2019 DEC

H O L I D A Y O R G A N S P E C T A C U L A R2019-20 SPECIAL EVENT

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.Segerstrom Center for the ArtsRenée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Todd Wilson, organ and hostBarry Perkins, trumpet

“I SAW THREE SHIPS”Todd Wilson

“THE FIRST NOEL”Todd Wilson • Barry Perkins

“CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE”Todd Wilson • Barry Perkins

“SUSSEX CAROL”Todd Wilson • Mindy Ball

“EMMANUEL”Todd Wilson • Barry Perkins • Dennis KimMeredith Crawford • Elliott Moreau

“CAROLS OF THE MANGER”Todd Wilson • Mindy Ball

“GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN“Barry Perkins • Dennis KimMeredith Crawford • Elliott Moreau

“CARILLON ON A UKRANIAN BELL CAROL”Todd Wilson

“HALLELUJAH” CHORUS FROM MESSIAHTodd Wilson • Barry Perkins • Mindy Ball Dennis Kim • Meredith Crawford • Elliott Moreau

TraditionalArr. Elliott

TraditionalArr. Mahpar

GuaraldiArr. Perkins

TraditionalArr. Wood

ColombierArr. Perkins

TraditionalArr. Wood

TraditionalArr. Perkins

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HandelArr. Mahpar

Mindy Ball, harpDennis Kim, violin

Meredith Crawford, violaElliott Moreau, bassoon and saxophone

“BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA”Todd Wilson

“I SAW THREE SHIPS”Todd Wilson • Mindy Ball • Dennis Kim Meredith Crawford

“O HOLY NIGHT“Todd Wilson • Mindy Ball • Dennis KimMeredith Crawford • Elliot Moreau

“O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL”Todd Wilson • Barry Perkins • Dennis KimMeredith Crawford

“O CHRISTMAS DANNY BOY“Todd Wilson • Dennis Kim

“SLEIGH RIDE”

“I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS”

“CHRISTMAS SONG”

Intermission

TraditionalArr. Chapman

TraditionalArr. Wood

TraditionalArr. Bassi

TraditionalArr. Mahpar and Perkins

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AndersonArr. Mahpar

KentArr. Mahpar

TormeArr. Moreau and Perkins

This concert has been generously sponsored byValerie and Barry Hon.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:VALERIE AND BARRY HON

Pacific Symphony would like to extend special thanks to Valerie and Barry Hon for their generous sponsorship of the organ series. Their dedication to Pacific Symphony as well as their love of the incredible William J. GillespieConcert Organ is evidenced by their making possible three organ-specific performances. The Hons’ generosity and love for the arts can be felt throughout the community.

Organ Superstar David HiggsMarch 1, 2020 @ 3 p.m.David Higgs, one of America’s leading concert organists, showcases the beauty and power of the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ. The chair of the Organ department at the Eastman School of Music performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad, and has inaugurated many important new instruments including St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.

U P C O M I N G O R G A N C O N C E R T S

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame”May 10, 2020 @ 7 p.m.Organist Dennis James provides a chilling soundtrack for the silent-film classic, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” The 1923 film, based on Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel of the same name, is known for the grand sets that recall 15th century Paris as well as for Lon Chaney’s performance and make-up as the tortured hunchback Quasimodo, the deaf, half-blind, hunchbacked bell-ringer of the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Enjoy concerts showcasing the 4,322-pipe William J. Gillespie Concert Organ — a stunning one-of-a-kind instrument built especially for the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

THE WILLIAM J. GILLESPIE CONCERT ORGANRising dramatically behind the performance platform, the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ is a visual focal point of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The organ was made possible by a generous gift of William J. Gillespie.

The organ was designed and built by C. B.Fisk, Inc. of Gloucester, Massachusetts.It is 40 feet wide, 48 feet high and 12 feetdeep. The organ contains 4,322 pipes. Thefront pipes extend 32 feet in height and

are finished in aluminum-leafed wood orpolished tin. The entire instrument weighs30 tons.

There are 75 stops, including 57individual voices and 75 ranks. The console includes four manual keyboards of 61 notes each, naturals of cow bone, sharps of ebony. The pedal keyboard has 32 notes, naturals of maple, sharps of ebony. It contains five divisions, the Great, Swell, Positive and Pedal divisions

form the basis of the classical organ. The Solo division is on higher wind pressure and is specifically suited for providing the musical climax in the repertoire for organ and orchestra. The organ utilizes Tracker key action, a direct mechanical link between the keyboard and the valves controlling the wind to the pipes. It is winded by electric blowers totaling 14 horsepower, providing pressures from 4” to 18” water column.

