ANCHOR BAY BAND BOOSTER EXECUTIVE BOARD The Anchor Bay High School Instrumental Music Department Tom Stanton, President Chris Worton, Vice President - Fundraising proudly presents the Kathy Simpson, Vice President - Bingo

Holly Bennett, Treasurer Dean Larson, Student Accounts CONCERT BAND Lynnette O’Brien, Secretary

P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director and the

ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SYMPHONIC BAND Ms. Judy Stefanac, Principal Mr. Hank Anderson, Assistant Principal in a Mr. Vic Balaj, Assistant Principal

Mrs. Sherry Kenwood, Assistant Principal WINTER CONCERT

UPCOMING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EVENTS

1/13/04 — Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM, ABHS Band Room)

1/22/04 — Jazz Ensemble Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) 2/12/04 - 2/14/04 — CMU Jazz Festival (Mt. Pleasant, MI) 2/24/04 — AB Pre-Festival Concert (TBA, ABHS) Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3/5/04 or 3/6/04 — MSBOA District 16 Band Festival (TBA) 7:30 P.M. 4/7/04 — Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM, ABHS) Anchor Bay High School Auditorium 5/6/04 — Band Booster Meeting (7:00PM. ABHS) 5/12/04 — Spring Instrumental Music Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) 5/13/04 — Spring Instrumental Music Concert (7:30PM, ABHS) Michael R. Sauer, Instrumental Music Director 5/20/04 - 5/23/04 — Chicago Trip! P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director 6/1/04 — Instrumental Music Banquet Jennifer Martinico, Student Teacher PROGRAM SYMPHONIC BAND

CONCERT BAND PICCOLO CLARINET FRENCH HORN Apryl O'Leary Heather Green* Crystal Dillon Stephanie White Melissa Meteyer* Courtney Dornburg The Coast Guard’s March...... …………...... ………....K. King Amanda Ruhlman Elise Holderbaum Amanda Shirey Jeff Payne*+ FLUTE Derek Jones Amanda April Jamie McCullough Apple Island ...... ….………..….……...... J. Curnow Theresa Chirio BASSOON Genna Randazzo* Brittani Cunningham Ben Hanson+ Karen Rosenbusch Caroline Haas* Jenna Hill A Christmas Collection……………...……………..E. Del Borgo Lindsay Hornibrook ALTO SAXOPHONE Antoinette Klempay* Jackie Heide TROMBONE Carolyn Murray Cassie Bienenstein Jeanine Blom* Melinda Redwine Bobby Caretti Dan Groth Amanda Trembley Brandon DeCaluwe*+ Deanna Hines SYMPHONIC BAND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Nicole Vanderhoff Erica Deforest Sarah Janulis* Melinda Maddock Dani Kopson Jingle Bells?……………………….…………………arr. M. Paich Jody Shields* John McQuiston OBOE Christina Summers Meghan Root+ Chelsey Mittlestat Jarett Smith Kim Stemp SAXOPHONE CLARINET Dylan Campbell* SYMPHONIC BAND Vida Austin Patrick O'Brien* EUPHONIUM Shaina Barry Rachel Olivares Josh Bennett* ...... ……...... R. Vaughn Williams Amy Bowron Maxwell Price Kyle Green Jessica Haag Jessica Keller Jessica Irwin Daniel Michelson* III. March Michael Johnson II SAXOPHONE Jeremy Rhodes Paige Laemmerman Amy Bowron Kristen Long Darryl Hentrich Tiffany Reeves Josh Stros* TUBA Cajun Folk Songs…………....……..………..……....….F. Ticheli Theresa Robichaud Bryn Watnoski* Jessica Bannasch + Jason Saghy* Candice Forrest* Jessica White Eric Kociemba I. La Belle et le Capitaine Courtney Wynne* TRUMPET Matt Wagner*+ II. Belle Nicole Zvara Mike Abele Matt Accivatti Joshua Burns* PERCUSSION ALTO CLARINET Brian Colbert Eric Anderson Salvation is Created…..…..Tschesnokoff / arr. Houseknecht Alaena Parsons Jeremy Glefke Billy Andrews Aaron Qualls Kelly Grossman Shawn Crowl Andrew Karasinski* Sean Demers Thaddeus Kulczycki Scott Larson* Suite…………...Tschaikowsky/arr. Johnson Richard Reece Joshua Miller* Chris Roehr Joe Monsur Sarah Tucker Christopher Murray* Robert Nowak Stephanie Szabo Immediately following tonight’s concert, please join us in the cafeteria * Denotes Section Leader for an afterglow and a performance by the ABHS Jazz Ensemble. + Denotes East Shore Honors Band

