Illinois Wind Orchestra Barry L. Houser, conductor Long-Tao Tang, graduate associate conductor

Oak Prairie Junior High School Band Bill Rank, conductor

Foellinger Great Hall Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 7:30 PM

TIELMAN SUSATO The Battle Pavane (1551/1984) (1500-1561) arr. Bob Margolis

WILLIAM OWENS The Blue Orchid (A Tango for Band) (2005) (b.1963)

TRADITIONAL All the Pretty Little Horses (1998) arr. Anne McGinty

ROBERT W. SMITH The Great Locomotive Chase (2000) (b.1958)

KARL L. KING Allied Honor March (1955) (1891-1971)

arr. James Swearingen

INTERMISSION

PERCY GRAINGER The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (1939/2000) (1882-1961) arr. Donald Hunsberger Long-Tao Tang, conductor

(continued) The University of Illinois Bands Staff Linda R. Moorhouse, interim director of bands FRANK TICHELI Sanctuary (2006) Barry L. Houser, director of athletic bands | assistant director of bands (b.1958) J. Ashley Jarrell, assistant director of bands Barry L. Houser, conductor Lana Custer, financial associate Terri Daniels, business administrative associate Elaine Li, bands performance collection librarian ALFRED REED El Camino Real (1986) Brian Coffill, graduate assistant (1921-2005) Morganne Garcia, graduate assistant Philip Meyer, graduate assistant GIACOMO PUCCINI Scossa Elettrica (1896/2001) Trent Shuey, graduate assistant (1858-1924) Long-Tao Tang, graduate assistant arr. Charles D. Yates Brad Wallace, graduate assistant

SERGEI PROKOFIEV March, Op. 99 (1946) University of Illinois Bands Selected Events (1891-1953) October 31, 2014 7:30pm Illinois Wind Symphony Halloween Concert, KCPA arr. Paul Yoder November 11, 2014 7:30pm Illinois Wind Orchestra with Urbana High School Wind Ensemble, KCPA November 16, 3:00pm Marching Illini in Concert, KCPA

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This performance is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree. Long- Tao Tang is a student of Dr. Linda R. Moorhouse.

Rimsky-Korsakov. Shortly after the 1918 revolution, Prokofiev left Russia (with the grudging permission Oak Park Junior High School Band of the new cultural commissar) and lived in the . Later, he moved to Paris, where he found the cultural and political climate more sympathetic. However, he retained his Russian citizenship and returned flute & piccolo saxophone tuba there permanently in 1936. Though he loved his home country and extolled its history with many of his Emily Anderson Evan Carlson Meaghan Marcin compositions, he preferred to remain outside of its political considerations even if it was seldom possible. Leigh Beland Filip Gaborek Shannon Brennan Claudia Scialabba percussion Allison Brown Ethan Ingram (tenor) Dylan Connelly Prokofiev’s compositional style spans from primitive to neoclassical, and his catalog includes symphonies, Elena Czerwinski Ethan Chiu (baritone) Felice Espada operas, cantatas, band works, concertos, sonatas, piano works, chamber music, and songs. Among his best- Julia DiBernardo Sabrina Plebanek known works are Peter and the Wolf, Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Romeo and Juliet, and his opera War and Francesca Martino Ben Turner Peace. He also composed six marches for wind band, including the popular Athletic Festival March. Lilia Olsick Giancarlo Garnica

Jenna Roe Brianna Kupiec March: Opus 99 is the only march that Prokofiev wrote for concert presentation. It was composed in 1943, Clayton Schmeckpeper and was premiered on a radio broadcast by a band conducted by Major Ivan Petrov, the leading bandmaster oboe Jelena Simon of the Soviet Union.The first American performance was presented by the United States Combat Infantry Jacqueline Mathius Nathan Stogsdill Band on May 31, 1945, and conducted by the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Serge Koussevitzky, an ardent Marc Schelli supporter of Prokofiev’s compositions. horn - note by Norman E. Smith bassoon Natasha Lipsa Nicholas Quigley Camryn Morrow Emma Odle clarinet Kali Alsup trombone Tori Cluff Collin Bryll Emily Kalmanek Jacob Cala (bass) Becca Keller Daniel Cruz Alexie Martin Matthew Mahalik Alyson Matushek Martin Minogue Liam Putrius David O’Donnell Savannah Wibiral (bass) Kate Wojcikiewicz

