Download Spring Band Concert - Wooster High School

T H E
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
presents
Spring Band Concert
featuring
Wooster High School Freshman Band
Kelly Mollnow, Director
Wooster High School Concert Band
Douglas Bennett, Director
Wooster High School Symphonic Band
Daniel Adams, Director
Wednesday, May 21, 1997, 7:30 PM
Wooster High School Performing Arts Center
515 Oldman Road
Program
Freshman Band
Brazilian Folk Dance Suite (1986)
I. The Painter Of Cannahay
II. A Picture To Remember
arranged by William E. Rhoads
(b. 1918)
A Day At The Zoo (1996)
I. Introduction
II. Butterflies, Birds and Things that Crawl...
III. Elephants and Monkeys
IV. The Aquarium
V. Lions, Tigers and Bears
James Curnow
(b. 1943)
A Galop To End All Galops (1977)
Warren Barker
(b. 1923)
Concert Band
Rocky & Bullwinkle Strike Again (1959)
Fred Steiner
arranged by John Higgins
Lassus Trombone (1915)
Henry Fillmore
(1881-1956)
Tiger Rag (1917)
Nick La Rocca
arranged by John Higgins
Symphonic Band
American Salute (1943)
Morton Gould
(1913-1996)
transcribed by Philip J. Lang
Country Gardens (1918)
Percy Aldridge Grainger
(1882-1961)
Robinson’s Grand Entree March (1911)
Karl L. King
(1891-1971)
arranged by Loras Schissel
Upcoming Events
May 24
May 26
May 28
May 29
June 8
Big Band Dance
Memorial Day Parade and Services
Marching Percussion Tryouts
Music Awards Banquet
Commencement ~ Symphonic Band performs
Program Notes
William E. Rhoads’ musical career encompasses positions such as
Director of Bands and Chairman of the Music Department at the University
of New Mexico, and Director of Instrumental Music and Bands for the
Alamogordo, New Mexico public schools. He has published over 100 works
for band, orchestra, wind ensemble, and study books for the alto and bass
clarinet. He has served as an adjudicator, clinician, and conductor throughout
the United States and Canada, and has been a recipient of many ASCAP
awards during the past ten years.
Brazilian Folk Dance Suite consists of folk songs freely adapted
for concert band and set in dance forms native to Brazil - the bossa nova and
the beguine.
***
James Curnow, a native of Port Huron, Michigan, currently resides
in Nicholasville, Kentucky where he is president, composer, and educational
consultant for Curnow Music Press, Inc. He received his formal training at
Wayne State University and Michigan State University. Curnow has published well over four hundred works. Averaging eight to ten commissions a
year, his music is performed all over the world. Recent commissions include
compositions for the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the United States Army
Band, and music for the transfer of the Olympic Flag from Barcelona to
Atlanta in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
A Day at the Zoo, composed in 1996, consists of five movements
which depict different animals one might encounter during a visit to the zoo.
A variety of special effects, including key slaps, wind sounds, and “mouthpiece popping”, add greatly to the music. Many different percussion instruments and techniques are used throughout the piece.
***
Warren Barker is well known for his arrangements of Broadway
and American popular music for the concert band. A Galop To End All
Galops is a spirited march written in the style of a circus galop. The bright
tempo and stark dynamic changes bring to mind the festivity and excitement
of an old-fashioned circus.
***
Fred Steiner is a prolific writer of music for film and television.
Some of his notable music for the “little screen” are themes from Gun
Smoke, Perry Mason, Hawaii 5-O, and the animated cartoon Rocky &
Bullwinkle. John Higgins’ concert band arrangement of Rocky &
Bullwinkle Strike Again is a medley of tunes that includes Bullwinkle &
Rocky Show Opening, Fractured Fairly Tale, and Dudley Do-Right’s Theme.
***
Lassus Trombone, by American march composer Henry Fillmore,
was written as part of a collection of “sixteen smears” or “slippery rags”
featuring the glissando or smearing characteristics of the trombone.
Henry Fillmore of Cincinnati, Ohio was a colorful bandsman in his
time, an era that stretched across fifty years. He is noted as being one of
America’s more prolific composers. A list of his music covers ninety-six
double-spaced pages of text and consists of a variety of music including
marches, foxtrots, waltzes, hymns, and overtures. Notably, Fillmore wrote
under many aliases, including Harold Bennett, Will Huff, Gus Beans, and
Henrietta Moore.
***
Tiger Rag was written by “The Original Dixieland Jazz Band”,
comprised of Nick La Rocca (cornet), Larry Shields (clarinet), Eddie
Edwards (trombone), Henry Ragas (piano), and Tony Sbarbaro (drums).
They soon became known as the ODJB. Although all are credited with Tiger
Rag’s composition, Nick La Rocca is sometimes credited as sole composer.
