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%- CON
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%- BENEFIT MA
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%- REEN A CAT
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KENNY
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%- LESS
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RANS
ANDRAE
PECK
JANE
%- STORY
MENDELSSOHN
SAN
SON
%- >> THIS
IS
THE
CAPTIONER
WRITING%- A
TEST
FOR "FINAL
FORTE."
%- AUDIO
SOUNDS
GOOD.
%- TEST
TEST.
%- TEST
TEST.
%- TEST
TEST.
%- TEST
TEST.
%- TEST
TEST.
%- I'LL WRITE
PART OF
THE
NOWR.
NEWSHOUR
.%- >>
I'M
TRYING
TO
SAY
SOMETHING
%- ABOUT THAT.
%- THIS
BOOK'S
NOT
DOING
THAT.%- >>
SO THIS IS
NOT A
%-THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A PBS
%- WISCONSIN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.
%- ♪
!%- >> THEY SHARE A COMMON BOND:
%- TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS WITH A
%- PASSION TO PERFORM AND A
%- DRIVE TO EXCEL, EAGER TO TAKE
%- THE STAGE AND FULFILL THEIR
%- DREAMS.
%- THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
%- UNDER THE BATON OF MUSIC
%- DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN, WELCOMES
%- THE FOUR FINALISTS TO OVERTURE
%- HALL: ANDREÉ PECK, JANE STORY,
%- KATARINA KENNEY, AND ELLIOT
%- LESPERANCE.
%- IT'S "WISCONSIN YOUNG ARTISTS
%- COMPETE: THE FINAL FORTE."
%- MAJOR FUNDING FOR ""THE FINAL
%- FORTE" IS PROVIDED BY:
%- W. JEROME FRAUTSCHI.
%- DIANE BALLWEG.
%- BARBARA AND NORM BERVEN.
%- WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM:
%- JAMES DAHLBERG AND ELSEBET LUND.
%- JULIE AND LARRY MIDTBO.
%- ELIZABETH OLSON.
%- KATO PERLMAN.
%- SENTRY INSURANCE FOUNDATION.
%- TRUST POINT.
%- CYRENA AND LEE PONDROM.
%- DARCY KIND AND MARC VITALE.
%- DOCTOR A. BEYER-MEARS.
%- JOAN JOHNSTON.
%- DONORS TO THE FOCUS FUND FOR THE
%- ARTS.
%- AND FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.
%- ♪
!
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO
%- "FINAL FORTE," THE CULMINATION
%- OF THE 2024 BOLZ YOUNG
%- ARTIST COMPETITION.
%- I''M LORI SKELTON, HOST OF
%- WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO''S
%- ""AFTERNOON CLASSICS."
%- >> AND I''M CLINT WALZ, DIRECTOR
%- OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING AT PBS
%- WISCONSIN.
%- 2024 MARKS THE 18TH YEAR OF THIS
%- HISTORIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN
%- THE MADISON SYMPHONY
%- ORCHESTRA, WISCONSIN PUBLIC
%- RADIO, AND PBS WISCONSIN, A
%- PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO
%- RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE
%- ACHIEVEMENTS OF WISCONSIN''S
%- BRIGHTEST YOUNG PERFORMERS.
%- >> TONIGHT, LIVE FROM OVERTURE
%- HALL IN MADISON, FOUR TALENTED
%- AND EXTREMELY DEDICATED
%- TEENAGERS WILL COMPETE FOR TOP
%- HONORS.
%- THE WINNER OF TONIGHT''S
%- COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE THE
%- MARIAN BOLZ PRIZE FOR
%- DISTINGUISHED MUSICAL
%- ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES A
%- $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP.
%- >> SECOND PLACE WILL RECEIVE THE
%- STEENBOCK YOUTH MUSIC AWARD,
%- WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A
%- $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP.
%- TWO HONORABLE MENTION
%- SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 WILL BE
%- AWARDED AS WELL.
%- >> TONIGHT''S FINALISTS EMERGED
%- FROM A FIELD OF 35 STUDENTS FROM
%- AROUND THE STATE WHO AUDITIONED
%- FOR THE BOLZ COMPETITION IN
%- JANUARY.
%- THEY ARE:
%- PIANIST ANDREÉ PECK OF LA CROSSE.
%- CELLIST KATARINA KENNEY OF
%- MADISON.
%- MARIMBIST ELLIOT LESPERANCE OF%-OREGON.
%- AND VIOLINIST JANE STORY OF
%- STEVENS POINT.
