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Juventas New Music Ensemble is a contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. Juventas shares classical music as a vibrant, living art form. We bring audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.
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Since its founding in 2005, Juventas has performed the music of over 200 living composers. The ensemble has earned a reputation as a curator with a keen eye for new talent. It opens doors for composers with top-notch professional performances that present their work in the best possible light.
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Recognition for the ensemble’s work includes the American Prize Ernst Bacon Award for Performance of American Music and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Boston Foundation. Juventas is featured on albums by Innova Recordings, Parma Records and New Dynamic Records, and has held residencies at Boston Conservatory, Harvard University, Longy School of Music, Middlebury College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Juventas has a storied history of dynamic collaboration with artists in other media, including dancers, painters, scientists, poets, puppeteers and robotics engineers. A leader in the field, Juventas also facilitates the Boston New Music Festival, a weeklong showcase of Boston’s contemporary music scene.
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR After a year at home, we invite you to travel the world with Juventas! Tonight, we offer music from every inhabited continent, with compositional voices as diverse as the countries they come from. This year, perhaps more than any in our lifetime, has reminded us that we are indeed one world. With challenges ranging from COVID to climate change, it will take all of us to secure a better tomorrow. This means each doing our own part. It also means loving and respecting people of every race, faith and gender. We hope our programming reminds you of our common humanity.
Oliver Caplan Artistic Director
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Apologia at Umzimvubu (2003) Bongani Ndodana-Breen Nick Southwick, flute; Ryan Shannon, violin; Minjin Chung, cello Making Angels (2001) Katy Abbott Nick Southwick, flute; Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet; Julia Scott Carey, piano Moon Over West River (2014)* Chun-Hay Shing Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet; Julia Scott Carey, piano Untranslatable (Violin Sonata No. 1) (2017)* Ryan Shannon, violin; Julia Scott Carey, piano
Evan Fein
INTERMISSION Kimsa Harawicha (2016)* Kelley Hollis, soprano; Nick Southwick, flute
Daniel Cueto
Without You (2016)* Tamilla Ahadova Kelley Hollis, soprano; Julia Scott Carey, piano Croquis Parisien (2009) Martin Loridan Kelley Hollis, soprano; Ryan Shannon, violin; Olga Patramanska-Bell, violin; Lu Yu, viola; Minjin Chung, cello — 2018 Audience Favorite — Juventas’s 2020-21 Season “Now More Than Ever” is generously sponsored by John A. Carey. This program is supported in part by grants from the Boston Cultural Council and Medford Arts Council, local commissions that are supported by the Mass Cultural Council.
Canciones de Monteverde (2020) Oliver Caplan Ryan Shannon, violin; Olga Patramanska-Bell, violin; Lu Yu, viola; Minjin Chung, cello — World Premiere — * Call for Scores Winner
IN THE COMPOSERS’ OWN WORDS Bongani Ndodana-Breen Apologia at Umzimvubu This piece stems from my fascination with certain aspects of Xhosa culture and the cultural landmarks that are part of everyday life in the heartland of the former Transkei, now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Umzimvubu (literally “house of the hippopotamus”) is a river. It’s a rather grand name that has always captured my imagination. One imagines that at some point in history the place must have had plenty of these beautiful creatures around – enough for them to be imbedded in the folklore of the area. The use of apologia in the title is informed by Greek classicism – essentially the work then becomes a defense, an unwavering explanation of culture and this composer’s personal identity through a piece of music. The music is full of dance. It begins with an animated dance (Vivace. Metronome mark is dotted quarter note at 105). This section is inspired by recollections of various dances and how the Xhosa young people move to music. A transformation occurs with tempo and time signature change at letter D (Metronome mark: dotted half note now at 52). Here elderly Xhosa matrons appear. Their dance is less animated and inspired by the Xhosa dance umxhenstso.
Katy Abbott Making Angels The inspiration behind this piece comes from the sculptures of Michelangelo’s sculptures Four Prisoners / Quattro Prigioni that date from ca.1521 -1523 and are housed in Florence, Italy at the Galleria ‘Dell Accademia. I recall being shocked when viewing the sculptures due to the raw power I perceived them to
muster as they try to escape the marble block. The music tries to capture the inseparability of the prisoner and the marble, the textural differences within the sculpture but also the wrought emotion portrayed by the figures. A companion piece for Making Angels was composed in 2010: Music for Demons is scored for alto flute, bass clarinet and piano. Making Angels inspired the architectural design of a sustainable house based on the music and the program note (through Breathe Architecture). The house was a finalist in the Victorian Architectural Awards for house of 220Sqm in 2014, Australia.
