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Yo u r F r e e C a l e n d a r I n s i d e
2 0 0 7–2 0 0 8 S E A S O N
Art Garfunkel
75th ANNIVERSARY
Portraits
Moses & Penning
IN SOUND
Leonard Bernstein
Monica Mancini
Lise de la Salle
Julie Albers
Igor Stravinsky
Aaron Copland
James Galway
Ludwig van Beethoven
Larry Rachleff
Rachel Barton Pine
Five by Design
Norman Krieger
Neal Gittleman
Jane Monheit
Philippe Quint
Spencer Myer
Judy Collins
Portraits
in Sound
2007-2008 SEA SON
DP O 75 TH ANNIVERSARY
T
he Dayton Philharmonic
Orchestra proudly presents a
season brimming with music
carefully selected to evoke
dazzling images of the
places, people and times of
our lives. It is music that
paints portraits for you
to experience with your
mind... and your heart.
An American Festival Kicks It All Off
With the help of our good friends at
NCR, we are launching
our new season with a
NCR Made in
America Festival special festival devoted
to composers who best express the
American ethos and sonic landscape.
It’s called the NCR Made in America
Festival, featuring many names you know
(Bernstein, Copland,
Hanson) plus some
composers to discover.
Reserve Now for the Star Artist
Gala featuring James Galway!
Subscribers may reserve
seats for this concert (and
the three Special Events)
before tickets go on sale
to the general public.
Musical Talent on Display
for the Classical Series
From world-renowned
Guest Violinist
musicians such as Sir James
Philippe Quint
Messiah Moves to Westminster
Galway, Rachel Barton
This season, the DPO & Chorus will
Pine, Norman Krieger, Larry Rachleff,
perform Handel’s timeless masterpiece
Susan Lorette Dunn and Philippe Quint
in one of Dayton’s most dramatic sacred
to fast-rising names like Julie
spaces, Westmister
Albers, Spencer Myer and
Presbyterian Church,
Lise de la Salle, the Schuster
downtown. Purchase
will shine with talent all
soon as there are only
season long.
1,000 tickets available
for this performance.
Featuring a Wide Range
of Exciting Musical Styles
Beethoven’s majestic
A Gallery of Superb Pops
Artists & Acts
Eroica. Copland’s
Now known as National
Rachel Barton Pine
Appalachian Spring.
to perform Cordero’s
City SuperPops, this
Hanson’s Romantic
Daring Concerto
impressive series of
Symphony. From Bach to
programs features the best and brightest
Bizet. Handel to Higdon. Mancini to
from the American musical scene. This
Mozart. Verdi to Vivaldi. It’s a unique
season we welcome icons Art Garfunkel
selection of the world’s greatest music,
and Judy Collins, jazz chanteuse Jane
presented in the widest panorama. As
Monheit, high-energy
a special feature of this
Art
Garfunkel
ensemble Five by Design,
historic season, we are
Monica Mancini, and
pleased to present Dayton
a concert version of
resident Roque Cordero’s
everybody’s favorite
expressive violin concerto
musical, The Music Man,
performed by Rachel
featuring Norman Moses.
Barton Pine.
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Crumb Chamber Adult $18
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Dayton Daily News Cl. Connections
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Demirjian Chamber Explorations 4
Dayton Daily News Classical Connections 4
Friday 4
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Friday 14 & Saturday 15
“American Panorama”
s
2007
svoboda d bernstein
higdon d hanson
OCTOBER
Thurs. 11 & Sat. 13
“Mosaic Nation”
2007
s
NCR Made in America
Festival Concert
concerts
6
concerts
6
concerts
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
Only
concerts
september
Denotes
Copland
Albers
6
Krieger
winteregg d bernstein d copland
NOVEMBER
“Romantic Legends”
s
2007
bizet d rachmaninoff d beethoven
NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER
Fri Nov 30 & Sat Dec 1
“Myth and Majesty”
s
2007
October
september
september
Thursday 11 s 2007
“Mosaic Nation”
Friday 14 s 2007
Saturday 15 s 2007
svoboda d bernstein
higdon d hanson
svoboda d bernstein
higdon d hanson
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
Saturday 13 s 2007
“Mosaic Nation”
Saturday 10 s 2007
winteregg d bernstein d copland
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
sibelius d prokofiev d tchaikovsky
JANUARY
NOVEMBER
2008
s
Friday 9 s 2007
beckel d albert d schubert
february
JANUARY
Thurs. 14 & Sat. 16 s 2008
“A Touch of Fantasy”
Thursday 10 s 2008
“Shadow to Light”
ravel d saint-saËns d stravinsky
MARCH
february
“Compass Points”
s
2008
berlioz d cordero
sibelius d sarasate
“Life’s Treasures”
s
2008
MAY
Thurs. 15 & Sat. 17 s 2008
“Shaking the Heavens”
Friday 11 s 2008
DVORÁk d canteloube d elgar
MAY
Thursday 15 s 2008
verdi
d
Friday 30 s 2007
“Myth & Majesty”
JANUARY
Saturday 12 s 2008
MARCH
APRIL
verdi d Requiem
Thursday 14 s 2008
APRIL
September
OCTOBER
winteregg d bernstein
copland d bernstein
Thurs. 10 & Sat. 12
January
Requiem
Friday 7 s 2008
berlioz d cordero
sibelius d sarasate
APRIL
Saturday 12 s 2008
Saturday 1 s 2007
february
Saturday 16 s 2008
MARCH
Saturday 8 s 2008
berlioz d cordero
sibelius d sarasate
MAY
Saturday 17 s 2008
verdi
d
Requiem
SUPERPops
october
2007
s
mancini magic d Monica mancini
NOVEMBER
2007
s
an evening with art garfunkel
december
on a wintry night
judy collins
s
CONCERT
Wednesday May 7
s
2008
Sir James
Galway
Mancini
Gala
STAR
2007
d
Classical
Connections
Gittleman
DEMIRJIAN
Chamber
Explorations
SPECIAL Events
September
Wednesday 19 s 2007
“American Iconoclast; Chamber
Music of George Crumb”
crumb
DEcember
Sunday 16
Vivaldi
2007
s
Handel’s Messiah
DEcember
Monday 31
2007
s
New Year's Eve
OCTOBER
Wed 3 & Thur 4 s 2007
“Modern and More”
ives d walker d schickele
february
Wed 6 & Thur 7 s 2008
“Baroque to Beyond”
bach d vivaldi d hindemith d bach
january
stay tuned
d
s
april
2008
Wed 16 & Thur 17
“The Classical Era”
five by design
February
s
2008
OCTOBER
the music man d Penning & Moses
may
Profile: bernstein
s
jazz dreams d jane monheit
Jane
2008
STRING QUARTETS
Friday 12
s
Monheit
2008
s
2007
s
Wed 21 & Thur 22 s 2008
“Romantics Reinvented”
strauss-schoenberg
JANUARY
Friday 11
may
Mahler-Stein
Neal Gittleman Music Director and
Principal Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic
FAMILYSeries
october
Sunday 28
2008
s
2007
profile: schubert
philharmonster
february
february
Friday 15
s
Sunday 17
2008
s
2008
profile: stravinsky
it’s a world of dance
may
april
Friday 16
s
profile: verdi
2008
Handel’s Messiah moves to the
Westminster Presbyterian Church
on Sunday, December 16, 8pm.
