RReeppoorrtt Douglas Stotter, editor

Summer 2001

From the Podium

Dear CBDNA Colleagues, In my opinion the “band” culture in the 20th century has been primarily entertainment oriented. This is true from the professional I hope this finds you well and enjoying the change of pace sum- bands of the early century to school bands of today including mer brings. For me, summer means an opportunity to “catch up” marching and concert organizations. What was revolutionary about on stacks of reading materials and the time to look seriously at the the Wind Ensemble as conceived by Fred Fennell was not the size many new scores that arrived during the academic year. During of the ensemble but the awakening to the reality that a band should this period of “rehabilitation” I also review each concert tape from and could consider the quality of the music to be performed be- the previous year and begin to make programming decisions for fore all other aspects of the organization. The number of people the upcoming year. As Dickens said, “these are the best of times on the stage was simply a bi-product of selecting quality music. and the worst of times”. It is often difficult to be brutally honest Instrumentation, names (Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, Wind with myself (have you seen the recent commercials on this sub- Symphony), and numbers are perpetual arguments that cloud the ject?) regarding the quality of my own performances. However, real issue: quality of music. The Wind Ensemble movement as this annual ritual has been a real catalyst for growth as I try to begun by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and practiced by many determine what I need to labor over before Labor Day. The job others, is a cultural revolution within the wind band medium. Those does not end there. The intensive task of making programming who are willing to be revolutionaries will perhaps always be the decisions can be exhaustive also! If I examine the repertoire I am minority in the total band conducting profession. However, it is perusing with the same standard that I hope for in my perfor- the revolutionaries in our profession who lead the repertoire to- mances, Dickens famous quote once again rings true. Today’s wind ward its ultimate potential, as has been the case throughout the conductor has more music available to choose from than at any history of music. point in history, a profound change since I joined CBDNA twenty years ago. I find a quandary in having so many titles available As you prepare for next year, be brutally honest with yourself since much of the music appears to me to be “skin deep” and and your students in programming music of the highest quality strikingly similar in its construction and orchestration. This “best within the grasp of your players potential. of times” (amount of music) and “worst of times” (quality versus Who knows, a revolution may occur within your sphere of in- amount) dilemma is an ongoing artistic question all who conduct fluence! bands face on a daily basis. Michael Haithcock There is a historic sifting process that happens with the passing of time. As a result, much of the music from all previous eras of music history goes unheard today. All wind conductors partici- pate in this process each time they select repertoire for any con- cert. As a result, the process and artistic reasons that go into pro- In this Issue: gramming seems to be the friction point for positive change to- ward building on these “best of times”. I used to think the solu- News ...... 2 tion to the “worst of times” was totally in the hands of composers (“build it and they will come”). If we conductors could only con- On-line Publications Survey Results...... 3 vert the composers who would not write for band, we would be on our way to developing a stronger repertoire. The change in Forum ...... 4 attitude toward the wind band medium by composers may be our single greatest accomplishment over the past fifty years. A tre- Recording Review ...... 5 mendous amount of effort by many has gone into this revolution in attitude. I now think the next step for defining our repertoire is Programs, State by State ...... 6 increasingly placed in the hands of conductors more so than com- Special Feature ...... 21 posers (“program it and they will write it”). Business...... 24 2 - NEWS

The date of the Southern Division Con- Glenn Price at the University of Calgary The Carolina Conductors Conference ference has been has been changed from announces their wind conducting diploma featured W. Francis McBeth, Professor Feb. 13 - 16 to Feb. 20 - 23, 2001. The program featuring Gunther Schuller, Emeritus at Ouachita University in Arkan- conference will be held at the Clayton Rodney Winther, Baldur Bronnimann, sas, as well as John R. Locke, Festival County Public Schools Performing Arts Allan Bell and Glenn Price on its faculty Host and Director of Bands at UNCG. Center in Atlanta. in the summer of 2001. The comprehen- In July 2001, the UNCG Summer Mu- sive course of study includes conducting sic Camp program, directed by John R. The U.S. Army Bands have created a techniques, score analysis and literature Locke, will attract some 1,730 students website with many resources for music edu- along with a number of related topics of musicians to campus in two one-week ses- cators. “Army Bands Online,” at http:// interest. An international range of conduc- sions. As the largest university-sponsored bands.army.mil, features monthly articles by tors and teachers at all levels of work and music camp in America, the UNCG pro- some of the top instrumentalists in the na- experience are welcomed annually to this gram will include 15 concert bands, 3 or- tion. It also has a worldwide web-schedule intensive 3-week program. chestras, 3 choirs and 120 pianists. to see what free band performances are be- The program runs July 23 - August 10, ing held in a particular area or on a specific 2001. For information contact Glenn Price, The following invitation is from Tim date. There are free music downloads and Dept. of Music, University of Calgary, Salzman, who can be reached at: salzman information about Army careers in music. 2500 University Dr. NW., Cal-gary, @u.washington.edu Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 The outstanding Australian composer, Last spring the North Central Division Tel: (403) 220-6968 David Stanhope, has agreed to write a work held elections for Regional Vice President Fax (403) 284-0973 for premiere at the combined Western/ and Representative to the National Com- email: [email protected] Northwestern Divisional conference to be missioning Project. Matt George from the held at the University of Nevada-Reno, University of St. Thomas [MN] was Gary Corcoran will tour Germany and March 20-23, 2002. The work will be pre- elected to the position of Vice President. Austria with the Plymouth State College miered by the Western/Northwestern Di- Rodney Winther from the Cincinnati Con- Symphonic Band in March 2002. The itin- vision CBDNA Intercollegiate Band con- servatory of Music becomes the representa- erary will include performances in Munich, ducted by Michael Haithcock. tive to the National Commissioning Project. Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna. As back- I'm hopeful that you will strongly con- ground preparation for the tour, the band sider becoming a part of this commission. A consortium of 20 colleges and univer- presented a concert entitled “On the Road We are seeking $500 contributions from sities have commissioned four composers to Vienna” in April. The concert included: participating schools. Mark Rogers from to write pieces to commemorate Frank Rosamunde, Overture .....Schubert/Takahashi Southern Music Company (Stanhope's new Battisti’s 70th birthday on June 27, 2001. Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in D minor ...... American distributor) has indicated that All of the composers are or have been af- ...... Bach/Erickson Southern will provide complimentary filiated with the New England Conservatory. St. Anthony Divertimento...... Haydn/Wilcox score and parts to the contributing schools. Michael Gandolfi will compose a tango Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a .... There has already been considerable inter- for wind ensemble, 6-8 minutes in length...... Brahms/Wasson est in participating in this commission from This choice honors Frank’s love of tangos Die Zauberflöte, Overture...... Mozart/Posch outside of our divisions with committments and the music of Astor Piazzola. Gandolfi Liebestod ...... Wagner/Bainum having been received from the University Rondo ...... von Weber/Snavely is on the Composition Faculty at New En- of Illinois, University of Georgia and Texas Der Rosenkavalier, Waltzes ...Strauss/Cailliet gland Conservatory. Radetsky March, Op. 282 ...... Strauss/Reed Tech University. We are hopeful that the Michael Weinstein will compose a ser- sum of money collected will assist our di- enade with the exact instrumentation of the The University of North Carolina at visions in bringing David Stanhope to Dvorak Serenade, Op. 44. The piece will Greensboro hosted the 12th Annual Caro- Reno for the premiere where we could fur- be 15-20 minutes in length. Weinstein is lina Band Festival and Conductors Con- ther benefit from sessions with him on his on the faculty of the Berklee College of ference February 15-17, 2001. The festi- music, conducting, etc. Music and the Extension Division of New val attracted 190 high school students from Please send your checks to: England Conservatory. North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Robert Spittal Kenneth Amis, tuba player of the Em- Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Mary- Treasurer, Northwest CBDNA pire Brass Quintet will compose a 8-10 land, Florida, Ohio and Alabama, chosen Director of Bands minute overture for orchestral winds. by audition, as well as 70 band conduc- Gonzaga University Lior Navok will compose a 20 minute tors. The Carolina Band Festival Honor Music Department work for chorus and wind ensemble. Pres- Bands were conducted by Gary Green, E. 509 Boone Ave. ently he is completing doctoral work at the [Miami University], who conducted the Spokane, WA 99258 New England Conservatory where he stud- Symphonic Band (grades 11-12) and ies with John Harbison. Stephen Gage, [Youngstown State Uni- All pieces will be premiered sometime versity] who conducted the Concert Band between Spring 2002 and Fall 2003. (grades 9-10). SURVEY RESULTS - 3 On-Line Publications Survey Surveys were distributed to CBDNA members in the Spring edition of the CBDNA Report and via email to those who have email addresses listed in the association’s directory. A total of 132 surveys were returned, 110 (83%) electronically, 22 (17%) by mail or fax. The results listed below will be used as a resource by the Execu- tive Board as they give consideration to the distribution of information and association publications over the next two years.

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6. What kind of computer do you use? PC: 75 (57%) Macintosh: 54 (41%) WebTV: 1 (0.8%) Other: 2 (1.2%) [of these, 17 respondents (13%) indicated that they use both PC and Macintosh]

7. Have you visited the CBDNA web site? yes: 113 (86%) no: 19 (14%)

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9. Have you used the online membership directory located at the web site? yes: 42 (32%) no: 90 (68%)

10. Which Internet browser do you use? Internet Explorer: 44 (33%) Netscape: 80 (61%) AOL: 5 (4%) I don’t know: 3 (2%) [of these, 22 respondents (17%) use both Netscape and Internet Explorer; 3 respondents (2%) use both Netscape and AOL]

11. Does your computer have “Adobe Acrobat” installed? yes: 115 (87%) no: 8 (6%) I don’t know: 9 (7%)

12. If you received an electronic version of the “CBDNA Report” via your computer, do you think you would read it more often: 15 (11%) just as often: 70 (53%) not as often: 28 (22%) I’ll have to wait and see: 19 (14%)

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Committee: Bob Cesario, Rice University Tony Spano, Culver City High School Gary Corcoran, Plymouth State College, Chair Doug Stotter, Indiana University Cheryl Fryer, Georgia State University Michael Votta, University of North Carolina 4 - FORUM The following article is reprinted at the request of Michael 7. Fast music needs shaping, in volume and time, as much as Haithcock from the June 3, 2001 edition of the Dallas slow movements. (We've heard too many players who beautifully Morning News. -ed. mold more introspective movements but heedlessly barrel through the extroverted ones.)