, a move- Salvation Is Salvation is Cre- choral works, choral works, ,

tral works, including tral works, Romeo and Juliet (1868). From this period

alla Marcia Scherzo Tuba Concerto, (1872); the Piano Concerto no. 1

The Voyevoda contains ch. The original Russian text is as follows: ch. The is as follows: original Russian text rformed by as anensem-wind individual work poser after the death of Sir Edward Elgar in jured, Tchaikovsky made extensive alterations jured, Tchaikovsky er and pianist Anton Rubinstein, from whom er and pianist Anton Rubinstein, from whom oncerto was dedicatedoncerto originally to Nicholas was tale of the little girl, who, having indulged her-tale of the little girl, who, ed by “Nutcracker, the Prince of ed by Fairyland.” The s other works froms other this period, asworks Nationalism in he revised composition and made it a part of his ns Guido von Bülow, who ns Guido von Bülow, rewardedwho the courtesy vement and skillful use of folklike melodies, it vement and skillful use of folklike

lliluya (Salvation is created in the lliluya (Salvation is of the midst s life-long interestnearly and research in English s first concert tour of the United States (1875- lled “Winter Daydreams,”1868), no. 2 (1873; subse- earch and publication, church music, music for ne symphonies and other orches , Toccata Marziale, FlourishSea Songs, Toccata Marziale, for Wind was written for the Russian Imperial , and first and arranged by Bruce Houseknect Symphony No. 8 ”), and no. 3 (1875); and the overture (1869) and -century English-century From 1938 intil death, his national school. th was born in Votkinsk, Russia in the western Ural area of the in the western was born in Votkinsk, Russia SALVATION IS SALVATION CREATED

PROGRAM NOTES Undine other, obtained for the post of teacher Tchaikovsky harmony at Nutcracker Suite was born Ampney, in Down, was England in 1872, and died in London in was composed for British military composedband in for British military 1924. It is the threewas movements THE NUTCRACKER SUITE (Selections from)

, along with the two Suites by Gustav Holst, was one Suites , along the two of the firstby with Gustav Holst, was in works (arr. Beeler). His Pevel TschesnokoffPevel ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE III, (MOVEMENT SONG MARCH) FOLK ENGLISH Peter IlyichTchaikovsky has become a standard literature. in wind It is a Russian Orthodox Communion hymn has become a favorite in the Russian Orthodox chur in the work and reinscribed it to German pianist Ha performingby the concerto on the occasion of hi 1876). Rubinstein the merit later acknowledged of t own repertoire. for its dramatic first mo Well known performed in 1892. It is based on the Hoffman fairy Christmas self with goodies, dreams on Christmas night that she again sees the tree lighted in all its allsplendor, and dolls the toys while l are in revelry, decided to use the most such Tchaikovsky popular numbersballet met with success that and ar- range a suite. (1869; revised in 1870 and 1880). The B-flat piano c Rubinstein, who pronounced it unplayable. Deeply in becamesubsequently one of the most frequently played of all piano concertos. The dainty and bewitching in B-flat Minor (1875); the symphonies no. 1 (ca quently revisedquently and titled “Little Russian 1934, and he the leader of was 20 devoted to composition, folk song res time was amateur use. His main contributions include ni 1958. He as Britain’s leading com was acknowledged earth, O God. Alleluia). God. Alleluia). earth, O Created andbased on a simple chant melody Psalm 74. Since the fall of Soviet Union, ated A Bozhe. Spaseniye Sodelal Yesi Posrede Zemli Composed by Russian in Saint Petersburg andcountry. He studied law took music classes at the Saint Petersburg Conser- There vatory. his teachers included Russian compos subsequently took advanced instructi on in orchestration.Tchaikovsky In 1866 composer-pianist Anton's br Nicholas Rubinstein, Conservatory.the There the composeryoung met dramatist Os- Aleksandr Nikolayevich who trovsky, wrote first opera, the libretto for Tchaikovsky's also date Tchaikovsky’s solo works such as the works solo Tallis, by Thomas on the Theme Variations music flourished during the years music flourished thebetween two world wars. folk songs. Folk sources can be found in many of folk songs. Folk hi ment composed for entirely wind section and often pe bles. English Folk Song Suite (March-Seventeen Come Sunday, Intermezzo-My Boy,Bonny and March-Folk Songs from is approximatelySummerset). Based in its entirety the on folk entirely nine and work music sources, one-half minutes long. Suite Song English Folk composed for band. Vaughanwind repertoire Williams’s of compositionsically this century’s specif use of folk music materials can be attributed to hi operas, and several works for band, including Band, and Rhosymedre

