Miriam Burns, conductor

Raúl Delgado Navarro, guest conductor
 

Program

Featuring a prime example of our rich heritage of alumni, this concert will be in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of The Ohio State University School of Music. ALL students, both majors and non-majors, will be inspired by Dr. Ohlsson’s presence, performance and wisdom that he shares regarding his career path as a soloist, orchestral player and highly revered pedagogue, all of which first began with his training at the Ohio State School of Music. 

Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857) 

Raúl Delgado Navarro, guest conductor

Oboe Concerto for Strings, Harp and Percussion

David Mullikin (b. 1950)

1. Allegro moderato, quasi Pastorale
2. Allegro molto
3. Adagio — Cadenza
4. Finale

Eric Ohlsson, soloist
MM/DMA alumnus

American composer David Mullikin (b. 1950) was commissioned by Colorado Symphony board member Erna Butler in memory of her late husband Brad Butler, for Peter Cooper, the principal oboist of the CSO; a former teacher of Dr. Abby Yeakle Held.

It was premiered and recorded in 2001 by Peter Cooper along with Neville Marriner and the Academy of Saint Martin In The Fields. The Mullikin Concerto has garnered a lot of favorable comment from many oboists and teachers, including former Cleveland Orchestra principal oboist John Mack, a former teacher of Dr. Eric Ohlsson, who suggested he record it.

— INTERMISSION —

Pictures at an Exhibition

Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
arr. Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Promenade
1. The Gnome
—Promenade
2. The Old Castle
—Promenade
3. Tuileries (Children's Quarrel after Games)
4. Bydło (Cattle)
—Promenade
5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
6. "Samuel" Golderberg and "Schmuÿle"
—Promenade
7. Limoges. The Market (The Great News)
8. Catacombs | With the Dead in a Dead Language
9. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)
10. The Great Gate of Kiev 

Personnel

Autumn Semester

Violin I
Nathan Jeoung, concertmaster
Felipe Mathias Romagnoli
Sidd Figurov
David Zhu
Mara Seppala
Martin Fihe 
Adam Whitman
Melanie Owen

Violin II
Miah Shaffer, principal
Hana Mazak
Chuyang Deng
Isabelle Tardivon
Declan Alford
Amina Janybek

Viola
Aiden Yi-Hung Jeng, principal
Brandon Waite
Erica Lopez 
Avery Temple 
Nicolo Moulthrop
Chase Lobos  
Luke Wittrock
Benjamin Windover Noble   
Logan Bartlett

Cello
Aidan Dever, principal
Anyu Gu
Owen Summers
Jake Eyink
Margaret Leung
Jacob Schwengler
Jacob Myers
Annie Bartos
Kate Sahr
Jaeda Wood-Binkley
Audra Incledon

Double Bass
Saoirse Hurley, principal
Carson Wolfe
Owen Lutz
Felix Mueller
Jett Maslouski
Luca Brusco
Jeremy Frolo
JoJo Schweitzer
Owen Welch

Flute
Katie Sharp
Jonathan Mitchell
Kayleigh Rummel, piccolo

Oboe
Briele Vollmuth
Maddie Wittman
Ben Newman
Laura Pitner

Clarinet
Chen Du
Samuel Langer
Bowen Wei
Almudena Curros Varela, bass clarinet

Alto Saxophone
Hudson Müller

Bassoon
Brandon Golpe, principal
Bitania Petros
Laila Elhamri, contrabassoon

Horn
Kaylee Skaris
Olivia Boden
Andrew Waite
Nora Lemmon
Paul Bissler

Trumpet
Nick Schnitzspahn 
Zach Heffner
Will Fisher
Brandon Ising
Jude Abuzeide

Trombone
Gavin Abrams
DJ Austin
Shawn Davern
Jackson Fortner
Michael Malone

Euphonium
Ayden Casa

Tuba
Justin White

Harp
Abigail Bachelor

Celesta
Clara Rudy

Timpani
Haydn Veith

Percussion
Jacob Cauley
Brody Fogle
Wesley Giles
Nathan Smith 

About the Artist

Dr. Eric Ohlsson enjoys a significant musical career that is varied and far reaching in scope. He is dedicated to both performing and teaching on a national and international scale. His primary position is as the Charles O. DeLaney Professor of Oboe in the College of Music at Florida State University, a post he has held since 1986.

Ohlsson performs regularly as principal oboist of the Tallahassee Symphony, the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, and in the summer months with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, where he has been a member of the Artist Faculty since 1994.

He was formerly principal oboe of the Naples Philharmonic (1986–1996), the Columbus Symphony (1975–1980), the Augusta Symphony (1982–1986), and the South Carolina Philharmonic (1980–1986). Additionally, he has played in the same capacity as a guest performer with groups such as the Charlotte Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Jacksonville Symphony.

He has many engagements to his credit as a recitalist and chamber musician the US, Canada, Europe, and South America, and has given solo and chamber recitals at venues such as Weill Recital Hall in New York City, Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), the Brevard Music Festival (North Carolina), with the City Music Chamber Orchestra (Cleveland), at the Casa Rui Barbosa (Rio), at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts (Naples, Florida), and at the Grand Castle of Vianden (Luxembourg), to name a few. He has performed at Conferences of the International Double Reed Society on ten separate occasions.

Ohlsson has been a featured soloist with the Naples Philharmonic, the Tallahassee Symphony, the Augusta Symphony, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, City Music Cleveland, the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra and Brevard Sinfonia, the South Carolina Philharmonic, the South Carolina Chamber Orchestra, the Florida State Chamber Orchestra, and the University Orchestras of Florida State University and The Ohio State University. His repertoire includes the concertos of Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, Francaix, Martinu, Vaughan-Williams and Zwilich.

As a pedagogue, Ohlsson has taught hundreds of young oboists at FSU, Brevard Music Festival, and at the Vianden International Music Festival. Many of these students now hold important positions as university professors, symphonic performers, and educators across the country. He has also taught at the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Governors School of the Arts, Otterbein College, and Denison University.

His degrees are from The Ohio State University (DMA and MM) and James Madison University (BME). His most influential teachers are John Mack, William Baker, James Caldwell, Ben Wright and Travis Cox.

31st Annual Music Celebration Concert

Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St.

Join us for our annual community celebration featuring student bands, choirs, jazz bands, orchestra and more. 

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