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Koka Booth Amphitheatre entertainment...naturally concerts festivals summerfest movies letter summerfest series presenter from the mayor Dear Koka Booth Patron, Welcome to Koka Booth Amphitheatre! We’re happy you’re celebrating the Amphitheatre’s 10th season with us. As the summer home of the North Carolina Symphony, this wonderful facility hosted its first concert on June 9, 2001. Since then, over1,000,000 patrons have enjoyed some of the finest concerts, festivals and entertainment at over 500 events. Families have enjoyed our Movies by Moonlight, while colorful festivals such as Diwali have highlighted the richness of our community. In addition to our renowned Symphony, the Amphitheatre has hosted a dazzling lineup of national talents including over 30 Grammy Award-winners, such as Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Zac Brown and the Kings of Leon. Given that its architecture has been nationally recognized with numerous awards, Booth Amphitheatre is well-suited to host such award-winning artists. We hope you accept our personal invitation to join the thousands of us who regularly retreat each April through October to enjoy the extraordinary events and spectacular surroundings at Booth Amphitheatre. We look forward to your participation in our special 10th season. Entertainment – naturally! Sincerely, Food & Drink Guide Tickets & Services North Carolina Symphony Summerfest Outback Concerts Movies by Moonlight Festivals Things to Know 5 6 8 30 33 34 38 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com table of contents Harold Weinbrecht, Mayor 3 food & drink guide food & drink guide Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010• 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 5 tickets & servicestickets & services tickets & services TICKETS Tickets to Booth Amphitheatre events can be purchased in person at the Amphitheatre box office. The Amphitheatre box office is located next to the main entrance at the Amphitheatre and is open Tuesday to Friday from NOON to 6pm and Saturdays from 10am to 1pm. Tickets can also be purchased using Ticketmaster’s charge-by-phone service (1-800-745-3000) or Ticketmaster’s online service, and in person at approved Ticketmaster outlets. SUMMERFEST TICKETS BY PHONE: To purchase tickets in advance by phone, call the North Carolina Symphony Box Office at 919-733-2750, 10am-5pm, Mon-Fri. ONLINE: www.ncsymphony.org IN PERSON: At the Booth Amphitheatre’s Box Office during normal Box Office hours, as well as the night of the event starting at 5pm. Children 12 and under are free for all concerts excluding the VIP Crescent. Gates open at 5pm, except: • July 10 for The Wizard of Oz. Gates open at 6pm. The concert begins at 8:30pm. PARKING Parking is located adjacent to the Amphitheatre and is free of charge. The Rex Express Care Lane is also available for patrons who want to park up front. The fee to park in the Rex Express Care Parking Lot is $10 per car. The Courtesy Shuttle is back again this year! The Courtesy Shuttle is available at most events to assist those patrons needing extra help getting from the parking lots to the entrance gates. WEATHER All events take place rain or shine. 6 GUESTS WITH DISABILITIES Booth Amphitheatre offers special seating areas, assisted listening devices and interpreters’ services. Visit our Accessibilities page at www.boothamphitheatre.com for more details. ATM Two ATMs are available at the venue for your convenience; one is located in the Cobblestone Courtyard and the other is located in the Crescent Cafe. American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted at all of our concession windows. MEDICAL SERVICES Rex Healthcare Emergency Response Team Members are on site for each Amphitheatre event and prepared to handle medical emergencies. These specially trained professionals can be found behind the Crescent Café. GUEST SERVICES/LOST & FOUND The Guest Services Tent and volunteers are on site to assist you with any questions you may have about the Amphitheatre and/or Cary. They will also be happy to rent a lawn chair to you for $5. SMOKING AREA Smoking is allowed on the Pine Needle Pub Patio and the greenway by the lake. Smoking is strictly prohibited in ANY & ALL seating areas. BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE E-NEWSLETTER Stay up-to-date on everything going on at Booth Amphitheatre! Register for our e-newsletter to receive weekly updates on concerts, festivals, movies and more – visit www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 7 north carolina symphony conductors Grant Llewellyn, Music Director The Maxine and Benjamin Swalin Chair Grant Llewellyn is renowned all over the world for his exceptional charisma, energy and easy authority in music of all styles and periods. Born in Tenby, South Wales, Llewellyn won a conducting fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts in 