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Nov. 16, 2007/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu NCSA STUDENTS TO TAKE TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO PERFORM WITH CHANCELLOR JOHN MAUCERI IN LANDMARK FILM MUSIC CONCERT WITH THE VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NCSA Board of Visitors Members Fund Student Travel, Participate in Trip
WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina School of the Arts is taking its show overseas! *On Nov. 29, NCSA Chancellor John Mauceri,* founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will conduct the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a landmark film music gala concert titled “Hollywood in Vienna-Vienna in Hollywood” at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Four NCSA School of Music students, the Stern Quartet, will perform with the Radio Symphony Orchestra as Maestro Mauceri conducts. The next day, on Nov. 30, two NCSA School of Drama students will perform “Vienna on Broadway,” a look at the Viennese influences on the American musical theatre, during a reception for the NCSA delegation and Viennese dignitaries at the U.S. Embassy, in the private residence of the U.S. ambassador to Austria. And, two students from the NCSA School of Filmmaking will film the entire trip, with plans for transforming the documentary into an institutional DVD for broad distribution. J.D. Wilson, chair of the NCSA Board of Visitors, said: “John Mauceri’s commitment to take students onto the world’s stages when he’s invited to perform – as a way to give students exceptional experiences, as a way to perform cultural outreach for NCSA, and as a way to increase national and international awareness and acclaim for NCSA – is clearly a win-win situation for all.	Maestro Mauceri Photo by Donald Dietz J.D. Wilson
“This is the first trip of this kind the Board of Visitors has organized,” Wilson continued, “and its early success means we’ll likely be creating an ongoing travel menu for close friends of the School to experience students, Chancellor Mauceri and other School artists in impressive venues around North Carolina, the nation and the world. All of this can help us move the School of the Arts to a whole new level.” The Vienna trip is sponsored by the NCSA Board of Visitors in collaboration with the NCSA Giannini Society. Student participation is made possible from contributions by trip participants, the Whole School Fund, and the Semans Art Fund. John **Mauceri, who led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for 16 seasons and is perhaps the leading expert in the world on Hollywood film music and its history, designed the Nov. 29 concert program to celebrate the work of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the legendary Austrian composer** who set the cornerstone for the development of the symphonic film score. The concert, which is timed to pay tribute to the 50^th anniversary of Korngold’s death, highlights the historical connection between the exodus of composers from Nazi Germany and Austria and filmmaking in Hollywood. It will be the first time symphonic film music has been performed in the Vienna Concert Hall, as well as the first time Mauceri-arranged works have been performed in Austria. The first half of the concert will focus on Korngold’s film music, including “Fanfare” from KINGS ROW, “Overture” from BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, “Overture” from THE SEA HAWK, and a world premiere: “THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD – A Symphonic Portrait,” arranged by Mauceri from previously unpublished material. The second half of the concert will explore the influence of Korngold’s music on contemporary film scoring. Bruce Broughton’s “Epcot Overture” (“Ellen’s Energy Adventure”) will be followed by a concert work arranged by Mauceri from Jerry Goldsmith’s score to STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. The concert work, called “The New Enterprise,” had its world premiere last year with the legendary Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. A four-movement suite from John Williams’ score to the first Harry Potter film (HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE) will be followed by the concert’s conclusion, a concert suite by John Williams from his score to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Almost all of these works will be heard in Vienna for the first time. Encores will include music by Max Steiner, another Viennese, and Hugo Friedhofer. The Nov. 29 concert, first of an ongoing series of gala concerts dedicated to the Viennese film music composers, was organized by the Best of Film Music Company & Austria in Hollywood Society and is co-sponsored by the City of Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Ministry. The concert, which will be attended by Korngold’s family as well as representatives from the Viennese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Minister for Culture, Arts and Science, will be broadcast on Ö1, the Austrian classical station. For more information, visit www.hollywood-in-vienna.com or www.konzerthaus.at. The concert will be the highlight of the Korngold Festival in Vienna, which includes a screening of films for which Korngold wrote his famous music, at the Austrian Film Museum, and a Korngold exhibition at the Jewish Museum, both in Vienna. While in Austria, Chancellor Mauceri will also deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna* on the history of film music in Hollywood and its links to Vienna.* Interviews with Mauceri and members of the Korngold family will be aired on Austrian television in a new documentary about Korngold's Hollywood career. NCSA School of Music students performing with the Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna include: violinist Joshua Holritz of Clemmons, a college senior who is pursuing his Bachelor of Music; violinist Guy Oldacker IV of Lewisville, who received his B.M. and M.M. from NCSA and who is pursuing his Performing Artist Certificate; violist Laura Manko of Bethel Park, Pa., a college junior who is pursuing her Bachelor of Music; and cellist Devree Lewis of Lubbock, Texas, who is pursuing her Bachelor of Music. All are Stern Scholars at NCSA. NCSA School of Drama students performing at the U.S. Embassy include Rachel Wallace of Rochester, N.Y., a college junior studying acting and pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts; and Nick Dothee, who grew up in San Francisco and moved to New York City after graduating from NCSA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005. He was recently chosen as one of 10 finalists in the 2007 “Broadway Idol” contest presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival. NCSA School of Filmmaking college senior Jarrett Eitner, a directing student from New Bern, will be documenting the trip with the assistance of School of Filmmaking graduate student Chris Heckman of Winston-Salem, who is studying film music composition. Heckman will also be assisting Chancellor Mauceri with the concert. The Vienna trip was organized by Nick Bragg, who is a member of the NCSA Board of Visitors, in conjunction with Aladdin Travel & Meeting Planners in Winston-Salem. The tour leaves for Vienna on Nov. 26 and returns to the States on Dec. 1. ###
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Nov. 16, 2007/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu

NCSA STUDENTS TO TAKE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
TO PERFORM WITH CHANCELLOR JOHN MAUCERI IN LANDMARK FILM MUSIC CONCERT
WITH THE VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

NCSA Board of Visitors Members Fund Student Travel, Participate in Trip

WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina School of the Arts is taking its show overseas!

