myso-founders concert-2011

1Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASENIOR SYMPHONY

FOUNDERS CONCERTSSharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

Sunday, January 16, 20111:00 PM and 5:00 PM

Margery Deutsch, Music DirectorShelby Keith Dixon, Associate ConductorIlana Setapen, Violin

ALAN HOVHANESS And God Created Great Whales (1911-2000) Mr. Dixon

MAX BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (1838–1920) Prologue: Grave I. Adagio Cantabile IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero Ms. Setapen

INTERMISSION

PABLO SARASATE Zigeunerweisen (“Gypsy Airs”), Op. 20 (1844-1908) Ms. Setapen

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D major (the “Titan”) (1860-1911) III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen IV. Stürmisch bewegt Honoring the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth and the centennial of his death

With our flagship ensemble, the internationally acclaimed Senior Symphony, we pay tribute to the visionaries who formed and shaped MYSO in its infancy,

upon which its 55 years of musical excellence are built.

This concert and MYSO are supported in part by generous grants from Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, UPAF and CAMPAC. MYSO gratefully

acknowledges this important support, as well as the critically important donations from so many individuals, foundations and corporations.

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B IOGR APHIES

Ilana Setapen, violinist

Since her solo orchestral debut at age 15 with the Amarillo Symphony,

Ilana Setapen has been flourishing as a violinist with a powerful and origi-nal voice. She now continues to thrive as a professional. Ms. Setapen is the newly appointed Associate Concert-master of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Assistant Con-certmaster of the Grant Park Festival Orchestra in Chicago.

Ms. Setapen has won top prizes in many competitions, such as the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, the Pasadena Showcase Competition, the Kingsville Interna-tional Competition and the Amarillo Young Performers Competition. At age 21, she became concertmaster of the Riverside County Philharmonic, of which she has now been the concertmaster for five years. For two years she was also the concertmaster of the Colburn Orchestra, and from 2003-2006 she was the concertmas-ter of the American Youth Symphony, with which she performed at Carn-egie Hall. She was also a concert-master of the Juilliard Orchestra.

Ms. Setapen completed her bachelor of music degree at USC, where she was the concertmaster of both the Thornton Symphony Orchestra and the Thornton Chamber Orchestra. She was the winner of the 2004 USC Concerto Competition and performed Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with the Thornton Chamber Orches-tra. Ms. Setapen made her European debut in 2002, performing Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto in Venice. Other solo appearances have been with the Riverside Philharmonic, the Pasadena Pops, the American Youth Symphony, the Idaho Falls Symphony, the Warren

Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra and the Amarillo Symphony. Her father, conductor James Setapen, frequently accompanies Ilana with his exceptional leadership.

Ms. Setapen grew up in Amarillo, Texas, where she performed for three seasons as a member of the Amarillo Symphony. She was also a participant in the New York String Seminar and the Aspen Music Festival. She spent four summers at ENCORE School for Strings and two summers in Breckenridge, Colorado with the National Repertory Orchestra, the latter as concertmaster. In 2005 she toured Brazil and France with the Armstrong Quartet, of which she is a founding member. In the summer of 2006 Ms. Setapen participated in the Zeist International Music Days Festival in Holland, where she worked with the Vermeer and Jerusalem Quartets. She is currently the first violinist in the award-winning Calla Quartet.

Ms. Setapen studied with Robert Lipsett both at the University of Southern California and at the Col-burn Conservatory. She received her Master of Music Degree from the Juil-liard School as a student of Donald Weilerstein and Ronald Copes. She performs on a 1624 Brothers Amati violin on loan from Frank Almond.

Margery Deutsch, Music Director

Margery Deutsch has been Music Director of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s

Senior Symphony since 1987. Under her direction, the Senior Symphony toured China in 2007, and most recently, British Columbia in July 2009; past tours include concerts in Austria, France, Switzerland, It-aly, Spain, Canada (Quebec) and Scotland, where the orchestra performed as part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras and the Edinburgh Festival. In 2000 the


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Senior Symphony was chosen as one of only five U.S. youth orchestras to par-ticipate in the National Youth Orchestra Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Deutsch has conducted the orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Wisconsin Music Educators Conference (North Central Division) and the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Deutsch and the orchestra were selected by famed bassist and author Barry Green (The Inner Game of Music) to serve as the demonstra-tion orchestra for his series of ensemble workbooks and videotape. In 2007 MYSO received a “Meet the Composer” grant through Music Alive and the American Symphony Orchestra League for which Deutsch conducted the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Jeffrey Mumford.

Deutsch is actively involved with high school-age musicians throughout the country and is in frequent demand as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudica-tor. She has served four terms on the Board of Directors of the League of American Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra Division, which helps establish national policies for youth orchestras. Deutsch has been Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1984. Prior to coming to Milwaukee, Deutsch served as Music Director of the Shreveport (LA) Symphony where she conducted classical, chamber orchestra, pops and children’s concerts, as well as operas. Versed in both orchestral and choral repertoire, she was Music Direc-tor of the Long Island Singers Society and, in Milwaukee, has guest conducted The Master Singers, Bel Canto Chorus, Milwaukee Choristers, Lawrence Univer-sity Choir, Milwaukee Children’s Choir and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus.

Deutsch has been a frequent guest conductor for the Milwaukee Sym-phony Orchestra’s Youth, Children’s and Family concert series. In addition, she

has worked with the Sheboygan Sym-phony, Aurora University’s Music by the Lake Opera Theater, Women’s Philhar-monic (CA), Plymouth (MI) Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Charleston (SC) Symphony, Nebraska Sinfonia, Monroe (LA) Symphony, South Dakota Sym-phony, and the all-state orchestras of Massachusetts, Kansas, Missouri, Wash-ington, Minnesota, Montana, Delaware and Maine, as well as numerous district festivals throughout the country.

The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Deutsch received the 2001 Mil-waukee Civic Music Association Award for Excellence in Contributions to Music and the 1990 UWM Undergradu-ate Teaching Award. She has been awarded conducting fellowships and scholarships from the Aspen Music Fes-tival, the Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and the Nebraska-based “Festival of a Thousand Oaks.” She was also invited to participate in the conducting seminar at Tanglewood where she took master classes with Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and Colin Davis. Her other teachers include Thomas Briccetti, Franco Ferrarra, Bruno Bartoletti, Piero Bellugi, Sergiu Commisiona and Dennis Russell Davies; she has also studied flute with Samuel Baron and voice with Jan DeGaetani. A native New Yorker and Regents Scholar, she holds a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conduct-ing, a Master of Arts degree in Musicol-ogy, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Flute and Vocal Performance.

