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4-8-1995
Festival: Wind and Percussion Invitational Festival
Ron Nelson
Ithaca College Wind Ensemble
Rodney Winther
Ithaca College Symphonic Band
Henry G. Neubert
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ITHACA COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WIND AND PERCUSSION INVITATIONAL FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 8, 1995
The purpose of the annual Ithaca College Wind and Percussion Invitational Festival is to recognize and encourage excellence in musicianship and performance. The festival brings together outstanding high school bands with Ithaca College faculty for intensive workshops, rehearsals, and performances.
This year the following ensembles have been invited to participate:
Fairport High School Fairport. New York Donald L. Poole, conductor
Liverpool Central School Liverpool, New York James Spadafore, conductor
Owego Free Academy Owego, New Yorlc Daniel Fabricius, conductor
ITHACA COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION
President: James J. Whalen
Provost: Thomas Longin
Dean, School of Music: Arthur Ostrander
Assistant Dean, School of Music: Jamal Rossi
Music Admissions Coordinator: Graham Stewart RON NELSON
A native of Joliet, Illinois, Dr. Nelson, born December 14, 1929, received his bachelor of music degree in 1952, a master's degree in 1953, and a doctor of musical arts degree in 1956, all from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. He studied in France at the Ecole Normale de Muisique and at the Paris Conservatory under a Fulbright Grant in 1955. Dr. Nelson joined the Brown University faculty the following year as an assistant professor and was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 1960, and full professor in 1968. He served as chairman of the department of music from 1963 to 1973, and remained on the faculty until his retirement in 1993. At present he lives in Scottsdale,Arizona.
Ron Nelson has gained wide recognition as a composer of choral, band and orchestral works. He is the composer of a widely performed cantata, The Christmas Story, an oratorio, What is Man? and an opera, The Birthday of the Infanta. His other compositions include: Savannah River Holiday, Sarabande: For Katherine in April, Rocky Point Holiday, Five Pieces for Orchestra After Paintings by Andrew Wyeth, TeDeum Laudamus, Aspen Jubilee, Morning Alleluias, Passcaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H), choral fanfares and background music for numerous documentary and educational films. In all, over 100 works are published.
Dr. Nelson has received commissions from the National Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Bandmasters Association, the United States Air Force Band and Chorus, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, and numerous choral organizations, colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Western Michigan and Lawrence, as well as the Classic Chorale Brevard Music Center, and Aspen Music Festival. He has also received grants and awards from the Howard Foundation, ASCAP, Brown University and several from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1991 he was awarded the Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts, the first musician to hold the chair. In March of 1993 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from ECDBNA. His composition Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) was awarded the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald prize; the National Bandmasters Association Prize and the Sudler International Wind Band Compositon Award. He was awarded the John Philip Sousa Medal of Honor in 1994. THE GUEST PARTICIPANTS
FAIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND
The Fairport Central School District is located in southeast Monroe County and \ serves a student population of approximately 7,500 students in grades K-12. The Concert Band is made up of ninth through twelfth grade students from Fairport High School. The ensemble provides an opportunity for its members to explore the limits of musical expression of the modern wind band. Membership is decided by competitive audition and is the culminating step in the district's program of wind and percussion instruction which begins in fifth grale.
The Concert Band presents four major concerts each year in addition to college performances, Major Organization Competition, exchange programs and other area performances.
Donald L. Poole received his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University College at Potsdam and completed his graduate work at the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Poole has been an instructor of brass and percussion in Fairport since 1967 and has worked with all levels of ensembles throughout the district. He is presently director of the Fairport High School Marching Band and Concert Band. Mr. Poole has been active in the Monroe County School Music J Association, serving as treasurer, solo festival adjudicator, and as guest conductor in the Rochester area. He presently plays bass trombone with the Greater Rochester Area Music Educators Wind Band and the newly formed Rochester Area British Brass Band
LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND
Liverpool is a public, comprehensive high school with 2,700 students. The facility, which opened in 1967 was designed around the house plan. Beginning with the 1994-95 academic year, however, changes in the organizational structure were implemented. Liverpool High School is now organized into two communities for students in grades ten through twelve, and an annex for all students in grade nine. Each of the two communities in the main building includes a principal, assistant principal, four counselors, approximately eighty teachers and one-half of the student body. The managing principal, as chief administrator of the high school, oversees the two communities.
