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DELAWARE COUNTY YOUNG MUSICIANS'

YOUTH ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 18,2018 DECEMBER 2, 2018
3:00 PM 5:00 PM

PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL

MEDIA, PA MEDIA, PA

Andrew Hauze Nicholas Pignataro & Miku Shiota

Music Director & Conductor Music Directors & Conductors

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 Delaware County Youth Orchestra
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Andrew Hauze, Conductor

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld.......................................................Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

And God Created Great Whales.........................................................................Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

INTERMISSION

Romeo and Juliet..................................................................................Pyotyr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

España...............................................................................................Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

This performance is being recorded.

In consideration of the performers and audience members,
please refrain from using flash photography during the performance.
Please turn off all cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices.

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 Program Notes
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers) is an operetta then shifts to a clarinet solo, and
by Jacques Offenbach, a French composer. It was the first classical full-length directly into a gentle oboe cadenza. A
operetta ever performed. This work is based upon the Greek myth of the cello solo follows, and later, a famous
musician Orpheus, who ventured into the Hades, to rescue his wife, Eurydice, tune played by the concertmaster.
after she dies from a snake bite. The operetta continues its build up
to the very scandalous “Galop Infernal”
In Offenbach’s version of the classic myth, Orpheus and Eurydice despise
or can-can dance. The ”Galop Infernal”
each other, but societal influence forces them to stay together. Orpheus only
portrays the bacchanalian party of
agrees to continue the marriage to maintain his image. When Eurydice dies,
the Olympians while in Hades. The
a plan is hatched by the Olympian gods to rescue her from the Underworld.
finale is a dramatic reprise of the
The rescue mission fails, which is a cause of celebration for the unhappy
“Galop Infernal” and the scathing
couple. Offenbach made a mockery of the tragedy, turning it into comic
parody comes to an end.
material. It was made to satirize the Orfeo en Euridice by Gluck.
- Ruijia Yang
The work was first performed in 1858 at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. Sources:
Critics disapproved of the opera, calling it “sacrilegious and disrespectful,” Wikipedia.org Editors. “Orpheus in the Underworld.”
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Apr. 2018, en.wiki-
due to its mockery of prevailing social mores. Disapproval only heightened pedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_in_the_Underworld.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Orpheus.”
the public’s interest in the performance, and due to the great controversy, it Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica,
Inc., 8 Feb. 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/Or-
became exceedingly popular. pheus-Greek-mythology.
Schodde, Carla. “Orpheus and the Can-Can.”
The Orpheus in the Underworld Overture starts with a lively introduction, Found in Antiquity, 13 Jan. 2018, foundinantiquity.
com/2013/11/03/orpheus-and-the-can-can/.

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000)

And God Created Great Whales

Alan Hovhaness became interested in music at a very young age. By the time 11, 1970. The work utilizes
he was 4, he had written a cantata inspired by Franz Schubert. After a brief recordings of whale songs from both
foray into astronomy, which continued to influence his work, Hovhaness, age the humpback and bowhead whales.
14, decided to focus entirely on composing music. He composed two operas Elements of melodic pentatonicism
while in high school, and studied at Tufts and the New England Conservatory and asynchronous aleatoricism,
of Music. He won the Conservatory’s Samuel Endicott Prize in 1932 for his or what Hovhaness referred to as,
Sunset Symphony. “free non-rhythm chaos,” occur
throughout the work. This remains
Hovhaness was strongly influenced by non-western music, especially Armenian,
one of Hovhaness’s most popular
Indian and Japanese. Throughout his life, he learned to play unusual instruments
compositions, and was utilized in the
native to those lands. He created an innovative technique called “spirit murmur”
early years of the “Save the Whales”
which involves instruments repeating phrases haphazardly, producing a
movement.
carpet of sound. This technique later became known as “ad Libitum.” In 1951,
- Nicole Kruvczuk
Hovhaness was inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He
Sources:
received a number of honorary degrees from important colleges. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_God_Cre-
ated_Great_Whales,
Hovhaness’s work And God Created Great Whales was commissioned by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hovhaness