Shelby Keith Dixon, Associate Conductor

Mr. Dixon is the retired Director of Orchestras and Chair-man of Fine Arts at

Homestead High School in Mequon. Before going to the Mequon-Thiens-ville School District in 1975, he served as Choral Director at Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois. For six years,


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he was Assistant Professor of Music at Alverno College in Milwaukee. There he taught the History and Literature of Music and was Musical Director of Theatre Alverno.

Mr. Dixon has extensive background in brasses, keyboard and strings. He has served as Music Director of Milwaukee Players at the Pabst Theatre, conductor with the Sullivan Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, Musical Assistant with Milwaukee’s Music Under the Stars, As-sistant Conductor of the Northwestern University Chapel Choir, and Interim

Music Director of the Elgin (IL) Youth Symphony Orchestras.

He holds both the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in the History and Literature of Music from Northwestern University, Evanston, Il-linois. He has taught on the music ed-ucation faculty of Concordia Univer-sity-Wisconsin, and has served on the boards of directors of the Milwaukee Civic Music Association and Gather-ing on the Green. The 2000-2011 season is Mr Dixon’s twenty-seventh as a MYSO conductor.

SENIOR SYMPHONY PERSONNEL

FIRST VIOLINSCassandra Chiao, Menomonee Falls Sussex Hamilton H.S. Co-ConcertmasterValerie Sanders, Greenfield Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S. Co-ConcertmasterKristian Brusubardis, Dousman home schooled Co-ConcertmasterIsaac Young, Waukesha Waukesha West H.S. Associate ConcertmasterAnna Belle Hoots Mequon Homestead H.S.Brandon Kreuder Burlington Burlington H.S.Holly Spangenberg Thiensville home schooledThomas Bewell Thiensville Homestead H.S.Ellen Sonnenberg Howards Grove Sheboygan Falls H.S.Nina Fricano Milwaukee Rufus King H.S.Samantha Kahl Glendale Nicolet H.S.Renee Pyne Delafield home schooledBen Kroeger Mequon Homestead H.S.Tabby Rhee Brookfield Pilgrim Park M.S.Kaila Banaszak Jackson Kettle Moraine Lutheran H.S.Mark Halstrom River Hills Nicolet H.S.Michael Lin New Berlin Eisenhower H.S.Philip Ledgerwood Watertown home schooledSean Oh Waukesha Butler M.S.Amelia Bemis Kenosha Tremper H.S.Fatima Gomez Milwaukee University School of MilwaukeeRachel May Milwaukee Trinity AcademyRebekah Ruetz Waukesha home schooledAimee Chan Glendale Nicolet H.S.Carmalisa Reichhart West Allis Nathan Hale H.S.Jenna Greene Waukesha Kettle Moraine H.S.Dante Giacobassi Shorewood Shorewood H.S.Moriah Norris Menomonee Falls home schooledBryan Eder Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Ryan Krofta Waukesha Kettle Moraine H.S.


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SECOND VIOLINSOlivia Grassmann, Wauwatosa Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S. PrincipalAnne Marie Steeves, Milwaukee Wisconsin Lutheran H.S. Assistant PrincipalBridget Windau Shorewood Shorewood H.S.Alonso Ibarra Brookfield Falls Baptist AcademyAlexander Peterson Cedarburg Marquette H.S.Chang Ge Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Austin Budiono Sussex Queen of Apostles SchoolKatherine Willden Cedarburg Cedarburg H.S.John Yank South Milwaukee home schooledTamar Lascelle Mukwonago home schooledChih-Wei Wu Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Phillip Wang Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Seungjoo Lee Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Philip Warnecke Watertown Luther Preparatory SchoolOwen Liu Waukesha Waukesha West H.S.Jay Olson New Berlin Eisenhower H.S.Angela Beltrame Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Aaron Darr Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Wentong Zhang Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay H.S.Leah Plachinski Oak Creek The Prairie SchoolBrian Miller Waukesha Waukesha North H.S.Huifan Xiao Milwaukee Wauwatosa East H.S.Anna Penkert Waukesha Kettle Moraine H.S.Elliott Rashed Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Avery Moore Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S.Alexandra Lindstrom Wauwatosa Wauwatosa West H.S.Zachary Stellflue Delafield Kettle Moraine H.S.Rachel Stone Elm Grove Brookfield East H.S.Rachel Roets Greenfield home schooled

VIOLASSarah Emran, Milwaukee Falls Baptist Academy Co-PrincipalRachel Mooers, Delafield IQ Academy Co-PrincipalKeith Dodd, Shorewood Shorewood H.S. Assistant PrincipalForresta Perkins Milwaukee Milwaukee H.S. of the ArtsMartin Hintz West Allis Nathan Hale H.S.Irene Blazek Delafield Kettle Moraine H.S.Samuel Soik Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Melissa Shi Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Alex Siy Brookfield Marquette H.S.Jessica Behling Racine J.I. Case H.S.Minhi Kang New Berlin Eisenhower H.S.Ann Thomas Greendale Greendale H.S.Alex Schroeder West Allis West Allis Central H.S.Yoana Kanastab Wauwatosa Wauwatosa West H.S.Clair Sprenger Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Melodie Heins Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls H.S.Emma Richards Elm Grove Brookfield East H.S.



CELLOSElliot Yang, New Berlin New Berlin West H.S. Co-PrincipalAndrew Maslowski, Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S. Co-PrincipalSara Shi Milwaukee Nicolet H.S.Nikhil Ramnarayan Mequon Homestead H.S.Kartik Papatla Mequon Homestead H.S.Viktor Brusubardis Dousman home schooledChristian Morzinski Wauwatosa Whitman M.S.Xavier Durawa Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay H.S.Natalie Melk Milwaukee Nathan Hale H.S.Seth Banaszak Jackson Kettle Moraine Lutheran H.S.Alexandra Poli Wauwatosa Wauwatosa West H.S.Regina Kim Watertown Luther Preparatory SchoolMeghan McVann Greendale Greendale H.S.Andrea Nealon Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Alexandra Greene Waukesha Kettle Moraine H.S.John Dieser Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Joseph Dillon Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S.Tieg Gielow Wauwatosa Marquette H.S.

DOUBLE BASSESJames Kroner, Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S. PrincipalSai Vangala, Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S. Assistant PrincipalLaura LeBrun Bayside Nicolet H.S.Isaiah Simons Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S.John Rupsch Milwaukee Wauwatosa West H.S.Adam Stresing South Milwaukee South Milwaukee H.S.Alexis Messnick Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S.Erica Kennedy Brown Deer Brown Deer H.S.

HARPSJennifer DeRoche Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay H.S.Chloe Tula Delafield Kettle Moraine H.S.

