CYM Concert Series
Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall
Summer 2023
Saturday, July 1st at 10AM
Crane Youth Music Final Concert #2
Piano and Harp
String Chamber Ensembles
Chamber Orchestra
Chanson dans la nuit (1958)
Harper Foley, harp
Carlos Salzedo (1885–1961)
Solfeggietto C.P.E. Bach (1714–1788)
Anastasia Spicer, harp
Serenade Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arr. Edwin McLean
Lorelei Hoenig and Catherine Mao, piano
Unsolved Mystery Melody Bober
Lorelei Hoenig, Alex Kareklas, and Catherine Mao, piano
Pizzicato Polka (1869)
Maria Narvaez, Evel Bonilla, Karla Gomez, violins
Johann Strauss (1825–1899)
Jackeline Sanabria, Kailash Ganapathy-Messner, violas
Dylan Caratsole, cello
Coached by Dr. Tim Yip
Trio for Two Violins and Cello (1772)
IV.Allegro
V. Cantabile
VIII. Allegretto
Jaime Dawes, Colton Donah, violins
Olivia Strom, cello
Johann Baptiste Vanhal (1739–1813)
Coached by Liesl Schoenberger Doty
Blues for Mingus (1999)
Bertram Turetzky (b. 1933)
Benjamin Diemoz, Zachary Willis, Eliot Woodward, double bass
Erik Lopez, electric bass
Coached by Gabe Schmid-Doyle
Concerto in E Minor (1753) CharlesAvison (1709–1770)
Sarvesh Sitaraman, Felix Brown, violins
Brianna Haag, viola
Layla Preddice, cello
Coached by Prof. Liesl Doty
Concerto for Four Violins
I.Adagio
II.Allegro
III. Grave
IV.Allegro
George Philip Telemann (1681–1767)
Madison Hopper,Allison Creighton, Jaelah Allen-Holliday,Anastasia Spatto, violins
Coached by Shelly Tramposh
Twelve German Dances Nos. 6 and 12
Joelene Zheng, Sarah Southerland, violins
Paul St. Johns, cello
Coached by Shelly Tramposh
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major K.159
III. Rondo
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
WolfgangAmadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Ruby Preddice, Xingchen Lin, violins
Jose Licona, viola
Colby Borin, cello
Coached by Marie-Élaine Gagnon
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 51 no. 1
I.Allegro
Julia Cohen,Annabelle Simboli, violins Anika Sohn, viola
Elliot Jaklitsch, cello Coached by Marie-Elaine Gagnon
CYM Chamber Orchestra
Liesl Schoenberger Doty, director
Leopold Jansa (1795–1875)
Fire on the Mountain Traditional arr. by CYM String Students
Pelimannit (“The Fiddlers”), Op. 1 for String Orchestra
I. Närböböläisten braa speli (“The Narbo Villagers in Fine Fettle”)
V. Hypt (“Jump”)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016)
Please join us in Snell Lobby for refreshments and conversation with the CYM Harp, Piano, and String Faculty.
