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November 17th, 8pm • Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT • FREE ADMISSION
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"Igor Stravinsky’s Pagan sacrifice-themed orchestral bombshell
The Rite of Spring is still satisfying the gods 100 years after its debut. Now in fall, too: the decidedly youthful and unstuffy RiteNow Project, spearheaded by conductor Paolo Bortolameolli, celebrates the masterpiece’s centennial with a “one-time-only” performance at Woolsey Hall. The program, performed by Bortolameolli’s Zephyrus Project Orchestra, includes Stravinsky’s original masterpiece along with one Rite-inspired work from each of eight young but accomplished composers." ~ Dan Mims, The Daily Nutmeg |
Paolo Bortolameolli • Conductor
Praised by composer George Crumb for his "sensitive and insightful interpretation", conductor Paolo Bortolameolli brings a visual, synthetic and collaborative approach to music that is infused by his fascination for and interplay among the arts. With his passion for connecting the 21st century audience to the concert stage, Mr. Bortolameolli enjoys conducting orchestral music, working with youth orchestras, collaborating with today’s composers and lecturing. [more]
Matthew Welch • Composer
The music of Matthew Tobin Welch (b.1976), Composer/Multi-instrumentalist, stems from a multi-faceted foundation. As a virtuoso of the Highland Bagpipe, he studied traditional music with Gold Medalist masters such as Colin MacLellan, Jack Lee, Angus MacLellan and Andrew Wright. Matthew also was a member of the four - time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, winning with them in 1999 and 2001. [more]
Ben Wallace • Composer
Ben Wallace, originally hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a New England based composer, pianist, percussionist, and conductor. His works have been performed at various venues in Cincinnati, New Haven, New York, Switzerland, and Albuquerque. He received his Bachelor of Music in 2011 from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where he studied with Joel Hoffman, Michael Fiday, Mara Helmuth, and Al Otte of Percussion Group Cincinnati. [more]
Daniel Schlosberg • Composer
Composer and pianist Daniel Schlosberg
(b. 1987) just completed his master’s and is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Yale School of Music. His works have been played by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, New Morse Code, Yale Baroque Ensemble, Center City Opera Theater, and counter)induction. In July, his orchestral piece My reflection ran away with my eyes was featured at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA [more] Paul Kerekes • Composer
Paul Kerekes was born in Huntington, New York. His music has been described as “striking…ecstatic…dramatic” (WQXR), “highly eloquent” (New Haven Advocate), and able to create “an almost tactile picture” (The New York Times).
He has had the privilege of hearing his music performed by TwoSense, New Morse Code, American Composers Orchestra, Dinosaur Annex, [more] 
Ksenia Zhuleva • Wardrobe Design
Born in Moscow, Ms. Ksenia Zhuleva started her music education at the age of seven. She graduated with honors from Academic Music College, (associated with the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory) where she was the recipient of the prestigious E. Bystritskaya International Scholarship for the most promising and outstanding young musicians. [more] |
Fay Wang • Composer
Composer/performer Fay Wang’s music has been performed around Asia, Europe and USA, including the Berlin Concert House, the Arnold Schoenberg Center, Oper Graz, Yun Isang Memorial Hall, Beijing, Shanghai Concert Hall, Merkin Hall and Lincoln Center, with ensembles including the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus, RIAS Youth Orchestra, Dinosaur Annex, and a recent premiere by Bang On A Can All-Stars at NYC’s Ecstatic Music Festival. [more]
Justin Tierney • Composer
JUSTIN TIERNEY’S music was declared “superb, robust, and grand" by the Boston Globe who avowed that “Tierney’s dark-hued music had polished, ominous richness… and sound-worlds that were cogent and immediate.” A recent performance of The God's Script was described as [one of] "two of the most compelling operas also draw on illustrious literary sources: … it sheathes in fierce, gorgeously orchestrated music a dramatization of Jorge Luis Borges’s La Escritura del Dios.” [more]
Polina Nazaykinskaya • Composer
Polina Nazaykinskaya was born in Togliatti, Russia on January 20, 1987 and has been studying music since the age of 4. After graduating with honors from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia with concentrations in violin and composition, Polina earned her Masters of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music. Her professors at Yale included Christopher Theofanidis and Ezra Laderman. Currently Polina is pursuing Artist Diploma in composition at the Yale School of Music. [more]
Gleb Kanasevich • Composer
Gleb Kanasevich, a 2013 YSM graduate with MM in clarinet, has taken part in IRCAM’s 2013 Academie Manifeste and this year has had premiere performances at Spoleto Festival, soundSCAPE Festival, Atlantic Music Festival and Fundacion Music AntiquaNova in Argentina. He currently performs largely as a soloist and in duet with pianist Michael Sheppard under Chesapeake Concert Artists. [more]
Solomon Weisbard • Production Designer
From Portland, Oregon, Solomon continually seeks to foster deeply satisfying collaborations by working specifically while thinking holistically. He believes theatre at its best should invite, exhilarate, and provoke.