Scott Cantrell: 8. There's nothing wrong with playing baroque music, written Learning Cliburn's Lessons for harpsichord, on the piano, but it's not easy. In the first place, baroque dance rhythms underlie almost every note of it. You can Young pianists need to find subtlety of music, subtly play with the rhythm, but make sure the downbeat is always performance clear. You can learn much about baroque tempos, articulation and Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News ornamentation from harpsichordists, who tend to keep up with the The quality of the playing at this year's 11th Van Cliburn Inter- latest scholarship on these issues. (There's been a lot of research in national Piano Competition is higher than ever, say veterans of the the last 40 years.) quadrennial contest. And the choice of music is more varied—and more interesting. 9. Give music from different times and places different sounds. Most pianists now play Haydn and Mozart differently than they At each step of the competition—preliminaries, semifinals play Brahms, but we've had too much Chopin—who, after all, was (which conclude tonight), and finals—each listener will have a known for his delicate, perfumed playing—that sounded like different list of favorites from the judges. But whoever "wins" and Bartók. "loses" on June 10—and whatever that means—it's amazing to hear so many young pianists, from so many countries, playing with such 10. You can learn a lot from recordings of early 20th-century assurance and brilliance. pianists. Some of them were wildly uneven, but they had a whole range of expression we've largely lost. (There really was life be- That said, performances in the preliminary round, held May 25 fore Alfred Brendel and Vladimir Ashkenazy.) Now available on through last Tuesday at Bass Performance Hall, prompt a few sug- CD are revelatory performances by Rachmaninoff, Cortot, Benno gestions for these formidably gifted and trained young musicians: Moiseiwitsch, Ignaz Friedman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Vladimir Sofronitsky and Samson François. 1. Playing loud and fast will get you a standing ovation every time. But resist the temptation to pound through showpieces as 11. Applause can be a heady intoxicant. When you hear it night fast and as loudly as you can, flattening the music's contours in the after night, and when your best friends won't tell you when you've process. had a bad night, you can get delusions of perfection. No matter how great you get, play from time to time for a musician you re- 2. Notes and dynamic markings printed on the page are the bar- spect, one who'll give you honest feedback. Writers never lose their est skeletons; it's up to you to flesh out the music and give it life. need for editors; the same is true of musicians. That means a constant and subtle adjustment of timings and col- ors, not just at the beginnings and ends of phrases. 12. Finally, go out there and have fun. Like life, music is much too important to be taken too seriously. The Cliburn Competition 3. Music is all about tension and release, from start to finish of a continues through June 10 at Bass Performance Hall, Fourth and sonata, and from one harmony to the next. Feel it and project it. Commerce, Fort Worth. Concluding semifinals begin at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. today. Single tickets $8.50 to $121.50. Call Central Ticket 4. The difference between a great performance and a merely good Office, 817-335-9000, or www.cliburn.org. one is the illusion of spontaneity, and much of this has to do with subtle rhythmic adjustments. A great performance is fastidiously prepared, but it sounds made up on the spot. Let us hear from you! 5. Western music makes much use of repetition. Some of our All members of CBDNA are invited to submit favorite composers—Schubert and Schumann come to mind—of- their thoughts on topics of interest to the organization. ten present an idea and immediately repeat it. But as the great pia- Send your "forum" submissions to: nist Alfred Cortot advised: Never play a repeated phrase the same Douglas Stotter, editor way twice. CBDNA Report Department of Bands 6. You'll do most of your practicing in the "dry" acoustics of a Merrill Hall living room or studio, but you'll perform in much larger spaces Indiana University with livelier sonics. Adjust your speeds and pedaling so the music Bloomington, IN 47405 doesn't get lost in a blur. (This has been a recurrent problem in the fairly "live" Bass Hall.) RECORDING REVIEW - 5

