.Bay
Youth Orchestras of Virginia present
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Martin Glasco, Conductor
&
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor
“Spring Concert”
Sponsored by The Chesapeake Arts & Humanities Commission
Tuesday, April 7, 1998
7:30 PM
The Chesapeake Convention Center
Chesapeake, Virginia
Program
The Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia
present
The Concert Orchestra & Symphony
Orchestra in
Seventh Season, 1997-1998
Spring Concert
at The Chesapeake Convention Center, Chesapeake,
Virginia
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Martin Glasco, Conductor
Symphony No. 14 Franz
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
1st Movement arranged
by Philip Gordon
Unfinished Symphony Franz
Schubert (1797–1828)
1st Movement adapted
by Jerry Lehmeier
Concerto Grosso in D Minor Antonio
Vivaldi (c. 1675–1741)
1st Movement arranged
by Merle J. Isaac
—intermission—
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor
Overture to Candide Leonard
Bernstein (1918–1990)
Concerto in C Major, K.
314 (285d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro aperto (1756–1791)
Celeste Johnson, Oboe
Concerto in E Minor, op.
64 Felix Mendelssohn
I. Allegro molto appassionato (1809–1847)
Yuki Ishibashi, Violin
Má Vlast (My Country) Bedrich
Smetana
II. Vltava (The Moldau) (1824–1884)
Overture to Rienzi Richard
Wagner (1813–1883)
Program Notes
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Haydn’s Symphony No. 14
Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, Franz Joseph Haydn’s musically inclined
family ignited his early interest in the arts. At six, he began studying
music at a relative’s school in Hainburg. He was only 23 when he composed
his first string quartets for patron Count Fürnberg. A prolific writer,
Haydn penned numerous Masses, operas, oratorios, sonatas, and chamber music;
as well as writing more than 100 symphonies in his 77 years of life.
In 1781, Haydn cemented a deep and abiding friendship with Mozart,
who dedicated six string quartets to him in thanks for his mentorship.
While Mozart, who was 24 years younger than Haydn, was beholden to the
older man for his early assistance, the exchange seems to have gone both
ways. By listening to the progression of his work, we can see that Haydn’s
music benefited from his closeness to the young genius, Mozart.
Handel’s artistic aim, which remained consistent throughout his long
life, was both simple and sublime. Certainly, he wished to bring delight
to his listeners, whether they be simple country folk or sophisticated
London urbanites. However, the "In nomine Domini" and "Laus Deo" that he
uses to open and close each piece clearly express his higher purpose in
music. Together with Handel and Verdi, Haydn’s work stands as a historical
high point of devotional music. This desire to honor his God is clearly
evident in the straightforward presentation of Symphony No. 14. Today’s
listeners have a tendency to be lulled into dismissing Haydn’s music as
overly simple. However, if you will stretch your listening ability and
memory to the extreme, you will hear in this piece an elegantly lucid presentation
of delight, which is characteristic of the composer.
James Hollomon
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony
Born near Vienna in 1797, Franz Pater Schubert lived only 31 years.
Yet in that brief period he created a body of music that resonates across
time. The son of a schoolmaster, Schubert’s musical education, unlike so
many of the musical luminaries of his time, was somewhat spotty. His father
taught him the rudiments of violin and a brother gave him piano lessons.
What formal education he did manage, he earned through his pleasing voice,
which won him an appointment in the choir of the Imperial Court Chapel.
His position in the choir allowed him to attend the prestigious City Seminary,
where he became serious in his study of the violin.
At the tender age of 16, the short, pudgy composer wrote his first
symphony. At 17, his first Mass brought him overnight fame. Schubert was
a master of the symphonic form. The Unfinished Symphony, or Symphony No.
8, is a fitting showcase of his remarkable ability as a sculptor of unforgettable
melody.
James Hollomon
Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso
Born around 1675 in Venice, Antonio Vivaldi was the son of a violinist
at St. Marks. His father transferred to the young boy his love of music,
and enough skill that he was soon able to give others lessons. Thanks to
his being an ordained priest, Vivaldi avoided the "starving artist" syndrome
so common to musicians of his day. His association with the church may
also have helped to drive his prolific output of concertos. He was required
to write two concertos per month at the Conservatorio del’Ospedale della
Pietà.