Chun-Hay Shing Moon Over West River The title of the work is borrowed from a “ci pai”, a set pattern of “ci”, a traditional form of Chinese poetry. One of the most famous poets writing “ci” is Su Shi (1037 1101), several of whose poems carry the same title as this work. One of them depicts a night of full moon but with clouds covering it most of the time — a feeling of incompleteness and solitude grabs the poet’s heart. By opposing dark and luminous sonorities, this piece paints the scene and expresses a similar melancholy.
Evan Fein Untranslatable (Violin Sonata No. 1) It’s fairly rare that I find myself moved by clickbait, but some time ago a list of words lacking English equivalents was making the rounds on Facebook. A lifelong lover of languages, I couldn’t resist, and actually found myself quite touched by some of the beautiful concepts other cultures have managed to encapsulate in single words. When my friend Andrew Sords—a captivating and enigmatic performer—broached the idea of a commission, somehow the idea of doing a piece about a few of these alluring words felt right. Forelsket - n. (Norwegian: for-elz-kut) The euphoria felt
when first falling in love. Fika - n. (Swedish: fee-kah) 1. A midday break taken for the purpose of drinking coffee, eating pastries, and socializing with colleagues. 2. v. To take such a break. Hiraeth - n. (Welsh: hee-ryeth) A nostalgic longing for the past; grief or homesickness for a home to which return is impossible, or which perhaps never even existed.
Daniel Cueto Kimsa Harawicha At the heart of this piece are three anonymous lyrics in Kechwa, the most widely spoken non-European language in the Americas. An ancient tongue, it became the official language of the great Inca Empire, and is still spoken by about 10 million people in present-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina. Having been an important symbol of status and high culture before the European Conquest, it developed a refined literature which has continued to live and develop orally throughout the centuries. The specific texts I have chosen for this work reflect this sophistication of sonority and meaning. They are anonymous lyrics from the Apurímac region in central Peru, gathered by prominent Peruvian author and anthropologist José María Arguedas (1911-1969). After comparing these accounts to alternative versions by other native speakers, and relying on my own basic knowledge of the language, I made some minor modifications on the original texts and thus created my own renditions for the purpose of this work. “Kimsa harawicha”, the work’s title, can be translated as “Three songs”.
Tamilla Ahadova Without You
on smoke-filled Parisian roofs to the author’s dreamy evocation of Plato as he wanders the streets of Paris.
The work was written in the words of the great Azerbaijani poet Nasimi, who lived in the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries. The words of the composition glorify unrequited love, but in spite of everything, the main character’s unique love shows itself.
The musical setting is made of four parts separated by three instrumental transitions. These misterioso transitions act as reminiscences of the moonlighted and smoke-filled roofs of the first verse and create the formal unity of the piece.
The music associated with the idea expressed in each verse develops tonally, harmonically, and registrally. Music in different words shows us loneliness and can be taken literally as meaning “without you” (Sənsiz), expressing great love. The piece reaches its culmination with the intonation “Gəl” (come), as if calling his great love in his heart. There, a solo piano can be heard. After the solo, hopes seem to be dashed. In the reprise of the composition, the main tonality is obtained. The composition is completed with the intonation of loneliness (“Without you” – Sənsiz) and expression of the unrequited and great love of the character.
Martin Loridan Croquis Parisien A setting of Paul Verlaine’s Croquis parisien (1866), this work was commissioned by “Culture Esperance Roquette” (Paris). It is the result of an international collaboration between the string quartet Korutet (New Zealand), the French soprano Alice Fagard and a network of international composers I co-founded in 2013. Short and dense, Paul Verlaine’s Croquis parisien is a masterpiece. The “musical” use of the French language is particularly rich, as the three verses of the poem contain a great diversity of places and atmospheres - from the geometrical description of the moonlight’s reflection
Oliver Caplan Canciones de Monteverde In December 2019, I journeyed to Monteverde, Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. After a long day traveling from Boston, I woke before sunrise to meet a local naturalist. Over the next five hours, binoculars in hand, we saw over 50 species of birds. Birdwatching revealed that a rainbow was hiding in plain sight. I was in awe of the naturalist’s talent to notice the slightest movement or flash of color. Of course, not all birds were looking to camouflage. For those looking to strut their stuff, nothing was more recognizable than their signature songs, weaving in and out of the cloud forest symphony. Canciones de Monteverde is built on musical interpretations of seven calls, a small sample from five hours in one of nature’s most melodious halls. The birds represented are the Collared Trogan, Lessons Mot Mot, Green-crowned Brilliant, Black Faced Solitaire, Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Red-billed Pidgeon and Grey-breasted Wren. Writing this music in spring 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, was a bittersweet endeavor. An avid traveler, I find unending joy meeting new people, learning about their cultures, and exploring diverse ecosystems. Staying at home for months on end has been an exercise of memory and anticipation. This piece recalls one perfect morning. I hope that it reminds you of your own grand adventures.
TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Without You Text by Nasimi Translation by Aida Huseynova
Kimsa Harawicha Text by anonymous I. URQUPI ICHU KAÑASQAY
I. THE ICHU THAT I BURNED ON THE MOUNTAIN
Urqupi ichu kañasqay Qasapi ichu kañasqay Kunankamachus rawracha kunankamachus rupacha
The ichu that I burned on the mountain The ichu that I burned at the top perhaps it is still in flames perhaps it is still ablaze
Hinalla rawrakuptinqa Hinalla rupariptinqa Warma wiqichaykiwan Challaykuy! Warma wiqichaykiwan Chasnuykuy!
If it’s still in flames If it’s still ablaze With your child tears (please) Smother it! With your child tears (please) Put it out!
II. PATIBAMBALLAY
II. PATIBAMBALLAY
Sənsiz
Without You
Gəl, еy dilbər, məni gör kim, nеcə хoş yanaram sənsiz, Odundan acı hicranın su oldum, aхaram sənsiz.
My beloved, come and see how I am burning without you, You have burned the fire that turns me into the flowing water without you
Хəyalın gəlmiş, еy huri, gözüm qarşısına durmuş, Fəraqindən yanır bağrım, хəyala baхaram sənsiz.
My angel, I see your reflection in front of my eyes, My heart is burning of separation, as I can only look at your reflection without you
Patibamballay Patisachallay Sunqu ruruchaykiqa qurimantas kasqa qullqimantas kasqa
Oh tree Tree of Patibamba nobody knew that your heart was made of gold that you chest was made of silver
The cruel separation is devastating my heart, İt is ruining me and I can’t exist without you.
III. KACHARPARI
III. FAREWELL
Kunanmi ripunay punchaw. manam kunanqa ripusaqchu, paqarinñam.
This is the day of my departure. I’m not leaving today, but tomorrow.
Amansız firqətin hər dəm bu viran kön lümün şəhrin Əsasi-rəsmini yıхar, nеtəkim yaparam sənsiz. Gəl, еy məhbubi-ruhani ki, hər dəm boynuma qəmdən Fəraqin, həsrətin, şövqin ipini taхaram sənsiz. Nəsimi canını еşqin yolunda еylədi qurban, Anın adın bu mə’nidən qan ilə yazaram sənsiz.
Come, my beloved, I am suffering every moment of my life now, I am wearing a robe of separation and sadness without you. Nasimi sacrificed himself in the path of love And I will use my blood to write down the story of my being without you.
Lluqsiptiy qawawankichik chuspi tullu waqachichkaqta, kusikusi llikamanta unanchantinta; tinyaymi sisipa runtun kanqa Muntirayqá? Muntirayqa qintipa qisanmi kanqa!
You will watch me depart playing a whistle made from a fly’s bone bearing, as a flag, a spider web My drum will be the egg of an ant And my headpiece? My headpiece will be a hummingbird’s nest!
Croquis parisien Text by Paul Verlaine Croquis parisien La lune plaquait ses teintes de zinc Par angles obtus. Des bouts de fumée en forme de cinq Sortaient drus et noirs des hauts toits pointus. Le ciel était gris. La bise pleurait Ainsi qu’un basson. Au loin, un matou frileux et discret Miaulait d’étrange et grêle façon. Moi, j’allais, rêvant du divin Platon Et de Phidias, Et de Salamine et de Marathon, Sous l’oeil clignotant des bleus becs de gaz. TRANSLATION The moon was shedding her plates of zinc In obtuse angles. The plumes of smoke like ‘fives’ distinct Rose thick and black from high roof-tangles. The sky was grey, there wept a breeze Like a bassoon. Far off, a tom-cat, stealthy, discreet, Miaowed, oh strangely out of tune. I, walked, of divine Plato dreaming And of Phidias,Salamis, Marathon, under twinkling Eyes, eyes of blue jets of gas.
