Thursday Musical

Thursday Morning Artist Series

March 3, 2016
10:30 am
MacPhail Center for Music
Antonello Hall

Welcome to the 2015-16 season!

For 124 years Thursday Musical has proudly presented some of the areas finest
musicians in concert, with repertoire that will entice you as it includes the best of
the classics, as well as new and commissioned works by living composers. Our
2015-16 Thursday Morning Artist Series includes twelve concerts, which will take
place in Antonello Hall at MacPhail Center for Music with one at Wayzata Community Church. Dont forget to check out our entire season online at thursdaymusical.org. As you plan your schedules for the coming year, be sure to include all of
the coming seasons concerts. Each will be a not to be missed event!
Thank you for supporting Thursday Musical and enjoy the concert!

Liz Nordling, President

Board of Directors 2015-2016

Elizabeth Nordling
President

Mary Goetz
Jocelyn Kalajian
Community Concerts

Lois Cooper
Archivist

ADVISORY
BOARD

Pat Nortwen
Curator

David L. Bach
John Froelich
Linda Hoeschler
Thelma Johnson
Libby Larsen
Jim Peter
Camilla Reiersgord
Kathy Saltzman
Romey
Douglas Schmitt

Monica Murray
Ingrid Koller
Vice President Artist Series

Rolf Erdahl
Educational Outreach
Chair

Michael Davis
Vice President Auditions

Kathryn Christie
Susan Jones
Home Programs

Sylvia Wilson
Russell Dedrick
Judy Blomgren
Vice President Student Section

Roxann Johnson
Home Programs
Reservations

Amy Morris
Newsletter Editor

Carolyn Britton
Long-Range Planning

Dorothy Boen
Bylaws Committee

Shirley Santoro
Nominating

Carolyn Britton
Personnel

Beth Blackledge
Recording Secretary
Michael Santoro
Treasurer

Pat Forse
Financial Oversight
Shirley Decker
Corresponding
Secretary

STAFF
Vanessa Voskuil
Operations Manager
Holley Thompson
Accountant

Program
The Tom and Jerry Show (2003)

Hiromi Uehara (b.1979)

Amanda Chan, piano

Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015

Sonatine for Flute and Piano

Pierre Sancan (1916-2008)

James DeVoll, flutist
Beth Winterfeldt, piano

Raspberry Island (text by Patricia Hampl)

To Darkness
This is my letter to the world (text by Emily Dickenson)
Too Cold to Snow (text by Jim Payne)
If I Forget Your Face (text by Jim Payne)

Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

Wynn-Anne Rossi (b. 1956)
Brian G. Campbell (b. 1957)
George Maurer (b. 1965)

Carolyn Finley, mezzo-soprano

Ed Turley, piano

Serenade in D major, Op. 8

Marcia: Allegro
Menuetto Allegretto
Adagio - Scherzo: Allegro molto
Allegretto alla Polacca
Andante quasi Allegretto; Allegro
Marcia: Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

The Bishop String Trio

Meredith Vaughan, violin
Katie Ekberg, viola
Carlynn Savot, cello

Program Notes
Brian Campbell, trombone, teaches music theory and composition at CSB/SJU, in
addition, to serving as the Music Department chair. He has published or presented research
papers on topics ranging from the music of Arnold Schoenberg to eighteenth-century musical aesthetics. Campbell is currently a member of Amadeus Chamber Orchestra in
addition to Pastiche. Past experience as a professional trombonist includes performing with
Minnesota Brassworks, the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, and the Colorado Springs
Symphony and Symphony Brass Quintet. He is a graduate of Oberlin College Conservatory
of Music and holds graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis-based pianist George Maurer is best known for his work as a performer,
arranger, music director and composer. He has performed with Eric Clapton, shared the
stage with Bruno Mars, and his symphonic arrangements have been performed by the
Minnesota Orchestra to the Boston Pops, under Keith Lockhart. George is the symphonic
music-director and arranger for the Grammy and Tony-awarded original cast of
Broadways Jersey Boys in The Midtown Men. Originally from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
he is a graduate of Saint Johns University in Collegeville, Minnesota, with a BA in
Music-Composition.
Jim Payne wrote Too Cold to Snow and If I Forget Your Face with composer
George Maurer as part of their larger song cycle, Stations of the Heart, which has been
presented, in various versions, by Theater Latte Da, as part of its Latte Dark cabaret series,
and by Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, as part of its cabaret series. An alumnus of Nautilus
Music Theaters Composer/Librettist Studio, Jim has also written, with composer Robert
Elhai, three one-act operas Answered Prayers, Untold Lies, and Twisted Apples
based on the novel WINESBURG, OHIO, each of which has been presented at the
Minnesota Fringe Festival by Nautilus. With composer Leslie Ball, Jim wrote the one-act
opera Looking Glass Lake, which was presented as part of Nautilus Ivey Award-winning
Sister Stories.
Wynn-Anne Rossi is a nationally acclaimed composer whose works have reached
audiences throughout the United States, Europe, Iceland and Australia. Commissions
include works sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio, the National Endowment for the
Arts, the American Composers Forum and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She has over
100 publications, primarily for piano, which are widely distributed online and in music
stores. Her repertoire also includes works for vocal and chamber groups, concert band and
orchestra. She has been teaching composition residencies in Minnesota schools since 2003,
inspiring hundreds of students to write their own music. Partnerships have included: the St.
Paul Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Forum, and the Cowles Center for
Dance and Performing Arts. Rossi has also written two comprehensive series which
encourage young pianists to compose. Active as a presenter, Wynn-Anne is known for her
innovative lectures, workshops and masterclasses. More: rossi-music.com, Wynn-Anne
Rossi Music on facebook.

