Our River Campus Orchestras invite your charitable contributions to

the following funds:

THE B. KATHLEEN MORSE ENDOWMENT, established through

a generous bequest from the estate of Ms. Morse in 2002 and which

is used for the Orchestras' outreach and development.

THE DAVID HARMAN FUND FOR ORCHESTRAL EXCELLENCE,

established in recognition of Dr. Harman’s tenure as Director of

Orchestral Activities at the University of Rochester and his

exemplary contribution to musical life on campus and in the

community, which is used to support the activities of the College

Music Department's orchestras.

Your tax-deductible contributions in any amount can be arranged by

contacting Dr. Rachel Waddell at (585)-275-2827 or Jimmy Warlick at

(585)-273-5157 and will be greatly appreciated.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

The Orchestra, Dr. Waddell, and

Music Department wish to thank:

-The UR Music Ensemble Techs for providing logistical support

-The Music Interest Floor for providing ushers to this concert

“An Academic Festival” Saturday, April 28, 2018

Academic Festival

Overture Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)

Trumpet Concerto Alexander Arutiunian

(1920-2012) Andante

Allegro energico

Meno mosso

Cadenza

Coda

Jeffrey Pinsker-Smith, Trumpet

Symphony No. 2, Howard Hanson

“Romantic” (1896-1981) I. Adagio – Allegro moderato

II. Andante con tenerezza

III. Allegro con brio

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The Symphony Orchestra Dr. Rachel L. Waddell, Music Director & Conductor

FLUTE

Laura Smoller, Principal on Hanson

Talia Chen, Principal on Arutiunian

Elibba Dean, Principal on Brahms

Emily Kay

Emily Loose

PICCOLO

Laura Smoller, Piccolo on Arutiunian

Talia Chen, Piccolo on Hanson

Emily Kay, Piccolo on Brahms

OBOE

Ryan Wong, Principal on Brahms,

Sophia Stone, Principal on Arutiunian

Samuel Triest, Principal on Hanson

ENGLISH HORN

Ryan Wong, Hanson

CLARINET

Ryan Reiss, Principal on Hanson

Gayeon Lee

Zheng Liu, Principal on Arutiunian

BASSOON

Barbara Gross, Principal

Christopher Corona

CONTRABASSOON

Jeanne Coonan

HORN

Gregory Savich, Principal on Hanson

Hannah Osgood

Lori Osgood, Principal on Brahms

Naomi Ruetz, Principal on Arutiunian

Steve Landgren

John Kauppi

TRUMPET

Deborah Uman, Principal on Hanson

Richard Zona, Principal on

Brahms &Arutiunian

Justin Lloyd

TROMBONE

Lou Osgood, Principal on Hanson

Jacob Kuebler

Clayton Emmel, Principal on Brahms

Mike Dorval

TUBA

Adam Meltzer

HARP

Alaina Attanasio

TIMPANI/PERCUSSION

Adam Joslyn, Principal

Katelyn Gibson

Doran Teverovsky

VIOLIN I

Ben Srajer, Concertmaster

Ellen Henry

Aelin Kim

Sara MacNally

Khang Huynh

Reuben Epstein

Elizabeth Karpman

Eric Moore

Elissa Moy

Luke McCarney

Nia Hrynio

Judy Loeb

Hannah Simons

Ke Ding

Andrew Deng

Stephanie Hou

Claire Hotvedt

Marie Amalric

James Yarberry

Charles Chiang

VIOLIN II

Anna Weldy, Principal

Hannah Roberts

Vivian Si Chen

Natalie Bowerman

Jordan Mao

Grace Tung

Megan Murante

David Schwardt

Michele Bello

Serena Labrecque

Sarah Walters

Xin Lu

Maia Peters

Jieming Zhang

Josh Luo

Senyuan Fan

Amanda Wasserman

Yuchen Du

Ji Whan Kim

VIOLA

Keiko Vann, Principal

Alana Fan

Daniel Lee

Stuart Goldstein

Lea McDermott

Emily Volk

Cullen Walsh

Rachel Haynes

Shannon Cahalan

Leesa Brown

CELLO

Anthony Yee, Principal

Joel Kottas

Stephen Burgay

Matthew Murante

Vivek Nithipalan

Mark Volkin

Sifan Yang

Sixu Meng

Amanda Wilson

BASSES

Christopher Janidlo, Principal

Annie Moorhead

Samuel Vann

Eibhlin Regan

Dayle Lavine

Orchestra Librarians:

