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Welcome.
On behalf of The Venice Symphony, it is a thrill to welcome you back to the Venice Performing Arts Center for the start of our 2024-25 Season with our first concert, #Instrumental Influencers. Thank you to Music Director Troy Quinn, our musicians, Symphony staff, board of trustees, volunteers and the Venice Performing Arts Center for making it happen.
It is with a grateful heart that I welcome all the first responders and their families in attendance this weekend. We are so thankful to all of you who worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of our beloved community following Hurricane Milton. We are aware many people are still recovering and finding normalcy. In difficult times we hope that music can be there to lift your spirits.
Today’s concert pays tribute to history’s most influential composers, featuring timeless works by Beethoven, Vivaldi, and more. Whether you’re a longtime classical enthusiast or joining us at The Symphony for the first time, we hope this performance leaves you inspired and eager to return.
And we have an early holiday gift just for you! Many of our patrons have requested a Sunday afternoon concert, so we’re thrilled to announce a fourth performance of our popular Home for the Holidays concert on Sunday, December 22. Excellent seats are still available, so don’t miss this chance to celebrate the season with us!
This holiday season, we also invite you to share your ‘Notes of Gratitude’ to show your appreciation and support for your Venice Symphony. If today’s performance brings you joy, please visit our Holiday Appeal table in the lobby to leave a note and let us know what The Symphony means to you. Thank you for being part of our musical family—your presence and support are truly a gift to us all!
You can learn more about all our upcoming concerts and events online at thevenicesymphony.org, see us during intermission or visit our office. Thank you for being here today, and enjoy #Instrumental Influencers!
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TROY QUINN, MUSIC DIRECTOR TROY QUINN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Emmy-nominated conductor Troy Quinn has quickly established himself as one of his generation’s most versatile young artists. Lauded for his energetic and riveting, yet sensitive conducting, Quinn is in his seventh season as Music Director of the Venice Symphony in Florida. He is also in his eighth season as Music Director of the Owensboro Symphony in Kentucky and serves concurrently as the Pops Conductor of the Santa Rosa Symphony in California.
Quinn’s engagements have included performances with many prestigious orchestras in the United States, including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic, where he also serves as the Pops Conductor.
Equally at home in the pops and commercial world, Quinn has performed and recorded with some of the most popular artists of our time, including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Barry Manilow, Lee Greenwood, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson, and Michael Feinstein. As an accomplished vocalist, Quinn has also collaborated with such prominent maestros as Helmuth Rilling, Carl St. Clair, and Dan Saunders of the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to his concert work, Quinn has worked extensively in the television and recording industry, earning an Emmy nomination for the PBS special A Night at the Oscars with the Owensboro Symphony. He has made appearances on such hit television shows as Fox’s GLEE, NBC’s The Voice, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno while recording on films like The Call of the Wild and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He has also appeared at many of the world’s major music centers and at such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Tanglewood, where Quinn made his Boston debut conducting the BUTI orchestra.
A native of Connecticut, Quinn pursued a bachelor of arts degree from Providence College where he was the recipient of the Leo S. Cannon award for superior achievement in the music field. He went on to earn his master’s degree with honors from the Manhattan School of Music, studying conducting with David Gilbert and voice with highly acclaimed Metropolitan Opera singer Mark Oswald. He completed his doctorate in conducting at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Larry Livingston and Jo-Michael Scheibe and was awarded the outstanding doctoral graduate of his class. Quinn has participated in numerous masterclasses as conducting fellow, attending conducting institutes at the Royal Academy of Music, Eastman School of Music, and Bard Conservatory of Music. He has been mentored by such renowned conductors as Benjamin Zander, Neil Varon, and Leon Botstein. Quinn serves on the conducting faculty at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and has previously served as a faculty member at Providence College.