On Nov. 29, NCSA Chancellor John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will conduct the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a landmark film music gala concert titled “Hollywood in Vienna-Vienna in Hollywood” at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Four NCSA School of Music students, the Stern Quartet, will perform with the Radio Symphony Orchestra as Maestro Mauceri conducts.

The next day, on Nov. 30, two NCSA School of Drama students will perform “Vienna on Broadway,” a look at the Viennese influences on the American musical theatre, during a reception for the NCSA delegation and Viennese dignitaries at the U.S. Embassy, in the private residence of the U.S. ambassador to Austria.

And, two students from the NCSA School of Filmmaking will film the entire trip, with plans for transforming the documentary into an institutional DVD for broad distribution.

J.D. Wilson, chair of the NCSA Board of Visitors, said: “John Mauceri’s commitment to take students onto the world’s stages when he’s invited to perform – as a way to give students exceptional experiences, as a way to perform cultural outreach for NCSA, and as a way to increase national and international awareness and acclaim for NCSA – is clearly a win-win situation for all.

Maestro Mauceri
Photo by Donald Dietz

J.D. Wilson

“This is the first trip of this kind the Board of Visitors has organized,” Wilson continued, “and its early success means we’ll likely be creating an ongoing travel menu for close friends of the School to experience students, Chancellor Mauceri and other School artists in impressive venues around North Carolina, the nation and the world. All of this can help us move the School of the Arts to a whole new level.”

The Vienna trip is sponsored by the NCSA Board of Visitors in collaboration with the NCSA Giannini Society. Student participation is made possible from contributions by trip participants, the Whole School Fund, and the Semans Art Fund.

John Mauceri, who led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for 16 seasons and is perhaps the leading expert in the world on Hollywood film music and its history, designed the Nov. 29 concert program to celebrate the work of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the legendary Austrian composer who set the cornerstone for the development of the symphonic film score. The concert, which is timed to pay tribute to the 50^th anniversary of Korngold’s death, highlights the historical connection between the exodus of composers from Nazi Germany and Austria and filmmaking in Hollywood. It will be the first time symphonic film music has been performed in the Vienna Concert Hall, as well as the first time Mauceri-arranged works have been performed in Austria.

The first half of the concert will focus on Korngold’s film music, including “Fanfare” from KINGS ROW, “Overture” from BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, “Overture” from THE SEA HAWK, and a world premiere: “THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD – A Symphonic Portrait,” arranged by Mauceri from previously unpublished material.

The second half of the concert will explore the influence of Korngold’s music on contemporary film scoring. Bruce Broughton’s “Epcot Overture” (“Ellen’s Energy Adventure”) will be followed by a concert work arranged by Mauceri from Jerry Goldsmith’s score to STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. The concert work, called “The New Enterprise,” had its world premiere last year with the legendary Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. A four-movement suite from John Williams’ score to the first Harry Potter film (HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE) will be followed by the concert’s conclusion, a concert suite by John Williams from his score to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Almost all of these works will be heard in Vienna for the first time.

Encores will include music by Max Steiner, another Viennese, and Hugo Friedhofer.

The Nov. 29 concert, first of an ongoing series of gala concerts dedicated to the Viennese film music composers, was organized by the Best of Film Music Company & Austria in Hollywood Society and is co-sponsored by the City of Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Ministry. The concert, which will be attended by Korngold’s family as well as representatives from the Viennese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Minister for Culture, Arts and Science, will be broadcast on Ö1, the Austrian classical station. For more information, visit www.hollywood-in-vienna.com or www.konzerthaus.at.

The concert will be the highlight of the Korngold Festival in Vienna, which includes a screening of films for which Korngold wrote his famous music, at the Austrian Film Museum, and a Korngold exhibition at the Jewish Museum, both in Vienna.

While in Austria, Chancellor Mauceri will also deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna on the history of film music in Hollywood and its links to Vienna.

Interviews with Mauceri and members of the Korngold family will be aired on Austrian television in a new documentary about Korngold's Hollywood career.

NCSA School of Music students performing with the Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna include: violinist Joshua Holritz of Clemmons, a college senior who is pursuing his Bachelor of Music; violinist Guy Oldacker IV of Lewisville, who received his B.M. and M.M. from NCSA and who is pursuing his Performing Artist Certificate; violist Laura Manko of Bethel Park, Pa., a college junior who is pursuing her Bachelor of Music; and cellist Devree Lewis of Lubbock, Texas, who is pursuing her Bachelor of Music. All are Stern Scholars at NCSA.

NCSA School of Drama students performing at the U.S. Embassy include Rachel Wallace of Rochester, N.Y., a college junior studying acting and pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts; and Nick Dothee, who grew up in San Francisco and moved to New York City after graduating from NCSA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005. He was recently chosen as one of 10 finalists in the 2007 “Broadway Idol” contest presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

NCSA School of Filmmaking college senior Jarrett Eitner, a directing student from New Bern, will be documenting the trip with the assistance of School of Filmmaking graduate student Chris Heckman of Winston-Salem, who is studying film music composition. Heckman will also be assisting Chancellor Mauceri with the concert.

The Vienna trip was organized by Nick Bragg, who is a member of the NCSA Board of Visitors, in conjunction with Aladdin Travel & Meeting Planners in Winston-Salem. The tour leaves for Vienna on Nov. 26 and returns to the States on Dec. 1.

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