SPRING SERENADE APRIL 10, 2021-4 PM APRIL 11, 2021-6 PM - THE RANDOLPH A. FOSTER SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES - Carpe Diem String Quartet
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THE RANDOLPH A. FOSTER SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES
SPRING SERENADE
APRIL 10, 2021—4 PM
In-Person at Worthington United Methodist
Worthington, OH
APRIL 11, 2021—6 PM
Streamed online from
First Community Church, North Campus
Columbus, OH
The Randolph A. Foster
SEIZE THE MUSIC SERIES
SPRING SERENADE
April 10, 2021 at 4 PM
Worthington United Methodist, Worthington, OH
April 11, 2021 at 6 PM
Streamed online from
First Community Church, N. Campus, Columbus, OH
Italian Serenade HUGO WOLF
(1860-1903)
String Quartet No. 2 ELEANOR ALBERGA
(b. 1949)
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904)
Allegro ma non troppo
Dumka (Elegie): Andante con moto - Vivace
Romanze: Andante con moto
Finale: Allegro assai
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Charles Wetherbee, violin 1
Marisa Ishikawa, violin 2
Korine Fujiwara, viola
Ariana Nelson, cello
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COMPOSER BIO
With her 2015 Last Night of the Proms opener
ARISE ATHENA!, ELEANOR ALBERGA cemented
a reputation as a composer of international
stature. Performed by the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, BBC Chorus and conducted by Marin
Alsop, the work was heard and seen by millions.
The musical language of her opera LETTERS
OF A LOVE BETRAYED (2009), premiered at
the Royal Opera House’s Linbury stage, has
drawn comparisons with Berg’s Wozzeck and
Debussy’s Pelleas, while her lighter works draw
more obviously on her Jamaican heritage and time as a singer with the
Jamaican Folk Singers and as a member of an African Dance company.
But the emotional range of her language, her structural clarity and a
fabulously assured technique as an orchestrator have always drawn
high praise.
The orchestral works, SUN WARRIOR (1990) written for the inaugural
Women in Music Festival and her dramatic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES (1994) for large symphony
orchestra and narrators, premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in 1994 with
Franz Welser Möst and the LPO, helped build her growing reputation. In
2001 she was awarded a NESTA Fellowship for composition and her first
VIOLIN CONCERTO was premiered, written for Thomas Bowes and
commissioned by The Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Joseph Swensen.
A second violin concerto entitled NARCISSUS was premiered in 2020. Also
written for Thomas Bowes, it was premiered with the NFM Leopoldinum
Orchestra in Wroclaw, Poland and conducted by Joseph Swensen.
Chamber music, both in the more traditional form of three String
Quartets and a Piano Quintet, and for more unusual line-ups,
abounds. An unfolding series of Nocturnes—notably, SHINING GATE
OF MORPHEUS and SUCCUBUS MOON—featuring horn and oboe
respectively with string quartet, is an expanding project.
Alberga now lives in the Herefordshire countryside with her husband,
violinist Thomas Bowes, and together they have founded and nur-
tured an original festival—Arcadia. In 2019 a prestigious Paul Hamlyn
Foundation Award was presented to her for composition. This year
she is to receive the honor of ‘Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.’
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ARTIST BIOS
CHARLES WETHERBEE, 1st violinist and
co-founder of Carpe Diem String Quartet, is
a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music,
where he studied with Aaron Rosand. A native
of Buffalo, New York, Charles gave his first
performances at age six. He has performed
solos under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovitch,
as well as the Japan Philharmonic, the
Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota (Columbia),
the Columbus Symphony, the National Repertory
Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de
Mexico, the State Orchestra of Leningrad, and
many others. Charles is a devoted teacher,
currently Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Colorado
Boulder. He is also the Artistic Director of The Dercum Center for Arts
and Humanities in Keystone, CO.
MARISA ISHIKAWA, 2nd violinist of Carpe
Diem String Quartet, earned her Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from CU Boulder under
Charles Wetherbee, as well as a Bachelor of
Science in Accounting from the Leeds School
of Business. She earned her Masters in Music
with Brian Lewis at the University of Texas
Austin. She has worked with artists such as
Rachel Barton Pine, Glenn Dicterow, Ani
Kavafian, as well as the Takács String Quartet
and the Miró String Quartet. She is the
co-founder of the classical chamber music
festival Austin Camerata, which enriches
communities new to classical music by offering primarily free and
interactive concerts in unconventional venues.
