Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: It’s a World of Dance
March 16
Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings & Youth Strings Spring Concert
March 23
Stained Glass Concert at Omega Baptist Church
March 23
April
Verdi’s Aida
April 4 & 6
Beethoven String Quartet
April 13
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
April 25 & 26
Stained Glass Concert at Grace United Methodist Church
April 27
Young People’s Concert: The Orchestra Moves
April 30 May
Ann Hampton Callaway
May 3
DPYO: Spring Concert
May 4
Pointes Of View
May 9 & 10
Dayton Ballet School: Magic Mirror
May 10
Concert For Peace with Marin Alsop
May 29
June
Stained Glass Concert at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
June 1
Michael Cavanaugh: Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Neil Diamond
June 7
Stained Glass Concert at New Season Ministry
June 8
Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony
June 13 & 14
Dear Friends
FROM THE LEADERSHIP
Asthe days grow longer and the world bursts into color, we invite you to the final months of our season—a celebration of opera, ballet, and orchestral brilliance. This spring and summer, our stage will come alive with performances that capture the energy of renewal, passion, and the pure joy of live performing arts.
From the soaring voices of opera to the breathtaking precision of ballet and the sweeping power of the Philharmonic, each performance is a testament to the timeless magic of music and movement. Whether you are drawn to the drama of a great aria, the athleticism of a pirouette, or the delicate moments of a symphony, this season offers something to stir the soul.
We are grateful for your presence— your enthusiasm and support breathe life into every note and every step. Join us as we bring this season to a magnificent crescendo, where the beauty of live performance is yours to experience, again and again.
We’ll see you in the audience.
Warmly,
Patrick J. Nugent President and CEO
Joseph Zehenny DPAA Board Chair
Tenor Matthew White dazzles in Dayton Opera’s ‘Three Tenors, Encore!’
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Artistic Directors
Neal Gittleman
Artistic Director, Philharmonic
The 2024–2025 season is my 30th on the DPO podium, following founder Paul Katz, Charles Wendelken-Wilson, and Isaiah Jackson. Next year Keitaro Harada takes over. Until then, I’ll be surrounded by fabulous musicians and fabulous music. Favorite pieces by favorite composers. A world premiere and a U.S. premiere. A ballet I’ve conducted more than a hundred times (The Nutcracker) and one I’ve never conducted before (Cinderella). One of my favorite operas (Amahl and the Night Visitors). And my first-ever concert of country music! But what keeps popping into my head again and again as I think about this last year as your conductor? Song titles by my favorite band, The Beatles: “The Long and Winding Road,” “Come Together,” “We Can Work It Out.” And again and again, these lines: “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Except for me, it’s “… equal to the music you make.” And of course, “P.S. I Love You!”
Kathleen Clawson,
Artistic Director, Opera; Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair
Kathleen Clawson begins her fifth season as Dayton Opera Artistic Director and Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair. Clawson began directing for the Opera in 2009 and has directed 19 productions since, including serving as dramaturg and stage director for the world premiere of Finding Wright
An acclaimed opera director, she directed The Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of Shoes for the Santo Niño (2011) and was stage director and dramaturg for their world premiere of UnShakeable (2016).
A mezzo-soprano, Clawson’s credits include soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic, productions with The Santa Fe Opera and Dallas Opera, recording de Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” for Maria Benitez’ Teatro Flamenco tour, and singing “Mother Abbess” in Debby Boone’s international tour of The Sound of Music.
Brandon Ragland
Artistic Director, Ballet; Sponsored by Dr. Troy Tyner and Dr. Ingrid Brown
Brandon Ragland has more than a decade of professional experience as a dancer, choreographer, and educator. He trained in Birmingham, AL, and has a bachelor’s degree in Dance-Arts Administration from Butler University. After graduation, Ragland danced with Alabama Ballet, followed by Louisville Ballet in 2010, spending 13 years as a leading artist. A respected choreographer, Ragland choreographed works for Louisville Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Sedona Chamber Ballet, and The Perla Ballet. In 2017, Ragland was honored to perform with the Black Iris Project at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of the Kennedy Center’s Dance Across America Program. He has received numerous awards, including “Best Artist” in Louisville Magazine and The Lift a Life Foundation’s “Emerging Leader in the Arts Award” from The Fund for the Arts.
Keitaro Harada
Music and Artistic Director Designate, Philharmonic; Sponsored by Barbara O’Hara
Named Music and Artistic Director Designate for Dayton Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season, Keitaro Harada will begin a five-year tenure as Music and Artistic Director with the 2025–26 season. As Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic since the 2020–21 season, Harada has transformed the orchestra and energized its audiences throughout the community with his imaginative programs and charismatic presence.
