Tuesday, June 29, 2021● 8:00 p.m.

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This program is generously sponsored by David and Robin Maupin

Scholarship awards sponsored by The Associates of the Redlands Bowl________________________________________________________________________________

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98th AnnualSummer Music

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The2286thEvent

The Grand Finals of theYoung Artists Concerto Competition

Featuring Vijay VenkateshHollywood Chamber OrchestraRoger Kalia, Competition Conductor

THE MASTER OF CEREMONIESWayne Scott

PROGRAM“Caro Nome” Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)“Glitter and Be Gay” Candide Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Emily Rosenberg, Soprano

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) I. Allegro moderato

Alexander Hobbs, Violin

Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op. 11 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) I. Allegro maestoso

Eric Gan, Piano

-INTERMISSION-Speaker: Valerie Peister, RBPA Program Director

Flute Concerto in D minor C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788) II. Un poco andante III. Allegro di molto

Henry Woolf, Flute

Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, Op. 26 Max Bruch (1838-1920) III. Finale: Allegro energico

Anaïs Feller, Violin

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major “Emperor”, op. 73 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770- 1827) I. Allegro

Vijay Venkatesh, PianoFeatured Soloist

This program is dedicated in memory of Ken Tuttle

This evening’s artistsRedlands Bowl Concerto Competition Finalists

Emily Rosenberg (Los Angeles, CA) Soprano Emily Rosenberghas been recognized as a “spirited actress” with a “rounded and lyri-cal voice, well under her control” by Platea Magazine, and “could bepart of the program at any established international theater.” Thisseason, Emily made her role debut as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto withJerusalem Lyric Opera. Other recent highlights include an appear-ance as Lieschen in Korngold’s Der Ring des Polykrates with NumiOpera, a return to Pacific Opera Project for their “super” take on TheMagic Flute, singing the title role of The Cunning Little Vixen withOpera Steamboat, and her Chicago debut originating the role of theNarrator in the world premiere of For Those in Peril, a new opera by

Francis L. Lynch. Emily has captivated audiences in multiple portrayals of Susanna in Le nozzedi Figaro, with performances in Los Angeles, Prague, and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Ad-ditional roles include Laetitia (The Old Maid and the Thief), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance),Amore (Orfeo ed Euridice), Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), An-nina (La Traviata), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), and covering Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi),Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). Emily made her Boston SymphonyHall debut in 2015 as soloist in the Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY world tour.Emily holds degrees in Vocal Performance and Professional Music with a focus in Songwritingfrom Berklee College of Music. A native of Chicago, Emily is currently based in Los Angeles,where her sound is sought after for commercial and film score recordings in addition toopera and concert producing organizations.

Alexander Hobbs, Violin (Los Angeles, CA) Alexander Hobbsrecently performed a string quartet with Noah Bendix-Balgley, the firstconcertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. He also made his CarnegieHall recital debut in summer 2019. He is the prizewinner of numerouscompetitions, as well as an active concert performer. Alexander’scompetition prizes include Second Prize, the highest award given, attheOsaka International Competition in 2013, Second Prize at the Na-tionals, Student MusicConcours of Japan in 2011, as well as manyothers. Alexander has appeared as soloist with multiple orchestras in-cluding performances with the Japan Classical Orchestra, the NHKPhilharmonic Orchestra Ensemble, and the Japan String Teachers As-

sociation Orchestra. Conductors whom Alexander has worked with include Esa-Pekka Salo-nen, Ludovic Morlot, Matthias Pintscher, Hans Graff, Paolo Bortolameolli, Edo de Waart,Hugh Wolff, Felix Mildenberger, James Conlon, Robert Spano and Valery Gergiev. Alexan-der’s solo performances in his native Japan include the concert halls Kioi Hall, Tokyo OperaCity Concert Hall and Suntory Hall. At the age of three, Alexander enrolled in the Toho Schoolof Music for children where he commenced his formal violin studies at the age of five, underthe tutelage of Asako Iwasawa. At the age of eleven, Alexander earned the honor of servingas concertmaster for a performance of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the directionof the conductor Myung-Whun Chung. The following year, Alexander was chosen to performat the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, as part of the World Heritage Festival. Alexander hasalso attended the prestigious Aspen Music Festival for multiple seasons beginning in 2012.

