Wind Symphony Personnel PROGRAM NOTES Composer Donald Grantham is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes in composition, including the Prix Lili Boulanger, University of Florida Wind Symphony the Nissim/ASCAP Orchestral Composition Prize, First Prize in the Concordia Chamber Symphony’s Awards to American Carnival David A. Waybright, Conductor ~ Archie G. Birkner IV, Timpani Composer’s, a Guggenheim Fellowship, three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, three First Prizes in the NBA/ Flute and Piccolo Bassoon Horn Percussion Paul Basler William Revelli Competition, two First Prizes in the ABA/Ostwald Competition, and First Prize in the National Opera Association’s Commissioned by and written for the Brevard Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the orchestra’s 15th anniversary. Christopher Biennial Composition Competition. His music has been praised for its “elegance, sensitivity, lucidity of thought, clarity of expres- Charley Andersen Benjamin Pickos Natalie Adcock Jarrett Branch Confessore is the Music Director and principal conductor. The work is a fast, joyous, celebratory piece; a wind and percussion tour sion and fine lyricism” been performed by the orchestras of Cleveland, Dallas, Atlanta and the American Composers Orchestra de force, conjuring up images and sounds of American small town carnivals. Carnival follows a long tradition of works written in Marissa Bradford Kelsey Rowlings Heather Fultz Beth Dippon among many others, and he has fulfilled commissions in media from solo instruments to opera. His music is published by response to local festivals. The listener can picture the noisy arcade with its barkers, carnival rides, and the quiet shaded and all too Piquant Press, Peer-Southern, E.C. Schirmer and Mark Foster, and a number of his works have been commercially recorded on Christina Colletti Greg Lavine Craig Giordano Shawen Ilaria rare places of rest from the overpowering sensory experience that is the carnival. the Klavier, Gasparo, Centaur and Summit labels. The composer resides in Austin, Texas and is Professor of Composition at the Melissa Garcia Valery Neiberger Jonathan Moore Hailee Mertz University of Texas at Austin. He is coauthor of The Technique of Orchestraion with Kent Kennan. It Perched for Vespers Nine Cynthia Matty Mike Nelson Shane Reeves Joel Puckett ! Music for Prague 1968 Emily Whitman Alexis Thompson Rickie Santiago It Perched for Vespers Nine is derived from the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and is the longest major poem by the Eng- Alto Saxophone Karel Husa F lish poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and written in 1797–1799. The Mariner’s tale begins with his ship descending on their journey; Allie Kirk Luke Thatcher Karel Husa Music for Prague 1968 was commissioned by the Ithaca College Concert Band and composed during the summer A O despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven off course by a storm and, driven south, eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross R and fall of 1968 for the capital city of Czechoslovakia. The work was premiered by the commissioning ensemble in Washington, Clarinet Timothy Robinson Trombone ISE O appears and leads them out of the Antarctic; even as the albatross is praised by the ship’s crew, the Mariner shoots the bird down. D.C., on January 31, 1969, Dr. Kenneth Snapp conducting, in a concert for the Music Educators National Conference. Three main Russell Brown Stefanie Acevedo Piano THE R The other sailors are angry with the Mariner, as they thought the albatross brought the South Wind that led them out of the Antarctic. ideas bind the composition together. The first and most important is an old Hussite war song from the 15th century, “Ye Warriors However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears. The crime arouses the wrath of of God and His Law,” a symbol of resistance and hope for hundreds of years, whenever fate lay heavy on the Czech nation. It Sarah Bushey Tenor Saxophone Blair Castle David O’Neill supernatural spirits who then pursue the ship “from the land of mist and snow”; the south wind which had initially led them from the has been utilized also by many Czech composers, including Smetana in My Country. The beginning of this religious song is land of ice now sends the ship into uncharted waters, where it is becalmed. Christina Cruder Brian Runda Michael Eichner announced very softly in the first movement by the timpani and concludes in a strong unison (Chorale). The song is never used in its entirety. The second idea is the sound of bells throughout; Prague, named also the City of “Hundreds of Towers,” has used its Erin Cushing Alex VanDuuren String Bass Joel Puckett is the son of a dixieland jazz musician and a classical tubist. He spent his childhood improvising with his father and magnificently sounding church bells as calls of distress as well as of victory. The last idea is a motif of three chords first appear- learning the fundamentals of both concert and popular music. He has recently