Harada is a recipient of the 2023 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. In 2024, he was named Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Partner for the Aichi Chamber Orchestra. Harada was Associate Conductor for four years at the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, where he regularly assisted Music Director Louis Langrée and collaborated with James Conlon and Juanjo Mena at the orchestra’s annual May Festival.
Dayton Ballet Company Dancers
Dayton
Artists-In-Residence
Connor Barak Claire Bergman Nicolas Bierwagen Erin Blair Harrison Broadbent
Tomasin Corrente Emma Duncan
Alyssa Eyster Hailey Flanagan Jasmine Getz
Katy Gilliam Isaac Jones
Patrick Lennon
Tarique Logan Kyan Park
Lukas Pringle Francisco Rivera Belle Urben Catherine Voorhees
Jalen Williams
Opera
Gabrielle Flannery
Isabel Randall Carl Rosenthal
Randell McGee Clara Passmore
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Xochitl Atienza Sara Beth Austin
Daniela Bennetti Analiese Capponi
Amber Huggett
Ryan Norman Elizabeth Sabol
Requiem
March 14 & 15, 2025 • Schuster Center
ARTISTS
Neal Gittleman, conductor
Kayla Oderah, soprano
Benjamin Taylor, baritone
PROGRAM
Steven Hankle, chorus director
Dayton Philharmonic Chorus
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps (Of A Spring Morning)
Lili Boulanger D’un soir triste (Of A Sad Evening)
Joel Thompson Seven Last Words of the Unarmed Dedicated to the victims and their families
1. “Why do you have your guns out?”– Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68
2. “What are you following me for?” – Trayvon Martin, 17
3. “Mom, I’m going to college.” – Amadou Diallo, 23
4. “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting.” – Michael Brown Jr., 18
5. “You shot me! You shot me!” – Oscar Grant III, 22
6. “It’s not real.” – John Crawford III, 22
7. “I can’t breathe.” – Eric Garner, 43
Benjamin Taylor, baritone
Dayton Philharmonic Chorus
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, Op. 48
1. Introït et Kyrie
2. Offertoire
3. Sanctus
4. Pie Jesu
5. Agnus Dei
6. Libera me
7. In paradisum
Kayla Oderah, soprano
Benjamin Taylor, baritone
Dayton Philharmonic Chorus
- 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION- PANEL DISCUSSION -
Microphones on stage are for recording purposes only.
Program Notes
Neal’s Note
When I first encountered Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed two years ago, I immediately thought, “This is a piece we need to perform.” Not only is it a beautiful, powerful, heartbreaking piece of important new American music, but among the seven men it memorializes is one of Dayton’s own, John Crawford III.
By setting to music the dying words of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown Jr., Oscar Grant III, John Crawford III, and Eric Garner, Joel Thompson remembers them in a very different way than the way they are remembered in American history or politics. In Joel’s music we hear their humanity and their loneliness in the moments that their lives were taken from them by a world that somehow felt safer with them dead than alive. Exactly the same way that we hear Jesus’s humanity and loneliness in the final words he spoke as his life was taken by a world that somehow felt safer without him in it.
So it felt somehow wrong to program this work conventionally—with an overture before and a symphony after. Its emotional content is so powerful that it cries out for special treatment. After much thought, I conceived of the evening you’ll experience tonight: four beautiful pieces of music placed together to create an emotional journey from joy to sadness to pain to comfort. How will you respond to this unusual kind of a concert? I don’t know. You might be moved. You might be angry. You might want to applaud each piece as you would normally. You might not. However your spirit moves you is fine. And after the music is over, if you don’t feel ready to just go home, please feel free to stay for a panel discussion on the experience led by Pastor Joshua Ward of Omega Baptist Church.
When I met with Pastor Ward and others to talk about the discussion, someone asked what I hoped the end-result of this evening would be. It was right after we’d performed Handel’s Messiah, and the first words that came to mind were from “The trumpet shall sound”: “We shall be changed.” Music has the power to change us, to change our hearts, to change the way we feel. That’s what I hope the music of Lili Boulanger, Joel Thompson, and Gabriel Fauré will do for all of us tonight.
– Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic Kayla Oderah and Benjamin Taylor are the Olive W. Kettering Endowed Guest Artists. The Presenting Sponsor of this performance is the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. The Media Sponsor of this performance is Discover Classical 88.1 WDPR/89.1 WUSO/89.9 WDPG.
Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening
Marie-Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger (1893–1918)
Lili Boulanger was born into a great Parisian musical family and was surrounded by music and musicians of the highest quality. Lili’s older sister, Nadia, approached prodigy status, and Lili herself was heralded as a prodigy by several great musicians, including Gabriel Fauré, who was the first to discover that Lili had perfect pitch.
Lili was jaw-droppingly talented, but was dogged by ill health her entire life, the most pernicious being a lifelong debilitating gastro-intestinal disease (likely Crohn’s Disease). That illness would end her life in 1918 at the age of 24. Bedbound in 1917, Lili began composing at that time a pair of particularly fine works: D’un matin de printemps (“Of A Spring morning”) and D’un soir triste (“Of A Sad evening”).
COMPOSED 1917–1918
PREMIERE
1921; Paris, France
LAST DPO
PERFORMANCE
Of A Spring Morning: January 2020
Of A Sad Evening: DPO Premiere
APPROXIMATE
DURATION
Of A Spring Morning: 5 minutes
Of A Sad Evening: 12 minutes
These were Impressionistic pieces, filled with exquisite colors and psychological explorations. Both were based on the same, short musical theme (an eightmeasure, free-flowing melody that rustles about, first generally upwards, and then back to its starting note). Matin takes this theme into shimmering light and joy, while Soir opens with the theme and then grows into heartbroken grief. These two companion pieces were finished in 1918 and are the last that Lili could physically write in her own hand (in Lili’s final months, Nadia would be her scribe).
Matin begins with a distinctly sparkling sound—as the strings pulse quietly and crisply, glints of bright light gleam from the triangle and celeste. Boulanger has already captured the brimming of life on a Spring morning in just this opening. The eight-measure melody then presents itself in the flute with a cheerful freshness. The theme here is weightless and gleeful. A middle section, marked Mystérieux (mysterious) nods to Soir by briefly replaying the two pieces’ common theme and now clothed in a gloomy veil. Yet, as Spring always follows Winter’s melancholy, Matin concludes in the strings, harp, and brass with a chortling exclamation mark. Soir begins with two bars of pulsating in the strings with bassoons, followed by the clarinets playing the shared melody outright. Soir then grows slowly in a series of sonic waves of sound into a blistering and dissonant climax at about four minutes, when the tam-tam (gong) and drums then introduce a halted kind of rhythm, like a battered, dying heartbeat. Boulanger then creates a canvas of evocative orchestral sounds with dark and grainy instrumental colors swirling around each other, while the strings reach up to achingly high registers, like internal screams, only to crash back inwardly. All of this pulses in sonic surges again until the next crushing climax at about nine minutes with brass and percussion, evoking the feel of heaving, uneven breaths. The work progressively fades until the very last bars, when a solo violin sings a brief melody of what would seem like hope, over a slowly throbbing harp and long-held chords in the winds. Of Boulanger’s works, D’un soir triste is perhaps her most poignantly autobiographical.
In November of 2014, a Staten Island grand jury chose not to indict the officer who murdered Eric Garner. To me, the message was clear: if I were to be killed in some interaction with authority figures, my loved ones should not expect justice. There could be a video recording of my futile attempts to describe my distress—”I can’t breathe”—with the arm of the law around my neck and the life fading from my eyes, and still, my death wouldn’t matter. My death wouldn’t matter enough to warrant a formal charge of even manslaughter or negligent homicide. This was not an isolated incident—this was a trend. The color of my skin is a capital offense. “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” wasn’t written to be heard. It was essentially a sonic diary entry expressing my fear, anger, and grief in the wake of this tragedy. I was serving as a choral conductor at a small college in south Georgia, but I occasionally composed pieces and hid them away. Finishing this work in early January 2015 was a much-needed catharsis; I felt exorcised of the emotions that had drained my spirit. However, Freddie Gray’s death the following April impelled me to try to bring “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” to life. A Facebook post asking musician friends to sightread the work, a phone call by a friend to Dr. Eugene Rogers of the University of Michigan, a commission from Andre Dowell to fully orchestrate the work for the 20th anniversary of the Sphinx Organization, and the piece is alive several years later and I am very grateful.
Liturgical settings of the “Seven Last Words of Christ” are not trying to demonize the Roman soldiers that orchestrated the crucifixion, but they are designed to stir within the listener an empathy towards the suffering of Jesus. Inspired by that template, this piece is a meditation on the lives of seven black men and an effort to focus on their humanity, which is often eradicated in the media in an attempt to justify their deaths.
