Moores School of Music Concerto Competition 2022

MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts

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About the 2022 Concerto Competition

The 2022 Concerto Competition features two divisions: Piano and Winds, Brass & Percussion. This Competition highlights the outstanding talent within the Moores School of Music and offers students the opportunity to compete for scholarships and a performance with the Moores School Symphony & Chamber Orchestras.

The inaugural Competition in 1993 was open to four divisions: Piano, Strings, Voice, and Winds, Brass, and Percussion. In that first year, approximately 35 students competed for seven judges. Since then, it has grown tremendously; while the spirit of the competition has remained, some aspects have changed. For example, after the first year, two divisions competed each year in a two-year cycle. In 2020, performance opportunities were limited but talent remained high, so the decision was made to include all four divisions. Also new in 2020, scholarship awards were included in the Grand Prize Award adding prestige to the Competition.

Earlier today, 17 student competitors performed in the preliminary rounds. This evening, you will hear the four finalists who were selected to advance, two in each division. Of those four, there will be one Grand Prize- Piano and one Grand Prize Winds, Brass & Percussion; each will be awarded a solo performance with the Moores School Symphony & Chamber Orchestras. Additionally, the Grand Prize winners will each receive a $1,500 Grand Prize Scholarship. As the audience, you will decide the Audience Choice Award of $500.

The Concerto Competition been made possible through the generosity Moores School of Music Society donors.

Prize Underwriters:

$1,500 Grand Prize, Piano: Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde

$1,500 Grand Prize, Winds, Brass & Percussion: Jane & Dick Schmitt

$500 Audience Choice Award: Rita & Jeff Aron

$750 Preliminary Round Prize, Piano: Linda Katz

$750 Preliminary Round Prize, Piano: A Friend of the Moores Society

$750 Preliminary Round Prize, Winds, Brass & Percussion: Elia Gabbanelli

$750 Preliminary Round Prize, Winds, Brass & Percussion: Elia Gabbanelli

$250 Honorable Mention Award: Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn

$250 Honorable Mention Award: Deborah Happ

$250 Honorable Mention Award: Karinne McCullough

$250 Honorable Mention Award: Ann Tornyos

$250 Honorable Mention Award: Irena Witt

Reception Underwriters

Ann Ayre, Robert Chanon, Maureen Higdon, & Shirley Rose

2022 CONCERTO COMPETITION HALL OF FAME ROSTER

2021

Miranda Hollingsworth, violinist (Grand Prize, Strings & Audience Choice Award)

Audrey Welsh, mezzo soprano (Grand Prize, Voice)

2020

Eduard Gavril, pianist (Grand Prize Winner and Audience Choice Award)

Eduard Gavril, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Jhoser Salazar, clarinetist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

Hasmik Vardanyan, cellist (String Division Winner) Si Wei Zhang, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2019

Alisiya Boiko, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Alexei Wade, flutist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2018

Brian Bires, violist (String Division Winner)

Kaarin Phelps, soprano (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

Brian Yeakley, tenor (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

2017

Robert Levinger, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Paul Garza, bass trombonist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2016

Vyacheslav Dobrushkin, cellist (String Division Winner)

Brianna Matthews, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2015

Austin Frohmader, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Vincenzo Lai, flutist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2014

Xin Liu, violinist (String Division Winner) Catherine Goode, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2012

Kenneth Broberg, pianist (Piano Division Winner) Ellis Reyes, bassoonist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2011

Laura Cividino, violinist (String Division Winner) James Rodriguez, baritone (Vocal Division Winner)

2010

Stephanie Chan, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Derek Fenstermacher, tubist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2009

Bo Ra Jeong, violinist (String Division Winner)

Abigail Levis, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2008

Jessica Zhu, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Daniel Alexander, flutist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2007

Natalie Lin, violinist (String Division Winner) Sishel Claverie, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2006

David Kim, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Robert Eason, alto saxophonist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2005

Shino Hayashi, cellist (String Division Winner) Laurie Robertson, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2004

Choong-Ha Nam, pianist (Piano Division Winner) Bryan Conger, clarinetist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2003

Curry Duffey, double bassist (String Division Winner)

Samuel Handley, bass-baritone (Vocal Division Winner)

2002

Jay Sun, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Sammy Fuks, flutist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

2001

Shih-Ting Huang, violinist (String Division Winner) Maria Garcia, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

2000

Liang Yun You, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Jody Ilgenfritz, trumpeter (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