New York Philharmonic which premiered the work in New York City on June

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Romeo And Juliet Overture-Fantasia
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia is considered one of Tchaikovsky’s and yearning, but has an undying
great masterpieces and one of the most recognizable classical works in the anxiety. The battle returns, and
world. The piece was originally suggested by Mily Balakirev, one of a group of culminates with crashing cymbals
Russian Composers known as The Five. Balakirev suggested an orchestral that represent the suicide of Romeo
piece based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He gave Tchaikovsky a full and Juliet. A funeral dirge then plays
outline of the work and restricted him to sonata allegro form. Balakirev dictated over soft drums. The piece ends with
three main sections: intro for Friar Laurence, first theme for the warring a reprisal of the love theme, and
families, second theme for the young lovers. Balakirev even dictated which finishes with the strong sound of a B
keys Tchaikovsky should use. Written in 1869, the piece premiered in 1870, natural held throughout the whole
but was not a success. Tchaikovsky spent more than a decade re-working on orchestra, a typical Russian musical
the composition and the version we hear today made its delayed premier in technique.
1886. The piece is arranged as a symphonic poem in one movement, using - Kathy Michael
themes from the plot. The piece opens with Friar Lawrence’s theme of piety, Sources:
Notes by Phillip Huscher for the Rockford Symphony
but it carries foreboding undertones from the low strings. The theme then Orchestra. Website: http://www.rockfordsymphony.
com/tchaikovsky-romeo-and-juliet-notes/..
grows from a single B minor chord with a D natural passed between the Romeo and Juliet Overture – Tchaikovsky’s Dramatic
strings and woodwinds, to an agitated irregular rhythm which represents Interpretation by Sebastian Mitchell. ON website
Favorite Classical Composers - http://www.favorite-clas-
fighting between the Montagues and Capulets. The music then slows and sical-composers.com/romeo-and-juliet-overture.html.
Tchaikovsky. A biographical and critical study Vol
changes keys from B minor to D flat, moving into a love theme that is passionate 1: The early years (1840-1874) by David Brown.
Website: http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/
Romeo_and_Juliet.
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
España, Rhapsody
for Orchestra
“It is very natural that we want to be inspired by, and if I may say so, to take throughout his life Chabrier never
with us a bit of Spain. The question is, what can be transported? Certain gave up on his musical pursuits,
wines must be consumed where they are made. Others, those which can composing a variety of pieces for piano,
stand the trip, we bring with us.” – Igor Stravinsky and for small and large ensembles.

And so it was with Emmanuel Chabrier, a French composer, who in 1883 Chabrier joins the ranks of non-Spanish
wrote España, one of the most popular Spanish-flavored symphonic pieces composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus
written in the nineteenth century. After visiting Spain with his wife in 1882, Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Mikhail
Chabrier was so inspired by what he saw, tasted and heard, that upon his Glinka, Franz Liszt, Georges Bizet,
return to Paris, he wrote España. This tribute to Spanish music and culture Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Claude
was Chabrier’s way to share a bit of ‘Spanish wine’ with the world. Debussy, who for centuries gifted
the world with some of the most
Following a brief string pizzicato opening evocative of a guitar, the trumpets
recognizably ‘Spanish’ music ever
introduce a first dance theme inspired by the ‘jota,’ a traditional Spanish
written.
dance. This is followed by a second dance theme played by the bassoons,
horns, and cellos and a third playful theme introduced by the bassoons. From Now, sit back and relax, and enjoy
there a dialogue unfolds among the different instruments that slowly leads to this taste of Spain!
the piece ’s climactic and joyous conclusion. - Quentin Lim Taroncher & Gaspar
Taroncher-Oldenburg
Chabrier was an unconventional composer, in fact, composing music was
Sources:
not his prime occupation. Despite his obvious talent as a musician, Chabrier Chabrier, Emmanuel. Orchestra Works by Isabelle
Battioni. Website: www.Naxos.com
followed his parents’ wishes and went to law school followed by several
decades working as a clerk in the French Ministry of the Interior. But

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A Message from the Music Director

Thank you very much for joining us at our first DCYO concert of the
2018-2019 season. The students have been working so hard to learn these
four very different pieces and to explore new ways to play together as an
ensemble, and we are excited to share the results of our work together with you.

We started the year with our annual retreat at Camp Tockwogh, and while
we had an unusually cool and rainy year there, it was a delight to see how
enthusiastic the students were to make music and get to know one another
despite the damp weather! Our winter retreat will feature another side-by-side
rehearsal from the musicians from YMO, which has proved to be a great way
to have YMO members get a sense of DCYO and for DCYO members to
mentor some younger musicians.