Listening to “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” can be uncomfortable. As you listen, I ask that you try to remain open. It can be easy to let a spirit of defensiveness pollute the experience of the piece. I ask that you revisit the last moments of these men with fresh hearts:
- Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr: the retired Marine who accidentally pressed his Life Alert necklace which recorded the police calling him a n***er before he was killed (“Officer, why do you have your guns out?”).
- Trayvon Martin: the teenage boy with his bag of Skittles being chased in his own neighborhood (“What are you following me for?”).
- Amadou Diallo: the young immigrant who called his mother in Guinea after he had saved up enough money to pursue a degree in computer science (“Mom, I’m going to college.”).
- Michael Brown, Jr: the recent high school graduate and amateur musician whose body lay baking in the street for four hours before being taken to the coroner (“I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!”).
- Oscar Grant III: the young father (of a 4-year-old girl) who was shot in the back while handcuffed in a prone position at Fruitvale Station (“You shot me! You shot me.”).
- John Crawford III: another young father who was purchasing a BB gun in a Walmart in the open carry state of Ohio (“It’s not real.”).
- Eric Garner: the 43-year-old grandfather who was choked to death on camera on the streets of New York City (“I can’t breathe.”).
When the music is over, let us continue to listen. Let us listen to each other with love and hope for a more just future. Thank you.
With love, Joel Thompson
Requiem, Op. 48
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
COMPOSED 1877–1900
PREMIERE
July 1900; Paris, France
LAST DPO
PERFORMANCE
October 2006
APPROXIMATE DURATION
36 minutes
Fauré’s creation of his beloved Requiem spanned almost a quarter of a century. Beginning first with a sole movement, Libera me, that he wrote in 1877, it took him another decade to add five more movements, and then another five years to write the last movement. In that 1893 version, the work was scored for a small orchestra without woodwinds or a full violin section, and it received scant attention until around 1900 when a publisher friend persuaded Fauré to re-score his Requiem for full orchestra. This 1900 version of the Requiem (which we hear tonight) soon rocketed to international attention, and Fauré, who had been little known outside of France, found his first global fame. Perhaps the Requiem’s most beguiling trait is its disarming tenderness in tone, which Fauré acknowledged and explained in an interview in 1902: “… people have said [my Requiem] did not express the terror of death, someone called it a lullaby of death. But that is how I feel death: a happy deliverance, a yearning for the happiness of the beyond, rather than as a distressing transition.”
Here are some of the Requiem’s highlights:
Though beginning in darkness and shadows, Fauré’s music is not about gloom so much as bittersweetness. Listen for the Kyrie’s imaginative beginning, where the counterpoint between the violas and organ trade phrases with the choir, creating a beautiful rocking effect.
In its peaceful supplication, the Baritone solo in Offertorium is one of Fauré’s great melodies. Listen at the end for the richly harmonized, sweetly pining “Amen” sequence.
In the third movement, over undulating harp and violas, the sopranos float and are then echoed by the tenors and basses. Here, the male voices are accompanied by a countermelody in the violins which create the feeling of an updraft, spiriting aloft the voices’ prayer.
In the fourth movement, out of the stillness, the lone Soprano humbly beseeches the Divine with an ethereal, soaring beauty. An enchanting moment then arises
when, after the Soprano’s first solo phrase, the harp plays in octaves, creating a sense of a great, mysterious expanse.
The violins play a rather carefree theme in the fifth movement, busy with gentle rhythms, above which the choir sings in simple, grand sweeps upwards and downwards. Everything changes when the choir sings “Lux aeterna …” Here, as if glimpsing the wonders of eternal bliss for the first time in the soul’s new journey, Fauré begins an exquisite cascade of chromatically changing harmonies.
In Libera me, Fauré deviated from the typical Requiem Mass by eliminating the harsh terrors of the Dies irae (Day of wrath) texts. Nonetheless, over a motoric pulse in the low strings and organ, the Baritone’s dramatic solo is one of the most trenchant moments in the work.
The organ, later joined by harp, provide quietly stirring sounds in the final movement, above which arc the sopranos. The music floats above the stratosphere and into the infinite beauty. This is Paradise, creating a weightless ending to Fauré’s masterful musical journey.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
2. Offertoire
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu, de ore leonis, ne absorbeat tartarus ne cadant in obscurum.
Hostias et preces tibi, Domine laudis offerimus: tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and may light perpetual shine on them, A hymn becomes You, God, in Zion, and to you may be paid a vow in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer, to You all flesh shall come.
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of the departed from the pains of hell and from the deep pit, from the mouth of the lion, nor may they be absorbed by hell, nor may they fall into darkness.
