FestivalSouth 2023 Music Program

2023 music

CONTENTS the (NOT SO) SILENT MOVIE an evening with

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ELLA FITZGERALD

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SONGS of LOVE & LOSS

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AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

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MISSA ROMANTICA

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spectacular, SPECTACULAR

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bee(R)thoven

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YOUTH ORCHESTRA

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MATT MAESON

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CELEBRACIÓN NOCTURNA

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VOICES OF FREEDOM

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FestivalSouth is a division of the Hattiesburg Concert Association (HCA).

The mission of the HCA is to present high caliber and diverse artists and cultural events that enrich, engage and educate our community and state; contribute to the state's creative economy by serving as a cultural leader in and around the region and nation; and provide cutting edge cultural and educational opportunities for artists of all levels and ages

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This project is supported in part by the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT SOUTHERN MISS

Clyde Bryant

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AN EVENING WITH

Ella Fitzgerald

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Love & loss

SONGS OF

Featuring Jonathan Yarrington, tenor

with Jeanette Fontaine, soprano & Zhaolei Xie, piano Friday, June 9, 3 p.m.

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Parkway Heights UMC 2420 Hardy St. Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Yarrington

Fontaine

Xie

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AMERICAN A Multisensory Chamber Music Experience Saturday, June 10, 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Train Depot

308 Newman St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Rachel Ciraldo, flute Kim Woolly, bassoon Alexander Ilchev, violin Maya Freeman, violin Grant Bedillion, viola Joy Bedillion, cello Theresa Sanchez, piano Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 38 (1897) this piece features the Admiration pairing.

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)

Allegro giusto: appassionato Intermezzo: Allegretto Scherzo: Vivace Allegro giusto

Appalachian Spring (original version)

this piece features the Americana pairing

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

1. Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light.

2. Fast/Allegro. Sudden burst of unison strings in A major arpeggios starts the action. A sentiment both elated and religious gives the keynote to this scene.

3. Moderate/Moderato. Duo for the Bride and her Intended scene of tenderness and passion.

4. Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feeling suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.

5. Still faster/Subito Allegro. Solo dance of the Bride presentiment of motherhood.

Extremes of joy and fear and wonder.

6. Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction.

7. Calm and flowing/Doppio Movimento. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title "The Gift to Be Simple." The melody borrowed and used almost literally is called "Simple Gifts." (excerpt below) 8. Moderate. Coda/Moderato - Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end the couple are left "quiet and strong in their new house."

Muted strings intone a hushed prayer like chorale passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.

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LANDSCAPE featuring the FestivalChamber Players Dr. Sergey Dzugan & Dr. Jeremy Wells

Michael Bartnik, clarinet Borislava Iltcheva, violin Zully Morales Orret, violin Christopher Lowry, viola Alexander Russakovsky, cello Samuel Dahmer, bass Jay Dean, conductor American Canvas (2015) this piece features the Artist pairing

Jennifer Higdon b. 1962

O'Keeffe Pollock Wyeth

Curated by Jamie Farris - Lincoln Road Package Store with assistance by Jessica Oliver - Crescent City Grill

The ADMIRATION Pairing Red - Red Zinfandel White - Sauvingnon Blanc Bourbon - Old Soul (Lincoln Rd. Collaboration) The AMERICANA Pairing Red - Syrah White - Chardonnay Bourbon - Four Roses The ARTIST Pairing O'Keeffe - Prosecco Pollock - Bardstown (Plantation) Wyeth - Pinot Noir 7

MEISTERSINGERS

James Mulholland's

missa romantica Sunday JUNE 11 3 p.m.

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Dr. Joel A. Dunlap Artistic Director

115 N 25th Ave. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Dr. Susan Ruggiero soprano

Kathy Vail Rehearsal/Collaborative Pianist/Organist

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The Meistersingers Civic Chorus has been a part of the Hattiesburg Concert Association (HCA) since 1996. It was the original artistic component of HCA. It has created lasting memories with exceptionally entertaining concerts, galas, and musical productions. The Meistersingers personnel have included talented amateur and professional vocalists from throughout the area.

