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7 the music director JED GAYLIN Generous is the word listeners and performers use time and again to describe conductor Jed Gaylin s approach to the orchestra, the score, and the audience. His joyful abandon and probing intellect join together in powerful programs, compelling interpretations, and evenings that are fresh and exuberant. George Szell said, In music one must think with the heart and feel with the mind, a maxim Jed Gaylin embodies abundantly and passionately. Orchestra members throughout the world, soloists, and opera singers often recount how Jed Gaylin s rehearsals and performances elicit their very best, not only individually but collectively. He seeks connections not only within a piece, but also between seemingly disparate and wide-ranging works to sculpt a concert of surprising, captivating juxtapositions. His dedication to exploring the music s fullest potential in a collaborative spirit reaches beyond the stage to draw the audience into the creative act. Listeners feel far more than just welcomed by words from the podium they feel engaged as participants in a wordless musical conversation that is spontaneous, bighearted, and eloquent. As Music Director, Jed Gaylin leads the Bay Atlantic Symphony, Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, and Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra with the same creative depth and an open spirit that he brings to the podium. The Bay Atlantic Symphony is now not only consistently praised for its astonishing level of artistry and precision, it is also viewed throughout New Jersey as a model for how professional orchestras can become a vital focus and source of identity in their communities. As a sought-after creative partner throughout the region, the Bay Atlantic Symphony has forged residencies with area colleges, numerous towns, music festivals such as Cape May, and even casinos. Atlantic City s Borgata hosts the Symphony for an all-classical summer series, begun in In 2012, Jed Gaylin was named Artist in Residence at Stockton University. This position is a part of an innovative model in which Bay-Atlantic Symphony is integrated into the music curriculum. Also in 2012, he was named Music Director of the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Mr. Gaylin served as the Director of Orchestras at the International Music Festival and Summer Course of Cervera (Spain) and was a regular conductor at Opera Vivente in Baltimore. His numerous guest appearances include St. Petersburg State Symphony, National Film and Radio Philharmonic (Beijing, China), Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain), Eastman School Music Broadband Ensemble, among many others. He has performed with such soloists as Hilary Hahn, Yuja Wang, Eugenia Zukerman, Shai Wosner, and Stefan Jackiw. Jed Gaylin s television and radio broadcasts include National Public Radio s Weekend Edition, Voice of America, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, and the National Radio and Film Philharmonic (Beijing). He has been aired in the US on WWFM in New Jersey and WYPR in Baltimore. Mr. Gaylin earned both a Bachelor of Music in piano and a Master of Music in conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting at the Peabody Conservatory. He attended the Aspen Music Festival as a Conducting Fellow. Among other honors, he has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and the Presser Music Award. His conducting teachers have included Frederik Prausnitz, Leonard Slatkin, Jahja Ling, Murry Sidlin, Paul Vermel, and Michel Singher, and, for piano, Lydia Frumkin. BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

8 BAY-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY and STAGEVIEW STAGEVIEW: your paperless program book Scan the code located to the left with your smart device for additional information on the show, or visit NO APPS. NO DOWNLOADS Access your program book quickly and securely without a cumbersome download. SOCIAL INTERACTION Connect to your favorite venue and performers while you sit in the audience. PURCHASE TICKETS Purchase tickets for upcoming shows right from your seat. 6 BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

