CCM ORCHESTRA SERIES PRESENTS

D MAJOR/ D MINOR

 

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, Corbett Auditorium

CCM Philharmonia

Mark Gibson, music director  
Hannah Schendel, graduate student conductor 
Featuring student artist Yucheng Zeng, violin

Enjoy contrasting views of tonality and style in a performance that features works by modern master Gabriela Lena Frank, Igor Stravinsky and Antonín Dvořák. Winner of the CCM Violin Concerto Competition, doctoral student Yucheng Zeng will be featured as soloist in Stravinsky’s virtuosic Violin Concerto in D Major, which will be conducted by doctoral student Hannah Schendel.

Watch a Concert Excerpt On Demand

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America

In Andean Peru, spirits are said to inhabit rocks, rivers and mountain peaks with the intent of keeping a watchful eye on travelers passing through highland roads. The apu is one of the more well-known spirits that is sometimes portrayed as a minor deity with a mischievous side who is rarely seen. Simple folk song and a solemn prayer often successfully placate the apu to ensure safe passage through the mountains.

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra begins with a short folkloric song inspired by the agile pinkillo flute, a small slender instrument that packs well into the small bags of travelers who must travel light. It is followed by the extended haillí of the second movement, a prayer to the apu, which flows attacca to the third movement in which the apu makes its’ brief but brilliant and dazzling appearance before disappearing once again into the mountain peaks.

Gabriela Lena Frank

Musical Selections

Philharmonia Repertoire

  • Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra (2017) 
    Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972)
    • I. Pinkillo Serrano
    • II. Haillí
    • III. Apu
       
  • Concerto in D (1931; rev. 1961) 
    Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
    • 1. Toccata
    • 2. Aria I
    • 3. Aria II
    • 4. Capriccio

Yucheng Zeng, violin
Hannah Schendel, conductor 
Zeng is a student of Professor Kurt Sassmannshaus

 

  • Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 (1884-85)
    Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
    • I.  Allegro maestoso
    • II. Poco adagio
    • III. Scherzo: Vivace
    • IV. Finale: Allegro

About CCM Philharmonia

The CCM Philharmonia, under the direction of Professor and CCM Director of Orchestral Studies Mark Gibson, is recognized as one of the world’s elite conservatory orchestras. The breadth of each season’s concert series rivals many of the world’s great performing organizations, and the Philharmonia presents a body of repertoire that encompasses more than what most conservatories venture to program. The close bond between the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and CCM’s orchestral program invigorates student conductors and instrumentalists alike, and CCM’s commitment to high standards enriches the cultural life of Greater Cincinnati. 

the flair and technique of a professional ensemble

Rafael's Music Notes

Roster

Philharmonia Roster

Mark Gibson, music director 
Hannah Schendel, graduate student conductor

 

Violin I

  • Cassidy Franzmeier, co-concertmaster
  • KayCee Galano, assistant concertmaster
  • Sejin Byun
  • Danbi Choi
  • Yu-Ting Chiu
  • Amelia Korbitz
  • Riki Nagai
  • Natalie Orth
  • Gabby Sewell
  • Ava Shedd
  • Alayne Wegner
  • Zhe Xiao

Violin II

  • Clara Brown, co-principal
  • Yasmine Bougacha, co-principal
  • Emma Joyce, assistant principal
  • Kiran Rajamani, assistant principal
  • Ju-Young Lee
  • Madeline C. Marshall
  • Rafael Roig-Francoli
  • Andrew Smeader
  • Jiayi Sun
  • Yinyin Sun

Viola

  • Cristian Diaz, co-principal
  • Tyler McKisson, co-principal
  • Matthias Young, assistant principal
  • Emily Stegmuller, assistant principal
  • Murphy Combs
  • Lauryn Koeppel
  • Yufeng Lin
  • Celeste Meisel
  • Melissa Peraza
  • Yue Qin
  • Lila Reeser
  • Nathaniel Sendi
  • Peng-Huei Shen

Cello

  • Jacqueline Pegis, co-principal
  • Joe Kovac, co-principal
  • Abigail Leidy, assistant principal
  • Lucas Orth, assistant principal                                                                
  • Liam Battle
  • Anna Macintosh
  • Hye-Jeong Oh      
  • Luis Parra
  • Samantha Powell       

Bass

  • Lorenzo Nigrelli, principal
  • Nicholas Blackburn, assistant principal
  • Taiga Benito
  • Hollie Greenwood
  • Peter McCutcheon
  • Anna Mears
  • Brooks Salloum    
  • Lydia Young

Flute

  • Lianna Bartlett1
  • Dayna Hagstedt
  • Anne Luetkenhaus3
  • Jocelyn Zhang2

Oboe

  • Leo De La Cruz3
  • Ashley Miley
  • Luca Ortolani
  • Elena Suarez Davila2
  • Zach Walker1

Clarinet

  • Rachel Beil2
  • Ian Bunt
  • Ji-Wen Tyler Song1
  • Jason Wilcox3

Bassoon

  • Bryan Benson2
  • Kathleen Moran1
  • Collin Walter3

Horn

  • Joseph Bagdovitz
  • Brady Catlett1
  • Jesus Garcia Palacios
  • Daniel Itzkowitz2
  • Jacob Speakman3

Trumpet

  • Antwan Hill2
  • Mary Maule3
  • David Riggs1

Trombone

  • Gabriel Gilliland2
  • Madison Smith1
  • Cameron Webb3

Bass Trombone

  • Sean Reynolds

Tuba

  • Caroline Habig

Harp

  • Madeline Arney

Piano

  • Brian McCann

Timpani

  • Peter Loferski2
  • Kyle Roemer1&3

Percussion

  • Emily Dickman
  • Jared Kohli2
  • Peter Loferski1
  • Kyle Roemer

Librarians

  • Liam Gibb
  • Citlalmina Hernandez Toro

Graduate Assistants

  • Stephan Fillare
  • Stephen Hardie
  • Brian McCann
  • Hannah Schendel

1 denotes principal player in Frank

2 denotes principal player in Stravinsky

3 denotes principal player in Dvorak

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The Cincinnati area and the land that the University of Cincinnati has been built on is the native homeland of the Indigenous Algonquian speaking tribes, including the Delaware, Miami, and Shawnee tribes.


Box Office

Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for all ticketed performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted.

  • Location: CCM Atrium Lobby next to Corbett Auditorium
  • Telephone: 513-556-4183
  • Email: boxoff@uc.edu
  • Mail: CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003

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If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.


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The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times. Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.


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The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.


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