ANCHOR BAY BAND BOOSTER EXECUTIVE BOARD The Anchor Bay High School Instrumental Music Department Carol LaPorte, President

Barb Belanger, Vice President - Fundraising Jessie Jensen, Vice President - Special Event Fundraising proudly presents the Heidi Gnesda, Treasurer Tim Piepenbrok, Financial Secretary Maureen Block, Secretary CADET/CONCERT BAND Scott A. Oranchak, Instrumental Music Director Amy B. Tarnacki, Instrumental Music Director and the P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SYMPHONIC BAND

Mr. Joseph MacDonald, Principal Mr. Henry Anderson, Assistant Principal in a Mr. Victor Balaj, Assistant Principal Mr. David Boeskool, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director WINTER CONCERT

UPCOMING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EVENTS

12/13/11 - 12/14/11 — Marching Band Picture Day (during school) 01/10/12— Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM, ABHS Band Room)

01/18/12 — Jazz Ensemble Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) 01/23/12—”A Taste of Music” Tastefest (6PM-8PM, ABHS) 2/09/12 - 2/11/12 — CMU Jazz Festival (Mt. Pleasant, MI) 02/29/12 — AB Pre-Festival Concert (TBA, ABHS) 03/15/12 - 03/16/12 — MSBOA District 16 Band Festival (TBA) Thursday, December 8, 2011 04/19/12 — Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM, ABHS) 5/08/12 — Spring Instrumental Music Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) 7:30 P.M. 5/09/12 — Spring Instrumental Music Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) Anchor Bay High School Auditorium 5/15/12 — Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM, ABHS) 05/31/12 — Instrumental Music Banquet Scott A. Oranchak, Instrumental Music Director Amy B. Tarnacki, Instrumental Music Director WWW.ANCHORBAYBANDS.ORG P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director This is Education: A Statement f-expression, and individual f-expression, and

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DID YOU KNOW... DID YOU KNOW... arts.” the in education an have should nation the in student “Every the opening statement of “The of Principles,” a document from the nation’s ten most important educational organizations, including the American A ssociation of School Administrators, the National Education Association, the Nati onal Parent Teacher Association, and the National School The benefits conveyed by music education can be grouped in four categories:     When presented the many and manifest with at all levels should universally suppor music instruction taught by qualified t education in the arts.

with other human beings and with the world around them, in their own and own and their in them, around world the with and beings human other with other cultures. in other areas of the curriculum and open curriculum other areas of the in contexts. other in applied MUSIC IS MUSIC PROVIDES MUSIC TEACHES MUSIC IS MUSIC OPENS MUSIC EXALTS MUSIC IS

developed to its fullest. its developed to the and Armstrong, Louis Beethoven, know about need to heritage. Children Einstein. and Newton Beatles as well about uniqueness. It enables us to expre enables uniqueness. It

t, please join us in the cafeteriat, please join us in the PROGRAM for an afterglow! for an afterglow!

Immediately following tonight’s concer Immediately following tonight’s

BAND COMBINED CADET & CONCERT King/arr. J. Swearingen Allied Honor March………………...K. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas…………..….H. Martin Dances Fantastique……...... D. Schaffer SYMPHONIC BAND J Bourgeois Agapkin/arr. A Slavic Farewell………………….V. Choreography……..…...……………………………….R. Shledon A Christmas Collection…………………...………K. Bierschenk rs and the audience

hs during a performance. The gh. Be prepared with some typeBe prepared of some gh. with only distracting to the performer, but onlybut distracting to the performer, ng your foot, bouncing your legs, etc. e very e very distracting. Pictures should be terrupted by little things that may seem well as other members of the audience. well as other members of the audience. work, applaud after all movements arework, nsideration, performe eps are distracting to the performers and ddle of a performance, it may be best that

so hard for their performance, the students plain rude to talk (even whispering can be piece (not just a movement) is finished, then ng suggestions will help audience members - Never enter or the auditorium - exit during a d be turned off. Watches set to beep on the hour should d be turned off. calmer times prevail.

