Welcome from CTS Director, Shachar Israel:

The 2013 Cleveland Trombone Seminar (CTS) is a 9-day intensive session designed to further the professional education of young trombonists pursuing a life in music. In its second year, the seminar provides ample performance opportunities in a positive learning environment to trombone enthusiasts and music lovers. As we tailor each annual seminar to the attending trombonists within the given year, this second seminar was born anew in anticipation for the 34 talented Participants and Associates who are joining us. Together with faculty members, staff, clinicians and guests, we are all very excited for many recitals, concerts, masterclasses and other seminar events. In addition to the 4 faculty recitals by Haim Avitsur, Mark Lusk, Toby Oft and myself, we will also be presenting a special concert by the Great Whigham, will play his event at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights, together with the Paul Ferguson Octet (see page 12). In producing such an event, the 2013 CTS is supported through generous sponsorships by the Edwards Instruments Company, Royalton Music Center and our host, the Music Department of Cleveland State University. I would like to thank these gracious benefactors along with a few anonymous donors who provide for an incredible foundation for this seminar. Special Simna and WCLV-104.9FM for their extensive support. On behalf of all of us at CTS, I do hope you will enjoy our events and we hope to meet you during our seminar. We are thrilled to welcome you, either as a Participant, an Associate, an Cleveland Trombone Seminar.

Shachar Israel, Director

1 leveland 2013 CTS Participants and Associates C Eli Brauner Matt Nedimyer rombone Christopher Brosius Christopher Caine Thomas Newcomer Seminar Evan Clifton Dan DiMarino Aaron Pisula Andrew Duncan Nolan Plunkett Andrew Roberts Table of Contents Page Morgan Fite Ryan Rongone Christopher Graham Louis Setzer Director’s Welcome 1 Michael Giuliani Dan Sherman Sarah Shulbank-Smith Bradley Snyder Daniel Kolan Ian Striedter CTS Participants, Associates, Faculty and Staff 2 David Kraus Santiago Latorre Wesley Thompson Richard Liverano Robert Violette Alex McCoy Martin Walters

Great Lakes Trombone Choir (Mon, 6/10) 6 2013 CTS Faculty Haim Avitsur Shachar Israel Mark Lusk Toby Oft Haim Avitsur Recital (Thurs, 6/13) 10

2013 CTS Staff Kate Bill, CSU Liaison Toby Oft Recital (Sat, 6/15) 14 Dan Dimarino, Seminar Assistant Deborah Yasutake, Piano Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith, Piano Martin Walters, Seminar Assistant Final Concert, feat 2013 CTS Participants (Sun, 6/16) 16 Michael Giuliani, Seminar Assistant Ed Zadrozny, Trombone

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Shachar Israel, trombone Shachar Israel, trombone Cited by the New York Times as “a gifted young trombonist”, Deborah Yasutake, piano Shachar Israel serves as Assistant Principal Trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra. Prior to joining the Cleveland Orchestra in the 2009-10 4pm, Saturday season, Mr. Israel served as Principal Trombone of the Hartford (CT) 8 June, 2013 Drinko Hall major orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Cleveland State University Philharmonic and the Montreal Symphony. A soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Israel performed Berio’s Concerto Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ‘Sequenza V’ for solo trombone at New York’s Lincoln Center for the New York Philharmonic’s “Day of Berio”. He has been a soloist with Andante cantabile Allegro – Allegretto on several occasions with Canadian Brass, including at the Blossom Festival. Also with this prestigious ensemble, he recorded 4 commercial Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9, No. 2 Tomaso Albinoni CD’s. The trombonist was the winner of the Lewis Van Haney Allegro e non presto (1674-1745) Adagio Festival. An avid teacher, Mr. Israel is on the faculty of Cleveland State Allegro University. He is the founder and director of the Cleveland Trombone Seminar (CTS). Intermission Born in Nahariya, Israel, Mr. Israel received his Bachelors of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Nitzan Haroz, Principal Trombonist of the Philadelphia has been a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Spoleto Allemande Festival Orchestra and attended 2 summers at the Music Academy Courante of the West. Mr. Israel is a graduate of the Thelma Yellin High School Sarabande in Givatyim, Israel. His studies while in Israel were made possible by Menuet I the generosity of the America Israel Cultural Foundation through Menuet II; Menuet I da capo its scholarship program, the Keren Sharet Competitions. Gigue Mr. Israel is a clinician for the Edwards Instruments Company. He performs on a T350 model Tenor Trombone. Varietals Andrew Skaggs Opening - Barolo (b. 1972) Deborah Yasutake, piano Intermezzo - Toscana Deborah Yasutake received a bachelor’s degree in trombone Tarantella - Verduzzo performance from Northwestern University, but has found her greatest musical joy as a collaborative pianist. She has worked as an accompanist at Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, the University of Akron and Kent State University. She has worked with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony and Canton Symphony. Ms. Yasutake is currently a faculty member at the University of Akron School of Music as well as an active freelance accompanist. She maintains a private piano studio in Hudson, OH.

