Welcome!
Greetings!
Welcome to the 2021 National Orchestral Institute + Festival! As we begin the journey that is our 34th season, we are thrilled to welcome live audiences back to The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and our stunning Dekelboum Concert Hall – a place where orchestral talent from across the country and around the world convenes each summer. The silence we have endured during the past year will be joyously replaced with multiple orchestra concerts each week, led by renowned conductors and featuring diverse compositional voices. We also celebrate the start of Marin Alsop’s tenure as our inaugural Music Director. Her bold vision for the mentorship of orchestral musicians, conductors and composers comes to life across our festival season.
Finally, as we get ready to start the performance, I want to thank each of you for supporting our festival by your presence, your passion and your enthusiasm for the future of orchestral music. Please join me in celebrating the extraordinary music and musicians that bring us together each summer and the future we are building together.
Yours,
Richard Scerbo
Director–National Orchestral Institute + Festival, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Honor Native Lands
Before we begin, we invite you to take a moment to reflect on and acknowledge the Indigenous roots of the land that you’re on.
The Artist Partner Programs at The Clarice believes that artists can be catalysts for community change, leadership and empowerment, and we have chosen to begin the effort of building bridges across cultures by acknowledging what has been buried by honoring the truth.
We are standing on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway People, who were among the first in the Western Hemisphere to encounter European colonists. And we honor the enslaved who assisted with the creation of this University. We pay respects to these and other elders, past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, immigration, and settlement that bring us together here today.
Photo by David Andrews
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic
James Ross, conductor
Natalia Kazaryan, piano
Quinn Mason (b. 1996)
Toast of the Town - Overture for Orchestra • 7 min
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Romanian Concerto • 14 min
Andantino
Allegro vivace
Adagio ma non troppo
Molto vivace
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Piano Concerto in One Movement • 19 min
INTERMISSION
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 • 29 min
Allegro moderato
Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
Moderato – Allegro ma non tanto
ACCESS OUR LIVE PROGRAM NOTES
Access the NOI+F digital program notes live with the EnCue app! You’ll deepen your concert experience with commentary and insights on the music at the same time you hear it performed. EnCue is available on iOS and Android* and will be enabled on this performance.
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ABOUT US
National Orchestral Institute + Festival
The National Orchestral Institute + Festival, a program of the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, trains aspiring orchestral musicians, composers, conductors and arts administrators from across the country in a month of dynamic music-making and professional exploration at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Musicians are chosen through a rigorous, cross-country audition process. Every year, these young artists present passionate and awe-inspiring performances of adventuresome repertoire both at The Clarice and in the College Park, Maryland community.
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Marin Alsop, NOI+F Music Director
A conductor of vision and distinction, Marin Alsop represents a powerful and inspiring voice. Convinced that music has the power to change lives, she is internationally recognized for her innovative approach to programming and audience development, her deep commitment to education and her advocacy for music’s importance in the world.
Alsop currently serves as Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the first Music Director of the University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) and Chief Conductor and Curator of Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, where she curates and conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer residencies. She is also Conductor of Honour of Brazil’s São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and assumes the title of Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2021, after an outstanding 14-year tenure as its Music Director. As well as enjoying longstanding relationships with the London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, she regularly guest conducts such major international ensembles as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Cleveland, La Scala, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras. She was Music Director of California’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for 25 years.
In collaboration with YouTube and Google Arts & Culture, Alsop is spearheading the “Global Ode to Joy” (GOTJ), a crowd-sourced video project to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary. Together with the world’s leading arts organizations, she invites the global community to share the call for tolerance, unity and joy of the composer’s Ninth Symphony in videos tagged #GlobalOdeToJoy. The project culminates in December 2020 with a grand video finale: a GOTJ highlight reel, set to a performance of the “Ode to Joy” anchored by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, the international Stay-at-Home Choir and Alsop herself.
The first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Alsop has also been honored with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award. Recognized with multiple Gramophone Awards, her extensive discography includes recordings for Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos and Sony Classical. To promote and nurture the careers of her fellow female conductors, in 2002 she founded the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, which was recently renamed in her honor as the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship.
Photo by Adriane White
James Ross, CONDUCTOR
James Ross is in his third season as Music Director of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. He is also presently Orchestra Director of the National Youth Orchestra USA at Carnegie Hall and has taught conducting at the Juilliard School since 2011. He recently completed a vital 16-year tenure as Professor and Director of Orchestral Activities at the University of Maryland and a two-year stint as Music Director of the Orquesta Simfonica del Valles in Barcelona, Spain.
Maestro Ross has led such diverse orchestras as the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Utah Symphony, Les Arts Florissants, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Chicago Civic Orchestra, the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, the Mexico City Philharmonic, the KwaZulu-NatalPhilharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra at theKennedy Center in side-by-side concerts. He has served as Music Director of the Orquestra Simfonica del Valles in Barcelona, the Yale Symphony Orchestra and Assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His principal conducting teachers were Kurt Masur, Otto-Werner Mueller, Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein whose cultural values and encouragement became a deep source of inspiration for him.
As a horn soloist, Ross has performed with such orchestras as the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. When he was awarded Third Prize in the Munich International Horn Competition in 1978, he became the first American and one of the youngest competitors ever to do so. His performances and recordings as principal horn of the Gewandhaus, including Strauss’ Four Last Songs with soprano Jessye Norman, helped him gain international recognition as an artist.