1985, where he worked with such major artists as Bernstein, Ozawa, Masur and Previn. As Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra he conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival and the Boston Subscription Series, as well as concerts with the Boston Pops. To date, Llewellyn has held positions with three European orchestras: Principal Conductor of the Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In addition, he was Artistic Director and then Principal Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. Notable recent European guest engagements have included the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart and the Helsinki Philharmonic. He has also conducted the Johannesburg (South Africa) Symphony Orchestra. He retains close links with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with whom he continues to undertake numerous television, radio and recording projects. Two recent recordings with the North Carolina Symphony for the Swedish label BIS have been released to critical acclaim. The first features American music with saxophonist Branford Marsalis. The second CD features pianist Yevgeny Sudbin performing works by Medtner and Rachmaninoff. William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director The Governor and Mrs. J. Melville Broughton Chair William Henry Curry starts his 15th season with the North Carolina Symphony in fall 2010. He came to the North Carolina Symphony by way of New Orleans where he served as Resident Conductor of the New Orleans Symphony. Maestro Curry serves as the Artistic Director for Summerfest and all North Carolina Symphony summer programs. A native of Pittsburgh, Curry started conducting and composing music at age 14. His first major appointment was at age 21, when he was named Assistant Conductor of the Richmond Chamber Orchestra. He also served as Resident Conductor with the Baltimore Symphony and with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Maestro Curry was appointed Associate Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony in 1983, a post he held until 1988, the same year he was named winner of the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition and performed in Carnegie Hall. He currently serves as Music Director of the Durham Symphony. Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair Sarah Hicks began her tenure as North Carolina Symphony Associate Conductor in the 2009-10 season. Noted in The New York Times as part of “a new wave of female conductors in their late 20s through early 40s,” her versatile and vibrant musicianship has secured her place in “the next generation of up-and-coming American conductors.” She joined the Minnesota Orchestra as Assistant Conductor beginning in the 2006-07 season and is now Principal Conductor of Pops and Presentations, as well as conductor of the innovative “Inside the Classics” series. She concurrently holds the position of Staff Conductor at the Curtis Institute of Music. Throughout her career she has collaborated with diverse soloists, from Hilary Hahn and Nigel Kennedy to Ben Folds and Chris Botti. Hicks’s past positions include Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Resident Conductor of the Florida Philharmonic, Assistant Conductor of the Reading Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Singers, the chorus of the Philadelphia Orchestra, whom she has led in radio broadcasts heard nationwide. She has also been Music Director of the Hawaii Symphony, an ensemble she founded in 1991 in her hometown of Honolulu, which she led for five seasons. A committed proponent of the performance of new music, Hicks regularly leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in readings, recordings and performances of contemporary works. In November 2008, she led Curtis’s Ensemble 20/21 in a series of concerts in both Philadelphia and Washington, DC. She has also conducted performances with Composers in the Shape of a Pear (Cleveland), premiering avant-garde works, and has been a guest conductor of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. summerfest series partners Maestro Curry has conducted over forty orchestras, including appearances with the Chicago, Cleveland, Houston and Atlanta symphonies, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Camerata Jerusalem Orchestra, among many others. Opera engagements include the Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Opera Theater and New York City Opera. Grant Llewellyn lives in Cardiff with his wife Charlotte and their four children. 