Saturday 24 October, 6:30 PM
THE ARTS CENTRE GOLD COAST
PROGRAM
Little Big Band
Gonna Fly Now
Route 66
Skyfall
Uptown Funk
Conductor: Matthew Armstrong
Conti, Robbins, Connors; arr. Lopez
Troup; arr. Sweeney
Adkins and Edworth; arr. Holmes
Mars, Lawrence, Ronson, Bhasker; arr. Sweeney
Big Band Conductor: Nick Burrell
Josie
Georgia on My Mind
Sweet Georgia Brown
Steely Dan; arr. Mike Tomaro
Hoagy Carmichael; arr. Sammy Nestico
Ben Barnie; arr. Sammy Nestico
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String Orchestra Conductor: Nick Stefan
The Campbells are Coming
Little Russian March
Londonderry Air
El Toro
Traditional Scottish; arr. Sandra Dackow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Traditional Irish; arr. Elliot Del Borgo
Don Brubaker
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Intermission
Junior Symphony Conductor: Bruce Davidson
Grand March from ‘Aida’
Theme from ‘On Golden Pond’
March to the Scaffold from ‘Symphonie
Fantastique’
Giuseppe Verdi; arr. David Stone
David Grusin; arr. Bob Lowden
Hector Berlioz; arr. Richard Meyer
Awards Presentation
Youth Symphony
Southport Lions
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Conductor: Bruce Davidson
Symphony No. 1 (The Titan) 3rd Movement
Pictures at an Exhibition - The Hut on Chicken
Legs and The Great Gate of Kiev
Gustav Mahler
Modest Mussorgsky;
orchestrated by Carl Simpson
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Masters of Ceremony
Darcey Lee, Hannah Marshall, Ray Winson
with Patricia Geale
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YOUTH SYMPHONY
Violin I
Grace Choi#
Anna Foran
Matthew Geale
Maria Saito
Alessandro Nocerino
Olivia Bolin
Joshua Shin
Jessica Wu
Hope Nakagawa-Morrison
Chelsea Park
Violin II
Tony Choi*
Stefanie Pallmert
Forte-Avant KiwiKiwi
Fallon Maxwell
Sienna Caban
Georgia Politakis
Jie Ye
Ian Ng
Chloe Duncanson
Jordan Nunney
Maito Yoshioka
Viola
Alex Warr*
Eva Ng
Amy Zhou
Emy-Lee Rogers
Bethany Ash
Sophia Phipps
Cello
Sayo Kokubun*
Daniel Chiou
Daniel Farquhar
Jin You
Kye Kanemura
Towa Motai
Momoko Misumi
Double Bass
Elias (Lee) Kokkoris*
Nathan Brown
Nathan Leydon
Jess Cameron
Luke Murray
Flute
Aileen Ye*
Kevin Namgung
Hannah James-Hook
Oboe
Jordon He*
Sylvia Caban
Clarinet
Zandra White*
Sophie Hwang
Jack Davies
Bass Clarinet
Joshua Kruger*
Samantha Ash
Special thanks to our
Youth Symphony Volunteers
Sarah Jane Ash
Kay Cabale
Christian Fisalli
Matthew Geale
Thomas Jones
AJ Kanemura
Joshua Kruger
Rodney Schon
French Horn
Christian Fisalli*
Thomas Jones
Claire Hwang
Thomas Hendry
Trumpet
Lucas Gandara-Wadham*
Elliena Escott
Luke (Ryuki) Maeda
Trombone
Thomas Mitchell*
Jonah Nakagawa-Morrison
Bass Trombone
Nathan Rennex
Tuba
Darius Partridge
Timpani
Eliza Leng*
Percussion
Caleb Salizzo*
Rodney Schon
Chloe Duncanson
Piano
Caleb Salizzo
# Concert Master
* Section Principal
LITTLE BIG BAND
Gonna Fly Now
Words and Music by Bill Conti, Ayn Robbins and Carol Connors.
Arranged by Victor Lopez
Also known as the Theme from Rocky, the song was
released in 1977. It was considered a perfect fit for the movie
and for the Rocky character - an underdog who fought beyond
his abilities through rugged determination. It was used as the
primary theme in the first two Rocky movies. The song was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Route 66
Words and Music by Bobby Troup
Arranged by Michael Sweeney
A popular rhythm and blues standard, the song was composed in
1946. The song uses a twelve-bar blues arrangement and lyrics
follow the path of US Federal Highway, Route 66.
Skyfall
Words and Music by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Arranged by Roger Holmes
Skyfall is the theme song of the 2012 James Bond film of the
same name, performed by English singer Adele. While composing
the song, Adele and Epworth aimed to capture the mood and
style of the other Bond themes, including dark and moody lyrics
descriptive of the film's plot.
