Concert Program

I AM A CHILD OF GOD

Mildred Tanner Pettit/Naomi Ward Randall

Arranged by Mike Carson

Chris and Linda Pedersen

Amy Strong, Conductor

 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM WICKEDWicked

Stephen Schwartz

Arranged by Ted Ricketts

Kirsten Bradford, Diana Allocco, and Paul Mann

Chorus: Alan Chipman, Lizzy Davies, Tom Davies,

Don Hardwick, Jarom Nelson, Stewart Tanner

Jay Trottier, Conductor

 

SUMMERTIMEPorgy and Bess

George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin

Arranged by Cybèle D’Ambrosio

Amy Strong

Cybèle D’Ambrosio, Conductor

 

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF MEDLEYFiddler on the Roof

Sheldon Harnick/Jerry Bock

Arranged by Alan Chipman

Alan Chipman and Diana Allocco

Chorus: Lizzy Davies, Don Hardwick, Paul Mann,

Jarom Nelson, Chris Pedersen, Amy Strong, Stewart Tanner

Kirsten Bradford, Conductor

 

‘TIL I HEAR YOU SINGLove Never Dies

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Arranged by Richard Smith

Tom Davies

Kirsten Bradford, Conductor

 

WEST SIDE STORY SELECTIONS FOR ORCHESTRA – West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim

Arranged by Jack Mason

Madison Barton-Holloway, Stewart Tanner, and Paul Mann

Kirsten Bradford, Conductor

 

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ANYTHING YOU CAN DOAnnie Get Your Gun

Irving Berlin

Arranged by Richard Smith

Kirsten Bradford and Paul Mann

Cybèle D’Ambrosio, Conductor

 

BRING HIM HOMELes Misérables

Claude-Michel Schönberg/Alain Boublil/

Jean-Marc Natel/Herbert Kretzmer

Arranged by Richard Smith

Stewart Tanner

Cybèle D’Ambrosio, Conductor

 

ALL I ASK OF YOU/MUSIC OF THE NIGHT/PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Arranged by Richard Smith

Kirsten Bradford, Tom Davies, and Jarom Nelson

Jay Trottier, Conductor

 

IT’S THE HARD-KNOCK LIFEAnnie

Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin

Arranged by Alan Chipman

Alexi Cox

Jay Trottier, Conductor

 

THE PRAYER Quest for Camelot

Carol Bayer Sager/David Foster

Arranged by Richard Smith

Kirsten Bradford and Tom Davies

Jay Trottier, Conductor

 

SELECTIONS FROM LES MISÉRABLESLes Misérables

Claude-Michel Schönberg/Alain Boublil/

Jean-Marc Natel/Herbert Kretzmer

Arranged by Ben Lowden

Amy Strong, Madison Barton-Holloway,

Don Hardwick, Chris Pedersen, Jarom Nelson

Chorus: Diana Allocco, Alan Chipman, Lizzy Davies,

Tom Davies, Paul Mann, Stewart Tanner

Kirsten Bradford, Conductor

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A Message from Jay Trottier, Music Director

In many cultures, the number 13 is considered unlucky, but for me, 13 represents the number of seasons I’ve had the privilege of being Music Director of the Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra! I’m a lucky guy! What an absolute honor and joy it has been! Making music from my favorite classical composers – Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and others has been exhilarating. More modern compositions from Copland, Gershwin and Bernstein with their complex and syncopated rhythms have tickled my fancy. And playing John Williams’ original score from Star Wars gave me goosebumps! Broadway tunes, Disney favorites, blockbuster movie themes – pure magic!

We’ve been entertained by dancing dinosaurs, R2-D2, costumed children and adults. Darth Vader and Superman have claimed the podium! We’ve also been wowed by notable musicians Jenny Oaks Baker, Russell Hancock, David Archuleta and Adassa. Budding new artists have graced our stage in “Salute to Youth” programs. The past thirteen years have been nothing short of awesome!

Unfortunately, due to some lingering health issues, it has become necessary for me to step aside as Music Director. My heart is heavy, yet joyful, and very much full of gratitude. I’m grateful for a supportive Board of Directors accomplishing every task necessary for each concert’s success. I appreciate the tech support who have made my fanciful ideas become reality. My heart swells when thinking of all the talented, dedicated musicians I have had the privilege of working with over the past 13 seasons. Without them, of course, there would be no music! Their passion is my passion! To all of you, the audience, I thank you for filling the seats. I have felt your support and love through your attendance and applause! And last, but certainly not least, I thank my wife and children for their unwavering “You got this, Dad!” encouragement. You may have seen only me on the podium, but they were there right by my side… always!