8 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 9 Sat, May 29 | 7:30pm Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Featuring Play with the Pros William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director Felix Chen, violin program Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 Mvt I. Allegro moderato Felix Chen, violin Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Cortège (Procession of the Nobles) from Mlada Franz von Suppé Light Cavalry Overture Jean Sibelius Finlandia, Op. 26 Intermission Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 I. Poco sostenuto —Vivace II. Allegretto III. Presto IV. Allegro con brio biography felix chen, violin A recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Felix Chen began playing piano at the age of four and studying violin at the age of eight. He made his first solo orchestra debut with the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra at 13 years old and has since performed with the Philharmonia Moment Musical, Taipei Century Symphony and the Taiwan Strings Academy. Previously a student of Kevin Lawrence, Hui-Chen Lin, Yang Song, Li-Na Yu, Todor Pelev and Ann Setzer, he won the senior division of the North Carolina Symphony’s Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Youth Concerto Competition in 2009. Wins in the ASTA-North Carolina Competition, UNC School of the Arts Concerto Competition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Taiwan National Violin Competition are also included among his many honors. Chen will attend the New England Conservatory of Music this fall. in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 11 Red, white and blue tour presenter sat, june 5 | 7:30pm Red, White and Blue: A Salute to America’s Armed Forces Grant Llewellyn, Music Director Sgt. Christal Sanders Rheams, vocalist Presenting sponsor program John Stafford Smith/ arr. Damrosch/Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Morton Gould American Salute Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb/arr. Kessler “Rosie the Riveter” Sgt. Christal Sanders Rheams Ron Raye & Hughie Prince/arr. Kessler “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” Sgt. Christal Sanders Rheams Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance, Military March Op. 39, No. 1 in D Major Walter Kent & Nat Burton/arr. Haring “(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover” Sgt. Christal Sanders Rheams Steven ErranteThe Battleship North Carolina March INTERMISSION Antonin Dvořák Mvt. IV: Allegro con fuoco from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” John Philip SousaThe Liberty Bell March W.C. Handy/arr. Holcombe St. Louis Blues Traditional/arr. Bates “Shenandoah” Sgt. Christal Sanders Rheams Ferde Grofé Mvt. IV: Mardi Gras from Mississippi Suite Arr. Robert Wendel From Sea to Shining Sea biography Sgt. Christal SANDERS Rheams, vocalist Alto Christal Sanders Rheams is a native of Raleigh and has shared the stage with Wayne Newton, Ricky Martin and Trisha Yearwood. In addition, she has had the pleasure of singing backup for many pop, country and R&B superstars. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a prominent vocalist with the United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own). She can also be seen as a featured vocalist in the Washington DC metropolitan area music scene. in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 12 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com biography sat, june 12 Tiempo Libre Two-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre is one the hottest young Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues, the members of the Miami-based band are true modern heirs to the rich tradition of the music of their native Cuba. | 7:30pm Tiempo Libre William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director Tiempo Libre program Jaime Texidor Amparito Roca Ernesto Lecuona/orch. Gould Andalucia Traditional/arr. Jorge Gomez and Raul Murciano “Cha-Cha-Cha” Medley Traditional/arr. Jorge Gomez and Raul Murciano “Sones” Medley Tiempo Libre Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Intermission Ricardo Lorenz Rumba Sinfónica Tiempo Libre Ernesto Lecuona/orch. Gould Malagueña Tiempo Libre’s members were all classically trained at La ENA, Cuba’s premier conservatory, during a time when it was illegal to listen to American songs on the radio. Seven extraordinary musicians came together to realize their collective musical dream: to create the first authentic all-Cuban timba band in the United States. In Summer 2002, at their Ravinia Festival debut, Tiempo Libre dazzled a crowd of more than 12,000 people. In Summer 2003, they shared a bill with Aretha Franklin, performing before an enthusiastic crowd of 20,000. Summer 2003 also included performances at the new Heineken Jazz Festival in Hua Hin, Thailand. Return trips to Asia have included sold-out shows in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia. Since that time, the group’s busy touring schedule in the United States has included performances at festivals and venues in Miami, Oakland, New York, New Orleans, Rochester, Houston, New Haven and Interlochen. August 2005 brought Tiempo Libre’s European debut. Among the highlights of that tour was Tiempo Libre’s performance at the closing concert of