COMPOSERS BONGANI NDODANA-BREEN
by UNISA and Three Orchestral Songs on Poems of Ingrid Jonker performed by the Cape Town Philharmonic. 2018 saw the world premiere of his Harmonia Ubuntu by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä on their historic tour to South Africa as part of the Nelson Mandela Centennial. Recordings of his music are available on Naxos’ Capriccio label and MSR Classics. Ndodana-Breen has a PhD (Music Composition) from Rhodes University and is a 2019/2020 Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. He was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music in 1998 and selected as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans of 2011. He was Director of the Canadian new music organization Ensemble Noir from 1999 - 2007. According to Canada’s The Globe and Mail “He seems to be just as interested in giving pleasure as in opening people’s minds... which makes him doubly a novelty on the Toronto New Music scene” (Globe and Mail, Nov 2001).
concepts of connection, place and humour, Abbott’s compositions are performed, published and recorded around the world.
KATY ABBOTT
‘In my music,’ she says, ‘I am trying to capture the little things that make us human. I seek to unpack the human side of life; humour, foibles, quirky things we do and say, beauty, grief and friendship.’
Abbott’s work has won numerous prestigious awards including the Boston Metro Opera ‘Gold Prize’ for Art Song, Australia Council of the Arts Fellowship (Music), 2019 Paul Lowin Prize (song-cycle) and the Albert H. Maggs Prize for Composition. Abbott has five solo albums of her work on ABC Classics and MOVE Records and her two orchestral works for education programs (The Peasant Prince and Introduced Species) are frequently programmed by the major Australian symphony orchestras. Katy Abbott’s most recent compositions have been major works within her Hidden Thoughts series. She is Senior Lecturer in Composition at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne and Director of Dinner For Breakfast: Illuminate. Challenge. Change.
b. 1975 Bongani Ndodana-Breen has written a wide range of music encompassing symphonic work, opera, chamber music and vocal music. According to The New York Times his “delicately made music - airy, spacious, terribly complex but never convoluted has a lot to teach the Western wizards of metric modulation and layered rhythms about grace and balance.” He has received commissions from the Minnesota Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall, Vancouver Recital Society, Madam Walker Theatre Indianapolis, SAMRO, UNISA, Stellenbosch Chamber Music Festival, the Emancipation Festival of Trinidad & Tobago, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Luminato Festival Toronto and Haydn Festspiele Eisenstadt. He is the composer of Winnie, The Opera, based on the life of Mrs Winnie Mandela. Other recent major works include the sinfonia concertante Emhlabeni for pianist Florian Uhling, the multimedia oratorio Credo commissioned
b. 1971 Composer Katy Abbott is forensically curious about what makes us tick. Her music explores our passions, fears and motivations using contemporary musical flavours in traditional musical settings. Musing on the
CHUN-HAY SHING
Currently Shing is pursuing a Doctor of Music degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong under Professor Wendy Wan-ki Lee, supported by Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.
EVAN FEIN
Evan Fein holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition, he pursued auxiliary studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and L’École Normale de Musique de Paris (EAMA). His primary teachers included Robert Beaser, Samuel Adler, Michel Merlet, Margaret Brouwer, and Gerardo Teissonnière.
b. 1989 Chun-hay SHING identifies creativity with its power to inspire new perception of music, art and life. His works have travelled across continents, performed in concerts and music festivals in recently Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Russia and the USA. As a composer, he has worked with many musicians in his native Hong Kong: pianist Mary Wu, conductor Lio Kuokman, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Band Directors Wind Orchestra; as well as overseas: Ensemble Kochi (Japan), Juventas New Music Ensemble (Boston, USA), and Ensemble Mise-en (New York, USA), among others. He is a winner of the Rapee Sagarik Composition Award in the 15th Thailand International Composers Competition 2019 and First Prize winner of New Generation 2015 (presented by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild). He was also one of the ten finalists chosen out of over 800 anonymous submissions in International Competition for Young Composers “New Classics” 2018, organised by Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Alea Publishing and Recording has published his Moon over the West River, for clarinet and piano.
