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2nd prize winner in the Boston Pops' Bernstein-inspired conducting competition, Tamara Dworetz recently served as assistant conductor to Bramwell Tovey, Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, at the 2019 Proms in London in a televised tribute concert for Henry Wood. Tamara was selected as one of 6 conductors to participate in the Dallas Opera's prestigious Hart Institute for Women Conductors to take place in October. Previously, Tamara served for 2 years as Assistant Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and was a Conducting Fellow for the 2019 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for which she received the Bruno Walter Conducting Fellowship. In various capacities, Tamara has conducted the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Butler Opera Center, Indiana University Brass Choir, DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra and Boston University Symphony Orchestra.
A dedicated and enthusiastic music educator, Tamara has served as the conductor for the Austin Youth Orchestra , the co-music director/conductor of the University of Texas University Orchestra, as well as Director of Orchestras of the 150-student orchestra program at Lakeside High School in Atlanta. Tamara has additionally conducted numerous rehearsals with the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Repertory and Junior Repertory and Boston University All-Campus Orchestra. Tamara attended Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin and is currently earning a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in conducting at Boston University. Tamara is currently organizing a consortium for regional and collegiate orchestras to commission a new symphonic work by composer, Adeliia Faizullina. For more information, please see below. |
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Participants Announced for the 2019 Hart Institute for Female Conductors at The Dallas Opera
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2019-2020 Calendar
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PRIOR
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra BEETHOVEN | Symphony no. 3 "Eroica" MOZART | Symphony no. 39 STRAVINSKY | Dumbarton Oaks July 27-31, 2019 BBC Proms Click HERE for Program BBC Concert Orchestra, Assistant Conductor to Bramwell Tovey August 31, 2019 Boston University Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN | Egmont Overture STRAVINSKY | Infernal Dance from Firebird (1919) February 4, 2019 Boston University All-Campus Orchestra BERNSTEIN | One Hand, One Heart arr. Longfield BRAHMS | Hungarian Dance no. 5 March 6, 2019 Boston University All-Campus Orchestra J. STRAUSS | Pizzicato Polka RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Dance of the Tumblers April 30, 2019 |
UPCOMING
Boston University Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN | Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" Tsai Performance Hall October 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm DMA Tuba Recital FORBES | David & Goliath, for tuba solo & euphonium-tuba ensemble Zack Grass, tuba soloist Marsh Chapel October 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm Boston University All-Campus Orchestra Fall Concert SMETANA | "Three Dances" from The Bartered Bride Boston University Concert Hall October 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm The Dallas Opera 2019 Hart Institute Public Concert Various Repertoire The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House November 9, 2019 DMA Cello Recital SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto BRUCH | Kol Nidre Naomi Steckman, cello soloist Boston University Concert Hall November 16, 2019 @ 4:00pm DMA Conducting Recital #2 BRAHMS | Tragic Overture LISZT | Piano Concerto no. 2 Kyra Xuerong Zhao, piano soloist Boston University Concert Hall December 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm Boston University All-Campus Orchestra Winter Concert Repertoire TBD December 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm 2020 DMA Conducting Recital #3 MUSSORGSKY | Prelude to Khovanshchina RAVEL | Concerto for the Left Hand MUSSORGSKY | Pictures at an Exhibition Pierre-Nicholas Colombat, piano soloist February, 2020 |
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Orchestral Consortium for Regional & Collegiate Orchestras
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Composer, Adeliia Faizullina
About the Work: The 10-minute piece for full orchestra commemorates the 75th anniversary of the the End of WWII, and the preservation of Musa Jalil's poems, The Moabit Notebook, in 1946. Musa Jalil was a famous Tatar poet and Nazi resistance fighter. In 1943, Jalil and his Nazi resistance group were captured by the Gestapo and sent to Moabit Prison in Berlin. In prison, Jalil wrote poems and became friends with his Belgian cellmate, Andre Timmermann. Jalil was executed by guillotine in 1944, yet Timmermann saved Jalil's poems by bringing them to the Soviet Embassy in his homeland, Belgium. Within a year Jalil's reputation changed from traitor to hero. Jalil was awarded the Hero of The Soviet Union and Lenin Prize in 1956 and 1957, respectively (Others who received the Lenin Prize are the composers, Prokofiev and Shostakovich). The composition centers on how in a time of extreme suffering, captivity and deprivation, beautiful art and friendship can still blossom; and perhaps it is actually human connection and his poetry which helped Jalil survive in the camp until his execution. Adeliia Faizullina on Musa Jalil: "His poems are very earnest and organic, no artifice. If they are about nature I feel all the sensations from the sound to the smell. They are very Musical and often have interesting form. It is painful to hear in his poems how he wants to see his family again." 
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About The Composer:
"Adeliia Faizullina is at the intersection of multiple identities–being Tatar, visually-impaired, and female has given her a unique perspective unlike any I have encountered before." -I Care If You Listen, Jessica Griggs "... A particular ear for cutting-edge vocal colors" -Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music Excerpt from an Interview with Adeliia from "I Care if You Listen" "I am blind, but the world of music and composition allows me to imagine color. It allows me to experiment with musical shadows, to create the space of sounds and volume of musical form, drawing on the musical landscape of nature through instrumental timbres and human voices. I love the freedom that composition offers me. I am also interested in combining Tatar folk music traditions and poetry with Western contemporary music by experimenting with extended instrumental techniques, the overtone series, and instrumental colors. I experiment with vocal colors and voice abilities, rarely using text, but mostly working with syllables and using extended vocal techniques and vocal sonority. My music talks about nature. It speaks to our human nature and to our feelings. It sounds like the beauty and the power of nature." Adeliia ("Adel") Faizullina has a unique story and powerful artistic voice. She is currently studying with Nina Young at the University of Southern California. Read the complete interview on Ms. Faizullina HERE. Adeliia Faizullina's website: https://www.adeliiacomposer.com The exclusivity period of the world, regional and state premiers is 2021-2022. If you are interested in joining the consortium, please email tamara.dworetz@gmail.com. |