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Congratulations
to long-time Festival friend, Hot Springs' Chuck
Dodson on his Grammy Award Nomination
for the Pinetop Perkins album, On the 88s:
Live in Chicago. Mentor Matthew
McClung (percussion) has been appointed
to the faculty of Texas A&M, Corpus Christie.
Michael Wayne (2000) is now
second clarinettist with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Rei Hotoda (2005)
has just made her debut conducting the Baltimore
Symphony, and has been named assistant conductor
of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra through 2008.
Festival Mentor Jared Hauser (oboe)
has been appointed to the faculty of Vanderbilt
University. Philip Ryan Mann
(2006) has been appointed assitant conductor
of the San Diego Symphony. Hilary Scop
has been appointed to the clarinet II chair
of the Austin Symphony. Colin Williams
is now Principal Trombone of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, and recently joined the faculty at
Kennesaw State University. Violinist Jenny
Grégoire has been appointed
concertmaster of the Mobile Symphony; her husband,
Demondrae Thurman, whom she met at
the Hot Springs Music Festival, is now on the
faculty at the University of Alabama. HSMF Friend
Dave Brubeck has a new web site: davebrubeck.com--check
it out. Both Shana Norton and
Matthew McClung are now regularly
peforming with the Arkansas Symphony.
Lawrence Loh has been appointed resident
conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra;
now entering his third season as music director
of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic,Loh
has signed a five-year extension of his contract,
which now runs through the 2012-13 season. Justin
Odell has been appointed to the clarinet
faculty at Michigan State University. Chester
Pidduck has accepted the position of regular
full time tenor in the San Francisco Opera Chorus.Conductor
Steven Jarvi has been appointed
assistant conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic.
Richard Naylor has been appointed
the the position of Director of Operations for
the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Juilliard's Pre-College
Division has just welcomed Julien Benichou
as a new faculty member, he will also conduct
the Pre-College Chamber Orchestra. Janina
Dumont has accepted the position of
Assistant to the conductors of the Peabody Preparatory
Orchestras. Mercedes Smith
has been appointed principal flute of both the
Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestras.
Melita Glass has accepted
an appointment with the Arkansas Symphony. Kelly
Waddle has been nominated for a Pulitzer
Prize in composition. Anthony Taylor
('96, '97) has been appointed professor of clarinet
at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Angela Schnathorst ('97) was
appointed principal oboist of the Great Falls
(MT) Symphony. Zita Blatter ('96)
was appointed first violinist with the Naples
Philharmonic. Avlana Eisenberg ('99)
received a Fulbright Award. Beatrice
Affron ('99 Associate) made her debut
with the Boston Opera. Richard Wagor
('97-99), Claire Storkamp
('00) were appointed to positions with the Waterloo/Cedar
Falls Symphony in 'blind-screen' auditions.
William Fulton (HSMF Mentor)
appears as a panelist on the Metropolitan Opera's
Opera Quiz, and appears regularly on the stage
of the Met--but only in non-singing roles.
Beverly Everett ('01) received her
Doctorate in Conducting from University of Iowa,
and is now the music director of the Bismark
and the Bemidji Symphonies. Richard
Hawkins (HSMF Mentor) is now the Clarinet
Professorship at Oberlin. Joan Landry
('97) has been appointed Assistant Conductor
of the North Carolina SymphonySymphony.
Kelly Corcoran (2000, '01) has been
appointed associate conductor of the Nashville
Symphony Orchestra and has recently appeared
as guest conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony. |
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The
2008 winning program book cover design!
by
Christie McCluer Thanks
to all of Gary Simmons' graphic design class at
HSU
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reviews of the Hot Springs Music Festival's recent Naxos
recording: |
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Read reviews of the recent HS Music Festival's Naxos
CD, Gottschalk, The Orchestral Works |
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"Some
American Classics CDs are landmark recordings. Nowhere
else, for instance, can you find Louis Moreau Gottschalk's
irresistible Night in the Tropics (1859)
in something like its original version, with Cuban
percussion and supplemental brass in a restoration
by Richard Rosenberg, who leads his Hot Springs Music
Festival Orchestra. (There also exists another reconstruction,
by Gunther Schuller.) This is mandatory American repertoire
whose historical significance is, if anything, exceeded
by its roof-rattling impact."