Uptown Funk
Words and Music by Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Phillip Lawrence,
Jeff Bhasker, Devon Gallaspy and Nicholas Williams
Arranged by John Berry
Uptown Funk is heavily influenced by a hybrid mixture
of funk, rock, pop and new wave of the early 1980s. The song
set a new record for the highest number of streams in one week
in the US, with 4.8 million streams. Recently, the video received
its billionth view on YouTube becoming the ninth video on
YouTube to receive over 1 billion views.
Special thanks to our
Little Big Band Volunteers
Nicky Cooper
Jill Mansfield
Alto Sax
Zultan Holder
Antony Regtien
Tenor Sax
Sage Murtagh
Trumpet
Elliena Escott
Hannah Marshall
Leigh Lomas
Rowan Mathers
Trombone
Daniel Chen
Euphonium
Christian Goh
Bass Guitar
Zack Maradeen
Drums
Casey Mansfield
Keyboard
Amelia Gill
Vocalist
Elliena Escott
BIG BAND
Josie
Words and Music by Steely Dan
Arranged by Mike Tomaro
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band whose music also
blends elements of funk, R&B, and pop. Founded by core
members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1972, the band
enjoyed great critical and commercial success in the late
‘70s and early ‘80s before breaking up in 1981. Josie is the
sardonic celebration of a prodigal daughter's return.
Georgia on My Mind
Words and Music by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Arranged by Sammy Nestico
Hoagland Howard Hoagy Carmichael was born in
Bloomington, Indiana in 1899. He is one of the few great
craftsmen who became the most important jazz innovators
in the first half of the 20th century. Carmichael was an actor,
performer, and popular songwriter - some of his other
compositions include Stardust and Winter Moon. Gorrell was
a banker living in New York City, and he wrote the
lyrics. It is one of the most recorded songs of all time and
became the official state song of the State of Georgia, USA
in 1979.
Sweet Georgia Brown
Words and Music by Ben Bernie
Arranged by Sammy Nestico
Sweet Georgia Brown is a jazz standard and pop tune
written in 1925. Reportedly Ben Bernie came up with the
concept for the song's lyrics, although he is not the
accredited lyricist. The tune was first recorded in 1925 by
bandleader Bernie, resulting in a five-week No. 1.
Special thanks to our
Big Band Volunteers
Julia White
Peter MacFarlane
YOUTH SYMPHONY
Alto Sax
Zandra White
Amy Cooper
Tenor Sax
Pierce van Kempen
Arshar Nelson
Baritone Sax
Joshua Kruger
Trumpet
Nicholas Linnane
Abigail Marshall
Jasmine Mills
Christopher Regtien
Trombone
Shoi Okagawa
Bass Guitar
MJ Delmastro
Andy Popescu
Drums
Sofia Delmastro
Percussion
Ryan Kennedy
Keyboard
Jordon He
Symphony No. 1 in D Major (The Titan) 3rd Movement
Composed by Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major, also known as the ‘Titan’ symphony,
was primarily composed between the 20th January and the end of March 1888 in
Leipzig, although the work also incorporates pre-existing musical themes and ideas
from earlier Mahler compositions.
The first version of the work, premiered in 1889 at the Vigadó Concert Hall in
Budapest conducted by Mahler. The work was poorly received by the Budapest
audience. Its second performance took place three years later in Hamburg after
Mahler had made major revisions to the work. Mahler continued to revise the work
up until the score was first published in 1899. A typical performance lasts around 55
minutes, making it one of Mahler’s shortest symphonies. Tonight, GCYO’s Youth
Symphony perform the 3rd Movement.
Pictures at an Exhibition - The Hut on Chicken Legs and The Great Gate of
Kiev
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Orchestrated by Carl Simpson
Modest Mussorgsky produced his Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874 to perpetuate the
memory of a friend, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). In the process, he created a
monument far more massive and lasting than his subject. Mussorgsky was an
ardent Russian nationalist, but he was far more interested in folk art than in the
grandiose ornamental designs of the aristocracy. (Or, as Tchaikovsky put it, “He
likes what is coarse, unpolished and ugly.”)
Mussorgsky's career began in the military, but he resigned from the life of a
fastidious officer to study music and supported himself as a civil servant. When his
friend Hartmann died in 1874, aged only 39, Mussorgsky was devastated. The
following year a memorial exhibit of 400 of Hartmann’s works, including sketches,
watercolours and costume designs was created. Seized with inspiration, Mussorgsky
quickly reacted to the exhibition by writing a suite of ten piano pieces dedicated to
the organizer. Tonight, Youth Symphony present No. 9.
STRING
STRINGORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA
ORCHESTRA
STRING
JUNIOR SYMPHONY
Grand March from ‘Aida’
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Arranged by David Stone
Aida, Verdi’s grandest spectacle and one of the most
popular operas ever written, was intended to celebrate
the opening of the Suez Canal and the Cairo Grand
Opera House in 1869. Verdi lived in Italy during the rise
of Italian Nationalism.