Alexander has participated in master classes with several renowned artists and pedagogues,including Andras Keller, Zakhar Bron, Leon Spierer and Augustin Dumay. Alexander has alsoserved as concertmaster of Toho Gakuen Academy Orchestra and YMF Debut Chamber Or-chestra. In May, 2020, Alexander completed the Bachelor of Music degree at the ColburnConservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where he studied with Robert Lipsett. Alexander cur-rently studies with Pierre Amoyal, a world-renowned violinist and a professor at the Mozar-teum University.

Eric Gan, Piano (Foster City, CA) Born in 2003, Eric Gan startedlearning piano at the age of five and currently studies with ProfessorNing An. He won First Prize at the Los Angeles Young Musician Inter-national Competition in 2019, and is a three-year winner of the USChopin Foundation Scholarship (2017-2019).He has also won topprizes at the Lansum International Piano Competition and the OrangeCounty Rising Stars Piano Competition. At the age of nine, Eric gavehis first solo recital at the Steinway Piano Gallery in San Franciscoand has continued to give annual performances. He has performedin venues such as the Zipper Hall in Los Angeles and Steinway PianoGallery in Seattle. Eric has also attended master classes with

renowned pianist Anton Nel and Steinway Artist Mikhail Yanovitsky. Since 2017, he has heldannual benefit concerts, raising funds for underprivileged students and helping victims of theCamp Fire in Northern California.

Henry Woolf, Flute (Los Angeles, CA) Flutist Henry Woolfmade his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 15 as first prize winnerof the Alexander and Buono International Flute Competition. He is agraduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he stud-ied with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Flute Jeffrey Khaner. At Cur-tis, Woolf was frequently featured on the student recital series andparticipated in multiple touring projects including a nine city Europeantour as well as a chamber orchestra tour of the US.Since graduatingfrom Curtis in 2018, Woolf has played with the Los Angeles Philhar-monic, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Artosphere Festival Or-chestra, and Orpheus at Mannes Chamber Orchestra,among others.

In October of 2019 Woolf was invited to compete in the Maxence larrieu International FluteCompetition in Nice, France and in 2020 was invited to the Sarasota Music Festival. Woolfcurrently studies with Denis and Erin Bouriakov at UCLA.

Anaïs Feller, Violin (San Diego, CA) Anais Feller (14) studiesviolin at the Music Academy of the Colburn School in Los Angeles,under the tutelage of Martin Beaver. At age 10, she made her orches-tra debut with the California Chamber Orchestra in Koblenz, Ger-many. As a soloist, Anais has collaborated with orchestras such asthe Plano Symphony Orchestra, San Angelo Orchestra, and MemphisRepertory Orchestra. She won the grand prize at the 2019 YoungArtist Competition at Collin County, Texas and garnered top prizes atthe Fort Worth Symphony Young Artist Competition, Vernell GreggYoung Artists Competition, International Academy of Music concertocompetition, Bravo International Music Festival competition and at the

2020 Southern California Philharmonic Young Artist Concerto competition. Anais has at-

tended music festivals in the US, Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece. Shehad master classeswith Leonardo Kavakos, David Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Chee Yun and JinJoo Cho. Her favoriteconcert experience was playing Bach Double Violin Concerto with the renowned violinist RayChen in 2020. Anais was previously a competitive ballet dancer and now dances mostlymodern and lyrical.