FLUTES AND PICCOLOSElyse Brotzman Glendale home schooledMary Connolly Shorewood Shorewood H.S.Victoria Edmonds Milwaukee University School of MilwaukeeKirsten Hall Mequon Shorewood H.S.Jenifer Minor Hartland Arrowhead H.S.

OBOESHaley Adams Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Camille Galles Oconomowoc Kettle Moraine H.S.Youngjin Ki Kenosha Bradford H.S.Chelsea Kiehl Eagle Palmyra-Eagle H.S.

CLARINETS Rachel Berg Shorewood Shorewood H.S.Maddie Jones Fox Point Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S.Daniel Lee Menomonee Falls Brookfield East H.S.



CLARINETS (cont.)Ana Nelson Ripon Berlin H. S.Nathan Wells Elkhorn East Troy H.S.

BASSOONSMegan Braunschweig Neosho Hartford Union H.S.Christine Ellis Pewaukee Arrowhead H.S.Katie Henry Sheboygan Sheboygan South H.S.Alex Saxton Glendale Nicolet H.S.

HORNSSammie Apple Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.Bethany Brinton Hartland Lake Country Lutheran H.S.Sarah Bubik New Berlin Pius XI H.S.Ryan Cooney Mequon Homestead H.S.Jessica Cribbs Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls H.S.Kurt Heins Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls H.S.John Hougard Delafield Kettle Moraine H.S.Deanna Josten Hartford Hartford Union H.S.Nick Kallinger Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Sarah Kruske Port Washington Port Washington H.S.Katherine Seybold Grafton Grafton H.S.

TRUMPETSMichael Bagin Hubertus home schooledJason Griffin Fox Point Nicolet H.S.Nick Mihalyi Franklin Franklin H.S.Morgen Moraine Sussex home schooledGerrit Van Ruiswyk Elm Grove Brookfield East H.S.Tom Wester Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.

TROMBONESThomas Bagin Hubertus home schooledJordan Griffin Fox Point Nicolet H.S.Ryan Krofta Waukesha Kettle Moraine H.S.Kara Metzger Waukesha Waukesha South H.S.Danny Schwalbach Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls H.S.

BASS TROMBONESam Patchett Brookfield Brookfield Central H.S.

TUBASDavid Knapp Germantown Germantown H.S.James Volz Wauwatosa Wauwatosa East H.S.

TIMPANI AND PERCUSSIONMelissa Behling Racine J.I. Case H.S.Nicholas Farrar-Foley Milwaukee Marquette H.S.Laurin Friedland Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay H.S.Taylor Katanick Sussex Arrowhead H.S.Nathan Simons Brookfield Brookfield East H.S.Dillon Treacy Menomonee Falls Marquette H.S.

In the Senior Symphony, section leadership assignments rotate within each concert cycle.


PROGR A M NOTES – BY ROGER RUGGER I © 2011

Alan Hovhanessb. March 11, 1911; Somerville, MAd. June 21, 2000; Seattle, WA

And God Created Great Whales, Opus 229/1Among America’s most prolific composers (he wrote more than 400 works), Alan Hovhaness was the son of an Armenian-born chemistry professor, Haroutian Hovhaness Chakmakjian, and a Scottish mother. It was his mother who decided that her loved ones would fare better in their suburban Boston environment if the family adopted her husband’s middle name as a last name. After traditional musical training at Tufts College and the New England Conservatory of Music, young Alan attended Tanglewood, where his late Romantic style was criticized by Bernstein and Copland. He destroyed or suppressed many of his earlier works, deciding instead to pursue an interest in Eastern music, particularly that of India and Armenia. In the 1960s, he went in more Japanese and Korean directions, then, in the next decade returned to Western influences. In his later years, Hovhaness settled in the Seattle area.

Hovhaness scholar Arnold Rosner writes: “Although most of Hovhaness’s major compositions are instrumental, almost every work is religious in nature. This does not, however, inhibit stylistic and psychological variety; tranquility, fear, ecstasy, mystery, and epic chaos find expression by means of divergent and ever-changing techniques.”

When the late conductor Andre Kostelanetz heard the humpback whale songs collected by Dr. Roger S. Payne, he immediately realized that his old friend Alan Hovhaness would want to experience the fascinating sound of their calls. Equally excited upon hearing Dr. Payne’s tapes, Hovhaness immediately began to envision the whale songs in an orchestral setting. The resulting work, “And God Created Great Whales,” was introduced

by Kostelanetz and the New York Philharmonic on June 11, 1970, as part of the orchestra’s “International Promenade” concerts.

Hovhaness contributed the following commentary:

“Free rhythmless vibrational passages, each string player playing independently, suggests waves in a vast ocean. Pentatonic melody sounds openness of wide ocean sky. Undersea mountains rise and fall in horns, trombones and tuba. Music of whales also rise and fall like mountain ranges. Song of whale emerges like giant mythical sea bird.

“Man does not exist, has not yet been born in the solemn oneness of nature.”The work includes four sections of taped whale songs:

1.) An edited whale solo from off St. David, Bermuda, as recorded by whale scientist Frank Watlington.

2.) Recorded by Dr. Payne while in the waters off Bermuda during the spring of 1969.

3.) This is the only segment in which the sound has been electronically manipulated. Mr. Watlington reduced the tape to one-fourth speed, lowering the pitch of the song by two octaves.

4.) The final segment, recorded by Dr. Payne, consists of rapid pulses of complex sound which produce an impression of extremely low notes.

In 1970, Dr. Payne, then affiliated with Rockefeller University, the New York Zoological Society and The Whale Fund, wrote:“The humpback songs are so unusual that most people’s first questions seem always to be, ‘What are they for? Do they serve as some form of communication?’ A positive answer to these questions is tempting to the scientist no less than to the layman, but the truth is that they


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cannot be answered with certainty yet. As a speculation, borne out by only the most preliminary evidence, I suspect that the low-frequency end of the whale’s song spectrum acts as a sort of beacon. It is the lowest sound in its range, those just above 70 cycles per second, that travel furthest through the ocean, and the whale may use sounds to alert other whales within ear-shot. This may be a relatively long way in the ocean, water being a far more efficient conductor of sound than air. The lowest part of the songs, then, might allow whales many miles apart to gather into a herd, or to keep together as a widely scattered herd during migration in the open ocean.

“As for the higher frequency phrases of the song, which are effective only over a shorter range, my wife has a bit of preliminary evidence from our study of the tapes that these notes may constitute some form of communication between relatively closely spaced whales—whales within, say, five miles of one another...

“We who live on land deal with our world largely through vision, but in the sea, where sound is carried far better than light, hearing is more useful than vision. Thus it is perhaps not so surprising that some of the most beautiful sounds of the wild world come from the sea.”

