Topic:

THE SOUND OF STRUGGLE: A STUDY AND COMPARISON OF EXPRESSIVE MUSICAL FEATURES FROM WORKS BY “DWELLER” COMPOSERS

(1933 - 1956)

Held at University of Nevada-Reno library: MIKC 402

Reno, NV

First half open to the public

https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/

GUIDED LISTENING

Guided Listening with JoAnna Cochenet
Cultural Storytelling and Crossovers

Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.

In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.

Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.

This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.

When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.

Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.

Hip-Hop and Orchestra – A unique pairing of great minds and abilities

Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - OCT 6

Danial Sheibani’s Freedom Uncanny – Devastation of Iranian culture and hope for a new beginning

Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - DEC 8

Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932) – A vignette of a life and lives altered

Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - JAN 26

Reena Esmail’s Vishwas – A 15th-century Indian story

Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - APR 19

https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/

GUIDED LISTENING

Guided Listening with JoAnna Cochenet
Cultural Storytelling and Crossovers

Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.

In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.

Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.

This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.

When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.

Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.

Hip-Hop and Orchestra – A unique pairing of great minds and abilities

Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - OCT 6

Danial Sheibani’s Freedom Uncanny – Devastation of Iranian culture and hope for a new beginning

Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - DEC 8

Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932) – A vignette of a life and lives altered

Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - JAN 26

Reena Esmail’s Vishwas – A 15th-century Indian story

Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - APR 19

UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert

December 12th - 7:30pm

Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus

Graduate Conductors Concert:

JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor

Repertoire:

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz - Brass and Percussion Carol Commission Feature: “Olentzero!” A Basque Christmas Folk Song - World Premiere

Geisel/Hague - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - with Xander Holcomb, bass

Waldteufel - Skater’s Waltz

Goeller - Appalachian Carol

Goeller - Fiesta de Navidad

Strommen - There’s Christmas in the Air

O’Neill/Kinkel/Phillips - Wizards in Winter

Rozsell - Holiday Mash-Up

Hylkila - Taiga (Snow Forests)

https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/

GUIDED LISTENING

Guided Listening with JoAnna Cochenet
Cultural Storytelling and Crossovers

Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.

In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.

Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.

This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.

When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.

Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.

Hip-Hop and Orchestra – A unique pairing of great minds and abilities

Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - OCT 6

Danial Sheibani’s Freedom Uncanny – Devastation of Iranian culture and hope for a new beginning

Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - DEC 8

Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932) – A vignette of a life and lives altered

Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - JAN 26

Reena Esmail’s Vishwas – A 15th-century Indian story

Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - APR 19

UNR Wind Ensemble Concert

Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus

Dr. Reed Chamberlin, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Guest Conductor*

Repertoire: Ives/Schumann/Rhoads Variations on “America”

UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert

November 16th - 7:30pm

Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus

JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor*

Repertoire: Puccini Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

UNR Symphony Orchestra

Large Sectional - Winds, Brass, Percussion

Strauss - Death and Transfiguration

https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/

GUIDED LISTENING

Guided Listening with JoAnna Cochenet
Cultural Storytelling and Crossovers

Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.

In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.

Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.

This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.

When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.

Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.

Hip-Hop and Orchestra – A unique pairing of great minds and abilities

Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - OCT 6

Danial Sheibani’s Freedom Uncanny – Devastation of Iranian culture and hope for a new beginning

Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - DEC 8

Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932) – A vignette of a life and lives altered

Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - JAN 26

Reena Esmail’s Vishwas – A 15th-century Indian story

Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - APR 19

https://www.levinemusic.org/guided-listening/

Guided Listening with JoAnna Cochenet
Cultural Storytelling and Crossovers

Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet.

In each session, we’ll closely examine the music through clues and information left by the composer and inferred from their life, performance practice, and other historical and relative means. Please listen to the pieces at least once before coming to the sessions to help prepare your ears, mind, and thoughts for the conversation about the works.

Guided Listening takes place online over Zoom. The link to join the Zoom will be provided the week of the event.

This year, we are exploring the music of various cultures as we find them in crossover or storytelling settings within the repertory of orchestral music, which, for many in the United States and Europe, may first bring to mind the orchestral music heritage of Western European orchestras. With only this, however, we leave out many other stories.

When cultures cross or are allowed to take up space of their own, we are either left with a wonderful blend of elements of more than one culture, or we can learn of important stories that are not always at the forefront, which includes being on the concert stage. The synthesis of sound creation may come in a fusion of more than one style or the storytelling of a region or person’s story. In our case, in this series, it is through the medium of the orchestra—and in all cases, through an effervescent kaleidoscope that is a representation and voice of humanity.

Just as there are many ways to create a final composition and many impetuses behind doing so, all are unique and told from the composer’s perspective. We set off in this series to explore several works and styles that have made their way to the orchestral medium, learning the voices of more and more composers and the stories of more and more people.