Annie Moorhead

Grace Tung

Alana Fan

JEFFREY PINSKER-SMITH started playing French horn in

fourth grade, and picked up trumpet in eighth grade after

discovering jazz music. He studied with renowned trumpeter

Daryl Robbins, and currently takes lessons at Eastman. Jeffrey

plays with a number of groups on the River Campus, including

the Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, a jazz combo, and

a student-run fusion group called The Recall. Jeffrey performed

with the Massachusetts All-State wind ensemble and symphony

orchestras on French horn and trumpet, respectively. In his

senior year, he was selected to be lead-trumpet of the

Massachusetts All-State jazz band, and performed with the

group in the 2017 Newport Jazz festival. He was also a member

the 2017 All-Eastern Wind Ensemble.

RACHEL L. WADDELL is the newly-appointed Director of Orchestral Activities at the University

of Rochester. Before coming to Rochester, she served as the Associate Conductor of the Canton

Symphony Orchestra, a professional regional orchestra in northeastern Ohio, and Music Director

of the award-winning Canton Youth Symphonies. During her time with Canton, Waddell

conducted over eighty performances and served as the Cover Conductor for additional

masterworks programming under the direction of the CSO’s Music Director, Gerhardt

Zimmermann. In both roles, Waddell worked closely with guest artists such as Project Trio,

Lindsay Deutsch, BélaFleck, André Watts, and many others. In 2016 she conducted the Ohio

premier of Christopher Theofanidis’ Dreamtime Ancestors with the CSO.

Waddell’s innovative programming and passion for community engagement has made her a

popular conductor with audiences of all ages. Her POPS performances have included an array of

diverse concerts from the Music of Queen to a swingin’ holiday spectacular. Under Waddell’s

leadership, the Canton Youth Symphony grew from a small, single orchestra to a three-tier

progressive orchestral training program reaching over 120 students throughout northeastern Ohio.

The Canton Youth Symphonies were named the 2015 Youth Orchestra of the Year by the Classics

Alive Foundation in Los Angeles. In 2016 Waddell co-founded New Horizons Chamber Orchestra

to provide an outlet for amateur adult musicians in her community to perform chamber music. In

recognition of her service to the greater Canton community, Waddell was named one of YStark

and The Canton Repository’s 2015 “20 Under 40!” recipients.

In addition to her work with the CSO and CYS, Waddell was the first women to guest conduct

Cleveland’s Suburban Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as guest conductor with the Las

Vegas Philharmonic, Flagstaff Light Opera Company, and Greater Hartford Women Composers’

Festival. She has also held positions as Conductor of Oberlin Conservatory’s Northern Ohio Youth

Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Miami Music Festival in Florida, Music Director of the Las

Vegas Korean Youth Orchestra, and Apprentice Conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. Her

conducting has been described by Cleveland Classical as “distinctly animated” with “charismatic

fervor….a sensibility eagerly reciprocated by the orchestra as it responded with marvelous tonal

depth and palpable exuberance.”

