February 15-19, 2016 Gabriela Lena Frank, guest composer
Roberto Sierra Guest Composer
School of Music
February 23–27, 2015
P. O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037
765.658.4380 www.depauw.edu/music http://depauw.instantencore.com/app
School of Music
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY CHORUS Kristina Boerger, director
Brooke Addison Rachel Amalfitano Elizabeth Brunell Alexander Bushkin Kelsey Cantrell Nora Chapin-Eppert Emily Chen Kristin Daines Courtney Feiler Hannah Joy Gauthier Christina Goetz Brittny Goon Caitlin Handy Dana Hart Inès Hayouna
Eric Heaton Levi Hoffman Henry Lindeman Abigail Martin Alaina Matthews Molly McGuire Kenna McWilliams Avery Nash Lexi Ochoa Megan Odaniell Jessica Pagán Madeline Piscetta Eileen Plunkett Dylan Prentice Mei Qian Angel Riley
Stephen Shannon Emily Shy Nathaniel Sprague Addy Sterrett Madeleine Storm Amanda Straw Marin Tack Tess Tazioli Saige Trottman-Huiet Derrick Truby Emma Walker Craig Wallace Laura Witte Yiqing Xu Wanyi Zheng
DEPAUW CHAMBER SINGERS Kristina Boerger, director
Jackson Bailey Shannon Barry Blake Beckemeyer Sara Blanton Patrick Brems Ann Chase Benjamin Davis Kimberly DeBusschere Elena Escudero Anna Gatdula Dallas Gray
Yazid Gray Crystal Lau Joseph Leppek Julia Massicotte Sarah Pistorius Dylan Prentice Julie Strauser Erin Tolar Craig Wallace Logan Dell’Acqua
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BAND Craig Paré, director
Flute Megan Kessler (OC) Isabel Lopez-Roldan Eleanor Price Oboe Julia Kramer Robert Martens Hanae Weber Bassoon Kevin Salinas Clarinet Sarah BlÖbaum Sara DesBiens Tabatha Hickey Gretchen Stibich Saxophone Sierra Graves Elizabeth King (OC) Sarah Kirkman (OC) Rachel Pearson Tyler Schaefers Kevin Smith
Horn Rebecca Beyers Megan Qua Mattia Seaman Alison Sherrick (OC) Nathaniel Smith Trumpet Nicholas Atsalis Laura Egyed David Gordon Jeremy Irving Devon Mensching Allan Whitehead Trombone James Grundke Christopher Kaercher John Lucciola Ciara McManus Gary Potter Matthew Skiba Euphonium William Johnson Christian Thomas
Tuba Caleb Dehning Kyle Hahn Adam Hutsell Thomas Miller Percussion Zachary Jacobs Salvador Rodriguez Stephen Shannon Mariah Taller String Bass Thomas Ring Keyboard Megan Qua Rachel Robin Stage managers: Caleb Dehning and Kaitlyn Koby Librarian: Rachel Pearson (OC) Off campus
Music of the 21st Century is made possible through the generosity of Robert A. and Margaret Sheridan Schmidt, members of the DePauw Class of 1969. With this gift to DePauw, along with their regular commissioning of new works and other activities on behalf of contemporary music in the Chicago area, the Schmidts have distinguished themselves as a couple who recognize the important role that contemporary American art music plays in our culture. We are grateful for the Schmidts’ strong commitment and generous support.
