Graduate Conducting Recital Katie Loayza Annie Moon Burke, VA - Music Education (BM) Frostburg, MD - Music Education (BM) Mr

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CANADY CREATIVE ARTS CENTER Keith Jackson ...... Dean, College of Creative Arts John Hendricks ...... Associate Dean, College of Creative Arts Michael Ibrahim ...... Director, School of Music Cynthia Anderson ...... Director of Graduate Studies Jamie Whoolery ...... Director of Production & Facilities Graduate Mark Price ...... Assistant Facilities Coordinator Peter McCumber ...... Facilities Manager Michael McGinley ...... Facilities Manager Jason Zeh ...... Facilities Manager Coducting ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take the time to personally thank the following:

My family: Charlie and Iralee Pfromm Kimberley and Kelley Pfromm Recital ...and my fancée Audrey Haller Mr. Kenneth C. Pfromm

WVU Band Staf: Dr. Cheldon Williams, Associate Director of Bands Mr. Lamar Riddick, Program Assistant Mr. Andrew Ortega, Graduate Assistant Mr. Mark Wallace, Graduate Assistant Wednesday, April 28, 2021 • 7:30pm

WVU Graduate Committee: Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre Dr. Malcolm Arnold, Director of Orchestral Activities College of Creative Arts Dr. Andrew Kohn, Professor of String Bass and Music Theory School of Music

My Conducting Professor and Mentor, Dr. Scott C. Tobias, Director of Bands

A Special THANK YOU goes out to all of the performers tonight and all of my colleagues and friends here at West Virginia University...

and all of my other friends, family, and teachers who have supported me throughout the years. PERSONNEL PROGRAM

Flute Horn Jacey Crayton Amelia Dolce Mechanicsburg, PA - Music Performance (BM) Jamestown, NY - Music Therapy (BM) Graduate Conducting Recital Katie Loayza Annie Moon Burke, VA - Music Education (BM) Frostburg, MD - Music Education (BM) Mr. Kenneth C. Pfromm Juan Carlos Narvaez Alicia Rafter*^ Elizabeth, NJ - Music Performance (BM) Williamsport, MD - Music Performance (MM) Ethan Nylander*^ Haley Smith^ Middletown, DE - Music Performance (BM) Fairfax, VA - Music Education (BM) Ashley Rogers Pineville, LA - Music Performance (BM) Trumpet Lara Bonatesta Oboe Branchburg, NJ - Journalism (BS) Geofrey Madge^ Noah Byrne Pittsburgh, PA - Music Performance (BM) Springfeld, VA - Music Education (BM) EJ Wogaman*^ Jonna Dwyer Springfeld, VA - Music Education (BM) Davidsonville, MD - Music (BA) & Spanish (BA) Trevor Foy SERGEI PROKOFIEV March, Op. 99 Bluefeld, WV - Music Performance (BM) (1891-1953) Bassoon Garrett Gorby Eli Hall^ Morgantown, WV - Music Performance (BM) ARR. PAUL YODER Left Hand, WV - Music Performance (BM) David Riggs* Bohdan Shevchenko*^ Wilmington, NC - Music Performance (BM) Kamianske, Ukraine - Music Performance (MM) Trombone Contrabassoon Jakob Baker CHARLES GOUNOD Jovi Altadonna^ Philippi, WV - Music Education (BM) Petite Symphonie Castle Rock, CO - Music Performance (BM) Douglas Shafer* (1818-1893) I. ADAGIO AND ALLEGRETTO Morgantown, WV - Music Education (BM) ED. FREDERICK FENNELL II. ANDANTE CANTABILE Clarinet III. SCHERZO Mandi Bearjar^ Bass Trombone Summerhill, PA - Music Education (BM) Andrew Ortega IV. FINALE Juan Gonzalez Gonzalez*^ Titusville, PA - Music Performance (DMA) Cartagena Bolivar, Colombia - Music Perfor- mance (DMA) Armâan Karimpour Euphonium Ona, WV - Music Performance (BM) Cameron Cornwall* Rachel Pellegreen Leesburg, VA - Music Education (BM) STEVE DANYEW Fredericksburg, VA - Music Education (BM) Magnolia Star Morgan Stratton (b. 1983) Dover, DE - Music Education (BM) Tuba Desiree Tedrow Aaron Freeman* New Freeport, PA - Music Education (BM) Annandale, VA - Music Education (BM) Cameron Teft Woodbridge, VA - Music Performance (BM) Alto Saxophone Micah Buser Ridgeley, WV - Music Education (BM) Percussion Patrick Smith Mikala Fling Catlett, VA - Music Education (BM) Belleville, WV - Music Therapy (BM) Mark Wallace* Jonah Henthorne Dayton, OH - Conducting (MM) Wheeling, WV - Music Education (BM) Christopher Little Bristow, VA - Music Education (BM) Tenor Saxophone Robert Shamblen Genesis Berrios Crofton, MD - Music Education (BM) Prince George’s, MD - Music Education (BM) Andrew Simonette Canonsburg, PA - Music Education (BM) Baritone Saxophone Nathaniel Penven * denotes principal Blacksburg, VA - Music Education (BM) ^ denotes chamber ensemble member PROGRAM NOTES PROGRAM NOTES

