Paducah Symphony Orchestra Feb/Mar 2014 Program Booklet

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RACHMANINOFF’S 2ND SYMPHONYAlso featuring side-by-side performance with PSYO

1 February 2014 | 7:30pm | Carson Center Page 9

YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERTO COMPETITIONENCORE SERIES PERFORMANCE

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23 February 2014 | 3:00pm | Heartland Worship Center Page 39

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MASTER CLASS WITH PIANIST FABIO BIDINIENCORE SERIES PERFORMANCE

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TABLE OF CONTENTSGoverninG Board

Roger Truitt, PresidentJohn Williams Jr., Past PresidentDick Holland, secretaryClay Howerton, Vice PresidentLennis Thompson, Vice PresidentCathy Trampe, Vice PresidentEdward BachMolly BlytheR. Joe BurkheadChuck FolsomMary GrinnellJames Gwinn, Jr.Juliette GrumleyKaren HammondMary HammondAnthony HunterKeith KellyLisa MasseyPhyllis PetcoffMichael ResnickLowell RobertsRichard RoofBonnie SchrockPatty StoryTrusTees

Anne GwinnJohn R. Halsell, IVRichard RobertsdirecTors emeriTus

Margaret Hunt ArnoldJohn DrewTed Hirsch (deceased)C.P. Orr, MD (deceased)Harolyn RascheJack Tick (deceased)arTisTic sTaff

Raffaele Ponti artistic director & conductorBradley Almquist director of chorusesAmy Aucoin assistant choral directorDevonda Treece children’s chorus accomPanistSteve Schaffner youth orchestra conductorPatty Story sinfonia conductor

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Daniel Sene executiVe directorChristy Brindley Patron serVices managerMadeline Hart marketing & education managerTeale Fackler deVeloPment associateReece King orchestra Personnel managerRhonda King orchestra librarian

Artisitic Director Raffaele Ponti 7February 1 PSO Concert Program 9PSYO Personnel 13February 1 Program Notes 17, 21Young Artists Competition Program 25Orchestra Personnel 29Sponsors & Donors 30-32“Made In America” Program 39Chorus Personnel 41Chorus Directors 43March 1 PSO Concert Program 47Pianist Fabio Bidini 49March 1 Program Notes 51,53Fabio Bidini Master Class Program 55

Artisan Kitchen 19Baptist Health 16Barkley Regional Airport 19Bill Ford Interiors, Inc. 4Blue Mango 58Bluegrass Gastroenterology 23Brad Rankin Photography 21Caring People Services 5Carson Center 52Cremation Society of Paducah 11Edward Jones 2Emerging Media Productions 34Ethan Allen 28Flamingo Row 15Flooring America 23Folsom Puppet Co. LTD 5Gallery 600 5Grand Lodge 6Harmony Road Music School 45Hilliard Lyons 38Horizon Media 54Hultman 14iList 37Independence Bank 12James Sanders Nursery 27Jelli 98 56JPMA 48JP’s Restaurant 11Kentucky Monthly – Travel KY 14Kerry Lynn – Bluegrass BMW 45Lamon’s Furniture & Antiques 15Lourdes Hospital 8, 46Market House Theatre 52Michelson Jewelers 42Mid-Continent University 26News Talk 94.3 22Norma Kellum 49Ophthalmology Group 15Owen Cleaners 35

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Winning admirers and exciting audiences, conductor Raffaele Ponti is known as an artist of dynamic personality, charismatic performances, and superb musicianship. Ponti’s trademark is in the breadth of his vision, the clarity of his interpretation, and the rich beauty of his sound. The Chicago Courier News writes, “Maestro Ponti is a rising star, someone gaining international acclaim and attention. He has a tremendous zest for music, an exuberance recalling both the roar and rush of a roller coaster ride. Fans worldwide say that his passion shows. Ponti brings an exhilarating energy level to center stage. It’s an electrifying swagger-empowering and enabling him to pull music from light to darkness and back again.”

