Bassoonist Adam Romey of the TON orchestra will provide insights into the compositions performed by Matthew Ross, flute; Ye Hu, clarinet; Matthew Gregoire, bassoon; Lucas Button, cello; Jeremy Vigil, piano.
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Program
Claude Debussy, Syrinx
Matthew Ross, flute
Camille Saint-Saens, Tarentella, Op. 6
Matthew Ross, flute
Ye Hu, clarinet
Jeremy Vigil, piano
Saint-Saens, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in
Eb, Op. 167
-brief pause-
Debussy, Cello Sonata
Lucas Button, cello
Jeremy Vigil, piano
Debussy, Premiere Rhapsody
Ye Hu, clarinet
Jeremy Vigil, piano
-brief pause-
Lili Boulanger, Trois Morceaux pour piano
Jeremy Vigil, piano
Nadia Boulanger, Trois Pieces pour cello et
piano
Lucas Button, cello
Jeremy Vigil, piano
Poulenc, Flute Sonata
Matthew Ross, flute
Jeremy Vigil, piano
Lucas
Button, cello
Cellist
Lucas Button recently appeared as soloist with the Catskill Symphony,
performing
Shostakovich’s
Cello Concerto No. 1 in November 2018. Earlier in the fall of 2018, Lucas
launched
the Syracuse chapter of “If Music Be the Food,” a benefit concert series
dedicated to raising
awareness and support for the hungry in local communities across the U.S. He is
currently
a member of The Orchestra Now in residence at Bard College, performing
regularly at Bard’s
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and in New York City at Carnegie Hall,
Symphony Space,
Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also
performed as an
orchestral musician with Symphoria, the New World Symphony, and Tanglewood
Music Center
Orchestra. He performs a broad variety of chamber music, including recent performances
with Society for New Music in Syracuse, Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet with the JACK
Quartet, and a Nico Muhly premiere at Tanglewood. Lucas has taught cello at
Eastman Community
Music School and chamber music at Stringwood Chamber Music Festival and Interlochen
Arts Camp. He earned his Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and Bachelor’s
degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Lucas received the Samuel
Hayes Memorial Cello Award from the Tanglewood Music Center and the Celentano Award
for Excellence in Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music. His cello
mentors include
Steven Doane, Rosemary Elliott, and Norman Fischer and he has studied chamber music
with members of the Concord, Chiara, Juilliard, and Ying quartets. Apart from
music, Lucas
loves to explore the outdoors and enjoys roasting coffee at home.
Adam
Romey, host
Bassoonist
Adam Romey is a native of St Paul, Minnesota, where he was born into a musical
family. He spent five years in Ontario, Canada, earning a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Wilfrid Laurier University (2010) and an Artist’s Diploma from The
Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music (2012), studying with
Nadina Mackie Jackson and the Toronto Symphony’s Michael Sweeney and Samuel
Banks. In 2014, Adam received his Master of Music Degree from Indiana
University where he studied with William Ludwig and Michael McCraw, while
teaching as an Associate Instructor of bassoon. During the summers, Adam
has performed at the Oregon Bach Festival, Brevard Music Festival, Bard Music
Festival the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy Festival. In 2014 he received a
grant from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians to live in Amsterdam
and study the the musical and philosophical legacy of Brian Pollard, legendary
principal bassoon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1954-1996. He has
been a member of The Orchestra Now since January 2016. In addition to his
activities as a performer, Adam is the Managing Director for the Charlotte Bach
Festival, a new series of summer concerts focusing on exploration of baroque
music in the historical performance style in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Matthew
Ross, flute
A
native of Nesconset, New York, prize-winning flutist Matthew Ross completed
both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. After graduation, he performed
as a freelancer in New York City before joining The Orchestra Now in 2017.
Recent awards include 2nd Prize in the 2018 Flute Society of Greater
Philadelphia Young Artist Competition; 1st Prize
at the 2014 Mid-South Flute Society Young Artist Competition; and 1st Prize at
the 2014 Houston Flute Club (Byron Hester Memorial) Competition. Matthew
has also performed at the Queen City Chamber Opera in Cincinnati, Ohio as well
as in the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland.
Jeremy
Vigil, piano
Described
as “…a representation of…wild and romantic imagination” when he joined forces
with University of Rochester dance professor Anne Harris Wilcox, pianist Jeremy
Vigil is known for his versatility and adaptability in many different
genres. He has collaborated across disciplines, performing with dancers, film,
and narration, as well as extensively in orchestral and contemporary ensemble
settings. Jeremy has performed alongside Alexander Fiterstein, Nancy Ambrose
King, George Vosburgh, and Bernhard Wolff, and worked with composers such as
Sydney Hodkinson, Helmut Lachenmann, and Lori Laitman for performances of their
compositions, including the world premiere of Laitman’s "Are Women
People?" in celebration of the centennial anniversary of women’s right
to vote in the state of New York. Jeremy holds a Master of Music in Piano
Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music, where he
continues his studies with Jean Barr in pursuit of his doctorate.
Ye Hu, clarinet
Ye Hu grew up in Shanghai in a musical family, beginning the clarinet at age 11
studying with her father. She attended the music middle and high school
affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory before moving to the United States
and earning both her B.M and M.M. degress from the New England Conservatory.
She has been heard with orchestras in the United States and China and attended
the Orford Music Festival in 2016. This is her first season as a fellow
with The Orchestra Now. Her major teachers include renowned soloist Richard
Stoltzman and Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Tom Martin.
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