Spartanburg Philharmonic - HearHere, Spring 2020

Spartanburg Philharmonic | Music Director, Stefan Sanders

Volume 91, Spring 2020

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Volume 91, Spring 2020

Information 5 Calendar of Events 6 Your Visit to the Phil 7 Ticket Information 9 Board of Directors 10 Philharmonic Staff 11 Orchestra Committee 35 Spartanburg Philharmonic Musicians 49 Corporate Partnerships 50 Spartanburg Philharmonic Annual Fund 70 Subscribe

200 East Saint John St. Spartanburg, SC 29306 864.948.9020

Contributing Authors: Matt McDaniel Kamron Montgomery Laura-Clare Thevenet Dr. Joella Utley

Photographers: Kavin Bradner Jimmy Gibson

Art & Design: Peter B. Kay

Concerts 18

Bluegrass Spartanburg

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The Espresso Series

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Zimmerli Classics: Americana Masters

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Zimmerli Classics: Glorious Finale

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Youth Orchestra: Tales from the Woods

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Youth Orchestra: March into Spring

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Music Sandwiched In, Spring Schedule

Articles 6 7 12 13 14 20 22 23 28 29 30 34 52 61 62

A Letter from the President A Letter from the Executive Director Meet Stefan Sanders Notes from the Music Director 10 Travel Tips with Stefan Sanders Educate: Discovering the Banjo Inspire: Throw Down Your Heart Inspire: Family Meet Rhea Jacobus Meet Alvoy Bryan Jr. Spotlight: Karen Parrott Meet Callie Brennan Meet Susana Lalama Spartanburg Music Trail Educate: Linked to the Beat

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Calendar of Events Spring 2020

Zimmerli Classics (page 36)

Youth Orchestra (page 54)

Espresso Series (page 26)

Music Sandwiched In (page 60)

Bluegrass Spartanburg (page 18)

Special Events (page 20)

Event

Date

Venue

January Converse Opera Theatre

Wed 1/15

Spartanburg County Library

American Musical Roots

Thurs 1/23

Wofford College

Throw Down Your Heart, Documentary

Thurs 1/23

Spartanburg County Library

Bluegrass!

Wed 1/29

Spartanburg County Library

Throw Down Your Heart, Documentary

Wed 1/29

Hughes Main Library (Greenville)

BĂŠla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Fri 1/31

Chapman Cultural Center

Americana Masters, feat. BĂŠla Fleck

Sat 2/1

Twichell Auditorium

Spartanburg Repertory Opera

Wed 2/5

Spartanburg County Library

Tales from the Woods

Sun 2/9

Twichell Auditorium

SHS Percussion Ensemble

Wed 2/19

Spartanburg County Library

Shake & Strike

Fri 2/21

Chapman Cultural Center

Laurel & the Lads

Wed 3/4

Spartanburg County Library

Spartanburg Community Band

Wed 3/18

Spartanburg County Library

The Reel Sisters

Wed 4/1

Spartanburg County Library

Dist. 7 Presents: Scenes from Memphis

Wed 4/15

Spartanburg County Library

Lonesome River Band

Thurs 4/23

Chapman Cultural Center

Glorious Finale, feat. Brennan Szafron

Sat 4/25

Twichell Auditorium

March into Spring

Sun 4/26

Twichell Auditorium

The Arbor Wind Trio

Wed 4/29

Spartanburg County Library

Dulcimer Guy

Wed 5/13

Spartanburg County Library

Doppio Breve

Fri 5/15

Chapman Cultural Center

February

March

April

May

additional information is available online at:

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A New Year....

… a New Decade – let’s “Roar into the 20’s” together with an exciting array of musical events! The 91st Season of the Spartanburg Philharmonic was launched handsomely last fall, and now we swing into Spring and Summer!

You can see on the follwoing pages the exciting performances we’re bringing to you, so I’ll not repeat all that here … except to say how proud we are to bring artists like Béla Fleck, Brennan Szafron, Abigail Washburn and Sammy Shelor to our stage, and to host special performances like Americana Masters, Glorious Finale, Shake & Strike, Doppio Breve, and the Lonesome River Band.

This all happens because people with foresight decided nearly a century ago that our community deserved world-class music. And because so many generous citizens decided over the years to make that possible by volunteering their time in service, and through their contributions and patronage.

It is my hope, in the time I serve on the Spartanburg Philharmonic Board, that we continue to engage with our neighbors – yours and mine – to appreciate what we have been given by those before us, and to make this organization an ever more vibrant part of the lives of our community. Working together we can ensure that great music is a part of our legacy.

Enjoy the performances before you, and remember it long afterward. We are building on a long tradition of which you are now a part.

Laura Allen

President, Board of Directors Spartanburg Philharmonic

Your Visit to the Phil Restrooms: Restrooms at Twichell are located off of the first floor lobby and next to the handicap accessible entrance in the auditorium. Restrooms at Chapman are located to the left and right of the main entrance lobby.

Seating: Twichell Auditorium uses a reserved

seating system for our Zimmerli Classics series, so please keep your ticket with you at all times to verify section and seat specifics should there be any confusion. Youth Orchestra concerts are General Admission.

Chapman Cultural Center Theatre also uses a reserved ticket system for Bluegrass Spartanburg. For our Espresso Series, Chapman uses a General Admission system and does not reserve seating.

Ticket donation:

We are unable to issue refunds for unused tickets. However, if you are unable to attend a concert, we encourage you to donate your tickets. When you donate your tickets to the Spartanburg Philharmonic, you not only receive a donation tax receipt, but you also share your seat with another music lover. If you would like to give in this way, please notify our ticket office at least 24 hours prior to the performance.

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Late seating: For the listening pleasure of our

audiences, late arriving patrons will not be seated while music is being performed. Latecomers will be seated at the first appropriate pause in the program (typically during applause). Additionally, we ask that patrons who must leave prior to the end of a performance exit only between selections if at all possible.

Food/Beverage: No food or drink, other than bottled water, is allowed in Twichell Auditorium.

Cameras, cell phones, recording devices, watch alarms, and similar devices: To ensure a quality experience for everyone, the use of flash-photography or video/audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off or mute (not just turn to vibrate) all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

In Case of Emergency: Prior to the

performance, we request that you familiarize yourself with the locations of all exits in case of an emergency.

If the power to the building should be interrupted for any reason, generators will begin within 10 seconds for lighting.

Dear friends,

Through your support and patronage, the Spartanburg Philharmonic has seen tremendous growth over the last five years. We’ve increased the total number of concerts per season from 6 to 15 and we’ve added community programming such as the Spartanburg Music Trail. As many of you know, we have launched the first Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra this season which offers an exceptional opportunity for over 80 students to participate in high-quality musical performances with a professional, dynamic conductor.

I’m tremendously proud of all we’ve accomplished together in this short time.

In an industry with a tendency to fret over audience attendance and demographics, the Spartanburg Philharmonic has flourished with positive response from our community.

Our average audience size has grown over 34% in the past four years and we continue to see increases in the number of subscribers who’ve joined our family. Our fantastic staff and Board have focused on growing the organization to offer even more high-quality music experiences for our community.

What we’ve done at the Spartanburg Philharmonic is truly extraordinary. The organization is in a strong financial and artistic position to continue this trajectory. With the artistic leadership of Stefan Sanders, the theme for the season is “Locally Sourced,” spotlighting local musicians, composers, and guest artists with our 90+ year heritage.

All of this work has brought visibility and attention to what we’ve accomplished here in Spartanburg. Yet none of this work was done alone. It takes an army on and off stage to make an orchestra thrive. You are a part of that army, too, friends. We hope you will invite your family, neighbors, friends and colleagues to join you at the next concert.

Thank you for all you’ve done to support this art form and your Spartanburg Philharmonic!

Kathryn H. Boucher

President, Board of Directors Spartanburg Philharmonic

Ticket Information Twichell Auditorium Box Office Hours 9:30am - 5:30pm, M-Th 9:30am - 5:00pm, F

Chapman Cultural Center Box Office Hours 10:00am - 5:00pm, M-Th 12:00 - 4:00pm, F

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Board of Directors 2019-2020 Officers

Laura Allen Rachel Deems Chip McLeod

President Past President

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Treasurer Secretary

President Elect

Directors Dr. Meisha Adderley

Peter Grzan

Alex Hunt North

Helen Tipton

Karen Bjelland

Dr. Cabe Loring

Karen Parrott

John Verreault

James Cheek

Judy McCravy

Bert Shuler

Kate White

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Chris Strickland

William Wilkinson

Lifetime Directors Dr. J. Sidney Fulmer

The Mission of the Spartanburg Philharmonic is to enrich, inspire, and educate through live performances of high-quality music.

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Philharmonic Staff

2019-2020

Stefan Sanders

Susana M. Lalama

Music Director

Kathryn Boucher Executive Director

Youth Orchestra Conductor

Peter B. Kay

General Manager & Composer in Residence

Robert Borden

Orchestra Librarian

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Eric Henson

Courtney Oliver

Marketing & Special Events Manager

Personnel Manager

Volunteers:

Interns:

Marianne Fortin Karen Czuba Gibson Marsha Moore

Kathryn Monroe Hembree Poindexter

left to right: Anneka Zuehlke-King, Frank Watson, Patrick Lowery, Diana Maley Berti, Ian Bracchitta, Michele Tate

Orchestra Committee 2019-2020

Representatives

Diana Maley Berti, Viola, Committee Chair Ian Bracchitta, Bass Patrick Lowery, Timpani

Michele Cockram, Violin Frank Watson, Bassoon Anneka Zuehlke-King, Horn

Members of the Spartanburg Philharmonic elect six to eight colleagues to serve as an Orchestra Committee. This committee performs the duties in the Orchestra Manual, which outlines the responsibilities of both the orchestra members and the Philharmonic’s staff in preparing for and presenting outstanding concerts. This committee represent the interests of the musicians on the Artistic Committee, and a member serves as a non-voting member of the Board of Directors.