Waddell has served on faculty at Kent State University-Stark, Malone University, Walsh

University, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in

Orchestra Conducting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Masters in Orchestra

Conducting from Northern Arizona University, and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the

Hartt School of Music in Connecticut. Waddell continues her commitment to music education

through her research on the psychology and sociology of orchestral conducting and performance

URSO would like to thank our coaches from the

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra:

Aika Ito, Violin

David Hult, Viola

Ingrid Bock, Cello/Bass

Eric Behr, Woodwind

Douglas Prosser, Brass

Bill Cahn, Percussion

Congratulations to our graduating URSO students:

Gayeon Lee

- Clarinet /3 years URCO; 1 year URSO - B.S., Computer Science, Hometown: Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea After Graduation: “I will be working as a Software

Development Engineer at Amazon in Seattle,WA starting this June.”

Favorite Memory from Orchestra: “Although I enjoyed my year with Dr.Waddell, my most memorable moment from Orchestra is the Kodak Hall performance last year and Celebration of Dr.Harman’s retirement that followed the concert.”

Megan Murante

- Violin / 4 years URSO - Major in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology;

Minor in Studio Arts Hometown: Rochester, NY, USA After Graduation: “Next year I will be

participating in the Take Five program, studying Italian Culture and Language.”

Favorite Memory from Orchestra: All the concerts and cookie breaks- but if I had to pick one favorite, it was playing the John Williams Medley.

Maia Peters

- Violin / 1 year URCO; 3 years URSO - B.A. in Music Hometown: Basom, NY Favorite Memory from Orchestra: Performing

with the Symphony Orchestra in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. It was an incredible experience performing a great symphony on an amazing stage. I appreciate all of the music I was able to play and being able to perform with amazing musicians in both groups. Dr. Waddell and Dr. Harman have helped me grow as a musician and as a person, and I can’t thank them enough.

Eibhlin Regan - Bass / 5 years URSO - Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology & Gender

Studies; Take Five Scholar in History & Religion Hometown: Pittsford, NY Favorite Memory from Orchestra: My

favorite memories from Orchestra were performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and watching the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra perform this same symphony at Kodak Hall.

Emily Volk - Viola / 4 Years URSO - Chemical Engineering Hometown: North Easton, Massachusetts After Graduation: Pursue a career in renewable

energy and climate change research. Favorite Memory from Orchestra: Playing

Mahler in the Eastman Kodak Theater in the Spring of 2017.

Amanda Erin Wilson

- Cello / 2 Years URSO - B.S. in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA After Graduation: Next year, I will begin

working towards my PhD in Computational Evolutionary Biology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Favorite Memory from Orchestra: During a rehearsal in my first year, Dr. Harman discussed how, amidst a difficult political atmosphere and personal turmoil, it is wonderful we can come together and make music. He gave words to describe the beautiful experience of being a part of an orchestra. It made me realize that music can always be a unifying power that connects me with others and brings joy to my life.

Ryan Wong

- Oboe & English Horn / 4 years URSO, 1 URCO - B.S. Computer Science/B.A. Chemistry Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA After Graduation: “After graduation I hope to

pursue a graduate degree in semiconductors or computer engineering. I intend to continue to play oboe.”

Favorite Memory from Orchestra: “My favorite memory from orchestra is playing Mahler 1 in Kodak Hall during the ’16-’17 season.”

(Dr.) Anthony Yee

- Cello / 1 year URCO; 9 years URSO - PhD in Optics [Note that during his 9 years at

UR, Anthony also finished a B.S. in Optical Engineering, M.S. in Optics, and M.S. in Technical Entrepreneurship & Management!]

Hometown: Oakland, CA Favorite Memory from Orchestra: “My

favorite memory from symphony orchestra was when we performed at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the world premiere of the “Concerto for Organ” by Falcinelli.”

James Yarberry

- Violin / 4 years URSO; 2 years URCO - B.A. German; Music & Linguistics Minor Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Memory from Orchestra: “Playing

Mahler 1 last spring at Eastman was one of the most memorable URSO performances as Mahler 1 was my favorite piece from Interlochen and I got to play it on a stage with such rich history. Tonight’s concert is even more meaningful, however, because for my final concert with URSO, I get to play the Interlochen Theme and relive all the memories I have from going to camp there.”