Opus 18
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Opus 18
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| CWOTO Opus 18
Tickets: If you would like to reserve tickets, please click here to send a reservation request by email. Performance #1: FREE Performance #2: Tickets will be on sale in the lobby of the theatre, not the box office, one hour prior to the event. $20 general / $10 senior & student
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Performers and Their Pieces
Ms. Noone is an exceptional young conductor from Ireland who, at just 29 years old, already has numerous accomplishments under her belt. Formerly the conductor and artistic director for the Dublin City Concert Orchestra and Chorus, she has performed everything from early music, to Stravinsky, to avant garde multi-media works to conducting and orchestrating for the mega hit video game, “World of Warcraft.” Eímear is currently the conductor for the Los Angeles Ballet where their inaugural performances of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” received rave reviews from the Los Angeles Times for the way Noone and her orchestra “lovingly treated” the score. In addition to her work with the ballet, Eímear splits time between her ongoing work in the studios, teaching seminars for organizations such as “The Society of Composers and Lyricists,” and appearances as a guest conductor. Her most recent appearance was this past March where she led the Downey Symphony in their “Pied Piper” series, featuring the works of Berlioz, Mussorgsky and Haydn. At age 21 she founded her own orchestra under the honorary patronage of such luminaries as director John Boorman, composer Elmer Bernstein, and film producer Noel Pearson. As conductor and artistic director, she produced a sell-out series of concerts at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. She received much press attention as the first of her kind in Ireland, and through a fresh, fun and un-intimidating attitude to the classics, brought a new, wider audience to orchestral music in her home country. She remains Irelands only professional female orchestral conductor. As a composer: At 17, she was the youngest ever participant in the Ennis Imro Composition Summer School where she studied with such eminent composers as Augustin Fernandez, Carl Agha Rasmussen and Kaelvi Aho and later studied film scoring with Christopher Young. She was also chosen as a film composer participant in Robert Redford’s “Moonstone International Filmmakers Lab” and the renowned “ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop”. Her orchestrations have been performed at the Hollywood Bowl by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, recorded at the Abbey Road Studios by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Newman Scoring Stage, and at Capitol Records in Hollywood. Her compositions have been recorded in Sofia by the Bulgarian Radio Symphony orchestra, and performed by the Irish Chamber Choir and the Dublin City Concert Orchestra. Ms. Noone is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. She presently teaches conducting for UCLA Extension.
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Overture: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Claudine Yee, fourteen, is currently a freshman at Harvard-Westlake High School, after graduating valedictorian from the Portola Highly-Gifted Magnet Middle School last year. She is this year’s winner of the Young Artist MTCA Conejo Branch CWOTO Competition. She has studied the violin under Joyce Osborn and, currently, Shuwei Liu. In 2002, she won the LACESMA music scholarship. Between 2002 and 2005, she participated in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival and won multiple awards, placing in each of the events she entered. In 2005, she received the 31st District PTSA Clarice Chaplin Music scholarship. After performing at the concert for that year’s scholarship recipients, she was the sole winner invited to play at the 31st District PTSA annual awards ceremony. She was also recipient of the Leni Fe Bland Foundation Scholarship at the Santa Barbara Academy of Music. This year, she passed the Certificate of Merit Advanced Level with honors. She also played with the LAUSD Honors Orchestra at the Kodak Theater in 2005 and 2006. In addition to the violin, she enjoys playing the flute, biking, skiing, and reading.
Julie Wang is currently in the 9th grade at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, California where she is the 1st chair flutist in the wind ensemble. She began playing the flute at age eight and studied with Barbara Nakazawa in Massachusetts. Julie has been studying with Toby Caplan-Stonefield in Westlake Village, California since 2005. Prior to moving to California, Julie auditioned into Jr. MYWE (Jr. Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble which is sponsored by the New England Conservatory of Music), the Interlochen summer program in Michigan, and Camp Encore-Coda in Maine. Julie is the present principal flutist in the CSUN Youth Symphony Orchestra. She was twice the Conejo Valley branch winner in the VOCE competition, was the VOCE state winner of 2007, and twice the 1st alternate in the CAPMT-MTNA Junior Woodwind Performance competition. In the Southern California Junior Bach Festival of 2006, Julie was chosen to perform in the complete works audition and placed 2nd. She was also recognized at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival in 2006. In her free time, Julie enjoys dancing ballet, and has performed as a party girl, snowflake, flower, and Chinese dancer in past Nutcracker ballet shows. She has also performed as a waltz dancer and a swan in the Swan Lake ballet, and will be dancing the parts of a rose waltz dancer and a lilac blossom in the Sleeping Beauty ballet. As well as dancing, Julie enjoys reading, spending time with her friends, and telling jokes.
Vivian Rotenstein, 13, has been studying piano since the age of five. She was a student of Gloria Hilliard, and she began her studies with her current piano teacher, Edward Francis, in 2003.When she was 10, she was one of the medal winners at the Regional Bach Festival, in Ventura that led to a performance at the Bach Festival Showcase, in Santa Barbara. She won gold medals at the Contemporary Music Festival, sponsored by the Conejo Valley MTAC that led to performances in the Honors recitals at the Scherr Forum Theatre, in Thousand Oaks, and she performed in the Certificate of Merit Honors Recital. Last year she was a soloist with the Conejo Concerto Orchestra, performing a Mozart concerto. Vivian is a student at Medea Creek Middle School and a member of the Associated Student Body at her school. She started the Model United Nations Club and is a member of other clubs and organizations at her school. Besides playing the piano, she enjoys doing ballet and modern dance and she was part of the Nutcracker production with the Pacific Festival Ballet Company, in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Vivian also loves to sing and she appeared in the musical productions of “Crazy for You” and “Oklahoma” with the musical theater Stages. Vivian plays soccer and basketball and she has been a member of Girl Scouts of America since she was six. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing stories, listening to classical music, playing with her dog Bisou, and spending time with her friends.
