2022-23 Season Overview
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Firsts
Saturday September 17, 2022, 7:30pm Hammer Theatre 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose Free Admission/Donations Accepted Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult RSVPs Required - Livestream Option Available Masks Highly Recommended Program Spanish Dance No. 1 - Manuel de Falla Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" - William Grant Still Shards of Gold and Amethyst, world premiere - Robert Denham Violin Concerto - Samuel Barber Ken Lin, violin |
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Robert Denham
A Bay Area native, Robert Denham writes music that borrows from an eclectic array of sources including jazz, medieval chant, and everything in between. He has worked with a wide range of ensembles including Pacific Symphony, the Kansas State University Wind Ensemble, and Modern Brass Quintet. Recordings include “It’s Alive” (on Spotify: six works for low brass featuring Vancouver Symphony Orchestra bass trombonist Ilan Morgenstern), “New Music for Flute and Piano” (Cambrian Symphony Orchestra flutist Brian Bensing), and “Sutter Creek: 21 Songs for Baritone and Piano (Tyler Thompson and Emily Helvey). One of his most recent projects, A Bachs of Suites: 60 Solos and Duets for Low Brass is endorsed by members of the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and Pacific Symphony. Dr. Denham won the American Prize for composition in the Wind Ensemble/Band division in 2018, and won again in the Chamber Music division in 2019. He holds degrees in composition from UCLA and the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, with a BM in trumpet performance from Biola University. He currently serves as Professor of Theory and Composition at the Biola Conservatory of Music. Ken Lin
Violinist Ken Lin enjoys a career in performing as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra player. Being the top prize winner of the National Violin Competition of Taiwan at age of 12, Mr. Lin had already been performing as soloist across the country in early age. Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance with Distinction from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Music and Professional Studies Diploma in Violin Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Being a distinguished scholarship student from both music institutes, Mr. Lin has served as concertmaster and was winner of their concerto competitions, which led him to appear as soloist with their orchestras. As a full scholarship recipient from the Quartet Festival in Waterloo, Aspen Music Festival, and the Mendocino Music Festival, Mr. Lin has studied with Sharon Stanis, Ian Swensen, Henryk Kowalski and has collaborated with renowned artists such as Robert Mann, Gilbert Kalish, and Martha Katz. He has also appeared in the master classes of Charles Castleman, Mauricio Fuks, and members of Juilliard, Cleveland, Lafayette, and Penderecki string quartets. After graduating from the conservatory, Mr. Lin has performed with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, California Symphony, Marin Symphony, and Santa Cruz Symphony. In 2005, he was invited to perform an exclusive concert for the former President of Taiwan, Den Huei Lee, and conducted master classes through Taiwan, Korea, and USA. As founder of the acclaimed KAS piano trio, he toured Asia and North America in 2007 with a 1713 “Wirth” Stradivarius Violin sponsored by Chi-mei fine art Ltd, and the trio’s performances were featured in major radio stations in Asia. From 2008- present, Mr. Lin has devoted himself to teaching young talents, and at the same time giving numerous concerts in California and Vancouver, Canada. As a violinist of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra since 2012, Mr. Lin performs regularly with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and stays very active performing solo concerts throughout the years. |
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The Nutcracker
Collaboration with the San José Dance Theatre December 9-11 and December 16-18, 2022 San Jose Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose The Nutcracker - Pyotr Tchaikovsky www.sjnutcracker.com |
Symphony Concert
Saturday, February 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Dances from "Estancia" - Alberto Ginastera
Dances in the Canebreaks - Florence Price
Violin Concerto - Ludwig van Beethoven
Ariana Kim, violin
Saturday, February 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Dances from "Estancia" - Alberto Ginastera
Dances in the Canebreaks - Florence Price
Violin Concerto - Ludwig van Beethoven
Ariana Kim, violin
Symphony Concert
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Ballade for Orchestra - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Essay for Orchestra No. 2 - Samuel Barber
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra - Germaine Tailleferre
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Ballade for Orchestra - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Essay for Orchestra No. 2 - Samuel Barber
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra - Germaine Tailleferre
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok
Symphony Concert
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose
Free Admission/Donations Accepted
Suggested Donation $25 Per Adult
Program
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler