Holiday Pops

FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

We are so excited to be able to welcome you
to the PVS’ 2022-2023 season, as we refocus
on our love for music! Having now carefully
returned to in-person performances, we are
grateful to channel more of our energies
into making music and sharing it with our
community and gather together as we have
always done—even when the orchestra was
founded in the midst of the second world
war back in 1939.

Thank you for being such encouraging
partners and allies as we navigated the
often murky passages of the pandemic. Your
reassuring support gave us the ability to
press forward in the many innovations on which the orchestra has embarked since
2020!

As in 1939, the world is again clouded with shades of war in Europe. Fittingly, we
begin with Sibelius’ Finlandia, with words that counter the ugly nationalism that led
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by
closes with Hindemith’s seminal Symphonic Metamorphosis. Written in 1943, when
Hindemith was a new refugee from Germany living in New Haven, CT, it serves as a
symbol of hope and transformation for the many who have been displaced and now
live among us in our community.

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to hear the work
of one of the 19th century’s most notable female composers, Emilie Mayer, in her
fourth symphony, juxtaposed against the wistful elegance of Elgar’s Serenade. That
same month, the oPfVBSlaCchkocrousmipnvoisteesrsyaocurotossCcheeneturrtiehse. Weary Traveller, celebrating
the choral music

For the holiday season, we are excited to premiere a fabulous new Christmas
Extravaganza by Puerto Rican composer Ivan Rodriguez, paired with singalongs
and familiar festive pops. Join us as we recreate—and create anew—our holiday
traditions.

In the spring, we join the Springfield Symphony, UConn Storrs, and UMass Amherst
in a mini-festival of tshyemmphuosincyoafnUdkrtahieniraengcioonmalpposreemr Tiehroemoaf sa dneewHaerdtimtioannno.fWdee
will present his first
Hartmann’s Piano Concerto. These masterworks sit at the crossroads of Ukraine,
Russia, and the U.S.—of lost worlds and new homes. Also in the spring, the PVS
Chorus hosts a summit of regional choruses for a joyous celebration of singing.

Lastly, we draw on the most popular Classical opera of modern times, Hiawatha’s
Feast, together with Mozart’s ggroeragteMouasssmiunsiCc aMndinoorppinoratusntiitrireinsgfoarncdoemvmocuantiitvye-
finale to a season filled with
making.

As we revitalize our shared love for music, may we all experience peace, renewal,
and comfort in community.

Tianhui Ng

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TIANHUI NG

Music Director

Tianhui Ng has emerged as one of
the leading advocates for new music,
with a rare understanding of the
voice and Romantic expression. He
has conducted more than 60 world
premieres, including numerous
operas and multimedia works. His
unique gifts for communication
and intercultural work have borne
fruit in several unusual firsts,
including the first operas in Yoruba
and Chickasaw, alongside award-winning programming, drawing
on his deep knowledge of canonic repertoire in dialogue with the
issues of our time.

Since his appointment as Music Director of White Snake Projects
in 2020, Tian has led the world premieres of Death By Life by
Leila Adu Gilmore, Jacinthe Greywoode, David Sanford, Jonathan
Bailey Holland, and Mary D. Watkins, A Survivor’s Odyssey by Mary
Prescott, Elena Ruehr’s Cosmic Cowboy, and Jorge Sosa’s Alice in
the Pandemic, identified by the Library of Congress as one of the
most significant works of American art in the pandemic.

In 2022, Tian’s first album with the Lviv National Philharmonic of
Ukraine on Nimbus Alliance has been lauded internationally as a
major contribution to a previously unknown legacy of symphonic
music in Ukraine and Russia. Hailed by the Boston Globe as
“unforgettable,” Tian will celebrate his appointment as Music
Director of the New England Philharmonic with his trademark
programming in the 2022-2023 season. Tian’s debuts and new
collaborations this season include appearances with GBH Music
in Boston, National Public Radio, New England Public Media,
Borromeo Quartet, Pro Arte Musical, and the Springfield Symphony.