Vijay Venkatesh, Piano Hailed by the Herald-Tribune for his “dazzling pianism verging on theimpossible, effortless technical command and authority with a senseof poetry and refinement that belies his years,” Indian-American pi-anist Vijay Venkatesh has been recognized on three continents as apianist with profound musicianship, sparkling pianism and an innatesense of partnership. Vijay has rapidly established a major interna-tional reputation as top prizewinner in the San Jose, Seattle, Zimmerli,World Piano, and Waring International Piano Competitions. He hasalso been named a Davidson Fellow Laureate at the Library of Con-gress, USC Thornton's Discovery Scholar, Grand Prize Winner of the

Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight Awards and featured on NPR’s “From the Top” withhost Christopher O'Riley. In 2007, he was a winner of the Redlands Bowl Young Artists Com-petition. Highlights of Mr. Venkatesh's upcoming seasons include debuts with the Columbus Sym-phony with Erina Yashima in Saint-Saëns Concerto No.2, Rogue Valley Symphony with MartinMajkut in Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, the LaGrange Symphony with Richard Prior inBeethoven’s Concerto No. 5 and at the Le Salon Musiques with Chopin’s Concerto No.1.Venkatesh will also return to the Redlands Bowl with the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra withconductor Roger Kalia in Beethoven Concerto No. 5. Additionally, Venkatesh has solo recitalsand chamber music with the Vieness Piano Duo at the Naples Grand Piano Series, CovingtonRecital Series, Lancaster Performing Arts Center, L’ermitage Foundation, the Music Guild,Sarasota Artists Series, Second City Chamber Series, Summer Stars Series and a concert tourof the Midwest through Allied Concert Services and a recital tour of India through the SouthAsian Symphony Foundation. An immersive and versatile soloist, Mr. Venkatesh has performed extensively across theUnited States and Europe as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Seattle, Vienna, Sara-sota, Redlands, Roanoke, Eastern Connecticut, YMF Debut, USC Thornton, IU Jacobs, UCIrvine, Pasadena, Rio Hondo, South Coast, Transylvania, and the Brevard Music Center. Hehas collaborated with preeminent conductors such as Jeffrey Kahane, Ludovic Morlot, DavidLockington, David Stewart Wiley, Toshiyuki Shimada, Ken Lam, Michael Repper, Frank Fetta,and more. Mr. Venkatesh has performed at Merkin Hall in New York, Chicago’s Dame MyraHess series, and at the Aspen, Brevard, Banff, Newport, Redlands Bowl, Sarasota, and ViennaMusic Festivals. As recipient of the inaugural Parnassus Society Prize, he performed in recitalat the Soka Performing Arts Center. An active chamber musician, Venkatesh has appeared eight times on Le Salon deMusiques at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles and tours as the Vieness PianoDuo with his wife and pianist, Eva Schaumkell. Together, they’ve performed over 40 recitalssuch as the InConcert Series, the Trinity Concert Series, Le Salon de Musiques, L’ermitageFoundation, Masters in the Chapel Series, Waring Gala, and the Kultur unter'm Dach seriesin Germany. As pianist in the Aristeia Trio, Gold Medalists of the Frances Walton InternationalChamber Music Competition, they embarked on a 30-concert tour of Washington, appearedtwice on KING-FM 89.1 FM, and have been featured on the Camerata Musica recital seriesand at the Irvine Performing Arts Center.

Originally from California, Mr. Venkatesh is an Artist Diploma candidate at the ColburnSchool in Los Angeles with Fabio Bidini. He holds degrees from USC Thornton and IU JacobsSchool of Music, where he was a recipient of the Barbara and David Jacobs Fellowship underthe tutelage of Norman Krieger and André Watts. Venkatesh previously studied with JeffreyKahane and has received artistic guidance from Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Menahem Pressler,and Murray Perahia.

