ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Joyce Cunningham

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

R. Joseph Scott

PRESIDENT

Mark Wiseman

VICE-PRESIDENT

Miranda Thorpe

TREASURER

Allyn Hebner

SECRETARY

Cathy Grindle

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Jonathan Feil Joel Green

Dennis Helppie Andy Hill

Karrin Klotz Miranda Thorpe

Myrl Venter (Past President) Jim White

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Cheryl Pflug David Irons Skip Rowley

PERSONNEL

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Shannon Nelson

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS

Jonathan Feil- Brass Kristin Edlund - Violins Andy Hill - Low Strings

Shannon Nelson - Woodwinds

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WEB MASTER

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R. JOSEPH SCOTT

W elcome to today's performance of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra.

As I celebrate my 10th year with this group of talented musicians, it is gratifying to reflect upon the remarkable growth the

Orchestra has achieved over the years. The dedication and diligence of each member is evident in the ever improving level of artistry displayed

in each performance. The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra's 2008/2009 season offers a dynamic array of music selections from traditional works to new favorites. The entire family will enjoy performances such as Rimski­Korsakov's lush Scheherazade; Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (narrated King FM "Classic Kids' announcer, Marta Zekan); Tchaikovsky's rousing Capriccio ltalien; and a host of popular music included on our Holiday Pops concert in December and our Music Around the World Pops concert in June. Be sure to visit our web-site at www.sammamishsymphony.org for a complete listing of works presented this season.

Now, I invite you to sit back and enjoy the concert!

R. JOSEPH SCOTT

A native of Eastern Oregon, R. Joseph Scott has been a dynamic leader in the Northwest musical community for over 40 years. He attended the University

of Oregon, School of Music and studied conducting with Eugene Furst and Wolfgang Martin of the Portland Opera.

After relocating to Seattle, Mr. Scott continued his studies with Henry Holt of the Seattle Opera, Mikael Scheremetiew of the Thalia Conservatory, and Vilem Sokol of the Seattle Youth Symphony. He founded the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, serving as Music Director, Conductor and General Manager from 1967 -1997. He is currently observing his 10th year with the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra.

Maestro Scott has conducted concerts feahuing a diverse array of artists, including Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters; violinist Pamela Frank; the Seattle Opera Chorus; the Empire Brass Quintet; the Seattle Symphony Choral; and vocalis Anna Maria Alberghetti, Lou Rawls, Maureen McGovern and Marni "ixon.

Mr. Scott is Resident Conductor of Lyric Opera Northwest, and has appeared lvith numerous musical ensembles, including the Bellevue Opera. He has co ~ .ed world premieres of works by Alan Hovhaness, Vaclav Nelhybel and ,·ario -regional composers.

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PROGRAM

R. JOSEPH SCOTT, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR

SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 2008 2:00 P.M. EASTLAKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

KJMBERLY RUSS, PIANO

Aaron Copland

William Schuman

George Gershwin

Howard Hanson

Fanfare for the Common Man

New England Triptych Be Glad Then, America When Jesus Wept Chester

Rhapsody in Blue Kimberly Russ, Piano

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Symphony No. 2, Opus 30 "Romantic" Adagio Andante con tenerezza Allegro con brio

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VIOLIN I Dennis Helppie, Concertmaster

Heather Raschko, Assistant Concertmaster

Sandy Anuras Sarah Chung David Drassal

Kristin Edlund Maryam Fiala

Joel Green Cecellia-Wendy Ann Lee

Lynn Martinell* Tim Strait

VIOLIN II Shelby Eaton,

Principal Trish Brock*,

Assistant Principal Laisha Beckwith*

Cameron Boucaud Tannis Edwards Linda Gagnier Cathy Grindle Trudy Hakala* Tanya Hardin* Christie Isler*

