Ginga: The Brazilian Way

CONCORDIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CONDUCTOR DANIELLE LISBOA & FRIENDS

Robert Tegler Student Centre Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7p.m.

Danielle Lisboa, conductor

PROGRAM Batuque from Reisado do Pastoreio

Lorenzo Fernandez

The Chorinho Brasileirinho Vibrações Pedacinho do Céu Carioquinha

Waldir Azevedo Jacó do Bandolim Waldir Azevedo Waldir Azevedo

“Roda de choro”/choro ensemble: Carlinhos Cardozo, cavaquinho/pandeiro Mário Silva, guitar 7-strings, bandolim Marcel Moraes, guitar/percussion

Prelúdio No. 5 “Tico-Tico” Prelúdio No. 24 “Viva São João” Vladimir Rufino, violin Canção sertaneja Danielle Lisboa, piano Frank Ho, violin John Fedor, cello Choros No.5 ‘Alma brasileira’/Brazilian soul Danielle Lisboa, piano

Bachianas brasileiras No. 2

Garota de Ipanema Chega de saudade

Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes

The MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) Carinhoso

Pixinguinha

The Samba O que é? O que é?

Flausino Vale

Francisco Mignone

Heitor Villa-Lobos

A ride across this vast land…

The Bossa-Nova

Gonzaguinha

“Roda de violão”/guitar ensemble: Carlinhos Cardozo, cavaquinho/pandeiro Mário Silva, guitar 7-strings, bandolim Marcel Moraes, guitar/percussion Giovana Bervian, vocals Tico Tico no Fubá

Expressions of “brasilidade” in Chamber Music

Zequinha de Abreu

Intermission

Heitor Villa-Lobos

IV. Toccata: O Trenzinho Caipira/Little train of the Brazilian Countryman Aquarela do Brasil Ari Barroso

This Evening’s Performers VIOLIN I Frank Ho Allan Nelson Daniel Graf Jared Mosher Arwen Bylsma Vladimir Rufino

VIOLIN II

Marie Krejcar André Glaser Harold Steinbrenner Linnea Barisoff Song Gee Maria Cavaco Nataliia Antepli

VIOLA

Darrell Soetaert Blaine Madsen Alan Dunn

CELLO

John Fedor Katarina Loutas Sharon Toronchuk Robi Szabo Ryan Hoffman Frances Elgaard

BASS

TRUMPET

FLUTE/ PICCOLO

TROMBONE

Victor Sanchez Rodriguez Dante Wright*

Heidi Schwonik Nancy Stepney Liam Shearer

Rock Larochelle Jennifer Gregory Lyndsey Cohen

Fenton Corey Ken Burns

OBOE/ ENGLISH HORN

Ray Basaraba

Stephanie Wong* Natalie Dies Ashley Elgersma

CLARINET Amber Campbell Macy Pollock

BASS CLARINET Veronica Lednicky

BASSOON Douglas Ridway Yoko Ruigrok

SAXOPHONE

TUBA

PERCUSSION Court Laslop Ela Yabis Ethan De Souza

PIANO

Sylvia Shadick-Taylor

SAMBA GROUP

Eduardo Leite, surdo Carlos Cardozo, tamborim Andrea Woo, Ganzá/Tam Tam Marcel Moraes, Tam Tam/Reco-reco Pedro Neto, pandeiro

Heidi Herde*

FRENCH HORN Martin Grasdal Ross McLean Jasper Whitby Alyssa De’Ath

Cristian Cordeiro, Master of Ceremonies Rock Larochelle, Flute/ Orchestra Manager Aaron Addorisio, CSO Marketing Assistant Kristin McLagan, Stage Manager Josiah Hiemstra, Technical Director/Design

Danielle Lisboa conductor

Brazilian-born Danielle Lisboa leads an active career as an orchestral conductor, music educator and scholar, regularly conducting community and professional ensembles. Lisboa holds a doctorate in orchestral conducting from the Eastman School of Music University of Rochester, NY. On arriving in Canada in 2008, she became Orchestra Toronto’s first apprentice conductor, was named assistant conductor two months later and shortly after was appointed the orchestra’s music director and conductor. During her tenure, Lisboa became known for her cutting-edge programming and public engagement. Her vision and dynamic leadership took Orchestra Toronto into new paths for outreach and youth initiatives, including the Marta Hidy Concerto Competition and the popular annual children’s concerts. Two years later she led Bellus Barbari, the Toronto Women’s Symphony Orchestra, in its inaugural Ontario tour.

Lisboa currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at Concordia University of Edmonton in the areas of conducting and music theory. Lisboa is former music director and co-founder of the Edmonton Metropolitan Orchestra and continues to mAaintain an active presence in the community with the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra in outreach concerts to local continuing care hospitals and schools.

Her current research interests encompass topics of women and leadership on the orchestral podium and analysis and transcription of sacred rituals of native peoples of Brazil with recent partnerships and publications in Portugal and Brazil. Lisboa reinstated the Concordia Symphony Orchestra as a new ensemble in fall of 2017. She spearheaded Concordia’s first operatic project, developed a summer string camp for youth, and a provincial concerto competition.