1999

Palina Arnadottir, violinist (String Division Winner) Kirstin Koerner, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

1998

Andrew Brownell, pianist (Piano Division Winner) Brian Logan, trombonist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

1997

Monika Piszczelok, violinist (String Division Winner)

Kathryn Barnes-Burroughs, soprano (Vocal Division Winner)

1996

Roger Wright, pianist (Piano Division Winner) Woodrow Witt, alto saxophonist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

1995

Greg Ewer, violinist (String Division Winner)

Liz Lam, mezzo-soprano (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

Elizabeth Wiles, soprano (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

1994

Kasandra Kenneda, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Kenneth Macbeth, clarinetist (Winds and Percussion Division Winner) 1993

William Marsden, pianist (Piano Division Winner)

Edward Martinez, trumpeter (Winds and Percussion Division Winner)

Wan-Chun Li, violist (String Division Co-Winner)

Libor Ondras, violist (String Division Co-Winner)

Ephraim Cheng, baritone (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

Justin White, baritone (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

Elizabeth Claudette Williams, dramatic soprano (Vocal Division Co-Winner)

WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR AND DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS

As chair of the 2022 Moores Concerto Competition, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the competition. I am so proud to work with the Moores School of Music, which has been ranked as the top university music school. You are going to hear amazing talent from Moores students performing on piano and winds, brass and percussion. Two Grand Prizes will be awarded to the winner in each division, plus you will be able to vote for the Audience Choice award. We would like to thank all our amazing competitors, judges and underwriters who made this competition possible. Please stay for the reception where the winners will be announced and we can toast their accomplishments.

ANN TORNYOS

Ann and her late husband, Karl Tornyos, are patrons of the Chamber Music Society of Houston, Mercury Chamber Music, the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera.

Ann has continued on the Board of the Houston Symphony League and the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. She is a past winner of the Ardyce Crystal Cello award. Ann and Karl have been supporters of the Moore’s Society for several years.

FRANZ ANTON KRAGER, Director of Orchestras

Since making his prize-winning European conducting debut in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Koncertsalen in 1978, Franz Anton Krager has led orchestras in Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace, Manchester England’s Bridgewater Hall, Birmingham England’s Adrian Boult Hall, Guangzhou China’s Xinghai Music Center, the Sydney Opera House, The Hague’s Congresgebouw, Zagreb’s Lisinski Concert Hall, Kazan’s State Philharmonic Hall in Russia, Guadalajara’s Degollado Theater, and Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. His affiliations with leading music festivals include the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Lancaster International Concert Series and the Lichfield and Aberystwyth International Arts Festivals in the U.K., and the Interlochen National Music Camp in the U.S. Maestro Krager has led the Houston, Russian State, Traverse City Michigan and Florida West Coast symphonies, Romanian and Kazan State philharmonics; symphony orchestras in Washington, Berlin, London, Chicago, Paris, Singapore, Leipzig, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Monterrey, Grosseto, Pordenone, Ingolstadt, Chichester, Neuss, and Honolulu, and was Principal Guest Conductor in Stratford, England from 2000-2004. In 2015, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the North Shore Chamber Arts Ensemble in Chicago. Krager is Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Texas Music Festival, and Founding Artistic Director of the Virtuosi of Houston. Krager is also the Hourani Endowed Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras, and Chair of the Conducting Department at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where he has brought the orchestra and orchestral conducting program into national prominence. An active recording artist, Krager has released recordings of the music of Thomas Fortmann, Percy Grainger, Michael Horvit, Peter Lieuwen, Robert Nelson and Stephen Shewan on labels including Divine Art (Métier), Albany, MSR Classics, Newport and HDTT.

Adjudicators

ANDREW BROWNELL

Since winning 2nd Prize at the 2006 Leeds Competition, Andrew Brownell has pursued an active and varied international performing career. Critics regularly remark on his creative programming and interpretive insight. Musical Opinion has described him as “potentially one of the most significant pianists of his generation”, and The Oregonian wrote that Brownell “impresses as much with his mind as with his hands… the antiLang Lang.”

Mr. Brownell won 2nd Prize ex aequo at the 2002 International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, making him the first American pianist to have ever won a prize in the history of the competition. He also won 1st Prize at the 2005 J.N. Hummel Competition in Bratislava, has since achieved widespread recognition as “one of the foremost Hummel interpreters of our time” (Hudobný Život), and is an honorary member of the Hummel Gesellschaft in Weimar. His edition of the Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 85 was released by Breitkopf & Härtel in 2016.