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Tian has conducted orchestras around the world, including the
Savaria Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), Moravian Philharmonic
Orchestra (Czech Republic), Dartington Festival Orchestra (UK),
Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Wallonie (Belgium), and the Oregon
Bach Festival Orchestra (USA). A versatile musician, he is equally at
home in the realm of choral music, and has conducted ensembles
like the Stuttgart Chamber Choir (Germany), Carnegie Hall Festival
Chorus (USA), Oregon Bach Festival Chorus (USA), Yale Schola
Cantorum (USA), and the Young Person’s Chorus of New York
(USA). Tian has collaborated with internationally renowned artists
such as Dashon Burton, Tyler Duncan, Marcus Eiche, Jamie-Rose
Guarrine, Ayano Kataoka, Ilya Polataev, Gary Steigerwalt, Astrid
Schween, Sara Davis Buechner, Hanna Elisabeth Müller, Nicholas
Phan, James Taylor, Gilles Vonsattel, and Soyoung Yoon.

Tian holds a B.M. in Music from the University of Birmingham, UK,
with a focus on conducting and composition, and he earned an
M.M. in Conducting from the Yale School of Music. His conducting
teachers and mentors have included Helmuth Rilling, Masaaki
Suzuki, Paolo Arrivabeni, John Carewe, Peter Eötvös, Kurt Masur,
and Michel Tabachnik.

Tian is the Music Director of the Pioneer Valley Symphony, New
England Philharmonic, the Victory Players, and White Snake
Projects.

Stay in touch with Tian via Instagram @ngtianhui

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ALLEGRA MARTIN

Chorus Director
Dr. Allegra Martin serves as the
Interim Director of Music at First
Unitarian Worcester, the Music
Director of Convivium Musicum, and
conducting teacher at Berklee School
of Music. Previous positions have
included Director of College Choirs
and Interim Orchestra Director at the
College of the Holy Cross, Director of
Music at First Parish Cohasset, Artistic
Director of the Cantilena Women’s
Chorale, and Chorus Director at

Lasell College. Allegra holds degrees from Williams College and
Westminster Choir College, and a doctorate from the University of
Illinois. At the University of Illinois, she founded and conducted the
University Mixed Chorus. Her research specialty is the choral music
of Margaret Bonds. She has presented on Margaret Bonds and on
the topic of diversity and inclusion in the choral canon at ACDA
Northeastern, NCCO, and the Oxford Conducting Institute.
Allegra is also an active professional singer, and was one of the
founders of Anthology, a women’s vocal quartet that performed in
the greater Boston area for six years and commissioned 22 works of
new music in that time. She currently sings with the Schola Cantorum
of Boston and in the past has sung with such ensembles as Cappella
Clausura and the Video Game Orchestra. While at the University
of Illinois, she performed Julia Wolfe’s award-winning Anthracite
Fields with Bang on a Can and Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans with the
Venice Baroque Orchestra. While at Westminster, she sang with the
New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as in
opera productions at the U.S. Spoleto Festival.

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NELL WIENER

YOUTH ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR

Nell Wiener is an educator, musician,
and arranger based in southwestern
New Hampshire. She brings 15 years
of experience teaching instrumental
and choral music across elementary,
middle, and high school levels,
working with students from their
very beginning moments all the
way through their development into
confident, capable musicians. She
enjoys weaving elements of history
and music theory into her teaching, inviting students to broaden
their contextual understanding and engage more deeply with the
music. Young musicians appreciate the upbeat and collaborative
environment of her ensembles, along with the engaging musical
programming she brings. Playing in orchestras has been a constant
presence in Nell’s life since childhood; she’s been a proud member
of the viola section in many youth and community ensembles over
the years, and with the Pioneer Valley Symphony Youth Orchestra
she is honored to work with the next generation of musicians within
one of the oldest community orchestra organizations in the country!

Nell holds a BA in Music from Wellesley College, where she studied
music theory with Martin Brody and conducting with Lisa Graham.
She worked for many years at Monadnock Waldorf School in
Keene, NH, teaching music as well as serving in faculty leadership.
Currently she teaches music at Gathering Waters Charter School
in Keene and maintains a private studio teaching violin and viola.

