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SYMPHONIC CONCERT GUIDE

Saturday, December 12, 2020 // 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 13, 2020 // 3:00 p.m.

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2020/21 // 2

Contents

Welcome from Maestro Brotons ...........................3

Message from the Mayor ..........................................5

Introducing Da Capo ..................................................6

Musicians and Staff ......................................................8

Meet the Musicians ................................................. 10

December Classical Concert ............................... 14

January Classical Concert Preview .................... 18

Friends of the VSO .................................................. 22

Donor Acknowledgements .................................. 23

Our MissionTo enhance the quality of life in Southwest Washington

by providing symphony music of the highest caliber in live performances and through music education

in schools, concert halls and throughout the community.

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There is no doubt that this is a year unlike any other. I am so thankful that we are part of such an incredible community, and that we can continue to share our music with you after such a long time away. While the season ahead of us may be shifting and changing, I have no doubt that it will be as extraordinary as ever. It also marks a significant milestone for me as my 30th year as Music Director and Conductor for the VSO. It has been my great honor and joy to share music with you all for so many years, and to see how far this organization has come.

This year will prove to be our most innovative season yet. Working with an expert team of technology, audio and video professionals, this brand-new concert experience will allow us to continue to bring classical music of the highest caliber to our community. The Orchestra is at the top of its abilities, and I am so glad that the 42nd symphonic season will face no interruptions. I have nothing but gratitude for your enthusiasm and support which has allowed us to find new ways to serve you and do what we love.

In difficult times we can turn to music to uplift and inspire us to keep going amid hardship. It brings comfort when the world feels like a dark place, and connects us as human beings when community feels

far away. It is our greatest honor and privilege to serve as a source of inspiration and hope by bringing music to the world however we can. In turn, the steadfast dedication of our audience uplifts and inspires me to see us through this with an orchestra that is stronger than ever.

I want to thank our remarkable musicians, Board of Directors, staff, Friends and volunteers for working harder than ever to keep the music alive and make this season spectacular. For 30 years I have felt great love and appreciation from you, and I have always tried to return it in every way I can. Conducting your orchestra means more to me than I can ever say. Thank you for standing with us for 42 wonderful years, and for many more to come. I am thrilled for you to join us in this spectacular, groundbreaking season.

Salvador BrotonsMusic Director & ConductorVancouver Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Salvador BrotonsMusic Director & Conductor

WELCOME

Thank you for joining us as we begin our 42nd season!

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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR

Welcome to the 2020-2021 season of The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. This year marks the Symphony’s 42nd season, and Maestro Salvador Brotons’ 30th consecutive season leading the VSO!

It is a privilege to have a world-class organization like the VSO call Vancouver home, and we’re grateful that we have been able to host such a pillar of culture for four decades!

The VSO has been an integral part of our community, and we look forward to the Symphony continuing to perform and inspire us for many years to come. It serves many thousands of individuals each year through its concert and chamber series, local Young Artists annual competition, educational and community engagement efforts. The VSO is changing lives through music.

Unfortunately, this season will look very different due to COVID 19 restrictions. Like many of us, VSO is adapting and making adjustments to its performance format. As such, their first few concerts will be live-streamed by a smaller orchestra without a live audience. As everything begins to open back up, VSO will be happy to welcome live audiences back to Skyview. While this season may look different than originally planned, it is sure to be just as brilliant. I can’t wait to see what is in store as our VSO adapts to the changing landscape of live performance.

It is always a treat for my husband Terry and I calm down from a busy week of work and chores and lose ourselves in the joy of music. But mostly, I enjoy watching Maestro Brotons as he dances with the orchestra. His energy pours out over the stage and we’re rewarded with a beautifully choreographed performance.

The VSO is building a legacy of leaders through music, education and community partnerships. Indeed, this promises to be an exciting experience for all of us.

Enjoy the season! Welcome back, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra!

Anne McEnerny-OgleAnne McEnerny-OgleMayor, City of Vancouver

Greetings!


Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall has been with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since October of 2019. Since December of 2019 she has been the host and producer of The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Podcast, interviewing prominent VSO figures and guests as well as sharing past VSO performances in the special series VSO Encore. Ashley graduated from Western Washington University in 2013 with a degree in English Literature, and has been active in the Vancouver arts community for over 15 years. She was formerly the music director for the Young Slocum House Players in 2011, and has been on the Board of Pacific Stageworks Theater Company since August of 2019.

Outside of saying flowery things about recordings of classical music Ashley produces two other podcasts, acts and sings in community theater productions, and plays nerdy tabletop games with her husband Will Johnson (the superhero who keeps Skyview Concert Hall running). It’s also rumored that she’s the girl who answers the phone when you call the VSO office, but none can say for certain.