Roger Kalia, Competition Conductor A dynamic and innovative presence both on and off the podium, In-dian-American conductor Roger Kalia is a respected collaborator withorchestras and artists alike, known for his eloquent and compellinginterpretations, and for bringing a “fresh view to classical music” (TheRepublic). A five-time recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. CareerAssistance Award (2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021), Kalia is theMusic Director of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, SymphonyNH (Symphony New Hampshire), and Orchestra Santa Monica. Heis also the Co-Founder and Music Director of the celebrated LakeGeorge Music Festival in upstate New York, which celebrates its ten-

year anniversary in August 2021 (postponed due to Covid-19 from August 2020). As the sixth music director of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Kalia reimaginedthe 2020-21 season with great success. His inaugural concert as music director featured theworld premiere of Paul Dooley’s River City, which celebrated both the Philharmonic and thecity of Evansville. Kalia’s innovative programming has included works by living composerssuch as Jessie Montgomery, Jessica Meyer, T.J. Cole, and Reena Esmail as well as uniquecollaborations and projects with Evansville Civic Theatre, Historic Bosse Field, the EvansvilleWorld War 2 Museum, Ballet Indiana, and tango dancers from the University of Evansville.Kalia was recently recognized in the League of American Orchestras’ Symphony Magazineas one of five first-year music directors for his innovative work during the pandemic. With Symphony NH, the spirit of diversity in the arts was celebrated with works by SarahKirkland Snider, George Walker, William Grant-Still, and Osvaldo Golijov as well as regionalpartnerships with Mayor Jim Donchess and Indian Carnatic musicians. Kalia also introduceda new online series entitled "Granite State Conversations with Roger Kalia,” which highlighteddifferent New Hampshire artists, civic and business leaders in conversations with MaestroKalia. With Orchestra Santa Monica, Kalia has commissioned composer Derrick Spiva tocompose a series of short pieces in an art film project titled “Santa Monica Black Life Ex-pressed through Music, Visuals, and Narrative,” which combine musicians, artists, and localhistorians from the Santa Monica area. These commissions were made possible through theArt of Recovery grant from Santa Monica Cultural Affairs. Kalia’s 2021-22 season highlights include his subscription debut with the Louisiana Phil-harmonic Orchestra and return engagements with Poland’s Szczecin Philharmonic and theHollywood Chamber Orchestra at the Redlands Bowl. Amongst the orchestras that he hasappeared with are the National Symphony Orchestra at Washington DC’s Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts, the Chicago Sinfonietta at Symphony Hall, the symphony orchestrasof Lima, Long Beach, Adrian, Bakersfield, Great Falls, Owensboro, Redlands, Spokane, andWheeling as well as the Boise Philharmonic, Spartanburg Philharmonic, and CamaradaChamber Orchestra. A versatile communicator, Kalia has collaborated with a wide range ofartists, including singers Shayna Steele and Steve Lippia, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) duoMAKO, singer/songwriter Randy Newman, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim,violinists Glenn Dicterow, Nikki and Timothy Chooi, and Sphinx Competition winner AnnelleGregory, percussionist Lisa Pegher, pianists Fei-Fei Dong and Misha Dichter, the B-52s, PROJ-

