Colburn Chamber Music Society | April 10th, 2022 | Zipper Hall | 3PM

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The four academic units of the School are united by a single philosophy: that all who desire to study music or dance should have access to top-level instruction. Each year, more than 2,000 students from around the world come to the Community School of Performing Arts, Conservatory of Music, Music Academy, and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute. Serving all units of the School, the Center for Innovation and Community Impact prepares students for sustainable careers and nurtures the passion and ability to serve their communities.

Under the care and guidance of our exceptional faculty, musicians and dancers discover the joy and discipline of the performing arts. Performances in the community and on campus develop young artists and welcome audiences with over 350 free and low-cost performances annually. At Colburn, creative forces converge to shape the future of the performing arts.

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A Message from the President Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Colburn School for today’s performance. It is truly a privilege to include you in our audience—your presence provides incomparable support to our accomplished students, faculty, and guest artists who take the stage to share their talent and artistry with you.

Last semester was not only a period of transition for our community, but also a time to reconnect. Dedicated families returned to campus for classes; determined students continued pursuing their craft through in-person instruction.

Our world-class faculty rekindled the passion for learning in their studios and classrooms, and the unwavering support from our donors made it possible for students to once again be immersed in the Colburn experience. I am personally grateful for all the ways our community has adapted and grown in these past few months, and I am confident that our young artists will continue to thrive.

As our 2021–22 season continues this spring, there will be opportunities to see our Trudl Zipper Dance Institute students in action at Tap Fest and Counterpointe, to welcome our alumni back to Colburn through the Next Up series, and of course, to be inspired by our signature programs like the Colburn Orchestra and Colburn Chamber Music Society. We also invite you to join us for our annual Gala on April 3, where we will gather together to celebrate the start of the second decade of the Music Academy and to honor Jean-Yves Thibaudet for his artistic contributions to the School.

Colburn continues to prioritize the health and safety of our community, and we will be sure to keep you abreast of any changes to our event protocols. Thank you for your ongoing patience as we take all necessary precautions, and more importantly, thank you for your dedication to our students and to the School. An incredible performance awaits you—please enjoy.

Sincerely,

Sel Kardan President and Chief Executive Officer

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Philanthropy at the Colburn School Thank You for Your Support At the Colburn School, we are proud to offer over $9 million of scholarship support annually for more than 850 students from the Community School of Performing Arts, the Conservatory of Music, the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, and the Music Academy. This is made possible in partnership with our generous donor community, whose philanthropy pays for over 75% of the Colburn experience.

The School’s comprehensive performing arts education includes access to 300+ free performances on campus, myriad opportunities to learn from guest artists in master classes, innovative career development curriculum, as well as inspiring and supportive rehearsal and performance spaces.

Gifts from individuals, institutional partners, our trustees, as well as the ongoing support from legacy gifts to the Colburn School endowment allow Colburn to continue to educate and inspire students from all around the world. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the individuals and organizations whose giving makes a lasting impact on the creative endeavors of our young artists. Thank you.

Individual Donors Thank you to our community of donors who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels.

The following individuals contributed $250 or more between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty. $100,000+ Anonymous (2) Terri and Jerry Kohl Stephanie and Gregory Guyett Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky Ann Mulally Mimi Rotter $25,000–$99,999 Anonymous (2) Daniel L. Avchen Henry and Queence Choi David D. Colburn Richard W. Colburn Alice Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener

Anthony DiResta and Terrance Mason Martine and Dan Drackett Linda and Darren Edwards Lucy Farber and Jim Bright Carol and Warner* Henry Brian and Molly Kirk David Kobrin Aliza and Michael Lesser Beverly C. Marksbury Steven and Susan Matt, MATT Construction J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman Greg and Tracy McWilliams Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein Diane Naegele Mahnaz and David Newman Gaylord "Nick" Nichols Ann and Robert Ronus Barbara and Heinrich Schelbert Mrs. Isaac Stern Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle Alyce de Roulet Williamson Cari Wolk Dylan Yolles Marilyn Ziering

$10,000–$24,999 Ellen DiResta and Jill DiResta Mari and Edmund Edelman Lyndie and Sam B. Ersan Marianna and David Fisher Gunilla and Rolf Hastrup Kardan Yui Family Priscilla and William Kennedy Robert Lewis Raulee Marcus Judith S. Mishkin Carole and John Moran Linda Pierce Linda and Stephen Rosen Dr. Lawrence Rubenstein and Dr. Susan Auyang Beverly Ryder Elizabeth Loucks Samson Stephen and Janet Sherman Eva and Marc Stern Christine and Sean Yu $5,000–$9,999 Christine Ansbacher and Karen McCarthy Wanda Bryant Louise and David Cheli Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Susan and Bruce Heard Annie and Bill Macomber