Greg Scholl

Greg Scholl has played trombone in the VSO since 1993 - he became principal trombone in 1995. He is also principal trombone in the Portland Columbia Symphony and the Newport Symphony. Greg also plays locally in the Portland Brass Quintet and the Portland Festival Symphony. He has performed with the Oregon Ballet Theater, the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Opera, the Salem Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Symphonic Choir, the Willamette Master Chorus, and the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. He has performed with the Oregon Repertory Singers and the Portland Symphonic Choir. Greg was formerly second trombone in the Austin Lyric Opera.

Greg is the trombone and low brass instructor at Pacific University.He obtained a trombone performance degree at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Donald Knaub. Prior to that he studied with Peter Kline and David Brown in San Antonio, TX. Greg plays in the Portland modern jazz duo Dos Hermanos de Hale Bopp. He also plays guitar and trombone in a variety of styles with local bands and performers such as the Rhythm Dogs, Goombahttsi, and Elvis Presley Tribute Artist Justin Shandor.

After rejecting the millions of dollars people offered him to play the trombone, Greg obtained a law degree in 1995 from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. During most business days he can be found practicing law as the director of the capital case team at the Metropolitan Public Defender. He enjoys spending time with his family and dogs, reading, camping and hiking, collecting things like Conan the Barbarian comic books, LP records, and concert recordings of the Grateful Dead, and being married to incredible principal bassoonist Margaret McShea. Their son Ben is now in college - he was practically raised at VSO rehearsals back in the day.

Da Capo with Greg and Ashley is a special video series airing before each VSO live stream concert. Your hosts will give you the fascinating context behind the concert selections and their composers. With a splash of wit and plenty of enthusiasm, Greg and Ashley will show you the remarkable stories of your favorite music da capo—from the beginning!

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VIOLIN 1Eva Richey, ConcertmasterStephen Shepherd,

Associate ConcertmasterJeong Yoon LeeDon PowerKirsten NorvellElizabeth DotyElizabeth O'MaraCarol KirkmanBrandon BuckmasterRicki Hisaw Stacy Edgar

VIOLIN 2Tracie Andrusko, Principal Sara Pyne, Assistant Principal Diana Taylor-Williams Maria Powell Liza Hanson Joan Hamilton Denise Uhde-Friesen Carolyn Shefler Lanette Shepherd Olivia Myers

VIOLAAngelika Furtwangler,

PrincipalJeremy Waterman,

Assistant PrincipalJim GarrettElisa RegaBrenda Liu Emalie BerdahlKeely McMurryAshley Redd

CELLODieter Ratzlaf, Principal Erin Ratzlaf,

Assistant Principal Annie Harkey-Power Suzanne Rague Lauren VanderlindKristopher DukeJonah Thomas

BASSGarrett Jellesma, PrincipalEd SaleTommy ThompsonWill Gibbs

FLUTERachel Rencher, Principal Corrie Cook Darren Cook

PICCOLODarren Cook

OBOEAlan Juza, PrincipalKris Klavik

ENGLISH HORNKris Klavik

CLARINETIgor Shakhman, Principal Steve Bass Barbara Heilmair

BASS CLARINETBarbara Heilmair

BASSOONMargaret McShea, Principal Nicole Buetti

CONTRABASSOONNicole Buetti

HORNDan Partridge, PrincipalWendy PeeblesCharles CrabtreeJames Cameron

TRUMPETBruce Dunn, Principal Scott Winks

TROMBONEGreg Scholl, Principal Graham MiddletonDoug Peebles

BASS TROMBONEDoug Peebles, Principal

TUBAMark Vehrencamp, Principal

PERCUSSIONIsaac Rains

TIMPANIFlorian Conzetti, Principal

PIANO / CELESTEMichael C. Liu

HARPKimberly Taylor

ORCHESTRA MANAGER/ LIBRARIANDr. Igor Shakhman

STAGE MANAGERRon Christopher

BOARD OF DIRECTORSVictoria Tullett, ChairKathy McDonald, Past Immediate

Chair, Board PresidentDirectors

Ann BardackeDr. David BloomDr. Tammy BloomPaul ChristensenJacob GambleJustin JenksWill KitchenTim KraftAmey LaudDr. Michael LiuSteve McCarthyDr. David SmithCarol Van Natta

Scott Winks, Board LiaisonBarbara Coman,

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STAFFDr. Salvador Brotons,

Music Director & Conductor Dr. Igor Shakhman,

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Tracie Andrusko Principal 2nd violin

Tracie began her music training at the age of 5, on both violin and piano, developing a love of music as she watched both her parents play in their church orchestra. She studied with Portland string teachers James Eoff and Catherine Peterson and graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a music degree in violin performance and music education.