Paula Chester Libes Fran Pope

Miranda Thorpe

VIOLA Libby Landy,

Principal Jan Rider,

Assistant Principal Kathy Boudreau -Stroud

Geoffrey King Dan Pope

Scott Selfon* Lori Terpening Barbara Thome

Myrl Venter

CELLO Leslie Nielsen,

Principal Shannon Cebron*

Andy Hill* Loryn Lestz Carl Meyers

James Poirson Gail Ratley

Joyce Sanford Sandra Sultan Erica Wilson

PERSONNEL BASS

Ericka Kendall, Principal

Jarod Tanneberg, Assistant Principal

Carolyn Horlor* Natalie Johnson Chris Woertink

Harmony Young

FLUTE Melissa Underhill,

Principal Tori Berntsen

Torrey Kaminski* Christina Sjoquist

PICCOLO Christina Sjoquist

OBOE Dennis Calvin,

Principal David Barnes, Co-Principal

Glen Danielson Susan Jacoby*

ENGLISH HORN David Barnes

CLARINET Nicholas Kosuk,

Principal Kathy Carr

Alan Lawrence

E-FLAT CLARINET Nicholas Kosuk

BASS CLARINET Linda Thomas* Matt Johnston

BASSOON Shannon Nelson,

Principal Gary Claunch

FRENCH HORN Evelyn Zeller,

Principal Mary Corder Steven Dees

Nels Magelssen

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TRUMPET Jonathan Feil,

Principal Michael Lundquist

ErikReed Stas Zakharenko

TROMBONE Scott Sellevold,

Principal Matt Stoecker

BASS TROMBONE Jim White

TUBA Mark Wiseman,

Principal

TYMPANI EricDaane

PERCUSSION Jim Truher, Principal

Billy Fidler Brian Yarkosky

HARP Alison Austin

*On Leave of Absence

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GUEST PERFORMER Seattle Symphony Orchestra Pianist,

Kimberly Russ, is recognized as an extremely accomplished ensemble player and collaborative pianist. Ms. Russ has performed with musicians of the nation's finest orchestras as well as many other world-renowned artists. Continually in demand as a collabora­tive pianist, she appears frequently in concert throughout the Puget Sound region in recitals, festivals, and master classes. Ms. Russ can also be heard on several television, radio, and film recordings as well as video game soundtracks.

After moving to Seattle from New York, Ms. Russ has appeared with the Seattle Opera Orchestra, the Bellevue Philharmonic, the Seattle Choral Com­pany, and Choral Arts Northwest. She has been invited to perform for the Ladies Musical Club, the Belle Arte, Barry and Friends, and the Sherman Clay Music for Lunch Series. Ms. Russ is the rehearsal pianist for both the Seattle Choral Company and the Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle's premiere orchestral choirs.

At the Seattle Symphony, Ms. Russ particularly enjoys assisting the conductors and soloists in prepara­tion of their performances with the Orchestra. She also collaborates with many members of the orchestra in various chamber music concerts. While performing with the orchestra, Ms. Russ plays a variety of keyboard

KIMBERLY Russ. PIANO

instruments including piano, celesta, harpsichord, synthesizer, and occa­sionally, organ.

While a student at The Juilliard School, Ms. Russ played for many in­strumental and voice lessons, master classes, recitals, performance juries, and admission auditions as a staff pia­nist. She was invited to continue as a staff pianist for The Juilliard School after graduation. She assisted with The Juilliard Pre-College Chorus and coached the Pre-College voice stu­dents weekly along with maintaining

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her schedule for the college division. She also performed at many institu­tions in New York and New Jersey including Manhattan School of Music, Mannes School of Music, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Music, Stony Brook School of Music, and SUNY Purchase College School of Music. In addition, she was the rehearsal pianist for the Cantabile Chamber Chorale in New Jersey.

A native Floridian, Ms. Russ ap­peared as soloist, orchestral pianist, and chamber musician with the former Florida Symphony Orchestra, Central Florida Community Orches­tra, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Opera Orchestra, and the Central Florida Percussion Ensemble. Ms. Russ was the rehearsal pianist for the Camerata Chorus of the Orlando Opera Company. She taught at the Engel School of Music, Valencia Com­munity College, St. Luke's School of the Arts, and the University of Cen­tral Florida College and Pre-College Divisions.

Ms. Russ is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, Wash­ington State Music Teachers Associa­tion, Seattle Music Teachers Associa­tion and maintains a select private teaching studio at her Shoreline home where she resides with her husband, Christopher Olka, (Principal Tuba, Seattle Symphony) son, James, and their cat, Berlioz.

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PROGRAM NOTES FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN

AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)

A aron Copland was an American composer of concert and film

music. He was an accomplished pianist with a distinctly American style which led to his being known as "the Dean of American composers." Born in Brooklyn to an unmusical family, Copland's passion for music was greatly enlarged on a trip to Paris, where he was influenced by the beautiful sounds of composers like Stravinsky. By the early 1940's, Copland had developed his own style of music and was asked to write a fanfare for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to play at the beginning of each concert. It was wartime, and Eugene Goossens, CSO's conductor, wanted to honor those serving in the military. Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man is a brilliant, stirring, patriotic piece, and since its premiere it has become a favorite in the American songbook. It has been used in TV and advertising such as a U.S. Navy recruitment ad. Most recently, Fanfare was played on September 28, 2008 in the closing ceremonies at New York's Shea Stadium, complete with fireworks. Copland wanted to create music that would appeal to the masses, the common man, and his works have indeed done so. He won the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award nominations and awards for his compositions and film scores, contributing much to American music in his 90 years.

