February Concert Program

Two Premier Ensembles. One Great Night.

Triangle Youth Philharmonic & Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, February 20th | 7 PM Meymandi Concert Hall

Triangle Youth Music Ensembles Triangle Youth Philharmonic Triangle Youth Symphony Triangle Youth Orchestra Triangle Youth String Sinfonia Triangle Youth String Orchestra Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble Triangle Youth Jazz Orchestra Triangle Youth Jazz Band Triangle Youth Jazz Lab Triangle Youth Philharmonic String Quartet Triangle Youth Philharmonic Wind Quintet Chatham County Schools Violin Program We provide open space and opportunities for young musicians to create, excel and connect to others through the experience of making exceptional music.

Triangle Youth Philharmonic Personnel David Glover, Conductor The Hugh Partridge Triangle Youth Philharmonic Conductor Chair Violin 1 Seunne Khoo** The Esther Anna Christina Imm Chair Olivia Chen++ The Stephanie A. Fischetti Chair Tara Nambi^ The Daniel M. Albro Chair Oboe Ishvetha Balamurugan Eric Yang* The JKBae Family Foundation Chair Joy Berry Nathan Fan Charlotte Hallquist Caroline Fang Evelyn Steinbeck Aiden Han Ellene Warner Alisa Keel David Kim Clarinet Kelly Kim Junyoung Lee* Claire Kwark The Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Jason Lee Woolner Chair Patrick Liu Joshua Yoon* Megan Malmberg-Burnette Lea Ahn Ritvik Mannepalli Jackson Vaughn Kevin Nam Smruti Patil Bassoon Amanda Qiao Marni Weinreb* Andrew Zhang Liam Kiley Olivia Majernik Violin 2 Bitania Petros Asher Ma* The Laurie and Jonathan Miller Chair Horn Tyler Butler-Figueroa+ Samantha Kuni* Halle Adams John Briscoe Xavier Brown Kathryn Hughes Christiana Hoang Eleanor Taylor Karolyna Huntanar Nathan Weaver Andrew Jeong Joy Joo Trumpet Kathleen Lim Patrick Donahue* Alex Liu Killian Hagis* Anna McLeod The Hugh T. McElrath Chair Ayush Nair Mateo Carvajal Pranav Rajeev Junho Lee Gabriella Rosselli Kaylin Sheng Trombone Suh Hee Shin Angela Hu* Rui Wu Camden Rademakers Rainy Ye Luke Zechmann Yixuan Zhao Edward Zhu Tuba Colton Groff*

Flute Gianna Baker* Serena Zhang* Liam Browne Abigail Park

** Denotes Concertmaster ++Denotes Assistant Concertmaster ^ Denotes Associate Concertmaster *Denotes Principal + Denotes Assistant Principal

Viola Karissa Thai* The Ada LeBaron Partridge Chair Noah Chen+ Aidan Collins+ Victoria Cruz-Otero Osgood Green Annabeth Reimers Michael Yang Emily Zhu Cello Kai Wong* The Chris G. and Mary A Schmitt Chair Samuel Caplan* Andrew Chung Mary Fjellanger Alexander Forman Joshua Hall Ethan He Reagan Jones Chloe Kim Kashvi Kumar Brynn Munro James Reimers Bass Lilly McCoy* The Julianne Lee Russell Chair Luke Tychansky+ Olivia Bennett Dominic Kilgore Natan Larkin Carter Lindemuth Eric Wan Percussion Pierce Holbrook* The Jack and Mary McCall Chair Anushl Agrawl Ayinde Lewis Liam Pedraza Nish Valecha Timpani Will Acree* Harp Abigail McLean Elizabeth Sobel