I’m very excited about the rest of our season, and I hope that you’ll be able to
join us for our concerts, and to invite friends to come hear our talented young
musicians! Our February program will feature a rarely heard but thrilling
overture by Dame Ethel Smyth and Dvorak’s epic Eighth Symphony. Playing a
lengthy symphony is another new challenge for our endurance and powers
of concentration, and I can’t wait to begin exploring this music with our students.
In May we will welcome the distinguished pianist Marcantonio Barone as our
Distinguished Guest Artist for this season. Mr. Barone will join us for regular
rehearsals, culminating in a concert performance of Manuel de Falla’s
impressionist masterpiece Nights in the Gardens of Spain for piano
and orchestra.

I feel so blessed to work with these talented young people each week. This
would not be possible without the extraordinary dedication of our Board of
Directors and the many parent volunteers who help run the orchestra
year-round. I would like to especially thank John Tobias, Chuck Zerweck,
Lenora Hume, and Lisa Martin for their weekly support of everything
behind-the-scenes at DCYO! Their love of this orchestra keeps things running
smoothly, and I am so grateful to be collaborating with all of our volunteers to
give our students the opportunity to make great music together.

We’ll hope to see you at our next concert!

Andrew Hauze
DCYO CONDUCTOR

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DCYO CONDUCTOR

Andrew Hauze A conductor, pianist, and organist, Andrew Hauze was named Music
Director and Conductor of the Delaware County Youth Orchestra in 2014. Mr. Hauze
has taught at Swarthmore College since 2006, where directs the College Orchestra and
Wind Ensemble and teaches classes in Musicianship, Conducting, and Orchestration.

Recent projects at Swarthmore have included performances as piano soloist in Mozart’s

Piano Concerto no. 12, K. 414 with Chamber Orchestra First Editions; Sounds of Cinema,
a screening of silent films and early documentaries with their soundtracks recreated
live; Stravinsky’s Soldier and Other Tales, a collaboration between Orchestra 2001 and
the Departments of Music & Dance and Theater, and the musical direction of Purcell’s
Dido and Aeneas. In August 2018 he conducted Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti at
Twickenham Fest in Huntsville, Alabama. With DCYO, Mr. Hauze has recently
collaborated with baritone Randall Scarlata, violinist David Kim, conductor Lio Kuokman,
and cellist Udi Bar-David.

Mr. Hauze frequently collaborates as a guest pianist and conductor with Astral Artists.
With Astral he has conducted concert arias by Mozart, Knussen’s Hums and Songs of
Winnie the Pooh, and the Philadelphia premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre. He particularly
enjoys collaborating as a pianist with Astral Community Engagement, performing with
Astral Artists in schools and retirement communities throughout the Philadelphia area.
He serves on the Program and Education & Community Engagement committees, and
on Astral’s National Auditions panel.

Previously active as a vocal coach, organist and choral conductor, Andrew was on the
faculty of the Bryn Mawr Conservatory and the CoOperative program at Westminster
Choir College, and he holds the Fellowship and Choirmaster certifications from the
American Guild of Organists.

Andrew Hauze graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007, where he majored
in orchestral conducting. He received his B.A. in music from Swarthmore College and his
A.A. from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