Liverpool High School has been recognized as an exemplary public school by the Secondary School Recognition Program of the United States Office of E OWEGO FREE ACADEMY CONCERT BAND Owego Free Academy is the home to high school students of the Owego Apalachin School District, a rural/suburban area west of Binghamton and just north of the Pennsylvania-New York border. With approximately 23,000 residents living in the school district area, the four schools in the district have a total K-12 enrollment of 2,800 students. From the first log school built in 1797 to the first Owego Free Academy completed in 1828 to the modem school facilities now in use, the residents of Owego and Apalachin have been justifiably proud of their schools and students. Owego Free Academy offers a comprehensive academic program in all disciplines. Included in the instructional program are four college level courses taught in conjunction with Syracuse University. Several advanced or specialized courses are taught on a distance learning system that allows Owego students to participate in a "classroom" with students in two other schools via an interactive television system. Owego Free Academy students can study music in course offerings such as • Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Select Choir, Women's Chorus, and ~- both Music Theory I and II. Students also participate in a variety of extra curricular musical offerings including Marching Band, Barbershop Chorus, and Women's Swing Choir. Several instrumental ensembles, such as the Saxophone Quartet, Woodwind Quintet, Brass Quintet, and Clarinet Quartet rehearse and perform through the school year. Music students are also typically involved in many other activities in addition to music such as student government, athletics, drama, and school service clubs. Over the past several years, Owego students have had the opportunity to work and perform with several visiting guest artists such as jazz trumpeter/composer Jeff Jarvis, jazz trombonist/composer John Fedchock, composer Dana Wilson and jazz guitarist/arranger Steve Brown. Daniel Fabricius has been Director of Bands at Owego Free Academy since 1989. He also serves on the music faculty at Binghamton University where he is an adjunct instructor of percussion and conductor of the University Percussion Ensemble. Mr. Fabricius holds degrees from Mansfield University and Ithaca College. He is a member of the Binghamton Symphony Orchestra and the Coming Philharmonic and also performs regularly as a free-lance percussionist. He has served the New Yorlc State Band Directors Association in many capacities including two terms as president. Mr. Fabricius has worked with several student teachers from the Ithaca College School of Music and is very active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. ITHACA COLLEGE WIND AND PERCUSSION PROGRAM The Ithaca College School of Music wind and percussion program has had a long and prestigious history beginning with Patrick Conway, who founded the Conway Band School in 1922. Since then the reputation and impact of the wind and percussion program on bands and band music has been impressive. Such famed conductors as Walter Beeler, Colonel George S. Howard, founder of the Army Air Force Band, Colonel Arnald Gabriel, retired conductor of the Air Force Band; and performers too numerous to list, have graduated from Ithaca College, taking with them the finest band traditions. At present the core of the program is represented by three main groups: The Wind Ensemble, conducted by Rodney Winther, the Symphonic Band, conducted by Henry Neubert, and the Concert Band, conducted by Mark Fonder. Many other opportunities to supplement a student's perspective on wind and percussion literature are available: Percussion Ensemble, Brass Choir, Trombone Choir, Hom Choir, the Saxophone Quartet program, Tuba Ensemble, as well as individual repertoire classes held weekly in each studio. Of course, options also exist for orchestral playing in the Ithaca College Orchestra and exposure to the jazz idiom in the two jazz workshops and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble. To finalize a student's experience, all varieties of small