The North Suburban Symphony - Lake Forest Civic Orchestra

 The North Suburban Symphony
2013-2014 Season – Historic Past – Dynamic Future
Music Director – Ron Arden
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“Birth of an Orchestra”
A Reprise of the Orchestra’s First Concert
October 6, 2013 - 4:00 pm
The Magic Flute – Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791)
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875)
Movement I. Pastorale!
Movement III. Minuet!
Movement IV. Farandole
Intermission
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Opus 88
Antonín Dvořřák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904)
Allegro con brio
!Adagio
!Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace
!Allegro ma non troppo
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Dear treasured fans of the North Suburban Symphony,
Welcome to Season 25! I cannot remember a time I have been so excited to give a welcome.
The NSS is on the brink of a new era and poised to serve you as a premier community arts
ensemble. For the past 2 seasons, and even before that, the orchestra has grown in artistic ability,
audience, and membership. They are a core of dedicated and wonderful community musicians we
all can be proud of.
The ideas for this grand year of celebration were easy to envision - a look back to the
orchestra's first concert - a classic rock event for the actual party concert - collaboration with Lake
Forest High School to emphasize we are committed to young musicians - and a grand finale of very
edgy 20th century gems music with a medley of John Williams as the kicker! These plans came
together quickly as the best way to celebrate one of the North Shore's most viable, and yet to many,
unknown jewels. Your presence at these concerts is important to us. Your word of mouth
comments to friends/family about these concerts is important to us. Finally, your gifts both great and
small are crucial and necessary to us!
I know this first concert will wow you - on many levels. It is gorgeous music, easy to hear and
remember, and shows off the best of the NSS. It is no wonder it was the group’s first concert 25
years ago; it is a real audience pleaser. That is what we want to do - please you. Give us your
comments and suggestions, and please come back. The November party is planned to be a
tremendous time of fun and great music making. Tickets are available today after the concert - get
yours fast as we are sure to sell out! Wear your favorite classic rock clothes, and come ready to hear
orchestra and rock band, taste great food and drink, and partner with us financially for the best
future possible!
With great honor and joy,
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2013 - 2014 SEASON
Board of Directors
Scott Schappe, President
Howard Martino, Treasurer
Andrea Gertz, Personnel Manager
LoriLee Bielski, Marketing
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Paul Martinez
Joe Perry
Music Director
Ron Arden
For information regarding the orchestra
Email: [email protected]
Address physical mail to:
North Suburban Symphony
P.O. Box 889, Lake Forest, IL 60045
Our Internet Address is
www.northsuburbansymphony.org
The North Suburban Symphony is
a not-for-profit corporation.
Contributions are tax deductible
The North Suburban Symphony is dedicated to the principle that music, both its appreciation and
its performance, can be a lifetime activity.
The North Suburban Symphony shares a wide variety of music with community audiences and
provides opportunities for amateur musicians of all ages to play standard works of the symphonic
repertoire under skilled conductors.
Congratulates the North Suburban Symphony on 25 years!