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 DCYO Musicians

Violin I Grace Gong Double Bass Horn

Kana L. Kishimoto, Raymond O. Fan Amelia H. Lint, *James Alexander
co-concertmaster Benjamin Zhao principal Luigi Giacomucci
Angelina Phillips, Luhan Zhao Abigail Kanes Xander Octavian Kruvczuk
co-concertmaster Emily Timakov Trevor Russin Patrick Li
Kevin Wang Leihui Tong Ina Han
Catherine Yeh Ian P. Hackman Trumpet
Yuma Matsuoka Viola Cecilia Marie Long Allen Chen
Mitchell Taylor Chloe Lee, Jacob Majerczak
Amy Huang principal Flute Aidan Peterson
Chandric Yick Hung Lee Maya Taylor, Stephanie Eng Michael Strauss
Adrienne Cheung Associate principal Susan Li
Aida Ruan Karen Xu Grace Samaha Trombone
Ashley Zhang Madalyn Sadler Annabel Zhao Thomas Kan
Julia Durian Austin Zhou Piccolo Richard Michael
Kevin Wu Caleb B. Bethel Stephanie Eng Will Swartzentruber
Liam Rodgers Joey Wei Grace Samaha
Maria Dierkes Christopher Tyburski Annabel Zhao Tuba
William O. Fan Lauren Park Jacob Millett
Elizabeth Yeh Danielle Hathaway Oboe
Joshua Yoo Abigail Idiculla Jayne Chen Keyboard
Amy Xi Abigail Chung William Huang
Violin II Daniel Marshall
Megan Frederick, Cello Percussion
principal Sasha He, principal English Horn Miles Harden
Yewon Jeong, associate Anya Sood Chan, Abigail Chung Luke Hathaway
principal associate principal Geunyeong Kim
Gillyoung Koh Quentin Taroncher Clarinet Zeke Millrood
June Yong Kim Maya Rozin Priya Ganesh
Ariana Moore Uijin Kim Stephanie Huang Harp
Zaiya Ngubeni Sedona Martin Andrew Jonghoon Kim *Guest Artist
Linxuan Li MinJu Kim Timothy C. Kim *Guest artist
Mikayla Lin Anna Perlak
Kaileb H. Kim Noah T. Hamermesh Bassoon
Elaine J. Kim Ruijia Yang Justin S. Choi
Jason Hu Kate Frederick Jack Durgin Woodwinds, brass, and
Jessica Hoa Knapp Ethan Lei Liu Seongeun Kim percussion rotate seating and
Sophia Burrowes *Guest artist are listed alphabetically

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 Young Musicians’ Orchestra
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Nicholas Pignataro, Conductor
Miku Shiota, Conductor

“Triumphal March” from Aida..................................................... Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arr. McAlister

Symphony No. 7, 2nd Movement.......................................... Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arr. Leidig

“And the Glory of the Lord” from Messiah……......................... George F. Handel (1685-1759), arr. McAlister

Danse Macabre, Op. 40 …........................................................... Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), arr. Mack

“Dance of the Tumblers” from The Snow Maiden.......... Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Dackow

This performance is being recorded.

In consideration of the performers and audience members,
please refrain from using flash photography during the performance.
Please turn off all cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices.

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 Young Musicians’ Orchestra Personnel
Violin 1 Rachel Grieb Flute French Horn
Sarah Koh, Ananda Edna Leahy Hannah Chen Ava Manaker
concertmaster Daniel Jing
Ryan Wang Viola Noah Chong Trumpet
Ben Slater Ashrith Kandula Sophie DeCristofaro Connor F. Wuebber
Monica Yang principal Logan Craley
Calli Sophocles Lilly Zhang Clarinet Charlie Chen
Manya Ajith Sunny H. Mao Matthew Lund Thomas Dierkes
Khuê Nguyen Nicholas Cardi Thomas Eng Antonio Fiorentino Wong
Yash Chadda Jeffery Z. Yue Howard Jongkyu Kim
Zachary Han Claire Yenchik Trombone
Cello Ethan Burkett
Violin 2 Katie Youn, Bass Clarinet
Lucy Shea, principal Stephanie Moorhatch Euphonium
principal Kitty Tsukada Maxwell Kikkawa
Bridget Haselbarth Nathan Yu Saxophone
Christopher Han Caeli Rieger Dae Orion Taylor Percussion
Josiah D. Bronkema Zubin Fiorillo Nathan Siegel Sepinwall
Leo J. Ouyang Sage Costa Baker Oboe Caleb Chong
Lucas Kishta Christopher Lin Claire Ekert Bittinger
Carolyn Rebecca Eskenazi Ashley Choe Ruby Flynn Harp
Aryana Alidjani Julia Pham Knapp Aria Fiorill

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 Nick Pignataro is in his fourth season as is co-music director of the Young Musicians’
Orchestra. He is in his first year as Band and Orchestra Director for Strath Haven High
School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Before coming to Strath Haven, Mr. Pignataro
taught for five years as an Elementary School Band Director in the Penn-Delco School
District and for two years as Music Teacher at St. Hilary of Poitiers School. He has
been recognized with the 2018 Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Excellence in
Teaching Award and the Professional Hero Award from the Delaware County Right
to Education Task Force for his work with students with special needs in 2015. Mr.
Pignataro values technology as a teaching tool and became a Google Level 1 Certified
Educator in 2017.

