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The Seventy-first Season of

The William Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot Belin

Concerts

National Gallery ofArt

2,934th Concert

Student Ensembles from the Crowden School

Berkeley, California

April 3, 2013

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

Admissionfree

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Program

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Piano Trio no. 4, op. 90 (“Dumlcy ”)

Lento maestoso 

Poco adagio

Ellie Kanayama, violinist, Sophie Phillips, cellist, Matias Cuevas, pianist

Johann Sebastian Bach (1683-1750)

Trio Sonata, bwv 1039

Adagio

Allegro ma non presto

Theo Haber, Charlotte Peale, violinists; Sophie Phillips, cellist;

Miles King, pianist

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Souvenirs, op. 28

Schottische 

Pas de deux

Two-step

Matias Cuevas, Miles King, pianists

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

String Quartet no. 2 in D Major

Allegro moderato

Charlotte Peale, Ella Heckert, violinists; Theo Haber, violist;

Jessamyn Fry, cellist

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

String Symphony no. 10 in B Minor

Adagio; allegro; piu presto

Full student ensemble, Eugene Sor, conductor

The Musicians

THE CROWDEN SCHOOL

Since its founding thirty years ago by Scottish violinist and teacher Anne 

Crowden, the Crowden School has become a Berkeley, California, institution.

Combining first-rate musical instruction rooted in the art of chamber music, 

with a rigorous academic program for students younger than those typically

reached by conservatories or performing arts high schools, the institution

has been recognized by the Berkeley Historical Society as the first school

ofits kind in the nation. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams,

who sent his two children to the school, has commented: “To say that the 

Crowden School is a treasure may sound like an exaggeration, but in fact

this extraordinary school has no peer in American musical education.”

From its humble beginnings ofthirteen students, the school has grown

into a vibrant center of musical learning and performance, serving San

Francisco Bay Area children, adults, music teachers, and ensembles.

Crowden alumni are members ofthe Berkeley and California Symphony

Orchestras, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, 

and San Francisco Girls Chorus.

The Crowden School’s emphasis on training in string and piano chamber music has enhanced academic achievement, confidence, and sense of

community. Crowden overseas concert tours and residencies have taken 

place in Canada, Denmark, England, France, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland,

and Sweden, and the student ensembles have been heard in the United

States in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, the Pacific Northwest, and 

the Southwest. Among other art museums in which they have played are

the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe; the Museum of New Zealand 

Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington; and the Vancouver, British Columbia,

Art Gallery.

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The performers on this tour, all seventh- and eighth-grade students at 

the Crowden school, are:

Tembani Abeje, violin and viola

Matias Cuevas, piano and conductor

Kavion Dormishian, cello

Jessamyn Fry, cello

Theo Haber, violin and viola

Ella Heclcert, violin

Ariana Hernandez, bass

Ryuya Hirota, violin and viola

Elbe Kanayama, violin

Miles King, piano and bass

Anny Kwalc, cello

Ben Langer, viola

Tatiana Lee, violin and viola

Kana Luzmoor, violin and viola

Soria Nguyen, violin

Charlotte Peale, violin and viola

Sophie Phillips, cello

Nadav Skloot, violin

Jason Woodruff, violin

Diego Zamalloa-Chion, violin and viola

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The School Faculty

DORIS FUKAWA

Violinist and teacher Doris Fukawa has been executive director ofthe Crowden 

School since 2005. She received her early musical training from violinist Anne

Crowden, and went on to earn a bachelor ofmusic degree from the Manhattan

School ofMusic and a master of education from Columbia University Teachers 

College. Her primary musical mentors include Ariana Bronne, Lillian Fuchs,

and Bonnie Hampton. In addition to her wide-ranging performing career and

work at the Crowden School, Fukawa is a faculty member at the San Francisco

Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division, where she serves as chair ofthe

ensembles program. She is as an advisor for a number of San Francisco Bay

Area arts organizations, including the San Francisco Symphony’s Community

Music Makers program.

EUGENE SOR

Interim director ofmusic for the Crowden School and director ofits community programs division, Eugene Sor has enjoyed a distinguished career

working with music students of all ages and abilities. A member ofthe

faculty at the Crowden Music Center since 1998 and resident conductor

ofthe Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, he has held teaching positions at 

Black Pine Circle School, California University State East Bay, Notre Dame

de Namur University, and San Francisco State University. He was recently

appointed conductor ofthe Preparatory Division Orchestra at the San

Francisco Conservatory of Music. A former pupil ofthe renowned cello

pedagogue Milly Rosner, Sor completed his graduate studies in cello

performance with Barry Gold at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles.

A member ofthe San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and an avid chamber

musician, Sor was formerly the principal cellist ofthe Stockton (California)

Symphony and a member ofthe Chamberlain String Quartet.

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MICHEL TADDEI

Director of artistic administration at the Crowden Music Center, Michel

Taddei has taught double bass, chamber music, orchestra, history, music

theory, music history, and French while maintaining an active career as

a singer in both operatic and concert settings and touring with Yo-Yo Ma

and the Silk Road Ensemble. He also teaches privately and coaches for

the Golden Gate Philharmonic in San Francisco, and is a visiting artist at

Peninsula Schools for Music at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, California.

Under the auspices ofthe California Symphony and the West Contra Costa

County schools, Taddei consults for a pilot program based on Venezuela’s

El Sistema. Also associated with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, he

serves annually as a guest conductor and on the faculty ofits summer

chamber music intensive. Formerly principal bassist with l’Orchestre

de l’Opera National de Lyon in France, he is currently principal bassist

with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and has performed with

the Berkeley, Fremont, and Pacific chamber symphonies and the San

Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

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Upcoming Concerts at the National Gallery ofArt

Winners ofthe 2013 Feder Memorial String Competition

Presented in collaboration with the 

Washington Performing Arts Society

April 6, 2013

Saturday, 3:30 pm

West Building Lecture Hall

Danielle DeSwert Hahn, pianist

With National Gallery ofArt and Phillips Camerata resident musicians

Music by Beethoven and other composers

April 7, 2013

Sunday, 6:30 pm

West Building, West Garden Court

National Gallery ofArt Vocal Ensemble

Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience

and other music by Victorian composers

Presented in honor of Pre-Raphaelites:

Victorian Art and Design, 1848-igoo

April 10, 2013

Wednesday, 12:10 pm

West Building Lecture Hall