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September 14, 2024 @ 6:00 pm Destiny USA – Syracuse Orchestra Underground Lounge 1 Destiny USA Drive (on the Commons Level, across from Burlington) Syracuse , 13204
Program
RICHARD WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyries
SEAN O’LOUGHLIN (arr.)
Ein Prosit
NEIL DIAMOND (arr. McKenzie)
Sweet Caroline
Mr. Stull, vocalist
BOB CERULLI (arr.)
Chicken Dance Polka
SEAN O’LOUGLIN (arr.)
Ein Prosit
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT (arr.)
The Sound of Music
INTERMISSION
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Express Polka
NENA (arr. Lindburg)
99 Red Balloons
Ms. Weber, vocalist
JONATHAN CAIN, STEVE PERRY, NEAL SCHON
Don’t Stop Believin’
Ms. Weber, vocalist
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Trisch Trasch Polka
SEAN O’LOUGHLIN (arr.)
Ein Prosit
BEDRICH SMETANA
Dance of the Comedians from “The Bartered Bride”
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
Thunder and Lightning Polka
NEIL DIAMOND (arr. McKenzie)
Sweet Caroline
SEAN O’LOUGHLIN (arr.)
Ein Prosit
Featured Artists
Mezzo Soprano Kay Weber (fondly known as Katie) has been described as a dynamic and moving performer, with a commitment to text, musicality, and communication through music. “Weber possesses a formidable instrument, with a highly melodious but penetrating timbre.”
Kay made her Off-Broadway Debut in Sweetee A ...
Mezzo Soprano Kay Weber (fondly known as Katie) has been described as a dynamic and moving performer, with a commitment to text, musicality, and communication through music. “Weber possesses a formidable instrument, with a highly melodious but penetrating timbre.”
Kay made her Off-Broadway Debut in Sweetee A New Musical directed by Emmy Award Winner Pat Birch at the Signature Theater at Pershing Square Theater Complex. Other Off-Off Broadway productions include Icons/Idols at Opera America and the New Ohio Theater (dir. Colette Roberts), and Henry Box Brown and The Dizzy Gillespie Theater (dir. Mehr Mansuri).
Staged readings include: Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s Republic, Stephanie Sandberg’s Mezzo, Helen Banner/Grace Oberhofer’s Tetrology Icon’s/Idols, Brad Ross’ Michael Strogoff, Grace Oberhofer’s A Doll’s House: A New Opera at The Tank Theater as Dr. Rank, and a second production of A Doll’s House at Central Square Theater in Boston as Christine Lindt.
She performed as Dorabella in scenes from Cosi fan tutte for a short film directed by Dara Melina in The Plaiedes Product inaugural project.
A versatile performer, Steven Stull has lived and performed in Ithaca since 1986 and appears regularly in the area with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Society for New Music, Arts at Grace, and Triphammer Arts. He has been a soloist in sixty performances with Symphoria and Syracuse Symphony including nine ...
A versatile performer, Steven Stull has lived and performed in Ithaca since 1986 and appears regularly in the area with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Society for New Music, Arts at Grace, and Triphammer Arts. He has been a soloist in sixty performances with Symphoria and Syracuse Symphony including nine productions with the Syracuse Opera. A frequent performer with the Rochester Philharmonic, he performed with RPO as Sherlock Holmes in 2019 and in seven concerts in 2018, narrating and singing a variety of pieces including Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait, and the Dr. Seuss stories, The Sneetches and Gerald McBoing Boing. Mr. Stull has been a soloist in nearly eighty performances with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and can be heard in their recordings Home for the Holidays and Tales from the West Virginia Hills. His other recordings include Boyz in the Wood with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, The Pulse of an Irishman, Opera Cowpokes, and Christmas from the Heart of New York. Steven has appeared with Glimmerglass Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Artpark, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kyrgyz State Opera, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Oswego Opera, Anchorage Festival of Music, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Ithaca, Erie Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and Fredonia Bach and Beyond Festival. Recent and upcoming performances include soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bonhoeffer in Hugh McElyea’s Tenebrae: The Passion of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, and Frank Baum in the new opera Pushed Aside by Persis Vehar. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Oberlin College Conservatory, Steven is also an actor, producer, director, composer, painter and photographer. Since 1990 Steven and choreographer Jeanne Goddard have presented an eclectic series of music and dance performances on the CRS Growers organic vegetable farm overlooking Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY. His numerous recordings are available from operacowpokes.com
Richard began his career as a solo cornet with the United States Coast Guard Band, a presidential band. He has performed as a soloist in China, Turkey, Singapore, Russia, Costa Rica, Japan, Canada, Germany, Poland, Italy and Greece.
