fn apprecialion tor tl1e lime he spent in the U tal1 Symphony from 1978 to 1983, be will return there for severa l weeks in spring of 2 010 as a part of hi s seven- mont!, sa bbatica l fr om tl1e C hi cago Symphony. Il e will give tuba rec i·tal s, music ap preciation classes, master classes and clinics from tl1e larger cities wilh universiti es to scbools and community l1ouses in very remote regions. Besides playing world-wide with tl1e C hi cago Symphony and as a guest with otb er Colle-geo f Fine Arts - Department of Music orcl1estras, he bas given world premiere pe rforman ces of new pieces for the tuba ~ and l1as played recitals from Finland to Japan and from fta ly to Middlebury, Presen ts an Vermont. Not only are t l1ree solo CO s available but one is solely devoted to edu ca ting yo ung tuba players readying themse lves for professional auditions. Another recent edu ca ti onal projecl was coll aborating with Rolling Sto ne tromboni st, Michael Davis, in a play-a long CO/workbook for young players. ln the summer of 2 008, J,c starled an annua l weeklong t ro mbone-tuba se minar at tl1e U niversity of A .I.R Guest Recital Redlands. It wi ll tal~cpla ce tl1is summer startin g on June ll . More information at hti:p:l/www.red Ia nds.edu/x353 40 .asp . In May 2 006, he rece ived t l1e Outstanding Alumnus Award ·from d1e U niversity of So uthern Ca lifornia's T l1ornton School of Music, and in Marc!, 2 007, he received an h.o norary docto rate in music fr om the U nivcrsit")' of Redland s.

Gene is a member of th e U nion Pacifi c (Railroad) H.i.stori ca l Society and spends tim e as a "foa mer" (watching and cl1asing train s). I-Ic is a card- carrying me mber of Th e Gene Pol~orny Tl1rce Stooges Fan C lub (a "vicbm of soicumstan ces!"). Gene, hi s wife Betl, Lodal (a musician who l1appens to have a real life) and their basset hounds, etc. (no n- musicians tuba who, when t l1ey are howling, sound beHer tl1an any tuba on the planet}, reg ularly forage from their refrige rator, which is located in Forest Pari~,Illin ois. with Patrick Codon, piano, made hi s debut as solo ist with the C hi cago Sympbony in May of 2 00 7, playing one of the so lo piano parls along with Mary Sauer in Co lin McPhee's Tabuh-Tabuhan: Toccata for Orc l1estra and Two Pian os, wit!, A lan Gilbert conductin g. Patrick made J,is debut with the C hicago Symphony Orchestra as second keyboardist at Ravinia in 2 003. H e was invited to play second keyboard on the CSO's Patrie!~Godon 2 005 European To ur and for the pa st t our years at Carnegie Ha ll. He is a member of the CSO's Mu sicNOW E nse tnble, having played first keyboard for George Be njamin's p1ano Antara and piano solo in Mundry's Panorama ciego in rel1earsals, covering for Dani el Barenbo i m. The Chicago S un-Times sa id of his most recent performan ce that "Patrick Godon ... showed l1e .firmly bel ongs in the rea lm o f chamber mu sic." ln addition, he se rved as rehearsal pianist for Barenboim and Deborah Voigt for Schoenberg's Erwartun g. ln 2 008, Patrick bega n performing as orchestral keyboa rdi st with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and tl1e Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra. Patrick Codon is president, artistic direct or, and pianisl for the Int ernational Chamber Artists (I CA}, a chamber music ense mbl e tl1at he founded in 2 006. ICA showcases a diverse group of young pro fessional musicians and supports musical organ izati o nsthr ough coll aborations and financial suppor·t. Discover m ore about this en semble at www.ICAmusic.org. As a collaborative pianist, he has performed for two Dame Myra H ess concerts att be Chicago Cultural Center, broadcast li ve on WF'MT A native o f Fargo, North D akota, Pat­ Saturday, AprJ 17, 2010 rick bega n hi s st·udies witl, C l,i cago Sympl10ny Orc l,estra principal piano Mary Sauer 7:00pm in 199 7. Tie holds bod1 Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Pian o Doc Rando Recital Hall Performan ce fro m DePaul U niversity. H e and his wife Keri are the proud parents of Beam Music Center Gi lbert Maurice Godon, born May 3 0, 2 009. Program. Notes "-J PROGRAM "-J Th e V iolin Co ncerlo of J. S. Bach is a mas tcr(ul creation . lt has been a mainstay for violi ni sts thr ough the ce nturies. Tommy Jol1nson (1935-2 006), wh o played tuba in