9 From the President II Tonight s Performance III Program Notes IV Artist Biography V Orchestra Personnel VI Annual Fund VII Cover design and cover artwork by painter/printmaker Romy Burkus. Website: RomyBurkus.smugmug.com The use of photographic or recording devices is strictly prohibited. For the enjoyment of all patrons, please silence all cell phones, pagers and electronic devices. BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT Mark Soifer, Esq. VICE PRESIDENT James F. Ferguson, Esq. TREASURER Robert Woodruff SECRETARY Charles O Hara TRUSTEES Anonymous Aaron Cohen Robert Dragotta Loretta P. Finnegan, M.D. Thomas A. Giegerich, DMD Sheila F. Hughes, Esq. Shy Kramer Dana Dunn Lisicki Maria Jimena Mento Cheryl O Hara Alyce Parker Robert Watters ADVISORY BOARD Ray Ciccone, CPA Gary Hill James Rutala Leo Schoffer, Esq. Scott Wahl MUSIC DIRECTOR Jed Gaylin ADVERTISING OnStage Publications korlowski@onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with OnStage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. OnStage Publications is a division of Just Business, Inc. Contents All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Meg Sippey ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Christopher Di Santo ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Nancy Stokking BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY I

10 president s message Dear Friends, Happy New Year! There is so much to look forward to in 2017 with the Bay Atlantic Symphony, now in its 33 rd year, and we re thrilled you re here. After two wonderful opening subscription and holiday concerts at the Landis Theater and Stockton University, we are diving right into 2017 with another great subscription concert which I am sure you ll enjoy. Two great masterpieces from the classical repertoire are showcased; Copland s Appalachian Spring and Vivaldi s Le Quattro Stagioni The Four Seasons featuring our own Jorge Avila as the solo violinist. Something to look forward to: early this year, the Bay Atlantic Symphony will be launching a new and improved website. Information about tickets, upcoming concerts, and directions will all be simpler for you to navigate and we will unveil an interactive page which will take you behind the scenes of our rehearsals, concerts, educational outreach initiatives and events. Through this you will get to know our Music Director, the musicians on stage, our guest artists and many others. We think you ll love it. While we are building this website and planning our season, we also want to hear from you! In the next two weeks, we will be sending around a short survey by . To join our list, please visit our website (bayatlanticsymphony.org) and follow the link! Additionally the survey will be shared on our Facebook and Twitter pages, so we encourage you to like/follow us on those social media platforms to stay up to date. We want to thank Woodruff Energy and PNC Arts Alive for supporting the Classical Music series. It is through their generosity that we are able to keep our ticket prices affordable. In addition, we would like to thank the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Bob and Merry Woodruff, PNC Foundation, the Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, Atlantic City s Friends of Music, Stockton University, the Borough of Avalon, South Jersey Industries, Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, the Cilento Family Foundation, the Schultz-Hill Foundation and the Ann B. Hayes Trust for making our concerts and community outreach possible. And finally we want to thank you, our audience. Without you, we could not continue to keep the music playing! Sincerely, Mark Soifer, Esq. President, Bay Atlantic Symphony II BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

11 Jed Gaylin, Music Director Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite (for 13 instruments) ( ) ( ) INTERMISSION Antonio Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni, op.8, nos.1-4 ( ) (The Four Seasons) (ca. 1723) La primavera (Spring), RV Allegro, arrival of spring 2. Largo 3. Allegro, pastoral dance L estate (Summer), RV Allegro non molto 2. Adagio 3. Presto L autunno (Autumn), RV Allegro, ball and songs of the young peasants 2. Adagio molto, the sleeping drunkards 3. Allegro, the hunt L inverno (Winter), RV Allegro non molto 2. Largo, at the fireside 3. Allegro Jorge Ávila, violin Please take a moment and silence all phones, watches, and pagers. Thank you. BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY III