Vivaldi was a master of orchestration, able to move a melody from section
to section. Young musicians outside the first violins particularly appreciate
this facet of the lively, melodic, and challenging Concerto Grosso. Listen
as the theme is echoed from section to section of the orchestra, often
amplified as it moves and swirls.
James Hollomon
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Bernstein’s Overture to Candide
Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is a comic operetta originally in two acts.
The work is Bernstein’s vision of Lillian Hellman’s libretto that drew
upon Voltaire for its inspiration. The lyrics for the operetta were written
by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Hellman and Bernstein,
and the work was orchestrated by Bernstein and Hershey Kay. It was first
performed in Boston on the 29th of October 1956. A one-act libretto adaptation
opened in New York’s Martin Beck Theater on December 1st of the same year.
Candide has been performed in many variations. The more familiar excerpts
remain common to all versions: the sparkling overture, no mere potpourri
but a sonata form concluding with a Rossinian crescendo, and Cunegonde’s
aria "Glitter and Be Gay," a caricature of coloratura jewel songs. The
overture has been a concert favorite since it was first introduced by the
composer at the concerts of the New York Philharmonic on January 26, 1957.
Jon Alan Conrad (ed. by James Hollomon)
Mozart’s Concerto in C, K. 314 (285d)
Throughout his life, Mozart had a special fondness for wind instruments.
He demonstrated this affection in his use of the characteristic setting
of the wind section, and in his numerous pieces written for friends who
played wind instruments. The flute, however, was not included in his list
of preferred wind-solo instruments. In an apologetic letter of February
14, 1778, Mozart lamented to his father, "Whenever I have to write music
for an instrument I dislike, I immediately lose interest." He was, at the
time, staying in Mannheim with the Wendlings, a music-loving family. There
he had met a Dutchman—a flute enthusiast named Ferdinand Dejean—for whom
he had agreed to write "three easy and short concertos and several quartets
for the flute." Mozart may never have completed this task, for all we have
today are two flute concertos—Concerto in G, K. 313 (285c) with its attached
Andante in C, K. 315 (285e) and the flute adaptation of the Oboe Concerto
in C, i.e. the Concerto in D, K. 314 (285d).
Correspondence with the family as well as certain features of the compositions
indicate that the Flute Concerto in D had it origin in the oboe version
in C. The oboe concerto was composed as early as the spring or summer of
1777 for the oboist, Giuseppe Ferlendis of Bergamo. Therefore, it is likely
identical to the Ferlendis Concerto inserted as No. 217k in the third to
sixth editions of the Köchel-Verzeichnis and marked as "lost?". Scholars
continue to debate details, and only Mozart’s original manuscripts, if
ever found, can answer some questions about odd phrasing and accents that
appear to have been added by an anonymous editor, but there is little doubt
that the Oboe Concerto in C, which you will hear tonight, had priority
over the Flute Concerto in D.
Franz Giegling (ed. by James Hollomon)
Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor
Mendelssohn composed this ever-popular violin concerto with some interruptions
over a period of six years, between 1838–44. The first performance took
place on the 13th of March 1845 at a concert given by the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra. The solo violinist was Ferdinand David, with whom Mendelssohn
had previously discussed both the technical problems of the solo part and
the cadenza to the first movement; which, contrary to tradition, he did
not leave to the performer.
The concerto abounds in unusual ideas—for example, the soloist enters
in the second bar of the movement and competes with the orchestra in the
presentation of the main themes. The cadenza comes before the recapitulation
rather than at the end of it and what is more it is not derived, as customary,
from the preceding and following musical passages of the orchestra. There
are no pauses between the movements, only short orchestral-bridge passages
and finally, in closing the movement, instead of a lively and virtuoso
cadenza, a simple succession of trills leads to the orchestral conclusion.
Gábor Darvas
Smetana’s Vltava
Bedrich Smetana was born at Leitomischl, Bohemia (Now Czechoslovakia),
on March 2, 1824. In 1874, Smetana began a set of six symphonic poems based
on nationalistic subjects, which are collectively known as Má Vlast
(My Country). Má Vlast included: Vysehrad (the ancient castle of
the Bohemian kings) and Vltava (The Moldau) composed in 1874; Sárka
(a valley north of Prague, named after a mythological character) and Zceských
luhüv a hayüv (From Bohemia’s Meadows and Groves), 1875; Tabor
(The Camp, which includes the Hussite war song), 1878; and Blanik, 1879.