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appearances include the Naples Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Virginia Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Austin Opera, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba, Orquesta Sinfónica de Guayaquil (Ecuador), Filharmonia Warminsko-Mazurska (Poland), and the Round Top International Festival Institute. Stefan has collaborated with an array of guest artists, such as renowned violinist Gil Shaham, electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten, pianist and pedagogue Anton Nel, Broadway performer and Seinfeld co-star Jason Alexander, The B-52s, Pink Martini, Vanessa Williams, and many more.

Meet Stefan Sanders

Music Director

Stefan Sanders is a conductor and arts advocate cultivating cultures of artistic excellence, sustained growth, and enthusiastic engagement within the communities he is fortunate to serve. This year, Stefan embarks on his second season as Music Director for the Spartanburg Philharmonic. He will also begin his third season as Music Director for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina seventh season and his seventh as the Music Director of the Central Texas Philharmonic.

Stefan will make debuts with the Bozeman Symphony in Montana and the Filharmonia Podkarpacka in Rzeszów, Poland. He will also make return engagements this season to the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in Havana, the Filharmonia Warminsko-Mazurska in Olsztyn, Poland, the Stockton Symphony, and several weeks as the cover/assistant conductor for the New York Philharmonic.

Stefan has collaborated with many distinguished orchestras. Recent guest conducting

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Stefan recently concluded a four year tenure with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Appointed its Associate Conductor in 2014, Stefan was promoted to Resident Conductor in 2016. While with the BPO, Stefan lead over 200 performances on all of the orchestra’s series. Of note, Stefan began his professional career as a member of the BPO’s trombone section where he played from 1999-2007 before pursuing conducting full time. He also recently concluded a one year appointment as Principal Conductor for the Hot Springs Music Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Stefan was also featured conductor for the League of American Orchestras Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview. The prestigious conductor showcase is designed to feature talented young conductors poised for music directorships with American Orchestras and was hosted by Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony in May of 2016.

Prior to a career as a conductor, Stefan was an internationally renowned trombonist, having performed as a soloist in North America, Asia, and Europe. His performance of Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, with the Czech Philharmonic, can be heard on the Albany Records label. As a trombonist, Stefan performed with several orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, and the Seattle Opera’s 2001 production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

Stefan was a fellow at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen under the tutelage of maestros, Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff and Hugh Wolff. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Interlochen Arts Academy.

Notes from the Music Director Americana Masters The Spartanburg Philharmonic is thrilled to bring worldrenowned musician, Béla Fleck to our stage. The epitome of a crossover artist, Fleck has won sixteen Grammy Awards and has been nominated in more categories than any other musician. From bluegrass to jazz and classical to country, Béla Fleck is a national treasure. His Juno Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra brings musical styles and tastes together for the second half of our Americana inspired program.

The first half of our program begins with local composer, Nolan Stolz’s energetic Golden State Romp, the final movement from his Lincoln Highway Suite that celebrates the 100th anniversary of one of our nation’s first transcontinental highways, connecting New York to San Francisco. This piece captures the excitement of San Francisco, the Lincoln Highway’s terminus, as well as the majestic beauty of the Bay Area.

Aaron Copland, the Dean of American Composers, wrote his Appalachian Spring in 1944. Commissioned by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham to write a ballet score with an American theme, Copland initially gave the score a working title of simply Ballet for Martha, not knowing what Graham’s storyline or title would be for the ballet. Drawing inspiration from Edward Deming Andrews’ book entitled The Gift to be Simple - Songs, Dances and Rituals of the American Shakers, Copland incorporated the well known song Simple Gifts into his score. Shortly before its premier Graham suggested the title of Appalachian Spring to support her storyline depicting a young pioneer couple’s hopes and dreams for prosperity. Thus, Appalachian Spring was born. In 1945 the work won the Pulitzer Prize for music; affirming this masterpiece’s status as one of the most important pieces of American music.

Read more on page 36

Glorious Finale Beethoven evolved the symphony from music for entertainment to music that gave composers a “canvas” to incorporate the more visceral themes and ideals of the human condition into their music. Akin to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, with its recurring motives acting as a musical protagonist throughout each of its four movements and its progression from minor to major mirroring one’s own personal progression from suffering to enlightenment, Tchaikovsky and his Fifth Symphony similarly take the listener on a musical journey that portrays the human experiences of anguish towards triumph.

With his unparalleled gift for combining melody and drama into the symphony, Tchaikovsky grabs the listener from the opening

“fate” motive and does not let go until the final notes of the symphony’s exultant finale.

The first half of our program begins with Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the continued on page 15

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10 Travel Tips . with Stefan Sanders M U S I C

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What are your top five road trip songs?

- Waylon Jennings, Luken Bach TX - any Willie Nelson - any James Taylor - Top 40 (I try to keep up with the times!)

- Flatt Lonesome, You’re the One

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What’s the most touristy thing you’ve ever done?

Waited in line to see the Mona Lisa. I’m glad I did!

What was the best restaurant you’ve eaten at that was off the beaten path?

I went to a restaurant near Prague that specialized in cuisine from the Czech forest. One needed to place their order a few days in advance so they could “get” your food.

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Leave your expectations behind.

Embrace each moment. You will learn a great deal about our shared humanity.

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Do you prefer solo travel or traveling with a companion?

I love it when [my wife] Kela joins me on trips. It doesn’t happen all the time but when it does, it makes everything more fun.

With all your travels, how many miles have you put on your Tesla since you’ve gotten it?

I purchased the car I drive on October 1st, 2018.

It now has close to 17,000 miles on it.

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Top of the list: Rabat, Morocco, where I was born and have not been back to since we left many years ago. Also on the list: Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Reykjavik, Madrid, Barcelona, Singapore, India, and Australia.

What’s the most exotic thing you’ve eaten?

“Stinky Tofu” in Beijing... aptly named.

How many US states have you visited?

All but two: Alaska and Maine

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What’s your travel bucket list?

Do you document your trips?

If so, how?

I take pictures and share them on social media.

Notes from the Music Director, continued

overture to his fairytale opera, The Magic Flute.

Tchaikovsky adored Mozart; even composing an orchestral suite entitled Mozartiana that re-imagined four piano works by the Viennese master. The Magic Flute was Mozart’s final opera; receiving its premier just two months before his death in 1791.

Francis Poulenc, the most performed composer of the reactionary group of six French composers form the inter-war period, began work on his Organ Concerto in 1934. Poulenc and Les Six, as they became known, sought to differentiate themselves from the French Impressionist movement and composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Les Six and artists like Pablo Picasso and writers like Jean Cocteau ventured into an avant-garde aesthetic for the period, blurring the lines of ambiguity and realism in a way that had not been done before. Musically, Poulenc bridged these two worlds of realism and surrealism.

His Organ Concerto doesn’t venture too far from reality with its roots in the Baroque organ literature of Bach and Buxtehude, though the pieces orchestration for just strings and timpani provides a juxtaposition of bombast and lyricism for the organ, played by our own Brennan Szafron, to envelope the concert hall in an altogether exciting piece.

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BÉLA FLECK &

Abigail washburn Friday, JAN. 31 @ 8:00 pm Chapman Cultural Center

Fleck and Washburn met at a square dance and began playing music together a dozen years ago, beginning with the Sparrow Quartet. They married shortly thereafter and became parents to a cute little tot, Juno. In 2013, they joined forces for a very banjo-centric recording and touring project. Along with the obvious musical chemistry, this family band would keep their family together – on tour.

Their debut album Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn took home the 2016 GRAMMY for Best Folk album.

Read more about Béla and Abby “Béla Fleck Banjo” on page 40

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Bluegrass Spartanburg presents both international and local award-winning bluegrass bands in its four-show series.

In 2015, a small group of bluegrass fans living in Spartanburg partnered with the Chapman Cultural Center to bring worldclass bands to our hometown. The pilot season was such a success that they sought to expand with the help, experience, and leadership of the Spartanburg Philharmonic.

In the fall of 2017, in partnership with the Philharmonic, the series relaunched as“Bluegrass Spartanburg” and has seen enormous success ever since. Bluegrass Spartanburg hopes to continually offer its fans the opportunity to enjoy outstanding bluegrass music in the Upstate.

Bluegrass Spartanburg Committee Chris Strickland, Committee Chair Kristin Scott Benson Walker Copley Ray Dunleavy Peter Grzan Ben Burke Howell Chris Kennedy

LONESOME RIVER BAND Saturday, APR. 23 @ 8:00 pm Chapman Cultural Center Lonesome River Band’s vocal and instrumental talents come together as they perform their trademark sound that fans continue to embrace. The outstanding lead vocals and harmony by acclaimed singer-songwriter Brandon Rickman and the 2017 IBMA Momentum Award Vocalist of the Year Jesse Smathers are pure magic and put over the top by the exceptional instrumentals of fiddle extraordinaire Mike Hartgrove, top-tier bassist Barry Reed, and five-time IBMA Banjo Player of the Year and Country Music Hall of Famer Sammy Shelor.

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left to right: a scene from “Throw Down Your Heart”; Kristin Scott Benson; Tray Wellington; the PacJAM Bluegrass Band; Béla Fleck

Educate: Discovering the Banjo From Africa to the Mountains of Appalachia

Laura-Clare Thevenet

Contributing Author

The resurgence of the banjo in popular music can be attributed to folk bands such as Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers. Due to this kind of popularity, the banjo is often pigeonholed as an instrument that was born solely from Bluegrass and Southern culture; however, limiting the instrument to these assumptions is inaccurate and does a great disservice to its rich history.

In his documentary “Throw Down Your Heart,” GRAMMY® Award-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck strives to dispel these labels and traces the banjo’s origins back to West Africa. Originally called the “banjar,” the stringed gourd instrument was carried by enslaved Africans to North America.