%- >> ALL WILL PERFORM HERE
%- TONIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY THE
%- MAGNIFICENT MADISON SYMPHONY
%- ORCHESTRA, UNDER THE BATON OF
%- MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN, NOW
%- CELEBRATING HIS 30TH SEASON WITH
%- THE ORCHESTRA.
%- LET'S
GET A
ROUND
OF
APPLAUSE.
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- >> SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,
%- LET''S BEGIN TONIGHT''S
%- COMPETITION WITH THE FIRST OF
%- OUR FOUR FINALISTS, PIANIST
%- ANDREÉ PECK.
%- ♪
!%- >> I''M ANDREÉ PECK.
%- I''M 14 YEARS OLD, AND I PLAY
%- PIANO.
%- I''VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS
%- FOUR-AND-A-HALF.
%- I LIKE THAT YOU CAN IMITATE THE
%- SOUND OF AN ORCHESTRA BECAUSE
%- YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT
%- VOICES THAT YOU CAN PLAY.
%- MUSIC HELPS YOU SAY THINGS THAT
%- YOU WOULDN''T BE ABLE TO SAY IN
%- WORDS.
%- THERE ARE SO MANY MORE EMOTIONS
%- THAT YOU CAN CONVEY THROUGH
%- MUSIC.
%- ♪
!
%- >> NOW GET SET.
%- >> MY TEACHER IS DR. JOSEPH%-ZINS. EVERYTHING HE SAYS HAS A
%- PURPOSE, WHICH I REALLY LIKE.
%- >> GIVE IT A LOT OF TONE ON THE%-BASS.
%- MM HMM.
%- >> HE FOSTERS A LOVE THROUGH THE
%- INSTRUMENT BY REFERENCING THE
%- CLASSICAL MUSIC GODS.
%- IT''S ALMOST LIKE A RELIGION FOR
%- HIM BECAUSE IT''S BEEN WITH HIM
%- ALL OF HIS LIFE, AND HE''S TRYING
%- TO FOSTER THAT WITH ME.
%- >> YEAH.
%- YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: ""IF IT
%- AIN''T BROKE, DON''T FIX IT!"
%- FOR FUN, I GENERALLY DO THINGS
%- WITH MY FRIENDS.
%- WE PLAY LOTS OF BOARD GAMES
%- BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY DOES
%- BOARD GAME RENTALS, WHICH IS
%- REALLY COOL, BECAUSE YOU CAN
%- JUST CYCLE THROUGH PRETTY MUCH
%- INFINITE THINGS.
%- I''M A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL,
%- BUT I GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
%- WISCONSIN -- LA CROSSE FOR MUSIC
%- THEORY CLASSES AND FOR MATH.
%- I''M PROBABLY GOING TO GET A
%- BACHELOR''S IN MATH, BUT
%- HOPEFULLY THEN I CAN GO TO MUSIC
%- SCHOOL AND KEEP MUSIC, LIKE,
%- THROUGH MY ENTIRE LIFE.
%- THEY''RE OPPOSITES, BECAUSE ONE
%- OF THEM IS SUPER LOGICAL AND THE
%- OTHER IS REALLY EMOTIONAL, WHICH
%- I REALLY LIKE, THE VARIETY.
%- I WAS IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUNG
%- ARTIST CONCERTO COMPETITION.
%- THEY HAVE 16 KIDS PLAY WITH A
%- PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS
%- THE MOST I''VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
%- IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
%- PLAYING WITH AN ORCHESTRA IS
%- JUST ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES
%- THAT YOU DON''T FORGET.
%- PLAYING WITH THE MADISON
%- SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, I THINK IT''S
%- GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING
%- BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPER HIGH
%- LEVEL.
%- I''M PLAYING SAINT-SAEËNS'' 2ND
%- CONCERTO, THE FIRST MOVEMENT.
%- IT STARTS REALLY TRAGIC, AND
%- THEN IT KIND OF GETS TO A MORE
%- HOPEFUL SECTION.
%- >> AND I REALLY LIKE THE VARIETY
%- BECAUSE IT CHALLENGES ME IN
%- EVERY WAY, WHICH I NEED TO
%- DO IT TO SURVIVE AS A MUSICIAN.
%- MY TEACHER ALWAYS SAYS THAT IF
%- YOU HAVE A FEELING, THEN YOU
%- CONVEY IT THROUGH THE MUSIC
%- AND THE AUDIENCE IS GOING TO
%- FEEL IT AS WELL.
%- IF YOU WANT TO SERVE OTHER
%- PEOPLE WITH MUSIC, YOU HAVE TO
%- SERVE THE MUSIC FIRST.
%- I''M PROUD OF THE THING THAT I
%- GET TO DO BECAUSE I GET TO
%- SHOWCASE WHAT I''VE DONE AND MY
%- HARD WORK IN FRONT OF SO MANY
%- PEOPLE.
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- >> AND NOW, ANDREÉ PECK IS TAKING
%- THE STAGE ALONG WITH MAESTRO
%- JOHN DEMAIN.
%- >> ANDREÉ WILL BE PERFORMING THE
%- FIRST MOVEMENT OF CAMILLE
%- SAINT-SAEËNS'' PIANO CONCERTO
%- NO. 2 IN G MINOR.
%- >> SAINT-SAEËNS WAS A FRENCH
%- COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST
%- OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH
%- CENTURIES.
%- HIS SECOND PIANO CONCERTO WAS
%- COMPOSED IN 1868.
%- THOUGH NOT INITIALLY SUCCESSFUL,
%- IT HAS BECOME ARGUABLY HIS MOST
%- POPULAR PIANO CONCERTO.
%- ♪
!
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> THAT WAS 14-YEAR-OLD ANDREÉ
%- PECK, PERFORMING THE FIRST
%- MOVEMENT OF CAMILLE SAINT-SAEËNS''
%- PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR.
%- ANDREÉ IS THE FIRST OF FOUR
%- COMPETITORS IN THIS FINAL ROUND
%- OF THE 2024 BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
%- COMPETITION.
%- >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
%- BOLZ COMPETITION, AS WELL AS
%- OTHER MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
%- PERFORMANCES, VISIT THE
%- ORCHESTRA''S WEBSITE AT
%- MADISONSYMPHONY.ORG.
%- OUR NEXT COMPETITOR TONIGHT IS
%- VIOLINIST JANE STORY.
%- ♪
!%- >> MY NAME IS JANE STORY, AND I
%- AM A 17-YEAR-OLD JUNIOR FROM
%- STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN.
%- I''VE BEEN PLAYING THE VIOLIN FOR
%- 13 YEARS.
%- I ALWAYS HEARD CLASSICAL MUSIC
%- GROWING UP.
%- MY MOM''S A SINGER, MY DAD DOES
%- CLASSICAL AND JAZZ DOUBLE-BASS.
%- SO IT WAS JUST ALWAYS AROUND,
%- ALWAYS A PART OF MY LIFE.
%- I''M GOING TO BE PERFORMING
%- MENDELSSOHN''S VIOLIN CONCERTO IN
%- E MINOR, FIRST MOVEMENT.
%- IT HAS SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF
%- EMOTIONS.
%- THERE ARE PLACES WHERE IT''S VERY
%- SWEET AND SENTIMENTAL, AND
%- THERE''S OTHER PLACES WHERE IT
%- SOUNDS LIKE THE VIOLIN IS
%- SCREAMING IN PAIN.
%- AND I LOVE THE RANGE OF COLORS
%- THAT I GET TO CREATE.
%- PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PART OF THE
%- PIECE IS TOWARDS THE END OF THE
%- MOVEMENT.
%- THERE''S THIS HUGE OCTAVE RUN.
%- IT''S A GREAT TECHNICAL
%- CHALLENGE, AND IT''S ALSO VERY
%- EXCITING.
%- I AM CURRENTLY STUDYING WITH DR.
%- ANNA CROMWELL AT THE UNIVERSITY
%- OF WISCONSIN--STEVENS POINT.
%- I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY THIS
%- CONCERTO FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
%- BUT I NEVER TALKED TO MY TEACHER
%- ABOUT IT.
%- I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN SHE TOLD
%- ME THAT IT WOULD BE MY NEXT
%- PIECE TO LEARN.
%- >> AND SO WE REALLY WANT THE
%- MOTION TO HAPPEN HERE.
%- >> I REALLY LIKE HOW SHE FOCUSES
%- ON BOTH THE TECHNICAL AND THE
%- MUSICAL SIDE OF MY DEVELOPMENT
%- AS A MUSICIAN.
%- DR. CROMWELL AND I BEGAN WORKING
%- ON THIS PIECE AT THE BEGINNING
%- OF THE SUMMER.
%- WE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
%- TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FIRST.
%- LATELY WE''VE BEEN WORKING ON THE
%- MUSICAL SIDE: THE BEAUTIFUL LONG
%- LINES AND CREATING A CONTRAST
%- BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
%- CHARACTERS.
%- BECAUSE THERE ARE PLAYFUL
%- CHARACTERS, THERE''S SWEET
%- CHARACTERS AND THERE''S ANGRY
%- CHARACTERS.
