2015-2016 SEASON

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INSIDEMUSIC DIRECTOR LETTER | 5

CONDUCTOR BIOGRAPHY | 6

PRESIDENT’S LETTER | 7

TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION | 8

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER | 9

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL | 10

MCLEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA | 11

PATRONS AND DONORS | 12

OCTOBER 10, 2015 | 13

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2015-2016 Season

CAPT. ROBERT LEMUELMILLER, USNR (RET.)

OCTOBER 19, 1936-APRIL 1, 2015

THE MCLEAN ORCHESTRA

APPRECIATES THE

LEADERSHIP AND

GENEROSITY OF LEM

MILLER, HE WILL BE

GREATLY MISSED.

McLean Orchestra 45th Anniversary Season

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L E T T E R F R O M T H E M U S I C D I R E C T O R

Dear Friends,I am thrilled to begin my fourth year and second term as Music Director and Conductor of the McLean Orchestra, coinciding with the celebration of our 45th Season. How time fl ies!

Great music can be an inspiring and powerful force in people’s lives, from the education of our Youth to those in all walks of life. Music speaks to us in ways that words cannot; it can unite and heal a community and bring people together. All of our concert programs are spectacular and we look forward to making wonderful music and sharing the joy with you.

Among our world-class soloists will be renowned President’s Own US Marine Chamber Orchestra’s violinist and TMO concertmaster Regino Madrid performing the Chausson Poème in our gala season opener, preceded by Ravel’s impressionistic suite of beloved fairy tales: Mother Goose. Mussorgsky’s grand masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition will provide an exuberant fi nish, culminating in Th e Great Gate of Kiev.

We’ll usher in the holidays with festivity, nostalgia and fun, joined by the fresh young voices of the Oakcrest School Chorus; a little something for everyone.

A Valentine’s program follows, featuring McLean Orchestra audience’s popular soprano Michelle Jennings of New York City making her third appearance with us. Surrounding her opera arias of romance will be the classic love stories of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde and Prokofi ev’s Romeo and Juliet; the perfect Valentine evening!

A very special Austrian program of Viennese delicacies by Schubert, Haydn and Beethoven features the towering EmperorPiano Concerto with prize-winning pianist Sara Daneshpour.

Th e pinnacle of our season? A program of American masterpieces centered on the ballet, to include the popular Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Barber’s Adagio and Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis.

Lastly, in celebration of our great community treasure, Th e McLean Orchestra, we want to meet YOU at our popular Cake and Champagne receptions in the lobby immediately following each performance. Spread the word!

Miriam BurnsMusic Director

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MIRIAM BURNS

Appointed by Kurt Masur, MIRIAM BURNS was on staff with the New York Philharmonic for eight years as one of their Cover Conductors, and was the Assistant Conductor to Lorin Maazel on his inaugural tour with the orchestra to Asia. In her fourth season as Music Director and Conductor of the McLean Orchestra (VA), she continues as Music Director of the Orchestra of the Redeemer in New York City. Recent prior Music Directorships include the Tallahassee Symphony, where Ms. Burns was designated a Paul Harris Fellow for six years of outstanding contribution to the cultural life of Tallahassee, and the Kenosha (WI) Symphony. Additionally, she is Principal Conductor and Music Advisor for the popular multimedia orchestral show RePLAY: Symphony of Heroes, based on the symphonic music of videogames. As such, she recently conducted the world premiere with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, leading ensuing performances with the major orchestras across the US.

Last season, Ms. Burns debuted as guest conductor in two performances with the Magdeburg

Philharmonic in Germany and with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (NY). Prior international engagements have been in England, Germany and Taiwan, and she has appeared with numerous orchestras and summer music festivals across the US.

Versatile in all genres, Ms. Burns is experienced in opera, having conducted productions at the MasterWorks Festival, and was Associate Music Director of the Bronx Opera Company – conducting opening nights – for nine years. She is fl uent in the oratorio repertoire and is a skilled pops conductor as well. Committed to the furthering of musical education of all generations, she recently guest conducted the NAfME All-National Youth Orchestra, is sought-after as an All-State conductor, has guest conducted at CelloSpeak and has twice served as a private coach / specialist on the faculty of Chorus America’s Choral/Orchestral Masterclasses for the orchestral conducting training of choral conductors.

