Pro Artè Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington
Metropolitan Washington DC's Premier Ensemble
RE-IMAGINE
Debussy's La Mer
Mahler's Symphony No. 1 'The Titan'
(reduced for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington)
7:30 pm
March 23, 2019
Community Lutheran Church of Sterling
RE-IMAGINE
DEBUSSY ▪ MAHLER
Maestro Dimitar Nikolov Conducts
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 'The Titan'
(reduced for chamber orchestra)
7:30 PM
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Community Lutheran Church of Sterling
21014 Whitfield Pl., Sterling, VA 20165
A Night of Beethoven
MARJORY SERRANO-COYER, VIOLIN
Maestro Dimitar Nikolov Conducts
Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op.43
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Symphony No. 4, Op. 60
7:30 PM
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Belmont Ridge Middle School
19045 Upper Belmont Pl, Lansdowne, VA 20176
About
HEAR MUSIC DIFFERENTLY...
Our Mission
The mission of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington (PACO) is to create intimate, inspirational musical experiences throughout the Washington DC area by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the orchestra and chamber ensembles.
Our Vision
PACO will perform traditional classical favorites, rarely heard works by well-known and new composers, and skillfully arranged reductions of larger orchestral masterpieces. We will also provide encouragement to Washington DC area composers by commissioning and performing their new works. Moreover, we seek to make classical music accessible to the entire community. Low income, at-risk, disabled, students, youths and elderly individuals will be encouraged to attend, by receiving discounted admission to our events. PACO will thrive by interactively engaging our audience, and exclusively highlighting our orchestral artists as soloists.
In a nutshell...
The main artistic drive behind PACO is the desire to revitalize the classical music scene from within, by re-imagining & redefining the content and delivery of classical concerts. This means approaching each program or individual work with a fresh mind, searching for ways to make the music more engaging, more inspiring, more profound. Our biggest aim is to fill our audience with the passion we feel about our music, and create truly memorable performances.
Beginning September 2018
The Pro Artè Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington
Board of Directors is proud to appoint to the podium
Conductor & Music Director
MAESTRO DIMITAR NIKOLOV
Dimitar Nikolov, a versatile conductor, pianist, and educator, has conducted orchestra and opera performances in the United States and Europe. Audiences have been impressed by his ability to energize the orchestra and to produce a unique sound within large dynamic range. He has held conducting positions in the US and his native country Bulgaria, including his current position as Music Director/Conductor of Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra. Dr. Nikolov has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras in the United States, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Russia, Romania, and Ukraine.
Dimitar began his career as Assistant Conductor of the Burgas State Opera in Bulgaria. Early in his career he won the Vienna Chamber Orchestra competition and had the opportunity to conduct a subscription concert with one of the world greatest chamber orchestras. This success led to numerous guest conducting opportunities with most of the major Bulgarian symphony orchestra and his appointment as Music Director/Conductor of the Bulgarian National Wind Symphony. After moving to US in 1996, Dr. Nikolov served as Music Director/Conductor of the Fort Dodge Symphony and Assistant Conductor of Des Moines Metro Opera, before his current appointment as Music Director of the Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra. He has conducted concerts in some of the most prestigious world concert halls such as The Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, Mozart Hall (Vienna, Austria), and The National Palace of Culture Concert Hall (Sofia, Bulgaria).
Dimitar has studied with many eminent conductors such as Ilya Mousine, Yury Temirkanov, James Levine, and Alan Gilbert. In 1999, as a fellowship recipient, he spent a summer in Aspen, studying with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin. He has a DMA in Orchestral Conducting from The Catholic University of America and MM from the National Academy of Music-Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dr. Nikolov is also active as an educator. He has served on the music faculty of The Catholic University of America, Waldorf University, Simpson College, the International School of Music, and the Bulgarian National Academy of Music.
Dimitar lives in Alexandria, VA with his wife Nicole, Princess (an old but adorable cocker spaniel), and Mecho (hyperactive American Eskimo). For more information, please visit Dr. Nikolov’s website: www.dimitar-nikolov.com.
