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ENGAGING YOUR NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY

best of the best


Favorite artists and debuts
LINDSAY DEUTSCH, VIOLIN ASHLEY BROWN & RYAN SILVERMAN
bruch concerto & gershwin/courage broadway legends in From tin pan alley to HOLLYWOOD
fantasy on porgy & bess

MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS


New program - back by audience demand!

YEKWON SUNWOO, PIANO


2017 Cliburn Gold Medalist
Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2

THE FIVE BROWNS, pianoS


from poulenc to john williams

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2018/19 season opening night!
violin showcase
sept. 15, 2018 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center

hector guzman conductor Hector Guzman and the Plano Symphony Orchestra
open the 2018/19 Season with Carlos Chávez’
lindsay deutsch violin brilliant Sinfonía India, the composer’s most
VIOLIN Sept 15 mariachi los Oct 20
SHOWCASE 2018 camperos 2018 frequently performed work strongly influenced by
the musical spirit of Mexico. This rhythmic curtain-
Chávez
Lindsay Deutsch, Violin New Program - Back by Popular Demand raiser is followed by the sublime melodies in
SinfonÍa India
Bruch’s Violin Concerto, one of the major concertos
Bruch for violin alongside concertos by Beethoven,
Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

Gershwin/Courage Keeping with the popular tradition of two major


Fantasy on Porgy & Bess concertos, Opening Night continues with what
famed violinist Joshua Bell referred to as, “the
de Falla
Violin Concerto that Gershwin never wrote.” Based
The Three-Cornered Hat
Suites 1 & 2 on the beloved melodies of Porgy and Bess, the
Fantasy was arranged by Alexander Courage.
bizet’s Nov 17 home for the Dec 16
carmen 2018 holidays 2018 Lindsay Deutsch returns for the “Best of the Best,”
having previously charmed Plano Symphony
Highlights from the Famous Opera Collin County’s Most Popular Holiday Concert! audiences in a two-concerto evening featuring
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the Beatles Fantasy for
Violin and Orchestra. Audiences all over the US and
Canada have been captivated by Ms. Deutsch’s
brilliant technique and onstage charisma.
Additionally, she is engaged in reaching younger
audiences with CLASSIFIED, performing traditional
classical repertory with more popular works in
and outside the concert hall, in addition to unique
settings from restaurants to clubs and bars.

ashley brown & Jan 19 the five Feb 16 The Opening Night showcase concludes with
Ryan Silverman 2019 browns 2019 rousing Spanish dances in Manuel de Falla’s The
Three-Cornered Hat!
From Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood Five Pianos and 440 Keys
Carolyn Cruz

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Bernstein salute 2019 gold medalist 2019

Celebrating Bernstein’s 100th Anniversary Yekwon Sunwoo, Piano

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mariachi los
camperos
new program!

Oct. 20, 2018 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center

With their unique blend of


hector guzman conductor musicianship and virtuosity,
mariachi los camperos the two-time Grammy-winning
mariachi band returns for an
The appearance of Mariachi Los Camperos celebrating Hector Guzman’s 35 years encore performance with the
with the Plano Symphony Orchestra set off an endless string of encores. Their
PSO. In their crowd-pleasing
Grammy Award-winning precision on trumpets, guitars, harps and more, along with
their incredible singing, continuously brought the PSO audience to its feet. The debut last November, the group
acclaimed ensemble returns in a new program as one of the “Best of the Best.” performed on the second half
Mariachi Los Camperos was founded in 1960 by mariachi “giant” Natividad “Nati” of the program. This time, they
Cano. In 2015, Jesús “Chuy” Guzmán succeeded Cano as music director of Los return with a complete show that
Camperos following Cano’s untimely passing. Jesús Guzmán is a master of
includes solos, duets, trios and of
traditional mariachi instruments, including trumpet, vihuela, guitarron, guitar and
violin. Mariachi Los Camperos has recorded nine albums and has appeared on The course, their signature virtuoso
Tonight Show and the Grammy Awards, among others. orchestral arrangements based
on the albums that made them
Grammy winners. If the first time
brought the audience to their
feet, this time, the fiesta may
last all night long!

