University Symphony Orchestra 02-10-2024

University Symphony Orchestra Kalena Bovell, guest conductor

Saturday, February 10, 2024 7:30 pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall

57TH PERFORMANCE OF 2023–24 ACADEMIC YEAR

FEBRUARY 10, 2024, 7:30 PM Quinn Mason (b. 1996)

Toast of the Town Overture (2016; 2020)

Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1971)

Elegía andina (Andean elegy) (2000) Intermission

Symphony in A minor, op. 8 (1896) Allegro appassionato Lament: Larghetto affettuoso Scherzo: Allegro giocoso Allegro maestoso ed energico

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

CONDUC TOR BIOGRAPHY With her distinctive voice as maestra, speaker, and poet, critics praise Panamanian-American conductor Kalena Bovell as “one of the brightest stars in classical music.” (Channel 3 News, Connecticut). Propelled by a steadfast commitment to musical excellence and community access, her recent achievements include receiving the prestigious 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence—the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization—and becoming the first Black woman to conduct an opera in Canada, conducting a world premiere reimagination of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.

Bovell's 2023–24 season sees her traverse Canada, the United States, and Switzerland: in North America, including debut performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Hamilton Philharmonic, and the Victoria Symphony. Her career has had particularly memorable moments, including leading the Chineke! Orchestra at the BBC Proms and conducting Kevin Thomas’s Firebird with the Collage Dance Collective as a part of the Kennedy Center’s “Reframing the Narrative.” In 2022, her featured appearance on the Chineke! Orchestra’s 2022 album Coleridge-Taylor (Chineke! Records) earned praise as “overflowing with descriptive imagination” from the Financial Times.

Until 2023, Bovell made her home in Memphis as assistant conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and conductor of the MSO Youth Orchestra.

There, she led some of the MSO’s more memorable events, from sharing the stage with Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. to conducting former music director Mei-Ann Chen’s farewell concerts.

CONDUC TOR BIOGRAPHY Off the podium Bovell strives to inspire potential artists from overlooked backgrounds, hoping to help those like herself who entered music later in life than their peers. Her unconventional career path has been chronicled by the BBC, the League of American Orchestras, and similar news outlets, organizations, and universities.

UNIVERSIT Y SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA University Symphony Orchestra (USO) performs an inclusive range of contemporary and historically significant symphonic works, performs annually with Pacific Opera Theatre in fully staged productions, and partners frequently with Pacific Singers in choral-orchestral works. Pacific faculty, students, and guest artists perform with the USO as concerto and aria soloists and as guest conductors. Pacific’s Conservatory faculty serve as coaches as the USO prepares each concert cycle. Participation is open to all Pacific students by audition.

Violins 1 Emma Northcutt, concertmaster Jamie Lue Mereth Niemoeller Lizzie Mendoza Samuel Gaccione

Double Basses Joshua Gutierrez, principal Miguel Velarde

Violins 2 Emma Young, principal Erick Sariles Kiersten Hogue Timothy Chau

Oboes Jenna Bosnick*†‡ Apollo Parish Mitchell

Violas Abby Van de Water, principal Ealaph Tabbaa Cierra Evelyn Kylie Trenhaile Cellos Hasina Torres, principal Bailey LaBrie Nicholas Trobaugh Jordan Hendrickson Frances Florentino Jane Damon

Flutes Bobby Singh‡ Jasmine Valentine Riko Hirata*†

Clarinets Abigail Miller*†‡ Audrey Ewing Joseph Schwarz Bassoons Justin Silva*†‡ Owen McCarthy Horns Edgar Leyva Don Parker Jada Ramos* Owen Sheridan† Skylar Warren‡

Trumpets Parker Deems Yukina Shimokawa*†‡ Kamron Qasimi Trombones Jayden Laumeister (Mason- bass) Matthew Miramontes* Seth Neves# Bronson Burfield Miguel Palma Tuba Alejandro Villalobos Timpani Robin Bisho Percussion Matthew Kulm Robert McCarl *principal on Mason †principal on Frank ‡principal on Coleridge-Taylor

UNIVERSIT Y SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Faculty Coaches Brittany Trotter, flute Patricia Shands, clarinet Kyle Bruckmann, oboe, English horn Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon Sadie Glass, horn Leonard Ott, trumpet Bruce Chrisp, low brass

Jonathan Latta, timpani, percussion Ann Miller, violin Igor Veligan, viola Vicky Wang, cello Kathryn Schulmeister, bass Jonathan Latta, ensembles program director

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