It was there that it was appropriated by Americans, eventually becoming traditionally associated with the music of Appalachia. Intended to help American audiences understand that while banjos are often portrayed in mainstream media as an instrument that “rednecks” or “hillbillies” use, the documentary details the instrument’s important cultural origins in Caribbean and African music.

In order to bring educational awareness to this subject, the Spartanburg Philharmonic will present a Discovering the Banjo series consisting 20

of teaching artist residencies, film screenings of “Throw Down Your Heart,” and educational outreach programs that will culminate in a weekend of exhilarating performances by Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn.

On Friday, January 31, Fleck and Washburn will perform as a part of the Bluegrass Spartanburg concert series at the Chapman Cultural Center.

The following night, both Washburn and Fleck will join the Philharmonic for our “Americana Masters” concert at Twichell Auditorium at Converse College, and Fleck will perform his Juno Concerto with the full orchestra (page 36). To encourage broad access to music in schools, the Philharmonic will offer standard half-price tickets to any Classics concert for students and educators.

This project represents an exciting crossing of genres for the Philharmonic, which has presented classical masterworks, chamber music, and new compositions for over 90 years.

Discovering the Banjo will also host award-winning banjoist Kristin Scott Benson leading a week-long teaching residency with students at the Cleveland Academy in Spartanburg. Benson’s residency will focus on developing students’ creative capacities

including imagination, critical thinking, and persistence. Benson will collaborate with teachers, thus strengthening the learning environment and expanding their capacity to engage students creatively. Students will then attend a banjo performance in their auditorium featuring Kristin and special guest Tray Wellington (Cane Mill Road bluegrass band).

The Spartanburg Philharmonic is absolutely thrilled and honored to present these influential banjoists in conjunction with the Discovering the Banjo series. A 15-time GRAMMY® Award recipient, Béla Fleck has also been nominated for more than 30 additional GRAMMYs and in more categories than any instrumentalist in the Award’s history. A prolific composer, songwriter, and performer, having released 10 albums in 11 years, his wife Abigail Washburn won the 2016 GRAMMY® for Best Folk Album for her self-titled debut written with Béla.

Banjo player extraordinaire Kristin Scott Benson is the 2018 recipient of the 9th annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. She is also the four-time International Bluegrass Music Association’s Banjo Player of the Year. She has been a member of the GRAMMY®-nominated Bluegrass band, The Grascals since 2008.

The Philharmonic has also partnered with the

Pacolet Junior Appalachian Musicians (PacJAM) program which provides Bluegrass music instruction area youth ages 6-18 years old.

PacJAM students were invited to engage with Discovering the Banjo programming through an essay contest. For the contest, students viewed “Throw Down Your Heart” and wrote about how the film changed their perspective of the banjo.

The winning essay is featured on page 22, and the author received free tickets to Béla Fleck’s performance with the Spartanburg Philharmonic.

The Spartanburg County Public Library and the Carolina Music Museum in Greenville County (SC) will present free public screenings of Fleck’s documentary during the weeks leading up to the concerts. Both screenings will be moderated by local scholars and will include banjo demonstrations by local musicians.

The project conducts outreach in three South Carolina counties including Spartanburg, Greenville, and Pickens. Reaching music lovers of all ages, student musicians, professional musicians, and educators, the goal of the program is to serve several distinct audiences across and beyond Spartanburg County while preserving and spreading the history of the banjo.

These performances are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the SC Arts Commission.

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Inspire: Throw Down Your Heart Essay Contest Winner

Kamron Montgomery PacJAM Participant

My name is Kamron Montgomery. I am 11 years old. I have been playing the banjo since I was 5. I am African American, and I have never met another African banjo player. I was excited to hear and see that Béla Fleck was going to bring back the banjo to Africa. First, Béla located Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali. These are the places he planned to go. They asked why he was going to bring back the banjo because in America, there is a white stereotype in playing banjo. He wanted to go to Africa where it came from where he could play with different musicians and instruments. Béla Fleck just wants to play good music. When he played with musicians and other people and he wanted to blend in, he got to see how they lived and where they lived and all kind of instruments and the way they played and sounded. He also went to Africa to record with the people and musicians. Béla Fleck got to see how people were connected to life through music. He got to feel the emotion by living with them. Singing and music are part of who the African people are. By looking at their faces, I can tell that they enjoyed playing with Béla Fleck. He is the real deal.

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Béla got to jam with musicians that made him play music that he had never played before. Béla got to see and talk to the people about the slaves in the old days. I also got to see how Béla Fleck makes and writes his own music. Béla got to hear all the great musicians from the four places in Africa that he was going to visit. The African people were amazed with Béla’s playing on the banjo and how it sounded. Béla got to play with the different bands and tribes and learned their musical traditions. He ended his trip in Mali where the banjo is the main music.

This video means a lot to me because most of my heritage comes from Africa. Being an African American banjo player, I got to see and feel the emotion of the people and how they lived through their music and singing. Béla Fleck has interested me more in playing the banjo and helped me learn to feel and learn more about my culture. The last thing I learned is how and where music started.

Thank you Béla Fleck.

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“Music is the universal language... one illustration of this concept occurred when a musician was singing a song about his father who had passed. Béla Fleck could tell that the musician was sad by how his voice sounded and by how his face looked, even if he couldn’t understand what he was saying. Béla Fleck, who had just met the musician and had never met the man’s father, was very moved by the music, and you could tell for the same reasons that he was also sad.”

– Ella Tokar, age 11

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– Lyla Tokar, age 9

“I know that music is the international language, but I didn’t understand the depth of that until I watched the Béla Fleck documentary. Seeing people from the different continents cry together because of grief, and just laughing and singing while doing chores, was just amazing... Even though our languages are different, it all has the same meaning in the musical language.”

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– Anna Tokar, age 12

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Selections • John Beck In the Pocket • George Hamilton Green Ragtime Robin and Triplets • Emmanuel Sejourne Losa and Vous avez du feu?

• Steven Snowden A Man with a Gun Lives Here • Ivan Trevino Catching Shadows ...AND MORE!

Notes The percussion section of the Spartanburg Philharmonic returns to the stage at Chapman to offer a fantastic program of rhythms, beats, and foot-tapping tunes.

The program features the incredible layered rhythms by noted percussionist and composer John Beck, select rags from George Hamilton Green, and a mesmerizing trio piece from Steven Snowden that will entrance the audience watching the masterful way the musicians move together in harmony to create a complex wash of rhythms.

SHAKE & STRIKE F R I D AY

Feb. 21

@ the Chapman Cultural Center

5:30 – 6:30 pm 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Colorful compositions by Emmanual Sejourne including Losa, a duet inspired by Spanish Flamenco, and Catching Shadows by Indie, Contemporary composer Ivan Trevino round out the concert.

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Kick-start your weekend with a short shot of music! Join us for complimentary light hors d’oeuvres, wine, coffee from Little River Roasting, and Ciclops brews during our pre-concert social-hour. Then enjoy our Friday evening, one-hour Espresso concerts with programs that span genres. From the beautiful and enduring music of the past to popular hits from today to hidden gems by our own, local composers, there is something for everyone!

Selections • Sir Malcom Arnold Three Shanties and Brass Quintet no. 1 • Anthony DiLorenzo Siren Song • August Klughardt Wind Quintet, op. 79 • Ludwig Maurer Three Pieces for Brass Quintet • Camille Saint-Saëns Tarentelle • Brennan Szafron Skyscraper Fanfare ...AND MORE!

Notes Entertaining and elegant, Doppio Breve combines the power of our brass quintet with the fire of our woodwind quintet.

DOPPIO BREVE F R I D AY

May 15

@ the Chapman Cultural Center

5:30 – 6:30 pm 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Happy-Hour Social One-Hour Performance

First, the Philharmonic’s top flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon players will take the stage and present Klughardt’s charming Woodwind Quintet from 1898.

Next, the Philharmonic’s trumpets, principal horn, trombone, and tuba will perform Sir Malcom Arnold’s exciting Brass Quintet - a beloved piece for the ensemble.

Finally, all ten musicians will join forces premiering, among other works, a new piece of music by local composer Brennan Szafron!

for more information or to purchase tickets, visit us online

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Meet Rhea Jacobus

Principal Flute

Dr. Rhea B. Jacobus has been principal flute with the Spartanburg Philharmonic for over two decades, performing under Music Director’s Bill Scott, Sarah Ioannides, and Stefan Sanders.

She has served several times on the Orchestra Committee as well as both Conductor Search Committees during her tenure. A long-time student of Louis Moyse, Rhea has continued to focus on the expression and color of the instrument and loves to make listeners feel differently after going through the experience of encountering a piece’s deeper sentiments.

She has performed in many of the wonderful orchestras in the Region including Charleston, Greenville, and Hendersonville symphonies, in addition to teaching and giving masterclasses in many locations in the United States, and adores coaching chamber music, orchestras, and students here in the upstate. In 2017, she was the featured soloist at Sarah Ioannides’ last concert with the 28

orchestra, in the Faure Fantaisie. The Philharmonic has offered many unique performing experiences, including playing a concerto in Switzerland and performing in the fascinating Espresso Concerts, such as Homegrown last November. Dr. Jacobus’ own group, The Carolina Chamber Ensemble, was invited to premiere a newly composed piece at the National Flute Convention in Chicago; with her Philharmonic Flutes - with Sally Frick and Brennan Szafron (see page 47) - she performed at Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, and most recently, in the incredible Equestrian concert, Divertimentos and Dressage, this past October. Currently she teaches theory and music appreciation at Clemson University.

While not driving all over the Upstate as musicians constantly do, she is at home in Pendleton, SC with her beloved husband Tim on their wonderful 6 acres, and her incredible physicist/engineer/jazz pianist father Roy, busily training her Border Collie and Belgian Malinois on her agility field. Most of the time, she is simply hoping to avoid her hands getting accidentally mistaken for a tug toy on at least that particular day.