CONCERTMISTRESS
Dr. Marjory Serrano-Coyer
Concertmaster
An accomplished orchestral and chamber musician, Maryory Serrano began violin studies at the Aragua Symphony Foundation in Venezuela. She has studied with a number of noted teachers and has earned a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance and Artist Diplomas in String Quartet Studies and Violin Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory under Akemi Takayama.
She was a member of the Aragua Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela from 1995 until 2001, and Principal Second Violin in the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra from 2003 until 2014. She has extensive experience serving as a concertmaster, including with the Shenandoah Conservatory Smphony Orchestra for several years under Venezuelan conductor Jan Wagner, and most recently has served as concertmaster for the Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra while pursuing her doctoral studies at that institution under the direction of Jody Gatwood.
Dr. Serrano served as principal second violin at the Idyllwild Arts Music Festival under the baton of Larry Livingston, and also performed at the Castleton Festival under the baton of then-New York Philharmonic conductor Lorin Maazel. Dr. Serrano has performed at such renowned venues as Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the Walt Disney Concert hall in Los Angeles. In 2007, she was the only violinist from the Americas invited to compete in the International Violin Competition Citta d'Brescia in Italy.
Dr. Serrano is currently the concertmaster of the National String Symphonia and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington. She also performs with the Apollo Orchestra in the Washington, DC area, and the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra in Shepherdstown, WV. Additionally, Ms. Serrano is a founding member of the Loudoun Quartet and Argot Sring Quartet. Dr. Serrano holds an adjunct faculty position in violin at Frederick (MD) Community College and teaches 5th grade orchestra at Loudoun Country Day School in Leesburg, VA.
Board of Directors
President & Managing Artistic Director
William C. Marlowe
Vice President & Executive Director
Alisha D. Coleman
Secretary
Dr. Nora Hamme
Treasurer
Whitney S. Flood Dunton
Directors
Ashley Bowen-Sanchez, Outreach & Development
Jane Hughes, Outreach & Development
Dr. Maryory Serrano Prada, Concertmaster
Personnel
The Artists of PACO
Strings
Violin
Dr. Marjory Serrano-Coyer, concertmaster
Dr. Jie Hyue Kim, assistant concertmaster
Ji Hyun Bae
Nancy Bovill
Sarah Calderon
Sarah Costales
Thomas Gardner
Eunju Kwak
Margot Mezvinsky
Carla Moussavi
Frank Perrachia
Amy Walder
Heather Wong Voorhees
Viola
Dr. Nora Hamme, principal
Andrew Crane
Jennifer Bockstege
Carla Deniz
Catherine Palusci
Adrienn Salazar
Dan Zhang
Violoncello
Camilo Perez-Mejia, principal
Meghan Hickman, assistant principal
Dr. Heejung Jung, assistant principal
Zachary Whitaker
Irina P. Desmond
Sarah Hover
Contrabass
Michael Rohrer, principal
Erik Cohen
Kenton Hambrick
Naj Qureshi
Harp
Anne Ray
Francesca Savoia
Vanessa J. Young-Miller
Harpsichord
Trystan Bennett
Piano/Organ
Dr. Bora Lee
Jennifer Quiñones
Felipe Dominguez
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Flute/Piccolo
William Craig Marlowe
Ashley Bowen-Sanchez
Andrea Diggs
Laura Benning
Oboe/Cor Anglais
Emily Bentgen
Robert D. Huffman, Jr.
Jane Hughes
Clarinet
Alisha D. Coleman
Elizabeth C. Bley
Carolyn Robblee
Bassoon
Dr. Walter D. Wynn, III
Robin Gelman
Matthew Ogden
Contrabassoon
Dr. Robert Goler
Horn
Dr. L. Avery Pettigrew
Bernard Baiden
Wendy Chinn
Emilio Colina
Ilycia Silver
Trumpet
Chieko Matsuyama Reaves
David Ottinger
Jose Luis Oviedo
Trombone
Dr. Huai-En Tsai
Christopher Reaves
Adam Stokes
Steve Ward
Tuba
Jeffrey Jacobsen
Percussion/Timpani
Chris DeChiara
Carlos Figuieras
Emilie Mitchell
Matthew Robotham
Seyoung Jeong
Soprano
Soprano Seyoung Jeong is on the voice faculty of Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She has performed the role of Angelica in Suor Angelica by Puccini with Bel Cantanti Opera and Singer’s Theatre of Washington, and Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart with New York Lyric Opera and Eastman Opera. She has also appeared as soloist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s the Coronation Mass, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and C major Mass, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Requiem by Faure, Schumann, and Brahms, and so on. She earned her Master degree in voice performance and literature from Eastman School of Music. Before attending Eastman, she completed her Doctoral degree in piano performance from WVU.
