NEWS
- OCYSO and Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg to perform US premiθre
- The world renowned Phillips Collection in Washington...
- DAW named Music Director & Conductor of Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
- DAW to conduct second annual concert as part of the 2009 Daniel Pearl World Music Days featuring baritone Vladimir Chernov and Mahler's Rückert Lieder
- DAW conducts Pacific Symphony in rehearsal of Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony
- DAW leads joint concert of Orange County's Pacific Symphony and the Chapman Chamber Orchestra as part of the 8th American Composers Festival
- DAW performs recital with world renowned tenor William Burden and soprano Carol Chickering in Florida
- DAW solos with Boca Raton Symphonia in January 2008
- DAW fills in for Valery Gergiev at the Rotterdam Philharmonic
SCHEDULE
2009-2010
October 17 (Chapman University) & 18 (Nixon Presidential Library), 2009
Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Faure – Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80
Mahler - Ruckert Lieder
Vladimir Chernov, baritone
Beethoven – Symphony N. 1
Concert in support of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days
October 22 & 23, 2009
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO) & Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
Program to include United States premiere of Kurt Schwertsik’s Herr K entdeckt America
December 4 & 5, 2009
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & University Choirs
Holiday Wassail Concert
Tchaikovsky Selections from The Nutcracker
Rutter We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Trad arr. Coker O Come, All Ye Faithful
Trad arr. Coker Sans Day Carol
Trad arr. Coker See Amid the Winter Snow
Trad arr. Coker O Come, All Ye Faithful
Trad arr. Coker The First Noel
Wooldridge God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Trad arr. Coker Angels We Have Heard on High
Handel Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
December 13, 2009
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Chapman Fall Concert
Schwertsik – Mr. K Discovers America (2008)
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvts. I & III)
J. Strauss – Fire and Lightning Polka Op. 324
February 16, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts # 1
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvt. I excerpt)
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
March 5, 2010
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & University Singers
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Salut Printemps
Respighi – Spring from Trittico Botticelliano
De Falla – Suite from The Three Cornered Hat
Debussy – Salut Printemps
Griffes – Three Poems of Fiona Macleod
Brett Sprague, tenor
Bizet – Valse avec choeur
Corigliano – Fern Hill
March 7, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra @ Laguna Woods
Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts # 2
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvt. I excerpt)
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
March 10, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts # 3
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvt. I excerpt)
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
March 21, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 Mvt. I & III
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
March 24, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts # 4
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvt. I excerpt)
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
April 10, 2010
Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Miniatures & Masterpieces
Bach – Suite No. 3
Mahler – Lieder Eines Fahrenden
Gesellen (arr. Schoenberg)
Agocs – By the Streams of Babylon
Wagner – Siegfried Idylll
April 15, 2010
Cal State University, Fullerton
CSUF Cello Choir & University of Nevada Cello Ensemble
April 20, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts # 5
Celebrations!
Praetorius – Fanfare
Handel – Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C (Mvt. III)
Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mahler – Symphony N. 4 (Mvt. I excerpt)
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
April 23, 24 & 25, 2010
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Opera Chapman
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte
April 26, 2010
Hunter College, City University of New York
May 8, 2010
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & University Choirs
Annual Sholund Memorial Scholarship Concert
Verdi – Pater nostro
Mascagni – Easter Hymm & Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Verdi – Slaves Chorus from Nabucco
Puccini – Messa di Gloria
May 9, 2010
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
40th Anniversary Gala Concert
OCYSO String Quartet – TBD
Hindemith– Konzertmusik Op. 49
Weber – Concertino, featuring 2009 Concerto Competition Winner
Dvorak – Symphony N. 9 Mvt. I & IV
2008-2009
July 6, 2008
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Guest Pianist
Recital with Jeremy Kurtz
Oct. 15 San Diego
Oct. 17 Chapman
Oct. 31 Paris www.contrebasse.com
D. Anderson – Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
Sibelius (arr. Baksys) – Valse Triste
Prado – Three Meditations
Bottesini – Fantasty on “La Sonnambula”
October 19, 25 & November 1, 12, 2008
Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Debussy - Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune
Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) - Songs of a Wayfarer
Vladimir Chernov, baritone
T. Brown - Of Thine Impenetrable Spirit (World Premiere)
with Chapman University Choir
Copland - Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 Instruments
(Original Version, 1944)
November 15, 2008
Sinfonia Gulf Coast
Guest Soloist & Conductor
Program to include Beethoven Piano Concerto N. 1
December 5 & 6, 2008
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Choir Holiday Concert
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Respighi - Trittico botticelliano
Vaughn Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Handel - Messiah Chorus
December 7, 2008
