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T H E Upcoming Music Events January 6 Wooster High School Music Parents Citrus Sale Begins January 20 Wooster City Schools Music Faculty Recital January 22 OMEA Solo & Ensemble Adjudicated Event Zion Lutheran Church Springfield High School February 16 High School/Edgewood Orchestra Concert February 17 Wooster High School Concert Band Festival March 1 Wooster High School Commons Wooster High School Performing Arts Center Wooster High School Music Parents Association Meeting presents Wooster High School B126 & B136 March 3 Wooster High School Choir Concert Wooster High School Performing Arts Center March 8 Wooster High School Symphonic Band Concert Wooster High School Performing Arts Center March 10 March 11, 12 W O O S T E R H I G H S C H O O L M U S I C D E P A R T M E N T Wooster High School Freshman Band Dan Adams, Director Edgewood Middle School Band Concert Wooster High School Performing Arts Center WHS Hosts OMEA District Band/Chorus Adjudicated Event Wooster High School N The Citrus Sale begins tomorrow! Wooster High School Concert Band Doug Bennett, Director Wooster High School Symphonic Band Dan Adams, Director Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 7:30 PM Have you been to the WHS Music Web Site lately? Check it out! v www.whsmusic.nvi.net Wooster High School Performing Arts Center 515 Oldman Road, Wooster Program Symphonic Band Brass & Percussion Ensemble Inaugural Fanfare (1994) Dan Adams for Antiphonal Brass and Percussion Wooster High School Freshman Band Silver Jubilee Overture (1984) John Edmondson (b. 1933) Song For Friends (1997) Larry Daehn (b. 1939) West! (1999) I. Spirit of the Land II. A Frontier Lawman III. Cowboy Meditation IV. Railtown Jubilee Chuck Elledge (b. 1961) ~ Brief Pause ~ Wooster High School Concert Band Blaze Away March (1901) Abe Holzmann (1874-1939) arranged by John Edmondson Anthem (1996) John Edmondson Chant Rituals (1993) Elliot Del Borgo (b. 1938) ~ Brief Pause ~ Wooster High School Symphonic Band Caccia and Chorale (1976) Clifton Williams (1923-1976) Rollo Takes A Walk (1985) David Maslanka (b. 1943) Plainsmen (1975) Symphonic Suite (1957) III. March percussion ensemble Jack Mouse Clifton Williams PICCOLO Megan Dice FLUTE Jeannette Carey Megan Wilhelm Megan Ferringer Amanda Graf Megan Dice Kay Bihn Jennifer Snure Emily Bartelheim Joanna Buckwalter Claire Hall Katie Poultney Danielle Lambeth OBOE Kristina Steiner Katie Helmuth ENGLISH HORN Kristina Steiner BASSOON Skye Gillispie Ellen Gustafson CLARINET Chanda Phelan Cheryl Long Allyson Buytendyk Julia Finer Katelyn Ferringer Teresa Hershberger Eric Browning Jennifer Parris Emily Totten BASS CLARINET Maria Yoder Andreea Leabu EUPHONIUM David Waggoner Ted Zech ALTO SAXOPHONE Tom Helmuth Kendra Plant Andrew Wolf TUBA Andrew Heller Carolyn Johns Terry Long Micah Harvey TENOR SAXOPHONE Andrew Rudawsky BARITONE SAXOPHONE Mike Pope TRUMPET Grant Austin Andrew FitzGibbon Nate Shewmon Joe Boreman Parry Grewal Andrew Hessler Andrea Blaine FRENCH HORN Sarah Kovach Rachel Martin Jeff Amstutz Jay Rocha TROMBONE Andrew Hershberger Jack Hall Leanna Packard Aimee Thompson Preston Phelan PERCUSSION Cameron Exner Ted Wilson Samantha Weaver Sean Curry Sean Pattison Katie Mykrantz Michael Patton SYMPHONIC BAND OFFICERS President Andrew Hershberger Vice-President Joe Boreman Secretary Chanda Phelan Librarian Andrew Wolf Manager Andrew Heller Diane & Ben Adams - trumpet on Inaugural Fanfare Program Notes Concert Band FLUTE Megan Boreman Elizabeth Welshhans Carmen Butdorf KaylaYorko Maggie Fowler Amanda Hollinger Nicole Moore Lisa Morphew Andrea Quaint Cassie Cairnie ALTO SAXOPHONE Casey McConnell Courtney Lambeth Justin Baisden Logan Willis Betsy Johnston James Gray Stephanie Brodie Bill Barrington Bryce Baxstrom Nathan Aukerman TROMBONE Justin Playl Katy Patterson Chris Rothemund Alex Smith-Byrne Nathan Chiccola Gordy Giffin OBOE Kaitlin Milligin Caitlin Petit TENOR SAXOPHONE Dusty Davis TUBA Andy Mick Morgan Workman Andrew Maibach CLARINET Ashley Gallagher Monica Yoder Danielle Johnston Kelli Skaggs Lisa Philippon Kristy Farren Julianne Amstutz Sarah Glenn Tia Glasgo BASS CLARINET Chelsea Nichols Randee Jankowski BARITONE SAXOPHONE Andy Senn Bill Braucher TRUMPET Andrew Lanham Adam Shaw Josh Rocha Daniel Montelione B.J. Ott Mathias Sartor Dan Ott EUPHONIUM Ryan Jackwood Ian Starr PERCUSSION Dan