CONCERT ETIQUETTE CONCERT - Performers always appreciate applause, but thereappropriateare - Avoid rustling program,your tappi - Leave early and allow enough do If you time for parking and traffic. It is hard to It avoid a spontaneous cou

- Talking should not be tolerated. It is not - Children need - Children exposure to good music and live performances. If your - A performer's intense concentration can be in trivial to audience members. The followi This will help the performers to do their best. To When Applaud multi-movementmoments to applaud. In a completed. This allows the continuitythe of piece from to flow one movement to the next. “Hooting and hollering” is not appropriate in the concert setting. Time Arrival the doors until first arrive late, by wait take the nearestdiscreetly seat available. Auditorium the Exiting and Entering show respect to the performers on stage as performance. If must enter you or exit, please until thewait performance on stage has been completed.Theappropriate most times to move about are during audience applause or set changes. Talking to every personto every in the audience. It is just heard) during a musical performance. If someone around you is talking, ask them to please stop. nicely Other Noises Pagers and cell phones shoul Thesealso be turned off. high-pitched be audience members. Coughing click of a camera and especially the flash ar taken after the performance. Children young child begins to get restless in the mi you exit the auditorium until By following basic edicts of respect and co will have a more pleasurable and meaningful experience as they perform and attend live concerts. Because they have worked on stage deserve to be treated with respect. cough drops or candies. Avoid cellophane come Many wrappers. a soft with wax- paper wrapping be that much less noisy.will Taking - Refrain Pictures from taking any photograp There are March of the

rumental Conducting from the Bring a Torch. Bring a and culty culty at Florida State University where before yielding to a contrasting lyrical itten in overture form, the piece draws ry of Music. Since graduating from ry of Music. stivities is soon which followed by lodic content combine to make this an or of Music in Music Education from the of Music degree in Conducting from the opportunities for expressive playing, the nd choral director at Ursuline Academy in ton, The Houston Symphony Chorus and und in contemporary stage, ballet and for Alfred Music Publishing, he maintains gh School. Mr. Bierschenk's Robin, iswife, hedule, and regularly accepts commissions Quintet and the Queen City Conical Brass has taught instrumental music in the Florida and unity unity Concert Band since 1995.

Master of Fine Arts in Inst

PROGRAM NOTES is a medley of traditional carols.The noble holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the

was commissioned was for the 2008 ATSSB All-State Band theby serves as a regal start to the fe University of Florida. Choreography Association of Texas Small School Bands. Wr its inspiration from dance movements fo theatrical productions. The piece opens fast-paced angularwith gestures accompanied rapidby rhythmical punctuations section long,with flowing lines and many infectious beat patterns and memorable me excellent concert opener. CHRISTMASCELEBRATION A CHOREOGRPHY 1954) 3, Feb (b. Sheldon Robert Illinois public schools, and has served on the fa he taught conducting and instrumental music education classes, and directed the As Concert Band Editor university bands. an active composition and conducting sc Sheldon received the Bachel for new works. University of Miami and the Bierschenk Kenny University of Texas at Austin, and a Master University of Cincinnati'sCollege-Conservato CCM in 1980, Mr. Bierschenk has held posi tions as a high school band director at He is several schools in Houston, Texas as as Daytonwell and Cincinnati, Ohio. the currently director of bandsTaylor Hi at also a CCM graduate and is the orchestra a Cincinnati. As a performer, Mr. Bierschenk has considerable experience as a member of community bands, orchestras, and choral groups, including Symphony North of Houston, the Klein Wind Ensemble of Hous He has also been active as a performer on Cincinnati's Festival May Chorus. the North trumpet Houston with Brass He performs re gularly as a trumpet soloist at several Ensemble of Cincinnati. churches in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. Mr. Bierschenk has served as conductor of the Mount Comm A Christmas Celebration Kings wonderful displays of woodwind and brass choirs several carolswith layered together throughout the work. Greensleeves; I Saw Three Ships; Lo, How a Rose , and , and , Agapkin also worked ic, emotional, spontaneous Calvary Regiment in Tambov, he th d poignant footage of Slavic soldiers Farewell to A Slavonic Woman all four years regardless of state e it shows commitment, discipline, a while still satisfying the graduation states of the former Soviet Russia. ation to scheduling in 9th grade, every er of the KGB. Agapkin died in 1964, but y, expression, and open-mindedness. y band class, some students take Jazz become the best-known, best-loved march after, he accepted was as an apprentice Tragically, both parents died 8 he when was prove Students' Grades," The Associated or to determine the site of his death Farewell to A Slavonic Woman was performed as a finalwas encore. These performances , or

