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Alexander, Michael

Stephens, Theresa

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                                            School of Music  presents  KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY  Symphony Orchestra  Concerto Competition Concert        Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center Performance Hall     Forty-third Concert of the 2008-2009 season                                          Kennesaw State University School of Music  Kennesaw State University Orchestra Michael Alexander, conductor Theresa Stephens, clarinet   Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center Performance Hall  PROGRAM  Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (1840-1893)  Piece in form of a sonatina  Waltz  Elegy  Finale (Russian Theme)  Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra Claude Debussy   (1862-1918) Theresa Stephens, clarinet KSU Concert Competition Winner  INTERMISSION  Symphony #25 in G Minor, K183 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   (1756-1791)  Allegro conbrio  Andante  Menuetto  Allegro  Allegro                                                    Kennesaw State University  Upcoming Music Events  Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Kennesaw State University Faculty Artist Recital  Judy Cole, piano 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Thursday, February 26, 2009 Kennesaw State University Concerto Competition Finals 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Sunday, March 1, 2009 Kennesaw State University Premiere Series Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano 3:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Monday, March 2, 2009 Kennesaw State University  Faculty String Trio and Friends 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Kennesaw State University Faculty Artist Recital Adam Kirkpatrick, tenor 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kennesaw State University Guest Artist Recital Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall    For the most current information, please visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/events/    KSU Symphony Orchestra Personnel  Flute Violin 1 Holly Botella, Peachtree City, GA Chelsea Estes, Atlanta, GA Tyler Mitchell, Co-Concertmaster    Powder Springs, GA  Megan Grauso, Alpharetta, GA  Chelsea Wells, Kennesaw, GA Adam von Housen, Co-Concertmaster    Woodstock, GA  Suzanne Bergs, Lawrenceville, GA Piccolo Daniel Bermel, San Antonio, TX Chelsea Estes, Atlanta, GA Brian Fredricks, Kennesaw, GA  Domenico Hueso, San Diego, CA Oboe Keely McGreevy, Kennesaw, GA Kerry Brunson, Nacogdoches, TX William Myers, Kennesaw, GA Caitlin Dolenc, Hoschton, GA   Violin 2 English Horn Caitlin Dolenc, Hoschton, GA Christina Volz, Principal     Decatur, GA  Sam Bonilla, Acworth, GA Clarinet Erica Gordon, Marietta, GA Tabitha Abernathy, Hiram, GA Jessica Hicks, Powder Springs, GA Bora Moon, Seoul, South Korea Sean Kurkjian,  Powder Springs, GA Theresa Stephens, Kennesaw, GA Steven Melin, Lawrenceville,, GA  Natalie Riney, Austell, GA Bass Clarinet Vanessa Rodriguez, Kennesaw, GA Theresa Stephens, Kennesaw, GA   Viola Bassoon Linda Rogers, Douglasville, GA  Blake Wright, Co-Principal    Marietta, GA  Horn Kristi McKnight, Co-Principal    Lawrenceville, GA Alex Depew, Kennesaw, GA Steven Bicknell, Acworth, GA Alex Hansell, Roswell, GA Emily Ferrari, Danvers, MA Melissa Harris, Gainesville, GA Krystal Grau, Lawrenceville, GA Luke Rabun, Atlanta, GA Evin Hanke, Alpharetta, GA Elizabeth Wofford, Jasper, GA Alan Jaffe, Marietta, GA  Courtney Varner, Marietta, GA Trumpet  Turner Millsaps, Peachtree City, GA Cello Lee Rutledge, Dallas, TX Daniel White, Atlanta, GA Stefanie Tessler, Principal    North Plainfield, NJ  Jordan Jones-Cleaver, Dallas, TX Trombone Ruth Anne Stuckey, Little Rock, AR Ryan Payne, Emerson, GA J Wolfson, Marietta, GA Jordan Sellers, Marietta, GA   Double Bass Bass Trombone Sam Aumann, Canton, GA Brandon McDaniel, Principal    Powder Springs, GA  Luis Catalan, Atlanta, GA Tuba Sam Cauthorn, Marietta, GA Austin Baxley,  Austell, GA Louise DuBois, Atlanta, GA  Jordan Thomas, Marietta, GA Timpani  Mesia Austin, Atlanta, GA Percussion Josh Madison, Marietta, GA Mesia Austin, Atlanta, GA  Pershaud Bolt, Omaha, NE Piano Zac Poore, Acworth, GA Brett Carson, Canton, GA                                           Michael Alexander conductor  Michael Alexander is in his fifth year at Kennesaw State University.  He also serves as the Music Director of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra.  Dr. Alexander has also held posts as Music Director of the Green Bay Youth Symphony Orchestras and as the Orchestra Director at Ripon College.  Active as a guest conductor, he has conducted in Europe, Australia and at various places in the United States, including a subscription performance with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra in 2002, the Maikop Symphony Orchestra and the Novgorod String Orchestra in Russia, the Bacau Philharmonic in Romania and the Catania Music Festival in Italy in 2003.  In the summer of 2004 he served as Music Director for the Madison Savoyards Opera Company and in 2007 as guest conductor of the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra.  He has also appeared as a guest conductor with the 2001, 2003, 2005 Summer Music Clinic Orchestra at the University of Wisconsin and with the 2003-2006 Maud-Powell Music Festival Orchestra in LaSalle, IL.      In the summer of 2003 he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in orchestral conducting.  While at UW, he studied with David E. Becker and served as an Assistant Conductor with the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras and UW Opera.  Previously he has served on the faculties at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.    Dedicated to music education, for two years, Dr. Alexander also conducted the Orchestra at Verona Area High School outside of Madison, Wisconsin; served on the artistic staff of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra; and has contributed articles to the Teaching Music Through Performance book series.  In 2006 he was the conductor for the Cobb County Honors Orchestra.        Theresa Stephens  clarinet  Theresa Stephens actively plays in various local and national ensembles, performing everything from chamber music to doing pit orchestra work. She has performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hal with the National Wind Ensemble and Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan with the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Honor Band. In 2007 she also had the honor of being chose a winner in the Kennesaw State University Concerto Competition.  Ms. Stephens’ primary teachers have included Joe Eller, Agnes Marchione, and Ted Gurch. She has performed in master classes for people such as Karl Leister, Charles Neidich, and Richard Hawkins. She plans to continue her education by obtaining a Masters Degree in Clarinet Performance.                       

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