Wednesday, April 27, 2011
JSO on WKAR April 28
Music Director Stephen Osmond will lead the Jackson Symphony Orchestra in Respighi's "The Pines of Rome" at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday, April 28 on 90.5 WKAR. The Orchestra was recorded live in concert October 13, 2007 at Jackson Community College's Potter Center Music Hall.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Talented local musicians in spotlight at JSO concert
The Jackson Symphony Orchestra’s grand finale for the 2010-2011 season will feature six of the JSO’s regular orchestra members as soloists, plus the world premiere of Dr. Bruce Brown’s composition titled Conversations and Dreams.
Also on the program are Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Joseph Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, Charles Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Orchestra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to the opera Cosi fan tutte.
Soloists include principal flute, Richard Sherman, and other key members of the orchestra — Clyde McKaney, viola; Ji Hyun Kim, violin; Daniel Thomas, cello; Steven Newton, bassoon; and Jan Eberle, oboe.
Brown, who is composer-in-residence for the JSO, previewed portions his composition at the first four concerts of the season. The work has an unusual twist which is a secret until the performance.
“It has been most enjoyable to share the creative process with the audience this year and to have them looking over my shoulder as Conversations and Dreams took shape,” Dr. Brown said. “The piece grew out of my fascination with the ways that men and women communicate with each other, and sometimes fail to, despite their best intentions!”
“The first, third and fifth movements - Date Night, Shopping and Could It Be Love? — have some fun with conversation between men and women, which some have called a cross-cultural experience. As I worked with the music, the concept grew to include some things that I feel are among the most important in life,” Dr. Brown explained. “The Daydream movement explores our hopes, the secret things we long for and may be afraid even to tell our closest friends about. The Nightmare deals with our fears, the things we dread at our most vulnerable moments. The finale, Soaring, celebrates those joyous moments when we experience the healing and fulfilling power of love.”
The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Potter Center at Jackson Community College. Titled Our Own Back Yard, this concert is one in a series featuring the many talented musicians who currently play in our orchestra or grew up in Jackson.
Willis & Jurasek, CPAs & Consultants, are sponsoring the concert. Melling Automotive is the sponsor for the guest artists.
Individual tickets for the May 7 concert are $18, $27, $32. They may be purchased online at www.JacksonSymphony.org; by phone at 517-782-3221; or in person at the JSO Box Office, 215 W. Michigan Ave., downtown Jackson. All ticket holders are invited to attend the complimentary and highly acclaimed pre-concert lecture that Dr. Brown hosts. Backstage Glimpses, sponsored by Allegiance Health, takes place at 7 p.m. in the Federer Rooms off the main floor lobby in the Potter Center.
NOTE: The Jackson Symphony Orchestra is a community resource providing performances of the classics and popular music, a community music school with private and group instruction and numerous educational programs for students of all ages. The organization owns a 30,000-square-foot facility in the heart of downtown Jackson which not only serves as an administrative, rehearsal, and recital performance space for the orchestra but also is home to the Jackson Youth Symphony, the Jackson Chorale and Children's Choir, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and JSO Community String Ensemble. The orchestra primarily performs at the world-class Music Hall of the Jackson Community College Potter Center and other venues in town including several churches, the County Fairgrounds and Michigan Theatre.
Also on the program are Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Joseph Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, Charles Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Orchestra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to the opera Cosi fan tutte.
Soloists include principal flute, Richard Sherman, and other key members of the orchestra — Clyde McKaney, viola; Ji Hyun Kim, violin; Daniel Thomas, cello; Steven Newton, bassoon; and Jan Eberle, oboe.
“It has been most enjoyable to share the creative process with the audience this year and to have them looking over my shoulder as Conversations and Dreams took shape,” Dr. Brown said. “The piece grew out of my fascination with the ways that men and women communicate with each other, and sometimes fail to, despite their best intentions!”
“The first, third and fifth movements - Date Night, Shopping and Could It Be Love? — have some fun with conversation between men and women, which some have called a cross-cultural experience. As I worked with the music, the concept grew to include some things that I feel are among the most important in life,” Dr. Brown explained. “The Daydream movement explores our hopes, the secret things we long for and may be afraid even to tell our closest friends about. The Nightmare deals with our fears, the things we dread at our most vulnerable moments. The finale, Soaring, celebrates those joyous moments when we experience the healing and fulfilling power of love.”
The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Potter Center at Jackson Community College. Titled Our Own Back Yard, this concert is one in a series featuring the many talented musicians who currently play in our orchestra or grew up in Jackson.
Willis & Jurasek, CPAs & Consultants, are sponsoring the concert. Melling Automotive is the sponsor for the guest artists.
