Program Notes
Trinity Chamber Orchestra
Richard Fazio, Music Director and Conductor
Dannice Crespo, Assistant Conductor
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“Young Artists Concert” – A Musical Travelogue”
March 28, 2026 at 3 PM
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Silver Spring United Methodist Church
8900 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Program
*Overture to Der Freischutz* Carl Maria von Weber
*The Toy Symphony* Leopold Mozart
*A Fugal Concerto* Gustav Holst
*Violin Concerto No.5*. Henri Vieuxtemps
Elizabeth Wnek, Violin
*Carmen Suite No. 1* Georges Bizet
Richard Fazio, originally from Pittsburgh, received his Master of Music and his
Doctor of Musical Arts from the Catholic University of America School of Music.
He also completed advanced studies in conducting/Master Classes at the Juilliard
School, Philadelphia Professional Ensembles Institute, the Brockport Music
Festival in New York, and the American Summer Conductors’ Institute held at
West Virginia University. His teachers include Giampaolo Braccali, Otto-Werner
Muller, Dr. Robert Garofalo, Sergiu Commissiona, Piotr Gajewski, and Donald
Portnoy. In 1984 Dr. Fazio was one of 25 conductors selected nationally to
participate in the Gino Marinuzzi International Conducting Competition in San
Remo, Italy. He was also selected as a participant for Master classes in opera
performance and conducting with Sarah Caldwell at the Wolf Trapp Center for the
Arts.
Dr. Fazio served for five years as Artistic Director for The Metropolitan Bach
Festival in Maryland and was Music Director/Conductor for the Washington
Savoyards, a Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S) Opera Company, for 11 years. During
that time, he conducted the entire G&S repertoire. He has returned on several
occasions, including a November, 2008 production of Patience. Maestro Fazio has
also served as conductor for the Summer Opera Theatre Company in Washington,
DC, for their production of The Merry Widow. He has conducted the Catholic
University Orchestra and the Trinity Chamber Orchestra for the Metropolitan
Ballet Theater Company in Maryland.
Dr. Fazio has taught instrumental music in the Montgomery County School
System in both the elementary and secondary levels for 46 years. From 2001-2005
he served as a part-time faculty member at the Catholic University of America as
director of the Wind Ensemble and lecturer in Instrumental Music Curriculum,
Pedagogy and Brass Methods. He has also served as conductor for the Potomac
Valley Youth Orchestra of Maryland and the Montgomery County Honors String
Orchestras.
Dr. Fazio welcomed the new millennium as founder and Music
Director/Conductor of the Trinity Chamber Orchestra, now in its 23 nd Season,
which performs outstanding music from the Baroque through the 21 st century.
Under Maestro Fazio’s continued leadership, the TCO has grown in excellence,
outreach and programing, performing new works and giving young talents
performing opportunities. The TCO has been awarded multiple grants from the
Montgomery County Council of the Arts for their diversity and innovative
programming.
Dr. Fazio is the author of two Study Guides and Reference Manuals in Western
Music History and Theoretical Functions.
Dannice Crespo started violin lessons at age 9 with maestro Daniel Perego at the
Instituto de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. When coming to the United States
of America she graduated in Violin Performance from the University of Central
Arkansas, where she was a scholarship student under Dr. Linda Hsu. In addition,
Ms. Crespo found herself very inspired by famous young American violists and
started studying the viola while in undergraduate school. In 2002 Ms. Crespo
joined The Madeira School as the violin/ viola instructor. In 2017 she obtained an
M.M in Viola performance from George Mason University. She studied with Mr.
Philippe Chao from the Kennedy Center National Opera.
While completing her instrumental studies Ms. Crespo decided to take a
position as a conductor of a children’s orchestra at the prestigious Westminster
School in Northern Virginia. During the first year, she took her orchestra to a
competition. She brought them the Best Orchestra Award, as well as the Overall
Grand Champion Award. The following year Dannice started studying conducting
at Catholic University under the expertise of maestro Murry Sidlin. In 2020 she
was appointed as Assistant Conductor with Trinity Chamber Orchestra.
Program Notes
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lConductor’s Circle
Anonymous
Benefactor
Dr. Elaine R. Walter
Partners for the Arts
James Phippard & Melinda Kimble
(in Honor of Judge Bruce Mencher)
Jean Comstock
Supporter
Mrs. Eleanor Fazio
Craig Mysliwiec
Richard & Eileen Hoffmann
Patron
Craig Mysliwiec
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Humbert
Donor
Trudy Luria Fleisher
(in honor of Judge Bruce Mencher)
Glenn & Elise Silver
Celeste King
Dr. Joseph Santo
Dr. and Mrs. William Ott
Richard & Mary Gillenwater
Luke, Charles, and Meredyth Havasy
Friend
Steven & Karen Umbrell
Lisa and Eric Cohen
Ilya Pesin
Vivian Crespo-Almond
Danielle Sultan
Helen Tangiers
Khalid & Vandy Alamdeen
Erik Turkman
Mark Marshall
Stephen J. Feinberg and Wendy Garson
Shiraji and Aruna Seth
Lahir Albadawi
Frank & Laurie Saenz
Norman Engler
Ilene Slatko
James M & Caroline S. Russel
Cornelia Pierre
Robert and Mette Beecroft
Officers and Board of Directors
Richard Fazio, President
Nancy Fazio, Chief Financial Officer
Frank Pellegrino, Secretary
Julianne Martinelli, Publicity
Richard Humbert, Community at Large
Richard Hoffman, Community at Large
TCO Production Staff
Nancy Fazio General Manager, Treasurer
Elizabeth Molina Tickets
David Molina
Julianne Martinelli Publicity, Assistant to the Directors and
Coordinator of Wind Ensemble & Special Events
Frank Pellegrino Personnel Manager, TCO
Craig B. Teer Stage Manager
Al Rise Assistant Stage Manager
Robin Barr, Ph.D. Consulting Linguist
Mark Meuschke Coordinator of Brass Ensembles
Steve Schwadron Coodinator of String Ensembles
Acknowledgments
As set forth in our Bylaws, the mission of the Trinity Chamber Orchestra is "to perform
outstanding sacred and secular music from the Baroque period through the 21st century, all for
the Honor and Glory of God, under the patronage of the most Holy Trinity: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit." We gratefully acknowledge the musicians of all beliefs who come together to make
this possible for us, and thank them all for giving so generously of their time and talents in
performing with this orchestra.
We would like to thank Rev. Mark Michael and Rev. Jonathan Musser of St. Francis
Episcopal Church for all their support to make our concerts possible.
The TCO wishes to acknowledge the Kindler Foundation of the MLK Library, and EAM
for the loan and rental of selected orchestral music and Kensington Baptist Church for their
rehearsal space. We also thank the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County for
their generous grants.
Trinity Chamber Orchestra
~ Twenty -Seventh Season ~
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