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Gabriela Lena Frank
Guest Composer
February 15–19, 2016
School of Music
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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
Mark Rabideau, Director, Music on the Square and 21CM Initiative
Chris Flegal, Manager, Music on the Square
Toni Robinson, Associate 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
Cover photo credit: Mariah Tauger
Out of respect for the performers, audience and recording technician, all
flash photography and audio/video recording are prohibited during the performance.
Please silence all electronic equipment before performances begin. Thank you.
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GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Identity has always been at the center of Gabriela Lena Frank’s music. Born in Berkeley,
California, to a mother of mixed Peruvian-Chinese ancestry and a father of LithuanianJewish descent, Frank ardently explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions.
Inspired by the works of Bela Bartók and Alberto Ginastera, Frank is something of a musical
anthropologist. She has traveled extensively throughout South America, and her pieces
reflect and refract her studies of Latin American folklore, incorporating poetry, mythology
and native musical styles into a Western classical framework that is uniquely her own.
Moreover, she writes, “There’s usually a story line behind my music, a scenario or
character.” While the enjoyment of her works can be obtained solely from her music,
the composer’s program notes enhance the listener’s experience, for they describe how a
piano part mimics a marimba or panpipes, or how a movement is based on a particular
type of folk song. Even a brief glance at her titles evokes specific imagery: Leyendas: An
Andean Walkabout and Cuatro Canciones Andinas. Frank’s compositions also reflect her virtuosity as a pianist—when not
composing, she is a sought-after performer, specializing in contemporary repertoire.
This season, Frank serves as a composer-in-residence to both the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony,
for whom she wrote Karnavalingo to welcome incoming music director Andrés Orozco-Estrada. A 2009 recipient of
the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship to assist in research and artistic creation,
Frank’s recent premieres include Will-o’-the-Wisp for piccolo player Mary Kay Fink and the Cleveland Orchestra; Saints
for The Berkeley Symphony, soprano Jessica Rivera and the San Francisco Girls Chorus; and Concertino Cusqueño for
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
A frequent collaborator with artists in other disciplines, Frank has developed a number of projects with the Pulitzer
Prize-winning Cuban playwright Nilo Cruz, among them La Centinela y la Paloma (The Keeper and the Dove), a song cycle
for Dawn Upshaw and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Journey of the Shadow for the San Francisco Chamber
Orchestra. Other recent premieres include Hilos for the Alias Chamber Ensemble; Inca Dances for guitarist Manuel
Barrueco and Cuarteto Latinoamericano, which received a 2009 Latin Grammy for Best Classical Contemporary
Composition; New Andean Songs for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella new music series; Peregrinos
for the Indianapolis Symphony; Dos Canciones de Cifar for baritone and piano, commissioned by the Marilyn Horne
Foundation with Carnegie Hall; ¡Chayraq! and Ritmos Anchinos for the Silk Road Project; Cinco Danzas de Chambi for
viola and piano, commissioned by the Aspen Summer Music Festival; Inkarrí for the Kronos Quartet; and Three LatinAmerican Dances for the Utah Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Keith Lockhart.
Three Latin-American Dances was subsequently recorded by the Utah Symphony for the Reference Recording label
and has been hailed as “dazzling” and exhibiting “wit, brilliance, atmosphere and poetry” (Classics Today), and “a rare
treasure of modern orchestral music” (Hong Kong/China Hi Fi Review). Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, performed by
the Chiara String Quartet, was released in early 2007 on the New Voice Singles label. In reference to this recording,
the American Record Guide called Frank “a remarkable composer.” Recent recordings include an all-Frank disc on Naxos
featuring Hilos, among other works, by the Alias Chamber Ensemble; Inca Dances with guitarist Manuel Barrueco and
the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, released on the Tonar Music Label; and several works for the Filarmonika label as part
of the groundbreaking “Caminos del Inka” project under the directorship of conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
Frank attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she earned both a B.A. (1994) and M.A. (1996). She studied
composition with Paul Cooper, Ellsworth Milburn and Sam Jones, and piano with Jeanne Kierman Fischer. Frank
credits Fischer with introducing her to the music of Ginastera, Bartók and other composers who utilized folk elements
in their work. At the University of Michigan, where she received a D.M.A. in composition in 2001, Frank studied with
William Albright, William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett and Michael Daugherty, and piano with Logan Skelton. Gabriela
Lena Frank’s music is published exclusively by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, February 15
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Coaching
Hilos
Tarn Travers, violin; Eric Edberg, cello;
Randy Salman, clarinet; May Phang, piano
Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana
11:40–12:30 a.m.
