*This is the final Courtroom Concert of the Season. Concerts will resume in mid-October*
Clea Galhano, recorder
Jeffrey Van, guitar
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Libertango
The History of the Tango (selections)
Bordel 1900
Night Club 1960
Dolce Wind Quintet
Elizabeth Gomoll - flute
Dana Maeda - oboe
Karen Hansen - clarinet
Vicki Wheeler - horn
Ford Campbell - bassoon
Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
Wind Quintet No. 1 - Serenade for Five Wind Instruments
I. Overture
II. Air
III. Jig
IV. Interlude
V. Theme and Variations
Theme - (clarinet/horn)
Var. I - Allegro giusto (flute/bassoon)
Var. II - Allegro (oboe/clarinet)
Var. III - Allegretto (piccolo/bassoon/clarinet)
Var. IV - Pastorale/Allegro Moderato (oboe/clarinet/bassoon)
Var. V - Andante (horn/bassoon)
VI. Rondino
Claude Arrieu (1903-1990)
Quintette in C
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro scherzando
IV. Adagio
V. Allegro vivace
ARTIST BIOS:
Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and
Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, in collaboration with Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna, Rosana Lanzelotte (Lanzelotte/Galhano Duo), Vivian Montgomery (Galhano/Montgomery Duo), Farallon Quartet and Blue Baroque Band. As a featured soloist, she has worked with the World Symphony, Milwaukee Baroque, Lyra Baroque Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan and Emmanuelle Haïm.
Ms. Galhano has performed at Wigmore Hall in London, Merkin Hall in New York and Palazzo Santa Croce in Rome, receiving acclaimed reviews. Among other important music festivals, she has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Tage Alter Music Festival in Germany. She was also featured in 2006 in the Second International Recorder Congress in Leiden, Holland and in the 2007 International Recorder Conference in Montreal. Galhano received a Fulbright scholarship and support from the Dutch government for her studies in Brazil, the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. As an advocate of recorder music and educational initiatives, she served for six years on the national board of the American Recorder Society and has frequently appeared as teacher and soloist at Suzuki and AOSA conferences.
A popular teacher and ensemble director, Galhano regularly conducts workshops across the United States, Europe and Brazil. Currently, she is the Executive Artistic Director of the St. Paul Conservatory of Music and is on the faculty of Macalester College. Ms. Galhano has recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado labels, and is presently artist-in-residence at The Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Guitarist and composer Jeffrey Van has premiered over 50 works for guitar including Dominick Argento’s Letters from Composers, five concertos and a broad variety of chamber music. He has performed in Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and as part of Duologue, with flutist Susan Morris De Jong, has premiered and recorded commissioned works from more than a dozen composers, including Stephen Paulus, Roberto Sierra, Tania Leon, Michael Daugherty, Libby Larsen and William Bolcom.
He has been featured on many NPR broadcasts, made several solo and ensemble recordings and appeared on ten recordings with The Dale Warland Singers. Van has performed and taught master classes throughout the United States, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota School of Music, where he is a lecturer in classical guitar. Former students include Sharon Isbin, John Holmquist and members of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet.
Mr. Van’s compositions include works for guitar, guitar and violin, guitar and flute, chorus, chamber ensemble, vocal solo, organ and a concerto for two guitars and chamber orchestra. His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes, Walton, Colla Voce, Mark Foster, Earthsongs, MorningStar and Hal Leonard.
The Dolce Wind Quintet was founded in 1995. The woodwind quintet is made up of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. These 5 instruments make up the core of the wind sound in a symphony orchestra. All 5 of the members of Dolce are freelance musicians around the Twin Cities area. They play in other groups together in various combinations, including the Rochester Orchestra, the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, and more.
Recent public engagements include annual Courtroom Concerts at Landmark Center, St. Paul; several MPR events including Calhoun Square in Mpls and in Rochester, the Munsinger Garden concert series in St. Cloud, and annual appearances at the Contented Cow British Pub in Northfield. Dolce will return to the pub in Northfield on Friday, June 6 at 7 p.m.!
Elizabeth Gomoll received her B.A. in music performance after studying at St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota, where she was a student of Sidney Zeitlin. In addition to receiving her degree, she was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda and Omicron Nu honor societies. Liz has been a member of the Rochester Symphony Orchestra since 1988, has played with the Minnesota Opera and Minneapolis Pops orchestras, and is an active freelance musician. She served as Executive Director for the Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale and the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras, and has written grants for many nonprofit organizations. Currently she works with her husband, Roger Gomoll, to make public radio pledge drives more pleasant for everyone through their business, OnAirFundraising.
Dana Maeda graduated from St. Olaf College with a Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance and holds an M.A. degree in education from St. Mary’s University. She studied oboe with Julie Madura and Rhadames Angelucci. Dana currently performs with the Rochester Orchestra and WindWorks Woodwind Quintet as well as freelances in the Twin Cities area. She has performed with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, Arius, The Bach Society of Minnesota, Minnesota Symphonia, Bloomington Symphony, Kenwood Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Symphonic Winds. Dana is the oboe instructor at St. Olaf College.
Karen Hansen has been principal clarinetist with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra since 1980 and with Mississippi Valley Orchestra since 1981. She has been under contract with the Rochester Orchestra since 1991 and is a member of the Incidental Trio with violist Steven Staruch and pianist Theo Wee. Karen’s concerto performances with orchestra include Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto, and Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 1 for clarinet and bassoon. While Karen’s additional freelance work is usually for the likes of Rochester Choral Arts Ensemble, Thursday Musical and the Phipps Center for the Arts, she has also performed with the Moody Blues. For many years, she was clarinetist with the professional double woodwind quintet Harmonia Mundi and principal clarinetist with Minnesota Symphonic Winds. She earned a B.A. from St. Olaf College, where she was a senior soloist, and an M.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she performed in master classes with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and bassoonist Sol Schoenbach. When not making music, Karen composes words as a freelance writer.
Vicki Wheeler is a graduate of Luther College with a B.A. in English and religion. She is a member of the Victory Park Brass, Dolce Wind Quintet, Trio Brava, Borderline Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Rocky Mountain Alphorn Duo, and the Ruby Trio. Vicki also plays Eb tenor horn and is executive manager for the Lake Wobegon® Brass Band. She has performed with other professional groups including the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Sinfonia, and the Minnesota Opera. Vicki also plays the Swiss alphorn and performs frequently at ethnic events and in school settings. She has studied horn with Herb Winslow, of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Charles McDonald, of the Minnesota Orchestra. When not behind a mouthpiece, you can find her sailing the waters of Lake Superior, camping in the Boundary Waters, or fixing the old cabin in the north woods with her husband, Kurt. She currently teaches private horn lessons in her home in Minneapolis, much to the delight of Wally, the standard poodle!
Ford Campbell graduated from St. Olaf College with a Bachelor of Music degree in bassoon performance. After studying bassoon at the University of Southern California, he spent a year
as the bassoonist with a full-time woodwind quintet, the Amabile Chamber Players, in Jamaica. Since 1986, Ford has been the principal bassoonist in the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and was a soloist in Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 1 for clarinet and bassoon. He has also performed with Kenwood Chamber Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis, and Bill Fegan Productions Touring Company. Ford is a third grade teacher in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