We acknowledge the special efforts of the following in the preparation of these events: Mark McCoy, Dean of the School of Music Caroline Jetton, Associate Dean for Academics and Advising Carla Edwards, Music of the 21st Century Festival Coordinator Steven Linville, Operations Manager Janice Bagwell, GCPA Event Coordinator Suzanne Hassler, Coordinator for Marketing and Publications Jennifer Soster, Special Projects Liaison and Assistant to the Dean Sheree Custis, Faculty Secretary for the School of Music Elleka Okerstrom, Graduate Intern, 21st-Century Musician Initiative Patrick Evans, Director of Music Admissions Matthew Champagne, Recording Arts Specialist G. Duane Skoog, GCPA Technical Director Misti Shaw, Coordinator, DePauw Music and Performing Arts Library Theresa Noble, Manager, DePauw Music and Performing Arts Library Applied faculty coaches and conductors who worked with students on the pieces to be performed
Out of respect for the performers, audience and recording technician, all photography and audio/video recording are prohibited during the performance. Please disengage all electronic equipment before the beginning of the concert. Thank you. 14
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ROBERTO SIERRA
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA Orcenith Smith, music director
“ “Sierra writes music that is both approachable and challenging, where the ear is ssimultaneously aware of technical craft and an enormously appealing sonic surface.” — Paul Horsley, The Kansas City Star For F more than three decades the works of American composer Roberto Sierra have been part of the repertoire of many of the leading orchestras, ensembles and festivals b in i the USA and Europe. At the inaugural concert of the 2002 world-renowned Proms in London, his Fandangos was performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra P in i a concert that was broadcast by both the BBC radio and television throughout the t UK and Europe. Many of the major American and European orchestras and international ensembles have commissioned and performed his works. Among i those institutions are the orchestras of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, New t Mexico, Houston, Minnesota, Dallas, Detroit, San Antonio and Phoenix, as well M as a the American Composers Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, Philh i National N i l Symphony S h the Spanish orchestras of Madrid, Galicia, Castilla y León and Barcelona, and others. Commissioned works include: Concerto for Orchestra for the centennial celebrations of the Philadelphia Orchestra, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Philadelphia Orchestra; Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for James Carter; Fandangos and Missa Latina, commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC; Sinfonía No. 3 “La Salsa,” commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Danzas Concertantes for guitar and orchestra, commissioned by the Orquesta de Castilla y León; Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, co-commissioned by the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Orchestras; Bongo+, commissioned by the Juilliard School in celebration of the 100th anniversary; Songs from the Diaspora, commissioned by Music Accord for Heidi Grant Murphy, Kevin Murphy and the St. Lawrence String Quartet; and Concierto de Cámara, co-commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest and Stanford Lively Arts. In 2003, he was awarded the Academy Award in Music by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award states: “Roberto Sierra writes brilliant music, mixing fresh and personal melodic lines with sparkling harmonies and striking rhythms. . .” His Sinfonía No. 1, a work commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, won the 2004 Kenneth Davenport Competition for Orchestral Works. In 2007, the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky International Recording Award (KIRA) was awarded to Albany Records for the recording of his composition Sinfonía No. 3 “La Salsa.” Roberto Sierra has served as composer-in-residence with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and New Mexico Symphony. In 2010, he was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Roberto Sierra’s music may be heard on CDs by Naxos, EMI, UMG’s EMARCY, New World Records, Albany Records, Koch, New Albion, Koss Classics, BMG, Fleur de Son and other labels. In 2011, UMG’s EMARCY label released Caribbean Rhapsody featuring the Concierto for Saxophones and Orchestra, commissioned and premiered by the DSO with James Carter. In 2004, EMI Classics released his two guitar concertos Folias and Concierto Barroco with Manuel Barrueco as soloist (released on Koch in the USA in 2005). Sierra has been nominated twice for a Grammy under best contemporary composition category, first in 2009 for Missa Latina (Naxos), and in 2014, for his Sinfonia No. 4 (Naxos). Roberto Sierra was born in 1953 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and studied composition in both Puerto Rico and Europe, where one of his teachers was György Ligeti at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg, Germany. The works of Roberto Sierra are published principally by Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP).
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Violin Jackson Bailey *Alexander Barker Zoe Cunningham Allison Emata Mei Fujisato Valentina Guillen Alaya Hardy Emily Hoyland Sarah Jylkka Jenny Miller +Lindsey Sullivan Jacob Strauss Viola Tyler Huff (OC) Xeno Carpenter-New (OC) Lisa Salazar *Anna Urso Cello Catherine Anderson -Quiñones Kazuki Hanado Peter Kim *Peter Lockman Erin Lupardus Federico Papi Graeme Richmond Bass *Connor Allen Jacob Peterman Aaron Rabishaw Thomas Ring Burke Stanton (OC) Mickey Terlep
Flute/Piccolo Nina Dugan (ST) Josh Levine Isabel Lopez-Roldan Eleanor Price Oboe/English Horn Matthew Acton Tyler Benware Kathryn King Robert Martens Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Natalia Fumero Daniel Hickey Marian Hillebrand Sijia Luo Bassoon/Contra Bassoon Kevin Salinas Andrew Wilkey Qingee Yu Horn David Acton Maureen Bailey (OC) Griffin Botts Drew Casey Patrick Rutledge Megan Qua Alison Sherrick (ST)
Trumpets Nicholas Atsalis Laura Egyed Jeremy Irving, guest Trombone Leif Anderson William Johnson Christian Thomas Tuba Kyle Hahn Percussion Zachary Suchanek Mariah Taller Zachary Jacobs, guest Salvador Rodriguez, guest Harp Harriet Moore, faculty Keyboards Shiyu Su Stage Manager: Allan Whitehead +Concertmaster *String principal (OC) Off campus (ST) Student teaching
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
GALA ENSEMBLE CONCERT Friday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. Kresge Auditorium
9:30–10:00 a.m.
