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Sunday, February 25, 2024 | 3pm

Symphony Hall at the DECC | Duluth, Minnesota

SINFONIA Teresa Aho, Kevin Hoeschen, and Byron Klimek, Co-Conductors Song of Jupiter

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Arranged by Leroy Anderson

Simple Gifts from Early American Suite

Traditional, Arranged by Merle J. Isaac

Hallelujah

Words and Music by Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) Arranged by Robert Longfield

ITASCA YOUTH ORCHESTRA Pedro Oviedo, Conductor Spires Dragon Hunter

Bud Woodruff Richard Meyer (1952-2012)

CONCERT ORCHESTRA Melanie Sever, Conductor In a Gentle Rain Finale from Symphony No. 5

Robert W. Smith (1958-2023) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Arranged by Charles Woodhouse

YOUTH SYMPHONY Pedro Oviedo, Conductor Finlandia

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Can-can from Orpheus in the Underworld

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

INTERMISSION

LAKE SUPERIOR YOUTH CHORUS Cantemus Bret Amundson, Director

Little Voice

Words and music by Sarah Bareilles (b. 1979) Arranged by Masa Fukuda

Soloists: Olivia Gan, Bea Martin Apple Tree

Words and music by Aurora (b. 1996) Arranged by Katerina Gimon Soloists: Kendell DeVlieger, Alee DeVlieger, Arlo Hoffman, CaiLan Barlass

LSYC AND YOUTH SYMPHONY Pedro Oviedo, Conductor “Ram Tori Maya” Take What You Need

Reena Esmail (b. 1983) Soloist: Rhonda Card

Reena Esmail

LSYC, YOUTH SYMPHONY AND CONCERT ORCHESTRA Pedro Oviedo, Conductor Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary Karl Jenkins (b. 1944) Soloists: Bea Martin, Alee DeVlieger, Olivia Gan, Layla Kiefer, Gracie Winings, Charlie Buhler, Isabella Birchhill, Mackenzie Mullen Eardley

LSYC AND ALL DSSYO AND ITASCA ORCHESTRAS Pedro Oviedo, Conductor I Sing of the Northland

Eric William Barnum (b. 1979) Arranged by Ian Deterling

LAKE SUPERIOR YOUTH CHORUS Cantemus Personnel LSYC Artistic Director, Bret Amundson LSYC Accompanist, Emily Valine LSYC Intern, Carolyn Mikel Krista Altonen Brea Bailey CaiLan Barlass Eliza Bauerkemper Abigail Bennett Olivia Berg Isabella Birchhill Liv Braaten Grace Bringman Charlie Buhler Stella Caine Nevaeh Carlson Leah Craycraft Laila Davis Annabelle Denton Kendell DeVlieger Alee DeVlieger Freya Erickson Nora Finnigan Addison Fredrickson Olivia Gan Ari Garrett Aalyiah Gebhardt Renee Gould Kasey Gustafson Caitlin Gustafson Arlo Hoffman Halle Holmstrom Anna Keto Layla Kiefer Carmen Koski Astrid Levy

Amelia Linde Elisa Lushine Sofia Magana Juniper Marano Ivy Marano Violet Marcusen Bea Martin Isaiah Mason Olivia Mayfield Emma Morton Mackenzie Mullen Eardley Ingrid Oase Amelia Osmundson Dane Ottjes Madalyn Pehling Pico Rhicard Ren Ridenour Jaidy Roberts Adalei Romualdo Emma Schuyler Syanna Scruggs Layla Shankle Olivia Skoglund Willa Sperl Kjella Stenehjem Abigail Stone Eleanor Tetreault Ha An Trinh Annika Warner Gracie Winings Aedea Winter

ITASCA YOUTH ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Pedro Oviedo, Director

Violin Adelyn Holsman Leo Miltich Avery Schultz Levi Sutherland Ryder Swanson Ani Yurecko

Cello Lauryn Bouchie Zelda Gephart Vivian Holsman Evo Miltich Blake Nielsen Kennedy Swanson Viola Jocelyn Bouchie William Kuehn Elijah Schafbuch

Bass Abigail Bouchie Marvin Lemm

SINFONIA PERSONNEL Teresa Aho, Kevin Hoeschen, Byron Klimek, Co-Conductors Violin Gigi Calland Lochlan Davis Sophia Garner Kangchen Liang Karena Loban Sovay Nick Jennie Phu Mya Ramirez Ansel Reller Ariana Shahmammadli Maeylin Urshan Kaia Winter

Viola Christian Harling Alex Johnson Adalia Pauna Hannah Pinther Natalie Rasch Cello Edison Kaiser Linus Thompson Rhys Woodley Byron Klimek*