Most recently, she led the Orchestral Training and Leadership workshop to mentor young conductors and orchestral players into leadership roles.

Upcoming speaking engagements include a presentation on the status of the Maestra in today’s podium at the International Conductors Guild Conference in Valencia, Spain in January 2023.

CARLOS CARDOZO cavaquinho

MARIO SILVA 7-strings guitar/bandolim

Brazilian multi-instrumentalist/singer, composer Carlos Cardozo delivers a strong overview on Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova, Forró, Funk adding jazz and folkloric fundamentals with a hint of Brazilian northeastern rhythms.

Mario Silva began to study music when he was 8 years old at the Music Conservatory of Butantan, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His first instruments were piano and acoustic guitar and later on he became interested in electric guitar and decide to study jazz guitar at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada. He contributes to local musicians in Vancouver in bands such as: Brejera, Forro do Cana, Ache Brasil, Brazilian Flavours, Hot Water Ensemble and The Creole jazz band. Mario performs as singer, guitarist, mandolinist, bassist and jazz-banjo playing a variety of styles such as jazz, latin and pop.

Cardozo’s highly fine and assured vocals glows with his expressive compositions and the rich arrangements added by collaborators, producers André Valério and Sammy Barros.

Also an exceptional cavaquinho player, Cardozo has changed the scene of Brazilian Samba music in Canada through a diverse amount of projects, featuring his abilities and skillfulness as bandleader and instrumentalist.

GIOVANA BERVIAN guitar & vocal

VLADIMIR RUFINO violin

A Brazilian-Canadian singer and instrumentalist, with classical and popular training. She began studying music very young, and later studied classical guitar at Palestrina College, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As a longtime choral singer in Brazil and in Canada, she had the opportunity to study voice with sopranos Rosana Lofrano and Janet Smith, as well as soprano Gabriella di Laccio, baritone David Wilson and singer Anna Beaumont. Mixing her formal education in classical and pop music, Giovana started her solo career as a singer in 2011, combining a repertoire composed of world music, bossa-nova and instrumental music.

Along the recent years, Giovana has been collaborating with Julio Munhoz, whose music compositions met her style – their work resulted in the recording of their album “A Cor Dar”, available on main music platforms. Giovana composed and performed two music scores for the documentary film “Portuguese Cultures in Edmonton” (OPTIK TV; Porto Alegre International Book Fair; Faro International Short-Film Festival), and presently has been collaborating on the original score for the film “We Survive: From Our Fields to Your Tables” to be launched in 2023. Recently Giovana has received a grant from the Edmonton Arts Council to

Brazilian-Canadian violinist Vladimir Rufino has brought his love of music to stages in South America and Europe as well as Canada and the United States. He holds a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Alberta (Canada), a Master of Music degree and Artist Certificate from Azusa Pacific University (USA), and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil). He has studied with Yerko Pinto Tabilo and Charles Stegeman. He has participated in music festivals and symposia in Brazil, Canada, and the United States including the Starling-Delay Symposium on Violin Studies at The Juilliard School.

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Vladimir has performed with orchestras in Brazil, the United States, and Canada, on many occasions serving as concertmaster or assistant concertmaster. His chamber music experience includes numerous international performances as part of the Quartet Quarta Dimensão, the Camerata Brasílica, the Villa-Lobos String Quartet, and the Vaughan String Quartet.

Besides performing the standard classical repertoire, Vladimir has performed and recorded a number of works

by Brazilian composers. Vladimir currently performs regularly with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Edmonton, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and as first violin of the Vaughan String Quartet. In addition to his performance schedule, Vladimir adjudicates for festivals and competitions in Alberta and teaches at

the MacEwan University Conservatory of Music.

TOUR FUNDRAISER CSO is currently fundraising for its first international tour in 2024. The goal of this initiative is to promote less-known repertoire to a wider audience abroad and to introduce Canadian music to international audiences.

JOHN FEDOR cello

FRANK HO violin

Born in Edmonton, John Fedor began his cello studies at the age of ten with Josephine van Lier. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Alberta in 2010, under the direction of cellist Tanya Prochazka. From 2009-10, John performed as a member of the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, studying under Katinka Kleijn of the Chicago Symphony, and Ariel Barnes, principle cello of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. John also completed the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific conductors program in 2010 and 2011 under the direction of Arthur Arnold of the Netherlands. John is also a current member of the Wild Rose String Quartet, established in 2008.

Violinist Frank Ho enjoys a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, soloist, and pedagogue. His early training was at the Alberta College (now MacEwan University) Conservatory of Music. Further studies with Sidney Harth and Erick Friedman (Yale School of Music) and Yfrah Neaman (Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England) led to performance opportunities on three continents . Highlights include concerts at venues such the Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room in London; Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York City; and numerous campuses and concert series in western Canada. Many of his concerts have been featured on the CBC.