CONCERT PROGRAM
November 15, 2024 | 7:30 pm
November 16, 2024 | 3:30 & 7:30 pm
Troy Quinn, Music Director
Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont Overture
Alan Hovhaness Prayer of St. Gregory Kris Marshall, Trumpet
Astor Piazzolla Libertango arr. Matthew Ignacio
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C Major Rafael Ramirez, Mandolin
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Angel Villoldo El Choclo arr. Matt Naughtin
INTERMISSION
Franz Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 88 in G Major
I. Adagio — Allegro
II. Largo
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
Today’s performance will be approximately 90 minutes in length.
The box office is open before the concert and during intermission. Late arrivals will be seated during musical breaks in the program. Please silence your cell phones during the concert. Food and beverages are not allowed in the concert hall. Please visit the information tables in the lobby. Enjoy the concert.
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M u SIC DI re CT or Troy Quinn David & Deborah West Chair
F I r ST V I o LI n
Marcus Ratzenboeck
Concertmaster
Paul & Linda Mulligan Chair
Hannah Cho
Associate Concertmaster
Stephen & Redenta Picazio Chair
Katherine Gilger
Assistant Concertmaster
Diane & James Crawford Chair
Erik Berg
Edward and Patricia Crary Chair
Sergio Carleo
Robert & Bonnie Anderson Chair
Francisco Diaz
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Sardor Djumaev
Sidney & Suzanne Durham Chair
Misty Drake
Robert & Barbara McClure Chair
Benita Dzhurkova
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João Felipe da Fraga
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Emin Huseynov
Albert & Susan DiGiacomo Chair
Evgeny Komarnitskiy
Maria Bradley & Martin Pfister Chair
Karissa Ratzenboeck
Joseph & Maureen Bentley Chair
Iryna Usova
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Se C on D V I o LI n
Amy Rawstron Watson, Principal
Beatrice Holt Chair
Wallace DePue, Assistant Principal
Barbara Freeman Chair
Samvel Arakelyan
Isabella Diaz
Angela Fiedler
Jana Kaminsky
Ernest & Judith Bago Chair
Anna Khalikova
Elena Komarnitskaia
Jack & Beth Gehring Chair
Xiaomeng Ma
Nicole Rawley
Imanuel Sandoval
Adrienne Williams
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Ethan Durell, Assistant Principal
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Yaniv Cohen
David Chivas & Ron Rice Chair
Roberto Henriquez
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Seongwoo Jeong
Monica MacMichael
Rafael Ramirez
Michael & Ginger O’Keefe Chair
Teal Vickery
Daphne Waggener
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Susan Debronsky, Principal
Thomas & Martha Galek Chair
Julia Tretyakova, Assistant Principal
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Oliver Cole
Anthony De Peña
Antonio Innaimo
Tadao Hermida Ito
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Helen Lewis
Rocio Mendoza-Silva
Emily Yoshimoto
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Christopher Riley, Principal
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Trent Harper, Assistant Principal
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Jonathan Ingram
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David Dash
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Kenneth Brown
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GUEST ARTISTS
Kris Marshall, principal trumpet with the The Venice Symphony and Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. He has built an active career performing with multiple orchestras across the State of Florida, including the Jacksonville Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and The Florida Orchestra. Marshall has been a featured soloist with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra on many occasions and with the Fifth Avenue Chamber Orchestra in Naples, Florida. He is a founding member of the Astralis Chamber Ensemble and has presented recitals at venues including the Rosary Cathedral (OH), Carnegie Mellon University (PA), and Tuesday’s Music Live (GA). Maintaining an interest in new music, Marshall participates in commission projects to increase the chamber repertoire for trumpet and had works written for him by Herman Beeftink, Daniel Dorff, and Andrey Rubtsov. His instructors include Robert Smith, Ed Cord, Brian Goff, and Chuck Berginc. Marshall pursued degrees in trumpet performance at Florida State University, Indiana University, and the University of South Florida.
rafael ramirez, Mandolin, began his music studies at an early age in Venezuela and got involved in classical music with “El Sistema” Simon Bolivar in 1992. After immigrating to the United States, he studied at the New World School for the Arts/University of Florida, earning his bachelor’s degree with Honors. Rafael Ramirez holds a master’s degree from Florida International University, an Artist Diploma, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Miami.