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WHAT DOES THE PVS MEAN TO YOU?

Dear Friends,
We recently asked this question of the PVS community, and it has been
heartwarming to hear from so many people just how much the Pioneer
Valley Symphony has enriched all of our lives over the decades. This
word cloud shows some of the joyous responses we’ve received so far.

Just as every musician plays a key role in bringing a piece of music to life,
your support allows the PVS to continue our traditions of excellent live
performance, diverse programming, welcoming spaces, and enriching
educational opportunities. Please join me in making an end-of-year
gift to the PVS. Whether it’s $20, $200, or $2,000, your support is
critical to keeping the PVS alive. Make a gift in the lobby today, online
or by phone, and help us usher in a New Year of music and community.
May your New Year be filled with peace, love, and music!
Kara Peterman
President, Pioneer Valley Symphony

PIONEER VALLEY ORCHESTRA

SYMPHONY

VIOLIN I VIOLONCELLO BASSOON

Cecilia R. Berger Nancy Rich Rebecca Eldredge
assistant concertmaster assistant principal Roger F. Clapp

Mark Mason Jennifer Allen HORN
Brian Whetstone Nancy Pond
Elaine T. Holdsworth Su Auerbach Erin Lylis
John Wcislo Alisa Beaver principal
Reiko Sono Robin Luberoff
Susan Young Jean Jeffries
Rebecca Kraus-Hardie
VIOLIN II BASS Stanley Light

Zoe Nordquist Patricia Cahn TRUMPET
assistant principal principal
Melissa Griffin
Nancy Ramsey Lynn Lovell co-principal
Maureen Carney
Marilyn Richards David Glassberg Tim Donahue
Zoë Ballou Sue Keller Wendy LaValley
Carol Baker Jeff Knox
Meredith Roll Quitno Lauren C. Ostberg TROMBONE

VIOLA FLUTE Ben Smar
principal
Mandi Jo Hanneke Bonnie Mast
principal principal Scott Pemrick
Devlin Danner
Gregory Campbell Nancy Shinn
Robert McGuigan Beckie Markarian TUBA
Pamela Skinner
Jeff Ramsey OBOE Nick Lawrence

Aaron Lakota TIMPANI
principal
Daniel Albert
Abigail Haines principal

CLARINET PERCUSSION

Kara Peterman Dustin Patrick
principal Andrew Armstrong

Kathryn Scott HARP
Elizabeth Orchulek
Sorana Scarlat

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Ananda Bagiackas Magda Bartkowska Mollie Babize
Nadine Benzaia Amy Bernier Lisa Evans
Judy Case Aerin Brown Henry Gibson^
Carol Coan Amanda Ferron^
Nina DaDalt-Korza Heidi Frantz-Dale^ section leader
section leader Marsha Hertel David Halloran
Robert Kidder^
Meiju Hwang Kirsten Hipsky^ Roy Williams^
Tinka Lunt Judy Holmes
Shirley Pelletier^ Kay Holt BASS
Patricia Ramsey section leader
Duane Dale^
Lex Salomone^ Mary King Dan Grubbs
Ajika Sawyer Erin Klett
Annita Sawyer Maureen Lahti section leader
Nancy Slator Eliza Lake Craig Machado^
Anna Smith^ Deborah Marquardt William Sawyer

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Elizabeth Orchulek
Julie Orvis
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Zoë Ballou Coleman L. Hartner

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Ian Barnhart Bryn Appel
Juliette Rousseau
FLUTE
VIOLIN II Ella Wang
Aisla Varnon
principal
principal Alice Chen
Micki Klempner-Siano
Charlotte Staloff OBOE
Summit Wicks-Lim Cameron Gray-Lee

VIOLA CLARINET
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THE PIONEERVALLEYSYMPHONYPRESENTS OUR 84TH SEASON

FOR THE
LOVE
OF MUSIC

MUSIC DIRECTOR TIANHUI NG
CHORUS DIRECTOR ALLEGRA MARTIN

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IVÁN ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ

COMPOSER, CHRISTMAS REALNESS EXTRAVAGANZA

Christmas Realness Extravaganza is
a celebration of the past, present and
future of the holiday, of the PVS, and of
myself, including my Puerto Rican roots. I
brought together themes from the carol
tradition of the USA, from pop music,
and Puerto Rican rumba and bolero, plus
quotations from pieces by Handel, Ravel,
Strauss, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky.
Holidays are for celebration and unity!