Following college graduation, Tracie married the university orchestra’s lead trumpet player and they’ve now been married for 28 years. Their three sons have each developed a love for piano, brass and percussion, as well as the U.S. military. She is now is in her 27th season with The VSO. In addition to the symphony, Tracie plays electric violin with a country rock band, The Usual Suspects and her church band. She credits Maestro Brotons with giving the orchestra vision, direction and inspiration to reach new benchmarks.

Dr. Florian Conzetti Principal timpani

Florian Conzetti is artistic director of Northwest New Music, a Portland-based contemporary chamber music ensemble. He has appeared as a chamber music collaborator at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival (David Finckel and Wu Han, artistic directors), the Astoria Music Festival, Cascadia Composers Concerts, CalPerformances, and Stanford Lively

Arts, and has recorded solo and chamber music works for the Innova, Albany, and Music@Menlo LIVE labels.

Conzetti was formerly on the faculty of UC Berkeley and currently teaches percussion, musicology, ethnomusicology and music theory at Portland State University and Linfield College. He studied at the Konservatorium für Musik in Bern, Switzerland, the Eastman School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a student of musicologist John Spitzer and marimbist Robert van Sice.

Bruce B. Dunn Principal trumpet

Now in his 20th year as The VSO’s principal trumpet, Bruce B. Dunn is an accomplished freelance trumpeter who holds performance degrees from both Washington State University (BM, cum laude) and Portland State University (MM) and was a recipient of the prestigious Presser Foundation Scholarship. He can be heard in venues across the Northwest.

He is has performed in groups across the region including the Portland Opera, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the Big Horn Brass, the Portland Festival Symphony, the Bach Cantata Choir and many others. He is also a founding member of the Columbia River Brass Ensemble.

In addition to performing, Bruce is a National Board Certified Teacher and the Director of Bands at Covington Middle School, Sunset Elementary and Silver Star Elementary in the Evergreen School District. He has also taught at Evergreen High School, Mountain View High School and Pacific Middle School.

Garrett JellesmaPrincipal bass

Now in his 14th season with The VSO, Garrett grew up in Milwaukie, OR where he was a violinist in the youth symphony. His bass career began in high school where his first teacher was Dave Anderson. He’s performed with the Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre, the Linfield Chamber Orchestra and many others. He is also a freelance musician performing and

recording with musicians in many different music genres.

When not performing, he is an orchestra teacher at H.B. Lee Middle School in the Reynolds School District, where he has taught since 2000. He is proud of his groups that have won many awards over the last several years.

He received his Bachelor of Music from Portland State, where he played under Maestro Brotons, and his Master’s in Music from the University of Portland. Garrett likes to spend his spare time with his family, traveling, fishing, and watching movies.

Alan Juza Principal oboe

Alan is an active musician in the Portland area. He is a member of the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Portland Opera Orchestra and Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra, and has performed with the Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Peter Britt Music Festival, and Houston Symphony, among many others. Alan currently teaches oboe at Pacific

University in Forest Grove, and works as Facilities Manager for the Montessori School of Beaverton. He is thrilled to be a member of the Vancouver Symphony!

Margaret McShea Principal bassoon

Margaret hails from Texas, where she received a bassoon performance degree from the University of Texas in Austin. She and her trombonist husband, Greg Scholl, moved to the Pacific Northwest and are never moving again!

Margaret has been The VSO’s principal bassoon since 1995, and performs with other regional symphonies, including Columbia Symphony and

Portland Festival Symphony. A well-rounded musician, Margaret also plays the piano and banjo and had “a brief dalliance with the alto sax in junior high,” but feels the bassoon is the right fit for her, which is good for us.

When not playing music and working as a law firm administrator, she’s in the great outdoors, gardening or camping and hiking with family and friends.

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Douglas PeeblesPrincipal bass trombone

Born and raised in Portland, Douglas came from a musical family, playing piano from the first grade through his senior year at David Douglas High School in SE Portland. He started playing trombone in the fourth grade and in three years was performing in a local dance band, The United Attractions, with his brother, which helped propel his development as a professional

musician and entertainer. After attending college at the University of Nevada-Reno and playing bass trombone in the Reno area, he returned to Portland.