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ARTIST BIOS (continued...)
KORINE FUJIWARA, violist and co-founder
of Carpe Diem String Quartet, is also a violinist
and composer who was named one of Strings
Magazine’s “25 Contemporary Composers to
Watch.” Korine holds degrees from Juilliard and
Northwestern University, studied with Joseph
Fuchs, Myron Kartman, and chamber music
with Harvey Shapiro, Robert Mann, and Joel
Krosnik, was a longtime faculty member of Ohio
Wesleyan University, and is in great demand for
master classes and clinics. She is Professor of
Violin and Viola at Pacific Lutheran University.
“The ear is forever tickled by beautifully judged music that manages to be
sophisticated and accessible at the same time.”
“...Contains a very rare attribute in contemporary classical music:
happiness.” ~Fanfare Magazine
“She knows how to exploit all the resources of string instruments alone and
together; her solo violin writing is fiendishly difficult.” ~Strings Magazine
ARIANA NELSON, the newest member of
CDSQ, is a cellist based in Houston and a musician
in the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. She
frequently performs with other ensembles in
the Houston area, including the Houston
Symphony, Houston Ballet, and is a core member
of the new music collective Loop38. Ariana
teaches cello as an adjunct faculty member at
Texas Southern University, and is a coach
for AFA’s Chamber Music Academy. She is an
avid proponent of new music and loves
experimenting with different styles, including
improvisation and folk music. Her eclectic tastes have led her to
appearances at Jazz at Lincoln Center, performances for patients
recovering in Mount Sinai Hospital’s transplant ward, and a performance
with the Silk Road Ensemble at Tanglewood. In 2015 Ariana was invited
to perform in a small chamber orchestra to accompany Yo-Yo Ma at
the Kennedy Center as part of the Kennedy Center Honors event.
Ariana has received many honors as a soloist, most recently winning
third prize at the 2016 Eisemann Young Artists Competition in Dallas,
TX. Ariana received her Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School
in May 2017 where she studied with Darrett Adkins. She completed
her Bachelor of Music degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of
Music, where she graduated cum laude in May 2015.
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THANKS TO OUR 2020 DONORS
Donations from January 1, 2020-April 5, 2021
$50,000-$75,000 $200-$299 Barbara & Merv Muller Kimberly Waggoner
The Randolph A. Pam Conley Carol Poirier Candyce Walchesky
Foster Fund of The Jere Forsythe Bridget Schweri
Thank you to those
Columbus Foundation Richard & Linda Erica Scurr, in memory
ticket holders who
Gunther of Bob Wilhelm
$2,000-$4,999 Holly Hickman Frank Shyjka
donated their
The Community Arts unused tickets back
Vic & Katy Hinrichs Ann Louise Smith,
Fund of The Columbus to CDSQ
John & Ann in honor of Carpe
Foundation, with the Larry Anderson
Jermiason, Diem String Quartet
assistance of the Jim & Susan Berry
who enjoy seeing Caroline Sweney
Ingram-White Castle Miriam Brierley
CDSQ on Facebook
Foundation $1-$99 Richard Burry
Ilene & Calvin Kunin
Jerome & Margaret Barbara Armitage Pamela Conley
Anne LaPidus
Cunningham Beth Arnold William & Maryln
Wanda Carter &
Michele & Mike Ritter Jim Arter Dudrow
Raymond Liddle
Donna Cavell Bette Feist
$1,000-$1,999 Jim & Bow Nicholson
Janet & Roger Chase Linda Halleran
Jim & Susan Berry Karen Peeler
Elaine Colligan Mary Hawkins