Individual tickets for the May 7 concert are $18, $27, $32. They may be purchased online at www.JacksonSymphony.org; by phone at 517-782-3221; or in person at the JSO Box Office, 215 W. Michigan Ave., downtown Jackson. All ticket holders are invited to attend the complimentary and highly acclaimed pre-concert lecture that Dr. Brown hosts. Backstage Glimpses, sponsored by Allegiance Health, takes place at 7 p.m. in the Federer Rooms off the main floor lobby in the Potter Center.
NOTE: The Jackson Symphony Orchestra is a community resource providing performances of the classics and popular music, a community music school with private and group instruction and numerous educational programs for students of all ages. The organization owns a 30,000-square-foot facility in the heart of downtown Jackson which not only serves as an administrative, rehearsal, and recital performance space for the orchestra but also is home to the Jackson Youth Symphony, the Jackson Chorale and Children's Choir, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and JSO Community String Ensemble. The orchestra primarily performs at the world-class Music Hall of the Jackson Community College Potter Center and other venues in town including several churches, the County Fairgrounds and Michigan Theatre.
Adult Education 103: Encountering Music beyond the Concert Hall
Encountering Music beyond the Concert Hall
We hear music in many situations outside of the concert hall, but often in ways that enhance and are enhanced by our experience with live performances. This series of conversations will develop some observations about our encounters with music and bring them back to our experience of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
1: Music in the Church
Western art music has its roots in the Church and has continued through much of its history to deal with religious issues. This lecture explores some of the more familiar examples of music in the Church, but brings in some surprises as well.
2: Music in the Home
Much of our experience of music is remarkably private, in our homes, in our cars, or even, with the advent of portable personal music systems, in our heads. We’ll question how this way of experiencing music changes our sense of music as a social act, and we’ll contrast it with earlier home music experiences, which have traditionally involved shared experiences in intimate surroundings.
3: Music in the Community
Organizations like the Jackson Chorale or Community Strings provide us with a kind of musical experience quite different from that found with professional ensembles. Members of the audience are often related to members of the ensemble, and the border between ensemble and audience is often blurred. Being able to identify with the makers of music can change our perspective on our experience of hearing them play or sing.
4. Music in the Theater
Whether we are listening to an opera or watching a movie, when we encounter music in a theatrical context, we understand it as a way of enhancing our insights into a group of characters interacting in a story. And things can get even more complex if those characters themselves are listening to music!
5. Revisiting the Concert Hall
With the insights we develop in our first four conversations, we will return to the concert hall, in the hope that what had seemed familiar and well understood can be heard anew as fresh and strange.
Monday evenings, May 9, 16, 23, June 6 and 13
JSO Board Room - 215 W. Michigan
7 to 8:30 PM
$50 per person for entire series (includes materials)
Anyone can attend - you do not need to have attended previous classes.
Register 517.782.3221 ext. 118 or sign up online http://www.jacksonsymphony.org/tickets_events/tickets.html
Taught/lead by Dr. Andrew Mead, professor of Music Theory, University of Mchigan. He is also an active composer, church organizst, member of the JSO Board of Directors and resident of Brooklyn.
We hear music in many situations outside of the concert hall, but often in ways that enhance and are enhanced by our experience with live performances. This series of conversations will develop some observations about our encounters with music and bring them back to our experience of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
1: Music in the Church
Western art music has its roots in the Church and has continued through much of its history to deal with religious issues. This lecture explores some of the more familiar examples of music in the Church, but brings in some surprises as well.
2: Music in the Home
Much of our experience of music is remarkably private, in our homes, in our cars, or even, with the advent of portable personal music systems, in our heads. We’ll question how this way of experiencing music changes our sense of music as a social act, and we’ll contrast it with earlier home music experiences, which have traditionally involved shared experiences in intimate surroundings.
3: Music in the Community
Organizations like the Jackson Chorale or Community Strings provide us with a kind of musical experience quite different from that found with professional ensembles. Members of the audience are often related to members of the ensemble, and the border between ensemble and audience is often blurred. Being able to identify with the makers of music can change our perspective on our experience of hearing them play or sing.
4. Music in the Theater
Whether we are listening to an opera or watching a movie, when we encounter music in a theatrical context, we understand it as a way of enhancing our insights into a group of characters interacting in a story. And things can get even more complex if those characters themselves are listening to music!
5. Revisiting the Concert Hall
With the insights we develop in our first four conversations, we will return to the concert hall, in the hope that what had seemed familiar and well understood can be heard anew as fresh and strange.