tl1e H oll ywood li.lm industry for many years, tran scribed this music ~ortuba l1aving l1eard hi s wife, Pat, perform it. often. This intellige nt LTa nsc ription all ows tbe tuba player t o create long, express ive phrases with rapid n otes but is yet. not. Loo taxing so tl1at t l1e beauty of the music supercedes the inl1erent technica l demands. Of. the many great film scores that have been produced by composers of the silver Violin(~ l1 Concerto No. 1 for 1720) J. S. Bac (1685-1750) sc reen, John Wi lliams' cHa rts are surely at the very top ol- the list . WJ,i le ],is New by l1n n) (Arran ged Tommy Jo so York beg innin gs gave J,im so mucl1 bacl~ground,it wa s hi s own playing in t he studi os 1. A lleg ro in Il ollywood as a session pianist tl1at. let him hea r t l1e in credible instrumentalisls surroundin g l1im. Tl1ose whose inRuenccs are easiest to J1ear in Willi a ms' scores today are tl1c incredible playing of virtuoso, Vince DeRosa and tubist, Tommy Johnson. It was Johnso n's playing thal caused Will iams to elevate the role of tuba fr om Excet·pt from "]abba t/'!e Ilutt" Jol1n Willia ms (b. 1932) an accompanim ental ins-trument to one ot great prominence and star power. T he from "The Return o/ the Jedi" (1983) cl1aracter, "J abba the Ilut.-1.," in th e "Return of th eJ eeli " in the Sta r Wars trilogy is a perfect exam ple o f lhe tuba takin g tJ, c lead part. lt did not slop there. Tommy Johnson's inRue nce could be hea rd in Wi lliams' writ ing of the film, "Close Encounters of a Tl1ird .Kind" and of course the big fish movie, "." When Tommy John so n passed away in 2006, hi s pal a nd long-time tuba virtuoso coll eague, Ro_ger M.onum.ent (2007) John Stevens (b. ] 951) Bobo, commiss ioned Jol1n Stevens to write a piece tor his departed fri end. Within John Steve ns' "Monument" you ca n hea r th e part o·f the sound h ack that h elped make To mm:r Johnson the icon in the tuba world t.hat he remains until this day. George Gershwin's short life nevertheless abounds with the creativity of a ge nius. Three Piano Preludes (1926) George Gers hwin (1898-1 93 7) His epic scores a nd songs with fami liar names as "American in Par is," "Rhapsody (Arran ged by Ra lph Sauer) in Blue," "Porgy and Bess," "Summertime," etc., et c., are just tl1c t ip ot t he iceberg. l. A lleg ro ben ritmato e deciso Thi s intriguing arrangement b:r Ra lpl, Sa uer of his "T iu cc Piano P reludes" gives the 2. Andante con moto tuba playe r a chance to leave the oom-pa b behind . E dvard G ri eg's tun eful abilities have given the world some of the best - loved music anywhere. ]-lis Norweg_ian background 3. Agitato remind ed me of the many people on this tour wit], that same background . And if you are looking for a ni ce piece (very well edited by my pal Bob Joles), then t l,at is a good enough reason to progra m "The Wedding Day at Troldhau ge n." ~ Intermission ~ Ant hony P log is well- know n as a trump et soloist, teaching and more rece ntlx as a composer of internatio nal repute. Between 1974 to 1976, Ant hony cut hi s teeth. as a young assistant principa l and tl1en associate principal hum pet under Maurice Abravane l in the Utah Symphony Orc hestra. lJ ot to know To ny wben we worked in S ummit Noclu.rne (2004) Anthony P log (b. 1947) Brass t oget l1er about 25 years ago an since tbat time, he bas several works for t-uba.! some of wbicl1 have been recorded bx tuba players around the world . Today you wil

hear hi s "Nocturn e" wri·tten ori ginally ~orso lo tuba and strin gs. An other piece o[ signifi ca nt merit is his "Tuba Sonata" whi cJ, as an ori gin al pi ece, sbows th e very many unexpected possibilities of expression, technique and sound. Wedding Day at T roldhaugen (189 7) Edvard Gricg (1843-1 907) (Edited by Bob Joles) Artist Bios Gene Pokorny is tl1e tuba player in the C hi cago Sympbony Orchestra. H e was appointed to tl1e position by Sir Gcors Solt i in 1988. Gene Pokorny is a native ot So uthern Ca lifornia, wh ere J, e studied tuba witb JeHrey Reynolds, Larry Jol1ansen, Tuba Sonata (2006 / 7) A ntl1 ony P log (b. 194 7) To mmy Johnson and Roger Bobo. A fter at-tending the U niversity o f. Redlands and

graduatin g ~rom the U niversity o f. So utl1crn California, he played in the Israel 1. Ca lm and Rowing p J,ilharmoni c, the Uta], Sympl1ony, the Saint Louis Symphony and tbe Los Ange les 2. Presto Phi lharmonic. Whil e in Los Ange les he played in several movie soundtra cks 3. S low and with freedom includin g Jurass ic Park and Th e Fugitive. S ir Georg Solti invited him to play with his World Orchestra for Peace and Dani el Barenboim invited him to play in tl1e D eutscl1e Staatsoper in Berlin a nd in a G ustav Mahler marath on last May in Carneg ie Ha ll.