His honors include being a two-time winner at the Binational Colombia-Venezuela Mandolin Competition in Capacho, Venezuela, an Award with the Slava Bogu String Quartet Bogotá, Colombia, and a two-time First Prize winner of the chamber music competition at Florida International University (2006 and 2007).
Engagements have included appearances as a soloist with the Albany Symphony, Gainesville Orchestra, Sarasota Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, Miami Bach Society, Opera Tampa, The Venice Symphony Chamber Players, DeSota Baroque Ensemble, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Táchira State, Venezuela, Camerata San Cristobal, and The Broward Symphony.
Rafael Ramirez is a member of the Venice Symphony, the Lakeland Symphony, The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota, and the Gainesville Orchestra.
As a music educator, Dr. Ramirez has created Music Educational Tools®, didactic tools to aid string performers to acquire the necessary skills to develop technique. Dr. Ramirez is an adjunct Faculty at Florida Southern College. Today Rafael Ramirez plays a Kerman Mandolin.
CONCERT NOTES
Ludwig van Beethoven –
Egmont Overture
alan Hovhaness –
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture was written in 1810 as part of the incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play Egmont. The work is deeply dramatic and embodies the tragic heroism of the protagonist, Count Egmont, who fights for freedom in the face of oppression. The overture is in the key of F minor and features intense, stormy music that builds to a triumphant conclusion, symbolizing the triumph of liberty over tyranny. It remains one of Beethoven’s most celebrated orchestral works.
Prayer of St. Gregory (for trumpet and strings)
Composed in 1955, Prayer of St. Gregory is one of Hovhaness’ most famous works, often performed with trumpet solo and string orchestra. The piece is meditative and spiritual, inspired by the ancient liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It has a serene, mystical atmosphere, with the trumpet’s soaring melodic lines evoking a sense of prayer and contemplation. The piece is notable for its use of modal scales and minimalist textures, creating a timeless, otherworldly sound.
CONCERT NOTES
astor piazzolla –Libertango
Argentinian composer and bandoneón (a type of concertina) player Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the traditional tango by incorporating elements of jazz and classical music, creating a genre known as nuevo tango. Composed in 1974, Libertango is one of Piazzolla’s most famous and enduring works. The piece is a rhythmic, dramatic tango with sweeping melodies and a sense of urgency, symbolizing the desire for freedom and change. It has been performed in many different arrangements and remains one of Piazzolla’s most recognizable compositions.
antonio Vivaldi –
Mandolin Concerto in C Major
Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto in C Major is a lively and colorful work that showcases the mandolin as a solo instrument. Written during the Baroque period (early 18th century), the concerto features the typical three-movement structure: fast-slow-fast. The first movement is exuberant and playful, the second movement is slow and lyrical, and the final movement is lively and energetic, offering a virtuosic display of the mandolin’s capabilities. This piece is a popular work in the Baroque concerto repertoire, especially for mandolinists.
CONCERT NOTES
angel Villoldo –
El Choclo (Tango)
Franz Joseph Haydn –
Composed by the Argentine musician Angel Villoldo in the early 20th century, El Choclo is one of the most iconic tangos in the world. The piece was written in 1903 and has become a standard of the tango genre, characterized by its catchy, rhythmic melody and sensuous mood. El Choclo has been arranged for many different instruments, including orchestra, and has been performed by numerous musicians across various genres. It captures the spirit of Argentine tango, blending passion and nostalgia.
Symphony No. 88 in G Major
Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 is one of his later symphonies, composed in 1787, during a period when Haydn’s symphonic style had reached its full maturity. The symphony is bright and energetic, with clear, elegant melodies and a rich, varied orchestration. The work is known for its sophisticated use of form, with the first movement being particularly notable for its unexpected harmonic twists. The second movement is lyrical and graceful, while the third movement features an energetic, dance-like theme. The symphony concludes with a lively finale that is both joyous and intricate.