Limited Seating - Order Early
Sunday 20
s
2008
Overtures & Musical Stories
SEPTEMBER
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
As composer, conductor, pianist and
educator, Bernstein emerged as one of a
handful of figures in the twentieth century
who truly changed the face of music. He
left a far-reaching legacy that includes
three symphonies, a film score of singular
distinction, On the Waterfront, and an
important body of stage works, including
one of the cornerstones of American
musical theater, West Side Story.
Music Director Neal Gittleman and the
DPO will feature Bernstein, his life and
works in the concerts of September 14 &
15 and October 11, 12 & 13.
Of special interest is the Dayton Daily
News Classical Connections program
on Friday October 12 in which Neal will
delve into the backstory and musical
relationships of Bernstein’s engaging
Serenade and colorful Chichester Psalms.
September 2007
Call Ticket Center Stage at 937-228-3630
Sunday
MONday
TUESday
WEDNESday
28
September marks the start of the new DPO season
as well as the NCR Made in America Festival
which celebrates the composers who express
the unique American soundscape.
2
3
THURSday
www.daytonphilharmonic.com
FRIday
SATURday
29
30
31
1
4
5
6
7
8
11
12
13
14
15
Classical
American Panorama:
Krieger/Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
Classical
American Panorama:
Krieger/Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
20
21
22
27
28
29
Denotes
NCR Made in America
Festival Concert
Labor Day
9
10
Ist Day, Rosh Hashanah
16
17
19
18
Special
George Crumb and his
Chamber Music, 8pm
Schuster Center
23/30
24
25
26
CLassical
special event
svoboda
d
s
2007
Overture of the
Season
bernstein d Symphony No. 2,
The Age of Anxiety
higdon d
Blue Cathedral
hanson d
Symphony No. 2,
Romantic
Wednesday 19 s 2007
“American Iconoclast; George Crumb
and His Chamber Music”
crumb
d
Ancient Voices of
Children
Makrokosmos I
neal git tleman host
The prize-winning pianist Norman Krieger joins
the DPO, under the baton of Neal Gittleman,
for the first classical concert of the season.
He is a Gold Medal Winner of the Palm Beach
Invitational Piano Competition and recipient of
the Paderewski Foundation Award, the Bruce
Hungerford Memorial Prize, the Victor Herbert
Memorial Prize, the Buffalo Philharmonic Young
Artists Competition Prize, and the Saint Louis
Symphony Prize. He takes the piano role on one
of the most important works of the immediate
post-WWII era, Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety.
Norman Krieger is the Louis S. Cantor, Rose
Sorokin Cantor, Samuel L. Cantor and Lena
Cantor Endowed Guest Artist
“In Ancient Voices of Children, as in my earlier
Lorca settings, I have sought musical images
that enhance and reinforce the powerful,
yet strangely haunting imagery of Lorca’s
poetry. I feel that the essential meaning
of this poetry is concerned with the most
primary things: life, death, love, the smell
neal git tleman conductor
norman krieger piano
The 2007-2008 Portraits in Sound Season
opens with a gallery of four composers whose
works virtually describe the American psyche.
Leonard Bernstein’s breakthrough Symphony
No. 2, a piece that straddles the line between
symphony and concerto, brings the marvelous
Mr. Krieger back to our concert stage. The
evening includes a sweeping, joyful overture
by Tomas Svoboda, Jennifer Higdon’s ethereal
tone poem, and Howard Hanson’s warmly lyrical
Second Symphony. This concert kicks off the
NCR Made in America Music Festival.
GEORGE CRUMB, COMPOSER :
of the earth, the sounds of the wind and the
sea. These “ur-concepts” are embodied in a
George Crumb is one of the most distinctive
compositional voices to emerge in the second
half of the 20th century. A charter member
of the “New Virtuosity” movement, Crumb
possesses a highly intuitive approach to
composition, with an emphasis on texture,
timbre, and line. His Ancient Voices of Children,
a song cycle for soprano and chamber
ensemble, is one of several compositions Crumb
wrote based on the poetry of Federico Garcia
Lorca. In Makrokosmos I, the pianist performs
on the keys and on the inside of the piano!
Sponsored by the National Endowment
for the Arts
language which is primitive and stark, but
which is capable of infinitely subtle nuance.”
In Ancient Voices of Children, Crumb frequently calls on the
soprano and the boy soprano featured in the piece to use
extended vocal techniques and sound effects, thus blurring
the boundaries between conversation, soliloquy, and song.
Likewise, the oboist frequently uses unusual articulations and
pitch bends and doubles on harmonica. The harpist sometimes
plays with papers woven between the strings, while the
keyboardist moves between a toy piano and an amplified,
real one. A trio of percussionists perform on a wide variety of
instruments from around the world.