Vltava, and the companion works that comprise Má Vlast, were
intended by the composer to be program music, a musical "picture" of representative
scenes of Bohemia and Bohemian life as seen from and along the course of
the great river. The work is in one continuous movement divided into seven
sections. Each section is identified in the score by a programmatic title
given by the composer.
A gentle, caressing figure, heard first on one, then two flutes describes
"The Two Sources of the Vltava." This motive gathers strength with the
addition of the clarinets and strings and leads into a flowing melody (violins),
which characterizes the river. After several statements, the theme subsides
and the characteristic calls of trumpets and horns are heard, signaling
the "Woodland Hunt." As the sounds of the hunt fade away, and the rolling
motion of the accompanying strings slows, repeated notes on the second
violins and violas lead into the lively dance music of a "Peasant Wedding."
After the exuberance of the dance, quiet woodwind chords bring a return
of the gentle, flowing flute music of the beginning, which serves as accompaniment
to a slow, sustained melody in the strings representing "Moonlight: Nymph’s
Dance." At first quietly, and then with increasing strength, the Vltava
theme returns in the violins and a general climax is reached at "St. John’s
Rapids." A brief moment of repose, and the music surges piu moto into the
main theme, representing "The Vltava at its Greatest Breadth," and leads
without pause into the great chorale-like melody from the first symphonic
poem of Má Vlast, the "Vysehrad Motive."
Reed Perkins
Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi
In 1837, Wagner was in Dresden attempting to patch up marital difficulties.
He chanced across Bärmann’s German translation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s
novel, Rienzi. He decided that the story coincided with his own plight
and forthwith began work on the libretto. The work progressed during his
two-year tenure as conductor of The Riga Opera, his brief sojourn in London
and the subsequent disappointments of his nearly three years of Parisian
misery. Through the ministrations of Meyerbeer (whom Wagner was later to
unjustly malign), Rienzi was accepted for performance at The Court Opera
in Dresden. Its initial performance on October 20, 1842 proved stupendously
successful despite its five-hour length, and the work had to be repeated
six times before Christmas of that year. Wagner had become a celebrity
overnight.
Wagner’s opera was originally entitled Cola Rienzi, der Letzte der
Tribunen (Cola Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes). It deals with the tribune,
Rienzi, inciting the populace of mid-fourteenth century Rome to revolt
against the excesses of the patricians. After the nobles are exterminated,
a rumor that Rienzi planned to return the Pope to power with the aid of
the Germans causes the populace to turn on him and put him to death by
stoning and burning.
The overture, completed on October 23, 1840, opens with a sustained
"A" in the trumpet, which expands and contracts, a signal in the opera
for the revolt against the patricians. It leads to a molto sostenuto e
maestoso statement of Rienzi’s prayer heard in the last act. The main portion
of the overture is marked allegro energico and, as an initial theme, utilizes
part of the music of the chorus of the first finale of the opera, "Gegrüsst
sei Hoher Tag!" Then enters a subsidiary theme, the battle song of the
revolutionaries, "Santo Spirito Cavaliere." The second subject proper is
the prayer of Rienzi already heard in the introduction, but faster in tempo.
After a repetition of the battle hymn, a stirring theme from the second
finale, "Rienzi, dir sei Preis," is heard and developed in a masterful
fashion. The coda, molto piu stretto, is a healthy development of battle
hymn.
The success of Rienzi gained Wagner the post of Kapellmeister to King
Friederick August of Saxony when that post became vacant in early 1843.
Byron Cantrell
Bay Youth Conductors and Soloists
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Martin Glasco, Conductor
Martin Glasco is a native Virginian born and raised in Prince
William County. He began music study in the 5th grade as a member of the
Prince William County Public School Orchestra Program. He received his
Bachelor of Music Education Degree from East Carolina University in 1986
and is currently working on his Master of Music Degree, also in Music Education.
