FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 16, 2015
Concerto Competition winner Calvin Jin is featured soloist in Santa Rosa
Symphony Youth Ensembles concert March 6 at Weill Hall
Indie-folk rock quartet Trebuchet is special guest
(SANTA ROSA, CA) – Fifteen-year old violinist Calvin Jin will be the featured soloist in the SRS Youth
Orchestra and Young People’s Chamber Orchestra joint concert on Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. in Weill
Hall. Jin bested five other competitors to win the 2015 Youth Orchestra
Concerto Competition, performing the first movement of Kabalevsky’s
Violin Concerto in C major. He appeared before a panel consisting of
members of the Santa Rosa Symphony orchestra and music faculty
from Sonoma State and SRJC.
Jin is a junior at St. Vincent de Paul High School in Petaluma. In
2011 and 2013, he was the leader of the pit orchestra for the Cinnabar
Theater Young Rep shows. He is also a member of the Rafael Ensemble,
a student musician group based in San Rafael which performs at
nursing homes, fundraisers and private parties. He joined the SRS Youth Orchestra in Fall 2014 and is
currently the ensemble’s concertmaster. (See complete bio later in this release)
On the program for the SRS Youth Orchestra (YO), conducted by Dr. Richard Loheyde, will be
movements I and IV of Borodin’s Second Symphony; “Nimrod” from Elgar’s The Enigma Variations;
Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain; Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger, Kabelevsky’s Violin
Concerto in C major, featuring Calvin Jin, and the first
movement of Beethoven’s Symphony Number 5.
The Young People’s Chamber Orchestra (YPCO),
directed by Aaron Westman, will welcome as their
guests for this concert, the Petaluma Indie-folk rock
quartet Trebuchet (pictured, left). The quartet’s
members—Navid Manoochehri, Lauren Haile, Eliott
Whitehurst and Paul Haile—met while attaining their
music degrees from Sonoma State University. The group originated in 2010 and released their first full
length CD, Carry On, in early 2014. Trebuchet has collaborated with YPCO on a new composition to be
premiered at this concert.
YPCO will also perform the following pieces: Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagione, “L’Inverno” [The
Four Seasons, “Winter”] with Adam Dvorak as violin soloist; the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s
Souvenir de Florence; and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp minor. This concert promises
to be a unique and wonderful collaboration among some of the finest young musicians in our area.
Tickets
Tickets for the March 6 performance are $17 general admission and $12 for students/seniors.
Purchase general admission tickets online at www.santarosasymphony.com, call (707) 546-8742, or
come in person to the SRS Patron Services office. Student and senior tickets are not available online.
Tickets may be purchased at the door SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
Concerto Competition Winner Biography
Calvin Jin, age 15, is a junior at St. Vincent de Paul High School. He has studied violin under Ms.
Yoko Acheson since 2005 and completed the Suzuki method (book 10). In 2011 and 2013, Jin was the
leader of the pit orchestra for the Cinnabar Theater Young Rep shows in his hometown of Petaluma.
He is also a member of the Rafael Ensemble, a student musician group based in San Rafael that
performs at nursing homes, fundraisers and private parties. When he was in the 5th grade, Jin joined a
Napa Valley Youth Symphony (NVYS) preparatory string orchestra. After serving 2 years as
concertmaster, he moved up to the youth symphony as principal second violin and played in their
chamber group as well. From 2012 to 2014, he served as a co-concertmaster of NVYS. Some highlights
during his years at NVYS include winning their concerto competitions in 2012 and 2014, and leading
the group as concertmaster in June, 2014, at Carnegie Hall during the orchestra’s tour in New York. In
the fall of 2014, Calvin Jin joined the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra and is honored to serve as
concertmaster. He loved playing at Weill Hall with the professional symphony during the side-by-side
concert in October and looks forward to performing with his peers.
CALENDAR LISTING
What:
Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Ensembles Concert III
Who:
Youth Orchestra, Dr. Richard Loheyde, conductor
Young People’s Chamber Orchestra, Aaron Westman, director
When:
Friday, March 6, 2015, 7 p.m.
Where:
Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Youth Orchestra Program
Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Movements I and IV
Edward Elgar: “Nimrod” from The Enigma Variations
Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
Richard Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
Dimitry Kabalevsky: Violin concerto in C major, first movement
Ludwig von Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, first movement
Young People’s Chamber Orchestra Program:
Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagione, “L’Inverno” [The Four Seasons, “Winter”]
with Adam Dvorak, violin soloist
Pyotr IllyichTchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence, first movement
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Trebuchet and YPCO collaboration [premiere]
Cost:
$17 general; $12 students/seniors
Tickets:
Online santarosasymphony.com, by phone 54-MUSIC (707-546-8742), or in person at the
SRS Patron Services Office, 50 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Ben Taylor
Director of Education
707-546-7097 ext.220
btaylor@santarosasymphony.com
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