5/7/23 at 3:00 pm Music of Amanda Harberg and Poulenc
Erica Peel, flute
Philippe Tondre, oboe
Paul Demers, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Jennifer Montone, horn
Amanda Harberg, piano
Allison Franzetti, piano
Erica Peel, flute
Philippe Tondre, oboe
Paul Demers, clarinet
Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Jennifer Montone, horn
Amanda Harberg, piano
Allison Franzetti, piano
PROGRAM
Crossroads for piccolo/flute, clarinet in Bb, and piano Amanda Harberg
Co-commissioned by Kenneth Hutchins and the Composers Guild of New Jersey in memory of Darryl J. Bott
1. Flowing
2. Andante
3. Joyful
Flute Sonata Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Allegro maliconico
II. Cantilena
III. Presto giocoso
Suite for Wind Quintet Amanda Harberg
Commissioned by the Dorian Wind Quintet
I. Cantus
II. Furlana
III. Fantasia
IV. Cabeletta
Intermission
Bassoon Sonata Amanda Harberg
Co-commissioned by Adrian Morejon and a consortium of 29 bassoonists
I. Introduction and Toccata
II. Andante
III. Scherzo
Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Allegro vivace
II. Divertissement: Andantino
III. Finale: Prestissimo
Concert sponsored by Kenneth Hutchins
Crossroads for piccolo/flute, clarinet in Bb, and piano Amanda Harberg
Co-commissioned by Kenneth Hutchins and the Composers Guild of New Jersey in memory of Darryl J. Bott
1. Flowing
2. Andante
3. Joyful
Flute Sonata Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Allegro maliconico
II. Cantilena
III. Presto giocoso
Suite for Wind Quintet Amanda Harberg
Commissioned by the Dorian Wind Quintet
I. Cantus
II. Furlana
III. Fantasia
IV. Cabeletta
Intermission
Bassoon Sonata Amanda Harberg
Co-commissioned by Adrian Morejon and a consortium of 29 bassoonists
I. Introduction and Toccata
II. Andante
III. Scherzo
Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Allegro vivace
II. Divertissement: Andantino
III. Finale: Prestissimo
Concert sponsored by Kenneth Hutchins
AMANDA HARBERG is a composer whose work has been described by the New York Times as “a sultry excursion into lyricism.” Her writing for a wide range of instruments weaves classical Western tradition with contemporary influences to create a distinctively personal style which “conveys a thoroughly original sense of happiness in music,” according to Cleveland Classical. “She invigorates the brain and touches the soul,” says composer John Corigliano. “I love her work.”
Her work has been conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, David Alan Miller and David Lockington, among others. She has been commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, the New World Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Juilliard School, the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire, the New Jersey Youth Symphony, the Dorian Wind Quintet, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, the Harmonium Choral Society, and the Network for New Music. She has also received many consortium commissions for new recital works.
Harberg’s recently completed Piccolo Concerto will be premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, renowned piccoloist Erica Peel, and conducted by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Fall 2021 Digital Stage series. Her Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, and her Elegy for Viola and Strings, were each performed by violist Brett Deubner and orchestras worldwide, and can be heard on Naxos American Classics with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.
Her work has also been presented at leading institutions including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Verizon Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Bargemusic. Her recent works for flute and piccolo have won numerous awards and Harberg “has become something of a hero to the flute and piccolo community along the way,” notes the website of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Harberg has received a Fulbright Hays fellowship, the Juilliard School’s Peter Mennin prize, two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, a New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship, and a MacDowell Colony summer residency. Her chamber music has also won four Newly Published Music Awards from the National Flute Association. Her music is published by Theodore Presser Company and her work has been recorded on many labels including Naxos American Classics and Koch International.
Piccoloist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2017, ERICA PEEL enjoys an exciting career as an orchestral and chamber musician, soloist and teacher. She joined the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in 2019, where she succeeds Laurie Sokoloff in leading what is the only graduate program in the country to offer a GPD and MM in Piccolo performance.