Ms. Burns has received conducting awards from the Aspen Music Festival and the Conductors Guild, where she was unanimously presented with their prestigious biennial prize, the Th elma Robinson Scholarship. Awarded full merit scholarships for her entire training in orchestral conducting, she received an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music and a MM degree and Professional Studies Certifi cate from the Mannes where she studied with Yakov Kreizberg and Michael Charry. Previously active as a violinist, she holds both BM and MM degrees in violin performance from Mannes, during which time she began preliminary conducting studies with Semyon Bychkov. Ms. Burns is an alumna of both the New York String Orchestra and Th e Quartet Program, as an original member of the former Chester String Quartet.

C O N D U C T O R B I O G R A P H Y

Ms. Burns’ performance attire designed and created by Henry & Y Couture of McLean

I am very much looking forward to the rest of the 45th Season and to the remaining concerts from the McLean Orchestra and

the McLean Youth Orchestra. I am looking forward to the other programs that the orchestra will be taking part in and not least our Gala on June 5th featuring the James Bond Concerto that will be a fabulous salute to the end of the season and will help us look forward to the 46th season.

It is a great honor to be coming on board as President and I am very grateful to Paul Frank for his guidance and council leading up to the changeover. I am grateful, too, to John Devlin for coming on board as Executive Director at a challenging time and for meeting it head on and for making such a tangible diff erence to the operation and

performance of the orchestra.

My goal is to work with John and Miriam and the Board of Trustees to ensure that our artistic excellence continues to grow whilst looking at opportunities to bring our music to a wider audience and within an operating budget that is both realistic and attainable. I am sure that we will have exciting choices to make and I look forward to sharing news with you over the coming months.

Christopher PaytonPresident, January 2016-McLean Orchestra Board of Trustees

McLean Orchestra is now in its 45th Season! We enter this season having laid considerable groundwork this past year in

addition to the 44 years spent establishing our artistic excellence.

Signifi cant milestones during my presidency include hiring John Devlin as Executive Director, retaining Music Director Miriam Burns for three more years, establishment of a $500,000 endowment for audience development and retirement of all outstanding debt. Th e Board held two Strategic Planning Retreats, its membership has increased and the Trustees have served with exceptional dedication.

I am particularly delighted to welcome Chris Payton as President of the Board of Trustees beginning January 2016. Chris has served as Board Vice President and Co-Chair of Events. I hope each of you will

join me in support of Chris as the McLean Orchestra President!

It has been an honor to serve as your President. My heartfelt thanks to our contributors, sponsors, in-kind supporters, those who attended the concerts, the Board of Trustees, our talented musicians and staff and those of you who are reading this message!

Paul A. Frank, CFREPresident, July 2013 – January 2016McLean Orchestra Board of Trustees

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P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S A G E

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T R U S T E E S & A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

OFFICERSChristopher Payton PresidentPaul A. Frank, CFRE Immediate Past PresidentWayne W. Sharp, Ph.D. Past PresidentShane McLaughlin VP, Corporate DevelopmentTim Hawkins, CPA TreasurerLaura Schuldt Executive SecretaryRobert L. Hahne, Sr., CPA Exec. Com. Member at LargeDavid Gische, Esq. Counsel

TRUSTEESJames BakerBurt HeacockCraig J. McCann, Ph.D, CFAFrank J. McGovern, CFPDorothy MooreJoseph O’BrienJ. Almont PierceRosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, PhDDaren ShumateSusan Eddy SozaGreg Sullivan, CPA, CFPPamela Joyce Wright Margot Townsend Young

Suzan Zimmerman

ORCHESTRA REPRESENTATIVESAndy WilsonChiara Kingsley Dieguez

MCLEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA REPRESENTATIVELisa CampbellEllen Robinson

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATIONMiriam Burns Music Director & ConductorJohn Devlin Executive Director McLean Youth Orchestra Music Director & ConductorVeronica Jackson MYO Repertory Ensemble ConductorJennifer E. Seamster Administrative ConsultantSocorrito Baez-Page, MD Executive AssistantTh omas Gardner Personnel Manager, StringsAndrew Wilson Personnel Manager, Winds & Brass