completed his D.M.A. in composition from the Danielle Drapiza Baritone Lauren Kingry ing very softly under the piccolo solo at the beginning of the piece, in flutes, clarinets, and horns. Later it reappears at extremely University of . His composition teachers have included William Balcom, Michael Daugherty, Bright Sheng, Will Averitt, strong dynamic levels, for example, in the middle of the Aria. Joshua Duermeyer Saxophone Euphonium and Thomas Albert. Formerly a cantor at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Detroit, he has also been an active performer of both Kevin Jouannic Paul Johnson Donovan Howe Executive Producer: contemporary and cabaret works. Dr. Puckett has recently been hailed in the Washington Post as both “a visionary” and “gifted”. Different techniques of composing as well as orchestrating have been used in Music for Prague 1968 and some new sounds David Waybright His music has been heard and recognized throughout the US and in Europe. The recent past has brought the premiere of two song Eric Lubarsky Chris Sharp explored, such as the percussion section in the Interlude, the ending of the work, et. Much symbolism also appears: in addition Producer: cycles and several awards including a BMI Award, a grant from the department of humanities at the and a to the distress calls in the first movement (Fanfares), the unbroken hope of the Hussite song, sound of bells, or the tragedy Chelsea Negray Trumpet Rackham Dissertation Grant from the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan. John Laverty (Aria), there is also the bird call at the beginning (piccolo solo), symbol of the liberty which the City of Prague has seen only for Keith Northover Michael Butler Tuba Recording, Editing, moments during its thousand years of existence. Baron Cimetière’s Mambo Mastering Engineer: Marjorie Shearer Peter Duarte Stanley Figaro Donald Grantham Backwater Catfish Dave St. Onge Baron Cimetière’s Mambo was commissioned by Neil Jenkins and Nikki Pilato for the J.P. Taravella High School Wind Orchestra in Ricky Williams Taylor Graham Phillip Fretwell Paul Richards Art design and layout: Coral Springs, Florida. John LaCognata Backwater Catfish is a southeastern prelude with some local flavor, written for the University of Florida Wind Symphony, David Myda Iamiceli “In Voodoo lore, Baron Cimetière is the loa (spirit) who is the keeper and guardian of cemeteries. Depictions of him are, needless Waybright, conductor. The treatment is more like an expanded big band than a symphonic wind section, with brief solo figures Oboe Shane Padgett Recorded on to say, quite chilling. He is usually pictured in dark tailcoat and tall dark hat, like an undertaker, wearing dark glasses with one lens tossed around the ensemble over a bed of percussion and low brass. Paul Richards is an associate professor of composition with Stuart Hemmenway Jason Prover May 4-6, 2008 at the missing. He carries a cane, smokes cigars, and is a notorious mocker and trickster. The Haitian dictator ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier is said the School of Music at the University of Florida. Kristin Naigus Charles Vaughan Curtis M. Phillips Center to have adopted his sartorial style in order to intimidate any opponents who were practitioners of Voodoo. I first came across Baron on the campus of the Cimetière in Russell Bank’s fascinating novel Continental Drift, which deals with the collision between American and Haitian culture Raise the Roof Samantha Pensis University of Florida. during the “boat people” episodes of the late 1970s and early ‘80s. Voodoo is a strong element of that novel, and when my mambo Michael Daughtery began to take on a dark, mordant, sinister quality, I decided to link it to the Baron.” Raise the Roof brings the timpani into the ensemble foreground as the foundation of a grand acoustic construction. This piece — Donald Granth gives the timpanist the rare opportunity to play long expressive melodies, and a tour de force cadenza. The timpanist uses a wide variety of performance techniques: extensive use of foot pedals for melodic tuning of the drums, placement of a cymbal upside Archie G. Birkner IV, timpanist down on the head of the lowest drum to play glissandi rolls, and striking the drums with regular mallets, wire brushes, maraca Biographies Acknowledgements Archie G. Birkner IV is the Assistant Director of Bands at the University sticks, and even bare hands. Another compositional building block in Raise the Roof is a brooding theme reminiscent of a College of Fine Arts / School of Music University of Florida Student Government medieval plain chant, first heard in the timpani and the flutes and later in the strings and tuba. This theme is repeated and passed David A. Waybright, conductor of Florida where he serves as Associate Director of the Gator Marching Lucinda Lavelli, Dean University Athletic Association around in canons and fugues and other permutations throughout the ensemble to create elaborate patterns as in a gothic cathe- Dr. David A. Waybright received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Band and Director of Pep Bands, and he conducts Concert Bands as John A. Duff, Director, School of Music dral. The lively melody for the ensemble combines rock and latin rhythms. The music is a cascade of major and minor triads, like The School of Music laying down bricks and stones to build up a ‘wall of sound.’ Raise the Roof rises toward a crescendo of polyrhythms and dynamic Arts degrees at Marshall University and the Doctor of Musical Arts well as teaches courses in undergraduate conducting and percussion University of Florida Band Staff The School of Music, organized within the College of Fine contrasts, allowing the ensemble to construct a grand new space for performing music of the past, present, and future. degree in orchestral conducting from the Cincinnati College-Conser- skills. He is also actively involved in supervising student teachers. David A. Waybright, Director of Bands Arts, plays an important role in the academic and cultural vatory of Music. He taught initially at Wahama High School in Mason, John M. Watkins, Jr., Associate Director of Bands life of the University and the community. The School has Prior to his appointment at the University of Florida, Mr. Birkner held Archie G. Birkner IV, Assistant Director of Bands thirty-five full-time and six adjunct faculty, serving some Glory of the Yankee Navy West Virginia and since that time has served as Director of Bands at positions in the public schools as the Assistant Director of Bands at Gary Langford, Director of Jazz Studies four-hundred graduate and undergraduate music majors. The Glory of the Yankee Navy was first composed as a song for the musical comedy, The Yankee Girl in 1909 to be sung by its Ferrum College, Plymouth State College, and Director of Bands and College Park High School and Knox Junior High in The Woodlands, John LaCognata, Doctoral Conducting Associate Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., and the star, Blanche Ring (the reigning musical comedy star of the time). While the success of the song was limited, Sousa set about Orchestra at McNeese State University. Dr. Waybright is currently Di- Moises Paiewonsky, Doctoral Conducting Associate Ph.D in Music and Music Education. Program emphases creating one of his most spirited and melodic concert marches from the material that same year. This edition creates the sounds Texas, as well as similar positions in Tomball, Texas and La Porte, Texas. Chris Sharp, Doctoral Conducting Associate include performance, music education, theory, composi- of Sousa’s own interpretation of this march with his world famous band. rector of Bands at the University of Florida, where he holds the rank of Charles J. Vaughan, Doctoral Conducting Associate tion, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, professor and is the head of the conducting area. He directs the wind He received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Claudio Re, Doctoral Conducting Associate conducting, and sacred music. All degree programs are Easter Monday on the Whitehouse Lawn symphony and supervises the band program and the graduate and undergraduate Percussion Performance degrees from the University of Florida where Michael Butler, Graduate Conducting Associate accredited by NASM, NCATE, and the Southern Associa- Erin Cushing, Graduate Conducting Associate tion of Colleges and Schools. John Philip Sousa conducting curricula. he studied under Dr. Kenneth Broadway, Dr. David Waybright, and Matt Sexton. Easter egg-rolling in Washington is an American tradition, which began during President James Madison’s administration. Dolly Chelsea Negray, Graduate Conducting Associate Wind Symphony Madison, charming wife of the president, initiated this tradition in 11816, perhaps patterned after the ancient Egyptian ceremony Dr. Waybright is in demand as a guest conductor and clinician with wind bands, orchestras, and His professional experience includes performances with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Melanie Driscoll, Graduate Assistant The Wind Symphony is the premier concert ensemble of rolling colored eggs toward the pyramids. In the American version, children roll colored eggs with spoons, and the child with Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, and Trommel Percussion Laura Shannonhouse, Administrative Assistant for the university band program, which includes twelve choirs, and has appeared in that capacity in most of the 50 states, throughout Europe, Asia and Mary Lou Pearce, Administrative Assistant the fastest egg wins. Ensemble. His professional affiliations include the Florida Music Educators Association, Florida different concert and athletic band ensembles. The Australia. He has held residencies at many of the nation’s leading music schools. In addition, he is Kristin Davis, Librarian Wind Symphony is world renowned and has performed The 44th Congress banned egg-rolling on the Capitol grounds in 1880, whereupon President Rutherford B. Hayes invited chil- Bandmasters Association, Percussive Arts