Poche since 2012. His first opera, The Raven’s Kiss, based on Icelandic folk stories, was premiered in concert at Juilliard in 2011. His second, L’Île des sept sœurs, a Southern Gothic tale, was given its premiere in Paris in 2013 by Opéra de Poche. City of Ashes, which follows the stories of two German women in the days immediately following the fall of Berlin in 1945, was presented by Opéra de Poche in 2015 in Paris and again in Beijing in 2016.
b. 1984 American composer Evan Fein was born in Cleveland, Ohio and currently resides in New York City, where he serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School PreCollege and Evening Divisions. His music has been widely performed at home and abroad — including in France, Germany, China, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands — and has been performed by organizations including Musica Sacra, Opéra de Poche, The Albany Symphony, Marble City of Opera, Five Boroughs Music Festival, and The New York Choreographic Institute. He was awarded the Palmer Dixon Prize for Outstanding Composition, is the recipient of honors from the ASCAP Foundation, Boston Metro Opera, and the American Scandinavian Society, and additionally serves as Trustee for Artistic Initiatives for the Oratorio Society of New York. Evan Fein has served as Composer-in-Residence for the Paris-based chamber opera troupe Opéra de
TAMILLA AHADOVA
b. 1995 Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, composer Tamilla Ahadova studied in the Bulbul School of Music as a pianist. Later, she attended the Baku Music Academy for composition with famous Azerbaijani composer Arif Melikov, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2017 and a master’s in 2019 with a red diploma
distinction. Ahadova is the winner of the Azerbaijani International Romance Competition and has had her music played in many different countries and artistic scenes in Azerbaijan. In 2018 the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra performed Ahadova’s symphony and in 2019 the orchestra also performed her Piano Concerto where she performed as the soloist. In June and September her romance “Without you” will be performed in New York. Ahadova’s works: Piano preludes (2 book), 6 pieces for violin and piano, Theme and variations for string orchestra and piano, Sonata for piano (3 mvt), Symphonic suite, Symphonic poem, Symphony (3mvt), Piano concerto (with symphonic orchestra ), 3 romances, Suite Memories for string orchestra (4 mvt), etc.
DANIEL CUESTO
b. 1986 Born and raised in Lima to a Peruvian father and American mother, Daniel Cueto’s work is reflective of his broad cultural experiences within European, North American and South American music. His compositions have been described as “cleverly melding rich traditional Peruvian melodies and rhythms with a contemporary flair, creating a style that is both pleasing and accessible to the listener and performer.”
To date, his works have been performed in eighteen countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Norway, Malta, Argentina, Brazil and the USA. Having studied and worked in Germany for many years, he fulfilled commissions for such institutions as Deutschlandradio, the Musikschule Bonn, the KHM Köln and the Robert-Schumann University Düsseldorf, and served as a member of the jury in the 29th Composition Competition of the City of Siegburg. His strong affinity for teaching led him to become an associate lecturer at the Detmold University of Music and at the Cologne University of Music and Dance from 2016 to 2019. In counterpoint to his work as composer and educator, Daniel is an accomplished flute player who is active in a wide array of projects. He has performed solo, chamber and orchestral concerts in nine countries, including Germany, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain and the USA. He has appeared as concerto soloist four times with two Peruvian orchestras, the most recent highlight being the premiere of his own Flute Concerto No. 1 “Tale of the Chimú” with the Trujillo Symphony in August 2019.
MARTIN LORIDAN
b. 1980 Martin Loridan graduated from the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. He is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Leeds, UK. He has collaborated with orchestras and ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Mise-en, Quatuor Tana, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and soloists such as Claude Delangle, Rohan de Saram andYumi Suehiro. His work has been performed at venues and festivals such as the Gasteig Philharmonie (Munich), the Barbican centre (London), BKA theater-Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), Mise-En Festival (New York), and the Impuls Festival (Graz). He has been awarded prizes in several composition competitions, such as the Reinl Foundation Prize (Vienna), André Jolivet Prize (Paris), and the Vareler Prize (Berlin). He is also the recipient of prestigious academic grants and awards such as the Stanley Burton Research Scholarship and the Leeds Doctoral Scholarship. He was recently awarded the ‘Villa Salammbô’ artist Residence by the Institut Français and spent several months in Tunisia to study traditional practices. His work and research investigate air and breath (“souffle”) as a physical composition material. His scores are published at BabelScores.
