ORPHEUS ACADEMY 2017
at Oregon Music Festival


​CONCERTS BY ORPHEUS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA​

Concert One: Bernstein, Story Without Words

West Side Story, the great American classic now retold in a form of a concerto for string quartet and orchestra receives its West Coast premiere at OMF 2017.

Ulysses Quartet, Grand Prize and Gold Medal winners of Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition will be in residence at OMF 2017 appearing in recital and as featured soloists with Orpheus Academy Orchestra.

Also on the program: Mozart famous Haffner symphony and the rarely hard, poetic masterwork by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu.
​CONCERT DETAILS
​Ensemble:
ORPHEUS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
The premiere regional, scholarship-based orchestra for advanced young musicians

Dates available:
Monday, June 19, 2017  
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
​Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Featured artists:   
Ulysses Quartet
       Grand Prize and Gold Medal winners of Fischoff                      National Chamber Music Competition
Travis Hatton, conductor 

Repertoire    
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385 "Haffner" 
Martinů: Canzone No. 1       
                from Toccata e due canzoni, Op. H.311 (1946)
Bernstein/Fleischer: West Side Story Concerto for String                           Quartet and Orchestra

Production costs
$6,000 per concert; covered through a sponsorship or a contribution to the student scholarship fund

Production requirements
Concert stage or equivalent performance space

Concert Two: Double Fireworks


​DOUBLE FIREWORKS
Two international soloists join Orpheus Academy Orchestra in a rarely heard double concerto by Bruch, scaling dizzying heights of virtuosity

CONCERT DETAILS

​Ensemble
ORPHEUS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
​The premiere regional, scholarship-based orchestra for advanced young musicians

Concert dates available:
Thursday, June 29
Friday, June 30 
​Sunday, July 1

Featured artists: 
Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet (Switzerland)  
Ada Meinich, viola (Norway)

Repertoire
Schnittke: Cadenza, Rondo &  Postludio 
                from Concerto Grosso No. 1    
                for two violins, harpsichord,
                prepared piano, and 21 strings
Bruch: Double Concerto 
                for clarinet, viola and orchestra  
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K 543

​Production costs
$6,000 per concert; covered through a sponsorship or a contribution to the student scholarship fund

Production requirements
Concert stage or equivalent performance space

MASTERCLASSES
At Orpheus Academy, June 12 to July 1, 2017
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Master teachers scheduled for the 2017 Orpheus Academy session
​
Alexander Velinzon, violin (USA/Russia)
            Associate Concertmaster of Boston Symphony
Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet (Switzerland)
​            International soloist
Ada Meinich, viola (Norway)
            Member, Faust Quartett
Luca Benucci, French Horn (Italy)
            Principal Horn of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence Opera, Italy) 
Alexander Kobrin, piano (USA/Russia)
            International soloist
Joan Kwuon, violin (USA)
​            International soloist
Joel Bluestone, percussioni (USA)
            Professor of Percussion, Portland State University
Christina Bouey, violin (Canada)
            Principal Violin, Ulysses Quartet
Rhiannon Banerdt, violin (USA)
            Second Violin, Ulysses Quartet
Colin Brookes, viola (USA
            Member of Ulysses Quartet
Grace Ho, cello (Taiwan)
            Member of Ulysses Quartet