the new Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy, where the band wowed a sold-out house. Subsequent tours have brought soldout houses in Italy, Greece and Turkey. In Spring 2007, Tiempo Libre embarked upon another exciting project, the creation of a new work – Rumba Sinfónica – for symphony orchestra and Cuban band. The composition, a collaboration with the highly respected Venezuelan classical composer Ricardo Lorenz, was commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Ravinia Festival and Festival of the Arts Boca. Since the premiere in Minneapolis in November 2007, Tiempo Libre has performed Rumba Sinfónica in Ottawa, Dallas, San Antonio, Syracuse, Philadelphia, Princeton, Atlanta, Malibu and Charlotte, to mention just a handful. In addition to their performing and recording careers, the members of Tiempo Libre are particularly committed to the sharing of their rich musical traditions through outreach and educational activities. Tiempo Libre has been part of the artist-in-residence program at Michigan State University and Interlochen Academy. The group has also become known for its inspiring classes on rumba, Latin jazz and traditional Cuban music, designed to reach audiences of all ages and backgrounds. summerfest series partners After a brief pause, Tiempo Libre will announce additional selections from the stage. in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 14 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 15 biography SAT, June 19 | 7:30pm Ten Seasons at Koka Booth Amphitheatre William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director Concert Singers of Cary Lawrence Speakman, Director program Felix Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Otto Nicolai Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor Richard Wagner Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Concert Singers of Cary Giuseppe Verdi Triumphal March and Ballet from Aïda Concert Singers of Cary Intermission Concert Singers of Cary, Lawrence Speakman, Director Founded in 1991, the Concert Singers of Cary is a volunteer choral organization that provides a professional experience for musicians and audiences alike. For nearly twenty years the organization has been challenging assumptions of what a vocational performing organization can accomplish. Under the leadership of co-founder, conductor and artistic director Lawrence Speakman, the Concert Singers of Cary operates a 130-voice symphonic chorus, vocal chamber ensemble and two youth choirs. Known for innovative programming, the Concert Singers perform music from diverse traditions as well as new and groundbreaking works such as Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light, composed in 1995 and performed simultaneously with the 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc, and William Grant Still’s And They Lynched Him on a Tree, composed in 1939. Lawrence Speakman is a graduate of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where he received a Bachelor’s of Music in Voice and Music Education, and East Carolina University, where he received a Master’s of Music in Choral and Orchestral Conducting. While at Westminster, he studied conducting with Dennis Shrock and Joseph Flummerfelt and studied with Daniel Bara and Jorge Richter at East Carolina. Speakman has had a rich singing career, beginning at Westminster, where he was a member and soloist in the 40-member Westminster Choir and internationally renowned Philadelphia Singers, a 30-voice all-professional choir. He has prepared numerous programs for the North Carolina Symphony and is a frequent guest conductor with the Raleigh Symphony. In addition to his duties as artistic director and conductor of the Concert Singers of Cary, he maintains a private voice studio and serves as director of music ministries at Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham. He has served as chorus master for the Opera Company of North Carolina and continues his singing career as a member of the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham and The North Carolina Baroque Choir. Roy Harris Mvt.VII: Johnny Comes Marching Home from Symphony No. 4, “Folksong Symphony” Concert Singers of Cary George Gershwin/arr. Bennett Selections from Porgy and Bess Samuel A. Bates & “America the Beautiful” Katherine Lee Bates/arr. Dragon Concert Singers of Cary Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Overture 1812, Op. 49 (Ouverture solennelle) Concert Singers of Cary in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 16 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 17 summerfest concert sponsor SAT, June 26 | 7:30pm The Ahn Trio William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director Lucia Ahn, piano | Angella Ahn, violin | Maria Ahn, cello concert sponsor program BIOGRAPHY George Whitefield Chadwick Jubliee from Symphonic Sketches Scott Joplin/arr. CacavasThe Entertainer Eric Coates Rhythm (20th Century) from Four Centuries Suite The Doors/arr. Rataj Riders on the Storm The Ahn Trio Kenji Bunch Backstep from danceband The Ahn Trio Howard Hanson Mvt. III: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic” THE Ahn Trio Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at The Juilliard School in New York City, the members of the Ahn Trio – sisters Maria (cello), Lucia (piano) and Angella (violin) – are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers like Pat Metheny, Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, Nikolai Kapustin and Michael Nyman. Lucia, Angella and Maria thrive on dissolving the barriers between art forms. They have fused their work with that of dancers, pop singers, DJs, electronic music artists, painters, installation artists, photographers, lighting designers, ecologists and even kite makers and received critical acclaim for their collaborative project with the David Parsons Dance Company. The Ahns were the only classical group to be invited to perform at the iTunes LIVE Festival in London, where Michael Nyman was a surprise guest performing with the delighted Ahns (the live recordings are available on iTunes UK). The success of their live performance at the Czech Grammys with the Tata Bojs, an award-winning Czech rock band, led to the Ahns’ recording a collaborative album, Smetana, with the Tata Bojs, followed by a sold-out CD-release tour in the Czech Republic. Intermission George Gershwin/arr. Paul Strike Up the Band Terry Mizesko Appalachian Lament from Highland Suite Kenji Bunch Hardware Concerto I. Moderate, steady II. Slowly unfolding III. With a strict groove The Ahn Trio John Williams The Cowboys Overture in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners The Ahns performed a China premiere of Kenji Bunch’s “Hardware Concerto” (a triple concerto 18 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com written for them) with the China National Symphony Orchestra. They also performed the Chinese and Korean premieres of Pat Metheny’s “Yu-Ryung,” a work Metheny wrote for the trio. Next year, the Ahns will premiere Mark O’Conner’s Triple Concerto as well as Nikolai Kapustin’s second trio (Kapustin wrote his first and only trio for the Ahns). Possessing an enviable combination of talent and style, they have long been natural subjects for the international press. They made their magazine premiere in Time’s cover story “Asian American Whiz Kids.” They have gone on to frequent fashion pages in the likes of Vogue and GQ. In 2003, they were named three of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People.Their first recording of Ravel and Villa-Lobos trios brought raves, such as Audio Magazine’s “this is one of Ravel’s best and never better played,” and the next, an EMI recording of Dvořák, Suk and Shostakovich, won Germany’s prestigious ECHO Award. The Ahn Trio is in high demand, performing and leading master classes and workshops across the United States and around the world. Wherever the Ahns go, they share their innovative spirit and everevolving vision of music. It is precisely this vitality and commitment to innovation that has the Ahn Trio continually drawing new audiences to classical music. Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 19 free! SUN, July 4 | 7:30pm independence day Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor program Richard Hayman Servicemen on Parade John Stafford Smith / arr. Damrosch/SousaThe Star-Spangled Banner Morton Gould American Salute Charles Ives/orch. Schuman Variations on “America” Henry Mancini/arr. Hermann Moon River George Gershwin/arr. Bennett Selections from Porgy and Bess INTERMISSION John Williams Liberty Fanfare John Philip SousaThe Washington Post March Kenneth J. Alford Colonel Bogey March Aaron Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody Leonard Bernstein/arr. Mason Selections from West Side Story arr. James Stephenson Patriotic Sing-Along in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 20 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 21 sat, JuLY 10 | 8:30pm The Wizard of Oz Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor The Wizard of Oz was a technical marvel for MGM in the late 1930s. Today, the studio has stunningly re-mastered the timeless classic. Brilliantly restored images are accompanied by full symphony orchestra playing new transcriptions of Harold Arlen’s brilliant lost scores. Judy Garland’s original 1939 studio recordings, backed by lush, live orchestration, will transport children and adults alike over the rainbow. With this version of The Wizard of Oz on the big screen, moviegoers will be treated to the Oscar- winning film as it has never been seen and heard before. In summer of 2005, the program premiered to sold-out crowds at Wolf Trap and the Ravinia Festival. “It was an exciting evening, and the grander message of this event was truly something I found in my own backyard,” wrote Claire