KENT BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL - SUMMER 2021 A Partnership Between Kent State University and The Cleveland Orchestra Celebrating 53 Years
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KENT BLOSSOM
MUSIC FESTIVAL
SUMMER 2021
A Partnership Between Kent State University
and The Cleveland Orchestra
Celebrating 53 Years
kbmf@kent.edu | 330-672-2613
www.kent.edu/blossom
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, KENT STATE AND KSU ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS AND MAY NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED TO ATTAINING EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY AND WORKFORCE.
53 SEASON RD KENT BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL (KBMF) FACULTY
KATHERINE BORMANN joined the first BENNY KIM is an internationally known STEPHEN ROSE begins his 20th season
violin section of The Cleveland Orchestra and acclaimed violinist. He received his as a member of the KBMF faculty. He
in 2011. She completed degrees at Rice bachelor’s and master’s degrees from was appointed principal second violin
University and The Juilliard School, the Juilliard School in 1986. Kim is a of The Cleveland Orchestra in 2001
studying with Kathleen Winkler, Joel member of the Miami String Quartet. and has been a member of the section
Smirnoff and Ronald Copes. since 1997.
STANLEY KONOPKA has been a
IVAN CHAN was the bronze medallist member of The Cleveland Orchestra FRANK ROSENWEIN* joined The
of the 1990 International Violin viola section since 1991 and was Cleveland Orchestra as principal oboe
Competition of Indianapolis and the appointed assistant principal viola at the beginning of the 2005-06 season.
first violinist of the acclaimed Miami in 1993. This is his 20th season at KBMF. He was a scholarship student at KBMF
String Quartet from 1995-2011. In 2003, in 1999.
JUNG-MIN AMY LEE^ joined The
KENT BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATION he was appointed chairman of the
string division at the KBMF. Currently, Cleveland Orchestra as associate RICARDO SEPULVEDA^ is the director
Chan serves as associate professor in concertmaster in March 2008. Lee has of the Kent Blossom Music Festival.
DIANE HELFERS PETRELLA, Dean, ANDREW PAA, Marketing Associate, Glauser string chamber music at the Hong Kong been affiliated with KBMF since 2009. He holds two degrees from Kent State
College of the Arts (effective July 1, 2021) School of Music & College of the Arts Academy for Performing Arts. University where he studied chamber
SCOTT LEE is one of the most music and performance under the
WESLEY COLLINS joined The Cleveland exciting and unique violists to emerge tutelage of the Miro and Miami String
JOHN R. CRAWFORD-SPINELLI, Former Dean, ALEX SWIGER, Box Office Manager, College of in recent years. He studied with Michael quartets. His primary teachers include
Orchestra as principal viola with
College of the Arts (retired June 30, 2021) the Arts the start of the 2016-17 season. He Tree at the Curtis Institute of Music Sandy Yamamoto, Cathy Meng Robinson
previously served as a member of the and at The Juilliard School with Paul and Ivan Chan.
KENT MCWILLIAMS, Director and Professor, SAMUEL ROBERT, Recording Engineer and viola section of the Boston Symphony Newbauer. Lee is a member of the
Glauser School of Music Live Stream Director, Glauser School of Music Orchestra beginning in 2012 and was Miami String Quartet. JONATHAN SHERWIN joined The
a member of the Atlanta Symphony Cleveland Orchestra bassoon section
DANIEL MCKELWAY is assistant in 1997. Mr. Sherwin holds degrees
RICARDO SEPULVEDA, Director and Assistant BRYON BLACK II, Administrative Support, Glauser Orchestra 2008-2012. principal clarinetist of The Cleveland from the Eastman School of Music and
Professor, Kent Blossom Music Festival School of Music ALAN DEMATTIA* joined the horn Orchestra. He has been a member Northwestern University.
section of The Cleveland Orchestra in of the KBMF faculty since 1996 and
TAHIRA HABEEB, Administrative Clerk, Glauser 1984. DeMattia earned a Bachelor of was named chair of the clarinet JESSICA SINDELL joined The Cleveland
Music Education degree as a horn major studio in 2007. He also has served as Orchestra in Oct. 2018 as assistant
School of Music principal clarinetist of the Grand Rapids principal flute. A graduate of the
at Kent State University and a Master of
Music degree at the Cleveland Institute Symphony. Eastman School, this is her 3rd season
KENT BLOSSOM: ART, MUSIC AND THEATRE of Music. SPENCER MYER is rapidly establishing
on the KBMF faculty.