OCTOBER
Philippe Quint
From the moment he takes the stage,
Grammy Award-nominee violinist
Philippe Quint captivates his audience
with his charismatic presence. Mr. Quint
has received praise for his “searingly
poetic lyricism” (Daily Telegraph, UK)
in repertoire that ranges from Mozart,
Beethoven, and Brahms to the leading
composers of our time.
Mr. Quint, whose unusual surname is of
Italian origin, was born of a rich musical
heritage in St. Petersburg, Russia; his
mother, Lora Kvint, is one of Russia’s
most well known popular composers.
Mr. Quint left the former Soviet Union
in 1991 and is now an American citizen
who has a strong commitment to the
music of his adopted country.
Our October classical programs find
him performing Bernstein’s famous
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium under
the baton of DPO Music Director Neal
Gittleman.
Philippe Quint is the Erma R. and
Hampden W. Catterton Endowed
Guest Artist
October 2007
Sunday
MONday
30
TUESday
1
WEDNESday
2
The Chamber Series
moves to the Schuster
this month.
8
7
9
THURSday
3
4
Chamber
Modern and More
Gittleman, 6:30pm
Schuster Center
Chamber
Modern and More
Gittleman, 10am
Schuster Center
10
11
Columbus Day
14
15
17
16
FRIday
SATURday
5
6
12
13
Classical
Mosaic Nation:
Quint/Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
Connections
Profile - Bernstein:
Schuster Center
18
19
20
Pops
Mancini Magic:
Monica Mancini, 8pm
Schuster Center
Pops
Mancini Magic:
Monica Mancini, 8pm
Schuster Center
Classical
Mosaic Nation:
Schuster Center
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
Family
PhilharMonster, 3pm
Schuster Center
Daylight Savings
Halloween
classical
demirjian chamber
explorations
Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4
“Modern and More”
ives d
s
Henry’s
talented
daughter,
Monica.
2007
Thursday 11 & Saturday 13
“Mosaic Nation”
winteregg
d
s
bernstein d Serenade after Plato’s
Symposium
walker d
Lyric for Strings
schickele d
Concerto for
Chamber Orchestra
bernstein d Chichester Psalms
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor
Charles Ives
It’s the kickoff Demirjian Chamber concert in the
Schuster Center. The program features works by
American composers, starting with Charles Ives’s
The Unanswered Question; music marked by a
deep philosophical undercurrent. Ives’s Central
Park in the Dark, a musical collage influenced
by popular and pop-influenced tunes, follows.
African-American composer George Walker’s
Lyric for Strings provides an elegiac bridge to an
inventive chamber concerto penned by another
acclaimed American composer, Peter Schickele.
Our journey through America continues with this
varied program of colors and contrasts. The DPO
is excited to announce a premiere by our alumnus,
acclaimed composer Steven Winteregg. Next, Mr.
Quint joins the Dayton Philharmonic with a piece
he has championed and recorded: Bernstein’s
Serenade, a musical dialogue inspired by Plato’s
Symposium. Next, Copland’s folk-inspired
Appalachian Spring reveals our country’s melodic
heart. The ebullient Chichester Psalms, a colorful
composition for orchestra and voice, wraps up this
magnificently tuneful evening.
2007
monica mancini vocal
Appalachian Spring
philippe quint violin
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
HANK DAHLMAN chorus director
s
mancini magic d
Resolution
World Premiere
The Unanswered
Question
Central Park in the
Dark
copland d NATIONAL CITY
superpops
2007
Aaron Copland is
featured Oct. 11 & 13
dayton daily news
classical connections
Friday 12
s
2007
bernstein d Waltz from
Divertimento
Serenade after Plato’s
Symposium
Chichester Psalms
NEAL GITTLEMAN conductor, presenter
phillippe quint violin
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
She brings a breathtaking voice, the Mancini
playbook, and a romantic sensibility all her own.
She is Monica Mancini, daughter of the great
film soundtrack composer Henry Mancini, and
an amazing talent in her own right. You’ll never
have a voice transport you to Moon River like
Monica’s will. Join us for an evening of cinema
hits and great tunes, both nostalgic and new.
Family CONCERT
Sunday 28
s
2007
philharmonster d
Halloween Concert
What does a composer do after he dies? You
guessed it. He decomposes. But there’s more to
the story; we find out who killed him! Lemony
Snicket’s The Composer is Dead is a mystery put
to music by composer Nathanial Stookey. Plus
lots of other spooky treats.
NOVEMBER
Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel first gained renown
as half of the 1960’s singing duo Simon
& Garfunkel before establishing a career
as a solo recording artist, actor, and
writer. His smooth countertenor stood
out on singles such as the number-one
hit Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
and a cover of the Flamingos’ I Only
Have Eyes For You (1975), as well as
on albums such as Breakaway (1975),
Watermark (1978), and his most recent,
Some Enchanted Evening (2007).
Sunday
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The
early
Art.
4
MONday
TUESday
29
30
5
6
November 2007
WEDNESday
THURSday
FRIday
SATURday
31
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
Eroica,
next
week.
Classical Series
Romantic Legends:
Myer/Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
11
18
12
13
Veteran’s Day
(observed)
Young People’s Concert
Nature in Music
9:30am & 11:15am
Schuster Center
19
20
14
21
Dayton Philharmonic
Junior String Orchestra,
3pm, Kettering Seventh
Day Adventist Church
25
15
22
16
17
Pops
An Evening with
Art Garfunkel, 8pm
Schuster Center
Pops
An Evening with
Art Garfunkel, 8pm
Schuster Center
23
24
30
1
Thanksgiving
26
27
28
29
Classical Series
Myth and Majesty:
Reynolds, 8pm
Schuster Center
classical
bizet d s
National city
superpops
2007
Music from
L’A rlèsienne
rachmaninoff d Rhapsody on a
Theme of
Paganini
beethoven d Classical Series
Romantic Legends:
Myer/Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
Symphony No. 3,
Eroica
spencer myer piano
Legendary giants stride through this program.