Douglas has performed with the Oregon Symphony and the Carlton Jackson-Dave Mills Big Band, and has played with the Woody Hite Big Band for over 25 years. Other appearances have been with Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, Peggy Fleming, the Manhattan Transfer, Johnny Mathis, Natalie Cole and Don Rickles. He was also the drummer with the Cowboy/Jazz group Los Cowtones. Currently, his day job is driving a semi-truck for ABC Transfer and Delivery.

Dieter Ratzlaf Principal cello

Portland cellist Dieter Ratzlaf grew up in a musical family. He began cello studies at the age of seven and performed with the Portland Youth Philharmonic for six years, touring Europe with the orchestra in 1989. Dieter completed his undergraduate studies in Economics and German at Willamette University on a music scholarship. He went on to receive his Master

of Arts in Cello Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, also on scholarship, where he was a student of Bonnie Hampton. He has appeared with multiple arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest including the Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Portland Opera Orchestra (18 seasons) and the Oregon Ballet Theater Orchestra (10 seasons). Dieter was appointed principal cello of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 2005 and the Hood River Philharmonic in 2012, positions he currently still holds. In addition to his performance commitments, Dieter is in demand as a teacher, adjudicator, and studio artist.

Rachel RencherPrincipal flute

Rachel Rencher is a freelance flutist in the Portland area. She is the principal flutist for The VSO, for which she has played since 1993. Rachel is also a member of the Portland Opera Orchestra and Portland Chamber Orchestra. She has performed with the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theatre and several area summer music festivals, including the Sunriver Music

Festival, Astoria Festival of Music and the McCall Summer Music Festival. She maintains two active flute studios in the Portland area.

Dr. Salvador BrotonsMusic Director & Conductor

Now in his 30th season leading The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Music Director and Conductor, musicians and classical music enthusiasts still delight in having Dr. Brotons lead them.

Salvador Brotons was born in Barcelona into a family of musicians. He studied flute with his father and continued his musical studies at the Barcelona Music Conservatory where he earned advanced degrees in flute, composition and conducting. In 1985 he

won a Fulbright scholarship and moved to the U.S. where he obtained a doctorate in music from Florida State University.

As a composer, he has written more than 140 pieces, mostly orchestral and chamber works, and has won major composition awards, including the “Premio Orquesta Nacional de España” (1977), for his Cuatro Piezas para Cuerdas, the prize “Jove d’Or” (1980), the “Premio Ciutat de Barcelona” (in 1983 for his first symphony, and in 1986 for his piece Absències for narrator and orchestra), “SoutheasternComposers League Award” for his Sinfonietta da Camera (1986) “The Madison University Flute Choir Composition Award” (1987) for his Flute Suite and the “Premio Reina Sofia de Composición” (1991) for his piece Virtus for orchestra. He has also received many commissions.

Many of his works have been published and recorded on several CDs in Europe and in the U.S. for labels such as Naxos, EMI, Auvidis, Naxos, Albany Records, Keys, Harmonia Mundi and RNE.

Currently he combines a busy schedule as a conductor and composer of a number of commissions of various genres. Since 2001 he has been a professor of composition and orchestra conducting at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC).

In Spain he has been the music director and conductor of the Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears “Ciutat de Palma” (1997-2001, 2009-2013) and the Orquestra Simfónica del Vallés (1997-2002), and is presently the conductor of the Barcelona Symphonic Band. In 2005, he received the “Arts Council” award by the Clark County and the city of Vancouver and the Kiwanis Rose Award.

He has guest-conducted orchestras internationally in countries like the US, Israel, France, Germany, China, Poland, South Korea, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, as well as the most prestigious Spanish orchestras.

Dr. Brotons resides in Barcelona with his wife, Dr. Melissa Brotons, renowned music therapist and Director of the inter-university Master’s in Music Therapy in Barcelona. Their daughter, Clara, is a graduate of New York University.

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Eva Richey Concertmaster

Eva Richey began her violin studies at age 8. She earned Bachelor and Master's degrees in violin performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Eva began her career playing regularly with several orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, Columbus Symphony, West Virginia Symphony and Kentucky Symphony. She toured South America

with the New World Symphony and played briefly with the Cape Town Symphony in South Africa. She attended the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals, learning from such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Eiji Oue. Eva has also enjoyed playing popular music in concert events with The Moody Blues, Yes, Harry Connick Jr. and Rod Stewart.

In 2001, Eva moved to the Northwest. She began working with the Oregon Symphony as Associate Music Librarian, as well as holding two one-year positions in the second violin section.

Currently, Eva is on the adjunct faculty at Clark College as violin instructor and concertmaster of the Clark College Orchestra. She plays regularly with the Portland Opera, Portland Chamber Orchestra and Oregon Ballet Theatre.