I’m not gone yet… I hope you enjoy tonight’s dazzling “Regards to Broadway” concert and invite you to attend my “swan song” on March 8th and 9th when the THSO will re-visit several of my all-time favorites including the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and selections from Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, both performed with chorus. It will be a night to remember!

With much gratitude,
Jay

Farewell to Board President Michael Linney

Trusted leader and organizer, hard worker, excellent communicator, masterful problem solver, interested listener… these are the qualities of a successful Board president – these are the qualities of Michael Linney, who just so happens to be personable, congenial and an all around great guy, too!

After serving nearly two decades on the Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra Board, the last ten as president, we gratefully bid a fond adieu to our friend and colleague, Mike. “THANK YOU” seems inadequate for the countless hours you have donated to the betterment of this organization. You’ve conducted efficient board meetings. You’ve set up the stage. You’ve fundraised. You’ve hosted after-concert receptions. You’ve attended to guest artists, providing “green room” accommodations. You’ve never gotten rattled or impatient. You’ve offered calm encouragement. You’ve been Jay’s personal sounding board offering sage advice on difficult situations. You’ve always been there for him. You’ve done it all, in addition to being an exceptional husband and family man, tending to your business, and church callings. In a word, you’re SUPERMAN! And we will surely miss you!

Thanks for the memories!

Meet the Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra

The Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra is comprised of volunteer musicians who are dedicated to providing great classical music to the public. The mission of the Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra is to foster excellence and innovation in the performance and presentation of great music; to enrich the lives of residents of the greater Oakland area; to educate current and future audiences; to provide opportunities for musicians to perform classics from the symphonic repertoire; and to cultivate a love of music by providing free concerts that educate, entertain, and inspire individuals and families in the community.

Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra Members

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Jay D. Trottier

VIOLIN I

Cybèle D’Ambrosio, Concertmistress
Arthur Jue, Asst. Concertmaster
Peggy Jellinghausen, Assoc. Concertmistress

Douglas Morrison
Sophie Koval
Miki Nakamura
Trevor Barrus

VIOLIN II

Spencer Larsen*
Linda Pedersen
Stephanie Black
Helen Duncan
Tina Rust Chang
Ed Walker
Jackie Koval

VIOLA

Max Ziff
Thomas Pack

CELLO

Mary Asnicar*
Chris Jackson
Asher Spackman
Ted Kolda
Natasha Wunderlich

BASS

Tim Neff *
Damien Anderson

FLUTE

Melissa Gulamhussein*
Sharon Young

OBOE

Eric Hagen*
Mary Krus

CLARINET

Ron Jarvis*

Brinley Nearon

Kathy Vork

BASS CLARINET

Mariko Abe

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Kathy Vork

BASSOON

Catherine Tracy

FRENCH HORN

Jeanne Porter*
Nancy Sanchez
Elinor Cooper

TRUMPET

John Escalera*
Karen Kitchen
Max Miller
Brett Klein (Sub)
Sue Leonardi (Sub)
Idreece Barnes (Sub)

TROMBONE

Dave Downer*
Rei Bateman
Megan Kennedy

TUBA

Stacie Anderson

TIMPANI

Dan Edwards
Tina Koval (Sub)

PERCUSSION

Annette Granger*
Joseph Cooper

DRUM KIT

Ralph Granich

PIANO/KEYBOARD

Rica Van Katwyk
Alan Chipman (Sub)

ORGAN

Joseph Cooper

*Principal

OPERATIONS

Dave Downer

LIBRARIAN

Linda Pedersen

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Spencer Larsen

Tech Crew

SOUND DESIGN

Harold Waters

LIGHTING DESIGN

Danny Ellefsen

SOUND

Becky Ellefsen

VIDEOGRAPHY

Paris Fox

Meet the Guest Performers

CYBÈLE D’AMBROSIO, Guest Conductor/Arranger/Concertmistress

Berkeley native Cybèle D’Ambrosio began her violin studies early and holds advanced degrees in music performance from BYU and Mills College. An active member of the American String Teachers Association, Cybèle has served on her local section’s board for over a decade, holding various roles including President and Solo Competition Chair. She loves learning new skills, especially those that involve music, languages and story-telling. Tonight she’s trying her hand at conducting and debuting an arrangement of Summertime that she wrote inspired by the 1959 recording with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve Records. Cybèle currently teaches violin and performs regularly throughout the Bay Area.