Bizet’s music was created for a play about
a hero who is love-stricken with a girl from
Arles. It quickly became one of the composer’s
signature works. Rachmaninoff, himself a titan
of Russian music, builds his towering piano
masterpiece upon the music of the charismatic
virtuoso, Paganini. Then, Beethoven shatters
symphonic rules for all time with his “Heroic”
Third Symphony. Maestro Gittleman is on the
podium and the award-winning Spencer Myer is
at the keyboard.
William S. Anderson Endowed Concert
Garnering audience and critical acclaim
from around the globe, Spencer Myer is
rapidly establishing himself as one of the
most outstanding pianists of his generation.
In 2004, Mr. Myer captured 1st Prize in the
10th UNISA International Piano Competition in
Pretoria, South Africa as well as a wide range
of special prizes. He also won First Prizes from
the 2002 Heida Hermanns and 2000 Grace
Welsh International Piano Competitions. He is
a laureate in the 2005 Cleveland, 2005 Busoni
(where he also won the Audience Prize), 2004
Montréal, and 2003 New Orleans International
Piano Competitions.
Classical Series
Myth and Majesty:
Reynolds, 8pm
classical
s
2007
Friday November 30 s 2007
an evening with art garfunkel d
sibelius d art garfunkel vocal
patrick reynolds conductor
prokofiev d Lieutenant Kijé Suite
tchaikovsky d
Symphony No. 5
On the crest of his popular new CD release
Some Enchanted Evening, Art Garfunkel comes
to Dayton for his long-awaited Schuster Center
debut. A multi-faceted song stylist, his soaring,
angelic tenor voice moved an entire generation
and has built bridges to a huge variety of music
fans. The boy from Queens, New York joins
us, under the baton of Patrick Reynolds, for an
evening that will sweep you away.
QUOTE > Art Garfunkel to Tom Horan (The
Telagraph UK): “Working as a musician, there
is no age. When you open your mouth and it’s
music time, everything to do with ageing falls
away. To chase after the beauty of a vocal line
is an ageless thing, and I’ve been doing it all
my life. Nothing has changed: I’m still a kid
with a sense of beauty, trying to get it across.”
Weekend Sponsor: Premier Health Partners
Pohjola’s Daughter,
Symphonic Fantasy
Mythic figures. Majestic music. A passionate
thread runs through this program; one that
starts in the Baltic with a central myth from
Finland’s national folk epic, The Kalevala. The
next stop is Czarist Russia, with Prokofiev’s
musical recounting of the satiric tale of a nonexistent military hero. Finally, the majesty of
Tchaikovsky and his sublime Fifth Symphony.
Patrick Reynolds, the Philharmonic’s esteemed
Assistant Conductor, takes the podium for this
powerful survey.
Tchaikovsky’s
magnificent
Fifth Symphony
is featured
Nov. 30 &
Dec. 1
DECEMBER
Judy Collins
Judy Collins is noted for her rendition of
Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now on her
classic 1967 album, Wildflowers. Winning
Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy’s
Awards show was Judy’s version of Send
in the Clowns, a ballad written by Stephen
Sondheim for the Broadway musical A
Little Night Music.
Released last year, Judy’s book, Sanity
and Grace, A Journey of Suicide, Survival
and Strength, is a deeply moving memoir,
focusing on the death of her only son and
the healing process following the tragedy.
The book speaks to all who have endured
the sorrow of losing a loved one before
their time.
Judy Collins continues to create music of
hope and healing that lights up the world
and speaks to the heart.
Photograph by Shonna Valeska
Sunday
MONday
26
27
2
3
TUESday
December 2007
WEDNESday
THURSday
29
Her influential albums all
but defined 1960’s and
1970’s folk music. Judy
Collins joins you and your
Orchestra next week.
4
5
Dayton Philharmonic
Youth Orchestra
Winter Concert, 3pm
Schuster Center
FRIday
30
10
Classical
Myth and Majesty:
Reynolds, 8pm
Schuster Center
6
12
11
1
31
Hanukkah
9
SATURday
13
7
8
Pops
On a Wintry Night:
Judy Collins, 8pm
Schuster Center
Pops
On a Wintry Night:
Judy Collins, 8pm
Schuster Center
14
15
Bach’s Lunch, Loft Theatre
10:30 am & Noon
Free Concert featuring
DPO’s Carillon Brass
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
24/31
25
26
27
28
29
Special
New Year’s Eve, 8pm
Schuster Center
Christmas
Special
Handel’s Messiah, 4pm
Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Downtown Dayton
23/30
national city
Superpops
Patrick
Reynolds,
DPO
Assistant
Conductor
on a wintry night
judy collins
Special
s
2007
d
judy collins vocal
Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide
with her unique blend of interpretative folksongs
and contemporary themes. Her impressive
career has spanned more than 40 years. At 13,
Judy Collins made her public debut performing
Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos but it was
the music of such artists as Woody Guthrie and
Pete Seeger, as well as the traditional songs of
the folk revival, that sparked Judy Collins’ love
of lyrics.
classical
Saturday 1 s 2007
Sweet Judy will bring her blue eyes and intimate,
touching vocal style to the the Mead stage this
coming December. The twists and turns of life
have given her an inner strength that shines
through every note. She’s coming to share it
with us. Of course, she’ll feature her traditional
repertoire, but she’s in Dayton for a holiday
weekend... so expect to hear such Christmas
classics as Wexford Carol, Let It Snow, and her
own songs such as Come Rejoice.
(For program description, see preceding page)
Weekend Sponsor: Reynolds and Reynolds
sibelius d Pohjola’s Daughter,
Symphonic Fantasy
prokofiev d Lieutenant Kijé Suite
tchaikovsky d
Symphony No. 5
Sunday 16
s
Dayton’s
finest
New Year’s
Eve
Tradition
2007
Handel’s MESSIAH d
Westminster Presbyterian Church
dayton philharmonic chamber choir
hank dahlman chorus director
Order soon, seating is limited for this holiday classic.
Concert Sponsors: United Theological Seminary
and Irvin Henry Harlamert
Special
Monday 31
s
2007
kettering medical center network
presents
New Year's Eve d A Capital Celebration
Neal
Gittleman,
DPO
Music
Director
Music Director Neal Gittleman and the Dayton
Philharmonic Orchestra present an evening
of music that sparkles like champagne! The
program will center on light classics and dance
music from the great European capitals:
Vienna, Paris, London & Prague.
