OVATION SERIES 2 Livestream Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 at the College of Charleston Sottile Theatre, 44 George Street.

available on demand until Nov. 24, 2020 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Tarantelle, Op.6

Regina Helcher Yost, flute; Charles Messersmith, clarinet; Phillip Bush, piano

FRANCIS POULENC Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Presto Andante Rondo

Zac Hammond, oboe; Sandra Nikolajevs, bassoon; Phillip Bush, piano

KARL REINECKE Trio for Piano, Oboe and Horn, Op. 188 Allegro moderato Scherzo: molto vivace Adagio Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Zac Hammond, oboe; Debra Sherrill Ward, horn; Phillip Bush, piano

MUSICIANS

Acclaimed as “a pianist of poetry, elegance, and power” (American Record Guide), “a pianist of exceptional, cherishable finesse” (Los Angeles Times), and “one of those rare pianists who combine structural intelligence with a hundred color gradations” (Village Voice), Phillip Bush (piano) has established a performing career over the past three decades that is noted for its remarkable versatility and eclecticism, with a repertoire extending from the 16th century to the 21st. Since the launch of his career upon winning the American Pianists Association Fellowship Award and subsequent New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1984, Mr. Bush has appeared as recitalist throughout North America as well as in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. His Carnegie Hall concerto debut with Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta was hailed by the New York Times for its “impressive last-minute heroics,” as he substituted for an ailing Peter Serkin on short notice in concerti by Stravinsky and Alexander Goehr. Mr. Bush has also appeared as soloist with the Osaka Century Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Houston Symphony and a number of other orchestras, in repertoire ranging from the Beethoven concerti to the American premiere of Michael Nyman’s Concerto for Harpsichord.

Phillip Bush is widely acknowledged as one of the most experienced American chamber music pianists of his generation: the Kansas City Star referred to him as “the ideal chamber musician.” He has performed and recorded with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, appeared innumerable times on Brooklyn’s Bargemusic series, and has performed at the Grand Canyon Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains (Colorado), Sitka Music Festival (Alaska), St. Bart’s Music Festival, Music at Blair Atholl (Scotland), Cape May Music Festival, and at many other festivals. He has collaborated in recital and chamber music with concertmasters and principal players of many of the world’s great orchestras, including Berlin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, and Houston. Mr. Bush has also made guest appearances with the Kronos, Miami, Parker, Jupiter, Lutoslawski, and Carpe Diem string quartets, and has performed with members of the Emerson, Guarneri, Tokyo, Orion and St. Lawrence quartets.

GUARANTORBarbara Campbell and Arnold Marcus

Katherine and Griff Hogan

SUSTAINER

supporters of chamber music charlestonOver a ten-year period, Mr. Bush performed over 250 concerts in Japan with the piano quartet “Typhoon,” including several sold-out performances at Osaka Symphony Hall and Tokyo’s Bunkamura Orchard Hall. He recorded five CD’s with the group for Epic/Sony, all of which reached the top of the Japanese classical charts. From 2007 to 2015, he served as Artistic Director of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference in Vermont, the largest (over 300 participants and 50 faculty) and oldest (founded 1946) institute for amateur chamber musicians to study with professional concert artists.

A devoted advocate for contemporary music, Phillip Bush performed worldwide for 20 years with both the Philip Glass Ensemble and Steve Reich and Musicians, in venues ranging from the Sydney Opera House to the Acropolis in Athens. He has also worked first-hand directly with many of the most significant American composers of our time, from John Adams to Charles Wuorinen. The New York Times has said “Mr. Bush may be one of the few pianists who can play both Elliott Carter’s music and Philip Glass’ with equal persuasiveness.” Mr. Bush’s efforts on behalf of contemporary music have earned him grants and awards from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Aaron Copland Fund, ASCAP, Chamber Music America and the National Endowment for the Arts. His discography as soloist and chamber musician has now reached over 45 recordings on labels such as Sony, Virgin Classics, Koch International, ASV, New World Records, Denon, Cedille, and many others.