Rock River Marisa Silver and Ken Kwapis, in memory of Marjorie Kwapis The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis Myra and Milton Schubin* Annie and Sébastien Wickert Samantha Winslow and John Williams $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous, in memory of Ran Baron Selma Ankist Family Trust, Andrea Nobil, Trustee Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Evelyn and Stephen Block George and Linda Cassady Helgard and Irwin Field Mazie and Gabriel Hoffman Daniela Roveda and Craig Hunegs Atis A. and Diana Liepins, Sandra Liepins Busby Nissenson Family Michael Nissman Gretchen and Jay Riley Daniel Rothmuller Lynn Russell and L. Michael Russell Frank Skocilich Ellen and James Strauss $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous (5) Nigel Armstrong Joan Boyett Joan and Albert Dorman Gail and James Ellis Lorie Forman Susan Friedman Nancy and Eric Garen I.H. and Anna Grancell Foundation Ginny Kim Heller and Mark Heller Craig Holt Ann Horton and Jean W. Horton Kay and David Ingalls Frances Kent Layla and Gac Kim Sarah Lang Norma and Ronald Leonard

Shu-Yuan and Alexander Linna Nigel Lythgoe Leslie and Patrick Marckx Kelly and Claudio Miranda Margaret O’Donnell Meltem and Mehmet Ozpay Ricki and Marvin Ring Kim and Tony Ruys de Perez Samantha and Marc Sandman Kent and Allison Stevenson Sabrina Strong Camilla Townsend Brigitta Troy and Alden Lawrence Sarah Rosenwald Varet and Jesse Coleman Deborah and Lee Walcott Robin and James Walther Gail Werner Barbara and Ian White-Thomson Jim and Allison Wilt Yamamoto Family Memorial Trust William J. Zachs and Martin Adam $250–$999 Anonymous (7) Anonymous, in honor of Annie Wickert and Nina Zhou Barbara Abell Shannon and Craig Alexander Ramon M. Alvarez Jr. Jane Madelon Anthony Noel and Diane Applebaum Harry Birenbaum Janet and Mark Brown Amy Bryan Catherine Bryan, in memory of Norman Bryan Lynn and Thomas Chu Moonhyung Chung and Sangwon Lee Rachel Civen and Peter Schubin Erica and William Clark Rob and Sandra Corddry Linda Cormier Melinda J. Crowe Andrea Dale Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams Matthew Diamond Ling-Li Dong and Peter Ferrie

Eric Drachman Gale Epstein Joan Landy Erdman, in honor of Ben Cornavaca Jain Fletcher Bryan Galdrikian and Raina Pepke Gregory A Garbacz Matthew Gelfand Kimaree and Yehuda Gilad Nicole and George Gordillo Victor Gotesman and Noel Hayashi Edith Grady The Gross Family Alma Guzman Scott and Loree Hagen Richard Halverstadt Jeff Heglin and Randy Sheriff Marguerite and Hal Hennacy Florencia Jimenez-Marcos and Xavier Gonzalez-Sanfeliu Johnson-Brown Family Helen Kauder Susan and Stephen Kay Brita Kohlfürst-Millard Jason and Autumn Krischer Greg and Katy Laetsch Paul and Kitty Lazarus Kelly and Eric Lee Marsha and Fredrick Levin Jeremy Linane Carolyn and Juan Carlos Luciani Renee and Meyer Luskin Karen and David MacQueen Fred Manaster Weta and Allen Mathies Rochelle McAlpin Nathan Melsted Barbara and Henry Merkle Janet G. Michaels Phillip Moll Donna Morton Gretl and Arnold Mulder Mei-Lee Ney Andrea Nobil David and Tayler Park Edward A. Perez colburnschool.edu

Thomas Peterson Lajos Piko Bruce Piner Henning Andersen and Mary Pottala Corey Robinson Amy Sadanaga Lorraine Saunders Hazel Schmidt Janice F. Schumacher Chuck Scroggins Jeffrey and Tam Smith Mr. Edward J. Spear Mr. Edward Stabler Jackie Stein Jeanette Stevens Natalie Sun Connie and Guillermo Tejada Julie Tinley and Martin Gutierrez Kenneth Uslan, in memory of Justin Friedman Philippe Vaillancourt Tina Sze Wang and Gary Wang Max and Diane Weissberg Sandra E. Wisot Georgeann Wyatt Jimin Yin and Yihui Zhou Jeanie Yoon Nina Zhou Richard Zinar *Deceased