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bizet’s Carmen home for
concert presentation with english subtitles
the Holidays
Nov. 17, 2018 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center
Dec. 16, 2018 / 4 & 7:30 PM / st. andrew umc
hector guzman conductor
Leann sandel-pantaleo mezzo-soprano
hector guzman conductor
Judith rodriguez soprano
plano civic CHORUS Ralph Stannard, director
dane suarez tenor
Frisco Chorale Kendall Carter, director
David small baritone
plano civic CHORUS Ralph Stannard, director

Sandel-Pantaleo Rodriguez Suarez Small

Perhaps one of, if not the most popular opera Mezzo-soprano Leann Sandel-Pantaleo encores
currently before the public today, Bizet’s Carmen her acclaimed stage role as Carmen. She has
was anything but an initial hit with audiences sung in numerous opera houses, including the
and critics. The realism of the story scandalized Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Berlin Staatsoper, the
audiences. Bizet died after initial performances San Francisco Opera and the Met. Soprano Judith
and never knew the great success of his opera. Rodriguez sings the role of Michaela. The native
With over 150 musicians, “Home
Texan has performed roles in The Marriage of
This performance features highlights from the for the Holidays” includes
Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and many
beloved opera, including the “Habanera” from Act seasonal favorites for orchestra
others. Dane Suarez, tenor, takes the role of Don
1 and the “Toreador Song” from Act 2, which are and chorus, the popular
José, having been a semi-finalist at the 2014 Met
among the best known of all operatic arias. audience sing-along, visitors
auditions with performances at the National Opera
from the North Pole, humor, and
in Washington, New York City Opera, and others.
The opera is set in southern Spain. The story is surprises. Patrons continuously
Baritone David Small, with over 50 opera roles to
about the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier comment that “Home for the
his credit, including a great success as Figaro in
who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Holidays” is a mandatory part of
The Barber of Seville, sings Escamillo.
Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart their holiday celebration.
and deserts his military duties, yet loses Carmen’s
love to the glamorous matador Escamillo, after
which José kills Carmen in a jealous rage.

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hector guzman conductor Showboat

from tin ashley brown vocals


ryan silverman vocals
West Side Story

pan alley to
Oklahoma!
When it comes to the “Best of the Best,” Ashley Brown, the
original Mary Poppins on Broadway, scored a triumph with The Roar of the Greasepaint

hollywood
Plano Symphony audiences in Ashley Brown on Broadway.
Casablanca
She is joined in From Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood by another
Broadway superstar, Ryan Silverman. Ryan has been a The Phantom of the Opera
leading man in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and
so much more. The incredible duo will share solos and duets The King and I
Jan. 19, 2019 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center from Showboat, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera,
Annie Get Your Gun
The King and I, Oklahoma! and more.

Ashley Brown
originated the title role in Mary Poppins on Broadway for which
she received Outer Critics, Drama League and Drama Desk
nominations for Best Actress. She also starred as Mary Poppins
in the national tour, where she garnered a Garland award for
“Best Performance in a Musical” and was in the acclaimed
national touring production of The Sound of Music. She also
played Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway and recently
returned, to critical acclaim, to the Lyric Opera of Chicago
as Laurey in Oklahoma! She also starred in Hello Dolly at the
Goodspeed Opera House, The Sound of Music at the St. Louis
MUNY, which garnered her a Kevin Kline award, Limelight at the
La Jolla Playhouse, and NBC’s televised The Sound of Music.

Ryan Silverman
recently starred in Side Show on Broadway for which he
received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actor. Other
Broadway credits include star turns as Billy Flynn in
Chicago and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. Silverman
received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations for
his performance as Giorgio in CSC’s production of Passion.
He has appeared at the Kennedy Center as Sir Lancelot Call
alongside Brian Stokes Mitchell in Camelot. His portrayal of Today!
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West Side Story received universal raves. Ryan played the Subscribe
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was in the Chicago production of Wicked.