Society, Phi Mu Alpha, and (Honorary). Stanley Figaro, Librarian dren to continue this exciting activity on the White House lawn. President Benjamin Harrison introduced music for the event in active in the commissioning and performance of new music and has won the praise of composers throughout the and abroad. They have Mr. Birkner is an Educational Endorser of Promark Sticks and Mallets. He remains an active clini- Valery Neiberger, Librarian commissioned and premiered many new works and have 1889, with Sousa directing the Marine Band. Thus Sousa was present at three egg rolls before leaving the Marine Corps, and it such as Dana Wilson, Michael Torke, Donald Grantham, John Corigliano and Leslie Bassett for his Ricky Williams, Librarian is probable that his own children participated. The event has been held there ever since and has grown in popularity to the extent cian/performer across the United States. been instrumental in furthering the repertory of the wind that it now rates much media coverage. interpretation of their works. There are many recordings available featuring the University of Florida Winds and Percussion Faculty band. There are many recordings available of the Wind Wind Symphony under his direction. Dr. Waybright is an elected member of the American Band- Paul Basler, Horn Symphony through Mark Records. The ensemble has Easter Monday on the White House Lawn is the third movement of the suite Tales of a Traveler, written by Sousa around 1910. performed numerous concerts at every important music masters Association and a lifetime member of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and En- Kenneth Broadway, Percussion Joyce Davis, Trumpet conference over the past twenty years. Men of Florida sembles. He is also a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators Mitchell Estrin, Clarinet UF Bands on Compact Disc Henry Fillmore National Conference and Florida Music Educators Association. Ensembles under his direction have Jonathan Helton, Saxophone Henry Fillmore had enjoyed a rich successful career as a composer, arranger, conductor, and guest conductor in Cincinnati, Stravinsky & Friends Arnold Irchai, Bassoon Durian Music Ohio when he started going to Florida for his annual winter vacations. Eventually, he began having health problems. In 1938, his performed invited concerts at conferences sponsored by all of those organizations. Dr. Waybright is Arthur Jennings, Trombone The Art of the Serenade doctor told him that he had six months to live, so he suggested that Henry might be better off moving permanently to the warmer also a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha, Tau Beta Sigma and James Jenkins, Tuba/Euphonium Dances and Dreams climate of Florida, where he enjoyed 18 more great years helping bands and writing music. Henry Fillmore not only helped the Kappa Kappa Psi. He is a National Arts Associate honorary of Sigma Alpha Iota. Leslie Odom, Oboe Mountain Music bands and band directors in his newly adopted state, he was instrumental in starting bands in every part of the state which did not Kristen Stoner, Flute Française et Américaine Musique already have one. He was a great influence on the growth and development of bands in Florida, and his legacy continues today Special Thanks 01-01-00 (Millenium Concert Live) with the strong band programs throughout the state. In 1948, a Miami high school director and friend of Henry’s, Fred McCall, Symphonies, Circuses and Songs became the band director at the University of Miami. That same year, Henry’s friend, Harold B. Bachman, left the University of Bernie Machen, President, University of Florida Chicago to become the band director at the University of Florida. Bachman soon asked Fillmore to compose a march for the Janie Fouke, Provost Website Information band. The result of this request was the march Men of Florida, which Fillmore told Bachman was written for him. The public Russell Robinson, Music Education Area Head www.ufbands.ufl.edu dedication for the march declared that it was a gift “to all Florida.”

R aise the Roo f E THE RO AIS OF! 7342-MCD R 1 Carnival Carl Fischer...... Paul Basler 4:42

2 It Perched for Vespers Nine Joel Pucket Music...... Joel Puckett 11:19 University of Florida Wind Symphony

3 Baron Cimetière’s Mambo Piquant Press...... Donald Grantham 5:16

Music for Prague 1968 Associated Music Publishers...... Karel Husa

4 I. Introduction and Fanfare...... 6:13 5 II. Aria ...... 5:14 6 III. Interlude ...... 3:57 7 IV. Toccata and Chorale ...... 7:28

8 Backwater Catfish Paul Richards Music...... Paul Richards 3:43

9 Raise the Roof Hendon/Boosey & Hawkes...... Michael Daughtery 13:10 University of Florida Wind Symphony 10 Glory of the Yankee Navy Ludwig Masters...... ed. Loras J. Schissel John Philip Sousa 3:20

11 Easter Monday on the Whitehouse Lawn...... ed. R. Mark Rogers John Philip Sousa 2:19

John Church/T. Presser/Carl Fischer 7342-MCD

12 Men of Florida Fillmore Bros./Carl Fischer .Henry Fillmore arranged by Robert E. Foster 2:18

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