2008-2009Scholarship Concert

Utah PhilharmoniaDr. Robert Baldwin, conductor

The University of Utah SingersA Cappella ChoirDr. Brady R. Allred, conductor

Dr. Robert Baldwin, conductor

Thursday and Friday, November 20 and 21, 2008Libby Gardner Concert Hall

7:30 p.m.

Program(Please turn off all electronic devices that could disrupt the concert.)

Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, op. 80 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Kristofer Michaels, piano

Utah Graduate String Quartet

Maria Dance, Leslie Henrie, violinsLeslie Richards, viola; Tamra Baca, cello

Thursday Soloists

Melissa Heath, soprano; Rachel Duff, soprano; Josette Cross, altoShane Haag, tenor; Miles Romney, tenor; John Walker, bass

Friday Soloists

Raina Thorne, soprano; Julia Wentz, soprano; Andrea Hoschouer, alto Will Perkins, tenor; Steve Knell, tenor; Timothy Carter, bass

Utah PhilharmoniaUniversity of Utah Singers; University of Utah A Cappella Choir

Brief Intermission (5 minutes)

The Planets, op. 32 Gustav Holst Mars, the Bringer of War (1874-1934) Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic

Utah PhilharmoniaWomen from the University of Utah Singers and A Cappella Choirs

Robert Baldwin, conductor_______________________________________________________________

Thanks to Dr. Brady Allred, Dr. Robert Walzel, Dr. Donn Schaefer, and Prof. Scott Hagen for assistance in preparation for tonight’s program.

The University of Utah School of Music cordially invites you to attend these upcoming concerts:

Sun., Nov. 23: Classical Guitar EnsemblesDumke Recital Hall. 2:30 p.m. Free.

Sun., Nov. 23: Sundays@7 Concert7:00 p.m. Free.

Tue., Nov. 25: Jazz Big Bands

Mon., Dec. 1: Composers ForumDumke Recital Hall. Free.

Tue., Dec. 2: Wind Ensemble

Wed., Dec. 3: VIRTUOSO SERIES: Judith Ingolfsson, violin

Thur., Dec. 4: Honors String QuartetDumke Recital Hall. Free.

Fri./Sat., Dec. 5/6: Lyric Opera Ensemble Scenes Concert

Mon., Dec. 8: New Music EnsembleDumke Recital Hall. Free.

Tue., Dec. 9: Jazz CombosDumke Recital Hall. Free.

Wed., Dec. 10: Guest Artist Concert: Jan Van der Roost,with the Utah Philharmonia and the Wind Ensemble

Fri./Sat., Dec. 12/13: School of Music Choral Holiday Concert

(All concerts @ 7:30, in Libby Gardner Concert Hall, unless otherwise noted.

For tickets, call 801-581-7100, or go to www.kingtix.com)

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The University of Utah School of Music gratefully acknowledges

its many donors and supporters.

Choral Preparation for the Choral Fantasy

Jane Fjeldsted, DMA Conducting Candidate

Choral Preparation for the Planets Maureen Hatch, MM Choral Conducting Candidate

Assisting conductors for the Planets

Robert Bott, MM Instrumental Conducting CandidateMaureen Hatch, MM Choral Conducting Candidate

Graduate Assistants for the Utah PhilharmoniaRobert Bott

Kerstin Tenney_________________________________________

Pianist Kristofer Michaels is a junior scholarship student at the University of Utah School of Music majoring in piano performance under the tutelage of Dr. Heather Conner. His past teachers include Dr. Irene Peery-Fox and Dr. David Hatch. Kristofer is a native of American Fork, Utah, and began playing the piano at age six and pursuing music seriously at age thirteen. Kristofer performed in a masterclass given by Virtuoso Series Artist Murray Perahia in 2007. Kristofer has received a number of awards for his playing including an honorable mention at the 2005 Stravinsky Awards International Competition, first prize in the 2008 Utah Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition, and second prize in the 2008 Young Artists competition at the Utah State Fair. He was a concerto winner in the 2008 SummerArts concerto competition and will perform the first movement of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 as soloist with the Salt Lake Symphony in January of 2009. Kristofer recently made a guest appearance with the Canyonlands New Music Ensemble, where his playing was described as “insightful, wonderfully articulate and polished”(Deseret News). In addition to studying the piano, Kristofer enjoys composing and writing.

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The University of Utah School of Music gratefully recognizes

Leon and Karen F. Petersonfor their continuing efforts to create Music Scholarships.

