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UCLA PHILHARMONIA and UCLA SYMPHONY Professor Neal Stulberg, Music Director & Conductor ----- WINTER 2013 UCLA PHILHARMONIA AND UCLA SYMPHONY CONCERT SCHEDULE Philharmonia's programming focuses on both the core symphonic and operatic repertoire, and the best in contemporary and rarely-performed works. Symphonic highlights since 2005 have included: • Dvorak-- Symphony No. 6; Cello Concerto• Copland-- Piano Concerto •Takemitsu-- Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode • Strauss-- Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks; Don Juan • Zappa-- Dupree's Paradise • Bartok-- Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Suite from “The Miraculous Mandarin” • Shostakovich-- Symphonies Nos. 9 and 10 • Janacek-- Sinfonietta • Messiaen-- Les Offrandes Oubliées and Oiseaux Exotiques • Stravinsky—Petrushka • Berlioz-- Symphonie Fantastique • Ravel-- La Valse ; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales • Webern-- Six Pieces, Op. 6 • Mahler—Symphony No. 5; Songs of a Wayfarer • Debussy-- La Mer ; “Images pour Orchestre" • Bernstein-- Symphonic Dances from West Side Story • Rozsa-- Concerto for Strings • Brahms-- Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 ; “Haydn” Variations • Rachmaninoff-- Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3; Symphonic Dances • Lukas Foss-- Baroque Variations • J.S. Bach-- Orchestral Suite No. 4 • Duke Ellington--"Harlem" • Prokofiev--Music from "Romeo and Juliet"; Symphony No. 5 • Hindemith--"Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber" • Yearly Royce Hall appearances • annual concert broadcasts on the "Sundays Live" series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Bing Theater • an annual "All-Star" concert consisting entirely of concerto performances performed by student soloists • a June 2008 Philharmonia performance at the Getty Center's Harold Williams Auditorium accompanying a revival of Edward Curtis' "In the Land of the Head Hunters," a groundbreaking 1914 silent film with its newly restored original score by John Braham • Royce Hall performances of Beethoven Ninth Symphony (2008) and Haydn "Creation" (2009) with the University Chorus and Angeles Chorale • "One Foot in the Grave," Philharmonia's first-ever, fully-costumed Halloween Royce Hall "Spooktacular" (2008) • Philharmonia's debut appearance at the Peninsula Music Fair in Rancho Palos Verdes (2008) • A special Royce Hall performance featuring music by Recovered Voices composers Zemlinsky, Schreker and Schoenberg, conducted by Los Angeles Opera music director James Conlon (2010) • Philharmonia’s acclaimed April 2011 Disney Hall debut, “A Celebration of World Music.” featuring music of Arturo Marquez, A. J. Racy, Ge Ganru, James Newton and Los Camperos de Nati Cano • Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”) • Ives “Three Places in New England” • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”) • An all-Mozart holiday concert in Royce Hall featuring the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola (Guillaume Sutre, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola) and the Grand Mass in C Minor • Nielsen Symphony No. 4 (“The Inextinguishable”) • Kenny Burrell: 80 Years Young: A November 2011 gala 80th birthday tribute to legendary guitarist and UCLA Professor/Director of Jazz Studies Kenny Burrell, featuring Mr. Burrell, Dee Dee Bridgewater, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Douglas Masek, Lalo Schifrin, the UCLA Jazz Orchestra. the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Unlimited and the Jazz Heritage All Stars. The orchestra was also featured in the subsequent KCET documentary, "Kenny Burrell: Jazz Master and Mentor." • A May 2012 National Conductors Workshop sponsored by the Conductors Guild, North America’s leading service organization for conductors. • UCLA Philharmonia's April 2012 inaugural appearance at Santa Monica's Broad Stage Since 2005, Philharmonia has accompanied staged UCLA Opera productions of Verdi "Falstaff," Britten "Midsummer Night's Dream," Puccini "Gianni Schicchi" and "Suor Angelica," Weill "Threepenny Opera," Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro," Rodgers and Hammerstein "Carousel," West Coast premieres of Francesco Cavalli's "Giasone" and Jonathan Dove's "Flight," Poulenc “Dialogues des Carmélites” and Offenbach "Orpheus in the Underworld." 2012-2013 highlights include performances and the world premiere Yarlung Records recording of Eric Zeisl's "Little Symphony" and "November," performances of Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel," "Mahler Symphony No. 4," Debussy "La Mer," Copland Clarinet Concerto and Shostakovich Symphony No. 1, the eighth annual All-Star Competition, the eighth annual "Sundays Live" Bing Theater concert broadcast and an Opera UCLA double bill of Ravel "L'Enfant et les Sortilèges" and Wolf-Ferrari "Il Segreto di Susanna." UCLA Philharmonia may be taken for credit and is composed mainly of music majors; qualified non-majors may also audition for violin, string bass, and other positions as needed. General auditions for UCLA Philharmonia are held at the beginning of fall quarter. -------------------------------------------------------- UCLA SYMPHONY Founded in 2002, UCLA SYMPHONY is UCLA's campus-wide orchestra, drawing its membership from throughout the university community. It meets Wednesday evenings from 7:15 to 9:45 PM, performs one concert per quarter, and is open to all UCLA undergraduates, graduate/professional school students, faculty, staff and affiliates. For frequently asked questions about UCLA Symphony, please go to this Recent repertoire highlights have included: • Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade • Beethoven--Symphonies Nos. 1, 6; “Leonore” Overture No. 3; Overture to “Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus” • Tchaikovsky--Symphony No. 2; "Rococo" Variations; "Romeo and Juliet”; Capriccio Italien • Haydn--Symphony No. 88; Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon • Mozart--Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner") • Wagner--Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" • Shostakovich--Symphony No. 5; Piano Concerto No. 2 • Liszt--Les Préludes • Puccini--Preludio Sinfonico • Schubert--Symphony No. 9 • Debussy—Nocturnes • Mussorgsky/Ravel--Pictures at an Exhibition • Bernstein--"Chichester Psalms," Suite from “On the Waterfront” • Brahms--Academic Festival Overture • Balakirev Symphony No. 1 • Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis • Elgar Cello Concerto • Stravinsky Suite from "the Firebird" (1919) • Weber Overture to “Der Freischütz” • Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 • Ponchielli Danza delle ore (Dance of the Hours) from “La Gioconda” • Hummel Concerto for Trumpet in E flat • Borodin “In the Steppes of Central Asia” • Verdi Triumphal March and Ballet Music from “Aida” • Dukas “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” • Barber Overture to “The School for Scandal” • Glass Concerto for Four Saxophones • Gershwin “An American in Paris” • Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major • Beethoven Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano (Triple concerto) • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Concerts are in Schoenberg Hall; conductors include Philharmonia music director Neal Stulberg and selected MM and DMA conducting majors. UCLA Symphony may be taken for credit. -------------------------------------------- AUDITIONS
Auditions for UCLA Philharmonia and UCLA Symphony will be held September 24 - October 1, 2012. PLEASE NOTE: ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS FOR FALL 2012 AUDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE EXCERPTS USED LAST YEAR; THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS "LIST C" AND ARE AVAILABLE BELOW. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BOOK AN AUDITION. --------------------------------------------
LIST C AUDITION EXCERPTS 2012-13 AUDITION EXCERPTS--MUSIC MAJORS
MUSIC MAJORS NON-MAJORS BASSOON BASSOON CELLO CELLO CELLO PRINCIPAL CELLO PRINCIPAL CLARINET ----- BASS CLARINET ----- E-FLAT CLARINET CLARINET ----- BASS CLARINET ----- E-FLAT CLARINET CONTRABASSOON CONTRABASSOON FLUTE FLUTE HARP HARP HORN HORN KEYBOARD KEYBOARD OBOE ENGLISH HORN OBOE ENGLISH HORN PERCUSSION PERCUSSION PICCOLO PICCOLO STRING BASS STRING BASS STRING BASS PRINCIPAL STRING BASS PRINCIPAL VIOLA VIOLA VIOLA PRINCIPAL VIOLA PRINICIPAL VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLIN--CONCERTMASTER VIOLIN--CONCERTMASTER TROMBONE BASS TROMBONE TROMBONE BASS TROMBONE TRUMPET TRUMPET TUBA TUBA |