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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs5-5-2018Concert: Ithaca International ConductingMasterclass with Larry RachleffLarry RachleffCornell Symphony OrchestraIthaca College Chamber OrchestraFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationRachleff, Larry; Cornell Symphony Orchestra; and Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra, "Concert: Ithaca International ConductingMasterclass with Larry Rachleff " (2018). All Concert & Recital Programs. 3683.https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/3683Ithaca International Conducting Masterclasswith Larry RachleffCornell Symphony Orchestra  Ithaca College Chamber OrchestraEtienne Abelin, Dajoung Choi, Benjamin Firer, Alexander Magalong, Keehun Nam, Tani Ryan, Duo Shen, and Kin Szeto, conductorsFord HallSaturday, May 5th, 20184:00 pmProgramSymphony No. 6 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky(1840-1893)I. Adagio – Allegro non troppoII. Allegro con graziaIII. Allegro molto vivaceIV. Adagio lamentosoCornell Symphony OrchestraSymphony No. 7 Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)I. Poco sostenuto – VivaceII. AllegrettoIII. Presto – Assai meno prestoIV. Allegro con brioIthaca College Chamber OrchestraBiographiesEtienne AbelinAppointed by him to be the principal second violin of the Orchestra MozartBologna and a founding member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, EtienneAbelin was a musical companion of Claudio Abbado for 18 years. Abelin’spassion for new ways in classical music and for social change through musichave since led him to co-found and co-direct the Pan-European SistemaEurope Youth Orchestra and other initiatives. As a violinist, he records forlabels Neue Meister and ECM and as a conductor, he has performed with theBasel Sinfonietta, the Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa, the EnsembleOrchestral de Paris and many others.Benjamin FirerAmerican conductor Benjamin Firer is the Orchestra Director and Professor ofConducting at Northeastern Illinois University. Benjamin is currently aDoctoral Fellow in Orchestral Conducting at Northwestern University’s BienenSchool of Music, where he is the recipient of the Emma Peters Hooper FundEndowed Scholarship Award. Equally at home with the operatic repertoire, herecently conducted Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land with the NorthwesternUniversity Opera Theatre. In the summer of 2016 Mr. Firer was was named asan “Emerging Conductor” at the Peninsula Music Festival and was theConducting Fellow at the Atlantic Music Festival.Dajoung ChoiDajoung Choi, a South Korean conductor, made her professional debut withthe Wonju Philharmonic in 2016. Ms. Choi continues to appear as a youngconductor with Gyeonggi Philharmonic, Gangnam Symphony. She has hadmany concert with KNUA repertory Orchestra. She was a music director ofNaver Philharmonic Orchestra. She studied Choir and Orchestra conducting atKorean National University of Arts and received Artist Diplomas. Furtherstudies were gained through active participation in master classes with DavidItkin, Tadaaki Otaka, Chiyong-Chung. Currently she is pursuing an M.M inOrchestral Conducting from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with maestroBruce Hangen.Alexander MagalongAlexander Magalong is the associate conductor of the Frost SymphonyOrchestra and the conductor of the Greater Miami Youth Symphony ConcertOrchestra. According to the South Florida Classical Review, “Magalong wasparticularly adept at keeping the ensemble cohesive during the tricky twistsof melodic phrasing.” He was a finalist for the Pikes Peak Philharmonic andhas conducted for the Palm Beach Symphony, Alhambra Symphony, BrowardSymphony, Peakharmonic Youth Orchestra, Broadmoor Pops Orchestra, theHenry Mancini Institute Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs.He has received mentorship from Thomas Sleeper, Lawrence Golan, NeilVaron, Christopher Zimmerman, and Cristian Macelaru.Biographies (continued)Keehun NamKeehun Nam, student of Octavio Más-Arocas at Ithaca College, is the MusicDirector of the Sinfonietta and the assistant conductor of the Symphony andChamber orchestras. He has served as the principal conductor of the IthacaCollege