Institutional Partners Thank you to our foundation and corporate partners who have supported Colburn with gifts of all levels. The following institutional partners contributed $250 or more between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 in support of the annual activities of our students and faculty.. $100,000+ Anonymous The Ahmanson Foundation Cartier Colburn Foundation The Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation Max H. Gluck Foundation The Rose Hills Foundation L.L. Foundation for Youth Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation $25,000–$99,999 Anonymous (2) California Arts Council East West Bank Edison International The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation The Music Man Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Joseph H. Reich, Pumpkin Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation Capital Group Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

$5,000–$9,999 Walt Disney Company Foundation EALgreen Hennings-Fischer Foundation Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Vectis DC Visionary Women $2,500–$4,999 Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Middle Road Foundation $1,000–$2,499 Decker Lighting Supply LLC Diversified Thermal Services, Inc. South Coast Plaza United States Holocaust Memorial Museum $250–$999 B&B Plumbing Emergency Power Controls, Inc. Stanhope Company

Endowment Circle The Colburn School is honored to recognize donors who support the Colburn School's endowment, including the Access Fund, named chairs, scholarships, and programmatic endowments. $1,000,000+ Anonymous Walter Arlen and Howard Myers Judith and Thomas Beckmen Colburn Foundation David Kobrin Susan and Peter Lynn Bruce Sutherland* $500,000–$999,999 Anonymous Richard W. Colburn The Negaunee Foundation $250,000–$499,999 Anonymous Patricia Duque Byrne Charitable Foundation David D. Colburn Hilary Garland William and Kathryne Garland Max H. Gluck Foundation Beverly C. Marksbury $100,000–$249,999 Anonymous Ahmanson Foundation Shirley Ashkenas Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Austrian-American Council West Kardan Yui Family Aliza and Michael Lesser J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman Mei-Lee Ney Elizabeth Redleaf Elizabeth Loucks Samson Mitzi Sutherland* JoAnn Turovsky Deborah and Lee Walcott

$25,000–$99,999 Anonymous David and Margaret Barry Murray and Susan Brown Christopher Essay Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Carol and Warner* Henry Jee Sung Kang and Hun Ku Kang The Karpman Foundation Brian and Molly Kirk Shih Lan Liu and Jeff Lavner Dr. Paul and Mrs. Candice Lee Norma and Ronald Leonard Steven F. and Susan Matt, MATT Construction Genie and Robert McAllister Rosemarie Fall and Andrew Millstein Diane Naegele Pia and Jeremy Radisich The Honorable Ernest M. Robles and Linda Curtis Ann and Robert Ronus Linda and Stephen Rosen Mimi Rotter Susan Keran Solomon Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Barbara Machen-Tehranchi Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle *Deceased The following named endowments provide support in perpetuity for our students.

Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship Fund Amron-Sutherland Fund for Young Pianists Shirley & Irving L. Ashkenas Scholarship Fund Austrian-American Council West Award Barry Scholarship Fund Nancy Baxter Endowment Fund Judith M. Benjamin Fund Iona Benson Trust Susan & Murray Brown Endowment Fund in honor and memory of Cellist Pal Hermann Pat Byrne Piano Scholarship Endowment Fund

Catherine Colburn Høgel Scholarship Fund David Colburn Scholarship Fund Keith & Betsy Colburn Scholarship/Galashiels Fund Richard D. Colburn Scholarship Fund Jennifer & Royce Diener Cello Scholarship Fund Dorothy Duque Grant Russell Financial Aid Endowment Fund for Piano Ed & Mari Edelman Chamber Music Fund Max and Muriel Gluck Scholarship Fund Grancell Scholarship Fund Susan & Bruce Heard Financial Aid Endowment Fund for Cello Molinda & Dr. Harold Karpman Fund Wendy Kelman Scholarship Beverly, Donald, and David Kobrin Scholarship Fund Gene Krieger Financial Aid Fund Lesser Scholarship Fund Rosalyne A. Lesser Musical Endowment Fund Wesley Bing Leung Citizenship Award Beverly Corcoran Marksbury Financial Aid Fund Christine Martin Endowment Fund Kean/Mayman Endowed Scholarship Fund Millstein-Fall Colburn Youth Orchestra Fund Negaunee Foundation Endowment Fund Felix Racelis Piano Scholarship Fund Elizabeth Redleaf Scholarship Fund Dorothy and Horace Sampson Cello Financial Aid Endowment Fund Hugo Samuels Scholarship Fund Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Scholarship Fund Keith & Cecilia Terasaki Family Foundation Financial Aid Endowment Fund Weintraub Family Endowment colburnschool.edu

Encore Circle Donors who include the Colburn School in their estate plans are welcomed into the Encore Circle, and we gratefully celebrate the following donors for their profound support.

