Isn't it Romantic?

ERINN FRECHETTE

DIRECTOR, YOC FLUTE CHOIR

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? MAY 20, 2024

Flute Choir

FLIGHT JAMES-MICHAEL SELLERS

A LOVELY STORY ANŽE ROZMAN

MASON TORTORELLI, PICCOLO

Flute Choir

(listed alphabetically)

Christian Cato

Katherine Chen

Daniela Cifuentes

Pia DeLuca

Rosemary Ferguson

Rebekah Fife

Evelyn Haggstrom

Cici Luzarraga

Anjali Rao

Rebekah Switzer

Mason Tortorelli

Aubry Wilhelm

DR. ERNEST PEREIRA

MUSIC DIRECTOR

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? MAY 20, 2024

Youth Orchestra of Charlotte

PRELUDE TO ACT 3 OF LOHENGRIN RICHARD WAGNER

PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY IN B-FLAT MINOR, MVT. 1 ELI CHEN, PIANO

INTERMISSION

SENIOR RECOGNITION AND MUSICIAN AWARDS

CARNIVAL OVERTURE ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

INTERMEZZO FROM PAGLIACCI RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO

SABRE DANCE ARAM KHACHATURIAN

TRIUMPHAL MARCH

GIUSEPPI VERDI/CLARK MCALISTER FROM AIDA

ORGIA FROM DANZAS FANTASTICAS JOAQUÍN TURINA

ABOUT THE YOC FAMILY

The Youth Orchestras of Charlotte is dedicated to nurturing and inspiring the musical talents of youth in the greater Charlotte area. We provide exceptional instruction and performance experiences in symphonic orchestra and chamber ensemble settings. Our ensembles are led and coached by a team that includes musicians of the Charlotte Symphony and area music educators.

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Youth Orchestra of Charlotte - A full symphony orchestra made up of high school age musicians, performing masterpieces from the orchestral repertoire in a professional symphony setting.

Preparatory Orchestra - A full symphony orchestra that performs both actual symphonic literature and arrangements of the repertoire geared to advanced younger players. It is a training orchestra for the YOC.

Sinfonia Strings - A string orchestra that prepares young musicians in the art of orchestral performance

Flute Choir - An ensemble that performs flute choir repertoire and explores a wide variety of musical genres

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

• Being part of a community of musicians that shares a passion for music making and challenging repertoire

• Masterclasses with nationally recognized guest artists

• Perform with guest soloists

• Sectional rehearsals with musicians of the Charlotte Symphony and area music educators

• Audition experiences

• Chamber music and community performance opportunities

• Travel opportunities in select years (i.e. Kennedy Center Performance in 2020)

• Opportunities to be a featured student soloist

• Advancement and leadership opportunities within the ensembles

• Camps, retreats and social events throughout the season

DR. ERNEST PEREIRA MUSIC DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR

Music Director and conductor of the Youth Orchestras of Charlotte, Dr. Ernest Pereira previously conducted the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras, leading them in performances at Charlotte’s Festival in the Park, Summer Pops at Symphony Park, as well as at national concert venues in Washington, D.C. and Charleston, SC, for Piccolo Spoleto. Under Pereira’s baton, the CSYO performed twice at the prestigious venue of Carnegie Hall in New York City, in 2002 and 2017 He has guest conducted the Charlotte Civic Orchestras and appeared on several local chamber music series as either a violinist or conductor. Dr. Pereira was featured at the Charlotte Symphony’s annual Youth Festival, conducting the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, the JYO and CSYO, as well as the combined professional and youth orchestras.

Dr. Pereira co-directed, with Dr. Paul Nitsch, the Fun with Chamber Music program for youth at Queens University of Charlotte and has taught violin at Queens. Students from his orchestra and private teaching studio have gone on to major in music at noted conservatories and universities, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, the University of Texas at Austin, Yale School of Music, Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University, Oberlin College, North Carolina School of the Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Vanderbilt University. Graduates of his studio and orchestras also hold performing and teaching positions in many of the nation’s orchestras and universities, as well as having musical careers in film, television, and non-classical genres.