From Carnaval (2007) I. Gargoyles II. Sphynxes III. Unicorns IV. Dragons V. The Phoenix
Guakía Baba (1992)
10:00–11:00 a.m. DePauw University Orchestra Orcenith Smith, conductor
DePauw University Chorus Kristina Boerger, conductor 11 a.m.–noon
Cantos Populares (1983) I. Canto matutino II. Ensueño III. Canto nocturno
Monday, February 23
DePauw University Chamber Singers Kristina Boerger, conductor
1:15–2:00 p.m.
From Sinfonía No. 3 “La Salsa” (2005/2009) I. Tumbao
Fandangos (2001)
2:40–3:40 p.m. DePauw University Band Craig Paré, conductor 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Coaching From Preludios Caprichosos Alexander Bushkin, piano Coaching Caprichos Anne Reynolds, flute Randy Salman, clarinet Bonnie Whiting, percussion Erica Dicker, violin Eric Edberg, cello May Phang, piano Craig Paré, conductor Coaching Toccata Darcy McCoy, piano Coaching From Preludios Caprichosos 1:15 Emily Chen, piano 1:40 Jennifer Peacock, piano Coaching Cinco Bocetos Randy Salman, clarinet
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
University Orchestra rehearsal 4:00–4:45 From Carnaval I. Gargoyles II. Sphynxes III. Unicorns IV. Dragons V. The Phoenix University Orchestra Orcenith Smith, director
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Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium 5
4:00–5:30 p.m.
University Chorus rehearsal 4:50–5:30 Guakía Baba Scott Perkins, conductor
“Medianoche” Green Center, Room 1115 “Agua maldita”
Tuesday, February 24
9:30–10:00 a.m. Radio interview: Music for Life Mark McCoy, host 10:00–11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.–noon
Coaching Reflections on a Souvenir May Phang, piano
Green Center, Room 1136
“Vida criolla” Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
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Sara Blanton, mezzo-soprano John Clodfelter, piano Ann Chase, soprano Tony Weinstein, piano Yazid Pierce-Gray, baritone Amanda Hopson, piano
Coaching Cancionero Sefardí
Tres Pensamientos (Three Thoughts) (2000)
Coachings for Décimas and Cinco Poemas Aztecas 1:30 From Cinco Poemas Aztecas “La Amistad” Benjamin Davis, tenor; Amanda Hopson, piano 1:45 From Décimas “Madrugada” Brooke Addison, mezzo-soprano; John Clodfelter, piano 2:00 From Décimas “Muerta” Kristin Daines, soprano; John Clodfelter, piano 2:15 From Cinco Poemas Aztecas “Qué es la poesía?” “La vida” Addy Sterrett, soprano; John Clodfelter, piano 2:35 From Cinco Poemas Aztecas “Poema de la conquista” Dana Hart, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Weinstein, piano 2:50 From Cinco Poemas Aztecas “Gozo efímero” From Décimas “Medianoche” Julie Strauser, soprano; Amanda Hopson, piano 3:15 From Décimas “Amanecer” Anna Gatdula, soprano; Amanda Hopson, piano
Toccata (2008)
Kerry Jennings, tenor Anne Reynolds, flute; Randy Salman, clarinet; Amanda Hopson, piano Erica Dicker, violin; Eric Edberg, cello Scott Perkins, conductor Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall 1:30–4:00 p.m.
“Copla lejana”
Julie Strauser, soprano Amanda Hopson, piano
I. Con precisión rítmica II. Sensual con momentos de violencia III. Cortante Dan Hickey, bass clarinet Bonnie Whiting, percussion Darcy McCoy, piano
Cancionero Sefardí (Sephardic Songbook) (1999) “A la una nací yo” (At one I was born)
“El mi querido bevió vino” (My lover drank wine) “Al kenar de la nixava” (Around the corner) “Pregoneros van y vienen” (Town criers come and go) “Una matica de ruda” (A little plant of rue) “Dolores tiene la reina” (The queen has pains) “Avridme galanica” (Open up for me, beautiful girl) Kerry Jennings, tenor Anne Reynolds, flute; Randy Salman, clarinet; Amanda Hopson, piano Erica Dicker, violin; Eric Edberg, cello Scott Perkins, conductor
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3:30 From Décimas “Vida criolla” Yazid Pierce-Gray, baritone; Amanda Hopson, piano 3:45 From Décimas “Copla lejana” Ann Chase, soprano; Tony Weinstein, piano Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Thursday, February 26, 7:30 p.m. Thompson Recital Hall
Caprichos (2012)
1. Intenso 2. Preciso 3. Con ritmo y sabor 4. Fluido 5. Sereno Anne Reynolds, flute; Randy Salman, clarinet; Bonnie Whiting, percussion; Erica Dicker, violin; Eric Edberg, cello; May Phang, piano Craig Paré, conductor
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
Wednesday, February 25
From El Mensajero de Plata (The Silver Messenger) (1984)
9:30–10:20 a.m.