12 program notes Aaron Copland: The Appalachian Spring Is it not ironic that Aaron Copland, the composer most responsible for defining the musical sound of America s heartland, was born in Brooklyn in He was obsessed with music from a very young age and studied piano and composition privately with a series of local teachers. In his early 20 s he set off for Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger as did so many aspiring American composers. Her popularity was so great that by the mid 20 th century in the words of Virgil Thomson every town in America had a five and dime and a student of Nadia Boulanger. When Copland returned from Paris his music reflected the avant-guarde. While his works were critical darlings, they often left the public far behind. In the 1930 s he began writing pieces with a populist bent that quickly became not just popular but iconic American works. The ballet Appalachian Spring was written in the early 1940 s for Martha Graham and premiered by her in The work was an immediate success and won that years Pulitzer Prize for music. Copland s original Spartan orchestration for 13 instruments matches the tune he chose for variations at the work s end. The opening words to the song, Tis A Gift To Be Simple, Tis a Gift To Be Free seem to describe not only the subject of the ballet but the very music itself. Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni, op.8, nos.1-4 (The Four Seasons) Here is just about everything you need to know about Antonio Vivaldi. He was born in Venice in 1678, he was an incredible violin virtuoso, he was a priest though he rarely celebrated mass, he worked at the famous Ospedale Della Pieta, an orphanage where young women were taught both the instrumental and vocal art of music, he had flaming red hair, he wrote a body of over 500 concertos and about 40 operas and finally he managed, after a hugely successful career, to die in poverty! One of Vivaldi s contemporaries said that the composer once boasted he could write a concerto faster than the parts could be copied. Igor Stravinsky once quipped that Vivaldi didn t write 400 concertos, he wrote one concerto 400 times! The four violin concertos which comprise the Four Seasons are taken from a collection of 12 entitled The Contest Between Harmony and Invention. Not only did Vivaldi give us titles for each individual concerto Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall he also provided a sonnet for each concerto describing every musical gesture. Spring is all about the birds, Summer is frighteningly hot and full of storms, Autumn is about harvest and drinking too much and Winter is horribly cold and unpleasant except when by the fire! Frankly, while it s nice to have the story, it s Vivaldi s elegant melodies and graceful musical gestures that continue to delight audiences. -Jonathan Palevsky IV BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

13 artist biography Hailed as a strong violinist by the New York Times, violinist Jorge Ávila has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, concertmaster and chamber musician in Europe, the United States, and Central and South America, including as a soloist and co-concertmaster with the Bay Atlantic Symphony. He made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut in 2012 with the Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Orchestra and performed Beethoven s Violin Concerto with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra the previous year. In the New York City area, he has also appeared as a soloist with the Colonial Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Orchestra, Hofstra Symphony, New Amsterdam Symphony, City Island Chamber Orchestra, and The Bronx Arts Ensemble. As a concertmaster, he has appeared, in addition to the Bay Atlantic Symphony, with the Stamford Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, Colonial Symphony Orchestra, Westfield Symphony, Oratorio Society, Musica Sacra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, St. Grace Church Orchestra, Gotham Opera, National Chorale, Verismo Opera, José Limón Dance Company, Sonos Chamber Orchestra, Bachanalia, the New Amsterdam Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Mannes College of Music Orchestra. He is also concertmaster of the Ridgefield Symphony in Connecticut, Long Island Masterworks, Distinguished Concerts International New York, and the Patrick s Cathedral Orchestra, among other groups in New York City. During the visit to New York of Pope Benedict XVI to New York in 2008, Ávila had the honor of appearing as concertmaster for His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI at a televised Mass held at Yankee Stadium. Ávila is a founding member of the Chalfonte Quartet and, as a chamber musician, performs with the Bronx Arts Ensemble, Simon String Quartet, Abaca String Band, Willow Ensemble, Prism Ensemble, Musicians Accord, and the St. Luke s Chamber Ensemble. He made his solo Weill Recital Hall debut at Carnegie Hall in 2009, in a recital featuring music from his CD of Spanish sonatas for violin and piano on the Centaur label. Ávila has also performed in several Broadway productions, including the onstage violinist in The Music Man, and in the orchestras of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Aida, Annie Get Your Gun, The Producers, and, most recently, South Pacific, West Side Story, and Wicked. He has recorded for the Naxos, Nonesuch, and Centaur labels, among others, and has performed live on television and radio. Born in Honduras, Ávila has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors and received his resident status in the United States under the Extraordinary Talent category. He was also awarded first prize in the 2001 Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Competition. BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY V

