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Maryland Band Directors Band
Dr. Vincent Patterson, Conductor
Featuring
Euphonium Soloist Toby Furr
The Music of Marshall White, Composer
Thursday, October 9, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Anthem
Francis Scott Key, lyricist
arr. John Stafford Smith
Prelude and Fugue in Bb, No. 2, BWV 560
Sea Songs
J. S. Bach
trans. R. L. Moehlmann
R. Vaughan Williams
Polka and Fugue from “Schwanda the Bagpiper”
Fanfare and Pastorale a la Baron
Jaromir Weinberger
arr. G. C. Bainum
Marshall White
Conducted by Mr. White
Ave Maria
Giuseppe Verdi
arr. B. Buehlman
Largo al Factotum from “The Barber of Seville”
Toby Furr, Euphonium Soloist
Overture to “Candide”
Rossini
arr. G. Brand
Leonard Bernstein
arr. W. Beeler
Hands Across the Sea
John Philip Sousa
Members are listed alphabetically
Piccolo
Noreen Friedman
Julianne Martinelli
Flute
Rick Dalton
Saul Moskowitz
Virginia Nanzetta
Carol Nelson
Robin Schultz
Carrie Staub
Vanessa Varela
Oboe
Rick Basehore
Beth Jubinski
Eliana Schenk
English Horn
Beth Jubinski
Clarinet
Charles Bowling
Marie Crenwelge
Tyler Frankel
Alison Johnson
Kristi Licare
Jenny Lipford
David Mead
Beverly Mullen
Salvador Rivera-Casiano
Debbie Stahl
Rucha Trivedi
Stephanie Wheeler
Eb Clarinet
Dave LeRoy
Alto Clarinet
Flo Hoffmann (Librarian)
Bass Clarinet
Kirt Vener
Bassoon
Christina Cruz
Robb Putt
Alto Sax
Jack Frankel
Irvin Peterson
Horn
Pam Foley
Esther Langan
Jamin Morden
David Phillips
Trombone
Raymond Chaney
Mark Eisenhower
Mark Lochbaum
Ashley Taylor
Euphonium
Toby Furr
Phillip San Gabriel
Tenor Sax
Wesley Kane
Tuba
Jeffrey Johns
Mark Young
Baritone Sax
Ashley Tauber
String Bass
Ashley Ashman
Trumpet/Cornet
Dory’Ann Benjamin
Andrea Morris
Jose Luis Oviedo
Rick Penix
Alvin Trask
Marshall White
Emily Widrick
Percussion
Heather Borsum
Anne Burson
Daniella Krohn
Kenneth Krohn
Aldo Rivera
Harp
Mimi McNeel
Vincent Patterson
Conductor
Vincent Patterson is the founder and Director of the Maryland Band Directors Band. His
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in conducting is from Catholic University, and his degrees in
instrumental performance and music education are from Millikin University. In the U.S. Army,
he taught at the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk where he developed a unique sight
reading method to ensure students’ success. In 1974 he was accepted into the U.S. Marine Band,
The President’s Own. While in the Marine Band, he founded and directed the professional
civilian ensemble MusicCrafters, sponsored by the Library of Congress.
He has sung with the Washington National Opera chorus, has been a member of the Choir of
Men and Boys at Washington National Cathedral, and the choirs of The National Shrine, St.
Paul's Church, and St. Matthews Cathedral. From 1995 to 2010, he was the conductor of the
much admired Rockville Concert Band. In addition to being the Principal Conductor of the
Maryland Band Directors Band, Dr. Patterson researches ways to combine music and therapeutic
modalities for healing.
Marshall White
Composer, Conductor
Marshall White is the Music Department Chair and Arts Resource teacher at Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School where the performing groups consistently achieve superior and excellent
ratings at local, state, and national festivals. The B-CC High School Music Department has won
numerous awards and is regularly asked to perform at music education conferences in Maryland
and at the national level.
Mr. White has degrees from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson University,
and the Catholic University of America. A versatile musician, he is an active free-lance trumpet
player and pianist, and is a composer and conductor. He is a regular member of the Potomac
Brass Quintet and has conducted Montgomery County’s Junior Honors Band, Junior Honors
Orchestra, and the Junior Honors Jazz Band. In 2011, Mr. White became a National Board
Certified Teacher in music education. In 2014, he will again be the conductor of the
Montgomery County Senior Honors Jazz Band, which is made up of the most outstanding young
jazz musicians from across the county.
Toby Furr
Euphonium Soloist
Toby Furr won the audition and joined the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, Washington, D.C., in
2013. A Dallas, Texas native, Toby is a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton.
At UNT, he studied with Dr. Brian Bowman and performed with the UNT Wind Symphony as
well as several chamber ensembles. He won the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium
Competition student division in 2010 and artist division in 2011. In his spare time, Toby enjoys
running, reading, and cheering on Dallas professional sports teams.
The Maryland Band Directors Band is a unique enjoyable performance experience for professional
music teachers. The band has presented outstanding guest soloists and conductors such as Jonathan
Bisesi, Chris Vadala, Amanda Collins, the Peabody Conservatory Brass Ensemble, the American
University Saxophone Quartet, the M Street Brass Quintet, Jihoon Chang, Otrie Barrett, Jr., Col. Arnald
Gabriel, and eight MBDB member-conductors. The MBDB has done side-by-side concerts with
Northwood High School, St. John’s College High School, and Quince Orchard High School.
It was created in 2011 by Dr. Vincent Patterson, teachers from the Montgomery County Public Schools,
and the Montgomery College Arts Institute in conjunction with the college’s Workforce Development and
Continuing Education division, Montgomery County Public Schools administrators, and the college’s
Rockville Music Department. When openings occur, professional music educators and performers may
be accepted by interview with the conductor.
Teachers can earn 1.5 continuing education units and graduate credits applicable to Maryland state
recertification requirements. Most members are music teachers from MCPS and private schools, and the
schools in surrounding counties, including Virginia and the District of Columbia. There are outstanding
private studio instructors, former and current military band members and, occasionally, highly skilled
students from Montgomery College and local high schools who have been accepted by audition. The
three Montgomery College students appearing on this concert are Christina Cruz (bassoon), Wesley Kane
(tenor sax), and Aldo Rivera (percussion).
2014-15 Season Concerts
7:30 pm
Thursday, October 9, 2014 at MC Cultural Arts Center, Silver Spring
“Fanfare and Pastorale” composed and conducted by Marshall White, MCPS
Euphonium Soloist Toby Furr, US military band member
Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Parilla Performing Arts Center, Rockville
Thursday, February 26, 2015 at MC Cultural Arts Center, Silver Spring
With Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Symphonic Band
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at Parilla Performing Arts Center, Rockville
Trumpet Soloist Brad Weil, US military band member