Myers Brian Belcik Abby Armbruster Ryan Cermely Kevin Rodda Gabe Nagel Philip Lockett Corey McConnell FRENCH HORN Lucas Beeman Erica Palmer Zach Wier Greg Spademan All are invited to a reception in the commons following the performance. Refreshments are compliments of Wooster High School Music Parents. Inaugural Fanfare was composed for the dedication of the new Wooster High School and was premiered as the openning to the Community Recognition and Dedication ceremony in October 1994. Written for trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and percussion, the Fanfare utilizes “choirs” of instruments to accentuate the logistical possibilities of the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center. The design of the hall is ideal for the use of antiphonal techniques. Instrumentalists are placed in positions throughout the auditorium in much the same fashion as was done by Gabrieli at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Venice in the late sixteenth century. The result is a stereophonic effect that surrounds the listener. The piece begins with an extended crescendo symbolizing the long but worthwhile wait for this fabulous new facility. *** John Edmondson is known throughout the world for his more than 700 publications in the field of band and educational music. His contributions to the literature are accessible, enjoyable to perform and exciting to hear. Perhaps most importantly, his music has helped train the young musicians of today. Edmondson received his Master of Music in composition from the University of Kentucky in 1960, where he studied composition with Kenneth Wright and band scoring with R. Bernard Fitzgerald. He was the first recipient of the graduate degree from the university. He taught public school music for ten years in the Central Kentucky area, where he wrote extensively for his own students. During this same time, he free lanced as a writer for various university and high school marching bands, including seven years as Staff Arranger for the University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band. Following his teaching career, he was appointed Alfred Reed's successor as Educational Editor with Hansen Publications in Miami Beach, Florida, and remained in that position ten years. He was responsible for hundreds of publications, including works for concert band, marching band, the Fun-Way Band Method (co-authored with Paul Yoder), instrumental solo books and other instructional materials. From there he went to Wisconsin as Director of Concert Band Publications for Jenson Publications. Silver Jubilee Overture was written for the 25th Anniversary of Wingert-Jones Music and is published by the Missouri publishing house. *** Born and raised in the farmlands of Wisconsin, Larry Daehn received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh in 1964 and a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville. He has been an instrumental music teacher for over thirty years in Wisconsin. A past president of the Wisconsin chapter of Phi Beta Mu, he was honored by that organization as an Outstanding Bandmaster. A Song For Friends was written for young band and is designed to allow the students to focus on melody, accompaniment, musical phrases, slurs, and dynamics. It is an example of how the simple beauty of a fine melody can take form in the hands of a skilled arranger. *** Chuck Elledge began his professional career at age eleven as the drummer and leader of the Easy Rider Dixieland Band. By his early teens, he was composing and arranging for band. In 1984, Elledge received his Bachelor of Music degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Minnesota. Currently, Elledge holds positions as instrumental editor and staff writer at the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. In addition, he serves as the in-stadium Music Coordinator for the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings Football Club. West! is a four movement programmatic composition inspired by the lore of America's Old West. The composition begins with the movement Spirit of the Land. A 1914 painting by Charles Russell, “When the Land Belonged to God” served as the inspiration for this movement. The painting depicts a vast, treeless, carcass-laden expanse ruled by buffalo, fox and the blessings and ravages of Mother Nature. The composer uses sweeping melodies over rhythmic