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orchestra Personnel
Violin
Cynthia Arden, Concertmaster
Luann Bradford Benoit*
Nancy Borchers*
RoseMarie Domeny*
Alison Flores
Lena Gaetz
Donald Heard
Erich Horne*
James Iwanski*
Nataliya Nikonova
Geisela Oberheim*, Principal
Nancy Otto*
Diane Signatur*
Viola
Sofiya Kyrylyuk, Heide Kuhnke Principal Viola Chair
Andrea Gertz*
Josephine Jose
Elizabeth Shepherd
Cello
Julia Fiore,* Principal
Samuel Fishman
Laura Gilbert*
Betsy Jacobson*
Jody Walker
Lorraine Wallace
String Bass
Hannah Hart, Principal
Howard Martino*
Paul Martinez*
Alex Trevino*
Oboe
Charles Emmons,* Principal
Suzanne Ingold*
Flute
Melinda Vajdic* Principal for Dvořřák
Sally Bowers* Principal for Mozart/Bizet
Clarinet
Scott Schappe,* Principal
Gail Schechter*
Bassoon
Jennifer Cobbel
Samuel Huber, Acting Principal
Horn
Adam Whiteman,* Principal
Eric Grenier
Robin Schoonhoven*
Trumpet
Amy Nelson, Principal
Joe Perry*
Trombone
Mike Bennett*, Acting Principal
Anders Kullander*
David Paff
Percussion
Bonnie Kuss*
Josh Williamson
* member of the North Suburban Symphony
Ron Arden received his musical training at Butler University in
Indianapolis, a Masters from the University of Nebraska in viola
performance, and did doctoral work at the University of Houston in voice
and viola. A “renaissance man” in the truest sense, for 25 years he has
performed, taught, and conducted as an artist of the first rank. Orchestral
viola experience includes the Omaha Symphony and Chamber
Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony, Houston Bach Society, Houston Grand
Opera, The Florida Philharmonic, and Symphony of the Americas in Ft.
Lauderdale. Vocal/acting experience includes performance as a freelance artist in Omaha, with Houston Grand Opera, and Class Act
Broadway touring company of South Florida. Ron has taught private
voice and viola in each of the cities mentioned above as well as being a
featured teacher for Elderhostel Continuing Education programs.
Presently he is on the faculty at Lake Forest College and keeps an active
studio in his home. He and his wife have toured the country for over 20
years and have three recordings from their performing duo A Cross
Between. They have two children, Nikolas and Ivan and reside in Zion, Illinois where Ron spent 5 years as
Minister of Music, Worship, and Drama at a large non-denominational church. Besides orchestrating worship
there, he was artistic director of the Zion Passion Play, Dean of the Zion Conservatory, and Music Director of
the Zion Chamber Orchestra – twice awarded by the Illinois Council of Orchestras. In 2003 Ron founded and
became music director of FullScore Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of professional singers and
instrumentalists on Chicago’s north shore. FullScore Chamber Orchestra was the first orchestra invited to the
newly renovated Genesee Theater in Waukegan and plays there regularly for national artists. Ron is highly
sought as a musical director and works as a consultant on the arts in worship. Enjoying a wide diversity of
performing/conducting experience, Ron’s reputation for instilling excellence and artistry into musicians is his
deepest passion. From classical to Broadway, barbershop to gospel, Ron comfortably communicates the
beauty of great music.
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th
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Program Notes
The Magic Flute – Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791)
Cosi Fan Tutte premiered in 1790 and was the last of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart's collaborations with Lorenzo Da Ponte (who had fallen out of favor with Austrian Court).
Around that time Mozart’s finances started getting particularly bleak. Emanuel Schikaneder, a singer,
theater impresario and friend of Mozart, appeared with an opportunity for Mozart to write a piece
well-suited to popular tastes. Schikaneder wrote the libretto to the Magic Flute and sang the role of
Papageno.
Mozart and Schikaneder were Freemasons, and both the libretto and the music reflect
Masonic elements. Mozart worked on the piece through May and June of 1791 with a break to write
La Clemenza di Tito. He returned to the Magic Flute, finishing the score a few days before the
September 30th premiere. The Magic Flute was the composer’s last opera and perhaps signaled a
new level of maturity from Mozart. The opera was a tremendous success. Sadly, Mozart never
reaped the rewards, dying a few months later.
In the opera Mozart manages to weave the Masonic elements into fairytale –like themes and
opera buffa. The overture opens with a three chord theme that re-appears in the opera. The slow
introduction moves into a buoyant fugue in sonata-allegro form.