A Cappella Choir - Dr. Brady R. Allred, conductor

TenorMatthew BellistonChris CoonradtEric ChaffeyBrady FlanaganScott GarnerKevin GolubRyan IngleAdam JohnsonMark W. ScottJoseph Smith

BassJeffrey AndersonCarlos BarbagelataBenjamin BertchKevin BolickJoel BrownBrock DalgleishJames M. DumasScott FoustJosh JessopPaul MayChristopher NeidigerJohn RidingJason SinMike TamJon WolfPeter Wozniak

AltoMichelle AlexanderMichelle BellistonJoan BrintonChristina CoonradtRachel EvansMadelyn GilbertAli HenriksenAndrea HoschouerMichele JohnsonRhiannon JohnsonDana KillingsworthKaren LarsenEmily LeishmanHeather R. MadsenTiffany ManwaringAndrea MyersAnnemarie NeffJoohyun ParkKate PridgenKirsten RichardsJessica RobinsonMelissa RobinsonNicole SudburyYu TakeiBriana ThomasKimberly Tolman

SopranoAnn AlleyBobbi BloodWhitney BurrCourtney CampMalia FrenchJoyce JacoxRebecca HansenMegan HarrisKaily Ann JacobsPaige KastelerMichelle LaxmanChelsea LindsayTamara MooreAmy NielsenKristina RawlinsonNicole RasmussenMarissa SheppardMikael ShortErika SmithAriel Kay SpilkerLindsay TooneAli VanceJulia Hendryx WentzRuby WhiteKrista WilliamsJennifer Williamson

_______________________________________________________________The University of Utah Singers and the A Cappella Choir

thank their private applied teachers and coaches:

Carol Ann Allred; Jaimee BelnapRobert Breault; Paul Dorgan

Mary Ann Dresher; Kirsten GunlogsonDavid Power; Jeffrey Price

Julie Wright-Costa

Choral Fantasy Text

Schmeichelnd hold und lieblich klingen unsers Lebens Harmonien,

und dem Schönheitssinn entschwingen Blumen sich, die ewig blühn

Fried’ und Freude gleiten freundlich wie der Wellen Wechselspiel;

was sich drängte rauh und feindlich, ordnet sich zu Hochgefühl.

Wenn der Töne Zauber walten und des Wortes Weihe spricht,muss sich Herrliches gestalten,

Nacht und Stürme werden Licht,

Äuss’re Ruhe, inn’re Wonne Herrschen für den Glücklichen.Doch der Künste Frühlingssonne lässt aus beiden Licht entstehn.

Grosses, das in’s Herz gedrungen, blüht dann neu und schön empor,hat ein Geist sich aufgeschwungen, hall’t ihm stets ein Geisterchor.

Nehmt denn hin, ihr schönen Seelen froh die Gaben schöner Kunst.

Wenn sich Lieb’ und Kraft vermählen, lohnt dem Menschen Götter-Gunst.

University of Utah Singers - Dr. Brady R. Allred, conductor

Soprano IRachel HalesStephanie BrownJennifer SmithHalley KingAngela Jacobsen

Soprano IIErica LovellAshley WrightRebecca LordKiersten HonakerKatie MarshallAnn Williams-Hatch

Alto IKelly NelsonMelanie PriceJanell HannCaitlin ElmerOlivia WoolleyMarianne MabeyLaurel Enke

Alto IITiffany OlsonMaureen HatchEmily HackettKarly SmithJane Fjeldsted

Tenor IDavid MartinAndy MaughanWill PerkinsDaniel EmrazianRiley K. Soter

Tenor IISteve KnellCarson ZajdelCraig ThomasSean SekinoMichael Mills

Bass IAustin ThorpeMichael NewtonAustin SharetteJared BybeeAlasdair WaddellJared Lesa

Bass IICurtis LeeJohn WalkerAlex MarshallBronson WebbNeal HardinRicky Parkinson

Translation of Choral Fantasy Text

Flatteringly lovely and fair are the sounds of our life’s harmonies,

and from our sense of beauty there arise fl owers that blossom eternally.

Peace and joy glide by amiably like the alternating play of waves’

forces that pressed on us roughly and hostilely reform themselves into feelings of exaltation.

Whenever the magic charms of music hold sway and the consecration of words is uttered,

splendid things take shape of necessity, might and storms turn into light.

Outward repose, inward rapture prevail for the fortunate man.

But the springtime sun of the arts makes light emanate from both.