Hans Gao, fifteen, is a freshman at Newbury Park High School. He has been playing piano since he was six, and has been studying with Edward Francis for the past four years. He recently passed his Advanced Level CM program with honors and a theory score high enough to exempt him from having to take it again. He has been a winner in the annual Music Teachers’ Assn. of California Contemporary Music Festival many times and played at the Gold Medal Honors Recitals at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. . Hans was invited to join the Honors Piano Performance Seminar at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. This is his first appearance with The CWOTO Orchestra as a featured soloist. In the world outside of music, Hans enjoys reading, chess, playing tennis, and blogging. He volunteers at the Civic Arts Plaza during the weekends, and currently leads a nonprofit group of high schoolers to raise money for the starving in Third World Countries.
Andrew Marlin, 16, is currently a junior at Westlake High School. Andrew has been studying bassoon for 2 1/2 years, with Duncan Massey as his private instructor. Prior to his bassoon studies, he played the clarinet proficiently for about 4 years, studying with Audra Camacho. He won the Outstanding Soloist Award at Lindero Canyon Middle School playing clarinet. He actively participates in Westlake High School's Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, where he has been principal bassoonist for the past 2 years. Beginning in his sophomore year Andrew began playing in a variety of other youth groups. During the 2005 – 2006 school year, with only one year's bassoon experience he qualified for the following honor groups: CODA-all state orchestra, CMEA-all state orchestra, SCSBOA-all southern honor band, and the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra. He sat 2 nd bassoonist in each of these groups. In his junior (current) year, he has performed with these same groups and was selected to play in more groups, including SCSBOA-all southern honor orchestra, CSUN Youth Orchestra, and the Glendale Youth Orchestra. Currently, Andrew currently sits principal bassoonist in all of the groups in which he participates. He will be performing another concerto with the Glendale Youth Orchestra in June. Andrew plans to attend the Tanglewood Music Institute this summer, which is organized by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andrew's other passion is martial arts, where he holds a 3rd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. Andrew studies and instructs at The Way Institute of Martial Arts under Master Conrad Ercolono. Andrew is the leader of its Karate Demonstration Acrobatic Team, an elite performance and show team. Andrew maintains a 3.7 Grade Point Average in school. He spends his free time enjoying a great meal, drinking sweet coffee drinks, sleeping, listening to music by Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, and much more. Most importantly, Andrew manages to make time to spend with his family and friends from where many of his great experiences come. As for the future, Andrew is uncertain if he will pursue a music major in college, however he plans to keep music an eternal part of his life whether as a profession or as personal passion.
Christy Kim is 16 years old and a junior at Westlake High School. She has continuously studied piano since the early age of 4. She has studied piano with Ornela Ervin for the last 7 years and has participated in numerous recitals and competitions. She passed the CM advanced level with honors, was selected as a winner in the Southern California Junior Bach Competition, and has played several times at the Civic Arts Plaza as a Contemporary Festival winner. Along with piano, Christy also plays the flute and is studying currently with Toby Caplan-Stonefield. She will be appearing with the CWOTO orchestra at another recital as a winner of a concerto competition sponsored by CWOTO and the Conejo branch of MTAC. She plays with the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra and is principal flutist with both the Westlake High Symphony and the CSUN Youth Orchestra. She has played in several master classes with some of the most distinguished musicians of our area. She also attended Idyllwild Arts Summer Sessions and UCLA Music Camp. In her busy schedule, Christy still finds time to spend with her friends and family. She loves to go to the beach, attend yoga classes, watch movies, shop, and sleep - if time permits. In the future, she aspires to be a musician and is working towards becoming a flute performance major in college.
Shirley Young, a sophomore at Oak Park High School, has been playing piano since the age of five. She previously studied under Karilyn Slice and Mei-June Lu, and is currently a student of Edward Francis. Shirley has passed the Advanced Level of Certificate of Merit, a state-wide evaluation program, and has been a regular participant at Music Teachers' Assn. of California Conventions. She has attended their Honors recitals for the past four consecutive years, and has also performed numerous times on the MTAC Contemporary, Baroque, Romantic, and Bach Festival recitals. For the past year, Shirley has been a participant of the honors piano seminar at the Colburn Performing Arts School, which both supports and exposes aspirant musicians. She was also awarded membership for both years that she auditioned (1998, 2002) for the National Fraternity of Musicians, and the student division of American College of Musicians. Outside of the competitive musical world, Shirley enjoys composing and discovering new piano works. She was the solo piano accompanist at her former church for five years, which she remembers as being an amazing experience. Shirley is continuously on the search for new opportunities to perform. In 2005, she was selected to help start her school's first jazz band along with a handful of other students, and the success of their performances helped to ensure that as a regularly offered elective course. Last year, along with fellow pianists Sean Chen and Maize Wang, Shirley performed at Oak Park High's production of Les Misérables, the first time ever that the school's award-winning drama department has chosen to incorporate live accompaniment. As for the future, Shirley hopes to continue in a musical direction, major in piano studies, and eventually pursue a career that involves her passion. She is thrilled for this opportunity to perform in the Opus 18 concerts, and eagerly looks forward to more prospective opportunities. |
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