Robert Bonfiglio, Harmonica Virtuoso states, “I just performed the Villa-Lobos Harmonica Concerto with Maestro Raffaele Ponti and I was stunned by what an unbelievable conductor he is; wonderful, dazzling, exciting, I don’t know what to say other than “very musical.” Raffaele is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra (KY), Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (FL), Genesee Symphony Orchestra (NY), former Principal Conductor and Music Director, now Regular Guest Conductor of I.K.O. Italia Konzert Opera International, Founding Director of Festival di Musica da Camera in Ripatransone, Italy, and continues to appear with prominent orchestras around the United States and Europe. Michael Ludwig, Concert Violinist writes, “Raffaele brings extraordinary artistry and incredible excitement and passion to the podium, a musician of great sensitivity and high artistry. Raffaele had a wonderful rapport with the orchestra. He has tremendous skill in communicating his musical thoughts and expressions, and is extremely efficient in his rehearsing method. Most importantly, Raffaele approaches the music with a great artistic sensibility. His interpretations are passionate, exciting, and well thought out. He brings great excitement and enthusiasm that is palpable to the concert goers, as well as the orchestra.” Executive Director, Daniel Sene states, “Raffaele is an extremely skilled conductor who achieves great results with the musicians he works with. The orchestra respects his musical vision and responds with great performances. As a result of his leadership, our orchestra has seen phenomenal growth in season ticket sales. Additionally, Raffaele understands the role of a modern Artistic Director and thus relates extremely well with patrons and donors.” This season Raffaele led the Buffalo Philharmonic and Erie Philharmonic with immediate return engagements, and makes his debut as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony (FL). Recent engagements include the Buffalo Philharmonic, Erie Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Paducah Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Genesee Symphony, Sofia Symphony, Varna State Opera, Orchestra di Pescara, Austin Symphony, Siena Sinfonia, Binghamton Philharmonic, Elgin Symphony, Teatro Lirico d’europe, Billings Symphony, Italia Konzert Opera, Utica Symphony, Schenectady Symphony, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and Syracuse Symphony.

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PAUL CRESTON Dance Overture, op.62 12’ ROBERT SMITH Rites of Tamburo 4’

Intermission SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 Largo – Allegro Moderato 20’ Allegro Molto 11’ Adagio 14’ Allegro Vivace 15’

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ContrabassJames O’Rourke*Nathan Thomas

Steve Schaffner – PSYO Conductor

Steve Schaffner recently retired after enjoying his twenty second year of service as Orchestra Director at Cape Girardeau Central High School and Cape Central Junior High School. Praised for his instructional leadership and commitment to music education, Mr. Schaffner was honored by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce as the 2006 Educator of the Year. In 2003 he was the recipient of the Edna C. Kinder “Excellence in Education Award.” His former students have honored him for Who’s Who Among America’s High School Teachers. Prior to joining Cape Girardeau School District, Mr. Schaffner was the Orchestra Director and taught guitar for five years at Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta, Georgia. He replaced his Orchestra Director, Melvin Gilhaus, upon Gilhaus’ retirement in 1991.

Steve, a native Missourian, received his BME from Augusta State University and his MME at Southeast Missouri State University. Before earning his degrees, Schaffner toured to 48 states and Canada as a fiddler and guitarist with several nationally known Nashville recording artists. He continues his love of commercial music with the band “Manitou” in the Cape Girardeau area. He has directed and performed in Japan, England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria and was a part of Southeast Missouri Symphony’s China Tour in 2009. He performs regularly as a member of Trio Girardeaux and has been a member of the Paducah, Kentucky Symphony and the Southeast Missouri Symphony for twenty two years.

