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Symphony Series Sponsored by the City
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 Spring Romance
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday April 29, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
MCL Grand in Old Town Lewisville.
Map
John Scott, clarinet
Laura Logan, harp
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Damase: Harp
Concertino
Bloch: Concert
Grosso #1 for
strings and
piano
More on Copland Damase
Bloch
Laura Logan
John Scott
See Benny Goodman playing the Clarinet Concerto
with Aaron Copland conducting the Los Angeles
Philharmonic on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1za5qebqqo
Adults:
Fri $25, Sun $20.
Students: $10.
Special $5 discount for seniors (60+.)
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John Scott |
Laura Logan |
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 Aaron Copland's
Clarinet
Concerto
In
1947, Jazz
clarinetist
Benny Goodman commissioned
Aaron Copland to
to write a
clarinet
concerto. After
many drafts,
most of which
were done in Rio
de Janeiro where
he was lecturing
and conducting,
the work was
finished in
1949. It
is also
sometimes
referred to as
the Concerto for
Clarinet,
Strings and
Harp. The
concerto was
later
choreographed by
Jerome Robbins
for the ballet
Pied Piper
(1951).
 Goodman told
Copland
biographer
Vivian Perlis:
"I made no
demands on what
Copland should
write. He had
completely free
rein, except
that I should
have a two-year
exclusivity on
playing the
work. I paid two
thousand dollars
and that's real
money. At the
time there were
not too many
American
composers to
pick from... We
never had much
trouble except
for a little
fracas about the
spot before the
cadenza where he
had written a
repetition of
some phrase. I
was a little
sticky about
leaving it out-
it was where the
viola was the
echo to give the
clarinet a cue.
But I think
Aaron finally
did leave it
out... Aaron and
I played the
concerto quite a
few times with
him conducting,
and we made two
recordings."
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Damase's Harp
Concertino
 "My first harp
recording (an
LP, not a CD!)
was given to me
by my first
teacher in New Orleans, Helen Maxwell.
The
recording was of
the famous
Russian harpist
Olga Erdeli
performing the
majestic Gliere
Concerto, on one side, and the Damase Concertino on the other side.
I was
captivated by
these pieces.
The title
of the record,
which I still
own and still
listen to, was
“The Magic
Harp.”
The harp,
for me, truly
was an alluring,
mystical and
magical
instrument, and
remains so to
this day."
Laura
Logan
“Jean-Michel
Damase, the
French composer
and pianist
(born in 1928)
studied at the
Ecole Normal de
Music and at the
Conservatoire in
Paris
where he won
first prizes in
piano and
composition.
In 1947
Damase received
the Grand Prix
de Rome for his
“Cantata et la
belle se
reveille.”
His major
works include
ballets,
orchestral and
piano pieces, as
well as a number
of concerti and
songs.
This
charming and
extremely
popular
Concertino,
written in 1951
for harp and
string
orchestra,
exhibits a
thorough grasp
of the
instrument’s
potentials.”
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Ernest Bloch's Concerto Grosso
No. 1
 In
1920, the
Swiss-born
American
composer Ernest
Bloch was asked
to found a music
school in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Attracted by the
prospect of a
position that
would allow him
to focus his
energies, he
accepted the
offer, and the
Cleveland
Institute of
Music was born.
Already renowned
as both composer
and teacher,
Bloch rapidly
built a
following at the
Institute
Despite his
success, Bloch
soon found
himself in
conflict with
his wealthy
supporters,
perhaps because
of his refusal
to compromise on
artistic issues.
These
difficulties led
to his departure
after only five
years, more of a
loss for
Cleveland than
for the
composer.
The Concerto
Grosso was
composed shortly
before Bloch's
departure, in
response to the
doubts of some
students that
such a work
could still be
written. The
composer's
daughter,
Suzanne, writes
that they "were
skeptical when
Bloch told them
that one could
still write
alive and
original music
with the means
that had existed
for so long.''
As proof, he
wrote the Prelude of
the Concerto
Grosso. When the
student
orchestra played
it with obvious
enthusiasm,
Bloch shouted,
"What do you
think now?... It
has just old
fashioned
notes!''
