Jorgensen Outreach for Youth | June 2nd & 3rd, 2024

University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts Alain Frogley, Interim Dean Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Rodney Rock, Director presents

Jorgensen Outreach for Youth

JOY!

Jorgensen Outreach for Youth

JOY! Conservatory Recital 2024 Sunday, June 2 – 4:30PM Monday, June 3 – 7:00PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 | PROGRAM Prelude and Fugue in B flat, BWV 866 (from The Well Tempered Clavier) J.S. Bach Avin Perera, piano En prière Gabriel Faure Andrew Grzywacz, baritone Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Partita II BWV 1004 J.S. Bach PJ White, violin Un Sospiro Franz Liszt Matt Mardales, piano Berceuse Gabriel Fauré Soraya Barnett, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Aria J.S. Bach Alyssa Wilson, trumpet Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 12, Movement I Friedrich Seitz Selena Antwi, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano

Étude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Alexander Scriabin Sebastian Mardales, piano Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Bourrée J.S. Bach Matthew Sandoval, violin Playera, Spanish Dance Op. 23, No. 5 Pablo de Sarasate Samantha Vaughn, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Aufschwung (No. 2) Robert Schumann Sasha Dausey, piano Cello Suite 1, Courante J.S. Bach Rashad Watt, cello Recorda Me Joe Henderson Nigel Bello, trombone Dr. Ryan Burns, piano Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth Frederick Chopin Shawn Zhang, piano

MONDAY, JUNE 3 | PROGRAM Già il sole dal Gange Alessandro Scarlatti Emma Banton, voice Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Partita No. 2 in D Minor – Gigue J. S. Bach Jason Cao, violin Arabesque No.1 Claude Debussy Shloka Nathan, piano Nel cor piú non mi sento Giovanni Paisiello Sadie Wood, mezzo-soprano Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano The 3 G's Kenji Bunch Lila Gillon, viola Felicidade A. C. Jobim, arr.

Roland Dyens Aleksandra Popovic, guitar If I Loved You Oscar Hammerstein ll Leah Pallis, soprano Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Symphonie Espagnole Édouard Lalo Jerry Zhu, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano

Asturiana and Nana Manuel de Falla Savannah Bryer, mezzo-soprano Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Malagueña Sarasate Ejon Chen, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Se tu m'ami, se sospiri Giovanni B. Pergolesi Emma Ferraro, soprano Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, Movement I Vivaldi/arr. T. Nachéz Nika Onsori, violin Dr. Laura Hibbard, piano Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 - 4. Double (Presto) J.S. Bach Nikki Hang, violin A Cellist's Garden of Verses, V. Windy Nights Elaine Fine Anya Gilchenok, viola

2023 – 2024 JOY! CONSERVATORY PARTICIPANTS SELENA ANTWI is a sophomore at Manchester High school where she is involved in the orchestra, chamber orchestra, and Tri-M music honors society. She also frequently visits Illing middle school during the week to tutor younger violinists. This is Selena’s first year in the JOY program, and she is a student of Kelly Gembara.

EMMA BANTON is a homeschooled senior in high school from Columbia, CT. She has won second place in the NATS competition's high school category two years in a row and sings with UConn’s community choir for the full school year.

This is her third year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Meredith Ziegler.

SORAYA BARNETT is a junior at Manchester High School where she's a member of the orchestra and chamber orchestra.

This is her first year in the JOY! Conservator Program. She is a student of Bobby Luan.

NIGEL BELLO is a senior at East Hartford High School. He has played Trombone with the New Jersey Youth Symphony Jazz Orchestra in France and has opened at the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Festival in Downtown Hartford. This is his third year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. He has studied with Sean Nelson, Steve Davis, and Papo Vazquez.

SAVANNAH BRYER is a senior at ACT Magnet High School where she is a member of both the music pathway and Advanced Choir. This is Savannah’s first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Emily Zornado.

JASON CAO is a sophomore at E.O. Smith. High School where he is a member of the select Chamber Orchestra. This is his second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. He is a student of Samantha Drake.

EJON CHEN is an eighth-grade student at Mansfield Middle School, where she is a member of the school orchestra. She participates in the Opus 89 Orchestra and chamber groups at Hartt. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program.

She is a student of Wendy Sharp.

SASHA DAUSEY is a junior at Kingswood Oxford School.