Walter Arlen and Howard Myers Linda* and Robert Attiyeh Judith and Thomas Beckmen Judith M. Benjamin* Iona Benson* Alan M. Binnie Rebecca Bowne Erica and William Clark Lisa Kirk Colburn Richard D. Colburn* Alice and Joe* Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener Christopher Essay* Richard Fiock Roger Gendron Anne and Jeffrey Grausam Stephanie and Gregory Guyett Susan and Bruce Heard Frances R. Kimbrough David Kobrin Jo Ann and Josef K.* Lesser Joel B. Levey* Raulee Marcus Beverly C. Marksbury France H. Meindl

Mike and Lorraine Mohill Mei-Lee Ney Gaylord "Nick" Nichols Mimi Rotter Allison Sampson Elizabeth Loucks Samson Mary Lea Schander Jean F. Schwieger Harry Suh and Patricia Koh Bruce Sutherland* Mitzi Sutherland* Ralph Tornberg* and Sheila Frost Dr. Herbert Zipper* *Deceased

Gifts in Kind The Colburn School appreciates the continued collaboration of the following partners.

Anonymous Cartier Ann Child Keith and Betsy Colburn Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, Herbert J. Zipper Collection Eastman Music Company Peter Eliot Cecile Falk Balser Joel Forman Laraine Gerber Henry Gronnier and Ty Sylvester Judith Hopf Anne and Nicholas Hormann Kaye Kittrell Maggie Lee and Thomas La Porte Ana Manaog Liz McKinnon Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky Rachel Moore and Rob Ryan The Orel Foundation Jim and Carol Rohan James D. Rohrig Kathy Sawada Louise and Charles Silverberg The Estate of Nancy L. Thompson Nina Zhou

If your name has been omitted or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement department at advancement@colburnschool.edu so that we may correct our records.

Colburn Chamber Music Society Trio in C Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Hob.XV:27 (1797)

Pedja Mužijević, Piano April 10, 2022 Zipper Hall, 3 pm

joseph haydn 1732–1809

Allegro Andante Finale: Presto Pedja Mužijević, Piano Lucy Yu-Wen Lu, Violin Yejin Hong, Cello

Saans for Piano, Violin, and Cello (2017)

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Pedja Mužijević, Piano Alena Hove, Violin Michael Song, Cello

“The War Below” from Prospects of a Misplaced Year for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello (2016)

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Pedja Mužijević, Piano Yu Kai Sun, Violin I Fiona Shea, Violin II Katie Liu, Viola Shengyu Meng, Cello

Intermission

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Sextet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Double Bass (1997)

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Dynamique Nocturne Festif Pedja Mužijević, Piano Ben Brogadir, Oboe Jay Shankar, Clarinet Melody Yuan, Violin Mingyue Yu, Viola Chloe Yu, Bass

Nonet in F Minor for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Op. 2 (1894)

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Allegro energico Andante con moto Scherzo: Allegro Finale: Allegro vivace Pedja Mužijević, Piano Eder Rivera, Oboe Max Opferkuch, Clarinet Ryan Turano, Bassoon Valerie Ankeney, Horn Charlotte Marckx, Violin Matthew Pakola, Viola Emma Lee, Cello Tiffany Kung, Double Bass

The Colburn Chamber Music Society series is generously supported by Carol and Warner* Henry. *in memoriam

