--.1-ferberger College of Fine Arts ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Sinfonietta ASU Chamber Orchestra "A Night at the Opera: Cherished Moments from the Stage" and "Classics" Jacob Harrison, Joel Neves and Daniel O'Bryant, conductors J. David Hunsicker, trumpet Scott Douglas Maclntyre, piano School of Music Herberger College of Fine Arts Arizona State University Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:30 p.m. Gammage Auditorium Mal ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Program Biographies SINFONIETTA Camille Saint-Saens Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Dalilah Jacob Harrison, conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music from The Magic Flute Pamina's Aria: "Ach, ich fiihrs, es ist verschwunden" Queen of the Night Aria: "Der 1-16Ile Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" Papageno's Aria: "Papagena! Papagena!" Papageno, Papagena Aria: "Pa pa pa" Courtney Sherman, soprano Susan Hurley, soprano Robert Hutson, bass Jacob Harrison, conductor Music from Carmen, Suites 1 and 2 Prelude Aragonaise Les Dragons d'Alcala Chanson du Toreador Intermezzo Habanera Danse Boheme Laura Neves, soprano Joel Neves, conductor Georges Bizet INTERMISSION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by Daniel O'Bryant Overture from The Impresario, K. 486 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto in E-flat Major Allegro Andante Allegro Franz Joseph Haydn J. David Hunsicker, trumpet 2004-2005 Concert of Soloists Winner Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro con brio Adagio Rondo: Allegro molto Scott Douglas MacIntyre, piano 2004-2005 Concert of Soloists Winner Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you. Jacob Harrison began his musical training at the age of four in the Suzuki Violin method in Russellville, Arkansas. He also studied piano privately and later started playing the trombone in the Russellville Public School band program. In 2001 he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Harrison currently studies orchestral conducting with Dr. Timothy Russell and opera conducting with Dr. William Reber, while pursuing a master's degree in music education at Arizona State University. He is a conductor of Sinfonietta and student conductor for the ASU orchestra program. He also is a Regent's Scholar and last year was an Artsbridge Scholar aiding arts education by teaching music in the Phoenix Public Schools. Before moving to Arizona, he lived in Chicago, where he worked with groups such as the Peoria Youth Orchestra, the Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra, the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the Mason Youth Orchestra in Michigan. This past summer, Harrison was one of four selected to participate in the Romanian National University of Music's conducting master class led by Maestro Dumitru Goia in Bucharest, Romania. Joel Neves began his formal musical studies at Brigham Young University studying trumpet performance, where he was principal trumpet of the Philharmonic Orchestra, Brass Choir, Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble and brass quintets. After earning his bachelor's degree in music, Neves pursued his true love and completed his master's degree in orchestral conducting at BYU, studying with conductors David Blackinton and Kory Katseanes. During his studies, he was principal conductor of the University and BYU String Orchestras, assistant conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor of multiple recitals for new music. As conductor for the acclaimed BYU School of Music production of My Fair Lady, Neves was honored as the only conductor in the west to receive the "Meritorious Achievement Award" from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Neves' recent conducting engagements include the Sanpete Community Orchestra, Pleasant Grove Symphony & Orchestra, Orchestra of Southern Utah, various community religious choirs, and the world premiere of "Essay for Freedom" for 24 trumpets. He enjoyed working side-by-side with noted conducting teachers Harold Farberman, Daniel Lewis, Donald Thulean and Larry Rachleff at the Bakersfield Conducting Workshop in California and Bard Conductor's Workshop in New York. Neves' commitment to education is evident in his work as guest clinician and adjudicator at the Southern Utah Orchestra Festival, instructor of intermediate orchestral conducting at BYU, band conductor of 5 6 and 6th graders at two elementary schools, and private instructor of trumpet and trombone. Neves is currently pursuing a DMA in Orchestral Conducting at ASU, studying with Timothy Russell; he is also studying opera conducting with William Reber. Daniel O'Bryant completed a bachelor's degree in string bass performance and a master's degree in orchestral conducting at Brigham Young University. Since