Coaching
Canto de Harawi: Amadeoso
Riley Bernardi, flute; Natalia Fumero, clarinet
Laura Brumbaugh, piano
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Coaching
Sonata Andina No. 2
May Phang, piano
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
4:00–5:30 p.m.
University Orchestra and University Chorus rehearsal
4:00–4:45 p.m. Three Latin American Dances
University Orchestra
Orcenith Smith, director
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
4:50–5:30 p.m. Hombre Errante
University Chorus
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Green Center, Room 1115
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Coaching
New Andean Songs (2007)
I. Hoy Es el Día
II. Toro Felino
Julia Massicotte, soprano
Marin Tack, soprano
III. Tengo Miedo
Hannah Gauthier, soprano
Elena Escudero, soprano
IV. Carnaval de Tambobamba
V. Epilogo: Yunca
Kimberly DeBusschere, soprano
Elena Escudero, soprano
Amanda Hopson and Tony Weinstein, piano
Benjamin Freeland and Zachary Suchanek, percussion
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
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Tuesday, February 16
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Coaching
From Sonata Serrana No. 1
III. Adagio para el Anochecer (Adagio for Dusk)
Gabriela Lena Frank, piano
May Phang, piano
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
11:00 a.m.–noonCoaching
Sueños de Chambi
Anne Reynolds, flute
Sylvia Scott, piano
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
1:40–2:40 p.m. Coachings
Cuatro Canciones Andina
1:40
I. Despedida
II. Yo Crío Una Mosca
Ann Chase, soprano
Tony Weinstein, piano
2:10
III. Carnival de Tambobamba
IV. Yunca
Brittny Goon, mezzo soprano
Laura Brumbaugh, piano
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
4:00–5:30 p.m. University Band rehearsal
Requiem for a Magical America: El Día de los Muertos
Craig Paré, conductor
7:30 p.m. Chamber Music Concert
(program on page 9)
Wednesday, February 17
10:20–11:20 a.m. Recital Hour
Canto de Harawi: Amadeoso
Riley Bernardi, flute
Natalia Fumero, clarinet
Laura Brumbaugh, piano
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Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana
Cuatro Canciones Andina
I. Despedida
II. Yo Crío Una Mosca
Ann Chase, soprano
Tony Weinstein, piano
III. Carnival de Tambobamba
IV. Yunca
Brittny Goon, mezzo soprano
Laura Brumbaugh, piano
“A Conversation with Gabriela Lena Frank”
Scott Perkins, moderator
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
12:30–1:30 p.m. Chamber Singers rehearsal
Hombre Errante
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
1:45–2:45 p.m. Coaching
Danza de los Saqsampillos
Bonnie Whiting, marimba
Ming-Hui Kuo, marimba
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
2:50–3:40 p.m.
Classroom visit—MUS 334: Music ca. 1900 to Present
Carla Edwards
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Green Center, Room 1021
University Orchestra and University Chorus rehearsals
4:00–4:45 Three Latin American Dances
University Orchestra
Orcenith Smith, conductor
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
4:50–5:30 Hombre Errante
University Chorus
Kristina Boerger, Conductor
Green Center, Room 1115
Thursday, February 18
10:00–11:30 a.m. Classroom visit—MUS: 432 Composition and MUS 130: Understanding Music
Scott Perkins, Eric Edberg, Elissa Harbert, Bonnie Whiting
Green Center, Thomson Recital Hall
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12:40-1:30 p.m.
Classroom visit—MUS 193A: Solo Vocal Literature II
Thomas King
1:35–2:15 p.m. 21CM radio interview
Mark McCoy, host
Green Center, Room 1021
Green Center, Room 1136
2:30–3:30 p.m. Classroom visit—Senior Seminar
Elissa Harbert
7:30 p.m. Chamber Music Concert
(program on pages 10–11)
Green Center, Room 1078
Green Center, Thompson Recital Hall
Friday, February 19
10:20–11:20 a.m.
Classroom visit—MUS 334: Music ca. 1900 to Present
Carla Edwards
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Free time with students
4:00–5:30 p.m. Tech rehearsal for Friday night concert
University Orchestra
University Chorus
Chamber Singers
University Band
Green Center, Room 1021
Green Center, Great Hall
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
7:30 p.m. Gala Closing Concert
(program on page 12)
The audience is cordially invited to attend a reception for the composer and the artists
in the Great Hall following this evening’s performance.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium
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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 p.m.
