OVATION SERIES 2 Livestream Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 at the
College of Charleston Sottile Theatre, 44 George Street.
available on demand until Nov. 24, 2020 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Tarantelle, Op.6
Regina Helcher Yost, flute; Charles Messersmith, clarinet;
Phillip Bush, piano
FRANCIS POULENC Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Presto Andante
Rondo
Zac Hammond, oboe; Sandra Nikolajevs, bassoon; Phillip Bush,
piano
KARL REINECKE Trio for Piano, Oboe and Horn, Op. 188 Allegro
moderato Scherzo: molto vivace Adagio Finale: Allegro ma non
troppo
Zac Hammond, oboe; Debra Sherrill Ward, horn; Phillip Bush,
piano
MUSICIANS
Acclaimed as “a pianist of poetry, elegance, and power”
(American Record Guide), “a pianist of exceptional, cherishable
finesse” (Los Angeles Times), and “one of those rare pianists who
combine structural intelligence with a hundred color gradations”
(Village Voice), Phillip Bush (piano) has established a performing
career over the past three decades that is noted for its remarkable
versatility and eclecticism, with a repertoire extending from the
16th century to the 21st. Since the launch of his career upon
winning the American Pianists Association Fellowship Award and
subsequent New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in 1984, Mr. Bush has appeared as recitalist throughout North
America as well as in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. His Carnegie
Hall concerto debut with Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta
was hailed by the New York Times for its “impressive last-minute
heroics,” as he substituted for an ailing Peter Serkin on short
notice in concerti by Stravinsky and Alexander Goehr. Mr. Bush has
also appeared as soloist with the Osaka Century Orchestra,
Cincinnati Symphony, Houston Symphony and a number of other
orchestras, in repertoire ranging from the Beethoven concerti to
the American premiere of Michael Nyman’s Concerto for
Harpsichord.
Phillip Bush is widely acknowledged as one of the most
experienced American chamber music pianists of his generation: the
Kansas City Star referred to him as “the ideal chamber musician.”
He has performed and recorded with the Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, appeared innumerable times on Brooklyn’s Bargemusic
series, and has performed at the Grand Canyon Music Festival,
Newport Music Festival, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Cape
Cod Chamber Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains (Colorado),
Sitka Music Festival (Alaska), St. Bart’s Music Festival, Music at
Blair Atholl (Scotland), Cape May Music Festival, and at many other
festivals. He has collaborated in recital and chamber music with
concertmasters and principal players of many of the world’s great
orchestras, including Berlin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Metropolitan
Opera, Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, and Houston. Mr. Bush has
also made guest appearances with the Kronos, Miami, Parker,
Jupiter, Lutoslawski, and Carpe Diem string quartets, and has
performed with members of the Emerson, Guarneri, Tokyo, Orion and
St. Lawrence quartets.
GUARANTORBarbara Campbell and Arnold Marcus
Katherine and Griff Hogan
SUSTAINER
supporters of chamber music charlestonOver a ten-year period,
Mr. Bush performed over 250 concerts in Japan with the piano
quartet “Typhoon,” including several sold-out performances at Osaka
Symphony Hall and Tokyo’s Bunkamura Orchard Hall. He recorded five
CD’s with the group for Epic/Sony, all of which reached the top of
the Japanese classical charts. From 2007 to 2015, he served as
Artistic Director of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference in
Vermont, the largest (over 300 participants and 50 faculty) and
oldest (founded 1946) institute for amateur chamber musicians to
study with professional concert artists.
A devoted advocate for contemporary music, Phillip Bush
performed worldwide for 20 years with both the Philip Glass
Ensemble and Steve Reich and Musicians, in venues ranging from the
Sydney Opera House to the Acropolis in Athens. He has also worked
first-hand directly with many of the most significant American
composers of our time, from John Adams to Charles Wuorinen. The New
York Times has said “Mr. Bush may be one of the few pianists who
can play both Elliott Carter’s music and Philip Glass’ with equal
persuasiveness.” Mr. Bush’s efforts on behalf of contemporary music
have earned him grants and awards from the Mary Flagler Cary
Charitable Trust, the Aaron Copland Fund, ASCAP, Chamber Music
America and the National Endowment for the Arts. His discography as
soloist and chamber musician has now reached over 45 recordings on
labels such as Sony, Virgin Classics, Koch International, ASV, New
World Records, Denon, Cedille, and many others.
