Adam Stern, Music Director and Conductor

Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.No audio/video recording or flash photography is allowed during the performance.

Adam Stern, conductorAnjulie Djearam, soprano

Bethany Man, harpThe Liberty Singers • Robin Wood, Director

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Overture, The Impresario, K . 486

FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Ave Maria

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Vesperæ solennes de confessore, K . 339: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN (1842-1900) The Pirates of Penzance: Poor Wandering One Anjulie Djearam, soprano

I N T E R M I S S I O N

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian: Two Fanfares Danses sacrée et profane Bethany Man, harp

Nocturnes Nuages (Clouds) Fêtes (Festivals) Sirènes (Sirens) The Liberty Singers Robin Wood, Director

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019, 2:00 P.M. EASTLAKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019, 7:30 P.M.MEYDENBAUER THEATRE

“STUDIES IN LIGHT AND SHADE”:

Debussy’s “Nocturnes”

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Orchestra Management

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOUNDING DIRECTORJoyce Cunningham

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTORAdam Stern

PRESIDENTShelby Eaton

VICE PRESIDENTMark Wiseman

TREASURERMichael Wennerstrom

SECRETARYFran Pope

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGEKathy Boudreau

Andy HillHeather RaschkoMiranda Thorpe

Melissa Underhill

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERSDon Gerend

Council Member, City of Sammamish

Skip RowleyChairman, Rowley Properties

Nancy WhittenFormer Council Member, City of

Sammamish

PERSONNEL

Kathryn Boudreau, Ensemble Coordinator

Armand Binkhuysen, Grants

Adam Stern and Marla Zylstra, Concert Program

Haley Schaening, Librarian

Barbara Ethington, Logistics

Loryn Bortins, Personnel

GFCW Cascade Lobby Management

Renee Kuehn, Ticket Sales

Jayne Marquess, Logistics

Lynne Martinell, Member Communications Liaison

Barbara Ethington, PR & Marketing

Mark Wiseman, Webmaster

Jason Frazier and Phillip Chance, Sound Recording

A Note from the Conductor. . .Dear Friends,

Collaboration is always at the heart of music-making. Even when listening to a solo instrumentalist, we are eavesdropping on their process of “collaborating”, doing their utmost to realize and honor the composer’s wishes while bringing something of their self to the proceedings as well.

For this concert, the orchestra and I are pleased to offer three very different collaborations: the Sammamish Symphony debut of soprano Anjulie Djearam (winner of our Young Artist Competition last year), our own principal harp Bethany Man in one of the literature’s great test-pieces for her instrument, and the return of The Liberty Singers under the direction of Robin Wood, our dear friends who have made our last several holiday concerts in December that much more special.

May the joy of our musical alliances bring you special pleasure as well.

Warmest regards, Adam Stern Music Director and Conductor, Sammamish Symphony Orchestra

Bethany Man, harpBethany Man was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She primarily studied harp with the esteemed Lynne Wainwright Palmer. Bethany was graduated from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN and studied harp performance with Suzanne Davids and choral accompaniment with Dr. Nancy Menk.

Bethany has been the principal harpist with the Sammamish Symphony since 2011. Along with her orchestral, chamber and choral accompanying

work, Bethany is an active freelancer in the greater Seattle area. Her popular music experience is equally notable, as she has performed on stage with: Lindsey Sterling, Evanescence, Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Celtic Woman, David Lanz, and David Benoit, among others. Bethany can also be heard on movie/TV/video game soundtracks. She is also a private harp and piano teacher. Her daughter, Nadia (10) is also a budding harpist. Nadia studies with Valerie Muzzolini, harpist of the Seattle Symphony, and performs with the Seattle Youth Symphony. Bethany and her family live in Bothell.

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Orchestra MembersFIRST VIOLINLea Fetterman ConcertmasterTim Strait Associate ConcertmasterDarrin CookKristin EdlundAimee KamstraLynne MartinellHeather RaschkoHaley SchaeningOlivia Wang

SECOND VIOLINShelby Eaton PrincipalMeMe BirchfieldAlan BleischBarbara Ethington (On Leave)Elizabeth HeitkampPaula LibesFran PopeSophia SchifferMiranda Thorpe (On Leave)

VIOLADennis Helppie PrincipalSarah AldiabKathryn BoudreauJessica JohnsonDan PopeLoraine TerpeningZann Tipyasothi

CELLOShiang-Yin Lee Principal (On Leave)Juha Niemisto Acting PrincipalGail Ratley Acting Assistant PrincipalLoryn Bortins (On Leave)Hannah Chernin (On Leave)Andy HillMichelle MillerJoyce SanfordJoan SelvigKathleen SpitzerSandra Sultan

BASSJarod Tanneberg PrincipalJeremy AtkinsNatalie Schlichtmann

FLUTEMelissa Underhill PrincipalTori Berntsen (On Leave)Doug GallatinElana Sabovic-Matt