Libby Larsen is one of Americas most performed living composers. She has created a
catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and
chamber music to massive orchestral works and over twelve operas. Grammy Award
winning and widely recorded, including over fifty CDs of her work, she is constantly
sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras
around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert
repertory. As a vigorous, articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time, in
1973 Larsen co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American
Composers Forum. A former holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center
of the Library of Congress, Larsen has also held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra,
the Charlotte Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony. Her career has been recognized
with several awards including MITs McDermott award, the Peabody Award, and the
American Academys Arts and Letters Award.

Performer Bios
James DeVoll joined the faculty of Gustavus in the fall of 2011, where he teaches flute
and directs the flute choir. Based in the Twin Cities, he has performed on recitals and concerts throughout the United States and Europe. Recent projects have included concerts in
Germany at the Hochschule of Detmold, a collaboration with composer Steve Reich and
conductor Ransom Wilson at Yale, and a recital and Master Class at the University of
Arkansas. He has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and has worked with
several composers on the premiering of dozens of works with groups such as the
American Composers Forum and the Contemporary Music Workshop. As a teacher, he is
on the faculty of the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, National Flute
Conventions in New York City and in Kansas City, where he was a winner of the 2008
Convention Performers Competition.Originally from Dallas, TX, James studied at Yale
and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Additional studies were in
France, where he obtained a diplme from the Conservatoire Internationale dt, in Nice,
and he is currently completing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of
Minnesota.
Beth Winterfeldt is a pianist and teacher living in Saint Peter, Minnesota. She is an
Adjunct Instructor and Professional Accompanist at Gustavus Adolphus College and is an
active performer of solo and collaborative repertoire. As a proponent of new music, recent
recital endeavors include collaborative and solo performances featuring music of Messiaen,
Danielpour, Gabriela Lena Frank, and John Adams. In addition to performing, Beth has a
thriving independent piano studio. She earned a bachelors of music degree in piano
performance from Concordia College (Moorhead); and a masters degree in piano
performance, chamber music, and accompanying from Rice Universitys Shepherd School
of Music in Houston, Texas. Her teachers include David Worth and Brian Connelly.Beth is
an active member of Minnesota Music Teachers Association, currently serving the
organization as President-Elect. Beth is married to Chad; and together they parent their
three children: Quentin, Eleanor, and Cecily.

Carolyn Finley, mezzo-soprano, is an active performer and adjudicator throughout the

upper Midwest. She received two music degrees from the University of North Texas and a
Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota. A Texas native, Carolyn was
a three-year member of the Houston Opera Studio where she performed leading and
supporting roles in both the Studio and Main House productions for Houston Grand
Opera. In the Midwest, she has toured with Nebraska Opera and Midwest Opera Theater,
performed with the Plymouth Music Series, Duluth-Superior Orchestra, Rochester
Symphony Orchestra, Thursday Musical, Schubert Club, Quite Light Opera Company and
Minnesota Center Chorale. She performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist in To Be Certain of
the Dawn, Stephen Paulus holocaust oratorio, both locally and in Europe. Carolyn
performs regularly with the CSB/SJU faculty chamber music ensemble Pastiche and has
produced four art song CDs with her spouse, Edward Turley (piano).
Edward Turley, piano, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University
and both the master and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado,
Boulder. Active throughout the Upper Midwest as a recitalist, soloist, accompanist,
clinician and adjudicator, he has performed with the Bloomington Symphony, St. Cloud
Symphony, Heartland Symphony and in recital for Thursday Musical and the Schubert
Club in Minneapolis. Dr. Turley has collaborated on seven CD recordings: Music for
Trumpet and Piano, Take Two, and The Invincible Cornet with Dr. Dale White;
The Vocal Music of Bryan Beaumont Hayes, Under These Skies British and
American Art Song, and The Pleasures of Nature and Youth with spouse Dr. Carolyn
Finley (mezzo-soprano) and other colleagues; and Due Cappuccini with Dr. Richard
Dirlam (saxophone). He was the recipient of the Sister Mary Grell Teacher of Distinction
Award in 1996 and served as chair of the music department at CSB/SJU for sixteen years.
Katie Ekberg is a violist, violinist and teacher in the Twin Cities. She teaches Suzuki
violin, viola, and Suzuki Early Childhood Education at St. Joseph's School of Music, and
violin and viola at the Mount Calvary Academy of Music. She earned her BM at the
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music and her M. at the University of Delaware. She
can be heard performing around town with The Bishop String Trio.
Cellist Carlynn Savot performs in and around St. Paul, MN, with a particular focus on
chamber music. She plays frequently with The Bishop String Trio and Strains New Music
Ensemble. Strongly committed to encouraging the next generation of musicians, Dr. Savot
teaches at St. Josephs School of Music and the MacPhail Center for Music. She holds
performance degrees from St. Olaf College, the University of Hartford, and the University
of Connecticut.
Meredith Vaughan is a Twin Cities-based violinist and teacher. She is on the faculty of
St. Josephs School of Music and the St. Paul Conservatory of Music and performs actively
in a variety of chamber ensembles. She holds a BM from Vanderbilt University and an
MM from the University of Minnesota.