Mr. Bush is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Leon Fleisher. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Bush taught piano and chamber music at the University of Michigan, and he has also served as Visiting Faculty at the University of North Carolina. Since 2012 Phillip Bush has been a member of the piano and chamber music faculty at the University of South Carolina School of Music.

Zachary Hammond (oboe) is currently the principal oboist of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Before coming to Charleston, he was the principal oboist of “Symphoria” in Syracuse, New York. Zac has performed with many other orchestras throughout the country including the Rochester Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Zac is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.

Charles Messersmith (clarinet) received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he became the principal clarinet of the Augusta symphony currently holds the principal clarinet position with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra as co-principal clarinet since 2006. In the summers he performs in Virginia at the Wintergreen Music Festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Born and raised in central Massachusetts, Sandra Nikolajevs (bassoon) began her formal musical education at the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City. She furthered her education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Ms. Nikolajevs is currently Principal Bassoonist of the Savannah Philharmonic and has held the same position with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic and Augusta Symphony. She is Founder, President and Artistic Director of Chamber Music Charleston.

Debra Sherrill-Ward (horn) is a member of Chamber Music Charleston, North Charleston Pops, Savannah Philharmonic and the Hilton Head Symphony. During the summer she is the director of the Charleston Horn Camp and plays for the St. Augustine Music Festival and Loon Lake Live. Previously, she was a member of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, the South Dakota Symphony and the Charleston Symphony. Debra studied with Froydis Ree Wekre in Oslo,Norway, Jerome Ashby at the Juilliard School, Erik Ralske at the Manhattan School of Music and Roger Collins at Western Illinois University.

Regina Helcher Yost (flute) plays Second flute/piccolo for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, assistant Principal flute/piccolo at the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, flute with Chamber Music Charleston, and is an Adjunct Professor of flute at Charleston Southern University. Previously, she was associate principal flute/piccolo for the Honolulu Symphony, second flute/piccolo for the Knoxville Symphony, and acting second flute for the St. Louis Symphony. She has also substituted with Minnesota Orchestra and the Atlanta and Detroit Symphonies.

PRESIDENT & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORSSandra Nikolajevs Joe Lambright, Chairsandra@chambermusiccharleston.org Rosa Fullerton Katie Huger843.763.4941 Nelson Hicks Griff Hogan Susan Lobell

Sally Gray LovejoySusan ParsonsCharles Tremann

BOX OFFICE: 843.763.4941chambermusiccharleston.org

GUARANTORBarbara Campbell and Arnold Marcus

Chris ChristopherSuzanne and Gerald MartererRon Fielding and Susan Lobell

Alicia Rhett Art Fund; John and Susan Bennett Mem Arts Fund; Havel Education Fund of Coastal

Community Foundation of SC

Herzman-Fishman Charitable Fund at the American Gift Fund

Katherine and Griff Hogan Robert and Deborah MacPherson

Fred and Mary Jo ArmbrustElizabeth Battle

Anonymous Ilse Calcagno

Barbara Campbell and Arnold MarcusJohn and Judy Clark

Jo-Ann CloseMary Early

Kathleen and Dick FishburnRosa Fullerton

Rajan and Suman GovindanGray Charitable Trust

Nelson HicksBob and Cathy Hill

Katherine HugerJohn and Shea Kuhn

Joe A. and Barbara P. LambrightRenee and Alan Levow

Sally LovejoyDarrell Lund

Jay and Janice MesseroffRalph Mills

Angus Baker and Susan ParsonsKatie Roberts

Thomas and Alison SchneiderPatricia Secrist

Ted and Sue SoderlundDr. and Mrs. Charles Tremann

David Trachtenberg and Richard Wilson

Jill and Richard AlmeidaCharles and Bonnie Bensonhaver

John ClarkeGinny Epsten

Margaret FabriJennifer Fedorchak

George and Marilyn TaylorBecky and Paul Hilstad

Henry and Ann Hurd FralixMarlene and George Kiemle

Raymond Lambrecht

Louise LancasterAnne and Cisco Lindsey

Julie and Fritz LorscheiderSusan Mitchell and Richard McCracken

Alicia and Jenkins MikellClaudia Morton

Ronda MuirEric OakleyAnne Olsen

Robert and Susan PolackPamela Pollitt

Sheila and Gary QuigleyHarriet Ripinsky

John and Aileen SandersMurray and Hazel Somerville

Gail and John StrauchJim and Susan SullivanAnne and Ken Tidwell

John and Helen WarrenAnne Knight Watson

George WeissAnn Wessel

DONOR

Asimoula AlissandratosCharlie Barnes

Ledlie BellJean Berner

Martin BowenWilliam Bridgers

Tom and Faye BurkeJim and Dorothy Cantwell

Otis EngelmanAvril FenwickGeorge FlynnJeffrey Foster

Richard and Ann Gridley

Edward and Diane GulyasEmerson Horner

John and Katherine KotzRichard and Ellen Kypta

Diane LauritsenThu and Aaron Lesher

Madonna LewisSusan Malabre

Katherine MaybankKathy & John McFadden

Gale and Gerald MessermanGerd and Helen MuellerClint and Valeria Myers

Alan and Barbara NourieRobert and Candy O’Malley

Jay and Marilyn PhillipsJoan and Thomas Ritsch

Bob and Dee SchaferSandra Simpson

Sherry and Herk SimsCoby and Pat Van de Graaf

Bruce and Margaret Van VoorhisBen and Jenny Weiss

Robert and Carol WoodJudy Young

PATRON

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CONTRIBUTOR

Rebecca and Rene AckermanJeffrey Adams

James AndersonEugene Arner

Joan AvioliLedlie Bell

Lawrence and Barbara BergerEllen Bollinger

Gordon E. BondurantDavid and Betty Breedlove

Alma and Greg BrownDr. and Mrs. Robert Cantey

C Phillip ChastainWendy Cheshire

Sylvia ClineAileen CondonJohn Conyers

Maria Cordova SalinasThomas and Jessica Cutler

Robert and Barbara DeMarcoLynette DennisGeorge Eatman

Angela EstesYvonne Evans

David Fairhurst Lynne and Dennis Gettelfinger Household

Sandra GordonJudith Green

Glenna GreenslitSally Greer

John Hart HouseholdCarl and Anna Hilton

Linda HinesPaul and Judy Hines

Sherry and Kenneth HirschLinda HoughS.G. House

Mary JacobsTomas Jakubek

Chuck and Kathy JenkinsPhyllis Jestice

Elaine Johnston HouseholdEdward JonesMichael Jones

Riley KashRichard Ketcham

Barbara and Steve Kimbrough Esther Lapin

Margaret LundinDavid McCracken

Mary Menke RogersInna and Slade Metcalf

Clare and Ed MeyerMary Ann MeyersSusan Middaugh

Bryan and Valerie MillerJohanna Miller

Joy MorrisPamela Niesslein

Patrick O'Malley and Leon LaiSandra Nikolajevs and Timothy O'Malley

Maribeth O'BrienOlivia Padgettcarolyn pattonIleana Prancan

Robert PriceRachel Pulling

H. QuinnSarah Raver

Eileen and Gary RiceWilfred RobertsClaire RobinsonMichael Roche

Gretchen and Fritz SaengerJune Salvesen Kim Schaeffer

Ray SchanamannRussel and Bonnie Seabright

Larry and Laurie SeeseRobert and Jean Shamo

Richard Simpson Householdjeanne slabaughAndrew SohorCarol Spitznas

Chris and Mary Ann SpiveyGwyneth and Robert Sundell

Lynda SwackhamerPatricia Swanson

John and Virginia TermineJanan Thomas

Margaret Van VoorhisJohn WallaceJane Waring

Albert and Judy WeinrichEileen and Ed Weklar

Richard WelchSusan Wentworth

Richard WildermannM.P. WilkersonRick Woodward

Thomas and Christine YoungMary Susan Zavos

John Zimmer

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