Craig Teer Production ManagerKate Wilson LibrarianJacqui Chiminello Intern

2014-2015 ADVISORY BOARDJohn Aggrey Chairman and CEO, Th e Unicorn Group,LLC Managing Director, BizGravity, LLCBeth McKenzie Ball Area Director, RegusJeff Brouse Managing Director, BizGravity, LLCHonorable Barbara Comstock Delegate, Virginia House of RepresentativesMarilyn Jerome Foust, M.D. Foxhall Ob-Gyn AssociatesJenna Kirkpatrick Howard Lockton CompaniesDavid Teie Cellist, National Symphony OrchestraN. Noelle Topetzes Circle Time Productions

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E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R ’ S L E T T E R

Dear Members of the TMO Family,

Greetings from the McLean Orchestra as we enter our 45th Season — “A New Beginning!” My name is John Devlin and I am thrilled to be able to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of this wonderful artistic organization.

Our Music Director, Miriam Burns, has put together a spectacular season, including concerts that feature our concertmaster, Regino Madrid, the outstanding soprano, Michelle Jennings, and acclaimed pianist Sara Daneshpour. Our special holiday concerts also return, as do events that feature the McLean Youth Orchestra. I hope that you will join us for all of our off erings!

I also encourage you to make a donation to the McLean Orchestra during this special anniversary year. We have a host of individualized benefi ts that we can off er to our fi nancial supporters. Th e diff erent packages are outlined on our website under “sponsorships” at

www.mcleanorchestra.org. Also keep an eye out for the announcement of our gala that will take place in June of 2016. We are going to celebrate our 45th season in unforgettable fashion and I hope that you will be able to join us.

My job as Executive Director is to make sure we are meeting your needs and the needs of the community. If there is any way that the orchestra can help your experience, please do reach out to me and the TMO staff . I can be reached via phone at 703.893.8646 or by email at exec@mclean-orchestra.org. I will also be in the lobby, before and after each concert, and at intermission—please say hello!

I look forward to connecting with you, and have a wonderful 2015-2016 artistic season!

With all best,

John DevlinExecutive DirectorMcLean Orchestra

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VIOLIN IRegino Madrid, ConcertmasterTh omas Gardner, Associate ConcertmasterStephanie Flack, Assistant ConcertmasterClaire AllenShaundra CulattaGreg HiserAndrew JuolaAlexandra MorrisonNancy ShavinStephanie ShockErynn SpencerMaya Weil

VIOLIN 2Matthew Richardson, PrincipalStephen Matthie, Assistant PrincipalAnne AndersonDawn BrohanSean ForschlerClaire GronCeleste JonesChristine KimSianny SchiraGinger WebberAdela Wynn

VIOLAChiara Kingsley Dieguez, PrincipalSarah Castrillon, Assistant PrincipalDon MacleanSue MulroneyDarlene MurphyAmy NoonanMichael Polonchak

CELLOSean Neidlinger, PrincipalGerald Fowkes, Assistant PrincipalCindi AntoshCarol Anne BoscoQuinton BraswellFrank PelligrinoDaren Shumate

BASSBrandon Harris, PrincipalJulia BillingtonPeter Ostle

FLUTEAmy Th omas, PrincipalAnne Tilson CoppolaSusan HayesElizabeth McGinness

OBOE & ENGLISH HORNWes Nichols, PrincipalElizabeth Goitein Sarah Blecker

CLARINET & BASS CLARINETRussell V. Gross, Jr., PrincipalCynthia WolvertonBlake Arrington

BASSOONJeff rey Ward, PrincipalVanessa Ferrari

FRENCH HORNJason WrightJay ChadwickTara IslasKevin Illick

TRUMPETAndrew Wilson, PrincipalDavid HaglundChristian Pagnard

TROMBONE & BASS TROMBONEColin Wise, PrincipalRobert MesiteDana Landis

TUBADavid Porter, Principal

TIMPANIJohn Fuller

PERCUSSIONGlenn Sewell, Co-PrincipalCraig B. Teer Co-Principal

HARPJessica Frost-BallasMichelle Myers Lundy

PIANO & CELESTAFabián Faccio

O R C H E S T R A P E R S O N N E L

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M C L E A N Y O U T H O R C H E S T R A

Th e McLean Youth Orchestra (MYO) and the McLean Youth Orchestra Repertory Ensemble are designed for outstanding instrumentalists in grades 5-12. Both groups off er students the opportunity to play in an accomplished ensemble that trains them for a lifetime relationship with classical music.