CYM Chamber Orchestra
Violin 1
Julia Cohen
Ruby Preddice
Xingchen Lin
Colton Donah
Madison Hopper
Allison Creighton
Jaelah Allen-Holliday
Anastasia Spatto
Sarvesh Sitaraman
Violin 2
Annabelle Simboli
Jaime Dawes
Jolene Zheng
Sarah Southerland
Felix Brown
Maria Narvaez
Evel Bonilla
Karla Gomez
PERSONNEL
Viola
Anika Sohn
Jose Licona
Brianna Haag
Kailash Ganapathy-Messner
Jackeline Sanabria
Cello
Elliot Jaklitsch
Colby Borin
Olivia Strom
Paul St. Johns
Layla Preddice
Dylan Caratsole
Bass
Benjamin Diemoz
Zachary Willis
Elliot Woodward
Erik Lopez
BIOGRAPHIES
Liesl Schoenberger Doty
Though originally from quaint Cape Girardeau, MO Liesl's career has taken her well beyond the banks of the Mississippi River. Hailed for her "magnetic presence", she has performed across NorthAmerica and Europe, appearing at major venues including Carnegie Hall's SternAuditorium, Weill Recital Hall, Zankel Hall, The Musikverein, The Kravis Center, The Kennedy Center and performs actively as a soloist having worked with several orchestras in the United States. She has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician in numerous festivals and concert series including Yellow Barn, Skaneateles Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa Chamber Fest, White Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, New Music New Haven, Chamber Music at Yale, Orford Centre d'Arts, Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg and Ferme de Villefavard in France. As a crossover artist, she released three commercial fiddle albums in collaboration with musical legends, Buddy Spicher and David Grier, and has appeared as a guest artist at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2009, Ms. Doty has been featured as a soloist in composer/pianist Eric Genuis' national tours. In 2012, Liesl became a "CRIER" in Boston's own chairless, conductor-less chamber orchestra, A Far Cry [GRAMMY nominated in 2015!!] and has enjoyed touring, recording and collaborating with all 16 of her co-artistic directors in the collective. Her favorite "crier" in the orchestra is her husband, bassist Karl Doty, with whom she performs regularly as part of their classical and crossover duo, "The Dotys" (www.thedotysduo.com)
Liesl earned her Bachelor and Master of Music from Indiana University under the instruction of Mimi Zweig and Mauricio Fuks and anArtist Diploma from Yale University as a student ofAni Kavafian. Liesl is a candidate in the Doctor of MusicalArts program at New England Conservatory and was the teaching assistant to Lucy Chapman during her studies there. Previous faculty appointments include Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College and Southeast Missouri State University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Liesl plays a 1919 Carl Becker violin. www.fiddlingliesl.com
Marie-Élaine Gagnon
Canadian cellist Marie-Elaine Gagnon, is a first prizewinner of numerous music competitions in Canada, which led to many solo performances in her native home. In 2000, she was chosen amongst several young candidates to perform a cello recital for the prestigious Canadian Broadcasting Company program: "Jeunes Artists." Gagnon has performed in many music festivals, including: Le Festival International du Domaine Forget, The Penderecki String Quartet Chamber Workshop, Orford Music Center and The National Youth Orchestra of Canada. In May 2002, she was the first cellist to win a scholarship from the D. Robinson Foundation to study at theAspen Music Festival. Her participation in these many music festivals gave her the opportunity to study with well-known cellists such has Leslie Snider (Quebec), Sharon Robinson (Indiana), Desmond Hoebig (Cleveland), Philipe Muller (Paris), Roland Pidoux (Trio Pasquier), Paul Watkins (London), and David Ellis (Alcan String Quartet).
An avid chamber music player, Marie-Elaine was a member of the Rawlins Piano Trio from 2007 to 2017, in residence at the University of South Dakota. The trio has formed a reputation as a preeminent interpreter of 19th and early 20th century American music. Owing to its expertise, the ensemble has recorded four CDs of these works on theAlbany Records label. The fourth disc-American Discoveries-, released in July 2009-is "...another winner from the Rawlins Trio...they continue their work of bringing us American composers' music that is worth hearing...Their playing is artful, suave and pleasing." (Morrison) Since joining the Rawlins Piano Trio in 2007, Dr. Gagnon has toured in Taiwan, South Korea and Panama. She has performed to prestigious music conferences such as the Chamber Music Society in New York and the College Music Society National conference in San Diego.
Astrong advocate for music education and outreach, Dr. Gagnon has taught at the Barry University in Miami and prior to join the music faculty at the University of South Dakota, taught at the Université de Montréal for the Preparatory Program. She was associate professor of cello and chamber music at the University of South Dakota since 2007. Raised in Québec, she received her Diplôme d'Étude
Supérieur I at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, her Diplôme d'Étude Supérieur II from the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec, M.M. from the Florida International University and finally her D.M.A from the University of Miami. Several times a year, she performs with her newly formed ensemble, the Zapateado Duo with Venezuelan-born pianistAngelica Sganga. Gagnon is principal cello for the Sioux City Symphony since 2015 and owns a cello made in 1904 by the French Master Paul Bailly. It is with enthusiasm that Marie-Elaine is joining the Crane School of Music as assistant professor of cello.