Max Bruchb. January 6, 1838; Cologned. October 2, 1920; Friedenau, near Berlin

Movements I and Finale, from Scottish Fantasy, for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 46An important German composer, conductor and teacher of the late-19th-century, Max Bruch was celebrated by his contemporaries for choral works, symphonies and operas, yet enduring popularity has only been enjoyed by his orchestral works with violin solo and the Kol Nidrei variations for solo

cello. In addition to his three violin concertos, Bruch composed the present work—whose complete title is Fantasia (Introduction, Adagio, Scherzo, Andante, Finale) for the Violin, with Orchestra and Harp, with the Free Use of Scottish Folk-melodies—in Berlin during the winter of 1879-80. Written for and dedicated to the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, the work was premiered by Sarasate at a Bach Festival in Hamburg during late September of 1880.

Impressed by the writings of Sir Walter Scott, Bruch utilizes his own versions of Scottish folk tunes. The first movement employs Through the Wood Laddie, while the Finale uses the vigorous Scots wha hae.

Decried in its earliest days by critics as “neither a concerto nor Scottish,” it was embraced in the earlier part of this century by Jascha Heifetz, who turned it into such a personal vehicle that few other violinists would perform it publicly. Only in relatively recently has this charming and unique work again been taken up by the newest generation of virtuoso violinists.

Pablo Sarasateb. March 10, 1844; Pamplona, Spaind. September 20, 1908; Biarritz

Zigeunerweisen (“Gypsy Airs”), Opus 20A leading violin virtuoso of the late 19th century, Sarasate began study at the Paris Conservatory as a mere lad of twelve. Even at that tender age, he proudly performed upon a Stradivarius that had been given to him by Queen Isabella of Spain. Graduating in 1859 as a prize student and a promising composer, the Spanish musician embarked on a concert career that ultimately encompassed the world. Among the important solo works dedicated to his talents were those of Saint-Saëns (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), Lalo (Concerto No. 1 and Symphonie Espagnole) and Bruch (Concerto No. 2 and the Scottish Fantasy).



Sarasate’s most enduring composition and a mainstay of his repertoire was Zigeunerweisen (“Gypsy Airs”), a brilliant and exciting evocation of Romany style. Consisting of the traditional slow (lassu) and fast (friss) sections of Hungarian folk music, this dazzling staple of the virtuoso repertoire was written in Leipzig in 1878.

Gustav Mahlerb. July 7, 1860; Kalischt, Bohemiad. May 18, 1911; Vienna

Andante and Finale, fromSymphony No. 1 in D majorCharacterized by a contemporary as “demonic, neurotic, demanding, selfish, noble, emotionally undisciplined, sarcastic, unpleasant, and a genius,” Mahler was filled with tortured complexities that he managed to sublimate into the art of music through composing and conducting. There was even a constant conflict in these activities; as he worked his way up the ladder of European conducting posts, Mahler seemed to have less and less time to write the compositions dictated by his burgeoning concepts. Expressing himself through an intensely personal blend of vocal and symphonic gestures, Mahler created a body of works that cast onto an artistic plane the anguish of a sensitive soul caught in the crosscurrents of the dawning modern age.

Mahler’s First Symphony is closely related to his first important work, The Songs of a Wayfarer, written between December 1883 and January 1885, a work regarded as the artistic end result of an unhappy love affair with the actress Johanna Richter. Filled with the emotions of a disillusioned and disappointed lover who sees only death as the destination of his bitter life’s travels, the cycle ends in an atmosphere of resignation. In his first symphony, Mahler uses several themes from this cycle, but, by concluding them more optimistically, conveys the sense that the problems have been at least somewhat resolved.

It is believed that Mahler began work on the Symphony No. 1 in 1885, while living in Kassel. Shortly after assuming the directorship of the Royal Opera in Budapest, he completed the work and conducted a first performance in November of 1889. At that time, he entitled the work Symphonic Poem in Two Parts; it also contained the Blumine movement that was originally part of the incidental music to Scheffel’s Der Trompeter von Säckingen. Six years later, when the work was performed at Weimar, the composer allowed the symphony to be entitled Titan, after a famous novel of Jean Paul Richter. Still later, Mahler decided to omit the Blumine movement and his poetic, but often misunderstood, program; he subsequently called the work simply Symphony No. 1.

In later years, Mahler made the following comments to an inquiring music critic. Centering on the phrase wie ein Naturlaut (“like a sound of Nature”), he wrote: “That nature embraces everything that is at once awesome, magnificent, and lovable, nobody seems to grasp. It seems so strange to me that most people, when they mention the word Nature in connection with art, imply only flowers, birds, the fragrance of the woods, etc. No one seems to think of the mighty underlying mystery, the god Dionysos, the great Pan; and just that mystery is the burden of my phrase wie ein Naturlaut. That, if anything, is my ‘program,’ or the secret of my composition. My music is always the voice of Nature sounding in tone, an idea in reality synonymous with the concept so aptly described by Bülow as ‘the symphonic problem.’ The validity of any other sort of ‘program’ I do not recognize, at any rate, not for my work.”

Although Mahler made many famous statements against program notes, particularly when applied to his works, he allowed his dear friend Natalie Bauer-Lechner to send comments to a Viennese critic in 1900. These are the



comments about the symphony’s last two movements:

…Of the third, Bruder Martin [minor mode Frère Jacques] movement, Mahler recently said: “Now he (my hero) has found a hair in his soup and his entire meal is ruined.”...The situation can be imagined thus: A funeral procession passes by; all the misery and all the sorrow of the world strikes our hero with its biting contrasts and its dreadful irony. The Bruder Martin funeral march must be imagined played by a cheap band, such as one hears at country funerals; it draws near, takes shape and disappears, thus finally becoming what it is. In the midst of this, all the coarseness, the mirth and the banality of the world are heard in the sound of a Bohemian village band, together with the hero’s terrible

cries of pain. In its biting irony and contrasting polyphony, it is the most moving moment! Particularly when, after a wonderful interlude, the funeral procession returns and a soul-piercing “gay tune” is heard.The last movement follows without pause, on a terrifying shriek. Our hero is now exposed to the most fearful combats and to all the sorrows of the world. He and his triumphant motifs are “hit on the head again and again” by destiny. Once more he seems for a moment to get to his feet and become the master of his fate again. But only when he has triumphed over death, and when all the glorious memories of youth have returned with themes from the first movement, does he get the upper hand: and there is a great victorious chorale!...

PR IVATE INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra appreciates—and greatly benefits from—the high quality of training provided by private instrumental teachers in the Milwaukee area. We especially thank the following, who have been identified by current MYSO students as their teachers. (We apologize if any names have been inadvertently omitted or listed incorrectly. Please email us to correct this.)