JANUARY
Julie Albers
American cellist Julie Albers has earned
wide recognition for superlative artistry,
intense musicianship, and her charismatic
radiant performing style. Born in 1980 to
a musical family in Longmont, Colorado,
she began violin studies at the age of
two with her mother, switching to cello
at four. She made her major orchestral
debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in
1998 and thereafter has performed in
recital and with orchestras in the U.S.,
Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand.
In November 2003, Miss Albers became
the first Gold Medal Laureate of South
Korea’s Gyeongnam International Music
Competition, winning the $25,000 Grand
Prize.
Miss Albers has performed with
orchestras across the nation. In addition
to solo performances, Miss Albers
regularly participates in chamber music
festivals around the world. Last fall
marked the beginning of a two-year
residency for Julie with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center Two.
Sunday
MONday
30
31
6
7
TUESday
1
January 2008
WEDNESday
THURSday
2
New Year’s Day
8
FRIday
4
5
Pops
Stay Tuned:
Five by Design, 8pm
Schuster Center
Pops
Stay Tuned:
Five by Design, 8pm
Schuster Center
10
11
12
Classical
Shadow to Light:
Gittleman/Albers, 8pm
Schuster Center
Connections
Profile - Schubert:
Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
Classical
Shadow to Light:
Gittleman/Albers, 8pm
Schuster Center
3
9
SATURday
13
14
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22
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25
26
29
30
31
James
Beckel
Stephen
Albert
Martin Luther
King Day
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national city
Superpops
classical
s
2008
stay tuned d
five by design
Five By
Design:
Teaming Up
with the DPO
for a Riotous
Night of
Song and
Comedy
Founded in 1990, Five By Design embraces
the American popular song with a warm, wellrounded vocal blend. This inventive quintet is
the creative talent behind the musical theatre
retrospective genre. Their original productions
include Radio Days, Club Swing, Stay Tuned,
and A Winter’s Evening. As touring artists, Five
By Design’s schedule includes appearances
with both symphony orchestras and big bands including appearances in venues both
internationally and coast-to-coast throughout
the US. They are: Lorie Carpenter-Niska,
Sheridan Zuther, Kurt Niska, Michael Swedberg,
and Terrence Niska.
five by design vocals, drama,
comedy
Combining their signature harmonies with
vintage fashions, stage design, and lighting
design, this talented quintet will recreate the
atomic age right on our stage. Five by Design
joins forces with the DPO for a wild romp
through the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s that includes
non-stop patter, songs, vignettes, commercials,
and skits. They are masters of on-stage
energy... and a bonafide class act.
QUOTE > Washington Post heralded Five By
Design’s Kennedy Center debut with the National
Symphony as “...one of the best pops programs of
the season.”
Thursday 10 & Saturday 12
2008
s
beckel d
Fantasy after Schubert
albert d
Concerto for Cello and
Orchestra
schubert d Symphony No. 9, The
Great
julie albers cello
One of our favorite cellists returns to perform
the centerpiece of this program, Stephen
Albert’s lyrical Cello Concerto. Transformation
is the key to the work, its themes shifting
and changing in a musical catharsis. So
too, Schubert’s great Ninth is a study in
metamorphosis, as the great master starts
with a delicate, sylvan melody and, by the final
resounding chord, blossoms into the sunlight.
Composer James Beckel, an Indiana neighbor,
pays tribute to Schubert with an inventive work
of sonic splendor based on themes by the
Viennese master.
Weekend Sponsor: Premier Health Partners
dayton daily news
Classical connections
Friday 11
s
2008
schubert d Marche Militaire
Symphony No. 9,
The Great
Discovered in an attic by Schumann and
premiered by Mendelssohn, Schubert’s Ninth
Symphony has a fascinating history. It is Neal’s
subject for this edition of Classical Connections.
Franz
Schubert
F E BRUARY
Lise de la Salle
Born in 1988, Lise de la Salle is a
native of the northern French town
of Cherbourg. Her family background
involves both painting and vocal music
(her mother sings in choirs). Lise
declared her passion for the piano at
the age of four. She played her first
concerto, Beethoven’s No. 2 (learnt in
just a few days in Avignon at the age of
thirteen), bravely standing in for another
pianist with dazzling results.
After a number of first prizes elsewhere,
her Special Prize at the 2004 Young
Concert Artists International Auditions
in New York led to a series of concert
appearances in key American musical
centers. In the same year, she made
debuts in Japan and at the SchleswigHolstein Music Festival. She has also
recently been a much-fêted guest at
the French summer Mecca for pianists,
the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron in
Provence. She is a true musician with a
precocious mastery of balance.
Lise de la Salle is the Benjamin and
Marian Schuster Endowed Young
Classical Artist
February 2008
Sunday
MONday
TUESday
WEDNESday
28
3
10
17
4
11
18
Family
Dayton Philharmonic
Youth Orchestra, 3pm
Schuster Center
President’s Day
24
25
THURSday
Next week,
the Chamber
Orchestra
is back for
Baroque
This month, the DPO
celebrates Russian
modernist Stravinsky
on three concert dates.
5
12
19
FRIday
31
1
7
Chamber
Baroque to Beyond:
Gittleman/Choir, 6:30pm
Schuster Center
Chamber
Baroque to Beyond:
Gittleman/Choir, 6:30pm
Schuster Center
13
14
Valentine’s Day
Classical
A Touch of Fantasy:
Gittleman/de la Salle, 8pm
Schuster Center
21
Symphony Español
9:30am & 11:15am
26
27
2
Groundhog Day
6
20
SATURday
28
8
9
15
16
Connections
Profile - Stravinsky:
Gittleman, 8pm
Schuster Center
Classical
A Touch of Fantasy:
Gittleman/de la Salle, 8pm
Schuster Center
22
23
Pops
The Music Man:
Penning & Moses, 8pm
Schuster Center
Pops
The Music Man:
Penning & Moses, 8pm
Schuster Center
29
High School Concert
Time Marches On
9:30 & 11am
demirjian
chamber explorations
Wed 6 & Thur 7 s 2008
“Baroque to Beyond”
bach d
Orchestral Suite
No. 3
vivaldi d
Concerto for Four
Violins
hindemith d
Eight Pieces for
String Orchestra
bach d
Cantata BWV 29
Wir danken dir, Gott
featured soloists
DAYTON PHILHARMONIC chamber choir
The Chamber Choir, the DPO and Music
Director Neal Gittleman come together for a
presentation of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.