%- >> YEAH.
%- OKAY.
%- I THINK THAT WAS BETTER.
%- >> I''VE BEEN A MEMBER OF WYSO
%- FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
%- MY FAMILY AND I DRIVE DOWN THERE
%- EVERY WEEKEND.
%- BEING A PART OF WYSO HAS TAUGHT
%- ME A LOT ABOUT LISTENING
%- CAREFULLY AND CARVING MY SOUND
%- SO THAT IT FITS WITHIN A
%- SECTION.
%- BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE DOESN''T
%- WANT TO HEAR JUST ME, THEY WANT
%- TO HEAR EVERYONE, AS ONE BIG,
%- BEAUTIFUL SOUND.
%- PERFORMING IN THE "FINAL FORTE"
%- INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES OF MY
%- LIFE.
%- WHEN YOU FINISH A PIECE, IT''S
%- ALMOST LIKE YOU DON''T REMEMBER
%- ANYTHING THAT''S JUST HAPPENED.
%- IT''S LIKE IT''S ONLY BEEN A
%- SECOND SINCE YOU JUST STEPPED ON%-STAGE.
%- EXCEPT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU''RE A
%- COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON
%- BECAUSE YOU''VE GONE ON A JOURNEY
%- WITH THE PIECE.
%- I THINK MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT
%- PLAYING MUSIC IS THAT THERE''S
%- NEVER AN END POINT.
%- YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING
%- NEW, CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
%- OR EXPLORE A DIFFERENT SIDE OF
%- EACH PIECE THAT YOU LEARN.
%- I THINK MUSIC IS JUST THE MOST
%- WONDERFUL THING.
%- AND VIOLIN IS MY WAY OF BEING A%-PART OF THE MUSIC.
%- [APPLAUSE] %->> JANE STORY IS COMING ON STAGE%-NOW TO PERFORM THE FIRST
%- MOVEMENT OF MENDELSSOHN''S
%- VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR.
%- >> FELIX MENDELSSOHN WAS A
%- GERMAN COMPOSER, PIANIST AND
%- CONDUCTOR OF THE EARLY ROMANTIC
%- PERIOD.
%- THE VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR
%- IS MENDELSSOHN''S FINAL CONCERTO.
%- ♪
!
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> THAT WAS 17-YEAR-OLD JANE
%- STORY PERFORMING THE FIRST
%- MOVEMENT OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN''S
%- VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR.
%- WHILE SHE'S TAKING HER BOWS,
%- WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
%- THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
%- OFFERS A COMPETITION FOR YOUNGER
%- MUSICIANS, AS WELL.
%- >> THE FALL YOUTH CONCERTO
%- COMPETITION IS OPEN TO MUSICIANS
%- IN GRADES THREE THROUGH
%- EIGHT.
%- THE WINNER GOES ON TO PERFORM IN
%- A PROGRAM WITH THE MADISON
%- SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
%- INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE
%- ORCHESTRA''S WEBSITE AT
%- MADISONSYMPHONY.ORG.
%- >> COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING
%- TO HEAR FROM OUR THIRD
%- COMPETITOR, CELLIST KATARINA
%- KENNEY.
%- ♪
!%- >> MY NAME IS KATARINA KENNEY,
%- I''M A 15-YEAR-OLD CELLIST, AND
%- I''M A FRESHMAN AT MADISON
%- COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.
%- I''VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS
%- THREE-AND-A-HALF.
%- MUSIC HAS ALWAYS RUN THROUGH MY
%- HOUSE.
%- MY MOM PLAYS VIOLIN, MY DAD
%- PLAYS A LITTLE BIT OF
%- DOUBLE-BASS, AND MY SISTER PLAYS
%- VIOLIN.
%- MY FIRST RECITAL WAS ACTUALLY
%- WITH HER, PLAYING ""POP GOES THE
%- WEASEL."
%- MUSIC HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER.
%- I FEEL REALLY HONORED TO HAVE
%- SUCH A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
%- LIKE, LITERALLY.
%- UH HUH, SO [VOCALIZING]...
%- >> I STUDY WITH CORNELIA
%- WATKINS.
%- >> YEAH!
%- >> SHE HELPS ME TO DIVE DEEP
%- INTO FIGURING OUT WHAT I
%- WANT TO EXPRESS, WHILE ALSO
%- FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT
%- THE COMPOSER REALLY WANTS.
%- >> ARE YOU AWARE OF WHERE THE
%- ACCENTS ARE...IN THIS SECTION?