ViolinBarbara Ahlf, Patricia Anders, David Anderson, Ludmilla Anisimov, Yuri Anisimov, Glenn Asch, Julie Bamberger-Roubik, Katherine Behring, Ted Bjorklund, Carly Blank, Dorothy Brauer, Katie Brooks, Penny Bruce, Andrea Buchta, Cathy Bush, Dee Butler, Roberta Carpenter, Stephane Collopy, Jennifer D’Alessio, Darcy Drexler, Mark Eagon, Lindsay Erickson, Kirsten Ertl, Martin Fiala, Celestine Fitzgerald, Colleen Fitzgerald, Pamela Foard, Jerome Franke, Steven Friedenberg, Samantha George, Maria Gesiorek, Chia Chien Goh, Siew Eng Goh, Sam Grabow, Juanita Groff, Philip Grossman, Sigrid Gullickson, JoAnn Haasler, Denice Haney, Diane Higley, Kris Hurlebaus, Suzanne Ignaszak, Leslie Jacus, Kathy Kalfus, Joseph Ketchum, Jeanyi Kim, Lisa Kitzke, Cathy Kolb, Christina Kuenzi,

Jonathan Landis, Hye-Sun Lee, Heather Lewin-Tiarks, Marie Loeffler, Michael Lopez, Jerry Loughney, Nancy Maio, Alexander Sascha Mandl, Dinorah Marquez, Mary Pat Michels, Tatiana Migliaccio, Robert Murphy, Doris Nadolny, Lori Nappe, Sr. Anita New, Anna Newbury, Lyda Osinga, Daniela Pardo, John Patek, Rosemary Poetzel, Eugene Purdue, Renee Pyne, Lisa Quinn, Beth Rindt, Joan Rooney, Laura Rooney, Lewis Rosove, Karli Ross, Lauren Roznowski, Holly Schuh, Terra Serena, Ilana Setapen, Laurie Shawger, Sang Shen, Karine Sideras, Joseph Siegworth, Pamela Simmons, Loree Simuncek, Sharon Slattery, Jennifer Startt, Emily Stodola, Edie Sueholtz, Marvin Suson, Kristin Tan, Elizabeth Teal, Lygia Topolovec, Carol Waldvogel, Elizabeth Warne, Stephanie Young, Elizabeth Zempel and Bernard Zinck.


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ViolaPatricia Anders, Glenn Asch, Julie Bamberger-Roubik, Katherine Behring, Christine Bock, Sarah Christie, JoAnna Cochenet, Stephane Collopy, Tammy Enevold, Sarah Fischer, Pamela Foard, Steven Friedenberg, Judy Gasser, Maria Gesiorek, JoAnn Haasler, Nathan Hackett, Denice Haney, Sara Harmelink, Keith Hetzel, T.J. Hull, Kathy Kalfas, Joe Ketchum, Tim Klabunde, Amanda Koch, Nancy Kosteck, Jenny Kozoroz, Heather Lewin-Tiarks, Lisa Malavsky, Dinorah Marquez, Mary Pat Michels, Robert Murphy, Sr. Anita New, Rosemary Poetzel, Beth Rees, Laura Rooney, Emily Stewart, Anna Van Gelderen, Elizabeth Warne and Lauren Zemlicka.

CelloChris Abbott, Brady Bachmann, Barbara Ballin, Beth Bender, Roza Borisova, Penny Bruce, Kathy Collisson, Scott Cook, Shelby Dixon, Michael Ferraro, Ingrid Flagg, Braden Flanagan-Zitoun, Courtnay Gildersleve, Loni Gornick, Ingrid Haag, Suzanne Hayworth, Ravenna Helson, Jane Hollander, Stefan Kartman, Hyeong-gyu Kim, Jeff Klatt, Trischa Loebl, Laura Love, Roberta Mallmann, Janet Marshall, Greg Mathews, Jackie Oakes, Haley Picotte-Stozek, Lisa Quinn, Allison Rich, Jared Snyder, Peter Thomas, Ingrid Tihtcheva-Haag, Xian You and Adrien Zitoun.

BassJohn Babbitt, Mike Britz, Gary Christiansen, Michael Falk, Scott Kreger, Catherine McGinn, Matt Miller, Rosemary Poetzel, Ryan Pscheid, Andrew Raciti, Daniel Rindt, Micah Shaw, Laura Snyder, Jason Spottek and Larry Tresp.

HarpMatthew Agen, Geraldine Elliott, Jean Henderson, Jeanne Kahn and Danis Kelly.

FluteRick Aaron, Carolyn Atwell, Betty Brown, Judy Cappelman, Lesley Conger-Hatch, Morgann Davis, Betty Douglas, Jeani

Foster, Aaron Gardner, Curt Hanrahan, Amy Hartman, Andrea Krejci, Kathy Lorenz, Lauren McCray, Carol Meves, Amy Miller, Mike Miller, Deborah Musante, Linda Nielsen Korducki, Judith Ormond, Amanda Patterson, Jessica Salas, Marie Sander, Dawn Sisley, Andrea Snavely, Cynthia Stevens, Lenee Stevens, Linnae Stewart, Jenn Taylor, Betsy Tiedens-Genne, Carol White, Denise Whitmore and Eunice Yoo.

OboeMargaret Butler, Steve Colburn, Suzanne Geoffrey, Lori Gnabasik, Karli Larsen, Mary Rees, Terri Witte and Doreen Wunsch

ClarinetSteve Ahearn, Voya Brankov, Nick Carlson, Jill Casper, Tammy Enevold, Jenny Fedyszyn, Jane Foerster, Duane Gandre, Curt Hanrahan, Kyle Knox, Todd Levy, Lindsay Richter, Dan Roberdeau, Dawn Sisley, Susan Slaber, Amanda Ruppenthal Stein, Val Wisniewski, Jen Wszalek and David Biel.

BassoonLori Babinec, David Erato, Martin Garcia, Beth Giacobassi, Andrew Jackson, Bill O’Reilly and Robb Seftar.

SaxophoneJenny Fedyszyn, Connie Fellows, Aaron Gardner, Jeff Gilchrist, Jason Goldsmith, Corey Klunk, Kris Kuhtz, Lauren McCray, Mike Miller, Peter Neumer, Lindsay Richter and Jill Streator.

HornSonja Anderson, Ally Berndt, Wes Hatch, Adriene Killey, Kathryn Krubsack, Erwin Lackner, Tracey McGinnis, Cheryl Miracle, Liz Olson, Nanette Smith and Karen Suarez.