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FluteAllie Swann*Elizabeth MoffittJasmine Robinson

OboeSavannah Treece

ClarinetLeah Beach* Yasmine MartinezJack Mergen

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French HornHayden LeFevre*Ryan Wezner

TrumpetRyan Courtney*Neal GrindstaffCyra Coscarelli

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Program Notes February 1 Concert

Dance Overture, op. 62 Paul Creston (1906-1985)Born Giuseppe Guttoveggio in 1906, Italian American composer Paul Creston began his music career early, taking piano lessons at the age of 8 and went on to train with G.A. Randegger and Gaston Diethier, and to become Pietro Yon’s organ apprentice. Creston was a completely self-taught in compositional techniques and harmony. Creston was an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. His compositional style was fairly conservative with a sturdy rhythmic component. Creston was one of the most performed American composers of the 40s and 50s. Many of his works have become staples of the wind band repertoire.

His Dance Overture was completed in December 1954. It was commissioned to be performed in Miami at the 1955 convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs. He uses one basic theme out of which he develops romanticisms of recognizable dance forms from the nations whose flags fly in the Florida sands. An original piece, composed for a purpose, this piece still has the Creston style to it. This piece morphs from a basic musical idea into a Spanish bolero then to an English country-dance followed by a French loure and finally ending in a climactic American square-dance.

Rites of Tamburo Robert W. Smith (b. 1958)Robert W. Smith (b. 1958) has over 600 publications in print. As a conductor and clinician, Mr. Smith has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, South America and Australia. He has recently completed the production of Symphony No. 3 (Don Quixote), the fourth in a series of compact disc recordings of his best-known works for concert band. In addition, he is co-creator of the Expressions Music Curriculum. This comprehensive Pre-K through 12 music program includes Band Expressions, an innovative new approach to teaching music through the band.

Rites of Tamburo, composed in 1999, is an exciting programmatic piece for a younger aged concert ensemble. The “mysterious” introduction features, bells, and chimes playing a repetitive flowing rhythm while the horn and flute play half and quarter note chant-like lines that weave in and out of each other. The band adds to the mystery by making hissing and breathing effects while this is all happening. After this introduction, Smith asks for “overwhelming energy” as the woodwinds establish the new tempo with a repetitive syncopated rhythm. Brass builds bell-tone chords, leading to a cluster-chord where Smith writes “pick-a-note” and then finally pushes into a “comfortable groove”.

Symphony No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Sergei Rachmaninoff is known as one of the last connections between 19th century romanticism and the modern era. He was born in Semyonovo, Russia to aristocratic parents. His mother gave him his first piano lessons and realized early that her son had extraordinary musical talent. So, Rachmaninoff’s parents hired Anna Ornatskaya, St. Petersburg musician to be his personal instructor. Rachmaninoff received a scholarship to the St. Petersburg conservatory when his family moved there after their wealth collapsed. However, he failed all of his exams and was moved to the conservatory in Moscow where Nikolai Zverev’s strict work ethic helped Rachmaninoff stabilize his career.

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Rachmaninoff began composing actively until March 1897 when his Symphony No. 1 received horrible reviews. This caused him to sink into a depression that left him unable to compose for three years. After hypnotic treatments, he recovered and composed actively again for 10 years. In 1917 his estate was taken by the Leninist regime and he moved with his wife and two children to New York. There he openly criticized the Soviet government to the New York Times and was banned from all concert halls and conservatories throughout the USSR.

Written between 1906 and 1907, Symphony No. 2 was premiered in St. Petersburg on February 8, 1908 and was conducted by the composer himself. The score is dedicated to Sergei Taneyev, a Russian composer, theorist, teacher, author and student of Tchaikovsky. When this piece was composed, Rachmaninoff had just had two seasons as the conductor of the Imperial Opera at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Although he was successful in the field, Rachmaninoff felt that he was a composer first and foremost and that the conducting schedule was taking away from the time he needed to spend composing. He moved his wife and daughter to Dresden, Germany to spend the majority of his time composing and because of the political unrest in Russia. He stayed there for three years with his family and spent summers at his in-law’s estate of Ivanovka. During this time he wrote his Second Symphony.

Due to the ill welcome that his First Symphony received, Rachmaninoff was unconvinced of his writing ability, especially when it came to symphonies. It took him months of revisions before he finally premiered his Second Symphony which was accepted with thunderous applause. He received a Glinka award for this piece ten months later. This success returned Rachmaninoff’s sense of worth as a symphonist.