They recorded the piece many times between 1917 and 1936, with various
changes in personnel along the way.
***
Born in Richmond Hill, New York, in 1913, Morton Gould was
recognized early on as a child prodigy with the ability to improvise and
compose. At the age of six he had his first composition published. He studied
at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School), but his most
important teachers were Abby Whiteside (piano) and Vincent Jones (composition).
“Composing is my life blood,” said the Pulitzer Prize-winning
composer. “That is basically me, and although I have done many things in
my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my
being a composer.”
In addition to a Pulitzer Prize , he received a Kennedy Center
Honor, and was Musical America’s 1994 Composer-of-the-Year. Gould was
elected president of ASCAP in 1986, a post he held until 1994. In 1986 he
was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He
also served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and
on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel. He passed away in
February of 1996 while serving as artist-in-residence at the newly established Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida.
American Salute, based on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Again” is a fitting tribute to a man who contributed so much of his life to
American music.
On June 9, 1917 the world famous pianist Percy Grainger, soprano
saxophone under his arm, walked from his Manhattan home to nearby Fort
Totten and enlisted in the United States Army. The next day he was assigned
to the 15th Coastal Artillery band at New York’s Fort Hamilton. When the
press discovered that one of the world’s most prominent pianists had joined
an obscure local military band, they had a “field day”. Hastily, the War
Department arranged special recitals to utilize Grainger’s formidable
pianistic talents. Concerts were presented in behalf of such war-time causes
as the Liberty Loan Campaign. At one of these recitals in 1918, Grainger
first performed an improvisation on an English morris dance or “handkerchief dance” called Country Gardens. This “ditty” became wildly popular,
and was to become his best known composition. The publication of
Grainger’s piano arrangement brought him enormous royalties; however, in
later life he considered the piece an albatross, since it so often obscured
public awareness of his serious works.
Grainger received a letter from Leopold Stokowski, complaining
that the only available arrangements of his famous pieces were orchestrated
by others. Stokowski wanted Grainger to create his own orchestrations,
which Stokowski would then record for RCA. Grainger readily agreed to the
project, which included new settings of Country Gardens and Early One
Morning plus reworking his existing versions of Shepherd’s Hey, Mock
Morris, Irish Tune from County Derry, Molly on the Shore, and Handel in the
Strand.
Grainger’s 1950 setting of Country Gardens is full of wry tricks and
autobiographical commentary. One can sense puckish humor as the trombones “stick our their tongues” in a musical “last word”. The band version,
which closely follows the arrangement for Stokowski, was completed two
years later in 1953.
***
Karl L. King was born in Paintersville, Ohio. His formal education
ended in sixth grade. However, he began composing music about age 13,
played with bands in Ohio, then toured for several years with circus bands.
He returned to Ohio in 1916 and married a clerk and pianist at a music store
in Canton. His plan to settle down was postponed two more years while he
toured as leader of the Barnum and Bailey Circus Band with his wife playing
air calliope. With the United States involved in World War I, Sousa recommended King for a position as an Army bandmaster. However, the war ended
before King’s reporting date, and he never served. Instead, he started K.L.
King Music House in Canton and directed the Grand Army Band there. But
seeking more money, he and his wife moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to direct
the municipal band there. He also moved his publishing company, which
became a success. Today, the Karl L. King Bridge spans the Des Moines
River, Karl L. King Park graces Fort Dodge, and the band he led there is
called the Karl L. King Band.
Robinson’s Grand Entree March is a testament to the years King
spent as a circus band performer and conductor.
Freshman Band
PICCOLO
Nicole Vura
Julie Buehler
BASS CLARINET
Jamey Cicconetti
Randi-Jo Brenner
FLUTE
Elizabeth Ellcessor
Nicole Vura
Julie Buehler
Kelly Lake
Crystal Sampson
Kris Kraft
Jessica Jolly
Samantha Weaver
Miranda Miller
Sarah Napier
Tiffany Guthrie
Senovia Petty
BASSOON
Susan Howman
OBOE
Caitlin Burnell
Mollie Amstutz
CLARINET
Randa Dietterich
Manette Sandor
Jenny Brodie
Jill Condry
Lindsey Howell
Colleen O’Planick
Jessica Bakerlis
Sarah Britton
Kristi Wise
Kara Willard
Cathi Gwin
Carrie Schrader
Cyndi Smith
Ken Miles
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Jamie Parsons
Erin Cosyn
Chris Oyer
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Jere Sisler
Trisha Diehl
BARI SAXOPHONE
Andy Thompson
TRUMPET
Heidi Pettyjohn
Bobby Hammond
Ryan Lingle
Matt Prince
Tim Fluharty
Ty Bresson
Karen Henery
Emily Boyle
Krystal Girvin
Kelly Metcalf
TROMBONE
Jeff Adams
Jeff Mann
Lisa Lutz
Sam Mick
EUPHONIUM
Eric Stenglein
Josh Moore
Amanda Wallace
TUBA
Joe McNeil
Josh Engman
Matt Ports
Kari Smith
PERCUSSION
Mike Boyle
Todd Fisher
Stephanie Myers
Eric Crowley
Joel Allen
Jessie McVay
HORN
Rebecca Little
Katie Plumly
Janel Troyer
Laura Muskopf
Thank you to the WHS Music Parents Association
for organizing this evening’s reception.