OLIVER CAPLAN
200,000 times; 2012 debut album Illuminations; and tracks on Trio Siciliano’s Exploring Music (2018, U07 Records) and the Sinfonietta of Riverdale’s New World Serenade (2016, Albany Records). A leader in the field of contemporary classical music, Mr. Caplan is the Artistic Director of Juventas New Music Ensemble. Mr. Caplan holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the Boston Conservatory, is a voting member of the Recording Academy, and resides in Medford, Massachusetts.
b. 1982 Award-winning American composer Oliver Caplan writes melodies that nourish our souls, offering a voice of hope in an uncertain world. Inspired by the resiliency of the human spirit and beauty of the natural world, his music celebrates stories of social justice, conservation and community. Mr. Caplan’s works have been performed in over 175 performances nationwide. He has been commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players, Bella Piano Trio, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Columbia University Wind Ensemble and New Hampshire Master Chorale, among others. Winner of a Special Citation for the American Prize in Orchestral Composition, additional recognitions include two Veridian Symphony Competition Wins, the Fifth House Ensemble Competition Grand Prize, eight ASCAP Awards, and fellowships at Ragdale, VCCA and the Brush Creek Foundation. Recordings of Mr. Caplan’s music include his 2017 release You Are Not Alone, which has been featured on Apple Music’s Classical A-list and streamed over
MUSICIANS JULIA SCOTT CAREY piano
Jon Saxton and Barbara Fox have generously sponsored Julia Scott Carey for the 2020-21 concert season. Julia Scott Carey began her music training at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where she received the Lanier Prize for Most Outstanding Graduating Senior. She was one of the first students admitted to the Harvard-NEC joint degree program, through which she received a master’s degree in composition. She received a second master’s degree in collaborative piano from Boston University. Julia is the Minister of Music at the Central Square Congregational Church in Bridgewater, where
she leads the adult and children’s choirs from the keyboard. She is one of the accompanists for the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the Boston Symphony Children’s Choir. She also serves as the accompanist for the Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, the Dedham Choral Society, the Boston College University Chorale, and the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. She previously served as the pianist for the Handel and Haydn Society’s Educational Vocal Quartet, the Wellesley College Chamber Singers, and the Boston Children’s Chorus. She is also a founder and core ensemble member of Juventas New Music Ensemble. As a composer, her orchestral works have been performed by numerous orchestras, including the BSO and the Boston Pops, and her works have been broadcast on national TV and radio in the United States and in Russia. She was the youngest composer ever published by the Theodore Presser Company. She was also chosen to arrange a folk song for Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Chang to play at Deval Patrick’s inaugural ball. She has served as a music director or accompanist for over forty opera and musical theater productions. Productions for which Julia was the music director include Cy Coleman’s City of Angels with the Longwood Players and Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg with OperaHub. Reviewing a performance Julia conducted of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with the Hubbard Hall Opera Company, the Berkshire Hudson Arts Review said “the players and singers were not just led, but were energized. Schicchi is a tough score, and Julia stood the test.”
Also passionate about early music, Julia music directed a staged performance of four of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault’s Cantatas with the Harvard Early Music Society, which was taken on tour to Versailles. She also music directed a performance of John Eccles’ Semele with the same organization. Speaking of her performance as a harpsichordist in the Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of Le nozze di Figaro, the Boston Musical Intelligencer said, “The unwavering harpsichord accompaniment of Julia Carey richly and expressively textured the recitatives.” Julia currently works as a musicianship teacher and department coordinator at the Suzuki School in Newton. She also taught an undergraduate music theory class at Boston College, served as a keyboard harmony teaching fellow at NEC, and worked as a musical theatre teacher at the Belvoir Terrace Arts Camp and the Boston Children’s Theatre. Julia lives in Winchester with her husband and her daughter. In addition to music, she loves cooking, running, and spending time on Cape Cod.
