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Program ~
Overture to Gypsy, The Musical .................................................................... Jule Styne
People will say, we’re in love from Oklahoma! ........... Rodgers and Hammerstein
Kaden Mahle, Curly
Marina Quintanilla, Laurey
Spielszene und Tanzduette from The MerryWidow............................ Franz Lehár
Kaden Mahle, Count Danilo
Marina Quintanilla, Hanna
Theme from the ButterflyLovers Violin Concerto ............................... He Zhan Hao
Carlysta Tran, violin
Hymne à l’amour ......................................................... Marguerite Monnot/Edith Piaf
Marina Quintanilla
Seth Johnson, horn ~ Intermission ~
Symphonyno. 40 in G minor, KV550 ......................................................
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, violinist ChandlerFadero currentlyserves as the Principal Second Violin of the Oklahoma CityPhilharmonic. He earned his Bachelor of Music from Appalachian State Unversity, his Master of Music from Baylor University, and Doctor of Music from the Universityof Oklahoma. His principal teachers have been Nancy Bargerstock, Bruce Berg, and GergoryLee. Other influences have been Alexander Kerr and Rachel Barton Pine.
In addition to his role in the OKC Philharmonic, he serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, and has also recentlyserved as Assistant Concertmaster of the Lawton Philharmonic, Concertmaster of the Oklahoma Haydn Festival, Concertmaster of Tactus, and Guest Concertmaster of the Norman Philharmonic.
As a soloist, Fadero has recentlyappeared with the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra and Norman Philharmonic. As the winner of the Jaqueline Avant Concerto Competition, he also performed Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with the Sewanee Summer Music Festival SymphonyOrchestra in 2021. Fadero has appeared in solo and chamber performances at the Pobal Music Festival, and Appalachian Summer Music Festival.
In partnership with the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, Fadero co-founded HIPQ (Historically-Informed Performance Quartet), which performs and records string quartet literature in the historical style on period instruments. Fadero also founded the Oklahoma CityPhilharmonic String Quartet, which will debut during the 2026-2027 season.
A diverse musician, Fadero also performs regularlywith the House Session, a Celtic and Bluegrass ensemble based out of Edmond, Oklahoma.
Outside of music, Fadero is an avid marathon runner, chess player, and pepper grower. He performs on a 1741 violin byLorenzo Casaglia and a ca. 1915 bowbyJules Fetique.
MarinaQuintanilla is an Oklahoma Citybased composer and musician. She graduated from Oklahoma CityUniversitywith her Bachelor of Arts in Voice (2020) and Masters of Music in Composition (2024). She has had commissions fom the American Choral Directors Association’s collaborative effort, The NewCanon Project; Oklahoma All-State Treble Choir, and has had her music performed at Texas Music Educators Association bythe Texas All-State Treble Choir. This summer, Marina will be performing in the ensemble of Sweeney Todd with Lyric Theatre.
KadenMahle received his Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance from Oklahoma City Universityin 2021 then his Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathologyfrom the Universityof Central Oklahoma in 2024. He has previouslybeen seen on the stage in shows such as Die Fledermaus, Susannah, and Lucia di Lamermoor during his time at OCU. He currentlyworks as a SpeechLanguage pathologist at a rehabilitation hospital in the Oklahoma Citymetro area and is excited to take part in Qui aime bien, châtie bien!
CarlystaTran is a Chicago-based musician and a recent graduate of DePaul University with her Performance Certificate. She had her first solo debut at the age of 9 with the Oklahoma City University Symphony. She has extensive leadership experience, most recently as concertmaster of DePaul Opera. She has shared the stage with names such as Augustin Hadelich, Seong-Jin Cho, Alexander Kerr, David Kim, David Halen, Jaime Laredo, and the Ariel Quartet. Carlysta is a recent recipient of a full membership for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She holds a M.M. from DePaul and B.M. from the University of Texas at Austin.
GiangVo is a first-generation Vietnamese-American conductor based in Oklahoma City. He holds a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, where he studied with Donald Schleicher, and a Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from Oklahoma CityUniversity, where he studied under Dr. Benjamin Shute and Dr. Sophia Ro. His conducting mentors also include Benjamin Manis, AndrewMegill, Jeffrey Grogan and Alexander Mickelthwate.
Giang made his operatic debut assisting Benjamin Manis, former Resident Conductor of Houston Grand Opera, in Northwestern Opera Theater’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, culminating in his conducting of the final performance to great enthusiasm. Following the success of Così fan tutte, he was invited and served as music director for the company’s fall production of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring. He also let NU OPUS’s (Opera Projects for Undergraduate Singers) production of Xavier Montsalvatge’s El Gato con Botas. Giang continued his assistant work with Music on Site’s production of Le nozze di Figaro, under Maestro Robert Kahn, as well as Berlin Opera Academy’s production of Cendrillion.
ORCHESTRA
Violins I
Chandler Fadero
Carlysta Tran
Miguel Moreno
Elizabeth Conrey
Violin II
Maria Marcos
Jose Batty
Stephen Gunn
Megan Dixon
Brayden Tran
Viola
Qingyuan Fu
Autumn Swedlow
Caden Stine
Cello
Victoria Day
Douglas Perry
David Lee Bass
Alex Lunday
Nicholas Quinnie
Pearce Wade
Flute
Thalia Hernandez Oboes
Devon Crain
Daniel Aguilar Bassoons
Tyler van Zuiden
John Kaiser Horns
Seth Johnson
Joe Charlton
A special thank you to Kevin Wilkinson and Westminster Presbyterian Church for the usage of their wonderful Payne Garden Court for this concert.
If you have enjoyed our concert and would like to make a donation to keep this orchestra an annual event, please contact Giang at giang.tp.vo@gmail.com for inquiries on ways you could support and help grow our program. We truly appreciate the time you have spent with us tonight, and we hope to continue to bring high quality musical productions in the future. Thank you and we wish you the best summer!