L. Avery Pettigrew
Horn
Dr. L. Avery Pettigrew is a freelance musician engaged throughout the DC area. She performs regularly with her chamber ensemble Potomac Winds, several of the local orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony and the Maryland Symphony, and as the featured soloist with several community orchestras. As a student with Samantha La Pointe-Woolf at Tulane University in New Orleans, she earned both a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Dr. Pettigrew earned both her Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees at the University of Maryland-College Park, where she held a performance-based graduate assistantship as a student of Gregory Miller and Phil Munds. Her summers have entailed engagements at various festivals including the National Orchestral Institute, Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, and the Colorado College Music Festival. In addition to operating a large and successful private studio based in Chantilly, Dr. Pettigrew works as a horn clinician with several schools in Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia.
Eun-Ah Roh
Lyric-Coloratura Soprano
Lyric-Coloratura Soprano, Dr. Eun-Ah Roh debuted as the role of Queen of the Night from Mozart’s opera ‘The Magic Flute’ with many different productions. Also, she did many operas, such as the role of Susanna from Mozart’s opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Violetta from Verdi’s opera ‘La Traviata’, Voluptua from opera ‘La Pizza con funghi’, and Veronica from opera ‘Dr. Miracle’. She won numerous competitions such as Concert International Virtuoso competition-performed at Carnegie Hall in NY, 6th Korea Vocal Competition, VANATS voice competition, Pittsburgh Concert Society, and Duquesne Concerto Competition. In addition, she received Outstanding Performance Award from National Association of Professional Asian American Women and Certificate of Appreciation from DEA, U.S Department of Justice. She received Doctoral degree of Voice Performance at the Catholic University of America in DC. Currently, she is an assistant professor of music at Northern Virginia Community College.
Videos
listen and enjoy!
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op.6 No. 4
from the debut performance of the Camerata on October 20, 2018!
Guiseppi Torelli
Trumpet Concerto in D major 'Estienne Roger 188'
Chieko Matsuyama-Reaves, Trumpet
from the debut performance of the Camerata on October 20, 2018!
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The Pro Artè Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt not-for-profit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The main artistic drive behind the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington (PACO) is the desire to revitalize the classical music scene from within, by re-imagining & redefining the content and delivery of classical concerts. This means approaching each program or individual work with a fresh mind, searching for ways to make the music more engaging, more inspiring, more profound. Our biggest aim is to fill our audience with the passion we feel about our music, and create truly memorable performances.
Your generous gift will help the Pro Artè Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington make music relevant to new generations of audiences through virtuosic performances that combine a diversity of genres with fresh interpretations of classic works.
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities (chair endowments, concert/full season dedications, underwriting soloist fees, etc.), please contact our Executive Director, Alisha Coleman at (571) 483-8444 or via e-mail at info@PACOdc.org with your inquiry, questions or comments about Friends of PACO donor benefits.
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PACO is available for hire and/or collaboration. Our experienced musicians and management team are pleased to cater for the needs of almost any project. Whether you wish to hire an orchestra for a function or event, or to accompany your solo project, or record your composition. Whatever the event or project, PACO can tailor the orchestra or other associated chamber groups to your musical requirements with excellent quality of performance and management. To discuss your project in more detail and to get a quote, contact Alisha Coleman, Executive Director, on (571) 483-8444 or email her at info@PACOdc.org.Add paragraph text here.
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Concert Venues
UCP Reston
11508 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA, 20190
UNITED CHRISTIAN PARISH OF RESTON
11508 N. Shore Drive, Reston, VA 22190
COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF STERLING
21014 Whitfield Pl, Sterling, VA 20165
BELMONT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
19045 Upper Belmont Pl, Lansdowne, VA 20176
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