A native of South Africa, Dr. Pereira received his early training in violin in Pretoria from Walter Mony and Alan Solomon, and holds Teacher and Performer Licentiates from the University of South Africa He studied in this country with David Cerone, graduating as valedictorian from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1981 and a Master of Music degree in 1982. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987, studying with Vincent Frittelli. Dr. Pereira served as Concertmaster of both the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra as well as the University of Texas Orchestra, and conducted the University of Texas String Project Orchestra. Since 1985, Dr. Pereira has been a member of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared frequently as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, South Africa, and Namibia, and has soloed with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra He believes strongly in educating young musicians and maintains an active and successful violin studio With the newly created YOC, Dr Pereira continues to foster musical excellence in orchestral performance, drawing on over 30 years of professional experience.

Eli (Elijah), 16 yo, is a current sophomore at Carmel Christian School. He began piano and cello lessons at 3 and 5 respectively. As a cellist, he joined the Union County Prelude Orchestra at age 7, the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra at age 9, and then the Youth Orchestra of Charlotte at age 11. Over the years, his love of both instruments grew. Eli has won numerous awards in local and state piano music competitions and events. He was a cello scholarship recipient for 4 consecutive years with Charlotte Arts Plus and received a scholarship to attend the Brevard Summer Piano Camp in 2022. Today’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto is one of Eli’s favorite pieces; With this piece, Eli placed 1st place in the 2023 CPTF Piano Concerto Competition and was the Grand Prize winner of The Symphony Guild of Charlotte 2023 Young Artists Competition (intermediate level). He is excited to share this piece with all of his friends and family and is grateful to the YOC for allowing him to perform it with his talented colleagues. Eli also enjoys studying the Bible, playing for church, playing tennis, and engaging his friends and family in a good game of chess.

Piano teachers - Dr. Paul Nitsch/ Mrs. Phyllis Teague

Cello teacher - Mr. Alan Black

Violin 1

Cadence Shevy, Concertmaster

Nikhil Perego, Asst. Concertmaster

Sophia Kuncoro

Matthias George

Elizabeth Boyer

Ellie Kim

Elaina Shi

Amy Willis

Sahana Raghavan

Uku Pyle

Diana Moshkovsky

Avery Ruesch

Lydia Kuncoro

Caroline Smoak*

Martha Grace Jackson*

Calvin Chen*

Camille Simonds*

Joanna Reeder*

Elise Bloom*

Violin 2

Lincoln Ruesch, Principal

Darcy Byrd, Asst. Principal

Scarlet Johnson

Elsa George

William Merritt

Eve Boone

Finley Keener

Inessa Dimov

Sophia Major

Annabel Lee

Mark Glukhoman

Elizabeth Sobolev

Sanat Rao

Nethra Gopalakrishnan

Kristie Shams

Cristian Fahami

Hailey Brown*

William Smoak*

Viola

Reagan Thomas, Principal

William Morrison, Asst.

Principal

Asier Garcia

Violet Tarbutton

Anna Margaret George*

Swathi Balaji*

Liam Jackson*

Youth Orchestra of Charlotte

Cello

Missy Wescott, Principal

Elijah Chen, Asst. Principal

Isaac Okhotin

Bethany Xiques

Cami Xiong

David Oboznyi

Constantine Rybak

Elgin Tsang

Dennis Lin

Micah Dib

Sam Moshkovsky

Elizabeth Tebbit

Justin Ge

Emma Joseph

Caroline Davison

Sophia Peters

Daniel Yun

Jadyn Cook*

Katherine-Elizabeth Ma*

Christina Beekman-Chin*

Bass

Ian Kuo, Principal

Brian Dong

Aiden van der Kraan*

Elliot George*

Flute & Piccolo

Mason Tortorelli

Rebekah Fife

Daniela Cifuentes

Pravnav Reddy

Ashley Chow

Jonathan Oldham*

Hannah Reeder*

Mary Lyle Wescott*

Oboe

Samhita Desaraju

Connor Koivisto

Jake Roberts

John Philips

Kimberly Haines*

Nora Robinson*

Shelby Johns*

Clarinet

Owen Burch, Co-Principal

Caleb Healy, Co-Principal

Sam King

(Cl/Bass Clarinet)