KIRSTEN BRADFORD, Guest Conductor/Vocals

Kirsten grew up in a house full of music, but she didn’t start pursuing it seriously until after graduating from BYU. Kirsten loves performing, especially in musical theater. Favorite roles include Marian Paroo in last year’s The Music Man on Temple Hill, Maria in The Sound of Music, Martha and the Narrator in Rob Gardner’s Lamb of God, and Isabelle in Pirates of Penzance. She has directed many choirs over the years and is excited to be making her orchestral conducting debut! She is currently pursuing a second degree in Music at Cal State East Bay. When she’s not performing, she enjoys reading, sewing costumes, watching Star Wars, and spending time with her husband and two daughters.

AMY STRONG, Guest Conductor/Vocals

Amy is thrilled to be singing again with the incredible Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra. It is a dream of hers to collaborate with so many talented singers and musicians. Amy is a graduate of BYU where she performed with the BYU choirs. She also toured & performed with MCO in Arizona before relocating to Northern California with her family in 2013. Here in the Bay Area she has participated with the Temple Hill Choir, Scrooge! The Musical, The Music Man, and performed as a soloist in Lamb of God and Days of Christmas. Amy lives in Brentwood with her husband and 5 children and loves teaching music classes, piano, and directing vocals for musical theater.

DIANA ALLOCCO, Vocals

Diana Allocco moved to the SF Bay Area from the Washington DC Metro area in 2014. For nearly a decade before that, she was a proud member of the Upper Room Theater Ministry. Diana first joined the Temple Hill Choir for Lamb of God in 2019, where she sang the role of Martha of Bethany. Since then, she has enjoyed being a part of Christmas and Easter concerts, Scrooge, the Music Man, and singing with the Temple Hill Symphony. Diana loves Jesus, her family, helping people heal, and sharing music with others who love it too. She owes her ability to participate in these soul-enriching experiences to her incredibly encouraging, supportive and loving husband, Andy. He and their two daughters, Lucia and Michelina, are her biggest supporters and her greatest loves. Diana would like to express heartfelt gratitude to all of the incredible musicians with whom she is honored to share this experience.

MADISON BARTON-HOLLOWAY, Vocals

Madison is a soprano preparing to graduate with her Master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Some of her roles include Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Mme. Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), as well as scenes as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Clorinde (Cendrillon), Manon (Manon), Lakmé (Lakmé), among others.

ALAN CHIPMAN, Arranger/Vocals

Alan has been part of 600 musical performances in the Bay Area over the past 35 years as a director, performer, producer, composer, and arranger. Performances have included Lamb of God, Magic of Christmas Lighting Concerts, the Oakland Temple Pageant, and dozens of musicals for South Valley Community Theatre and Temple Hill Communications Events. His favorite acting roles have included Daddy Warbucks in Annie – with NO hair – and as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof – with LOTS of hair and beard. Alan has been married to his wife, Helen for 50 years (even when bald or bearded). Alan invites all good singers to come join the Temple Hill Choir for Christmas and Easter.

ALEXI COX, Vocals

Alexi’s love for music began in infancy when she attended her father’s orchestra concerts, side by side with her mom and sister. She debuted on stage at a young age, singing Handel’s “Messiah,” (and every year following for decades). In 2017, she co-orchestrated a unique mashup of “I Am a Child of God” and “I Am His Daughter,” performing again with THSO as a solo, duet with her husband, and duet with David Archuleta. She has accomplished two of her musical bucket list items: to perform for a crowd over 1,000 and to sing with a favored celebrity. While Alexi has reveled in all her musical opportunities, her most treasured moments will always be performing under her father’s baton.

ELIZABETH “LIZZY” DAVIES, Vocals

Lizzy Davies, a middle school student, is a dedicated voice student at the Dean Hamilton Vocal Conservatory. She discovered her passion for the stage during her debut performance in *The Music Man* at Temple Hill in 2023. In addition to her love for the performing arts, Lizzy excels in academics, with math as her favorite subject. Outside of school, she stays active by playing volleyball for her school team. Lizzy is excited to continue pursuing her passion for singing and performing!

TOM DAVIES, Vocals

Tom Davies, has been passionate about singing since age five. Introduced to musical theatre at sixteen, he joined the Orange Tree Company in London, where he fell in love with the music of Jason Robert Brown and shows like Les Misérables, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll and Hyde, and Little Shop of Horrors, where Tom played “Audrey II”. A regular performer with the Temple Hill Choir and Orchestra, Tom recently performed with Adassa (Dolores in Disney’s Encanto) and played “John” in Rob Gardner’s The Lamb of God. Outside of music, Tom is a devoted father of four, serves as a bishop, and leads a global marketing team for a biotech company. Grateful for his supportive wife, Tom attributes his talents to God and gives all glory to Him.

DON HARDWICK, Vocals

Don Hardwick has served as producer, director, music director, performer and composer for audiences throughout the Bay Area for decades. He served 30 years with the Temple Pageant and is a frequent performer on Temple Hill in such productions as Lamb of God and Ship Brooklyn.