Contemporary Ensemble and Gamer Symphony in addition to beingthe Orchestra Director to Savoyards Ithaca and the guest conductor forOrchestras at Cornell. Prior to Ithaca, he founded and led the VanderbiltCommodore Orchestra, a cornerstone of student culture at VanderbiltUniversity, for four years.Tani RyanRyan Tani currently serves as Associate Conductor of the OccasionalSymphony, Assistant Conductor of both the Chesapeake Youth SymphonyOrchestra and the COSMIC Orchestra, and Conducting Fellow for theMontgomery Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2015, he was declared the winner ofthe ACDA Undergraduate Student Conducting Competition at their nationalconference in Salt Lake City, Utah. During his tenure as Co-Founder and MusicDirector of the Concerto Chamber Orchestra from 2012-2015, Ryan helpedshape the orchestral scene in the Los Angeles area by providing a medium forhigh-level performance opportunities to student musicians of all majors. Theorchestra thrives to this day.Duo ShenShen Duo obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Violin Performanceat University of Delaware. He is currently a D.M.A. Candidate in Violin atUniversity of Maryland, College Park. His primary violin teachers are JamesStern and Xiang Gao. Shen Duo has been studying conducting since 2014. Hisconducting teachers include: James Ross, Michael Jinbo, James Anderson, andJorge Mester. He has also studied with Mark Gibson, Tito Muños, SamuelJones, Donald Portnoy in conducting workshops. Since 2016, Shen Duo hasbeen the guest conductor at Masters Players Festival at Delaware. Shen Duois the co-founder of violins4ward, a group that promotes world peace, createsnew musical concepts and concert experiences for concert-goers. He is alsothe founding member of TongYan, a Beijing-Based piano trio.Kin SzetoPursuing a strong interest in classical orchestral music, Kin Szeto began hisconducting training at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts as astudent of Perry So, former Associate Conductor of The Hong KongPhilharmonic Orchestra. Szeto has coached different orchestras throughmany performances and won numerous awards, including “Golden Band” andthe “Grand Prix” in the 6th Bratislava International Youth Music Festival. As arecipient of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme and the IthacaCollege Graduate Assistantship, Szeto is now pursuing his Master's inorchestral conducting at Ithaca College under the mentorship of ProfessorOctavio Más-Arocas.Cornell Symphony OrchestraChris Younghoon Kim, directorFlute   Trombone  *Jennifer Zhang, Biological *Kiersten Rhodes,   Sciences, ‘17      Government/History, '20   Lia Chen, Human Development, Ryan Kuehhas, Guest Artist    ‘20   Ada Zhu, Animal Science, '21  Bass Trombone  Andrew Cartwright, ILR, ‘19 Oboe  Michelle Quien, Chemical Tuba     Engineering, ‘20   Francis Ledesma, Chemical*Katie Stawiasz, Chemistry, ‘18     Engineering, ‘19   Clarinet   Percussion  *Brian Schaefer, Physics, Grad Elisabeth Finkel, Undecided, '21Matthew Kimn, Economics, ‘19 Mark Koenig, Mathematics, '21Bass Cl. Rebecca Kimn, Biological Brett Ransegnola, Biological   Sciences, '21       Sciences, '19   Bassoon   Violin 1  *Josh Woods, Chemical *Kristy Liao, Computer Science,   Engineering, Grad      '18   Yuhui Zhou, Chemistry, Grad  Julie Choe, HD, '20Bryan Zheng, EngineeringHorn      Physics, '19   *Kasim Khan, Chemical Paul Huang, Chemistry/Biology,   Engineering, ‘20      '18   *Gita Connolly, Asian Studies, ‘19 Isabelle Aboaf, Policy AnalysisCaeli MacLennan, Biomedical    & Management, '21      Engineering, ‘20   Stephanie Sun, ComputerLily MacCormick, Information    Science, ‘18      Science, '21   Gavin Batsimm, ChemicalLily Hemler, Food Science, ‘19    Engineering, '21   Carley Eschliman, Atmospheric Felice Liang, Chemistry &   Science and Communication,    Biology, '19      '20    Meredith Abato, Government, '20Dominic Grasso, EnvironmentalTrumpet      & Sustainability Science,*Tharun Sankar, Computer    '20      Science, ‘20   Leah Rosendahl, ILR, ‘18Matthew Haefner, Physics, ‘20 Grace Hwang, HBHS, ‘19Lior Kreindler, Engineering Marena Elle Minelli, Biophysics,   Physics, ‘20       Grad   Austin Bates, HBHS, ‘19 Cornell Symphony Orchestra (continued)Violin 2   Cello  *Varun Biddanda, HBHS, ‘19 *Jeremy