Central Valley Youth Symphony 11.04.18

CENTRAL VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONY Sunday I November 4 I 3:00 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall Thomas Derthick I Music Director Shane Kalbach I Preparatory Orchestra Conductor

FEATURING: Kimball High School Choir West High School Advanced Choir Tracy High School Madrigals

32nd Performance I 2018-2019 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I NOVEMBER 4 I 3:00 PM Central Valley Youth Symphony Overture to Zampa

Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833)

Overture to The Barber of Seville

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Central Valley Youth Symphony, Preparatory Orchestra Winston Hoe Down from American Folk Tunes

Arr. Merle J. Isaac

Best of Bach the Birthday Cantata No. 208 Pomp and Circumstance March

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Arr. Ralph Matesky Arr. Ralph Matesky

The Star Spangled Banner

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Arranged by Richard Meyer

Surprise Symphony II.

Intermission Kimball High School Choir Allan Robert Petker

Come to Me, O My Love West High School Advanced Choir

Arr. Jeffrey L. Ames

Tschotsholoza Tracy High School Madrigals Corner of the Sky from Pippin

Stephen Schwartz Arr. John Cacavas

Central Valley Youth Symphony and Combined Choirs He, Watching Over Israel from the Oratorio Elijah Armed Forces Salute

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Arr. Bob Lowden

(Service Marches of the Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force and Navy)

CENTRAL VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thomas Derthick I Music Director

1st Violin Clare Deng, Concertmaster AJ Delgado, Assistant Kimberly Bongo Jenny Chang Joyce Lu Grace Lu Luke Valdez

Bass Amaan Sidhu, Principal Noah Gonzales, Assistant

2nd Violin Caroline Schwarzenberg, Principal Amelia Morrison, Assistant Remalyn Flores Joshua Narvaez Elizabeth Narvaez Gillian VerSteeg Arriana Duarte Ian Clark Sohyun Ahn Izellah Korth Zachary Liel, Coach

Oboe Valeria Nunez, Principal

Viola Juan Barragan, Principal Saanvi Rajeev, Assistant Thomas Park Andy Benner Rubie Dhillon Cello Connor Huang, Principal Sadie Fisher, Assistant Donovin Rutland Caleb Dingle

Flute/Piccolo Albert Chern, Principal Sophie Chen* Alyssa Elness, Piccolo*

Clarinets Jordan Wells, Principal Bassoon Ronin Tsang, Principal French Horn Jason Thompson, coach Trombone Ian Gromm, Principal Benjamin Migliori Timpani/Percussion Craig Robinson, Coach Ayocuan Pacheco Orchestra Manager/Librarian * Spring semester only

CENTRAL VALLEY PREPARATORY ORCHESTRA Shane Kalbach I Conductor

1st Violin Sammy Morrison Jason Jiang Andrea Larsen Ella Reyes Zack Lew 2nd Violin Isabella Rios Hana Alhamadsheh Callia Chau Maya Alhamadsheh Viola Arsh Muhib Zachary Liel - coach Cello Rachel Lim Oona Wong Justice Lu

Bass Makayla Sousa Oboe Sarah Rios Bassoon Paul Barron French Horn Philip Barron Trombone Zac Shi Percussion/Piano Julia Yang John Matthews Craig Robinson- coach

Kimball High School Choir, Jacob Cortez, Director Shane Kalbach I Conductor

Sopranos Vanessa Arbuckle Ava Balbin Christina Biton Monica Bolanos Zahavah Carter Bryanna Forbes Alyssa Heinrich Valerie Llacuna Rachel Maxfield Victoria Montoya Geneva Morse Lila Nissari Kyla Ortega Anjelina Parker Alex Price Brianna Pulido Payton Rodda Alexandrea Tiongson Carlissa Turner Patricia Williams Reina Zaccagnini

Altos Arya Baber Trinity Duong Lauren Fraser E Me Lee Marissa Martens Elizabeth McTaggart Makayla Nakashima Emerald Polee Ashley Reale Angela Rondeau Sarah Sensabaugh Tenors Soam Desai Adam Murrilo Nellion Robertson Basses Tyler Christensen Hayden Evans Hal Mangonon Alton Pullum