This civic chorus has been known for presenting some of the most creative, respected, and wellattended cultural events in the state and region. The Meistersingers Civic Chorus continues to be an important part of the annual cultural offerings by HCA.

program Missa Romantica I. II. III. IV. V.

James Q. Mulholland

Kyrie eleison Gloria Sanctus Benedictus, Hosanna Agnus Dei

about the composer Dr. James Mulholland is one of the most prolific and most frequently performed American composers. With over six hundred published works to his credit, his name is instantly identifiable to choral musicians everywhere. A recipient of countless awards and honors, Mulholland’s compositions exhibit a highly skilled synthesis of text and music. His father loved great literature and could recite hundreds of classic British poems. His mother was a pianist.

Surrounded by literature and music from a young age, Mulholland grew up with an enduring love of both arts. Reverence for the text is apparent in each piece, from short choral octavos to extended works for choir and orchestra.

The lyrical melodies and lush harmonies he weaves are reminiscent of the romanticism of the British Isles. No written description can prepare the listener for the beauty and emotional impact of his works. The Missa Romantica is Mulholland’s own special setting of the traditional Latin mass.

meistersingers leadership Dr. Mark Malone - Co-President Dr. Connie Roberts - Co-President Jean Claire Bounds - V.P. for Membership Robin Roberts - V.P. for Fundraising Althea Jerome - Secretary Carolyn McLarnan - Treasurer Cherie Boone - Librarian & Communications Sarah Odom - Social Chair Allison Chestnut & Judi Collins - Historians David Pylate & Brian Rifkin - General Representatives

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L L I B I T FES R ULTURAL CENTE HATTIESBURG C

Thursday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Cultural Center

723 N Main St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

featuring

Termperance Jones, Maryann Kyle, Katie Newton, Jessica Wilkinson, Brett Barnes, Paul Houghtailing, Matt Morgan and the Tyler Kemp Trio 10

There’s No Business Like Show Business from the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun

Corner of the Sky

from the Broadway musical Pippin

Waiting for Life

from the Broadway musical Once on this Island

It's All RIght with Me from the Broadway musical Can Can

I Wonder Why, You’re Just in Love

from the Broadway musical Call me Madam

Buddy’s Eyes

from the Broadway musical Follies

On The Street Where you Live from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady

Popular

from the Broadway musical Wicked

Killer Instinct

from the Broadway musical Bring it On!

Tonight Quintet

from the Broadway musical West Side Story

P R O G R A M

Welcome back the Tyler Kemp Trio

Bring Him Home

from the Broadway musical Les Misérables

So Much Better

from the Broadway musical Legally Blonde

Not While I’m Around

from the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Happiness

from the Broadway musical You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Ladies Who Lunch

from the Broadway musical Company

She Used to Be Mine from the Broadway musical Waitress

Be My Love

from the motion picture Toast of New Orleans

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead from the Broadway musical Wizard of Oz

Burn

from the Broadway musical Hamilton

All I Ask of You

from the Broadway musical the Phantom of the Opera

Lullaby of Broadway from the Broadway musical Gold Diggers of 1935

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bee R Friday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Train Depot

308 Newman St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Ludwig van Beethoven

Egmont Overture, op. 84

(1770-1827) arr. Friedrich Starke

(1810/1812) Suggested pairing: Southern Prohibition Prelude

Egmont Overture clearly represents Beethoven as a political liberal and a champion of the oppressed. Based on a tragedy by Goethe, Beethoven's work is intended as incidental music for the play which was produced in Vienna in 1810. The plot relates to the Dutch patriot Count Egmont, one of the leaders of the revolt against the tyrannical Duke of Alva, who is sent to suppress the budding succession of the Netherlands from Spain. Egmont is treacherously seized and condemned to public execution. Asleep in prison, he dreams of the goddess of liberty, whose face is that of his beloved Klärchen. She tells him that in dying he will secure the eventual victory of his people and be hailed as a conqueror. He awakens, the soldiers enter, and they lead him to the scaffold. His last words are "Fight for your hearth and homes, and die joyfully -- after my example -- to save that which you hold most dear."

