spring 2016 - PRIZM Ensemble

NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2016
MOVING TO THE MUSIC
PRIZM collaborated with Ballet on Wheels
and The Cordova High School Orchestra for a
performance at Buckman Performing Arts
Center in March. We plan to do another
collaboration next year!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Carina Washington, Lecolion Washington,
Daniel Gilbert, and Dan Phillips held a
workshop for students at Collierville High
School and taught the importance of bowing,
rehearsal etiquette, and stage presence. It
was a great afternoon!
DIVERSITY, OPPORTUNITY, & ACCESS
I first became acquainted with the PRIZM Ensemble through the youth
development aspect of their mission, when my daughter Lindsey participated
in the 2013 PRIZM International Chamber Music Festival. Little did I know what
impact our family’s choice of summer camps for Lindsey that year would have, not
only on her as a musician, but on all of us with regards to our connection with the
arts in Memphis, with individuals from numerous
walks of life across Memphis, and on our view of
ourselves as part of a diverse community. I have
spoken with many of the students involved in our
programs, as well as our long-time supporters in
Memphis, and know that my family is not the only
one that has been enriched through the work of
the PRIZM Ensemble.
The students participating in the OMusic Project at Orange Mound Outreach
Ministries recently staged an exposition that demonstrates the alignment between
PRIZM Ensemble programs and our mission (To build diverse community through
chamber music performance, education, and youth development). These students
had rotated through small-group lessons on the drums, flute, clarinet, and piano.
This program is providing the very first opportunity to many of the participating
students to play classical instruments. The enthusiasm was infectious as the
students proudly demonstrated their new skills, with some students mastering the
first skill of making a sound using the mouthpiece and barrel of a clarinet, and
another playing a scale (after only three short lessons!). The skills displayed were
clearly at a different level than those many of you see displayed by our Summer
Camp and Chamber Music Festival Alumni, but no one can grow their musical
talents without an initial exposure to music and an opportunity to learn. I am
proud to be a part of an organization that impacts students across the entire
spectrum of musical skill levels, while building confidence, poise, and a sense of
community.
Abby Parrill-Baker
Chair, PRIZM Board of Directors
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WHAT MUSIC MAKING MEANS TO ME
Aaron Olguin is an alumnus of the PRIZM Music Camp &
International Chamber Music Festival (2011). After
participating in the PRIZM festival, Olguin went on to a variety
of other music festivals and music competitions. He even
started his own chamber music group called Bassinova
Quartet.
“To answer the question, “what music making means to me”, has
always been extremely difficult to answer. At the moment it means a
number of things to me; light, strength, creativity, having a voice. I have
always driven myself to push the double bass into a different light: one that
allows for its soloistic and beautiful voice to be heard. When I began this
journey, it was a lot of work because I had to publicize the performance
aspect of the bass and create awareness. But what evolved the most along
the way was me realizing how music making effect me, and others. It is
now my passion not to just push the bass as an instrument into the
limelight, but to push my inner voice and my musical ideas along with it as
well. A great cellist once told me that he heard bass virtuoso Joel
Aaron Olguin is majoring in music at The University of
North Texas where he was the winner of the 2014-2015
UNT Concerto Competition and named principal of the
Concert Orchestra at North Texas.
Olguin (middle) performing at The PRIZM Music Camp
and International Chamber Music Festival in 2011.
Olguin (far left) celebrating after the
final festival concert with fellow
students and his double bass
professor, Jeff Bradetich (far right).
“Music making will always be my passion. Given the right
opportunities such as those provided at PRIZM, one can make
music by seeking to express what he or she have inside.”
Quarrington perform Shubert’s Arpeggione Sonata (written for cello) and
was moved more by that performance than any other performance he had
heard of that piece. Not because it was performed on bass, but because he
performed music by Shubert. This message struck me like lightning. I
realized that our inner voice can find its shape through the arts through
whatever medium we have available. At festivals like PRIZM we focus on
intimate music making and share our music making capabilities in a very
human way. Music making will always be my passion. Given the right
opportunities such as those provided at PRIZM, one can make music by
seeking to express what he or she has inside.”