ensembles, combining performers from across the school, are sponsored through the school's chamber music program. ITHACA COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC WIND AND PERCUSSION FACULTY WendyMehne Flute Georgetta Maiolo Flute Mark Hill Oboe Michael Galvan Clarinet David Minelli Clarinet LeeGoodhew Bassoon Steven Mauk Saxophone Frank Campos Trumpet D. Kim Donnick Trumpet Patrick Hughes Horn Harold Reynolds Trombone David Unland Tuba/Euphonium Gordon Stout Percussion Theodore Rounds Percussion Rodney Winther Wind Ensemble Henry Neubert Symphonic Band Mark Fonder Concert Band Steve Brown Jazz Ensembles SCHEDULE OF EVENTS REHEARSAL CLINICS Fairport High School (Ford Hall Auditorium) 9:00 am. with Rodney ,Winther 9:30 a.m. with Ron Nelson 10:00 a.m. with Rodney Winther Liverpool High School (Instrumental Rehearsal Room) 9:00 a.m. with Ron Nelson 9:30 am. with Mark Fonder Owego Free Academy (Nabenhauer Recital Room) 9:00 a.m. with Henry Neubert 10:00 a.m. with Ron Nelson INSTRUMENTAL CLINICS 10:45 a.m. Flutes/piccolos Williams-218 Wendy Mehne and Julie Harr Oboes Ford-Studio 102A Mark Hill Bassoons Ford-Studio 8 LeeGoodhew B-flat clarinets and Ford-Nabenhauer Michael Galvan and Harmony Clarinets David Minelli Saxophones Williams-317 Steven Mauk Homs Williams-222 Greta Houk and Shannon LaBonte Trombones Ford-Auditorium Harold Reynolds Trumpets Williams-302 Kim Donnick Euphoniums and Tubas Ford-Classroom 104 IC Tuba Quartet ) Percussion Ford-IRR* James Walker Double Bass Ford-Studio 26 Henry Neubert * IRR = Instrumental Rehearsal Room HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES CONCERT WALTER B. FORD HALL AUDITORIUM 1:00 p.m. FAIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND Donald L. Poole, director Symphony No. 1 Lord of the Rings Johan de Meij Gandalf (The Wizard) Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral Richard Wagner from Lohengrin arranged by Lucien Cailliet Festive Overture Dmitri Shostakovich arranged by Donald Hunsberger LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND J runes R. Spadafore, director Spiritual Don Gillis Rocky Point Holiday Ron Nelson El Salon Mexico Aaron Copland transcribed by Mark H. Hindsley OWEGO FREE ACADEMY CONCERT BAND Daniel Fabricius, conductor Mayflower Overture Ron Nelson Irish Tune from County Derry Percy A. Grainger Color Robert Margolis I. Stanes Morris II. Stingo III. Daphne IV. Argeers V. The Slip ITHACA COLLEGE ENSEMBLES CONCERT WALTER B. FORD HALL AUDITORIUM 2:30 p.m. TIHACA COLLEGE SYMPHONIC BAND Henry Neubert, conductor Morning Alleluias Ron Nelson Medieval Suite (1983) Ron Nelson Homage to Perotin Them Basses Getty Herschel Huffine TIHACA COLLEGE CONCERT BAND Mark Fonder, conductor Sonoran Desert Holiday (1994) Ron Nelson Medieval Suite {1983) Ron Nelson Homage to Machaut Colonial Song Percy Aldridge Grainger TIHACA COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE Rodney Winther, conductor Savannah River Holiday Ron Nelson Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Ron Nelson Resonances I Ron Nelson FAIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND Donald L. Poole, conductor Piccolo Saxophone Katie Stoutenburg Tony Russo Chris Stacy Flute Mike Smeenk Jill Benzing Kris Lavery Megan Comstock Mackie Snee Brittany Thomas Allison Schwartz Cornet Lindsey Evershed Trevor Neumann Kristin Allison Ben Price Kristi Philips Guy Piddington Colleen Meagher Amanda Irish-trumpet Erin McPartland Kevin Henry-trumpet Brian Woodall Oboe Ann Austin French Horn Heather Barmore Jamie Hamond Angela Payne Whitney Lane Lori Baldwin Clarinet James Hearne Cindy Kang Craig Pattison Adam Berkowitz Brianne Ferry Trombone Kristin Hanratty Don Chesworth Eric Hoffman Nate Blosser Rachel Schwartz Philip DiPiazza Amanda Lorraine Derek Davis Megan Lynch Natalie Keefer Baritone Horn Emily Sorge John Howe Erin Mc Connick Jeff Amadon Melanie Alexander-alto Tuba Corey Dunn Bass Clarinet Peter Laver Ed Gunzelman Jaeya DiPiazza Percussion Justin Kopp Geroge Chow Patrick McCormick Bassoon Kathy Rogers Greg Crystal Todd Stockton Cathrine Micoli Eric Wilkinson Brynn Hagerman String Bass Harp Nate Haggett PippyLowne LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND James R. Spadafore, director Oboe French Horn Karli Bedigian Jennifer Carpenter Lauren Wienclawski Katie Lewis Mandy Kline Flute J. P. Modgley Kimberly Messina Nadia Bahouth Trumpet Tina Higgins Jennifer Kline Jennifer Fisher Aaron Arnold Julei Miller Dave Amey Tara Fornaro Chris Crowe Cheryl Mellor Clarinet Mark Peltz Erin Hickey Scott Frolick Suzanne Messina Mandy Bills Trombone Katie Cowan Dave Francis Leanne Gleason Matt Donaleski Mike Tarylor Martha Conover AnnaDeVita Brian Parker Christina O'Neill Brian Imewiecki Bass Clarinet Baritone Heidi Burkett BrianAckey Joe Kochan Lisa Lorch Alto Clarinet Tuba Pauline Boyce Todd Shafer Scott Dunstone Bassoon Sarah Hoffman Percussion Torka Cannon Joe Albicelli Matt Breindel Alto Saxophone Chris Galka Jeff Gifford Laura Benedict Nick Liberatore Matthew Francescotti LeaPaventa Jennifer Finniss Tenor Saxophone Christopher Lovell String Bass Patrick Sagan Baritone Saxophone Paul Hornick Piano LauraFigal OWEGO FREE ACADEMY CONCERT BAND Daniel Fabricius, director Piccolo Soprano Clarinet Alicia O'Connor Jenelle Mullen Donna Vallese Clarinet Flute Robyn Snyder Alicia O'Connor Jenelle Mullen Michele Berry Katie Emnett Shaaz Washington Derek Andreasen Donna Vallese Kendra Craig Laura Schmidt Michelle Hurchla Erin Stewart AmyMatuza Jennifer Mansfield Jessica Porzucek Julie Thearle TaraRosar Angela Harriell Meghann Rider Rebecca Hopkins Melanie Carr Amy Sovinsky JoEllen Willis Jodie Fiacco Katie Fitzsimmons Megan Hines Melanie Rookwood Bass Clarinet Stephanie Snyder Beth Barlow Kelly Jones Amy Foos Oboe Bassoon Melanie Bush Jennifer Begeal Melanie Rightmire Melanie Carr Alto Saxophone Trumpet Dan Paquette John Harper James DeVita Erin Hibbard Jessica Harrington Robert Marshall Jason Forrest Brendan Williams Trevor Wakefield Phil Cooke Dan Hurlbut Matt Sackett Jennifer Rogers Jim Washburn Arlene Boyer Nate Prentice Blake Riek Tenor Saxophone Michelle Turner Andy Snover Doug Camin BenLWldy Karen Okrasinski NickTracz French Horn Gene Swindell Baritone Saxophone Erin Craig Nathan Craig Justin Gohl Matt Santore Mike Paquette Trombone Nathan Kunz Roger Arnold Bass Trombone Marie Wheeler Euphonium Chris Kelly David Lemmon Chris Mack Ben Robinson Tuba Nicole Kresge Percussion Brian Botsford Keith Hopkins Jason Long Laura Mansfield Jeremiah Manzer David Orzel Aaron Pletcher ITHACA COLLEGE SYMPHONIC BAND Henry G. Neubert, conductor Piccolo French Horn Melody Parker Dana Eckensburg Kristin Mozeiko Flute Jodi Gardner Cheryl Wing Jason Varga Jessica Curtis Heather Bowen Nazulci Hikida Kate Thompson Jaimie Chester Christopher Marsch Amy Rockwell SarahDeWan Trumpet/Cornet Vincent Pettinelli Eb Clarinet Adam Hill Amy Hoag Tristie Hunt Aaroo. Velanli Clarinet Robert Van Wyk Sarah MacConnell Lisa Tserkis Carl J. Van Dusen Paul Conefry Shelley Goodstine Denise Hyde Jennifer Dailey Alex Meixner ErinHladun Joel Miller MarlcNizer Cynthia Anderson Christina Bakley Susan Reside Trombone Melissa Harshbarger Robert Bruns Eric Wozniak Maria Portello-Swagel Michael Favreau Kenneth Kreuur Rebecca Dorwin Bass Clarinet Colette Routel James Trainor David Edson Elliot Long Oboe Karen Storms Lauren Urban Michele Larkin Euphonium Joanne Nelson Ryan O'Neil Cara Chaapel Ryan Banda David Seibert English Horn Rebecca West Joanne Nelson Tuba Bassoon Brian Sleeper Julie Walton Erik Miller Michelle O'Reilly Maria D'Ambrosio Benjamin Peck Contra bassoon Timpani David Resig Arthur J. Chenail Alto Saxophone Percussion David Bristol Eric Neuser Sandra Machuga Ryan Odell Daniel Meunier Tenor Saxophone Emily Lemmerman Douglas Elmendorf Plano Baritone Saxophone Amy Rockwell Michael Walls ITHACA COLLEGE CONCERT BAND 1"ark Fonder, conductor Piccolo Horn Maureen McCoy Kelby Stine Dana Lepene Flute John DeGiglio Bridget DePaola Katherine Gabriel Alexis Salaman John Georger Dayna Proctor Aimee Wilson Trombone Benji Osborne Oboe/English Horn Tracy Burke Christine Kaufmann Ralph Chartier Colleen Hopkins Brian Thomas Lesley McClelland Amara Peltier Keri McCarthy Phil Hophan Lisa Miller Bassoon Sarah Stewart Euphonium Kelly Ward Eric Spinelli Rebecca Johnson Micah Adams Matt Borek Clarinet Meredith LaDue Deborah Bianchi Jennifer Zych Tuba Diane Diffenbaugh Bryan Doughty