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Program Listing


2:00PM


PRELUDE

Alleluia Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
transc. Benjamin Britten
arr. Andy Masters

Capriol Suite Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
I.   Basse-Danse
II.  Pavane
VI. Mattachins

HANSON STRING QUARTET

String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
IV. Allegro assai

SINFONIA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Four Horsemen (1966) Mitch Markovich (b. 1944)

SINFONIA

from Carmen Suites No. 1 & 2 Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Prelude
Aragonaise
Intermezzo
Les Toréadors
Habanera
Danse Bohême


4:30PM


BRASS CHOIR

Canzon septimi toni No. 2 Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612)
Sonata octavi toni

PHILHARMOINA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Seduction (2004) Andrew Beall (b. 1980)

PHILHARMONIA "PHIL"

Sinfony from Messiah G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
arr. Ebenezer Prout

Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

from The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I.  The Representation of Chaos
II. In the Beginning

March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

STERLING BRASS QUINTET

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Vivaldi-Bach Concerto for Brass Quintet
transc. J.S. Bach I.   Allegretto
arr. David Baldwin II. Allegro—Adagio molto

PHILHARMONIA "HARMONIA"

Sinfony from Messiah G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
arr. Ebenezer Prout

Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

from The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I.  The Representation of Chaos
II. In the Beginning

March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)


7:00PM


YOUTH SYMPHONY "BARBER"

Ma mère l’Oye: cinq pièces enfantines Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I.    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty)
II.  Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb)
III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes (Little Ugly One, Empress of the Pagodas)
IV.  Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast)
V.   Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)

Fugue from Symphony No. 4 Charles Ives (1874-1954)

First Essay for Orchestra Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

YOUTH SYMPHONY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

水 SHUǏ (2017) Juri Seo (b. 1981)

EARL CLEMENS WINDS QUINTET

La cheminée du roi René (The Chimney of King René) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
I.     Cortège
VII. Madrigal Nocturne

YOUTH SYMPHONY "NIELSEN"

Helios Overture Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Fugue from Symphony No. 4 Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Ma mère l’Oye: cinq pièces enfantines Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I.    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty)
II.  Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb)
III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes (Little Ugly One, Empress of the Pagodas)
IV.  Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast)
V.   Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)


Executive Director's Letter


Welcome!

Thank you for joining us for Origins, our first-ever livestreamed orchestra performances. When I wrote my welcome message to our virtual concert in May, we were celebrating the fact of being able to close out last year’s season strongly, albeit differently than we planned.

Since then, our team has worked hard to make possible the return this year to face-toface rehearsals in a way that lets us meet or exceed COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions.

Staff members have spent countless hours studying ever-changing public safety guidelines and best practices. We have been in regular discussions among our team and with key partners like our friends at Elgin Community College. This investment of our time and energy, combined with the EYSO values we bring to this process, has allowed us to develop protocols that make this season not just possible, but extraordinary.

Last spring, I shared how proud I was of what our administrative staff, conductors, coaches, donors, parents, and most of all our students as they shifted activities to remote learning and ultimately a virtual concert–our first.

My level of appreciation since then has only grown, as students and parents point out that, for many, this is a true point of stability and joy in an otherwise challenging world filled primarily with virtual activities.

So much in our lives, and the lives of our students, is different now. It makes the opportunity to enjoy and learn from the performance of music together ever more special. It is worth noting that this return to in-person activity has never, and is still not, taken for granted by us.

Many others have suspended operations or moved fully to remote activity, and for understandable reasons.

I would also like to thank our financial supporters–from individuals to foundations to the state–who helped make this all possible and are helping us defray the additional expenses required to hold in-person activity safely in the current environment.

I thank all of you who have helped us whether by supporting your student, volunteering, or donating. If you, or someone you know, is interested in learning more about EYSO or supporting our mission, please visit eyso.org or call me at (847) 841-7700.

With gratitude,

K. Eric Larson
Executive Director

Artistic Director's Letter


Stories, fairy tales, myths, legends: these are how we make sense of the world around us. Fact or fiction, they have a way of telling us about ourselves, both in what we consciously know, and in the murkier realm of the implicit.