Aaron is a Texan from The Colony, Texas. His music studies
began at age eight on guitar in Brownsville, Texas. During middle school,
he was introduced to the double bass. In his high school years, Aaron
preceded to study with Gudrun Raschen at the Double Bass Conservatory
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of Dallas at Dallas Strings where he was ranked 3 in the state at the
Texas All-State convention. Aaron has attended at a number of
prestigious music festivals such as the UNT Double Bass master classes
hosted by Jeff Bradetich, The PRIZM CMF in Memphis, Tennessee,
ICMC Chamber Music Festival in Positano, Italy, Idyllwild Music Festival
in California, and the Mittenwald Double Bass Master Class in Germany.
He was also a finalist in the Fort-Worth Young Artist Competition his
senior year of high school.
At the beginning of his studies at the University of North
Texas, Aaron was named principal of the Concert Orchestra and was
granted two competitive music scholarships. He was later selected as
the double bassist for the Fantasmi Early Music Ensemble tour, which
lead to performances througout Germany, Austria, and Croatia in
2014. Aaron was the winner for the 2014-2015 UNT Concerto Competition
and the senior division for double bass at the ASTA International
Competition. He is also a two-year semi-finalist at the Sphinx Concerto
Competition where he received honorable mention. He currently studies
with the world-renowned double bassist Jeff Bradetich.
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EDUCATION
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“Many of
the
students
at OMOM
look
up to me,
I am their
role
model.”
JOSHUA LEAKS
OMUSIC COORDINATOR
Joshua Leaks is from The Historic Orange
Mound Community of Memphis, TN. He
graduated from Melrose High School in 2011,
and is now working at Waffle House and at
the Orange Mound Outreach Ministries.
Leaks has been attending OMOM since age
six and is now giving back to the community
he grew up in. Leaks works as youth pastor,
conducts leadership classes, peforms as a
musician, and is the OMusic Coordinator for
The OMusic Project since December 2015.
Leaks manages the attendance for OMusic
along with many other duties. His primary
goal is to help the young people succeed,
and keep them out of trouble. He wants to
help prevent the kids from getting involved in
drugs, gangs, and violence.
Do you want to
support PRIZM?
Although we keep the tuition for the Festival
and Summer Music Camp down to $350 to
maximize accessibility for more students, the
real cost of attendance at the festival is
approximately $700 per student. That means
we need to make up the difference through
private and corporate donations. PRIZM has
never turned away a student based on finical
considerations. In addition, PRIZM’s after
school (OMusic) and in school (PRIZM in the
schools) programs are offered free of charge.
”Please help us maintain this track record by
considering a donation today.
Donating to PRIZM is easy!
ONLINE www.prizmensemble.com
BY MAIL: PRIZM Ensemble
P.O. Box 171361
Memphis, TN 38187-1361
Or call us at 901-596-9105 to discuss
larger gifts, matching gifts, and
corporate sponsorships.
PRIZM Ensemble is a 501 (c ) (3)
Organization and your donation is tax
deductible to the full extent of the law.
ARE THE MUSICIANS COMING TODAY?
The OMusic Project is on its second year at Orange Mound Outreach
Ministries (OMOM). This spring, children ages 7-14 have participated in groupclasses in flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, and trumpet. Classes in guitar,
drums, keyboard, and music production have continued from last year.
Most children that attend OMOM have no access to other music education,
and have never played or even seen many of the classical instruments before. The
goals for the OMusic Project are to provide access and create opportunity for the
children. “The kids ask me every day with hopeful eyes: Are the musicians coming
today?” says OMusic Coordinator Joshua Leaks. Joshua, 19, has been attending
OMOM since he was
was six years old. He
“The OMusic Project is really important to the
He is now assisting
OMOM’s Director and
kids. They talk all the time about what they
and Founder
learned in the music classes.”
Reverend Tucker, and
and since December
2015 he works every week as the OMusic Coordinator. Duties include taking
attendance, making sure the groups are full each week, taking photos, etc. “The
OMusic Project is really important for the kids. They talk all the time about what they
learned in the music classes”.
Joshua also assists when
the children go on field trips
that PRIZM arranges. Most
recently to the Randall
Goosby benefit concert at
Shady Grove Presbyterian
Church in March. PRIZM
believes that in addition to
the hands-on music
experience, the students
highly benefit from
attending concerts and
other events while
experiencing other areas of
Memphis. PRIZM arranges
transportation and a meal
for the students attending.
