CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Osvaldo Golijov and Dawn Upshaw Young Artists Concert

Zankel Hall
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 7:30 PM

Mary Bonhag, Soprano
Leona Carney, Soprano
Tehila Goldstein, Soprano
Rie Miyake, Soprano
Megan Taylor, Soprano
Tania Rodriguez, Mezzo-Soprano
Katarzyna “Kasia” Sadej, Mezzo-Soprano
Patrick Cook, Tenor
Sung Eun Lee, Tenor
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, Vocalist
Alan Pierson, Conductor
Carol McGonnell, Clarinet
Nathan Botts, Trumpet
John Ostrowski, Percussion
Jared Soldiviero, Percussion
Yael Manor, Piano
Brandon Seabrook, Guitar
William Holshouser, Accordion
Keats Dieffenbach, Violin
You-Young Kim, Viola
Claire Bryant, Cello
Jane Cords-O'Hara, Cello
Kristoffer Saebo, Bass

LEV "LJOVA" ZHURBIN Niña Dance (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
PAOLA PRESTINI Oceanic Verses (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
MATTI KOVLER Here Comes Messiah! (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
DAVID T. LITTLE Scenes from Dog Days (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

This Professional Training Workshop, in partnership with The Bard College Conservatory of Music, commissioned eight young composers to write new vocal works for 18 singers. Composer Osvaldo Golijov and soprano Dawn Upshaw have been mentoring composers and singers through the collaborative compositional process, from conception of the music in October 2008 to the performances on May 9 and 10.

Professional Training Workshops are made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Bulgari and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Carnegie Hall commissions in the 2008-2009 season are made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.