June 25-26
TRIUMPH
Sunday | 6.26.22 | 2:00 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street
Gustav Mahler believed that “a symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.” The composer’s monumental Fifth Symphony traverses the full range of human experience, from the deepest sorrow to unbridled jubilation, in a brilliant conclusion to the season. Each performance begins with a woodwind showcase: Otar Gordeli’s sparkling Flute Concertino (6/25), and Gabriela Lena Frank’s rumination on fairy tales and indigeneity, Will-o’-the-Wisp (6/26).
Program
Flute Concertino, Op. 8
(Saturday only)
Will-o’-the-Wisp
(Sunday only)
Symphony No. 5
Featured Artists
Kim Lewis is a New York-based flutist with immense passion as a performer and teacher. Informed by a rounded education in the arts throughout her childhood in Ohio, including study in dance, voice, and piano, she brings a wealth of experiences to her focus on the flute. As a soloist, Kim has received first place in the 2017 New Jersey Flute Society Concerto Competition, as well as the 2014 Central Ohio Flute Association Competition - Collegiate Division. She was also …
NYC-area flutist Nicole Schroeder Raimato made her Carnegie Hall debut as First Prize Winner of the 2014 International Shining Stars Concerto Competition. According to The Epoch Times, “Schroeder played with a beautiful, well-projected tone undiluted by excess air, as well as subtly understated dynamics and lyrical phrasing.”
An avid musical theatre performer, Nicole has played both concert and world flutes in pit orchestras for the Broadway productions of Wicked and The Lion King; Off-Broadway productions of Fiddler on …
Conductor
A sought-after leader in today’s orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin cultivates musical excellence through an innovative, community-minded, and inclusive approach.
Dr. Aubin serves as Music Director and Executive Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City. Through these positions, he has developed a reputation for imaginative programming, organizational leadership, audience engagement, and advocacy for historically overlooked composers.
With The Chelsea Symphony, Dr. Aubin …
Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Associate Teaching Professor of Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Recent highlights include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, and concerts with the Brown University Orchestra at Carnegie Hall …