Highlights for the current season include solo and chamber music appearances in Europe and North America. Mr. Brownell’s performances have aired on BBC radio and television, Classic FM (UK), NPR, CBC, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, and RBB KulturRadio. He has been soloist with orchestras such as the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic, and the Hermitage State Orchestra (Russia); and he has collaborated with such conductors as Sir Mark Elder, Owain Arwel Hughes CBE, André Bernard, and Murray Sidlin.

A native of Portland, Oregon, Andrew Brownell began studying the piano at the age of four. His teachers have included Nancy Weems and Horacio Gutiérrez at the University of Houston; John Perry at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles); and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music in London, where he earned a doctorate. An enthusiastic collaborative artist, Andrew Brownell was a member of a prize-winning trio at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (USA) and has appeared in concert with principals of orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Vienna Philharmonic. In 2017, he joined the faculty of the Butler School of Music, The University of Texas at Austin.

MICHAEL GURT

Michael Gurt is Paula Garvey Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano at Louisiana State University. He won First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1982, and was a prize winner in international competitions in Pretoria, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia. He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Capetown Symphony, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. He has made solo appearances in Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, Australia, Baxter Hall in Capetown, South Africa, and the Attaturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey He recently completed tours of Portugal and Brazil. Gurt has collaborated with the Takacs String Quartet and the Cassatt String Quartet, and has performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, Queensland. He has served on the juries of both the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and he has recorded on the Naxos, Centaur, and Redwood labels.

He has served as Piano Mentor at the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland, and was the chair of the piano department at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival from 1987 through 2007. He has served as Piano Chair of the Louisiana Music Teachers Association, and has taught at two summer music seminars held at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Professor Gurt holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School.

DANNY KELLEY

Dr. Danny R. Kelley, Endowed Professor of Fine Arts at Prairie View A&M University, holds the Bachelors Degree from Prairie View A&M, the Master of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. His teachers have included Connally S. Garrett, Albert Hirsh, Walter Hautzig and Leon Fleisher. Kelley has been presented in various concert stages across the US, Germany, and the Caribbean. He has appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony, Houston Symphony North, the San Antonio Youth Symphony, and the Peabody Chamber Orchestra and is in constant demand as a chamber musician, accompanist and adjudicator. He has appeared in solo recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall and Steinway Hall, New York, New York and Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts. He has been on the faculty of Prairie View since 1978.

KSENIJA KOMLJENOVI

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Dr. Ksenija Komljenovi´c (Belgrade, Serbia), a prizewinner of the International Percussion Competition Luxembourg, is a percus sionist, educator, and composer. Throughout her career, she has performed, taught, and studied across Europe, the United States, and Asia. Ksenija is the first woman from Serbia with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Percussion Degree. She holds the As sistant Professor of Percussion position at Texas A&M Univer sity-Corpus Christi. Ksenija serves as a producer and host on the At Percussion Podcast. She is on the organizational commit tees of the Tierras South Texas Percussion Competition and the SoundWaves Festival.

Ksenija’s devotion to percussion is shaped by her advocacy for contemporary and chamber music, as well as intercultural collaboration. Her three chamber ensembles (PNEUMA, Vesna Piano/Percussion Duo, Balkan Percussion Duo) unite some of the finest young performers from across the world. As the artistic director of PNEUMA, a new percussion group, she strives to evolve the creative vision planted and shared among the performers during their studies under Svet Stoyanov and Matt Strauss at the Frost School of Music. Vesna Duo’s debut album featuring Ksenija’s arrangement of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring for marimba and piano has received acclaim at the Chamber Music America: Forward Together Showcase 2022. Ksenija’s initiative resulted in several pioneering cultural-exchange projects between the U.S. and her home country, including the first drumline camp and contemporary percussion workshop in Serbia.

In 2019, the same year she made her Hong Kong debut, Ksenija was selected to be a co-principal for the World Percussion Group with whom she toured England, Spain, and Portugal. In 2021, she performed at the XXI International Conservatory Week Festival (Russia) and the 31st International Young Laureate Music Competitions Festival (Poland). Ksenija has performed and collaborated with some of the preeminent musicians of her time including James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Dark Knight, Snow White and the Huntsman), Jeff Beal (House of Cards), The New York Voices, Arturo Sandoval, Dave Grusin, Steve Schick, Martin Bresnick, Andy Akiho, Ben Folds, and Joan Tower.