Mr. Glasco was the pilot teacher for the String Orchestra Program in North
Pitt County, North Carolina. He came back to Virginia in 1988. He joined
the teaching staff at Western Branch High School in 1989 as Chesapeake
began its first High School Orchestra.
Under Mr. Glasco’s direction, the Western Branch High School Orchestra
Program has grown has grown from 17 to over 100 members strong. The orchestra
has traveled all over the East Coast from New York City to Orlando Florida.
They have received superior ratings in every festival in which they have
appeared.
Mr. Glasco is also active as a clinician and guest conductor around
the Hampton Roads Region. He has conducted All-City Clinics in Chesapeake,
Newport News, and Virginia Beach. He is a former clinician with James Madison
University’s "Spring String Thing" and is currently the conductor of the
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra in Norfolk, as well as a member of the Virginia
Beach Symphony. He is the President-Elect of the Virginia Unit of the American
String Teacher’s Association. Mr. Glasco resides in Chesapeake along with
his wife, Alice and their daughter, Morgan.
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor
Guest Conductor Reed Perkins has been the Music Director and
Conductor of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra since 1994. He is responsible
for the orchestra’s artistic development and conducts all rehearsals and
concerts. Under his direction the orchestra and its chamber ensembles have
performed across the Virginia Peninsula, including appearances at the 1995
Newport News Arts Commission Gala, the 1996 and 1997 "Jubilee on the James"
festivals and concerts at the Mariners’ Museum, the Peninsula Fine Arts
Center and annual Candlelight Concerts at historic Bruton Parish Church
in Colonial Williamsburg.
Reed Perkins is also a Lecturer in Music at the College of William
and Mary, where he teaches musicianship and music theory. Since 1990, Mr.
Perkins has also taught courses at the college in opera and music history.
In 1993, Mr. Perkins conceived and produced the William and Mary Tercentenary
Music Festival, 22 concerts and recitals celebrating "300 Years of Music
in America." As part of the festival he conducted the Williamsburg Symphonia
and faculty, alumni and student soloists in a nineteenth-century opera
gala. From 1991-1992, Reed Perkins was also instructor of music and visiting
director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Symphony Orchestra and,
from 1992–1995, the conductor of the Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville—Albemarle.
Mr. Perkins received his Bachelor of Music in music composition from
Miami University, Ohio, and the Master of Music in orchestral conducting
and music theory from Northwestern University, where his conducting teachers
were Victor Yampolsky, Frederick Ockwell and John Paynter. At Northwestern,
he served as Assistant Conductor of the University’s Mason-Ragland Opera
Theater and University Orchestra. Mr. Perkins has studied with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra’s Associate Conductor Henry Mazer, attended the conducting
class of Franco Ferrara in Siena, Italy, and spent four summers in the
conducting program at the Aspen Music School. In the summer of 1990 he
was one of three Conducting Fellows at the Aspen Music School studying
with Paul Vermel and appearing with the Aspen Concert Orchestra.
In 1994 and 1995, Mr. Perkins traveled to the International Workshop
for Conductors in Zlin, Czech Republic, where he worked with a distinguished
international faculty and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has also studied with Victor Feldbrill, Gunther Herbig, Gustav Meier,
Daniel Lewis, Kenneth Kiesler, Kirk Trevor, Tsung Yeh and Maurice Abravanel.
Before coming to Virginia, Mr. Perkins held conducting positions with orchestras
and theater companies in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. His guest conducting
appearances with orchestras include the Springfield (Illinois) Symphony
and the Williamsburg Symphonia. Earlier this year, as part of the College
of William and Mary’s Ewell Concert Series, Mr. Perkins led a select ensemble
of William and Mary faculty, students and Virginia Symphony members in
a concert of American music for chamber orchestra.
Celeste Johnson, Oboe Soloist
A senior at Tabb High School, Celeste Johnson is in her eighth
year of playing the oboe. She has studied with Phil Koch of the Virginia
Symphony for the past four years. Celeste has been a member of the Bay
Youth Orchestra for five years, becoming principal her sophomore year of
high school. She placed third in last year's concerto competition with
the Marcello Concerto.