As an orchestral musician, Stoelzel was assistant principal trumpet ...
Richard began his career as a solo cornet with the United States Coast Guard Band, a presidential band. He has performed as a soloist in China, Turkey, Singapore, Russia, Costa Rica, Japan, Canada, Germany, Poland, Italy and Greece.
As an orchestral musician, Stoelzel was assistant principal trumpet of the New Orleans Symphony and won the principal trumpet position in 1993. He was a member of the Miami City Ballet, Ballet Florida, Florida Symphonic Pops, New World Symphony, South Florida Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Des Moines Opera, Domaine Forget, and Masterworks Festival and has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Jacksonville Symphony and Louisville Symphony. Richard is currently the principal trumpet of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra and a frequent performer with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, Stoelzel is the founder, first trumpet and director of the highly acclaimed Avatar Brass. He was also a founding member of the New World Brass and has performed and toured with the Michigan Chamber Brass and the Grammy-winning Chestnut Brass. In addition to his live performances, Richard has recorded over 20 CDs with groups such as the Avatar Brass, Louisville Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony (PBS Broadcast), New Orleans Symphony, Asaph Orchestra, US Coast Guard Band, and Dallas Wind Symphony. His first solo recording, BORN TO BE MILD, was released on the prestigious Albany record label to critical acclaim, as was his latest solo CD recorded in 2018 with the Polish Camerata Chamber Orchestra.
As a pedagogue, Stoelzel was on the Artist Faculty at the HARID Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, a Professor of Trumpet at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, and is currently a Professor of Trumpet at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
His students have consistently won numerous national and international awards. For example, under his direction, the GVSU Trumpet ensemble placed 1st in 2006 and 2008 at the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia. They also hold positions in various orchestras, military bands, and professional chamber ensembles, such as Pershing’s Own Army Band, the President’s Own Marine Band, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Xalapa Symphony, Canadian Brass, Atlantic Brass, Burning River Brass, and Proteus 7 – and have performed in the popular rock groups “Pink Martini” and “Absolute,” as well as the Broadway hits “Annie,” “Wicked” and “Hairspray.”
Stoelzel has commissioned over 40 new works for trumpet and brass quintet by composers such as Eric Ewazen, James Stephenson, Arthur Weisberg, Robert Buckley, Erik Morales, Sean O’Loughlin, Frank Horvat, and Robert Bradshaw.
Richard is also an accomplished conductor. He was the principal pops conductor for the HARID Conservatory and the music director of the Florida Wind Symphony. He is currently the conductor and music director of the Lakeshore Concert Band in Montreal, Quebec. He was also a recent guest soloist and conductor with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra Brass.
Stoelzel was the co-founder and artistic director of the GVSU International Summer Trumpet Seminar, which ran from 2005 to 2014. He is currently the co-founder and president of the World Trumpet Society and a Yamaha International Performing Artist.
The Orchestra
VIOLIN I
Peter Rovit, Concertmaster
Supported by Robert & Vicki Lieberman
Sonya Stith Williams, Associate Concertmaster
Supported by Virginia Parker,
in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
Edgar Tumajyan, Assistant Concertmaster
Supported by David A. A. Ridings
Noemi Miloradovic
Liviu Dobrota
Asher Wulfman
Laura Smith
Bin Gui
Benjamin Mygatt
Charles Loh
VIOLIN II
Amy Christian, Principal
Anita Gustafson, Assistant Principal
Sara Silva
Linda Carmona
Adam Jeffreys
Renée Choi
VIOLA
Principal Viola
Supported by an anonymous Friend
Arvilla Wendland, Acting Assistant Principal
Carol Sasson
William Ford-Smith
Batmyagmar “Miga” Erdenebat
CELLO
Heidi Hoffman, Principal
Lindsay Groves, Assistant Principal
Gregory Wood, Assistant Principal
Walden Bass
George Macero
Supported by Bill & Nancy Byrne
BASS
Spencer Phillips, Principal
Supported by Lou & Kathy Lemos
Michael Fittipaldi, Assistant Principal
Supported by Barbara Davis,
in memory of Leslie Davis
Joshua Kerr
Marshall Henry
FLUTE
Xue Su, Principal
Supported by Dr. Paul E. Phillips & Sharon P. Sullivan,
in memory of Frederick B. Parker, M.D.