PICCOLOElana Sabovic-Matt

OBOESusan Jacoby PrincipalJim Kobe

ENGLISH HORNDennis Calvin

CLARINETJayne Marquess PrincipalKathy Carr

BASS CLARINETLinda Thomas

BASSOONBruce Carpenter PrincipalSean Steck

CONTRABASSOONGordon BrownJeff Eldridge FRENCH HORNEvelyn Zeller PrincipalWilliam FarmerDan CherninNels Magelssen

TRUMPETAbram Sanderson PrincipalMichael CroanAnna GrezJoe GrezKevin Slota (On Leave)

TROMBONEJohn Ochsenreiter PrincipalRob Birkner

BASS TROMBONEMatt Clegg

TUBAMark Wiseman Principal (On Leave)Chris Barnes Acting Principal

TIMPANIEric Daane

PERCUSSIONEric ParchenMaren Van Nostrand

PIANOQuennie Nguyen

HARPBethany Man PrincipalTiffany Russell

Section members are listed in alphabetical order.

Anjulie Djearam, soprano

Anjulie Djearam, 13, started voice lessons at the age of eight and has been garnering praise and attention ever since.

For the last two years Anjulie has trained under the distinguished teacher Joanne Hounsell. Anjulie has been twice selected provincial representative for Victoria at Performing Arts BC and won first place for both Junior Classical Vocal and Junior Vocal Variety in 2018. She has been awarded gold medals in multiple international competitions including the Golden Classical Music Competition, which was held at Carnegie Hall. Anjulie has completed RCM Voice 7 and is a British Columbia Regional Gold Medalist from the Royal Conservatory. She won the Junior Cowichan Concerto Contest in 2019, and was selected for the Young Soloists Concert with the Sidney Classical Orchestra.

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Come hear the Sammamish Symphony at these future performances!

"A CONFESSION OF THE SOUL" SIBELIUS' SECOND

Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.Eastlake High School

Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Meydenbauer Theatre

SUMMER POPS CONCERTThursday, August 15, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Pine Lake Park

Special Guests

Sammamish Symphony Orchestra welcomes our special guests

The Liberty Concert Chorale and Women’s Ensemble

LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, ROBIN WOOD, CONDUCTOR

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Evergreen City Ballet invites you to fall in lovewith the heartwarming story of Coppélia!

Enjoy a brilliant weekend of performances at Meydenbauer Center TheatreApril 26-28 featuring a full-length ballet performed by Evergreen City Ballet,

in partnership with the Seattle Robotics Society. Seats starting at $10!

Tickets On Sale Now:

WWW.EVERGREENCITYBALLET.ORG425.228.6800 | info@evergreencityballet.org

Ludwig van Beethoven ~ Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Cristina ValdésRichard Strauss ~ Serenade, Op. 7 | Jean Sibelius ~ Symphony No. 2

Thursday, June 13, 2019Meydenbauer Theatre7:30 PM

Visit www.SammamishSymphony.org for more information.

Sunday, June 9, 2019Eastlake High School

2:00 PM

a confession of the soul

Sibelius’ Second

Featuring

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Program Note

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Franz Peter Schubert

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Claude Debussy

A Concert of Contrasting Delightsby Adam Stern

In this wide-ranging program, the Sammamish Symphony and a handful of special guests show their diverse skills in presenting music for the theater (Mozart’s Impresario, Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, and Debussy’s The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian), from the world of sacred music (Schubert’s Ave Maria and Mozart’s Laudate Dominum), and music written purely for the concert-hall (Debussy’s Danses and Nocturnes).

Even within these categories, variety reigns: Mozart’s quicksilver overture to The Impresario is as spirited and sparkling as the intrigues-and-egos-in-showbiz plot of the singspiel that follows, Poor Wandering One is one of the most affecting arias from a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta (the more so within the context of its creators’ characteristic storyline high-jinks), and Debussy’s Martyrdom is a starkly beautiful “mystery play” that perfectly mirrors its wrenching and ultimately transfiguring subject matter.

The excerpts from Mozart’s and Schubert’s sacred works, while similar in their moderate tempos and meditative mood, nonetheless speak to their composers’ individual personalities and the respective Classical and Romantic milieus in which they were conceived.

Finally, Debussy’s two works for the concert stage are testaments to their composer’s unending heterogeneity. The Danses sacrée et profane (Sacred and Profane Dances) transcends its utilitarian conception (it was written to showcase the Pleyel double-action harp), yielding sounds both transparent and voluptuous; the accompaniment of a strings-only ensemble ensures an absolutely clarity of utterance. The three Nocturnes for orchestra are rightfully regarded as one of Debussy’s masterworks for full orchestra (alongside the Images and La Mer), and are equally successful whether listened to as “pure” music or evocations of the langorous movement of clouds, the nighttime revelries, or the seductive sirens suggested by their titles.

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SCHUBERT: Ave Maria

Ave Maria, gratia plena,Maria, gratia plena,Maria, gratia plena,Ave, Ave, Dominus,Dominus tecum.Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus,Et benedictus fructus ventris (tui),Ventris tui, Jesus.Ave Maria!