Great artists know this—cultural expectations, traditions, and personal biases are inevitably woven into their art on multiple levels. How does music reveal these, and how do these fundamental facts (and fictions) influence both the music and the musicians as we study and and perform together?

At EYSO, we often use the term “expert noticer” to describe our approach both to making music together and to examining the wider world around us. As expert noticers, we use music and our season theme as lenses through which we deepen and broaden our understanding of ourselves, of our communities, and of the roles we play in them. In Origins, our first concert of the 2020-21 season, we peel back the layers of notes and rhythms and sift through the accumulated historical and performance traditions. As we study and perform together, we investigate not just the how to of music, but the why.

This season more than ever, the why matters. As communities and individuals face challenges cutting across all facets of life, making sense of the world around us is both more daunting and more critical than ever before. The stories we tell, the way we tell them, and voices sharing them: these things matter.

And with the challenges of this year, each of us has the opportunity to re-examine what matters to us in our stories, and in our lives. The feeling of community each Sunday, the critical examination of concepts and ideas, and the thrill of making music together at the highest level have been constants in a year that often leaves us feeling adrift. Through our investigation and study of great music, we better understand the stories we tell ourselves—our own myths and legends, and our own values and beliefs.

Thank you for being a part of this journey in our 45th season, Myths & Legends.
Matthew Sheppard
Artistic Director



Private Instructors

ALGONQUIN
Nancy Brocker
Kim Busic
Nancy Murray
Christine Rehyem
Steve Reichelt
John Ronai
Carolyn Van De Velde
Kathy Way
Gina Young

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
Michael Folker
James Park

AURORA
Marilyn Sands
Anne Barton
Frank Check
Tom Clowes
Lacy Garbar
Sally Gross
Mark Liu
Jackie Moore
Lou Parker
Nissa Sampson
Danny Seidenberg ♪
Mandy Sundaramoorthy
Caroline Wright

BARRINGTON
Eleanor Bartsch
Marian Fadrowski
Don Montgomery

BARTLETT
Wanda Braden
Dorothy Deen
Rob Loar
Melody Thomas

BATAVIA
Charlotte Bogda
Ed Breckenfeld
Trish Brock
Mark Djordjevic
Chris Griffith
Andrew Hix
Laura Polick
Patrick Smith
Simonne Tingley ♪

BLOOMINGDALE
Lisa Hall
Megan Sapp

BUFFALO GROVE
Laura Love

CAMPTON HILLS
Jeff King

CAROL STREAM
Nancy Botti
Lisa Hall
Catherine Kuna

CARPENTERSVILLE
Claire Collins ♪
Wendy Cotton

CARY
Jacqueline Fisher ♪
Shawna Lake
Elizabeth Ortiz

CHAMPAIGN
Jill Burlingame

CHICAGO
Erik Andrusyak
Laura Chalmers
Derek Fitting
Roslyn Green ♪
Anita Hwang
Cally Laughlin
Caleb Mitchell
Jered Montgomery
Alexa Muhly
Sean O’Donnell
Dan Price
Dylan Rehm
Kathryn Satoh
Julie Schreiner
Deb Stevenson
Scott Tegge ♪
Rebecca Wilcox

CRYSTAL LAKE
Carol Dylan
Kathleen Mitchell

DARIEN
Katy Gillan
Nan Zhou

DEERFIELD
Michael Duggan

DEKALB
Kristine Mertens
Ann Montzka Smelser
Linc Smelser
Raychel Taylor

DOWNERS GROVE
Renee-Paule Gauthier
Steve Maloney

EAST DUNDEE
Zach Green

ELBURN
Wendy Evans ♪
Larry Glazier ♪
Andrea Lafranzo

ELGIN
Kathryn Balk
Dennis Beiermann
Kathryn Balk ♪
Denise Beiermann
Dana Bellew
Jeremy Beyer
Lamar Blum
Heather Bouton
Lisa Bressler
Ruth Cavanaugh
Violet Deal ♪
Gwyn Downey
Nazar Dzhuryn
Debra Freedland
Mark Fry
Theresa Goh ♪
Mark Kuntz
Jim Langenberg
Morgan Lentino
Suz McLeod
Scott Metlicka ♪
Chelsea Musson
Joanna Newby ♪
Linda Oper
Larry Rossi
Tim Shaffer
Jennifer Silk
Derek Weihofen

