Announcing the JSO's 2013-2014 Season
Christmas Classics
Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3pm
Featuring a number of festive works, plus virtuoso violin soloist Casey McGrath!
Program to include:
Stopher: March
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"), mvmt. 1
Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
Anderson: A Christmas Festival
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Dazzling Debuts
Sunday, April 27 at 3pm
The two winners of the JSO's inaugural concerto competition, Karlie Traversa and Marianne Roszyk, will make their solo debuts with the orchestra. You won't want to miss it!
Program to include:
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Stolz: Prairie View
Boccherini: Cello Concerto in Bb, 1st mvmt.
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, 2nd. mvmt.
Weber: Kommt ein Schlanker from Der Freischutz
Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird
Read below for information on our stellar soloists:
Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3pm
Featuring a number of festive works, plus virtuoso violin soloist Casey McGrath!
Program to include:
Stopher: March
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"), mvmt. 1
Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
Anderson: A Christmas Festival
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Dazzling Debuts
Sunday, April 27 at 3pm
The two winners of the JSO's inaugural concerto competition, Karlie Traversa and Marianne Roszyk, will make their solo debuts with the orchestra. You won't want to miss it!
Program to include:
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Stolz: Prairie View
Boccherini: Cello Concerto in Bb, 1st mvmt.
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, 2nd. mvmt.
Weber: Kommt ein Schlanker from Der Freischutz
Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird
Read below for information on our stellar soloists:
Casey McGrath, violin
Casey McGrath holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Violin Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she was a student of Stefan Milenkovich. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance at Butler University's Jordan College of Fine Arts in Indianapolis as a student of Larry Shapiro and received her Master of Music degree in violin performance from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 2007. She is currently a student of Drew Lecher.
Casey serves as concertmaster for the Fox Valley Orchestra, and violin soloist for both the Antiqua Baroque Consort and Tango Espejo, an ensemble dedicated to the work of Astor Piazzolla. She performs regularly with the New Philharmonic, the Northwest Indiana Symphony and Elgin Symphony Orchestras, and has appeared with the Illinois Valley Symphony, the New Millennium Philharmonic, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Lafayette, Kokomo and Marion Symphony Orchestras, the Symphony Orchestra of the Pacific, and the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca. She has recorded as violin soloist with Argentinian band Los Pinguos for their album, Serenata (peermusic, 2003) as well as solo violinist for the soundtrack to the film, Deadly Embrace (2013), with Tango Espejo.
Casey has performed as soloist with the Fox Valley Orchestra, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, the Joliet Symphony, and the Fox Valley Philharmonic, and is currently on the music faculty of both Joliet Junior College and Lewis University.
Casey serves as concertmaster for the Fox Valley Orchestra, and violin soloist for both the Antiqua Baroque Consort and Tango Espejo, an ensemble dedicated to the work of Astor Piazzolla. She performs regularly with the New Philharmonic, the Northwest Indiana Symphony and Elgin Symphony Orchestras, and has appeared with the Illinois Valley Symphony, the New Millennium Philharmonic, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Lafayette, Kokomo and Marion Symphony Orchestras, the Symphony Orchestra of the Pacific, and the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca. She has recorded as violin soloist with Argentinian band Los Pinguos for their album, Serenata (peermusic, 2003) as well as solo violinist for the soundtrack to the film, Deadly Embrace (2013), with Tango Espejo.
Casey has performed as soloist with the Fox Valley Orchestra, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, the Joliet Symphony, and the Fox Valley Philharmonic, and is currently on the music faculty of both Joliet Junior College and Lewis University.
Karlie Traversa, soprano
Karlie Traversa is eighteen years old and has been performing since age 4. She started singing in local choruses, then continued proceeding to musical theater, acting and singing in numerous musicals and plays in nearby theaters.
Her passion for classical singing started a little more than two years ago. Karlie was invited to sing for an international chorus, which toured France, Germany, and Belgium. The chorus featured Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa Da Requiem”. After participating, Karlie knew her true interest was classical singing.
In 2012, Karlie won an honorable mention as a finalist in Millikin University’s Vocal Competition. This past year, Karlie was chosen to compete in Classical Singer Magazine’s Classical Singer Competition in Boston, Massachusetts. She was one of 3 high school students from Illinois to earn this distinction.
Karlie was invited to sing in Assisi, Italy with the Vatican chorus for its 500th anniversary this past summer. While in Assisi and Rome, she performed many arias and airs there as well. She also was featured in her first opera production, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by W. A. Mozart.
Karlie is now in college pursuing her dreams by studying Vocal Performance at North Park University in Chicago. Karlie is very excited and honored to be performing for the Joliet Symphony Orchestra’s concerto concert.
Her passion for classical singing started a little more than two years ago. Karlie was invited to sing for an international chorus, which toured France, Germany, and Belgium. The chorus featured Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa Da Requiem”. After participating, Karlie knew her true interest was classical singing.
In 2012, Karlie won an honorable mention as a finalist in Millikin University’s Vocal Competition. This past year, Karlie was chosen to compete in Classical Singer Magazine’s Classical Singer Competition in Boston, Massachusetts. She was one of 3 high school students from Illinois to earn this distinction.
Karlie was invited to sing in Assisi, Italy with the Vatican chorus for its 500th anniversary this past summer. While in Assisi and Rome, she performed many arias and airs there as well. She also was featured in her first opera production, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by W. A. Mozart.
Karlie is now in college pursuing her dreams by studying Vocal Performance at North Park University in Chicago. Karlie is very excited and honored to be performing for the Joliet Symphony Orchestra’s concerto concert.