NEW ENGLAND TRIPTYCH WILLIAM SCHUMAN

(1910'-1992)

William Schuman was .an American composer and music

administrator. Bornin the Bronx, New York City, Schuman grew up with an interest in music. Attending

NYU, he also worked in advertising and wrote many songs with Frank Laesser. At the request of his sister, he attended a concert at Carnegie Hall and was completely inspired and captivated with the size and sound of the symphony orchestra. From that point on, he wanted to spend his life composing and went to the Malkin Conservatory. His instructor there, Roy Harris, introduced him to conductor Koussevitzky who later championed many of Schuman's symphonies. Schuman won the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music for his cantata, A Free Song, adapted from the poems of Walt Whitman. Then, after teaching at Sarah Lawrence College until 1945, Schuman became president of the Julliard School of Music where he founded the Julliard String Quartet. Schuman was the first president of the Lincoln Center, a position he held until 1969.

New England Triptych was written in 1956 and was based on melodies by William Billings (1744-1899.)The piece is in three movements and originally had words which were in the program when Schuman first presented it to audiences. The first movement is fugal, the second is

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based on a round, and the third is Billings' best known tune, based on a church hymn. It had been adopted by the Continental Army as a marching song. It is ironic that New England Triptych has become one of the pieces most associated with William Schuman, since it does not contain any of his own melodies. But the feeling of patriotism, American ruggedness and religious fervor is very characteristic of the work of Schuman as it was of Billings. New England Triptych had become an American favorite.

RHAPSODY IN BLUE GEORGE GERSHWIN

(1898-1937)

Born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York, Gershwin

quit school at age fifteen to be a song-plugger for a publishing firm on Tin Pan Alley. He recorded many rolls for player pianos, including a couple of songs he wrote, Swanee and Rhapsody in Blue. Written during the Jazz Age, in the 1920's, Rhapsody was said to be inspired by the rattle and roll rhythm of the train Gershwin was riding on in Boston. The title came to him upon seeing James McNeil Whistler's painting called "Nocturne

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PROGRAM NOTES in Black and Gold." Rhapsody in Blue was written for a concert in 1924 called "An Experiment in Modern Music." Many prominent people were in the audience, such as Sergi Rachmaninoff, Jascha Heifetz, and Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. Gershwin's piece was a huge hit, the favorite out

of all the pieces on the program. It had a very American quality in its boldness and energy and combined several of the musical influences in Gershwin's life, including Scott Joplin's rags for the piano, Harlem club jazz, Yiddish theater music, and post-Romantic styles. This piece,

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with its recognizable wailing clarinet opening, along with all the hits he wrote for Broadway, has continued to be successful through the decades, has made Gershwin one of the most successful and beloved composers of all time.

SYMPHONY NO. 2, OPUS 30 HOWARD HANSON

(1896-1981)

Howard Hanson was one of the first American composers to

receive widespread prominence. He had a romantic style, and in 1921 was the first American to receive the Prix de Rome. Hanson remained in Italy for a few years after this honor and was influenced by composers such as Respighi and Sibelius. Upon returning to the United States, Hanson conducted the New York Symphony and was then chosen to be the director of the Eastman School of Music. He remained there for forty years, turning it into one of the most prestigious music schools in America.

Symphony No. 2 was commissioned to celebrate Boston Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary in 1930 and has become his best known work. Hanson's colorful orchestral language is appreciated by audiences. His warm, accessible melodies are lush and lyrical and beloved by audiences around the world. Hanson won a Pulitzer Prize for his music in 1946 and wrote an important textbook on musical set theory in 1960. He continued to conduct and compose into his 80's and was truly an American treasure.

- Program notes by Janis Orrico

CONCERT SEASON

DECEMBER 13 & 14. 2008 HOLIDAY POPS

FEBRUARY 8, 2009 RUSSIAN FAVORITES

MARCH 22, 2009 SCHEHERAZADE!

APRI L 26, 2009 YOUTH CONCERTO

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JUNE 7, 2009 AROUND THE WORLD

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Experience the Glorious Sounds of the Season with the Issaquah Singers and the Boeing Employee's Choir as they join the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra in its annual Holiday Pops concerts on

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Eastlake High School t This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the talents of these fine ~ti ~l choral groups combined with the Sammamish Symphony! ~

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We are seeking donations from supporters like you to help us sustain and expand our programs. Please join the generous individuals and organizations who

have provided support to enable us to make the music our audiences love to hear. All contributions are tax­

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how you can help. To the Many Supporters of the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra: THANK YOU!

Many people have worked together to make our community orchestra possible. They have given of their time, talent, and energy. Thank you!

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EQ!JIPMENT STORAGE

PROGRAM DES IGN Robin Holland

PERCUSSION EQ!J IPMENT Dave Pitt/Beaver Lake Middle School

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WEBPAGE Mark Wiseman

FACI LIT IES Eastlake High School

PIANO Sherman Clay

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