Ms. Johnson is also a member of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra,
playing English horn and rotating in on principal oboe. She has been selected
first chair in the Symphonic District VIII bands for the past four years,
and has been principal oboe of the All-Virginia bands for the past three
years. She has been a member of the Tabb High School band for the past
four years, serving as drum major this year during marching band.
Celeste often plays at various churches throughout the Hampton, Norfolk
and Virginia Beach areas. Among her numerous awards in music are: Most
Outstanding Junior, Sophomore, Freshman, 8th grade woodwind, 7th grade
woodwind and 5th grade woodwind. Celeste has also received academic honors.
At Tabb High School, she is a member of the Ecology club, and Latin club
as well as a member of the band council. She has also recently resumed
piano lessons and enjoys playing the flute. Next year in college, she plans
to major in oboe performance. Ms. Johnson hopes someday to play professionally
in a symphony.
Yuki Ishibashi, Violin Soloist
Yuki Ishibashi, inspired by his older brother, began violin
lessons at the age of four in his hometown of Ithica NY. Two years later,
the family moved to Norfolk, where Yuki found Mrs. Schreck and continued
his Suzuki-Method lessons. He has also studied for seven years with Mrs.
Dora Mullins and, for the past two years, has studied under Mr. Jorge Aquirre
of the Virginia Symphony.
Yuki is a junior at Norfolk Christian High School, where he has studied
since the first grade. He has maintained an A average throughout high school.
In addition, he plays soccer and tennis, as well as playing saxophone in
the school band.
Yuki is involved in various extracurricular activities including being
Co-Concertmaster for The Bay Youth Symphony, and participating in Regional
and All-Virginia Orchestras. He also actively participates in MUSE, Musicians
Uniting Students and the Elderly. MUSE brings young musicians together
to entertain people in nursing homes.
Yuki’s parents are both professors at Old Dominion University. His
mother teaches Japanese and his father teaches Civil Engineering.
Future Events
May 13, 1998 7:30 PM Harrison Opera House, Norfolk VA.
The Bay Youth Strings, Bay Youth Concert Orchestra,
and Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform.
Tickets $5.00. Available at the Harrison Opera
House Box Office (757) 623-1223
Your attendance supports arts education for gifted
and talented young performers and provides you an
opportunity to enjoy fine music.
May 30, & June 6, 1998 7:00 PM Lake Taylor
High School, Norfolk, Virginia
Auditions for the 1998–99 Season
We have openings for beginners in elementary school
through expert musicians at the senior high school level.
We will be adding a 41-piece wind orchestra. Strings, winds,
and percussionists; there’s a place for you. Come join the fun!
For information, call our voice-mail line,
(757) 618-1800, and leave your phone number
Join us!
Your attendance supports arts education for gifted and talented
young
performers and provides you an opportunity to enjoy fine music.
For ticket information, call our voice-mail line,
(757) 618-1800, and leave your phone number
Bay Youth Performers
Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Violin I
Asha Balakrishna*** Norfolk Academy
Jessica Johnson Western Branch Middle School
Laura Fawcett Brandon Middle School
Jessica Wheeler Governor's School
Zachary Gillerlain Western Branch Middle School
Chad Dize Norfolk Academy
Esther Diehl Norfolk Christian
Edward Ablang Salem Middle School
Courtney Pickford Atlantic Shores
Summer Cozzens Hickory High School
Jessica Bradley Indian River High School
Loren Evory Hickory High School
Edwin Wu Ocean Lakes High School
Javonne Tia Johnson Salem High School
S. Megan Haynes Brandon Middle School
Kasie Coccaro Hickory Middle School