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Great Lakes Trombone Choir Great Lakes Trombone Choir:

7pm, Monday The Great Lakes Trombone Choir was formed in 2011 and 10 June, 2013 played its inaugural performance at the 2012 Cleveland Trombone Drinko Hall Seminar. The choir is comprised of professional musicians from the Cleveland State University Great Lakes region of the United States. It performs original music and arrangements of known tunes through its versatile style.

Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber Lisa Albrecht (Rochester Philharmonic) David Bruestle (Erie Philharmonic) Shachar Israel (Cleveland Orchestra) Mark Lusk (Penn State University) Scherzo funèbre Derek Bourgeois Garth Simmons (Toledo Symphony) (b. 1941) Tim Smith (Buffalo Philharmonic) An Alpine Fantasy Richard Strauss Ken Thompkins (Detroit Symphony) arr. Ben Mansted

Intermission Tonight's concert was made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Edwards Instruments Company. 6.35 Steven Verhelst

O Nata Lux Morten Lauridsen from Lux Aeterna (b. 1943) arr. Edward Losinger

(b. 1932)

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Mark Lancaster Lusk, bass-trombone Mark Lancaster Lusk, bass-trombone Mark Lancaster Lusk joined the Penn State faculty as professor Deborah Yasutake, piano career with such diverse groups as the Woody Herman Thundering 6pm, Tuesday Herd, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, 11 June, 2013 and the Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players. He continues to Drinko Hall have an active playing career as a soloist, clinician, and freelance Cleveland State University musician. As a member of the Woody Herman Alumni Band, he has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including featured performances at jazz festivals in China, England, France, Finland, , Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, Allemande and Sweden. The two most recent recordings of the Woody Herman Courante Sarabande Menuet I Professor Lusk has performed on Broadway in many shows, Menuet II; Menuet I da capo including the most recent production of Little Women. The original cast Gigue album is currently available from Ghostlight Records. His successful career on Broadway has allowed him to play such memorable shows as Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Victor/ Victoria, Miss Saigon, and Beauty and the Beast. Ich wandte mich, und sahe Professor Lusk’s performing and teaching have also taken him O Tod, wie bitter bist du to South America. He has toured Chile as an artist/clinician, teaching Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete and performing throughout the country, including a performance of Raymond Premru’s “Concerto for Tuba” with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción and Robert Spillman’s “Concerto for Bass Trombone Intermission and Orchestra” with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile. Lusk was also invited to Argentina as an artist/clinician. His performance of the Spillman Concerto with the Orquesta Filharmónica de Buenos Aires Sonata for Bass-Trombone and Piano Alec Wilder Teatro Colon. Each year Professor Lusk’s tours as a soloist and with various Slowly groups take him to numerous universities and schools of music across Lively the United States. He has often performed at the New York Brass Expressivo Conference, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, and the International Swinging Trombone Workshop where he was invited to conduct the William Cramer Memorial Trombone Ensemble of College Professors. Concertino for Bass-Trombone Eric Ewazen Lusk is a native of Brandenburg, Kentucky. He holds With members of the Penn-State Trombone Choir (b. 1954) undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Eastman School University. Lusk is a clinician for the S. E. Shires Company and is published by Lyceum Press, including the Trombonist’s Guide to the