%- >> SHE DOESN''T LET ME GET AWAY
%- WITH ANYTHING.
%- BUT SHE''S VERY SUPPORTIVE.
%- >> GOOD!
%- NOW LET''S KEEP GOING.
%- THAT SOUNDED BEAUTIFUL.
%- >> I''VE BEEN A PART OF THE
%- MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS FOR EIGHT
%- SEASONS NOW.
%- WHEN I SING, I FEEL LIKE I AM
%- THE INSTRUMENT.
%- [CHOIR SINGING]
%- >> EACH CONCERT SEASON THERE''S A
%- THEME.
%- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND EMILY
%- DICKINSON.
%- THE MADISON YOUTH CHOIR
%- INTRODUCED ME TO THOSE POETS.
%- I LOVE TO READ AND WRITE.
%- I LOVE BEING ABLE TO, LIKE,
%- BRING MY IDEAS TO LIFE AND TO
%- EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS, JUST LIKE I
%- DO WITH MY CELLO.
%- READING JUST LETS ME ESCAPE FROM
%- THE REAL WORLD AND USE THE
%- CREATIVE PART OF MY MIND.
%- I''M A PART OF THE MUSIC
%- INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ACADEMY.
%- WE GO DOWN EVERY SATURDAY.
%- IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT FROM
%- THE WHOLE GROUP.
%- AND I FEEL LIKE MY QUARTET HAS
%- REALLY DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP
%- AND WE''RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER
%- AND BRING ALL OF OUR IDEAS
%- TOGETHER TO CREATE MUSIC.
%- I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF
%- PLAYING WITH THE MADISON
%- SYMPHONY MULTIPLE TIMES.
%- I GOT TO PLAY WITH THEM AGAIN
%- THIS PAST SPRING, PLAYING THE
%- FIRST TWO MOVEMENTS OF ELGAR, SO
%- IT''LL BE SUPER EXCITING TO BE
%- ABLE TO PLAY THE LAST MOVEMENT.
%- ELGAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY
%- DREAM PIECES.
%- IT HAS A VERY WIDE PALETTE OF
%- COLORS THAT YOU CAN USE WITH
%- YOUR BOW.
%- SOME OF THE MORE LYRICAL AND
%- DANCING MELODIES IS REFLECTING
%- HIS PAST WITH HIS WIFE.
%- WHEN YOU PRACTICE AT HOME,
%- YOU''RE, LIKE, MORE FOCUSED ON
%- YOUR INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AS A
%- MUSICIAN.
%- BUT WHEN YOU FINALLY GET TO SOLO
%- WITH AN ORCHESTRA LIKE MSO, IT''S
%- REALLY SPECIAL AND YOU GET TO
%- BRING ALL YOUR HARD WORK TO
%- LIFE.
%- [APPLAUSE] %->> OUR THIRD COMPETITOR,%-15-YEAR-OLD KATARINA KENNEY, IS
%- NOW COMING ON STAGE.
%- >> SHE'S CHOSEN TO PERFORM THE
%- FOURTH MOVEMENT OF EDWARD
%- ELGAR''S CELLO CONCERTO
%- IN E MINOR.
%- EDWARD ELGAR WAS AN ENGLISH
%- COMPOSER OF THE LATE 19TH AND
%- EARLY 20TH CENTURIES.
%- HE WAS APPOINTED MASTER OF THE
%- KING''S MUSICK IN 1924.
%- HIS CELLO CONCERTO IS ONE OF HIS
%- LATER WORKS, COMPOSED DURING THE
%- SUMMER
OF
1919.
%- IT HAS BECOME A CORNERSTONE OF
%- THE SOLO CELLO REPERTOIRE.
%- ♪
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> THAT WAS KATARINA KENNEY
%- PERFORMING THE FOURTH MOVEMENT
%- OF EDWARD ELGAR''S CELLO CONCERTO
%- IN E MINOR.
%- >> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WE''D LIKE
%- TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHO
%- WILL BE JUDGING TONIGHT'S
%- COMPETITION.
%- ILANA SETAPEN IS THE FIRST
%- ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER OF THE
%- MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND
%- IS ON THE FACULTY AT THE
%- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
%- >> ANTHONY PADILLA IS PROFESSOR
%- OF PIANO, CHAMBER MUSIC AND
%- COLLABORATIVE PIANO AT THE
%- LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORY
%- OF MUSIC IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN.
%- >> AND MARK DUPERE IS CURRENTLY
%- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND
%- DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAL STUDIES,
%- ALSO AT LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IN
%- APPLETON.
