Program
Cityscape - Scott Boerma
An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland
The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
Concertino in E-flat major, Op.26 - Carl Maria von Weber
Guest Artist Stephen Williamson, Clarinet
Café 512 - Ryan George
Intermission
Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppé, arr Loras John Schissel
Florentiner March - Julius Fučík, ed John R Bourgeois
Metamorphosis on an Original Cakewalk - Daniel Kallman
Sea Songs - Thomas Knox
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About our Guest Artist:
Stephen Williamson is the principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Riccardo Muti. Mr. Williamson recently was the principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic (2013-14 season) under Alan Gilbert as well as principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (2003-11) under James Levine. In addition, he has been a frequent guest principal clarinetist with the Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra in Japan under Seiji Ozawa.
Mr. Williamson is currently on the faculty of DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He has served on the clarinet faculty at Columbia University and the Mannes College of Music in New York City, as well as at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. He has recorded for the Sony Classics, Telarc, CRI, BMG, Naxos and Decca labels and can be heard on numerous film soundtracks. Most recently, Mr. Williamson was a featured soloist with the CSO under the baton of John Williams, recording his Oscar-nominated score for Steven Spielberg's film, "Lincoln.”