Like the Southern Prohibition Prelude, this Beethoven overture contains bold notes with a triumphant finish.

Rondino

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1974)

(1770-1827)

Suggested pairing: Southern Prohibition Light Rondino in E-flat major is a much more mellow work than Egmont Overture.

Born from the tradition of Harmoniemusik, or wind-band music, cultivated by nobility in German-speaking lands, the Rondino was intended as Tafelmusik (table or background music). Thus, the music is light without being simple. The work is an andante that begins with a spacious, horn-flavored melody serving as a refrain; it makes two varied and embellished returns. The work is defined by the duetting horns, a combination which was greatly admired by lateeighteenth- century audiences throughout Europe because of the horn’s affinity with the human voice.

Like an American lager, Rondino is beautiful, simple, perfect for lighter occasions.

Dr. Eric Scott Conductor

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thoven Beer & Wine Pairing provided by

Jamie Farris - Lincoln Rd. Package Store Chad White - Southern Beverage

Gordon Jacob

Old Wine in New Bottles (1810/1812)

(1895-1984)

The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies The Three Ravens Begone, Dull Care Early One Morning Suggested pairing: a glass of Red or White wine

Old Wine in New Bottles is a light-hearted setting of four early English folk songs. It was premiered by the BBC Northern Orchestra Winds and conductor Stanford Robinson at the St. Bees Festival in 1959, and remains one of Jacob’s most popular compositions. The “old wine” in the title refers to each of the folk songs that the four movements are based on. The “new bottles” are the creative melodic treatments, the unexpected harmonies, and the “freshness” and new life breathed into these old melodies. The instrumentation is that of a double woodwind quintet, with pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns. A fresh blend of music paired with your choice of red or white wine. Cheers!

Symphony No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1800/1817) Suggested pairing: Southern Prohibition Suzy B.

(1770-1827) arr. George Schmitt

While Beethoven did not write a great deal of serious music for ensembles of wind instruments, he is significant in the history of wind music for the expanded roles that the wind instruments take on in his symphonies. The beginning of this process can be seen in his first symphony. In the review of Beethoven’s April 1800 concert, the reviewer wrote: “...and at the end one of [Beethoven’s] symphonies was performed in which there is considerable art, novelty, and a wealth of ideas. The only flaw was that the wind instruments were used too much, so that there was more Harmonie [wind music] than orchestral music as a whole.”

Beethoven Symphony No. 1, paired with a classic beer. A match made in heaven!

Dr. Eric Scott is in his second year as the Visiting Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. During his two years at USM, Dr. Scott has assisted with all facets of the USM Athletic Bands, including the Pride of Mississippi and directing the USM Pep Band. His course load has included teaching Conducting I in the undergraduate conducting curriculum, as well as conducting the fall Concert Band and the spring University Band. In addition to his course load, Dr. Scott is responsible for coordinating annual recruitment activities, including the AllSouth Marching Band Day, All-South Drum Major and Guard Camp, and the Lion’s Band Audition Workshop, recruitment events which bring hundreds of high school students to campus annually. Dr. Scott maintains an active schedule as a clinician for concert and marching bands throughout the region.

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youth orchestra

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THATS MY CUE TOUR 2023 Saturday, JUNE 17 7:30 p.m.

(doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Historic Hattiesburg Saenger Theater 201 Forrest St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

To learn more about Matt, visit

MATTMAESON.COM

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Nocturna

Saturday, June 17, 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 8:30)

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FESTIVALSOUTH

MUSIC THEATRE ART DANCE FOOD FAMILY

FUN!

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festivalartist

MARTHA GINN

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Martha Ginn, a Texas native whose home is Hattiesburg since 1971, began traditional quilting in about 1984 after a lifetime of sewing, embroidery, and counted cross-stitch. As her quilting skills grew, so did her interest in art and design, and she began to be more bold and innovative with her craft, soon abandoning patterns and templates for creating fiber art pieces which are more decorative than functional as bed coverings.

She has a strong love and appreciation for the beauty of the natural world and often expresses inner joy through depicting or representing nature in her work.