Concert Band
FLUTE
Sarah Ritchey
Jennifer Rodda
Stacey Clark
Katie Novak
Stephanie Holmes
Angie Doty
x Janet Hess
Tamara Gill
Jessie Buchholz
Bethany Evans
x Wendy Murr
Dani Daubenspeck
Erin Fickes
x Laura Thomas
Katie Bollinger
Carrie Romig
Meghan Boyle
Carrie Gwin
x Mindy Bowman
x Vikki Wickens
BASS CLARINET
Jason Potts
x Tom Fenzl
OBOE
x Jeffrey Parris
BARITONE
SAXOPHONE
Carmen Biggs
BASSOON
Katie Yoders
CLARINET
Hillary Smith
Scott McManus
Brandi Engel
Shileah Cantey
Katie Mann
Jennifer McLaughlin
Kathy Bishop
Bridget Hinton
Amy Hall
Terri Carathers
Bethann Fravel
x Beth Archer
Jennifer Pattie
Shannon Deeds
ALTO SAXOPHONE
x Stacey Jones
x Greg Fisher
Glenn Davis
x Jeremy Crossmon
Sarah Foreman
David Hodge
Steven Jackson
Stephan Apple
Susan Ditch
Sean Ewing
Ollie Spires
TENOR
SAXOPHONE
Jared Ramsey
Marc Maxhimer
TROMBONE
Philip Arner
x Damon Drake
Peter Swank
x Logen Zimmerman
Amy Anderson
Sarah Gasbarre
EUPHONIUM
x Lauren Myers
Greg Via
Curt Garnes
TUBA
x Bryon Meshew
x Kevin Rose
Brian Deily
Andy Thornton
Casey Emerson
PERCUSSION
Dustin McKee
Jeff Sczpanski
Ed Buchholz
John Shilling
Kevin Kesner
TRUMPET
x Jay Carmony
Mari Jo Vazzo
Casey Meek
Lisa Canode
x Tim Tkacz
Chuck Boyer
Martha Shellhorn
HORN
Beth Hostettler
x Andy Muskopf
Natalie Chupp
Amy Richman
x Seniors
Symphonic Band
PICCOLO
Katie Graf
Janie Linnick
Heather Rehm
FLUTE
Melanie Jones
Laura Holliger
Carrie O’Planick
Heather Rehm
Katie Graf
Karen Snyder
Kellie Ferguson
Sara Yarnell
Janie Linnick
Lindsay Mueller
x Beth Sands
Leila Rahnema
OBOEENGLISH HORN
Mary Cicconetti
Susan Kost
Kelly Gallagher
B FLAT CLARINET
Chad Field
Taryn Miller
Abby Collier
Mary Holliger
x Megan Chenevey
Katie George
Holly Hilt
Jennifer Messner
x Laura Cicconetti
Kristin Saner
Laura Romig
Carmen Hackworth
BASS CLARINET
Abby Bridger
Alicia Bickel
CONTRABASS
CLARINET
Diana Latham
BASSOON
x Amanda Kost
Matt Newman
Jennie Williamson
Sarah Tooley
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Scott Griffin
Jeff Welshhans
Becky Prince
x Joe Zoller
Uwe Wolf
TENOR
SAXOPHONE
Jim Wicker
BARITONE
SAXOPHONE
Adam Rozsa
CORNET-TRUMPET
Brenden Miller
x Adam Girvin
Peter Campbell
Matt Swank
Doug Brown
Chris Pycraft
John Cox
x Sarah Moritz
Amy Gardner
HORN
Laura Guili
Allison Palmer
Kate Hetrick
Megan Varns
TROMBONE
x Andy Rozsa
Tim Hider
Will Polumbo
BASS TROMBONE
x Josh Coffee
EUPHONIUM
Travis Hamill
Joel Engman
TUBA
x Ben Byo
x Matt Chupp
PIANO
Allison Dick
STRING BASS
Daryl Jentes
PERCUSSION
Nathan Greene
James Stanford
Jaemie Peeples
Ellen Thomas
x Loren Fortner
Tim Yates
SYMPHONIC BAND
OFFICERS
President
Joe Zoller
V-Pres. Megan Chenevey
Secretary
Joel Engman
Librarian Janie Linnick
Manager
Uwe Wolf
x Seniors