Selected professional theatre credits include Stones in his Pockets (Yale Rep), Rite of Spring (Martha Graham Dance Co.), Christina Anderson’s Hollow Roots (Public Theatre Under the Radar), [more] |
A Centennial Celebration of the "Rite of Spring"
Featuring Eight New Works Inspired by it for Massive Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich's sketches for the premiere 1913 production
In the wake of its riotous premiere, Igor Stravinsky's monumental Rite of Spring, became a beacon of inspiration for countless composers, performers, choreographers, dancers and visual artists. "The Rite" stunned listeners with its passion, focus, ingenuity and vehemence. "The Rite's" influence continues, and we are delighted to present RiteNow: a celebration of the centenary of "The Rite's" infamous premiere.
RiteNow promises to be an exhilarating production, in which Stravinsky’s masterpiece will be coupled with the premiere of eight orchestral responses to "the Rite,"written by some of the most promising young composers -- Benjamin Wallace, Daniel Schlosberg, Fay Kueen Wang, Gleb Kanasevich, Justin Tierney, Matthew Welch, Paul Kerekes, and Polina Nazaykinskaya.
The Rite of Spring is famous for the way that it's put together – these blocks of music, or "tableau," that bump up right next to one another. We will celebrate the 100th birthday of Stravinsky’s piece by writing eight short selections inspired by it. These will then be assembled just like the "tableau" in the "Rite" into one memorable piece for an orchestra of massive proportions.
"The Rite" and these eight responses will be performed by the Zephyrus Project Orchestra, a group of talented young musicians, led by conductor and RiteNow producer Paolo Bortolameolli.
The orchestral performance will also be enhanced by the an immersive environmental design by Solomon Weisbard.
The eleven of us -- Eight composers, one conductor, one production designer, one costume designer -- have teamed up to honor this groundbreaking work.
The Rite of Spring is famous for the way that it's put together – these blocks of music, or "tableau," that bump up right next to one another. We will celebrate the 100th birthday of Stravinsky’s piece by writing eight short selections inspired by it. These will then be assembled just like the "tableau" in the "Rite" into one memorable piece for an orchestra of massive proportions.
"The Rite" and these eight responses will be performed by the Zephyrus Project Orchestra, a group of talented young musicians, led by conductor and RiteNow producer Paolo Bortolameolli.
The orchestral performance will also be enhanced by the an immersive environmental design by Solomon Weisbard.
The eleven of us -- Eight composers, one conductor, one production designer, one costume designer -- have teamed up to honor this groundbreaking work.
The celebration will take place in New Haven's historic and stunning Woolsey Hall (500 College Street) this November 2013. Admission is FREE and open to all!
This is going to be big, and something you'll be proud to be a part of. With such a talented crew, only greatness can ensue. Thank you!
This is going to be big, and something you'll be proud to be a part of. With such a talented crew, only greatness can ensue. Thank you!
