Barber Violin Concerto

Leonard Tan Principal Conductor Lin Juan Assistant Conductor

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18 MAR 2017 | SAT

BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO Singapore National Youth Orchestra Leonard Tan, conductor

JOHANN STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus Overture 9’00 SAMUEL BARBER Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 25’00 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Presto in moto perpetuo Dylan Wee, violin Intermission 20’00 JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 33’00 1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante 3. Poco allegretto 4. Allegro

Concert duration: 1 hr 45 mins

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SINGAPORE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA The Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) occupies a special place in Singapore’s music community having produced a strong alumni contributing significantly to both seeding the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and other community orchestras in Singapore as well as teaching the next generation of budding musicians thereby boosting Singapore’s music and cultural scene.

As a leading orchestra dedicated to the training and development of young orchestral musicians in Singapore, the SNYO is recognised by the Ministry of Education as a National Project of Excellence. Entry into the SNYO is by a rigorous audition process.

Since April 2015, the SNYO started a new chapter in its musical journey with the transfer of the management and operations from Ministry of Education to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. The impetus behind this change is to provide high quality leadership and artistic development for local musical talent to excel at the national level by drawing on the knowledge and expertise of Singapore's premier professional orchestra.

Currently led by Principal Conductor Dr Leonard Tan, the SNYO is made up of over 180 talented young musicians representing more than 60 schools across Singapore. The Orchestra boasts a unique music talent development programme where selected members receive individual instrumental tutoring from professional musicians such as those from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

VISION To inspire a lifelong love for music and a dedication to exceptional orchestral performance.

MISSION Through the playing of orchestral classical music, we nurture future generations of musicians and build a vibrant music community for Singapore.

LEONARD TAN

conductor

Singaporean musician Leonard Tan enjoys a rare career as a prolific conductor and internationally-known scholar in music education. He is Assistant Professor of Music at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, and Principal Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.

Under his artistic and educational leadership, the orchestra benefits from a Comprehensive Musicianship approach to orchestral curriculum, and has been praised for performances of “rare blazing intensity”.

Tan earned his doctoral degree from the world renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied orchestral conducting with David Effron, Arthur Fagen and Murray Sidlin, and participated in seminars by Leonard Slatkin, Cliff Colnot and William Jon Gray. At the Jacobs School of Music, he conducted the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, University Orchestra and Conductor’s Orchestra in masterpieces by composers such as Brahms, Bartók, Beethoven, and Mahler. Additional conducting studies were through masterclasses with Leif Segerstam and Alexander Polischuk in Russia, where he worked with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, and with Johannes Schlaefli, where he conducted Academic Orchestra Zurich.

Performances under Tan’s direction have been lauded by local and international critics. Singapore’s The Straits Times described his performance of Corigliano’s Symphony No. 3 as “masterfully helmed”, while the American press lauded his “artful conducting”. He made his conducting debut with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at a SSO Children’s Concert, worked with artists such as the Boston Brass, and conducted performances at Vienna’s Golden Hall of the Musikverein, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Sydney Opera House. He also guest conducted at the Indiana University Summer Music Festival. As tuba player, he has performed professionally with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and numerous other orchestras.

Tan’s conducting repertoire spans the entire gamut from the Renaissance to new music by living composers, music by Singaporean composers, and includes works such as Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat. As music director of the Philharmonic Winds, he introduced several important works for wind orchestra to the audience in Singapore. In demand internationally as a conductor, pedagogue, and scholar, he has guest conducted, adjudicated, and lectured in several universities and festivals internationally. He actively contributes to knowledge through cutting-edge research in music education, and has published his scholarly writings in numerous top-tier peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Research in Music Education and Psychology of Music. He has been invited to serve on the Editorial Boards of prestigious journals such as Philosophy of Music Education Review and Music Educators Journal, and has been awarded book contracts by Oxford University Press and Indiana University Press.

With his unique performance, education and scholarly background – possibly the first of its kind in the world – Tan designs his orchestral programme for the Singapore National Youth Orchestra with a vision to raise a new generation of passionate and well-rounded musicians. An alumnus of SNYO, he has served the orchestra for more than ten years in numerous capacities, including instrumental tutor, sectional tutor, Conductor of the SNYS, Associate Conductor, and Principal Conductor of the SNYO. He loves the SNYO and cherishes every rehearsal and performance moment with the young, talented musicians.