Marie Blaustein in The Washington Post. “The five children sitting next to me…had never seen the movie before. They were as enraptured at their first sights of the Emerald City as I was seeing it with new eyes.” This program will be performed with one intermission. biography Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos is in his fourth year as music director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra and continues as general director of Chatham Opera, which he founded in 2005. Highlights from his previous seasons include appearances with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh and San Francisco, among others, and a complete performance of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 2008, Kitsopoulos was conductor and musical director of the Tony-nominated musical A Catered Affair. In 2007, he conducted the Tony-nominated musical Coram Boy. He has also served as music director and principal conductor of Baz Luhrmann’s highly acclaimed production of Puccini’s La Bohème, music director of Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula and Les Misérables and Matthew Bourne’s Broadway production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 22 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com summerfest series partners july 17 | 7:30pm Beethoven’s Emperor and Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano BIOGRAPHY PROGRAM eorg Frideric Handel/ed. Baines & Mackerras G La Réjouissance and Menuets I & II from Music for the Royal Fireworks Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 72, “Emperor” I. Allegro II. Adagio un poco mosso III. Rondo: Allegro Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano INTERMISSION Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ Symphony” I. Adagio— Allegro moderato — Poco adagio II. Allegro moderato — Presto — Maestoso in partnership with Series presenter the town of Cary Summerfest Partners 24 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Born and raised in Foggia, Italy, Antonio Pompa-Baldi moved to the U.S. with his wife, Italian pianist Emanuela Friscioni, after winning the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999. A top prize winner at the 1998 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, Pompa-Baldi also won a silver medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, as well as the award for Best Performance of a New Work. Pompa-Baldi has toured extensively in four continents, bringing his assured touch on the keyboard to some of the world’s major concert venues, including Cleveland’s Severance Hall, Milan’s Sala Verdi, Naples’s Teatro Diana, New York’s Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Paris’s Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau, Salle Pleyel, Theatre des Champs-Elysees and Théâtre du Châtelet. After a recital in the Forbidden City Concert Hall and master classes at the China National Conservatory, he was named honorary guest professor of that institution. Pompa-Baldi also made orchestral and solo debuts at Carnegie Hall and has collaborated with numerous leading conductors. A passionate chamber musician, Pompa-Baldi is a frequent guest at chamber music festivals, collaborating with such ensembles as the Takacs String Quartet, Avalon String Quartet, Cavani String Quartet and distinguished colleagues including violinist Elmar Oliveira. He has served as president of the jury for the ninth International Russian Music Piano Competition in San Jose and conducts his annual international workshop at the Napolinova Academy in Napoli, Italy. Pompa-Baldi appeared in a PBS documentary on the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, “Playing on the Edge,” which premiered in October 2001 in the United States and Canada. He appeared again on PBS in the documentary “Concerto: A Sense of Self,” featuring his performance of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 3 with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and James Conlon.This performance was also seen on French National Television in May 2003 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Prokofiev’s death, as well as throughout Europe. Antonio Pompa-Baldi is a Steinway Artist. He serves as distinguished professor of piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music and gives master classes around the world, both in conjunction with his performing engagements and at summer festivals. He helped found the Academia Manuel Rueda in Santo Domingo, where he also gives regular master classes. Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 25 north carolina symphony orchestra personnel Grant Llewellyn, Music Director The Maxine and Benjamin Swalin Chair William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor & Summerfest Artistic Director The Governor and Mrs. J. Melville Broughton Chair Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair Violin I Marshall Johnson Double Bass Bassoon Suzanne Kelly Leonid Finkelshteyn, Principal John Pederson, Principal Dennis Kordell Oskar Ozolinch Jeremy Winslow Preston Bonnie Stoughton The Martha and Peyton Woodson Chair Robert K. Anderson, Associate Principal The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Chair The Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Hudson Chair Victor Benedict, Assistant Principal The Beethoven Chair Craig Brown The Mark W. McClure Foundation Chair French Horn Erik Dyke Brian Blanchard, Principal Viola The Harllee H. and Pauline G. Jobe Chair Anton Jivaev, Principal Bruce Ridge The Mary T. McCurdy Chair Kimberly Van Pelt, Associate Principal The John C. and Margaret P. Parker Chair The Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Chair The Florence and Charles Jacob Cate and Alma Yondorf and Sylvan Hirschberg Chair Dovid Friedlander, Associate Concertmaster David Marschall, Associate Principal Flute The Roger Colson and Bobbi Lyon Hackett Chair Anne Whaley Laney, Principal Rachel Niketopoulos Brian Reagin, Concertmaster Christopher Caudill The Assad Meymandi and Family Chair The Betty Ellen Madry Chair Rebekah Binford, Assistant Concertmaster Christopher Fischer, Assistant Principal The Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stephens Chair The Anne Heartt Gregory Chair Paul Malcolm Mary Boone, Assistant Principal Karen Strittmatter Galvin, Assistant Concertmaster Christine Martin Maria Evola Paul Goldsberry The Richard and Joy Cook Chair Udo Hildebrandt The Tom and Mary Mac Bradshaw Chair So Yun Kim The Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Chair Marilyn Kouba The Phyllis (“Pat”) Conrad Wells Chair Jess Isaiah Levin Jeffry Moyer Karen Patterson Sandra Schwarcz The Samuel H. and Anne Latham Johnson Viola Chair Phyllis Wiens Whitlow The J. Sidney Kirk Chair Cello Bonnie Thron, Principal The Herman and Marga Roberg Chair The J. Felix Arnold Chair Elizabeth Beilman, Associate Principal Eric McCracken Michael Stoughton, Assistant Principal The James C. Byrd and Family Chair The Herbert Family Chair Eileen Wynne Peng Li, Assistant Principal The James Marion Poyner Chair The Dr. and Mrs. Shaler Stidham, Jr. Chair The Paul R. Villard and Gabriel Wolf Chair To Be Filled The Mary Susan Kirk Fulghum Chair Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford The Jack and Sing Boddie Chair Trumpet Paul Randall, Principal Piccolo The George Smedes Poyner Chair Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford Timothy Stewart, Associate Principal The Jean Dunn Williams Chair The Henry and Martha Zaytoun and Family Chair Don Eagle Oboe Anonymously Endowed Melanie Wilsden, Principal The Hardison and Stoltze Chair Trombone Michael P. Schultz, Associate Principal John Ilika, Principal The Lizette T. Dunham Chair Sandra Posch The Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe Chair The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair To Be Filled The Frances Armour Bryant Chair The Harvey At-Large Chair Anonymously Endowed English Horn Bass Trombone To Be Filled Susan Gardner Michael P. Schultz Terry Mizesko The Jessie Wyatt Ethridge Chair Anonymously Endowed The Bruce and Margaret King Chair Anonymously Endowed John McClellan Violin II Paul Gorski, Principal The Nancy Finch Wallace Chair Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky, Associate Principal The Blanche Martin Shaw Chair David Kilbride, Assistant Principal Janet Gayer Hall 26 The William Charles Rankin Chair Clarinet Gerald W. Nelson Jimmy Gilmore, Principal The Secretary of Cultural Resources Betty Ray McCain Chair Lisa Howard Shaughnessy The Sara Wilson Hodgkins Chair Leonid Zilper The Nell Hirschberg Chair Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com The Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Walker II Chair Tuba David G. Lewis, Principal The Governor and Mrs. James G. Martin Chair Michael E. Cyzewski, Assistant Principal The Kathryn Powell & Green Flavie Cooper Chair Harp Anita Burroughs-Price The Ron and Janie Kupferman Chair Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 27 north carolina symphony orchestra personnel continued... Timpani Personnel Manager John Feddersen, Principal David G. Lewis The Patricia R., Steven T. and George F. Hackney III Chair Stage Manager Percussion Granville H. Spry III Richard Motylinski, Principal The Margery and Earl Johnson, Jr. Chair Kenneth Whitlow, Assistant Principal Assistant Stage Manager The Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Chair James Travis Creed Organ Stage Crew/Truck Driver To Be Filled Bo Osborne The Albert and Susan Jenkins and Family Organ Chair ________________________________________ Principal Orchestra Librarian All string players rotate stands on a periodic basis in each section with the exception of titled players (Principals, Associate and Assistant Principals). Deborah Nelson The Mary Colvert and Banks C. Talley Chair Assistant Librarians Eric Ennis The