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The North Suburban Symphony
In association with the Lake Bluff Park District
2012-2013 Season Music Director – Ron Arden
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“American Spirit”
A Celebration of Jazz and Symphonic Pops October 7, 2012
American Salute Morton Gould
Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin
Susan Merdinger, piano
The Syncopated Clock Forgotten Dreams The Waltzing Cat
Leroy Anderson
Salute to Big Bands Calvin Custer
This afternoon’s performance will be performed without an intermission.
To ensure that all audience members have an enjoyable concert
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NORTH SUBURBAN SYMPHONY 2012 - 2013 SEASON
Board of Directors Scott Schappe, Coordinator Nancy J. Thorner, Treasurer
LoriLee Bielski Suzanne Ingold Paul Martinez
Joe Perry
Music Director Ron Arden
Administration
Lake Bluff Park District
For information regarding the orchestra Call (847) 234-4150, or fax us at (847) 234-7275
Address 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
North Suburban Symphony orchestra Personnel
Violin Cynthia Arden, Concertmaster Clare Carlson* RoseMarie Domeny* Alison Flores* Lena Gaetz Nataliya Nikonova Geisela Oberheim* Nancy Otto* Audrey Patterson Kristen Robinson* Viola Jessica DeBoer, Principal Andrea Gertz* Cello Julia Fiore,* Principal Samuel Fishman* Laura Gilbert* Betsy Jacobson* Jeff Schaefer* Nancy Thorner* Jody Walker* String Bass Howard Martino,* Principal Alex Trevino* *member of the North Suburban Symphony
Oboe Charles Emmons,* Principal Suzanne Ingold Flute Melinda Vajdic,* Principal Carrie Huse Clarinet Scott Schappe,* Principal Scott Greene Bassoon LoriLee Bielski,* Principal Samuel Huber Horn Mike Neal,* Principal John Foster* Robin Schoonhoven* Adam Whiteman* Trumpet Amy Nelson, Principal Joe Perry* Brad Hecker Trombone Paul Hefner, Principal Anders Kullander Michael Zielinski Tuba Brian Frederiksen Percussion Bonnie Kuss,* Tympani Tyler Zumbrock Mike Becker
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 free-lance 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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Susan Merdinger, Pianist Internationally acclaimed pianist, Susan Merdinger, is a First Prize Winner of the 2012 Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, and a winner of the Artists International Young Musicians Competition, the Artists International Alumni Winners Prize, the Dewar’s Young Artists Award in Music, the 2011 IBLA Grand Prize Competition “Special Liszt Award”, and the 2009 Masterplayers International Music Competition. Merdinger performs as a soloist with orchestras and as a collaborative pianist with principal members of the New York Philharmonic, the New Jersey Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared live on WQXR, WFMT, Connecticut Public Radio, Belgian
National Radio, BBC Television and in major concert halls such as Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Diligentia Hall in the Hague, Henry Wood Concert Hall in Scotland’s National Orchestra Center, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall, the Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center and Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago. For the 2012-2013 season, Ms. Merdinger will perform as a soloist Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue under the direction of Ron Arden, and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1, under direction of Anatol Lysenka., and an All-Schubert program on the 2012-2013 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series. Merdinger received her formal education at Yale University, the Yale School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the Westchester Conservatory of Music, the Ecole Normale de Musique in Fontainebleau, France. Her teachers have included Claude Frank, Ward Davenny, Constance Keene, Ozan Marsh and Gaby Casadesus. Ms. Merdinger is on the Piano Faculty of the New Music School of Chicago, Summit Music Festival in New York and the Fine Arts Society Music Festival.
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“Best Wishesfor a
Successful Season”
The
North Suburban Symphony Young Musicians
Competition
Will be held on
Friday, February 1st At 7:30 p.m.
At the Gorton Community Center Lake Forest, Illinois
You are invited to attend this exciting event Featuring talented high school musicians. For additional information please visit: www.NorthSuburbanSymphony.org
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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Program Notes American Salute Morton Gould (10 December 1913 – 21 February 1996)
Morton Gould was recognized as a child prodigy, publishing his first composition at age 6. Despite the evidence of greatness in Gould, he was still a man of his era, making extra income for his family during the Great Depression by playing vaudeville. Eventually, times changed. Gould became the house pianist at Radio City Music Hall. He moved onto gigs in radio and television, finding larger audiences. Throughout his adult life Gould conducted for the major orchestras around the world and groups all over the United States commissioned his music.