STEPHEN GEBER joined The Cleveland himself as one of the most outstanding JOSHUA SMITH* joined The Cleveland
Since the inauguration of Blossom Music Center as the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra pianists of today. He's been associated Orchestra as principal flutist in 1990 and
Orchestra as principal cellist at the
in 1968, Kent State University has participated in helping to develop Blossom’s role as a center for beginning of the 1973-74 season and with KBMF since 2008. has regularly appears as soloist with
professional training in the visual and performing arts. retired in 2003. He was a faculty the orchestra. A graduate of the Curtis
PETER OTTO currently holds the Institute of Music, he has been a KBMF
member and head of the cello position of first associate concertmaster faculty member in past seasons.
Advanced training programs in art and music were established in 1968, and a similar program department at the Cleveland Institute of of The Cleveland Orchestra. Previous to
Music and currently teaches at KBMF. his engagement in Cleveland, he served BARRICK STEES has been assistant
was created in theatre the following year. Participants in the three Kent Blossom programs divide
MARGARET GRIEBLING-HAIGH is a as assistant concertmaster of the Saint principal bassoon of The Cleveland
their time between the university’s residential campus in Kent, Ohio, and special performing/ Louis Symphony. Orchestra since 2001. Stees teaches
self-taught composer who is proud to be
presentation facilities at Blossom Music Center, as well as occasional performances at other select a member of a family that includes three at the Cleveland Institute of Music
VINAY PARAMESWARAN joined and has taught at Michigan State
locations in Northeast Ohio. In 1971, Porthouse Theatre was opened on university property adjacent generations of composers. She has won The Cleveland Orchestra as assistant
many awards for her compositions and University and the Interlochen Center
to the original Blossom grounds, and in 1975, Eells Art Gallery was constructed near Blossom’s conductor with the 2017-18 season. A for the Arts.
has received numerous commissions native of the San Francisco Bay Area,
main gate. throughout the United States. Parameswaran holds degrees from DANNA SUNDET^ is associate
Each summer, the Kent Blossom arts programs (organized within the university’s College of the MARY KAY FINK joined The Cleveland Brown University and the Curtis Institute professor of oboe at Kent State
Orchestra flute section in 1990 and of Music. University and is the director of the
Arts) bring together some 200 young professionals in art, music and theatre, and a resident faculty serves as principal piccolo. She holds John Mack Oboe Camp. Sundet serves
JOANNA PATTERSON^ joined The as artistic coordinator of KBMF and is
of 70 (including Kent State faculty, members of The Cleveland Orchestra and major international degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory Cleveland Orchestra viola section in
and The Juilliard School. principal oboe of The Erie Philharmonic.
artists). Through the production of more than 100 exhibitions, concerts, performances and 2006. A Cleveland Institute of Music
lectures, their creative experiences are shared with an audience of nearly 20,000 each year. SCOTT HAIGH served as principal alumni, she is on the Kent State RICHARD WEISS* is first assistant
bassist of La Orquesta Sinfónica del University Music faculty and member of principal cellist of The Cleveland
Estado de Mexico and spent one the Omni String Quartet. Orchestra. Weiss was a KBMF
season with the Milwaukee Symphony scholarship student in 1972 and
KENT BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL Orchestra before joining The Cleveland
JEFFREY RATHBUN* serves as assistant has been a member of its faculty
principal oboe of The Cleveland since 1985.
Orchestra in 1978. This is Haigh’s 25th Orchestra. This season will be his 19th
In the five decades of Kent Blossom Music Festival’s service to the national and local community, year with KBMF. on the faculty of KBMF. Rathbun was ROBERT WOOLFREY joined the clarinet
over 2,543 talented young musicians have been afforded the opportunity to hone their skills. a scholarship student at KBMF in 1985 section of The Cleveland Orchestra in
DAVID ALAN HARRELL*, cello, has
been a member of The Cleveland and 1986. November 2008. Woolfrey studied with
Each summer, advanced young artists from around the globe gather together with principal David Shifrin at Yale University where
Orchestra since 1995. He was a CATHY MENG ROBINSON is a founding he received a master’s degree in music.
members of The Cleveland Orchestra, the critically acclaimed Miami String Quartet and major guest scholarship student at KBMF in 1991 member of the Miami String Quartet. This will be his 8th season at KBMF.
artists for five weeks of intensive chamber music study and performance at the professional level. and 1992. She received her bachelor’s degree from
A unique program is specifically designed for these students, who are at the threshold of their RICHARD HAWKINS is the associate the Curtis Institute of Music where she AFENDI YUSUF joined The Cleveland
professional careers, to interact with world-renowned mentors in a training environment. clarinet professor at Oberlin studied with Ivan Galamian and David Orchestra as principal clarinet in 2017.