Gabe Schmid-Doyle
Gabe Schmid-Doyle hails from Canton, NY. He started his musical journey on the violin, and eventually started learning the double bass. In high school he played with the New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA) High School Honor Jazz Ensemble, the ConferenceAll State Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and a concerto for the ONNYYoungArtists Competition. Recently, he studied in the Jazz Composers segment of the Ravinia-Steans Institute, working with master musicians Rufus Reid, Billy Childs, and Steve Wilson. He currently studies bass in the Jazz Studies Program at SUNY Purchase College. There he plays with a variety of groups, such as the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra, which has played at venues such as Birdland.
Kathryn Sherman, Professor of Piano Pedagogy, directs the undergraduate and graduate programs in piano pedagogy and teaches keyboard skills courses at The Crane School of Music SUNY Potsdam. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through the Music Teachers National Association, she also serves as Co-Director of the biennial Crane Piano Pedagogy Conference. Dr. Sherman frequently adjudicates for local festivals and auditions, and her teacher workshops have been presented throughout the United States. In addition to teaching, she regularly performs with Crane colleagues and guest artists.
Dr. Sherman earned a DMA in piano performance with an emphasis in piano pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, where she was awarded a prestigious campus-wide Graduate Teaching Award through the Office of the Provost. She
Kathryn Sherman
also holds an MM from the University of Kansas and BM and BA degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She previously served on the faculty of Oklahoma City University, teaching collegiate class piano, applied piano, and piano pedagogy.
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Performed both in the US and abroad as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra.
Dr. Suchy-Pilalis holds advanced degrees in harp performance and theory from the Univeristy of WisonsinMilwaukee, The Eastman School of Music and Indiana University.
In 1988, she was awarded a Master Fellowship by the Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts.
She has also toured Greece as a soloist under the auspices of the US State Department, while also representing the US at the international music festival Diethnis Mousikes Hmeres and giving performances on Greek National RadioTelevision.
She is featured on several compact disc releases of new-music compositions and is on the artist roster of Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour.
Shelly Tramposh
Dr. Shelly Tramposh has enjoyed a varied career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and teacher. She has performed as recitalist in venues across the United States and Canada and in Central America and Europe, including the American Viola Society national conference. Dr. Tramposh has also presented lectures and master classes at the ASTA National Conference and various colleges and music schools in the United States and abroad; her first article will be published by The Strad in the October 2011 issue. Her CD "Sprezzatura" with pianist Cullan Bryant will be released by PARMA recordings in October, and features music by Hindemith, Britten, Crane composer Paul Siskind, and Paul Chihara. Dr. Tramposh has been performing with pianist Cullan Bryant for the last five years; in addition to the works featured on the CD, they have performed works by Hindemith, Shostakovich, Brahms, Enesco, Kiel, Clarke, and Milhaud. Other chamber music affiliations include The Perron Trio, the Potsdam Piano Quartet, and the Ariel Chamber Players.
Dr. Tramposh is currently the coordinator for the string area at Crane. In addition to viola studio and chamber music, she teaches a course called "The Art of Practicing" and maintains a relationshiop with the Instituto Nacional de la Musica in Costa Rica, where several Crane performance majors have held internships with the Sinfonica Nacional. Before joining the Crane School faculty in 2005, Dr. Tramposh was Principal viola of the Mercury Ensemble and Associate Principal viola of the Colorado Springs Symphony. Her orchestral career also included positions in the Colorado Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Berkeley Symphony. Festival appearances include the Taos School of Music, the Spoleto Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra. She has coached with members of the Emerson, Guarneri, and American String Quartets and participated in numerous master classes.
Her principal teachers include Martha Katz, Steven Tenenbom, Erika Eckert, Burton Kaplan, and Don Ehrlich. Dr. Tramposh holds degrees from the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. Tramposh plays a copy of a 1780 Testore made by Al Stancel.
Learn more about SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting camper scholarships for CYM 2023:
Norwood-Norfolk Central School Potsdam Music Friends
Ramona’s Gift to Music
Franklin County Music EducatorsAssociation Mark Hartman Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 3rd Director from 2004–2008
St.
Music EducatorsAssociation Roy Schaberg Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s Founding Director 1973–1997
Washington County Music EducatorsAssociation
Saint Lawrence Music EducatorsAssociation
Scott Lavine Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 2nd Director from 1998–2003
Jefferson Lewis Music TeachersAssociation
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