Erica began her orchestral career as Principal Flute of the Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles and went on to hold positions with the Honolulu Symphony, Omaha Symphony and the San Diego Symphony. She has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony and Houston Symphony.
Erica has been a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Independence Sinfonia, the Amerita Chamber players and has performed with the Omaha Chamber Music Society, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Art of Elan.
A sought after clinician, Erica is an auxiliary teacher for The Juilliard School and has been a Guest Artist for the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, San Diego Flute Guild, Los Angeles Flute Guild, among others. She is on faculty with Carnegie Hall’s NYO-USA, NYSSSA’s School of Orchestral Studies, and the Luzerne Music Center.
Erica’s primary studies were with Jill Felber (UCSB, ZAWA!), Christine Nield-Capote at the University of Miami, and MaryAnn Archer, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
French oboist PHILIPPE TONDRE has secured a place among the finest musicians of his generation. Master of the oboe‚ ( Bonner General Anzeiger), his music-making is packed with emotional sensitivity and stunning virtuosity. The powerful expressiveness of his interpretations connects with all audiences and has brought him great critical acclaim :
"This young musician with his wonderful noble tone, much rounder and fuller than we are used to hearing is simply amazing." Pamina Magazin
PAUL R. DEMERS has been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was a member of “The President’s Own” Marine Band in Washington, D.C., where he performed as soloist, E-flat clarinetist, and a member of the clarinet section.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Demers has performed at numerous music festivals, including the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Chamber Music Series. In Philadelphia he performs regularly with the Dolce Suono Ensemble and the Network for New Music. He currently serves on the faculty of Boyer College of Music at Temple University. During the summer months he teaches at Curtis Summerfest and the New York State School of Orchestral Studies.
Originally from Westbrook, Maine, Mr. Demers attended the University of Southern Maine. He continued his studies at DePaul University in Chicago, where he earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and a Certificate in Performance. His primary teachers were John Bruce Yeh and Larry Combs.
Praised for his "teeming energy" and "precise control" by the New York Times and having "every note varnished to a high gloss" by the Boston Globe, New York-based bassoonist ADRIAN MOREJON has established himself as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician.
As a soloist, Morejon has appeared in New York, Boston, Vienna, Prague, Memphis, and Miami with the Talea Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and the Miami Symphony. Morejon will be featured in recordings of Harold Meltzer's Full Faith and Credit, double concerto for two bassoons and string orchestra, and Joan Tower's Bassoon Concerto, Red Maple, to be released by BMOP/Sound in 2022.
An active chamber musician, Morejon is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet, Talea Ensemble, bassoon duo Dark & Stormy, Gene Project and Radius Ensemble. He has appeared with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Imani Winds, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta, and the Sinfonietta of Riverdale, and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Essex Winter Series.
Morejon completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Music while studying with Frank Morelli. Prior to this, Morejon studied bassoon with Bernard Garfield and harpsichord with Lionel Party at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Morejon is currently on faculty at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music, CUNY Brooklyn College and CUNY Hunter College.
Grammy Award Winner JENNIFER MONTONE has been hailed by the New York Times for her "flawless horn solos... and warm and noble sound". As Principal Horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a world acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and teacher, she has been on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School since joining the orchestra in 2006.
Previously the Principal Horn of the Saint Louis Symphony and Associate Principal Horn of the Dallas Symphony, Ms. Montone was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University, performer/faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and coaches on occasion at the New World Symphony. She was third horn of the New Jersey Symphony from 1997-2000, and has performed as a guest artist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Montone regularly performs as a soloist, with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the National Symphony, the Polish National Radio Symphony, the Warsaw National Philharmonic, among others. Her recording of the Penderecki Horn Concerto, "Winterreise" with the Warsaw National Philharmonic won a 2013 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Classical Compendium". Other recordings include "Jennifer Montone Performs"- her first solo cd, "Still Falls the Rain"- works of Benjamin Britten, "Gabrieli" by the National Brass Ensemble, "Philadelphia Orchestra, Tchaikovsky and Ewald"- featuring the orchestra's principals brass quintet, and Song of Shinobeu"- works of Haruka Watanabe.
