Illinois Valley Central High School Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, February 27, 2020

Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 2-27-2020 Illinois Valley Central High School Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, February 27, 2020 Matthew J. Chapman conductor Marykatheryne E. Kuhne conductor Marisa A. Miko guest conductor Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Chapman, Matthew J. conductor; Kuhne, Marykatheryne E. conductor; and Miko, Marisa A. guest conductor, "Illinois Valley Central High School Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, February 27, 2020" (2020). School of Music Programs. 4346. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/4346 This Performance Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Illinois State University Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts School of Music ________________________________________________________________ Illinois Valley Central High School Wind Ensemble Matthew J. Chapman, conductor Symphonic Band Marykatheryne E. Kuhne, conductor Marisa A. Miko, guest conductor _________________________________________________________________ Center for the Performing Arts February 27, 2020 Thursday Evening 8:00 pm This is the one hundred and first program of the 2019-2020 season. Program Please silence all electronic devices for the duration of the concert. Thank you. Illinois Valley Central High School Wind Ensemble Satiric Dances (1975) Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) Blessed Are They (1970) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Continuum (2001) Robert Buckley (born 1946) The Washington Post March (1889) John P. Sousa ed. Fennell (1854-1932) Symphonic Band Kirkpatrick Fanfare (1999) Andrew Boysen, Jr. (born 1968) Serenade for Band (1961) Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) I. Pastoral II. Humoreske III. Nocturne IV. Intermezzo V. Capriccio Joy Revisited (2005) Frank Ticheli (born 1958) Marisa Miko, guest conductor December Lullaby (2017) Roger Zare (born 1985) Dr. Roger Zare, guest composer Terpsichorean Dances (2006) Jodie Blackshaw (born 1971) ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES Thank you for joining us for today’s performance of the Illinois State University Symphonic Band. We hope that you will enjoy our concert, and that you join us again for future performances here at the ISU School of Music. Please visit http://www.bands.illinoisstate.edu for more information. Thank you for your support! The Center for the Performing Arts is equipped with an infrared audio amplification system for assisted listening. Headsets and receiver packs are available, free of charge, at the Box Office or by checking with the House Manager. An ID is needed to check out the device and must be returned to the House Manager at the end of the performance. Symphonic Band Program Notes Andrew Boysen, Jr. is presently a full professor in the music department at the University of New Hampshire, where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches conducting, composition and orchestration. Previously, Boysen served as an assistant professor and Acting Associate Director of Bands at Indiana State University, where he directed the Marching Sycamores, conducted the symphonic band and taught in the music education department. Prior to that appointment, he was the Director of Bands at Cary-Grove (IL) High School and was the music director and conductor of the Deerfield Community Concert Band. He remains active as a guest conductor and clinician, appearing with high school, university and festival ensembles across the United States and Great Britain. Boysen earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the Eastman School of Music, where he served as conductor of the Eastman Wind Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He received his Master of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University in 1993 and his Bachelor of Music degree in music education and music composition from the University of Iowa in 1991. He maintains an active schedule as a composer, receiving commissions from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Orchestra Festival, the Iowa All-State Band, the Rhode Island All-State Band, the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, and many university and high school concert bands across the United States. Boysen won the International Horn Society Composition Contest in 2000, the University of Iowa Honors Composition Prize in 1991 and has twice won the Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest, in 1991 for I Am and in 1994 for Ovations. Boysen has several published works with the Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Wingert-Jones Music and Ludwig Music, including pieces for band, orchestra, clarinet and piano, and brass choir. Program note provided by the composer: Kirkpatrick Fanfare was commissioned by Central Missouri State University for the dedication of the James C. Kirkpatrick Library in March 1999. This work has a definite Irish flavor, including a strain of Danny Boy. The "fanfare" features driving rhythms and exciting brass figures, making this dramatic work sure to please both performers and audiences alike. Vincent Persichetti began his musical life at a young age, first studying the piano, then the organ, double bass, tuba, theory, and composition. By the age of 11 he was paying for his own musical education and helping by performing professionally as an accompanist, radio staff pianist, church organist, and orchestra performer. At the age of 16 he was appointed choir director for the Arch Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, a post he would hold for the next 20 years. During all of this, Persichetti was a student in the Philadelphia public schools and received a thorough musical education at the Combs College of Music, where he earned a degree in 1935 under Russel King Miller, his principal composition teacher. Starting at the age of 20, he was simultaneously head of the theory and composition departments at the Combs College, a conducting major with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute, and a piano major with Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory. He received a diploma in conducting from the Curtis Institute and graduate degrees from the Philadelphia Conservatory. In 1947 he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School of Music and became the chairman of the Composition Department in 1963. Persichetti composed for nearly every musical medium, with more than 120 published works. Although he never specifically composed "educational" music, many of his smaller pieces are suitable for teaching purposes. His piano music, a complete body of literature in itself, consists of six sonatinas, three volumes of poems, a concerto and a concertino for piano and orchestra, serenades, a four-hand concerto, a two- piano sonata, twelve solo piano sonatas, and various shorter works. His works for winds ranks as some of the most original and well-crafted compositions in the medium, and his Symphony No. 6 is rightly considered one of the "cornerstones" of the genre. Program Note from Mark CD "Wind Journey”: In September 1960, Frank Battisti and the Ithaca High School Band commissioned Persichetti (1915-87) to write a new work for their ensemble. The resulting Serenade for Band was one of 15 serenades Persichetti composed for a variety of instruments (other serenades for winds include #1 for ten wind instruments, #10 for flute and harp, #12 for solo tuba, #13 for two clarinets, and #14 for solo oboe). The serenades are multi-movement, short in length, and feature descriptive titles (the movements of the Serenade No. 11 are entitled Pastoral, Humoreske, Nocturne, Intermezzo, and Capriccio). Other Persichetti works for band include Symphony No. 6, Divertimento, Pageant, Three Chorale Preludes, and Celebrations for Chorus and Wind Ensemble. Frank Ticheli is an American composer and conductor. His music has been described as being "optimistic and thoughtful" (Los Angeles Times), "lean and muscular" (New York Times), "brilliantly effective" (Miami Herald) and "powerful, deeply felt crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors" (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Ticheli joined the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony, and he still enjoys a close working relationship with that orchestra and their music director, Carl St. Clair. Ticheli is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming, Austria, at the Mid-Europe Music Festival; London and Manchester, England, with the Meadows Wind Ensemble; Singapore, with the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band; and numerous cities in Japan, with the Bands of America National Honor Band. Dr. Ticheli received his doctoral and master’s degrees in composition from The University of Michigan. His works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Klavier, Koch International, and Mark Records. The composer provides the following note: Joy, and its companion

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