Mahler At Pacific 2.9.20

MAHLER AT PACIFIC Sunday I February 9, 2020 I 2 pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and select high school students Nicolas Waldvogel, conductor

76th Performance I 2019–20 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I FEBRUARY 9, 2020 I 2 PM Symphony No. 1 I. Langsam, schleppend (slow, dragging) Immer sehr gemächlich (deliberate throughout)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (moving powerfully, but not too quick) III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen (solemn and measured, without dragging) IV. Stürmisch bewegt – Energisch (stormy – energetic)

Mahler At Pacific is an innovative program that pairs talented high school musicians with members of University of the Pacific’s Symphony Orchestra. High school students rehearse side-by-side with the Conservatory students over one weekend and receive instruction from the Conservatory faculty. The program is free. Participants are selected by audition. More at go.Pacific.edu/MahlerAtPacific.

Nicolas Waldvogel conducts the University Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting and music history at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music. He has guest conducted the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande (Switzerland) and the State Philharmonic “Dinu Lipatti” (Romania). He was a Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Festival where he studied with Gustav Meier, Seiji Ozawa, and John Nelson. He also assisted Horst Stein in a production of Wagner’s Der Ring der Nibelungen at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin.

Dr. Waldvogel has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, with Anonymous 4, and with Alan Gilbert. His recent credits include a performance of Ives’s immense Fourth Symphony, Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light, Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony and the complete symphonies by Jean Sibelius.

He also contributed to the “Symphony” article for Oxford Bibliographies Online.

Dr. Waldvogel holds a BA in music from Harvard University, an MA in music from Harvard University, an MM in conducting and a Graduate Performance Diploma in conducting from Peabody Conservatory, and a PhD in music history from Yale University. His primary conducting teacher was Frederik Prausnitz.

MAHLER AT PACIFIC ORCHESTRA 2020 Nicolas Waldvogel I Conductor 1st Violin Anne Plescia Aubrey Williams Ellen Kim, Amador Valley HS Ellie Aquino Jane Wu, Amador Valley HS Lauren Huen Kenneth Chen, Amador Valley HS Andrew Phan Maya Balachandran Angela Tsang, Valley Christian HS Ayocuan Pacheco Solon Ma, Buchanan HS Charlotte Han Miriam Waldvogel, Lincoln HS Marcella Stone-Fox Charis Gray, University HS Tabitha Machabie Aris Howsepian, home-schooled Jenna Elliott, Forest Charter School 2nd Violin Emily Waters Connor Luong, Kennedy HS Liam Shaughnessy Rowan Crass, Edison - Computech HS Celeste Carranza Nathaniel Bailey, Prospect HS Malaika Elahi Kaylin Pimshan, Middle College HS Daniel Hwang, Clovis North HS Lotan Yeung Emma Woodward, University HS Manuel Manriquez Aidan Coleman, Buchanan HS Caroline Burke-Baker Elsa Macias, University HS

Viola Zachary Zumstein Isabella Luong, Brookfield School Samantha Tse Bryant Dai, Amador Valley HS Noresa Gonzaga, Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Abigail Van De Water, University HS Marissa Staffero Emily Yang, Amador Valley HS Gabriel Agno Elijah Johnson, Folsom HS Cello Malcolm King Olivia Luong, Brookfield School Laura Robb Martin Taylor Nguyen, Clovis North HS Danna Schilling †Hayden Nguyen, Clovis North HS Hasina Torres, University HS Fresno Amy Wheeler David King, C.K. McClatchy HS Ethan Liu Fiona Tsang, Valley Christian HS William Masters, home-schooled Bass Yuki Nagase Emma Sigala, University HS Fresno Jasmine Melendez Bailey Bertao Noah Gonzales Antonio Sarzi Charles Leonard Nedjma Enloe, Carlmont HS Trinitie Wood

MAHLER AT PACIFIC ORCHESTRA 2020 Nicolas Waldvogel I Conductor Harp Candace Livolsi † Flute/Piccolo Monica Mendoza Natalie Kowalski Carina Geist, Whitney HS Carrie Asai Ananya Navale, Dougherty Valley HS Natalie Kowalski (piccolo) Oboe Alelih Galvadores Noah Quessenberry, University HS Arturo Garcia Apollo Parish (English horn), Modesto HS Clarinet Molly Westlake Theo Thai, Mission Viejo HS Ashlynn Sima Alex Poklad (bass clarinet), Pacific Grove HS Scott Pastor (piccolo clarinet) Bassoon Tristen Collinsworth Ealaph Tabbaa Jared Metcalf , Woodcreek HS Paul Barron, home-schooled Tyler Van Zuiden (contrabassoon)

Horn Reese Romero John-David Russo, Santa Monica HS Braydon Ross Olivia Gideon Julia Wineger, Berkeley HS Rory O’Regan, Lincoln HS Wren Buse Hayden Douglass † Trumpet Thomas Hubel Kevin Hee Andrew Marcopulos Parker Deems, Natomas Charter School PFAA Trombone/Tuba Nico Peruzzi Adam Van Leeuwen, Buena HS Rebecca Growcott Matthew Miramontes, Manteca HS Felix Diaz-Contreras Robert Huntington (tuba) Percussion Vincent Lei Nicholas Amely, University HS Kyle Bossert Samantha Sanchez Jonathan Herbers Ben Nguyen

† Community member

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