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Joseph Janisse
Joe has been touring in various tribute
bands throughout
Canada and the
United States for over a decade. He has
written a Top 20 hit and his music is used
in television programs on both sides of
the border.
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B a l t i mo r e S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a
Marin Alsop
Music Director • Harvey M. And Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair
André Watts Returns!
Smokin’ Joe Peeres
Thursday, April 3, 2014 — 8 p.m.
Friday, April 4, 2014 — 8 p.m.
Joe started playing
guitar at the age of 14
and, since then, has
performed in many
bands and has toured extensively
throughout North America and worldwide. Joe performs with several different
projects and continues to be in demand
in the industry.
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
André Watts, Piano
Leoš Janáček
Arr. Sir Charles Mackerras
Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, opus 16
Allegro molto moderato
Adagio
Allegro moderato molto e marcato
ANDRÉ WATTS
Chris Mullin
From Edmonton,
Alberta, Chris started
playing at the age of
12 and has toured
and recorded with numerous Canadian acts. After graduating with a jazz
diploma from Grant McEwen College
in Edmonton, he won “Bass Wars” for
Alberta. Chris also received his bachelor’s
in music education at St. Francis Xavier
University in Nova Scotia.
INTERMISSION
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, opus 70
Allegro maestoso
Poco adagio
Scherzo: Vivace
Finale: Allegro
The concert will end at approximately 10 p.m.
Cheryl Hardy
Cheryl is a studio
and jingle performer
in Toronto. She has
fronted numerous
bands and wrote and performed the
prize-winning theme song for the Canada
Summer games, “When We Are One.”
Ed is a freelance
drummer in Toronto.
He graduated from
Red Deer College in
classical percussion studies, and from the
Grant McEwen College Jazz Music Program with honors. Ed has played all over
the globe, from Afghanistan (playing for
the troops) to spending three years touring
South East Asia and the Middle East.
Supporting Sponsor:
Zbyn ek Mad eryc
Ed Mortenson
Support for today’s performance is provided
by the Governing Members of the BSO
Jakub Hrůša
Born in the Czech Republic and described
by Gramophone as “on
the verge of greatness,”
Jakub Hrůša is music director and chief
conductor of the Prague Philharmonia
and principal guest conductor of Tokyo
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
He is a regular guest with many of
Europe’s leading orchestras, including the
Philharmonia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio
France, Finnish Radio Symphony, SWR
Symphony Stuttgart, WDR Symphony
Cologne and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 2010, he bec [YH H [