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the five browns
Feb. 16, 2019 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center

The Five Browns – Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra hector guzman conductor
and Desirae – attended New York’s Juilliard School.
The quintet enjoyed their first wave of critical attention
Ryan Brown piano
in February 2002 when People magazine dubbed Melody Brown piano
them the “Fab Five” at about the same time they were
featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The Five Browns’
Gregory Brown piano
first three CDs went to #1 on Billboard magazine’s Deondra Brown piano
Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has
proclaimed: “One family, five pianos and 50 fingers add
Desirae Brown piano
up to the biggest classical music sensation in years…”
Prokofiev
The quintet has garnered extensive coverage from March and Scherzo from
media outlets ranging from The Tonight Show, Good The Love for Three Oranges
Morning America, The Today Show, and The View, to
CNN, Fox & Friends, Public Radio’s Performance Today, Poulenc
Concerto for Two Pianos
as well as The New York Times, Parade, People, the
Los Angeles Times, and Entertainment Weekly. The Bach
Five Browns tour extensively and have performed in Triple Concerto in C Major BWV 1064
numerous venues, including Carnegie Hall’s Isaac
Stern Auditorium, The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Saint-Saëns/Anderson
Symphony Hall in Chicago, and Alice Tully Hall in New Danse Macabre
York City. The Five Browns definitely rank for PSO
J. Williams/Anderson
audiences as one of the “Best of the Best!”
Star Wars

Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Eugene Onegin

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the young artists & cliburn 2017
a salute to gold medalist
Leonard bernstein
Apr. 28, 2019* / 4 PM / st. andrew umc
Sponsored by the Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation

hector guzman conductor Rachmaninoff


Mar. 16, 2019 / 8 PM / Eisemann Center yekwon sunwoo piano
Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
Hector Guzman conductor Bernstein
Overture to Candide
Winners of the Collin
County Young Artist Bernstein Gold Medalist of the 2017 Fifteenth Van Cliburn The first Korean to win Cliburn Gold, Mr.
West Side Story Dances International Piano Competition, 28-year-old Sunwoo launched his debut season in
Competition
pianist Yekwon Sunwoo has been hailed for 2017–2018 with appearances, among others,
Chamberlain Bernstein “his total command over the instrument and in Brussels, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Madrid,
Performing arts Dance Episodes from On The Town its expressiveness” (San Francisco Examiner). Helsingborg, and across Germany. His
A powerful and virtuoso performer, he also, in appearances in Asia include those in Beirut,
August 2018 marks the Centennial Anniversary his own words, “strives to reach for the truth Taiwan, Hong Kong, and across South Korea.
of Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein was and pure beauty in music” and hopes to convey
an American composer, conductor, author, those fundamental emotions to audiences. Mr. Sunwoo performs Rachmaninoff’s
music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the thrilling second piano concerto, and the
first conductors born and educated in the US to Mr. Sunwoo has performed as soloist with the season concludes with Tchaikovsky’s
receive worldwide acclaim. According to music Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Marin powerful Symphony No. 5, a Plano Symphony
critic Donal Henahan, he was “one of the most Alsop, Juilliard Orchestra with Itzhak Perlman at Orchestra debut. Truly a spectacular way to
prodigiously talented and successful musicians Avery Fisher Hall, Houston Symphony Orchestra cap off a season of the “Best of the Best!”
in American history.” His fame derived from his with James Feddeck, Fort Worth Symphony
long tenure as the music director of the New York Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and Nicholas *This performance is a Sunday matinee
Philharmonic, from his conducting concerts with McGegan, National Orchestra of Belgium, Sendai
most of the world’s leading orchestras, and from Philharmonic Orchestra, and others.
his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan, Candide,
Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront, Bernstein was the first conductor to give a series
his Mass, and a range of other compositions, of television lectures on classical music, starting
including three symphonies and many shorter in 1954 and continuing until his death. He was a
chamber and solo works. skilled pianist, often conducting piano concertos
from the keyboard. As a composer he wrote
in many styles encompassing symphonic and
orchestral music, ballet, film and theatre music,
choral works, opera, chamber music and pieces
for the piano.

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Photo credits Front/Back Cover Pg. 8 Nathan Russell Pg. 15
Yekwon Sunwoo: Leann Sandel-Pantaleo: Pg 14 Carolyn Cruz
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PATRIOTIC POPS where we perform
JULY 4, 2018 / 3 PM / EISEMANN CENTER

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