Mr. Bush is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, where he
studied with Leon Fleisher. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Bush taught
piano and chamber music at the University of Michigan, and he has
also served as Visiting Faculty at the University of North
Carolina. Since 2012 Phillip Bush has been a member of the piano
and chamber music faculty at the University of South Carolina
School of Music.
Zachary Hammond (oboe) is currently the principal oboist of the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Before coming to Charleston, he was
the principal oboist of “Symphoria” in Syracuse, New York. Zac has
performed with many other orchestras throughout the country
including the Rochester Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra,
Rochester Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony and the Lake Placid
Sinfonietta. Zac is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.
Charles Messersmith (clarinet) received his Bachelor of Music
degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Master of
Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After
graduation, he became the principal clarinet of the Augusta
symphony currently holds the principal clarinet position with the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra as co-principal clarinet since 2006.
In the summers he performs in Virginia at the Wintergreen Music
Festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Born and raised in central Massachusetts, Sandra Nikolajevs
(bassoon) began her formal musical education at the Oberlin College
and Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received her Bachelor of
Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City. She
furthered her education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de
Musique de Paris. Ms. Nikolajevs is currently Principal Bassoonist
of the Savannah Philharmonic and has held the same position with
the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic and
Augusta Symphony. She is Founder, President and Artistic Director
of Chamber Music Charleston.
Debra Sherrill-Ward (horn) is a member of Chamber Music
Charleston, North Charleston Pops, Savannah Philharmonic and the
Hilton Head Symphony. During the summer she is the director of the
Charleston Horn Camp and plays for the St. Augustine Music Festival
and Loon Lake Live. Previously, she was a member of Orquestra
Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, the South Dakota
Symphony and the Charleston Symphony. Debra studied with Froydis
Ree Wekre in Oslo,Norway, Jerome Ashby at the Juilliard School,
Erik Ralske at the Manhattan School of Music and Roger Collins at
Western Illinois University.
Regina Helcher Yost (flute) plays Second flute/piccolo for the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, assistant Principal flute/piccolo at
the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, flute with Chamber Music
Charleston, and is an Adjunct Professor of flute at Charleston
Southern University. Previously, she was associate principal
flute/piccolo for the Honolulu Symphony, second flute/piccolo for
the Knoxville Symphony, and acting second flute for the St. Louis
Symphony. She has also substituted with Minnesota Orchestra and the
Atlanta and Detroit Symphonies.
PRESIDENT & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BOARD OF DIRECTORSSandra
Nikolajevs Joe Lambright, [email protected]
Rosa Fullerton Katie Huger843.763.4941 Nelson Hicks Griff Hogan
Susan Lobell
Sally Gray LovejoySusan ParsonsCharles Tremann
BOX OFFICE: 843.763.4941chambermusiccharleston.org
GUARANTORBarbara Campbell and Arnold Marcus
Chris ChristopherSuzanne and Gerald MartererRon Fielding and
Susan Lobell
Alicia Rhett Art Fund; John and Susan Bennett Mem Arts Fund;
Havel Education Fund of Coastal
Community Foundation of SC
Herzman-Fishman Charitable Fund at the American Gift Fund