Gershonotwitz, MaterialsGarrett Levesque, Chemistry, ‘18    Science & Engineering,Zeyu Hu, Environmental Science    '18      & Sustainability, ‘19   Theo Lee-Gannon, HBHS, '20Geneva Notario, Biology, '21 Alison Hsieh, Biological Sciences,Deva Devanandan, Computer    '21      Science, '21   Cameron Wong, HumanAshrita Raman, Computer    Development, '20      Science, '21   Emma Billmyer, Statistics, '18Xiaofan Gong, Applied Economics Samantha Huang, Environmental   & Management, '21      & Sustainability Sciences,Joshua Ying, Computer Science,    '20      ‘19   Benjamin Kim, Chemical Biology,Jeremy Wang, Biological    '21      Engineering, '21   Ashley Chung, Food Science, '21Stephen Sansoterra, HBHS, '20 Eugene Kim, Computer Science,Juliette Rolnick, English, ‘20    '20   Emilie Camera, Mechanical Nathaniel Williams, Philosophy,   Engineering, Grad      '18   Wanxing Lu, Computer Science, Karl Mobed, Computer Science,   ‘21      '21   Lily Moran, Environmental Julia Ng, Computer Science, ‘21   Science and Sustainability, ‘18 Michelle Croen, BiologicalPalini Ramnarayan, Computer    Engineering, '21      Science, '21   Jaime Lee, Law, Grad Aditi Athavale, Computer   Science, ‘19   Bass Susi Varvayanis, Biology & *Blake Himes, Biology, '21   French, Staff   Brett Sawka, Physics, '21Grace Horton-Smith, Mechanical Kirkland M. Sugrim, Undecided,   Engineering, ‘18       '21   Giancarlo Valdetaro, Atmospheric   Science, '21   Viola   Stewart Schwab, Law Professor*Ariel Buehler, Food Science, Desmond Bratton, Music Teacher    Grad   Adeline Balfour, Music, '21 Assistant Conductor/TA Justine Shih, Biometry & Barry Sharp, Music, Grad   Statistics/Biological Sciences,   ‘20   * denotes principalColby Johnson, Mechanical   Engineering, '20   Patrick Ding, Engineering, '21Amanda Xu, Computer Science,   '21   Jonah Capella, Biological   Sciences, '21   Corey Zheng, Biology, '20Vineet Kamat, Physics, '21 Ithaca College Chamber OrchestraOctavio Más-Arocas, directorFlute   Timpani  Hannah Morris, Music Education, Grace Asuncion, Performance, '19   '18   Kathleen Barnes, Performance Violin I     and Music Education, '19   Esther Witherell, Performance,   '18   Oboe   Daniel McCaffrey, Performance,Ellen O'Neill, Performance and    '19      Music Education, '18   Alem Ballard, Performance, '18Erica Erath, Performance and Reuben Foley, Performance and   Music Education, '19      Music Education, '18   Peter Nowak, M.M. Performance,Clarinet      '18   Erin Dowler, Performance and Henry Scott Smith, Performance,   Music Education, '18      '19   Emma Grey, Performance, '18 Emily Scicchitano, Performance,   '21   Bassoon   Kai Hedin, Music Education, '18Olivia Fletcher, Performance and Julia Plato, Music Education, '20   Music Education, '18   Brittany Giles, M.M. Performance, Violin II     '18   Shelby Dems, M.M. Performance   and Suzuki Pedagogy, '18   Horn   Lucia Barrero Oliver, M.M.Jacob Factor, M.M. Performance,    Performance, '19      '19   Lily Mell, Performance, '21Benjamin Bailey Angstadt, Performance   Futterman, Performance and    and Composition, '18      Music Education, '19   Emilie Benigno, M.M.   Performance and SuzukiTrumpet      Pedagogy, '18   Kristen Warnokoski, Music Taylor Payne, Sound Recording   Education, '19      Technology and Writing, '19   Peter Gehres, Music Education, Gabriella Stout, M.M.   '19      Performance and Suzuki   Pedagogy, '18   Dgybert Jean, Performance, '19Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra (continued)Viola   Cello  Jacob Shur, M.M. Performance Molly DeLorenzo, Music   and Suzuki Pedagogy, '18      Education, '18   Carter Kohler, Performance and Craig Mehler, M.M. Performance,   Music Education, '18      '18   Richard Cruz, Performance, '18 Mechu Lippert, Music Education,Karly Masters, Music Education,    '18      '21   Hideo Schwartz, Music Education,Zac Cohen, Performance and    '20      Music Education, '19   David Shane, Sound RecordingMichelle Metty, M.M. Performance    Technology, '21      and Suzuki Pedagogy, '18   Aidan Saltini, Performance andAlyssa Budzynski, Music    Music Education, '18      Education, '20   Bass  Kiefer Fuller, Performance, '18Zane Carnes, Performance, '20Ryan Petriello, Performance, '19Tom Brody, Performance, '19

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