To have your most recent disc listed Texas Tech University Youngstown State University email or regular mail the following in- Symphonic Wind Ensemble Symphonic Wind Ensemble formation: John Cody Birdwell, conductor Stephen L. Gage, conductor Name of ensemble Keith Bearden, guest conductor Star Wars and Other Scores! Name(s) of conductor(s) Will Streider, trumpet Festive Overture....Shostakovich/Hunsberger Concertino for Clarinet and Wind Orchestra . Disc title [if any] Live In Concert Profanation ...... Leonard Bernstein ...... Weber/Brooks Works followed by composers Laboring Songs ...... Dan Welcher Star Wars Trilogy ...... Williams/Hunsberger Anything special about the disc [world October ...... Dmitri Shostakovich Old Wine in New Bottles...... Jacob premier, farewell recording, etc.] When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone ...... Fanfare for a New Era...... Stamp Record label/catalog number [if any] ...... David Gillingham Salute to the Chief...... Brooks Contact information Yiddish Dances ...... Adam Gorb Third Symphony, No. 89 (III)...... Barnes Niagara Falls ...... Michael Daugherty The Gum-suckers March .....Grainger/Rogers Send new release information to: The Gumsuckers March...... Percy Grainger Ed Powell Special Note: The soloist on the Weber Assistant Director of Bands Special Note: All works except for Niagara Concertino is Joseph Edwards, Director, Dana University of Tennessee Falls and Gumsuckers March were recorded at School of Music. The Concertino for Clarinet 149 Music Building the 2000 CBDNA Southwest Regional Confer- and Wind Orchestra and the Salute to the Chief, University of Tennessee ence at the University of Oklahoma. Concert March are new compositions by Dr. Knoxville, TN 37996-2605 Label: Mark, MCD 3372 Lee Brooks, President, Concert Masters Re- [email protected] Information: cording Co., Canton, Ohio. Old Wine in New Tel: 806-742-2272 Bottles is performed by the Dana Chamber Electronic format and email are pre- Fax: 806-742-2294 Winds; this ensemble consists of Dana faculty ferred. Please use simple text format email: [email protected] members and graduate students. only when submitting via floppy disc. Label: Electronic Records CD-YSUSWE2K Information: University of North Carolina-Greensboro (330) 742-1832 John R. Locke, conductor [email protected] A Tribute to Sousa - Live! Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa Dance of the Jesters ...... Tchaikovsky/Cramer Calvin College Band Washington Post...... Sousa Winthrop University Symphonic Band Derald De Young, conductor The Carnival of Venice ...... Arban and Jazz Ensemble Tour 2000 Herbert L. Clarke portrayed by Edward Bach William F. Malambri and A Summer Flourish ...... Clark McAlister El Capitan...... Sousa Phil A. Thompson, directors Lincolnshire Posy ...... Percy Grainger Light Cavalry ...... von Suppe Finale from Symphony No. 5 ...... Shostakovich Amazing Grace ...... Frank Ticheli William Tell...... Rossini Cheers...... Mancini Concertino for Tuba and Band ...... 1812 ...... Tchaikovsky Deutsche Art Marsch ...... Teike ...... Frank Bencriscutto The Thunderer ...... Sousa Lauralisa ...... Mantooth Southern Harmony ...... Donald Grantham Easter Monday on the White House Lawn..... Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams Easter Monday on the White House Lawn...... Sousa Samba Dees Gotta Do It ...... Kubis ...... John Phillip Sousa The Elephant & The Fly ...... Kling Symphonic Songs for Band ...... Bennett Symphony No. 2 IV. Finale ...... Tchaikovsky Piccolo & Tuba Duo, Blackberry Winter ...... Wilder/McGlohon Information: Deborah Egekvist & Dennis AsKew That Old Black Magic...... Arlen (616) 957-6304 “Vilya” from the Merry Widow...... Lehar I See Voices ...... Zvacek [email protected] Soprano Solo, Marjorie Moody portrayed by Nancy Walker Westminster College Wind Ensemble King Cotton...... Sousa R. Tad Greig, conductor Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa The Military Marches, Unit and Information: Ceremonial of Colonel Donald T. Kellitt Phone: 1-800-999-2869 The Far Shore Fax: (336) 334-5349 Subway Soldier Submissions to the Report March Manchu Spader Parader Send all materials to: The Big Red One Douglas Stotter, editor Congressional Honors CBDNA Report Secretary of the Army Department of Bands Follow Me ! Merrill Hall Move Out Information: Indiana University (724) 946-7279 x7270 Bloomington, IN 47405 6 - PROGRAMS