3, lighter fare than his sacred scores. Then,
Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins which
borrows heavily from Corelli. The Orchestra
switches gears to perform 8 Pieces for
String Orchestra by 20th-century German
composer Paul Hindemith and closes with
Bach’s musical offering of thanksgiving, the
Cantata No. 29.
Diane Penning plays
Marian the Librarian
classical
family
Thurs 14 & Sat 16 s 2008
Sunday 17
ravel d Mother Goose Suite
saint-saËns d Piano Concerto No.
2 in G minor
dayton philharmonic youth orchestra
members of dayton ballet ii
stravinsky d Petrouchka
lise de la salle piano
Fantasy comes to life in the two works that
bookend this excellent program: Ravel’s Mother
Goose and Stravinsky’s Petrouchka. The first
reflects a series of classic fairy tales, the
second a vivid musical kaleidoscope telling
the tale of a love-sick puppet come to life.
In between, Neal and our soloist Lise de la
Salle, bring an artist’s touch to the charming,
sophisticated piano concerto that set Paris on
its ear in the 1870’s.
dayton daily news
Friday 15
s
stravinsky d 2008
Scherzo à la Russe
Petrouchka
s
2008
it’s a world of dance
d
Diane
Penning
Come see and hear the city’s finest young
artists when they celebrate the creative
connection between dance and the classics!
Norman
Moses
national city
superpops
s
2008
the music man d
concert performance
diane penning vocal
norman moses stage director, vocal
neal Git tleman conductor
Diane Penning’s ravishing coloratura has brought her
fans and fame in oratorio, opera, pops, and musical
theater. She has performed with orchestras in
Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Arkansas, and
internationally. She is acclaimed for her lead soprano
roles in Candide, She Loves Me, and West Side Story.
Meredith Willson’s classic musical has become
one of America’s most cherished theatre
treasures. However, on the Broadway stage
with smaller orchestras tucked away in the pit,
it is not often heard to its best advantage. This
concert version, without costumes and scenery,
brings your Orchestra right up onto the stage,
allowing the music to shine. Moses, Penning and
cast, join Neal, DPO, and DPO Chorus.
The Philharmonic welcomes Norman Moses back to
Dayton. You may remember him from the DPO concert
versions of My Fair Lady (Henry Higgins) and Camelot
(King Arthur). He has been an actor/singer/director in
the Milwaukee area for 30 years and has performed
with such companies as the Milwaukee Repertory
Theater, Goodman Theatre, Skylight Opera Theatre,
Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks,
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony,
and the Buffalo Philharmonic.
MARCH
Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel was three when older girls in
beautiful dresses who were playing
violin at church impressed her. She
begged her parents for a violin:
from the moment she picked up the
instrument, there was no stopping her.
She made her earliest appearances
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
at age 10 and 15. Rachel was the
youngest person and first American to
win a gold medal at the 1992 J.S. Bach
International Competition in Leipzig,
Germany, and she won the prize for
interpretation of the Paganini Caprices
at both the 1992 Szigeti International
Violin Competition in Budapest and
the 1993 Paganini International Violin
Competition in Genoa. Other top awards
include the Queen Elisabeth (Brussels,
1993), Kreisler (Vienna, 1992) and
Montreal (1991) international violin
competitions.
March 2008
Sunday
MONday
TUESday
26
27
28
2
3
4
9
16
Palm Sunday
Dayton Philharmonic
Junior String Orchestra,
3pm, Kettering Seventh
Day Adventist Church
23/30
WEDNESday
THURSday
29
FRIday
SATURday
31
1
7
8
Classical
Compass Points:
Gittleman/Barton Pine
Schuster Center, 8pm
Classical
Compass Points:
Gittleman/Barton Pine
15
Dayton resident and
composer Roque Cordero
created a magnificent
violin concerto (DPO’s
Dayton debut is Mar 7/8)
5
6
11
12
13
14
Magic Carpet Concert
9:45am & 11am
9:45am & 11am
9:45am & 11am
9:45am & 11am
17
18
19
20
21
St. Patrick’s Day
9:45am & 11amc
9:45am & 11am
9:45am & 11am
Good Friday
24/31
25
26
27
28
10
22
29
Easter
Classical
berlioz
d
s
2008
Roman Carnival
Overture
cordero d
Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra
sibelius d
Symphony No. 7
sarasate d
Carmen Fantasy
rachel barton pine violin
The role of Neal Gittleman, DPO Music Director,
is a multi-faceted one indeed. Of course, he
leads from the podium, inspiring the best
performances from the musicians. He’s also
an advocate for the Orchestra among many
constituencies in the region and nation. He
helps set the course for the DPO’s education
initiatives. Finally, he has the definitive word on
all programming. “Compass Points” is just one
example of the creativity and sensitivity that
goes into planning your musical evening!
It’s one of the widest-ranging programs ever
heard, as your Orchestra presents the music
of composers who hail from France, Panama,
Finland and Spain! Berlioz brings us sparkling
orchestral color and rhythm; Cordero, a deeply
expressionistic work drawn from his Latin
background; Sibelius, a symphonic fantasia of
rarified unity; Sarasate, a smoky, passionate
homage to Bizet’s Carmen. Soloist Rachel Barton
Pine takes on Cordero and Sarasate with equal
aplomb. The compass stops right here in the
Miami Valley; composer Roque Cordero is a
Dayton resident!
Olive W. Kettering Memorial Concert
JEAN SIBELIUS
( B O R N 18 6 5 ; D I E D 19 5 7 )
Finland’s Jean Sibelius is perhaps the
most important composer associated
with nationalism in music and one of
the most influential in the development
of the symphony and symphonic poem.