14 orchestra personnel January 21 & 21, /21 8pm, Landis Theater; 1/22 2pm, Stockton University PAC Copland Appalachian Spring Intermission Vivaldi Four Seasons Jorge Ávila, violin VIOLIN I Ruotao Mao, concertmaster Nancy Jan, associate concertmaster VIOLIN II Genaro Medina, principal Nina Vieru, assistant VIOLA Ana Tsinadze, principal Renee Steffy-Warnick assistant CELLO Elizabeth Mendoza, principal Nancy Stokking, assistant BASS Michael Egan, principal Lesa Hornaday-Kurtz, assistant FLUTE Kimberly Reighley, principal CLARINET Christopher Di Santo, principal BASSOON Ping Liang, principal KEYBOARD Donna Battista VI BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

15 2016 annual fund contributors We acknowledge with grateful appreciation the following contributions made from January 1, 2016 through December 31, Thank you for helping us spread the power and joy of classical music throughout South Jersey. $50,000-$100,000 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation $10,000-$49,999 Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Ann. B. Hayes Trust New Jersey State Council on the Arts PNC Foundation Stockton University Woodruff Energy $5,000-$9,999 Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Cilento Family Foundation Friends of The Music Foundation South Jersey Industries Robert & Merry Woodruff $2,500-4,999 Alan and Peggy Kligerman $1,000-$2,499 Atlanticare Donald Craig Century Bank Cooper Levenson Horizon Eye Care, PA Paula Jane D Amato Rita Gaylin Senator Wm. & Virginia Gormley Alan Kligerman Dennis & Carole Krill Charles & Cheryl O Hara Paul J. Ritter, III Schultz-Hill Foundation William & Leonore Smythe Lilia Sollish $500-$999 Benevity Community Impact Bridgeton Rotary Foundation Dolores Buckwalter The GE Foundation Thomas Giegerich Leo T. Hogan Judith Ingram Elizabeth Kratovil Metropolitan Business and Citizens Association Joseph Stanger Carmine Taglialatella $ Virginia Banks Jill Barbagli Sabina Beg Daniel Byman Benevity Causes Aaron Cohen Jeffrey Contino Walter & Hellen DePalma Burton Doremus James Dunne James Ferguson Loretta Finnegan Pamela Flynt Tambo Sheldon & Marilyn Gaylin Phyllis Goldenberg Robert Heinly James Higbee Judith Holst Hall Frances Jervis Joseph Kaczorowski Gregory Lanier Lee Markowitz Andrew McMillan Maria Mento Walter Murphy Lawrence & Joanne Owen Massimo Paris Albert Primavera Paul & Marlene Rigby Maryann Robson Rhoda Sakulich Howard & Mary Schapker Mark Soifer, Esq. Kathryn Stachejko Lisa Stein Liza Thelemann John Thompson Gina Trant Thomas & Jane Verba Under $100 Gerard Appert Julia Batishev Marvin Berman Irene Bird Anna Bjornberg Susan Burton Frank Caterini Kathryn Cavallero Rosemary D Angelo Jay & Cynthia Dozier Patricia Federici Ross Filice Maysoun Freij Carol L. Gaffney Irene Ganter Mark Gelardo Marni Gronski BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY VII

