Boston Conservatory Orchestra: Young Conductors Crossing the Threshold

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Friday / April 12, 2024 / 8:00 p.m.

Jordan Hall

30 Gainsborough Street

Boston

02115

United States

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Three graduating student conductors cross the threshold into their professional careers by giving performances of works chosen personally by them. Amanda Tan, Raban Brunner, and Max Kaiser share their talents, leading the orchestra in music of Britten, Khachaturian, and Tchaikovsky. Also featured on the program will be the winner of the 2023 Orchestra Concerto Competition, Adam Adov (B.M. '25), performing Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Bruce Hangen conducting.

Program Information

Repertoire

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus Suite No. 2
I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
II. Entrance of the Merchants, Dance of a Roman Courtesan, General Dance
III. Entrance of Spartacus, Quarrel, Treachery of Harmodius
IV. Dance of the Pirates

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Overture – Fantasy

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
I. Andante – Allegro
II. Tema con variazioni
III. Allegro, ma non troppo

Adam Adov (B.M. '25), piano

Ensemble

CONDUCTORS
Raban Brunner
Max Kaiser
Amanda Kye Tan
Bruce Hangen

FLUTE
Dayna Dengler, B.M. '26
Jiao Lan, B.M. '27
Abigail Leary, B.M. '25
Teo Mondiru, B.M. '26
Maggie Stuteville, B.M. '27

OBOE
Taylor Childress, B.M. '24
Coleton Morgan, B.M. '24
Jesse Myers, B.M. '26

CLARINET
Marco Chen, G.P.D. '24
Mason Davis, B.M. '25
Alainna Pack, B.M. '25
Annika Pollock, B.M. '25
Maxwell Reed, B.M. '24

BASSOON
Lizzie Sylves, B.M. '25
Alexander Weber, B.M. '27

HORN
Yi-Hwa Chen, M.M. '25
Connor Strauss, B.M. '25
Zach Watson, B.M. '27
Fanxi Xu, B.M. '27

TRUMPET
Charlotte Berube-Gray, B.M. '26
Emily Dillon, B.M. '27
CJ Waldrop, M.M. '25
Elliot Wlasiuk, B.M. '26

TROMBONE
Jack Armstrong, M.M. '24
Collin Good, B.M. '27
Alejandro Meyer-Nilliasca, B.M. '27
Ben Pilon, B.M. '24
Brooke Thomson, B.M. '26
Sum Ho Tsui, B.M. '27

TUBA
Clayton Frank, B.M. '27

PERCUSSION
Christian Bartholomew, B.M. '24
Erin Burke, M.M. '25
Jin Cho, B.M. '26
Alexa Clawson, B.M. '25
Jialu Du, B.M. '26
Lesley Silva-Garcia, B.M. '27
Dennis Smith, B.M. '27
Christian Weimer, B.M. '25
Mingrui Wang, M.M. '24

HARP
Jiayi Li, M.M. '24
Cherish McKellar, M.M. '24

PIANO
Julian Dürr, B.M. '25

VIOLIN I
Celeste Di Meo, G.P.D. '24
Xueqi Hu, M.M. '24
Hansae Kwon, M.M. '24
Hsiang-Chieh Lin, M.M. '24
Tommaso Lorenzon, G.P.D. '25
Anne McKee, M.M. '24
Lauren Oeser, B.M. '25
Gaia Sbeghen, P.S.C '24
Selena Noelia Vega Campana, G.P.D. '24
Neil Wary, M.M. '25
Isabella Yee, B.M. '26
Leah Zhao, M.M. '24

VIOLIN II
Skye Darling, M.M. '24
Alexander Estrella, B.M. '25
Sierra Freund, B.M. '27
Yen-Yu Kuo, B.M. '26
Yinfei Li, G.P.D. '24
Kathryn Pappalardo, P.S.C. '24
Joshua Rosenthal, B.M. '26
Emily Scicchitano, M.M. '25
Sai Tang, G.P.D. '24
Tian Tian, B.M. '26

VIOLA
Simon Daly, B.M. '26
Maya Hartglass, B.M. '27
T’Yara Lesueur, B.M. '26
Changhyun Paek, G.P.D. '25
Victoria Skinner, M.M. '25
Lydia Xiao Yan Tan, B.M. '27
Lauren Wilson, B.M. '25

CELLO
Lilya Arustamyan, B.M. '25
Hailey Brasser, B.M. '26
Andres Celis Avila, B.M. '25
Milla Chitwood, B.M. '27
Olivia Myers, M.M. '25
Sophia Paul, M.M. '25
Xingyu Wang, M.M. '25
Matthew Williams II, B.M. '26
Jayne Wong, M.M. '24
Tzu Yi (Tiffany) Yeh, M.M. '25

BASS
David Amouretti, B.M. '25
Zakar Basan, B.M. '27
Gabriel de los Reyes, B.M. '27
Joseph Holt, faculty
Jacob Slater, M.M. '24

SOLOIST
Adam Adov, B.M. '25

Concert Services Staff

Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov

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