Sacrifice and prayer to You, Lord, in praise we offer: receive for those souls whom today we commemorate.
Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus. Amen.
3. Sanctus
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis.
4. Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem; dona eis sempiternam requiem
5. Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem, sempiternam requiem.
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
6. Libera Me
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda quando coeli movendi sunt et terra, dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.
Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies illa, dies magna et amara valde.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
7. In Paradisum
In paradisum deducant angeli; in tuo adventu suscipant te martyres et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro, quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem.
Allow them, Lord, to pass from death to life, which once to Abraham You promised and to his seed. Amen.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. Full are the heavens and the earth of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest
Blessed Lord Jesus, grant them rest; grant them everlasting rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest, everlasting rest.
Light eternal—may it shine on them, Lord, with your saints in eternity, You who are merciful.
Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual—may it shine on them.
Deliver me, Lord, from death eternal in that terrible day, when the heavens shall be moved and the earth, when You shall come to judge the world by fire.
With trembling I am seized and with fear, until the trial to come, also the coming wrath.
That day, day of wrath, calamity and misery, that day, great day and exceedingly bitter.
Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual—may it shine on them.
To paradise may the angels lead you; at your coming may the martyrs receive you and bring you to the holy city, Jerusalem.
May the angel chorus receive you and with Lazarus, once a pauper, eternally may you have rest.
About the Artists
Kayla Oderah Soprano
Kayla Oderah is an emerging soprano hailing from Louisville, Kentucky. Last season, Oderah made her Opera Memphis debut as Musetta in La Bohème, as well as Linfea in La Calisto As a Handorf Company Artist, she also debuted a workshop performance of A.E. Reverie by Kamala Sankaram in partnership with Chautauqua Opera and Opera Memphis. In 2023, Oderah sang as a Dayton Opera Artist-inResidence where she performed the role of Woglinde in Das Rheingold. She made her Dayton Philharmonic debut performing as the soprano soloist in the Vaughan Williams’ Pastoral Symphony as well as the Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major, K259. Oderah made her professional debut in 2022 performing the role of Girlfriend 2 in Blue with Toledo Opera as well as Despina in Così fan Tutte with Finger Lakes Opera as a Tomita Young Artist. She also sang as a young artist with Opera Ithaca. There, Oderah performed the role of Zegner Daughter Littler in Proving Up and Anna in Nabucco. Oderah returned to Ithaca in the Spring of 2023 to perform the role of Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld. Oderah has trained at the University of Michigan (M.M.), the Aspen Music Festival as a studio artist, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.M).
Benjamin
Taylor
Baritone Baritone Benjamin Taylor’s 24–25 season includes
debuts at Arizona Opera for La bohème (Marcello), Madison Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), Charleston Opera Theater for La bohème (Schaunard), and Washington National Opera for Porgy and Bess (Jake). On the concert stage, he debuts at Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s Lt. Kije, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic in Sanctuary Road (William Still), Dayton Philharmonic for Fauré’s Requiem, Evansville Philharmonic for Carmina Burana, Opera Omaha for their Opera Outdoors concert, and a return to North Carolina Opera for Opera in the Park. Upcoming engagements include a debut with Seattle Opera and returns to The Metropolitan Opera and Detroit Opera.
Additional recent engagements include his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Chester) followed by debuts with Michigan Opera Theatre and Spoleto Festival USA in La bohème (Schaunard), Cincinnati Opera for the world premiere of Castor and Patience (West), North Carolina Opera for Sanctuary Road (William Still), Baltimore Concert Opera for Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet), and a return to Pittsburgh Opera for The Magic Flute (Papageno). Additionally, he workshopped Factotum (Garby) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Past highlights include a visit to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Digital Opera on the Go!, followed by debuts with Fargo-Moorhead Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro); Opera Orlando for The
Secret River (Augustus); and Des Moines Metro Opera for Pique Dame (Tomsky), Platée (Satyre), and Fellow Travelers (Tommy McIntyre).
Taylor is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, and he debuted at Madison Opera in I pagliacci (Silvio). Taylor was an Apprentice Artist at The Santa Fe Opera and a Gerdine Young Artist and Richard Gaddes
Festival Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Additional performances include La bohème (Marcello) with Crested Butte Festival and Madama Butterfly (Prince Yamadori) for Berkshire Opera’s inaugural season.