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SUNDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2014, 3:00 P.M.Murray State University College of Humanities and Fine Arts Department of Music

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2014 young artist concerto competition

concerto for cello in E minor, Op. 85 (1919) allegro—moderato—allegro, ma non troppoEdWaRd ELGaR (1857–1934)

Mary Grace Bender, cello

introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (1863)camiLLE SainT-SaËnS (1835–1921)

Emma Burge, violin

introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (1863)camiLLE SainT-SaËnS (1835–1921)

Haeun Kim, violin

concerto no. 2 for Violin in G minor, Op. 63 (1935) allegro moderatoSERGEi PROKOfiEV (1891–1953)

Christine Lau, violin

concerto for Trumpet in E-flat major, hob.Viie:1 (1796) allegrofRanZ JOSEPh haydn (1733–1809)

William Lovan, trumpet

concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 (1838–45) allegro molto appassionatofELiX mEndELSSOhn (1809–1847)

Allison Pao, violin

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Dr. Almquist is the recipient of the 2002 Murray State University Board of Regents Teaching Excellence award, the 2002 MSU College of Humanities and Fine Arts Award for Creative/Scholarly Activity, and the 2005, 2009 MSU College of Humanities and Fine Arts Award for Outstanding Service. He was honored at the 2004 Summer KyACDA convention with the Robert K. Baar Award for choral excellence. In 2006 he received the first Charles and Marleen Johnson Outstanding Music Faculty Award at Murray State University. He was honored with the award again in 2011.

In addition to his university responsibilities Dr. Almquist conducts the Paducah Symphony Chorus and the Paducah Symphony Children’s Chorus. He also teaches Gifted and Talented 4th grade music students for the McCracken County Public Schools, KY. He is a member of MENC, CMS, ACDA, Past President of the Southern Division of the American Choral Directors Association and President of the Kentucky Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

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Dr. Amy L. Aucoin serves as Associate Professor of Music at Murray State University. She completed her DMA in choral conducting at Louisiana State University having received a MM in choral conducting at the University of Mississippi and bachelors degree at Nicholls State University. From 1998 to 2003, Dr. Aucoin taught choral music and humanities at the high school and junior high level in Terrebonne and Lafourche parish public schools in Louisiana. She has frequently served as clinician for choral festivals and adjudicator for both vocal solo and choral ensemble festivals in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky. At Murray State University, Dr. Aucoin conducts the University Chorale and the Murray Choral Society, teaches courses in choral music methods, voice methods, aural skills, music education, and serves as a University Coordinator for student teachers. She is also Assistant Director for the Paducah Symphony Children’s Chorus, Faculty Advisor to the Iota Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota at Murray State University.

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Cuban Overture George Gershwin (1898-1937)An American composer and pianist, George Gershwin’s compositions bridged from popular to classical genres and his most popular melodies are known around the world. Among his best known works are Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and the opera Porgy and Bess. He studied under Charles Hambitzer and his composition teacher was Rubin Goldmark and Henry Cowell. His career began as a song plugger but quickly moved to Broadway theatre compositions. He moved to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger where he began to compose An American in Paris. Once he returned to New York City, he wrote Porgy and Bess with his brother Ira and the author DuBose Heyward. Gershwin passed away in 1937 from a brain tumor but not before moving to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores.

Cuban Overture is a symphonic overture or “tone poem” for orchestra. Originally titled Rumba, it had its premiere in at New York’s now-demolished Leisohn Stadium in August 1932 as part of a New York Philharmonic All-Gershwin concert. Three months after the premiere, Gershwin retitled the piece Cuban Overture at the Metropolitan Opera to circumvent giving the audience the idea that it was just a novelty piece. According to Gershwin the new title provided “a more just idea of the character and intent of the music.” The overture is ruled by Caribbean rhythms and inherently Cuban percussion. It is an exciting work with just enough intricacy and sophistication. Heavily influenced by Cuban music and dance, its main theme was influenced by a then current hit by Ignacio Piñeiro, “Échale Salsita”.