PLEASE NOTE: University of Arkansas Symphonic Band University of Arkansas at Monticello Timothy Gunter, conductor Symphonic Band Include your STATE and DATE OF March 5, 2001 Michael Davidson, conductor PERFORMANCE in all submissions. Joyance ...... Smith April 24, 2001 The Soaring Hawk ...... Mahr Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp The CBDNA Executive Board and the Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn....Dello Joio Songs of the West...... Holst/Curnow editor encourage program submissions His Honor ...... Fillmore Well Met, My Own True Love ...... for specific concerts in performance ...... Vaughan Williams/Daehn order rather than repertoire lists for se- University of Arkansas Wind Symphony Morceau Symphonique .....Guilmant/Shepard W. Dale Warren, conductor Josh Tedeton, trombone mesters, tours, or school years. Many March 6, 2001 Fallen, Fallen is Babylon!...... Spears CBDNA members are as interested in Canzona ...... Mennin Flashing Winds...... van der Roost how their fellow members program as Fantasia di Concerto ...... Boccalari/Akers they are in what they program. Russell Pettitt, euphonium University of Central Arkansas Symphony in B-flat...... Hindemith Wind Ensemble When sending email or computer disk, Whirl...... Smith February 8, 2001 do not use tabs, leader characters, or Russian Christmas Music ...... Reed Ricky Brooks, conductor other formatting. Submissions will be National Emblem ...... Bagley Tony Baker, trombone formatted prior to publication. Leigh Bradley, soprano University of Arkansas Wind Symphony New Century Dawn...... Gillingham address for submissions W. Dale Warren, conductor Amazing Grace ...... Traditional April 24, 2001 ...and grace will lead us home ...... Knox Douglas Stotter, editor Festive Overture....Shostakovich/Hunsberger Concerto for Trombone, Op. 114b ....Bourgeois CBDNA Report Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb Department of Bands Fascinating Ribbons...... Tower Morning Star ...... Maslanka Merrill Hall Petite Symphonie ...... Gounod Indiana University Martin Reynolds, conductor University of Central Arkansas Bloomington, IN 47405 Music for Prague 1968...... Husa Wind Ensemble [email protected] Dancin’ into the ’20s...... Hunsberger March 14-16, 2001 Ricky Brooks, conductor University of Arkansas Concert Band Lorraine Duso, oboe Martin Reynolds, conductor Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb March 6, 2001 Divertimento for Band ...... Hearshen March - Amazonas ...... Salutari Morning Star ...... Maslanka Elegy for a Young American...... Lo Presti Andante and Allegro ...... Walter ARKANSAS Serenade ...... Bourgeois Symphony for Brass and Timpani.....Haufrecht With Quiet Courage ...... Daehn Circus Bee ...... Fillmore University of Arkansas Wind Symphony Bridgewater Breeze...... Gorb W. Dale Warren, conductor As the Stars Forever...... Hutchison University of Central Arkansas October 11, 2000 Wind Ensemble Fanfare...... Bernstein University of Arkansas Concert Band April 24, 2001 Tales for Tuba and Wind Band ...... Kalke Martin Reynolds, conductor Ricky Brooks, conductor Skip Gray, Tuba April 24, 2001 Lorraine Duso, oboe Third Symphony ...... Barnes Seapower Fanfare...... Brubaker Robert Holden, narrator Fantasia for Band ...... Giannini Divertimento ...... Hearshen University of Arkansas Wind Symphony Pie Jesu...... Webber Variations on a Theme by Glinka ...... W. Dale Warren, conductor Partita for Band ...... Curnow ...... Rimsky-Korsakov/McAlister December 4, 2000 Riders for the Flag ...... Sousa Lincoln Portrait ...... Copland Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger Second Suite...... Holst University of Arkansas Symphonic Band Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Concerto for Horn ...... Thompson Timothy Gunter, conductor Circus Bee ...... Fillmore Timothy Thompson, horn April 25, 2001 **world premiere** Florentiner March ...... Fucik University of Central Arkansas American Salute...... Gould Concertino for Marimba (I) ...... Creston Symphonic Band Eldon A. Janzen, conductor An American Elegy...... Ticheli February 28, 2001 Vortex ...... Wilson Light Cavalry Overture...... von Suppe Thomas Burritt, conductor Divertimento ...... Hearshen The Rakes of Mallow...... Anderson Jarrett Robinett and Jonathan West, Danza Final ...... Ginastera/Johns graduate conductors Scenes of the Rappahannock ...... Long Down A Country Lane ...... Copland Scenes from the Louvre ...... Dello Joio Be Thou My Vision...... Stamp Three Ayres from Glouchester...... Stuart Slavonic Folk Suite ...... Reed PROGRAMS - 7

California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento University of Central Arkansas Concert Band & Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, April 25, 2001 conductors conductors Ricky Brooks, conductor Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Kevin Powers, guest conductor December 6, 2000 May 16, 2001 Jonathan West, graduate conductor Concert Band Concert Band Fiesta! ...... Chance Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp Trevelyan Suite ...... Arnold Old American Country Set .....Cowell/Worman Sun Dance ...... Ticheli Chester Overture ...... Schuman Rikudim...... van der Roost Third Journey to a Holy Mountain...... Hovhaness March des Parachutistes Belges ...... Leemans Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night...... Liturgical Music ...... Mailman My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone..... Grainger ...... del Borgo Wind Ensemble Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams Concord ...... Grundman Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger Wind Ensemble The Last Spring...... Grieg Celebration Fanfare...... Tower CALIFORNIA Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb Zion ...... Welcher Combined Bands Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennett Whatsoever Things ...... Camphouse Timepiece ...... McTee Pomona College Band Sleigh Ride ...... Anderson Country Band March ...... Ives Graydon Beeks, conductor Combined Bands Stephen Klein, guest conductor California State University, Sacramento Hobbits ...... de Meij April 21 and 22, 2001 Wind Ensemble Toccata for Band ...... Erickson Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, Serenade II for Band ...... Kohn conductors DELAWARE Lads of Wamphray March ...... Grainger Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Suite for Brass...... Bartok/Klein February 28, 2001 University of Delaware Wind Ensemble California Jubilee ...... Nixon March with Trumpets...... Bergsma Robert J. Streckfuss, conductor Tales of a Traveler...... Sousa/Rogers After a Gentle Rain ...... Iannaconne MENC Eastern Division Meeting Music for 13 Wind Instruments ...... Miller March 2, 2001 California State University, Sacramento Theatre Music ...... Sparke Festmusik der Stadt Wien ...... Strauss Wind Ensemble First Suite ...... Holst American Elegy ...... Ticheli Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, English Waltz ...... Grainger/Rogers conductors California State University, Sacramento Occident et Orient ...... Saint-Saens/Whitwell Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Concert Band Fantasy Variations...... Grantham October 4, 2000 Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, The Firebird Suite.....Stravinsky/Earles/Fennell Olympic Fanfare and Theme ...... Williams conductors Old Home Days...... Ives/Elkus March 7, 2001 Concerto for Bassoon and Winds ...... Hidas Fanfare...... Montenegro/Tatgenhorst FLORIDA Match Point ...... Walker Two Journeys to a Holy Mountain...... Hovhaness Pastime ...... Stamp Bagatelles for Band...... Persichetti University of North FloridaWind Ensemble Epinicion ...... Paulson Gordon Brock, conductor California State University, Sacramento Valdres...... Hanssen October 22, 2000 Concert Band Polly Oliver ...... Root Scenes from The Louvre...... Dello Joio October 25, 2000 Greensleeves ...... Reed Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, California State University, Sacramento Der Traum des Oenghus ...... Rudin conductors Wind Ensemble Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, Waterdance ...... Strommen conductors University of North FloridaWind Ensemble Tricycle...... Boysen Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor Gordon Brock, conductor Prisoner of the Ring ...... Giroux March 28, 2001 October 22, 2000 Sarabande and Polka ...... Arnold Theatre Music ...... Sparke Konigsmarsch...... Strauss Hymn of St. James ...... Clark Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Balladair ...... Erickson Zion ...... Welcher Festivo ...... Gregson California State University, Sacramento First Suite ...... Holst Puszta ...... van der Roost Wind Ensemble Air for Band ...... Erickson Sleigh Ride ...... Anderson Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom, Christmas Sing-A-Long...... Ployhar conductors Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductor University of North FloridaWind Ensemble November 12, 2000 Gordon Brock, conductor Elfin Thunderbolt...... Galbraith February 24, 2001 Rondo di Jazz ...... Caviani Canzona ...... Mennin Prelude in F ...... Gershwin Irish Tune ...... Grainger Angela Mann, piano Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa Fantasy Variations...... Grantham Rhapsody in Blue ...... Gershwin Eccentric March ...... Glovinsky Gary Smart, piano 8 - PROGRAMS