Ms. Montone made her Carnegie Weil Hall solo recital debut on October 22, 2008. She has enjoyed appearing as a featured artist at many International Horn Society workshops, and as a soloist and collaborator with artists such as Emmanuel Ax, Eric Owens, Christoph Eschenbach, Shmeul Ashkenazi, and Joseph Silverstein, and David Soyer, among many others.
As a chamber musician Ms. Montone performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, National Brass Ensemble, Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Bravo Vail Chamber Music Festival,Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Spoleto Italy Chamber Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival.
Ms. Montone is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Julie Landsman, legendary pedagogue and former principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera. In May 2006 Ms. Montone was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. She is also the winner of the 1996 Paxman Young Horn Player of the Year Award in London, England. A native of northern Virginia, Ms. Montone studied with Edwin Thayer, principal horn of the National Symphony, in the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program. She is married to double bass player, Timothy Ressler, and immensely enjoys spending time with her two young sons, Max and Felix.
Her work has been conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, David Alan Miller and David Lockington, among others. She has been commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, the New World Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Juilliard School, the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire, the New Jersey Youth Symphony, the Dorian Wind Quintet, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, the Harmonium Choral Society, and the Network for New Music. She has also received many consortium commissions for new recital works.
Harberg’s recently completed Piccolo Concerto will be premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, renowned piccoloist Erica Peel, and conducted by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Fall 2021 Digital Stage series. Her Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, and her Elegy for Viola and Strings, were each performed by violist Brett Deubner and orchestras worldwide, and can be heard on Naxos American Classics with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.
Her work has also been presented at leading institutions including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Verizon Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Bargemusic. Her recent works for flute and piccolo have won numerous awards and Harberg “has become something of a hero to the flute and piccolo community along the way,” notes the website of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Harberg has received a Fulbright Hays fellowship, the Juilliard School’s Peter Mennin prize, two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, a New York State Council on the Arts Fellowship, and a MacDowell Colony summer residency. Her chamber music has also won four Newly Published Music Awards from the National Flute Association. Her music is published by Theodore Presser Company and her work has been recorded on many labels including Naxos American Classics and Koch International.
Piccoloist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2017, ERICA PEEL enjoys an exciting career as an orchestral and chamber musician, soloist and teacher. She joined the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in 2019, where she succeeds Laurie Sokoloff in leading what is the only graduate program in the country to offer a GPD and MM in Piccolo performance.
Erica began her orchestral career as Principal Flute of the Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles and went on to hold positions with the Honolulu Symphony, Omaha Symphony and the San Diego Symphony. She has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony and Houston Symphony.
Erica has been a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Independence Sinfonia, the Amerita Chamber players and has performed with the Omaha Chamber Music Society, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Art of Elan.
A sought after clinician, Erica is an auxiliary teacher for The Juilliard School and has been a Guest Artist for the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, San Diego Flute Guild, Los Angeles Flute Guild, among others. She is on faculty with Carnegie Hall’s NYO-USA, NYSSSA’s School of Orchestral Studies, and the Luzerne Music Center.
Erica’s primary studies were with Jill Felber (UCSB, ZAWA!), Christine Nield-Capote at the University of Miami, and MaryAnn Archer, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
French oboist PHILIPPE TONDRE has secured a place among the finest musicians of his generation. Master of the oboe‚ ( Bonner General Anzeiger), his music-making is packed with emotional sensitivity and stunning virtuosity. The powerful expressiveness of his interpretations connects with all audiences and has brought him great critical acclaim :
"This young musician with his wonderful noble tone, much rounder and fuller than we are used to hearing is simply amazing." Pamina Magazin
PAUL R. DEMERS has been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was a member of “The President’s Own” Marine Band in Washington, D.C., where he performed as soloist, E-flat clarinetist, and a member of the clarinet section.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Demers has performed at numerous music festivals, including the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, and the Bravo! Vail Chamber Music Series. In Philadelphia he performs regularly with the Dolce Suono Ensemble and the Network for New Music. He currently serves on the faculty of Boyer College of Music at Temple University. During the summer months he teaches at Curtis Summerfest and the New York State School of Orchestral Studies.