Bass Jayda Bellefeuille Winry Johnson Reijer Klyn Piano Teresa Aho*

*Guest Musician

CONCERT ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Melanie Sever, Conductor 1st Violin Gemma Kim+ Elisa Lushine Oscar Thompson Lauren Fuchs Nikolai Shefchik Annabelle Wu 2nd Violin Clarie Anderson^ Julia Shamla Ethan Adams Milaina Hansen Torin Marma Viola Isaiah Mason^ Ileini Hirt Kevin Hoeschen* Cello Cian James^ Logan Madsen Liv Caine Campbell Amundson Greta Brosell Bass Margaret Bergen^ Lyla Ronkainen Thea Kramer (Youth Symphony Member) Flute Cai Karstens^ Francesca Germano Giada Poggio Oboe Callia Karr^ Selah Pavola^

Clarinet Sacha Mozenter^ Jessica Polachek* Bassoon/Contrabassoon Ashton Wigg^ Tenor Saxophone Raya Trigas^ Horn Elliette Lahti^ Deborah Rausch* Megan Marshall-Leslie* Trumpet Sophia Thomas^ Trombone Sam Mumford^ Tracey Gibbens* Tim Stratioti* Baritone Raina Thomas^ Piano Elisa Lushine Percussion Grace Matvey Ben Blazevic-Seibert Jeremy Craycraft*

(Percussion Ensemble Director)

+ Concert Master ^ (Co)Principal *Guest Musician

YOUTH SYMPHONY PERSONNEL Pedro Oviedo, Conductor 1st Violin Kunchen Liang+ Hannah Mason Aleksander Shefchik Kiersten Loban Jacob Nephew Oliviah Butler Lily Norman Yupeng Chen Nichole Dittbrender

Cello Lydia Kraker^ Toko Nakajima Jonas Drayna Lincoln Angradi Sylvia Reller

2nd Violin Rachel Hjort^ Zinnia Kraker Isla Jacobson Madeleine Swanson Joshua Tang Hayden David Eugene Kim Tuuli Rova Will Johnson

Flute Mateo Stauffenecker^ Naomi Sandstrom^ Matilda Johnson Abigail Froehle

Viola Melody Young^ Piper Linn Greta Harrison Matthew Hokanson Arthur Calinao Non Moen

Bass Thea Kramer^ Paavo Rova

Piccolo Mateo Stauffenecker Naomi Sandstrom Oboe Ginger Giddings^ Madeline Miller*

Clarinet Isabel Kirkeby^ Jessica Polachek* Bassoon Signe Mead^ Kristiina Thums* Horn Dylan Paquette^ Grace Lavan Deborah Rausch* Megan Marshall-Leslie* Trumpet Josiah Schwetman^ Andrew Osborne Ethan Lavan Trombone Sam Mumford (Concert Orchestra Member) Tracey Gibbens* Tim Stratioti*

Percussion Grace Matvey Ben Blazevic-Seibert Jeremy Craycraft*

(Percussion Ensemble Director)

+Concert Master ^Principal/Co-Principal *Guest Musician

Little Voice Words and music by Sarah Bareilles Arranged by Masa Fukuda It’s everything I am and what I’m not, and all I’m trying to be.

This is the part where I spit it all out and you decide what you think of me.

I’m not trying to be complicated, I’m never waiting to get the last laugh.

But I’ve been handing out benefits of the doubt, and I’d like a little bit back.

It’s just a little voice, and if you’re listening Sometimes a little voice, can say the biggest things.

It’s just my little voice that I’ve been missing.

Looking over the precious moments, it hurts, don’t it?

They can cut both ways.

No amount of remembering the better things will make the bad ones go away.

But I’ve been broken and the one to blame.

So my savior of self defense taught me to sing what I can’t say.

It’s just a little voice, and if you’re listening Sometimes a little voice, can say the biggest things.

It’s just my little voice that I’ve been missing.

I will be loud, I’m coming out to tell you words are not enough.

I will be loud, I’m coming out to tell you noise is not enough.

It’s the reason you whisper, you love her alone.

We’ve been handed the mountain tops to sing from and we still don’t.

It’s just a little voice, and if you’re listening Sometimes a little voice, can say the biggest things.

It’s just my little voice that I’ve been missing.

Apple Tree Words and music by Aurora Arranged by Katerina Gimon All of my life I’ve been hunting.

I’ve been a girl, I’ve been a boy.

Digging my feet into the ground like an apple tree.

Wanting to live with a purpose, Skin in a work, love is not a sin.

People are bad, people are good.

Just like the moon is a stone.

But it’s a star when it’s dark and now she’s hiding.

If you’ve seen what a heart is, you’ve seen its color.

If I ever knew how we could guide it, I would take care of its children, become their mother.

If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it.

Let her save the world, she is just a girl.