Joy To The World;Joy To onsultant for Curnow strives to capture the

s for orchestra, chorus, and chamber O Come All Ye Faithful. and O Come many composition prizes. Elliot Anthony Anthony compositionmany prizes. Elliot musicians who, with bright eyes and strong with musicians who, pay homagepay to the colorful and charismatic ill, used the island as a retreat and is actually as a retreat and is actually the island ill, used in Paintersville, Ohio, in 1891, but his family in 1891, but his family Ohio, in Paintersville, that is still used today in their sacred religious that is still used today rk (BS, 1960), Temple(EdM, 1962), University . He is also an experienced teacher and is ) and the Craneat the Univer- School of Music he played first inhe played the Canton “Marine” Band and nt). During his long tenure heat the university, t) during his early school experience. He re- how Bradford; his academic director, William how State University (Detroit, Michigan) and at Michi- State University mphony Band with the composer conducting.

Apple Island Legend mposer, and educational c me he was 17 King me he had his first composition pub- was 18, 1997, Apple Island Legend’s premiere perform- where he studied theory and composition with formal music instruction consisted of four piano consisted of formal music instruction Cohen and the supporters of the Orchard Lake land and with a cedar forest, which is now and a cedar uninhab- is now with land forest, which gan), he where was a euphonium student of Leonard APPLE ISLAND LEGEND ISLAND APPLE COAST GUARD’S MARCH A CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONA PROGRAM NOTES oser-in-residence College in of on the faculty Asbury Wilmore, Ken- significant music for concert band, significant music for band,symphonic and brass cturer, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout the United States. contains a medley of holiday favorites contains a medley which include: is a highly respected composer of score is a highly was born in Port was Huron, Michigan and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan. He lives in

James Curnow where he is president, co Nicholasville, Kentucky publishers of Music Press, Inc., received His formal training tucky. at Wayne was (Eastgan State University Lansing, Michi Falcone, and a conducting student of Dr. Harry Begian. Mr. by Larry has beenThis work commissioned School Band program, Douglas conductor. At the Mid-WesternMichigan Middle Blackwell, Music Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January ance featured the Orchard Lake Middle School Sy Apple Island Legend is dedicated to the many young hearts, share their gift of music. in the center of Orchard Apple Island is located Lake the boundaries of and lies within of the City is Orchard Lake Village, Michigan. It is a small ited but once a Cherokee andwas Indian Chippewa reservation. Apple Island has a number of legends of its own. Best known all seems to be that Chief Pontiac (Bowon-diac 1720-1769), a person of great energy, intelligence and oratorical sk buried somewhere near Chief Pontiac’s Mound. beauty of the island and surrounding area and to life of the Native American chant (not exact quotes) ceremonies. band. He also serves as Comp Elliot Del Borgo as for over 135 groups, as workswell for band wind sought after as a clinician, le His honors include membership in the ABA (1993) and Del Borgo began(including trumpe study his music ceived degrees from the State University of New Yo and the Philadelphia Conservatory (MM, 1962), and trumpet with Vincent Persichetti Gilbert Johnson. In 1973 he granted a doctoralwas equiva- by the Stateof New lency York. Del University Borgo’s teaching career includes instrumental mu- (1960-1966 schools of Philadelphia sic in the public of New sity York in Potsdam (from 1966 to retireme became chairman of the department of theory, literature, and composition. Christmas CollectionA WithWhatAs Gladness; Deck The Halls; This? Child Is Karl Lawrence King began his long career in music he at the age of 11 boughtwhen a cornet with earnedmoney bornby He selling newspapers. was moved to Canton, there Ohio in 1902, and that it was he began lessons on the cornet. He soon exchanged that instrument for a euphonium, which Band. His only later in the local Thayer Military lessons and one harmony lesson from a musical s education ended thewith eighth grade. the By ti lished.

attend live concerts. Because but there are appropriate moments to ing a performance. The click of a prepared of with some type cough drops or ur foot, bouncing your legs, etc. Pagers and y distracting to the performer, y but to every d by little things that may seem trivial to d by little things that may seem help audience members show respect to the it may be best that it may exit the auditoriumyou until to the next. “Hooting and hollering” is not appro- ent) is finished, then discreetly take the nearest beep on the hour should also be turned off. talk (even can be heard)whispering during a musical deration, performers and the audience will have a racting. Pictures should be taken after the - Never enter or exit the auditorium during a performance. If perience as they perform andperience as they perform distracting to the performers and audience members. CONCERT ETIQUITTE CONCERT - Performers appreciatealways applause, - Refrain from taking photographs any dur - program,Avoid rustling your tapping yo - Leave enough and early time allow for parking and traffic. If you do arrive late, wait It is hard to avoid a spontaneous cough. Be