The Seventh Symphony came as the
climax of a lifetime’s work for Sibelius.
His ongoing search for new formal
procedures that began with his Second
Symphony reaches its zenith in the
Seventh Symphony. It is a sweeping,
imaginative and highly integrated work.
The DPO goes on
the road during
March visiting
students in the
area with its
Magic Carpet
concerts
APRIL
Larry Rachleff
Larry Rachleff is Professor of Music
and Music Director of Rice University’s
Shepherd School Symphony and Chamber
Orchestras in Houston and – for eight
seasons – has been Music Director of
the Rhode Island Philharmonic. This is
also his 12th season as Music Director of
Chicago’s Symphony II, an orchestra made
up of members of the Chicago Lyric Opera
Orchestra.
In 1993, he was one of four American
conductors selected to lead the Cleveland
Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under the
mentorship of Maestro Pierre Boulez.
He has conducted and presented master
classes at the Chopin Academy in
Warsaw, Poland, the Zurich Hochschule
for Music and Theater, and the Sydney
and Queensland, Australia Conservatory
Orchestras. He has spent his summers
guest-conducting at Aspen, Tanglewood,
the National Camp at Interlochen, the
Music Academy of the West, and the
National Repertory Orchestra and has led
the Camerata Australia on a tour of Japan.
Sunday
6
13
MONday
TUESday
31
1
Elgar and the young
Yehudi Menuhin,
1932
April Fool’s Day
7
8
14
April 2008
WEDNESday
THURSday
FRIday
SATURday
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
12
Classical
Life’s Treasures:
Rachleff/Dunn, 8pm
Schuster Center
Classical
Life’s Treasures:
Rachleff/Dunn, 8pm
Schuster Center
18
19
25
26
15
16
17
Tax Day
Chamber
The Classical Era:
DPO Principal Quartet
Schuster Center, 6:30pm
Chamber
The Classical Era:
DPO Principal Quartet
Schuster Center, 10:00am
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
29
30
1
Passover
Family
Overtures & Musical
Stories:
DPO & DPYO, 3pm
Young musicians
backstage at the
Schuster Center
classical
s
2008
DVORÁk d Carnival Overture
canteloube d
Songs of the
Auvergne
elgar d Enigma Variations
larry rachleff conductor
susan loret te dunn soprano
Festivity, sense of place, friendship... and love.
These are the treasures of life that are explored so
beautifully in these gorgeous masterworks. Dvor
ák takes us on a folk-inspired romp, Canteloube
transports us to the French countryside, and Elgar
escorts us on a tour of exquisite portraits of his
wife and dearest friends. All through the magic of
music. Guest conductor Larry Rachleff joins us for
this joyful evening. Acclaimed soprano Susan Dunn
takes the spotlight for Songs of the Auvergne.
J OS EP H M A R I E C A N TA LO U B E
( B O R N 18 7 9 ; D I E D 19 5 7 )
DEMIRJIAN
Most notable as an arranger of French
Wed 16 & Thur 17
“The Classical Era”
folk songs, history primarily remembers
STRING QUARTETS d Canteloube for the Chants d’Auvergne
dpo principal quartet
(1930-1932), four sets of folk songs
for voice and orchestra widely enjoyed
2008
DPYO musician
warms up before
concert
Perhaps no other musical form symbolizes the
graceful, balanced aesthetic of the Classical
Era more than the string quartet. This program
presents a survey of quartets from the masters of
the form: Joseph Haydn & Wolfgang Mozart.
for their color, naturalistic beauty,
and charm. Like French wine, these
compositions are highly reflective of
the French countryside. Canteloube felt
that the peasant, the earth and song
are inseparable and that only music
The themes of family and friendship are at
the heart of the Enigma Variations.
s
can convey that poetic relationship.
Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart,
Salzburg’s
famous son
family
Sunday 20
s
2008
overtures & musical stories d
Side-by-Side Concert
neal gittleman conductor
dayton philharmonic orchestra
dayton philharmonic youth orchestra
The works of Glinka, Sibelius, Beethoven and
Mendelssohn are in the spotlight when both of our
orchestras team up for insights revealing the power
of music.
MAY
Jane Monheit
With the September, 2004 debut release
of the CD Taking a Chance on Love, Jane
Monheit’s career skyrocketed. Recorded on
the Sony Classical label and co-produced by
Peter Asher and Al Schmitt, Taking a Chance
on Love witnesses Monheit expressing her
love of ‘30s and ‘40s music with classics
such as I Won’t Dance, Dancing in the Dark,
and Embraceable You.
Trained in theory and the clarinet, Monheit
began vocal training with Peter Eldridge at
the Manhattan School of Music at age 17.
With now-husband Rick Montalbano and
jazz pianist David Berkman at her side,
Monheit placed second in the Thelonius Monk
International Jazz Competition in 1998.
May 2008
Sunday
MONday
TUESday
WEDNESday
29
4
5
12
Mother’s Day
18
8
9
10
Pops
Jazz Dreams:
Jane Monheit
Pops
Jazz Dreams:
Jane Monheit
15
16
17
Classical
Verdi’s Requiem
Gittleman/Chorus
Connections
Profile - Verdi:
Gittleman
Classical
Verdi’s Requiem
Gittleman/Chorus
21
22
23
24
Chamber
Romantics Reinvented:
Gittleman
Schuster Center, 6:30pm
Chamber
Romantics Reinvented:
Gittleman
Schuster Center, 10am
28
29
30
31
7
Star Artist Gala
Sir James Galway
Lady Jeanne Galway
14
Leaping Through Time
9:30am & 11:15am
19
25
3
6
20
Dayton Philharmonic
Youth Orchestra
Spring Concert, 3pm
Schuster Center
26
27
SATURday
2
James Galway
the “Man with the
Golden Flute” comes
to Dayton on May 7
13
FRIday
1
May 21/22
Cinco de Mayo
11
THURSday
Memorial Day
star artist gala
Wednesday 7 s 2008
“A Night with James Galway”
DPO 75th Anniversary Celebration
katz
d
cimarosa d A Jolly Suite
Concerto for
Two Flutes
mozart d
Flute Concerto No.2
strauss d Rosenkavalier Suite
SIR James galway flute
LADY JEANNE galway flute
Sir James Galway is widely regarded as both a
supreme interpreter of the classical flute
repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose
appeal crosses all musical boundaries. Sir
James and his wife, flutist Lady Jeanne Galway,
grace the Mead Theatre stage for a truly
unforgettable evening.
