The Triumph of the Spirit
Friday, May 8, 2009, 8 PM Insights from the Conductor, 7 PM |
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8 PM Insights from the Conductor, 7 PM Golden State Theatre |
Although Beethoven's Second Symphony reflects his recognition of his deafness in its tragic overtones, its overall effect is bright and positive, demonstrating his determination to triumph. That triumph was already apparent to a contemporary critic, who declared this symphony would "remain as the work of a fiery spirit ... when a thousand fashionable pieces now celebrated will have long been consigned to their graves." Framed by two significant works of Beethoven is a Concerto by a remarkable individual. In addition to an active life as athlete, soldier and swordsman, Saint-Georges was a virtuoso violinist who wrote lyrical concerti that made great demands on the performer. We end our journey in our traditional season finale style performing with the acclaimed vocal ensemble Cantiamo! The Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, better known as the Choral Fantasy, highlights piano, orchestra, and chorus in a marvelously constructed piece that foreshadows the triumphant choral Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 36.
Joseph Boulogne, Chevaller de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto. David Dally, Violin.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 80.
Malia Roberson, Piano and Cantiamo!
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Cheryl Anderson is the Director of Choral Activities at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. In her 16-year tenure at Cabrillo College, her ensembles have performed at all levels of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and The National Association for Music Educators (MENC); she has led Interest Sessions at four Divisional Conferences, and she has served on the ACDA Western Division Board as National Repertoire & Standards Chair. Currently serving as Bay Area Representative, California, ACDA Executive Board and Chair of the Composition Competition, Ms. Anderson has most recently been honored to be elected as President of the Western Division of the American Choral Directors Association. In addition to her elementary and secondary school teaching, she has served on the faculties of Transylvania University, Colorado State University, University of Northern Colorado, and University of California, Santa Cruz in choral/vocal music, music education, and music theory. At Cabrillo College she is Founder/Director of Cabrillo Youth Chorus Project, Cabrillo Opera, Voice Master Class, and Renaissance Consort. She has received the Board of Governors' Meritorious Teaching Award, has been named to Who's Who six times, and routinely receives the Alpha Gamma Sigma student award for Outstanding Teaching. Ms. Anderson received her AB degree from West Liberty State College, West Virginia, her MME at the University of Northern Colorado, and has completed her DMA coursework in Conducting and Voice at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. For seven seasons she was Choral Director of the Breckenridge Music Institute, Colorado. She served as Music Director of Pacific Repertoire Opera and was Music Coordinator for "The Eastern Stream Migrant Program" during her first five years of teaching. She sang for seven seasons with Robert Shaw in the Carnegie Hall Concert Series and was a Conducting Fellow with Helmuth Rilling. Her choirs have sung throughout the world, including St. Peter's Basilica, St. Mark's Cathedral, and the great concert halls of Western and Eastern Europe. Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus sang the Berlin premiere of Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost in 2003. In June 2007, Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus and Cabrillo Youth Chorus will perform the East Coast premiere of Imant Raminsh's The Peace of Wild Things in Carnegie Hall. Ms. Anderson and the Cabrillo Choruses commissioned Mr. Raminsh to write this masterwork, featuring the poetry of e. e. cummings, Wendell Berry, and Morton Marcus. Numerous composers have written works for her choirs, including Daniel Pinkham, James McCray, Stephen Tosh, Fred Squatrito, as well as Mr. Raminsh. Cabrillo Youth Chorus, Symphonic Chorus, and Cantiamo! have all performed with the Cabrillo Music Festival and routinely sing with the Santa Cruz County Symphony and Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Anderson has conducted numerous All-State Choirs, is guest conductor with Santa Cruz County Symphony and Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, and is in demand as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. In January 2007, her editions, "The Cheryl Anderson Choral Series", will be published by Third Planet Music. Ms. Anderson is also the Director of Music at the First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz. |
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David Dally is the first violinist, manager, arranger and a founder of the Monterey String Quartet. He conducts the String Ensemble at Monterey Peninsula College and coached at the Humboldt State University Chamber Music Workshops. He is the Concertmaster for I Cantori and Ensemble Monterey. David has been Concertmaster of the Monterey Bay Symphony, Hidden Valley Operas, Monterey Opera and played first violin with San Jose and Monterey County Symphonies. David also plays violin and trumpet with Mike Marotta Jr. in the Marotta Band and the Monterey International Trio. He has participated in the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. He graduated ‘with honors’ from U.C. Berkeley in music and has received the Leonard Bernstein Fellowship, the Alfred Hertz Memorial Fellowship and the James Albert King Scholarship. | |||
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