%- >> THE JUDGES TAKE INTO
%- CONSIDERATION A RANGE OF
%- PERFORMANCE CRITERIA INCLUDING:
%- QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY OF TONE,
%- BALANCE AND BLEND WITH THE
%- ORCHESTRA, MATURITY OF SOUND,
%- MUSICALITY, AND STAGE PRESENCE.
%- >> NEXT, WE''RE GOING TO
%- INTRODUCE YOU TO TONIGHT'S FINAL
%- COMPETITOR, MARIMBIST ELLIOT
%- LESPERANCE.
%- ♪
!%- >> MY NAME IS ELLIOT LESPERANCE.
%- I''M 16-YEARS-OLD, AND I GO TO
%- OREGON HIGH SCHOOL.
%- I''VE BEEN PLAYING THE MARIMBA
%- FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
%- WHEN I WAS FIVE, I PLAYED PIANO,
%- AND THEN I GAVE IT UP TO PURSUE
%- MARIMBA.
%- I LIKE THE MARIMBA REPERTOIRE.
%- IT''S VAST.
%- AND I LOVE ALL THE MODERN MUSIC
%- AND HOW EXPRESSIVE IT IS.
%- I CHOSE TO PLAY PRISM RHAPSODY
%- FOR THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE IT
%- DELVES INTO SO MANY DIFFERENT
%- ELEMENTS OF MUSIC.
%- ON TOP OF THAT, IT SHOWS AN
%- INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF TECHNICAL
%- FACILITY.
%- PRISM RHAPSODY WAS COMPOSED BY
%- KEIKO ABE.
%- THE HARMONICS OF HER
%- COMPOSITIONS ORIGINATE FROM MORE
%- CLASSICAL JAPANESE MUSIC, AND
%- SHE INCORPORATES IN WESTERN
%- CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND I LOVE THE
%- FUSION OF THOSE TWO ELEMENTS.
%- I TAKE LESSONS WITH DR. TODD
%- HAMMES.
%- HE IS VERY CREATIVE AND GIVES A
%- LOT OF METAPHORS AND
%- DESCRIPTIONS FOR HOW PHRASES AND
%- SHAPES AND ALL SORTS OF ARTISTIC
%- ELEMENTS WORK.
%- >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE
%- THIS SHAPE?
%- >> WE''RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
%- HOW TO IMPROVE TECHNIQUE.
%- >> YEAH, ESPECIALLY UP HERE.
%- >> WE''RE TALKING ABOUT ART.
%- HE DOESN''T JUST TELL YOU TO DO
%- THINGS.
%- >> IT''S THE ONLY NOTE IN THE
%- MEASURE THAT...
%- >> HE EXPLAINS THINGS IN A VERY%-DEEP WAY.
%- I LOVE TO SPEND TIME WITH MY
%- BROTHER.
%- >> COME ON!
%- YOU''VE...GOT...THIS!
%- I''M A GYM-BRO, FOR SURE.
%- SOMETIMES WE LIFT WEIGHTS
%- TOGETHER.
%- SOMETIMES WE PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
%- I TAKE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AND
%- JAZZ STUDIES WITH MS. JAEGER.
%- SHE''S ALWAYS PUSHING US, ALWAYS
%- GETTING US TO WORK ON MORE
%- CHALLENGING THINGS.
%- I LOVE PLAYING DRUM SET.
%- IT HAS AMAZING VERSATILITY.
%- IT CAN COMPRISE THE ENTIRE
%- RHYTHMIC BASE OF A PIECE.
%- I ALSO LOVE WORKING WITH THE
%- YOUNGER STUDENTS AND HELPING
%- THEM.
%- I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY
%- YOUNGER PERCUSSIONISTS TODAY.
%- HE WAS HITTING THE NODES OF THE
%- BAR A LOT, WHERE THE SOUND
%- QUALITY ISN''T AS GOOD.
%- SO I HELPED HIM FIGURE OUT HOW
%- TO PLAY HIS PART WITHOUT HITTING
%- THOSE NODES AND WHILE GETTING
%- THE BEST SOUND QUALITY OUT OF
%- THE INSTRUMENT.
%- >> GOOD JOB!
%- >> DR. HAMMES CAME TO ME WITH
%- THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
%- COMPETITION A YEAR AGO.
%- HE TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT THAT
%- I COULD DO IT.
%- AND I DIDN''T THINK THAT I COULD
%- MAKE IT THIS FAR.
%- BUT I WORKED ON THAT A LOT, AND
%- HERE I AM.
%- ♪
!
