Nuss Ben Phung Lola Rublesky Siddarth Srinivasan
Nicole Topka Victoria Zimmerman VIOLA (Adriana Linares, Festival Artist) Ryleigh Ehst Camille Foster-Swartley Jack McDougall Sophie Sterner Rachael Tobey CELLO (JesĂşs Morales, Festival Artist) Rae El Cramer Anand Dickson Peter Hasse Justin Miller DOUBLE BASS (Peter Paulsen, Festival Artist) Ryan Murnane
FESTIVAL ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Elena Urioste is a musician, yogi, writer, and entrepreneur, as well as a lover of nature, food, animals, and connecting with other human beings. As a violinist, Elena has given acclaimed performances as soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras; the New York, Los Angeles, and Buffalo philharmonics; the Boston Pops; and the Chicago, San Francisco, National, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Detroit symphony orchestras, among many others. In the U.K., she has appeared with the Hallé, Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestras; the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, and BBC National Orchestra of Wales; and the Orchestra of Opera North. Engagements elsewhere include the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, France's Orchestre National de Lille, Canada's Edmonton Symphony, Germany's Würzburg Philharmonic, and Hungary’s Orchestra Dohnányi Budafok and MAV Orchestras. Elena has collaborated with such celebrated conductors as Sir Mark Elder, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vasily Petrenko, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Spano, Karina Canellakis, and Gábor Takács-Nagy. She has regularly performed as a featured soloist in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, and has given recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center's Family Theater, Konzerthaus Berlin, Sage Gateshead, Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich, and Mondavi Center. Elena is a former BBC New Generation Artist (2012-14) and has been featured on the covers of Strings and Symphony magazines. Elena’s second album on BIS Records, Estrellita--a collection of miniatures for violin and piano recorded with pianist Tom Poster--was released in September 2018. Other recent musical highlights include her debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Malaysian Philharmonic orchestras, and as concerto soloist at the Barbican Centre in London. Her 2019-20 season includes debuts with the Minnesota and Louisville orchestras, the San Diego and Virginia symphonies, and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra; a return engagement with the BBC Symphony Orchestra; and concerto performances with the Chineke! Orchestra in London and on tour in Bruges, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Cologne, and Aachen. Her fourth studio recording, a collection of Grieg sonatas and songs in collaboration with Tom Poster, will be released in Spring 2020 by Orchid Classics. An avid chamber musician, Elena is the founder and artistic director of Chamber Music by the Sea, an annual festival on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. She has been a featured artist at the Marlboro, Ravinia, La Jolla, Bridgehampton, Moab, and Sarasota music festivals; Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove; the Cheltenham Music Festival; Switzerland’s Sion-Valais International Music Festival; and the Verbier Festival’s winter residency at Schloss Elmau. Elena has collaborated with such luminaries as pianist Mitsuko Uchida, violist Kim
Kashkashian, and members of the Guarneri Quartet, and has performed extensively in recital with pianists Tom Poster and Michael Brown. Elena has being practicing yoga for over a decade, and received her RYT-200 hour certification from the Kripalu Center in June 2019. She is the co-founder of Intermission, a program that combines music, movement, and mindfulness, aiming to make music-making a healthier, more holistic practice for students and professionals through yoga and meditation. Intermission offers Sessions for students, Retreats for professionals, and an App for absolutely everyone. Miscellaneous accomplishments include first prizes at the Sphinx and Sion International Violin Competitions; the inaugural Sphinx Medal of Excellence, presented by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (they immediately bonded over their matching red formalwear); spreads in Latina and La Revista Mujer magazines; and the 2015 Brooklyn Film Festival’s Audience Choice and Best Original Score awards for But Not For Me, an independent film featuring Elena in the lead female role. Writing is another passion for Elena; many of her musings can be found on her website’s blog. In addition to her love for hiking in lush forests, swimming in the ocean, and marveling at the stars, Elena’s heart melts around corgis, vibrant vegetarian and southern Italian cooking, and beautifully crafted literature. She enjoys knitting the occasional scarf to keep her fingers busy on airplanes. Finally, Elena believes that we should all strive to spend less time looking at screens, that Oxford commas should be required, and that people should clap whenever they feel moved to do so during concerts. Elena is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. Notable teachers and mentors include Joseph Silverstein, David Cerone, Ida Kavafian, Pamela Frank, Claude Frank, Rafael Druian, and Ferenc Rados. The outstanding instruments being used by Elena are an Alessandro Gagliano violin, Naples c. 1706, and a Nicolas Kittel bow, both on generous extended loan from the private collection of Dr. Charles E. King through the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Joseph Caminiti is serving in his fifth year as Director of Orchestral Studies at West Chester University. He is committed to connecting with audiences through dynamic and thoughtful concerts. Experiencing music as a unique inspiration in life, he works to relate it to the increasingly diverse audiences of our day. His conversational and visually distinctive “Concerts in The Round” have grown audiences who participate by dialoguing with the performers. The smartphone-friendly features, in-concert conversations, multi-media elements, and pre-concert “round-tables” have all captured the interests of audiences. His “Concert on the Quad” annual series at West Chester University has included audience-selected film scores, Latin and American music, and collaborations with steel drum bands, Latin ensembles, and the Dalí Quartet. These concerts have received the attention of CBS News who spontaneously ran a spot on it.
Joseph is continually seeking musical partnerships with arts and charitable organizations. In 2012 he organized and conducted two concerts with Advocates For the Homeless and Those in Need, Esperanza, and other organizations to help raise funds for underserved communities. In 2016, he combined with UrbanPromise International to help raise funds for a new school in Malawi, Africa. In 2017, he invited ARTOLERANCE to West Chester University to present a masterclass and concert on the power of art to promote tolerance and co-existence in a challenging world. This year he is offering benefit concerts for West Chester University’s Promise Program (aid for the homeless) and their Resource Pantry. Collaborations with living composers are a vital priority. Joseph has conducted world and regional premieres, including Judith Lang Zaimont’s Chroma: Northern Lights, Kile Smith’s Song of the Angels, Raoul Pleskow’s Quartet and Epilogue, Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Chamber Concerto for Saxophone and Ensemble, Piece for Four Instruments, and the world premiere of Joseph Harkins’ Symphony No. 1. Recently performed standard repertoire of the twentieth-century include Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Hovhaness’s And God Created Great Whales, Hindemith’s Apparebit repentina dies, and Plau’s Concerto for Tuba and Strings. In the 2019-2020 season, he is conducting world premieres of Ron Thomas, Joseph Harkins, and the winner of the composition competition he started entitled, “Quad Fanfares”. He will also be performing works of present-day composers, Gabriela Lena Frank and Giya Kancheli. Joseph began his conducting career as the Assistant Conductor of the Ithaca College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras in 1996. After arriving in Philadelphia, he started the string ensemble, Solaris, before accepting the Music Director position with the Cairn Symphony Orchestra in 2001. In 2015 he served as the Music Director of the Philharmonia, an orchestra under the umbrella organization, Youth Orchestra of Bucks County. He was also Music Director of the Delaware County Symphony from 2016 to 2019 where he collaborated with many soloists including clarinetist Ricardo Morales, hornist Jennifer Montone, and cellist Udi Bar-David, flutist Kimberly Reighley, pianist Jennifer Campbell, pianist Ching-Yun Hu, violinists Margaret Dziekonsky, Nina Vieru. As a horn player, Joseph is principal horn of the Riverside Symphonia (Lambertville, New Jersey), member of the Fairmount Chamber Ensemble (Philadelphia), and is a chamber recitalist with other professional ensembles throughout the Philadelphia region. He resides in Pennsylvania, with his wife, Kirsten. They are active birders and savor hearty conversations over coffee. Violinist Carlos Rubio began his musical career as a member of Venezuela's famous Youth Orchestra System ("El Sistema"). As a member of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, he toured France, Japan, USA, Mexico, Spain and participated in seven CD recordings under the Dorian Records label.
Mr. Rubio has taught master classes and performed at Miami University, Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, University of Tennessee, Drake University, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Festival de Música Latinoamericana in Colombia, Festival y Academia del Nuevo Mundo, the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music in Venezuela, Colorado State University, and is a founding member of the Dalí Quartet International Music Festival. Mr. Rubio was awarded grand prize in the Spanish and Latin American Music Competition at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and was distinguished as the Ohio Latino Arts Association's Performing Artist of the Year. Mr. Rubio has soloed with the Middletown Symphony, the Illinois Philharmonic, and the Oxford Chamber Orchestra. His chamber music partners have included the Colorado, Oxford, Penderecki, DaPonte, and Amernet string quartets, clarinetist Ricardo Morales, pianists Alessio Bax, Olga Kern, Vanessa Perez, Pamela Mia Paul, and cellist Marc Johnson of the Vermeer Quartet. Additionally, he has collaborated with such composers as Joan Tower, Joel Puckett, Edward Thomas, Susan Botti, Ricardo Lorenz, Efrain Amaya, and Manena Contreras. He has also premièred works by composers Roland Vasquez, Paul Salerni, Terry Vosbein, Diana Arismendi, and Arcangel Castillo-Olivari. Carlos is a founding member of the Dalí Quartet and is on faculty at West Chester University as part of the quartet's residency. He is also a member of the Iris Orchestra and the Philly Pops, and performs regularly with the Harrisburg and Lancaster Symphonies. Carlos lives near Philadelphia with his wife Julia and sons Javier and Miguel. Venezuelan violist Adriana Linares is one of today's most talented Latin American artists. Her playing has been called "meltingly beautiful" by Naxos label reviewers. Ms. Linares was the first prize winner in the Latin American Music Competition at Indiana University, the Kuttner Quartet Competition and the Solo Viola Competition at Indiana University, which earned her the honor of soloing with the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Linares is described by Grammy Award-winning violist Roger Tapping as "a violist of extraordinary merit and ability who is not only excellent but also distinctive, characterful and individual." Highlights of solo engagements include her 2006 debut at Carnegie Hall with the US première of Venezuelan composer Modesta Bor's Sonata, as well as solos with Arcos Juveniles de Caracas Orchestra, Virtuosi de Caracas, Middletown Symphony, the Illinois Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, with whom she performed the world première of Howard Hanson's Summer Sea Side #2, recorded under the Naxos label. Ms. Linares is the President, Founder and Artistic Director of ArCoNet, The Arts & Community Network, a nonprofit organization based in North Wales, PA. Ms. Linares has
launched many programs under the umbrella of ArCoNet, including a string academy with 120 students, a youth and chamber orchestra, intensive solo boot camps, the Dali Quartet International Music Festival, community outreach partnerships, college preparation programs for local and international students, junior string camps, concert series, and preschool programs among others. An active chamber musician and recitalist, she has collaborated with artists such as Anthony Marwood (Florestan Trio), Gabriela Montero (distinguished Venezuelan pianist), Natasha Brodsky (Peabody Trio), Paul Desenne (distinguished Venezuelan composer), Alexis Cardenas (Tchaikovsky Violin Competition finalist), Bonnie Hampton (Juilliard School of Music faculty), and Marka Gustavasson (Colorado String Quartet violist). Ms. Linares is the founding violist of the Dalí String Quartet, with whom she has embarked on recording and performing projects around the US and educational outreach collaborations with the City of Philadelphia and surrounding counties. She is a member of the IRIS Orchestra, SATORI Chamber Players, the Linaria Ensemble, and the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Linares holds a master's degree from Temple University, where she studied with violist and Curtis Institute of Music President Roberto Diaz, and a bachelor's degree from Indiana University where she studied with distinguished violist Atar Arad.
