Illinois Wind Orchestra Barry L. Houser, Conductor Long-Tao Tang, Graduate Associate Conductor Oak Prairie Junior High School B
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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 Visit the University of Illinois Bands at www.bands.illinois.edu Bands at the University of Illinois The historic University of Illinois Bands program is among the most influential and comprehensive college band programs in the world, offering students the highest quality musical experiences in a variety of band ensembles. These ensembles include several concert bands led by the Illinois Wind Symphony, the Marching Illini “The Nation’s Premier College Marching Band,” two Basketball Bands, Volleyball Band, the Orange & Blues Pep Bands, and the community Summer Band. Students from every college on campus participate in the many ensembles, and the impact on the campus is substantial. The Illinois Bands are a critical part of the fabric of the University of Illinois, and their influence on students––past, present and future––is truly unique. 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 United States. 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 trumpet 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, Italy, 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 France, 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.