Vivian St. George Crestwood Middle School
Lauren Boyer Hickory Middle School
Joshua Martinez Western Branch High School
Violin II
Kristin Baird* Princess Anne Elementary
Rachel Adams Norfolk Collegiate
Ashley Dyer Princess Anne Middle School
Caitlin Hennessy St. Matthews
Carolyn Dunn Salem Middle School
Lucy Martinez Landstown Middle School
Jean Lin Princess Anne High School
Jane Kim Ocean Lakes High School
Rebecca Jenkins Kempsville High School
Gemma Thorpe Indian River High School
Ashley Nicole Whitaker Kempsville High School
Jessica Weil Norfolk Christian
John R. Coulson Norfolk Collegiate
Leslie Bell Norview High School
Wendi Strickland Oscar Smith High School
Marcie Mahonchek Cox High School
Timothy R. B. Adkins Princess Anne High School
Daniel Pellegrino Norfolk Collegiate
Alexandra Rich Cox High School
Edward Patterson Princess Anne High School
Viola
Melanie Hatfield* Great Neck Middle School
Sarah Petersen Kempsville Middle School
Conrad Hollomon Kemps Landing Magnet School
Erin Brady Western Branch Middle School
Brian Ackerly Oscar Smith High School
Cello
David N. Peoples* Indian River
Grace Huang Kemps Landing Magnet School
Kevin Jones Great Bridge High School
Erica Hayes Booker T. Washington HS
Kevin Barnes Cox High School
Carl Evory Hickory Middle School
Benjamin Lin Brandon Middle School
Graham Bryant Kempsville High School
Victoria Kurak Indian River High School
Jacquelyn Martin Hickory High School
Sara Gulick Western Branch Middle School
Aaron Schooley Hickory High School
Earl Clelland Hickory High School
Christopher Epps Granby High School
Bass
Chrystal Brown* Hickory High School
Jennifer Holden Hickory High School
Chris Charles Norview Middle School
Bassoon
Heidi Myers* Tallwood High School
Clarinet
Diane Pasch* Independence Middle School
Megan King Hickory High School
Sarah Kevorkian Maury High School
Katie Fox First Colonial High School
Jennifer Raquell Smith Great Bridge High School
Flute
Betsy Carretta* Tallwood High School
Helen Curtis Brandon Middle School
Oboe
Stacey Lewis* Tallwood High School
Trumpet
Christian H. Thomas* Home School
Tyler McLaughlin Norfolk Collegiate
Trombone
French Horn
Paul Curtis* Symphony
Maria Diaz Symphony
Tuba
Percussion
Christian Huynh* Home School
Vince Brown**** Teacher, Booker T. Washington
Duane DeVoe**** Manager, Bay Youth Orchestra
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Violin I
Shawn Singh*** Hickory HS
Yuki Ishibashi*** Norfolk Christian HS
Alexandra DuBois*** Home School
Allen Lai Great Bridge HS
Walker Muncy Norfolk Academy
Christine Ravago Oscar Smith HS
Josh Kalishman Hickory HS/Gov. School for the Arts
Marilyn Yang Cox HS
Rachel Sanfield Maury HS
Frank Scully Maury HS
Min Soo Yi Indian River HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Jonathan Kelly Great Bridge HS
Matthew Huddle Indian River HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Laura Leichtman Cox HS
Violin II
Holly Corbin Great Bridge HS
Natasha Burke Deep Creek HS
Betsey Lin Tallwood HS
Anne Huang Kempsville HS
Jaime Mead Western Branch HS
Beth Donahue Princess Anne HS
Mariaelle Millendez Tallwood HS
Jonathan Pierce Brandon MS
Henry Kim Cox HS
Angela Baird Kellam HS/Gov. School for the Arts
Gregory Johnson Princess Anne HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Henry Chong Cox HS
Michael Tsai First Colonial HS
Eunjee Kim Kempsville MS
Tori Chase Home School
Irene St. George Indian River HS
Marie Carmen Bayside HS
Korngiebel-Rosique
Viola
Tina Wagner* Great Bridge HS
Heather Tillman Great Bridge HS
Glenn Hecker Western Branch HS
Lena Kurth First Colonial HS
Sarah Williams Hickory HS
Lasha Winn Ocean Lakes HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Chris Schlegel Cox HS
David Robbins Western Branch HS
Cello
Dionne Wright** Deep Creek HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Robert Swanson** Maury HS
Tim Briggs Hickory HS/Gov. School for the Arts