Many of the children rarely
get the chance to see other
parts of the city without
field trips such as those
through the OMusic
Project.
The students often ask
“When are we going on the
next trip?” when we come to teach or visit, letting us know they treasure it.
Currently only available in the spring, PRIZM and partner organizations Orange
Mound Outreach Ministries and Visible Community
Music School (VCMS) are looking into the possibility of
of extending the OMusic Project by making group
instrumental classes available in the fall semester as
well. Funding for the extension is not yet secured. If
you are
interested in
supporting this
this program
either through
through an individual donation or through
corporate sponsorship, please contact
Director Carina Washington
at 901-596-9105 or
[email protected]
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SUPPORT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Abby Parrill-Baker, Board Chair
Daniel Baker
Scott Fader
Ralph Goosby
Lecolion Washington
Carina Nyberg Washington
Iren Zombor
IN-KIND Donations
AMRO Music Stores
Balmoral Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Culinna Dahmer
Bluff City Web and Host Services
Bradley Frith
Randall Goosby
Janet Jones
Zachary McCoy
Lane Music
Perre Magness
Jason Oates
Alana Olswing
Gordon and Donna Olswing
Vera Schabicki
Peggy Wilson
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
Nikii Richey
WKNO- FM
Seth Evans, LLC
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PRIZM Circle ($10,000 +)
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ArtsMemphis
Assisi Foundation
Memphis Music Initiative
New South Fund
Pat Walker
Chamber Circle ($5,000-$9,999)
Roy & Carolyn Shirkey
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
Nancy Walker
Quintet Circle ($2,500-$4,999)
Daniel & Abby Baker
Kitty Cannon
Raymond & Doris VunKannon
Tennessee Arts Commission
Quartet Circle ($1,000-$2,499)
Paul & Phyllis Berz
Ray & Marilyn Curle
Walter & Nancy Howell
Perre Magness
Rudi & Honey Scheidt
Scheidt Family Foundation
Carina & Lecolion Washington
Joy Brown Wiener
Trio Circle ($350-$999)
Peter and Fran Addicott
Henry & Janet Bartosch
Bradley Dickey
Nancy & Charles Gray
Seiko Igarashi
Mary Kirkland
Gordon & Donna Olswing
Susan Van Dyck – in honor of Henning &
Matteus Washington
Las & Sara Savell – in honor of Gary Beard
Philip Smith
Ryals & Gwen Thomas
David J. and Susan Weber
Curt & Peggy Wilson
Lois Hobbs Yu & Bosco Yu
Scott Best & Iren Zombor
Duet Circle ($1-$349)
Bert & Carol Barnett
C.D. Behrens – in honor of Cathy Lynn
William & Annette Bickers
Margie Borrum – Smith
Phyllis Brannon
Suzanne Burgar
Tim and Nancy Brophy
Suzanne Burgar
Georgene Cachola
Randall Carrier
Karen Casey
Pamela Coats
Daniel Connolly
Christy Gilmour Consulting
Janina & Josh Cosby
Craig Cowles
David Cox – in memory of John Cardona Sr.
Robert & Laura Crane
Alice K. Dade
David & Glenda Ellis
Scott Fader & Vera Schabicki
Duet Circle cont.