Tsarjob Battalion in Astrachan. He remained a musician in the th A Slavic Farewell A Slavic A Slavic Farewell A Slavic requirements. We all know that colleges and employers look highly upon band band upon highly look employers and colleges that know all We requirements. students in the application process becaus creative nature, work. and team student can take band for four years DID YOU KNOW … College admissions officers continue to cite participation in music as an important factor in making admissions decisions. They claim that music participation demonstrates time management, creativit Source: Carl Hartman, "Arts May Im Press, October, 1999. DID YOU KNOW... College bound high school students would be taking courses similar to those in the new standards along with taking band requirements. In addition to their primar Band or an extra concert band as their el ectives in their Junior and Senior years. With a little planning and consider composed as a cinema pianist, playing accompaniments for silent films. According to legend, the inspiration for this march came from Agapkin having seen newsreels of the Balkan War. During this conflict, Russian and Slavic forces fought together, and reportedly the newsreels containe parting with their wives and their parting families. wives with The march became popular in World War I, during timewhich Agapkin served as the musical director of the Tjekan 7, a forerunn with thewith transformation of the former Soviet Union into independent states and the resulting shift of borders and location name changes, it has been very difficult to pinpoint the exact place of his birth In 1990, the United States Mari ne Band toured five cities in the then-Soviet Union, during which of the Soviets” most-famous march resulted in enthusiast A SLAVIC FAREWELL SLAVIC A army army and, in 1912 during his enlistment the 7 with This classic Slavic march originally calledwas since its premier during World War I, it has in Russia and in the surrounding independent Vasilij Ivanovitz Agapkin in Sjatjerovowas in 1884. When he a child,was his parents moved to Astrachan near the Black Sea. years old, leaving him homeless. Soon “band boy” in the 308

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ican bands, a human being loved stmas” falls into just this category, e lists in the United States, Canada, ty (Ohio). Mr. Shaffer has taught ty in the ed in the United States rformance in the movie “Meet Me In St. ee from the Ohio State University and a 300 compositions and arrangements in ccer, or football at 70 80 years of age he music department faculty of Miami echoing the longing of soldiers and their the boyhood dream that most men only clinics and music festivals around the world n away to join the circus! There he became most other Christmas songs that reached ned overseas as WWII entered its decisive the Miami University Marching Band. can play piano or some other instrument. Music is a

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but they can sing. And they DID YOU KNOW … Music is for life. Most people can't play so gift you can give your child that will last their entire lives. Some of the best popular music ever produc dark and challenging years ofwhen World overseas War II troops and families alike inwere serious need of being cheered up by light entertainment, especially during the holidays. “Have Yourself A Merry Little Chri from differs greatly although its creation similar heights of lasting popularity. Have Yourself Little a Merry Christmas to become an instant hit. The song was a was statio soldiers popularparticularly with phase in Europe. Judy Garland’s brilliant pe Louis” combined her inimitablewith voice lent the song an extraordinary quality that at once cheerfulwas and sad, wistfully families for the “happy golden days of yore”. and physically both a man, of giant man….a gracious and warm quiet, a He was spiritually; great a truly m by by all knew him. Karl who L. King lived experienced as fantasy. He literally did ru a virtuoso baritone player, and had his first co mpositions published at the age of 17. He on to become a famouswent circus bandmaster and, later, conductor for many years of the renowned Fort Dodge, Municipal Iowa Band. FANTASTIQUE DANCES ALLIED HONOR David Shaffer bornwas in Columbus, Ohio and attended High Grove City School, Grove City, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor Degr Master of Music Degree from Miami Universi Hamilton, Ohio; Northridge, Ohio: and Wyoming, Ohio schools. He is a free lance composer/arranger/clinician, and is on t University, he is the directorwhere of An active composer, Mr. Shaffer has over print. His compositions are performed at and have been placed on contest performanc Europe, Australia, and Asia. Mr. Shaffer has been the recipient of the ASCAP Standard Award in Music Composition for 15 consecutive years. MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS YOURSELFHAVE A

TUBA Michael Hill Kelcie Beck Jessica Boni Eric Lacerna Robert Saad Kylie Jensen Shane Marrs TROMBONE Eric Stefanko Tristan Grose Liam Parsons EUPHONIUM Katie Newkirk Mitchell Oliver Emily SaelensEmily Joseph Zedan PERCUSSION Skylar Collinge Lawton Monroe Michael Kiernan FRENCH HORN Jordan Arrington Zachery LootensZachery Samuel Martinez Jason Kammerer Sabrina VanDyke Thomas Andrews Matthew BrafmanMatthew Christian Bobbish Salvatore Sagese Sarah Piepenbrok Christopher Burns Matthew Belanger Matthew Cameron Juresich Kendal McClintock Christopher Cooley Christopher Kiernan Steven Brancaleone Matthew Burmistrzak Matthew