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Featured Artists Pedja Mužijević, Piano Pianist Pedja Mužijević has defined his career with creative programming, unusual combinations of new and old music, and lasting collaborations with artists and ensembles. Mr. Mužijević’s symphonic engagements include performances with the Atlanta Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Spoleto USA Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica in Montevideo, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Shinsei Nihon Orchestra in Tokyo, and the Zagreb Philharmonic. He has played solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall in New York; Mostly Mozart Festival Little Night Music series; 92Y and The Frick Collection in New York; Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, MI; Terrace Theater at Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Oaks, the Phillips Collection and National Gallery in Washington, DC; Carolina Performing Arts at UNC Chapel Hill; and Honens Festival in Calgary, Toronto; Summer Music and Music in the Morning in Vancouver; McGill University in Montreal; Casals Hall and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo; Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile; Da Camera of Houston; Arizona Friends of Chamber Music in Tucson; the Lane Series at University of Vermont; Spoleto Festival USA; Bay Chamber Concerts; Aldeburgh Festival in Great Britain, and many others. His Carnegie Hall concerto debut playing Mozart Piano Concerto K. 503 with Oberlin Symphony and Robert Spano was recorded live and has been released on the Oberlin Music label.

His festival appearances include Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, Ravinia; Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana; Ottawa Chamberfest, Verbier Festival Unlimited series; Orchestra of St. Luke’s Bach Festival, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, and White Light festivals in New York; Bay Chamber Concerts in Maine; Moab Music Festival; and Maverick Concerts in Woodstock.

In the pandemic 2020/21 season, Mr. Mužijević performed and filmed virtual solo recitals for 92Y, Spoleto Festival USA, Maverick Concerts, Rockport Music, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s Bach Festival, as well as chamber music for Schubert Club in St. Paul and concertos

by Chopin and Mozart with Atlanta and Billings Symphonies. As the artistic administrator at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York and artistic advisor at Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, he has curated and produced film shoots for dozens of musicians at various locations in New York City and Boston. colburnschool.edu

Mr. Mužijević’s interdisciplinary projects include touring with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Asia and with Simon Keenlyside in Trisha Brown’s staged version of Schubert’s Winterreise at Lincoln Center in New York, Barbican in London, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opera National de Paris, as well as Holland, Lucerne, and Melbourne festivals. In 2018, he premiered Framing Time—collaboration with dancer/choreographer Cesc Gelabert and lighting designer Burke Brown on music of Morton Feldman for Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival in New York and subsequently performed it in Leverkusen, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain. In 2019, he performed with Heginbothamn Dance in a dance-theater work entitled Herz Schmerz, based on texts by Robert Falser. Combining his two passions, music and food, Mr. Mužijević performed works by Ravel and Mussorgsky followed by a multi-course dinner prepared by chef David Bouley in his Test Kitchen in New York.

Mr. Mužijević’s solo recordings include Haydn Dialogues (live recording of a recital program of four Haydn sonatas interspersed with works by Jonathan Berger, John Cage, and Morton Feldman) and Sonatas and Other Interludes (juxtaposing Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage with composers ranging from W. F. Bach and D. Scarlatti to Liszt and R. Schumann). His discography also includes aforementioned Mozart Piano Concerto K. 503 with Oberlin Symphony and Robert Spano, recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall and two CDs on 18th and 19th fortepianos—a Schumann Salon and Mozart and Beethoven Quintets for piano and woodwinds.

Pedja Mužijević was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and studied piano with Vladimir Krpan at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. He came to the United States in 1984 to continue his education at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and Juilliard School in New York. His mentors included pianists Joseph Kalichstein and Jerome Lowenthal and harpsichordist Albert Fuller.

Mr. Mužijević is the artistic administrator at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, artistic advisor to Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana and directs a residency at the Banff Centre in Canada called Concert in 21st Century. In all these roles he looks at the concert experience, both in programming and presentation, and questions what can we do to make it more relevant today. He lives in New York City and in his free time, he enjoys cooking for friends and seeing performances in all disciplines.

Student Biographies Valerie Ankeney, Horn Valerie Ankeney studies horn with Andrew Bain at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she is a Professional Studies Certificate candidate. She has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, Lima Symphony, Bakersfield Symphony, New World Symphony and was excited to be part of the 2020 Pacific Music Festival Academy. Valerie holds a MM degree from the Colburn Conservatory and BM degree from the Eastman School of Music including the coveted Performer’s Certificate award.

Ben Brogadir, Oboe Twenty-six year old California native Benjamin Brogadir has performed on both oboe and English Horn across the globe, including appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. A graduate of both the Colburn (BM) and San Francisco (MM) Conservatories of Music, Mr. Brogadir is currently based in Los Angeles where he is an Artist Diploma candidate at the Colburn Conservatory studying with Eugene Izotov. He performs regularly with major orchestras throughout California, including the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera Orchestra and San Diego Symphony.