Gould composed American Salute in 1942, with the nation at war. Evidently, Gould began the composition at dinnertime and had it finished just in time for a 9:00 am broadcast the following morning.
The work is a short set of variations on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” The original tune dates back to the 16th century. Patrick Gilmore composed the familiar American song during the Civil War. The piece demonstrates Gould’s masterful orchestration as well as a complete ease in a jazz idiom.
Rhapsody In Blue George Gershwin (26 September 1898 – 11 July 1937)
George Gershwin’s rise was the quintessential American success story. Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, Gershwin’s talent was relatively late in revealing itself. His family acquired a piano when Gershwin was 12 and he began to earn his way as a player a few years later. Rhapsody in Blue was his breakthrough work and fame and fortune soon followed.
Early in 1937, Gershwin began to have blinding headaches and olfactory hallucinations. His health continued to deteriorate and he passed away in July at the age of 38.
If there are certain watershed moments in the history of music, then the opening clarinet glissando of Rhapsody in Blue on February 12, 1924 marks the “legitimization” of Jazz. In the early part of the Roaring 20’s, Jazz was finding its legs; but mostly in the clubs and on Broadway. The Paul Whiteman Orchestra had performed some fairly sanitized jazz inflected works in the concert halls, occasionally collaborating with Gershwin. In January of 1924, Whiteman announced a concert entitled “An Experiment in Modern Music.” Gershwin composed the work for two pianos and Ferde Grofe arranged it for piano and orchestra. The Syncopated Clock Forgotten Dreams The Waltzing Cat Leroy Anderson (29 June 1908 – 18 May 1975)
Leroy Anderson received his first piano lessons from his church organist mother. He studied music theory, counterpoint, harmony, composition and double bass at Harvard. He stayed at Harvard to study German and Scandinavian languages.
During World War Two Anderson joined the Army where he put his knowledge of Icelandic to the service of the country. He was elevated to Chief of the Scandinavian Desk of Military Intelligence. It was during that period that he composed “The Syncopated Clock,” which is one of his best-known pieces.
Program Notes (continued) Salute to Big Bands Calvin Custer (1939-1998)
Calvin Custer attended Carnegie Mellon University and Syracuse University. For the majority of his musical career he was associated with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He played keyboards, horn and string bass. He conducted and served as the staff arranger. Custer also played guitar and keyboards with rock and percussion ensembles
The salute to Big Bands medley contains snippets of several well-known American classics. Listen closely for sounds of:
• “April in Paris”, the Count Basie tune • “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You”, popularized by Tommy Dorsey • “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, the song most closely associated with Glenn Miller • “Serenade in Blue”, another Glenn Miller standard • “Sing, Sing, Sing”, written by Louis Prima, but best known from Benny Goodman’s
rendition.
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"What were you doing 25 years ago in 1988? Were you coming to North Suburban Symphony concerts? Did you know the orchestra started its' new name that year? Do you know where the orchestra was performing? Answers to these and many more questions will be answered in the months to come! Stay tuned for more announcements and exciting updates - on the website, at concerts, and in the paper."
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CONTRIBUTORS 2012 - 2013 The North Suburban Symphony sincerely appreciates
the contributions of those who support our concerts and the other activities of our 24th Season.
♦ LoriLee Bielski ♦ Sally Bowers ♦ Helene Davitz ♦ Bernhard Ebstein ♦ Andrea Gertz ♦ Marjorie Glacking - in support of the Young Musicians Competition ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Huse ♦ Betsy Jacobson ♦ Bonnie Kuss ♦ Richard and Ruth Mandahl ♦ Magaret McCarthy ♦ Marc Needlman ♦ Packaging Corp of America ♦ Scott Schappe ♦ Pamela Shaw ♦ Sunset Foods - in support of the Young Musicians Competition ♦ Nancy J. Thorner ♦ Jody Walker
IN-Kind Donations 2012 - 2013
The North Suburban Symphony sincerely appreciates The donation of services to benefit the orchestra
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♦ Lake Bluff Park District
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November 18, 2012 Gorton Community Center Auditorium - 4pm
German Masters The Regal Sounds of Bach, Brahms and Schubert
March 3, 2013 Gorton Community Center Auditorium - 4pm
Russian Treasures Timeless Melodies of Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky
May 8, 2013 Gorton Community Center Auditorium - 4pm
Italian Passion “Viva Italia!” with Respighi, Puccini, and Verdi
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