Program
Andrea Overturf and Friends
Andrea Overturf, oboe/english horn
Jisun Yang, violin
Ai Nihira Awata, violin
Jason Karlyn, viola
Andrew Hayhurst, cello
Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Adagio
Rondeau: Allegro
Serenade in G Major
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Molto Vivo
Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello
Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Allegro vivace
Andante tranquillo
Vivo assai
Andantino
Allegro giocoso
Intermission
Interlude for Oboe and Strings, Op. 21
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
March
Waltz
Burlesque
Quintet for Oboe and Strings
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Tempo primo
Lento espressivo
Allegro giocoso - Più lento - Vivace
Andrea Overturf, oboe/english horn
Andrea Overturf currently serves as English horn of the San Diego Symphony, a position she previously held with The Florida Orchestra. She holds the Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden English Horn Chair. Equally adept at the oboe, she received second prize in the 2007 International Double Reed Society Gillet-Fox Solo Oboe Competition. Ms. Overturf has appeared as guest English horn with numerous orchestras across the country including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National and Seattle Symphonies. She has presented solo recitals throughout the United States and Asia and has appeared as guest soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, and Aspen Music Festival, among others. Ms. Overturf has performed with numerous summer festivals including La Jolla SummerFest, the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival where she held the English horn fellowship for three years. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with artists such as James Conlon, Lorin Maazel, John Harbison, and James Levine, including the American stage premiere of Elliott Carter’s opera What Next?
Ms. Overturf is the first oboist in the history of the Juilliard School to graduate from the prestigious solo-intensive Artist Diploma Program where she also received her Masters Degree. She received her Bachelors Degree from the Eastman School of Music graduating with the Performer’s Certificate, the highest performance distinction awarded to undergraduates. Her principal teachers include Elaine Douvas, Pedro Diaz, Nathan Hughes, Richard Killmer, Richard Woodhams, and Rebecca Henderson. Originally from Seattle, Ms. Overturf rides and shows American Quarter Horses in her free time. For more information, please visit http://www.andreaoverturf.com.
Jisun Yang, violin
Jisun Yang is the Assistant Concertmaster of the San Diego Symphony. Before coming to San Diego she was a violinist in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and had won a position with the Kansas City Symphony as well. She has held the position of Concertmaster at the Spoleto Festival USA in the orchestra and the opera orchestra. Ms. Yang is a graduate with highest honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a full scholarship student at Oberlin College Conservatory. She has studied with David Cerone, David Updegraff, William Preucil, Schmuel Ashkenazy, Myron Kartman and Almita and Roland Vamos.
Ms. Yang grew up in Chicago, Illinois and started studies at the age of six. In 1999 she was a recipient of a violin from the Stradivari Society which enabled her to appear as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. She has been invited to and been a finalist in numerous competitions including Julius Stulberg, where Ms. Yang was the youngest finalist at the age of 12, Concert Artists Guild, Young Concert Artists and the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition. The Nielsen Competition was held in New York City for the first time in history that year, and the performances (held at Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center) were broadcast live on National Public Radio. Ms. Yang has also won numerous awards and competitions including the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition (performing the Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2), American String Teacher’s Association Competition (ASTA), G.D. Searle National String Competition and the Chicago Institute of Music Concerto Competition. While Concertmaster of the Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble, Jisun Yang’s quartet ensemble recorded and premiered White Silence for quartet and orchestra by John Luther Adams. She has held concertmaster positions at both the Cleveland Institute of Music and Oberlin College Conservatory, and she has also received numerous awards and high honors from both institutions.
Jisun Yang’s collaborations have included Augustin Hadelich, Ray Chen, Johannes Moser and Anne-Marie McDermott. Her music festival appearances include La Jolla SummerFest, Music Academy of the West, Festival Mozaic, Encore School of Music, Spoleto Festival USA, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Ai Nihira Awata, violin
Violinist Ai Nihira Awata received her Bachelor’s degree and Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) and Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music. As a chamber musician she has performed as part of the Taos School of Music, Pacific Music Festival Quartet program, Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood Music Center, CIM Intensive Quartet Seminar and CityMusic Cleveland chamber music series. She has served as Concertmaster and Principal of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Music Academy of the West Orchestra, Yale School of Music Orchestra, CIM Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland. She has made solo appearances with the National Repertory Orchestra, CIM Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfonica Uncuyo. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started the violin at age four in Seattle, Washington, with Mihoko Hirata. She later moved to Los Angeles, California, where she studied with Margaret Shimizu, Richard Schwabe and Henry Gronnier at the Colburn School of Performing Arts.
Ai Nihira Awata’s principal teachers also include William Preucil, Stephen Rose and Peter Oundjian. She won a full-time position in the violin section of the San Diego Symphony in 2019
Jason Karlyn, viola
Jason Karlyn currently serves as Acting Section Viola for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from The Juilliard School and his Master's Degree from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music where he studied with Che-Yen Chen. Mr. Karlyn attended the Aspen Music Festival and School for four summers as a fellowship recipient, studying with Masao Kawasaki, his principal instructor at Juilliard. Mr. Karlyn has served as Principal Viola of the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra and USC Thornton Symphony, as well as a substitute violist for the New World Symphony. In 2012 Mr. Karlyn performed on the BBC Proms Festival in London at the Royal Albert Hall. Mr. Karlyn has performed in the masterclasses of Roberto Diaz, C.J. Chang, Donald McInnes, Dimitri Murrath and the Takács and Orion String Quartets. Recently Mr. Karlyn has performed string quartets and trios with violinist Midori and has been coached by Hsin-Yun Huang, Earl Carlyss, Lewis Kaplan, Samuel Rhodes and Sylvia Rosenberg. In Los Angeles Jason Karlyn serves as a Teaching Artist for Harmony Project, a non-profit organization that provides music education to at-risk youth.
Andrew Hayhurst, cello
Cellist Andrew Hayhurst holds Bachelor’s degrees in Cello Performance and Performing Arts Technology from the University of Michigan where he received a full merit scholarship and graduated with highest honors. He earned his Master of Music in 2013 from the Yale School of Music.
After graduating from Yale, Mr. Hayhurst performed regularly with the Los Angeles Opera and Los Angeles Philharmonic, including their 2015 Asia tour with Gustavo Dudamel. He also recorded in many of Hollywood’s major studios and was the Associate Principal Cello of the San Bernardino Symphony.
As a chamber musician Mr. Hayhurst has collaborated with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he has been coached by members of the Tokyo, Juilliard, Concord and Emerson Quartets. While at the University of Michigan he formed a piano trio that won the Midwest and Michigan MTNA Chamber Music Competitions in 2010. He has participated in the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Geneva Music Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
Mr. Hayhurst has performed over National Public Radio and on Los Angeles's KMozart. He has been awarded scholarships from the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the Santa Barbara Fé Bland Foundation. His primary teachers have been Richard Aaron, Robert deMaine, Aldo Parisot and Richard Naill.
Andrew Hayhurst joined the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in 2015.