accompaniments to musically capture these images. The second movement, A Frontier Lawman, recalls the exploits of the legendary ideal lawman Nathaniel Kimball Boswell, better known as “Boz.” In the composition, Boz is musically depicted by an occasional drum rim shot and foot stomp from the band. Cowboy Meditation, movement three, is based on a traditional cowboy song. The music captures the composer's impressions of the emotions a cowboy might have felt. The rustle of wind chimes and flow of a rainstick begins and ends the movement, capturing the feel of a gentle breeze on the cowboy's face. As the movement ends, the cowboy falls asleep. The final movement of West!, Railtown Jubilee, musically chronicles the history of railtowns across the West. In the music, dissonance paints images of antagonism as a train chugs through the high plains. To parallel the taming of the west, the music is transformed to that of celebration, filled with dancing, a parade, and a true sense of friendship, spirit and community that marks so many towns of the American West today. Abe Holzmann was a German-American composer who is most famous today for his march Blaze Away. This brilliant march is still immensely popular in brass band circles. It commemorates an incident that occurred at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The story follows that Admiral George Dewey was standing on the deck of his flagship Olympia when he gave his famous order, “You may fire when ready.” Dewey's Captain George Gridley in turn relayed the order to his gunship crew, “Well boys, let's blaze away!” Holzmann used Captain Gridley's famous quote to title his composition and draw upon the American public's fascination with the incident to popularize and market his march. Blaze Away quickly became popular with bands such as John Philip Sousa as well as many circus bands. *** Anthem was written as a tribute to the memory of Frank Erickson, a popular and prolific composer of music for school bands, who died suddenly in 1996. This heartfelt piece reflects some of the influences that Erickson had on composer John Edmondson, which include his strong sense of melody, form, style and instrumental coloring. *** Born in Port Chester New York, Elliot Del Borgo holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York, a Masters degree in Education from Temple University, and a Master of Music degree from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, where he studied theory and composition with Vincent Persichetti and trumpet with Gilbert Johnson. In addition to his music for the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, he has published nearly five hundred compositions for a variety of media. His music reflects the aesthetics of twentieth-century musical ideals through its eclectic nature and vigorous harmonic and rhythmic style. Cast in three main sections, Chant Rituals makes use of two contrasting thematic statements to exploit the timbral and rhythmic resources of the symphonic band. Reminiscent of medieval plain chant, the principle theme is introduced in the brasses and is coupled with an energetic and rhythmic accompaniment from the woodwinds and percussion. A highly chromatic and sensual middle section demonstrates a unique combination of timbral colors. Drawing from a broad pallet of percussive sounds in concert with the human voice and the flute section, an intriguing mixture of sounds is achieved . The conclusion of a lyrical alto saxophone solo in the middle section marks the reprisal of the principle chant theme and a lively and dynamic finale to the piece. *** Clifton Williams was born in Traskwood, Arkansas, in 1923. Despite the financial difficulties of the depression of the early 1930's, Williams fared well in school, learning the piano, mellophone, and french horn. In his senior class of 600, he was voted the most outstanding in artistry, talent, and versatility. In 1942, he joined the Army Air Corps as a bandsman, serving as drum major and composing works at every opportunity. After the war, he attended Louisiana State University and went on to earn his Master of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music in 1949. He taught at the University of Texas at Austin for seventeen years. In the 10 years before his death in 1976, he served as chairman of the department of theory and composition at the University of Miami, where