One of Rhea’s dreams is to somehow offer hope to other people struggling to believe they can have a life after cancer. In 2005, she had rather slim chances herself, encountering a metastasis and serious consequences from the treatment, including the brain damage, immune system collapse, and muscle wasting, the same things that perhaps an audience member or family member may be struggling with right now. She dearly wants, with gratitude, to show a picture of the additional possibilities and wonder which can come true—even if life “leaves a mark”!

Alvoy has also been married to Nicole Bryan for the last ten and half years, and is the father of five children (one son and four daughters): Elijah (7), Naimah (9), Isis (10), Micah (12), and Malachi (15). His two older children are from a previous marriage.

In addition to his performance carrier, Alvoy is the Orchestra Director at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia, SC and also serves as the CEO and Coowner of Bryan Music Group L.L.C.

Meet Alvoy Bryan Jr.

Principal Viola

Dr. Alvoy Bryan Jr. holds a B.M. in music performance from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), a M.M. in music performance from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a D.M.A. in music performance from the University of South Carolina. He is a native of Decatur, G.A. and began studying the violin at the age of ten, and the viola at the age of eighteen.

Alvoy is a professional orchestral and chamber musician, conductor, arranger and teacher. He is a member of Spartanburg Philharmonic (Principal), Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Augusta Symphony, Aiken Symphony (Principal), and has performed with orchestras such as South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, Danville Symphony, and Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Bryan has also performed chamber music in Europe and South America with a few professional chamber music groups.

To unwind, Alvoy loves to play video games on his PlayStation 4 – he’s very much into Technology – and his favorite outdoor sport is basketball. And to be honest, he also loves eating home cooked meals by his beautiful wife Nicole.

Alvoy is an active member of several social and giving organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Gamma Eta Chapter), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Inc. (Xi Beta Chapter), College Lodge No. 378 Free & Accepted Masons (PHA), Ethiopia Chapter No. 60 (Holy Royal Arch Masons), O.D. Berry Royal & Select Council No. 1, Joshua Commandery No. 10, and C.C. Johnson Consistory No. 136.

Taking care of our community is extraordinarily important to Alvoy, and he is very active in several Masonic organizations that support family shelters, donating bikes and tablets for students achieving academic success at local middle and high schools, and raising funds for scholarships to high school graduates attending college for the first time.

But at the end of the day, Alvoy just loves spending time at home watching a movie with his wife and children.

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Karen & Stephen Parrott with their daugter Bonnie and Stefan Sanders.

Spotlight: Karen Parrott

Board Member and Volunteer Extraordinaire

Laura-Clare Thevenet

Contributing Author

Next to the word “genuine” in the dictionary is a picture of Spartanburg Philharmonic board member Karen Parrott. No matter the circumstance, Karen will always greet you with a smile, asking about your day, congratulating you on your accomplishments, thanking you for your time, all while soaking in every single detail.

Her consistent authenticity and ability to make everyone feel special is what makes her unique.

Philharmonic and various other programs in the Chapman Cultural Center. She enthusiastically encourages members of the community to attend concerts, donate, and become involved with the Spartanburg Philharmonic. Additionally, she has taken art classes at Chapman, volunteered and worked closely with Ballet Spartanburg and Spartanburg Little Theatre, and previously served as Chapman’s Director of Annual Giving.

A long time Spartanburg resident, Karen has graciously volunteered in the community for over 20 years and has made the city home for her husband Stephen and their three children. She previously worked at Parrott Medical Inc. in a part-time administrative position and has extensive experience in pharmaceutical sales from her time working with Syntex Corporation, where she was awarded The President’s Award for top sales.

When joining the Board, Karen graciously accepted the role of Fund Development Chair and has led this committee for 3 years. On any given day, you can find her in the Philharmonic offices personally writing letters, making phone calls, and stuffing envelopes for patrons, donors, and members of the board. She is at every event networking, mingling with patrons, and making sure everyone’s needs are met. She works tirelessly to ensure that her personal touch is evident in all of her efforts.

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Karen Parrott is the epitome of an involved board member and is undoubtably a crucial addition to the Spartanburg Philharmonic family.

Her dedication and time is met with enormous appreciation.

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Meet Callie Brennan

Interim Concertmaster

Callie Brennan hails from the sunny state of Maine, which is where she first held a violin at the tender age of four. As an adolescent she studied with Ronald Lantz of the Portland String Quartet, and received regular coachings in chamber music from the PSQ. While pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at The University of Colorado, Callie studied with Lina Bahn and Harumi Rhodes. During this time she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, studying with Ole Bohn at the Sydney Conservatorium.

This travel prompted her to look abroad for postgraduate study, and led her to The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2016 she moved to London, England, where she completed two Masters Degrees in Music and Violin performance.

During her studies at Guildhall, Callie studied with Stephanie Gonley and Ofer Falk, and had numerous opportunities to receive coachings from other internationally renowned musicians.

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Callie has an extensive background in chamber music, having been coached by ensembles such as the Portland String Quartet, the Takacs Quartet, the Heath Quartet, Endellion Quartet, and the Zodiac Trio. As a member of the Ember String Quartet, she traveled to Spain in July 2017, attending the Fringe Festival in Torroella di Montgri. Callie was also a member of The Orchid Trio, which was awarded the St. James Chamber Music prize and a recital opportunity in Piccadilly Circus, London. In February 2018 Callie was named the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra’s Soloist of the year, which led to her first solo performance with an orchestra; She performed the Walton Violin Concerto under the direction of Peter Stark at St. John’s Church, Waterloo.

Callie has had the pleasure of performing on The Barbican Stage and in Royal Festival Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and Boettcher Hall in Denver. Other global performance experience includes a quartet residency for the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland’s summer strings courses, and attending the “Renaissance in the XXI Century” summer course in Florence, Italy. Other music festivals include the Zodiac Music Festival (France), The Bowdoin International Music Festival (USA), and The Colorado Music Festival (USA).

After moving to Asheville in 2018, Callie has enjoyed regular performance opportunities with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Philharmonic, and served as Principal 2nd of the Spartanburg Philharmonic in the spring of 2019.

She also holds a position with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Callie plays on a 2005 Christopher Edel violin, made in Boston, MA. When she’s not practicing or in rehearsal, she is most likely hiking, traveling, and eating alarming amounts of chocolate.

Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra Members & Chair Sponsors as of August 2019

Violin I

Bass

Horn

Callie Brennan, Interim Concertmaster

Ian Bracchitta**, Principal

Anneka Zuehlke-King**, Principal

Robin Hague Els, Assitant Concertmaster

Matthew Waid, Assistant Principal

Chris George

Mary Irwin

J. Bret Alford

Andrew Merideth, Assistant Principal

Sarah Hurd* Emily Kirkpatrick* Zoe Kushubar

Brian Gencarelli Jeff Stinson

Jeanette Schlimgen Darian Washington*

Flute & Piccolo

Trumpet

Rhea Jacobus, Principal

Tyler Jones, Principal

Caroline Ulrich

Kenneth Frick

Violin II

Jessica Sherer

Bruce Cox

Halee Joo, Principal Violin II

Oboe & English Horn

Mr. & Mrs. George Dean Johnson

Dr. Barry Bodie & Ms. Laurel D. Johnson Betsy Neely Sikma & Jason Sikma

Mr. E.T. McLean, in memory of Henry Janiec

Michelle Mills* Leonardo Ottoni* Kathleen Robinson* Sarah Johnson, Concertmaster Emeritus

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Cogan

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lehner

Dr. & Mrs. Caleb Loring, IV

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ellis Weisman Mrs. Susan H. Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger

Simone Beach Ann Buttimer

Laura Allen & Roger Sullivan

Michele Tate Cockram** Theresa Jenkins-Russ Allison Key* March Moody Emily Wait

Viola Alvoy Bryan, Principal

Endowed by friends and family in honor of Wallace Eppes Johnson

Arthur Ross*, Assistant Principal

Travis & Allison Sutton

Diana Maley Berti**

Dr. & Mrs. Peter Sereque

Matthew Darsey* Amber Holden Katy Martin Emma Smoker Michael Weaver

Cello

Ginny Metzger, Principal

Rachel & Ken Deems

Kelly Vaneman, Associate Principal

Mr. William Wilkinson & Mr. Robert K. Bellinger

Mary AllyeB Purtle

Ms. Joan B. Gibson

Clarinet Karen Hill, Principal

Dr. & Mrs. Louis Knoepp, Jr.

Harry Hill, Jr.

Mrs. Patricia Hudgens

Taylor Massey*

Mr. & Mrs. David Ellis

Bassoon Frank Watson**, Principal Rosalind Buda

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Flynn, Jr.

Stephanie Lipka Rhyne

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Maddox

Brianna Tam, Principal

Piano & Organ

Kathy Foster, Assistant Principal

Brennan Szafron, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Baker Lib & Rick Orr

Franklin Keel Meredith Keen Katie Hamilton Christine Lee Eric Scheider Benjamin Smith

Mr. James Cheek

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Wildman Ms. Karen E. Bjelland

Dr. & Mrs. Tom Moore

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troup Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Nederostek

Trombone Mark Britt, Principal

Mr. and Mrs. V. C. McLeod, III

Rienette Davis

Ms. Thelma A. Powell

Eric Henson

Tuba John Holloway, Principal

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Verreault, III

Timpani Patrick Lowery**, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Kohler, Jr.

Percussion Adena McDaniel, Co-principal

Dr. Karen Czuba Gibson & Mr. Jimmy Gibson

Matt McDaniel, Co-principal

Dr. Leslie W. Howard, Jr.

Del Burton Wesley Strasser* Veronica Weygandt*

Harp Emily Waggoner, Principal

Mr. & Mrs. Lindsay Little

Kela Walton*

Karen & Stephen Parrott

*denotes substitute musician, playing two or more concerts in the 2019-2020 season **2019-2020 Orchestra Committee Member

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The Zimmerli Classics Series

AMericana M A S T E R S S AT U R D AY

February 1

2020

@ Twichell Auditorium at the Zimmerli Performance Center

6:00 – 6:30 pm 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Classical Conversations Performance

Lincoln Highway Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nolan Stolz 5 min

V. Golden State Romp

Appalachian Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Copland 25 min

Intermission And Am I Born to Die . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional, arr. Fleck & Washburn Abigail Washburn, vocals | Béla Fleck, banjo

4 min

Bloomin’ Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleck & Washburn Abigail Washburn, vocals & banjo | Béla Fleck, banjo

4 min

Juno Concerto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Béla Fleck Movement I — q=120 Movement II — q=50 Movement III — q=95

featuring Béla Fleck, banjo

Programs subject to change | Timings are approximate

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30 min

Classical Conversations 6:00-6:30 pm

Before each concert this season, join Music Director Stefan Sanders and Chris Vaneman in Twichell Auditorium for a fun and informative pre-concert chat and preview of the nights’ performances. Seating is General Admission, and patrons are asked to return to the seats on their tickets after Classical Conversations have concluded.

Find out more about the music and how each piece fits together on the program. It’s a great way to start the evening and adds so much to the listening experience!

Program Notes

Golden State Romp Nolan Stolz (1981-)

The Lincoln Highway, America’s first cross-country highway (established in 1913) connects two very exciting cities: New York and San Francisco.

The music heard in the outer movements of the Suite (“From the Hudson” and “Golden State Romp”) represent this vibrancy. Either movement can work as an opener or as a finale, so the piece may be performed “Westward” (I-V) or “Eastward” (V-I).

The Lincoln’s Western terminus is located in San Francisco. The energy found in “Golden State Romp” (CA) mirrors the vibrancy of the Bay Area,

and the attractive views of rural California are heard throughout the movement.

— Nolan Stolz is a composer, music theorist, percussionist/drummer. Born in Milwaukee, WI, Stolz grew up in Las Vegas, where he worked for several years as a freelance jazz drummer. He is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music at University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg.

This work is officially endorsed by the Lincoln Highway Association.

Nolan Stolz

Appalachian SPring Aaron Copland

(1900-1990)

Aaron Copland is considered by many to be America’s greatest composer.

Born in New York, he did not attend a university but developed his musical talent through private study. He moved to Paris in the early 1920s to study with the eminent teacher. Nadia Boulanger.

Copland is remembered today, not only as an accomplished composer, but also as an author, conductor and spokesman for American music. His works are appreciated for the way they speak – directly and simply –

to the average individual. His is a musical language we can understand.

In 1942 choreographer Martha Graham approached Copland wanting him to write music for a ballet she was producing. The ballet concerned an early 19th century pioneer celebration of the arrival of spring. A newly built farmhouse was to be raised in the Pennsylvania hills.

The story was intended to portray typical American life and the pioneer spirit. continued on page 38

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Program Notes

Appalachian Spring continued

Copland was influenced by the music of early Shaker tunes including the song “Simple Gifts”. With this one exception, however, he did not use preexisting tunes in Appalachian Spring. Rather he distilled American folk music and created his own melodies characterizing the American spirit and the spaciousness of the land. The suite contains seven sections, which take us through tender music for the bride and groom, music of the revivalist and his flock, the emotions of motherhood

and the activities of daily life on the farm.

The ballet premiered at the Library of Congress October 30, 1944, as the climax of a festival honoring philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. For this work Copland received the Pulitzer Prize and the Music Critics Circle Award. He then arranged Appalachian Spring as an orchestral suite. Today the music is heard more often in concert form than as a ballet.

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And Am I Born to Die? Fleck/ Washburn

Based on the hymn by 16th century British composer Charles Wesley, this arrangement of And Am I Born to Die? by Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn received a GRAMMY Nomination for Best American Roots Performance in 2015.

And am I born to die To lay this body down And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown

A land of deepest shade Unpierced by human thought The dreary regions of the dead Where all things are forgot

Soon as from earth I go What will become of me Eternal happiness or woe What shall my portion be

And am I born to die To lay this body down And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown

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Bloomin’ Rose Fleck/ Washburn

I was born unto this earth, green grasses softened my birth Blue heavens shelter me deep beneath an evergreen sky

As the big wheel barrels on through and the towers rise up all around Til there’s nothing left we can do but watch her spiraling down

I withdrew from the light of the sun, four walls became my home I could feel my body grow weak with every passing year

She was a rose, a bloomin’ rose Come and go in shadow Farewell my rose, my blooming rose

She was a rose, a bloomin’ rose Come and go in shadow She was a rose, a blooming rose

Juno Concerto Béla Fleck

Take your palace of gold my friend It’ll be no use in the end Pray the soil will hold me close and fold my body back in

At first there was only a trace, but the building quickened it’s pace Will you sign this paper my friend and pour the whiskey round

She was a rose, a bloomin’ rose Come and go in shadow Farewell my rose, my blooming rose

“In 2015, I was commissioned to write a second banjo concerto by the Canton Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, and the South Carolina Philharmonic, in partnership.

my orchestra immersion therapy.

Also it was great to have a project that I didn’t have to travel for, at least during the composing portion of things. So I wrote much of this at night and in spare moments, and it didn’t take me away from my family.”

I was curious to see what I might have learned from the many performances - well over 50 at that point - of The Impostor banjo concerto (Fleck’s first concerto for banjo). At this point performing with a symphony had become a normal part of my musical life, and I thought I might be able to write a piece that incorporated

—Béla Fleck

Named for his son, Juno Jasper Washburn Fleck (whose photo appears on the cover of the album), the concerto draws from classical traditions and 20th century Americana while treating the audience to a fresh take on the concerto form.

“The piece as a whole is a vivid exploration of the character of Fleck’s instrument, from the lonesome sound of a melancholy melody on unaccompanied banjo, to Vivaldian passage work in decidedly non-Baroque time signatures and modalities, to the inevitable – and no less gratifying for it – third-movement hoedown.”

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Béla Fleck Banjo Just in case you aren’t familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he’s the world’s premier banjo player. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects and collaborations.

If you are familiar with Béla, you know that he just loves to play the banjo, often re-imagining it in unique settings.

The 15-time GRAMMY Award winner has been nominated in more categories than any other artist in GRAMMY history, and remains a powerfully creative force globally in bluegrass, jazz, classical pop, rock and world beat.

His groundbreaking quartet Béla Fleck & The Flecktones are celebrating 30 years with a North American tour in the summer of 2018. Fleck and his wife Abigail Washburn took home the 2016 Grammy for Best Folk Album, and released the acclaimed follow up LP Echo in the Valley in 2017.

Any world-class musician born with the names Béla (for Bartok), Anton (for Webern) and Leoš (for Janácek Janacek) would seem destined to play classical music. Fleck made the classical connection with Perpetual Motion, his critically acclaimed 2001 Sony Classical recording that went on to win a pair of GRAMMYs, including Best Classical Crossover Album. Collaborating with Fleck on Perpetual 40

Motion was his long time friend and colleague, Edgar Meyer, an amazing bassist/composer whose virtuosity defies labels. Béla and Edgar co-wrote and performed a double concerto for banjo, bass, and the Nashville Symphony, which debuted in November 2003.

In 2006, Nashville Symphony was looking for composers that were members of the community to create a piece to commemorate the opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. They chose Béla and Edgar, who created The Melody of Rhythm, a triple concerto for banjo, bass and tabla, in collaboration with world-renowned tabla virtuoso, Zakir Hussain.

In 2009, Béla produced the award-winning documentary and recordings, Throw Down Your Heart, where he journeyed across Africa to research the origins of the banjo.

In 2011, Fleck premiered his first stand-alone banjo concerto, The Impostor, with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, who commissioned the work.

It was followed by the companion documentary, How to Write a Banjo Concerto. The Impostor has now been performed over 50 times worldwide.

These days, Fleck bounces between various intriguing touring situations: he performs his concertos worldwide, collaborates in a duo with Chick Corea and a trio with Zakir Hussain and Edgar

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Meyer. He performs in concert with the Brooklyn Rider string quartet, in banjo duet with Abigail Washburn, banjo and mandolin duet with Chris Thile, and occasionally back to bluegrass with his old friends Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Bryan Sutton and others. He collaborates with African artists such as Oumou Sangare and Toumani Diabate, in a jazz setting with The Marcus Roberts Trio, and - with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, who continue to perform together 30 years after the band’s inception.

Abigail Washburn Vocals & Banjo If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. She—a singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player—is every bit as interested in the present and the future as she is in the past, and every bit as attuned to the global as she is to the local. Abigail pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody’s ever heard before.

One fateful day 11 years ago, Washburn was miraculously offered a record deal in the halls of a bluegrass convention in Kentucky which changed her trajectory from becoming a lawyer in China to a traveling folk musician. Since then, Abigail has been recording and touring a continuous stream of music. Her music ranges from the “all-g’earl” string band sound of Uncle Earl to her bi-lingual solo release Song of the Traveling Daughter (2005), to the mind-bending “chamber roots” sound of the Sparrow Quartet, to the rhythms, sounds and stories of Afterquake, her fundraiser CD for the Sichuan earthquake victims. The New York Times praised her 2011 release, City of Refuge, written with collaborator Kai Welch, saying the the songs “mingle Appalachia and folk-pop, with tinges of Asia and Bruce Springsteen.” Her most recent release, Echo in the Valley (2017), was recorded with her husband, 15-time Grammy award winning banjo virtuoso, Béla Fleck. Their acclaimed, self-titled debut, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn (2014), earned the 2016 Grammy for Best Folk Album.

photo by Shervin Lainez

Having toured the world, Washburn is also armed with Chinese language ability and profound connections to culture and people on the other side of the Pacific. Washburn is one of the few foreign artists currently touring China independently and regularly. She completed a month-long tour (NovDec 2011) of China’s Silk Road supported by grants from the US Embassy, Beijing. Abigail, along with 24 other innovative and creative thinkers worldwide, was named a TED fellow and gave a talk at the 2012 TED Convention in Long Beach about building US-China relations through music. In March of 2013, she was commissioned by New York Voices and the NY Public Theater to write and debut a theatrical work titled, Post-American Girl, which draws from her 17-year relationship with China and addresses themes of expanding identity, cultural relativism, pilgrimage, the universal appeal of music and opening the heart big enough to fold it all in. Abigail was recently named the first US-China Fellow at Vanderbilt University. Her efforts to share US music in China and Chinese music in the US exist within a hope that cultural understanding and the communal experience of beauty and sound rooted in tradition will lead the way to a richer existence.

