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FLUTE BARI SAXOPHONE PICCOLO BASS CLARINET BASS TROMBONE Anna Olander Jasmine Velasquez Heidi Uhl Kathlyn McConnell Karissa Fjeldheim SCHOOL OF Mallory Obenauf Caleb Huisman Nick Krejci Noelle Yost FLUTE SAXOPHONE Meagan Woodard TRUMPET Kate Weldon Matt Nicholson, alto EUPHONIUM Delaney Schaffner Ryan Benson Jenna Schmidt Miranda Henry, alto Blaine Schmidt MUSIC Kimberly Welzenbach Amanda Pokorney Abby Luntz Todd Johnson, tenor Alexander Spenceri Tim Diamond Amparo Villanueva Alyanna Monk Trey Hill, baritone Julia Klunenberg Leann Nguyen Ryan Digney Heidi Uhl Ryan Cho Audrey Chase Megan Schumer Britta Bjerke TRUMPET Chris Hong Mikaela Thiel Matt Buhr TUBA Emily Merschman HORN Rebecca Peterson Aunna Marzen Joseph Scheivert Hannah Seberg Skye Meinecke Claire Hummel McCall Bryan Mulrooney OBOE Becca Frederick Mathias Sader Michael Schoening Mallory Zwiefel Cresa Wilson Benjamin Hoefe PERCUSSION Audrey Thoma OBOE Reid Barlow Jilly Cooke BASSOON Devan Cummings Alexis Hicok David Kozich Yoni Eisenstein Cameron Brown Allyson Kegel Peter Mills Matthew Hayes Kaylea Norman TROMBONE Rebecca Pape Katharine Sherman Ian Klopfenstein Laura Butler Blaine Schmidt Tessa Phillips Eddie Hochman Connor LaPage Declan Scott Levi Boston-Kemple Trevor Smith CLARINET Clay Shanahan ENGLISH HORN Brigid McNelis Patrick Vecera, Danielle Kennedy Nathan Motley Tessa Phillips Sarah Obrecht personnel mgr. Kent Seeberger Margarita Rasgado Lopez Elizabeth Folkers Lauren Rau Cameron Willingham BASSOON HARP Kyle Scharm Clara Morales HORN Pamela Weest- Taylor Deutsch EUPHONIUM Jill Oberhart Maxwell Kayser Carrasco Katherin Garcia-Loera Jack Emptage Kamea Holmes Becca Frederick Rachel Harder Karissa Fjeldheim Michael Janssen PIANO Aubrey Browning Joel Knipe CONTRABASSOON Amanda Thomas Ian Klopfenstein Emily Mundt Kamea Holmes Marcella Mascagni TUBA Megan Puder BASS CLARINET Dustin Sprague CLARINET Rielly Harrington Stephanie Waddell John Petrzelka Jonathan Hahm Dallas Feurbach Lillian Jones TROMBONE ALTO SAXOPHONE Amanda Thomas Grace Gerdts Joel Knipe Renee Mittelberg Meredith Finley Nolan Hauta Casey Lindecrantz PERCUSSION Macy Schmidt Mark Henry Rebecca Owens Katie Fields Theresa Rockwell Thomas Theiling Shalini Jasti Sarah Hugee Chris Hong Brock Weber Taylor Karels Anna Sauerbrei Megan Lindeman Mark Vander Veen Cindi Thronson Emily Wangen Rachel Willerth TENOR SAXOPHONE Cody Norling Maria Kuiper Seth Hoogendoorn

Iowa Symphony Band

*Denotes Principal BASSOON BASS CLARINET HORN TUBA + Denotes Co-Principal *Alex Johnson *Adam Himmel *Michael Kegel *Wiatt Cariveau Taylor Wood Erica Dodge Ethan Owens Jakson Cole PICCOLO Sung Han Brandt Conley Dustin Sprague Maeve McGonigal SAXOPHONE Drew Horning Cristina Bates CONTRABASSOON Gilbert Garza, alto Liz Bonnett PERCUSSION Sung Han Jonathan Hart, alto Matthew Anderson FLUTE April Donlon, tenor TROMBONE Michal Brauhn +Cristina Bates CLARINET Dennis Kwok, baritone *Noah Perkins Paul Downing, IOWA BANDS +Maeve McGonigal *Devan Cummings Teddy Van Winkle personnel manager Gregory Bardwell Joe Valenti TRUMPET Matt Johnson Katie Franzen SPRING POPS SPECTACULAR Rebekah Stelzle Julia Poska *Joey Schnoebelen Bjorn Swanson Sabrina Gafrick Amanda Happel Megan Schnoebelen Evan Fowler Kiersten Truax Craig Hatter Aileen Sullivan Mario Zavala Joseph Arch Andy McDonald Eric Small Bailey Leuth BASS TROMBONE Peter Grubisich OBOE Ellie Zupancic Jordan Boehm Wade Carter *Matt Goulding Bobbi Malmgren John Hammes PIANO Dan Ellis Millenama Prasai Kamal Talukder EUPHONIUM Allison Green Monday, April 30, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Wei Wang Mikayla Flockhart *Tim Gray Joe Cernuto HARP ENGLISH HORN Pamela Weest- Dan Ellis Carrasco Hancher Auditorium NOLAN HAUTA is a second-year D.M.A. candidate in wind conducting at The University of Iowa. His PROGRAM graduate teaching duties include conducting the three concert bands, writing drill and instructing the 250-member Hawkeye Marching Band, leading the Iowa Pep Band, and administrative duties. Mr. Hauta earned a B.A. in music from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a M.M. in Music Education from the University Band University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he also completed the coursework and recitals for a M.M. degree in conducting. Mr. Hauta taught in the Eden Prairie, Ely, and Roseau school districts of Minnesota. West Side Story Medley (1957/1990) Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918–1990) arr. Jay Bocook JOE SCHEIVERT is a graduate teaching assistant for University Bands at The University of Iowa and Joseph Cernuto, guest conductor is currently enrolled in the D.M.A. in wind conducting program as a student of Dr. Mark Heidel. His duties include conducting concert ensembles and serving on the staff of the Hawkeye Marching Band I Dreamed a Dream Claude-Michel SCHÖNBERG (b.1944) and Iowa Pep Band. Mr. Scheivert previously taught instrumental music at international schools in Asia, from Les Misérables (1980/2009) and Alain BOUBIL (b. 1941) frst at International School Eastern Seaboard in Sri Racha, Thailand, followed by the Senri and Osaka arr. Michael Brown International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin in Osaka, Japan. He also served as graduate assistant with the Katie Knight, contralto Penn State University athletic bands and taught choral and general music in Lewes, Delaware. Originally Nolan Hauta, guest conductor from Spring Grove, Penn., Mr. Scheivert currently lives in North Liberty with his wife, Jennifer, and their