Then great things that have entered one’s heart blossom out in fresh beauty;

when a spirit has worked its way aloft, a spirit choir constantly sings to it.

And so, noble souls, accept gladly the gifts of beautiful art.

When love and strength are wedded, the favor of the gods rewards mankind.

Poet unknown; English translation by Stanley Appelbaum

Holiday Concerts

Enjoy holiday favorites like “Deck the Halls,”

“I’ll Be Home For Christmas,”and “Carol of Joy,”

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Program NotesThe premiere of the op. 80 Choral Fantasy of Beethoven took place on December 22, 1808, as the final work in a concert that included the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the first public performance of the Fourth Piano Concerto, Ah! Perfido (a concert aria), as well as several sections of the Mass in C Major. It was composed with such speed so close to the concert that Beethoven improvised the opening section and only later wrote it down on paper. The piece consists of eight sections, the first of which is a piano solo marked Adagio, followed by an Allegro where the orchestra announces itself. The next section is a set of variations, anchored by the piano, in which different orchestral instruments or groups each have equal prominence with the piano in each variation. Four short episodes follow the variations. Finally the chorus and vocal soloists enter, at first gently, then with increasing strength, building to the coda (Presto).

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The first public peformance of The Planets was given in 1920, but a private performance in 1918 plus subsequent partial performances already provided it with a positive reputation. Holst completed the full score in 1917, having begun the work with ‘Mars’ in 1914. Originally titled ‘Seven Pieces for Large Orchestra,’ The Planets exhibits influences of Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’, Schoenberg’s ‘Fünf Orchesterstücke,’ and Debussy’s ‘Nocturnes’ (use of an off-stage women’s choir, earlier employed in Savitri).

In seven sections, representing the known planets at the time (less Earth, of course), The Planets displays a remarkable variety of moods and orchestral colors, while mainting unifying aspects of harmonic background, particularly the use of bitonality (two different keys at the same time). Pluto was not discovered until 1930, and Holst died in 1934, but since it has recently been officially delisted as a planet, Holst is off the hook. Notes by Chris H. Smith

The members of the Utah Philharmonia

thank their private applied teachers:

ViolinHasse BorupLeonard Braus*John EnglundRalph Matson*David Park*Barbara Scowcroft*Lynette Stewart

ViolaRoberta Zalkind*

CelloElliott CheneyJohn Eckstein*Steve EmersonAmy Leung

BassDavid Yavornitzky*Denson Angelo

FluteSusan GoodfellowLisa Byrnes*

OboeHolly Gornik*Robert Stephenson*

ClarinetKathy Pope

BassoonLori Wike

HornSteve Proser*

TrumpetPeter Margulies*Nick Norton*

TromboneDonn SchaeferLarry Zalkind*

EuphoniumDonn Schaefer

TubaGary Ofenloch*

PercussionGeorge Brown*Doug Wolf

PianoHeather Conner

OrganLinda Margetts

HarpShruDeLi OwnbeyCathryn Clayton

_______________________________________*indicates member of the Utah Symphony/Opera

Utah Philharmonia - Dr. Robert Baldwin, conductor

First Violin Maria Dance**Leslie Henrie**Kerstin TenneyBrooke BennettDong Gin ShinSerenity EyreDouk ChonClaire SwensonYoshika HisanoSuzanne LiuCaitlin BardsleyAlecia PetersenJessica GurneyCamille JohnsonLindsey JensenSam Lindeman

Second Violin Nathan Shumway*Collette DruryRebecca RomneySydney TolmanMatt BennionErynn SpencerHolly BrimhallDeborah JohnsonGi-Yeon MinRosemary CampbellAndrea Schofi eldMaria StanleyJonathan Avila NieblaMarjorie Mackey

Viola Valerie Reives*Leslie RichardsErin MaughanSara FaileAshley BraithwaiteFelicia DavisJulie SkousenSarah Custen

Cello Tamra Baca*Paula Pimentel*Justin SmithBlake LawlorHailey HeningerDavid StillmanAndy SpeirsSteven PayneCarey Cheney

Bass Josh P. Lambert*Nathan O’BryantJake Rosenzweig

Flute Angela Cowart*James BrinkmannCory Maxfi eld*Dallan Gordon

Oboe Karen Hastings*Nicole Marriott*Hilary Coon

Clarinet Amanda Glettler*David Barrientos*Woongshik Kwak* Myung Suk Han*Kelly Johnson, bass

Bassoon Emily Grady*Heather Ainsworth*Sarah RichardsJoyce Mahoney, contra.