Triangle Youth Philharmonic Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

Paul Hindemith

I. Allegro II. Scherzo: Turandot III. Andantino IV. Marsch

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg

Richard Wagner

Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

Giacomo Puccini

David Glover, Conductor & Artistic Director David Glover became the conductor of Triangle Youth Philharmonic in January 2019. Most recently, Glover was the Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony. He is also the music director of the Lynchburg, VA Symphony Orchestra, and has recently guest conducted orchestras such as the Charlotte Symphony, the Hendersonville (NC) Symphony, and the Furman University Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Glover has worked with many of this generation’s top artists including Stefan Jackiw, Di Wu, Conrad Tao, and Caroline Shaw as well as Pops artists such as Time for Three, Pink Martini, and the Indigo Girls. Prior to his position with the North Carolina Symphony, Glover served as the Assistant Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and as the Artistic Director of the Wabash Valley Youth Symphony in West Lafayette, IN. Also dedicated to educating the next generation of concert goers, Glover has created a series of successful school-day education shows which in the past six years has reached over 200,000 elementary school children.

Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble Personnel Dr. Gregg Gelb, Director Alto Saxophone Noah Joo Isaac Kneubuhl Connor Lee Sean McCoy Tenor Saxophone Luka Ison Idan Ronen Baritone Saxophone Elizabeth Gale Trumpet Akshay Balasubramanian Mateo Carvajal Killian Hagis Trevor Oldson Steven Schein Trombone Sam Bingham Angela Hu Luke Ramee Benjamin Valliere

Piano Ori Moore The Malcom Moritz Chair Elijah Smith Bass Dominic Kilgore Lilly McCoy Guitar Thanush Patlolla Drums Brody Benedetti Ethan Oliver Cypress Proctor

Triangle youth jazz ensemble Tutti for Cootie

Duke Ellington

Little Pixie

Thad Jones

Rent Party Blues

Duke Ellington

Booze Brothers

Frank Foster

Exposition Swing

Duke Ellington

All Too Soon

Duke Ellington

Two-Three’s Adventure

Carlos Henriquez

Giddybug Gallup

Duke Ellington

Golden Cress

Duke Ellington

Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ Rhythm

Duke Ellington

Dr. Gregg Gelb, Director Dr. Gregg Gelb is a saxophonist and clarinetist and he leads many different jazz groups: his Jazz Quartet, La Fiesta Latin Jazz Band, Second Line Stompers, and Swing Band.

He is founder and director of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Society and co- founder and player with the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra. His groups have recorded over a dozen CD’s. Gregg often performs on saxophone with the North Carolina Symphony.

He is a recipient of a Jazz Composers Award from the North Carolina Arts Council and four Regional Artist grants from the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Arts Council. He has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music degree from the UNC School of the Arts, and a DMA from UNC Greensboro. In addition to a busy performing schedule Gregg loves teaching, especially the fine young students in TYJE!

Special Thanks Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble Ofir Ronen, Attendance Volunteer

Rehearsal Volunteers Kara Acree Dina Adams Sam Bingham Beth Carmichael Triangle Youth Philharmonic Allison Coates Antonia Tychansky, Xifeng Fang Attendance Volunteer Claire Fjellanger Melissa Green Photographers Joshua Hall Adela Baucom Shunhong Hou Ram Krishnan Yoshimi Huntanar Daniel Lang Ana Ison Susan Morgan Colleen Kiley Stephanie Petzold Debbie Kim Kathryn Sobel Sibyl Kleiner Anatoly Larkin Student Interns Shelley Lee Gianna Baker Peter Lindemuth Noah Campbell Rebecca Lopez Elizabeth Gale Wioletta Majernik Seunne Khoo Anna Malmberg Kathleen Lim Lorry Mccoy Olivia Majernik Allison McFadden Megan Malmberg-Burnette Stacey McLeod Amanda Oldson Brynn Munro Danica Partin Dhanya Narayanan Sahana Ramesh Sunny Park Seth Sullivan Eric Wan Emilee Yoo Kenny Zheng

Rehearsal Volunteers Cont’d.