University of North FloridaWind Ensemble Columbus State University Band State University of West Georgia Gordon Brock, conductor Robert Rumbelow, conductor Wind Symphony April 24, 2001 March 25, 2001 M. Scott McBride, conductor Symphony No. 6 ...... Persichetti Symphony for Band ...... Gould Eric Slay, graduate assistant Irish Tune ...... Grainger Concerto for Horn in E-Flat ....Mozart/Rumbelow March 8, 2001 Concertino for Jazz and Legit Clarinets...... Prince Kristen Hansen, horn Fanfare for a Festive Day ...... Cichy A Movement for Rosa...... Camphouse Concert Piece for Bassoon...... Phillips Walls of Zion...... Danner Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa Ronald Wirt, bassoon Ayre for Eventide ...... Stuart Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra ... Badings Country Gardens ...... Grainger University of South Florida Wind Ensemble Sarah Gill, flute Canzon Duodecimi Toni ....Gabrieli/Garofalo William Wiedrich, conductor A Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Chaccone in D minor ...... Bach/Daehn October 25, 2000 Vesuvius ...... Tichelli Overture for Winds ...... Mendelssohn Columbus State University Band Concerto for 23 Winds...... Hartley Robert Rumbelow, conductor State University of West Georgia Masquerade ...... Persichetti April 21, 2001 Wind Symphony Symphony in B-flat...... Hindemith Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennett M. Scott McBride, conductor Concerto for Clarinet ...... Shaw Eric Slay, graduate assistant University of South Florida Wind Ensemble Todd Palmer, clarinet April 24, 2001 William Wiedrich, conductor A Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Earle of Oxford’s Marche ...... Byrd/Jacob March 3, 2001 The Stars and Stripes Forever...... Sousa Variations on Amazing Grace ...... Walker George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Caccia and Chorale ...... Williams Theme and Variations ...... Schoenberg Emory Wind Ensemble Two Chorale Preludes ... Brahms/Boyd/Fennell The Waterclown ...... Powell Scott A. Stewart, conductor Coriolanus ...... Hidas **world premiere** Otis C. French, guest conductor Lullaby for Kirsten...... Bassett February 23, 2001 University of Georgia Wind Symphony Music for Prague...... Husa Octet in E-flat...... Beethoven Dwight Satterwhite, John Culvahouse, and March in F ...... Beethoven David Romines, conductors University of South Florida Wind Ensemble Geschwindmarsch ...... Hindemith January 19, 2001 William Wiedrich, conductor Music for Prague 1968...... Husa Commando March ...... Barber April 25, 2001 Red Cape Tango ...... Daugherty Arrows of Time ...... Peaslee/Hauser La Procession du Rocio ...... Turina Scott Hartman, trombone Psycho, Schizo, Scherzo ...... Beringer Emory Wind Ensemble Concerto for 23 Winds...... Hartley **world premiere** Scott A. Stewart, conductor Carmen Fantaisie ...... Borne/Duker La Fiesta Mexicana ...... Reed Susan Rider, trumpet; Carolyn Bremer, Angela Jones-Reus, flute Irish Tune ...... Grianger guest composer; Eve Payor, narrator Valdres...... Hanssen/Bainum Shepherd’s Hey ...... Grainger April 20, 2001 The Warriors...... Grainger/Pappajohn Danza Final ...... Ginastera Early Light ...... Bremer Pastime ...... Stamp Soundings...... McTee Concerto for Trumpet...... Arutiunian/Duker University of Georgia GEORGIA Danza de los Duendes...... Galbraith Symphony and Concert Bands Venus Palimpsest ...... Bremer Scott Corley, David Romines, conductors Columbus State University Band Matthew Koperniak, undergraduate Robert Rumbelow, conductor Fort Valley State University Concert Band conductor September 28, 2000 Glenn Garrido, conductor February 12, 2001 Overture to Candide...... Bernstein/Grundman March 22, 2001 Monday/Wednesday Concert Band Old Home Days Suite ...... Ives/Elkus Salvation is Created ...... Tschesnokoff Fortress ...... Ticheli A Little Threepenny Music ...... Weill Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams As Summer Was Just Beginning...... Daehn Quiet City ...... Copland Flight of the Bumble Bee.....Rimsky-Korsakov Concord ...... Grundman Rhapsody in Blue ...... Gershwin Persuasion ...... Nestico Pas Redouble...... Saint-Saens/Frackenpohl Mikhail Yanovitsky, piano Chorale and Alleluia ...... Hanson Symphony Band Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Simon Bolivar March...... Garrido and Make a Joyous Sound ...... Cichy Bugs...... Cichy Columbus State University Band Fort Valley State University Concert Band Second Essay...... Barber/Schneider Robert Rumbelow, conductor Glenn Garrido, conductor From Tropic to Tropic...... Alexander/Bainum November 14, 17, and 18, 2000 Roby George, guest conductor Sparkle...... Mahoney April 19, 2001 Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor ...... Irish Tune ...... Grainger ...... Bach/Hunsberger First Suite ...... Holst Petite Symphonie ...... Gounod Concerto in E-flat...... von Weber Concerto for Jazz Clarinet ...... Calandrelli What a Wonderful World ...... Weiss Lisa Oberlander, clarinet Triumphal March ...... Verdi Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud The Black Horse Troop...... Sousa PROGRAMS - 9