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
Dr. Steven Hankle, conductor
Kevin Wilson, assistant conductor
Andrea Arese-Elias, accompanist
Carolyn Sweezy, chorus manager
Soprano
Shelley Ansiel
Carla Ballou
Kayla Beasley
Eva Borbonus
Katy Bowman
Rebecca Brooks
Carmen Bruno
Lillian Chambliss
Janae Cooper
Jordan Drinnon
Claudia Fett
Anna Ha
Karen Hamilton
Aleks Harkavy
Jeanne Kallenberg
Lydia Kee
Deb Nash
Natalie Nolte
Shari Palmer
Tamra Payne
Annette Rizer
Lora Scott
Marilyn Smyers
Melissa Tan
Susan Thomas
Schneata Turner
Lydia Updike
Carole Webb
Emma Weir
Alto
Yana Atim
Rebecca Betts
Chelsea Brown
Julia Crowl
Elizabeth Douras
Fantasia Fairchild
Michele Foley
Sharon Gratto
Michele Goodpaster
Farrah Isaacs
Idamae Jenkins
Linda Keith
Carol Manda
Barb Marcum
Katie Maxfield
Keara Parciak
Julia Randel
Carolyn Sweezy
Katelyn Tesla
Lynne Vaia
Susan Welsh
Keatha Wilson
Tenor
Wes Alexander
Dorian Borbonus
Charles Garland
Frank C. Gentner
Jon Hauberg
Brad Kallenberg
Gregory Marx
James Sheline
Kevin Wilson
Brian Wong
Bass
John Blakelock
Dan Bruno, Jr.
Doug Conrad
Mark Corcoran
Basil Fett
Rick Gonzalez
Tom Gottweis
Tim McLinden
Curtis Notestine
Grant Parks
Dylan Reynolds
Barrie Van Kirk
Peter Veley
Paul Webb
Discussion & Reflection
Music has the power to spark reactions, inspire strong emotions, and connect us to the world around us. This evening’s discussion is meant to deepen your connection to the pieces on the program. Use this space to reflect on the panel discussion as it unfolds, respond to the prompts in this book, or jot down your own thoughts on the music.
Friday, March 14 Panelists: Dr. Rosalyn Y. Brown Beatty, Dr. Sam Dorf, Sierra Leone, Joel Thompson, and Rev. Joshua Ward
Saturday, March 15 Panelists: Dr. Rosalyn Y. Brown Beatty, Dr. Sam Dorf, Sierra Leone, Neal Gittleman, and Rev. Joshua Ward
How does the emotional nature of music help us engage with issues that might otherwise make us feel uncomfortable?
How can music help us engage with others across lines of difference?
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra:
It’s a World of Dance
March 16, 2025 • Schuster Center • No intermission
ARTISTS
Patrick Reynolds, conductor
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
PROGRAM
Bedřich Smetana “Dance of the Comedians”
Edvard Grieg
Edward Elgar
“Morning” from Peer Gynt
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
“Moths and Butterflies” from The Wand of Youth
Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov “Flight of the Bumblebee”
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
“March of the Trolls” from Lyric Suite
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Astor Piazzolla “Libertango”
Ronan Hardiman
Soon Hee Newbold
Percy Grainger
Bill Whelan
Arturo Márquez
Lord of the Dance
Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
“Irish Legend”
Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
“Irish Tune from County Derry”
“Reel Around the Sun” from Riverdance
Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
Danzón No. 2
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Violin 1
Awnik Roy, co-concertmaster
Eileen Currie, co-concertmaster
Thomas Bussen, co-concertmaster
Doris Kang
Rudah Lee
Faelynn Gill
Eva Wright
Chenuli Attanayake
Isabella Xiao
Quincy McCormick
Sophia Wang
Erin Secody
Isabella Rempe
Violin II
Catherine Jackson, co-principal
Arya Schumann, co-principal
Ozzy Edmonds-Wert, co-principal
Emily Hughes
Victoria Chavez
Gyurim Kim
William Bruhn
Sravya Kandarpa
Charlotte Richard
Wei Li
Evie Thomas
Daniel Park
Viola
Jacob Porter, co-principal
Kate Ehler, co-principal
Tristan Chaffee, co-principal
Clo Ryan
Kirah Graham
Alexander Wang
Chloe Earnhardt