Her raw materials are fibers and threads instead of paint and canvas, though often paint and dye and unexpected additions find their way into her art.

Works of MARTHA GINN Her fiber art creations have been exhibited in national shows and published in books and magazines. In 2013, she traveled and spoke in China through South Arts (Atlanta) and Arts Midwest (Minneapolis) for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. She is a founding member of Pine Belt Quilters, Mississippi Quilt Association, and Southern Fiber Artists, and is active in Studio Art Quilt Associates, South Mississippi Art Association, and Meistersingers of Hattiesburg, Miss.

voices of freedom with James Meredith Sunday, June 18, 3 p.m.

Eureka School

410 E 6th St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

This concert features a collection of black composers, writers, and freedom songs of the Civil Rights movement. Five black artists will perform Freedom Songs and Arts Songs written by black composers and poets, such as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Hall Johnson, Harry T. Burleigh, and others, as well as original Spoken word pieces. Selections will include Oh Freedom, They Laid Medgar Evers in His Grave, Amazing Grace, Song for a Dark Girl, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, Witness, and more!

James Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer and military veteran. A Mississippi-native, Meredith joined the Air Force after high school and attended an allBlack college before becoming the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ran for political office, and was even severely wounded, all to make sure that future Black voices can and will be heard.

Artistic Concept and Design of this production was created by Opera Mississippi’s Outreach Coordinator, Temperance Jones, and features John Christopher Adams, Tiffany Williams Cole, Ramelle Brooks, Jason "Smiley" Abrams, and Tyler Kemp The mission of Voices of Freedom is to channel the Black experience from each artist and deliver an artistic expression that not only speaks to the audience, but creates understanding and unity between the performers, the audience, and our collective history. This concert promises to be an educational and uplifting experience for all.

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Thursday, June 22 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Cultural Center 723 Main St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

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About the Band

too darn Chip Herrington

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COUPLES Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

with Galit Kaunitz, Dannel Espinoza, Kristina Finch, Rachel Ciraldo and Theresa Sanchez

Friday, June 23, 3 p.m.

Temple B’nai Israel

901 Mamie St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448 II. Grave assai IV. Fandango

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Theresa Sanchez, harpsichord and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

“Le Montagnard”

Divertissement Pastoral, Opus 54

Napoleon Coste (1805-1883)

I. Introduction: Allegro II. Andantino III. Rondeau Montagnard Galit Kaunitz, oboe and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

Gary Schocker

Hypnotized I. Entrance II. Elysian III. Float Out IV. Together V. Awaken

b. 1959

Kristina Finch, harp and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

from “Histoire du Tango”

Astor Piazzolla (1933-1990)

II. Café 1930 III. Nightclub 1960 Dannel Espinoza, soprano saxophone Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

“Sexteto mistico,” W 131

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo, flute Galit Kaunitz, oboe Dannel Espinoza, alto saxophone Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar Kristina Finch, harp Theresa Sanchez, celesta

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WAKE UP Thursday, June 8 Mo’Bay Beignet Co. Juan José Alpizar, Roberts Brown, James Reyelt, and Nicholas Ciraldo

Celtic

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Celtic Crossroads

Friday, June 9 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Depot Saxo

Thursday, June 15 The Depot Kitchen & Market

SINGING WITH FREEDOM

Friday, June 16 Twin Forks Rising

The USM Saxophone Studio

Krista Overby and Jeffrey Reynolds

Baby

Thursday, June 22 T-Bones Records

Lauren Cate Leake

H A N D OVER Sarah Hamman & Kay Guiles

HEART

Friday, June 23 Quinlan-Hammond Hall of Honor

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Saturday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.

Lake Terrace Convention Center 1 Convention Center Plaza Hattiesburg, MS 39401

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THANK YOU!

FestivalSouth would not be possible without the generous support of our FestivalFamily of sponsors and grantors. Please express your gratitude by giving your patronage and sharing your FestivalFavorite moments.

Clyde Bryant

Dr. Sergey Dzugan & Dr. Jeremy Wells

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT SOUTHERN MISS

FRIENDS of the FESTIVAL

CODA club

MRS. CAROLYN MCLARNAN