Imagining the Next 25 Years Sunday, May 4 , 2014

Star Wars Medley John Williams (b. 1932)

Petite Suite Claude Debussy (1862—1918)

Orch. Busser

En bateau (Sailing): Andantino

Cortège (Retinue): Moderato

Menuet: Moderato

Ballet: Allegro giusto

Romanian Folk Dances Belá Bartok (1881—1945) I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)

II. Brâul (Sash Dance)

III. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)

IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

V. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)

VI. Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

Suite No 1 for Small Orchestra Igor Stravinsky (1882—1971) Andante Napolitana Española Balalaika

Star Trek Through the Years arr. Calvin Custer (1939—1998) As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow concertgoers, please silence or turn off all cell devices. Also, there is absolutely no video or recording of the concert allowed on personal phones or home equipment. Thank you.

Ron Arden received his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis, a Masters from the University of Nebraska in viola per-formance, and did doctoral work at the Univer-sity of Houston in voice and viola. A “renaissance man” in the truest sense, for over 30 years he has performed, taught, and con-ducted as an artist of the first rank. Orchestral viola experience includes the Omaha Symphony and Chamber Orches-tra, Lincoln Symphony, Houston Bach Society, Houston Grand Opera, The Florida Philhar-monic, and Symphony of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale. Vocal/acting experience includes performance as a free-lance artist in Omaha, with Houston Grand Opera, and Class Act Broadway touring company of South Florida. Ron has taught private voice and viola in each of the cities mentioned above as well as being a featured teacher for Road Scholar Continuing Education programs annually since 1985. He is the owner and director of the Allegro String Quartet, presently teaches voice at Barrington High School, and has an active music studio at home. He and his wife toured the country for over 25 years and have three pro-fessional recordings from their concert ministry A Cross Between. They have two children, Nikolas and Ivan and reside in Zion, Illinois where Ron spent five years as Minister of Music, Worship, and Drama at Christ Community Church. Besides or-chestrating worship there, he was the artistic director of the Zion Passion Play, Dean of the Zion Conservatory, and music director of the Zion Chamber Orchestra – twice awarded by the Illinois Council of Orchestras. In 2003 Ron helped found and became artistic director of FullScore Cham-ber Orchestra, an ensemble of professional singers and instrumentalists on Chica-go’s North Shore. FullScore was the first orchestra invited to the renovated Genesee Theater in Waukegan to accompany national artists there. Ron is widely sought as a music director and works also as consultant on the arts in worship. Enjoying a diversity of performing and conducting experience, his reputation for instilling excellence and artistry into musicians is his deepest pas-sion. From classical to Broadway, barbershop to gospel, Ron comfortably communi-cates the beauty in great music. Maestro Arden is music director/conductor of the Lake Forest Civic Or-chestra in Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, Illinois. This is his 7th season with the LFCO where audiences have grown, orchestra members have increased, and the overall life of the orchestra has been seriously rejuvenated. With both FullScore and the LFCO, Ron has celebrated the gifts of local artists and partnerships with local student en-sembles and churches. In these celebrations he has been and continues to be an ambassador for music making that enlivens and educates the lives of others.

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra 2013 - 2014 Season

Board of Directors

Marc Needlman, President Howard Martino, Treasurer

Andrea Gertz, Personnel Manager LoriLee Bielski, Marketing

Sandra Cretu Paul Martinez

Joe Perry

Music Director Ron Arden

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play standard works of the symphonic repertoire under skilled conductors.