ELMHURST
Jean Hatmaker
Kari Lee
Jill Thackery-Proud

FRANKFURT
Paulette Velasquez

GENEVA
Mark Baldin
Jessica Cozarrubias
Linda Duneske
Thomas Edgar
Jason Flaks
Ryan Hobbs ♪
Steven Kidera
Thomas Kidera
Kathryn Layug
Teresa Muir
Sarah Olsen
James Pesek
Catherine Pittman
Susan Posner
Raynette Smith
Kathryn Tofilon

GLEN ELLYN
David Batdorf
Kyunghwee Choi
Emily Gilman
Jenny Hull
Paula Johannesen
Lauren Lai
Ruth Mudge
Steven Sjobring
Kelly Sjobring
Ben Wahlund
Paige Wunrow

GLENCOE
Rebecca Swan

HAMPSHIRE
Mark Bettcher

HANOVER PARK
Gretchen Sherrell

HARVARD
Katie Chivari

HAWTHORN WOODS
Phil Feo

HIGHLAND PARK
Henry Criz

HINSDALE
Joanna Nerius

HOFFMAN ESTATES
Bernardo Arias
Brian Hoffman
Eun Kim

HUNTLEY
Robert Blazek

LA GRANGE PARK
Ronald Lemm
Valerie Schierl

LAKE IN THE HILLS
Emily Ward

LAKE ZURICH
Annika Sundberg ♪

LASALLE
David Peterson

LINCOLNSHIRE
Aki Tanaka

LOMBARD
Virginia Dixon

MCHENRY
Russ Henning

MENDOTA
Delle Vercimak

MISHAWAKA
Rachel Goff

MONTGOMERY
Josh Biere
Theresa Brooks

MORTON GROVE
Mark Olen

MUNDELEIN
Chris Avgerin

NAPERVILLE
David Dai
Allison Domanus Brady
Brian Gaona
Cate Hummel
Drew Lecher
Eunyoung Lee
Kimberly Richter
Zach Siegel
Holly Stangland

NILES
Agnieszka Likos

NORTH AURORA
Victor Anderson
Ashley Fitzwater
Eric Kaiser
Julie Lawrence
Julie Popplewell
Susan Starrett

OAK PARK
Ryan Caparella
Allie Chambers
Nicholas Jeffery
Alex Revol

OAKBROOK
Louise Brodie

ORLAND PARK
Carl Johnson

OSWEGO
Melanie Mathew
Shawn Maxwell
Sarah Smith
Anna Sobczak

PALATINE
Codruta Ban
Karen Hallier

PLAINFIELD
Garret Matlock

RACINE
Ann Heide

SAINT CHARLES
Tracy Dullea ♪
Karena Mueller
Elyse Napoli
Ken Stuz
Jennifer Swenson

SCHAUMBURG
Denise Connolly ♪
Taka Matsunaga
Walter Preucil
Bryan Tipps
Eileen Tsuzuki

SOUTH ELGIN
Laura Hinkle
Phillip Kleven
Mark Ponzo
Julie Tendy

STREAMWOOD
Ashley Tracey

SUGAR GROVE
Jenny Masters

WARRENVILLE
Kate Kulzick
Mary McGinty

WEST CHICAGO
Rita Borkowski ♪
James Wallace

WESTERN SPRINGS
Nancy Jackson
Thomas Wermuth

WHEATON
Katie Abernethy
Timothy Archbold ♪
Julie Bickel ♪
Diane Chou
Lilian Chou
Ann Griffin ♪
Lisa Hirschmugel
Carol Ourada
Emily Puntuzs
Julieanne Tehan

WOODRIDGE
Nichole Luchs
Janis Wittrig

WOODSTOCK
Lisa Chodorowski
Jillian Forbes
Talia Pavia
Richard Stiles

YORKVILLE
Walt Schneider
Judith Schneider

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The EYSO apologizes for any omissions or inaccuracies in the private instructor and school director lists. Please contact the EYSO office at office@eyso.org with additions or corrections

School Directors

ALGONQUIN
Terry Foster
Anthony Gnutek
Kelly Hoblin-Lamorena
Amy Jones
Samuel Perez
Jeanne Ritchie
Richard Rohde