Yejin Hong, Cello Yejin Hong is a cellist pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Clive Greensmith. Born in South Korea, Yejin earned her Bachelor of Music degree at New England Conservatory, where she received the full scholarship as a student of Laurence Lesser. She has won several awards, including 2nd place at the International Youth String Competition of the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Moscow and semi- finalist of the Johansen International Competition. She also has performed at Lincoln Center and Weil recital hall at Carnegie in New York and Jordan Hall in Boston.

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Alena Hove, Violin Alena Hove is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music as a student of Robert Lipsett. Since her first appearance at age nine as a soloist with the Port Gardner Bay Chamber Orchestra, she has performed as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Youth Symphony, the Seattle Philharmonic, and the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra. She has awards from the Burbank Philharmonic’s Hennings-Fischer Young Artists Competition, Colburn’s Recovered Voices Competition, the Bushell Concerto Competition, the Seattle Young Artist Music Festival Concerto Competition, and the King FM Young Artist Competition where she was awarded the Monica Meyers Clowes Memorial Award.

Tiffany Kung, Bass Tiffany Kung is a double bassist pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Mr. Peter Lloyd. Ms. Kung has won several competitions in the past few years, including the First Prize of Taipei Student Competition of Music in 2013, First Prize of New Taipei City Student Competition of Music in 2015, and the First Prize of Taiwan Music Competition in 2016.

Emma Lee, Cello Cellist Emma Lee is a 2023 Masters of Music candidate at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Clive Greensmith. She received a Bachelors of Music degree from the Colburn School in May 2021. She debuted at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall 2012, and has performed as a soloist in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Ms. Lee has attended various summer festivals including Music Academy of the West in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021.

Katie Liu, Viola Hailing from New Jersey, Katie Liu is a Master of Music Candidate at the Colburn School studying with Teng Li. She received she received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University with a concentration in Operations Research and Financial Engineering and certificates in Computer Science and Musical Performance. A violinist, she picked up the viola in the spring of her sophomore year at Princeton and made the permanent switch in the fall of senior year.

Lucy Yu-Wen Lu, Violin Violinist Lucy Yu-Wen Lu was born in 2001 in Taiwan. She has won numerous violin competitions in Taiwan including the first prize in the violin division of the National Student Music Competition and the Kaohsiung Music Competition. As an active soloist, Ms. Lu made her solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at the NTSO Concerto Hall in Taiwan. She has previously performed master classes with Krill Trousov, Vadim Repin, Hilary Hahn, Bomsori Kim, and more. Also as an active chamber musician, Ms. Lu has attended the Young Performers Program of Music@Menlo and the Young Artist Program of Yellow Barn. She is currently a Bachelor of Music candidate studying with Martin Beaver at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.

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Charlotte Marckx, Violin Violinist Charlotte Marckx is a 2019 Davidson Fellowship Laureate and is a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. She won the Gold Medal and Bach Prize at the 2018 Stulberg International Competition and was a major prize winner at the 2018 Johansen International Competition. Charlotte has soloed with many orchestras, including the Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Kalamazoo Symphony, and has performed with the Seattle Chamber Music Society and the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. She has collaborated with Jon Kimura Parker, Chee Yun Kim, Charles Yang, and Time for Three, and been featured on NPR’s From the Top. She is a Bachelor of Music candidate at the Colburn Conservatory where she studies with Robert Lipsett.

Shengyu Meng, Cello Shengyu Meng is a Bachelor of Music degree candidate at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Mr. Clive Greensmith. She has won prizes in competitions, including third prize in Morningside Music Bridge, Pasadena Chamber Music Competition, and an Honorable mention in the Music Center Spotlight Competition. Ms. Meng has participated in many festivals including Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, Music@Menlo, and Cello Akademie Rutesheim. She was a performer on NPR’s From the Top, and received the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.

Max Opferkuch, Clarinet Max Opferkuch is a clarinetist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Yehuda Gilad. Mr. Opferkuch has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, and the Tanglewood Orchestra, and has been featured as a soloist with the Thornton Symphony and on MPR’s Performance Today. Previously, he studied with Yehuda Gilad and Michele Zukovsky at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree.

Matthew Pakola, Viola Matthew Pakola is a violist pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Yura Lee. Matthew started playing Suzuki violin at age four. He joined the violin studio of Sally O’Reilly at the University of Minnesota in 2015 and the viola studio of Korey Konkol at the U of M in 2017. As a junior in high school, Matthew was a violist with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra. He performed with the Cuban American Youth Orchestra as well as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra.