2014-2015 Season

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Gorton Auditorium

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Gorton Auditorium

Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4 pm

Gorton Auditorium

Violin I Cynthia Arden, Shirley A. Norberg Concertmaster Chair Luann Benoit Sandra Cretu Lena Goetz Donald Heard Nancy Otto Dana Zapata Violin II Geisela Oberheim, Principal Nancy Borchers Alison Flores James Iwanski Nataliya Nikonov Diane Signatur Viola Yury Orlov, Heide Kuhnke Principal Viola Chair Andrea Gertz Josephine Jose Cello Julia Fiore, Principal Carol Bennett Laura Gilbert Nancy Thorner Jody Walker Bass Doug Nestler, Principal Paul Martinez Howard Martino Flute Melinda Vajdic, Principal Sally Bowers

Lake Forest Civic Orchestra

Oboe Charles Emmons, Principal Suzanne Ingold Clarinet Scott Schappe, Principal Gail Schechter Bassoon LoriLee Bielski, Principal Samuel Huber Horn Adam Whiteman, Principal Eric Grenier Pete Rodriguez Robin Schoonhoven Trumpet Jes Kall, Melvin Thorner Principal Trumpet Chair Tom Mensch Joe Perry Trombone Anders Kullander, Principal Joseph Aumann Mike Bennett Piano Irina Foektistova Tympani Bonnie Kuss Percussion Josh Williamson, Principal Chris Avgerin

Ron Arden, Conductor John Williams, Star Wars Medley (1977)

A medley of music originally composed for the blockbuster film

Star Wars, it opens with the familiar brass fanfare from the

opening titles and proceeds through the major musical themes

of the movie.

Claude Debussy, Petite Suite (1889)

Debussy based his Petite Suite of the poems of Paul Verlaine

(born in 1844). The poet’s influence on the composer was signifi-

cant. From Los Angeles Philharmonic program notes: “A descrip-

tion of the poet’s style, one favoring insinuation over declara-

tion, might even be applied to Debussy’s music. An accumulation

of fleeting subtleties is more to the point than a grander re-

vealed structure.” The first movements of the Petite Suite are

based on two poems about aristocrats on country outings, while

the last two movements aren’t connected to specific poems.

Again from the LA Philharmonic: Petite Suite remembers a

“world depicted in the fanciful paintings of Fragonard and

Watteau. Partiers assume the archetypal Commedia dell'Arte

roles – there are countesses and rogues, priests and knights, all

engaged in an atmosphere of frivolity.” In the first movement,

En bateau (sailing), romantic trysts are on the mind of the aristo-

crats as they sail at dusk on a dark lake. Then comes the playful

Cortege (retinue). A Menuet and Ballet finish the Suite.

Program Notes

Bela Bartok, Romanian Folk Dances (1917)

Bartok’s Rumanian Folk Dances were originally composed (1915)

for piano. The six short dances celebrate Transylvanian culture

and are based on tunes originally played on fiddle or shepherd’s

flute.

Igor Stravinsky, Suite No 1 for Small Orchestra (1925)

The music for Suite No 1 came from Five Easy Pieces (1916-17), a

piano suite intended as instructional pieces for his children. Stra-

vinsky orchestrated the first four movements of the piano suite

and they became the Suite No 1 for Small Orchestra. The piece

starts with an opening calm Andante; the rollicking

“Napolitana,” evoking an Italian street song; an intense Espa-

ñola, with jagged rhythms and contrasts; and the final Balalaȉka,

tuneful throughout, with an abrupt ending.

Arr. Calvin Custer, Star Trek Through the Years

This piece opens with the eminently recognizable opening from

the original 1966 television series and presents the title themes

composed for the later Star Trek movies and TV series including

The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, The Inner Light, Star Trek

Generations, Star Trek Voyager, and Star Trek The Motion Pic-

ture.

Contributors 2013 - 2014

The Lake Forest Civic Orchestra sincerely appreciates the contributions of those who support our concerts and the other activities of our 25th Season.

LoriLee Bielski

PCA (Packaging Corporation of America)

Gamma Partners – In-Kind Donation of Services

Andrea Gertz

Kimberly Hamersly

Kimberly Hamersly, In support of the Heide Kuhnke

Principal Viola Chair

Mike Bennett, in support of the Shirley A. Norberg Concertmaster Chair

Betsy Jacobson

Bonnie Kuss

Richard and Ruth Mandahl

Marc Needlman

Diane Signatur

Nancy J. Thorner

Nancy J. Thorner In support of the Melvin Thorner

Principal Trumpet Chair

Melinda Vajdic

Jody Walker Anonymous