She has studied piano with Sima Brodsky at the Hartt School of Music Community Division for many years. This is her third year in the JOY! Conservatory Program.

EMMA FERRARO is a sophomore at Ellington High School where she is a member of the Vocal Ensemble and Chorale.

She participates in multiple music festivals such as CMEA and NEMFA. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Caroline O'Dwyer.

ANYA GILCHENOK is a 14-year-old violist. She is principal of the Opus orchestra at the Hartt Community Division. Anya has played in masterclasses for Molly Carr of the Juilliard String Quartet and Emma Frucht of the Aizuri Quartet. In June 2024, Anya will be playing as a finalist in the American Viola Society Solo Competition, Junior Division at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles. She studies viola with Steve Larson.

LILA GILLON is a senior at E.O. Smith High School studying viola with Lindsey Clark. She enjoys exploring nonclassical styles of music in addition to traditional repertoire and she is active in her school's chamber orchestra and fiddle band as well as the Willimantic Orchestra. This is her second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program.

ANDREW GRZYWACZ is a junior at ACT where he is a member of both the Acapella and Select Acapella choirs. This is his second year in JOY! Conservatory Program. He is a student of Carolyn Fisher.

NIKKI HANG is a freshman at Tolland High School. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Lu Friedman.

MATT MARDALES is an eighth grade student at Sunset Ridge School. He is a member of the school band where he plays the flute and saxophone. He is also a member of the jazz band where he plays the piano. This is his first year in the JOY Program. He is a a student of Homan Cheung.

SEBASTIAN MARDALES is a junior at the Connecticut IB Academy, where he is a member of the high school orchestra and the Tri-M music honor society. He also plays in the youth chamber program at the Hartt School Community Division. He is a student of Homan Cheung.

SHLOKA NATHAN is a junior at Ellington High School where she serves as a class officer, actively contributing to fostering a positive school community. Alongside her leadership role, she finds joy in playing the piano and has been playing for the past nine years. This marks her third year as a member of the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Dr. Mo Tian.

NIKA ONSORI is a freshman at E.O. Smith High School where she is a member of both the Chorus and Orchestra. She is also a member of the Willimantic Orchestra. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Emily Deguzis.

LEAH PALLIS is a senior at Tolland High School. She also attends the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Half Day Program where she takes classes in dance, acting, and voice.

This is her second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Meredith Ziegler.

AVIN PERERA started learning piano at age 5 with Dr. Priyeshni Perera (mother), and currently studies with Dr. Angelina Gadeliya in his first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. He has

achieved distinctions in piano from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music UK. He won the award for excellence in piano performance at the Windham Regional Arts Competition in CT. ALEKSANDRA POPOVIC is a junior at ACT Magnet High School, where she is a section leader, a member of their Select Choir, and a member of National Honors Student Society. This is her third year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She has been playing guitar for ten years and is a student of Jaclyn Jones at the Hartt School of Music.

MATTHEW SANDOVAL is a sophomore at Manchester High School. He has been playing violin for two years and has been enjoying it ever since. This is his first year in JOY! Conservatory Program. He is a student of Bobby Luan.

SAM VAUGHN is a senior at Manchester High School. She is part of the Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra where she is coconcertmaster. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Susan Kohanski.

RASHAD WATT is a senior at Manchester High School where he is a member of both the Orchestra and Concert Band, as well as the Chamber Orchestra. This is his second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. He is a student of Peter Scaar.

ALYSSA WILSON is an eighth-grade student at Illing Middle School where she is a member of the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Select Jazz One Band conducted and taught by Meg Clough. She was selected this year to play in the Eastern Region Middle School Music Festival. This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Nancy Brown.

PJ WHITE is a senior at Manchester High School where she's a member of the High School Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. This is her second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Bobby Luan.

SADIE WOOD is a sophomore at the Woodstock Academy, and is involved in band, chorus, and the theatre department.

She is also a member of WA’s chamber group, the Hill Singers.

This is her first year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Meredith Ziegler.

SHAWN ZHANG is a junior at the O’Bryant School of Math and Science and a student of AJ Collins. He placed 1st place with Special Honors in the XIII Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Competition and was invited to play at Carnegie Hall. Later, he also attended the Texas International Piano Festival and passed the ABRSM Theory test with distinction. This is his second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. Outside of piano, he spends his time fencing and studying to become a physician.