Conservatory. Hawkins earned his Cerone. She received her master’s from Mr. Yusuf holds degrees from Ontario's
Since its founding in 1968 by George Szell and Louis Lane, the success of Kent Blossom Music B.M. and M.M. from the University of the San Francisco Conservatory where Wilfrid Laurier University, the Glenn
Michigan, Ann Arbor. she studied with Isadore Tinkleman. Gould School in Toronto, and Colburn
Festival has been illustrated by the many professional affiliations of its alumni. Instrumental Conservatory in Los Angeles.
JOELA JONES* has been principal KEITH ROBINSON is a founding
alumni have become members of such well-known and award-winning chamber groups as the member of the Miami String Quartet
keyboard of The Cleveland Orchestra
Emerson, Borromeo, Miami, Audubon and Telegraph string quartets and the Bohem Woodwind since 1972. In addition to serving on and has been active as a chamber * Alumni of the Kent Blossom
Quintet. In addition, alumni have become principal and section members of the New York, Boston, the faculty of KBMF since 1989, Jones musician, recitalist and soloist since Music Festival
is chair of the keyboard division and his graduation from the Curtis Institute
Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berlin, Baltimore and San Francisco orchestras. of Music. ^ Kent State University Faculty
was a KBMF scholarship student in
Currently, 19 Kent Blossom Music Festival alumni perform with The Cleveland Orchestra. 1968 and 1969.SUPPORT KENT BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL! KENT BLOSSOM ART INTENSIVES
If you would like to support KBMF, please complete the form below and enclose your donation or Kent Blossom Art Intensives (KBAI) have a rich history as a pioneering and immersive visual art
check made payable to Kent State University Foundation/Kent Blossom Music Festival. Or make your experience for its participants. Each summer, the program offers two-week studio experiences
tax-deductible gift on your credit card by filling in the appropriate information. All Contributions after similar to an artist residency for students and individual artists under the direction of Kent State
June 15, 2021, will be listed in the 2022 Kent Blossom Music Festival Program. faculty, alongside visiting artists, designers and craftspersons. Works created by the participants are
exhibited in galleries on the Kent Campus.
These endowments continue to assist our students each summer; Since the inception of the program in 1968, the School of Art has hosted an exciting and impressive
please consider a donation! array of visiting artists who lead workshops, demonstrations, critical conversations with
participants and give public lectures on their art. KBAI alternates between these disciplines:
Kent Blossom Music Endowment Peggy Daugherty Shaffer Endowment ceramics, drawing, glass, jewelry/metals/enameling, painting, print media and photography,
sculpture and expanded media, and textiles. For more information about Kent Blossom Art
John Mack Endowment Maurice Sharp Endowment
Intensives, visit www.kent.edu/kentblossomart.
Joseph Gingold Endowment Richard D. Worthing Memorial Scholarship for
Louis Lane Endowment Kent Blossom Music
Bernhard Goldschmidt Endowment
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
For more information, please contact Kent Blossom Music Festival at 330-672-2613. Each summer, Porthouse Theatre, originally known as Kent Blossom Theatre, offers a professional
season produced by major directors and designers together with members of Actors’ Equity and
advanced students selected through nationwide auditions. Through this format, the 500-seat
I support great chamber music! theatre, owned and operated by Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance on the Blossom
Music Center grounds, provides summer theatrical entertainment for Northeast Ohio and serves as a
national center for professional theatre training. For more information, call 330-672-3884.
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SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Congratulations to John R. Crawford-Spinelli, Ed.D., Dean of the College of the Arts, on his recent
State ZIP retirement. We are extremely grateful for his support of Kent Blossom Music Festival and wish him all the
Phone best in this next adventure!