he was influenced by and became close friends with Frederick Fennell. Commissioned by the State University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) Wind Ensemble, Donald E. Greene, conductor, Caccia and Chorale is one of the final pieces composed by Clifton Williams prior to his death in 1976. In failing health in the last years of his life, he continued to compose, most certainly with the suspicion that each new piece would be his last. The composer writes, “While it remains open to question whether music can convey any message other than a purely musical one, composers often tend to attempt philosophical, pictorial, or other aspects within a musical framework.” Such is the case with Caccia and Chorale. The first section, Caccia, means hunt or chase, and is intended to reflect the preoccupation of most people in the world with a constant pursuit of materialism. The Chorale is, by contrast, an urgent and insistent plea for greater humanity, a return to religious or ethical concepts. The driving pulse of the opening hunt finds itself interrupted by a persistent morse-code figure over sustained chords signaling the futility of the chase as is described by the composer. Incidentally, the morse-code rhythm is taken from the symbols for D-E-G, the initials of Donald E. Greene. Underpinned by a relentless heartbeat in the bass drum, the Chorale reaches an extreme level of tension before coming to a soft, yet questionable resolve. *** Rollo is a fictional character created by Charles Ives and used in his musical writings to illustrate ultra conservative musical tastes. Rollo may not know anything about music, but he knows what he likes: usually something banal or too-often-played. Among the kinds of music Rollo does like are, not surprisingly, Ives' own pieces and modern music in general. In Rollo Takes A Walk, the composer develops Ives's satirical character, taking Rollo (and us) on a musical outing in which all the ideas, though original, are commonplace, very familiar-sounding, and even deliberately banal. The piece is intended as a good-humored, gentle parody of concerts in the park and of some bands in which the composer has played where the tuning was less than perfect. The piece is not intended as a put-down of bands but rather as an exploration of the “out-of-tune” or “microtonal” character that the composer views as a forceful, original element in American music. David Maslanka received his musical education at a number of prestigious educational institutions. As a high school student, he studied at the New England Conservatory. His Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin Conservatory included a year of study at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He received his Masters and Doctorate in composition from Michigan State University. His principal teachers in composition were Joseph Wood and H. Owen Reed. Maslanka has included in Rollo Takes A Walk several ideas which evoke an earlier, more innocent era in America, as well as providing some fun for the band and audience alike. *** Symphonic Suite was the winner of the American Bandmaster's Ostwald Award in 1957. Consisting of five movements, the piece finds its derivation in a simple theme which permiates all the movements. The third movement, March, is an allegro vivo with flowing melodic lines, punctuated accents and rhythmic intensity — all characteristics of many of the works by Clifton Williams. A final accelerando adds intensity to the climax of this movement as do extreme ranges in the brass and woodwinds. Freshman Band FLUTE Lucy Edwards Sarah Metze Jennifer Mills Jennifer Ratliff OBOE Rachel Pittard Melissa Glick BASSOON Sarah Pinkham CLARINET Kaitlynn Wilson Kristen Crum Heidi Klise Melissa King-Smith Kiah Ackerman Kate Malekoff Carrie Messenger Zach Huttinger Gabrielle Morris Katie Kirkpatrick Amberly Buchholz Katie Chandler BASS CLARINET Alison Eby Sarah Sliffe FRENCH HORN Megan Russell Paloma Robinson ALTO SAXOPHONE Jeff West Paul Huettner Sam Havens Ian Sharp Clint Eriksen Krys Arteaga TROMBONE Nick Massaro James Williams Richard Myers Deven McMorrow TENOR SAXOPHONE Nic Starr BARITONE SAXOPHONE T.J. Ullery TRUMPET Tony Ruscitti Joe O'Brien Matt Varga Murphy Sheppard Bryan Marty Sam Schleappi Quara Gant EUPHONIUM Darren Johnson TUBA Andrew Bogner Emmy Johnson PERCUSSION Cathy Cebul Colton Hile Rachel Frantz Josh Sun Zack Finkbiner