FLINT SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & FLINT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
STRINGS ACROSS THE CENTURIES: FROM BAROQUE TO BANDSTAND
Saturday June 4th @ 8:00 PM
This concert is made possible with generous support from Salon Series Genre Underwriters,
Maurice & Linda Binkow.
Kerrytown Concert House is delighted to present a collaboration with the Flint School of Performing Arts and the Flint Symphony Orchestra to bring their outstanding faculty and musicians to the Ann Arbor community for a two performances fusing classic and contemporary chamber works, as well as popular music.
Concerto for Strings, RV110 – Antonio Vivaldi
String Quintet in E Major, Op. 1 – Dame Ethel Smyth
Lion City – Soon Hee Newbold
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
A medley of music by The Supremes
Artists: Zeljko Milicevic, Ching-Wen Tseng, violins; Janine Bradbury, viola; Judith Vander Weg, cello; Gregg Emerson Powell, double bass
COVID-19 Safety Policy for Indoor Concerts
- Moving forward, all patrons and artists who wish to attend or present performances indoors at KCH must provide a valid, complete COVID-19 vaccination card OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test performed within the previous 72 hours prior to entry. Such proof must be presented at concert check-in, may be displayed on a smartphone OR presented as a physical copy, and must also be accompanied by a matching, valid ID for verification.**
- Additionally, according to current CDC recommendations, masks are required for audiences inside the House and can only be removed when seated with a beverage (when available). When performing, artists may wear a mask, or not, at their own discretion.
**Proof of vaccination exceptions will be made for children under 5. These guests must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours prior to entry.
Zeljko Milicevic received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Violin Performance from Wayne State University and his Master of Music in Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2007, he earned a Certificate in Orchestral Studies from Wayne State University with an emphasis in Conducting and Violin Performance. Milicevic retired from public education in 2015 and has led orchestra programs in Royal Oak Neighborhood Schools, Utica Community Schools, and Farmington Public Schools and most recently in Oxford Community Schools where he served as Director of Orchestras and District String Coordinator, grades Pre-K-12. Since 2005, he has served as Adjunct Professor of String Pedagogy at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. In 1994, he came on board as Senior Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra with Oakland Youth Orchestras. Milicevic joined the Flint Symphony Orchestra in 1987 and was appointed to the position of Associate Concertmaster in 2011. In addition to his membership with the FSO, he is Concertmaster of the Bijou Orchestra in Bay City, MI, and over the years has also performed with many of Michigan’s regional orchestras including the Michigan Opera Theatre, Saginaw-Bay Orchestra and the Midland Symphony Orchestra among others. In 2015, he joined The Troubadours, an educational outreach of the FSO. In addition to performing as a violinist, Milicevic is also a symphony conductor and has held posts with the Lake St. Clair Symphony and Symphony of the Lakes. Presently, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Rochester Symphony Orchestra in Rochester MI.
Violin and Viola Instructor, Adult String Ensemble Coach, Hentgen Honors String Quartet Coach; Pursuing D.M.A. in violin performance on scholarship at Michigan State University; M.M. Michigan State University; B.M. National Taiwan Normal University. A native of Taiwan, she received her Teacher Certificate prior to studying abroad. Current performance experience includes Assistant Concertmaster of the Traverse City Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in Lansing and throughout Michigan. She was a violin instructor at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
Janine is Assistant Principal Viola in the FSO. She resides in Commerce, MI and maintains a private studio teaching violin and viola lessons. As an active freelancer, Janine performs frequently in the Upper and Lower peninsulas. She is a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony and LaCorda Ensemble which performs at weddings and special events. Ms. Bradbury played in the pit for professional Broadway shows at the Fisher and Masonic Theatres in Detroit for 15 years, and was a regular sub for the national tour of Phantom of the Opera. Other engagements include performing with Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Plant and Page, Earth,Wind and Fire, and Anne Murray. Janine loves performing with the FSO and feels blessed to be able to work so closely with Enrique. Her horse, Helen, is her partner in practicing the equine art of dressage. She also has two cats and enjoys gardening. Ms. Bradbury holds degrees in Music Education and Violin Performance from MSU and a Masters in Viola from The Juilliard School.
Judith Vander Weg is a graduate of Indiana University and the University of Michigan with degrees in cello performance. After several years of freelancing in metropolitan New York, including performances on WQXR-FM and in Carnegie Recital Hall, she returned to the Midwest to become principal cellist of the Flint Symphony Orchestra from 1978-1984. Judith has appeared throughout the United States, Canada, Belgium, France, and Spain in collaborative recitals and as orchestral soloist. She returned to the Flint Symphony Orchestra in 2002 having previously served as principal cellist with Mid-Texas Symphony, associate principal with the Toledo Symphony and as a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony. From 1998 to 2015 Judith was a performing artist at the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck (MI). With friends in San Antonio she co-founded in 1994 and remains a member of HEMISPHERE; a flute, oboe, cello and piano quartet.
Always fortunate to combine performing, teaching, and coaching chamber music Judith is currently a part time faculty member of the Music Department at Wayne State University and has served on the faculties of the University of Texas in San Antonio, the University of Toledo, Calvin College and Grand Valley State University. She is a clinician for youth symphonies and school orchestras, a frequent adjudicator, and maintains a busy home studio. Judith lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan where she shares life with husband John, Associate Provost at Wayne State University and their Golden Retriever, Zena.
Gregg Emerson Powell has been the Principal Bassist of the Flint Symphony Orchestra for several years now and has played with the orchestra for many more years. He holds the same position with the Ann Arbor and Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestras; and performs as a freelance musician all over Michigan. He came to the double bass relatively late in life, at the ripe old age of 22 (having just finished a degree in Economics, with a minor in Psychology, at the University of Michigan). Fortunately for him, one of the greatest bass teachers on the planet, Lawrence Hurst, just happened to be teaching at the U of M back then. Other teachers include Robert Gladstone (late principal bassist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra) and the legendary Stuart Sankey.