Hawkeye Glory (1938) Karl L. KING four children: Kathryn, Jacob, Samuel, and Benjamin. (1891–1971) AILEEN SULLIVAN is in her frst year as a D.M.A. candidate in band conducting and a graduate Joseph Scheivert, guest conductor teaching assistant at The University of Iowa. Prior to her current appointment, she was the Large Ensembles coordinator for the music division at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She holds degrees in Highlights Sheldon HARNICK (b. 1924) music education and conducting from the University of New Hampshire. from Fiddler on the Roof (1964/1965) and Jerry BOCK (1928–2010) arr. John Warrington Ms. Sullivan served as the director of bands at Lebanon High School in New Hampshire from 2011 to Aileen Sullivan, conductor 2014, where she taught instrumental ensembles and general music courses. She also worked as the music director for the Lebanon High School Wet Paint Players, North Country Community Theatre’s Iowa Concert Band teen program, and BarnArts Center for the Arts’ Summer Institute. Originally from Berlin, New Kevin Kastens - conductor Hampshire, Ms. Sullivan currently resides in North Liberty, Iowa. American Overture (1956) Joseph Willcox JENKINS (1928–2014) KATIE KNIGHT, a native of Ely, Iowa, is excited to join The University Band on stage as a guest artist for their Spring Pops Spectacular. Ms. Knight has performed in shows such as Bye, Bye, Birdie, The Typewriter (1950) Leroy ANDERSON (1908–1975) Sondheim on Sondheim, and Suor Angelica. She was also selected as the mezzo soprano soloist for arr. Floyd E. Werle The Messiah in 2013 at Kirkwood Community College. While at Kirkwood, Ms. Knight studied under Kathy Ford, soloist the direction of Ray Salucka and was awarded Vocal Musician of the year in 2014. Since transferring to The University of Iowa, she has performed in Kantorei, the premier choral ensemble, under the 76 Trombones Meredith WILLSON (1902–1984) direction of Dr. Timothy Stalter. In 2016, Katie was the mezzo soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Choral from The Music Man (1950) arr. Naohiro Iwai Fantasy and in 2017, played the role of Ruth in Pirates of Penzance. In the last year, Ms. Knight has also performed as a guest artist with Johnson County Landmark, the premier jazz band at The University America the Beautiful (1910) Samuel A. WARD (1847–1903) of Iowa. Katie studies with Professor Stephen Swanson, and plans to graduate this spring with the arr. Carmen Dragon Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance. Iowa Symphony Band KATHY FORD is an Iowa native and proud University of Iowa alumna. Last month, Kathy celebrated 25 years of employment at The University of Iowa and has enjoyed collaborating in the College of Richard Mark Heidel - conductor Law, Department of Dance, and School of Music. Kathy currently works directly with University Bands, An Evening at the Movies: The Music of John Williams including the largest and most visible music ensemble on campus – the Hawkeye Marching Band! While a student at Iowa, Kathy was also a trumpet player in the Hawkeye Marching Band and Iowa “Jurassic Park” Soundtrack Highlights (1993) arr. Paul Lavender Pep Bands, and she enjoyed performing in the Rose Bowl and Holiday Bowl. During spring break, Kathy toured and performed with The University of Iowa Concert Band in Northern Ireland. Kathy has Raider’s March arr. Paul Lavender from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981/2004) fostered and maintained several professional networks across campus and values the diversity and vast resources available at The University of Iowa. Some of the many committees Kathy has served on Symphonic Suite arr. Jay Bocook include Marketing Director for the Council on Disability Awareness, Co-Chair for the Hancher Advisory from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015) Committee, CLAS We Are Phil campaign, CLAS Recognition Committee, On Iowa! Kickoff at Kinnick, the Division of Performing Arts Staff Recognition Committee, Staff Advisor for UI Collegiate 4-H, and Adventures on Earth arr. Paul Lavender most recently Kathy was nominated to serve on the UI Staff Council. If you don’t fnd Kathy in the Band from “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982/2008) Offce, or recruiting new students, you will likely fnd her sporting black and gold at any number of Iowa sporting events. On Iowa and GO HAWKS! Educators National Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Illinois Music Educators PROGRAM NOTES Association, National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter, and Iowa Bandmasters Association. He has also led concert tours to Ireland and England as well as throughout the Midwest. Prior to West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) his appointment to The University of Iowa faculty in 2008, Dr. Heidel served as director of bands at 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, one of America’s most beloved and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, and as a teaching iconic musical fgures. Orchestras, bands, and choirs around the world have marked the occasion by assistant in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his celebrating Bernstein’s music – and the Iowa Band has been no exception, with the Symphony Band university teaching experiences, Heidel was a high school band director in Texas for nine years. Dr. recently performing Slava! and Suite from Mass. Heidel has been distinguished with memberships and honorary memberships in numerous national and international honor societies and fraternities including Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha When West Side Story was composed, Bernstein was no stranger to composing for stage and theater, Iota, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, with productions of such diverse works as the ballet Fancy Free (1944), the musical On the Town (1944), Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Nu Epsilon, and Golden Key. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Musician and the opera Candide (1956). However, something about West Side Story — the musical numbers, award at Texas Tech University in both 1985 and 1986, and in 1997, he received the A. A. Harding the fact that it was based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, or the subtle political commentary – award at the University of Illinois for the “highest possible achievement, service, and devotion to caused the show to become a smash hit to a higher degree than any previous Bernstein production. the University Bands.” In 2002, Dr. Heidel was named to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” The premiere of the movie version in 1961 furthered that popularity and propelled West Side Story and in 2003 and 2011, he received the Citation of Excellence from the Wisconsin Chapter of the into the lexicon of American popular culture. Jay Bocook’s attractive medley of tunes include the songs National Band Association. In 2005, he was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota as a National Arts “Maria;” “Tonight;” “One Hand, One Heart;” “Cool;” and “Somewhere,” representing a collection of Associate, and in 2008, he was elected to membership into the prestigious American Bandmasters some of the best known and long-lasting tunes from the show. (Joe Cernuto) Association. In 2012, Dr. Heidel was honored with a Collegiate Teaching Award by the College of I Dreamed a Dream (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boubil) Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Iowa. I Dreamed a Dream stands out as one of the most powerful and well-known songs from the musical KEVIN KASTENS is associate director of bands and director of the Hawkeye Marching Band. Les Misérables. The musical is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by the French poet, author, As a professor in the UI School of Music, he teaches marching band techniques, band arranging and dramatist Victor Hugo. The novel and the musical tell the story of struggle and revolution among and conducts the Concert Band. Prior to his appointment at Iowa in July 1998, Kastens served the poor in France. The story occurs between the years 1815 and 1832. I Dreamed a Dream is sung by for fve years as the associate director of bands at the University of Missouri-Columbia and for the character Fantine who refects on the misfortunes she and her daughter face and the dreams she six years as assistant director of bands at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. A native of once had but which will never be. I Dreamed a Dream has been performed and recorded by countless Illinois, he received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Master of Science in Music artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin and Neil Diamond. (Nolan Hauta) Education degrees at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Before his appointment at Indiana, Kastens was director of bands at Wheeling High School from 1980–1987 in northwest Hawkeye Glory (Karl L. King) suburban Chicago. His concert, marching, and jazz bands at Wheeling received numerous honors Born in Paintersville, Ohio, Karl L. King used his earnings as a paperboy to purchase a cornet. Though and awards, including performances at the Mid-East Instrumental Music clinic in Pittsburgh, Pa.; he was largely self-taught in performance and composition, King earned a position in a local band rather the Music Educators National Conference in Anaheim, Ca.; and in Dublin, Limerick and Galway, than attend high school. He switched to baritone horn and eventually worked his way into the Barnum Ireland. While he was a faculty member at the University of Missouri, Kastens was awarded the and Bailey circus band, becoming bandmaster at age 26. In 1919, King began his own music publishing Certifcate of Merit for Excellence in Education by the offce of the Vice-Chancellor for Student company. He moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, one year later to direct the Fort Dodge Municipal Band. Affairs. In 1996, the members of the Missouri marching band elected him to the Marching Mizzou The band gained national fame, and King was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Hall of Fame (the frst director to be so honored). The Missouri student organization Mizzou Association. He was also instrumental in the passing of the Iowa Band Law, which provided local tax Spirit elected Kastens “Faculty Member of the Year” in 1998. Mr. Kastens’ professional affliations funds for municipal bands. King conducted the Fort Dodge band for 51 years until his death in 1971. include the Iowa Bandmasters Association, CBDNA, NBA, Phi Beta Mu, Pi Kappa Lambda, and King composed over 300 works, including nearly 200 marches. His most famous is Barnum and Bailey’s Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor throughout Favorite, written in 1913. He wrote Hawkeye Glory in 1938 and dedicated it to then-director Charles the United States and Canada. Mr. Kastens has had numerous articles published on various topics B. Righter and the University of Iowa Band. It was performed regularly at Iowa through the 1950s, of instrumental music education. He has served as a conductor/clinician for the Bands of America including once under King’s direction in 1959. Hawkeye Glory has not been heard on campus since Summer National Workshops, the Smith-Walbridge Drum Major Clinics, and is a leader in the feld that date, aside from one Symphony Band performance in 1979, though it occasionally appears on of computer-assisted marching band drill design. community band programs across the state. (Joseph Scheivert) JOSEPH CERNUTO is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in wind conducting and graduate Fiddler on the Roof (Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock) teaching assistant for The University of Iowa bands. He was recently named assistant professor of Fiddler on the Roof was 1964’s smash hit on Broadway, opening in September and nearly sweeping the music