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The New World Symphony Holiday Concert At Dezerland Park Drive-In
December 19, 7:30 PM
New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), will bring some holiday spirit to Dezerland Park Drive-In with a special WALLCAST® concert of seasonal classics recorded at the New World Center.
This drive- in experience will allow families to experience Sound of the Season—the beloved New World Symphony Holiday concert—from the safety of their own cars.
The concert broadcast will feature seasonal favorites celebrating Christmas, Chanukah, and the most magical time of year, all pre-recorded at the New World Center. In addition to classics such as selections from The Nutcracker and Sleigh Ride, the program includes works by NWS alumni that reflect our South Florida community. Navidad Latina by Anthony DiLorenzo is a medley of Latin holiday songs and Chanukah 5776 by Sam Hyken honors the Jewish Festival of Lights. Both works celebrate the varied traditions observed in our community.
NWS’s annual Sounds of the Season concert is an audience favorite and frequently draws thousands to SoundScape Park for its WALLCAST® concert. This year, the audience at Dezerland Park will enjoy seeing NWS Fellows perform in holiday costumes and join the cherished finale—an audience-wide sing-a-long of “White Christmas”—from the safety of their vehicles.
Conducted by former New World Symphony Conducting Fellow Dean Whiteside, and current Conducting Fellow Chad Goodman, who will also serve as host for the evening, the concert promises to make even the coldest heart grow three sizes.
Of the special evening, Chad Goodman shares, “The holiday season has always been a time to slow down, connect with our loved ones, and share joy. It is a little bit harder for everyone this year, but so much more important. We hope that this concert will bring some much needed, socially distant cheer to our friends in Miami and beyond.”
In addition to the WALLCAST® concert, the evening at Dezerland Park will feature live musicians, food trucks, and special surprises (perhaps even a big guy in a red suit) to help keep everyone merry and bright!
TICKETS
Sounds of the Season at Dezerland Park is currently available to NWS subscribers to either the Vivace or Allegro packages. To become an NWS subscriber visit the NWS Subscription page (https://nws.edu/events-tickets/subscriptions/) or call the NWS Box Office at 305.673.3331. A limited number of single tickets will be made available 10 days prior to the event.
For more information visit NWS.edu
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ARRANGE INTERVIEWS OR TICKETS CONTACT
Kathleen Drohan, Vice President of Public Relations, at 917-309-3100 or Kathleen.Drohan@NWS.edu
PROGRAM
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON AT DEZERLAND PARK
Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 7:30 PM WALLCAST® concert at Dezerland Park 14401 NE 19th Ave.
North Miami, FL 33181
Chad Goodman, conductor and host
Dean Whiteside, conductor
Musicians of the New World Symphony
LEROY ANDERSON A Christmas Festival (1950) (1908-1975)
ANTHONY DILORENZO Navidad Latina! (2019; NWS commission) (b. 1967)
Mr. Goodman
MYKOLA LEONTOVYCH Carol of the Bells (1914) (1877-1921)
PETER WILHOUSKY
(1902-1978)
Arranged by Richard Hayman
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (1934) (1872-1958)
Arranged by Ralph Greaves
Mr. Whiteside
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892) (1840-1893) Miniature Overture
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Trepak (Russian Dance)
Pas de deux: Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy
SAM HYKEN Chanukah 5776 (2015; NWS commission) (b. 1981)
LEROY ANDERSON Sleigh Ride (1948)
IRVING BERLIN ”White Christmas” (1954) (1888-1989)
Arranged by
Robert Russell Bennett
Mr. Goodman
CHAD GOODMAN, CONDUCTOR AND HOST
Chad Goodman serves as the Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony and as an Assistant Conductor to the San Francisco Symphony. With a flair for inventive programming and a bold presence on stage and in the community, he has been praised for “bringing innovation to classical music” (Forbes).
Mr. Goodman designs and presents programs which reimagine how orchestras connect with their audiences. His 2019 education program, “SPARK: How Composers Find Inspiration,” blended captivating
light design and videography with engaging audience participation to explore how a composition is created and brought to life by an orchestra. In his first season as Conducting Fellow at NWS, he conducted on nearly a dozen programs and worked closely with Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas, sharing the podium with him on three programs.
Since 2018 Mr. Goodman has served as an Assistant Conductor to the San Francisco Symphony, assisting Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Simone Young and James Gaffigan, among others.
As Founder and Artistic Director of Elevate Ensemble, Mr. Goodman’s ambitious vision for concert programming resulted in the pairing of music from Bay Area composers with underappreciated gems of the 20th and 21st centuries. Under his leadership, Elevate Ensemble established a Composer-in- Residence program and commissioned 15 works from Bay Area composers.
Elevate collaborated with photographers, videographers, poets and culinary artists, bringing new music and vibrant multi-genre experiences to unique venues such as yoga studios, historic Victorian homes and art studio warehouses.
Mr. Goodman has previously served as Music Director of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony. He has been a conducting fellow for the Atlantic Music Festival, a rehearsal and cover conductor for the San Francisco Ballet, and has collaborated with composer Mason Bates on his electronica-classical music project, Mercury Soul.
In addition to his performing career, Mr. Goodman has discussed the future of live performance as a panelist at Meyer Sound Laboratories and taught young musicians the business and entrepreneurial skills needed to successfully navigate the world as a working musician in his workshop “You Just Earned a Music Degree. Now What?”
Mr. Goodman holds a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a master of music degree from San Francisco State University. His mentors include Michael Tilson Thomas, Alasdair Neale, Cyrus Ginwala and Martin Seggelke.
DEAN WHITESIDE, CONDUCTOR
Dean Whiteside was born in New York City and trained in Vienna at the University of Music and Performing Arts. He is a former New World Symphony Conducting Fellow. Mr. Whiteside is founder and director of the Nashville Sinfonietta, hailed by The Tennessean as “a virtuoso band.” He opened the Blair School of Music’s 2013-14 season directing a multimedia realization of Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross called “innovative” by The Tennessean and “deeply meditative and satisfyingly original” by ArtsNash.
Mr. Whiteside’s European debut came in 2011 after winning the Jorma Panula Blue Danube Masterclass and Competition. He has conducted orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Orlando Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Sibiu Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Tokyo Philharmonic, Wiener Kammerorchester and Zagreb Philharmonic, as well as the Vanderbilt Orchestra on a five-city tour of China. He has served as Cover Conductor to the Dallas Symphony and San Francisco Symphony.
Mr. Whiteside is the winner of the American Prize in Conducting and received second prize and the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Award at the Sixth International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro
von Matačić. Other awards include the 2017 Mahler Conducting Fellowship, Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Conducting Scholarship, Croatian Composers’ Society Award, David Effron Conducting Fellowship, Bayreuth Festival Scholarship and David Rabin Performance Prize. He has received fellowships from the Aspen Music Festival, Atlantic Music Festival, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Castleton Festival.
Mr. Whiteside has worked closely with such conductors as Bertrand de Billy, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Jun Märkl, Kurt Masur, Jorma Panula, Leonard Slatkin and Robert Spano. He began his conducting studies with Robin Fountain at Vanderbilt University.