MINJIN CHUNG cello
Leslie Jacobson Kaye and Richard Kaye have generously sponsored Minjin Chung for the 2020-21 concert season. Minjin Chung is a cellist based in Boston who enjoys an active career as a freelance musician and is on the cello faculty of the Dedham School of Music. Praised by the Boston Music Intelligencer for her “beautiful sweeping melody played with grace” she has appeared in the top concert halls in the world such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. She is an avid performer of new music and has premiered countless new works throughout her years as a student and in her professional career. As an orchestral player, she has attended the Aspen Music Festival as a New Horizon Fellow and has performed with the Sinfonia da Camera, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the New World Symphony. As a soloist, she has received awards from the Richmond Symphony Orchestra Concerto
Competition, Virginia Lions Club Bland Music Competition, Virginia String Teachers Association Solo Competition, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Concerto Competition. Born in South Korea, Ms. Chung moved to the U.S. at the age of 5 and grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia where she began her musical studies. Upon falling madly in love with classical music at the age of 17, she graduated from high school a year early to focus on preparing for music school auditions. She was awarded a full tuition scholarship to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as a student of Dmitry Kouzov and received her master’s degree at the New England Conservatory as a student of Natasha Brofsky. In her free time, she loves to paint, go to the beach, and take long walks with her dog, Jackie.
KELLEY HOLLIS
soprano
Karen and Fred Ruymann have generously sponsored Kelley Hollis for the 2020-21 concert season. Kelley Hollis is a classically trained soprano known for her interpretations of new and lesser
known works. Last year Kelley was featured on the album Arnold Rosner’s Requiem (Toccata Records), recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. In 2018 she performed a concert at the Prague Castle in the Czech Republic, along with a series of recitals in cities throughout the country, as a featured artist with the Americké jaro festival. In addition to singing with Juventas, Kelley performs with and serves on the board of Opera on Tap Boston. In 2019 she sang the role of Rosalinda in MassOpera’s critically acclaimed production of Die Fledermaus, and premiered the role of Juana in the Omar Najmi’s En el ardiente oscuridad. Her other opera roles include Mimi in Puccini’s La femme boheme, Beth in Adamo’s Little Women (Metrowest Opera), Eliza in Muhly’s Dark Sisters (Third Eye Theater Ensemble); Florencia Grimaldi in Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Micaela in Le Tragedie de Carmen, Harper in Eötvös’ Angels in America (BU Opera Institute) and Nina in Pasatieri’s The Seagull (Opera del West). Ms. Hollis has performed twice at Boston Symphony Hall: In 2016 she appeared as the First Orphan in The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concert production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier alongside Renee Fleming and Susan Graham, and in 2015 she was the soprano soloist for Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, performing with the BU Symphony Orchestra. Her most recent concert repertoire includes Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Handel’s Messiah, and Faure’s Requiem.
In 2014, Ms. Hollis was a finalist for Lyric Opera Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and in 2011 Kelley received an encouragement award at the district level from the Metropolitan Opera National Council. Kelley Hollis received both her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Boston University Opera Institute. Kelley is also a graduate of A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
WOLCOTT HUMPHREY
clarinet
Bill and Paula Luria Caplan have generously sponsored Wolcott Humphrey for the 2020-21 concert season. Clarinetist Wolcott Humphrey, originally from western New York, earned a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ithaca College in 2006, and went on to earn an M.M. and a Graduate Diploma in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Wolcott has studied clarinet with
E. Michael Richards, Richard Faria, William Wrzesien, and Craig Nordstrom. Humphrey is passionate about new music, and has performed in contemporary chamber ensembles in Ithaca, Providence (Ensemble Parallax), and Boston (Juventas and Sound Icon) as well as at the Charles E. Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music. He was also in the premiere performance of White Snake Projects’ comic opera REV. 23 in Boston. Humphrey was the principal clarinetist of the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds, performing Martin Ellerby’s Clarinet Concerto with the group in 2011. While living in Providence, he was the principal clarinetist of Fall River Symphony, the co-principal clarinetist of the American Band, and a member of several woodwind chamber groups. Humphrey is the assistant principal clarinetist of the Met Winds, performing the Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto with the group at the Association of Concert Bands convention in New Jersey and at the Festival of Bands in Boston. Humphrey performs with Brookline Symphony, and the chamber ensembles Some Assembly Required and the Kalliope Ensemble. Wolcott has been the core clarinetist of Juventas New Music Ensemble since 2012.