YMO CONDUCTOR He has appeared as a conductor with Bravo Brass for five seasons and has acted as
rehearsal conductor for the Drexel University Concert Band, the Drexel Orchestra,
Youth Orchestra of Bucks County Philharmonia, and the Atlantic Brass Band. He
served as the Music Director at St. Anne Church and the neighborhood classical music
concert series “Music at St. Anne’s.”
In the theatre, he has led performances at the Player’s Club of Swarthmore, Sun
Valley High School Theatre, and served as a music director for Cardinal O’Hara High
School Theater and Upper Darby Summer Stage Children’s Theater. Mr. Pignataro
studied conducting with Paul Bryan of the Curtis Institute of Music and with Joseph
Caminiti in West Chester University’s orchestral conducting program. Mr. Pignataro
earned a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from West Chester
University in 2018.
He graduated from Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in 2011
with a degree in Music Education. At Temple, he studied trumpet with Eric Schweingruber
and Roger Blackburn of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Pignataro most enjoys
spending time with his family and friends, spending time in his grandmother’s
kitchen, and having a conversation over a cup of coffee!

Miku Shiota received her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory,
majoring in vocal and instrumental music education and minoring in piano
performance. She studied conducting with Markand Thakar. While a student in the
Springfield School District, she studied violin with Elizabeth Klinger, Beverly Wright,
Barbara Ostroff and Louise Auld. She also studied piano with Nozomi Takashima and
Maureen Hooper. She was concertmistress of the Springfield High School Orchestra
and a member of DCYO for six years, serving as co-concertmistress in her senior year.
Ms. Shiota has sung with the Choral Society of Montgomery County and the
Pennsylvania Academy of Performing Arts Ariana Women’s Choir.
She taught music at the Springside School in Philadelphia, New Hope Academy in
YMO CONDUCTOR Yardley, and the Broad Street Academy in Philadelphia. Ms. Shiota formerly
conducted the now-defunct Montgomery County Youth Orchestra and was the organist
for the Springfield Baptist Church. In February 2017, she conducted the PMEA District
12 5/6 String Ensemble. She was the Lead String Orchestra Teaching Artist with Play
On, Philly! at Freire Charter Middle School and the conductor of the Greater Philadelphia
Chorale. Currently, Ms. Shiota is the music director of the A Cappella Pops choral
group and on the music faculty of the Germantown Friends School.

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Letter from the Music Directors of the
Young Musicians’ Orchestra

Welcome to the opening concert of the 2018-2019 season! We continue

a year-long study and of the classics as we take the stage. It has been so
good to work with the music of Verdi, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Handel, and
Rimsky-Korsakov. Our young musicians have rehearsed diligently and expertly
as they learn the music from these famous composers. It is so important for
us to take students through a diverse curriculum of quality music and this fall
has been no exception.

YMO students come from many schools, many activities, and many towns in
the Delaware Valley for a single purpose: to become better citizens through
a shared interest and love of music. We are extremely grateful and honored
to work with each student as they bring their talents and efforts to rehearsal
every Thursday night. We hope you enjoy this evening’s performance as much
as we enjoy performing it for you.

We have much to look forward to next semester. We end our season with
new music, a side-by-side rehearsal with the Delaware County Youth
Orchestra, and another round of sectionals lead by expert professional
musicians. We thank the talented YMO students and their caring families,
the wonderfully supportive DCYO Board of Directors, the parents who have
volunteered to support our program, and the opportunity to rehearse weekly
with truly impressive musicians. We look forward to more music-making and
encourage all to continue to appreciate music. To our audience: Thank you
for your support! Please relax and enjoy these young people who bring great
music to life.

Musically yours,

Nicholas Pignataro
Miku Shiota
YMO Conductors

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Upcoming events
DCYO Performance Hour
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 – 7:00 pm
DCYO Board of Directors
Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA
John Tobias (President)
DCYO Winter Retreat Mindyjane Berman
Saturday, January 5, 2019 - 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Carol Briselli
Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA Ann Byun
Michele S. de Cruz-Saenz
DCYO Winter Concert Julianne Eisele
Sunday, February 24, 2019 – 3:00 pm Matt Hamermesh
Robert Hensil
YMO Spring Concert Momoko Kishimoto
Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 3:00 pm Alison Manaker
Location: TBD Kathryn Mehrtens
Anne Peterson
DCYO Spring Concert Angela Phillips
Sunday, May 12, 2019 – 3:00 pm Jere Shertzer
Location TBD Charles Zerweck

DCYO Performance Hour

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 – 7:00 pm
Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA

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 Acknowledgments
The DCYO Board of Directors would like to thank the following individuals and organizations:
● Dave Moneymaker and the staff at Proclamation Presbyterian Church for supporting DCYO throughout the concert year.
● The administration and staff of Rose Tree Media School District and Penncrest High School for assisting our
volunteers and students with the DCYO and YMO fall concerts.
● The administration and staff of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
and its Music Department, in particular, Henry Pearlberg, for supporting the YMO throughout the concert year.
● DCYO co-concertmasters Kana Kishimoto and Angelina Phillips for ongoing leadership throughout the year.
● YMO concertmaster Sarah Koh for her ongoing leadership throughout the year.
● Student Sedona Martin for serving as our DCYO Facebook Coordinator.
● Zeeanne Choi for recording our fall concert.
● David Demcher for maintaining our website. And for editing and uploading our fall DCYO and YMO concert recording.
● Parents who generously donated their time as chaperones at Camp Tockwogh: Kathleen Casey, Michelle Che,
Donna Chen, Hans Frederick, Hyohoon Kim, Peter Marshall, Amy Shumoski, and Joseph Timakov.
● YMO parents Kristin Cardi, Suchita Fiorillo, Jun Han, Haiying He, Yanping Huang, Inil Koh, Wenzhao Meng, Lysa
Rieger, Sarah Riseman, Amy Sepinwall, Rebekah Yang and Erica Yenchik, for generously donating their time to assist
in the set up and take down of chairs and stands at the YMO weekly rehearsals.
● Lisa Martin for assisting with August auditions and personnel duties for DCYO rehearsals
● The DCYO Advisory Committee, Bonnie Brebach, David Cramer, Elizabeth Crumb, George Crumb, James Freeman,
Lenora Hume, David Kim, Lisa Liem, Lorne Munroe, Eugene Narmour, Reine Patterson, George Slick, Alice Strine,
Richard Veleta, Klaus Volpert, Richard Wernick, and Jerome Wigler, for ongoing advice and support.
● Music Teachers - Carol Briselli, Glenn Fischbach, Elizabeth Kaderabek, Elizabeth Klinger, Jason Majerczak, Genia
Maslov, Kathy Mehrtens, Anne Peterson and Jason Sudduth, for coaching our students during DCYO and YMO fall
sectional rehearsals.

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Contributors
November 1, 2017 Through October 31, 2018

Gisela Savage Memorial Music Fund Sponsors Donor inquiries may be directed to
Dr. Michele S. de Cruz-Saenz Richard and Mindyjane Berman DCYO Treasurer, Julianne Eisele, at
Wenping Bo [email protected]
Corporations and Foundations Raymond and Bonnie Brebach
OSIsoft, LLC Don and Julianne Eisele You may also donate through your
Merck Charitable Flex Fund Andrew Hauze online purchases at Smile.Amazon.
The Presser Foundation Eleanor James com. Please register the Delaware
Rimmer and Jennings, LLC Peter and Dee Marshall County Youth Orchestra as the
Russ and Kathy Mehrtens charitable organization you choose
Conductor’s Circle Jason and Jennifer Moore to support. Amazon will donate
David D. Kim Seri and Edugene Park a portion of your purchase to the
Ann Byun and Stephen Kanes Anne Peterson orchestra.
Frank Borchert III and Momoko Jerry and Jill Russin
Kishimoto Diane Sigmund Thank you to all our supporters for
Robert and Claire McLear John Swartzentruber and Lauren your generosity. Your donations
McKinney enable us to continue our mission
Benefactors Judith Voet of providing young musicians, in the
John and Lori Chung Julia and Guy Welbon tri-state area, the opportunity to
Eric and Lenora Hume learn, play and perform orchestral
David and Jane Kim Contributors music.
Jae Woo Kim and Yoon Jae Sung David Demcher
Tom and Phuong Lee Robert and Kathleen Dostal
Manaker Family Judy Eng
Glenn and Angela Phillips Rita Karmiol
Eric and Catherine Rosenberg Yasuji and Yayoi Matsuoka
Gilda Schwalb James and Bette Ortoleva
John Tobias and Rebecca Wells Angelina Phillips
Charles Zerweck Kristin Cahn von Seelen
Richard and Marge Veleta
Patrons
Edward Chan and Shobana Sood Friends
Dr. Young and Mrs. Stacey Chong Isabel Clark
Hannah and Matthew Hamermesh Alan Levi
Charles King Yasuji and Yayoi Matsuoka
Lisa and Gie Liem Steven Schon
Jason and Jennifer Moore Amy Shumoski
Valerie Moth
Barbara and Arnold Ostroff
Kar-Loi Wong

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“Rhythm and Harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.” - Plato

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The Delaware County Youth Orchestra Program
The Delaware County Youth Orchestra, celebrating its 47th season in 2018-2019,
is a highly selective ensemble of talented musicians from the tri-county area, most
of whom are in high school. This full symphony orchestra, which rehearses in Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania at Proclamation Presbyterian Church, is dedicated to providing
young people of exceptional ability with an opportunity to rehearse and perform
major works from the standard symphonic repertoire. Andrew Hauze, who is on the The Gisela
faculty at Swarthmore College, was named DCYO Music Director and Conductor in 2014.
DCYO was founded by a core of 6 people including the parents in two families and Savage
their childrens’ music teachers. Their intent was to provide higher-level music
education than was available through the public schools. The founders included Memorial
Richard and Beatrice Wernick, George and Elizabeth Crumb, Jerome Wigler and
Bert Phillips. In these formative years, Beatrice Wernick was instrumental in
reaching out to schools and teachers to recruit additional students. Elizabeth
Music Fund
Crumb served as the administrative manager and personnel director. The Gisela Savage Memorial
In 1973-4, Richard Wernick served as the first music director, followed by Eugene Music Fund was established
Narmour from 1975 to 1980. He was succeeded by Rosalind Erwin, who conducted in 1998 to commemorate
the orchestra for the next seven years. Richard Vanstone, who was also conductor the life of Gisela Savage and
of the West Chester University Orchestra, was music director from 1987 to 2002. her invaluable service to
During the 2002-2003 season, J. Karla Lemon was conductor and music director. the Delaware County Youth
Thomas Hong, who also conducted the Haverford/Bryn Mawr College Orchestra, Orchestra as a board member
was music director from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, Brad Smith, Conductor of the for 25 years. Contributions
University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, was named to the fund are used solely
Music Director and Conductor, serving in this role for nine years until 2014. for the purchase or rental of
Students have also enjoyed the privilege of working under such notable guest orchestral music.
conductors as Robert Page, William Smith, Cristian Macelaru and Lio Kuokman and Gisela was one of the first
rehearsing the tone poem blue cathedral with composer Jennifer Higdon. members of the Delaware
Under the baton of Music Director Andrew Hauze, DCYO performs three concerts a County Youth Orchestra. She
year in locations throughout the Delaware Valley. We welcome the opportunity to played violin in the orchestra
perform in communities where efforts are being made by school, college, or civic in its first year, when it was
organizations to stimulate interest in classical music among young people. called the Community Youth
The Young Musicians’ Orchestra is a full symphony orchestra for intermediate-level Orchestra of Delaware County
players, most of whom are in middle school. Since 2012, it has been under the direction and consisted of both student
of Miku Shiota, who was joined by Nicholas Pignataro in 2015 as co-director. and community members.
YMO was formed as a chamber orchestra in 1989, under the management of string Gisela was dedicated to the
teacher Barbara Ostroff and the direction of Brian Cox. In 1994, A. Scott Kiehner orchestra and volunteered at
took over as conductor and music director. Over his 16-year tenure, he helped rehearsals and auditions until
develop the group into its current form of full symphony orchestra. Caitlin the end of her life. After her
Cavanagh served as assistant student director from 1997 to 1999. David Reif death in 1998, her family
co-directed with Mr. Kiehner from 2000 to 2007. From 2007 to 2015, Elizabeth suggested the Delaware
Klinger was co-director. In 2012, upon the retirement of Mr. Kiehner, Ms. Shiota County Youth Orchestra as
became co-director. In 2015 when Ms. Klinger retired, Mr. Pignataro became co-director. one of the organizations to
which contributions in her
YMO rehearses at the Strath Haven Middle School and performs two concerts per memory could be made.
year. While most of the repertoire consists of high-school-level arrangements of
classical works, the orchestra also performs folk, pop, and show music.
The Delaware County Youth Orchestra and Young Musicians’ Orchestra are
incorporated under the Non-Profit Law of Pennsylvania. Financial support comes
from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Delaware County Youth Orchestra • PO Box 143 • Media PA 19063 • www.dcyo.org