Sanctuary was commissioned by the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association in honor of H. Illinois Wind Orchestra Robert Reynolds. The premiere performance was given by the University of Michigan Symphony Band, Michael Haithcock, conductor, at Hill Auditorium in October 22, 2005. flute & piccolo saxophone trombone El Camino Real Hannah Drake Jeremy Loui * Michael Antry * Alfred Reed (1921-2005) was born in New York in January of 1921 and started his formal training on Victoria Palmer * Abby Kott Matt Bandyk trumpet at the age of ten. By the time he had reached high school, he was playing trumpet professionally Jazmin Rangel Hannah Gibes Quinten Breach and was studying composition with John Sacco and Paul Yartin. After three years at the Radio Workshop Kristen Schubbe Aaron Gatdula (tenor) Matt Carder in New York studying with Vittorio Giannini, he enlisted in the Army during World War II and became a Geddy Grove (baritone) Nick Wurl (bass) member of the 529th Army Air Force Band. During the three and half years in this organization, Reed oboe produced nearly 100 compositions and arrangements. David Choi trumpet euphonium Josh Johnson Rose Craig Ann Buchanan * Audrey Levengood * Jeff Crylen * Melissa Bugner Following his release from the Army in 1946, he enrolled at the Juilliard School of Music to continue his Helen Youn Ashley Hedlund study with Giannini. In 1948, Reed became an arranger and composer for NBC and later at ABC, where he Holly Leyden tuba wrote and arranged music for radio and television, as well as for record albums and films. He held various bassoon Ryan Meyer * Korrey Fritchl * numerous positions in academia, and retired in 1993 from the University of Miami, where he held positions Jacob Bross William Pritchard Thomas Jozefowicz in theory, composition, and conducting. With more than 250 published works for concert band, wind Rachel Rooth Victoria Sewell Wei Lyu ensemble, orchestra, choir, and various smaller chamber groups, Reed was one of the nation’s most prolific Axel Zwissler * and frequently performed composers. horn percussion clarinet Cora Haynes Angela Andolfi Literally, “The Royal Road” or “The King’s Highway” El Camino Real was commissioned in 1985 by and Sarah Altshuler * Adam Laird Jonah Angulo-Hurtig dedicated to the 581st Air Force Band and its Commander Lt. Col. Ray E. Toler. It is based on a series of Tony Coonrod Jan Luedtke Elisabeth Crotser chord progressions common to countless generations of Spanish flamenco guitarists, with fiery style and Alex Kott Phil Meyer * Nikolas Erickson * brilliant playing. The first section is based upon the dance form known as the “Jota” and the second section Melissa Okrzesik Amy Mullard * Danielle Schuh is based on the “Fandango”, but here it is altered considerably in both time and tempo from its usual form. Jonathan Sheetz (bass) Carson Satchwell Jeremy Wall Kaolin Sewell Scossa Elettrica Brandon Stanley piano Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), was a romantic Italian composer, well-known for his operas, and often Lindsay Stoddard Long-Tao Tang hailed as “the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi.” Puccini’s greatest works include La Bohème, Jessica Tung * Madama Butterfly, and his posthumously-completed masterpiece, Turandot.

* principal Between May and September of 1899, to celebrate the first centennial of the electric battery, the city of ** co-principal Como, , offered tributes to Alessandro Volta, the Italian scientist who lends his name to the volt (the electric unit of force). The theater “Sociale” was renovated and equipped with the most modern system of electrical lighting for the celebration. The committee for honoring Volta invited the world-famous Puccini to compose a special selection for commemorating the event. This commission resulted in Scossa Elettrica Marcetta Brilliante, written for the piano in the Italian spirit and boasting a “cantabile” trio. The title translates to English as “The Electric Shock.” - note by Charles D. Yates

March, Op. 99 Sergei (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev was born in 1891 in Sontzovka, Russia. His early musical training came

from his devoted mother, and he wrote a number of piano pieces - including six marches - when he was

five years old. At the age of thirteen, he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory. A talented but rebellious pupil, he studied composition, piano, organ, and conducting with various teachers, including Nikolai

