Showcase 2024
Featuring Rebecca Miller Principal Conductor
Harvey Lok Student Conductor
Welcome Week Orchestra
Welcome Week Chorus
Friday, 27 September 2024
Windsor Building Auditorium
EVENT PROGRAMME
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
‘Seventeen Come Sunday’ from Folk Song Suite
Doreen Carwithen (1922 - 2003)
‘Suffolk Morris’ from Suffolk Suite
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 (18751912)
‘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)
Qu é Rico Mambo
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
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
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
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
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
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