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- >> ELLIOT LESPERANCE IS COMING%-ON STAGE NOW WITH MAESTRO JOHN%-DEMAIN.
%- ELLIOT WILL PERFORM COMPOSER
%- KEIKO ABE''S PRISM RHAPSODY.
%- >> KEIKO ABE IS A JAPANESE
%- COMPOSER, TEACHER AND MARIMBA
%- PLAYER AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY
%- FIGURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
%- THE MODERN FIVE-OCTAVE CONCERT
%- MARIMBA.
%- PRISM RHAPSODY WAS ONE OF ABE''S
%- FIRST WORKS FOR MARIMBA AND%-ORCHESTRA.
%- THE WORLD PREMIERE TOOK PLACE IN
%- 19
!
1996
%- ♪ !
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> THAT WAS OUR FINAL COMPETITOR
%- THIS EVENING: 16-YEAR-OLD ELLIOT
%- LESPERANCE.
%- HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND OF
%- APPLAUSE FOR ALL FOUR OF THESE
%- INCREDIBLE
PERFORMERS!
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> NOW, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME
%- MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN BACK TO THE%-STAGE.
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- MAESTRO, FIRST
OF
ALL,
%- CONGRATULATIONS.%->> THANK
YOU.%- >> THIS IS
YOUR
30TH
SEASON
AS
%- MUSIC DIRECTOR OF
THE
MADISON
%- SYMPHONY
.
%- YOU''VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
%- "FINAL FORTE" SINCE ITS
%- INCEPTION BACK IN 2007.
%- CAN YOU TELL US HOW THIS%-COLLABORATION WITH WISCONSIN%-PUBLIC MEDIA CAME ABOUT?
%- >>
WELL,
I
THINK IT
WAS
THE
%- BRAIN
CHILD
OF
ANDRES YOKUM.%- WE WERE
THINKING WHAT WOULD BE
%- THE IDEAL
THING
TO
DO?
%- AND
SINCE THIS
HAS
EXISTED
SINCE
%- BEFORE
THE
TELEVISION
SHOW, WE
%- WERE ALWAYS BLOWN
AWAY
BY
THESE
%- TEENAGERS,
WHAT THEY COULD
DO.
%- SO
GET AN IDEA
TO
DO
FINALS
WITH
%- AN
ORCHESTRA.
%- THEY'VE BEEN
HOPING
FOR A
CHANCE
%- TO
PLAY
WITH AN
ORCHESTRA
.
%- AND, YOU
KNOW,
RIGHT
FROM
THE
%- BEGINNING, I
SAY THIS IS
ONE OF
%- THE
MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS
WE
DO,
%- BECAUSE THIS
IS
SO
MOTIVATIONAL
%- FOR NOT
ONLY
FOR
THESE
KIDS,
WHO
%- DON'T
REALLY
NEED
MOTIVATION%- BECAUSE
THEY'RE
SO
PASSIONATE
%- ABOUT WHAT THEY
DO,
BUT
FOR
%- EVERYBODY ELSE
OUT
THERE
TO
SEE%- WHAT YOU
CAN
GO
WHEN
YOU'RE
%- PASSIONATE ABOUT
SOMETHING.
%- YOU JUST
GO
WITH
YOUR
PASSION.
%- THE
PIANIST
PRACTICES
FOR
THREE
%- HOURS
BEFORE
HE
GOES TO
SCHOOL.
%- >> WE KNOW HOW MUCH THIS
%- COMPETITION HAS MEANT TO THE
%- FINALISTS OVER THE YEARS, MANY
%- OF WHOM HAVE GONE ON TO
%- SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE FIELD
%- OF MUSIC.
%- BUT WHAT HAS IT MEANT
%- TO YOU TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE%-"FINAL FORTE" FOR THE LAST 18%-YEARS?
%- >>
WELL,
IT'S
NOT ONLY
ME,
BUT
%- IT'S
THIS
ORCHESTRA.
%- THEY
SAY
TO
ME,
FOR
ALL
OF
US,
%- IT'S
SO
INSPIRATIONAL, YOU KNOW.
%- BECAUSE I
WOULD VENTURE
TO SAY
%- THAT A LOT
OF
PEOPLE
IN
THE
%- ORCHESTRA WERE JUST
LIKE
THAT
%- WHEN THEY WERE
14,
15,
16,
17.
%- IF
NOT,
THEY REALLY
PRACTICED
%- HARD
AFTERWARDS BECAUSE
THEY'RE
%- REALLY GOOD
NOW.
%- BUT IT'S
--
YOU
KNOW,
I
REMEMBER
%- WHEN I WAS 18.