Hip-Hop and Orchestra – A unique pairing of great minds and abilities

Friday, October 6, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - OCT 6

Danial Sheibani’s Freedom Uncanny – Devastation of Iranian culture and hope for a new beginning

Friday, December 8, 2023
7 PM ET

RSVP - DEC 8

Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932) – A vignette of a life and lives altered

Friday, January 26, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - JAN 26

Reena Esmail’s Vishwas – A 15th-century Indian story

Friday, April 19, 2024
7 PM ET

RSVP - APR 19

UNR Symphony Orchestra Concert

Thursday, October 5th - 7:30pm

Nightingale Hall, UNR Campus

JoAnna Cochenet, Graduate Assistant Conductor*

Repertoire:

Berlioz - Rákóczi March (Hungarian March) from Faust*

Schubert - Konzertstück for violin & orchestra in D major

Respighi - Poema Autunnale

Stephanie Sant’Ambrosio, Faculty Soloist

Elgar - Enigma Variations

https://events.unr.edu/event/university_of_nevada_reno_symphony_orchestra_concert_pre-concert_talk_dma_lecture

Accord Symphony

Washington, D. C./Columbia, MD

https://merriweathermusic.com/chrysalis/

July 30th, 2023 - 5pm

Juan Gallastegui, Music Director & Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Guest Conductor*

Program:

Mozart -Marriage of Figaro

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt

Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances*

Williams - Star Wars Saga,* ET, Jaws

Watkins - Soul of Remembrance*

Gershwin/Vrtacnik - Summertime* w/Ayanna Freelon, soprano

Giordano - La mamma morta* w/Fairouz Foty, soprano

Delibes - Flower Duet

Puccini - O mio Babbino Caro

Bizet - Toreador

Verdi - Libiamo, ne Lieti Calici

Flaherty/Alabaca - Ragtime: Wheels of a Dream* - Anitra McKinney, Mezzo-soprano, and Jim Williams, Baritone

Bernstein - Westside Story: “I feel pretty”* - Ayanna Freelon, Fairouz Foty, Anitra McKinney

Bernstein - Somewhere

Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet

Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”

Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.

This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.

Lecture 4 – Dr. David Wendell Nelson’s Little Bighorn (Tone Poem with Video)

Friday, May 12, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT

c/o Levine Music

The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.

https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/

University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, May 4th, 7:30pm

Nightingale Concert Hall

Reno, NV

Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*

Spring Concert 2

Repertoire:

Fairy Tale No. 1 “Arthur” - Rob Smith (Student Composition Winner)*

Symphony No. 1 - Gustav Mahler

Full Conducting Participant

Cascade Conducting Master Class 2023

Cascade Conducting Orchestra, led by Tacoma Symphony musicians

June 26-July 1st

Tacoma, WA

Conducting Teacher: Maestra Sarah Ioannides https://sarahioannidesmusic.com/

Additional Conducting Mentors and Composers: Ayis Ioannides, David Ludwig, Dr. Geoffrey Boers

Repertoire:

• George Walker - Lyrics for Strings

• Stephanie Berg - Ravish and Mayhem

• P. Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations

• L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”

• L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 1st movement exposition (workshop only)

• Gabriel Faure - Pelleas and Melisande Suite

• Bela Bartok - Romanian Dances

• Ayis Ioannides - Ma ero giovane

University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, March 7th, 7:30pm

Nightingale Concert Hall

Reno, NV

Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*

Spring Concert 1

Brahms - Academic Festival Overture*

Four Concerto Winners

Elgar - In the South

University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra Honors Concert

Tuesday, February 28th, 7:30pm

Nightingale Concert Hall

Reno, NV

Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*

Spring Concert 1

J. Brahms - Academic Festival Overture*

UNR Symphony Concerto Competition Winners

Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet

Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”

Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.

This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.

Lecture 3 – Ferdinand Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and Death Valley Suite (Orchestral Works)

Friday, Feb 10, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT

c/o Levine Music

The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.

https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/

Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet

Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”

Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.

This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.

Lecture 2 – William Grant Still’s Old California and The American Scene (Orchestral Works)

Friday, Dec 9, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT

c/o Levine Music

The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.

https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/

UNR Chamber Orchestra

*Soloists:

Alexandra Gordon, English Horn

Rob Smith, Trumpet

JoAnna Cochenet, DMA Graduate Conductor

Repertoire:

Mozart Impresario Overture

Strauss Serenade in Eb, Op. 7

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite III

Copland Quiet City*

Haydn Symphony No. 104, IV. Finale

UFA Room 144 Recital Hall

University of Nevada-Reno

Reno, NV

5pm

https://events.unr.edu/event/doctoral_conducting_recital_joanna_cochenet

University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*

Fall Concert 2

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Procession of the Nobles*

Adolphus Hailstork - Sonata da Chiesa for Strings

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Guided Listening Lectures with JoAnna Cochenet

Theme: “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West”

Guided Listening sessions with conductor JoAnna Cochenet help listeners better understand well-known works and lesser-known treasures of the orchestral, chamber orchestra, film, documentary, ballet, and opera repertory.

This year’s theme is “American Landscape: Wonders of the Wild West.” The music and discussions this year will focus on stories, history, and scenery from parts of the Western United States. Inspired by unique and fascinating materials, the works are representative of different perspectives from the “American West” in music; and music which has only been written over the past century. Examples from parallel works will be drawn for comparison and contrast, as the deeper dives go into the presented music in each session.

Lecture 1 – Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite (Ballet), and Virgil Thomson’s Suite from The Plow that Broke the Plains (Film)

Friday, Oct 21, 2022 – 7pm ET/4pm PT

c/o Levine Music -

The lectures will run over an hour, around 75-90 min.

https://www.levinemusic.org/2022-23-guided-listening/

University of Nevada - Reno Symphony Orchestra

Dr. Jason Altieri, Conductor

JoAnna Cochenet, Assistant Conductor*

Fall Concert 1

Korngold/arr. Brubaker - The Sea Hawk*

Herbert - Irish Rhapsody

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5