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THE 2019-2020

MOSELEY SERIES

PETRIE AT THE PIEDMONT Featuring Courtney LeBauer, violin OCTOBER 7

VIENNA BOYS CHOIR NOVEMBER 4

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The Zimmerli Classics Series

GLORIOUS F I N A L E S AT U R D AY

2020

April 25 @ Twichell Auditorium at the Zimmerli Performance Center

6:00 – 6:30 pm 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Classical Conversations Performance

The Magic Flute, Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. A. Mozart 5 min

Concerto for organ in G minor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Poulenc 20 min

featuring Brennan Szafron, organ

Intermission Symphony no. 5 in E minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyotr Tchaikovsky I. Andante – Allegro con anima – Molto più tranquillo II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza III. Valse: Allegro moderato IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace

Programs subject to change | Timings are approximate

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45 min

Classical Conversations 6:00-6:30 pm

Before each concert this season, join Music Director Stefan Sanders and Chris Vaneman in Twichell Auditorium for a fun and informative pre-concert chat and preview of the nights’ performances. Seating is General Admission, and patrons are asked to return to the seats on their tickets after Classical Conversations have concluded.

Find out more about the music and how each piece fits together on the program. It’s a great way to start the evening and adds so much to the listening experience!

Program Notes

The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus mozart (1756-1791)

Mozart was very busy in 1791, writing an Italian opera (La clemenza di Tito) for the coronation of Emperor Leopold, King of Bohemia, as well as his Requiem Mass. Yet he was eager to finish a new opera he had started the previous year. It was to be a singspiel — a German opera with spoken as well as sung dialogue, incorporating some new elements known as Zauberoper (magic opera).

In this work Mozart created such an imaginative fairy tale story that even children love the opera.

Magic Flute brought the message of tolerance and human brotherhood— ideals of the Masonic order to which Mozart belonged. In this emerging Age of Enlightenment, humanitarian liberty was a rallying cry for the common man. Both Mozart and Schikaneder (the librettist) were Freemasons, as were many of the intellectuals of Austria at the time. It was a hidden society, which harbored some of the ideals that led to the French revolution - liberty, equality and fraternity.

The finished work premiered on September 30, 1791 at Vienna’s Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden.

The critics were rather disappointed but the public loved it. The opera celebrated its 100th performance the following year (November 1792).

However Mozart did not witness that 100th performance for by November 1791 he became seriously ill and died on December 5, 1791.

The Overture was written just days before the premiere — not so unusual for Mozart, who was known for his speed of composition. Masonic symbols are spread throughout the opera and its Overture, where the number three has special meaning.

There are Three Ladies, Three Boys, Three Priests and Three Slaves.

The opening three chords of the Overture may represent three knocks at the temple door — part of the Masonic ritual. These three somber chords are followed by a sweet melodic interval leading to a spirited Allegro. The music then returns to a brooding repeat of the three solemn chords. The remainder of the Overture is joyful and uplifting with syncopation, dynamic contrasts, and fugal treatment of the theme.

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Program Notes

Concerto for organ Francis poulenc (1899-1963)

Symphony no. 5 pyotr tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Francis Poulenc was born in Paris to a wealthy musical family. His mother, a fine pianist, started her son on piano lessons at age five. Largely self-taught as a composer he started to make a name for himself in the years just after World War I. His early works were focused on song, ballets and chamber music, which were light hearted and spirited.

Poulenc underwent an emotional change in 1936 following the death of a dear friend, fellow composer, PierreOctave Ferroud. This took him on a spiritual journey, renewing his earlier religious feelings, and this serious emotion is reflected in his later works.

While the Organ Concerto is secular, Poulenc considered it the first of his faith-inspired compositions.

In 1934 Poulenc received a commission from Princess Edmond de Polignac (formerly Winaretta Singer, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune) to compose an organ concerto. She requested that the organ part be easy, allowing the princess herself to perform the music. However Poulenc decided on something more grandiose and ambitious. Later the Princess wrote to Poulenc, “Its profound beauty haunts me.”

Scored for an orchestra of strings and timpani the Organ Concerto is performed as one continuous movement, divided into seven clearly separated sections. Following a thunderous opening G minor chord the timpani and basses lead into the first theme. As the music continues it shifts from G minor to G major and then from A minor to A major and then back to G major. The work ends with a strong G minor chord, played by the whole ensemble, creating a bold effect like that of the start of the piece.

Throughout his life Tchaikovsky was a highly emotional individual whose music is noted for its sensitivity, melodic richness and romantic character. In fact his music has been called an emotional autobiography expressing the composer’s inmost feelings. Yet in 1884 his life became a bit more stable and he let go of his characteristic unsociability and restlessness. He settled near Moscow where he lived the final ten years of his life, producing some of his most loved works.

force which prevents the impulse to happiness from attaining its goal.” In his Symphony No. 5, composed ten years later he again uses a recurring “Fate” theme, which is repeated is each of the four movements. This phrase comes from Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar accompanying the words “turn not into sorrow.”

Of Tchaikovsky’s six symphonies his greatest acclaim rests on the last three. Regarding Symphony No. 4 Tchaikovsky wrote that a recurring horn call represents “that fateful 46

In the opening Andante the clarinets introduce the Fate theme preceding the brooding music from the full orchestra. In the ensuing Andante cantabile the horns play one of Tchaikovsky’s most exquisite melodies. Here the Fate theme enters abruptly in the brass. Movement three, a lovely, fleeting waltz, ends with the Fate theme before going

Program Notes

Tchaikovsky continued

directly into the finale. Now in a major key we come to a triumphant coda.

As has been described, Tchaikovsky, like Beethoven, seemed to shake his fist at fate in this victorious ending.

Symphony No.5 was composed between May and August 1888

and premiered in Saint Petersburg under the direction of Tchaikovsky on November 17 of that year. It was first performed in New York in 1889 at Chickering Hall, conducted by Theodore Thomas.

Dr. Joella Utley

Brennan’s earliest training as an organist began in Ottawa, Ontario in 1990, when he took his first year of lessons with Danielle Dubé at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.

Before coming to Spartanburg, Brennan was a student at the University of Michigan, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance, studying with Robert Glasgow. Other degrees include a Master of Music degree from Yale University, and a Bachelor of Music degree, with distinction, from the University of Alberta,

Brennan Szafron Organ A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Dr. Brennan Szafron is the first full-time organist and choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, SC, a position he has held since August 2003. At this church, he is responsible for playing the organ for all services, directing two adult and three children’s choirs, and directing and arranging music for the instrumental and hand chime ensembles. Also, since 2009 he has been an adjunct instructor in organ performance and college organist at Converse College.

In November 2004, Brennan played the Barber Toccata Festiva and Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 with the Greater Spartanburg Philharmonic (now the Spartanburg Philharmonic). Both memorable performances were lauded by concert-goers, and Brennan was invited back several times. In 2013, he reprised the Barber Toccata Festiva with the Pihlharmonic, and in 2017, he was once again featured with the Philharmonic performing the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 for Sarah Ioannides’s final concert as Music Director.

Brennan has been featured on the South Carolina Public Radio show “On the Keys” and discusses his church’s organ in a YouTube video series entitled “Pipe Organs of South Carolina”. He also discussed the organ in Twichell Auditorium.

Brennan’s non-musical passion in the great outdoors. He has attempted to hike as many trails as possible throughout the SC and NC mountains and hopes to eventually be an “ultimate outsider” upon completion of visits to all the SC state parks.

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These programs are funded in part by the Chapman Cultural Center, its donors, the County of Spartanburg, and the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.

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Spartanburg Philharmonic Annual Fund

We gratefully acknowledge the following donors who made generous commitments to the Spartanburg Philharmonic.

This list reflects gifts received July 2018 through June 2019

Benefactor ($15,000+) Mr. & Mrs. William Barnet III Dr. Joella Utley Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Zimmerli Maestro ($10,000-$14,999) Mr. & Mrs. George Dean Johnson The Alfred Moore Foundation Virtuoso & Podium ($5,000-$9,999) Dr. Barry Bodie and Ms. Laurel D. Johnson The Carlos Moseley Trust

Baton ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Arkwright Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ken Deems Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ellis Weisman Dr. Karen Czuba Gibson and Mr. Jimmy Gibson

Mrs. Patricia Hudgens Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kohler, Jr. Mr. Stefan Sanders and Ms. Kela Walton Mr. William Wilkinson and Mr. Robert K. Bellinger

Principal ($1,000-$2,499) Laura Allen and Roger Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Baker Mrs. Susan H. Baker Ms. Karen E. Bjelland Kathryn H. Boucher Mrs. Elizabeth S. Chapman Mr. James Cheek Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cogan Mr. and Mrs. Dick Crenshaw Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dunleavy

Mr. and Mrs. David Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flynn, Jr.