Music on the Square
Hilos (Threads) (2010)
I. Canto del Altiplano (Songs of the Highlands)
II. Zapatos de Chincha (Shoes of Chincha)
III. Charanguista Viejo (Old Charango Player)
IV. Danza de los Diablos (Devil Dance)
V. Zumballyu (Spinning Top)
VI. Juegos (Games)
VII. Yaravillosa (An ancient melancholy Inca song)
VIII. Bombines (Bowler Hats)
Tarn Travers, violin
Eric Edberg, cello
Randy Salman, clarinet
May Phang, piano
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank with the musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra following the
world premiere of her Concertino Cusqueño in 2012. Photo by Ryan Donnell.
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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Thursday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
Thompson Recital Hall
Danza de los Saqsampillos (2006)
Bonnie Whiting, marimba
Ming-Hui Kuo, marimba
Sonata Andina No. 2 (2013)
I. Scherzo serrano
II. Himno-responsorio
III. Finale: Escaramuza
May Phang, piano
Sueños de Chambi (Dreams of Chambi) (2002)
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. Harawi de Quispe
Diablicos Puneños
Responsorio Lauramarqueño
P’asña Marcha
Adoración para Angelitos
Harawi de Chambi
Marinera
Anne Reynolds, flute
Sylvia Scott, piano
From Sonata Serrana No. 1 (2012)
III. Adagio para el Anochecer (Adagio for Dusk)
Gabriela Lena Frank, piano
May Phang, piano
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New Andean Songs (2007)
I. II. Hoy Es el Día
Toro Felino
Julia Massicotte, soprano
Marin Tack, soprano
III. Tengo Miedo
Hannah Gauthier, soprano
Elena Escudero, soprano
IV. V. Carnaval de Tambobamba
Epílogo: Yunca
Kimberly DeBusschere, soprano
Elena Escudero, soprano
Amanda Hopson, piano
Tony Weinstein, piano
Benjamin Freeland, percussion
Zachary Suchanek, percussion
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Gabriela Lena Frank and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Eric England.
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GALA ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
Requiem for a Magical America: El Día de los Muertos (2006)
I. Preludio: Canto Religioso (Prelude: Religious Song)
II. Sacando a los Espíritus Malos (Driving Away the Evil Spirits)
III. Danza del Pueblo (Village Dance)
IV. Calaveras (Skeletons/Satiric Verses)
V. La Santísma Muerte (Madame Saint Death)
VI. El Cementerio (The Cemetary)
VII. La Llegada de los Muertos (The Arrival of the Dead)
VIII. Almas Perdidas (Lost Souls)
IX. Danza del Guerrero Precolombino (Dance of the Pre-Colombian Warrior)
X. Epílogo: Canto Religioso
Musicians of the DePauw University Band
Craig Paré, conductor
Hombre Errante (2002)
I. Invocación
II. Jakakllito
Dylan Prentice, bass
Blake Beckemeyer and Dallas Gray, tenors
III. Dos Palomas
Elena Escudero, alto
IV. Responsorio Serrano
David Mather, orator
V. Despedida
Dylan Prentice, bass
DePauw Chamber Singers and DePauw University Chorus
Kristina Boerger and Scott Perkins, conductors
Three Latin American Dances (2003)
I. Introduction: Jungle Jaunt
II. Highland Harawi
III. The Mestizo Waltz
DePauw University Orchestra
Orcenith Smith, conductor
The audience is cordially invited to attend a reception for the composer and the artists
in the Great Hall following this evening’s performance.