Katherine and Griff Hogan Robert and Deborah MacPherson
Fred and Mary Jo ArmbrustElizabeth Battle
Anonymous Ilse Calcagno
Barbara Campbell and Arnold MarcusJohn and Judy Clark
Jo-Ann CloseMary Early
Kathleen and Dick FishburnRosa Fullerton
Rajan and Suman GovindanGray Charitable Trust
Nelson HicksBob and Cathy Hill
Katherine HugerJohn and Shea Kuhn
Joe A. and Barbara P. LambrightRenee and Alan Levow
Sally LovejoyDarrell Lund
Jay and Janice MesseroffRalph Mills
Angus Baker and Susan ParsonsKatie Roberts
Thomas and Alison SchneiderPatricia Secrist
Ted and Sue SoderlundDr. and Mrs. Charles Tremann
David Trachtenberg and Richard Wilson
Jill and Richard AlmeidaCharles and Bonnie Bensonhaver
John ClarkeGinny Epsten
Margaret FabriJennifer Fedorchak
George and Marilyn TaylorBecky and Paul Hilstad
Henry and Ann Hurd FralixMarlene and George Kiemle
Raymond Lambrecht
Louise LancasterAnne and Cisco Lindsey
Julie and Fritz LorscheiderSusan Mitchell and Richard
McCracken
Alicia and Jenkins MikellClaudia Morton
Ronda MuirEric OakleyAnne Olsen
Robert and Susan PolackPamela Pollitt
Sheila and Gary QuigleyHarriet Ripinsky
John and Aileen SandersMurray and Hazel Somerville
Gail and John StrauchJim and Susan SullivanAnne and Ken
Tidwell
John and Helen WarrenAnne Knight Watson
George WeissAnn Wessel
DONOR
Asimoula AlissandratosCharlie Barnes
Ledlie BellJean Berner
Martin BowenWilliam Bridgers
Tom and Faye BurkeJim and Dorothy Cantwell
Otis EngelmanAvril FenwickGeorge FlynnJeffrey Foster
Richard and Ann Gridley
Edward and Diane GulyasEmerson Horner
John and Katherine KotzRichard and Ellen Kypta
Diane LauritsenThu and Aaron Lesher
Madonna LewisSusan Malabre
Katherine MaybankKathy & John McFadden
Gale and Gerald MessermanGerd and Helen MuellerClint and Valeria
Myers
Alan and Barbara NourieRobert and Candy O’Malley
Jay and Marilyn PhillipsJoan and Thomas Ritsch
Bob and Dee SchaferSandra Simpson
Sherry and Herk SimsCoby and Pat Van de Graaf
Bruce and Margaret Van VoorhisBen and Jenny Weiss
Robert and Carol WoodJudy Young
PATRON
BENEFACTOR
SUSTAINER
CONTRIBUTOR
Rebecca and Rene AckermanJeffrey Adams
James AndersonEugene Arner
Joan AvioliLedlie Bell
Lawrence and Barbara BergerEllen Bollinger
Gordon E. BondurantDavid and Betty Breedlove
Alma and Greg BrownDr. and Mrs. Robert Cantey
C Phillip ChastainWendy Cheshire
Sylvia ClineAileen CondonJohn Conyers
Maria Cordova SalinasThomas and Jessica Cutler
Robert and Barbara DeMarcoLynette DennisGeorge Eatman
Angela EstesYvonne Evans
David Fairhurst Lynne and Dennis Gettelfinger Household
Sandra GordonJudith Green
Glenna GreenslitSally Greer
John Hart HouseholdCarl and Anna Hilton
Linda HinesPaul and Judy Hines
Sherry and Kenneth HirschLinda HoughS.G. House
Mary JacobsTomas Jakubek
Chuck and Kathy JenkinsPhyllis Jestice
Elaine Johnston HouseholdEdward JonesMichael Jones
Riley KashRichard Ketcham
Barbara and Steve Kimbrough Esther Lapin
Margaret LundinDavid McCracken
Mary Menke RogersInna and Slade Metcalf
Clare and Ed MeyerMary Ann MeyersSusan Middaugh
Bryan and Valerie MillerJohanna Miller
Joy MorrisPamela Niesslein
Patrick O'Malley and Leon LaiSandra Nikolajevs and Timothy
O'Malley
Maribeth O'BrienOlivia Padgettcarolyn pattonIleana Prancan
Robert PriceRachel Pulling
H. QuinnSarah Raver
Eileen and Gary RiceWilfred RobertsClaire RobinsonMichael
Roche
Gretchen and Fritz SaengerJune Salvesen Kim Schaeffer
Ray SchanamannRussel and Bonnie Seabright
Larry and Laurie SeeseRobert and Jean Shamo
Richard Simpson Householdjeanne slabaughAndrew SohorCarol
Spitznas
Chris and Mary Ann SpiveyGwyneth and Robert Sundell
Lynda SwackhamerPatricia Swanson
John and Virginia TermineJanan Thomas
Margaret Van VoorhisJohn WallaceJane Waring
Albert and Judy WeinrichEileen and Ed Weklar
Richard WelchSusan Wentworth
Richard WildermannM.P. WilkersonRick Woodward
Thomas and Christine YoungMary Susan Zavos
John Zimmer
SUPPORTER
supporters of chamber music charleston