Edward Batchelor Cecil Cosman Caren O'Brien Lance Rowe Brooke Wilson David Thayer Peggy Ho Keyboards Bass Clarinet Christopher Congdon Blake Stephen Howard l{risten Frappier Timpani Phillip Patti Saxophone Steven Bridges Percussion Scott Fairchild Emily Lemmerman Brian Czach Denise Lacey Robyn P. Forbes Stephen Katsaounis Brian Hibbard Jeffrey Saunders Garry Helbock Cornet/Trumpet Mark Girolamo Thomas P. Conti Elizabeth K. Gravatt Adam Meisenhelder Craig Lewis Jerome Doherty Nate Kaercher Jeff Rappold ITHACA COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE Rodney Winther, conductor Flute/Piccolo Bassoon Julie Harr* Chris Congdon Lori Kesner Yvonne Schwinge* Kathryn Knull Nicole McPherson Contra-bassoon Robert Tobey Kelly Ward Oboe Alto Saxophone Tracy Christmas* Todd Morrison* Anna Mattix* Scott Shirk Coa Schwab Tenor Saxophone English Horn Margret Schaefer Tracy Christmas Anna Mattix Baritone Saxophone Christopher Brown Eb Clarinet Sherylanne Branning Trumpet Amy Carpenter Clarinet Lath Freymiller Shannon Ashe+ Mitchell Gabel* Deborah Bianchi+ Eric Gerhardt Sherylanne Branning Tony Godoy Diana Cassar Thomas Schadle Andrea Cheeseman Evan Feldman Horn Michelle Hoover Heather Beyrent* Cheryl Jackling Greta Houk+ Mary Obidinski Shannon LaBonte Jeremy Reynolds Terry Martens Amy Willis* Amanda Skidmore+ Jennifer Zych+ Anna Thomas Alto Clarinet Trombone Evan Feldman Eric Hankey+ Adam Phillips* Bass Clarinet Sarah Jane Sholeen Cheryl Jackling Timothy Speicher, bass Rebecca Weissman Euphonium Bonnie Berry* Contra-bass Clarinet Rebecca Lemieux Cheryl Jackling Rebecca Weissman Members of the Wind Ensemble have been listed alphabetically to emphasize the importance of each individual and the rotation of parts within some sections. Tuba Eric Falci Ralph Wagner* Double Bass Brenden Hackett• Piano James Schneider Synthesizer John Georger Timpani Michael Overman Percussion Gus Burghdorf* Vincent Casale+ Michael Correa Robyn Forbes Brian LaAeur Don Meier Phillip Patti+ ) - Graduate Assistants Evan Feldman Robert J. Zazzara • indicates principal of the section + indicates assisting musicians THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC The Ithaca College School of Music has one of the largest undergraduate music programs of any private, non-doctoral degree granting institution in the United States. Long known for its emphasis on music performance coupled with a practical approach to music education, many leading professional performers and music educators are counted among Ithaca College School of Music alumni. Most undergraduates at Ithaca College enroll in the Bachelor of Music program, majoring in performance, music education, composition, jazz studies, or music theory. One of the most useful and popular programs combines music education and performance. This nine semester course of study prepares the student for a career in music education while also fulfilling all requirements for the degree in music performance. The Bachelor of Music in Combination with an Outside Field provides the student with the opportunity for strong musical training while also providing sufficient time for an emphasis or extensive minor outside of music. Some of the more popular fields include business and audio production. Students desiring a large amount of liberal arts may choose a music major in the Bachelor of Arts degree. A degree program in Musical Theater, offered jointly by the Department of Theater and the School of Music, serves those students interested in both theater and music. The Ithaca College School of Music also offers master's degrees in music performance, music education, composition, conducting, music theory, and Suzuki pedagogy in strings or piano. Throughout their course of study, music students perform in major ensembles chosen from the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Choir, Chorus and Women's Chorale. In addition, many participate in the Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Workshop, Percussion Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Madrigal Singers, Brass Choir and Opera and Musical Theater Workshop. Regardless of the students' degree program, Ithaca College values the importance of performance.