Coaching Tres Pensamientos Daniel Hickey, clarinet; Bonnie Whiting, percussion Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Reflections on a Souvenir (2007)
10:20–11:20 a.m.
Recital Hour From Cinco Poemas Aztecas (1995) “Qué es la poesía?” “La vida” Addy Sterrett, soprano; John Clodfelter, piano “Poema de la conquista” Dana Hart, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Weinstein, piano “La Amistad” Benjamin Davis, tenor; Amanda Hopson, piano “Gozo efímero” Julie Strauser, soprano; Amanda Hopson, piano
“Dicen que la noche de Santiago” Joseph Leppek, tenor Amanda Hopson, piano May Phang , piano
Cinco Bocetos (Five Sketches) (1984) I. Preludio II. Canción del campo III. Interludio nocturno IV. Canción de la montaña V. Final con pájaros
Randy Salman, clarinet
Bongo-O (1982/Revised 2003)
From Preludios Caprichosos (2010) Alexander Bushkin, piano Jennifer Peacock, piano Emily Chen, piano
Bonnie Whiting, percussion
Décimas (2013)
“Madrugada”
“Amanecer”
“Muerta”
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University Band rehearsal Sinfonía No. 3 “La Salsa” I. Tumbao Fandangos Craig Paré, conductor
“A Conversation with Roberto Sierra” Scott Perkins, moderator
Brooke Addison, mezzo-soprano John Clodfelter, piano Anna Gatdula, soprano Amanda Hopson, piano Kristin Daines, soprano John Clodfelter, piano
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers rehearsal Cantos Populares I. Canto Mutatino II. Ensueño III. Canto Nocturno Kristina Boerger, conductor
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
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1:30–2:30 p.m.
3:00–3:30 p.m.
4:00–5:30 p.m.
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Coaching Bongo-O
7:30 p.m. Bonnie Whiting, percussion
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Coaching From El Mensajero de Plata (The Silver Messenger) “Dicen que la noche de Santiago” Joseph Leppek, tenor; Amanda Hopson, piano Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall University Orchestra rehearsal 4:00–4:45 From Carnaval I. Gargoyles II. Sphynxes III. Unicorns IV. Dragons V. The Phoenix University Orchestra Orcenith Smith, conductor University Chorus rehearsal 4:50–5:30 Guakía Baba University Chorus Kristina Boerger, Conductor
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
Green Center, Room 1115
11:00–11:30 a.m.
Classroom visit—Composition Scott Perkins Classroom visit—Music Appreciation Bonnie Whiting
Green Center, Room 1021
Green Center, Room 1151
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Friday, February 27
10:20–11:10 a.m.
Classroom visit—Music ca. 1900 to Present Solo Vocal Literature II Carla Edwards Matthew Balensuela
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Young Philosophers—Research Talk “Unperformable Works and the Ontology of Art” Andrew Cullison, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics Dr. Wesley Cray, Grand Valley State University Prindle Institute, Prindle Auditorium
1:40–2:40 p.m.
Classroom visit—Understanding Music American and Latin American Portraits Nicole Brockmann Eric Edberg Randy Salman Carla Edwards Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Tech rehearsal for Friday night concert University Symphony Orchestra University Chorus Chamber Singers University Band
Thursday, February 26
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Chamber Music Concert (program on pages 10–11)
7:30 p.m.
Gala Closing Concert (program on page 12)
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Young Philosophers—Introductory Talk “That’s Not Art!” Andrew Cullison, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics Dr. Wesley Cray, Grand Valley State University Pulliam Center, Watson Forum 2:00–2:30 p.m.
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Vocal coaching 2:00–2:15 From Décimas “Agua maldita” Sara Blanton, mezzo-soprano; John Clodfelter, piano Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
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