Horn Tyler Holt*Jon Klein*

Mauricio PaezMatt CastilloGarrett Christian, asst.

Trumpet Seretta Hart*Jeff Hansen*Eric BeckstrandJames Baggaley

Trombone Christopher Rodgers*Chris Dobbins*William Pagan, Bass Tr.

EuphoniumJakob Nelson

Tuba Koki Omura

Harp Rachel LarsonBrianne Armstrong

CelesteCharlotte Cannon

Timpani Tony Thackery*Spencer Frohm

Percussion Robert Johnson*Jared CragunClay BarnumSpencer Frohm

____________________**co-concertmaster* principal

Annual Scholarships

Craig and Melissa Ballard Scholarship

Rodney H. and Carolyn Hansen Brady Scholarship

Skip and Susan Daynes Scholarships for SummerArts (7)

Robert and Susan Holt Scholarship

Ellis and Kathryn Ivory Scholarship

The Presser Foundation

Bruce and Sara Robinson Scholarship

Suzanne Sernsaas Scholarship

David S. and Shauna Young Scholarship

Scholarship Endowment Planned Gifts

The Dixie Schoenhals and Bud Stoddard Music Scholarship Fund

The Betram H. and Janet Marshall Schaap Endowed Scholarship in Music

Robert L. and Joyce T. Rice Endowed Scholarship Fund in the School of Music

Scholarship EndowmentsThe following permanently established endowments provide

scholarship funding in perpetuity.

$2 million and aboveMae deFfee Mathews and Tom C. Mathews, Jr.

Memorial ScholarshipGerald B. Tracy Memorial Scholarship

$1-$2 millionCarmen Morton Christensen Music Scholarship Fund

$50,000-$150,000Norma Lee Madsen Belnap String Scholarship

Sally Burbidge Marching Band ScholarshipBetty Jeanne Chipman Scholarship

Etta Keith Eskridge Scholarship FundJanice Scowcroft Hinckley Scholarship

Mount Olympus Waters Honors String QuartetLeroy Robertson Foundation

Ulrik and Astrid Hegland Ruud Memorial ScholarshipSchool of Music General Scholarship Fund

Scholarship Endowments$10,000-$50,000

Aurelia Bennion Cahoon ScholarshipAmy Carver Memorial Scholarship

Karen Eliason Dalley Memorial ScholarshipGladys Gladstone Music Scholarship

Bernell Hales Scholarship in Choral Music EducationLowell T. Hepworth Memorial Scholarship

Janet Mann Piano ScholarshipGeri T. Mariani Memorial Scholarship

Herbert I. and Elsa B. Michael Foundation ScholarshipJan Nelson Memorial Fund

Arne Oldberg Piano Scholarship FundJessie M. Perry Vocal ScholarshipEdith Carlquist Reed Scholarship

Mary Romney Ross Memorial ScholarshipClara Hunt Santelman Memorial Scholarship

O. C. Tanner Honors String QuartetO. C. Tanner Scholarship in Music Education

Tau Beta Sigma/Kappa Kappa Psi Performance StudyScholarship

Edgar J. Thompson Scholarship in Choral Music EducationUtah Campaign for Music Scholarship

Utah Campaign for Music Marching Band ScholarshipNewell B. Weight Choral ScholarshipSchool of Music String Scholarship

$5,000-$10,000

Aldon Joseph and Minnie Egan Anderson Scholarship FundWilliam F. Delvie Scholarship

Jacob A. Kahn ScholarshipJoseph M. Lebrizzi Memorial Scholarship

Solveig Lunde Madsen Mu Phi Epsilon AwardLynne Sanders Nelson Mu Phi Epsilon Award

Vic C. Oberhansley Marching Band ScholarshipMatilda Sims Taylor Scholarship

Annual Scholarships

The Dixie Schoenhals Stoddard and Bud Stoddard Music Scholarship (19)

M. Lynn Bennion Foundation Scholarships in Music Education, Instrumental, and Vocal Performance (3)

Robert and Janene Bonnemort Scholarships (3)

Mack and Julie Watkins Scholarships (3)

Roger and Sara Boyer Scholarship (2)

P. Dan Huish Scholarships (2)

Donald and Marjorie Mackey Scholarships (2)

Robert L. and Joyce Rice Scholarships (2)(made possible by Scott and Lesli Rice)

Robert L. and Joyce Rice Scholarships (2)