OLGA PATRAMANSKA -BELL
violin
Oliver Caplan and Chris Beagan have generously sponsored Olga Patramanska-Bell for the 2020-21 concert season. Olga Patramanska-Bell was born and raised in Ukraine, where she received her musical education. After finishing her B.M. at the R.M. Glier Kyiv State Higher Music College and studying a few years at the National Musical Academy of Ukraine, she came to Boston to continue her education at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. She received her M.M. under the guidance of Mark Lakirovich. Patramanska-Bell is an active performer and participant in numerous concerts, projects and festivals. She is a winner of Concerto competition and Honors competition at the Longy School of Music, and has performed as a soloist with the
Longy Chamber Orchestra, National Pops Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra in Ukraine. Patramanska-Bell is a winner of several competitions in Ukraine and has travelled through Europe performing solo recitals and playing in violin ensembles. Currently, Patramanska-Bell is on the string faculty at the Winchester Community Music School, is a member of Zefira trio, Grand Harmonie, an assistant member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony New Hampshire, member of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. Patramanska-Bell performed with such groups as Boston New Music Initiative, Equilibrium Ensemble, Walden Chamber Music Players, ECCE ensemble, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Served as a concertmaster for Boston Opera Collaborative, Harvard’s Lowell House Opera and Commonwealth Lyric Theater. This year’s engagements include performances with Juventas New Music Ensemble and Sound Icon. In addition to giving private lessons Patramanska-Bell is actively playing chamber music with her friends in the Greater Boston area.
RYAN SHANNON
violin
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NICHOLAS SOUTHWICK
flute
Kevin Mathieu has generously sponsored Ryan Shannon for the 2020-21 concert season. Ryan Shannon began his musical journey in the mountains of Colorado at five years old when his father, an amateur pianist, gave him his first violin. Sensing his love of music, his parents made it possible for him to attend the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Ryan continued his studies at the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Lucy Chapman and Nicholas Kitchen, graduating in 2014. As a student, Ryan had the life-changing opportunity to attend the Center for the Development of Arts Leaders program at From The Top. Through this year-long partnership with the Hope Lodge, a residence for cancer patients, He learned that music can bring together those who are struggling through difficult circumstances. In recent years he has worked to bring this love to as many people as possible. He does this as an educator, as a member of Palaver Strings, and as an explorer of new music with Juventas New Music Ensemble, whose vivacious energy creates
Praised by the Royal Gazette for his “beautiful phrasing” and “bright and lively playing” and by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for his “admirable ensemble cohesion,” flutist Nicholas Southwick made his international solo debut at the age of 18 performing the music of J.S. Bach with the Bermuda Chamber Orchestra in Hamilton, Bermuda and has since performed in Austria, France, the United Kingdom, and northern Italy, where he held a principal flute fellowship position at the Trentino Festival. He holds awards from the Presser Foundation, Orchestra of the Americas, and Bay Chamber Concerts. Based in Boston, Nicholas is core flutist of the Juventas New Music Ensemble and enjoys an active career as a freelance musician throughout New England, appearing with the Boston Opera Collaborative, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Festival Orchestra, Harvard
Radcliffe Choral Society, Manchester Choral Society, Salem Classical, King’s Chapel Recital Series, and Bay Chamber Concerts, among many others. Nicholas received his Bachelor of Arts degree Summa Cum Laude in music and French from Gordon College, where he was the first prizewinner of the 2015 Concerto Competition. He earned his graduate degree at Bard College’s Longy School of Music under the tutelage of Marco Granados and Robert Willoughby. He also studied with Andrea Mairhofer at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria and has performed in masterclasses for Trevor Wye, Lorna McGhee, Rachel Brown, Samuel Coles, and Jean Ferrandis. In demand as an instructor, Nicholas serves on the flute faculties of the Tufts University Community Music Programs, Concord Conservatory of Music, and Ipswich Schools. In 2017, he traveled to Cap-Haitian, Haiti under the auspices of the Fulbright Association to teach flutists at the Institut de Musique “Cemuchca.”
LU YU
viola
Born in China, Lu Yu began her musical studies at the age of six on violin. She started to play viola as her principal instrument at age twelve at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China. Her studies then took her to the Royal Academy of Music in London with a full scholarship where she learned under the tutelage of Matthew Souter for the Bachelor of Music degree. Ms. Yu then studied with Marcus Thompson at the New England Conservatory in Boston where she received her Master of Music degree. Among her numerous awards, she was granted “The Young Musician of 2008” in Hong Kong. Her performance career has led to being the founding violist of the Loki String Quartet which is in residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Ms. Yu is also principal violist of the Boston Civic Symphony, performs with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, was recently co-principal viola of the Missouri Symphony and frequently performs with many of the ensembles around the Boston area.
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