Let him save the world, he is just a boy.

Hunger is quiet if you do it right.

Hunter is loud and predictable, Scaring away every prey so they are gone before the hunter arrives.

Would you be kind and put away your sword?

You cannot cut away what we got.

You cannot kill what we are.

We are not here in physical form.

You’ve seen where the knife is, its dark location.

If I ever knew how we could fight it, I would cut into our anger, make pure emotion.

If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it.

Let her save the world, she is just a girl.

Let him save the world, he is just a boy.

Can you carry the weight of mortality?

The explosions around you are your symphony.

Let her save the world, she is just a girl.

Let him save the world, he is just a boy.

“Ram Tori Maya”

By Reena Esmail Ram tori maya, nach nachave Nis din mera manva vyakul Sumirat sudhi nahi ave Ram tori maya, nach nachave Oh Lord*, these worldly distractions are making me dance to their tune.

Every day, my mind is so restless that I’m not finding the time to focus.

And without that focus, peace will not come to me.

Oh Lord, these worldly distractions are making me dance to their tune. *This reference is not literally religious, but an exclamation that aspires to a higher purpose.

Take What You Need

By Reena Esmail Take a moment Take a breath Take time Take care Take heart Take hope Take a step Take a chance Take courage Take charge Take a stand Take pride Take joy Take pause Take a moment Take a breath Take what you need Adiemus

By Karl Jenkins Karl Jenkins writes in his performance note for ‘Adiemus’ that the lyrics are written in “an invented language”. The text has no meaning per-se, rather the vocals were written as sounds to mimic a musical instrument – the idea being that the listener is more able to focus on the free-flowing vocal phrases. “The text was written phonetically with the words viewed as instrumental sound, the idea being to maximize the melisma by removing the distraction, if one can call it that, of words,” Jenkins says. (Roberts, M. S. (2021, May 5). Classic FM.)

I Sing of the Northland

By Eric William Barnum Where can I feel alive and free as a bird in the sky Learning to fly, soaring high into the sunset.

I sing of the sun shining over the water.

I sing of the snow falling onto the mountain.

I sing of the radiant colors of autumn.

I sing of the Northland by beautiful home.

The wind blows strong amid the trees, They sway and rustle and toss their colorful leaves.

Where can I feel the wild and never-ending waves Beat on the dim and distant shore, Crashing white and evermore, So powerful.

The bridge lifts high, high overhead.

The boats race fast and far down below.

People are running and laughing and swimming and playing, And biking and fishing and skiing, And jumping and singing and dancing and hoping for more!

I sing of the sun shining over the water.

I sing of the snow falling onto the mountain.

I sing of the radiant colors of autumn.

I sing of the Northland by beautiful home.

Text source: Eric Barnum, compiled from thoughts penned by members of 2015-2016 LSYC

Acknowledgments The College of St. Scholastica for rehearsal spaces: Jeremy Craycraft, Music Department Chair; Derek Bromme, Director of Bands; Jessica Schroeder, Director of String Orchestra; Michelle Runberg, Mitchell Auditorium; Emily Valine, Fine Arts Department Administrative Assistant.

Dan Hartmann, Executive Director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

Christian Eggert Violins for providing music folders to the DSSYO program Area band and orchestra directors and private teachers Parents of Duluth Superior Symphony Youth Orchestras members, Itasca Strings Program and Lake Superior Youth Chorus members Itasca Orchestra & Strings Program Lake Superior Youth Chorus: Brett Amundson, LSYC Artistic Director; Emily Valine, LSYC Accompanist; Carolyn Mikel, LSYC Intern Dirk Meyer, DSSO Music Director Brandon VanWaeyenberghe, DSSO Executive Director J. David Arnott, DSSO Manager of Orchestra Operations Kelly Katzmarek, DSSO Marketing Director Audrey Beyer, Development Manager Karen Blais, Program Layout Kristin Sande, DSSO Music Librarian Ginger Dallin, Sales & Promotions Specialist Pedro Oviedo, Youth Symphony Conductor Melanie Sever, DSSYO Administrative Director and Concert Orchestra Conductor Kevin Hoeschen, Sinfonia Coordinator and Conductor Teresa Aho, Sinfonia Conductor and Coach Byron Klimek, Sinfonia Conductor and Coach Jeremy Craycraft, Percussion Coordinator and Coach, Substitute Youth Symphony Conductor J. David Arnott, Substitute DSSYO Retreat Conductor Ronald Kari, DSSYO Coordinator Kristin Sande, DSSYO Administrative Assistant Audrey Beyer, Stage Manager For information on joining the Duluth Superior Youth Orchestras, please visit https://dsso.com/youth/. Inquiries may be sent to Melanie Sever at msever@dsso.com.