William Ford
Joshua David Fleming
Paul Agiro
Catie Brenner
Ellie Fuller
Cello
Vasakan Thambi-Pillai, co-principal
Harrison Cash, co-principal
Elly Kim, co-principal
Aryan Vohra
Wyatt Eros
Robby Arling
Adrian Miller-Castaño
Victor Moniaci
Alexandra “Sasha” Riley
Anna Weaver
Ethan Kamau
Norah Rocke
Maggie Steen
Preston-Joshua ‘PJ’ Albright
Bass
Ben Prater, co-principal
Owen Welch, co-principal
Penelope Ericson, co-principal
Ruby Robillard
Dennis “DJ” Riffell
Flute
Kaitlyn Liu, principal
Katie Clark
Mingde Hirakawa
Kira Parshall
Oboe
Rylee Bauer, principal
Sebastian Cady
Isabella Villanueva
English Horn
Rylee Bauer
Clarinet
Minjae Kang, principal
Andrew Crocker
Rylee Laderer
Luke Snider
Bassoon
Amy Juhascik, co-principal
Rachel Cady, co-principal
Claire Bauer
Dylan Alexander
Horn
Jeremy Roehrs, co-principal
Claire Lally, co-principal
Chloe Spitler
Carly Krisher
Lillian Spurgeon
Trumpet
Ben LaCasse, principal
Anna Ray Scherer
Cooper Plummer
Trombone
Nick Cribbs, co-principal
Nathan Arnow, co-principal
Julianna Alexander
Bass Trombone
Brenna Svisco
Tuba
Hayden Smith
Percussion
Micah Bauman, section leader
Audrey Riesen
Evelynn Buck
Maggie Steen
Piano/Keyboard
Ellie Fuller
Harp
Catie Brenner
Librarians
Anna Weaver
Clo Ryan
Amy Juhascik
Erin Secody
Set-Up Crew
Elly Kim
Luke Snider
About the Artists
DAYTON BALLET STUDIO COMPANY
Daniela Bennetti
Amber Huggett
Xochitl Atienza
Ryan Norman
Sara Beth Austin
Elizabeth Sabol
Analiese Capponi
DAYTON BALLET SCHOOL ENSEMBLE
Mollie Juniewicz
Rebecca Perry
Sara Press
Jane Middleton
Amy Grennek
Jenna Mumford
Raeanne Richard
Emma Barrentine
CELTIC ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE
Angelica Green
Miranda Grogean
Colleen Leaman
Abigail McCarty
Alana Piroch
ARTISTIC STAFF
Addyson Randolph
Anna Sollinger
Clare Sollinger
Shay Spanier
Patrick Reynolds Conductor
Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director, Dayton Ballet
Rachel Cahayla-Wynne, Director, Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Megan Forney, Co-director, Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Gabrielle Sharp, Co-director, Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Anna Bumiller, Director, Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
Emily Sollinger, Instructor, Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
This season Patrick Reynolds celebrates his 25th year as conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He is in his 27th year with the DPAA, serving as Associate Conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. In this capacity, he has conducted the DPO in classical, pops, family and rock series concerts, and in past seasons, he has conducted several Dayton Opera productions. Dr. Reynolds is a Professor of Music at the University of Dayton, currently in his 28th year as a member of the faculty. At UD, Dr. Reynolds conducts the University Orchestra and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, as well as teaching courses in instrumental conducting. He is a recipient of the University’s Faculty Award in Teaching, and currently serves as National President-elect of the College Orchestra Directors Association. Dr. Reynolds earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and the Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
SPECIAL THANKS
We gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of the EnCorps Friends of DPAA! which includes volunteers from the former Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association and the Dayton Opera Guild. We greatly appreciate their support of the DPYO and their work on behalf of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s Learning and Community Engagement programs.