at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, where he will direct the Marauder Marching Band, Tony Awards the following June. Of the 10 awards the production was nominated for, they took home direct the Concert Band, and teach courses in the department. He was on the staff of the Hawkeye 9, including the award for Best Musical, Best Choreography (Jerome Robbins), Best Performance by Marching Band, was the principal conductor of the University Band twice, has been coordinating a Leading Actor in a Musical (Zero Mostel), and Best Producer (Harold Price). Jerry Bock and Sheldon TA for the Iowa Pep Band twice, and managed the inventory for the entire band program. Mr. Harnick also took home the award for Best Composer and Lyricist. It was a dream production team and Cernuto taught in the public schools of Oklahoma and North Carolina for ten years and earned his cast, and the show would go on to break the record for the longest-running Broadway musical. This B.M. in Music Education and M.M. in Music Education from the University of Florida in Gainesville. arrangement by John Warrington revisits many of the show’s favorite numbers: “Fiddler on the Roof,” Mr. Cernuto and his wife Megan have three daughters: Quinn, Nora, and Avery. “Sabbath Prayer,” “Matchmaker,” and “To Life!” (Aileen Sullivan) American Overture (Joseph Willcox Jenkins) An Evening at the Movies: The Music of John Williams Joseph Willcox Jenkins was born in the Philadelphia area in 1928. He started composing at a young The most popular flm composer of the modern era, John Williams created music for some of the most age as a piano student. Jenkins studied pre-law at Saint Joseph’s College while also taking composition successful motion pictures in Hollywood history — Star Wars, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and classes with Vincent Persichetti at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. In the end, composition was Harry Potter are just four of the credits in his extensive oeuvre. Born February 8, 1932, in Floral Park, New his calling. Jenkins went on to complete two music degrees at the Eastman School of Music, where he York, he was the son of a movie studio musician, and he followed in his father’s footsteps by studying studied with Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and Thomas Canning. Soon after fnishing at Eastman, music at UCLA and Juilliard; initially, he pursued a career as a jazz pianist, later working with Henry he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he became an arranger for the Army Field Band. Doctoral work Mancini to compose the score for the hit television series Peter Gunn. Williams then went solo to pen a at Catholic University followed, then another stint in the Army (this time as head arranger for the U.S. number of TV soundtracks for other series including Playhouse 90, Wagon Train, and Bachelor Father; Army Chorus). Jenkins later received a Ford Foundation grant to serve as the composer-in-residence in 1959 he ventured into flm with Daddy-O, and spent the majority of the 1960s alternating between at Evanston (Illinois) High School. In 1961, the same year that his Cumberland Gap Overture won an the silver screen (The Killers, The Plainsman) and its smaller counterpart (Gilligan’s Island, Lost in Space). Ostwald award, Jenkins joined the music faculty at Duquesne University, where he remained until his In 1968, Williams earned his frst Academy Award nomination for his work in Valley of the Dolls; in retirement in 2000. 1970, he garnered nods for both The Reivers and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and two years later fnally won American Overture was Jenkins’s frst work for band, written in 1953 when he was 25 years old. As an for Fiddler on the Roof. A slew of Oscar nominations followed, for features including The Poseidon arranger for the U.S. Army Field Band, he composed the piece to match their instrumentation, which Adventure, Images, Tom Sawyer, and The Towering Inferno. In 1980, Williams took over for the late was idiosyncratic in many ways. For example, Jenkins included not just a part for string bass, but also Arthur Fiedler as the conductor of the Boston Pops, a position he would hold until 1993, when he one for cello. There are three distinct euphonium parts, the futes divide into three parts, and the passed the baton to Keith Lockhart. clarinets and trombones each divide into four parts. The stars of this piece are defnitely the horns, as Over much of his career, two major relationships helped cement Williams’ iconic legacy in flm and they famously leap an octave in the frst measure. Horn players everywhere still treasure or loathe this music. In 1974, he teamed with a young flmmaker named Steven Spielberg for the frst time on a famous opening fgure. The rest of American Overture is a high-energy expression of bold optimism movie titled The Sugarland Express. Over the coming decades, the two frequently reteamed, often that puts every section of the band in the spotlight. (Andy Pease) with stunning results — Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones, The Typewriter (Leroy Anderson) E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, and War Horse were some of the As with all his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote The Typewriter for orchestra and manual Spielberg/Williams pairings, with Jaws, E.T., and Schindler’s List all winning the composer Academy typewriter, completing the work on October 9, 1950. The Typewriter received its frst performance Awards. Notably, Williams has scored every Spielberg flm with only two exceptions: 1985’s The Color when Leroy Anderson conducted the piece for a Decca Records recording session on September 8, Purple and 2015’s Bridge of Spies. The pair continued their collaborative magic for 2016’s adaptation of 1953. Mills Music published the orchestral version in 1953. Soon after a band arrangement by Floyd E. Roald Dahl’s classic The BFG. In 2017, their partnership was anthologized with John Williams & Steven Werle (Chief Arranger of the USAF Band) was also published. Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection. The Typewriter has been used as a theme for numerous radio programs and television shows. The Williams’ other frequent collaborator was George Lucas; beginning with 1977’s Star Wars — yet another 1963 flm “Who’s Minding the Store?” features Jerry Lewis pantomiming playing the typewriter part Williams Oscar winner — they later teamed for 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back and 1983’s Return of the in mid-air. The Typewriter has been recorded by many artists, including Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Jedi (with the composer agreeing to score Lucas’ Star Wars prequel trilogy as they went into production Pops, Spike Jones, Frederick Fennell with both the Eastman Orchestra and the Tokyo Wind Orchestra, in 1997). A decade after the fnal prequel flm, 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, Williams returned to the Leonard Slatkin with the St. Louis Symphony, Pinchas Steinberg with the Cologne Radio Orchestra, beloved universe — this time with J. J. Abrams in the director’s chair —scoring the frst installment of and the 101 Strings. Notable soloists on the typewriter have included Boston Symphony Orchestra the sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens, in 2015. The second flm in the trilogy, 2017’s The Last Jedi, also conductor Seiji Ozawa, the rock band Aerosmith’s lead singer Steve Tyler, and orchestral conductor featured a score by Williams. Leonard Slatkin. Other flm scores of note included 1979’s Superman, 1987’s The Witches of Eastwick, 1988’s The Accidental Tourist, 1991’s JFK, 1995’s Nixon, 1997’s Amistad, and the entire Harry Potter flm series. His 76 Trombones (Meredith Willson) Grammy wins include Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman, Indiana Jones, E.T., Schindler’s List, Because of his love for American marches, Japanese composer Naohiro Iwai decided to honor his Saving Private Ryan, Angela’s Ashes, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, and The Book Thief. In addition to American counterparts with a rousing concert band arrangement of Meredith Willson’s 76 Trombones. receiving the Olympic Order award from the International Olympic Committee in 2003 and the National This arrangement includes phrases from E. E. Bagley’s National Emblem march, John Phillip Sousa’s Medal of Arts at the White House in 2009, Williams was the frst composer to receive the American Film Stars and Stripes Forever, and a few other musical surprises. Institute’s Life Achievement Award in 2016. (Biography by Jason Ankeny) America the Beautiful (Samuel Ward) The poem “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates was published in a magazine in 1894. The words were set to numerous tunes, but the melody that suited it best was Samuel A. Ward’s “Materna,” BIOGRAPHIES which is still identifed by that title in today’s hymnbooks although the title of the hymn (the music and the words) is “America the Beautiful.” So closely are these words and music associated by Americans RICHARD MARK HEIDEL is director of bands and professor of music in the UI School of Music at The today, that they usually assume that the two were conceived together. Carmen Dragon, the arranger of University of Iowa where he conducts the Iowa Symphony Band, teaches graduate courses in conducting this work, was a conductor, composer, arranger, music educator, and a radio and television personality. and wind band literature, guides the graduate band conducting program, and oversees The University He composed and conducted scores to thirty motion pictures and released ffty-seven best-selling of Iowa band program. Ensembles under Dr. Heidel’s direction have performed at state, regional, record albums. (Norman E. Smith) and national conferences including those of the College Band Directors National Association, Music American Overture (Joseph Willcox Jenkins) An Evening at the Movies: The Music of John Williams Joseph Willcox Jenkins was born in the Philadelphia area in 1928. He started composing at a young The most popular flm composer of the modern era, John Williams created music for some of the most age as a piano student. Jenkins studied pre-law at Saint Joseph’s College while also taking composition successful motion pictures in Hollywood history — Star Wars, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and classes with Vincent Persichetti at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. In the end, composition was Harry Potter are just four of the credits in his extensive oeuvre. Born February 8, 1932, in Floral Park, New his calling. Jenkins went on to complete two music degrees at the Eastman School of Music, where he York, he was the son of a movie studio musician, and he followed in his father’s footsteps by studying studied with Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and Thomas Canning. Soon after fnishing at Eastman, music at UCLA and Juilliard; initially, he pursued a career as a jazz pianist, later working with Henry he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he became an arranger for the Army Field Band. Doctoral work Mancini to compose the score for the hit television series Peter Gunn. Williams then went solo to pen a at Catholic University followed, then another stint in the Army (this time as head arranger for the U.S. number of TV soundtracks for other series including Playhouse 90, Wagon Train, and Bachelor Father; Army Chorus). Jenkins later received a Ford Foundation grant to serve as the composer-in-residence in 1959 he ventured into flm with Daddy-O, and spent the majority of the 1960s alternating between at Evanston (Illinois) High School. In 1961, the same year that his Cumberland Gap Overture won an the silver screen (The Killers, The Plainsman) and its smaller counterpart (Gilligan’s Island, Lost in Space). Ostwald award, Jenkins joined the music faculty at Duquesne University, where he remained until his In 1968, Williams earned his frst Academy Award nomination for his work in Valley of the Dolls; in retirement in 2000. 