July 15, 2024
Amphitheater at 8:15pm
Chautauqua School of Music's Music School Festival Orchestra takes the stage for their first performance with an evening of Briggs, Haydn, and Elgar.
Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director
Samuel Hollister, David Effron Conducting Fellow
Kwame Alexander, Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua.
Joshua Stafford, Organ
Laoise Matsumoto, Concertmaster
Andrew Maxwell, Principal Second Violin
Joshua Corwin, Principal Viola
Zachary Fung, Principal Cello
Jo Arnold, Principal Double Bass
This program is made possible by The Music School Festival Orchestra Fund.
Gathering Together, 1995
-Roger Briggs (b. 1952)
The People Gathering Together by Patricia Goedicke from Crossing the Same River University of Massachusetts Press, 1980
Read by Kwame Alexander
Symphony No. 95 in C minor, Hoboken I:95
-Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Conducted by Samuel Hollister
Intermission
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
-Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
Enigma. Andante
I. ( C.A.E.) L’istesso tempo
II. (H.D.S - P.) Allegro
III. (R.B.T.) Allegretto
IV. (W.M.B.) Allegro di molto
V. (R.P.A.) Moderato
VI. (Yosbel.) Andantino
VII. (Troyte.) Presto
VIII. (W.N.) Allegretto
IX. (Nimrod.) Adagio
X. (Dorabella.) Intermezzo. Allegretto
XI. (G.R.S.) Allegro di’ molto
XII. (B.G.N.) Andante
XIII. (* * *) Moderato
XIV. (E.D.U.) Finale. Allegro
Violin 1
Laoise Matsumoto
Jaewon Jun
Rachel Zhao
Maxwell Fairman
Kaitlyn McLaughlin
Blake Armstrong
Jameson Darcy
Miriam Koby
Ayana Dalley
Iris Lin
Pavlo Kyryliuk
Kate Nelson
Violin 2
Andrew Maxwell
Juyoung Lee
Hila Dahari
Rose Hasel Horst
Luke Pisani
Juliet Swaim
Zak Chen
Gabriel Roth
Emma Johnson
Rebekah Geller
Justine Teo
Hannah Kim
Viola
Joshua Corwin
Max Wang
Alondra Damian-Noyola
Mira Vaughn
Katya Eibozhenko
Kate Reynolds
Adrian Jackson
Gordan Liu
Casey Lebkicker
Jay Lipsutz
Cello
Zachary Fung
Aster Zhang
Alexander Bloom
Cal Walrath
Dylan Jowell
Haozheng Sun
Sofia Puccio
Alexander Smith
Maggie Slap
Alona Sella
Bass
Jo Arnold
Brennan Taggert
Austin Beck
John Woodward
Gregory Galand
Anna Mears
Aidan Lobenstein
Flute
Julia Benitez-Nelson
Alexander Lehmann
Mary Miklos
Oboe
Isabel DiFiore
Abagail Espinosa
Ryan Hirokawa
Clarinet
Zih-Syuan Hsiang
Nathan Kock
Hongbo Liang
Bassoon
Alexander Lake
Benjamin Richard
Derek Schraufstetter
Horn
Alessandra Liebmann
Dana Reckard
Jenna Stokes
Irene Tang
Landon Young
Trumpet
Elijah Leonard
Brandon Richardson
Angel Ruiz
Jamie Walton
Trombone
Alvin Ho
Ethan Lehman
Bass Trombone
Darian Baldwin
Tuba
Ferran Martinez-Miquel
Percussion
Jose Diaz
Benjamin Landon
Riley Wendt
Jake Kundu
Harp
Emily Reader
Organ
Josh Stafford
Comprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top orchestras and chamber ensembles and can be found on music faculties worldwide. The MSFO is led by Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt, who serves as Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra.
Each summer, we enroll 83 of the most promising young instrumentalists from here and abroad to join us for an exciting summer of music making. Our students are typically 18 to 28 and enrolled in (or recently graduated from) undergraduate or graduate studies.
The School of Music at Chautauqua considers orchestral work, private study, and chamber music each to be vital components of the program. The orchestra rehearses daily for the majority of the summer and performs its concerts in Chautauqua’s 4,400-seat outdoor Amphitheater. Other facets of orchestral study include sectionals, repertoire classes and mock auditions all run by our professional faculty. Topics covered include the psychology of auditioning, performance issues/anxiety, and instant feedback providing priceless insight into the professional road ahead.
Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts
Sarah Malinoski
Schools of Performing & Visual Arts (PAVA) and Arts Education Coordinator
Sam Minardi-Lopez
Administration
Alyssa Shimmel, office assistant
Igor Gersh, resident luthier
Mariana Mathewson-Bernstein, connections coordinator
Instrumental Faculty
Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director
Aaron Berofsky, Chair of Strings & Violin Faculty
Richard Sherman, Chair of Winds and Brass & Flute Faculty
Kathryn Votapek, Chair of Chamber Music
Pedro Fernandez, Chair of Percussion & Percussion Faculty
Jaren Atherholt, Oboe
Sheila Browne, Viola
Bill Bernatis, Horn
Curtis Burris, Bass
Yevgeny Dokshansky, Clarinet
Eli Eban, Clarinet
Daniel Kerdelewicz, Horn
Brian Kushmaul, Percussion
Owen Lee, Bass
Eric Lindblom, Bass Trombone
Dennis Nulty, Tuba
Nurit Pacht, Violin
Lynne Ramsey, Viola
Mark Robbins, Horn
Beth Robinson, Harp
Jeff Robinson, Bassoon
Brett Stemple, Tuba
Almita Vamos, Violin
Felix Wang, Cello
Micah Wilkinson, Trumpet
Chris Wolf, Trombone
Shannon Hesse, Collaborative Pianist
Akiko Konishi, Collaborative Pianist
Instrumental Guest Faculty
Michael Burritt, Percussion
Scott Hartman, Trombone