Eder Rivera, Oboe Eder Rivera is an oboist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Eugene Izotov. He is the cofounder of the Honduras Oboe Project Education, inc. (HOPE) and has won many competitions, including the Yamaha Young Performing Artist and T.D.R.S. Oboe Competition. He was awarded the Senior Performance Honors 2019–2020 award in recognition of all the achievements during his bachelor’s degree at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, GA. Eder Rivera began his musical studies at the Escuela de Música Victoriano López in Honduras.

Jay Shankar, Clarinet Jay Shankar is a clarinetist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Yehuda Gilad. Recently, he was named the winner of the prestigious international Vandoren Clarinet competition and a semifinalist at the International Crusell Competition in Finland, The only American clarinetist to be invited. Shankar is also an avid chamber musician, recently being invited to La Jolla Music society where he collaborated with musicians such as Anthony McGill, Paul Huang, Geoff Nuttall, Inon Barnatan, and the Attaca Quartet. Mr. Shankar has played with numerous orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and NYOUSA with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Marin Alsop, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.

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Fiona Shea, Violin Violinist Fiona Shea is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory, where she studies with Robert Lipsett. She has appeared as concerto soloist with numerous symphonies in Texas as well as being one of the soloists in Colburn’s 2019 Concerto Showcase. Most recently, she appeared as concerto soloist with the Pacific Symphony and is looking forward to performing at the Aspen Music Festival this coming summer as a recipient of the 2022 Dorothy DeLay Fellowship.

Michael Song, Cello Michael Song is a cellist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Clive Greensmith. He previously studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen, Andrés Díaz, Lynn Harrell, and Ronald Leonard.

Mr. Song performs on a cello by Domenico Montagnana and a bow by Jean Marie Persoit on loan from anonymous sponsors.

Yu Kai Sun, Violin Recipient of the Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant, Canadian violinist Yu Kai Sun has been an active performer across Canada, the USA, and Europe. She was recently appointed concertmaster of the 2021 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, which culminated in performances in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg as well as in the Konzerthaus in Berlin. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School with Victor Danchenko and is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Colburn School studying with Martin Beaver. Ms. Sun performs on a Becker violin generously on loan from the Colburn Foundation.

Ryan Turano, Bassoon Ryan Turano is a bassoonist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Richard Beene. He earned his Bachelor of Music with Richard Svoboda at the New England Conservatory. While in Boston, Mr. Turano was an active freelancer and performed with many ensembles, including the Eureka Ensemble, Kendall Square Orchestra, and Du Bois Symphony orchestra.

In 2019, Mr. Turano was invited to participate in the Aspen Music Festival.

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Mingyue Yu, Viola Mingyue Yu is a violist pursing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Yura Lee. She won the second prize of the 22nd International Johannes Brahms Competition and the first prize of the “Anton•Rubinstein” International Viola Competition. In 2020. As a soloist, Ms. Yu has performed with conductor Yu Long and the China Philharmonic Orchestra at the closing ceremony of the Beijing International Music Festival.

Chloe Yu, Bass Ching-Ju (Chloe) Yu is a double bassist pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studies with Peter Lloyd. She has won first prize at several competitions, including the Lan-Yang Double Bass Competition, National Taiwan Double Bass Competition and the Taipei Young Musicians Double Bass Competition. Ms. Yu has participated in several programs such as Verbier Festival, Taipei Music Academy Festival and Lan-Yang International Double Bass camp.

Melody Yuan, Violin Melody Yuan is a violinist pursuing her Master Degree of Music at the Colburn Conservatory with Martin Beaver. She won numerous prizes in major competitions, including the first prize at Yuri Yankelevitch International Violin Competition and third prize at the Canadian Music Competition. Ms. Yuan was invited as an “artist on tour” in the “Heifetz On Tour” concert series in 2018. Previously, Ms. Yuan studied at the New England Conservatory with Professor Donald Weilerstein.

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Conservatory of Music

Board of Directors

Executive Leadership

Officers

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Andrew Millstein, Chairman Carol Colburn Grigor, Life Chairman Emeritus David D. Colburn, Vice Chairman Diane Naegele, Vice Chairman

President and Chief Executive Officer

Lee Cioppa Dean

Adrian Daly, DMA

applied faculty Edward Atkatz Percussion Andrew Bain Horn

Directors

Provost

Maeesha Merchant Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Business Development

Daniel L. Avchen Henry Choi Richard W. Colburn Alice Coulombe Jennifer F. Diener Anthony E. DiResta Darren Edwards Greg Guyett Carol F. Henry Catherine Colburn Høgel William T. Kennedy Molly Kirk Aliza Lesser Robert E. Lewis Beverly Marksbury Steven F. Matt Greg McWilliams Ann Mulally Mahnaz Newman Ann Ronus Heinrich R. Schelbert Harry B. Suh Keith Terasaki Peter W. Wardle Dylan Yolles

Linda Cormier

Honorary Life Directors

Christine Tanabe

Robert S. Attiyeh Toby E. Mayman In Memoriam

David N. Barry Iona Benson Edmund D. Edelman Robert B. Egelston Warner Henry

Vice President, Administration

Annie Wickert Vice President, Advancement

Jennifer Kallend Vice President, Communications

Martin Beaver Violin Richard Beene Dean Emeritus, Bassoon Fabio Bidini Piano David Rejano Cantero Trombone Yehuda Gilad Clarinet

academic chairs Kristi Brown-Montesano, PhD Music History and Literature Jordan Nelson, DMA Music Theory and Aural Skills Deborah Smith Director of Academic Programs colburn orchestra Yehuda Gilad Music Director

Music Academy Adrian Daly, DMA Music Academy

applied faculty Margaret Batjer Violin, Academy Virtuosi

Clive Greensmith Cello Eugene Izotov Interim Oboe Yura Lee Interim Viola Teng Li Interim Viola

Martin Beaver Violin Richard Beene Bassoon

Dean, Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

Robert Lipsett Violin

Clive Greensmith Cello

Nathaniel Zeisler, DMA

Peter Lloyd Double Bass

Henry Gronnier Violin

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducting Douglas Tornquist Interim Tuba

Fabiola Kim Violin

JoAnn Turovsky Harp Jim Walker Flute Geraldine Walther Interim Chamber Music

Jeffrey Lavner Piano Yura Lee Interim Viola Teng Li Interim Viola

James Wilt Trumpet

Robert Lipsett Violin

Academic Leadership Susan Cook Dean, Community School of Performing Arts

Lee Cioppa Dean, Conservatory of Music

Silas Farley

Dean, Community Initiatives

Artistic Administration Manager, Artistic Administration and Career Development; Special Assistant to the Provost

Nick Gianapoulis Artistic Administration and Career Development Assistant

Fabio Bidini Piano Yehuda Gilad Clarinet

Joan Kwuon Violin

Peter Lloyd Double Bass Jim Walker Flute Micah Yui Piano

Community School of Performing Arts Susan Cook Dean

department chairs Gina Coletti Chamber Music

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

dance academy and colburn youth dance

Caitlyn Chenault

Silas Farley Dean

Jessica Ewing

Performance Librarian

Darleen Callaghan Associate Dean

David Mencos

Benjamin Millepied Artistic Advisor, Dance Academy department chairs

Tamsin Carlson Modern Denise Scheerer Tap and Musical Theater

Jeffrey Lavner Piano

Kelly Ann Sloan Ballet

Kathy Sawada Theory Lee Secard Jazz Michael Stevens Voice

Victor Pineda

Performance Activities

Director of Production

Henry Gronnier Strings

Karen Lundgren Winds, Brass, and Percussion Dr. Nita Baxani Early Childhood

Production Staff

Manager of Production Supervisor, Stage Management

Edward Graham Luis Hernandez Paul Loera Ruben Lopez Claire Mazzeo Elmer Pacheco Peter Phol

Chris Cho Manager of Performance Activities

Piano Technology Neema Pazargad Director/Concert Piano Technician

Stage Crew

Francesco Perlangeli Audio-Visual Manager

Sergey Parfenov Derek Williams Audio-Visual Engineers

Greg Forbess Lighting Engineer

Preebie Box Office Audience Services Coordinator, House Management and Staffing

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RECOVERED VOICES

schulhoff & more an original online series

Presented by the Colburn School’s Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices, this four-part online series featuring James Conlon delves into the life and music of Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942).

Schulhoff ’s life and career are emblematic of the vitality not only of his own work, but that of two generations of composers whose lives, careers, and legacies were profoundly disrupted during— and following—the years 1933–1945 as a result of Nazi repression.

Special thanks to LA Opera’s Recovered Voices project.

This series is free and available to the public.

view the free series at colburnschool.edu/schulhoff

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