The Coast Guard Band Lieutenant Commander Adam R. Williamson, Director Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey A. Spenner, Assistant Director

Guilford Performing Arts Festival Sunday, September 29, 2019, 3:00 PM Guilford High School, Guilford, CT

Program

LCDR Adam Williamson, conductor

Prospect Hill – Flourish for Brass [2:00] Kathryn Salfelder

Bass Trombone Concerto [14:00] Kenneth Fuchs MU1 Wesley Mayhew, bass trombone

Comrades of the Legion – March [3:00] John Philip Sousa

Knoxville: Summer of 1915 [15:00] Samuel Barber Arranged by Kenneth Singleton MU1 Megan Weikleenget, soprano

Intermission

CWO2 Jeffrey A. Spenner, conductor

Our Director - March [3:00] F. E. Bigelow Arranged by James Swearingen Mark Gahm, guest conductor Performed with students from Guilford High School

Sea Songs [5:00] Ralph Vaughan Williams Performed with students from Guilford High School

Lincolnshire Posy [16:00] Percy Aldridge Grainger I. Lisbon (Sailor’s Song) II. Horkstow Grange (The Miser and his Man: A local Tragedy) III. Rufford Park Poachers (Poaching Song) IV. The Brisk Young Sailor (who returned to wed his True Love) V. Lord Melbourne (War Song) VI. The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song)

Armed Forces Medley [4:00] Arranged by MUC Sean Nelson

Did you know that you can listen to recent concerts on our website? Keep up to date with the U.S. Coast Guard Band On the web: www.uscg.mil/band On Facebook: facebook.com/uscoastguardband The United States Coast Guard Band LCDR Adam R. Williamson, Director CWO2 Jeffrey A. Spenner, Assistant Director

Piccolo Tenor Saxophone Percussion MUC Laura Rakel Pirruccello - San Antonio, TX MU1 Joe D’Aleo - Farmington, CT MUC Robert McEwan (p) - Albany, NY Flute* Baritone Saxophone MU1 Nathan Lassell - Arlington, VA MU1 Ryan Foley - Excelsior Springs, MO MUC Jeffrey Emerich - Fresno, CA MUC Steven Petersen - Scottville, MI MU1 Meera Gudipati - Düsseldorf, Germany Cornet/Trumpet MUC Christopher Smith - Danbury, CT MUC Laura Rakel Pirruccello MU1 Joel Baroody (p) - Herndon, VA MU1 David West - Buffalo, NY Oboe* MU1 Christopher Lane - Orlando, FL Harp MU1 Leah Bedard - Winder, GA MU1 Thomas Brown - Sparta, MI MUC Megan Sesma - Las Vegas, NV MUCS Barrett Seals - Miami, FL MU1 Bryce Call - Brier, WA Vocalist MU1 Briana Tarby - Edison, NJ MUC Gino Villarreal - Rio Grande City, TX MU1 Megan Weikleenget - Buffalo, NY English Horn MUCS Kelly Watkins - Henderson, TX Band Master Chief/ MUCS Barrett Seals French Horn MU Rate Force Master Chief Clarinet MU1 Matthew Muehl-Miller (p) - Charleston, IL MUCM Vince Yanovitch MUC Kelly Hurrell (c) - West Palm Beach, FL MU1 Timothy Bedard - Melbourne, FL Audio Engineers MUC Leah Abbott - Coral Springs, FL MU1 Bryce Nakaoka - Pearl City, HI MU1 Ian Dobie - Boise, ID MUC Chantal Hovendick - Blair, NE MUCS Brian Nichols - Bradenton, FL MUC Robert Holtorff - Omaha, NE MUC Christopher Howard - San Antonio, TX Trombone Public Affairs MU1 Noel Marcano - San Juan, Puerto Rico MU1 Karna Millen (p) - Ednia, MN MUCS Mark McCormick MUC Cedric Mayfield - Houston, TX MUC Sean Nelson - San Antonio, TX Recruiting MU1 Charlie Suriyakham - Chiang Mai, Thailand MUCM Vince Yanovitch - East Stroudsburg, PA MUC Gino Villarreal MU1 Steven Zhang - Vernon Hills, IL Bass Trombone Tour Coordinators E-flat Clarinet MU1 Wesley Mayhew - Glasgow, KY MUC Jeffrey Emerich MUC Chantal Hovendick Euphonium MUCS Kelly Watkins Bass Clarinet MUCS James Jackson III (p) - Lexington, KY MU1 Robert Durie - Parkland, FL MUC Bonnie Denton - Fairfield, IL (p) - principal chair Bassoon* Tuba (c) - concertmaster MUC Brooke Allen - Jacksonville, NC MUC Adam Crowe (p) - Guin, AL * - players rotate principal position MU1 Sean Maree - Springfield, VA MUCS Richard Denton - Monroe, CT MU1 Tyler Wilkins - Erlanger, KY MUC Stephen Lamb - Plano, TX MU1—Musician 1st Class Contraforte String Bass MUC—Chief Musician MU1 Tyler Wilkins MUCS Mark McCormick - St. Louis, MO MUCS—Senior Chief Musician Alto Saxophone* MUCM—Master Chief Musician MUC Greg Case - Doylestown, PA MUCS Joshua Thomas - Plano, TX

Featured Soloists Musician 1st Class Wesley Mayhew, bass trombone, is a native of Glasgow, Kentucky. He received a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a master’s degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Prior to his appointment as bass trombonist with the U.S. Coast Guard Band in 2008, Wesley performed with the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras, the Nashville Symphony, and the Louisville Orchestra, and was a freelance musician and teacher throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, , and West Virginia. In Kentucky, Wesley maintained a regular position as bass trombonist with the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. He has also been featured as a guest soloist with many groups including the WKU Wind Ensemble, the Larry A. Ryle High School Wind Ensemble, and the Southern Kentucky Concert Band. His primary trombone teachers and musical influences include Peter Norton, David Vining, Ken Haddix, and Jim Beckel.

Since joining the USCG Band in 2010, Musician 1st Class Megan Weikleenget, soprano, has performed for audiences across the United States. A versatile performer, MU1 Weikleenget has showcased musical styles ranging from Classical to Musical Theater to Jazz. She has performed at the International World Symphonic Band Conference in Chiayi City, and the renowned National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. She has also been a soloist with The Collegiate Chorale, The Dessoff Choir, and The Berkshire Bach Society with conductor James Bagwell.

MU1 Weikleenget holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance and from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from New England Conservatory. In 2010, she attended Bard College's Vocal Arts Program (Red Hook, NY), under the direction of Dawn Upshaw and Kayo Iwama. In 2009, MU1 Weikleenget made her Carnegie Hall debut through the Composing Song Workshop conducted by Ms. Upshaw and Osvaldo Golijov. Her teachers include Dr. Deborah Massell and Patricia Misslin. Off the stage, Megan enjoys spending time with her husband Ethan and their children.