As a teacher, Maestro Ross has also served on the faculties of Yale University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Haverford and Bryn Mawr colleges, and taught conducting for four summers at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz. He was Artistic Director of the National Orchestral Institute (NOI) at the University of Marylandfrom 2002-2012 where his leadership helped served as an impetus for change in the orchestral landscape of the United States. He is internationally recognized for his work advancing the future of orchestras through cross-genre collaborations especially with choreographer MacArthur Fellow Liz Lerman, polymath designer-director Doug Fitch and video artist Tim McLoraine. This year, he also led inaugural courses of the CubanAmerican Youth Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s RCO Young.
Maestro Ross is a native of Boston, an improviser, a committed questioner of concert rituals, a man who likes to move and a firm believer in the ongoing humanizing impact of classical music on the lives of those it touches.
Photo by P. J. Barbour
OUR ORCHESTRAL FELLOWS
IGNITE - Friends of NOI+F
IGNITE is the exciting volunteer and friends group of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival. This diverse group gathers during the Festival and throughout the year to work on projects to bring energy, excitement and support of NOI+F. This group ignites the passion for educating the next generation of orchestra professionals by cultivating relationships, creating community and having fun!
Clarissa Balmaseda • James Barnes • Erica Bondarev Rapach • Richard Bourne • Sarah Bourne • Yarina Conners • Jim Coppess • Lisa Fischer • Robert Gammon • Mary Anne Hakes • Richard Hakes • Jean Hampton • James Hawley • Janet Hawley • Jane Hirshberg • Ann Matteson • Sharon Matthews • Bonnie McClellan • Michael McClellan • Jennifer Newlin • Thomas Newlin • Dianne Niedner • Malcolm Niedner • Richard Scerbo • Alan Turnbull • William Wright
SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
For more than a generation, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival has nurtured the development of America's most gifted young orchestral musicians. This year, over half of the student performers are relying on financial support for their participation in the festival. Your gift of any size will make it possible for these talented student performers, composers and conductors to work alongside the finest professionals in their field and grow their artistry.
Sponsor A Student
As a Student Sponsor, you can support the dream and development of a talented young musician:
Sponsorship Levels:
• Full Student Sponsorship: $5,000 (Tuition + Housing)
• Tuition Sponsorship: $3,500
• Housing Sponsorship: $1,500
You can also create a lasting impact through establishing an endowed fund that secures the future of NOI+F. To learn more about becoming a Student Sponsor, or endowing a named fund, contact Norah Quinn McCormick at naquinn@umd.edu or 301.405.6485.
OUR TEAM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Management
Erica Bondarev Rapach, Acting Executive Director–The Clarice
Shafali Jalota, Assistant to the Executive Director
ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAMS
Tyler Clifford, Assistant Artistic Administrator
Yarina Conners, Artistic Administrator
Connie Dai, Graduate Assistant
Lauren Floyd, Graduate Assistant
Jane Hirshberg, Assistant Director–Campus and Community Engagement
Jeannette-Marie Lewis, Graduate Assistant
Katie McCarthy, Graduate Assistant
Tariq Darrell O'Meally, Guest Curator
Jennifer Osborn, Contracts and Rentals Partnership Coordinator
Megan Pagado Wells, Associate Director of Programming
Richard Scerbo, Director–National Orchestral Institute + Festival
Austin Sposato, Program Administrator, Music
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Bill Brandwein, Operations & Facilities Manager
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Jacqueline Howard, Director of Finance & Administration
Matthew Fenlon, IT Coordinator
Jacquelyn Gutrick, Finance & Administration Specialist
Gal Kohav, Graduate Assistant
Fernando Merchan, Business Manager
LeeAnn Serrant, Human Resources Coordinator
Oznur Tuluoglu, Graduate Assistant
Kimberly Turner, HR Business Services Specialist
GUEST EXPERIENCE
Sara Gordon, Manager of Guest Experience
Kristen Olsen, Senior Guest Experience Coordinator
Paige Shreve, Guest Experience Coordinator
Liana Stiegler Orndorff, Guest Experience Coordinator
PRODUCTION
Ryan Knapp, Director of Operations
Carrie Barton, Lighting Coordinator
Lisa Burgess, Costume & Crafts Coordinator
Susan Chiang, Costume Shop Coordinator
Ann Chismar, Scenic Charge Coordinator
Jennifer Daszczyszak, Costume Shop Manager
Michael Driggers, Assistant Technical Director
Sandy Everett, Technical Coordinator
Reuven Goren, Scene Shop Coordinator
Timothy Jones, Prop Shop Manager
Devin Kinch, Projections Coordinator
Tessa Lew, Costume Draper & Tailor
Jennifer McDonald, Production Coordinator
James O'Connell, Assistant Manager of Audio
Mark Rapach, Technical Director
Jeffrey Reckeweg, Technology Shop Manager
Beth Ribar, Production Coordinator
Kat Rother, Production Coordinator
Kara Wharton, Production Manager
University of Maryland College of Arts & Humanities
Bonnie Thornton Dill, Dean
DEVELOPMENT
Laura Brown, Assistant Dean for Development
Susan Berkun, Assistant Director of Institutional Giving
Norah Quinn McCormick, Assistant Director of Development
Angela Smith, Development Coordinator
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Monique Everette, Assistant Dean for Marketing & Communications
Rika Dixon White, Director of Marketing & Guest Experience
David Andrews, Photographer & Videographer
Zach Bryant, Graduate Assistant
Deja Collins, Graduate Assistant
Roxene Edwards, Digital Experience Coordinator
Piama Habibullah, Assistant Director–Creative Strategy
Carlos Howard, Marketing Communications Coordinator–Artist Partner Programs
Mary Loutsch, Marketing Assistant
Charlene Prosser, Graphic Designer
Sarah Snyder, Assistant Director–Communications