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,Ora, ora pro nobis;Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus,Nunc et in hora mortis,In hora mortis nostrae.In hora, hora mortis nostrae,In hora mortis nostrae.Ave Maria!

Hail Mary, full of grace,Mary, full of grace,Mary, full of grace,Hail, Hail, the LordThe Lord is with thee.Blessed art thou among women, and blessed,Blessed is the fruit of thy womb,Thy womb, Jesus.Hail Mary!

Holy Mary, Mother of God,Pray for us sinners,Pray, pray for us;Pray for us sinners,Now, and at the hour of our death,The hour of our death.The hour, the hour of our death,The hour of our death.Hail Mary!

Texts and Translations

MOZART: Laudate Dominum

Laudate Dominum omnes gentesLaudate eum, omnes populiQuoniam confirmata estSuper nos misericordia eius,Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper.Et in saecula saeculorum.Amen.

Praise the Lord, all nations;Praise Him, all people.For He has bestowedHis mercy upon us,And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever,and for generations of generations.Amen.

SULLIVAN: Poor Wandering One

Poor wandering one!Though thou hast surely strayed,Take heart of grace,Thy steps retrace,Poor wandering one!Poor wandering one!If such poor love as mineCan help thee findTrue peace of mind –Why, take it, it is thine!

Take heart, fair days will shine;Take any heart – take mine!

Take heart, fair days will shine;Take any heart – take mine!Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!Poor wandering one!Though thou hast surely strayed,Take heart of grace,Thy steps retrace,Poor wandering one!

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ContributorsIn addition to the following donors we gratefully acknowledge those individuals and families who purchased

donated goods and services at our Sammamish Symphony Auctions.

PATRONS ($1,000+)

AnonymousSandy Anuras

The Boeing CompanyThe Charles Maxfield and

Gloria F. Parrish FoundationAndrew Coldham

ExpediaMr. and Mrs. Martin Friedmann

Garneau-Nicon Family Foundation

Gordon Brown FoundationAllyn & Pat Hebner

Ruth & Preben Hoegh-Christensen

King County 4CultureKing County Employee Giving

ProgramKevin & Lynne MartinellMicrosoft Corporation

Skip RowleyRowley Properties

City of SammamishHarry & Claradell Shedd

Tim StraitSwedish Hopital

SymetraUniversity House

Mark & Linda WisemanPatty Zundel

BENEFACTORS ($500-999)

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Henry Bischofberger ViolinsShelby EatonCathy GrindleScott Selfon

Dan & Melissa TruaxDavid E. Van Moorhem

SPONSORS ($100-499)

Pete & Andie AdeeArtEAST

Patricia BiceArmand & Claudia Binkhuysen

Verna BorupAva Brock

Daniel & Jan Chernin

Eric & Pat DaaneDon & Sue Gerend

GlassyBabyTodd Gugler

Dennis HelppieRon Hindenberger

Nancy & Paul JohnsonJim Kobe

Shrikant KulkarniShannon Krzyzewski

Victoria LaBergeHelen LauPaula Libes

Nels H. Magelssen & Evelyn M. Zeller

Ted & Lenore MartinellJoan McNeil

John & Sally MorganJuha Niemisto

Thomas Pinto & Vicky KingFran & Dan Pope

Heather & Michael RaschkoGail RatleyMark Rentz

Daphne & John RobinsonJohn & Ruth Rugh

Carl Schwartz & Wilda Luttermoser

The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIGLinda M S Thomas

Miranda & Dave ThorpeHerman & Myrl Venter

VerizonDebra Williams

SUPPORTERS ($25-99)

Ann & John BackmanTheresa Bosworth

Kathy CarrCindy Jorgensen

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SPONSORS ($100-499)Continued

PATRONS ($100-499)Continued

SPONSORS ($100-499)Continued

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FAC I L I T I E SMeydenbauer CenterEastlake High School

R E H E A R S A L S PAC E Eastlake High SchoolDiscovery Elementary

Sammamish Presbyterian Church

LO B BY S E R V I C E SGFCW Cascade

R E F R E S H M E N T S Safeway/Costco

Klahanie QFC/Pine Lake QFC

P E R C U S S I O N E Q U I P M E N TMarianna Vale

Beaver Lake Middle SchoolEric Daane and Craig Wende

R E CO R D I N G E N G I N E E R SPhillip Chance and Jason Frazier

Many people have worked together to make our community orchestra possible. They have given of their time, talent and energy. Thank you!

The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Association (SSOA) is a Non-Profit Corporation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service. For further information, contact the SSOA:

P.O. Box 1173, Issaquah, WA 98027You can now donate via Paypal on our website at www.sammamishsymphony.org.

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For more information please visit www.SammamishSymphony.org

Sponsors

The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the City of Sammamishfor their support

Bryce Van ParysGeneral Manager

425.392.3963 | Bryce@HammondAshley.com970 5th Ave NW, Suite 100, Issaquah WA 98027

The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the generous support of the

Garneau-Nicon Family Foundation.