Puerto Rican composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez’ (b.1990) music has
been performed in P.R., North and South America, and Europe. He
has been recognized with the International Composition Competition
Maurice Ravel Award (2015), Columbus Symphony’s American
Composers Orchestra EarShot Program (2015), ASCAP Leonard
Bernstein Award (2019), among others, and joined the Edward T.
Cone Composition Institute (2019) with the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra, and served as composer-in-residence at the Cabrillo
Festival of Contemporary Music (2020). He was also recognized
as one of Junior Chamber International’s Ten Outstanding Young
Persons of the World in Puerto Rico (2014).
A Puerto Rican Heritage Ernesto Malave Scholar of the Arts with
Comité Noviembre (NYC), his latest compositions have been
focused on social justice, activism, and his Puerto Rican heritage.
His commitment to human rights, equality, and justice has led him
to collaborate with the Vision Collective on their first tour through
refugee camps in Nigeria, Iraq, Georgia, Syria, and Turkey.
Rodríguez received a Bachelor of Music at the Conservatorio de
Música de Puerto Rico, a Master of Music at The Juilliard School,
and he is currently pursuing his Doctor in Musical Arts degree at
Juilliard, where he has received the Gretchaninoff Memorial Prize,
the Bernard Jaffe Scholarship and Commission, and the C.V. Starr
Doctoral Fellowship. Follow him on Instagram @IvanEComposer

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SINGALONGS

have yourself a merry little christmas

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light.
Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the yuletide gay.
Next year all our troubles will be miles away.
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Deck the hall with boughs of holly! Fa la la la la la la la la!
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Fa la la la la la la la la!
Don we now our gay apparel, fa la la la la la la la la!
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, fa la la la la la la la la!
See their blazing Yule before us! Fa la la...
Strike the harp and join the chorus! Fa la la...
Follow me in merry measure, fa la la...
While I tell of Yuletide treasure, fa la la...
Fast away the old year passes! Fa la la...
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses! Fa la la...
Sing we joyous, all together, fa la la...
Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa la la...
JINGLE BELLS
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight!
[Chorus] Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago I thought I’d take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot.
He got into a drifted bank and there we got upsot.
[Chorus]
Now the ground is white, go it while you’re young,
Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed bay, two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you’ll take the lead.
[Chorus]

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O Christmas tree
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, O evergreen unchanging.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, O evergreen unchanging.
Your branches green in summertime, still cheer us in our wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, O evergreen unchanging.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, you fill our hearts with
gladness.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, you fill our hearts with
gladness.
At Christmastime your lovely sight fills all our spirits with delight.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, you fill our hearts with
gladness.
SONGS FROM FROZEN
DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN
Do you wanna build a snowman? Come on let’s go and play!
I never see you anymore, come out the door,
it’s like you’ve gone away!
We used to be best buddies and now we’re not.
I wish you would tell me why! Do you wanna build a snowman?
It doesn’t have to be a snowman... Okay, bye.
LET IT GO
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,
not a footprint to be seen.
A Kingdom of isolation, and it looks like I’m the Queen.
It’s funny how some distance makes everything feel small, and the
fears that once controlled us can’t get to me at all!
It’s time to see what I can do, to test the limits and break through.
No right, no wrong, no rules for me! I’m free!
Let it go! Let it go! I am one with the wind and sky.
Let it go! Let it go! You’ll never see me cry!
Here I stand in the light of day.
Let the storm rage on! The cold never bothered me anyway.

