Academy Orchestra Concert

Founded in 2006, the Academy Chamber Orchestra is comprised of violin, viola, cello and bass students who rehearse and perform under the baton of Academy Director and Conductor James Setapen. The orchestra has performed in Millennium Park, WFMT radio, and later this month, the chamber orchestra will perform on the Unity Temple Chamber Music Concert Series in Oak Park, IL. Members of the orchestra compete and participate in national and international competitions, festivals, and prominent summer programs like Heifetz and Aspen.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Academy orchestra will present a varied and diverse program of string orchestra music for its opening concert with music from Mozart and Bach (his famous 3rd Brandenburg Concerto), to a work by Black composer Carlos Simon written in memory of several black men killed unjustly by police, to a charming piece titled “Rising Storm” by 11-year-old Sylvia Pine. Sylvia has won First Prize in 30 other international competitions and has composed dozens of works. The concert also features solo works played by Academy seniors Sameer Agrawal and Ma’ayan Kertcher – this program will have something to appeal to everyone.

Divertimento in F Major, Koechel 138………………….Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
       I.Allegro                               
       II.Andante
       III.Presto


Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)…………………………………..Anton von Webern (1883-1945)
                                                                     


Kol Nidrei (All Vows), opus 47…………………………….……………………….Max Bruch (1838-1920)
                                                 Ma’ayan Kertcher, cello

 
Rising Storm………………………………………………………..……………………Sylvia Pine (b. 2011)
                                                

INTERMISSION

Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra………….………Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012)
       I.Andante sostenuto                                        
       II.Allegretto (Scherzando)
                                            Sameer Agrawal, violin

Elegy………………………………………………………..……….Carlos Oliver Simon, Junior (b.1986)
                                                 

Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048……Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
      I. Allegro                             
      II.Adagio
      III.Allegro


Fiddle-Faddle…………Leroy Anderson, arranged for string orchestra by William Zinn (1908-1975)
                                     

ABOUT THE ACADEMY  
The Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago is a nationally recognized training center for highly gifted pre-college pianists and string players. Members of this award-winning chamber orchestra, under the baton of esteemed Academy Music Director James Setapen, matriculate to the finest conservatories in the country and are recipients of national and international awards.