TrumpetPierre Allard, Patricia Backhaus, Jamie Breiwick, Wayne Cook, Thomas Dvorak, Greg Garcia, Eric Jacobson, Dave Kapralian, Cathy Kliebenstein, Kathy Krubsack, Tracey


PR IVATE INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS (c o n t.)

MUSIC D IRECTORS AND EDUCATORS

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support and cooperation of school music directors and music educators throughout the great-er Milwaukee area. This year’s MYSO members, who are expected to participate in their school’s instrumental music program, have reported that they are fortunate to work with the following school music directors (and others whose names may have been inadvertently omitted). Without the efforts of these dedicated indi-viduals, MYSO simply could not exist.

Mike Ackerman, Martha Albers, Kevin Allen, Beth Alvarez, Pablo Amaya, Susan Anderegg, Jane Anello, David Aswegan, Megan Aswegan, Katherine Ayers, Patricia Badger, Brian Balfany, Cynthia Banaszak, James Barnes, Jennifer Bayerl, Sarah Becker, Jamie Beckman, Jordan Beckmann, Mike Beix, Brian Belfany, Jonathan Bell, Dale Bigus, Kay Black, Christopher Blanchard, Corinn Bonkalski, Ron Booth, Kathryn Borghesani, William Born, Helen Breitenbach, Jamie Breiwick, Jamie Breiwick, Michael Britz, David Brown, Mary Burczyk, Roxanne Carloni, David Carlton, Ken Carson, Teresa Catania, Avis Chmielewski, Jennifer Climer, Kris Corey, Paul Corrao, Jacquie Crema, Elizabeth Daily, Don Deal, Brett Dimmer, Dan Duffy, Jeffrey Durr, Linda Dvorak, Elizabeth Elliot, John Emanuelson, Rob Engl, Robin Engl, B.J. Engrav, Kevin Erickson, Kirsten Ertl, Michael Fedyszyn, Brad Feigles, Connie Fellows, Jane Foerster, Erin Foy-Pann, Matthew Friedli, Karen Frink, Amy Fuchs, Alexis

Ganos, Sharie Garcia, Joyce Gardiner, Becky Garlock, Mary Beth Garrett, Jeff Genovese, Maria Gesiorek, Jason Gillette, Loni Gornick, Sam Grabow, Guy Gregg, Andrew Griffis, Thomas Gundrum, Josh Haake, Denice Haney, Tom Hanley, Ijoister Harris, Pam Harrison, Donald Hazlett, Wade Heinen, Justine Heinrichs, John High, Jamin Hoffman, Angela Hohenstein, Melissa Honigman, Mark Horwitz, T.J. Hull, Tim Hummel, Robert Ignacziak, Griffin James, Steve Johnson, Guy Kammerer, Joelle Karth, Tim Karth, Steve Kay, Craig Kellenberger, Kathy Keuhn, Pam Kirk, Arlene Klavins, Chris Kolanko, Kathy Kolb, Anne Krings, Michael Krofta, Cathe Kuehn, Jason Ladd, Linda Lak, Byron Lampkins, Peter Lange, Ben Leon, Shanna Lerner, Rod Loren, Teresa Little, Kevin Loughney, Stanford Luth, Cristina Rosario Maldonado, Joyce Malloy, Vanessa Marciniak, Dinorah Marquez, Michael McDowell, Kathleen Melius, Mary Pat Michels, Cheryl Miracle, Kate Mitchell, Linda Moeller, Gayle

McGinnis, Mark Niehaus, Chris Nowak, David Reul, Pete Roth and Don Sipe.

Low brass—Trombone, Euphonium, TubaMax Day, Mike Dison, Connie Fellows, Martin Haack, Randy Hake, Mark Hoelscher, Griffin James, Megumi Kanda, Eric Larsen, Randall Montgomery, Randall Ruback and Kyle Samuelson.

Percussion and DrumsDean Borghesani, Connie Fellows, Mel Howard, Randy Kuehn, Daniel

Kirkpatrick, Tele Lesbines, Neil Mahnke, Chris Mell, Bony Plog-Benavides, Mark Pulice, Tim Rush, Jim Ryan, James Sewrey, Linda Siegel, Jeno Somlai and Carl Storniolo.

PianoJulie Brandenburg, Mark Davis, Kim Garcia, Steve Grassel, Trischa Loebl, Mary Ann Sadowski and Jacques Sewrey.

GuitarRoger Brotherhood, Andrew Campbell, Connie Fellows and Gary William.


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Frances S. Richman ¯ DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC EDUCATION/RESIDENT CONDUCTOR, Carter Simmons ¯ DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM, Amber L. Oosterwaal ¯ COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, Michelle S. Hoffman ¯ PROGRAM COORDINATOR, Elizabeth Olson ¯ SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ASSISTANT, Sarah Christie ¯ ADMINISTRATIVE/PARENT VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, Elinor Jacobson ¯ CONTROLLER, Kim Jankowiak ¯ ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN, Megan Shepard ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Margery Deutsch ¯ ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR, SENIOR SYMPHONY, Shelby Keith Dixon ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, PHILHARMONIA, Ronald Melby, Carter Simmons ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, SINFONIA, Steven Rindt ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Thomas L. Dvorak ¯ ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS, JUNIOR WIND ENSEMBLE, Nicholas Carlson, David Shaw ¯ MUSIC DIRECTOR, FLUTE CHORALE, CHAMBER FLUTE ENSEMBLE, Lenee Stevens ¯ MUSIC DIRECTORS, STRING ORCHESTRA, Denice Haney, Lynn Trinkl, Lyda Osinga ¯ DIRECTOR OF THEORY INSTRUCTION, James Burmeister ¯ MUSIC LIBRARIAN/STAGE AND EQUIPMENT MANAGER, David Rieder ¯ COACH, SINFONIA, Lyda Osinga¯ COACHES, STRING ORCHESTRAS, MatthewDeYoung, AshleyDobner, MelissaJastrow, ErinKennedy, JaredSnyder, KevinStewart and BrittanySzaj ¯ JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Barry Oosterwaal ¯ INSTRUCTORS, JAZZ STUDIES, Matt Antoniewicz, EthanBender, Neil Davis, Jason Goldsmith, DeanLea, ChrisMell, JenoSomlai and DougSyme ¯ CALYPSO DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Tim Rush ¯ CALYPSO CO-DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR, Charles B. Short ¯ PROGRESSIONS ADMINISTRATOR and INSTRUCTOR, Stephane Collopy ¯ PROGRESSIONS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, Mary Pat Michels ¯ PROGRESSIONS INSTRUCTORS, John Babbitt, Ravenna Helson, Jennifer Kozoroz, Robert Murphy ¯ PROGRESSIONS INTERNS, Kristian Brusubardis, Viktor Brusubardis, Heather Dirk, Bryan Eder, Nina Fricano, Monika Greco, Alexandra Greene, Jenna Greene, Hannah Greene, Mark Halstrom, Rachel Halstrom, Dailen Harris, Elizabeth Hayes, Yoana Kanastab, Minhi Kang, Jared Kiel, Bailey Kittle, Michael Lin, Alexandra Lindstrom, Alexis Messnick, Rachel Mooers, Carlos Orozco, Stephanie Petersen, Laura Plechaty, Alexandra Poli, Renee Pyne, Emma Richards, Rebekah Ruetz, Clair Sprenger, Emma Stodder, Isaac Young and Emily Zadny.