MYO students receive coaching and private mentoring from the professional members of the McLean Orchestra (TMO), as well as the opportunity to perform in an annual side-by-side concert with TMO. MYO students also receive free tickets to all TMO concerts!

Th e group performs 3-4 concerts annually and also provides chamber-music opportunities for the students. Th e group has performed in some of the country’s most outstanding music venues, including the Kennedy Center. Th e Music Director, John Devlin, leads the MYO in the very best orchestra repertoire, while also programming newly composed music and masterpieces of the operatic canon with professional opera singers.

JOHN DEVLIN,MYO Music Director

& Conductor

VERONICA JACKSONMYO Repertory

Ensemble Conductor

MYO PERFORMANCES SCHEDULE

DECEMBER 12, 2015 | MARCH 20, 2016 | MAY 14, 2016 SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT

Please visit our website www.mcleanyouthorchestra.orgContact us at MYO@mclean-orchestra.org

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CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE($1,500-$2,499)McLean Community FoundationMs. Laura SchuldtMr. Richard Th ompsonMs. Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia & Mr. John P. Williams

CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR($750-$1,499)Ms. Pamela Joyce Bogdonoff Broadband Technology CorporationChain Bridge BankChesterbrook ResidencesCityLine Partners LLCMr. & Mrs. David GischeMr. Steven GoeringMs. Anne GrunerMae’s Dress BoutiqueMr. & Mrs. Fred MartinO’Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial FoundationMr. Stephen SladeTh e Honorable Linda Q. Smyth & Nigel SmythMr. Timothy Th omasMr. & Mrs. James ToddCol. & Mrs. William Glenn YarbouroughMs. Margot Young

FIRST CHAIR($350-$749)Auctions on MainMs. Catherine BarnettMr. & Mrs. Anthony ChangMr. & Mrs. Larry DeLayMr. Matt Desch & Ms. Anne MurphyMr. & Mrs. Jason GoldJV Schiro-Zavela FoundationMs. Anne KanterMr. & Mrs. John LauderdaleTh e Honorable

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Mr. & Mrs. Dennis MinshallMs. Marsha T. MorrowMs. Kathryn OberdorferMr. Ralph PerrinoMr. Robert B. WallaceMs. Katherine J. WardDr. Armand B. WeissMr. Robert Weitzel - In honor of Lem MillerMr. & Mrs. William G. WieandMr. John Wright

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OCTOBER 10, 2015 8 PMOAKCREST SCHOOL

MIRIAM BURNS,Music Director and Conductor

REGINO MADRID, Violin

FROM THE GATES OF

IMAGINATIONRAVEL Ma mere L’Oye [Mother Goose Suite) CHAUSSONPoème, Op. 25 Regino Madrid, Violin

I N T E R M I S S I O N

MUSSORGSKY, ARR. RAVELPictures at an Exhibition

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from the Concertmaster

The Chausson Poeme has a special place in my musical life because it is a piece that has always been around me from the early stages of my musical training. From listening at a young age to recordings of

legendary violinists such as Heifetz, Oistrakh, and Milstein, to hearing my classmates in high school perform it, learning the piece and playing it at one of my recitals at CIM, and now performing it with the McLean Orchestra, the piece has evolved for me over time. Th e piece was written by the request of the famous Belgian violinist/composer Eugene Ysaye, who is known for his virtuosic and extremely diffi cult solo violin sonatas. Th is piece refl ects both the soaring lyrical beauty of the violin as well as its technical virtuosic capabilities. So I am very excited to be able to perform this with a full orchestra the way it was intended.        Th is is my twelfth season as concertmaster of the McLean Orchestra and I am very proud of this group of professional musicians. What makes this group special is their high level of enthusiasm for music-making and desire to give it their all when performing. Th at’s what makes playing with this group so much fun. I’m looking forward to a great season and hope the audiences continue to enjoy a true gem in the McLean community.