OBOE Will Turri TRUMPET BASSOON Andrew HillAndrew

James Jury Emily MiillerEmily Remi Beach Paige Grider Hazel Foster Abigail Lanni Filip Sinobad Devon Butler Emma Simon Rebecca Hait Garret Endres Jessica Jones Michael Leone Rebekah Jones Megan Starosta Brandon Bilinski Michael Motloch Nicholas Osman Katlynn DeRosia Ronald Duquette Rosemarie Reilly Reilly Rosemarie Carleigh McNulty Elizabeth Powers Abigail Lobbestael Cassondra Stewart ALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO Madeline Lenhausen Alexander Kammerer

TENOR SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE Denotes Principal Part Player

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FLUTE PICCOLO Kristin Tyll Kristin Tyll Jeff Oldani Ashley Lutt Lutt Ashley Sarah Hoef CLARINET Hannah Hill Kelly Felcyn Lauren Shin Dana Novak Mary Hawes Hawes Mary Shelby TatarShelby Olivia Sholtis Alexis Hetzel Alexis Angela Tezak Karissa Zoller Sydney Parus Parus Sydney Rosalie Tezak Lauren Corneil Nicole Duggan Kasandra Hunt Kathryn Haberl Alyssa Schuetz Alyssa Madison Seifert Kierstin Putman Ashley DeBiase Darren Kingsley Ashley Woonton Woonton Ashley LiAnne Edwards Brooke Donnelly Hannah Schmidt Emily SeigneurieEmily Kurtis Kowalczyk Courtney Bunnell Bunnell Courtney Renette Mahoney Dylan McDerment BASS CLARINET BASS Miranda O'Connor Rachel Piotruchowski

TUBA Liz Barc for the time they for the time they BARITONE Jada Foster Collin Dolan Troy Sabella Emily Barton Emily TROMBONE Marc Demick Jaclyn Scalici Karlie Charron Cameron Lock Brandon Puzio Brad Robinson PERCUSSION Matthew Watts Matthew Dionte McBride Myles CleverleyMyles FRENCH HORN Sterling Morrison Christine Doppke Jennifer Beltowski Elizabeth Chaundry Samantha Makowski

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for coordinatingfor and distributing the concert Max Bade TRUMPET Scott Lucas Nicholas Hill Aaron Crowl Hazel Foster Jacob Munie Jacob Strobel James Becker Noah St. Onge Justin Richards Cody Bergquist Bergquist Cody for organizing the afterglows at both Winter Thomas Kolarik Lydia Parenteau Cheralill Hughes Mitchell Ottjepka Alexis Karasinski Alexis Megan Stephens Sydney VanDyke VanDyke Sydney Catherine Derrick Griffen Whitehead BASS CLARINET BASS Summer Patterson Juanluis Rodriguez Caroline Debrowski Debrowski Caroline Megan Pokropowicz ALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO TENOR SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE BAND BOOSTER EXECUTIVE BOARD for their help in providingfor li and the

COMBINED CADET/CONCERT BAND COMBINED CADET/CONCERT FLUTE Claire Lull Lydia Scott CLARINET Keili Wilson Olivia Debus Ethan Kohler Carly Glesen Sarah Grashik Emily VerbekeEmily Lauren Paleno Dayna Christie Jessica Bishop Amanda Kinnie Elizabeth Fleck Sarah Przybylo Sarah Przybylo Melissa Harvey Melissa Harvey Mallory Gleason Sierra Slaughter Brianna Larabell Larabell Brianna Gabrielle Auwen Janelle Zdziepko Meghan Gelushia Brianna Haentjens Theodore Walczak Caitlynn Hatch Caitlynn Cheri Ann Magnampo Andrea Vankerschaver AB TECHNOLOGY AB BOOSTER PARENTS OUR BAND Concerts. JESSIE JENSEN & CYNTHIA MIILLER JESSIE JENSEN & CYNTHIA uniforms. have spent decorating for the Winter Concer booth crew. CAROL LAPORTE CAROL