Greg Scholl Principal trombone

Greg Scholl has played principal trombone in The VSO since 1995. He is also principal trombone in the Portland Columbia Symphony and the Newport Symphony. Greg plays in the Portland Brass Quintet and the Portland Festival Symphony. He has performed with the Oregon Ballet Theatre, the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera and the Portland Chamber Orchestra.

Greg is presently the trombone and low brass instructor at Pacific University. He enjoys both teaching and giving the pre-concert lectures he’s provided before each VSO concert for the past few years. He obtained a trombone performance degree at the University of Texas at Austin and also plays guitar and trombone with many local bands.

During most business days, Greg can be found practicing law as the Director of the Public Defender’s office in Hillsboro. He enjoys camping, hiking, comic books, parenting the fabulous Ben Scholl and being married to The VSO’s incredible principal bassoonist, Margaret McShea.

Dr. Igor ShakhmanPrincipal clarinet

Igor has been heard in recitals, chamber music concerts and concert appearances throughout Europe and the US. As an orchestral clarinetist, he has performed with the Colorado and Oregon Symphony Orchestras, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Colorado Opera Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra and the chamber orchestras of

Moscow Virtuosi and Moscow Stars.

As a chamber musician and soloist, Igor has played in international music festivals in Oregon, Colorado, France, Greece, Russia and Switzerland. Igor has participated in two critically acclaimed Broadway tours: the first national tour of Oklahoma! and as principal clarinetist and on-stage soloist in the North American tour of Fiddler on the Roof. He received his B.A. in Music from

Kharkov Music College, his Master’s from the Moscow Conservatory and his Doctorate from the University of Colorado.

He teaches at the University of Portland and is the Oregon state chair for the International Clarinet Association. In addition to being principal clarinet, he’s also the orchestra’s Executive Director.

Mark VehrencampPrincipal tuba

Mark grew up in Southern California, but moved north to attend the University of Oregon. He received his BM in music education and became the band and orchestra director at Oregon City High School.

He began playing the piano, then violin, but found his true calling first with trombone, then tuba. Mark joined The VSO in 1999 and recently

expanded his tuba collection to seven, each with its own special musical purpose.

In addition to The VSO, Mark has played with the Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Portland Columbia Symphony, Portland Festival Symphony, Portland Chamber Orchestra and Big Horn Brass. An accomplished jazz musician, Mark has played with Barney Bigard, Ed Garland and most recently Dick Hyman, Ken Peplowski and Rebecca Kilgore.

He’s the proud father of two and for the past 39 years has exercised his daytime passion as a locomotive engineer for the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific Railroad.

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PROGRAM NOTES

We are thrilled to share the stage with two celebrated jazz soloists: clarinetist Ken Peplowski and singer Clairdee, along with our rhythm section, featuring distinguished guest musicians Steven Feifke, Tim Gilson, and Kevin Congleton.

Although we are disappointed to miss yet another opportunity to see our audience in person, we are delighted to livestream our program of classical and jazz holiday favorites to our close friends in Vancouver and Portland, as well as to our growing online community.

The Vancouver Symphony strings will be opening the concert with a performance of Leroy Anderson’s Suite of Carols, a classical arrangement of six Christmas songs: Pastores a Belen, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, O, little town of Bethlehem, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, Away in a Manager and Wassail Song.

The centerpiece of the program is a medley of five songs, which were arranged for Benny Goodman’s performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1974. The Boston Pops, of course, was the first orchestra to collaborate with jazz artists and to feature them as soloists. It is particularly exciting for us to perform this arrangement with Ken Peplowski, who played in Benny Goodman’s band in the 1980s (and with many jazz legends) and continues to carry on those incredible traditions.

In addition to the Benny Goodman Medley, Ken will be featured as soloist in Michel Legrand’s You Must Believe in Spring (from a 1967 French musical comedy film, The Young Girls of Rochefort) which so beautifully combines jazz and orchestral elements, as well as two iconic Christmas classics: Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Time is Here from the 1965 television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. We are pleased to present new arrangements of these works by Ken’s frequent collaborator, Mark Lopeman.

Clairdee will be singing three classic Christmas tunes with the orchestra: Donny Hathaway’s This Christmas, Irving Berlin’s Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep (from the 1954 film White Christmas), and Martin and Blane’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from the 1944 Judy Garland film, Meet Me in St. Louis).

Alternating with these jazz masterworks with Ken and Clairdee, the Vancouver Symphony string section will highlighted in Vaughan William’s Fantasia on Greensleeves (from the opera Sir John in Love), Johann Strauss’s Pizzicato Polka and the Prelude from The Holberg Suite by Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg.