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Joseph Horowitz, Symphony Magazine, September/October
2002, Page 45 |
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Excerpt
from: The New York Times -
Arts & Liesure SUNDAY,
JULY 15, 2001 Old Sounds
From the New World By JOSEPH HOROWITZ
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. .we can newly appreciate the best American composer
of the period and a third New World original: Louis
Moreau Gottschalk. Here, Naxos [CDs] has furnished
the premiere recording of Gottschalk's explosive
orchestral show-stopper, "Night in the Tropics"
(1859), in something like its original version,
with pulsating Cuban percussion and brigades of
gyrating brass (8.559036). Richard Rosenberg
leads the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra in
a performance whose "Festa Criolla" rattles
the roof. Few enterprising orchestras have undertaken
comparable megaperformances of "Night in the
Tropics". . .. This is mandatory American repertory."
And,
from the American Symphony Orchestra League's
In The News, July 16, 2001:
In
Sunday's (7/15) New York Times Joseph Horowitz writes
about Naxos American Classics, "a project already
totaling 57 CD's and anticipated to include at least
150 more." A century after Dvorak and conductor
Anton Seidl "confidently anticipated the creation
of an American canon," American classical music,
observes Horowitz, "remains reliant on Old
World cultural parents for its menu of masterpieces.
It remains bedeviled by an ambiguous and uneasy
relationship with jazz, Broadway and other native
popular genres. That Europeans have often taken
the lead in exploring this ill-defined legacy is
a predictable irony." Noting that "the
mastermind of American Classics is Klaus Heymann,
a German based in Hong Kong," Horowitz goes
on to sample a number of releases and notes that
Heymann "hopes to incorporate more American
orchestras. (He has so far signed the Buffalo Philharmonic,
the Florida Philharmonic, the Nashville Symphony
and the Seattle Symphony. What bigger-name
American orchestra will have the courage and vision
to contribute an important recording to this important
series?)"
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| Bravo,
Bravo, Bravo! This note was sent to
Richard Rosenberg on 4 November from John Corigliano,
Oscar-winning composer of The Red Violin soundtrack:
Dear
Richard,
Norman
Ryan sent me a CD of your performances of my Clarinet
Concerto with Richard Hawkins at the Hot Springs Music
Festival and Corpus Christi Symphony.
Bravo,
Bravo, Bravo to you both!! The performances are so
fine - and they truly need both a virtuoso clarinet
and virtuoso maestro.
I
remember meeting you at a concert, but I had no idea
then that you had done such a splendid job with my
music. Please accept my thanks, and, if you could,
convey my congratulations and respect to Mr. Hawkins.
With
admiration,
John
Corigliano |
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WE
WON!!!!! 
The
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has
given the
Regional
Emmy Award for BEST PROGRAM FEATURE - CULTURAL
to
The Sound of Dreams
Carole Adornetto, Executive
Producer
Dale Carpenter, Producer/Writer/Videographer/Editor
Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network
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FEED
THE FESTIVAL!
A
project of the Hot Springs Music Festival League
Please
consider hosting a gathering of your friends to benefit
the Hot Springs Music Festival.
Your
gathering may be a dinner, brunch, luncheon, breakfast,
barbecue, basketball party, winter hike and picnic,
car party, Caribbean cruise or any other type of party
your heart desires. You may host any number of friends
you choose... 2, 20 or 200.
How
to do it:
1) select a date and
let Chuck or Alison Hitt (525-1909) know how many
invitations you will need. If you prefer, you may
use your own invitations, providing they indicate
that the event is a fundraiser for the Hot Springs
Music Festival.
