Stephanie Ann Boyd | Auctumnus | Clarinet Trio | Mason Yu, He Zhang, and Wesley Chu | Boston, MA

Auctumnus for Clarinet Trio | Op. 04 | Composed by Stephanie Ann Boyd | Commissioned by the Jennifer Fischer Trio | Purchase sheet music at www.stephaniea...
He Zhang, clarinet
Mason Yu, violin
Wesley Chu, piano
Stephanie Ann Boyd, composer
Program Note:
Commissioned by Jennifer Fischer and her trio, this piece was born out of a fiery, autumnal palette of colors, of fickle October winds and mischievous, scuttling leaves. The first movement was born out of a fiery, fall palette of colors, the second movement speaking to murky harbors and foggy grey skies, and the third movement is this frenetic, exciting, vibrant space of tone and time that brings in a little of a Dvorakian Furiant rhythm and ends with the way autumn usually ends... a little spooky, a little cold; darker colors seeping in where the gold and orange used to be.. these all hint at my memories of autumn in Michigan, especially of Sundays spent playing in youth orchestra on the University of Michigan School of Music campus, where this piece was premiered.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Mason Yu, violin (Irvine, CA), is the founding violinist of the Omer Quartet, which received the Grand Prize and Gold Medal at the Fischoff Competition, and a special prize at the Bordeaux International Competition. With the quartet, Mason has performed concerts throughout North America and Europe, as well as conducted masterclasses for local student ensembles. Solo highlights of the past few years include concerto appearances with the Lucerne Festival Academy orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music orchestra, and the Cleveland Philharmonia, working with conductors such as Pablo Heras-Casado, Jane Glover and Joel Smirnoff. As part of the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Series, Mason consecutively performed both violin and piano solos. He led the Boston Chamber Orchestra as co-concertmaster on a tour of Kyushu, Japan, and served as concertmaster during the orchestra’s collaboration with the Kyushu Symphony. Mason is on the faculty of New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and serves as a teaching artist for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Crescendo” program. Mason received a M.M. and G.D. at New England Conservatory, studying with Donald Weilerstein and Paul Katz. Previously, he received a B.M. at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Paul Kantor, Joel Smirnoff and Ivan Zenaty.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Wesley Chu has been playing piano since the age of three. At age five, he completed grades 1 to 10 of the RCM Examinations, and at ten, had completed his ARCT, the youngest pianist to achieve this. Wesley composes and has performed in many venues around the world. He has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra since the age of 4, as well as the Calgary Civic Symphony. At the age of six, he was invited to play at a Canada Day celebration with Queen Elizabeth II in attendance. He performed with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela before Nelson Mandela at a United Nations gathering, and with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta at the Celebration of the Hand-Over to China.In 1999, he premiered his orchestral-choral composition Christmas in Bethlehem in the Vatican City for Pope John Paul II and an audience of eight thousand. Wesley received his Doctorate of Musical Arts as an International Artist Fellow at the Thornton School of Music.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Michigan-born, Manhattan-based American composer Stephanie Ann Boyd (b. 1990) writes melodic music about women’s memoirs and the natural world for symphonic and chamber ensembles. Her work has been performed in nearly all 50 states and has been commissioned by musicians and organizations in 37 countries. Boyd’s five ballets include works choreographed by New York City Ballet principal dancers Lauren Lovette, Ashley Bouder, NYCB soloist Peter Walker, and XAOC Contemporary Ballet’s Eryn Renee Young. Eero, a ballet commissioned by Access Contemporary Music and Open House New York, was written for the grand opening of the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport. Stephanie’s music has been praised as “a racing, brassy score” (New York Times), “attractive lyricism” (Gramophone), “[with] ethereal dissonances” (Boston Globe), “[music that] didn’t let itself be eclipsed” (Texas Classical Review), “arrestingly poetic” (BMOP), and “wide ranging, imaginative” (Portland Press Herald). Boyd is the 2021/2022 Peoria Symphony Orchestra Composer in Residence.
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