Our performance concludes with both Clairdee and Ken joining the VSO for the Nat King Cole version of Mel Torme’s The Christmas Song. Please feel free to sing along!

We hope you enjoy the music and we wish you all a wonderful holiday season.

Ken SeldenGuest ConductorVancouver Symphony

Welcome to the Vancouver Symphony’s Annual Winter Concert!


December12 & 13, 2020Ken Selden, Guest ConductorKen Peplowski, Guest Artist / Clarinet Clairdee, Guest Artist / Jazz VocalistSteve Bass, Emcee

Skyview Concert Hall, Vancouver, Washington

FIRST HALFLeroy Anderson: Pastores a Belén and Wassail

Song from Suite of Carols

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride *with Ken Peplowski

arr. Peter Knight: The Boston Pops Orchestra presents Benny Goodman *with Ken Peplowski

Donny Hathaway: This Christmas *with Clairdee

Mykola Leontovych arr. Steven Feifke: Carol of the Bells *with Ken Peplowski

Johann Strauss, Jr.: Pizzicato Polka

—15 MINUTE INTERMISSION —

SECOND HALFEdvard Grieg: Prelude from the Holberg Suite

Vince Guaraldi: Christmas Time Is Here (from a Charlie Brown Christmas) *with Ken Peplowski

Michel Legrand: You Must Believe In Spring *with Ken Peplowski

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves

Irving Berlin: Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep *with Clairdee

Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas *with Clairdee

Mel Torme, arr. Nelson Riddle: The Christmas Song *with Clairdee and Ken Peplowski

Ken Selden is currently conductor and music director of thePortland State University Orchestra, a position he has held since 2006. Selden made his professional debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra (Canada) at the invitation of Pinchas Zuckerman, and subsequently appeared with orchestras of Denver, Baltimore, Minnesota and North Carolina, and at music festivals in the United States, Israel, Japan, Romania and Switzerland. Additionally, he has performed with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at the David Oistrakh Festival and conducted orchestras in Finland, Italy and Belgium. Since arriving in Portland, Selden has appeared as guest conductor of the Oregon Symphony, Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Portland Youth Philharmonic and the Newport Symphony. More recently, his recordings of Mahler and Debussy arrangements with the newly established Martingale Ensemble were released on MSR Classics.

An advocate for new music, Selden has worked with composers Pierre Boulez, John Cage and Tan Dun, and has conducted recent world premieres of music by Peter Lieberson, Michael Nyman and Stephen Paulus. Prior to his appointment at PSU, Selden led a series of performances as assistant conductor of two innovative ensembles—the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Eos Orchestra. Under his direction, the PSU Orchestra has received three awards in Adventurous Programming from ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras. In 2018, he led the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as guest conductor for Riverview Bank’s Six To Sunset concert series.

Ken SeldenGUEST CONDUCTOR


Ken PeplowskiGUEST ARTIST / CLARINET

“When you grow up in Cleveland, Ohio, playing in a Polish polka band, you learn to think fast on your feet”, says Ken Peplowski, who played his first pro engagement when he was still in elementary school. “From my first time performing in public, I knew I wanted to play music for a living.”

Ken, and his trumpet-playing brother Ted, made many local radio and TV appearances and played for Polish dances and weddings virtually every weekend all through high-school. “That’s where I learned to improvise, ‘fake’ songs, learn about chord changes, etc.—it’s exactly like learning to swim by being thrown into the water!”

By the time Ken was in his early teens, he was experimenting with jazz by playing in the school “stage” bands, and also by jamming with many of the local jazz musicians. “By the time I hit high school, I was teaching at the local music store, playing in our family band, and playing jazz gigs around town while still getting up early every day for school.”

After a year of college, Ken joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Buddy Morrow. “Buddy heard me with my quartet at a Cleveland jazz festival along with Teddy Wilson’s trio and the Dorsey band, and made an offer right then and there for me to not only play lead alto, but to have a feature spot on the clarinet with the rhythm section. It was a great ‘road-school’—we learned the discipline that goes with playing one-nighters every day for 48 weeks out of the year, and Buddy was a great, very generous bandleader.”

Peplowski met Sonny Stitt while on the road with the Dorsey band, and studied with him. “He was, and is, an inspiration to all of of us who make a living ‘on the road’—I’ve never heard anybody play with such amazing consistency as Sonny, through all kinds of settings.”