Presented by:
NATIONAL CITY
Superpops
jazz dreams
s
2008
d
jane monheit vocal
A review in The Guardian, after a Monheit
performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall,
cited her “phenomenal ear, wide vocal range,
rhythmic poise and musical ingenuity” and
enthused about how she “decorates a melody,
lights up a lyric, but never loses the essential
thread of the song itself.” In her Schuster
debut, she will cover the jazz terrain, from
tender standards to torch songs and beyond.
classical
Thurs 15 & Sat 17 s 2008
verdi d Requiem
Kathleen Clawson mezzo-soprano
Charles Robert Austin bass-baritone
DPO CHORUS
Finally completed in 1875, this religious work
became a benchmark in the history of music.
Known largely for his 28 operas, Giuseppe Verdi
achieved a new level with his Requiem, for he was
finally freed from the restrictive trappings of the
stage. Awesome in scale, magnificently pictorial
and profoundly moving, the work sweeps you
up in the eternal forces that are summoned by
Verdi’s imagination and skill. Be there when Neal
Gittleman, the Orchestra, Chorus and soloists
realize this great drama in the vivid acoustic
environment of the Mead Theatre. The work will
also be the subject of the Connections concert the
same week.
Kathleen Clawson & Charles Robert Austin are the
Bill and Dianne Schneider Endowed Guest Artists
dayton daily news
Friday 16
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verdi d
2008
Overture to
La Forza del Destino
Requiem
Kathleen Clawson mezzo-soprano
Charles Robert Austin bass-baritone
DPO CHORUS
DEMIRJIAN
Wed 21 & Thur 22 s 2008
Giuseppe
Verdi
strauss- schoenberg Roses from the South
Waltzes
Mahler-Stein d Symphony No. 4
Over-the-top passions meet a distinctly modern
viewpoint as Music Director Gittleman presents
these unique chamber expressions of romantic
repertoire given a fresh twist.
Sponsored by Reynolds and Reynolds
National City SuperPops (Fri or Sat Six)
Same as the Saturday Nine except
different dates: this package features
a mixture of Thursdays and Fridays.
For those who like to keep their
Saturday nights open.
The pops season includes six events
that span the finest in contemporary
American musical styles. The season runs
the gamut from movie music to sixties
pop to Broadway music to skit comedy
to song and jazz. Choose either a Friday
or Saturday package of six concerts.
Start time: 8pm at the Schuster.
Classical Friday Nine (Combination Package)
Philharmonic Family Series (3pm, Sunday)
Classical Six Concert Packages (3 Choices)
These programs are drawn from the
full season of nine programs and feature
different combinations of evenings.
Choose the package that is most
convenient for your schedule: Thurs/Fri
Six (or) Fri/Sat Six (or) Saturday Six.
Dayton Daily News Classical Connections (Friday)
Each of the four concerts in this package
centers on a different composer. This
season, the featured composers are
Leonard Bernstein, Franz Schubert,
Igor Stravinsky and Giuseppe Verdi.
In these casual concerts DPO Music
Director Neal Gittleman presents a mix
of music examples,
discussion and a
CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS
full performance
of the featured
composition.
Afterword, you
are invited to stay
for a casual Q&A
with Neal in the
Mead Theatre.
Each subscription comes with a fun,
informative and free Listener’s Guide
written by our maestro.
Listener’s Guide
This series consists of three programs
designed to introduce your child to the
wonders of music. Of course, throughout,
we keep in mind that we’re entertaining
parents and grandparents too! So we
vary the activities, themes and even the
orchestras, as we bring in the DPO, the
Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and...
on the last concert, even both together!
Create Your Own Series
An innovative subscription that allows
you to create your own package of four
or more separate concert dates. Perfect
for those who enjoy the customization
process and have very specific scheduling
needs. Call the (937) 228-3630 for info.
FlexPasses
FlexPasses may be purchased in groups
of 4, 6 or 8 at fixed pricing. These may
be exchanged for “live” tickets for any
Philharmonic event (except the Galway
Gala), but only within 30 days of the
event. Call the box office for details.
Don’t Forget the Galway Gala & Special Events
Subscribers may purchase these events
before the August 6th general public
on-sale date!
CALL NOW TO SUBSCRIBE!
(937) 228-3630
Toll free: (888) 228-3630
2007-2008 Season Media Sponsor
This unique series is a combination of five
of the regular standard-format classical
programs plus four connections-format
series. For those who like to mix it up!
the Official Hotel / WDTN-TV2 is the
Classical Thursday/Friday Nine Package
AutomobileAdditional Support:
Our core classical lineup is made up
of nine programs. The concerts start
promptly at 8pm at the Schuster Center.
All nine of these programs, in whatever
package they occur, are preceded by a
pre-concert talk (called “Take Note”)
in the Mead Theatre from 7–7:30pm.
Dealership of the DPO / Dayton Marriott is
Classical Saturday Nine Package
Lexus of Dayton is the Official Automobile
(except some Education Concerts, Community Concerts
and Messiah at Westminster Presbyterian Church)
IN SOUND
All 2007-2008 Philharmonic Events
are Performed at the Schuster Center
As noted inside this brochure, this series
presents an engaging array of chamber
music formats in a series of four lively
programs which cover key musical eras.
Much like Classical Connections, the
attitude is casual and friendly with
comment from the stage that helps
you further appreciate the music and the
featured composers. Choose from two
packages: either the Wednesday evening
at 6:30pm (come early for complimentary
pizza appetizers) or Thursday morning
at 10:00am (come early for doughnuts
and coffee).
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subscription
package types
Demirjian Chamber Explorations (Wed/Thu)
75th ANNIVERSARY
of all
DEMIRJIAN
2 0 0 7–2 0 0 8 S E A S O N
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