1970, he garnered nods for both The Reivers and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and two years later fnally won American Overture was Jenkins’s frst work for band, written in 1953 when he was 25 years old. As an for Fiddler on the Roof. A slew of Oscar nominations followed, for features including The Poseidon arranger for the U.S. Army Field Band, he composed the piece to match their instrumentation, which Adventure, Images, Tom Sawyer, and The Towering Inferno. In 1980, Williams took over for the late was idiosyncratic in many ways. For example, Jenkins included not just a part for string bass, but also Arthur Fiedler as the conductor of the Boston Pops, a position he would hold until 1993, when he one for cello. There are three distinct euphonium parts, the futes divide into three parts, and the passed the baton to Keith Lockhart. clarinets and trombones each divide into four parts. The stars of this piece are defnitely the horns, as Over much of his career, two major relationships helped cement Williams’ iconic legacy in flm and they famously leap an octave in the frst measure. Horn players everywhere still treasure or loathe this music. In 1974, he teamed with a young flmmaker named Steven Spielberg for the frst time on a famous opening fgure. The rest of American Overture is a high-energy expression of bold optimism movie titled The Sugarland Express. Over the coming decades, the two frequently reteamed, often that puts every section of the band in the spotlight. (Andy Pease) with stunning results — Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones, The Typewriter (Leroy Anderson) E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, and War Horse were some of the As with all his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote The Typewriter for orchestra and manual Spielberg/Williams pairings, with Jaws, E.T., and Schindler’s List all winning the composer Academy typewriter, completing the work on October 9, 1950. The Typewriter received its frst performance Awards. Notably, Williams has scored every Spielberg flm with only two exceptions: 1985’s The Color when Leroy Anderson conducted the piece for a Decca Records recording session on September 8, Purple and 2015’s Bridge of Spies. The pair continued their collaborative magic for 2016’s adaptation of 1953. Mills Music published the orchestral version in 1953. Soon after a band arrangement by Floyd E. Roald Dahl’s classic The BFG. In 2017, their partnership was anthologized with John Williams & Steven Werle (Chief Arranger of the USAF Band) was also published. Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection. The Typewriter has been used as a theme for numerous radio programs and television shows. The Williams’ other frequent collaborator was George Lucas; beginning with 1977’s Star Wars — yet another 1963 flm “Who’s Minding the Store?” features Jerry Lewis pantomiming playing the typewriter part Williams Oscar winner — they later teamed for 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back and 1983’s Return of the in mid-air. The Typewriter has been recorded by many artists, including Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Jedi (with the composer agreeing to score Lucas’ Star Wars prequel trilogy as they went into production Pops, Spike Jones, Frederick Fennell with both the Eastman Orchestra and the Tokyo Wind Orchestra, in 1997). A decade after the fnal prequel flm, 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, Williams returned to the Leonard Slatkin with the St. Louis Symphony, Pinchas Steinberg with the Cologne Radio Orchestra, beloved universe — this time with J. J. Abrams in the director’s chair —scoring the frst installment of and the 101 Strings. Notable soloists on the typewriter have included Boston Symphony Orchestra the sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens, in 2015. The second flm in the trilogy, 2017’s The Last Jedi, also conductor Seiji Ozawa, the rock band Aerosmith’s lead singer Steve Tyler, and orchestral conductor featured a score by Williams. Leonard Slatkin. Other flm scores of note included 1979’s Superman, 1987’s The Witches of Eastwick, 1988’s The Accidental Tourist, 1991’s JFK, 1995’s Nixon, 1997’s Amistad, and the entire Harry Potter flm series. His 76 Trombones (Meredith Willson) Grammy wins include Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman, Indiana Jones, E.T., Schindler’s List, Because of his love for American marches, Japanese composer Naohiro Iwai decided to honor his Saving Private Ryan, Angela’s Ashes, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, and The Book Thief. In addition to American counterparts with a rousing concert band arrangement of Meredith Willson’s 76 Trombones. receiving the Olympic Order award from the International Olympic Committee in 2003 and the National This arrangement includes phrases from E. E. Bagley’s National Emblem march, John Phillip Sousa’s Medal of Arts at the White House in 2009, Williams was the frst composer to receive the American Film Stars and Stripes Forever, and a few other musical surprises. Institute’s Life Achievement Award in 2016. (Biography by Jason Ankeny) America the Beautiful (Samuel Ward) The poem “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates was published in a magazine in 1894. The words were set to numerous tunes, but the melody that suited it best was Samuel A. Ward’s “Materna,” BIOGRAPHIES which is still identifed by that title in