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO) Fall Concert
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
January 16, 2009
OCYSO Segerstrom Center Concerts
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
January 25, 2009
2009 SCSBOA Honors Orchestra
Rachmaninov – Symphony N. 2 (Mvts. I & III)
January 28, 2009
OCYSO Segerstrom Center Concerts
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
Rachmaninov – Symphony N. 2 (Mvts. I & III)
February 17, 2009
OCYSO Segerstrom Center Concerts
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
February 27, 2009
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Chorus
St. John's Lutheran, Orange
Albinoni – Adagio
Rossini – Una voce poco fa
Erin Gonzales, 2008 Concerto Competition Winner
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto N. 5
Bach – Cantata N. 80
March 10, 2009
OCYSO Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
March 15, 2009
OCYSO Winter Concert
Wagner – Die Meistersinger Overture
Goossens – Oboe Concerto
Evan Adams, 2008 Concerto Competition Winner
Franck – Symphony in D
March 17, 2009
OCYSO Fifth Grade Segerstrom Center Concerts
The Case of the Missing Pipe
Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Bach (arr. Stokowski) – Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Franck – Symphony in D (Mvt. 1)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Saint Saens – Symphony N. 3 (excerpts)
March 28, 2009
OCYSO @ Laguna Woods
Wagner – Die Meistersinger Overture
Aratunian – Trumpet Concerto
Lauren Ewing, 2008 Concerto Competition Winner
Franck – Symphony in D minor
April 24, 25 & 26, 2009
Opera Chapman & Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Pasatieri - Signor Deluso
Pasatieri - La Divina
Mozart – The Impresario
May 9, 2009
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Chorus Sholund Scholarship Concert
Beethoven – Choral Fantasy
Grace Fong, piano
Schubert – Mass N. 6 in E flat Major D. 950
May 17, 2009
OCYSO Spring Gala Concert
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
Winnie Wang, 2008 Concerto Competition Winner
Saint–Saens – Symphony N. 3 “Organ"
Bizet – Suite from Carmen
May 31, 2009
Chamber Music Concert, Miami, FL
Program TBD
2007-2008
October 20 & 27, 2007
Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Rameau — Suite from Les Boreades
Pärt — Tabula rasa
Stravinsky — Pulcinella Suite
November 30 & December 1, 2007
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & University Choir Holiday Concert
Bach — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Respighi — Trittico botticelliano
Holst — Christmas Day
Handel — Hallelujah, from Messiah
December 2, 2007
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Dvorak — Slavonic Dance N. 8
Rossini — La Boutique Fantastique, Tarantella
Rossini — Overture to William Tell
Rossini — Overture to The Barber of Seville
Bach — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Bernstein — West Side Story Suite
January 5, 2008
Sanibel Island Big Arts Festival, Florida
Recital with Carol Chickering, soprano & William Burden, tenor
Bernstein — Tonight, tonight from West Side Story
Donizetti — Chiedi all’aura Lusinghiera from L’Elisir d’Amore
Rodgers & Hammerstein — Ten Minutes Ago from Cinderella
Sondheim — On the Steps of the Palace from Into the Woods
Rodgers & Hammerstein — Do I Love You from Cinderella
Massenet — Toi qui m’es apparue from Cendrillon
Verdi — Un di Felice from La Traviata
Bernstein — I feel Pretty from West Side Story
Bernstein — Maria from West Side Story
Gounod — Je veux vivre from Romeo et Juliette
Gounod — Ah, leve-toi soleil from Romeo et Juliette
Bernstein— Somewhere from West Side Story
Gounod— Nuit d’hymenee from Romeo et Juliette
January 12, 2008
Boca Raton Symphonia
Piano Soloist
Mozart — Piano Concerto in C minor N. 24 K. 491
January 16, 2008
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Dvorak — Slavonic Dance N. 8
Rossini — La Boutique Fantastique, Tarantella
Rossini — Overture to William Tell
Rossini — Overture to The Barber of Seville
Bach — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Bernstein — West Side Story Suite
January 14 - 19, 2008
Chapman Chamber Orchestra Tour of Southern CA
Rameau — Suite from Abaris ou Les Boreades
Pärt — Tabula rasa
Stravinsky — Pulcinella Suite
Milhaud — La Creation du monde
January 23 – February 4, 2008
Orchestre National de France (ONF) / Masur
Assistant Conductor, Essen, Germany Residency
Schubert — Symphony N. 8 Unfinished
Franck — Psyche
Beethoven — Romance N. 1 & 2 (Anne Sophie Mutter, violin)
Dutilleux — Sur le meme accord (Anne Sophie Mutter, violin)
Schubert — Symphony N. 9 Great
Beethoven — Symphony N. 6
Debussy — La Mer
February 11, 2008
Joint Concert: Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Choir & Pacific Symphony
8th American Composers Festival: Portraits of the American Frontier
Dvorak — Largo from New World Symphony N. 9 & Selections from American Suite with visuals
Arthur Farwell — Pawnee Horses (solo piano & a cappella choral versions); Navajo War Dance N. 2
Cacioppo — Four Indigenous North American Songs; Tucson Scherzo
Copland — Billy the Kid (excerpts)
Harris — American Ballades (excerpts)
Virgil Thomson — The Plow that Broke the Plains (film with live orchestral accompaniment)
February 13, 2008
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Dvorak — Slavonic Dance N. 8
Rossini — La Boutique Fantastique, Tarantella
Rossini — Overture to William Tell
Rossini — Overture to The Barber of Seville
Bach — Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Bernstein — West Side Story Suite
February 23, 2008
Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Koussevitzky — Double Bass Concerto
Virgil Thomson — The Plow that Broke the Plains (film with live orchestral accompaniment)
March 2, 2008
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO)
Beethoven — Overture to Egmont
Bruch — Violin Concerto
Percussion Work TBD
Sibelius — Symphony N. 2 in D (mvts. I & III)
April 10 & 13, 2008
Opera Chapman & Chapman Chamber Orchestra
Puccini — Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi
May 3, 2008
Chapman Chamber Orchestra & Chorus Sholund Scholarship Concert
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Mozart — Mass in C minor (new Levin completion)