MINDY ZHAO is a junior at Hall High School where she is a member of I Giovani Solisti. This is her third year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. She is a student of Teri Einfeldt.

JERRY ZHU is a sophomore at South Windsor High School where he is a member of the Chamber Orchestra. This is his second year in the JOY! Conservatory Program. He is a student of Eric Chen.

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DR. RYAN BURNS was the National Winner of The American Prize in Vocal Performance — The Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award in the professional opera division for 20172018, and a National Finalist of The American Prize in Vocal Performance - Art Song Division for 2016 - 2017. He graduated with a doctor of musical arts from the University of Connecticut in 2017 under the direction of Dr. Constance Rock, where he was a former Concerto Competition winner. While there, he served as an adjunct instructor of Opera Studio, directing the voice area’s opera outreach program. This past April, he performed as part of the MATI Concert Series at the Ukrainian Insitute of America in New York City.

Dr. Burns serves as director of music at The Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, and program coordinator for the JOY! Conservatory Scholarship Program at UConn. This past February, he conducted Pomfret Theater’s production of the musical, Into the Woods.

An avid and passionate supporter of arts education, he believes that creativity is fundamental to the human experience and that all of us are artists.

DR. LAURA HIBBARD, a native of Canada, holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Jacob Lateiner. The New York Daily News has called her “…America’s answer to Alicia de Larrocha.” She earned her Ph.D. in Theory and History from UConn in December.

Her research interests include the 12-tone music of Roger Sessions, the subject of her dissertation, and Performance and Analysis. She is the Music Director at Park Congregational Church in Norwich, where she runs the Sundays in the Parlor chamber music series. Laura has performed as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician throughout the United States and Canada. Before coming to UConn, she was a part-time faculty member and collaborative pianist in the music department at the University of Rhode Island.

JOY!

Jorgensen Outreach for Youth

The University of Connecticut and Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts wishes to thank our generous sponsors for supporting the JOY! Conservatory Program for the 2024-2025 season.

Corporate / Foundation Sponsors SBM Charitable Foundation Diamond / $1000+ Honey & Harry Birkenruth Harry & Lynn Johnson James Knox Jean & John Lenard Nancy & John Silander Mrs. Nora Stevens Ruby / $300+ Becky & Scott Lehmann The University of Connecticut League, Inc

Sapphire / $100+ Ms. Margaret Dillon & Dr. Larry Bowman Maryellen Donnelly & James Krall Jan Huber Carol & David Jordan Craig Knox In memory of Jane L. Knox The McChesney Family In honor of James Knox Pearl / up to $99 Sabrina & Daniel Bowersett Paul D'Italia Karen Jason Robin Lubatkin Bonnie Ryan

Thank you to everyone who donated to JOY! during UConn Gives this past April!

2024 Donors

Anonymous Donors Terrence Abney & Velda Alfred-Abney Paul Aho & Elena Sevilla Miss Kimberly Allen Timothy Alstrum Mrs. Sarah Arruda Bill Baronas Nancy Bauer Carina & Michael Bies Mr. & Mrs. Kent & Maria Boudreau Colleen Bridgeman Dr. Ryan Burns Mr. Ryan Casey Anne D'Alleva Mrs. & Mr. Kimberly & John DeBaise Diane Dunlap Susannah Everett Annie Feather Beth Feather Mr. & Mrs. Harris Friedlander Dr. Alain Frogley Ray Gomes Cynthia Herlihy Arielle Hill-Moses Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv In honor of Prof. Anne D'Alleva

Ms. Cathy Jameson & Ms. Renee Fournier Rachel Katz Jacqueline Kennedy Diane Kivney Lin & Waldo Klein James Knox Timothy & Ellen Kocher Dr. Diane Lillo-Martin & Mr. Stephen Martin Gracie Martin Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Erika McNeil Ms. Emily Murray Ms. Julia Olson Mr. & Mrs. Jay & Laura Pawlyk Michelle Polgar Michael Polo & Arlette de Koning Lauren Prause Rodney & Constance Rock Viga Rood Leann Sanders Ms. Beverly Sims Jennifer & Michael Stassen Ms. Annie Suite Mr. Donald Swinton In honor of Jayda McKerley - Happy Graduation 2024!

Miss Julie Wood

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 JOY! Conservatory Program!

The deadline to apply is FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024.