Monday evenings, May 9, 16, 23, June 6 and 13
JSO Board Room - 215 W. Michigan
7 to 8:30 PM
$50 per person for entire series (includes materials)
Anyone can attend - you do not need to have attended previous classes.
Register 517.782.3221 ext. 118 or sign up online http://www.jacksonsymphony.org/tickets_events/tickets.html
Taught/lead by Dr. Andrew Mead, professor of Music Theory, University of Mchigan. He is also an active composer, church organizst, member of the JSO Board of Directors and resident of Brooklyn.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
JSO on WKAR
On WKAR 90.5 FM
Thursday 4/14 - 12:15pm - Bizet: "Children's Games". Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Osmond conducting.
Monday 4/18 - 11:35am - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Edward Parmentier conducting.
Thursday 4/14 - 12:15pm - Bizet: "Children's Games". Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Osmond conducting.
Monday 4/18 - 11:35am - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Edward Parmentier conducting.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Our Own Back Yard - May 7, 2011
Drum roll, please, for the world premier of Bruce Brown's latest opus that he has developed over the course of the current season and shared with us, in part, at each of the four prior concerts. Also on the program will be Tchaikovsky' dazzling Capriccio Italien and several concerti featuring members of the JSO including principal flutist, Richard Sherman performing Griffe's Poem. Tickets: 782-3221, 215 W. Michigan Ave., online.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Trio to present Bach masterpiece for Strings - May 1
The Jackson Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 2011 Chamber Music Series on May 1 with an ambitious program that features “Xie Min and Friends.”
The string trio will perform a monumental work by composer Johann Sebastian Bach that has been transcribed for strings. The concert begins at 3 p.m. May 1 at the JSO's Peter A. Weatherwax Hall, 215 W. Michigan Ave. Tickets are $15 per person and include light refreshments.
Titled Goldberg Variations, the piece for harpsichord was written in 1741. Talented Russian composer and violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky transcribed it in 1984 so it could be performed on strings instruments instead. Musicians performing Goldberg Variations must have virtuoso technical skills. Because of its one-hour duration, it’s also a test of concentration for the players.
The music begins with an aria followed by 30 “variations” (material repeated in a changed form). The aria reoccurs at the end. Goldberg Variations is considered by many to be the most important set of variations composed in the Baroque era. Bach named it after his pupil, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who was harpsichordist in the court of Count Keyserlingk.
When Goldberg Variations was published, the cover page read: Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits, by Johann Sebastian Bach. “Refreshing our spirits” at the JSO chamber concert will be Xie Min on violin, Roman Kosarev on viola and Andrew McIntosh on cello.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Xie Min is Concertmaster of Jackson Symphony Orchestra as well as ECO Violinist in the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Michigan State University in 2004 with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance. From 1996 to 2004, Min served as Principal Second Violinist of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster of the MSU Symphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Concertmaster of the Faculty Orchestra at BLFAC.
Roman Kosarev, a doctorate student at MSU is an active solo and orchestra performer. He served as a Principal Violist with the MSU Symphony Orchestra (2004-2009), Midland Symphony (2005-2007), Greater Lansing Symphony (2006-current) and Battle Creek Symphony (2008-2009). He also plays with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra as the third chair viola (2008-current). Since 2005 he has spent summers at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where he teaches and performs with the Festival Orchestra as Principal Viola. Kosarev studied violin at Vladimir Music College in Russia, then viola at the Glinka State Conservatory. Later he completed Post-Graduate Studies in Chamber Music at the conservatory.
Andrew McIntosh has been Principal Cellist of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra since 1997. During that time he has also been active as a freelance cellist in Ontario and southern Michigan, playing regularly with the Canadian Opera Company and Esprit Orchestras in Toronto, as well as the Detroit Symphony and Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. McIntosh obtained a Bachelor of Music from McGill University and completed a Masters of Music from The Cleveland Institute of Music.
For additional information, please call the Jackson Symphony Orchestra at 517-782-3221.
Reservations through 517-782-3221 or jacksonsymphony.org.
The string trio will perform a monumental work by composer Johann Sebastian Bach that has been transcribed for strings. The concert begins at 3 p.m. May 1 at the JSO's Peter A. Weatherwax Hall, 215 W. Michigan Ave. Tickets are $15 per person and include light refreshments.
Titled Goldberg Variations, the piece for harpsichord was written in 1741. Talented Russian composer and violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky transcribed it in 1984 so it could be performed on strings instruments instead. Musicians performing Goldberg Variations must have virtuoso technical skills. Because of its one-hour duration, it’s also a test of concentration for the players.
The music begins with an aria followed by 30 “variations” (material repeated in a changed form). The aria reoccurs at the end. Goldberg Variations is considered by many to be the most important set of variations composed in the Baroque era. Bach named it after his pupil, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who was harpsichordist in the court of Count Keyserlingk.