Email Please join us in welcoming Diane Helfers Petrella, D.M.A., to the College of the Arts as Dean beginning
July 1, 2021. We look forward to working with her as we continue our unique educational parternship with
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We gratefully acknowledge our 2021 media sponsor, ClevelandClassical.com. Their support of KBMF and
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We are extremely grateful for the Kulas Foundation’s continued support of Kent Blossom Music Festival.
The Kulas Visiting Guest Artist Series, established in 2013, provides educational and performance
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Flute Violin The Kent Blossom Music Festival gratefully acknowledges MRS. PEGGY DAUGHERTY
all foundations, individuals and corporations for their SHAFFER'S annual
Cierra Hall Erin Kim investment in the program,
Cleveland Institute of Music generous contributions. This list reflects donations
Manhattan School of Music as well as the scholarship
Tallahassee, Florida received from May 31, 2019, through June 15, 2021.
Randallstown, Maryland that she has endowed
Javed Wong to support the program,
Sophia Jean The Kent Blossom Music Festival represent her investment in
Mannes College of Music
Northwestern University Legacy Program for Planned Giving the future success of the Kent
New York, New York
Lakeland, Florida Blossom Music Festival and
Laura McLaughlin Dr. Susan H. Conrad and Mr. Robert Allen Conrad the Young Artist participants.
Kent State University Dr. Wilbert N. Hubin We cannot thank her enough
Oboe Kent, Ohio Mrs. Peggy Daugherty Shaffer for her constant and
Sarah Becker FORTISSIMO ($5,000 AND MORE) steadfast support.
Julia Simpson
Rice University Cleveland State University Kulas Foundation
Grafton, Ohio Dr. Susan H. Conrad and Mr. Robert Allen Conrad
Oconomowoc, Winsconsin Mrs. Stephen T. Griebling MR. JIM F. WILLIAMS,
Virginia Kao* Dr. Wilbert N. Hubin a long-time supporter
Cleveland Institute of Music Viola CRESCENDO ($1,000 - $4,999) and patron of the Kent
Jersey City, New Jersey Janet E. Dix, Ph.D. and Mr. David E. Dix Blossom Music Festival, has
Thomas Matthews
Ms. Barbara J. Feldmann established The John and
University of Colorado
Dr. Sanford Earl Marovitz and Mrs. Eleonora D. Marovitz Marian Williams Audience
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Clarinet Nancy E. Mitchell, Ph.D. Development Memorial Fund
Alyssa Warcup Jeanna Pisegna to attract a new audience
Paige Stafford* Cleveland Institute of Music to the Kent Blossom Music
Theresa Dye Schoettler
Ohio Northern University Geneva,Illinois Mr. Larry T. Shaffer and Mrs. Peggy Daugherty Shaffer Festival. Williams celebrates
Jamestown, New York Dr. Saroj Sutaria the legacy of his parents by
Mr. Jim F. Williams establishing this fund. The
Jonathan Harrity Cello fund will cover the cost of the
Michelle Worthing
Syracuse University ticket price for anyone 18 and
Clarkston, Michigan Bryan Ping SFORZANDO ($500 - $999) under. Williams understands
Boston University Kent Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra the importance of investing
San Diego, California Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. and Suellen R. DeMattia in the next generation of
Bassoon Eleanor Lee Dr. John W. Lozier chamber music fans, and he
Cleveland Institute of Music Richard Weiss and Joela Jones is sponsoring this program
Seo Young Min for the sixth time this year.
Northwestern University Cleveland, Ohio MOLTO ($250 - $499)
We are grateful to him for
Seoul, South Korea Network for Good
his efforts to bring the next
Ms. Wanda Gulley
Madeleine Tung *denotes returning Young Artists generation of chamber music
Yale University ESPRESSIVO ($100 - $249) lovers to the Kent Blossom
Wilmette, Illinois Mr. Nelson Burns Music Festival this season.
Dr. David R. Ewbank and Mrs. Roberta Ewbank
Ms. Margaret Griebling-Haigh
Horn Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. and Roseanne C. Henderson
Ms. Jodi Kanter Media
Sean Brennan*
University of Oregon
Dr. and Mr. Carol S. and Frederick J. Maier Sponsor:
Helen M. Savage, Ph.D. and Dr. Michael Savage
Camas Valley, Oregon Ms. Nancy E. Shaver
Dr. and Mr. Karen A. and W. Craig Wilde
Mrs. Germaine A. Williams Presenting Sponsor:
Piano Mr. and Mrs. Wendell L. and Mary L. Webster
Amber Scherer DOLCE ($20 - $99)
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Winnetka, Illinois
Yun Cao
LuEtt J. Hanson, Ph.D.