2) upon receiving
the invitations, fill them out and mail them, being
sure to indicate your name and type of gathering (brunch,
dinner, etc.) in the upper right corner.
3) as you talk with
your guests it is important to let them know that
any amount of donation is appropriate and
welcome. The amount is strictly up to them. (Remember:
donation checks are often best made out on a full
stomach!). All donations of at least $25 for individuals
and $40 for families will entitle donors to membership
in the LEAGUE.
4) you will receive
an addressed return envelope in which to mail the
donations to the Hot Springs Music Festival.
5) in appreciation
for your hosting a Feed the Festival gathering, a
complementary LEAGUE membership will be created in
your name if you're not already a LEAGUE member.
That's all there
is to it!
The LEAGUE greatly
appreciates you for your interest in and support of
the Festival. Thank you!
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Chuck Hitt, Feed-the-Festival Chairperson
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GET
YOUR FESTIVAL CDs NOW!!!
The
eagerly-awaited Hot Springs Music Festival recordings
of Moross, Gottschalk, Lambert and Dédé
are now in record stores worldwide and on all major
CD websites, including Amazon.com. Locally,
they may be purchased at the FYE store at Hot Springs
Mall and at Barnes & Noble in Little Rock. They
also are available for sale at all Hot Springs Music
Festival concerts and the Festival Office.
These recordings have been getting quite a media buzz:
the Gottschalk CD got three five-star ratings (out
of a possible five) from "amazon.com", and
was declared a "must-have" disc by "Classical
CD Now" |
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NOTES
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The
2008 Hot Springs Music Festival season is here, with
its annual smorgasbord of concerts, open rehearsals,
improvisatory play-offs, chamber music promenades,
meet-the-musicians events and pre-concert talks, we
are proud to announce that all of our Festival
venues are air-conditioned and handicapped-accessible!
If you have family or friends who should be receiving
information about the Festival experience, please
call our office at 501/623-4763 and we will be glad
to send them a brochure. Or, encourage them to log
on to this website for the latest in continuously
updated Festival information. |
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CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS!
The time has come once again to get out your calendars
and plan for the Music Festival. The success of the
Festival is due in large part to the volunteers and
the incredible job everyone does to keep all aspects
running smoothly. The concerts and rehearsal schedules
are the main topic I will be addressing during the
month of May. I will begin calling to schedule all
of you interested in participating. If you already
know where you would prefer to help, feel free to
leave a message for me at 623-4763 Thank you for your
past help and in advance for this year. I look forward
to seeing all of you in June. - Anna Antonini |
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Mr.
Brubeck and Richard Rosenberg at the recording session.
Richard
Rosenberg (Artistic Director) produced tenor
John De Haan's latest compact disc
in January 2004 for Naxos Records. De
Haan (the 2000 Festival's "Willie the
Weeper") recorded fourteen songs by jazz legend
Dave Brubeck. Brubeck participated
in the recording as accompanist on seven of the songs;
Festival mentor Paul Griffith
was recording engineer; and Festival Graphic Designer
Gary Simmons has created the cover artwork. The
disc (Naxos 8.559220) was released world-wide on March
22, 2005. Richard has also just produced an additional
Naxos CD of music by Brubeck and Bach with Aldo Parisot
and The Yale Cellos.
Pictured
here is Mr. Brubeck with HSMF Executive Director Laura
Rosenberg
and Richard Rosenberg. |
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Things
to do this Spring:
- Renew
LEAGUE membership
- Sign
up as a volunteer
- Feed
the Festival
- Buy
your 2008 Season Pass
- Give
a pass to a friend
- Use
your LEAGUE discount to stock up on HSMF gift
items.
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Your LEAGUE Newsletter editor
Please
feel free to contact me with questions or suggestions
at:
501.623.4763
e-mail: festival@hotmusic.org |
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