Theme from ‘On Golden Pond’
Composed by David Grusin
Arranged by Bob Lowden
On Golden Pond is a 1981
American drama film directed
by Mark Rydell.
The screenplay by Ernest
Thompson was adapted from
his 1979 play of the same
title. Henry Fonda and Katharine
Hepburn both received Oscars for
their performances in the film.
March to the Scaffold from
‘Symphonie Fantastique’
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Arranged by Richard Meyer
The symphony is a piece
of program music that tells the
story of an artist gifted with a
lively imagination who has
poisoned himself in the depths of
despair because of hopeless love.
Berlioz provided his own program
notes for each movement of the
work.
Special thanks to our
Junior Symphony
Volunteers
Som Bose
Roslyn Churchill
John Duncanson
David Jones
Clare McMath
John Morrow
Aidong Ren
Christopher Starkins
Kymba Tullberg
Kellie White
Flute
Agnes Sun*
Sophie Bigum
Astrid Briggs
Hannah James-Hook
Heewon Lee
Chelsea Price
Aimee Douglas (piccolo)
Oboe
Ray Winson*
Bassoon
Amelia Cody-Byfield*
Violin I
Dylan Leon#
Taisei Fujii
Jean Han
Komei Jo
Alice Kang
Jeewon Lee
Albert Liang
Uno Kakegawa
Peter Kim
Rianna Webster
Grace White
Violin II
Shirley Wang*
Cassandra Cole
Harrison Chen
Imanuele Concengco
Emma Duncanson
Olivia Dwiar
Julia Lim
Demi Politakis
Michael Song
Elise St. Pierre
Rakto Yoshioka
Clarinet
Jack Davies*
Viola
Aimee Douglas Forte-Avant KiwiKiwi*
Nathan Choi
Trumpet
Tom Edmunds
Elliena Escott*
David Liu
Lee Winson
Cello
Trombone
Angie Zhou*
Jonah NakagawaBriody Fahey
Morrison*
Soshi Jo
Daniel Chen
Darcey Lee
Hannah Lee
Timpani, Percussion
Aaron Morrow
Maya Bose*
Lily Wang
Daniel Chen
Wiki Wells
Theodore Churchill
Jackson Price
Double Bass
Jacob Schwabe
Millie Antliff
Veronica Mason
Piano
Carter Wallis
Daniel Chen
French Horn
# Concert Master
Thomas Hendry*
* Section Principal
Nicolas van Litsenborgh
The Campbells are Coming
Traditional Scottish
Arranged by Sandra Dackow
The Campbells Are Coming is a Scottish song associated
with Clan Campbell. It was composed in the early 1700s
and may have been inspired by events around the
deposing of Mary Queen of Scots.
Little Russian March
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged by Robert Longfield
Tchaikovsky wrote much of the Little Russian March
during a summer holiday in the Ukraine with his sister
Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs. Considered one of
Tchaikovsky's most joyful compositions, it was successful
right from its premiere in 1872.
Londonderry Air
Traditional Irish
Arranged by Elliot Del Borgo
The Londonderry Air originated from County
Londonderry in Ireland. It is popular among the Irish and
well known throughout the world. The tune is played as
the victory anthem of Northern Ireland at the
Commonwealth Games. The song Danny Boy uses the
tune, with a set of lyrics written in the early 20th
century.
Violin I
Aryan Sabet#
Alex Caban
Indigo Edmunds
Mimi Edmunds
Jeremiah Gan
Giulian Grasso
Isabella Gray
Zara Jean Leinster
Jasmine Lu
Sam McMath
Jade Tan
Violin II
Laurynn Williams*
Jackson Bulat
William Chen
Fletcher Day
Miu Fujii
Je’Varna KiwiKiwi-Griffin
Shania Li
Honor Nicholson
Grace Shin
Christian Sullivan
Jett Thorburn
Adriana Williams
Isabel Yang
El Toro
Composed by Don Brubaker
El Toro, Spanish for ‘the bull’ is a piece composed
specifically for young musicians. Brubaker is a music
educator based in the USA.
Special thanks to our
String Orchestra Volunteers
Naomi Keogh
Jonathon Jackson
Geoffrey McPherson
Christopher Sullivan
Trish Williams
# Concert Master
* Section Principal
Piano
Sam McMath
Viola
Khan Kim*
Sun Ho Choi
Lui Griffiths
Javahn Santosha
Cindy Trinh
Cello
Hana Gomibuchi*
Abby Bradley
Maxmilion Carr
Riley Collier
James Gilmour
Yu Griffiths
Liam Jackson
Flora Jeon
Geon Song
Double Bass
Zak Rossiter*
Charlie-Rose Phillips
Max Simms