Zephyrus Project Orchestra
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VIOLIN
Heewon Uhm (Concertmaster) Jessica Oddie (Associate Concertmaster) Polina Nazaykinskaya Julia Ghica Ki Won Kim Kayla Moffett Suliman Tekalli Zou Yu Inyoung Hwang James Lee Avi Nagin Brian Lei Ryan Truby Hye Jin Koh Yumi Koga Xi Liao Elsie Yau Mann-Wen Lo Matheus Sardinha Garcia Souza |
VIOLA
Ksenia Zhuleva (Principal) Rebecca Wiebe Daniel Stone Batmyagmar Erdenebat Yuan Qi Hyeree Yu Lucy Caplan CELLO
Elisa R. Sádaba (Principal) Sohyang Yoo Christopher Hwang Yoonha Lee Chang Pan Ian Gottlieb Yinfan Wu BASS
Mike Levin (Principal) Paul Nemeth Jonathan Hammonds Samuel Bobinski Catrin Dowd Christopher Lettie |
FLUTE
Anouvong Liensavanh, Picc. Luna Kang, Fl. 1 (Principal) Ginevra Petrucci, Fl. 2 Bill Ylitalo, Fl. 3/Picc. 2 Jonathan Slade, Alto Fl. OBOE
Alexandra Lambertson (Ob.1) Caroline Ross (ob. 2) Ken Yanagisawa (ob. 3) Tim Laciano (Ob. 4/EH) Fiona Last (EH) |
HORNS
Patrick C. Jankowski (Principal) Craig Hubbard Sarah Au Donna Yoo Emily Boyer Chuta Chulavalaivong Chris Brigham [Wagner Tuba] Liam Hanna [Wagner Tuba] TRUMPETS
John Ehrenburg (Principal) Mikio Sasaki Patrick Durbin Robby Moser TROMBONES
Sam Kruse Daniel Aaron Fears TUBAS
Jens Peterson Allison Lazur |
RiteNow Project is made possible by these generous human beings
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CO-EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER He Cui TT-ART Beijing Marco Casas del Valle Xu Xiaoping Charlie Chen DIAGHILEV’S IMPRESARIO CIRCLE Marcia Wallace Cecilia Fernandez Lyliam Trebitsch John Vere Pablo Larrain Galaz Marie-Chantal Stephen Kerekes Eduardo Armijo Alex Bennett TNJ Scout Isabel STRAVINSKY’S INNER CIRCLE Debbie & Jack Tierney Matt & Diane Kerekes RITENOW PROJECT is Sponsored by
The Association of Chinese Students & Scholars at Yale (ACSSY) with special thanks to President Junwei Zhang |
NIJINSKY CLUB
Michael G Wallace Dr. Jeffrey Johnson Seiichi Nomoto Miyo Nomoto Maria Antonieta Lazarraga James Sinclair Lauren Libaw lev bronstein Inés Isolda Grünwaldt Phillip Martin Aissa Galvez Renato Albertini Haydee Domic Jacob Kline Caroline Timlin Robert Timlin PRIORITY PATRON
Joseph Martin Astrid Baumgardner Lisa Nielsen Sarah E Canzoneri Roberto Toscano Reena Esmail David Welch Dennis Waller Jori Chisholm Mary E. Hegeman Devon Yasamune Toyotomi Hiroko Nomoto Jack Tierney Jan Faidley |
Dr. Ping He
Ian O’Sullivan Ronald ShawSara Meserve Eric Laganowski Jon Lewis Kyung Yu Omar Surillo Myriam Singer BACKERS
Scott So Ginevra Petrucci Alex Weiser Caroline Ross Dominic Coles Fay Wang Michael Schelle Jeremy Schlosberg Rob Watkins George Greene Victor Caccese Sumie Nomoto John Carr Ingram Marshall Corinne Mack Aimee Metz-Jordan Isabel Kim Nicholas Betson Maura Valenti Dr. Ryan Vigil Dr. John McDonald Toby Sullivan Lissa Palacios |
William Gardiner
Alvin Wong Gleb Kanasevich Jean Townsend George Lam Elizabeth Rathburn M.Carolina Rocha CONTRIBUTORS Marissa Grunes Kate Gonzales Elisabeth Halliday Doug Perry Mary Kouyoumdjian Stacey Daniels Corin Lee Sid Richardson Brendon Randall-Myers Aaron Minsky Hannah Collins Garth Neustadter Chris Rogerson Loren Loiacono Evan Lewis Emily Cooley Naomi Woo Paul Nemeth Cristobal Gajardo Tiffany Richardson Cantata Profana Gregory Robbins |
Kirsten Volness
Kyle S. Buckley Libby Van Cleve Leaha Maria Jess Li Stephen Feigenbaum Mike Compitello G Cid Alex Werrell Christina Hughes Craig Watson Dashon Burton Allison Felicetti Kenny Katsu John McQuown Thomas Piercy Stacey Zazu Scott Benjamin Firer Midori Samson Heidi Nakajima Amber Hayden |
The RiteNow Project is Sponsored by
Hudson Scenic Studio
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Sunday, November 17th , 8pm
Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street (corner of College & Grove) New Haven, CT FREE ADMISSION Clicke HERE for Tickets RiteNowProject@gmail.com |