CONCERT NOTES
Johannes Brahms –
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
Composed in 1873, Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn is a set of variations based on a theme that was long believed to be by Haydn, though its true origin is disputed. The piece is a brilliant example of Brahms’ mastery in variation form, where he takes the simple theme and transforms it through intricate harmonies, rhythms, and textures. The work is filled with both elegance and depth, with Brahms weaving complex contrapuntal lines into the variations. The final theme, marked Chorale St. Antoni, gives the piece a noble, almost hymn-like quality.
Don’t Miss Our Pre-Concert Talks
Join Music Director Troy Quinn, soloists and musicians for a casual, entertaining and informative talk and Q&A. This is a free half-hour program before every concert, and you do not need a concert ticket or reservation. Open seating is in the orchestra level of the concert hall.
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Katherine Wolyniak
Judith Wood
John & Toni Yahres
In Me M or I a M
Linda K. Bogner in memory of Alan Bogner
Jan Blue & Paul Hershberger in memory of Linda Renz
David Chivas & Ron Rice in memory of Charles Karakashian
Jeff Compton & Tamra McNamara in memory of Amelia “Dutchy” Davis
Susan DiGiacomo in memory of husband Albert
Dale & Donna Mayo in memory of Leslie Hayes Jones
Mark & Jackie Puccinelli in memory of Amelia “Dutchy” Davis
Carol Raymond in memory of Lynn Crandall
Helen Spindler in memory of husband Jerome
Tr IB u T e S
Joyner Family Insurance in honor of Jananne Threlkeld
If you believe there is an error or omission in this list, please call Jon DeVries or Holly Anderson at 941-207-8822.
SUPPORT THE SYMPHONY
Your personal investment is the reason The Venice Symphony delivers exceptional concerts and affordable music education. Together, musical excellence is sustained and lives transformed.
Annual Fund – The Venice Symphony’s primary source of operating revenue and outreach. Contributions may be given monthly, quarterly or annually.
Donor advised Funds and Ira Distributions – A contribution from an IRA or DAF is an excellent way to achieve your charitable giving objectives. *
employee Match – Many corporations will match their current employee’s or retiree’s donation. This can potentially double or triple the amount you give.
Living Trusts and Bequests – Pledge a will bequest or name The Venice Symphony as a beneficiary of a retirement or life insurance plan. *
new! Monthly Giving option – An easy and affordable way to offer support! Simply select monthly recurring payments when giving online or when visiting or calling our administrative offices.
Play it Forward - Donate an instrument and help make a difference for a young musician in our community.
Small Business and Corporate engagement – Strengthen your community by offering support through concert sponsorships, participating in special events, advertising or other unique opportunities. Let’s curate a doable option for your business!
Stock and Securities – Gifts of appreciated stocks are welcomed and may be advantageous to the donor from a tax point of view. *
For more information on any of these opportunities, speak with a Development Team member by calling 941-207-8822 or visit our Administrative Offices.
*Because each situation is different, please consult your tax advisor about tax benefits.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION #CH5442 AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
941-207-8822
november 30, 2024
Venice Holiday Parade
Downtown Venice
6:30PM
Visit: venicegov.com for more information & parade route
December 5, 2024
Venice Symphony Youth Orchestra
**Free Concert**
Centennial Park Venice, Gazebo area
6PM
December 13 & 14, 2024
The nutcracker presented by the Sarasota Ballet School
Featuring The Venice Symphony
Venice Performing Arts Center
Tickets & Information: veniceperformingartscenter.com
December 17, 2024
Friends potluck
10 AM - 1 PM
Train Depot
For Information email: jcastleman@thevenicesymphony.org
December 20, 21, & 22, 2024
Home for the Holidays
Venice Performing Arts Center
Tickets & Information: thevenicesymphony.org/events