The William J. Gillespie Organ at a glance:• Four manual keyboards of 61 notes

each (CC-c4), and one-foot keyboardof 32 notes (CC-g1)

• 4,322 pipes• 57 voices• 75 ranks

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toDD wilSonOrganist

Regarded across America and around the world as one of today’s finest concert organists, Todd Wilson is head of the Organ Department at The Cleveland Institute of Music, and Director of Music and Worship at

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, he is curator of the E.M. Skinner pipe organ at Severance Hall (home of The Cleveland Orchestra), and House Organist for the newly restored Aeolian organ at the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Akron, Ohio.

Barry PErKinSTrumpet

Principal trumpet of Pacific Symphony since 2004, Barry Perkins has been hailed as “fearless,” “first rate” and ”phenomenal” by the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times.

Throughout his career, he has performed with many world-renowned orchestras, famous classical and jazz artists, as well as esteemed conductors. Perkins has performed on the world’s most prestigious concert stages including those of Munich, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Lucerne, Hanover, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen and Vienna, as well as those of the United States. When he was in his early 20s, Perkins held the position of associate principal trumpet of the Mexico City Philharmonic for five years. Since then he has also performed with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, Baltimore Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In addition to his career as a performer, Perkins is a renowned teacher whose powerful and energetic teaching style has influenced many young trumpeters to become great musicians as well as great leaders. He was a member of the music faculty at California State University, Fullerton, from 2007 to 2015, and founder of the Barry Perkins Trumpet Academy, which has reached hundreds of young musicians throughout Southern California.

minDy BallHarp

Ball began playing the harp at age 12, studying with Marjorie Call-Salzedo and receiving her degree in Harp Performance from Chapman University with honors. She also trained with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute

Orchestra under distinguished American conductor Leonard Bernstein. Currently celebrating her 40th year as principal harp with Pacific Symphony, she is also principal harp with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and has held principal positions with Opera Pacific and Pittsburgh Opera under John Mauceri.

Ball performs regularly for major and international touring ballet companies and has recorded for film and television including PBS specials for Barry Manilow, American Ballet Theatre, NBC Movies of the Week, Superman and Batman cartoons, Diablo 3 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

DEnniS KimViolin

Dennis Kim is the concertmaster of Pacific Symphony. A citizen of the world, Kim was born in Korea, raised in Canada and educated in the United States. He has spent more than a decade leading orchestras in

the United States, Europe and Asia. Most recently, he was concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. He was first appointed concertmaster of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra at the age of 22. He then served as the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, before going on to lead the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland.

As guest concertmaster, Kim hasperformed on four continents, leadingthe BBC Symphony Orchestra, LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra, Royal StockholmPhilharmonic Orchestra, HelsinkiPhilharmonic Orchestra, OrchestreNational de Lille, KBS Symphony Orchestra,Montpelier Symphony Orchestra, MalaysianPhilharmonic Orchestra, Western AustraliaSymphony Orchestra and SymphonyOrchestra of Navarra.

mErEDith CrawforDViola

Violist Meredith Crawford, a Maine native, studied under the tutelage of Professor Peter Slowik at Oberlin College and Conservatory. She graduated in 2009 after completing Oberlin’s double-degree program

with both a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. After being inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda honor society, she received the prestigious Prize for Musicianship, awarded to students judged to be “the most outstanding of those elected to Pi Kappa Lambda.” Crawford was the first-prize winner of the Ohio Viola Society’s annual competition in 2007, the 2009 Skokie Valley Symphony Annual Young Artist Competition and the 2009-10 Oberlin Conservatory Competition—the first win for a violist in over a decade.

Elliot morEaUBassoon and Saxophone

Elliott Moreau joined Pacific Symphony in 2005. From 2006-08, he held the position of Principal Bassoon of Opera Pacific. In 2012, he became a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and for

the past three seasons has been Acting Principal. Currently on faculty at University of California, Irvine, he previously taught at Azusa Pacific University. A native of San Diego, Moreau took up the saxophone at age 9 and began bassoon studies two years later. He studied both jazz saxophone and bassoon performance at DePaul University in Chicago, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. He received his master’s degree in Music from USC. Moreau is very fortunate to have studied with Arlen Fast of the New York Philharmonic, Stephen Maxym, former solo bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera, William Buchman of the Chicago Symphony and Daniel Matsukawa of the Philadelphia Orchestra.