Ksenija holds degrees from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, Illinois State University, and the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Serbia. Her compositions and arrangements are published by Bachovich Music Publications. Ksenija is a Marimba One artist.

SEAN KRISSMAN

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Los Angeles, California, clarinetist Sean Krissman has established himself as an engaging, multi-faceted performer and avid educator.

Sean currently serves as Principal Clarinet of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and will begin his new position as Principal Clarinet of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra in December 2022. During his tenure at HGO, Sean completed his Master of Music degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under the tutelage of Richie Hawley. He received his Bachelor of Music degree with Highest Honors from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and has studied extensively with Dan Gilbert, Chad Burrow, Helen Goode-Castro, and Yehuda Gilad.

Winner of the Gino B. Cioffi Memorial Prize at the Tanglewood Music Center, Sean has spent previous summers at Crested Butte Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, The Banff Centre, National Repertory Orchestra, and AIMS Graz. Currently during the summers, Sean serves as 2nd and Eb Clarinet of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.

In addition to being featured as a soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra, University of Michigan Philharmonia, and Bob Cole Conservatory Symphony, Sean has performed with the New York Philharmonic as an inaugural Zarin Mehta Fellow. Other orchestral appearances include performances with the Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, Kansas City Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, and guest Principal Clarinet with Pacific Symphony.

Beyond performance, Sean holds a strong passion for music education and community engagement. As a former Young Artist with Da Camera of Houston and member of Rice University’s JUMP! program, he engaged in numerous outreach events in the greater Houston area and continues to take part in these initiatives. He coaches chamber groups at the Houston Youth Symphony and is on faculty at the American Festival of the Arts in the summer. Sean also maintains a private clarinet studio and is on faculty at Lone Star College-University Park.

Alongside his love of music, Sean has a new affinity for playing pickleball, a lifelong irrational loyalty to the Los Angeles Lakers, and an appreciation of spending quality time enjoying the simple things in life with family and friends.

New York, New York and Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts. He has been on the faculty of Prairie View since 1978.

Adjudicators

MATTHEW LODEN

Lynette S. Autrey Dean of Music, Matthew Loden, has performed around the world, judged competitions, served as a speaker for national conferences and been a music panelist and university lecturer. Dean Loden has worked for some of the top music training programs throughout the U.S., from the Aspen Music Festival and School to the New England Conservatory of Music’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship program, and he’s been a mentor for the League of American Orchestras Management Fellowship program, a premier leadership training program designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management.

Since becoming CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in 2018, Dean Loden has redefined the role of an orchestra in a diverse international city, commissioning world-premiere works from next-generation composers and establishing new creative partnerships and performances with artists ranging from composer Samy Moussa to the soprano Erin Wall, from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja to pop icon Jesse Reyez. His commitment to compelling experiences has expanded audiences and increased revenue, while his relationships throughout the music world have attracted top talent to the organization, including renowned conductor Gustavo Gimeno, who became music director in 2020.

Before assuming his role in Toronto, Dean Loden served as interim co-president of the Philadelphia Orchestra and as its executive vice president for institutional advancement, with responsibility for sustaining strategic direction and overseeing all board, philanthropic, communications and external relations efforts. He was part of the team that launched celebrated maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin as music director while navigating the orchestra’s successful comeback from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. He also served as board secretary for the Academy of Music, with oversight over the nation’s oldest opera house, and was executive liaison with the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

As vice president and general manager at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Dean Loden supervised operations for approximately 400 musical events each summer, including operations for five orchestras, opera productions, chamber music programs, master classes and lectures for 650 students. He was also responsible for implementing Aspen’s first-ever live opera simulcasts and streamed performances on MediciTV. Additionally, he was part of the design and building teams for a new $75 million redevelopment of the school’s 38-acre Bucksbaum Campus.

As a violinist, Dean Loden performed regularly with the Kennedy Center Opera and Ballet orchestras, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera and Ballet orchestras, the American Composers Orchestra, and he has been the concertmaster for the Washington Bach Consort and a principal player in the American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Loden has also performed with the Broadway productions of Cabaret, Once Upon a Mattress, High Society, and The Lion King.