Regino MadridConcertmaster

from the Music Director

People often ask how I go about programming, and there are many angles one can take when putting a program together. Th ough not originally planned, a common thread of friendship is woven into the

fabric of tonight’s selections! Th e focus of this concert, around which the entire program is based, is the popular Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.        As Music Director, I love to choose repertoire that highlights our star players, and with this in mind I chose the popular Pictures... to feature, in particular, our principal trumpet, Andrew Wilson. Mussorgsky was inspired to compose Pictures... after the untimely death of his friend, painter and architect, Victor Hartmann. Indeed, upon visiting a commemorative exhibition of Hartmann’s works, Mussorgsky was inspired to depict through music, his very walk through the gallery, admiring various works of art. Th e magnifi cent Great Gate of Kiev, realized musically from a mere architectural design, concludes this glorious work.        While Mussorgsky was a wonderful composer, he did not possess the skills of an orchestrator. Pictures... was originally composed for virtuoso piano solo. Several prominent composers strove to arrange the piece for full orchestra, but it was French composer and master orchestrator Maurice Ravel who crafted the most successful version decades after the premiere.        Given the genius of Ravel in bringing Mussorgsky’s Pictures to life, it then made perfect sense to bookend the program with one of Ravel’s original gems: his imaginative Mother Goose Suite. Th ese fi ve charming vignettes are from the full ballet, originally composed as piano pieces for the children of his dear friends, as a ploy to inspire them to practice for their piano lessons!        Th e inclusion of the beautiful and haunting Chausson Poème was a perfect French segue, featuring our dear friend and TMO concertmaster Regino Madrid; violinist extraordinaire.

Enjoy the camaraderie!

C O N C E R T N O T E S

Miriam BurnsMusic Director

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REGINO MADRID

Violinist Regino Madrid is currently the Assistant

Concertmaster of “Th e President’s Own” U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra and regularly plays at the White House.  Mr. Madrid is also an active soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician throughout the Washington DC area.  Mr. Madrid is in his eleventh season as the concertmaster of the McLean Orchestra. He has also appeared as guest concertmaster for the the National Philharmonic, National Gallery Orchestra, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Chesapeake Orchestra at St. Mary’s River Concert Series, Alexandria Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio, and the Annapolis Chorale.  Mr. Madrid regularly plays with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra,

and is a member of the critically acclaimed Teiber Trio. He is also a founding member of the New Orchestra of Washington. He has played at venues throughout the East Coast, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, the Phillips Collection, the Smithsonian, Wolf Trap, the Music Center at Strathmore, Th e National Cathedral, and the Verizon Center. 

Mr. Madrid received his Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.  In Cleveland, he played as concertmaster of the CIM Orchestra, played with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Canton Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, and founded the Desiderata Quartet.  Mr. Madrid has participated in numerous music festivals such as Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West, Holland Music Sessions, Musicorda, Idyllwilde (CA), and “Soundfest” (Cape Cod) with the Colorado Quartet.  Mr. Madrid also played with the Colburn Piano Quintet, which won the Rubinstein Grand Prize in the South Peninsula National Chamber Music competition, and toured the United Kingdom as a member of the Colburn Chamber Orchestra.    

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DECEMBER 12, 2015 8 PMOAKCREST SCHOOL

DECEMBER 13, 2015 3 PM

MIRIAM BURNS,Music Director and Conductor

OAKCREST SCHOOL CHORUSAnne Miller, Director

A HOLIDAY TO

REMEMBERCORELLISuite from Christmas Concerto

WALDTEUFELSkater’s Waltz

WENDEL Caribbean Sleigh Ride

TCHAIKOVSKYTrepak from Nutcracker Robert Sless, Guest Conductor

TRAD. CAROLBring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella

HAROLD DARKEIn the Bleak Midwinter

DARBY/SIMEONE‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’

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HOLCOMBE Festive Sounds of Hanukah

KALLMANHoliday Hoedown

ARR. HARRISO Tannenbaum

FRANCKPanis Angelicus

RUTTERChristmas Lullaby

ANDERSON Christmas Festival sing-alongSleigh Ride

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Oakcrest School is an independent school for girls in grades 6-12 inspired by the teachings of the catholic church.  For almost 40 years, Oakcrest has been providing a rich liberal arts curriculum along with vibrant arts, sports, service, and mentoring programs.  Music has always been a core feature at Oakcrest because of the conviction that the study of music is fundamental to developing a complete understanding of our world and our personal contribution within society. Music courses are designed to encourage students’ exploration of musical expression both individually and in community. 