Dylan Wee

violin

Dylan Wee started playing the violin at the age of three with Sylvia Khoo and is currently a student of Qian Zhou, Head of Strings at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Over the years, Dylan has given numerous solo and group performances, both locally and overseas, and has won numerous accolades as a violinist. He was the youngest finalist and Third Prize winner in the Trinity London College Music Competition 2006, Junior Classical Strings category (12 years and below). He has also won the First Prize in the Strings Division (7-8 years old category) and Overall Best Performer Bronze Award at the 6th Asian Youth Music Competition 2007. In 2009, he was the First Prize winner in the Violin Junior Category of the National Piano and Violin Competition and in 2015, he won the Third Prize in the Violin Intermediate Category.

Of significance among his solo appearances is his performances at the 2008 National Arts Council Awards Ceremony at the Istana and the Asian Prodigies Concert during the Seoul Spring International Festival of Chamber Music in 2010, during which he also made his concerto debut.

Dylan first performed with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) at the age of 10 and was appointed concertmaster at the age of 15. Being in the SNYO gave Dylan lots of exposure to the professional music world and opportunities to develop as a musician. Besides having masterclasses with renowned musicians, attending various music workshops and performing alongside the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, he also benefitted from overseas cultural experiences arranged by the SNYO. He was the youngest musician to perform with the Orchestra at the 39th Aberdeen International Youth Festival in 2011 and was selected for a study trip to the Seiji Ozawa International Academy, Switzerland in 2015.

Currently a Year 5 student at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Dylan has served as the concertmaster of the school orchestra since 2014 and has participated in many school music events. He is very grateful for the school’s constant support and recognition of his musical contributions. Above all, Dylan feels it is a privilege to be able to use his music to reach out to a wider audience, sharing the beauty of music through various national events and charity concerts. Dylan plays on a 1938 Boulangeot Jules Camille on generous loan from the Rin Collection.

SNYO Musicians Leonard Tan

Lin Juan

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

FIRST VIOLIN

CELLO

James Ming-Yang Lai Concertmaster Liu Zhilong Co-Concertmaster Dominique Braam Joelle Chiam Yan Lin Myra Rena Choo Jia En Alyssa Goh Hui Yi Andre Hee Shao Jun Ashley Hsu Shien Soh Yi Han Ezekiel Tan Xin An Reina Teo Wei En Monica Toh Song Fen Amanda Yap Wen Chin

Joel Tay Wei Han Principal Lau Yun Xi Co-Principal Joy Chen Jiale Chia Wei Rong Choon Hong Tzin Isaac Tah Shern U Aoden Teo Masa Toshi Tobias Teo Jun Wei

SECOND VIOLIN Katherine Anne Lau En Qi Principal Joanne Chan Wai Mun Amanda Gnai Song Hui Natalie Hee Shao Jing Koh Cheng Ya Genevieve Koh Kai Wen Jalen Ng Shi Fangxin Ashley Joy Ting Yuan Min Lauren Tse Yi Ethan Wong Yii Yeong Jun Kai

VIOLA Cindy Ow Principal Dorian Christopher Chang Calvin Dai Siyang Joelle Hsu Min Lam Hoyan Ng Tze Yang Jasmine Chih-Ying Ong Danielle Hui-Yi Patterson

DOUBLE BASS Chong Yee Ching Charis Hadjisophocleous Hong Jingmin Mary Claire John Tan Si Pei*

FLUTE Clement Chan Gail Gay Natasha Lee Yu Xian Janelle Yuen Feng Min

PICCOLO Natasha Lee Yu Xian Janelle Yuen Feng Min

OBOE Quek Jun Rui Wang Si Zhe

CLARINET Samuel Chan Principal Victoria Ang Li Min Lisa Wegmann

BASSOON

PERCUSSION

Naif Syahiran Bin Noreffendy Shi Jiaao

Amos Choo Xu Ze Ku Tae Lin Irza Ahsan Pramana Tan Jun Yi

CONTRABASSOON Yang Chun Wei

HORN Luke Chong Khi Sian Principal Joey Gao Yu Fei Siti Nur Ariani Bte Norman Muhammad Aidil Syukir Roslan Jaben Sim Yun Heng Linnet Sim Yun Juan