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
Vince Genualdi

AURORA
Brian Birch
Lara Brink
John Burck ♪
Matt Carder
Kevin Carroll
Chris Dandeles
Mark Duker
Jason Dyhouse
Kendra Hiltenbrand
Marc Hornig
Josh Kaminsky
Bethany Lugay
Mary Beth McCarthy
Caitlynne Miller
Beth Myers
Michael Naughton
Chris Niesluchowski
Scott Oliver
David Pakkebier
Andrada Pteanc
Allison Rider
Rene Rosas
Doug Ruhs
Robin Sackschewsky
Patty Sampson
Glen Schneider
Rod Schueller
John Sierakowski
Daryl Silberman ♪
Joyce Symoniak
Megan Zalokar

BARRINGTON
Luana Byte
Kevin Fredrick
Randy Karon
Michael Nelson
Amie Roeder
Clark Sheldon
Ben Source

BARTLETT
Eric Hollaway
Kelly Larson
Alex Rivera
Tristan Broeker

BATAVIA
Robert Buckley
Lisa Hatfield
Allison Liska
Chris Owen
Keith Ozsvath
Chris Pesel
Sherry Reiss
Rachel Uffelmann
Brian Van Kley

BURLINGTON
Jeffrey Nesseth
Jim Struyk

CAROL STREAM
Lauren Whisnant

CARPENTERSVILLE
Melissa Aukes
Jeremy Beyer
William Brocker
Damon Heikkinen
Michael Kasper
Preston Krauska
Michelle Vazquez
Beth Wood

CARY
Marty Magnini
Patrick Whalen

CHICAGO
Jim Barbick
Cynthia Gradek
Michael Mascari

CRYSTAL LAKE
Emanuele Andrizzi
Adam Bell
Tim Blakewell
Terry Guynes
Keith Hulen
David Jensen
Mark Kahovec
Keith Levin
Ry Muehling
Scott Sampson
Kimberly Scherrer
Molly Sedivec
Kristina Wooden

DEKALB
Marybeth Kurnat
Steve Lundin

DOWNERS GROVE
Joy Belt-Roselieb
DaJuan Brooks
Madeline Fiene
Joshua Hoering
Kara Morrissey
Jennifer Mullen
Kathleen Myles
Molly O’Brien-Prusa
Katherine O’Truk
Theresa Steiner
Samantha Wascher
Glenn Williams
Margaret Winchell
Dundee Township
Matthew Bishop
Anna Von Ohlen
Kathleen Way

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP
Matthew Bishop
Anna Von Ohlen
Kathleen Way

ELGIN
Kathryn Balk ♪
John Becker
Brendyn Dobbeck ♪
Kevin Fredrick
Elisa-Bauman Lieb
Vanessa Lostumbo
Jennifer Melugin
Rachel Monroe
Jonathan Piel
Stephen Reichelt
Rebecca Rome
Annaliese Siegel
Carol Westphal
Thomas Weyland
Dale Woock
Lisa Yagow
Meagan Zahora

ELK GROVE VILLAGE
Maxine Lange

ELMHURST
Brian Berg ♪
Ellen Garey
Ray Ostwald
Michael Pavlik ♪

EVANSTON
Karen Brhel
Kurt Dobbeck

GENEVA
Helen Bogda
Karen Chrisman
Patrick Frederick ♪
Shara Frederick
Lisa Ponder
Neil Shipton
Kelly Stach

GENOA
Brian Ferguson

GLEN ELLYN
Georgia Alemis
Philip Bauman
Katie Berry
James DePalo
Brian Dewald
Lev Garbar
Steve Govertsen
Kristi Kline
Andrew Ladendorf
William Ortega
Samantha Tribley
Jonathan Walsh

HAMPSHIRE
Jeremy Beyer
Victoria Hicks
Emma Leland
Gregory Matushek

HANOVER PARK
Marnie Macke

HINSDALE
Chandran Daniel

HOFFMAN ESTATES
Devin Godzicki
Kreg Moorhouse
Leann Roder-Manson

HUNTLEY
Kevin Krivosik
Leah Novak

LA GRANGE PARK
Tom Culver
Mark Dahl
Jane Ewing
Nancy Flanagan
Jason Lyons
Jan Matthews
Paul Meiste