- Talking should not be tolerated. It is not onl

- Children need exposure to good music and live performances. If youngyour child be- - camera and especially the flash are dist very camera and especially performance. Children of a performance,gins to get restless in the middle calmer times prevail. edicts of respect and consi By following basic more pleasurable and meaningful ex they have worked so hard for their performance, the students on stage deserve to be treated with respect. These high-pitched beeps are Coughing come a soft Many with wax-papercandies. Avoid cellophane wrappers. wrapping that be much will less noisy. Taking Pictures performance. If to someone aroundplease stop. is talking, ask them nicely you Other Noises cell phones should be turned off. Watches set to person in the audience. It is just plain rude to person in the audience. It is just A performer's intense concentration can be interrupte audience members. The following suggestions will performers on stage as well other of the audience. Thismembers to do will help the performers their best. To Applaud When applaud. In a multi-movement work, applaud after all movements are completed. the This allows of from the continuity piece to flow one movement priate in the concert setting. Arrival Time the doorsby until the first piece (not just a movem seat available. Entering and Exiting the Auditorium you must enter or exit, please until the wait performance on stage has been completed. The most appropriate times to move about are during audience applause or set changes. Talking

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TUBA Belle , is in Bryan Potts Bryan Allie Dettloff Nova Jumer La Belle at le Leon Calvert Katie Snyder Katie Snyder TROMBONE Joey Spezia Sam Festian EUPHONIUM Archive of Music Markie Nagel Heather Eliasz Chris McCuien Kevin Harless PERCUSSION Stephen Wilber Melanie Worton Jonathan Bryson

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TRUMPET Gary Binger Gary Melissa Koyl TENOR SAX Tim Steffens Carrie Curnutt Trent LaForest Jessie Mullens Jennifer Londo Tyler Slasinski Tyler Michael Roy Jr. the University of Michigan. His principal com- FRENCH HORN BARITONE SAX BARITONE colonists who began settling in Nova Scotia colonists who Kristen Vennettilli Brandon Schlacht for bands are in that category. Clare Grund- folk songs from around the world. Cajuns are

is one of the most common compositional tech- ment may provide ment may a great challenge, but when

* and Postcard. e Bassett, William Albright, and George Wilson. * and brighter temp and spirit. The dance-like charac- ssion. The two movements total 206 measures and s many honorss many include a Charles Ives Scholarship and he Pacific Symphony he Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Mu-

sting Cajun folk songs. The commissioned and work was

CAJUN FOLK SONGSCAJUN FOLK the Dorian mode. The melody is stated three times starting

CONCERT BAND CONCERT OBOE PROGRAM NOTES Liz Wilkins Jes Wilson Jacqui Self ALTO SAX CLARINET Leah Welch Lauren Hawk Courtney AprilCourtney Jackie Drugan Michelle Heike Kari Robertson Jessica Rustoni Christie Cloutier Catherine Mavis Gina Mastronardi Jesiqua Gonzales Jacqueline Calvin Ashana McPherson

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was 21, born on January 1958, in Monroe, Louisiana. raised He in Texas and was

, is flowing, plaintive song in , is flowing, FLUTE PICCOLO Paul Henry Blair Lacelle Sarah Sorise Molly Hothem Nicole Becker Rachel Riebel Crystal Barker Marie Buckner Monica Alexie Lauren Russell Jennifer Hoover Stefanie Rowley Stephaine Sorise Meghan Dornburg ALTO CLARINET ALTO BASS CLARINET BASS Amanda Schwager in the Library of Congress. The songs of these two movements are part of that collection. direct contrast to the first due to its much faster ter and frequent meter shifts of this second move properly preformed, create a memorable impre six and one-half minutes long. Basing compositions for band wind on folk songs niques. Most of ’s tremendous output man, too, has composed based on dozens of works descendents of the Acadians, a group early French around 1604. In 1755 they resettled in South Louisiana. Alan and John Lomax traveled to South Louisiana in 1934 to collect and record numerous Cajun fold songs in the field for with alto saxophonewith and continues to add textural movement, thickness. The second Capitaine hold degrees from Southern Methodist and University Frank Ticheli Bolcolm, Lesli position teachers include William currently composer in residenceTicheli is of t of Southernsic at the University California. Hi a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, the Ross Lee FinnyAward, the Walter Beeler Prize, and a resi- at the dency Colony. MacDowell He that has ten have been publishedworks for band, including: Grace, Amazing Gaian Visions, Pacific Fanfare, creative contra setting of two This is a very premiered in 1990 the by Murchison Middle School Band, Austin, Texas. The first,