Resonate Welcome Week Showcase - 27 September 2024 - Event Programme

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Welcome Week Showcase 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) ‘Seventeen Come Sunday’ from Folk Song Suite

Featuring

Doreen Carwithen (1922 - 2003) ‘Suffolk Morris’ from Suffolk Suite

Rebecca Miller Principal Conductor Harvey Lok Student Conductor Welcome Week Orchestra Welcome Week Chorus Friday, 27 September 2024 Windsor Building Auditorium

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 46, No. 1 Ily Matthew Maniano (b. 1988) Padayon Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) Ecce Novum Ko Matsushita (b. 1962) Cantate Domino in Bb Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 1912) ‘Danse Negre’ from African Suite

INTERVAL Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Zadok the Priest Estimated finish time: 9.30pm There will be no interval during this afternoon’s event, but please feel free to come and go as you please.

Please no flash photography or visual/audio recording throughout the event.

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Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) Thunder and Lightning Polka (‘Unter Donner und Blitz’) Ferde Grofé (1892 - 1972) ‘Mardia Gras’ from Mississippi Suite Pérez Prado (1916 - 1989) Qué Rico Mambo

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OUR PERFORMERS Rebecca Miller Conductor

California-born conductor Rebecca Miller has earned an international reputation for her compelling, insightful, and energetic presence on the podium and for her ability to communicate with audiences of all ages. Recent guest-conducting includes the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Västerås Sinfonietta, DalaSinfoniettan, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, The Orchestra Now, The Bard Music Festival, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, and at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.

Following her debut with the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra in Sweden, she was immediately re-invited and 2|P a ge

appointed Chief Conductor, a post which she held from 2019-2023.

In previous seasons, Rebecca has guest-conducted the Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic, Bakersfield Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Chicago College of the Performing Arts, Huntsville Symphony, Williamsport Symphony, and Musiqa Houston, and with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Israel. Firstprize winner in the Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition, she has conducted throughout Mexico, including repeated engagements with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional and Orquesta Filarmonica del UNAM, and the state orchestras of Yucatan, Aguascalientes, and Sinaloa. In 2017, Rebecca was also featured in the Bruno Walter National Conductors Preview with the Nashville Symphony.

Rebecca’s discography includes CDs with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (CPE Bach Symphonies / Signum Records, which made the final shortlist for a 2014 Gramophone Award), with the BBC Concert Orchestra (Henry Hadley Orchestral works / Dutton Epoch), with the BBC Scottish Symphony (piano concertos

by Amy Beach, Dorothy Howell, Cecil Chaminade / Hyperion Records), and three CDs with the Royal Northern Sinfonia (Haydn Symphonies / Signum

Records; George Frederick Bristow’s ‘Jullien Symphony’ / New World Records; Concertos by Aaron Jay Kernis / Signum Records).

Rebecca is passionate about her work with young musicians – she has recently started regular partnerships with the National Children's Orchestra and the with the London Symphony Orchestra Discovery, and previously worked with the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, NYO Wales, and NYOGB, with the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, and with the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (Teresa Carreño), much to the acclaim of its late founder José Antonio Abreu.

She was conductor at the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior Department for many years, where she formed the ground-breaking and unique JA Classical Orchestra, and works regularly with the Southbank Sinfonia in London, where she was Associate Conductor for three years.

As Director of Orchestras at Royal Holloway University of London, she has been widely acclaimed for building the orchestral programme to new heights – starting an orchestral scholarship programme, initiating a side-by-side programme with the London Mozart Players, securing highprofile engagements (including ‘Magna Carta 800 at Runnymede’ a project with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Temple Church Choir, performed in the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth II and 4000 dignitaries and honoured guests), and establishing a new initiative called ‘Music +’, which aims to build bridges through music 3|P a g e

with interdepartmental projects and interdisciplinary research.

She holds a B.Mus. in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory, an M.Mus in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, and for two years was the Paul Woodhouse Junior Fellow in Orchestral Conducting at London’s Royal College of Music.

Harvey Lok Senior Assistant Conductor H arvey is a finalist

Music and English student at Royal Holloway interested in exploring the intricate relationship between music and literature. He has toured to Australia, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, Vienna, etc. with various ensembles and performed in prestigious venues including the Musikverein and Temppeliauko Church. He is currently the co-founder and conductor of vocal ensemble Hemiola, with notable project highlights such as Parry’s ‘Songs of Farewell’ with Lady Clare’s Consort and curating programmes responding to the Book of Job and Sara Teasdale’s poem ‘Love and Death’.