University of Georgia Symphonic Band Northern Illinois University University Band Ball State University Concert Band and Tuesday/Thursday Concert Band Lawrence Stoffel, conductor Maggie Helms and Bart Roberts, conductors Michael Knight, Scott Tobias, Cecil Lytle, pianist April 26, 2001 Dwight Satterwhite, and November 8, 2000 Summer Dances ...... Balmages Christine Kraemer, conductors Light Cavalry Overture...... von Suppé/Fillmore Procession of the Nobles ...... Korsakov/Swor Laura Moates, undergraduate conductor Three Ayres from Gloucester...... Stuart On A Hymnsong of Lowell Mason ... Holsinger February 13, 2001 A Longford Legend...... Sheldon The Gladiator ...... Sousa Concert Band Circus Days ...... King Reflective Mood...... Nestico The Klaxon...... Fillmore Shenandoah ...... Ticheli John Seidel, soloist An Original Suite ...... Jacob Rhapsody in Blue ...... Gershwin/Grofé Instant Concert ...... Walters Down A Country Lane ...... Copland/Patterson Festivo ...... Nelhybel Hounds of Spring ...... Reed Northern Illinois University Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew.....Curnow Symphonic Band University Band & University Chorus Jubilee Overture ...... Sparke Margarite Ortega, Sandra Frey Stegman Indiana State University Symphonic Band The Final Covenant...... Tull & Lawrence Stoffel, conductors and Wind Ensemble Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna ...... February 25, 2001 Doug Kaiser and John Boyd, conductors ...... von Suppe/Fillmore O Clap Your Hands ...... Vaughan Williams February 26, 2001 Be Thou My Vision...... Stamp Turn Back O Man ...... Holst Symphonic Band Into the Storm ...... Melillo Yeoman of the Guard ...... Sullivan/Hummel Merry Music...... Hidas Meditation from Thaïs ...... Massenet/Harding Andante and Allegro ...... Lefebvre University of Georgia Symphony Band West Side Story Selections ...Bernstein/Duthoit The Thunderer ...... Sousa David Romines, John Culvahouse, and After the Thunderer...... Hearshen Dwight Satterwhite, conductors Northern Illinois University University Band Harlem Nocturne...... Hagen April 19, 2001 Lawrence Stoffel, conductor In the Forest of the King...... La Plante Homage: Three Tapestries ...... Holsinger Stephen Squires, guest conductor Wind Ensemble Symphony No. 3 .....Kozhevnikov/Bourgeois April 24, 2001 Festal Scenes ...... Ito Piece of Mind ...... Wilson Variation Overture...... Williams Diversion ...... Heiden Königsmarsch...... Strauss/Pelz/Barrett Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger University of Georgia Wind Symphony America Verses ...... Broege Tosca Fantasy ...... Puccini Dwight Satterwhite, John Culvahouse, and Angel Band ...... Hartley Yagi-Bushi...... Traditional David Romines, conductors Rhythm of the Winds ...... Erickson Liana Rivkin, piano Deep River ...... Swearingen Indiana State University Concert and April 26, 2001 Portraits ...... Colonna Symphonic Bands Petite Symphony ...... Gounod Eugene Bechen and Doug Kaiser, conductors Symphony No. 1 ...... Stanhope April 10, 2001 Concerto for Piano and Winds...... Stravinsky INDIANA Concert Band Awayday...... Gorb Lindberg Variations...... Sheldon Ball State University Wind Ensemble Down a Country Lane...... Copland Joseph Scagnoli, conductor Chant Rituals...... Del Borgo ILLINOIS April 29, 2001 Freckles Rag...... Buck Fanfare March ...... Goldman/Leidzen Symphonic Band Illinois Central College Band Peace: A Place for Us...... Hakoda Toccata ...... Cassado Anthony Jones, conductor Diversions ...... Sparke Corsican Litany...... Nelhybel December 6, 2000 Spoon River...... Grainger/Sheldon His Honor ...... Fillmore Academic Procession...... Williams Concerto for Trumpet and Winds ...... Reed Symphony No. 2 ...... Boysen Hymnsong of Lowell Mason ...... Holsinger Larry McWilliams, trumpet Variations on a Bach Chorale ...... Stamp Chester...... Schuman Dance Suite ...... Forte Jefferson: A Vision for America ...... Smith Pastime ...... Stamp Illinois Central College Alma Mater ...... IOWA ...... Richardson and Lewellen Ball State University Symphony Band The Boxer...... Monk Christian Zembower, conductor University of Iowa Symphony Band Ballet Parisien ...... Offenbach/Issac April 26, 2001 Myron Welch, conductor Hymnsong of Philip Bliss...... Holsinger Chester...... Schuman April 18, 2001 High School Cadets ...... Sousa Shadows of Eternity...... Stone Aegean Festival