Musicians of the Portland State University Symphony Orchestra (08-09 Season)
VIOLIN
Erin Green, concertmaster
Stella Roshi-Moles, principal
Monica Belzer
Lauren Chang
Travis Chapman
Wendy Golden
Anna Han
Lisa Hanson
Rachelle Heaton
Jean Mastaler
Victoria Mikhaylov
Sarah Perkins
Kristine Rabii
Rebecca Raccanelli
Shawna Riss
Gus Weaver
Xiaodi Yu
VIOLA
Matthew Steele, principal
Alia Broman
Hailey Creswell
Dana Deane
Michael Goffe
Patrick Hanson
Christopher Kelsey
Trevor New
Spencer Roberts
CELLO
Helen Yang, principal
Eric Allen
Arianna Avena
Amelia Bierly
Carmen Everingham
Rebecca Gray
Owen Hoffman-Smith
Keahi Horowitz
Jayson Kiyabu
Carl Leighty
BASS
Fletcher Nemeth, principal
William Gibbs
Patrick Harry
Zachary Sears
FLUTE
Maria Aispuro
Samantha Hannan
OBOE
Travis Cushman
William McGlothlin
Kirsten Saul
CLARINET
John Donelly
Alexander Freed
Lisa Lipton
Thomas Salata
BASSOON
Seth Goldman
Michael Kirkbride
HORN
Justin Ellis
David Hymans
Kyle Shields
Kimberly Waara
TRUMPET
Mario Marino
Benjamin Thauland
Samantha Ward
TROMBONE
Kevin Allen
Timothy Heichelheim
Andrew Morrow
TUBA
Benjamin Doi
PIANO
Sarah Jarvinen
HARP
Inahlee Bauer
Catherine Stone
TIMPANI/PERCUSSION
Andrew Angell, principal
David Abraham
William Archamboult
Tyler Bragg
Steven Kreppel
Michael Smith
Zachary Wong
MUSIC DIRECTOR In the fall of 2006, Ken Selden was appointed Conductor and Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble at Portland State University. His first two seasons with the PSU Symphony were awarded consecutive First Prizes in Adventurous Programming from ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras. Since arriving in Portland, he has appeared as guest conductor of the Oregon Symphony, Portland Youth Philharmonic and the Newport Symphony.
During the previous five years, Selden led a series of highly acclaimed performances as Assistant Conductor of two innovative ensembles - the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Eos Orchestra. He also worked extensively with the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestras and the New Jersey Youth Symphony, and was Music Director of orchestras at Brooklyn College and Columbia University.
A strong advocate for new music, Selden has worked closely with composers Pierre Boulez, John Cage and Tan Dun, and has conducted recent world premieres of music by Peter Lieberson, Michael Nyman and Stephen Paulus.
A graduate of New England Conservatory, Indiana University and Peabody Conservatory, Selden studied violin with James Buswell and Yuval Yaron, and conducting with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. He also performed in masterclasses for Neeme Jarvi, Jorma Panula and Yuri Temirkanov, and attended the National Conducting Institute (Kennedy Center), where he worked with Leonard Slatkin and conducted the National Symphony.
Selden made his debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra at the invitation of Pinchas Zuckerman, and subsequently appeared with orchestras of Denver, Baltimore, Minnesota and North Carolina, and at music festivals in the United States, Israel, Japan, Romania and Switzerland. Most recently, he performed with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at the David Oistrakh Festival and conducted orchestras in Finland, Italy and Belgium.
The PSU Symphony has been awarded two consecutive First Prizes in Adventurous Programming, from ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras (06-07 and 07-08)
Ken Selden, Conductor and Music Director
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Fri and Sat, Nov 27 and 28 at the Newmark Theatre, Downtown Portland THANKSGIVING WITH THE PORTLAND BALLET
ROSSINI-BRITTEN Matinées musicales
ROSSINI-BRITTEN Soirées musicales
ROSSINI-RESPIGHI La Boutique Fantasque
Dec 6 Sun 3pm INSTALLATION
SAARIAHO Solar (West Coast Premiere)
BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 2
ELGAR Cello Concerto with Helen Yang
Feb 20 Sun 3pm at Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
IMC Presents: SOUNDSCAPES with MANUEL BARRUECO
GOEBBELS Surrogate Cities
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez with Manuel Barrueco
SCHWANTNER Chasing Light (Ford Foundation)
April 30 Fri, May 2 Sun, May 5 Wed, May 8 Sat at St Mary's Academy PSU OPERA
LEHAR Merry Widow?