From 2008-12, he worked with the Edmonton Public School Board Music Enrichment Program as an instructor and conductor. John also spent 9 years as director and conductor for the St. Martin Children’s String Society in Edmonton. In 2014, John received his Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Alberta. Since then, he is currently employed with the

He is currently a faculty member of the MacEwan University Conservatory of Music, and sessional violin instructor at King’s University and Concordia University of Edmonton. Frank is an active adjudicator nationally and internationally–most recently as a member of the international jury panel for the 2019 Hong Kong Music Schools Festival–as well as a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music. He is currently the concertmaster of the Concordia Symphony Orchestra. A sought-after private teacher, many of his students are previous prizewinners of local, provincial, and national competitions; in 2017, two of his students were chosen to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City through the American Protégé International Competition. Since November 2019, he has been the president of the Alberta String Association.

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Garota de Ipanema

Chega de saudade

O que é, o que é?

(Tom Jobim e Vinícius de Moraes)

(Tom Jobim e inícius de Moraes)

(Gonzaguinha)

Olha que coisa mais linda Mais cheia de graça É ela menina Que vem e que passa Num doce balanço Caminho do mar

Vai, minha tristeza E diz a ele que sem ele não pode ser Diz-lhe numa prece Que ele regresse Porque eu não posso mais sofrer Chega de saudade A realidade é que sem ele não há paz Não há beleza É só tristeza e a melancolia Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar Que coisa linda, que coisa louca Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca Dentro dos meus braços Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim Pra acabar com esse negócio de jamais viver sem mim Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar Que coisa linda, que coisa louca Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca Dentro dos meus braços Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim Que é pra acabar com esse negócio de querer viver sem mim Vamos deixar desse negócio de viver longe de mim

Moça do corpo dourado Do Sol de Ipanema O seu balançado É mais que um poema É a coisa mais linda Que eu já vi passar Ah, por que estou tão sozinho?

Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?

Ah, a beleza que existe A beleza que não é só minha Que também passa sozinha Ah, se ela soubesse Que quando ela passa O mundo, sorrindo Se enche de graça E fica mais lindo Por causa do amor Tall and tan And young and lovely The girl from Ipanema Goes walking And when she passes Each one she passes Goes: Ah

Carinhoso

(Pixinguinha)

Meu coração, não sei por quê Bate feliz quando te vê E os meus olhos ficam sorrindo E pelas ruas vão te seguindo Mas mesmo assim foges de mim Ah, se tu soubesses Como sou tão carinhoso E o muito, muito que te quero E como é sincero o meu amor

Eu sei que tu não fugirias mais de mim Vem, vem, vem, vem Vem sentir o calor dos lábios meus À procura dos teus Vem matar esta paixão Que me devora o coração E só assim então serei feliz Bem feliz

Eu fico com a pureza Da resposta das crianças É a vida, é bonita E é bonita Viver e não ter a vergonha De ser feliz Cantar, e cantar, e cantar A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz Ah, meu Deus!

Eu sei, eu sei Que a vida devia ser bem melhor E será!

Mas isso não impede Que eu repita É bonita, é bonita E é bonita Viver e não ter a vergonha De ser feliz Cantar, e cantar, e cantar A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz Ah, meu Deus!

Eu sei, eu sei Que a vida devia ser bem melhor E será!

Mas isso não impede Que eu repita É bonita, é bonita E é bonita E a vida, e a vida o que é?

Diga lá, meu irmão Ela é a batida de um coração Ela é uma doce ilusão Êh! Ôh!

E a vida Ela é maravilha ou é sofrimento?

Ela é alegria ou lamento?

O que é? O que é, meu irmão?

Mas isso não impede Que eu repita É bonita, é bonita E é bonita

Há quem fale que a vida da gente É um nada no mundo É uma gota, é um tempo Que nem dá um segundo

Viver e não ter a vergonha De ser feliz Cantar, e cantar, e cantar A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz

Há quem fale que é um divino Mistério profundo É o sopro do criador Numa atitude repleta de amor Você diz que é luta e prazer Ele diz que a vida é viver Ela diz que melhor é morrer Pois amada não é e o verbo é sofrer Eu só sei que confio na moça E na moça eu ponho a força da fé Somos nós que fazemos a vida Como der, ou puder, ou quiser Sempre desejada Por mais que esteja errada Ninguém quer a morte Só saúde e sorte E a pergunta roda E a cabeça agita Eu fico com a pureza Da resposta das crianças É a vida, é bonita E é bonita Viver e não ter a vergonha De ser feliz Cantar, e cantar, e cantar A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz Ah, meu Deus!

Eu sei, eu sei Que a vida devia ser bem melhor E será!

Ah, meu Deus!

Eu sei, eu sei Que a vida devia ser bem melhor E será!

Mas isso não impede Que eu repita É bonita, é bonita E é bonita Viver e não ter a vergonha De ser feliz Cantar, e cantar, e cantar A beleza de ser um eterno aprendiz Ah, meu Deus!

Eu sei, eu sei Que a vida devia ser bem melhor E será!

Mas isso não impede Que eu repita É bonita, é bonita E é bonita

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