16 2016 annual fund contributors Shirley Gottlieb Bill & Linda Gussie Lori Herndon Michelle High David & Deborah Kean Marcia Kingman William May Jill Mortensen Helen Petty Karen Pfaehler Karen Pfaehler Jaklyn Ramos George Rossi Joseph Scarpa Carl Schumacher Samuel Serata Constantine & Maria Vaporis Carl Wannen Matthew Wayne FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY Bernhard Abrams Ruth Bandoroff Stanley & Marjorie Berk Howard & Shirley Bernstein Eugene & Barbara Brog Elizabeth Chandler Marcia Chotiner H. Lawrence & Rosalie Clofine Morton & Suzanne Cohen Sima Diamond Jack & Lois Dubis Sindy Finkelson Leonard & Marylyn Finkelstein Loretta Finnegan M.D. Jack Fox Lois Fried Carol Gaffney Harold Garber Mitchell & Linda Gordon Marge Gosin Shirley Gottlieb Joan Gravitz Stanley & Marsha Grossman Ivan & Susan Hamberg Robert & Linda Hammerschlag Miriam Hirch Jill Hoffenberg Abram & Rachel Kaplan Shy & Janet Kramer Jonathan Kremer Robert & Susan Lang Ralph Levin Marc Lowenstein Erwin & Bebe Markman Robert & Susan Mayer Harold & Martha Moskowitz Walter Murphy Robert & June Neustadter Rosa Ojserkis Elaine Peskoe Marvin & Elleane Podolnick Leonard & Beverly Popowich Natalie Powell Debra Rosenberg June Rosenfeld Robert Sabo Lionel & Judy Schlank Arthur & Carol Sklar David & Ruthy Skole Dr. Edwin & Janet Snyder Herb & Faith Stern Edward Weinstein David & Susan Weis Anita Weiss The Honorable Michael & Nadine Winkelstein Kirk Wisemayer VIII BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

17 THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF HEART ATTACKS COULD TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. SO COULD JUST ONE HEART ATTACK. Shortness of breath and difficulty breathing are just two warning signs of a heart attack. Call 911 if you experience any warning sign. Learn the other signs at americanheart.org or call us at AHA-USA , American Heart Association. BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

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22 WOODRUFF ENERGY KEEPS THE MUSIC PLAYING With the Bay-Atlantic Symphony A generous grant from Woodruff Energy has allowed the Bay Atlantic Symphony to keep its ticket prices affordable through the season. Thanks to Woodruff Energy s donation, the Bay Atlantic Symphony will keep ticket prices at $30 for individual tickets, and only $100 for a season ticket purchase that s only $25 per seat. October 29 & 30, 2016 Tchaikovsky and Mozart When we think of Mozart, we likely imagine clarity, brilliance, and verve, among other qualities. And for Tchaikovsky, dark colors and moods and extreme pathos surprise! This concert turns those expectations inside out. Tchaikovsky s Serenade for Strings is suave, charming, and spirited, where Mozart s Requiem is fierce, intense, and yearning. We are delighted to present a phenomenal quartet of soloists for the Requiem and to be joined by Chorale Arts of Southern New Jersey and Stockton Chorale. January 21 & 22, 2017 Copland and Vivaldi Can you blame us for pushing the season? Actually, all four of them! We look ahead to springtime with Copland s Appalachian Spring, his most famous masterwork written for Martha Graham. Then, co-concertmaster Jorge Avila is featured in Vivaldi s Four Seasons, a scintillating romp through the calendar. Let s romp! March 18 & 19, 2017 Schnittke and Brahms Russian native Lydia Frumkin brings her tremendous pianism and deep commitment to Schnittke s Piano Concerto s harrowing, shimmeringly lyrical work of beauty and dissidence. A similar mood ushers in Brahms stirring First Symphony but yields to limitless exuberance. May 6 & 7, 2017 Glinka, Prokofiev, and Mendelssohn Folklore is the watchword for this colorful panoply of dance and melody. Young superstar violinist Luosha Fang, joins us for Prokofiev s treacherous Second Concerto ending in a diabolically warped witch s dance. Just as fiery is the conclusion to Mendelssohn s Italian Symphony, featuring a scorpion-stung tarantella. Woven amongst the adrenaline are some of the most haunting melodies from any continent. Woodruff Energy is the region s leader in providing total in-home and commercial comfort technology and is dedicated to bringing you new ideas and energy efficiency, with the services and dependability exemplified since The Bay Atlantic Symphony thanks Woodruff Energy for their great support. The Bay Atlantic Symphony performs it s classical series at: Stockton University (Box office ) Landis Theater (Box office ) 12 BAY ATLANTIC SYMPHONY

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