A native Houstonian, Dean Loden is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and in his early years studied violin with Fredell Lack. His advanced college studies include training with renowned teachers Stephen Clapp, Andrew Jennings, and Zvi Zeitlin. He has also studied with Shepherd School of Music faculty Kenneth Goldsmith and Kathleen Winkler.

ADJUDICATORS

CAROLINE STEIGER

Caroline Steiger, active teacher, clinician, and performer both in large and small ensemble settings, joins the Texas State faculty as a new Assistant Professor of Music and artist/teacher of horn. She grew up in Southeast Michigan and went on to study at the University of Michigan, earning a B.M. in Horn performance with Teacher Certification in 2010. She earned her M.M. in Horn Performance from Penn State University and her D.M.A. in performance at the University of Michigan in 2015.

As a teacher Dr. Steiger has held positions at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music (Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn, 2014), Penn State University (Teacher Assistant), and the University of Michigan (Graduate Student Assistant). She currently has a thriving private studio in Michigan where several of her students participate in Solo and Ensemble at the District and State levels and perform at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. While at Penn State University, Caroline was the Assistant Director of the Penn State Horn Ensemble and helped plan tours that included performances at the Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association (PMEA) conference, Lancaster, and Hershey, PA.

Dr. Steiger’s work as a musician has included regular performances with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra as well as playing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra during its 2015 US tour. In addition, Dr. Steiger has held Principal positions with the Dearborn Symphony (Dearborn, MI), Adrian Symphony (Adrian, MI), Rochester Symphony (Rochester, MI), Oakland Symphony (Rochester, MI), Orchestra of Northern New York (Potsdam, NY), and the Northern Symphonic Winds (Potsdam, NY). She has performed in great halls across the country, including Carnegie Hall, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, and Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, getting a chance to work with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Stefan Sanderling, Lio Kuokman, Karina Canellakis, and Giordano Bellincampi.

Committed to chamber music, Dr. Steiger has played with the Potsdam Brass Quintet, faculty quintetin-residence at SUNY Potsdam, and the Emblems Woodwind Quintet, an Ann Arbor-based quintet focused on performing new and underrepresented works. In 2015 she participated in a chamber music residency at the University of Michigan with New York Philharmonic principal winds, where she performed with Philip Myers. A commitment to new music is evident through her participation in chamber ensembles as well as the University of Michigan’s Contemporary Directions Ensemble, which premiered several works by U of M composition students and participated in the Midwest Composers Symposium in 2013.

Dr. Steiger’s main teachers include Adam Unsworth, Bryan Kennedy, Lisa Bontrager, Soren Hermansson, and Corbin Wagner. She has also studied with and participated in master classes with Gail Williams, Fergus McWilliam, David Krehbiel, Robert Ward, Bernhard Scully, and Jeffrey Lang.

PIANO:

Olena Blahulyak

Sharon How Ilya Ivanov

Ting Ke Han Sol Jeong Lan Li

David Santiago Pena Vega Timothy Smale Boheng Wang Shu-Peng Wang Yilong Wang Ming Yang Ester Yoshimoto

Preliminary Round Performers

WINDS, BRASS, AND PERCUSSION:

Alec Eads, Tenor Trombone

Jonathan Forbes, Tenor Trombone

Joshua Gansle, Tuba

Jhoan Garcia, Trumpet

Arthur Gilligan, Percussion

Harold Gomez-Montoya, Clarinet

Wen-Hsiu Angela Lai, Flute

Steven Luong, Tenor Trombone Agustin Martinez, Bass Trombone

Aaron Price, Clarinet Donald Rabin, Flute Stephen Thomas, Tenor Trombone

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTING STUDIO:

Cutter González, General Manager and Assistant Conductor

Martín García León, General Staff and Assistant Conductor

Ringel Sat, General Staff and Assistant Conductor

Carolina Rodriguez Russum, General Staff, Moores Opera Center

GENERAL STAFF:

Myles Nardinger, Consultant

The Moores School Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the following faculty and staff members for their invaluable assistance in helping to prepare this competition: Mark Barton, Steven Block, Seleste Bautista, Karina Duran, Michelle Girardot, Timothy Hester, Kayly Scott, Corbin Sturch, Katherine Turner, Blake Wilkins, Emily Wolfe, and Tobin Wright.

MOORES SOCIETY

As of 10/1/2022

The Moores Society is the philanthropic volunteer organization for the Moores School of Music. Moores Society members and donors promote community awareness and provide funding for scholarships and special projects. Moores Society members receive invitations to concerts and special events held throughout the year.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Darlene Clark, President

Jackie & Malcolm Mazow, Immediate Past Presidents

Donna Shen, Vice President Membership

Nancy Willerson, Corresponding Secretary Meg Boulware, Opera Production Council Chair

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Rita Aron

Ann Ayre

Meg Boulware

Terry Ann Brown Carla Burns Cheryl Byington Julie Cogan Timothy Doyle Warren Ellsworth

Sheila Aron Christopher Bacon Philamena Baird Chris Becker Tom Becker Susan Binney Ann Boss Nancy Bowden Zarine Boyce Robert Chanon

Anna Dean Vicky Dominguez

Ann Faget Kelli Fein

Debbie Feuer Cathy Coers Frank Joyce Frassanito Mary Fusillo

Elia Gabbanelli

Frank Geider, MS DDS

Marita Glodt

Sean Gorman

Maureen Higdon Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde Mady Kades Linda Katz Michelle & Jack Matzer Gary Patterson Shirley Rose

ADVISORY BOARD 2022-2023

Diane and Harry Gendel Mariglyn & Stephen Glenn Beatrice and Gregory Graham Deb Happ Ellen & Alan Holzberg Gladys Hooker

Janis Landry Cora Sue and Harry Mach Karinne McCullough Mary Ann McKeithan Cathy McNamara Jennifer Meyer Celia Morgan Jo and Joseph Nogee Kitten and Ron Page Kusum Patel Fran Fawcett Peterson Carroll R. Ray Jan Rhodes Carol Lee Robertson

Richard Schmitt

Donna Shen Rhonda Sweeney Ann Tornyos Betty Tutor Bob & Mary Ann Wilkins Beth Wolff

Lillie Robertson Minette Robinson Heidi Rockecharlie Kathi Rovere Donna Scott and Mitch Glassman Helen Schaffer

Donna Shen Satoko and Anthony Shou Nancy Strohmer Susan Thompson

Virginia and Gage Van Horn Barbara Van Postman Carol and Carl Vartian Nancy Willerson Phyllis Williams Cyvia Wolff Jo Dee Wright Gay Yellen

Robin Angly Chris Bacon Meg Boulware Gwyneth Campbell Anna Dean Tim Doyle Warren Ellsworth

Robin Angly & Miles Smith Rita & Jeffrey Aron Alan Austin & David A. White Ann & Jonathan Ayre Christopher Bacon & Craig Miller Olga & Gerardo Balboa Susan & Michael Bloome Meg Boulware & Hartley Hampton Terry Ann Brown Keith Butcher

Roxi Cargill & Peter Weston Cheryl & Carl Carlucci Robert Chanon Lydia & James Chao Darlene Clark & Edwin Friedrichs Timothy Doyle & Robert Royall, II Ann Faget Sylvia Farb

Carla Burns Helen Davis Geraldine Gill Nancy & Carter Hixon

Thomas Blocher Dru & Richard Davis Joyce & John Frassanito Rachel & Howard Frazier Beatrice & Gregory Graham

Elad Ben-Menashe Felicia Brooks Richard Kummins Nicole Kenley-Miller & Andy Miller

OPERA PRODUCTION COUNCIL

Ann Faget Geraldine Gill Ellen & Alan Holzberg Lee Huber Shannon Langman Helen Mann Jackie & Malcolm Mazow

DIRECTOR LEVEL ($1,000)

Debbie Feuer

Mariglyn & Stephen Glenn Marita & David Glodt John Goode & Janwin Overstreet Goode

Susan & Sean Gorman Maureen Higdon Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde Ellen & Alan Holzberg Monzer Hourani

Linda Katz Sharon & Robert Lietzow Jay Marks

Jack & Michelle Matzer Jackie & Malcolm Mazow Paula & Robert Mendoza Shirley E. Rose Jane Ross Kathi & William Rovere

PARTNER LEVEL ($500)

Sophia & Keith James Helen Mann Susan & David Morris Charles Rinehart

PATRON LEVEL ($250)

Deborah Happ & Richard Rost Gladys Hooker

Therese Kosten

Karinne & William McCullough Nancy & Hans Strohmer

FRIEND LEVEL ($120)

Connie Lewis Kenneth Proctor Michael Taksa Debra Witter & Scott Chase Cheryl Worley

David & Roz Rowan Rhonda Sweeney Irena Witt

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