TRACY HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGALS Jennifer Grover I Director

Dunia Argand Sara Barth Audrey Boyd Karalee Butler Amara Carrier Danny Chacon Ariana Chavez Travis Coty Sophia Decker Jocelyn Estrada Savanna Frazier Morgan Gant Grace Ann Gregorio Jacob Grover Nyckolle Gutierrez Juliet Irwin Hannah Kamai Nadine Koochou Justin Maas-Espinoza Jarvis Oca Darcy Paris Madison Player Jessica Ramirez Michael Reinheimer Leslie Rodriguez Isaiah Santo Sydney Simms Jahdai Spikes Kyle Vergara Sierra Wypych

WEST HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED CHOIR Susan Wolk I Director

Charlene Arias Daisha Baca Faith Beck Paola Contreras Romero Kyle Cox Jacob Creasman Sheila Mae Cruz Juan Diaz Tris Dumo Leana Kristal Jimenez Katherine King Aracelli Lechuga Ariel Medina Christian Miranda Ballestero Charlize Nunez Ursula Nunez Nylijah Parker Alejandra Ramos Campuzano Robert Raya Kennedy Robinson Holly Simoskevitz Shailene Sullivan Huy Quang Tran Christian Valle Stephanie Vazquez Cazares

PROGRAM NOTES Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold was a contemporary of Weber and Rossini, and won the Grand Prix de Rome, Europe’s most prestigious compositional award, in 1812. His most famous work, Zampa, was first performed at the Italian Opera in Paris in 1831 to considerable acclaim. In all Herold wrote more than 20 operas, all of which have long fallen from the repertoire.

In spite of this, the overture from Zampa has endured in the repertoire for reasons you will immediately recognize upon hearing it. Sparkling ensemble writing and a beautiful clarinet solo highlight this work.

Rossini’s opera Almaviva, based on Beaumarchais’ infamous play Il Barbiere di Siviglia, used the same libretto that his predecessor Giovanni Paisiello had used 25 years earlier, to great success. Written in less than two weeks, the 1816 premiere was sabotaged by Paisiello’s admirers, who whistled and shouted throughout the first act. Despite this initial failure, Rossini’s opera would eventually eclipse Paisiello’s to the point of taking on its predecessor’s title.

The sparkling overture, long a staple of the concert repertoire and famously featured in a Looney Tunes cartoon, features brilliant solo writing for horn (Rossini and his father were both accomplished horn players) and solo woodwinds. Also take note of the two sustained buildups of volume and intensity, a Rossini trademark that earned him the nickname Signor Crescendo.

As a student in Bologna, Rossini was called “il Tedeschino” (the little German) for his affinity for the music of Haydn and Mozart.

Ironically, as he became Europe’s most commercially successful opera composer, German publishing houses unwilling to pay royalties stole Rossini’s works. All of the

famous Rossini overtures now exist in two forms, the original and the more commonly performed German editions, which are not only re-orchestrated but re-harmonized as well. CVYS is fortunate to be performing the original Rossini score today.

Merle John Isaac was a prolific arranger who focused on arranging famous pieces for performers of lower experience, especially school orchestras.

Jerry Brubaker is an American composer and arranger.

Ralph Matesky was Professor of String Education Studies at USC and ASTA national President.

Richard Meyer is a nationally recognized, best-selling composer with over 130 compositions and arrangements in print.

Mendelssohn long admired the sacred choral works of Bach and Handel. His revival of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 was the first performance of Bach’s great work after his death, and began the nowfamiliar custom of orchestra concerts featuring works by composers no longer living. While structurally inspired by Bach and Handel, Mendelssohn’s Elijah is definitely his own, early-romantic-period style. Using the Book of Kings and the Psalms as text sources, Mendelssohn completed the Oratorio with parallel English and German texts, with the English text performed first in Birmingham under the composer’s baton in 1846. A revised version saw performances in London a year later, shortly before the composer’s death.

The German version was first performed in Leipzig in 1848 under the baton of the Danish Composer Niels Gade.

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