Kelly Covert
PICCOLO
Kelly Covert
Supported by Susan Moran
OBOE
Eduardo Sepúlveda, Principal
The Philip R. MacArthur Chair
Mickenna Keller
ENGLISH HORN
Mickenna Keller
CLARINET
Allan Kolsky, Principal
John Friedrichs, Assistant First Chair
BASS CLARINET
John Friedrichs
BASSOON
Rachel Koeth, Principal
Jessica Wooldridge King
CONTRABASSOON
Jessica Wooldridge King
HORN
Jon Garland, Principal
Nancy & David Ridings Chair
Jonathan Dozois
Supported by Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth
Julie Bridge, Associate Principal
Tyler Ogilvie
TRUMPET
John Raschella, Principal
Robert C. Soderberg Chair
Roy Smith
TROMBONE
Benjamin Dettelback, Principal
David Seder
Jackson Murphy
Bass Trombone supported by an anonymous friend
TUBA
Justin Benavidez
TIMPANI
Patrick Shrieves
Supported by Mary Ann Tyszko
PERCUSSION
Michael W. Bull, Principal
Supported by Alice & Michael Kendrick
Ernest Muzquiz
Laurance Luttinger
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Arvilla Wendland
LIBRARIAN
Kyle Jones
Board of Directors
Mary Ann Tyszk, President
President & CEO, SRCTec (retired)
Anna Putintseva, Secretary
Partner, Bousquet Holstein
Caragh Fahy, Treasurer
Owner & President, Madison Financial Planning Group
Marcus Cerroni
Principal & Co-Founder, Modali Consulting
Amy Christian
Musician, The Syracuse Orchestra
Kelly Covert
Musician, Corporate Giving & Annual Fund Manager,
The Syracuse Orchestra
Vicki Feldman
Community Volunteer
Kimberly Flomerfelt-Puc
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant
Jon Garland
Musician, Director of Operations,
The Syracuse Orchestra
George Kilpatrick
Host, Inspiration for the Nation
Allan Kolsky
Musician, The Syracuse Orchestra
Robert Lieberman
Managing Partner, RAV Properties
Fritz Messere
Dean Emeritus, School of Communication,
Media & the Arts, SUNY Oswego
Jackie Penfield
Director of Client Services, OneGroup
Michael Ratner, M.D.
Surgeon, Upstate Medical Center (retired)
Martha Sutter
Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
& Teaching Professor of Voice, Syracuse University
Gwendolyn Sykes
Executive VP, Finance & CFO, SRC, Inc.
Shelly Thompson-Liedka
VP & Commercial Banking Manager, M&T Bank
Marcus Webb
Assistant Director of Special Projects at Ichor Life Sciences, Inc.
Gregory Wood
Musician, The Syracuse Orchestra
The Syracuse Orchestra Staff
Pamela Murchison
Executive Director
PMurchison@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Jon Garland
Director of Operations
JGarland@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Ergo Blydenburgh
Orchestra Manager
EBly@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Andrew Teller
Stage Manager
ATeller@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Arvilla Wendland
Personnel Manager
AWendland@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Jonathan Dozois
Assistant Personnel Manager
JDozois@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Kyle Jones
Librarian
KJones@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Lara Mosby
Director of Community Engagement
LMosby@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Abigail Scaduto
Director of Development
AScaduto@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Kelly Covert
Corporate Giving and Annual Fund Manager
KCovert@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Brian Pope
Marketing and Data Manager
BPope@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Kirsten Johnson
Youth Orchestra Manager & Education Manager
KJohnson@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Lemire Rowser-Grohol
Box Office Representative
info@SyracuseOrchestra.org
Willie Ford-Smith
Box Office Representative
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Krystina Carnifax
Box Office Representative
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Stephen Salem
Youth Orchestra Music Director
Jessica Tumajyan
Youth Strings Conductor