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About the Artists Steve Carmichael is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts, Saxophone Performance, with a minor in Jazz Studies at the University Of Wisconsin – Madison where he is a student of Les Thimmig. Formerly he was Director of Jazz Studies at Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Having served 20 years as a saxophone and flute instrumentalist with the US Navy Bands, he has performed for audiences in over 40 countries, including France, Italy, China, Russia, Australia, Germany, England, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland, and many others. He has been awarded two Navy Achievement Medals and a Navy Commendation Medal for his leadership as Big Band and Saxophone Quartet director. He has performed as section and solo saxophonist with the San Diego Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony, NHK Tokyo Symphony, Chicago’s Northshore Concert Band, Spectrum Saxophone Quartet, the San Diego Wind Ensemble, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and with such artist as Bill Holman, Louie Bellson, Bill Watrous, Kim Richmond, Pete Christleib, Dave Leibman, Clark Terry, Mike Vax, Florence Henderson, Harry Connick Sr, and Nancy Wilson. Pianist Joseph Ross is an experienced solo performer, chamber musician and accompanist. He has studied and appeared in concert in the United States, Canada and Europe. Ross has held positions at Lawrence University, the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the Hungarian State Opera. Mr. Ross holds a MM from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary and a BM degree at Lawrence University. Steve Carmichael DMA Saxophone Recital Assisted by Joseph Ross, Piano Mikko Utevsky, Viola Mikko Utevsky is a violist and conductor studying at the UW-Madison. A Madison native, Utevsky founded the Madison Area Youth Chamber Orchestra. He was named the first recipient of WISC-TV and Heid Music’s “First Chair” award for his work with the ensemble in 2013, and performed at the Madison Area Music Awards. Jerod Reetz is a D.M.A. candidate in music composition at the University of Wisconsin, minoring in music theory. He holds composition California Institute of the Arts and Cardinal Stritch University. In 2011, Reetz was awarded the Bro. Rufino Zaragoza, OFM Music Composition Award, in Milwaukee, WI, for his sacred works. UW-Madison School of Music - 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 608-263-1900 www.music.wisc.edu To receive monthly news, send an email to: [email protected] Morphy Recital Hall Saturday, April 11, 2015 6:30 p.m. PROGRAM Program Notes Ballade for Alto Saxophone Frank Martin (1890-1974) Steve Carmichael, Alto Saxophone Joseph Ross, Piano Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Steve Carmichael, Alto Saxophone Joseph Ross, Piano Guidance Jerod Reetz (1989) Steve Carmichael, Sopranino Saxophone Songe de Coppélius, Op.30, No.11 Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Steve Carmichael, Tenor Saxophone Joseph Ross, Piano Intermission From Nowhere to Nowhere Aisling Michael McGlynn (1964) Steve Carmichael, Soprano Saxophone Joseph Ross, Piano Lachrymae Tigran Mansurian (1939) Steve Carmichael, Soprano Saxophone Mikko Utevsky, Viola Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone Heitor Villa-Lobos Anime (1887-1959) Lentement Tres Anime Steve Carmichael, Soprano Saxophone Joseph Ross, Piano Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Unauthorized audio and video recordings are prohibited. Ballade for Alto Saxophone, Percussion and Piano by Frank Martin was composed for the saxophonist Sigurd Rascher in 1938. Ballade is composed entirely free of form, consisting of a number of episodes that merge without breaks. In this work one can find a number of twelve-tone series that play a pure melodic role, meaning that they are the building material for a varied melody. In the early thirties, Frank Martin studied Schoenberg’s twelve-tone theory and adopted only the elements that were consistent with his own chromatic sound, thus his music avoids becoming atonal. Ballade requires the saxophonist to perform a range of almost four octaves. Villa-Lobos’s Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone was composed in Rio de Janeiro in 1948 and dedicated it to saxophonist Marcel Mule. Brazilian saxophonist Waldemar Szilman was hired for the premier, but did not own a soprano sax. Anxious to have this music performed, Villa-Lobos recast the Fantasia for tenor sax, changing the key signature and the orchestration slightly to accommodate Szilman’s abilities. The original score has only recently been rediscovered. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I am lost to this world) for voice and orchestra is part of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Rückert-Lieder based on the poems of Friedrich Rückert, composed in 1901. This transcription is by virtuoso saxophonist and UW-Madison Alumnus, Dr. Frederick Hemke. Florent Schmitt was a prolific French composer with 138 opus numbers. His music is difficult to categorized, and has been labeled conservative, neoRomantic, Impressionistic, and revolutionary. Schmitt adopted aspects of Debussy’s harmonic vocabulary, such as the use of extended chords and parallel streams of chords. Songe de Coppélius, Op.30, No.11 combines impressionistic and orientalist sensibilities. Tigran Mansurian is a leading Armenian composer of classical music and film scores. He was born 1939 in Beirut. Tigran Mansurian’s work is always textured, colorful, and maintains an experimental approach to chamber-instrumental music, vocal works, and concertos, as well as music for film, theatre, and ballet. Lachrymae, for soprano saxophone and viola was composed 1999 for saxophonist Jan Garbarek and violist Kim Kashkashian. Irish composer Michael McGlynn is recognized as one of the leading choral composers of his generation. Recently he has become busy as a composer and arranger of instrumental music. From Nowhere to Nowhere and Aisling were commissioned by Saxophonist Gerard McChrystal.