ars flores symphony orchestra
with guest artists
johanne perron, cellist
john david smith, french horn
Saturday, November 13, 2004
7:00 pm
Pre-Concert Lecture by Bradford Chase
6:00pm
The Norma & William Horvitz Auditorium
at the
Museum of Art
One E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale
Driving and Parking Directions
program
Rococo Variations for Cello & Orchestra
Pytor Ilich Tchaikovsky
Johanne Perron, Cello
Concerto No. 2 for French Horn & Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John David Smith, French Horn
Symphony No. 35, K. 385, the Haffner Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Egmont Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven
biographies
JOHANNE PERRON, CELLO
On Saturday, November 13th, at 7:00 pm, Ars Flores is proud to feature internationally acclaimed cellist, Johanne Perron, performing Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations for Orchestra and Cello Solo. Ms. Perron has taught at Lynn University Conservatory, a renowned music establishment attracting young and talented musicians from around the world, since 1991. She is a mentor for Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra and a mother of three girls, one of whom is a cellist. Her passion for teaching and wonderful sense of humor make her an inspiration for young cellists.
Perron has performed with orchestras and offered recitals in Canada, Brazil, the United States, Mexico and throughout Europe. She has also taught at the Eastern Music Festival and has presented master classes throughout the United States. First-prize winner and founding member of the Cellissimo Dio!, she presently pursues a career as a chamber music and solo artist, and has been broadcasted in Canada and on WQXR in New York.
Born in Chicoutimi, she was awarded the first prize in cello and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Quebec with Peirre Morin. As a Canada Council grant recipient, she pursued her studies with Aldo Parisot at Yale University, where she obtained her master's degree. She won the Prix d'Europe in 1984 as well as first prize in strings in the Tremplin International des Concours de Musique du Canada, and has followed several master classes with Janos Starker (Banff, Canada), Pierre Fournier (Geneva), Paul Tortelier (California), and Leonard Rose at the Julliard School of Music in New York City.
As a Jeunesses Musicalles' artist, she has given recitals and concerts throughout Canada and the United States, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and Brazil. Critics of the Musical America Magazine have described her as "an artist whose extraordinary musicality combines both intensity and profound serenity."
JOHN DAVID SMITH, FRENCH HORN
Principal Horn for the former Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, John David Smith has enjoyed a varied career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, as well as a teacher in New York, London, and Washington, D.C.
An active performer in the New York area, Smith has frequently appeared with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New Jersey Symphony, New York City Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Recent performances have included portions of the Ring cycle at the Met, and concerts at Carnegie Hall. He has performed as soloist at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and as a chamber performer throughout New York and South Florida. In addition, he has performed in numerous Broadway musicals, and can be heard on the original cast album of Parade.
Smith received the Bachelor of Music degree Indiana University where his teachers included Philip Farkas, Robert Elworthy, Michael Hatfield and Meir Rimon. Immediately following his studies at Indiana, he won a position with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., where he served for four years.
In 1991, Smith moved to New York to resume his studies. He was a student of Julie Landsman at the Julliard School, where he completed a Master of Music degree in 1994, followed by the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1999. Between the two degree programs at Julliard, Dr. Smith spent a year in London at the Royal Academy of Music where he achieved a Certificate of Advanced Studies with Merit and the Brass Teacher Licentiate (LRAM). While in London, he also completed examinations to become an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM).
Dr. Smith has appeared in music festivals including the Marlboro Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Spoleto Festival USA and in Italy. He has served as Brass Faculty Coordinator at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) festival in Graz, Austria. In 2004, he will be an Artist in Residence at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Dr. Smith serves as a mentor with the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra and, last May, traveled to Toronto with the orchestra. His relaxed and positive demeanor, as well as his considerable ability as both a player and a teacher, make him sought after by horn students throughout South Florida.
BRADFORD CHASE
Bradford Chase is currently in his first year as the Director of Orchestras at the Dillard Center for the Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Chase, a native Rhode Islander, was an active conductor across the New England region before coming to Florida. He spent six years at Harvard University, conducting and music directing a very wide range of concerts and productions including operas, concerts, and musicals. Highlights from this time include four fully staged operas, a professional CD release of The Pirates of Penzance with the Harvard Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and the creation of the Harvard Radcliffe Music Project, a group dedicated to performing lesser known works by well known composers.
Mr. Chase was also the director of Orchestral Studies at the Performing Arts School of Worcester from 1996-2001. Under his direction, the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, the senior orchestra at the school, tripled in size, doubled the number of concerts given, and began an international concert tour program, which included tours to both Italy and Eastern Europe. Additionally, Mr. Chase oversaw the development of the junior orchestra, and started a new chamber music program and wind ensemble.
In 2002-2003, Mr. Chase was the Orchestra Director at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida. Although he was only there a short time, the program flourished under his direction. In additional to strengthening the existing string ensemble, he created a symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, and chamber music program, all of which received grades of "superior" at Florida's student music festivals.
Additionally, Mr. Chase is both a percussionist and a tenor. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and regularly performed with some of the finest orchestras in the region, including the Boston Philharmonic and Brockton Symphony Orchestra. He has played under such conductors as Nemi Jarvi, Simon Rattle, Larry Rachleff, and Benjamin Zander.
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