today’s hymnbooks although the title of the hymn (the music and the words) is “America the Beautiful.” So closely are these words and music associated by Americans RICHARD MARK HEIDEL is director of bands and professor of music in the UI School of Music at The today, that they usually assume that the two were conceived together. Carmen Dragon, the arranger of University of Iowa where he conducts the Iowa Symphony Band, teaches graduate courses in conducting this work, was a conductor, composer, arranger, music educator, and a radio and television personality. and wind band literature, guides the graduate band conducting program, and oversees The University He composed and conducted scores to thirty motion pictures and released ffty-seven best-selling of Iowa band program. Ensembles under Dr. Heidel’s direction have performed at state, regional, record albums. (Norman E. Smith) and national conferences including those of the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Illinois Music Educators PROGRAM NOTES Association, National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter, and Iowa Bandmasters Association. He has also led concert tours to Ireland and England as well as throughout the Midwest. Prior to West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) his appointment to The University of Iowa faculty in 2008, Dr. Heidel served as director of bands at 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, one of America’s most beloved and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, and as a teaching iconic musical fgures. Orchestras, bands, and choirs around the world have marked the occasion by assistant in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his celebrating Bernstein’s music – and the Iowa Band has been no exception, with the Symphony Band university teaching experiences, Heidel was a high school band director in Texas for nine years. Dr. recently performing Slava! and Suite from Mass. Heidel has been distinguished with memberships and honorary memberships in numerous national and international honor societies and fraternities including Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha When West Side Story was composed, Bernstein was no stranger to composing for stage and theater, Iota, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, with productions of such diverse works as the ballet Fancy Free (1944), the musical On the Town (1944), Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Nu Epsilon, and Golden Key. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Musician and the opera Candide (1956). However, something about West Side Story — the musical numbers, award at Texas Tech University in both 1985 and 1986, and in 1997, he received the A. A. Harding the fact that it was based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, or the subtle political commentary – award at the University of Illinois for the “highest possible achievement, service, and devotion to caused the show to become a smash hit to a higher degree than any previous Bernstein production. the University Bands.” In 2002, Dr. Heidel was named to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” The premiere of the movie version in 1961 furthered that popularity and propelled West Side Story and in 2003 and 2011, he received the Citation of Excellence from the Wisconsin Chapter of the into the lexicon of American popular culture. Jay Bocook’s attractive medley of tunes include the songs National Band Association. In 2005, he was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota as a National Arts “Maria;” “Tonight;” “One Hand, One Heart;” “Cool;” and “Somewhere,” representing a collection of Associate, and in 2008, he was elected to membership into the prestigious American Bandmasters some of the best known and long-lasting tunes from the show. (Joe Cernuto) Association. In 2012, Dr. Heidel was honored with a Collegiate Teaching Award by the College of I Dreamed a Dream (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boubil) Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Iowa. I Dreamed a Dream stands out as one of the most powerful and well-known songs from the musical KEVIN KASTENS is associate director of bands and director of the Hawkeye Marching Band. Les Misérables. The musical is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by the French poet, author, As a professor in the UI School of Music, he teaches marching band techniques, band arranging and dramatist Victor Hugo. The novel and the musical tell the story of struggle and revolution among and conducts the Concert Band. Prior to his appointment at Iowa in July 1998, Kastens served the poor in France. The story occurs between the years 1815 and 1832. I Dreamed a Dream is sung by for fve years as the associate director of bands at the University of Missouri-Columbia and for the character Fantine who refects on the misfortunes she and her daughter face and the dreams she six years as assistant director of bands at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. A native of once had but which will never be. I Dreamed a Dream has been performed and recorded by countless Illinois, he received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Master of Science in Music artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin and Neil Diamond. (Nolan Hauta) Education degrees at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Before his appointment at Indiana, Kastens was director of bands at Wheeling High School from 1980–1987 in northwest Hawkeye Glory (Karl L. King) suburban Chicago. His concert, marching, and jazz bands at Wheeling received numerous honors Born in Paintersville, Ohio, Karl L. King used his earnings as a paperboy to purchase a cornet. Though and awards, including performances at the Mid-East Instrumental Music clinic in Pittsburgh, Pa.; he was largely