Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestras
Alexey Shabalin, Music Director
Alexey Shabalin, Music Director
2008-2009 SEASON AUDITION APPLICATION
YOUTH ORCHESTRA AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
RIPYO Schedule 2007-2008
SYMPHONY: Mondays, 6:30 - 9:00pm, Central Branch, starts Sept 10, 2007
RIPYSoloists: Thursdays, 6:00 - 9:00pm, Central Branch, starts Jan 3, 2008
REPERTORY: Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:00pm, Central Branch, starts Sept 20, 2007
STRING ORCHESTRA: Mondays, 5:30 - 7:30pm, Central Branch, starts Sept 10, 2007
INTER. STRING ENS: Mondays, 6:45 - 8:00pm, Central Branch, starts Sept. 10, 2007
STRING ENS. Prov: Mondays, 5:30 - 6:30pm, Central Branch, starts Sept. 10, 2007
STRING ENS. W. Bay: Fridays, 4:30 - 5:30, St. Luke's Church, EG starts Sept 14, 2007
RIPYO Rehearsals follow the calendar for the Central Branch.
Additional rehearsals, concerts, and exceptions to the Central Branch Calendar are listed below.
APRIL
Thurs. Apr. 3 Symphony Side-by-Side Concert at VMA 6:30pm
Side-by-side with RI Philharmonic Orchestra
- Rush Hour Concert
Warm-up Rehearsals
4:00pm - Symphony
MAY
Sat. May 3 Dress Rehearsals - Central Branch
9:30 - 12 noon Symphony & Repertor
10 - 12 noon String Orchestra
10:30 - 12 noon Intermediate String Ensemble
9:30 - 10:30am String Ensemble
Sun. May 4 RIPYO Concert at Roberts Auditorium, Rhode Island College
Warm-up rehearsals
11:15 - 12:15pm Symphony Warm-up
12:15 - 1:00pm Rep. Warm-up
1:00 - 1:30pm String Orchestra Warm-up
1:30 - 2:00pm Inter. String Ensemble Warm-u
2:00 - 2:30pm String Ensembles Warm-up
3:00pm Concert
AUDITIONS for Season 08-09 � Central Branch
Mon. May 12
Thurs. May 15
Sat. May 17
Sun. May 18
Mon May 19
RIPYO Ensembles
Symphony Orchestra
The Symphony Orchestra is a full orchestra made up of advanced high school and college students with experience playing in large ensembles. The Symphony performs major works written for symphony orchestra. In recent years their repertoire has included Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, From the New World.
Conductor: Alexey Shabalin; Mondays 6:30 - 9:00pm
RIPYSoloists
Beginning January 3, 2008, this advanced Chamber Orchestra offers an intensive twelve week experience for selected musicians performing standard string ensemble repertoire. In recent years, this ensemble has performed Grieg's Holberg Suite, Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons among others.
Conductor: Alexey Shabalin; Thursdays, 6 - 9pm
Repertory Orchestra
The Repertory Orchestra is a full orchestra for advanced middle school and high school musicians. This orchestra gives students the experience of playing with a full symphony orchestra. The Repertory Orchestra has recently performed original works for orchestra including Haydn's Symphony No. 101, Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dances and Bizet's Carmen Suites.
Conductor: Katherine Kilburn; Thursdays 6:30 - 9:00 pm
The String Orchestra is made up of elementary and middle school students and performs original works for string ensemble. This ensemble has recently performed Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Britten's Simple Symphony and Mozart's Divertimento in F Major.
Conductor: Amy Paige Rawstron; Mondays 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Intermediate String Ensemble
The Intermediate String Ensemble is for elementary and middle school students with 3 - 4 years experience on their instruments. This ensemble performs Baroque and Classical repertoire written for small string orchestra.
Conductor: Erin Quinton Mondays 6:45 - 8:00 p.m.
String Ensemble
The String Ensemble is a performing group for younger string players. These students are usually in elementary school, have been studying their instruments for one to two years and are ready for some fundamental ensemble playing.
Conductor: Erin Quinton; Providence Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
East Greenwich Fridays, 4:30-5:30 pm, St. Luke's Church
All RIPYO Ensembles meet at the Nathanael Greene Middle School, Providence, except where indicated.
CONDUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES
Alexey Shabalin, RIPYO Music Director and Symphony Conductor
B.A., M.A., M.A.T., Moscow Conservatory; A.D. Boston University
Alexey Shabalin has served as Music Director and Symphony Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestras since 2003. Having expanded and improved under his leadership, the ensemble performed in Carnegie Hall in May, 2005. He also founded and conducts the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Soloists, an advanced chamber orchestra.
For several years, Mr. Shabalin has been the assistant conductor and strings coach of the MIT Symphony, and he led the group as principal conductor in an all Russian program in December 2005. He coaches chamber music at Brown University, and he conducts the symphony orchestra, coaches violin and chamber groups, and teaches music theory at Providence College . In addition, he instructs a large number of private students in the Boston and Providence areas, and at the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. In 2005, the Siemens Foundation appointed Shabalin as Artistic Director to select talented students from elite colleges around the country. He created a concert in New York City featuring an eclectic mix of pieces by these young performers.