When Goldberg Variations was published, the cover page read: Composed for connoisseurs, for the refreshment of their spirits, by Johann Sebastian Bach. “Refreshing our spirits” at the JSO chamber concert will be Xie Min on violin, Roman Kosarev on viola and Andrew McIntosh on cello.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Xie Min is Concertmaster of Jackson Symphony Orchestra as well as ECO Violinist in the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Michigan State University in 2004 with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance. From 1996 to 2004, Min served as Principal Second Violinist of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster of the MSU Symphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Concertmaster of the Faculty Orchestra at BLFAC.
Roman Kosarev, a doctorate student at MSU is an active solo and orchestra performer. He served as a Principal Violist with the MSU Symphony Orchestra (2004-2009), Midland Symphony (2005-2007), Greater Lansing Symphony (2006-current) and Battle Creek Symphony (2008-2009). He also plays with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra as the third chair viola (2008-current). Since 2005 he has spent summers at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where he teaches and performs with the Festival Orchestra as Principal Viola. Kosarev studied violin at Vladimir Music College in Russia, then viola at the Glinka State Conservatory. Later he completed Post-Graduate Studies in Chamber Music at the conservatory.
Andrew McIntosh has been Principal Cellist of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra since 1997. During that time he has also been active as a freelance cellist in Ontario and southern Michigan, playing regularly with the Canadian Opera Company and Esprit Orchestras in Toronto, as well as the Detroit Symphony and Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. McIntosh obtained a Bachelor of Music from McGill University and completed a Masters of Music from The Cleveland Institute of Music.
For additional information, please call the Jackson Symphony Orchestra at 517-782-3221.
Reservations through 517-782-3221 or jacksonsymphony.org.
Friday, April 8, 2011
"MASH UP" concert airs on JTV
The amazing and enjoyable Richter Uzur Duo "Mash Up" performed at the JSO on March 22 is showing on JTV at 3PM, 7PM and 10PM until April 19! Don't miss it!
Piano Students Shine at Achievement Event
Twelve piano students enrolled in the Jackson Symphony Orchestra’s Community Music School received very high scores at the Student Achievement Testing held March 13 at Michigan State University. The event was offered through the Michigan Music Teachers Association.
Students were required to perform three pieces from memory to demonstrate three different skills. Follow-up tests were given for sight reading/transposition, ear training, technique and theory — and the composite scores then tallied.
“Every single one of my students had a composite score between 90 and 100 percent,” said Community Music School piano instructor Carol Ivkovich said. “I was very happy with their performances.”
Two division winners, Karis Darland and Lindsay Rasmussen, were invited to perform March 18 in an honors recital in Okemos. Darland, a home-schooler, had perfect scores in technique, sight reading and ear training. Rasmussen, who attends Hanover-Horton Middle School, received perfect scores on technique, theory and ear training.
The following students also received perfect scores on individual tests:
For sight reading: Susan Hoffman, Queens Elementary School, Jennifer Hoffman, Jackson Catholic Middle School and Jovanka Koprivica, Jackson High.
For technique: Timothy Darland, Michael Lynne Foster and Matthew Pfeifer, all home-schooled.
For ear training: William Double, Jackson Catholic Middle School.
For performance: Stephen Foster, home-schooled.
Other participants scoring 90 percent or higher were: Issac Skinner, Addison Middle School, and Luke Dendy, home-schooled.
Students were required to perform three pieces from memory to demonstrate three different skills. Follow-up tests were given for sight reading/transposition, ear training, technique and theory — and the composite scores then tallied.
“Every single one of my students had a composite score between 90 and 100 percent,” said Community Music School piano instructor Carol Ivkovich said. “I was very happy with their performances.”
Two division winners, Karis Darland and Lindsay Rasmussen, were invited to perform March 18 in an honors recital in Okemos. Darland, a home-schooler, had perfect scores in technique, sight reading and ear training. Rasmussen, who attends Hanover-Horton Middle School, received perfect scores on technique, theory and ear training.
The following students also received perfect scores on individual tests:
For sight reading: Susan Hoffman, Queens Elementary School, Jennifer Hoffman, Jackson Catholic Middle School and Jovanka Koprivica, Jackson High.
For technique: Timothy Darland, Michael Lynne Foster and Matthew Pfeifer, all home-schooled.
For ear training: William Double, Jackson Catholic Middle School.
For performance: Stephen Foster, home-schooled.
Other participants scoring 90 percent or higher were: Issac Skinner, Addison Middle School, and Luke Dendy, home-schooled.
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