Originally from Westbrook, Maine, Mr. Demers attended the University of Southern Maine. He continued his studies at DePaul University in Chicago, where he earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and a Certificate in Performance. His primary teachers were John Bruce Yeh and Larry Combs.
Praised for his "teeming energy" and "precise control" by the New York Times and having "every note varnished to a high gloss" by the Boston Globe, New York-based bassoonist ADRIAN MOREJON has established himself as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician.
As a soloist, Morejon has appeared in New York, Boston, Vienna, Prague, Memphis, and Miami with the Talea Ensemble, IRIS Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and the Miami Symphony. Morejon will be featured in recordings of Harold Meltzer's Full Faith and Credit, double concerto for two bassoons and string orchestra, and Joan Tower's Bassoon Concerto, Red Maple, to be released by BMOP/Sound in 2022.
An active chamber musician, Morejon is a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet, Talea Ensemble, bassoon duo Dark & Stormy, Gene Project and Radius Ensemble. He has appeared with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Imani Winds, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, Slee Sinfonietta, and the Sinfonietta of Riverdale, and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Essex Winter Series.
Morejon completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Music while studying with Frank Morelli. Prior to this, Morejon studied bassoon with Bernard Garfield and harpsichord with Lionel Party at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Morejon is currently on faculty at SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music, CUNY Brooklyn College and CUNY Hunter College.
Grammy Award Winner JENNIFER MONTONE has been hailed by the New York Times for her "flawless horn solos... and warm and noble sound". As Principal Horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a world acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and teacher, she has been on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School since joining the orchestra in 2006.
Previously the Principal Horn of the Saint Louis Symphony and Associate Principal Horn of the Dallas Symphony, Ms. Montone was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University, performer/faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and coaches on occasion at the New World Symphony. She was third horn of the New Jersey Symphony from 1997-2000, and has performed as a guest artist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Montone regularly performs as a soloist, with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the National Symphony, the Polish National Radio Symphony, the Warsaw National Philharmonic, among others. Her recording of the Penderecki Horn Concerto, "Winterreise" with the Warsaw National Philharmonic won a 2013 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Classical Compendium". Other recordings include "Jennifer Montone Performs"- her first solo cd, "Still Falls the Rain"- works of Benjamin Britten, "Gabrieli" by the National Brass Ensemble, "Philadelphia Orchestra, Tchaikovsky and Ewald"- featuring the orchestra's principals brass quintet, and Song of Shinobeu"- works of Haruka Watanabe.
Ms. Montone made her Carnegie Weil Hall solo recital debut on October 22, 2008. She has enjoyed appearing as a featured artist at many International Horn Society workshops, and as a soloist and collaborator with artists such as Emmanuel Ax, Eric Owens, Christoph Eschenbach, Shmeul Ashkenazi, and Joseph Silverstein, and David Soyer, among many others.
As a chamber musician Ms. Montone performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, National Brass Ensemble, Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Bravo Vail Chamber Music Festival,Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Spoleto Italy Chamber Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival.
Ms. Montone is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Julie Landsman, legendary pedagogue and former principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera. In May 2006 Ms. Montone was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. She is also the winner of the 1996 Paxman Young Horn Player of the Year Award in London, England. A native of northern Virginia, Ms. Montone studied with Edwin Thayer, principal horn of the National Symphony, in the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program. She is married to double bass player, Timothy Ressler, and immensely enjoys spending time with her two young sons, Max and Felix.