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The first time in forever, I’ll be dancing through the night.
Don’t know if I’m elated, or gassy, or something inbetween!
‘Cause for the first time in forever,

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Hallelujah chorus from messiah
Hallelujah! For the lord God omnipotent reigneth.
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of His Christ. And He shall reign forever and ever.
King of kings for ever and ever, hallelujah!
And lord of lords forever and ever, hallelujah, hallelujah!
King of kings and lord of lords.

And he shall reign forever and ever. And he shall reign.
King of kings forever and ever, and lord of lords. Hallelujah!
And he shall reign forever, forever and ever.
King of kings and lord of lords,
And he shall reign forever and ever.
King of kings and lord of lords,
Hallelujah!

WHITE CHRISTMAS
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
just like the ones I used to know.
Where the tree tops glisten and children listen
to hear sleigh bells in the snow.

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HOLIDAY POPS
Saturday, December 17, 2022 4PM
Greenfield High School Auditorium
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Brought to you by:

PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY

Tianhui Ng, Music Director
Anthony Ferreira, Assistant Conductor

Dr. Allegra Martin, Chorus Director
Nell Wiener, Youth Orchestra Director

Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin (1914-2011)

Ralph Blane (1914-1995)
arr. John Whitney (1917-1995)
Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Tianhui Ng, conductor

Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard (1897-1944)
The Christmas Song Richard Bernhard Smith (1901-1935)
Let It Snow
Robert Wells (1922-1998)
Mel Tormé (1925-1999)
Jule Styne (1905-1994)

Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
arr. Kirby Shaw (b. 1942)

PVS Chamber Choir

Here We Come A-wassailing/ English Traditional

We Wish You a Merry Christmas arr. Reginald Unterseher (b. 1956)
from Christmas Joy!

PVS Orchestra & Chorus

Allegra Martin, conductor

Christmas Realness Extravaganza Iván Enrique Rodríguez (b. 1990)
WORLD PREMIERE

Deck the Hall Welsh Traditional
from Christmas Joy! arr. Unterseher
PVS Orchestra & Chorus

Tianhui Ng, conductor

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INTERMISSION

Farandole Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

arr. Merle J. Isaac (1898-1996)
PVS Youth Orchestra

Nell Wiener, conductor

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

arr. Isaac
PVS Youth Orchestra & Orchestra

Tianhui Ng, conductor

Jingle Bells James Pierpont (1822-1893)
from Christmas Joy! arr. Unterseher
PVS Orchestra & Chorus

Allegra Martin, conductor

Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
PVS Orchestra

Guest conductor, could it be YOU?
Buy raffle tickets at intermission for your chance to conduct live tonight!

O Christmas Tree German Traditional
from Christmas Joy! arr. Unterseher

Music from Disney’s FROZEN Kristen Anderson-Lopez (b. 1972)
Robert Lopez (b. 1975)
arr. Bob Krogstad (b. 1950)
PVS Orchestra & Chorus

Anthony Ferreira, conductor

Hallelujah Chorus George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
from Messiah

White Christmas Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
from Holiday Inn
arr. Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
PVS Orchestra & Chorus

Tianhui Ng, conductor

Additional support provided by: 15

december 1 7, 2 02 2 h oli day pops

giving tuesday campaign supporters

Jennifer Allen Peter Haas Alethea O’Donnell and Scott Tulay

Glenn and Heidi Arnold Eugene and Mary Hanneke Amy Patt and Keith Czerwiec

Patricia Auchard and Joseph Sabella Mandi Jo and David Hanneke Susan Peck
Christine Hannon, in honor of Shirley Pelletier
Suzanne Auerbach and Matt Pamela Skinner Brenda and Scott Peterman

Kaplowitz

Carol Baker Judith Holmes Kara Peterman and Scott Rutherford

Steven and Megan Bathory-Peeler Laurie Israel and Elaine Sidney Gretchen and Joel Plotkin
Alisa S. Beaver, in memory of Sue Keller, in memory of Morris
Youngdahl Nancy and David Pond
Estelle Beaver
Cecilia and Joseph Berger, Patricia Ramsey
Marilyn Reynolds, in memory of
in honor of Carmen Torres-Nans Robert Kidder
and Zoë Ballou Susan Knightly, in honor of Tian Ng Cathy Bowers