In 1980, Ken moved to New York City, and was soon playing in all kinds of settings, from traditional to avant-garde jazz. “Everything’s a learning experience in jazz music—there’s always an element of the unpredictable.” In 1984, Benny Goodman came out of retirement and put together a new band, hiring Ken on tenor saxophone.

Peplowski signed with Concord Records, under the tutelage of Carl Jefferson, the founder and president, and recorded close to

20 albums as a leader, including “The Natural Touch” in 1992 which won Best Jazz Record of the Year by the Prises Deutschen Schallplatten Kritiken, and “The Other Portrait”, recorded in Sophia Bulgaria with the symphony orchestra and highlighting Ken’s classical side. He also recorded two records on the Nagel Heyer label, “Lost In The Stars” and “Easy To Remember”, the latter of which features Bobby Short on his last recording. “I loved Bobby Short’s approach to the American songbook, and we’d talked about doing a record together for a while—I’m glad we got this one ‘in the can.’ ”

“What’s in the future? Who knows? I love all kinds of music, and I’d like to find more opportunities to bridge the gaps between different musical styles—I consider myself an interpreter of material—if something interests me, I try to put my own spin on it, without thinking or worrying about playing in any particular style. Basically, I like a challenge, I’m a sucker for a good melody, and I love playing for audiences, big or small.”

And he has certainly achieved these goals, be it in small clubs, the Hollywood Bowl (where he played a sold-out concert), headlining in Las Vegas, the Newport Jazz Festival, pops concerts, European festivals and clubs, or at home in NYC, doing everything from playing on the soundtracks to Woody Allen movies, guest soloing on records (his more interesting recent ones were Marianne Faithfull and Cuban vocalist Isaac Delgado) to taking on the role of music director for interactive French and Italian cookbooks (“Menus And Music”).

The litany of musicians Ken has collaborated with includes: Mel Torme, Leon Redbone, Charlie Byrd, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Madonna, Hank Jones, Dave Frishberg, Rosemary Clooney, Tom Harrell, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Houston Person, Steve Allen, Bill Charlap, Woody Allen, Marianne Faithfull, Isaac Delgado & Erich Kunzel. (“Although not necessarily in that order,” says Ken).

Peplowski also does many workshops for students of all ages. “My goal is to get the students to learn how to teach themselves, and to learn how to bring out their own best qualities; after all, jazz is about individuality—first you learn the rules, then you break them. I would like to think of myself as a lifelong student!”

Ken Peplowski is a Buffet-Crampon artist, and plays the R-13 clarinet,with a Portnoy mouthpiece and Van Doren German-cut reeds. He also plays a Yamaha tenor sax and a Berg Larsen mouthpiece.

Ken's new CD is called “Sunrise” and it’s a big band record of new arrangements written exclusively for him, plus some reworking of classic arrangements. His upcoming CD is a duo record with Brazilian guitarist Diego Figuereido entitled “Amizade.”

He is currently the artistic director of the Sarasota Jazz Festival, the Newport Beach Jazz Party, and the Newport, Oregon Jazz Festival. Ken Peplowski has also been bestowed this year’s “Creative Arts Prize In Recognition Of Outstanding Contribution In The Field Of The Creative Arts” by the Polish American Historical Association.


ClairdeeGUEST ARTIST / JAZZ VOCALIST

Soulful, swinging, and stylish, the music of San Francisco-based jazz singer Clairdee epitomizes jazz’s empowering imperative. More than a masterly interpreter of lyrics with a lustrous, velvety tone, she embodies the tradition’s twinned legacy of standing for social justice with glamor and guts. Deeply informed by the music’s departed masters, Clairdee puts a personal stamp on whatever she sings, a gift aptly described by the inimitable Nancy Wilson. “In the tradition of all great vocalists,” Wilson said of Clairdee, “she infuses each song with her own unique style while always remaining true to the song itself.”

An internationally touring artist who has performed in leading concert halls, festivals and nightclubs around the world, Clairdee has collaborated with some of America’s most celebrated jazz masters, including Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Cyrus Chestnut, Ken Peplowski, and the late Nancy Wilson herself. Equally at home singing various African-American musical idioms in an array of settings, she’s performed with pops symphony orchestras, big bands, small jazz combos, and intimate duos.

Clairdee covers a lot of stylistic ground on her latest project, which celebrates the iconic star Lena Horne, one of the 20th century’s most consequent performers. Released in the winter of 2020, her critically hailed album A Love Letter to Lena is a deeply personal tribute to the barrier-shattering African-American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, World War II pin-up, and civil rights activist who died in 2010 at the age of 92.