Brandon Liburd Princess Anne HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Jennifer Ashley Cox HS/Gov. School for the Arts
Curtis Spencer Oscar Smith HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Jessica Ritchie Ocean Lakes HS
Milton Richardson Booker T. Washington HS
Bass
Jesse Cuthrell* First Colonial HS
David Gioedano Home School
Chavon Vanson Cox HS
Patrick Ontore Lynnhaven MS
Flute
Rebekah White* Kempsville High School
Melanie Morgan Cox HS
Marcie Anderson Kempsville HS
Elizabeth Magness Norfolk Academy
Vanessa Wilhelmi Cox HS/Gov. School for the Arts
Kirkland Jackson Woodside HS
Oboe
Celest Johnson* Tabb High School
Alyssa Stewart Gloucester HS
Ian Bierman Kempsville HS
Clarinet
John Blair* Kempsville High School
Megan McCroskey Kempsville HS
Karen Holden Hickory HS
Katie McKeon Cox HS
Kelvin Jackson Woodside HS
Bass Clarinet
John Lichtenstein**** Governor’s Magnet School for the Arts
Bassoon
Karen Lewis* Tallwood HS
Joshua Whiteside Green Run HS
French Horn
Paul Curtis* Tallwood HS
Maria Diaz Tallwood HS
Lcpl. Chris Travis**** Armed Forces School of Music
PFC Thaddeus Davis**** Armed Forces School of Music
Trumpet
Chris Moore* Great Bridge HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts
Alex Kennedy
Ari Lazier Ocean Lakes HS
Trombone
Dave Brogan* Tabb High School
LCpl. Nick Fox**** Armed Forces School of Music
LCpl. D. Boucher**** Armed Forces School of Music
Tuba
Scott Moore** Ocean Lakes HS
Frank Steadman** Kempsville HS
Percussion
Andrew Hummer* Kempsville High School
Christian Huynh Home School
Vince Brown Booker T. Washington HS
Harp
Mary Margaret Jones**** Professional Harpist
BYSO Librarian Stage Manager
BYSO Stage Assistants
Steven Gibson
Thomas Gibson
KEY:
* Principal
** Co-Principal
*** Concertmaster
**** Guest Artist
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Harvey & Donna Bryant
J.H. Miles & Co., Inc.
Scott & Janet Glover
Contributor ($10 – $49)
Terry & Luncinda Lewis
James & Yorey Jackson
Timothy & Judith Cook
Bruce & Debra Anderson
David & Carol Hatfield
Joseph & Sandra Coccaro
Thomas & Victoria Goodrich
Graham & Pamela Fox
Dennis & Myong Dorshimer
Mrs Leon Peoples
Patrick & Brenda Corbin
Mr. & Mrs. Jarvis
Craig & Vickie Weil
Donald & Phyllis Johnson
Cheng & Shui Lin
Michael & Beverly Imperial
Mark & June Hecker
Duo & Hang Nguyen
Cynthia Collins Ricks Cdr.
Edward & Linda Whealton
Nicholas & Tracy Holman
John & Debra McLaughlin
The Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia are members of the American
Symphony Orchestra League,
The Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads & Virginians
for the Arts
BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF VIRGINIA
PO Box 41440
Chesapeake, VA 23327-2396
Voice-Mail Info: (757) 618-1800
The Orchestras are funded in part by grants from the:
City of Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
Business Consortium for Arts Support of Hampton Roads
Board of Directors
Ron McKeon, President
Remi DuBois, vice-president
Jenny Freeman, Treasurer
Karen Moore, Assistant Treasurer
Carl W. Clark, Jr.
Muriel Evory
JoAnn Falletta
Michael Hodgis
Artistic Staff
Concert Orchestra Director: Duane DeVoe
Bay Youth Strings Directors: Christina Morton, Linda Althoff
Percussion Ensemble Director: Vincent G. Brown
Chamber Music Director: Martin Glasgow
Director of Development
Lyndsay V. Austin
National Board of Advisors
Gregory Lynn Barnes; Founder & former Music Director
C. Sidney Berg; Conductor, Tidewater Winds & Tidewater Youth
Orchestras (retired)
Dr. Robert McCashin; Director of Orchestral Activities, James Madison
University
Dr. Marvin Rabin; Conductor, Greater Boston Youth Orchestra
& Wisconsin Youth Orchestra (retired)
Rehearsal Facilities Courtesy of:
Norfolk Public Schools
Dr. Roy Nichols, Superintendent
John C. Osteen, Principal, Lake Taylor High School
© 1997-2002
Revised:
August 28, 2002
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