Harvey credits his musical roots to the Hong Kong Children’s Choir, where he initially sung in their Concert Choir as a

treble. Growing up, he has been a student conductor for various groups, including The Illumino Singers, Diocesan Boys’ School Music Department, and the Hong Kong Children’s Choir. He was previously a bass choral scholar with the Choir of Royal Holloway, where he contributed to several album recordings and had the opportunity to conduct nearly fifty works, including the UK premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s ‘Music of the Stars’.

He also joined Royal Holloway’s New Voices Consort as their assistant director.

In recognition of his musical achievements, Harvey has been awarded prizes and scholarships by Royal Holloway, Youth Arch Foundation, Diocesan Boys’ School, and the Hong Kong Children’s Choir.

Harvey was also fortunate to take part in multiple conducting masterclasses

by David Hill, Fred Sjöberg, Gábor Hollerung, Joseph Bastian, Sanders Lau, and Stuart Overington.

This year, Harvey will take on the position of Senior Assistant Conductor for the Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra and serve as a guest coach for Royal Holloway’s Conductor Collective.

Welcome Week Orchestra Violin 1 Nicole Yuen * ^ Clarise Chong * ^ Paul Kam Winston Ung Isabella Morgan Annabel Ledgrad Tristan Hail Angel Katsenza Millie Shurmer Rachel Pankhurst Alannah Harbach Violin 2 Christopher Bacon * Phedra Low ^ Hannah Lam ^ Conrad Ho Joseph McCarthy Lily Thompson Amelia Tamblyn Yasmin Hudson Wilkinson Andreas Karapanagiotidis Karina Piper Solveiga Urbanaviciute Maggie Ip Viola Laura Field * Elizaveta Rnic Maisie Pearce Phoebe Canell Isobel Wroe Violoncello Oliver Grimes * Naoki Aso Claudia Buchanan Grace Watkins Isabella Hughes

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Evelyn Pong Jocelyn Hails Katie Aspden Kian Jan-Dickens Niamh Sherwood Jasmine Akibo-Betts Double bass Owen Morgan Owen Ward Joseph Straker Harp Victoria Lee Flute Evelina Venslovaite * Gwendolyn Schneider ^ Klara Sweeney ^ Yee Ling Eunice Chan Alicia Clark Ruby Dodd Rachel Li Iris-Amelia Davies Milana Guy Boe Talbot Oboe Sequoia Ralph Joseph Stapleton Clarinet Benjamin Hall * ^ Isobel Reid William White Margarida Raposeira Jimmy Davies Leo Carey-Read Sam Pollacco Oliver Hicks Josephine Edwards Frederick Brown

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Bassoon Luke Passmore * ^ Alison Wormell Horns Josephine Palmer * Remi Faggiani Kerin Black Saxophone Elijah Olukuya Pippa Brown Trumpet James McPherson * Peter Chak Lucy Wootton Oskar Warren Trombone Michael Hews Rory Arthur William Brown Tuba Owen Knott Percussion Will Bishop Joshua Li Sophia Wilhelmi Sophia Manta Aaron Benning Reece Walker Ed France Luke Gore Evan Smeath * Orchestral Scholars ^ Orchestral Committee Members

Welcome Week Choir Abigal Jones Aina Grau Alexandra Sweeny Alice Nobs Angela Dunkwu Anjali Pramod Annenora Benians Aoife Smith Brooke Storey Celine Olsen Charlotte McCallum Charlotte Vosper Ciara Harman Coco Soards Daniel Clough Delilah Ferry-Swainson Dimitra-Eftychia Sotiropoulou Dominic Kwan Dominic McGreevy Elisabeth Egel Emily Amos-Gaskell Emily Oxtoby Elliot Mead Evan Smeath Frankie Curran Grace Hindle Hana Benlalam Hannah Spencer Hannah Waterfield Harriet Marsh Hilary Kwan Holly Cole Holly Fry Irina Temerel Isabel Bonnett Isabella Bushell Jack Rolls Jamie Layfield Jasmine Stoutt Katherine Pinnell Kotaro Blake 6|P a ge

Lili Szabo Louis Green Luke Cherry Malachi Headley Mia Gascoyne Millicent Fryer Molly Barnes Natalie Mechelewska Noah Nielson Oliver Smith Owen Knott Pak Yau Pascale Walker Peter Evans Qinxi Gao Rohan Bharath Roseanna Diwakar Sandali Widyaratne Seoyoung Park Tia McBain Toby Wright Yannan Kang Yasmin Hudson Wilkinson Yuanyu Zhang Zhangyi Chen Zsolt Bangha