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DEPAUW UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
Orcenith Smith, music director
Violin
Katherine Allen
Jackson Bailey
Alexander Barker
Katherine Berzinski
Paul Christian
Allison Emata
Mei Fujisato, principal II
Alaya Hardy
Emily Hoyland
Sarah Jylkka (ST)
Lindsey Sullivan, leader
Viola
Xeno Carpenter-New, principal
Bella Mazzone
Joseph Messick
Arianna Plett
Jacqueline Robertson
Lisa Salazar
Maeva Veillard
Cello
Aryam Gonzalez
Kazuki Hanado
Peter Kim
Peter Lockman, principal
Erin Lupardus
Graeme Richmond
Bass
Thomas Ring
Brooks Pearce
Aaron Rabishaw
Burke Stanton, principal
Flute/Piccolo
Riley Bernardi
Jamie Edwards
Joshua Levine, principal
Eleanor Price (OC, Paris)
Oboe/English Horn
Julia Kramer, principal
Hanae Weber, English horn
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Sara DesBiens, bass clarinet
Natalia Fumero
Marian Hillebrand, principal
Trombone
Liam Byrnes
William Johnson, principal
Christopher Kaercher
Percussion
Benjamin Freeland
Salvador Rodriguez
Zachary Suchanek, timpani
Connor Berry, guest
Zachary Jacobs, guest
Harp
Roland Ferrer, principal
Bassoon/Contra Bassoon
Kevin Salinas, principal
Andrew Wilkey, guest
Keyboards
Shiyu Su (OC, Vienna)
Tatsuya Katsuhara, principal
Horn
Maureen Bailey, principal
Drew Casey
Jessica Hopkins
Megan Qua
Mattia Seaman (GHS)
* * *
Trumpet
Nicholas Atsalis
Laura Egyed, principal
Jeremy Irving
Stage Manager: Joseph Messick
Assistant: Jacqueline Robertson
(OC) Off campus
(ST) Student teaching
(GHS) Greencastle High School
Alpha Program
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DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BAND
Craig Paré, director
Flute
*Riley Bernardi
*Jamie Edwards
*Nicole Pasho
Oboe
*Julia Kramer
*Hanae Weber
Zöe Yeshayahu
Bassoon
*Diana Dolquist
Clarinet
*Sarah Blöbaum
*Sara DesBiens
*Natalia Fumero
*Bailey Hendershot
*Tabatha Hickey
Saxophone
Sierra Graves
Melissa Guerrero
*Tyler Koss
*Rachel Pearson
*Tyler Schaefers
*Lindsey Welp
*Grant Woods
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Horn
*Jessica Hopkins
*Emily Hoyland
*Mattia Seaman (GHS)
Courtney Smith
*Nathaniel Smith
Trumpet
Andrew Bobker
*Laura Egyed
*Jeremy Irving
*Allan Whitehead
Trombone
*James Grundke
*Christopher Kaercher
Ciara McManus
Euphonium
Gabriel Alvarez
William Johnson
Tuba
Thomas Miller
Percussion
*Connor Berry
*Benjamin Freeland
*Zachary Jacobs
*Charles Precht
Piano
Emily Chen
Guest Musicians
*Salvador Rodriguez, percussion
*Zachary Suchanek, percussion
*Joshua Levine, flute
*Marian Hillebrand, clarinet
*Conor Bell, bassoon/contrabassoon
*Edward Staubach, clarinet
* * *
Stage manager: Julia Kramer
Librarian: Rachel Pearson
* Musicians of the DePauw
University Band performing on
the Gala Closing Concert
(GHS) Greencastle High School
Alpha Program
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY CHORUS
Kristina Boerger, director
Rachel Amalfitano
Christopher Bibat
Andrew Brown
Elizabeth Brunell
Alexander Bushkin
Kelsey Cantrell
Kurt Clare
Bailee Coe
John Cotton
Kristin Daines
Elise Daniells
Diana Dolquist
Kelsi Dye
Stephanie Victoria Espinal
Courtney Feiler
Maxwell Filkins
Hannah Joy Gauthier
Christine Goetz
Brittny Goon
Gabriella Hagedorn
Leah Hanstra
Dana Hart
Darby Hayes
Inès Hayouna
Eric Heaton
Katrina Iorio
Simon Lee
Katherine Li
Abigail Martin
Alaina Matthews
Rhiley McIntire
Kenna McWilliams
Avery Nash
Lexi Ochoa
Jacqueline Pelletier
Madeline Piscetta
Eileen Plunkett
Abigail Powers
Cosetta Righi
Angel Riley
Bronson Roseboro
Kiele Sacco
Bo Shimmin
Steven Stilts
Marin Tack
Maggie Terry
Loucine Topouzian
Saige Trottman-Huiet
Alexis Uribe
Laure Witte
Blake Wittkamper
Lihong Xiong
DEPAUW CHAMBER SINGERS
Kristina Boerger, director
Maureen Bailey
Shannon Barry
Blake Beckemeyer
Sara Blanton
Annie Chase
Kimberly Debusschere
Logan Dell’Acqua
Elena Escudero
Dallas Gray
Levi Hoffman
Kerry Jennings
Julia Massicotte
David Mather
Molly McGuire
Sarah Pistorius
Dylan Prentice
Thomas Speranza
Addy Sterrett
Julie Strauser
Erin Tolar
Derrick Truby
Craig Wallace
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February 27–March 3, 2017
Christopher Theofanidis, guest composer
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