Deborah Yasutake, piano For Ms. Yasutake’s bio, please see page 5 of the program. 9 Cleveland Trombone Seminar Presents:

Haim Avitsur, trombone Haim Avitsur, trombone Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith, piano encompassing a broad range of styles from solo trombone to chamber music and orchestra. Mr. Avitsur is the Trombone Professor 6pm, Thursday at West Chester University School of Music (PA) and at the Aaron 13 June, 2013 Copland School of Music, Queens College, NY. Drinko Hall From 2004-2007 Haim Avitsur was on the faculty of the University Cleveland State University of Virginia as well as the Principal Trombonist of the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra. In 2005 he founded the Summer Trombone Sonata No. 1 in Bb Major Antonio Vivaldi Workshop, which has a US residency at Temple University, PA. In the Allegro Largo Allegro In the ‘09-‘10 and ‘10-‘11 seasons, Haim Avitsur premiered a trombone/shofar concerto composed by Meira Warshauer with orchestras including the USC Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Danse Sacree (b. 1932) Philharmonic, the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and the Western Danse Profane Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. Other upcoming engagements Phantasiestucke, Op. 73 Robert Schumann Trombone, with the West Chester University Wind Ensemble and a solo performance with the Dayton Philharmonic. Lebhaft, leicht Haim Avitsur was the only trombonist named a 2005 and Ranch und mit Feuer 2007 Emerging Artist by Symphony Magazine. Haim Avitsur’s recent concerto CD recording, Living Breathing Earth, features music by Meira Warshaer. Sonatas for Trombone and Piano by David Loeb, is Birds in the Night Debra Kaye available on the Vienna Modern Masters Label. Mr. Avitsur is a clinician (1956) for the Edwards Instrument Company.

Sonata vox Gabrieli Stjepan Sulek Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith, piano Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith is a member of the piano faculty at Malone University and collaborative piano faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She received her B.M and M.M in Piano Tonight’s recital will be performed without intermission a second M.M. in Piano performance from University of South Florida, and P.S. in Collaborative piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has also served as a staff pianist at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont. Her principal teachers include Anita Pontremoli and Svetozar Ivanov. She also received coachings from David and Linda Cerone, the Cleveland Orchestra. She was the recipient of Cleveland Institute of Music award for Excellence and Achievements in Collaborative Piano.

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Jiggs Whigham The Paul Ferguson Octet Trombone Association (ITA). He is also lifetime member of the ITA and the British Trombone Society (BTS) and the German Trombone Society 8:30pm & 10pm, Friday 14 June, 2013 Nighttown 12387 Cedar Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH 44106 Selmer).

The Paul Ferguson Octet: Details for tonight’s event can be found at: www.nighttowncleveland.com Mark Lusk (bass-trombone) Cover charge: $20 ($10 Students with valid student ID) Dan Maier (piano) Aiden Plank (bass) Mark Gonder (drums) Jiggs Whigham, trombone band leader and educator. This versatile performer, born Oliver Haydn Paul Ferguson of Akron and the Eastman School of Music, Paul has travelled with the Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller bands as lead trombonist and and solo trombonist with . Following a year of studio and Broadway Musical engagements in New York, he became featured Orchestra. Paul was principal trombonist of the Canton Symphony from Broadcasting Company in Cologne, Germany in 1965. In 1966 his was Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Apollo’s He uses , and Cape Cod as home bases, In Fire, the Cleveland Chamber Brass, the New Hampshire Festival Orchestra and various groups across Northeast Ohio. Germany. In 1995 he was named “Professor for Life” and head of the Composition. He has two recordings–”Blue Highways”, recorded with the RIAS Big Band of , and “Friends”, recorded with his own in Berlin. From 2000-2001 he was visiting professor at Indiana University. orchestra. in Zarautz, Spain, wrote three arrangements for the Glenn Miller the Berlin Radio Orchestra (RIAS Big Band Berlin). Orchestra and wrote three arrangements for the Cleveland Pops for He is currently soloist and clinician worldwide, conductor of use on the Drew Carey show. Orchestra and visiting Professor at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama in London and visiting tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. He was recently appointed musical 12 13 Cleveland Trombone Seminar Presents:

Toby Oft, trombone Toby Oft, trombone Deborah Yasutake, piano 12th Principal Trombone of the Boston Symphony. Heralded as one of 4pm, Saturday the boundaries of possibilities of the trombone, for in addition to 15 June, 2013 Drinko Hall extraordinary teaching style and dazzling solo recitals have taken him Cleveland State University throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. His extensive international career has led him to appear with Ballade Frank Martin the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (England), Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich, Switzerland), San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Concerto Leopold Mozart Orchestra and the Lanzhou Symphony in China. Minuetto Trio last season saw a diverse repertoire of BSO performances as well as Allegro concertos, recitals and master classes throughout the U.S. including New York, Washington, Oregon, Georgia, Alabama and locations throughout China. Intermission Mr. Oft’s 2012/2013 season highlights include performances as a soloist with the Boston Classical Orchestra and recitals in Catania, Italy, Chengdu, China, and Beijing, China. Mr. Oft will 4 Lieder, Op. 2 Alban Berg also appear at Carnegie Hall with the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing his celebrated Principal Trombone position in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, and Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, as well as Schlafend Tragt Man Mich chamber performances of Martin’s Concerto for Seven Winds. Nun Ich Der Riesen Starksten Uberwand During the summer months Toby Oft is in residence with the Warm Die Lufte Boston Symphony at Tanglewood where he performs extensively as an orchestral and chamber musician as well as solo performances Concerto Henri Tomasi with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. In addition, Mr. Oft Andante et Scherzo (1901-1971) coaches extensively the distinguished fellows of the Tanglewood Valse Nocturne Music Center and is a frequent coach of the New World Symphony. Tambourin This compliments the ongoing work he performs on trombone faculty at the New England Conservatory and Boston University.

Deborah Yasutake, piano For Ms. Yasutake’s bio, please see page 5 of the program.

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Final Concert Myths and Legends Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) Participants & Associates of the 2013 CTS 1. Allegro Ritmico Kenneth Johnson, Christopher Caine, Aaron Pisula, 2pm, Sunday Bradley Snyder (bass) 16 June, 2013 Drinko Hall Trois Chansons Claude Debussy Cleveland State University Fanfare from Festive Overture Dimitri Shostakovich (Lord! Lovely hast thou made my dear!) (1906-1975) 2. Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin arr. Mark Lusk (Whene’er the tambourine I hear) 2013 CTS Trombone Choir Daniel Kolan, Christopher Brosius, Louis Setzer, Justin Oswald (bass) Four In Hand Frigyes Hidas arr. Donald Hunsberger Aaron Pisula, Nolan Plunkett, Andrew Duncan, 2. Scherzo David Kraus, Richard Liverano and Ian Striedter János Sutyák, Michael Giuliani, Jessica Hawthorne, Morgan Fite and Evan Clifton (basses) Santiago Latorre (bass)

Liebst du um Schonheit Gustav Mahler Nimrod Edvard Elgar arr. David Rahbee arr. Glenn Dodson Alex McCoy, Ian Striedter, David Kraus and Eli Brauner Morgan Fite and Evan Clifton (basses) Stardust for The Chief Rayburn Wright (1923-1990) Chamber Symphony Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 2013 CTS Trombone Choir arr. Avi Mehta Ryan Rongone, Michael Giuliani, Justin Neely, Santiago Latorre (bass) 2013 CTS Trombone Choir

Intermission

Encomium Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) Chris Graham, Dan Dimarino, Jessica Hawthorne, Louis Setzer, Justin Oswald (bass) János Sutyák, Christopher Brosius, Daniel Kolan, Alex McCoy, Bradley Snyder (bass) 16 17 Special Thank You to our 2013 CTS Sponsors:

Cleveland State University Royalton Music www.csuohio.edu www.royaltonmusic.com

Edwards Instrument Co. WCLV, Classical 104.9 www.edwards-instruments.com http://wclv.com

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