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Ms. Joan B. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger Dr. Leslie W. Howard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Louis Knoepp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lehner Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Little Dr. and Mrs. Caleb Loring, IV Mr. and Mrs. Bob Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Hearon McCravy Mr. E.T. McLean Mr. and Mrs. V. C. McLeod, III Mr. and Mrs. John R. Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Nederostek Lib and Rick Orr Karen and Stephen Parrott Ms. Thelma A. Powell Dr. and Mrs. Peter Sereque Betsy Neely Sikma and Jason Sikma Travis and Allison Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troup Mr. and Mrs. John F. Verreault, III Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wildman

Fellow Musician ($500-$999) Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hurst Allen Anonymous Mr. Robert Borden Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bound Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Cogdell Mr. and Mrs. Allen Daryl Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Rick Dent, Jr. Mrs. Alice M. Eberhardt Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Fogarty

Dr. and Mrs. J. Sidney Fulmer Mr. Peter Grzan Ms. Wallace Eppes Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Klosterman Dr. Allen H. Mackenzie Mr. and Mrs. V. C. McLeod, III Dr. Melinda Moretz Mrs. PJ Morrow Ms. Samantha Nicholson

Mr. and Mrs. George Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Snipes Ms. Joanna Lewis and Mr. Richard Spiers Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Stone Helen and John Tipton Mrs. Ted Wagner Kate and Taylor White

Patron ($150-$499) Drs. Cedric and Meisha Adderley Mr. Joel Atance and Ms. Kara Bui Joan and Charles Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Grier Bomar Mr. and Mrs. Ken Boucher Dr. John M. Bullard Dr. John Burchfield Dr. and Mrs. William W. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Jan Caldwell Dr. Andrew Taber and Ms. Alyson Campbell Ms. Marjorie Cannon Mr. Jim Curry and Mrs. Brenda Lytle Ms. Jean Dunbar Mrs. Angelina Eschauzier

Mr. Gerald Ginocchio Mr. Scott Girouard Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harter Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hyatt Dr. and Mrs. David Ike Dr. and Mrs. Williams A. James Rear Admiral and Mrs. Stephen Johnson Dr. Peter B. Kay Ms. Sally Kay Mr. Vince J. Krydynski, Jr. Ms. Betty M. Luce Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Lyon Mr. and Mrs. John N. McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Don Miles Ms. Cabell Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell

Ms. Lisa Mowery Representative Rosalyn Henderson-Myers Mr. and Mrs. Wiley North Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer R. Sams, III Ms. Joy Shackelford Mr. and Mrs. Chris Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Traywick, II Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Wade Mr. and Mrs. William Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Glen Warner Douglas and Rita Weeks Dr. and Mrs. Auburn Woods Mr. and Mrs. John Worthen Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wynn Mr. and Mrs. Roland Zimmer

Mrs. Patricia Garst Hevener Ms. Mary Ann Hipp Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houston Ms. Cindy Howe and Mr. Dan McBride Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hughes Mrs. Lucy Hummers Max and Christa Jent Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson Ms. Ann Karegeannes Mr. Yoshi Kirsch Ms. Cornelia Linder Mr. and Mrs. George Loudon, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Martin Mr. Gaines H. Mason, Jr. Dr. Cavert K. McCorkle Mr. and Mrs. Foster McLane Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Miller, Jr. Ms. Bonnie H. Monson Ms. Pamela Nienhuis Ms. Jean W Ogden

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Parks Mr. Dwight F. Patterson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Peavey Mr. Wilbur H. Reames, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Justin Schutrumpf Mr. and Mrs. Mack Secord Dr. and Mrs. Bertram C. Sippola Mr. and Mrs. Nalin Srivastava Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strasburger Mr. Akira Terawaki Mrs. Martha I. Tiller Mr. Jeff Tillerson Mr. and Mrs. James Trout Mr. and Mrs. Dean Turner Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Weaver Ms. Linda Sangster West Ms. Libbo Wise Dr. and Mrs. Robert M Wood Mr. Barry D. Wynn

Members ($50-$149) Ms. Barbara Albert Ms. Frances J. Bagwell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Baird Ms. Margaret Barnes Orin and Beth Beach Mr. and Mrs. Louie Blanton Dr. John Burchfield Mr. Mark Carlson Mr. and Mrs. John Claggett Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clement Ms. Lynn Cogdill Joe and Vega Correll Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cote Ms. Carolyn Crenshaw Ms. Betty Doyle Mrs. George Dunn Ms. Jean Fortune Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frank Mr. William Galarneau Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hansen

for more information about donor levels or supporting the Philharmonic, visit us online at:

SpartanburgPhilharmonic.org/GiveNow

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band, and marching band were recognized for their artistic well-prepared performances and consistently received superior ratings at district and state music performance assessments.

At Converse College, when not conducting the Converse Wind Ensemble, Dr. Lalama teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in instrumental music education and conducting, and supervises student teachers in instrumental music.

She also serves as the adviser of the Collegiate National Association for Music Education at Converse. She serves on the South Carolina Music Educators Association executive board as Chair of Music Teacher Educators, President-Elect for the Higher Education Division, and Editor of the SC Musician, the official publication of SCMEA.

Meet Susana Lalama

Youth Orchestra Conductor

Susana M. Lalama, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Conductor of the Wind Ensemble at Converse College. Prior to her graduate degrees, she was Director of Bands at Barbara Goleman High School in Miami, Florida.

Under her direction, the wind ensemble, jazz

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Dr. Lalama is an active scholar, presenter, and researcher in music education. She has presented music education workshops on topics such as such as strategies for teaching beginning band, teaching intonation, classroom management for large ensembles, the student teaching experience, avoiding teacher pitfalls, and bringing out the artistry in teaching. Her research interests include perceptions of teacher caring, student social behaviors, and music teacher identity.

She has been recognized in Who’s Who Among American Teachers and was honored in 2009 for the Women in Action organization by being named Outstanding Woman of the Year. She is a member of many national and international professional organizations and has conducted several honor bands regionally. Dr. Lalama currently serves as an active band clinician, adjudicator, instrumental music education consultant, and mentor to new teachers.

Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Members as of August 2019

Violin I

Viola

Hayden Green, Principal Caitlyn McDonald, Assitant Principal Nasra Deria Jada Saleeby Ezra Anderson Karen Garcia Kate Harrison Brooke Evans Elizabeth McNulty Raquel Simon Micaela Bridges Jessica Igollo-Ogele Ballenger Cooksey Alexandra Steinbach

Jasmine Hang, Principal Shelby Pitts, Assistant Principal Trevor Reininger Julia Gergley Kiera Sanchez Carlos Arenas Kelsey Harris Carson Baker Julie Yanez Michelle Perez-Ugarte

Violin II Caroline Kopf, Principal Marlie Punch, Assistant Principal Alexia Ionova Sina Tams Saylor Symborski Luis Martinez-Meraz VIcky Fedorchenko Emie Cate Green Garrett Watson Adianna Steinbach Kaitlin Caughman Lorden Wilkinson Aleena Alapatt Abril Acosta Cody Morrison

Cello Brendan Short, Principal Divya Srijay, Assistant Principal Natalie Pickren Elijah Lawson Abby Sullivan Davy Cassells John Garcia Mable Ni Maia Sanchez Andrew SaldaĂąa

Clarinet Tristen Godfrey Ansley Edwards Jada Turner Caroline Shaw Abigail Hearne Maggie Hill

Bassoon Tashler Greene

Horn William Roark Carmen Jolly

Trumpet Ethan Watkins Sierra Bishop Connor Bruce Jonathan Wright

Bass

Trombone

Leo Gayosso, Principal Ian Hamrick, Assistant Principal Elena Johnson Jared Gregory

Douglas Reid Jacob Lawson

Flute & Piccolo Katie Whitehouse Eliza Petty Jaimee Inglett

Oboe

Tuba Genevieve Boucher

Percussion Jason Button Jacob Pearson Tally Vaneman

Crystal White

to support the Youth Orchestra or for more information about concerts at Twichell, visit us online at:

SpartanburgPhilharmonic.org/YouthOrchestra

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Tales from the

woods S U N D AY

February 9

2020

@ Twichell Auditorium at the Zimmerli Performance Center

3:30 pm

Performance

The Wasps, Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ralph Vaughan Williams 10 min

Dusk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Bryant 5 min

Tales from the Vienna Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Strauss II 12 min

Music for Orchestra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Våclav Nelhýbel 8 min

Dance of the Comedians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedřich Smetana 7 min

This season, the Spartanburg Philharmonic is proud to present the newly formed Youth Orchestra for instrumental students in Spartanburg, SC and surrounding areas. With the goal of bringing together the best talent in the area, the Philharmonic offers an unparalleled symphonic experience to students ages 14-19. This new project provides a rewarding educational opportunity for talented young musicians in the greater Spartanburg area who wish to expand their knowledge of orchestral literature as well as participate in high-quality musical performances with a professional, dynamic conductor.

Our first auditions were held in May of last year, and, after a massive turnout, over 80 students were accepted into the budding program! Visit the Philharmonic website for more information about the Youth Orchestra, its concerts, and upcoming auditions for 2020-2021.

Programs subject to change | Timings are approximate

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Program Notes

The Wasps Ralph Vaughan Wiliams (1872-1958)

Dusk Steven Bryant (1972-)

Written in 1909, this concise, pentatonic piece is only a part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ incidental music for Aristophanes’ satirical play The Wasps. He was originally asked to write the accompaniment for Cambridge’s production of the play. Because the full work was rather lengthy and seldom played, Williams later shortened his first incidental work into a five-part orchestral suite.

The grandiose, cinematic Overture is perhaps the most popular of the five.

A frantic swarm of violins serves as an abrupt opening, imitating the busy buzz of wasps. Throughout the piece, it flickers back and forth between the buzzing and various joyous melodies that will consistently surprise and delight the listener.