Mr. Kendall L. Millett
Ms. Rebecca Solano Hay
KULAS
FOUNDATION
Cleveland State University Dr. Jeffrey H. Wattles
Hudson, OhioFACULTY CONCERT SERIES FACULTY CONCERT SERIES
Wednesday, July 28, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.
Members of Paul Huang, violin
The Cleveland Orchestra Helen Huang, piano
This evening’s concert is dedicated to John R. Crawford-Spinelli in Kulas Visiting Artists
recognition of his exceptional support of Kent Blossom Music Festival.
Program Program
SET 1: SET 1: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, MWV Q7 Felix Mendelssohn
Joela Jones, accordion Joela Allegro (1809 - 1847)
Richard Weiss, cello Andante
Yun-Ting Lee, violin Presto
Maximilian Dimoff, bass
Passacaglia Duo for Violin and Cello Handel-Halvorsen Sonata for Violin and Piano (1963) John Corigliano
after Handel’s Suite No. 7 in G Minor for Harpsichord (1685 - 1759) (1864 - 1935) Allegro (b. 1938)
Andantino (with simplicity)
“Nessun Dorma” from Turandot Giacomo Puccini Lento (quasi recitativo)
(1858 - 1924) Allegro
arr. Jones/Weiss
Introduction and Allegro for Cello and Accordion (1939) Mátyás Seiber Sonata for Violin Solo No. 3 in D Minor, Eugène Ysaÿe
(1905 - 1960) "Ballade", Op. 27/3 (1922) (1858 - 1931)
Three Pieces for Cello and Accordion Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso | The Mission | Gabriel’s Oboe (1928 - 2020) Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, FWV 8 César Franck
arr. Jones/Weiss Allegretto ben moderato (1822 - 1890)
Allegro
Four Pieces Astor Piazzolla Recitativo - Fantasia. Ben moderato - molto lento
Milonga del Angel | Tanti Anni Prima (1921 - 1992) Allegretto poco mosso
Oblivion | Libertango arr. Jones/Weiss
SET 2:
Jeffrey Rathbun & Corbin Stair, oboes
Daniel McKelway & Robert Woolfrey, clarinets
Barrick Stees & Gareth Thomas, bassoons
Michael Mayhew & Alan DeMattia, horns
Presenting Sponsor:
Serenade for Wind Instruments in C Minor, K. 388 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro (1756 - 1791)
Andante
Menuetto in canone
Allegro
Ludwig Recital Hall Glauser School of Music Kent State University Ludwig Recital Hall Glauser School of Music Kent State UniversityFACULTY CONCERT SERIES FACULTY CONCERT SERIES
Wednesday, July 21, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.
Demarre McGill, flute Miami String Quartet
Rodolfo Leone, piano Benny Kim & Cathy Meng Robinson, violins
Scott Lee, viola
Kulas Visiting Artists Keith Robinson, cello
Program Program
Fanmi Imèn for flute and piano Valerie Coleman String Quartet No. 30 in E Flat Major ("Joke"), Franz Joseph Haydn
(b. 1970) Op. 33/2, H. 3/38 (1732 - 1809)
Allegro Moderato
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 (1987) Lowell Liebermann Scherzo: Allegro
I. Lento (b. 1961) Largo e sostenuto
II. Presto energico Finale: Presto
Still Songs William Grant Still String Quartet No. 2 (1925) Erwin Schulhoff
I. Bayou Home (1895 - 1978) Allegro Agitato (1894 - 1942)
II. If You Should Go Tema con Variazioni
III. Song For The Lonely Allegro gajo
Finale: Andante quasi introduzione, Allegro molto
Sonata for Flute and Piano (2003) Yuko Uebayashi
I. Lento - Allegro moderato (b. 1958) String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, B. 92 (Op. 51) Antonín Dvořák
II. Presto Allegro ma non troppo (1841 - 1904)
III. Calmato Dumka (Elegia). Andante con moto
IV. Allegro Romanza. Andante con moto
Finale. Allegro assai
Presenting Sponsor: Presenting Sponsor:
Michelle Worthing
Ludwig Recital Hall Glauser School of Music Kent State University Ludwig Recital Hall Glauser School of Music Kent State UniversityYou can also read