ECT Trio, the Brooklyn-based electronic Indie band Balún, actor Jack Black, and visual artistand astronomer Dr. José Francisco Salgado. Kalia is a staunch supporter of music education. His tenure as Music Director of thePacific Symphony Youth Orchestra was highly praised and included numerous commissionedworks and a three-city tour of China in June 2016, marking the orchestra’s second interna-tional tour and its first to Asia. Kalia has conducted numerous youth and collegiate orchestrasincluding the 2021 Georgia All-State Symphony Orchestra, the 2018 Missouri All-State Sym-phony Orchestra, The Colburn Orchestra, California State University Fullerton SymphonyOrchestra, Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Irvine Seraphim Symphony. He hascreated family and educational concerts in a variety of concert formats, and has collaboratedon the education platform with such renowned artists and ensembles as Cirque de la Sym-phony, Orange County’s Festival Ballet Theater, speed painter Dan Dunn, and the MagicCircle Mime Co. Furthermore, Kalia has also served as an instructor of conducting at USC’sThornton School of Music. A creator as well as a communicator, in 2011, Kalia and two of his colleagues co-founded the Lake George Music Festival, an original, ground-breaking, two-week, nationallyrecognized music festival that presents cutting-edge artists and composers performing clas-sical and new music, traditional and experimental concerts and recitals of various sizes, openrehearsals, informational talks and a variety of community outreach programs. As Music Di-rector, Kalia programs and conducts all orchestral and large ensemble concerts, includingthe popular “Sounds of Our Time,” series (which he created and curates) highlighting con-nections between popular and orchestral music though multimedia concert formats, as wellas the festival’s Family Concert Series. He also programs and conducts the “Uncorked” con-cert series, creating an immersive experience for the audience by performing chamber operasin unique settings. In 2018, Kalia introduced Symphony Happy Hours, which are informativechats about music that take place in local breweries and bars. A native of New York State, Roger Kalia holds degrees from Indiana University, the Uni-versity of Houston and SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. His primary mentors includeDavid Effron, Arthur Fagen, and Franz Anton Krager. Among his honors and awards are a2019 Solti Foundation Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency with Lyric Opera of Chicagowhere he assisted Sir Andrew Davis for Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, a Project InclusionConducting Freeman Fellowship with the Chicago Sinfonietta, and an American Academyof Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival with Robert Spano. In 2011, Kalia wonSecond Prize in the Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition, which led tohis debut with the orchestra the following season and launched his professional career. Kaliarecently stepped down at the end of the 2019-20 season as Music Director of California’sPacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, and as Associate Conductor of Pacific Symphony, a posthe was promoted to in 2019 after serving as Assistant Conductor since the 2015-16 season.Earlier posts were with the Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, the CharlotteSymphony, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (IN). Kalia is married to musicologist /violinist Christine Wisch.

NEXT EVENT OF THE SEASONFriday, July 2, 2021 – 8:00 pmPacific Mambo Orchestra

GRAMMY® Winner the Pacific Mambo Orchestra (a.k.a. the PMO) is a 20 piece,San Francisco-based musical group leading the rebirth of the Latin Big Band Sound.The PMO uses the traditions of the classic mambo-craze orchestras of the 1950s todeliver their original music and clever, modern arrangements of hit songs. Currently,the only fully active Latin Big Band on the West Coast of the United States, this elitegroup of the Bay Area’s finest musicians performs in both English and Spanish.

Hollywood Chamber Orchestra

STRINGSVIOLIN ISam Fischer, ConcertmasterEllen Jung, PrincipalMui-Yee Chu, AssistantSteve ZanderMira KhomikHannah MurrayMona TianCamille Miller

VIOLIN IIJi Young An, PrincipalIna Veli, AssistantColleen CoomberKyle GilnerFernando Arroyo Garcia LascuraSasha Chandler

VIOLAI-Ting Huang, PrincipalAaron Oltman, AssistantJonah SirotaStefan Smit

CELLOGarik Terzian, PrincipalChristopher Ahn, AssistantHillary SmithMary (Ginger) Murphy

BASSThomas Harte, PrincipalStephen Pfeifer, Assistant

WOODWINDFLUTEAmy Tatum, PrincipalAlexandra Miller

CLARINETPhil O'Connor, PrincipalJonathan Sacdalan

OBOEJennifer Cullinan, PrincipalMarissa Honda

BASSOONAlex Garcia, PrincipalJonathan Stehney

BRASSFRENCH HORNAmy Tatum, PrincipalAlexandra Miller

TRUMPETPhil O'Connor, PrincipalJonathan Sacdalan

TROMBONENoah Gladstone, PrincipalBrad CloseRobert Coomber

KEYBOARDPIANOAlan Steinberger, Principal

PERCUSSIONTIMPANIMike Deutsch

RHYTHM SECTIONHARPAlison Bjorkedal

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REFRESHMENTSAt intermission the Optimist Club of Redlands sells water, soda, candy, popcorn, and other snacks.RBPA and the Assistance League of Redlands Assisteen Auxiliary will sell ice cream, frozen treats, andfans to benefit the summer music festival.

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