Jason Rademakers Paul Reimers Ofir Ronen Eve Schein Jeanne Scruggs Kyungwon Shin Suzgo Kumwenda Smith Yoo Kyoung Song Hyejean Suh Mymy Tran Luke Tychansky Li Wan Amelia Warner Hai Ye Chloe Yeh Jimmy Zhang Emily Zhu Yongbing Zhu Liang Zhu Rehearsal Venues Athens Drive High School, Sheila Nedoma and Jerry Markoch

Price Music Center, NCSU, Wes Parker

Thank you to our donors (as of 07.01.2023)

SUSTAINER ($5,000 and up) Triangle Youth Music is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission

BOOSTER ($100 - $249) Abelson Family Fund Chad Briscoe Ruth Bromer Miriam Bryant North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Michelle & Jim Campbell Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with Meighan & Kevin Carpenter funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Caitlin Casale Barry Cheregosha John William Pope Foundation Bruno & Corrie Chumpitazi Sara Damude United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with Christin Danchi funds from the United Arts campaign as well as the Leslie & Peter De Haven North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Arthur DeNeef Department of Cultural Resources Rebecca Dodder & Aldo De Tuoni Fraga Shannon Eddleman ADVOCATE ($1,000 - $2,499) Gregory Gall Laura & Ryan Barry Kathy Gurganious Houpt Family Fund Bingrong He James Maynard Steve & Pat Hodges Charlotte Moore HeeJoo Kang Sarah Jacks Tanya & James Kolb Keith & Alexia Rheinhardt Ravi & Jagruti Mariwalla Lorry & Ted McCoy PATRON ($500 - $999) Ramsey & Kevin McIntire Tina Chen Gang Meng Hallberg Family Giving Fund Gary Mock Michael Long Joel Nguyen Katy Tam Kelli Partin Kristen Klett Raymond Raedy Camaryn Chrisman Robbins Fran Richardson Rebecca & Brian Munro Christopher & Carrie Rivera Seth & Alison Weinreb Genevieve Rogan Scan the code George Sawyer to donate now!

SPONSOR ($250 - $499) Lydia Sbityakov Venu Ghanta Mehul Shah Paul & Amy Groff Greg Sherman Ray & Carolyn Kohring Kyungwon Shin Kay Pellack Lydia & Tony Street Brad & Heather Gillespie Rebekah & Richard Swain Nitin Kumar & Vibhuti Shah Bonnie Thron & Fred Jacobowitz Li Wan & Rui Zheng Melanie Wilsden Louise & Russell Wilson Yang Zhai & Hunter Hu

Staff Members Artistic Staff David Glover, Artistic Director and Triangle Youth Philharmonic Conductor Joseph Peters, Triangle Youth Symphony Conductor Tim Kohring, Triangle Youth Orchestra Conductor Jacob Wenger, Triangle Youth Orchestra Assistant Conductor Matthew Holt, Triangle Youth String Sinfonia Conductor Myriah Luke, Triangle Youth String Orchestra Conductor Meaghan Clayton, Triangle Youth String Orchestra Assistant Conductor Dr. Gregg Gelb, Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble Conductor Lisa Burn, Triangle Youth Jazz Orchestra Conductor Kobie Watkins, Triangle Youth Jazz Band Conductor Eric Chang, Interim Triangle Youth Jazz Lab Conductor Mary Boone, Triangle Youth Philharmonic Wind Quintet Coach Kurt Tseng, Triangle Youth Philharmonic String Quartet Coach Hugh Partridge, Philharmonic Association Artistic Director Emeritus

Operations Staff Sarah Whitney, Executive Director Katherine Denton, Operations Manager Micaela Bundy, Development Coordinator Susan Styll, Bookkeeper

Board Members Christin Danchi, President Stephanie Petzold, Past President Kim Bentley, Vice President Bob Wiese, Treasurer Krista Telford, Secretary Zoila Airall Pamela Bash Kim Bentley Jason Campbell

Joel Duquene Tiffany Haddock Jacobus Hermsen Alice Ming-Yi Ju Jennifer Mulrooney Kelli Partin Christopher Short Stephanie Swisher Seth Weinreb

Triangle Youth Music presents

Swing & Sip Fundraiser Join us for dancing, drinks, and more!

MARCH SATURDAY

16

6:30PM

2024 The Woman’s Club of Raleigh 3300 Womans Club Drive

For tickets and more information: triangleyouthmusic.org