Carol Feather – in memory of Marshall Fine
Luther Gause
Terrence & Janet Geiger
Raymond and Katherine Getske
William Goodson
Richard Graff
Kevin & Shelley Gray
Rong Guo & Sheng Zhou
Deron Hall
Deborah Hernancez
Edward & Linda Kaplan
Douglas J. & Susan R.King
Kathryn King
Christopher & Jennifer Landon
Kathy & Ron Lynn
Victoria Matthews
William Mashburn
Mary Jo Mayton – in memory of Jane Dutcher
Peter Miyamoto
William Naids
Edward & Eunice Ordman – in honor of Henry Bartosch
Guy Macarios & M.J. Ouellet
Carl Panetta
Anna Pennington
Dan Phillips
Geoffrey & Sheila Redick
Jane Roberts – in honor of Randall Goosby
Sonny & Avalon Robinson
Kip Roberts II
Sheena Rose
Elizabeth Rouse – in honor of Lecolion’s birthday
Christopher Sabatino
Sherri & Zev Samuels
Keith & Julie Schap
Kathy Lou Schultz
Peggy Seessel
Mrs. Lester Sewel
Susan Sexton
Fran Shannon
Samuel Sidhom
Kathy Simonetti
Mary Siqueira
Gina Slape
Nate Nowak & Anna Bess Sorin
David Spencer
Tommy Tabor
Carla Thompson
Scott & Stephanie R. Thompson
Gabor Tigyi
Lea Van Merkestyn
James Vogel
Richard & Shirley Vosburg
Tom & Jean Walsh
Lynn M. Ward
Dr. & Mrs. Benton Wheeler
Billie White
J.M. & V.P. Zanella
In honor of Brandon Washington’s Birthday:
Devin Nash
Randolph Punter
Genevieve Dusing
Brian Thopsey
Fariha Ali
Nephtaliem McCrary
Nikki Schuster
Kirsten O’Brien
You can contribute to helping young people in this city experience classical music, strengthen their
confidence, and help them build a future for themselves. Join us in keeping classical music alive and well.
GIVE TODAY www.prizmensemble.com
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CAMP
& FACULTY
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FESTIVAL FACULTY 2016 HIGHLIGHTS
World-renowned musicians come to teach and perform at the PRIZM Camp &
Festival every summer. Some return year after year, and some are visiting for
the first time. Here is a sample of the faculty this summer.
Billy Hunter
Trumpet
Ayman Al Fakir
Horn
Ayman Al Fakir plays with the Royal
Swedish Orchestra at the Royal
Opera House in Stockholm,
Sweden, where he has worked
since 2000. Ayman graduated from
the Royal Collage of Music in
Stockholm 2002. With his Wind
Quintett [ Fɛm ] Ayman reached the
Semi finals in the ARD International
Music Compitition in Munich 2000,
and also frequently plays with
KammarensembleN and other
Swedish chamber groups.
A native of Austin, TX, Billy Hunter has been Principal Trumpet of the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2004. He enjoys a versatile career in
the classical music world that includes Orchestral, Chamber, and Solo
performances as well as several Educational and outreach initiatives. He is
also a former member of the Grammy nominated Grant Park Orchestra and
faculty member of the New Jersey City University.
Saeka Matsuyama
Violin
Saeka Matsuyama, native of
Nishinomiya City, Japan, started
her violin studies at age two. She
moved to New York at age nine, to
study at Juilliard’s Pre-College
program with Dorothy DeLay and
Robert Chen.
Saeka remains in high demand as
an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and
chamber musician. She has held
recital and orchestra appearances
in US, Europe, Eastern
Mediterranean, South America and
Japan. Highlights of Saeka
Matsuyama’s past seasons include
concerto appearances with the
leading orchestras of Japan. She
has a Bachelors, a Master of Music
and an Artist Diploma degree from
The Juilliard School, where she
studied with Michael Gilbert,
Ronald Copes, Donald Weilerstein,
and Glenn Dicterow.
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BENEFIT
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PRIZM thanks Randall Goosby for a
wonderful performance at the
Fundraiser Promoting Diversity in
Classical Music!
Arlington High (Arlington,TN) alumnus
Randall Goosby is studying music at
Julliard School in NYC. Randall’s father,
Ralph Goosby, serves on PRIZM’s
Board of Directors, and Randall’s
mother JiJi Goosby works as a PRIZM
volunteer. Randall’s brother and sister
attended the PRIZM Music Camp and
International Chamber Music Festival in
2014. The Goosby family is greatly
appreciated for all of their support!
“Promoting Diversity in Classical Music”
March 4, 2016
violinist, Randall Goosby
PRIZM THANKS EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED
It was a very successful event!
PRIZM Alumni Katie Hook, Victoria
Hoffman, Jacob Saunders Olasuyi Ige,
Jarquez Cole, Mary Siqueira, Casey
Johnson, and Mary Grace Thompson
also performed at the Benefit Concert,
and spoke about what PRIZM means to
them.
Would you like to participate in these
kind of events as well? Register for
the 2016 PRIZM Music Camp at
www.prizmensemble.com. All Camp
alumni are invited to play at PRIZM’s
season concerts.