American composer, Steven Bryant always aims to create an intense sensory experience with his music whatever the setting may be. He claims, “I strive to write music that leaps off the stage (or reaches out of the speakers) to grab you by the collar and pull you in. Whether through a relentless eruption of energy, or the intensity of quiet contemplation, I want my music to give you no choice, and no other desire, but to listen.” Bryant’s piece Dusk truly embodies this notion.

reflective and almost ethereal calm the represents the slow darkness that gently falls around the day. As the day approaches its end, the lingering rays of the sun start to sing louder and louder, performing their encore for billions who usually do not notice the sun’s disappearance until darkness has fallen completely. To mimic this phenomenon, the music begins to gradually swell and results in an epic fanfare only to fall back into a contemplative reverie as night takes over. Bryant successfully takes a time of day that most people pay no mind and demands them to stop and revel at their surroundings. making it impossible not to notice.

Aptly named, Dusk demonstrates the magnificent duality of the time of day. The piece starts with a

Tales from the vienna woods Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

Tales from the Vienna Woods or Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald includes the longest introduction of Strass’s six Viennese waltzes, 119 bars to be exact. Although there are several different arrangements today, the playful piece was originally written to include a solo for an unusual stringed instrument called a zither.

Reminiscent of the folk music from the people who lived in the Vienna Woods, Strauss’s cheeky waltz is has an unmistakable air of whimsy and charm. The piece is most notably recognized from the 1943 short film A Corny Concerto featuring everyone’s favorite Looney Tunes characters.

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Program Notes

Music for Orchestra Václav Nelhýbel (1919-1996)

Dance of the Comedians Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)

Prolific Czech American composer Václav Nelhýbel was a composer for the student performer. He was extremely passionate about writing challenging pieces for young musicians and wrote numerous works for orchestras, symphonic bands, and smaller ensembles. An avid composer, Nelhýbel wrote hundreds of pieces, and over 400 were published during

his lifetime, yet about 200 remain unpublished today.

This energetic piece is from Czech composer Bedřich Smetana’s comic opera The Bartered Bride, which he wrote to a libretto by Karel Sabina.

Although Antonín Dvořák is a more widely known Czech composer, Smetana is also highly regarded as a prominent nationalistic composer, having written several patriotic operas, one of which includes The Bartered Bride.

economically advantageous marriage for her.

The opera’s music is meant to offer a glimpse into village life, so it contains many traditional Czech folk themes.

The story’s main conflict centers around star-crossed lovers Hans and Marie who are forbidden to be married by Marie’s father because he has already arranged a more

Relying heavily on percussion and only a few notes, Music for Orchestra is a simple yet powerful piece. The repetitive phrases that build in intensity all throughout the piece will have listeners on the edge of their seats with anticipation.

In Act III, Dance of the Comedians accompanies a circus troupe as they march into the village. This piece sounds particularly Czech because of the quick, dancelike tempo and intense rhythmic accents. The Czech language usually strongly emphasizes the first syllable of a word. This is most obviously conveyed in the stressed three note opening of the piece and ever so often after the violins’ frenzied tangent. This returning phrase essentially acts as home base for the piece and is possibly the most recognizable aspect of it.

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March into

SPRING S U N D AY

2020

April 26 @ Twichell Auditorium at the Zimmerli Performance Center

3:30 pm

Performance

Marche Militaire Francaise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Saint-Saëns arr. Merle J. Isaac 5 min

La Belle Hélène, Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacques Offenbach arr. Felix Greissle 9 min

Concerto for Violin, “Spring” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Vivaldi I. Allegro

4 min

featuring Nasra Deria, violin

Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Hayden I. Allegro

7 min

featuring Ethan Watkin, trumpet

The Skater’s Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Émile Waldteufel 7 min

An American in Paris Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Gershwin arr. John Whitney 8 min

The Imperial March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Elgar 4 min Programs subject to change | Timings are approximate

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Program Notes

Concerto Competition

2019-2020

The Concerto Competition is held annually in the fall and is open only to members of the Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Through a challenging audition processes, winners are selected to be featured in the spring concert that same season. This year, the Philharmonic is pleased to present Nasra Deria and Ethan Watkins as soloists in this year’s concert.

Nasra Deria Violin Nasra Deria began playing violin at the age of ten. She studies privately under Ann Buttimer and is a member of the Dorman High School Symphony, Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, and Spartanburg Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. She has participated in Region I Orchestras yearly since the age of thirteen, and is a three-time South Carolina Allstate Orchestra participant. She is currently a high school senior and plans to pursue an education at a four-year university while continuing to play the violin.

Ethan Watkins Trumpet Ethan Watkins, a senior at Boiling Springs High School, has been playing the trumpet for seven years now. He began playing the piano at the age of 5 and has loved music ever since. After joining Bands of Boiling Springs and the Carolina Youth Symphony as an 8th grader, he quickly knew that his talent for music was a reality. Ethan is very dedicated and eager to grow professionally with his music abilities.

After achieving his goal of region band in 2017 and 2018, he also achieved the high honor of participating in the all state band and orchestra this past year.

Continuing to grow musically, he realized his passion can become his career. He anticipates attending a fouryear college in the fall and majoring in music education/ performance.

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The Spartanburg Music Trail honors musicians from Spartanburg who have made a national or international impact in the world of music. The stops highlight artists in such genres as country, gospel, soul, rock ‘n’ roll and more. Ultimately the trail will circle the downtown as new inductees are added.

As publisher of the book Hub City Music Makers: One Southern Town’s Popular Music Legacy, the nonprofit Hub City Writers Project took the lead in organizing the Spartanburg Music Trail. The initial honorees were chosen because they represent a wide variety of music styles, a broad demographic of our county, and almost 200 years of music-making history. The Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau has partnered with Hub City Writers Project, the City of Spartanburg, and the Spartanburg Philharmonic to produce the tour.

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Educate: Linked to the Beat The Carnegie Hall Link Up Program

Matthew B. McDaniel Contributing Author

The Link Up concert is one of my favorite concerts that we perform annually with the Spartanburg Philharmonic. This concert features accessible music, which is tailored for a 4th grade audience.

For the past few years, we have partnered with Spartanburg Public Schools and have hosted nearly every 4th grade student in Spartanburg County. I always enjoy seeing all the future musicians in the audience. My wife Adena and I teach in Spartanburg School District 7 and are proud to serve as the Spartanburg Philharmonic’s Co-Principal Percussionists.

We moved from Georgia to the Spartanburg area in the summer of 1999, as did the Philharmonic’s Timpanist, Patrick Lowery. That summer, we were all hired as Assistant Band Directors in separate Spartanburg school districts: Patrick in District 5, Adena in District 7, and I in District 6. For many years afterward, we were responsible for teaching the High School Drum Lines at Byrnes, Spartanburg, or Dorman, in addition to working with beginning band students. From the start of our careers, we all realized that elementary school

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students need weekly musical instruction, handson musical experiences, and an exposure to a variety of concerts in order to foster an interest in making music themselves.

To expose kids to music, we each toured with our performing groups, presenting concerts at our district’s elementary schools. I continue to do this in my current position at Spartanburg High School with the Percussion Ensemble. Whether it was a District Honor Band, an Honor Orchestra, or Percussion Ensemble, elementary students were always thrilled to have student instrumental groups perform at their school. As there was a small age difference between the performers and the audience, these concerts helped plant the seeds for elementary students to imagine themselves as future musicians.

Having taught in Spartanburg for 20 years, I have seen these seeds flourish into outstanding performers. I recently asked my high school students, “Do you remember going to student concerts when you were in elementary school?”

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students have not had prior exposure to the music being performed, it is easy for the child’s mind to wander and not be stimulated by the music.

One of the main issues is the nature of classical music itself, whose musical themes develop and sometimes do not repeat during a piece. Unlike popular music with its repetitious “hooks,” which afford the listener the chance to hear a musical idea multiple times in a single hearing, the enjoyment of classical music often comes through repetitive listening and reflection. As opposed to the passive themed concerts played years ago, these issues are solved through our active LinkUp concerts – a series which introduces 4th grade students to the orchestra. right: Matt McDaniel leading his marching band students through Spartanburg neighborhoods during summer practice

I was not surprised to hear that many of them said they wanted to join band because of these elementary concert tours. Others said they were motivated to start playing an instrument after going on a school field trip to see the Spartanburg Philharmonic perform.

Professional orchestras hosting concerts for local school age children are not new; I remember going to see the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra when I was young. However, the way they are presented has certainly changed. I have personally seen how they have evolved, having performed on many such concerts with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, the Spartanburg Philharmonic and others. When I first started, nearly all of them were themed in some way. I remember playing concerts that saluted American history, popular movie themes paired with their classical influences, and music exclusively from video games. Some concerts featured narrators introducing each piece, while others provided lengthy program notes with detailed lessons to be discussed afterward in the school classrooms.

These themed concerts, however, often failed to instill in students an interest in performing music, because they were still passive listeners.

The reason for the disconnect is simple. When

The Link-Up program provides the student’s music teachers a curriculum to use in their classrooms prior to the students attending. To me, this was the missing element in children’s concerts. By teaching the students about the music before they come to the concert, the student knows what to expect and can have a more meaningful concert experience. This instruction is combined with the opportunity for students to be active participants with the orchestra. Students play along with the orchestra on their personal recorder, sing songs, and even learn choreographed dances to the music. These elements make our Link-Up series a nearly perfect program for kids.

This year is especially exciting for my high school percussionists for multiple reasons. The SHS Percussion Ensemble was asked to present a concert as a part of the Music Sandwiched In series at the Spartanburg Public Library on Wednesday, February 19th. This concert will serve as a prelude to the Philharmonic Percussion Ensemble Espresso Concert on Friday, February 21. After that, my students and I will perform with the Spartanburg Philharmonic for the LinkUp concert. The orchestra will be presenting a new edition entitled “The Orchestra Rocks” which features a marching drumline.

Through our involvement in these concerts, I am proud to have the Spartanburg High School Percussion Ensemble and Drum Line be a small part in fostering future musicians.

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