%- I
WON
THE
PIANO
COMPETITION FOR
%- MY
LOCAL
SYMPHONY.
%- I REMEMBER
PLAYING
THAT
%- CONCERTO.%-IT
WAS
LIFE
TRANSFORMING.
%- IT'S THREE
OR
FOUR DAYS.
%- BUT IT'S
THE
SOUND,
THE
FEELING,
%- THE EMOTION.
%- EVERYTHING.
%- SO I
KNOW
WHAT THESE
KIDS ARE
%- FEELING.
%- AND
THEY
ALL
TELL
ME,
YOU
KNOW.
%- SURE
THEY'RE INTERESTED
IN
THE
%- CASH
PRIZES, BUT
IT'S
PLAYING
%- WITH
THE
ORCHESTRA THAT
IS SO
%- MUCH
FUN
FOR
THEM.
%- AND
IT'S
FUN
FOR
ME,
TOO.
%- I'M
AMAZED TO
SEE
HOW
SMART THEY
%- ARE
PLAYING WITH
THE
ORCHESTRA%- AT THAT
AGE.%- >>
WELL, THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH,
%- MAESTRO
.%- AND NOW, WHAT WILL THE ORCHESTRA%-BE PERFORMING TO CLOSE OUT%-TONIGHT''S CONCERT?
%- >> WE WILL BE PERFORMING THE%-OVERTURE TO DIE FLEDERMAUS BY
%- JOHANN STRAUSS.
%- >>
JOHN
DEMAIN
AND
THE
MADISON
%- SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
WITH
DIE FRED
%- ER!!
--
FIEDERMAUS
BY
JOHANN
STRAUSS.
%- ♪
!
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN AND THE
%- MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH
%- THE OVERTURE TO DIE FLEDERMAUS
%- BY JOHANN STRAUSS II.
%- AND NOW, THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL
%- BEEN WAITING FOR.
%- CAN WE HAVE MAESTRO DEMAIN AND%-ALL FOUR OF TONIGHT''S%-COMPETITORS JOIN US HERE ON
%- STAGE, PLEASE.
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- >> BEFORE WE PRESENT THE AWARDS,
%- WE FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
%- FACT THAT ALL FOUR OF THESE
%- EXTRAORDINARILY-TALENTED YOUNG
%- ARTISTS ARE INDEED WINNERS, EACH
%- OF THEM TRULY DESERVING OF THE
%- OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM HERE
%- TONIGHT WITH THE MADISON
%- SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> SO, STARTING WITH THE TWO
%- HONORABLE MENTIONS, WE HAVE:
%- ELLIOT
LESPERANCE.
%- [APPLAUSE]
!%- >>
AND
ANDRAE
PECK.
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >>
OUR
SECOND
PLACE
WINNER
IS
%- JANE
STORY.
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
%- >>
WHICH
MEANS
CAT
!
KATARINA KENNEY
%- IS THE
WINNER
FOR
THE
2024
BOLZ
%- YOUNG
ARTIST
COMPETITION.
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOUR
%- OF OUR FINALISTS, ALONG WITH
%- MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN
%- AND THE MADISON SYMPHONY
%- ORCHESTRA.
%- [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%- >> A WARM AND HEARTFELT THANK
%- YOU TO OUR LOVELY AUDIENCE
%- TONIGHT, AS WELL AS ALL OF THOSE
%- WHO
JOINED
IN
THE
BROADCAST
OR
%- IS
WATCHING
ONLINE.
%- FROM
OVERTURE HALL
IN
MADISON,
%- I'M
LORI
SKELTON
.%- >> AND I'M CLINT WALZ.%-GOODNIGHT.
%- >>
GOOD
NIGHT.
%- [APPLAUSE]
%- MAJOR FUNDING FOR "WISCONSIN
%- YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETE: THE FINAL
%- FORTE" WAS PROVIDED BY:
%- W. JEROME FRAUTSCHI.
%- DIANE BALLWEG.
%- BARBARA AND NORM BERVEN.
%- WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM:
%- JAMES DAHLBERG AND ELSEBET LUND.
%- JULIE AND LARRY MIDTBO.
%- ELIZABETH OLSON.
%- KATO PERLMAN.
%- SENTRY INSURANCE FOUNDATION.
%- TRUST POINT.
%- CYRENA AND LEE PONDROM.
%- DARCY KIND AND MARC VITALE.
%- DOCTOR A. BEYER-MEARS.
%- JOAN JOHNSTON.
%- DONORS TO THE FOCUS FUND FOR THE
%- ARTS.
%- AND FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.