June 6 Sun 3pm at St Mary's Academy RELATIVITY
ZORN for your eyes only
BLOCH Sacred Service
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Nov 14 Fri 7PM at St Mary's Academy AVATAR JOHANSON Fresco (U.S. Premiere) with Douglas Schneider, organ BIRTWISTLE Bach Measures (West Coast Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Mass with the PSU Choruses
Jan 16 Fri 11:30am at Soreng Theater, Hult Center, Eugene
Oregon Music Educators Association Conference
Music of MENDELSSOHN
Feb 4 Wed 8PM at Kaul Auditorium, Reed College IMC presents SUPERNATURAL with Orli Shaham ALI_ZADEH Crossing II (Oregon Premiere)
MESSIAEN Oiseaux Exotiques (Portland Premiere) with Orli Shaham
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, Italian
April 13, 15, 17, 19 at St Mary's Academy PSU OPERA
VERDI Falstaff Tito Capobianco, Stage Director
May 31 Sun 3PM at St Mary's Academy ENCOUNTER
GOLIJOV Zz's Dream (West Coast Premiere) BUSER-MOLATORE Mardilaul (World Premiere) SAINT-SAENS Cello Concerto No. 1 with Hamilton Cheifetz
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
LISZT Hamlet
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Oct 19 Fri 8PM MATRIX UK HORNE Disembodied Instruments (U.S. Premiere)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5
Dec 2 Sun 3PM ETERNAL THEATER ADES Chamber Symphony (Northwest Premiere)
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms with the PSU Choruses/Stephen Coker, conductor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
Jan 26 Sat 8PM SPECIAL EVENT at the NEWMARK THEATRE, Downtown Portland IMA Presents JUXTAPOSITIONS
with MATT HAIMOVITZ and Andy Simionescu RIHM Ricercare in memoriam Luigi Nono (U.S. Premiere)
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto with Matt Haimovitz JOHANSON Quick as a Wink (U.S. Premiere)
BRAHMS Double Concerto with Andy Simionescu and Matt Haimovitz
Mar 7 Fri 8PM TRANSFORMATION
MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Night on Bald Mountain DAUGHERTY Flamingo (Oregon Premiere) MIKSCH Sky Buoy (World Premiere) MARQUEZ Danzon II (Portland Premiere)
Apr 25, 27, 30, May 2, 3 PSU OPERA
PUCCINI La Boheme Tito Capobianco, Stage Director
Jun 8 Sun 3PM SPECTACLE
DE TARR Far and Away (World Premiere)
JARVINEN Caprice (World Premiere)
POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos with Susan Chan and Momoko Muramatsu
DVORAK Symphony No. 8
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Oct 30 8PM DISTANT MEMORIES
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales TAKEMITSU Tree Line (Northwest Premiere)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Dec 3 4PM SHADOW/FRAGMENT LINDBERG Coyote Blues (West Coast Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto with Carol Sindell
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Feb 3 4PM VISIONS LIEBERSON Free and Easy Wanderer (Northwest Premiere)
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsodie, Ave Maria, Schicksalslied
with Christine Meadows and the PSU Choruses/Stephen Coker, conductor
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Mar 11 8PM
iMap Presents AWADAGIN2
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture with Awadagin Pratt, conductor SIERRA Concertino (West Coast Premiere)
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite 1919
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 with Awadagin Pratt, pianist
April 27, 29 May 2, 4, 5 PSU OPERA
MOZART Cosi fan tutte or The School for Lovers Tito Capobianco, Stage Director
Jun 8 8PM SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
In memoriam Mstislav Rostropovich 1927-2007 REVUELTAS Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 with Eric Allen
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish
