Dance the Night Away

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Newport Contemporary Ballet

Mathilde Wantenaar: Prélude à une nuit américaine
George Gershwin: An American In Paris
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Whether it’s in the kitchen, at a wedding, or at a club, dancing is something we all do. Some of us took dance lessons as a child, some of us got up our nerve at a school dance, and some of us just can’t help moving when we feel the beat.

We hope you won’t be shocked to learn that classical music composers are no different than the rest of us. They feel that beat too, and they love to create motion and energy with their music. In this program, we dive into the power music has to make us want to move and express ourselves in motion. Each piece is inspired by dance and probably the best way to prepare for the concert is to watch Gene Kelly dancing in An American in Paris and watching the Sharks and the Jets dance it out in West Side Story.

The extraordinary Newport Contemporary Ballet will join us in the final piece of the concert. They will glide across the stage and around the auditorium to Ravel’s musical love story, Daphnis et Chloé. Let the motion in the music and the motion in the dance soothe you and inspire you.

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PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES
Arrive early for pre-concert fun! From 6:15 – 6:45 PM in the lobby, the New Bedford Youth Ballet will perform an excerpt from The Sleeping Beauty, a piece choreographed by Pamela Mateus entitled Beauty, and Maria the Poet, a piece choreographed by the students under the direction of Pamela Mateus.

From 6:30 – 7:00 PM, join Yaniv in the auditorium for his pre-concert talk to explore the music of the evening. Newport Contemporary Ballet Executive Artistic Director Danielle Genest will join him at 6:45.

FREE OPEN REHEARSAL
Friday, October 25, 4 – 6:30 PM
Bronspiegel Auditorium
Seating is general admission, and no tickets or RSVP are required. The rehearsal pieces will be Ravel, Bernstein, and Gershwin. A 20-minute break usually occurs between 5 and 5:30. Come and go as you please! To prevent disrupting the rehearsal process, we kindly ask that applause be reserved for the end of the session.

Violin I
Ethan Wood, Assistant Concertmaster
Emma Powell
Jennifer Memoli
Theo Ramsey
Hannah O'Brien
Viktoria Tchertchian
Emily Mullaney
Chris Baum
Melody Albanese-Kelly
Olga Kradenova

Violin II
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks,   Principal
Nozomi Murayama
Adam Jeffreys
Sophia Bernitz
Daniel Faris
Meghan O'Connor
Joyce Ryu
Sue Faux
Nelli Jabotinksy

Viola
Anna Griffis, Principal
Chris Nunn
Elisa Birdseye
Sam Kelder
Sophia Nikas
Sachin Shukla
Maureen Heflinger
Gillian Gallagher

Cello
Leo Eguchi, Principal
Peter Zay
Fabrizio Mazzetta
Bonnie Harlow
Stefan Gabriel
Holly Dyer
Megan Koch
Eleanor Blake

Double Bass
Pete Walsh, Principal
Kiefer Fuller
Joseph Bentley
Caroline Samuels
Reg Lamb

Piccolo
Caitlyn Schmidt

Flute
Timothy Macri, Principal
Vanessa Holroyd

Alto Flute
Anthea Kechley

Oboe
Laura Shamu, Principal
Benjamin Fox
Alessandro Cirafici

EB Clarinet
Mackenzie Austin

Clarinet
Nicholas Brown,  Principal
Peter Bianca

Bass Clarinet
Rane Moore

Soprano Sax
Sangwon Lee
Megan Dillon
Seychelle Dunn-Corbin
Max Reed

Bassoon
Rachel Juszczak
Brooke Allen
Dominic Panunto

Contra Bassoon
Susannah Telsey

French Horn
Michael Bellofatto
Hannah Messenger
Virginia Morales
Sarah Gagnon

Trumpet
Max Ignas
Geoffrey Shamu
San Thurston
Andrew Harms