Jesús A. Morales Matos was born into a prominent musical family and is an active soloist, recording artist, and chamber musician. He currently serves as cello professor with ArCoNet and has an active private studio. As a concert artist, Fanfare Magazine wrote, "not since DuPre's or Starker's performances of the Saint-Saëns Concerto have I heard such miraculous playing: clean as a whistle, impassioned, technically adept, and exhibiting extraordinary control." The Salt Lake Tribune added, "his sound has an assertive, gorgeous quality, from the cello's brusque low notes to its sweet upper range." The New York Concert Review hailed him as a soloist “in a category above many cellists of today ... inspired and captivating." The Caribbean Business declared, "...he is already talked about as a soloist of potential international stature." Mr. Morales solo appearances include the Philharmonia Bulgarica, the San Bernardino Symphony, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, the Camerata Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Starling Chamber Orchestra, and the Festival de Orquestas Sinfonica Juvenil de las Americas. As a recording artist, Mr. Morales' recordings of the Saint-Saëns and Lalo cello concertos on the Centaur label, were received with rave reviews.
Mr. Morales has participated in summer festivals including, the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Banff Centre for the Arts, Grand Teton Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, and Música Rondeña in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Morales has also performed in recitals and chamber music concerts in Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and St. Thomas, VI. Mr. Morales holds a bachelor's degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music and has done postgraduate work at The Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. His teachers include Dr. Ronald Crutcher, Alan Harris, Helga Winold, and Yehuda Hanani. He studied chamber music with Peter Oundjian among others. Mr. Morales resides in Philadelphia with his wife, violinist Dara Morales, and daughters Isabel and Karina. Peter Paulsen is very committed to the education of young, upcoming musicians and has participated in master classes with François Rabbath, Hal Robinson, Mark Morton, and Donald Palma and as clinician with Jimmy Knepper, George Young, Clark Terry, Dennis DiBlasio, Valery Ponamerov, Dave Liebman, Gunnar Mossblad and Ed Soph. He is a member of the International Society of Bassists and an active composer of works for his instrument, receiving three prestigious Pennsylvania Council on the Arts composition grants and a composer residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. The PEW Charitable Trust recognized Peter Paulsen with a 2007 PEW Fellowship in composition and he can be seen in the acclaimed documentary, "12 Short Films of the 2007 PEW Fellows." Mr. Paulsen and his wife, mezzo-soprano Charlotte Paulsen continue to commission, premier, and record many new works for the unusual combination of double bass and voice. Mr. Paulsen's first CD release, Peter Paulsen Quintet "Three-Stranded Cord", on R&L Records, received international press and national airplay, as well as the second Peter Paulsen Trio release, "Tri-cycle". He has also recorded with the MPH Trio, "Curves", on GPC Recordings, and the Jeff Baumeister Quartet, "Useful Music", on Wahbo Records. His most recent release, Peter Paulsen "Change of Scenery" Sextet also on Wahbo Records, has gained international recognition in both radio and printed media, with an emphasis on a confident and original compositional voice.
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Sunday, March 1, 2020, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony Andrew Yozviak & M. Gregory Martin, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Monday, March 2, 2020, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Emily Bullock, mezzo-soprano Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 8:15 PM Winter Choral Festival David P. DeVenney & Ryan Kelly, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Thursday, March 5, 2020, 12:00 PM Madeleine Wing Adler Concert Series: Sophomore Instrumental Scholarship Competition Ralph Sorrentino, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Grand Foyer Performing Arts Center Monday, March 16, 2020, 7:30 PM Faculty Recital: Elizabeth Pfaffle, horn Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building .
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