Oakcrest Chorus is looking forward to its fourth performance with the Mclean Orchestra.  Several songs from their previous collaboration were featured in an Oakcrest Christmas CD, released in 2013, titled the Sounds of Christmas.  To learn more, visit Oakcrest.org.

Anne Miller, DirectorColleen BeattyAnna CipolloneJill CollinsGrace HanlonKiley HatchElizabeth JamesMarianne KhattarBrigid KilnerClare Kolasch*Jessica KrebsMary Leaver*Sofi a LulliGrace Mcgiffi n

Margaret MclaughlinSarah MeehanLucia MontealegreSydney MorrisonAnne PaciousErin PaulsonShine PengMaggie RylandChristina SabatKatherine Svoboda*Eliana TalaveraAbigail WallaceEmma WethernMaria Willard

OAKCREST SCHOOL GIRLS’ CHORUS 2015-16Soloist for Panis Angelicus: Grace Hanlon

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FEBRUARY 13, 2016 8 PMOAKCREST SCHOOL

STAR-CROSSED

LOVERS

WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod fromTristan and Isolde Sponsored by Margot Young

PUCCINI Chi il bel sogno di Doretta from La Rondine Un bel dì, vedremo from Madama Butterfl y Sponsored by Haida & Frank McGovern

MASCAGANI Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

MOZARTCome scoglio from Così fan tutteAch, ich liebte from Die Entführung aus dem Serail

I N T E R M I S S O N

PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet Montagues and Capulets Juliet, the Young Girl Morning Dance Madrigal Minuet Masks Juliet’s Death Death of Tybalt Romeo at Juliet’s Grave

MIRIAM BURNS,Music Director and Conductor

MICHELLE JENNINGS, Soprano

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MICHELLE JENNINGS

Enjoying a diverse career, Michelle Jennings sang the roles of Nella in

Gianni Schicchi, with Salt Marsh Opera in Connecticut, Johanna in Sweeney Todd with LOOK Th eater in Oklahoma, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte in New York City, and was soprano soloist for A German Requiem (Brahms) with Hudson Valley Philharmonic in Poughkeepsie, NY, last season. Michelle is also a fan of contemporary music and performed lead roles for many premiers of operas, including Th e Off shore Pirate and Ophelia by Joel Weiss, and Benedicta by Milton Granger. She can be heard on the recordings Christmas of Peace, and Christmas of Hope, which both benefi tted NYC children’s charities, and she recorded for the feature fi lm, Th e Afterlight, produced by North Lake Films. She has recorded for new musicals, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, and Peter Rabbit. A member of the comedic opera duo Divas Unleashed, she was Pamela Hamilton Ford in the New York City workshop of their original show Th e Benefi t, with subsequent performances around the United States, including McLean! A native of Richmond, VA, Michelle lives in New

York City with her husband, two kids, and of course, a chihuahua.

Concert Note: Michelle Jennings“Because we are merely hours away from Valentine’s Day, I wanted to off er some arias about love in this evening’s program. However, when I look at opera’s most beautifully written arias, it seems that they are virtually all about the diffi culties of love. After all, doesn’t even the best romance include some frustrating, challenging, sloppy moments? You will hear Mozart’s heroines spurning unwanted suitors as they anxiously wait to be reunited with their true loves. Fiordiligi does so with pride, and Constanza is fi lled with sadness in Cosi fan tutte and Th e Abduction of the Seraglio, respectively. Unlike the aforementioned characters, tonight’s Puccini heroines hope for love that is never realized. In La Rondine, Magda speaks of the true love that is unattainable for her as a kept woman: “Oh golden dream, to be able to love like this!” And in Madama Butterfl y, Cio-Cio San describes in great detail how the father of her child, an American naval offi cer, will return to her one day. “I will not race down the hill to meet him … he will come to me and call me by the name he gave me when we fi rst met.” Whether or not true love is found in these operas, the honest observations made about love is what I feel connects us with these multi-dimensional characters, so many years later.

