Welcome the New Orchestra
Our First Concert
The Chamber Orchestra of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio, Music Director, has announced details of its Debut Concert on Thursday, October 11, 2007 – 7:30 PM at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street in Manhattan.
The program will be Bernstein's Overture to Candide (original opera version), Respighi's The Birds, Vivaldi's Winter from The Four Seasons and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Soloist in the Vivaldi will be concertmaster Kelly Hall-Tompkins. A champagne reception will immediately follow the concert.
Tickets for the October 11 concert are $50 and $35 and can be ordered through CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or at http://www.carnegiehall.org/.
Meet the Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra of New York was founded on March 27, 2006 in Manhattan on the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the first professional orchestra in New York to be devoted to young professionals with performances in all five boroughs of New York City. The Orchestra's instrumentation was established in agreement with the stage dimensions of Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. The Chamber Orchestra, established in honor of Ottorino Respighi, is dedicated to presenting the great orchestral repertoire alongside undiscovered or rarely performed gems which complement and extend the classical tradition, from early Italian legends to contemporary American masters. The Chamber Orchestra will provide a venue for artistic and cultural exchange and will foster the continuity of the classical tradition and the exchange of culture and the respect for antiquity. We invite you to learn more about the Chamber Orchestra by visiting us at www.chamberorchestraofnewyork.org.
Meet Maestro Salvatore Di Vittorio
Music Director Salvatore Di Vittorio studied composition, conducting and aesthetics philosophy at the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University. He is a protégé of the renowned conductors Francesco Carotenuto (of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome) and Piero Bellugi (of the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence).
The Maestro has held conducting positions with the Chamber Ensemble of Rome, Accademia Musicale Siciliana of Palermo and Florence Symphonietta among others. He has also conducted the Vancouver Island Symphony, State Symphony Orchestra of Sofia (Bulgaria), Danbury Symphony, Royal College of Music Symphony (of London) and Festival Sinfonietta Umbra (of Perugia).
As a composer, his symphonies have been premiered by such orchestras as Orvieto Musica Festival Orchestra, Teatro Massimo Opera of Palermo, Orchestra Filarmonica Franco Ferrara, Carnevale di Venezia Musica and Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina. Recently, he received permission from the Thomas Mann estate and publisher S. Fisher Verlag (in Frankfurt) to compose his second opera "Fausto" based on Dr. Faustus.
Reviews about the Maestro have been written in La Repubblica of Rome, Il Mediterraneo and Giornale di Sicilia of Palermo, La Nazione of Florence, including highlights on RAI (Italian National) TV and UN French
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International Radio. His music is published exclusively by Edizioni Panastudio/Carisch of Warner Bros. and recordings of his symphonic suites are available on the Panastudio Label in Italy.
He currently serves as Adjunct Professor and Assistant Conductor to Christopher Lyndon-Gee of the Adelphi Symphony at Adelphi University. Earlier this year he was appointed to the Manhattan School of Music Alumni Board Council. Visit him at http://www.salvatoredivittorio.com/.
Meet Violinist and First Concertmaster Kelly Hall-Tompkins
Kelly Hall-Tompkins is one of New York City's most in-demand violinists, whose dynamic career spans solo, chamber, and orchestral performance. Ms. Hall-Tompkins has been soloist with orchestras across the U.S., Europe and around the world and her performances in recital have been featured on several occasions on the McGraw-Hill Young Artist Showcase, broadcast in New York by WQXR. Her solo performances also include Washington, DC (National Academy of Sciences), Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Series, broadcast live by WFMT Radio), Baltimore (Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust); and, through a special grant from the IBM Corporation, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
A native of Greenville, Ms. Hall-Tompkins began her violin studies at age nine. She earned a Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music under the mentorship of Glenn Dicterow of the New York Philharmonic. Visit her at http://www.kellyhall-tompkins.com/.
Learn more about her very special Music Kitchen – Food for the Soul project at http://www.musickitchennyc.org.
Meet Acting President Evan N. Wilson
Acting President Evan N. Wilson has served as Principal Violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as soloist with both orchestras. With these and other orchestras, he has recorded on all major labels including D. G., Philips, Naxos and EMI.
His international engagements have taken him to every major performance venue from the United States to Europe and Japan, including the Festivals of Chautauqua, Marlboro, La Jolla Summerfest, Settembre Musica (Toronto), Salzburg, Luzern, Berlin, Flanders, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Paris and the BBC Proms (London).
He has worked with virtually every major musician and composer of today, from Luciano Pavarotti to Barbara Streisand, from Jesse Norman to Sting, from Itzhak Perlman to John Williams, and from Zubin Mehta to Steven Spielberg.
He has been on the faculties of UCLA, USC, UC Santa Barbara and, the Colburn School. He has given master classes around the world. His students hold positions in every major orchestra around the country and this is his greatest source of pride.
On the Web and On the Phone
For more information about The Chamber of New York, contact us at 646-642-8441, info@chamberorchestraofnewyork.org or http://www.chamberorchestraofnewyork.org
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