Maureen and Paul Lahti Paul Ross

Marilyn S. Billings Aaron Lakota Daniel Ross
Susan Lauscher, in honor of Myra Annita and William Sawyer
Daniel Brandon Ross Susan Schaeffer
Stephanie Schamess
Patricia Cahn William and Ilana Schmidt
Eileen Carney, in memory of John Monica Jakuc Leverett David Schneider
and Madelyn Carney Lynn Lovell, in honor of Judy Jeffrey Siegel, in honor of our dear
Maureen Carney, in memory of John Hudson
and Madelyn Carney friend Mark Mason
Robin Luberoff and Neal

Judith and Joe Case Pruchansky

Ian Coddington Craig Machado Pamela Skinner and Wayne Glaser
Yvonne Crevier Audrey Markarian, in honor of Ben Smar, in honor of the
Eileen Crosby
Nina DaDalt-Korza and Edward Beckie Markarian dedicated members, staff, audi-
Beckie Markarian, in honor of ences, and supporters of the PVS
Korza Kevin and Margaret Sweeney
George Drake and Roberta Janna Walters-Gidseg Kathleen Thibeault, in honor of
Jane & Ken Markarian, in honor of Maureen T. Carney
Lombardi John Thomas and Dennis Coffey
Gerald Elias, in honor of Myra Ross Beckie Markarian
Richard Mayer and Joan Spalding

Debbie Felton and Jim Miller Robert McGuigan and Julia Bady Janet Van Blerkom

Kristen Fossum Cherryl McLaughlin John and Bridget Wcislo

Andrea and Zachary Fox Alex Meade Ronald and Janet Weiss
Cynthia Gensheimer, in honor of Maria Merrill, in honor of Cecilia Roy and Janet Williams

Myra Ross Berger

Henry Gibson Dana Muller and Gary Steigerwalt

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Proud to be the “Official Chocolatier”
psum for the Pioneer Valley Symphony

Handmade Chocolates and Specialty Candies

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ILLUMINATI

vocal arts ensemble
Arianne Abela, Interim Director

In IllAot TTehmat pToimree

7:30 PM October 15, 2022, Our Lady of the Valley Easthampton

J.S. Bach, ‘Komm, Jesu, komm,’ BWV 229 • ‘Jesu, meine Freude,’ BWV 227
Monteverdi, Missa ‘In illo tempore’ • Victoria, Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’

Mercy TthheeSFcoyutnhteaainnd

Herbert Howells Requiem and music by
Gjello, Holst, Thompson, Whittacre and Tavener

Lang, ‘the little match girl passion’
Schütz, ‘Musikalische Exequien’

tickets, season tickets with preferred seating, and details: illuminatiensemble.org

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Janice Murphy Mark Rentschler
Mary Murphy Alison Rex
Albert Mussad Rachael Rheaume
Chet Myslinski Margaret Rich
Ladimer Nagurney Justin Richardson
Cynthia Nazzaro Lucy and John Robinson
Nancy Nelkin Ronald Robinson
Hope Rogers
in memory of Cathy Vollinger Timothy Rooke
Robyn Newhouse Lorraine Rosenberg
Dominik Niceva Steven Ross
Andrew Noble Eric Roth and Anne Werry
Jamie and Steven Rousseau
in honor of Ben Smar Tom and Margot Rowland
Jane O’Connor Richard Ruane
Lori O’Neil Roy Rudolph
Paula Olson Elena Ruehr
Elizabeth Orchulek Helve Saarela
Debra Orgera and George Kohout Patrick Sabbs
Julie Orvis Emily Samuels
Marta Ostapiuk David Sanborn
Robert K. Ostberg Sattva Center for Archery Training
Richard Page Annita and William Sawyer
Louis Paparazzo Susan Schaeffer
John Paresky David Schneider
Marilyn Paterno Barbara Schulze
Andrea Patt Susan Schwarz
John Pearson* Kathryn and Russell Scott
Lorraine Pearson Russell Seelig
Adam Peck Susan Sensemann
Shirley Pelletier Marguerite Serkin

in memory of Jack Ramey in memory of Peter Serkin
Dale and Lorna Peterson Connie Shea
Larry Picard Thomas and Elaine Shea
Lawrence D. Picard Mary Sharma
Emily and John Pietras Karen Sheingold
Barbara Pilarcik Deborah Sherr and William Feinstein
Rutherford Platt David and Esther Short
Jacqueline Pleet Mickey Shrair
Natalie Pollock Michael and Elizabeth Shuipis
Rebecca Pond Nancy Shumate
Carol Pope Elan Sicroff
Kimball Prentiss Jeffrey Siegel
Kyle Pruett
John Rager in memory of Naomi Franklin
Maria Ramsey Frank Sikora
Jennifer Rao Dick and Jean Simmons
Wallace Rapalus
Tom Redmond in honor of Jan Puchalski
Gail Reiner Mary Sirum
Deborah Reiter Nancy Slator and Daniel Grubbs
Timothy Relyea and Lee-Ellen Strawn Serghei Sleptov

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Virginia Smilack Daniel Van Blerkom
Linda and Harlan Smith Gail Vivian
Vanessa M. Smith & Elizabeth L. Lehman Tanya Voyevidka
Anna Smith and Jim Mead Cheryl Wadsworth
Carol Smith
Judith Solsken in honor of Janet Van Blerkom
Dorothea Sotiros Benjamin Wald
Maria-Lydia Spinelli Kate Walker
Susan Sprung William Walsh
Adrian Stair Janna Walters-Gidseg
Henrietta Startup
Homer Stavely* in honor of Beckie Markarian
Jane and Peter Stein Catherine Wanat
Gerald Steinberg Daniel Warner
Stacey Street Carol Waskiewicz
Amanda Strout John and Bridget Wcislo
Maryellen Sullivan Judith Wermuth-Atkinson
Kathleen Swaim James Whetstone
Kevin and Maggie Sweeney Leanne Whetstone
Alice Szlosek Warren Whitaker
John Tassinari Pamela White
The Bement School Emily Whitted
The Button Box Roy and Janet Williams
Cynthia Thibeau Susan Wilson
Kathleen Thibeault Amy Wilson-Stayton
Patricia Wisch
in honor of Maureen Carney
Thomson Financial Management in memory of Julius Fabos
Richard Wizansky
in memory of Julius Fabos John and Ann Wood
David and Ivana Toone Heather Wrisley
Natalie Torkelson Emily Young
Calin Trenkov-Wermuth Jeanne Young
Jessica Tuttle John Yount
Elaine Ulmay Lotus Yu
Susan Urban Marya Zilberberg
Kate Ussailis Jean Zimmer

ARCADIA PLAYERS 2022-23

Celebrating 33 Years

Handel’s Messiah
with Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble and soloists

Andrew Arceci, conductor
Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 7pm
Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley

Arcadia Viols with Andrew Arceci
Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 3pm
Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley

Johann eile’s St. Matthew Passion
Sunday, April 2, 2023, 4pm
Bombyx Center, Florence

Arcadia Players

Artistic Director, Andrew Arceci www.arcadiaplayers.org

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BUILDING COMMUNITY
THROUGH MUSIC SINCE 1939

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PETER KRAVETZ TREASURER

ANDREA MCDERMOTT CLERK

MAUREEN CARNEY

KRISTIN DONOHUE

BDOEBABIRE FDELTOONF DIRECTORS

AARON LAKOTA

KaraJOPAHeLNEtXeTHrMmOEMAaDAnES President
ARmONy WPEaItStS Vice President
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Alex Meade

Cecilia R. Berger

Maureen Carney

Aaron Lakota

Craig Machado

Ben Smar

John H. Thomas

Ron Weiss
Terry Ruggles Director Emeritus

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ANTHONY FERREIRA

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Anthony C. Ferreira (ASCAP) is a
composer, conductor, educator,
and filmmaker based in western
Massachusetts. He has written and
produced six albums of varied genres
and enjoys an active career writing and
producing for local singers and rappers.
As a film composer, Ferreira has over
fifty scores to his credit, from animated
shorts to feature-length films. He holds
a B.Mus. in Composition from UMass
Amherst and an M.Mus in Choral
Conducting from the Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music. Ferreira
currently serves as the Director of Vocal Music at Suffield High School, as
well as the Director of the Longmeadow Rock Voices.

DAVID SCHNEIDER

Resident Musicologist
David E. Schneider has a former life as
a professional clarinetist that includes
recordings of Copland’s Clarinet
Concerto and works written for him by
Eric Sawyer, Lew Spratlan, and Daniel
Palkowski.

A graduate of Harvard College (A.B.)
and the University of California at
Berkeley (Ph.D.), his day job since 1997
has been as a professor of music history,
music theory, and chamber music at
Amherst College, where he serves as the
Georges Lurcy Professor of Music and European Studies and Dean of the
Class of 2023. His publications include Bartók, Hungary, and the Renewal
of Tradition (University of California Press, 2006) and articles, chapters,
and reviews on subjects including Hungarian opera, Anton Webern, W.A.
Mozart, and the genre of the concerto.

David is proud to be pre-concert lecturer and program-note writer for PVS
since 2013.

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SAMUEL VARGAS

VIOLIN, OCTOBER 8
Violinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira
has received wide recognition for
his powerful artistry and awards
including First Prize of the Sphinx
Competition (2021), Yamaha Young
Performing Artist (2019), Grand
Prize of the Jefferson Symphony
Orchestra Concerto Competition
(2019), First Prize in Atlanta’s GA
Philharmonic Competition (2017),
and Concertmaster Ambassador of
the United Nations (2014).

Vargas holds the Pin Artistic Merits from City Key of Prince Georgeand
Central Bank in Canada and has performed on tours in 40 countries,
collaborating with acclaimed artists like Gustavo Dudamel, Simon
Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, and Christian Vasquez.
Vargas began his violinistic journey through Venezuela’s El Sistema
Program. In 2017 Samuel won the prestigious Woodruff Award
enabling him to study with his current mentor and professor Sergiu
Schwartz at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University.
He is the founder and president of the Samuel Vargas International
Music Foundation, an organization that is enriching communities
and society through the power of classical music, emphasizing a
holistic approach to music education, and supporting students in all
areas of studies and well-being. Through his passionate work and
entrepreneurship, he has founded eight active Venezuelan chamber
orchestras as well as mentored students across South America.
Vargas recently published his first book, The Art of Giving and
Receiving; The Person Behind the Violin, which encompasses the art
of teaching and focuses on establishing a relationship between the
musician and their inner being.
Samuel plays a Wojciech Topa 2020 Guarneri del Gesu model.

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COBUS DU TOIT

FLUTE, NOVEMBER 20

As an international soloist, South
African native Dr. Cobus du Toit
has concertized in Russia, Taiwan,
Japan, Germany, Australia, Norway,
and France. Pretoria News declared:
“du Toit makes you believe the
impossible. With du Toit in flight,
one is never aware of technique
alone. He is driven by purely musical
inspiration.” Concerto appearances
include performances with the
KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic; Taurida
International Symphony Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia;
Boulder Philharmonic; Johannesburg Festival Orchestra; and
Boulder Chamber Orchestra. Cobus has also been the principal
flute for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra since 2010.

For the Naxos recording label, professional recordings include
three albums of the complete flute oeuvre by Jacques Castérède.
An advocate for new music, other creative projects include
#WeBringFlowers, a set of five socially-conscious commissions
that deal with societal violence in a non-political manner. His
compositional and creative work has been featured in the
Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art and Oslo, Norway at the
ITAC6 conference. Cobus received his M.M. and D.M.A. from the
University of Colorado at Boulder and a Bachelor of Music from
the University of Pretoria. His principal teachers include John Hinch
and Christina Jennings. Cobus serves as the Associate Professor of
Flute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a Wm. S.
Haynes performing artist.

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