All-Star Youth Performance @ Utah Symphony (SLC: May 25)

The Utah Symphony Presents An Evening with Youth Musicians

Youth musicians will perform side-by-side with the Utah Symphony and

18-year old pianist will perform Liszt concerto

SALT LAKE CITY –Associate Conductor David Cho will lead the Utah Symphony and some of the state’s elite youth musicians (see list below) as they play side-by-side with orchestra members in Strauss’ Tod und Verklärung. The orchestra will open the concert with Brahms’ Tragic Overture followed by Liszt’s Concerto No. 2 in A Major for Piano performed by 18-year old Caitlin Carmack of Park City, UT. The performance will be held at Abravanel Hall on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 8:00 pm.

Caitlin Carmack, 18, began her piano studies at age seven and has been a student of Dr. Irene Peery-Fox for the past six years. Her most notable honors in international competitions include second prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, with a performance at the Kosciuszko Foundation Auditorium in New York City and sixth prize in the Julia Crane International Piano Competition in Potsdam, New York. This is Caitlin’s second performance with the Utah Symphony, having performed the third movement of Weber’s Konzertstuck in F minor on the 2005 Salute to Youth concert. In addition to her success in the Utah Symphony Salute to Youth competition, Caitlin has also earned first prizes in the Utah Valley Symphony Young Artists Competition, with a performance with the Utah Valley Symphony; American Fork Symphony Salute to Youth Competition, with a performance with the American Fork Symphony; Utah State Fair Intermediate Piano Competition; and second prizes: Encore Music Association Keyboard Competition; Utah State Fair Intermediate Piano Competition; and UMTA Concerto Competition. Caitlin is a senior at Park City High School.

Tickets for the performance are $18 and $8 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (533-6683).

Program

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Tragic Overture in D Minor, op. 81 (The Utah Symphony only)

FRANZ LISZT				Concerto No. 2 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra In one movement Caitlin Carmack
			Intermission

RICHARD STRAUSS

Tod und Verklärung, op. 24 [Death and Transfiguration]

2010 All-Star Musicians

* indicates students who perform with more than one youth orchestra

American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic

Kayson Brown and Denise Willey, Directors

McKay Bowcut, Bass

Graigry Henrie, Violin

Kathleen Hunter *, Bassoon

Ashley Porter, Oboe

Joseph Van Duren, Cello

Ethan Welch, Contrabassoon

Marlee Whetten, Violin

Catherine Anne Willey, Cello

Rebekah Willey, Violin

Canyons Symphony Orchestra

Randal Clark, Director

Alicia Kim, Flute

Brandon Laukat, Horn

Raven McNaught, Trombone

Davis Youth Symphony

Richard Marsden and Rodney Wayman, Directors

Marianne Asmus, Violin

Yuni Groff, Percussion

Tara Hoellein, Viola

Tayson Holzer, Horn

Camille Johnson, Percussion

Kylee Mecham *, English horn

Rebecca Rose, Violin

Isaac Whittaker, Bassoon

Paul Woodward, Cello

Granite Youth Symphony

Clinton Frohm, Director

Devon Bennion, Violin

Amy Ellis, Violin

Josue Gonzales, Violin

David Hepworth, Trumpet

Cherise Jenkins, Horn

Alex Kuhn, Cello

Christopher Riding *, Trombone

Heather Smith, Clarinet

Lorie Weikel, Bass

Jordan Symphony Orchestra

James Thompson, Director

Britney Allen, Violin

Jordan Dunn, Bass

Melissa Mortensen, Violin

Lincoln Youth Symphony

John Findlay, Director

Keri R. Hunter, Trumpet

Miranda Stocks, Violin

Avery Q. Weloth, Oboe

Nebo Youth Philharmonic

Julie Christofferson, Director

Michelle Biggs, Bass Trombone

Hayley Chandler, Cello

Emma Dallon, Viola

Caitie Ostler, Violin

John Wells, Bass

Timpanogos Chamber Orchestra

Lois Stout, Director

Stephanie Corry, Cello

Alyssa Mayne, Violin

Alyssa Pyper, Violin

Samantha Rainsdon, Viola

Utah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra

David Beck and Britton Davis, Directors

Kayley Brooks, Violin

Justin Liu, Viola

Emily Nybo, Viola

Jessica Russell, Flute

Brad Sampson, Horn

Utah Youth Symphony

Barbara Scowcroft, Director

Kayleigh Dahl, Bass

Bryan Dawson, Tuba

Karlie Denos, Violin

James Duncan, Clarinet

Bryson Hunt, Percussion

Kathleen Hunter *, Bassoon

Hannah Martineau *, Viola

Kylee Mecham *, English horn

Stefania Neumann, Flute

Christopher Riding *, Trombone

Cambria Russell, Harp

Spencer Stanley, Trumpet

Young Artist Chamber Players

Jack Ashton, Director

Rachael Gehmlich, Violin

Hannah Martineau *, Viola

David Rose, Viola