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David Commanday Soyeon Lee
WHAT: 2010-2011 Boca Raton Symphonia Connoisseur Concert Series: Final Concert
Guest Conductor David Commanday, who has conducted orchestras around the world and is known for dynamic performances, innovative programming, and an appealing connection with audience and community will direct the final concert of the 2010-2011 Boca Raton Symphonia Connoisseur Series that features renowned piano soloist Soyeon Lee. Concert program features Copland - Music for Movies; Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488; and Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 “Italian”. Commanday -- whose recent guest conductor schedule has included the South Carolina Philharmonic, Flagstaff Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet West -- will direct Soyeon Lee who has been hailed by the New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style.” Lauded by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard”, Lee has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Symphony, and the Louisiana Philharmonic as well as the symphony orchestras of Columbus, Napa Valley, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Shreveport. In addition to her many performances in the United States as a recitalist, she participated in a 13-city tour of Spain. Lee was featured on the January 2006 cover of Symphony magazine’s annual “Emerging Artists” issue and in the 2008 edition of Musical America’s “More Thrills of Discovery.”
Prior to the concert, Musicologist and American Classical Music Hall of Fame inductee Martin Bookspan who has appeared with many of America’s great symphony orchestras and served as Contributing Editor to the Stereo Review will be holding an open discussion with Concert Conductors, including questions from the audience and commentary.
WHEN: Sunday, April 20, 2011
Pre-concert Q&A with Martin Bookspan begins at 1:45 p.m. Concert begins at 3 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Boca Raton
The Roberts Theater at Saint Andrew's School; 3900 Jog Road, (just ½ mile south of Yamato Road) Boca Raton, FL
HOW MUCH:
Single Tickets range from $30-$53-- based on seating--(5% discount for online single ticket purchases)
Sponsorships are available
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ABOUT THE BOCA RATON SYMPHONIA
The mission of the Boca Raton Symphonia, Boca’s world class orchestra, is to perform and to make accessible classical music through concert performances and educational outreach programs featuring nationally and internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists, including renowned Principal Conductor Philippe Entremont and Guest Conductors Gunther Schuller and David Commanday. The 2010-2011 season soloists include Itzhak Perlman protégé and cello soloist Sujin Lee, mezzo soprano soloist Daniela Mack, violin soloist Ludwig Mueller, cello soloist Christophe Pantillon, and piano soloist Soyeon Lee. For more information, visit www.bocasymphonia.org or call 561-376-3848.
ABOUT DAVID COMMANDAY
Commanday has become known for dynamic performances, innovative programming, and an appealing connection with audience and community. He is the founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the innovative Heartland Festival Orchestra. He has conducted orchestras around the world, including the National Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, American Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Belgian Radio Orchestra, Vienna Pro Arte Orchestra, and the Seattle, Atlanta, and Richmond Symphonies. Music Director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra for ten seasons, he is credited for bringing the PSO to "a high-point in its 103-year history".
HIs musical training started with piano lessons at the age of six, and he took up the cello at nine. In youth he excelled in both academics and music, and graduated cum laude at Harvard University in psychology, music and languages. Playing cello at Tanglewood under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Aaron Copland led him toward conducting. At the Vienna Hochschule für Musik Commanday earned the Austrian Staatsdiplom with highest honors in orchestral conducting. His early posts included; Music Director, Boston Ballet, Assistant Conductor, San Diego Symphony, and Music Director of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO).
Commanday brought BYSO to the forefront, earning three ASCAP awards for programming and unprecedented critical acclaim for concerts and CD recordings. Commanday commissioned and led the BYSO world premiere of the Double Concerto by Ivan Tcherepnin, with soloists Lynn Chang and Yo-Yo Ma. The performance earned the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for the work.
He served as Associate Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conducting Masterworks, Pops, Student and Family Concerts throughout the Garden State. Commanday helped to inaugurate the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, conducting the first orchestral rehearsal there and appearing in its Gala Opening with Kathleen Battle and American Ballet Theater.
Now Artistic Director of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, Commanday continues a life-long commitment to training young musicians. He has held faculty positions and conducted at Harvard University, Boston University, MIT, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Montclair State University. He is active as teaching and conducting clinician, conducting All-State and regional student orchestras around the country.
Commanday continues to play and perform as cellist, appearing with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, and Antonio Pompa-Baldi. His recent guest-conducting schedule included the South Carolina Philharmonic, Flagstaff Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet West.
HIs musical training started with piano lessons at the age of six, and he took up the cello at nine. In youth he excelled in both academics and music, and graduated cum laude at Harvard University in psychology, music and languages. Playing cello at Tanglewood under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Aaron Copland led him toward conducting. At the Vienna Hochschule für Musik Commanday earned the Austrian Staatsdiplom with highest honors in orchestral conducting. His early posts included; Music Director, Boston Ballet, Assistant Conductor, San Diego Symphony, and Music Director of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO).
Commanday brought BYSO to the forefront, earning three ASCAP awards for programming and unprecedented critical acclaim for concerts and CD recordings. Commanday commissioned and led the BYSO world premiere of the Double Concerto by Ivan Tcherepnin, with soloists Lynn Chang and Yo-Yo Ma. The performance earned the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for the work.
He served as Associate Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conducting Masterworks, Pops, Student and Family Concerts throughout the Garden State. Commanday helped to inaugurate the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, conducting the first orchestral rehearsal there and appearing in its Gala Opening with Kathleen Battle and American Ballet Theater.
Now Artistic Director of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, Commanday continues a life-long commitment to training young musicians. He has held faculty positions and conducted at Harvard University, Boston University, MIT, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Montclair State University. He is active as teaching and conducting clinician, conducting All-State and regional student orchestras around the country.
Commanday continues to play and perform as cellist, appearing with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, and Antonio Pompa-Baldi. His recent guest-conducting schedule included the South Carolina Philharmonic, Flagstaff Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet West.
ABOUT SOYEON LEELee has been hailed by the New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” and she has been lauded by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.” Lee has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Symphony, and the Louisiana Philharmonic as well as the symphony orchestras of Columbus, Napa Valley, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Shreveport. In addition to her many performances in the United States as a recitalist, she participated in a 13-city tour of Spain. Lee was featured on the January 2006 cover of Symphony magazine’s annual “Emerging Artists” issue and in the 2008 edition of Musical America’s “More Thrills of Discovery.”