North Carolina Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras, the Association of Symphony Orchestras of North Carolina, Inc., and the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians. Janice McLaughlin summerfest series partners 28 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com SEPT 2nd AUG 15th REO Speedwagon Sheryl Crow & Colbie Caillat MAY 7th John Prine a new concert experience APR 30th My Morning Jacket Phoenix JUNE 11th Behind the scenes at the region’s most popular amphitheatre are two powerful names in entertainment that bring the Town of Cary’s vision for this venue to fruition. When you attend a show at Booth Amphitheatre you experience service that is second to none and leave with memories that will last a lifetime. This combination of world-class talent and service is no coincidence and SMG and Outback Concerts are two of the biggest reasons why. This powerful combination of talent and service promises concert-goers an experience second to none! SMG is the world leader in facility management, marketing and development. With more than 29 years experience in successful facility management SMG takes pride in providing the most positive customer experience for the venues that they manage. This philosophy has always worked well with the Town of Cary’s on-going commitment to service. 30 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com Founded in 1997 Outback Concerts has climbed to the top of industry charts with accolades that include being named one of the Top Three Independent Concert Promotion Companies per Pollstar Magazine; Top Ten of Concert Companies in the world and consistently ranked in the Top Five Concert Companies in the United States to name a few. In addition, Outback has been nominated for Top Billboard Independent Promoter of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In just a few years time Booth Amphitheatre has received local and regional awards and been nominated nationally by Pollstar Magazine as one of the top small venues in the country. Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 31 movies summerfest series partners all movies start at dusk gates open 7pm summerfest series partners 32 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com DATE FILM June 6th Adults $3 Kids 12 & under frweeed! Picnic baskets allo Sherlock Holmes - PG 13 June 10th The Blind Side - PG 13 June 17th Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - PG June 24th Casablanca - Not Rated July 1st Christmas Vacation (National Lampoon) - PG 13 July 8th Dirty Dancing - PG 13 July 15th Couples Retreat - PG 13 July 22nd The Sting - PG 2012 - PG 13 July 29th August 5th Taming of the Shrew - PG August 12th New Moon - PG 13 August 19th How to Train Your Dragon - PG Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com 33 festivals festivals festivals 36 Booth Amphitheatre Season 2010 • 919-462-2025, admin • 919-462-2052, box office • www.boothamphitheatre.com CHOOSE CELITO. things to know A SPECIAL THANKS • Venue is owned by the Town of Cary and operated by SMG. • Booth Amphitheatre is celebrating its 10th Season this year! • Built in 2001 as the summer home of the North Carolina Symphony the venue is situated next to Symphony Lake and can accommodate 7,000 patrons. • Best place to buy tickets is the Amphitheatre Box Office where there is no facility fee! Box office phone number is: 919.462.2052. Box office hours are: Monday ‑ Friday, Noon ‑ 6pm and 10am ‑ 1pm on Saturday. • Booth Amphitheatre has hosted more than 500 events and played before 1,000,000 people. Acts include: Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Allison Krauss, Kings of Leon, Harry Connick Jr., Tracy Chapman, Black Eyed Peas and more. • Best place to sit, honestly, anywhere. For most shows there is reserved seating close to the stage. For those who want to stretch out there is more room on the lawn and for those who prefer wait staff consider a table on the crescent deck. Booth Amphitheatre Wishes to Thank Our We are gaining loyal fans throughout Sponsors ForbyTheir Generous Support! the Triangle offering leading technology solutions including IT support and blazing fast internet service for business. Call 919.268.4902 or visit celito.net/kokabooth Celito is proud to be the IT, High-Speed Internet and Voice Services Provider for Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre. ©2010 Celito Communications • Booth Amphitheatre is a public park and visitors may come in at any time on non-show days to enjoy the beautiful setting! • Venue is available for private rentals for a variety of functions. advertisers index Ashworth Drugs www.ashworthdrugs.com...................................39 Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival www.beerandbourbon.com..........34 BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE MINI-PACK Provides maximum value and entertainment! 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