Magnolia Star / Steve Danyew (b. 1983) March, Op. 99 / Sergei Prokofev (1891-1953) arr. Paul Yoder native of Connecticut, Steve Danyew currently resides in Rochester, New York. Danyew completed both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Music Composition from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and the Eastman School of Music respectively. arch, Op.99 was written between 1944-1945 by Sergey Prokofev, a prominent Soviet-Russian DanyewA is viewed as a versatile writer, composing works for orchestra, voice, chamber, and wind composer of his time alongside colleagues Dmitri Shostakovich, and Soviet-Armenian band. composer Aram Khachaturian. This march was written for the Soviet “May Day Celebration”, alsoM known as the “International Workers’ Day” which falls on May 1st. Prokofev would go on to use Magnolia Star, composed in 2012, is based on the blues scale and infuenced by various portions of March, Op. 99 in his opera, The Story of a Real Man (1947). passenger trains used on the American railroad during the mid-20th Century. The “Magnolia Star” was one such passenger train that travelled between New Orleans and Chicago. As segments of This march is highly energetic and captures the spirit of Prokofev’s compositional creativity. March, the population, African-Americans in particular, began to spread North, elements of their culture Op. 99 and one other work, the Athletic Festival March, were the only two pieces originially written for and music were carried with them resulting most notably in the spread of jazz and the blues. wind band by Prokofev. Written for Soviet Military Band instrumentation, March, Op. 99 was arranged for Western instrumentation by Paul Yoder to much success. The composition refects both the driving rhythms captured by the movement of the fast locomotives and a nod to those who helped spread a major form of music and culture across the country via the railroad.

Petite Symphonie / Charles Gounod (1818-1893) ed. Frederick Fennell

harles Gounod was a nineteenth century French composer best known for his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette. In addition to opera, Gounod also composed in other compositional genres including religious music, orchestral works, and chamber music. His music was an infuence on Cother French composers such as Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré.

The Petite Symphonie was written in 1885 and modeled on a classical symphony with four movements total. Gounod used similar instrumentation as to that found in Mozart’s wind serenades.

The frst movement, Adagio and Allegretto, begins slowly before turning to a moderate pace. It follows a typical sonata-allegro form as found in the frst movement of most classical symphonies.

The second movement, Andante cantabile, features a prominent fute solo that is woven through an ostinato performed by the remaining members. The solo passes to other performers, from the oboe to the clarinet before arriving home to the fute as the movement comes to an end.

The third movement, Scherzo, begins with horns sounding a hunting call that is answered by the ensemble. After a brief interlude, the ensemble is swept into a gentle fowing serenade led by the clarinet and oboe, before once again being called back into the hunt.

The fnal movement, Finale, completes the musical journey through expertly crafted dialogue between parts. The oboe and fute converse back and forth while the ensemble observes, adding to the conversation at select times. As the conversation winds down to a conclusion, the ensemble trade ascending and descending lines before settling to a gentle ending. PROGRAM NOTES PROGRAM NOTES

Magnolia Star / Steve Danyew (b. 1983) March, Op. 99 / Sergei Prokofev (1891-1953) arr. Paul Yoder native of Connecticut, Steve Danyew currently resides in Rochester, New York. Danyew completed both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Music Composition from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and the Eastman School of Music respectively. Danyew is arch, Op.99 was written between 1944-1945 by Sergey Prokofev, a prominent Soviet-Russian viewedA as a versatile writer, composing works for orchestra, voice, chamber, and wind band. composer of his time alongside colleagues Dmitri Shostakovich, and Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. This march was written for the Soviet “May Day Celebration”, Magnolia Star, composed in 2012, is based on the blues scale and infuenced by various passenger alsoM known as the “International Workers’ Day” which falls on May 1st. Prokofev would go on to use trains used on the American railroad during the mid-20th Century. The “Magnolia Star” was one such portions of March, Op. 99 in his opera, The Story of a Real Man (1947). passenger train that travelled between New Orleans and Chicago. As segments of the population, African-Americans in particular, began to spread North, elements of their culture and music were This march is highly energetic and captures the spirit of Prokofev’s compositional creativity. March, carried with them resulting most notably in the spread of jazz and the blues. Op. 99 and one other work, the Athletic Festival March, were the only two pieces originially written for wind band by Prokofev. Written for Soviet Military Band instrumentation, March, Op. 99 was arranged The composition refects both the driving rhythms captured by the movement of the fast locomotives for Western instrumentation by Paul Yoder to much success. and a nod to those who helped spread a major form of music and culture across the country via the railroad.

Petite Symphonie / Charles Gounod (1818-1893) ed. Frederick Fennell

The Petite Symphonie was written in 1885 and modeled on a classical symphony with four movements total. Gounod used similar instrumentation as to that found in Mozart’s wind serenades.

The frst movement, Adagio and Allegretto, begins slowly before turning to a moderate pace. It follows a typical sonata-allegro form as found in the frst movement of most classical symphonies.

CANADY CREATIVE ARTS CENTER Dr. Keith Jackson ...... Dean, College of Creative Arts Prof. John Hendricks ...... Associate Dean, College of Creative Arts Dr. Michael Ibrahim ...... Director, School of Music Prof. Cynthia Anderson ...... Director of Graduate Studies Mr. Jamie Whoolery ...... Director of Production & Facilities Graduate Mr. Mark Price ...... Assistant Facilities Coordinator Mr. Peter McCumber ...... Facilities Manager Mr. Michael McGinley ...... Facilities Manager Mr. Jason Zeh ...... Facilities Manager Coducting ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take the time to personally thank the following:

My family: Charlie and Iralee Pfromm Kimberley and Kelley Pfromm Recital ...and my fancée Audrey Haller Mr. Kenneth C. Pfromm

WVU Graduate Committee: Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre Dr. Mitchell Arnold, Director of Orchestral Activities College of Creative Arts Dr. Andrew Kohn, Professor of String Bass and Music Theory School of Music

My Conducting Professor and Mentor, Dr. Scott C. Tobias, Director of Bands

A Special THANK YOU goes out to all of the performers tonight and all of my colleagues and friends here at West Virginia University...

and all of my other friends, family, and teachers who have supported me throughout the years.