Thank you to our community partners in action!

Thursday Musicals performance and governing staff acknowledges with heartfelt
appreciation and thanks the following donors from May 1, 2015 to February 17, 2015. We
are grateful for their partnership in sharing our vision. Their passion for music and generous gifts to the annual fund make Thursday Musicals vital artistic and educational programs possible.

BENEFACTOR $1,000+
Anonymous (1)
Harlan Boss Foundation
for the Arts
The Minneapolis Foundation
PATRON $500-$999
Shirley Decker
Geneva Eschweiler
David and Pat Forse
Elizabeth Nordling
SUSTAINER $250-$499
Gail Jones
Susan Jones
Michael Santoro
SUPPORTER $125-$249
Beth Blackledge
Katherine Doepke
Marian Hoffman, In Honor
of Liz Nordling
Mary Kirchner
Lillian Meyer, In Memory of
John E. Meyer
Katharine Minnihan
Marjorie Nordstrom
Patricia Nortwen
Judith Ranheim, In Memory
of Thelma Hunter
Shirley Santoro
Mimi Tung - In Memory of
Thelma Hunter
Elliot Wilcox

BOOSTER $75-$124
Anonymous (1)
Nancy Augustson
Matthew Bertrand
Judy Blomgren
Dorothy Boen
David Colwell, In Honor of
Liz Nordling
Janis Dees, In Memory of
Eric Geire
Carolyn Eklin
John Erickson
Julie Ann Greif, In Memory
of Victoria Greif
Elizabeth Longhurst
Vern Maetzold
Marilyn Miller
Barbara Nymark
Jeana Ogren
Ahmad Orandi
Ruth Orandi
Wayne & Ona Pinsonneault
Sandra Robinson
Allen Sever
Sylvia Wilson

Sandra Haines
Kathryn Keefer
Stanley King
Barbara Jackson
Marilyn Lustig
Franklin Norman, In
Memory of Hildred O.
Norman
Lois Nyman
Judy Olson
Lois Pearson
Judith Ranheim
Camilla Reiersgord
Catherine Rundell
Sandra Saliny
Jean Smith
Lois Stahl
Sandra Stenzel
Margaret Strong
Megan Wallace
Jacqueline Wentworth
Jane Wichmann
Elizabeth Woolner, In
Memory of Laura
Woolner

CONTRIBUTOR TO $74
Stella Anderson
Donna Bahls
Helen and Paul Baumgartner
Beth Blackledge
Melissa Culloton
Susannah M. Dodson
Eric Giere
Beatrice Giere
Nanette Scott Goldman

To make a tax-deductible gift to

the annual fund contact:
Vanessa Voskuil, Operations
Manager
612-333-0313 ,
vanessa@thursdaymusical.org

Upcoming Events
Community Concerts
Thursday, March 3, 7:00 pm
Friendship Village of Bloomington
8100 Highwood Dr, Bloomington
Mark Countryman, baritone
Nina Olsen, clarinet and MaryJo Gothmann, piano
Community Concerts
Wednesday, March 16, 2:30 pm
Walker Place
3701 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis
Elizabeth Ericksen, violin, Stella Anderson, viola and Faith Farr, cello
Elizabeth Woolner, soprano
Thursday Morning Artist Series
Thursday, March 17, 10:30 am
MacPhail Center for Music
501 S 2nd St, Minneapolis
Faith Farr, cello
Beth Blackledge, flute
Suzanne Kennedy, mezzo-soprano
Community Concerts
Thursday, March 17, 7:00 pm
Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council
310 10th St W, Hastings
Mark Bussey, guitar
Melyssa Rice, soprano and Sarah Lockwood, piano and violin

Thursday Musical
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