AOA All-State 2006 Clinicians
Festival Orchestra, Philip Wharton, Composer in Residence Philip Wharton's parents tricked him into becoming a musician. When he was ten, his family took a vacation out west to visit relatives. Little did he know that while he and the other children slept, the adults plotted to get him to start playing the violin. Their scheme worked so well, he thought it was his idea to begin lessons. Years later, arriving at Eastman, Mr. Wharton met some unusual students and they neither played nor sang, but wrote music. Receiving no satisfactory answer to his questions about what they did in their lessons, he decided to investigate and began studying composition. This form of cre- ative expression grabbed his imagination. Composition, like the violin, became an important focus in his life. Active both as violinist and composer, Mr. Wharton toured with the Guildhall Wind Ensemble and also with Gidon Kremer and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie. Performers have commissioned his works for recitals at two International Double Reed Society Conferences, the International Trombone Society Conference, and for the ClarinetFest. He worked with the Dale Warland Singers on his setting of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. The Iowa Arts Council and Dorian Opera Theatre jointly commissioned his children's opera …and out the other side. Interested in col- laborative projects, he worked with choreographer Jay Franke to produce Five Steps to Murder. He wrote two short comic operas, The Soap Opera and Two Saintes Caught in the Same Act, and produced them with his colleague Lance Horne for an evening entitled Four Short-Ordered Operas at Lincoln Center. He also wrote and performed his violin concerto at Alice Tully Hall with the Juilliard Symphony. Next season, Philip has numerous performances scheduled in New York, Iowa, and New Mexico. Philip Wharton holds degrees from The Juilliard School (DMA, MM), Eastman School of Music (MM, BA), and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Adv. Cert.). His principal violin teachers have been Lizbeth Getman, Charles Castleman, and David Takeno. He studied composition with Samuel Adler, David Del Tredici, John Corigliano, Joseph Schwantner, and Warren Benson.
AOA All-State 2006 Schedule February 9-12, 2006
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Thursday, Feb. 9
12:00 pm ..................................FO Registration Begins 12:30 pm ..........................FO Seating Auditions Begin 7:00 pm .........................................................Rehearsal Friday, Feb. 10
8:00 am......................................................... Rehearsal 11:30 am.................................................... Lunch Party 12:00 pm .......................................Meet the Composer 1:00 pm ......................................Rehearsals/Sectionals 3:00 pm..........................................................Rehearsal 7:30 pm..................U of A Huxford Symphony Concert Saturday, Feb. 11
9:00 am ...................................................FO Sectionals 12:00 pm ................................................Lunch Break 1:30 pm..........................................................Rehearsal 4:00 pm .........................................................Rehearsal 7:00 pm .........................................................Rehearsal Sunday, Feb. 12 11:00 am ............................Touch Up Rehearsal/Photo 1:00 pm .............................................................Concert
STRING SINFONIETTA AND PREMIERE STRING ORCHESTRAS
Thursday, Feb. 9
4:00 pm...........................................Registration Begins 4:30 pm...................................Seating Auditions Begin Friday, Feb. 10
8:00 am...........................................................Rehearsal 11:30 am.....................................................Lunch Party 12:00 pm.........................................Meet the Composer 1:00 pm.........................................Rehearsal/Sectionals 3:00 pm.........................................Rehearsal/Sectionals 7:30 pm.................U of A Huxford Symphony Concert Saturday, Feb. 11
9:00 am.........................................................Rehearsals 1:30 pm.......................................Rehearsals/Sectionals 4:00 pm.......................................Rehearsals/Sectionals 7:00 pm.........................................................Rehearsals Sunday, Feb. 12 9:00, 11:00 am......................Touch up Rehearsal/Photo 1:00 pm.............................................................Concert
All events take place in the Moody Music Building on the University of Alabama Campus. Schedule subject to change.
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