collaborators: Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Anna Clyne, and many others. The B-Sides was composed in 2009, and Bates writes in part: “It was between Tchaikovsky and Brahms that Michael Tilson Thomas, surprisingly mellow in his dressing room during one intermission, broached the idea of a new work…he suggested a collection of five pieces focusing on texture and sonority — perhaps like Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra. Since my music had largely gone in the other direction (large works that bathed the listener in immersive experiences), the idea intrigued me. I had often imagined a suite of concise, off-kilter symphonic pieces that would incorporate the
grooves and theatrics of electronica in a highly focused manner. So, like the forgotten bands from the flipside of an old piece of vinyl, The B-Sides offers brief landings on a variety of peculiar planets, unified by a focus on fluorescent orchestral sonorities and the morphing rhythms of electronica. The final piece is ‘Warehouse Medicine,’ an homage to techno’s birthplace: the empty warehouses of Detroit.” Bates will control the piece’s electronic samples from the stage. The DSO previously performed The B-Sides once, in November 2011, also with Bates present and Leonard Slatkin conducting.
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Oriol Sans, Director
Violin I Lucy Alessio, Concertmaster Eric Chen Raymond Li Elizabeth Stratton Chance McDermott Yuling Wei Eugenia Cho Michelle Li Robert Sylvester Lizzie Vojtisek Steven Li Dahn Phan Elise Komer Brandi Main* Violin II Audrey Alessio Eliana Silverman Haejeong Lee Sophia Kim Jooho Lee Bryce Yung Charlotte Farrell Susie Lee Edison Chiu Maya Balaji Sherrye Ye Sofija Sekulovic Arlo Goldman Katja ForemanBraunschweig dso.org
Adam Davis Victoria Bronstein Anita Chiu* Viola Noah Leong Larry Williams III Kirsten Riggs Amelia Abouljoud William Beardslee Tristan Wilson Emily Wogaman Heidi Kletzli Kiana Spiller Kathryn Kibbe* Cello Hannah DeCampos Elizabeth Alessio Liliana Arida-Moody Kira Gurovich Yongjin Nam Ben Stefadu Jane Hepp Benjamin Kletzli Alexander Shier Taylor Sobinski* Double Bass Eddie Tchaouchev Molly Kilgore Stephen Castiglione Nick Young*
Flute Calvin Mayman Sara Huang Lydia Moenssen Samantha Tartamella* Oboe Paul Munn Stephanie Turner Jana Zilova* Clarinet Andrew Li Nickolas Hamblin Stephen Dubetz* Bassoon Liza Knight Aditya Ravi Alex Meaux* Contrabassoon Maya Grossman French Horn Deborah Wogaman Paul Nastelin Jacob Beyer Peter Guidi* Alana Rosen
Trumpet Sebastian Cole Josephine Ala Thomas Corbett Katherine Stephen* Trombone Max Berkowitz Matt Ferran Perry Kreiss Jamie Foster Anthony Berardi Tuba William Elliot Sam Teeple* Percussion Gina Moy Liam Clancy Will Kelley Rj Seibert* Piano George Cullinan Harp Katherine Opperman * denotes Civic Youth Ensembles mentor
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