I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to return to McLean for the third time and to sing with the wonderful Miriam Burns at the podium! Th e McLean Orchestra is a true treasure of Northern Virginia, and I am looking forward to some collective tugging of our heart strings!”

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MARCH 19, 2016 8 PMOAKCREST SCHOOL

MIRIAM BURNS,Music Director and Conductor

SARA DANESHPOUR, Piano

MARCH 20, 2016 3 PM*

*Th e McLean Youth Orchestra will join the McLean Orchestra in this special side-by-side performance.

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MOZART Overture to Casi fan tutte

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D Major Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio Allegretto Menuetto. Vivace Presto vivace

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BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, in Eb, Op. 73 Emperor Allegro Adagio, un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

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SARA DANESHPOUR

Sara Daneshpour is a 2014 prizewinner of the Seoul International Music

Competition in Seoul, Korea and 2013 Laureate of the ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association. She is the First Prize winner of the XII Concours International de Musique du Maroc (Morocco, 2012), 2nd prize winner of the 2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition, 1st prize and Gold Medal winner of the 2007 International Russian Music Piano Competition, and 1st prize of the 2003 Beethoven Society of America Competition. She has studied under the direction of Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute of Music, Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Juilliard School, and Dr. Oleg Volkov. She is currently studying under Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Ms. Daneshpour has performed not only in

her native city of Washington DC, but also in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Russia, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, and Sweden. She has been heard on stages of such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. She has also been featured nationwide on 160 public radio stations, including the venerable WGBH in Boston.

Her performances have earned high accolades of audiences and critics alike. Th e Washington Post wrote of her performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra “...she created transfi xing poetry. And she found delightful details in passagework and incidents that other pianists treat as routine.” Th e Baltimore Sun stated that Sara “delivered a powerhouse account of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No.1 producing enough tone for two pianists in the process”, while Th e Mercury News called her performance “...sensational. Strength, fi nesse, passion; it was all there.”

Concert Note: Sara Daneshpour“Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 symbolizes the human experience. From the all encompassing opening arpeggios of the fi rst movement, to the purity and fragility of the second, and concluding with the heroic vitality of the fi nal movement, one cannot help but be enraptured by the breadth of emotions. I am honored to perform this incredible piece with the McLean Orchestra this season.”

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MIRIAM BURNS,Music Director and Conductor

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BARBER Th e School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5

COPLAND Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha) Sponsored by Russell Gross & Phil Carpenter

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BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Sponsored by Paul & Barbie Frank

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis of Th emes by Carl Maria Von Weber Allegro Scherzo (Turandot) Andantino Marsch

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The program you will hear tonight is certainly a “Blockbuster, “ from the performers’ perspective, and hopefully, from the listeners’ perspective, as well! Each work is monumental in the orchestral

repertoire, and when presented together, the result is a feast for the ears!

Appalachian Spring, by Aaron Copland, has been very special to me for many years. It was the fi rst recording I listened to during my work-study job as a listening library worker in college! It was the fi rst album (vinyl!) in the upper left side of the shelves holding the recordings in the library. I thought I would eventually listen to all of the recordings in the library, but of course, I was not able to get through the thousands of hours of music. However, I kept coming back to Appalachian Spring, time and time again. It’s simple melodic material, dramatic development, and decidedly “American sound, “ has captivated me ever since. Perhaps the lyrical, heartfelt and hopeful spirit of the piece is even more important for us to hold onto during these trying times in the world today.

I am thrilled to be completing my 27th season with the McLean Orchestra, and I am proud of this incredible group of professional musicians. I have had the privilege to perform under the batons of Maestro Arnold Gabriel, Maestra Sylvia Alimena, various guest conductors, and now, under the outstanding artistry of Maestra Miriam Burns. Our orchestra continues to improve every year, and I believe that the best is yet to come! I hope the audience continues to grow and enjoys our special orchestra, a true shining light in the McLean community!

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