LAKE IN THE HILLS
Anthony Camarda
Casey Sukel

LAKE ZURICH
Sheri Conover
Elizabeth Duke
Dan Keilman
Ed Koehler
Ron Polomchak
Nathan Sackschewsky
Josh Thompson

LINCOLNSHIRE
Caitlin McGovern
Sonny Petway
Michael Tseitlin
Enrique Vilaseco
Madeline Vogler

LISLE
Richard Alifantis
Colleen Alvin ♪

LOMBARD
Tara Cappelletti
Tim Fawkes
Andrew Packer

LONG GROVE
Chad Craw
Eileen Wronkiewicz

MAPLE PARK
Aaron Puckett

MOUNT PROSPECT
Meg Thomas-Cary

NAPERVILLE
David Alstadt
Matt Angell
Emily Binder
Matthew Carder
David Carroll
Corinne Collier
Kelly Dimidik
Kevin Dobbeck
Mya Dwyer
Brandon Estes
Claire Fenton
Jesse Gross
Graham Heise
Kevan Kosobayashi
Lori Lauff
Jonathan Lauff
Stephanie Lein
Erika McCann
Laura Patterson
Brad Pfeil
Keith Pitner
Jessica Sanders
Greg Schwaegler
Andrew Seidel
Jeffrey Sturgeon
Matthew White

OAK PARK
Rizelle Capito
Lucas Gillan

OSWEGO
Kelly Cooper
Stevan Rexroat
Stephanie San Roman
Kevin Schoenbach

PALATINE
Marla Caballero
Annabel Hasty
Dan Marcotte
Matthew Moore
John Teichert

PINEGREE GROVE
Pamela Doughty
Christopher Miller
Earl Rigsby

PLAINFIELD
Timothy Hatcher
Julianna Karvelius
Justin Koszareka
Jason LaVallee
David Lesniak

RACINE
Elizabeth Steege

RICHMOND
Kateri Tumminello

ROCKFORD
Thompson Brandt

ROLLING MEADOWS
Christopher Buti
Kevin Carroll
Mario Mongello
Julie Quitschau

ROSELLE
Michael Lehman

SAINT CHARLES
Adrian Anderson
Michael Bazan
Daniel Beder
Monica Bertrand
John Blank
Phillip Carter
Don Kovach
James Kull
Jennifer Lydigsen
Andrew Masters
Michael Molloy
James Pesek
Andrew Pryor
Larry Rossi
Michelle Rybski
Rachel Saldana
Sandra Sebolt-Pogge
Erik Swenson
Angela Wifler
Stephanie William
Brian Wis
John Wojciechowski
Gilbert Wukitsch

SCHAUMBURG
Susan Carlson
Rhonda Conrad
Sarah Finegan
Anthony Graffeo
Mark Hamada
Roy Hansen
Vincent Inendino
Tobin Langridge
Jerry Lowrey
Matt Rutherford
Kelly Stanich

SKOKIE
Tom Chester
Justin Johnson

SOUTH ELGIN
Robert Botwinski
Kurt Dobbeck
Christine Miller
Rachel Saldana
Ruth Simon
Stephanie William
Christie Zimmerman

STREAMWOOD
Zachary Geller
Jennifer Gontarek
Kelly Larson
Nereyda Sanchez-Tio

SUGAR GROVE
Chris Owen

SYCAMORE
Isabella Crawl
Ken Goodman
Scott Mertens
Amy Tonaki ♪
Ken Tonaki ♪

VILLA PARK
Jan Bobek
John Clemons

WARRENVILLE
Blake Jancius
Deborah Schmaltz

WEST CHICAGO
Elisabeth Mezera
Brandon Fantozzi
Brad Rathe
Steve Willemssen
Alexandra Wojciechowski

WHEATON
Kent Krause
Andrew Ladendorf
Caitlin Leman
Bob Mamminga
Grace Mayell
Nina Schroeder
Victor Scimeca
Joanne Wegscheid

WOODSTOCK
Stacie Savittieri
William Simpson

YORKVILLE
Victor Anderson
Emily Beyer
Kimberly Gyssler
Jacqueline Niner
Robert Vriezen

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