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 Laura Logan
Laura
Logan completed the Doctor of Musical Arts
degree in Harp Performance in 2002 at Texas Tech
University, where she was a recipient of the
distinguished DeVitt-Jones Fellowship in Music.
A native of New Orleans, she earned a Bachelor
of Music in Harp Performance from Louisiana
State University in 1986 and a Master of Music
in History and Literature from Texas Tech in
1988. She began her harp studies in New Orleans
with Helen Maxwell. Undergraduate study was
completed with Hye Yun Chung and graduate work
was under the direction and mentorship of
Professor Gail Barber. Logan has made her home
in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 1990.
She is founder and artistic director of the
Octavia Harp Ensemble, a performance group of
eight professional harpists from the Dallas-Fort
Worth metroplex. The ensemble has released two
recordings on the Traditional Sounds label and
has commissioned and premiered several new works
for harp ensemble. Octavia has been featured in
recital at both regional and national
conferences of the American Harp Society. The
ensemble has appeared on many recital series
locally and throughout Texas, Oklahoma and
Louisiana and has also been featured
entertainment for such high profile events as
Crystal Charity Ball, the Dallas Opera Gala,
Beaux Arts Ball and Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gala.
Logan performs frequently with several
metropolitan area orchestras and is in high
demand as a free-lance harpist in the area,
collaborating recently with Orpheus Chamber
Singers and Turtle Creek Chorale. She looks
forward to playing The Nutcracker every
Thanksgiving as Principal Harpist with the
Lewisville Lake Symphony and Lake Cities Ballet.
Logan held the position of Principal Harp with
the Richardson Symphony Orchestra from 1990 -
2010. For many summers during that time, she
enjoyed returning to New Orleans to play
Principal Harp with the acclaimed Tulane Summer
Lyric Theatre. She also served as Principal Harp
in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic (1995-1997)
and has played second harp numerous times with
the Fort Worth Symphony, the Fort Worth Opera
and with The Dallas Opera, where she was
privileged to perform the entire Wagner Ring
Cycle.
Logan has been the honoree of two commissioned
works for harp and organ: Passacaglia by Joel
Martinson was premiered in 1995 and Legend by
Charles Callahan was premiered in 2000.
She has served
on the faculty
of Texas
Christian
University
School of Music
since 2001,
where she
teaches harp and
directs the TCU
Harp Ensemble.
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John Scott
John Scott
is Professor of
Clarinet at the
University of
North Texas. He
has performed
with many
orchestras and
has appeared as
a recitalist and
clinician
throughout the
United States.
His performances
have included
the Victoria
Bach Festival in
Texas, the New
York University
Contemporary
Music Festival,
and at
conferences and
workshops in
such places as
Denver, Tempe,
Lubbock, Salt
Lake City,
Victoria BC,
Mexico City, San
Juan, Ostend,
Stockholm,
London and Paris
as well as in
recitals
throughout
Taiwan and
Japan. He
performs
regularly with
Chamber Music
International.
Recordings
include
"Birdsongs,
Romantic Chamber
Music of Arthur
Bird," and
“Equipoise.” He
has performed
and taught in
music festivals
in Taiwan, Japan
as well as
numerous other
countries.
He has been a
member of the
University of
North Texas
College of Music
faculty since
1981. Prior to
joining the UNT
faculty he
taught at
Susquehanna
University (PA)
and Augusta
State University
(GA). He earned
both the Master
of Music and
Doctor of Music
degree in
applied
woodwinds and
music literature
from Indiana
University
(Bloomington),
where he was a
clarinet student
of Henry Gulick.
His former
students have
held positions
in numerous
orchestras,
schools,
colleges and
universities
throughout the
United States
and in premier
military bands
in Washington,
D.C. Several
have been
winners,
semi-finalists
and prizewinners
in the I.C.A.
Young Artist
Competition and
the Orchestral
Competition.
He has served as
Music Review
Editor and
Advertising
Manager for The
Clarinet,
journal of the
International
Clarinet
Association. In
addition to his
duties as
Professor of
Clarinet, he
serves as
Associate Dean
for Admissions
in the College
of Music at the
University of
North Texas. He
is an
artist-clinician
for
Buffet-Crampon
and Rico Reeds
and is a member
of the
Lewisville Lakes
Symphony.
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