Megan Sie*

Bassoon

S. Chris Levantis

Vaibhav Kommalapati

Timothy Brown

Trumpet

Sadie Walker, Principal

Ben Mitchell

Gabriel Luza

Nathan D'Costa

Ben Muldrew

Horn

Spencer Bloom, Co-Principal

William Zuo, Co-Principal

Avery O'Connor

Jacob Todd

Anneke Lewis

Liam Peach

Betsy Ryerson*

Trombone

Wesley Connor, Principal

Lauryn Sawyer

Chris Smith

Tuba

Christian Cato

Nick Berns*

Jackson Shaw*

Harps

Tessa Jackson, Principal

Daniel Reeder

Percussion

(Section listed in alphabetical order; rotational part assignments)

Louis Krivitsky

Manny Price

Jonathan Yan

Nathan Zhang

Olivia Jones*

Tyler Hawk*

*Alumni Musicians

Thank you to our Current Donors

January 1, 2023 to Present

Encore (more than $5,000)

Lucas/Kiliper Foundation

Maestro ($2,000 to $4,999)

Mr. & Mrs. Adam Bloom

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Spencer Bloom

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Mrs. Jo Irwin

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Microsoft

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Serenade ($250 to $499, continued)

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Prelude (up to $249)

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Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dimov

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Duck Foundation

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Ms Ellen Ferdon

Mr. Bruce Ferguson

Prelude (up to $249, continued)

Ms. Erinn Frechette

Ms Rebecca Frechette

Beth Gargas

Nathan & Patsy George

Mr. Parthasarathy Govindarajan Ms. Remila Palaniappan

Ms. Meredith Green

Mr & Mrs Dan Haggstrom

Yasaman Hilal

Tom Hinkleman

Dolly Hsu

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Ms. Kathy Jarrell

Mr Jon Kaplan

Ms. Tatiana Karpova

Mr. & Mrs. Jeramy Keener

Mr. Robert Kelley

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Kyoungju Kim & Youmi Park

Lawrence Kraujalis

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Richard Lane

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Nancy Levine

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Mr Jason McNeil

Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Metcalf

Alyssa Mills & Boris Krivitsky

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Vadim Moshkovsky

Prelude (up to $249, continued)

Todd Muldrew & Casey Cothran

Mr & Mrs Jeremy Naman

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Nelson

Ms. Patricia O’Rourke

Amy Orsinger Whitehead

Mr. & Mrs. Pritesh Patel

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Peters

Harry Pirie

Anjaneya Ponnapati & Sreedevi Purini

Ms. Jehan Ramoran

Santosh Rao Family

Ms. Alaina Rea

Mr. Kurt Riecken

Yukiko Rivas

Mr. John Roselli

Mr. Allan Rosenfeld

Mr. Dale Rudiger

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Seeley

Ms. Annette Semprit

Abdullah Sihlangu

Jordan Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Smoak

Mr. Sam Sparrow

Steel Tape Measuring Inc.

Ms. Ellyn Stuart

Gireesh Sundararaman

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Tarbutton

Christopher Tebbit & Katie Smith

Darcy Thursby

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Todd

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Tortorelli

Hollis Ulaky

Mr. Jeff Volpenheim

Mr. & Mrs. George Wagner

Mr. Brett Walden

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Walker

Victor Wang

Ms Angela Watson

Debi Wayne

Wells Fargo

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Wescott

Mr. Alex Wilborn

Prelude (up to $249, continued)

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Wilhelm

Ms Zhiyao Xiao

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Yun

Mr. Ning Zhao

Ms. Hanna Zhdan

Mr. Zheng Zuo Ms. Jing Yang

Board of Directors

President: Kenneth Jackson

Vice President: Christina Beekman-Chin

Secretary: Richard Van der Kraan

Treasurer: Yelena Moshkovsky

Music Director & Conductor: Ernest Pereira

President Elect: Christopher Wescott

Friends of the YOC Chair: Beth Garges

At Large: Abdullah Birdsong

At Large: Donna Kiser

At Large: Mike Negus

At Large: Whitney Peters Administration

Liz Burns, Interim Executive Director

Debby Groenhout, Executive Assistant

Jimie Maley, YOC Manager

YOC Sectional Coaches

Dr. Ernest Pereira - Violin 1

Kathy Jarrell - Violin 2

Ning Zhao - Viola

Allison Drenkow - Cello

Jeff Ferdon - Bass

Lori Tiberio - Woodwinds

Tyler Goodwin-Souffront - Brass

Brice Burton - Percussion

Bette Roth - Harp

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