Piano concerto in G Major Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)Joseph-Maurice Ravel, a French composer most well-known for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental consistencies and effects, was one of the most renowned composers of Impressionist music. Born near the Spanish border of France, at the age of 14, when his father’s engineering work brought the family to Paris, Ravel began studying at the Paris Conservatory. There he studied composition under Gabriel Fauré and André Gedalge. Ravel was a rebellious composer and refused to be bound by the Conservatory’s rules of composition. Because of his compositional rebelliousness, Ravel did not receive any awards and was therefore not particularly liked by his teachers.

Ravel was a private person, meticulous and precise in his work. He was considered feline in his mannerisms as was fellow Impressionist, Claude Debussy. He used conventional tonality in his works and rarely used the whole tone scale. In his orchestration, Ravel employed the full cast of instruments and placed each note with the loving care of a painter. He truly painted with musical colors and in his search for new and interesting colors he would set instruments in strange ranges and characters. Ravels piano compositions require of the performer substantial virtuosity.

After a well-received piano tour Ravel composed his Piano Concerto in G Major, deeply infused with the jazz dialects and harmonies that were popular in Paris and the United States through which he had just traveled. He had wished to premiere this piece himself






but health issued and other responsibilities prohibited this from happening. He finally dedicated and offered the premiere to Marguerite Long. She played the concerto on January 14, 1932 with Ravel conducting. After the premiere, Ravel and Long began a tour together of twenty European cities, where his work was enthusiastically received.

Symphony No. 2 in c minor, op. 17 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. Throughout his life he composed symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. He was the first Russian composer whose music made an enduring international impression. He received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University, the 1891 Carnegie Hall Program Booklet proclaimed him, along with Brahms and Saint-Saëns, as one of the three greatest living musicians, and critics of his day call him a “modern music lord”.

Composed in 1872, Symphony No. 2 in C minor was one of Tchaikovsky’s joyful compositions and was successful from its premiere. Nicknamed “The Little Russian” for its use of three Ukrainian folk songs, it gained favor from the group of nationalistic Russian composers known as “The Five” led by Mily Balakirev. Ukraine was known, at that time, as “Little Russia”. Tchaikovsky was not satisfied with this Symphony, despite its prompt success, and revised the work at length. He rewrote the opening movement substantially and shortened the finale. The final revision of this Symphony is usually performed by modern orchestras although there have been a few advocates of the original version.

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Brett ChittendenBrett Chittenden is currently working on his undergraduate degree at Murray State University where he is studying Piano Performance under Dr. Matthew Gianforte. He began taking piano lessons about thirteen years ago and in the eighth grade began studying with Dr. Stephen Brown at MSU. He started accompanying in middle school and has been the church pianist at Bethel United Methodist Church since he was ten. He serves as accompanist for the Murray State Concert Choir, rehearsal pianist for the Paducah Symphony Chorus, and pianist in the MSU Jazz Band.

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Mary GrinnellMary Woytych Grinnell holds a Bachelor of Music from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Missouri-Columbia. She also taught as an adjunct music professor at Marian College in Fond du Lac, WI between 1980 and 1998. Since 2006 Mary has lived in Paducah where she teaches piano, serves as accompanist for two area high school choirs, and provides music for the St. Mary School System and St. Thomas More Catholic Church.

Impromptu No. 3 Op. 90 in G-flat major FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)Impromptu No. 4 Op. 90 in A-flat major FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Malissa HeathMalissa Heath received her Music Education degree from Murray State and her Masters in Piano Performance from the University of Kentucky. She currently serves as keyboardist for the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and the Paducah Chamber Society. She also teaches piano privately in the Paducah area and is organist at Immanuel Baptist Church. She has been invited to serve as adjudicator for numerous piano workshops and festivals and has served as accompanist for Kentucky All-State Choruses, Kentucky Baptist All-State Choruses, and soloists.





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Paducah Symphony Orchestra Feb/Mar 2014 Program Booklet