During the Golden Age of Hollywood, when Black women were visible on movie screens only in stereotypical roles as maids and servants, the vivacious Horne radiated glamour as she seized the spotlight in a series of MGM musicals. But many of her scenes were designed to be easily edited out for screenings in the South, where the studio assumed white audiences would rebel at the sight of a Black actor presented as a social equal. For viewers like Clairdee’s parents it was impossible not to revel in the abundant evidence that Horne was more than equal to anyone else in the film.

“She meant so much to me in so many different ways,” Clairdee says. “The example she set, the role model that she was for many African Americans was very powerful. I learned a lot about what I do and how I present myself on stage just by watching her. She was always dressed

impeccably, and completely professional despite all the discrimination and mistreatment. As my mother used to say, the best revenge is to never let them see you sweat.”

While Horne is indelibly associated with several classic songs, such as “Stormy Weather,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” and “The Man I Love,” Clairdee wasn’t interested in rounding up the usual repertoire. She includes a few standards in her Horne tribute, but the far-flung range of material and the arrangements drawing on an array of styles highlight her view of Horne’s legacy as a living, breathing force. “The album isn’t about trying to portray Lena,” Clairdee says. “We’re celebrating her life in all its many facets.”

The album includes numerous surprises, like the New Orleans second line groove running through the anthem “Believe In Yourself,” a song Horne sang as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz. Another show stopper is Clairdee’s version of the Billy Strayhorn masterpiece “Something To Live For” (which features an exquisite solo by violin star Regina Carter). Horne’s life and thoughts are manifested by six spoken-word interludes read by veteran actress Margo Hall taken from interviews of Horne discussing the role of the integrated Café Society in her career and her deep love of the openly gay Strayhorn, whom she described as her soulmate.

A 2018 recipient of the Bay Area Jazz and Blues Artist Lifetime Achievement Award, Clairdee has a long track record as a passionate advocate for music education. She is a collegiate professor of Jazz Voice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has taught at the University of California Berkeley Jazz Department, and Diablo Valley College. She was a long-time teaching artist with the San Francisco Symphony’s education department.

Born in Tucson and raised in Denver, Clairdee grew up harmonizing and dancing with her sisters in a show-biz minded family. She took to improvising naturally and formed a four-part vocal group in high school. Music became a priority after college. She was already listening closely to pioneering jazz vocalists such as Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter when veteran Hammond B-3 organist William “Big Daddy” Sailes took her under his wing and taught her a repertoire of standards and how to develop arrangements to suit her voice.

Since moving to the Bay Area in 1986, Clairdee has performed almost every style of music, from R&B and cabaret to country and soul. But in the mid-90s she decided to focus on jazz, honing a singular sound while working with jazz luminaries such as trumpeter Eddie Henderson, saxophonist John Handy and pianists Roland Hanna and Allen Farnham. She gained national attention when legendary bassist, manager and NEA Jazz Master John Levy, who toured and recorded with Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, and Billie Holiday, built a show around her and guitarist/vocalist Henry Johnson. Whether she’s celebrating Lena Horne or delivering a carefully honed program of standards, her aim in the same. “My mission,” Clairdee says, “is to engage, uplift and build community through music—creating narrative that inspires beyond the stage.”

Artist’s website: clairdee.com / Contact: [email protected]


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January Concert PreviewJanuary 16 & 17, 2021Skyview Concert Hall, Vancouver, Washington

Featuring our 2019-2020 Young Artist Competition Winners

Hanami Froom (strings)

Chaconne for Violin and String Orchestra—Tomaso Vitali

Jacob Nenow (piano)

Piano Concerto in D 1st Movement—J.S. Bach

Ben Price (winds)

Oboe Concerto 1st and 3rd Movements— Ralph Vaughan Williams

Other Featured Pieces

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)Adagio for Strings

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)Simple Symphony

Sarah IoannidesMusic Director of Symphony Tacoma

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Hanami Froom

Jacob Nenow

Ben Price


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The Friends of the VSO are an integral part of the success of the orchestra and organization. You may not see this team of volunteers when they are sponsoring a post-concert reception and providing meals on rehearsal nights for the orchestra, or participating in the educational program, fundraisers and working side by side with the VSO Board of Directors. The joy of the Friends is the opportunity to meet with orchestra members, Maestro Brotons and guest musicians. You‘ll find that it is such a pleasure to give back to those who have given so much.

Over the years, many have worked very hard and we need to offer our deepest gratitude for all they have done. In this exciting 2020-2021 season, we would like to offer the opportunity to any of who are interested to become either active members or philanthropic members who donate their membership in order to allow us to continue doing the work we do. As a member you are always invited to attend the post-concert receptions and are guaranteed to have fun being a part of this winning team.

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