self-taught in performance and composition, King earned a position in a local band rather the Music Educators National Conference in Anaheim, Ca.; and in Dublin, Limerick and Galway, than attend high school. He switched to baritone horn and eventually worked his way into the Barnum Ireland. While he was a faculty member at the University of Missouri, Kastens was awarded the and Bailey circus band, becoming bandmaster at age 26. In 1919, King began his own music publishing Certifcate of Merit for Excellence in Education by the offce of the Vice-Chancellor for Student company. He moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, one year later to direct the Fort Dodge Municipal Band. Affairs. In 1996, the members of the Missouri marching band elected him to the Marching Mizzou The band gained national fame, and King was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Hall of Fame (the frst director to be so honored). The Missouri student organization Mizzou Association. He was also instrumental in the passing of the Iowa Band Law, which provided local tax Spirit elected Kastens “Faculty Member of the Year” in 1998. Mr. Kastens’ professional affliations funds for municipal bands. King conducted the Fort Dodge band for 51 years until his death in 1971. include the Iowa Bandmasters Association, CBDNA, NBA, Phi Beta Mu, Pi Kappa Lambda, and King composed over 300 works, including nearly 200 marches. His most famous is Barnum and Bailey’s Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor throughout Favorite, written in 1913. He wrote Hawkeye Glory in 1938 and dedicated it to then-director Charles the United States and Canada. Mr. Kastens has had numerous articles published on various topics B. Righter and the University of Iowa Band. It was performed regularly at Iowa through the 1950s, of instrumental music education. He has served as a conductor/clinician for the Bands of America including once under King’s direction in 1959. Hawkeye Glory has not been heard on campus since Summer National Workshops, the Smith-Walbridge Drum Major Clinics, and is a leader in the feld that date, aside from one Symphony Band performance in 1979, though it occasionally appears on of computer-assisted marching band drill design. community band programs across the state. (Joseph Scheivert) JOSEPH CERNUTO is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in wind conducting and graduate Fiddler on the Roof (Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock) teaching assistant for The University of Iowa bands. He was recently named assistant professor of Fiddler on the Roof was 1964’s smash hit on Broadway, opening in September and nearly sweeping the music at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, where he will direct the Marauder Marching Band, Tony Awards the following June. Of the 10 awards the production was nominated for, they took home direct the Concert Band, and teach courses in the department. He was on the staff of the Hawkeye 9, including the award for Best Musical, Best Choreography (Jerome Robbins), Best Performance by Marching Band, was the principal conductor of the University Band twice, has been coordinating a Leading Actor in a Musical (Zero Mostel), and Best Producer (Harold Price). Jerry Bock and Sheldon TA for the Iowa Pep Band twice, and managed the inventory for the entire band program. Mr. Harnick also took home the award for Best Composer and Lyricist. It was a dream production team and Cernuto taught in the public schools of Oklahoma and North Carolina for ten years and earned his cast, and the show would go on to break the record for the longest-running Broadway musical. This B.M. in Music Education and M.M. in Music Education from the University of Florida in Gainesville. arrangement by John Warrington revisits many of the show’s favorite numbers: “Fiddler on the Roof,” Mr. Cernuto and his wife Megan have three daughters: Quinn, Nora, and Avery. “Sabbath Prayer,” “Matchmaker,” and “To Life!” (Aileen Sullivan) NOLAN HAUTA is a second-year D.M.A. candidate in wind conducting at The University of Iowa. His PROGRAM graduate teaching duties include conducting the three concert bands, writing drill and instructing the 250-member Hawkeye Marching Band, leading the Iowa Pep Band, and administrative duties. Mr. Hauta earned a B.A. in music from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a M.M. in Music Education from the University Band University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he also completed the coursework and recitals for a M.M. degree in conducting. Mr. Hauta taught in the Eden Prairie, Ely, and Roseau school districts of Minnesota. West Side Story Medley (1957/1990) Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918–1990) arr. Jay Bocook JOE SCHEIVERT is a graduate teaching assistant for University Bands at The University of Iowa and Joseph Cernuto, guest conductor is currently enrolled in the D.M.A. in wind conducting program as a student of Dr. Mark Heidel. His duties include conducting concert ensembles and serving on the staff of the Hawkeye Marching Band I Dreamed a Dream Claude-Michel SCHÖNBERG (b.1944) and Iowa Pep Band. Mr. Scheivert previously taught instrumental music at international schools in Asia, from Les Misérables (1980/2009) and Alain BOUBIL (b. 1941) frst at International School Eastern Seaboard in Sri Racha, Thailand, followed by the Senri and Osaka arr. Michael Brown International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin in Osaka, Japan. He also served as graduate assistant with the Katie Knight, contralto Penn State University athletic bands and taught choral and general music in Lewes, Delaware. Originally Nolan Hauta, guest conductor from Spring Grove, Penn., Mr. Scheivert currently lives in North Liberty with his wife, Jennifer, and their

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