TRUMPET Foong Jun Yu Amir Hasif bin Rosli Jared Tan Zheng Da Abner Wong Ho Khuen

TROMBONE Erwin Tan You Wei Principal Lucas Lim Cheng Li

BASS TROMBONE Koo Lay Siong

TIMPANI Kevin Tan Han Ming Principal Irza Ahsan Pramana Tan Sze Eng

* SNYO Alumni

PIANO Carissa Ho Min-Yi

Schools, Colleges and Institutions represented in THE SINGAPORE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Admiralty Primary School Ai Tong School Anderson Primary School Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Anglican High School Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) Bukit Batok Secondary School Catholic High School CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (Secondary) Chung Cheng High School (Main) Clementi Town Secondary School Crescent Girls’ School Dunman High School Eunoia Junior College Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) German European School Singapore Hwa Chong Institution Kong Hwa School Manjusri Secondary School Meridian Junior College Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) Nan Hua Primary School Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Girls’ High School Nanyang Junior College Nanyang Primary School Nanyang Technological University

National University of Singapore NUS High School of Mathematics and Science Princess Elizabeth Primary School Raffles Girls’ Primary School Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (Junior College) Republic Polytechnic River Valley High School Rosyth School School of the Arts, Singapore Singapore American School Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Primary) Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Secondary) Singapore Management University Singapore Polytechnic St. Joseph’s Institution St. Joseph’s Institution International St. Margaret’s Primary School St. Margaret’s Secondary School Tanjong Katong Girls’ School Tanjong Katong Secondary School Tao Nan School Temasek Junior College United World College of South East Asia Victoria Junior College Victoria School Whitley Secondary School Woodlands Ring Secondary School Yew Tee Primary School Zhonghua Secondary School

GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS

Cadence Cadenza

Concerto Motif Ostinato Overture Phrygian

Polka Rhapsody

Symphony Tempo Ternary form

Waltz

A sequence of chords giving harmonic indication to the end of a phrase or section An unaccompanied improvisatory passage often appearing at the end of a movement for the soloist to showcase virtuosic techniques on the instrument A composition that features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra A recurring musical idea that can be rhythmic and/or melodic A rhythmic figuration or melodic phrase that is repeated over changing musical lines An introductory piece prefacing the start of an opera A musical mode, often sounding like a natural minor scale, consisting of a specific set intervals making a scale A Bohemian dance in duple time A single movement piece consisting of a series of episodic passages highly contrasted in moods, colour, tonality, and sometimes suggestive of improvisation A formal orchestral work typically made up of four movements The speed at which a piece of music is played A musical form in three sections, commonly referred to as A-B-A, with the middle section B in contrasting style A popular ballroom dance in triple time

What is sonata form?

It is a formal musical structure consisting of three main sections: exposition, development and recapitulation.

Exposition

Development

Recapitulation

Coda

The main ideas, typically two contrasting themes (sometimes referred to as subjects), are introduced in this section. The second theme is often in a related key.

Ideas from the exposition are “developed� in the middle section. This section often feels unstable and full of tension as the themes are varied and modified, with changes of keys adding to the excitement of the music.

The recapitulation is generally a revisit of the exposition with all the themes expressed in the home key to reinforce the idea that the music has come full circle.

A passage appended at the conclusion of the piece.

Tempo markings Allegro Andante Presto in moto perpetuo Allegro con brio Poco allegretto

Lively and fast At a relatively slow walking pace Very quickly with continuous stream of fast passage notes Lively with vigour and energy Moderately fast tempo between Allegro and Andante

Singapore National Youth Orchestra Management

SNYO COMMITTEE

SNYO OFFICE

Ms Liew Wei Li Chairlady

Ms Pang Siu Yuin Head

Mr Ang Chek Meng

Ms Shirin Foo

Ms Vivien Goh

Mr Tan Yong Qing

Dr Kee Kirk Chin

Ms Tang Ya Yun

Mrs Valarie Wilson

With support from Ministry of Education, Arts Education Branch Mrs Valarie Wilson Director, Arts Education Ms Amy Ser Deputy Director, Music & Drama Mr Hoo Cher Liek Senior Specialist, Music

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Singapore National Youth Orchestra wishes to thank

Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Social and Family Development

National Arts Council Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Tutors of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra Parents of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra members Principals of the participating schools Staff of the Singapore Symphonia Company Limited

Supported by:

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