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| Member Since | 7/27/2007 | | Band Website | pdx.edu/music | | Band Members | Music Majors at Portland State University
VIOLIN
Monica Belzer
Lauren Chang
Wendy Golden
Lisa Hanson
Mac Kim
Jean Mastaler
Erin Green
David Mixer
Andrea Morgan
Kristine Rabii
Rebecca Raccanelli
Shauna Riss
Stella Roshi-Moles
Kendal Seager
Hinako Shimamura
Andrew Todd
Gus Weaver
Jessica Woolf
Sergio Zenisek
VIOLA
Jordan Dykstra
Michael Goffe
Benjamin Johnson
Meghan LaPort
Trevor New
Matthew Steele
CELLO
Eric Allen
Arianna Avena
Hailas Baatsch
Amelia Bierly
David Chase
Luke Copko
Loren Elliott
Jayeson Kiyabu
Carl Leighty
Adam Young
BASS
Patrick Harry
Peter Drew Nelson
Fletcher Nemeth
Zachary Sears
FLUTE
Rachel Blythe
Laura Ridenour
OBOE
William McGlothlin
Kirsten Saul
CLARINET
Reina Abolofia
Tamari Kakhadze
Thomas Salata
BASSOON
Ryan Cloutier
Seth Goldman
HORN
Justin Ellis
Benjamin Garrett
David Hymans
Kyle Shields
Kimberly Waara
TRUMPET
Benjamin Thauland
Samantha Ward
TROMBONE
Kevin Allen
Kelsen Barberis
Daniel Evans
TUBA
Timothy Heichelheim
PIANO/CELESTE
Sergey Bogza
Sarah Jarvinen
HARP
Denise Fujikawa
Catherine Stone
TIMPANI/PERCUSSION
David Abraham
Andrew Angell
William Archamboult
Tyler Bragg
John Donnelly
Dan Gascon
Sarah Linderman
Jo Salicos
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Benjamin Thauland
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Susan Nelsen
SECTIONAL COACHES
Ron Babcock , Hamilton Cheifetz , Barbara Heilmair , Lawrence Johnson , Carol Sindell
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 inaugural season with the PSU Symphony was awarded First Prize in Adventurous Programming from ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League. He is currently engaged as Cover Conductor for the Oregon Symphony and is a guest conductor this season with the Newport Symphony and the Portland Youth Philharmonic.
During the previous five years, Ken 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, Ken 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, Ken Selden studied violin with James Buswell and Yuval Yaron, and conducting with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. He attended the National Conducting Institute at Kennedy Center, where he worked with Leonard Slatkin and conducted the National Symphony. He made his debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra at the invitation of Pinchas Zuckerman, and subsequently appeared with orchestras of Baltimore, Denver, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, 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 Belgium, Finland and Italy. | | Type of Label | Indie |
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For the past two consecutive seasons, the PSU Symphony has been awarded First Prize for Adventurous Programming from ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras (06-07 and 07-08)
Ken Selden, Conductor and Music Director
----- 08-09 SEASON
music of BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY, GINASTERA, MAHLER, MESSIAEN, MILHAUD, RAVEL, RODRIGO, SAINT-SAENS, SCHUMANN and VERDI
----- 07-08 SEASON at Lincoln Hall
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
----- 06-07 SEASON at Lincoln Hall
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
Thomas' Myspace Entree V4.4
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