King Charles II I did serve to face the foes in , THE CONDUCTORS And at the battle of Ramilles we boldly did advance. The sun was down and the moon did shine; so loudly did I cry: William Rank is starting his tenth year as Band Director at Oak Prairie JHS, which services parts of “Fight on, me lads, for Fair England! We'll conquer or we'll die!” Lockport, Lemont, and Homer Glen. Mr. Rank conducts the Oak Prairie Symphonic Bands, Concert Band and two jazz ensembles. He also teaches semester general music classes in Music Technology. Prior to Now we have gained the victory and bravely held the field, teaching at Oak Prairie, Mr. Rank taught four years at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, and two years We took a number of prisoners and forced them to yield, as an assistant at Champaign Central High School in Champaign. Mr. Rank’s ensembles have consistently That very day my horse got shot, all by a musket ball, received excellent ratings at local and state festivals. In 2011 the Oak Prairie Jazz Band 1 performed at the And 'ere I mounted up again, my second man did fall. Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference. The following December, the Oak Prairie Jazz Band 1 assisted Jose Diaz, J. Richard Dunscomb and Tony Garcia as a rehearsal lab band at the Midwest Now on a bed of sickness prone, I am resigned for to die; Clinic in Chicago! You generals all and champions bold, stand true as well as I. Unto your colours stand you true and fight with courage bold; Mr. Rank received the Bachelors and Masters degrees in Instrumental Music Education from the University I've led my men through fire and smoke but n'er was bribed by gold. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He recently was awarded the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award and is currently on the leadership committee for the Illinois Comprehensive Musicianship through Sanctuary Performance (ILcmp) Project. Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) is a composer of both orchestral and concert band works, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. He received his Doctoral and Master’s degrees from the University of As a freelance saxophonist, Mr. Rank has performed at the World Saxophone Congress and received an Michigan, and his works have received numerous awards and honors. Ticheli has been on the faculty of the Outstanding Soloist Award at the North Texas Jazz Festival. Mr. Rank is an active member in the Illinois University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music as a Professor of Composition since 1991. Music Educators Association, Illinois Grade School Music Association, Jazz Education Network, National Band Association, and the University of Illinois Alumni Association. He currently performs with the Brass The composer writes about Sanctuary: Tracks Jazz Orchestra.

Sanctuary was composed for conductor H. Robert Reynolds as a symbol of our enduring Barry L. Houser is the Director of the Marching Illini & Athletic Bands, Assistant Director of Bands and friendship. The work was commissioned in his honor, and received its premiere performance by Assistant Professor in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His duties the band he conducted for 26 years. As a personal tribute to Mr. Reynolds, who was a horn player include directing the Wind Orchestra, the 350-member Marching Illini-The Nation’s Premier College in his earlier days, I chose the solo horn to be the work’s main musical messenger. The opening Marching Band, the 200-member Illini Basketball Bands, the Illini Volleyball Bands, and teaching courses prologue grows out of a set of pitches that were derived from the letters of his first name (Harrah), in undergraduate instrumental conducting and marching band procedures. and idea I first used years ago in Postcard (commissioned by Reynolds in memory of his mother.) Vivid college memories of Mr. Reynolds conducting Grainger’s Hill Song No. 2 and Colonial Professor Houser’s teaching experience encompasses both extensive public school and university Song – both well known favorites of his – were also in the back of my mind, as the sounds that I experiences. Prior to his current position at Illinois, his bands have performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving created in some ways echo the lyrical mood of these works. Day Parade, the NBC Today Show, the ISSMA State Marching Finals, and the IMEA State Convention. Other performances include the Indianapolis 500 Parade, the Target Thanksgiving Day The word, sanctuary, conjures a rich array of images. It can imply a place of solitude, comfort, Parade, the Outback Bowl Parade and Half-Time Show, the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Washington DC National Memorial Parade, Chicago Bears Game, and performances with Maynard Ferguson and the rest, prayer, and protection. It can suggest a place that is strong and imposing or one that is very Dallas Brass. Professor Houser serves as President and Director of the Smith-Walbridge Clinics, Chair for small and private. I believe all of these images are suggested at one point or another in the music. the North Central Division and Board of Directors for the National Band Association, and as one of the The opening bell sounds suggest peace and joyful reverence. The main horn melody is at once Directors of the Macy's Great American Marching Band! reflective and reassuring. There is also an underlying hint of nostalgia – a wistfulness, perhaps suggested by the simple three-chord progression which threads the entire work. But there is also an expression of strength and power in the work’s dark and imposing climax. Professor Houser received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Florida, and a Master of Music in Wind Conducting degree from the University of Illinois, where he was a student of James Keene. After the climax recedes, the main melody disappears for a period of time, replaced by flute and clarinet solo episodes that create repose, space, and distance. But in the end, the three-chord harmony returns and serves as a doorway for the final appearance of the main horn theme. The work ends with a quiet echo of the opening bells. Long-Tao Tang is currently a candidate for the Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting, and serves as raiders were eventually captured. A few of the captured men were executed as spies, though other a graduate assistant with the University of Illinois Bands. Born and raised n Hong Kong, Tang started participants in the raid became the very first recipients of the . Robert W. Smith’s creative learning piano at the age of five. His primary interest in piano involved collaborative performance and interpretation of these events showcases extended techniques not commonly used on band instruments. physiological pedagogy for non-children learners. After attaining a distinction in the Licentiate of RSM (London) in piano performance, his focus shifted almost exclusively to ensemble music (flautist and Allied Honor March chorister). Tang is conductor of the amateur Christian wind band, "Psalm Wind Orchestra," in Hong Kong. Karl King was a quiet, warm and gracious man. He lived the boyhood dream of running away with the He has regularly directed choirs for over five years years, including high school, college, and church circus. While there, he became a virtuoso baritone player, and his first compositions were published when ensembles. As a composer and arranger, his ensemble music is frequently performed by his alma mater, the he was just 17. He went on to become a famous circus bandmaster and conductor for many years of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. renowned Fort Dodge Iowa Municipal Band. Allied Honor March is a traditional American march in cut time. Although the march form exists in many variations, Allied Honor follows basic AABBCC form.

PROGRAM NOTES The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. Over the The Battle Pavane course of a long and innovative career, he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk Tielman Susato was a composer, arranger and publisher of music. He may have been from Soest in music in the early 20th century. He also made many adaptations of other composers' works. Netherlands, or a town in Westphalia. He later moved to North Holland and eventually to . At various times he was also a calligrapher and instrumentalist at Cathedral in Belgium. He was the The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare was written for the brass choir of the wind band or symphony orchestra. major music publisher in the Low Countries from 1543 to 1561, publishing music of composers such as Grainger writes: Crecquillon, Josquin des Prez, Handl, Clement Jannequin, Clemens non Papa, and Lassus. His publications include 19 books of , 3 books of masses, 25 books of , and 11 musyck boexken, the third of My fanfare (written March 5-6, 1939 in Coral Gables, Florida) is based on the English folksong which - “Alderhande Danserye” (1551), a collection of popular dance tunes he arranged - forms the basis of 'The Duke of Marlborough'. In my setting, the tune is heard twice. The first time (behind the The Battle Pavane. This arrangement for concert band by Bob Margolis closely follows Susato’s original platform) it typifies memories of long-past wars—vague, far-off, poetic. The second time (on the four part arrangement. platform) typifies war in the present--fast-moving, close at hand, de bonair, drastic.”

The Blue Orchid This piece takes its inspiration from an 18th-century broadside ballad, probably written relatively Dark and sultry, The Blue Orchid is a work based on the wonderfully torrid Latin American ballroom tango close to the event it portrays--namely the Battle of Ramillies (1706) between the English and dance. With its rich melodic flow and warm harmonies, it ends as mysteriously as it begins. French. The version Grainger uses was collected by Miss Lucy E. Broadwood, about 1895, from Henry Burstow of Horsham, Sussex, whom he describes as” of the very finest of all English folk All The Pretty Little Horses singers”. The following is the original text: All The Pretty Little Horses is an American folk lullaby in a minor mode. This arrangement, introduced by a plaintive original melody in the first clarinet part, presents the song in 4/4, before moving into 3/4 at a You generals all and champions bold who take delight in the field, slightly faster tempo. It returns to 4/4 for the conclusion. Linear, moving melody and impressionistic Who knock down palaces and castle walls and fight until they yield: harmonic progressions add color and style to this arrangement. The words of the folk song are gentle and Oh I must go and face the foe without my sword and shield. optimistic: I always fought with my merry men, but now to death I must yield.

Hushabye, don’t you cry, go to sleepy little baby, I am an Englishman by my birth, and Malborough is my name; When you wake, you shall have all the pretty little horses, In Devonshire I drew my breath, that place of noted fame. Blacks and bays, dapples and grays, coach and six a little horses, I was belovèd by all my men, by Kings and Princes likewise, Hushabye, don’t you cry, go to sleepy little baby. Though many towns I often took, I did the world surprise.

The Great Locomotive Chase Well, good Queen Anne sent us abroad, to Flanders we did go; The Great Locomotive Chase is inspired by a military raid of the same name, also known as Andrews’ And we left the banks of Newfoundland, for to face the daring foe. Raid, that occurred , 1862, in northern during the . Volunteers from We climbed those lofty hills so high where guns stones broke, likewise, the stole a train in an effort to disrupt the vital Western & Atlantic Railroad (W&A), which And all those famous towns we took and we won great victory. ran from , Georgia, to Chattanooga, . They were pursued by other locomotives, and the