MYSO STAFF

MUSIC D IRECTORS AND EDUCATORS (c o n t.)

Murphy, David Neubauer, Lyda Osinga, Courtnay Parker, Jonathan Petersen, Katie Petersen, Anne Marie Peterson, Jonathan Peterson, Lynn Phelps, Sarah Plamann, Scott Plank, Jacob Polancich, Amanda Pound, Lisa Quinn, John Rash, Tom Reifenberg, Gregory Richlin, Lindsay Richter, Beth Rindt, Jane Rinka, Carlos Rodriguez, Phil Rothschadl, Lauren Roznowski, Keith Ruelle, Ben Ruetten, Lonna Schickert, Del Schmidt, Elizabeth Schulz, Jason Sebranek, Dain Shuler, Dawn Sisley, Randy Skowronski,

Richard Smith, Joel Snavely, Dawn Soeth, Sue Stachelski, Aaron Staub, Haley Stozek, Jeff Sturgeon, Michael Sturino, Angela Sundstrom, Sue Swoboda, Doug Syme, Paul Taylor, Linda Tennies, Jeff Thielke, David Topolovec, Michael Travia, Larry Tresp, Stephen Van Gelderen, David Vandermeuse, Clayton Wachholz, Toni Wagner, Allison Wayach, Paul Wendland, Kristi Wicihowcki, Annie Wisner, John Woger, Allie Woyach, Joshua Zallar, Elizabeth Zempel, Michael Zens and Stacey Zwirlein.


MYSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:Susan Graham Wernecke

President Elect:

Cristina D. Hernandez

Vice Presidents:Patricia Ellis

Michael FischerMichael Van Handel

Secretary:

Daniel Bruskiewitz

Assistant Secretary:Bunny Raasch-Hooten

Treasurer:

Michael Linley

Assistant Treasurer:Craig Peotter

Directors:Joyce Altman

Barry ApplewhiteRobert Chou

Mary ConnellyDavid De BruinTerése Einhorn

Thomas EllisLawrence Hammond

Michael HalfengerMargarete Harvey

Amy JensenJayne Jordan

Danielle MachataJennifer Mattes

William MortimoreJamshed Patel

Rip PrétatPatrick Rath

Matthew SauerGregory Schmidt

Susa SiyWesley Van Linda

Rhonda Matthews WareAnne Zizzo

Paul E. Kritzer, ex officio, Advisors of Note

Angela Johnston, ex officio, Advisors of Note

Liza Perry, First Stage liaison

MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTR A

Celebrating 55 years of excellence in arts education, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) has grown from a single orchestra of 30 in 1956 to become, by several measures, the largest and most extensive youth orchestra program in the country. Serving more than 900 talented young musicians from as many as fourteen counties in Southeastern Wisconsin, this award-winning program offers the highest level of training in ensemble musicianship to motivated young people from diverse backgrounds across southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Students with varied levels of instrumental skills benefit from the broad range of MYSO experiences, all created to foster talent, build character and enhance lives by nurturing an enduring love of music.

In 2005, MYSO moved into the acclaimed Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a collaborative initiative of MYSO and First Stage Children’s Theater. Home, also, to dance and vocal music training programs, this 56,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility in Milwaukee’s historic Schlitz Park is quickly becoming a national model for arts education, with a mission of using the arts to enhance all children’s lives. Several innovative MYSO offerings, prompted and made possible by the move, have received notable awards and recognition—locally, regionally and nationally—particularly for MYSO’s ambitious efforts in outreach and community partnerships. Building on the rich past of its first half-century, MYSO combines many respected, established programs with exciting new ventures. Founded with assistance from the Junior League and Rotary Club of Milwaukee, MYSO’s offerings have expanded from a single orchestra to include:


Senior Symphony—MYSO’s flagship ensemble is a full symphony orchestra made up of very advanced players, generally in upper grades of high school. It has long been recognized as one of the nation’s top youth music ensembles,hailed for artistic excellence both nationally and internationally.

Philharmonia—This full symphony orchestra provides musicians with experience in preparing a great variety of shorter works from the romantic to post-modern periods; comprised generally of younger high school musicians.

Chamber Orchestra—A subset of the Senior Symphony, this is a very advanced group organized to play standard chamber orchestra repertoire—music not generally played by the large symphony orchestras.

Sinfonia/Junior Symphony Orchestra—A large, intermediate-level string orchestra whose members are generally in middle school and early high school. In the spring, selected wind players from the Junior Wind Ensemble augment this group to form the Junior Symphony Orchestra, playing full orchestra literature.

Junior Wind Ensemble—An intermediate-level wind ensemble comprised of woodwind, brass and percussion players in grades 6-9.

String Orchestra—A string training program, which rehearses as four smaller groups at regional sites around the area (Central, North, South and West). These groups combine to perform as two large orchestras.

Chamber Flute Ensemble—An advanced, multi-part flute choir that works on cutting edge, advanced flute ensemble repertoire and more sophisticated arrangements of orchestral repertoire.

Flute Chorale—A multi-part flute choir that plays standard flute ensemble repertoire and arrangements of orchestral repertoire. Members are generally in middle school or early high school.

Progressions—an intensive, introductory string training program consisting of lessons and orchestra experience; directed toward City of Milwaukee populations which have previously been under-represented in MYSO.

MYSO Jazz Studies—consisting of classes and small combo opportunities for middle and high school students, with a special focus on City of Milwaukee students.

Calypso—a steel band formed in partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools.

White Rock Elementary initiative—a beginning string instrument training program at White Rock Elementary School, a predominantly Latino public school in downtown Waukesha

MYSO’s extended schedule of rehearsals, performances, outreach initiatives and enrichment opportunities also includes: A large chamber music program, music theory and composition classes, “side-by-side” rehearsals combining more experienced players, free master classes, workshops, competitions, recitals and much more.

MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTR A (c o n t.)


MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTR A (c o n t.)