A special thanks to the DPYO Parent Officers for all of their time and support of the DPYO:
• Heather Bauer, president
• Emily Fuller, attendance
• Nancy Roszell, hospitality
We also acknowledge the private music teachers and school band and orchestra directors who have assisted in the growth of these fine young musicians in the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
A special thanks to the DPAA Learning & Community Engagement staff: Jeaunita Château Olówè, Vice President for LCE; Melissa McCoy, Engagement Programs Manager; and Jackie Griffin, Learning Programs Manager; Megan Forney, Dayton Ballet School Education Manager & Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Co-director; as well as the entire DPAA staff for their support of the DPYO.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians
Kirstin Greenlaw, Acting Concertmaster1
Aurelian Oprea Associate Concertmaster2
Youjin Na, Acting Assistant Concertmaster3
Elizabeth Hofeldt
David Goist Mikhail Baranovsky Louis Proske Sean Klopfenstein John Lardinois
Philip Enzweiler* Janet George
Kara Camfield, Acting Principal4
Ann Linn Baer, Acting Assistant Principal
VIOLIN I
Scott Moore Gloria Fiore Maggie Niekamp Nick Naegele* Lynn Rohr*
Yoshiko Kunimitsu Bill Slusser Yein Jin*
Sheridan Currie, Principal5
VIOLIN II
VIOLA
OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN
Colleen Braid, Assistant Principal Karen Johnson6
Scott Schilling Lori LaMattina Mark D. Reis
Molly Castrucci8 Lucas Song9
Mark Hofeldt Nadine Monchecourt Oleg Babkov
Stephen Ullery Christopher Roberts
James Faulkner Bleda Elibal
Rebecca Andres, Principal11 Jennifer Northcut
Janet van Graas
Eileen Whalen, Principal12
Leslie Dragan Belinda Burge
Jonathan Lee, Principal Christina Coletta, Assistant Principal7
CELLO
Zoë Moskalew
Deborah Taylor, Principal10
Jon Pascolini, Assistant Principal
Donald Compton In Memoriam
FLUTE AND PICCOLO
BASS
CLARINET
TROMBONE
Robyn Dixon Costa
John Kurokawa, Principal13 Rachael Young, Principal14
Kristen Smith15
Aaron Brant, Principal16
Lotti Ropert
Todd Fitter
BASSOON
HORN
Amy Lassiter Sean Vore, Assistant Principal
Charles Pagnard, Principal17 Alan Siebert
TRUMPET
Eric Knorr
Tyler Bentley, Acting Principal18
Richard Begel
Chad Arnow19
Timothy Northcut, Principal20
Gerald Noble, Acting Principal21
Michael LaMattina, Principal22 Davi Martinelli de Lira23
Leslie Stratton, Principal24
KEYBOARD
Joshua Nemith25
* Denotes leave of absence
1 J. Ralph Corbett Chair
2 Huffy Foundation Chair
3 Sherman Standard Register Foundation Chair
4 Jesse Philips Chair
5 F. Dean Schnacke Chair
6 Grace Counts Finch Chair
7 Edward L. Kohnle Chair in Memory of Andra Lunde Padrichelli, Principal Cellist 2003–2018
8 Gilbert and Patricia Templeton Chair
9 Paul and Susanne Weaver Chair
10 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association/C. David Horine Memorial Chair
11 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Chair
12 Catharine French Bieser Chair
13 Rhea Beerman Peal Chair
14 Robert and Elaine Stein Chair
15 David and Lois Gribler Chair
16 Frank M. Tait Memorial Chair
17 John W. Berry Family Chair
18 John Reger Memorial Chair
19 Bill and Wanda Lukens Chair
20 Zachary, Rachel and Natalie Denka Chair
21 Rosenthal Family Chair in Memory of Miriam Rosenthal, In Honor of Donald Donnett, Principal Timpani 1966–2023
22 Miriam Rosenthal Chair
23 Richard A. and Mary T. Whitney Chair
24 Daisy Talbott Green Chair
25 Demirjian Family Chair
Our Members Make the Magic!
Special
thanks to all our DPAA Members who keep the classical arts thriving in Dayton with their annual donation.
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We thank our corporate and foundation partners for their support of DPAA’s mission, programs, and artists.
IMPRESARIO
AES Ohio Foundation
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ADDITIONAL MAJOR SUPPORT BY:
Culture Works
The Dayton Foundation
Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
Board of Trustees and Staff
OFFICERS
Joseph Zehenny, Chair
Patricia McDonald, Vice Chair
Dr. Ed Tomme, Chair Emeritus
Tom Burkhardt, Treasurer
Timothy Riordan, Assistant Treasurer
Rev. Joshua Ward, Secretary
Rodney Veal, Assistant Secretary
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Ron Anderson
Libby Ballengee
Dr. Zachary Beck
Ashley Bethard
Jim Butler
Christopher Coombs
Allyson Danis
Courtney Ditmer
Dr. Samuel Dorf
Deborah Gross
Col. Mary-Kathryn Haddad
Michael Howard
Xavier Johnson
Dr. G. Scott Jones
Robyn Lightcap
Patrick Martin
Peggie McQuiston
Shannon Joyce Neal
Barbara O’Hara
Todd Press
Burt Saidel
Dori Spaulding
John Tate
Rick Thie
Abbie Trittschuh
Katie Wahl
Dr. Daniel Zehringer
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Thomas Bankston, Opera
ADMINISTRATION
Patrick J. Nugent, President and CEO
Teri Warwick, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Sieveking, Vice President for Information and Analytics
Sue Martin, Accounting Manager
ARTISTIC
Kathleen Clawson, Artistic Director, Opera
Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Philharmonic
Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director, Ballet
Patrick Reynolds, Associate Conductor, Philharmonic; Conductor, Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
