The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra presents A Tribute to the Human Spirit

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra presents A Tribute to the Human Spirit, A Free Summer Pops Concert Series Introducing Conductor Troy Quinn

2021 SUMMER POPS CONCERTS OVERVIEW

Friday, July 16 at 8pm (Rain date: Saturday, July 17)
Rhode Island Philharmonic Summer Pops

North Beach Clubhouse, Narragansett Town Beach, 79 Boston Neck Road, Narragansett. Presented by Citizens Bank and the Town of Narragansett.

Wednesday, August 4 at 7pm (Rain date: Thursday, August 5)

RWP Pops at Roger Williams Park

Roger Williams Park, Temple to Music,1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence. Presented by Rhode Island Foundation, TACO/The White Family Foundation, Papitto Opportunity Connection, the City of Providence, PVD Fest in the Parks, and the Roger Williams Park Conservancy.

Sunday, September 5 at 6pm (Rain date: Monday, September 6)

Rhode Island Philharmonic Summer Pops Independence Park, 419-459 Thames Street, Bristol.

Presented by TACO/The White Family Foundation and the Town of Bristol.

Sunday, September 19 at 5:30pm (Rain date: Monday, September 20)

RI Philharmonic Pops in the Park at Slater Park

Slater Memorial Park, 401 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket.

Presented by the City of Pawtucket, Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance, and Papitto Opportunity Connection.

2021 SUMMER POPS PROGRAM:

SMITH (arr. Williams): The Star-Spangled Banner

WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
Arr. Slatkin: Fisher’s Hornpipe
WALKER: Lyric for Strings
COPLAND: Rodeo: Hoe-Down

BIZET: L’Arlesienne: Suite No.2: Farandole
Arr. Williams: Tribute to the Film Composer
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story: Overture

WILLIAMS: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders March

STEPHENSON: Fanfare for Democracy
WARD (arr. Dragon): America the Beautiful
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Francisco Noya
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

Francisco Noya stepped down as Resident Conductor and became Resident Conductor Laureate in June, 2020. For 25 seasons, he has conducted the organization’s Education Concerts, the former Family Series and Pops Concerts with artists that included the Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Ben Folds, and the Indigo Girls. Noya also led the Philharmonic’s Summer Pops series and conducted TACO Classical and Amica Rush Hour Series programs on numerous occasions.

For tens-of-thousands of children at The VETS, and over 50,000 summer concert goers each year, Noya was the face of the Philharmonic. He has influenced the musical lives of more than 100,000 students, and exponentially more concert goers at The VETS, PPAC and beyond during his rich tenure.

Noya continues his role as Director and Conductor of the Boston Civic Symphony, and remains a member of the conducting faculty at the Berklee College of Music.

An interpreter and educator with broad musical interests, Noya was the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2017, leading the orchestra through masterworks from the standard symphonic repertoire as well as in collaborations with deejays incorporating cutting-edge technology.

Mr. Noya has appeared as a guest conductor with the Boston Pops and Baltimore, Nashville, San Antonio and Omaha symphony orchestras. He maintains a busy guest conducting schedule abroad, performing with the Orquesta Académica of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as with orchestras in Brazil, Peru, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy and Russia. A charter member of Venezuela’s El Sistema program, which promotes social development through music, Noya frequently works with young conductors and ensembles that are part of or inspired by the Sistema model.

Though his relationship with the Philharmonic has entered a new phase, Francisco will always be a part of the Rhode Island Philharmonic family, and has the organization and community’s never ending gratitude for his years of dedication. Photo: Courtesy of Francisco Noya
http://francisconoya.com

Troy Quinn 

CONDUCTOR

American conductor Troy Quinn is quickly establishing himself as one of his generation’s most versatile young artists. Lauded for his energetic and riveting, yet sensitive conducting, Quinn is in his fifth season as Music Director of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra in Kentucky. He is also the Music Director of the Venice Symphony in Florida where he conducts both the classical and pops concert series. Quinn’s engagements have included performances with many prestigious orchestras in the United States, including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Boise Philharmonic. He is also the former Music Director of the Juneau Symphony.

Since making his conducting debut with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in their young conductor preview, Quinn has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including awards from the Presser Foundation, Rislov Foundation, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust, and a Rhode Island Foundation grant for his contributions to the musical landscape in New England. Equally at home in the pops and commercial world, Quinn has performed and recorded with some of the most popular artists of our time, including The Rolling Stones, Barry Manilow, Lee Greenwood, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson, and Jackie Evancho. As an accomplished vocalist, Quinn has also collaborated with such prominent maestros as Helmuth Rilling, Carl St. Clair, and Dan Saunders of the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to his concert work, Quinn has worked extensively in the television and recording industry, having made appearances on such hit TV shows as Fox’s GLEE, NBC’S The Voice, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno while recording on films like The Call of the Wild and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He has also appeared at many of the world’s major music centers and at such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

A native of Connecticut, Quinn pursued a bachelor of arts degree from Providence College where he was the recipient of the Leo S. Cannon award for superior achievement in the music field. While in Providence, Quinn performed numerous times with the Rhode Island Philharmonic as a member of the Providence Singers, under the baton of Larry Rachleff. He went on to earn his masters degree with honors from the Manhattan School of Music, studying conducting with David Gilbert and voice with highly acclaimed Metropolitan Opera singer Mark Oswald. He completed his doctorate in conducting at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Larry Livingston and Jo-Michael Scheibe and was awarded the outstanding doctoral graduate of his class. Quinn has participated in numerous masterclasses as a conducting fellow, attending conducting institutes at the Royal Academy of Music, Eastman School of Music, and Bard Conservatory of Music. He has been mentored by such renowned conductors as Benjamin Zander, Neil Varon, and Leon Botstein. Quinn serves on the conducting faculty at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and has previously served as a faculty member at Providence College.

Photo: Armando Solares, courtesy of The Venice Symphony

https://www.troyquinn.com