Currently, Shabalin is a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Active as a solo recitalist and chamber player, his busy concert schedule has taken him around the world. Shabalin graduated from Moscow Conservatory in 1995, having studied with Professors Igor Besrodny and Alexander Melkinov. As a student he won third prize in the Soviet national string quartet competition in 1991. During the same year he was a semifinalist in the International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition. In 1995 he won the "Best Violinist in a Duet" category in the International Bashmet Competition Moscow.
From 1992 to 1996, Shabalin toured with the world-renown Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Yuri Bashmet. The group played in 32 countries and most of the major concert halls of the world. In 1995 the group gave the second performance ever held of Mozart's newly unearthed Triple Concerto, with Shabalin playing the solo violin part. In recognition of his talent, he was allowed to perform on a priceless Stradivarius violin owned by the Russian government. The orchestra recorded extensively on a variety of prestigious CD labels with the world's top soloists. Moving to the US in 1996, Shabalin has played in many orchestras, at chamber groups, and festivals around New England and the US .
The Boston Globe called him "a very gifted and unusually personal violinist," and praised his playing for projecting "a certain aristocratic air that is solidly supported by technique and musicality."
Katherine Kilburn, RepertoryOrchestra Guest Conductor
B.A. Wellesley College; M.M. Indiana University School of Music; M.M. University of Michigan School of Music
Katherine Kilburn has garnered conducting experience in concert halls and distinguished music schools in Europe and the United States. At the University of Michigan, she was awarded a fellowship after highly competitive auditions to study with renowned conducting pedagogue Kenneth Kiesler, in the premiere conducting program in the U.S. She holds the MM in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan, the MM in Choral Conducting from the prestigious program at Indiana University, and was a Durant Scholar and recipient of the Billings Performance Award upon graduation from Wellesley College as a Music and French major. Ms Kilburn also studied conducting at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in France for one year, and completed a year of conducting studies in the coveted Artist Diploma Program at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
For the 2005 season, Ms. Kilburn was assistant chorus master for Sir Simon Rattle in London and Salzburg for performances of Peter Grimes at the Salzburg Easter Festival. She then was assistant conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado where she both conducted concerts and assisted guest conductors Larry Rachleff, JoAnn Falletta, James Setapen, and music director, Carl Topilow. At the University of Michigan, she was conductor of the Campus Symphony and Campus Philharmonia Orchestras, as well as guest conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and the University Philharmonia Orchestra. Previous to her time at Michigan, she served as assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus for three years, and as language coach for the St. Louis Symphony Children's Chorus.
Katherine Kilburn has conducted several world-premieres and has been involved in several premiere recordings. For the Naxos American Classics/Milken Archive CD Series, she assisted Kenneth Kiesler in the US (scenes form David Schiff's Gimpel the Fool) and in London (BBC Singers with orchestra and organ). She also assisted in recording sessions with singers from the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Hailing from the East Coast, Katherine Kilburn participated in Dalcroze Eurhythmics classes in New York City at age 2, and was raised in California where her early musical mentors were Kodaly pedagogue Katinka Daniel, pianist Hans Boepple, and her mother. She began studying the piano at age 7 and has sung in a number of professional and semi-professional choruses. Ms. Kilburn is an alumnus of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and the Pierre Monteux School, and has participated in Master classes with Gustav Meier, Colin Metters, and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Erin Quinton, Conductor, RIPYO String Ensemble and Intermediate String Ensemble
B.A. Rhode Island College
Ms. Quinton has taught violin and viola privately in the Rhode Island area for the last twelve years and has instructed RIPYO's String Class for the last four years. She has been a member of the Rhode Island College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras since 1990, formerly serving as Principal Viola and currently serving as Principal Second Violin. While a student at Rhode Island College she received a Special Talent Award and was the first recipient of the Drabienko Endowed Family Scholarship in Strings. Erin has performed with the Rhode Island Bel Canto Opera Company and in numerous musical theater productions. She can also be heard on a variety of local recordings.
Amy Paige Rawstron, Conductor, RIPYO Preparatory String Orchestra
B.M. Mannes College
Ms. Rawstron is the Principal Second Violinist with the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Concertmistress of the Ocean State Chamber Orchestra. She teaches violin for The Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and has extensive chamber music coaching experience. She performs with the Boston Classical Orchestra, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Ballet Orchestra and New Hampshire Symphony. Ms. Rawstron is in great demand as a freelance performer in the New England area and has performed at various music festivals including Harkness Park, Monadnock, Spoleto and Aspen. She has studied with Sally Thomas, Louis Kaplan, Robert Koff and has had master classes with Joseph Gingold and Dorothy DeLay.
Consuelo Sherba, String Advisor
B.M. City College, New York
Ms. Sherba is an artist-in-residence at Connecticut College and Brown University and is a guest artist with Trio Athenia in Chambery, France. She performs with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Charleston String Quartet, the Sherba Duo, the Monadnock Music Festival, Ocean State Chamber Orchestra, Boston Virtuosi, New Hampshire Symphony and Music at the Meeting House. She has performed throughout the world with her husband Charles Sherba and in collaboration with musicians from Spain, France, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden. She is the developer and director of Blackstone Valley Heritage Concert Series in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where she lives. She has done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and UMass, Amherst and extensive quartet and chamber music studies at Juilliard and the Aspen Institute for Advanced Studies.
For more information, contact Peter Bianca at pbianca@riphil.org