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CONCERT
PROGRAM
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The PRIZM International Chamber Music Festival provides
PRIZM Music Camp participants with experiences critical to
their development. The festival provides students with
exceptional examples of professional music performance
through the two all-faculty concerts held during the week of
the music camp. The festival also provides students with
supportive performance opportunities, as each student
plays chamber music selections in each of three concerts
that combine faculty and student performances. Students
perform in both all-student and mixed faculty-student
ensembles. The PRIZM International Chamber Music
Festival is an exciting venue for PRIZM Music Camp
participants!
CLAP UR HANDZ
MONDAY JUNE 6, 7:00 PM
Opening night starts with bubbling and sparkling baroque
music, Francaix highlights the woodwinds’ virtuosity in his
first quintet, and the brass and piano get a full workout in
Gabaye’s Recreation. The strings will get your feet
stomping and hands clapping in Rosa Parks by African
American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR).
Bertali -Sonata a 3
Francaix Woodwind Quintet no. 1
Gabaye - Recreation for brass and piano
Roumain – String Quartet no 5 “Rosa Parks”
THREE’S A CHARM
THURSDAY JUNE 9, 7:00 PM
Three is the magic number in this concert of trios.
Goossens’s trio shows off
the flute and oboe in
harmonious synergy with
the piano, and Nelhybel’s
trio celebrates all the
colors of the brass.
Mendelssohn’s beautiful
piano trio is an all time favorite with melodies we all love
and cherish. Stravinsky’s story of a soldier is the one that
sticks out – for more reasons than the number of
instrumentalists!
Goossens - Pastorale et Arlequinade op. 41
Stravinsky - Histoire de Soldat Suite (selection)
Nelhybel - Brass Trio
Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor
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SACRED LULLABY
FRIDAY JUNE 10, 7:00 PM
Viola and soprano voice is a great combination to start this concert
and get us in the mood for an evening of music. Holst’s first suite
and Mendelssohn’s octet are fun and challenging pieces featuring
faculty and participants in side-by-side ensembles, and student
groups perform with one of their festival
groups. It will be an unforgettable evening!
J. Brahms - Songs op 91
Holst - Suite no 1 in Eb, mov I & II
Mendelssohn - Octet mov IV
STUDENT GROUPS 1
What have you always wondered about classical music but have
been too scared to ask? Now you can get answers – and most
definitely some laughs as well. Faculty will amuse and entertain in
this lighthearted and fun performance. Festival participants will
perform in their second ensembles. Who knew chamber music
could be so much fun?
MUSIC FOR DUMMIES
SATURDAY JUNE 11,1:00 PM
PDQ Bach – Schleptet
STUDENT GROUPS 2
A NEW WORLD
SATURDAY JUNE 11, 7:00
The grand finale begins with our festival participants, followed by a
charming piece for flute, cello, and piano by the great romantic
composer J. N. Hummel. The PRIZM Festival orchestra gives you a
taste of Dvorak’s grandiose New World Symphony, and guest artist
Billy Hunter is the shining star in Haydn’s trumpet concerto. It will
certainly be a night to remember!
STUDENT GROUP 3
Hummel - Trio op 78
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto mov. I
Dvorak - New World Symphony mov. I
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION
IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AFTER
THE CONCERT!
TICKETS
Online: Adult single ticket $18 | $75 for packet of 5
At the door: Adult single ticket $20 | Student and Senior $10 | $80 for adult packet of 5 tickets
Families of participants can purchase special discount packages at the camp registration table
www.prizmensemble.com 901-596-9105
Location: SHADY GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 5530 Shady Grove Rd, Memphis TN 38120
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“PRIZM is a place where you
get to work with others in a
community and share your love
of music. Besides learning a lot
of challenging yet fun music,
you also meet so many new
friends in the process!”
Vilanna Wang, Clarinet
Vilanna Wang is an 8th grader at
Lausanne Collegiate School. She
attended PRIZM for the first time in 2015
and loved the experience, so she's
coming back! Vilanna began playing the
clarinet in 5th grade with Rena Feller.
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She earned 1 chair at All West junior
blue band in 2016. She studies French,
and enjoys playing on her school’s tennis
team.
NEWSLETTER SPRING 2016
PRIZM Ensemble
P.O. Box 171361
Memphis, TN 38187-1361
www.prizmensemble.com