PAUL MANN, Vocals

Tenor Paul Mann discovered the Temple Hill Choir in 2017 shortly after finding himself in San Francisco and in need of a new hobby. You may have seen him as Young Ebenezer in Scrooge! The Musical (’18, ’21), or as George Sirrine in Ship Brooklyn (’18) or Marcellus in The Music Man (’23). You might also have seen him as Pontius Pilate in Lamb of God (’19, ’22) or heard him narrate the oratorio in this year’s production. A real estate attorney and broker by day, Paul is pleased to be spending the evening with you rediscovering some Broadway classics!

JAROM NELSON, Vocals

Jarom Nelson gained a love of singing in school choirs and musicals in West Valley City, Utah. At BYU he participated in choirs under Mack Wilberg and Rosalind Hall. Moving to Livermore in 2004 to work at LLNL as a Computer Scientist, he continued his love of music in various choirs. He joined the Temple Hill Choir in 2015 for the Lamb of God as Pontius Pilate and John over many years, Mr. Fezziwig and Marley in Scrooge, the tenor soloist for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and the Landlord in The Garden. He is thankful to his wonderful wife and children for encouragement and support.

CHRIS PEDERSEN, Vocals

Chris is a retired Deputy District Attorney who has performed on Temple Hill numerous times over the last decade. A favorite role was Ebenezer Scrooge in “Scrooge, the Musical” in 2016-2018 and 2021. Singing together with Linda, his wife, is always a joy.

LINDA PEDERSEN, Vocals

Linda has enjoyed music all of her life. She sings and plays violin. She teaches violin and has patience teaching very small children. She and her husband, Chris, have 6 children, all married and living in a variety of places, and 18 grandchildren. It is with her family she finds joy. Linda likes to quilt, read, and travel with Chris. She is very grateful for the opportunity to sing about being a Child of God. This truly is at the center of her beliefs and she is eternally grateful for the knowledge of a Heavenly Father who loves His children.

STEWART TANNER, Vocals

“Stewart’s musical theatre experience includes: The Sound of Music; Dames at Sea; South Pacific; Into the Woods; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Bye Bye Birdie; and Hello, Dolly! In high school and college, Stewart sang in madrigal and acapella groups where he was able to perform in various U.S. cities as well as Argentina, Brasil, Spain and Portugal on choral tours. Stewart loves to spend time and travel with his family, which includes his amazing wife Jacqui and his three super awesome children: Rebecca, Anna and William – thanks for all the love and support and for always singing along with me!”

Board of Directors

Michael Linney, President
Robert Dellenbach, Secretary
David Downer
Peggy Jellinghausen
Jay Trottier

Support Temple Hill Music

Help us keep the music alive on Temple Hill! Your contribution helps us continue providing concerts filled with your favorite music to the Bay Area community. How you can help:

Sponsor an Artist
Sponsor a Chair
Include the Orchestra in your Will
Donate at the concert or by mail*
Come play with us!

*To make a tax-deductible donation, make your check payable to THSO and drop it in the donation box in the foyer or mail to:

Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra,
P.O. Box 1861, Orinda, CA 94563.

Phone: 510-903-9252; Email: info@thsymphony.org

Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization.

Special Thanks to Past Donors

Platinum Level Donors ($1,000 and above)

Doug & Mary Bodily, Lila Bringhurst, Richard & Doreen Kopf, Darryl & Jana Rains, Borgas & Jeanne Solnordal, and Jay & Becky Trottier.

Gold Level Donors ($200-$999)

Randy & Zenda Benning, Ann Binning, Daren & Shae Blonski, Dan & Wendy Brinton, Greg & Cirila Call, Stuart & Evelyn Candland, Adam & Cynthia Christensen, Dean & Nancy Criddle, Elizabeth Durkin, Christian & Karen Hardy, Ted & Heidi Harris, Thomas & Cherlyn Hart, Dennis Haymore, Scott Hicken DDS & Jenette Hicken, Mike & Annette Linney, Cynthia Miller-Pfaff, Richard & Lindy Palfreyman, Mandi Palfreyman, Lee & Ann Sorenson, Larry Vollintine, Walter Wanberg, Brett & Esther Ward, Daniel & Julie Wright, and Paul & Virginia Wright.

Silver Level Donors ($100-$199)

Enoch & Marge Bell, Keith & Janet Brimhall, Richard & Louise Brower, Espen & Sumire Dahlen, Marian Gray, Lois Huntoon, Richard Jergensen, Rulon & Cecile Linford, Robin Mickle, Willis Peterson, Ralph & Sue Severson, and Joan Sorensen.

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