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875)
Bizet was recognized as a prodigy early, and he enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris just
before his 10th birthday. Despite some early successes as a student and some recognition for his
piano playing, Bizet’s compositional career never really took off. After serving in the National Guard
during the Franco-Prussian War during the early 1870’s, Bizet secured a commission to write the
incidental music to the play L’Arlesienne by Alphonse Daudet. The play flopped, but the music was
so well-received that Bizet re-worked it into two suites for a premiere in November of 1872. A few
years later, Bizet premiered Carmen to a lukewarm reception and then died at age 36 in 1875.
The L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 was published by Ernest Guiraud, four years after Bizet’s
passing, based on his themes and orchestration. This afternoon the orchestra will perform:
Movement I. Pastorale!
Movement III. Minuet!
Movement IV. Farandole
Program Notes (continued)
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Opus 88
Antonín Dvořřák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904)
Antonín Dvořřák was the eldest of nine children born to an innkeeper/butcher in what is now
the Czech Republic. His father let him pursue some musical education early, but soon put him on
track to become a butcher. After much cajoling his father ultimately let him pursue music.
By 1889 Dvořřák was well–established as an organist and composer. He was elected to the
Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts and marked the occasion with a new symphony.
The piece in G major was written over a two-and-a-half month period and premiered in Prague on
February 2, 1890. The 8th Symphony has the same Bohemian folk music influences that mark so
much of Dvořřák’s music, but this symphony is a little more cheery than the tempestuous 7th
Symphony.
The piece was generally very well-received and along with the 7th and 9th comprise some of
Dvořřák’s best known work.
Allegro con brio (G major)"
Adagio (C minor)
Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace (G minor)
"Allegro ma non troppo (G major)
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The North Suburban Symphony sincerely appreciates
the contributions of those who support our concerts
and the other activities of our 25th Season.
♦ Anonymous
♦ LoriLee Bielski
♦ Gamma Partners – In-Kind Donation of Services
♦ Andrea Gertz
♦ Kimberly Hamersly
♦ Kimberly Hamersly, In support of the Heide Kuhnke Principal Viola Chair
♦ Betsy Jacobson
♦ Bonnie Kuss
♦ Richard and Ruth Mandahl
♦ Marc Needlman
♦ Diane Signatur
♦ Nancy J. Thorner
♦ Melinda Vajdic
♦ Jody Walker
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December 22, 2013
4 p.m. $15
In partnership with our dear friends at Gorton Community Center, we are offering this special
afternoon of the best of Christmas music for the whole family. Come sing Christmas
Carols with us as well as great holiday favorites like White Christmas, Jingle Bells, and Sleigh
Ride.
The concert hall will be filled with that unavoidable and charismatic glow of the spirit of
Christmas with young and old alike sharing in the fun. And, we have it on good authority that
a certain gentleman in a special red suit plans to take time from his busy schedule to make
an appearance!
Tickets will be available from NSS members, at the NSS November concert, and by visiting
the Gorton web site at www.gortoncenter.org
In addition, there will be special ensemble music by Ron and Cynthia Arden - our music
director and concertmaster with CDs for sale at the concert. You will want to add this day to
your holiday "must do" schedule - to come and sing, listen, and revel in the spirit of a truly
musical Christmas.
Merry and Most Joyous Christmas to all!
The North Suburban Symphony
Warmly Invites You To Join us for the
Rest of Our 25th Anniversary Season
“Historic Past – Dynamic Future”
November 17, 2013
Gorton Community Center Auditorium - 4pm
“Symphonic Explosion!” – An Orchestral Rock Event & Anniversary Party!
Original classics of – Chicago, The Beatles, Moody Blues, Simon & Garfunkel – and more!
Join us for cocktails, food, silent & live auctions
March 16, 2014
Lake Forest High School Auditorium – 4pm
“Community Inspiration” – Partnering with Students to Inspire the Future
With the orchestras from Lake Forest High School
Grieg Holberg Suite
Shostakovich Symphony No.5
May 4, 2014
Gorton Community Center Auditorium - 4pm
“Imagining the Next 25 Years!”
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances
Stravinsky Suite No. 1
Debussy Petite Suite
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