SFCM Orchestra with Edwin Outwater
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This concert features the world premiere of Highsmith winner Pierre Fontaine’s Ancient Dances of Modern Times. The Highsmith Award, endowed by Jim Highsmith, is the Conservatory’s top composition prize. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin features six movements, all based on traditional dance movements from the French Baroque suite: Prélude, Fugue, Forlane, Rigaudon, Menuet, and Toccata and is dedicated to the memory of his friends lost in the first World War. Jean Sibelius wrote The Oceanides for his one and only trip to the United States in 1914 meanwhile Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is noted for its rhapsodic nature and technical challenges, all of which are dear to violinists. This concert features SFCM Concert Competition Winner Jeehin Kim and student conductor Jason Gluck.
Program
Pierre Fontaine: Ancient Dances of Modern Times
(Highsmith Award Winner, World Premiere)
I. Audacious Branle
II. Nocturnal Passepied
III. Occitan Rigaudon
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
I.Prélude
II. Forlane
III. Menuet
IV. Rigaudon
Jason Gluck, conductor
-Intermission-
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio di molto
III. Allegro, ma non tanto
Jeeihn Kim, violin
Concessions will be available for purchase before this event and during intermission.
Featured Artists
Edwin Outwater, conductor
Jeehin Kim, violin
About The Highsmith Award
The Highsmith award is endowed by James (Jim) Milton Highsmith, who developed a lifelong passion for drama, music and literature in his native Robersonville, North Carolina. Highsmith came to San Francisco in 1971 to teach English at Lone Mountain College, where he eventually served as department chair. Highsmith's interest in the Conservatory stemmed not only from his love of music, but also from his friendship with former Conservatory President Milton Salkind.
"The Highsmith Orchestra Composition Prize is in many ways the most important opportunity for our student composers. Students who have ambitions to continue their studies at the master’s and doctoral level need to have examples of their orchestral composition. The Highsmith Prize represents the mastery of a wide range of specialized knowledge of all the instruments, of orchestration, and of the control of the formal unfolding of complex musical ideas. Historically, many of our most gifted composers have won this prize, and it has enabled them to move forward into the professional world of commissions and college and university positions." — SFCM Composition Department Chair David Conte
SFCM Orchestra
Edwin Outwater
About the SFCM Orchestra
As a member of the SFCM Orchestra, you’ll experience firsthand the advantages of playing in a large ensemble. You’ll also get a complete overview of orchestral repertoire, and that begins with examining both masterworks and lesser-known pieces of every era. The symphony orchestra has a large repertoire, and each stylistic period deserves attention. Do you take to the classical period works of Mozart and Haydn? The grand romantic works of Brahms and Tchaikovsky? How about the 20th-century masterpieces by Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten? Add to that more recent works by such luminaries as John Adams and Joan Tower, and collaborations with Opera Theatre, and you’re on your way to becoming the well-rounded, informed musician the performing world expects.
The SFCM Orchestra presents several performances a year that prominently feature student soloists. Participation also includes public orchestral workshops with distinguished guest conductors. Recent guests have included Donald Runnicles, Carl St. Clair, Nicola Luisotti, and Peter Oundjian.
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