then, he has worked extensively as a bassist, conductor and educator in various professional and academic positions. His bass teachers include Bruce Bransby of the Indiana School of Music and Walter Birkedahl. O'Bryant served as assistant principal bassist with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and section bassist with Music of the Baroque, the Elgin Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Ballet West and Salt Lake Opera Company. He was awarded a full fellowship to study bass at the Aspen Music Festival and has been a featured soloist with many prominent orchestras. O'Bryant has taught bass privately for many years and worked as the faculty bass instructor at Utah Valley State College. His conducting teachers include Daniel Lewis, Gustav Meier, Murry Sidlin, Donald Thulean, Donald Portnoy and Kory Katseanes. He is currently studying with Timothy Russell at Arizona State University. O'Bryant's conducting engagements include assistant conductor of the Salt Lake Opera Company, assistant conductor of the Brigham Young University Orchestras, founder and conductor of the Utah County Chamber Players, assistant conductor of the Utah Valley Youth Symphony, and orchestra director at Jackson Intermediate in Houston, Texas. He has also conducted the Bakersfield Symphony, the Conductors Institute of South Carolina Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival's American Academy of Conductors Orchestra. He is currently a conductor of the ASU Sinfonietta and an assistant conductor for the ASU Orchestra Program. He plans to complete his doctoral studies at ASU and pursue a career in college and professional orchestral conducting. J. David Hunsicker is currently pursuing a doctorate in trumpet performance at Arizona State University. In the summers, he serves as principal trumpet of both the Des Moines Metro Opera and the Lancaster Festival Orchestras. Prior to moving to Arizona, Hunsicker was associate principal trumpet of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Other groups with which he has performed include the Phoenix, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Flint, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Lansing and Grand Rapids Symphonies - as well as the Sonoran Brass, the Great Lakes Brass Quintet, the Detroit Chamber Winds and the Michigan Chamber Brass. Scott Douglas Maclntyre, 19, began playing piano by ear at age 3. He has trained classically and composed since the age of 5, even though he has been visually impaired since birth. He has been internationally profiled on CNN, Headline News, Global Television Network, national and local news and radio programs in piano, voice and composition. He has had the privilege of studying on full scholarship at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute and Universitat Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Previously, he studied 3 years in Toronto, Canada at the Royal Conservatory of Music on scholarship. Maclntyre has received numerous prizes and awards for piano, composition and vocal performance: first place in the Herberger Theater Center Young Artist Competition for outstanding vocal performance; first place in the Fiesta Chorus of Sweet Adeline International Talent Search at Chandler Center for Performing Arts; first place in the Symphony of the West Valley Butterfield Young Artist Concerto Competition; grand prize winner Phoenix Symphony Guild, First Place Senior Piano Concerto competition. He has performed six concerts as the featured soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, at Phoenix Symphony Hall and as guest artist playing Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3 at both the Orpheum Theater and the Sundome in Arizona. At age15, he won the Concerto Division (19 and under) of the Young Artist Piano Competition for the state of Arizona including scholarships for the Festival Outstanding Performance Award and the Briscoe Memorial Scholarship Award. He won 2nd place in the national finals of the Canadian Music Competitions held in Edmonton, Alberta. He has independently recorded and released five CD's that include his own compositions, classical and modern genres. Maclntyre has traveled across North America, including an interview for the "Hour of Power" broadcast airing in 152 countries and 13 different languages, taped in front of a live audience of 4,000 in California. He enjoys bringing his music to all audiences, performing extensively for conventions, churches, charities and stadium athletic events (America West Arena, Bank One Ballpark). Now a senior at Arizona State University in Piano Performance, Maclntyre was recently nominated by the School of Music as the "Outstanding Graduate." He will continue his studies in England and as a Marshall scholar 2005-07 at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music. He is a Rhodes Finalist for Arizona, a Fulbright finalist in the UK and recipient of USA Today's All USA Academic First Team Award 2005. Home-educated through high school, Maclntyre enjoys computer programming and languages, as well as skiing with a sighted guide. He has performed in live theatre and musicals as Charlie Brown in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Mayor Shinn in The Music Man. He has participated in the Arizona YMCA "Youth in Government" program in elected positions of President of the Senate and Senate Majority Leader, and he received the "Outstanding First Year Senator" award at the Phoenix State Capitol. Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Violin I Melissa Lou** Bee-Lian Quah Anna Evenson Amanda Meyers Denisse Vallecillos Laura Gremlich Lucile Kellis Carlee Shumway Megan Faraoni Grayson Steinberg Violin II Ji-Hyun Lee* Kelly Varady Rachel Lindsay Karla P. Martinez Stacey Payne Carlos E. Cervantes, Jr. Jee Yeong Witt Viola Cicely DeSalle* Michael Suyehira Maia Clark Katie Miller Cello Hayne Lee* Aubree Frost Erin Hutchinson Ariel Dunn Kathleen Snyder Eunyae Ji Bass Robert Flanz* Christopher Wagner Kale Gans Flute Kehokule'alani O'Daniell^ Katie Valadez^ Aileen Kilgore Sixto Montesinos Piccolo Aileen Kilgore Trombone Todd Jacobs* Steven Brazier Bass Trombone Derik Dalby Tuba Kevin Ronan Oboe Kendra Hawley* Chris Nguyen Timothy Barnes Harp Noriko Ujiie* Kathryn Black English Horn Chris Nguyen Timpani Valerie Hagstrom Clarinet Ryan Sandell^ Stefanie Harger^ Korbi Adams Sean Lucius Percussion Valerie Hagstrom* John Wittman Matthew Holm ** Concertmaster Principal A Co principals Bass Clarinet Ryan Sandell * Bassoon Ashley Haney^ Mikaela Miller^ Kallie Knutson Orchestra Assistants Kayoko Dan Daniel O'Bryant Horn Jackie Allen" Sean Bayman A Jenni Ensign DeAnna Uranga Trumpet Ivan Pour Orchestra Librarians Kayoko Dan Jacob Harrison Orchestra Manager Chris Niileksela Violin I Jamie Forseth** K. Brandon Ironside Xi Wang Bonnie Teplik Chrystal Smothers Gina Dyches Violin H Brian Chen* Taylor Morris Crystal Blakley Kaelie Retts Amy Anderson Danica Terzic Viola Louis Privitera, Jr.* Crystal Gheen Jenwei Yu Megan Kemp Cello Ajay Patel* Erin Richardson Annemarie Smith Jennifer Hartman Bass David Kopper* Marisin Alzarnora Flute Monique Brouwer^ Jeanie Jang^ Oboe Heather Guadagnino^ Elizabet Gerber^ Clarinet Leslie Moreau* Mindy Pyle Bassoon Toby Yatso' Julie Schlafer Horn Lauralyn L. Padglick* Rose French Trumpet Joshua Whitehouse* Andrew Kissling Timpani Matthew Holm Concertmaster Principal A Co-principals ** * Orchestra Assistants Kayoko Dan Daniel O'Bryant Orchestra Librarians Kayoko Dan Jacob Harrison Orchestra Manager Chris Niileksela ASU Orchestra Program The Arizona State University Orchestra Program in the Herberger College of Fine Arts School of Music is dedicated to providing the finest musical and educational opportunities for those qualified individuals interested in studying and performing a wide variety of orchestral music. The faculty and administration are committed to the training and development of professional orchestral performers (instrumentalists and conductors), orchestral music educators and therapists, musicologists, theorists, composers, arts administrators, and future arts supporters. The students share in this commitment, aspiring to the highest possible standards of musical excellence. Currently the program includes three ensembles: the University Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, and the Sinfonietta. The Sinfonietta is a midsize orchestra, which presently performs four concerts annually under the direction of selected graduate students. Repertoire is chosen from the standard works for symphony orchestra. In addition to the programmed repertoire which is performed, the ensemble also undertakes "readings" of other music. The ASU Chamber Orchestra, which in 1997 produced its first commercially released CD, A Brassy Night at the Opera, on the Summit label, presently performs approximately six concerts annually. This ensemble performs works explicitly composed or originally intended for a small orchestra. Visiting artists who have performed with the Chamber Orchestra include violinists Ilya Kaler and Sergiu Luca, as well as cellists Colin Carr and Stephen Kates. In addition to performing on the ASU campus, in Spring 2002, the Chamber Orchestra offered three complete performances of Handers Messiah with the Phoenix Bach Choir. The two ensembles collaborated again in 2003. In 2001, the Chamber Orchestra was a featured performance ensemble at the national conference of the American Society of University Composers. Please visit our websites at http://music.asu.edu for further information about the Arizona State University School of Music, and http://music.asu.edu/performance/ orchestras.htm for information about the Orchestra Program.