MYSO has partnered with numerous other organizations to better serve both students and community. Examples of these collaborations, in addition to the facility initiative with First Stage Children’s Theater, include side-by-side reading workshops with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, an annual concert with the Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Jazz Collab, a joint venture with the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, a “new music” composition initiative with Present Music, a talent development partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs, ongoing programs in cooperation with Milwaukee Public Schools and periodic artistic initiatives with such groups as Danceworks, Master Singers and Milwaukee Choristers MYSO’s talented music faculty members blend creativity and pedagogical expertise with their great breadth of musical knowledge. They come from all corners of the musical world and include UWM faculty, Milwaukee Symphony players, seasoned and recognized school educators and other noted area musicians. MYSO’s experienced, capable administrative staff has been remarkably stable while at the same time doubling the organization’s enrollment over the past fifteen years and successfully completing the fundraising for—and building of—a major new community facility. The entire MYSO family is united by its dedication not only to training future performers and music educators but especially to developing in many thousands of adults a much deeper appreciation of the arts in general—and fine music in particular—and to using the arts to enhance lives.

While participation in most MYSO ensembles is tuition-based, we have a longstanding commitment to making our programs available to all qualified musicians; scholarship assistance is available upon application, and no student need be denied an opportunity to participate because of financial need. MYSO has been a member of the United Performing Arts Fund since UPAF’s founding in 1969. We are grateful to UPAF and to the thousands of other generous donors who make our programs possible!


UPCOMING MYSO EVENTS (c o n t.)

Friday, January 28, 2011Jazz Heritage Festival, all day, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St., MilwaukeeJoin MYSO as it showcases the rich jazz history of its neighborhood—Bronzeville. Hear live jazz combo performances by the very talented young musicians in the MYSO Jazz Studies program as well as clinics by professional jazz musicians; sample food from local vendors, check out exhibitors from in and around the Historic King Drive Business District.

Saturday, February 5, 2011Percussion Series Concert 3 PM, Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Cen-ter, 325 West Walnut St., MilwaukeeThis FREE concert will feature MYSO’s hippest and most engaging ensemble, the Calypso steel band, and two advanced Percussion Ensembles comprised of the Senior Symphony and Philharmonia percussion sections.

Thursday, February 10, 2011Progressions Winter Concert, 5:30-7:00 PM, Lincoln Center Middle School of the Arts, 820 East Knapp Street., MilwaukeeThe students of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Progressions Program, a high-impact string training program for early elementary students from City of Milwau-kee schools, will present its annual Progressions Winter Concert. This is a FREE event.

Saturday, February 19, 2011Winter Concert I, 7:30 pm, Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll University, WaukeshaThis concert will feature two of MYSO’s string training orchestras, and its advanced flute choir, the Chamber Flute Ensemble. The MYSO Chamber Orchestra, com-prised of the most musically advanced student musicians in the MYSO program, will complete the program.

Sunday, February 20, 2011Winter Concert II, 3 pm, Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll University, Waukesha This concert will feature MYSO’s Sinfonia string orchestra, as well as an encore performance by the acclaimed Chamber Orchestra.

Sunday, March 6, 2011Winter Concert III, 2pm, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 North Water Street, MilwaukeeThis concert will feature two of MYSO’s string training orchestras, its Junior Wind Ensemble, made up of advanced young wind players, and MYSO’s second full symphony orchestra, Philharmonia.

Sunday, March 13, 2011Milwaukee Youth Music Celebration, 3 PM, Elmbrook Church, 777 South Barker Road, BrookfieldMYSO and Milwaukee Children’s Choir will present the 7th annual collaborative Milwaukee Youth Music Celebration. Don’t miss this gathering of the Milwau-kee area’s finest young musicians performing some of the world’s greatest choral and orchestral repertoire.


UPCOMING MYSO EVENTS (c o n t.)

Sunday, March 20, 2011Davidson Chamber Ensemble Recitals 1, 3, 5, 7 PM, Youth Arts Hall, Milwau-kee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St.MYSO presents the fruits of its extensive Chamber Ensemble Program, which ex-ists thanks to the generosity and vision of Arthur Davidson and the late Francesca “Peter” Davidson in establishing the Davidson Ensembles Fund. MYSO’s interme-diate-level Flute Chorale will perform on the 1 PM recital.

Wednesday, April 13 through Sunday, April 17, 2011Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St.Auditions for 2011-2012. Interested families should call 414-267-2950 for more information or to make an audition appointment.

Sunday, April 17, 2011Honor Recital, 2 PM, Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St., MilwaukeeSome of the crème de la crème of southeastern Wisconsin’s youth music scene take the stage. This recital will feature solo performances by the runner-up and honor-able mentions from MYSO’s 2011 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition plus several advanced ensembles.

Sunday, May 8, 2011Spring Concert I, 6 PM, Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 North Water Street, MilwaukeeMYSO presents season closing performances by the Junior Symphony Orchestra (MYSO’s Sinfonia orchestra plus selected Junior Wind Ensemble members), Junior Wind Ensemble and the internationally acclaimed Senior Symphony.

Saturday, May 14, 2011MYSO Percussion Series Concert, 5 PM, Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St., MilwaukeeThis FREE concert will feature MYSO’s Calypso steel band, and two advanced Percussion Ensembles comprised of the accomplished players from the Senior Symphony and Philharmonia percussion sections.

Sunday, May 15, 2011MYSO Jazz Finale; Location TBA

Saturday, May 21, 2011Spring Concert II, 7 PM, Shattuck Auditorium at Carroll University, WaukeshaPerformance features MYSO’s intermediate-level Flute Chorale, two of its string training orchestras and the highly acclaimed Chamber Orchestra.

Sunday, May 22, 2011 Spring Concert III, 2 PM, Shattuck Auditorium at Carroll University, WaukeshaPerformance features MYSO’s advanced Chamber Flute Ensemble, two of its string training orchestras and Philharmonia a full symphony orchestra.

Thursday, June 2, 2011Progressions Spring Honors Concert, 5:30 PM, Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut St., MilwaukeeThe students of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Progressions Program, a high-impact string training program for early elementary students from City of Milwaukee schools, will present their final performance of 2010-11. This is a FREE event.

Watch our website, www.myso.org, for additional performance listings and changes!

We invite any and all MYSO and Music For Youth alumni to help us celebrate MYSO’s 55th anniversary in style!

This includes 2011 graduates!

Events will include:• alumni orchestra (we will be expanding our activities for those who would rather not play in the orchestra, though all are welcome!)• performances by alums and current MYSO members• music careers workshop• opportunities to hear some of MYSO’s newest ensembles like the Calypso steel bandand, of course,• LOTS of social time with other alums and MYSO conductors and other staff!

MYSO’s Anniversary Alumni WeekendMay 27-29, 2011

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