Sharon Cook Mary Yerina &
Robert Eberhart Sally Hinshaw
Frank & Linda Kass Bob Redfield
Jeffrey Gerken JoAnn Husted
Sue Ranck Rebecca Roser
Deborah Govenor Judy Kleen
Betty Sawyers Charlotte Yates
Mary Greenlee, Karla & Bob Lortz
Margaret Tabit
$100-$199 in memory of David Daniel & Ruth Martin
Ray & Nancy Waggoner A. Greenlee, with Beverly McDonald
Anonymous
Carole Wilhelm, vivid memories of the Jane McKinley
Bill & Sandi Bruns,
in memory of Bob beginnings Barbara “Bobbie”
in memory of
Wilhelm Margie Harris & Jim Mitchell
Alfred Tieze
$500-$999 Robert Byrd Ward & Belinda Hill James Nicholson
Dick & Yvonne Burry C. Alan Carter Karen Iglitzin Jacqueline Pasternack
Judy Kleen & Bob Mills Peter Coccia Barbara Kiefer Bob Redfield
Gay Su Pinnell Shoreh Elhami Barry Liss Janet Shaw
Doug & Rose Rossiter Bette Feist, in honor John Lloyd Frank Shyjka
Louise Vance of your beautiful Brooke & Gere Martin, Ann Louise Smith
music continuing in honor of Caroline Sweney
$300-$499 Ben & Karen Korine Fujiwara Louise Vance
Mary Babcock Freudenreich Rand & Ardis Raymond Waggoner
Paul & Tere Beck Korine Fujiwara Methfessel, in memory Carole Wilhelm
Patricia Callis Bryan Hartzler of Bob Wilhelm Fredric Winer
The Columbus Irene Hessler, Rosie & Earl Music Charlotte Yates
Foundation in memory of my Howard Pritz
Nancy Donoghue father Joseph Gall Judy Rabinor
Holly Hearon Rose Hume Ann & David Rigney
Patrick Vincent & Jack & Daryl Kamer Amy Schubeck
Pam Hussen Beverly McDonald Janet Shaw
Frederick Loyd Ken & Jane McKinley Carol Sykes
Check out our Member’s Page at cdsq.org/support―we would love to hear from you!
Please report any errors or omissions to Korine Fujiwara at kfujiwara@cdsq.org.
Page 8THANKS TO OUR 2019 DONORS
Donations from January 1-December 31, 2019
$35,000-$55,000 Vic & Katy Hinrichs
The Randolph A. Foster Fund Jim & Bow Nicholson
of The Columbus Foundation Susan Simms & Bob Palmer
PNC Foundation Bob Redfield
Doug & Rose Rossiter
$2,000-$4,999 Lee Taylor
Colorado University
The Community Arts Fund of The Columbus $100-$199
Foundation, with the assistance of the Paul Beck
Ingram-White Castle Foundation Les & Karen Benedict
Jerome & Margaret Cunningham Robert Byrd
Carole Wilhelm, in memory of Bill & Maryln Dudrow
Bob Wilhelm Richard & Linda Gunther
Lorna Shoemaker & Holly Hearon
$1,000-$1,999 Calvin Kunin
Jim & Susan Berry The Loft Violin Shop
Betty Sawyers Beverly McDonald
Ray & Nancy Waggoner Marty & Jack Mortland
Linda Royalty
$500-$999 Janet Shaw
Mary T. Babcock Caroline Foster Sweney
Battelle Memorial Institute Louise Vance
Dick & Yvonne Burry
Anne LaPidus $1-$99
Judy Kleen & Bob Mills Jim Arter
Gay Su Pinnell Charlotte Assor
Henry Brecher
$300-$499 Janet & Roger Chase
City of Upper Arlington Mary Greenlee, in memory of
Patrick Vincent & Pam Hussen David Greenlee
Frederick Loyd Linda Halleran
Ann Louise Smith Rose Hume
Carolyn McQuattie
$200-$299 John & Edna Reid, in memory of
Patricia Callis Stephen J. W. Reid
Pam Conley David & Ann Rigney
Nancy Donoghue Constance Tracy
Irene Hessler Chuck & Bernice White
Check out our Member’s Page at cdsq.org/support―we would love to hear from you!
Please report any errors or omissions to Korine Fujiwara at kfujiwara@cdsq.org.
Page 9One of the most unique and sought-after chamber ensembles
on the concert stage today, the Carpe Diem String Quartet
is a boundary-breaking ensemble that has earned
widespread critical and audience acclaim for its
innovative programming and electrifying performances.
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