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Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon
The Symphony Orchestra in Newport, Oregon, charts a new course this season, during which the orchestra will appear under the baton of the four finalists for the position of artistic director and conductor. The season will wrap up with a special program on April 7 led by NSO associate conductor David Ogden Stiers. All concerts are at 7:30 p.m. at the Newport Performing Arts Center. A pre-concert talk precedes each concert at 7 p.m. Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7 will be on the program with other works to be announced. Stiers will appear, schedule permitting.
The finalists were chosen in a highly competitive process by a search committee consisting of members of the board of directors, orchestra musicians, and community members. In order of appearance with the orchestra, the finalists are William Intriligator of Dubuque, Iowa; Glen Cortese of New York City; Adam Flatt of Denver, Colo.; and Elizabeth Stoyanovich of Bremerton, Wash. Each will conduct one concert, performing a program of their own choosing. The final decision will be made shortly after the last of the four appears with the orchestra in Feb. 2007.
The season, the symphony's 18th, begins on Oct. 14 with a program of Glinka, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky. Conductor William Intriligator currently serves as music director and conductor of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and has led performances with distinguished orchestras throughout the U.S., including those of Honolulu, Houston, Minnesota, Richmond, Saint Paul, Savannah, and Tulsa. He has conducted at music festivals in Aspen, Colo., and in Astoria. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in conducting at the University of Minnesota. A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Intriligator received numerous awards and accolades as an oboist before turning to conducting. The concert will also feature cello soloist Rajan Krishnaswami of Seattle, who will join the orchestra for Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.
Glen Cortese, conductor of the Nov. 11 concert, is the artistic director of the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the New York Chamber Sinfonia. He was resident conductor of the Florida Philharmonic for the 2001-02 season and completed 12 seasons at the Manhattan School of Music where he was principal conductor and director of orchestral studies from 1988-2000. Cortese covered as assistant conductor to the New York Philharmonic from 1990-92 for Zubin Mehta and Leonard Slatkin, among others. His work at the Manhattan School of Music included the school's debut performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and City Center. His NSO program will include works by Tchaikovsky, Copland, Mahler, and Stravinsky (the Firebird Suite). New York-based Mezzo soprano Emily Johnson will perform with the orchestra on this program.
The Dec. 9 program will be conducted by Adam Flatt, who has been the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver for the past five years. Flatt's past engagements include the Oregon Symphony (where he served as staff conducting apprentice for two years), San Juan Symphony and Chorus, Monterey Symphony and Chorus, Cascade Festival Orchestra, and the Oregon Ballet Theatre. He has been broadcast on the National Public Radio program "Performance Today," and Colorado Public Radio's "Colorado Spotlight." A native of Sacramento, Calif., Flatt has his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He has chosen a program of Haydn, Respighi, Saint-Saëns, and Brahms. Violin soloist Erik Peterson of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra will perform Saint- Saëns' Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra with the orchestra.
Elizabeth Stoyanovich, conductor of the Bremerton Symphony in Bremerton, Wash., will lead the orchestra in its Feb. 17, 2007, program. Stoyanovich is also currently music director of the Butte Symphony Association and education conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra. She served as staff conductor for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra where she lead educational concerts and served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra. She completed a successful tenure as assistant conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Calif. while also serving as music director of the Pacific Symphony Institute Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Works will include a piece by the conductor's husband, Patrick Stoyanovich, as well as Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Pianist Judith Cohen will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor.
"We are very excited to present this series of concerts and outstanding conductors to the community," said Tom Hurst, BAY Music Association board president and artistic director search committee chair. "We received more than 80 applications for this position, and we managed to narrow the field to these four outstanding candidates. We look forward to input from our patrons as we make this difficult choice," he added. "Last season, all of the Symphony's concerts sold out. We hate to disappoint people, so I'd suggest buying season tickets before the first concert."
The artistic director search has been funded by a grant from the Kinsman Foundation. The Newport Symphony Orchestra is supported by the City of Newport, Coast Arts, and various foundations, businesses and individual donors.
Season tickets are available at the Newport Performing Arts Center box office, and by calling 265-ARTS. Season tickets are $140 and $100, depending on seats. Individual tickets are $32 and $20 for adults and $10 for students. Oregon Coast Council on the Arts members receive ticket discounts.
Season begins Oct. 14
The Newport Symphony Orchestra will open its 2006-07 season with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, conducted by the first of four finalists for the position of permanent artistic director and conductor of the ensemble. William Intriligator, music director of the Dubuque Symphony in Dubuque, Iowa, will conduct the concert at the Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W. Olive St. in Newport. A pre-concert talk by the conductor at 7 p.m.
The concert program will include works of Glinka (Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla"), Shostakovich (Cello Concerto No. 1), and Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique"). Seattle-based cellist Rajan Krishnaswami will join the orchestra, playing the solo part in the Shostakovich work.
Patrons will be invited to meet and talk with Intrilgator after the performance in the Performing Arts Center lobby.
Concert tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office and by calling 265-ARTS. Individual tickets are $32 and $20 for adults and $10 for students. Season tickets are still available. Oregon Coast Council on the Arts members receive $1 discounts on individual tickets.
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