Overture ...... Makris Christmas Music for Wind...... Cacavas Liturgical Music for Band ...... Mailman Red Cape Tango ...... Daugherty Watchman, Tell Us of the Night..... Camphouse Into the Air ...... Mahr Illinois Central College Band Fantasia in G ...... Mahr Anthony Jones, conductor May 9, 2001 Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Second Suite...... Holst Harlem Nocturne...... Hagen With Quiet Courage ...... Daehn Pas Redouble...... Saint Saens/Franckenphol 10 - PROGRAMS KANSAS Rhosymedre ...... Vaughan Williams University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble Symphony Band Richard Clary, conductor Kansas State University Concert and A Copland Portrait ...... Grundman Denise Schmidt, clarinet Symphony Bands Variations on America...... Ives November 20, 2000 Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductors Concertino for Trombone and Band ... Ticheli Tribute ...... Camphouse October 11, 2000 Three Merry Marches ...... Krenek Hillandale Waltzes ...... Babin Concert Band Rhapsody in Blue ...... Gershwin Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Cenotaph ...... Stamp Sun Dance ...... Ticheli Flag of Stars ...... Jacob March and Procession of Bacchus ..... Osterling From a Dark Millenium ...... Schwantner Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring...... Bach/Leidzen Wichita State University Concert Band Concertino ...... Shostakovich/Singleton William Byrd Suite (I) ...... Jacob Larry Blocher, conductor The Freelance March...... Sousa February 23, 2001 University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble Symphony Band Celebration Variations...... Curnow Richard Clary, conductor Signature ...... van der Roost New World Dances ...... Ellerby David Elliott, horn Canzona ...... Mennin Tribute ...... Camphouse March 5, 2001 Divertimento ...... Persichetti The Kings Go Forth ...... Gregson Overture to The Wasps...... Vaughan Williams Awayday...... Gorb Symphony No. 3 ...... Welcher El Relicario ...... Padilla/Longfield Wichita State University Concert Band Awayday...... Gorb and Wind Ensemble Lied & Sherzo ...... Schmitt Kansas State University Concert and Larry Blocher and Victor Markovich, Gloriosa ...... Ito Symphony Bands conductors Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductors March 20, 2001 University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble November 29, 2000 Concert Band Richard Clary, conductor Concert Band Symphonic Suite ...... Williams Noemi Lugo, soprano Second Suite in F ...... Holst An American Elegy...... Ticheli April 20, 2001 Komm Susser Tod...... Reed Variations on America...... Ives Epiphanies ...... Nelson Petite Symphonie (I) ...... Gounod Tulsa ...... Gillis Five Folksongs for Soprano...... Gilmore Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Wind Ensemble A Child’s Garden of Dreams ...... Maslanka Bacchanal ...... Stout Sinfonietta ...... Dahl Symphony Band Irish Tune ...... Grainger University of Kentucky Symphony Band Commando March ...... Barber Satiric Dances ...... Dello Joio George Boulden III, conductor Early Light ...... Bremer Fantasia in G ...... Mahr Jennifer Hamilton and Belinda Parks, Hebrides Suite ...... Grundman Wichita State University Concert Band graduate conductors Hammersmith...... Holst and Wind Ensemble March 4, 2001 Wedding Dance ...... Press Larry Blocher and Victor Markovich, Gandalf ...... de Meij conductors Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Kansas State University Concert and May 2, 2001 Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Symphony Bands Concert Band Second Suite...... Holst Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductors Fiesta ...... Sparke Homage ...... van der Roost March 14 & 15, 2001 Chorale in D Minor ...... Bach Color...... Margolis Concert Band Lord of the Rings (I, V) ...... de Meij Pastorale Nocturne ...... Yurko Country Gardens ...... Grainger Whip and Spur ...... Allen Dance of the Jesters ...... Tchaikovsky Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo ...... Arnold Wind Ensemble Russian Sailor’s Dance ...... Gliere/Isaac His Honor ...... Fillmore University of Kentucky Symphony Band The Sinfonians ...... Williams The Passing Bell ...... Benson George Boulden III, conductor Symphony Band Handel in the Strand ...... Grainger Jennifer Hamilton and Belinda Parks, Duke of Marlborough Fanfare ...... Grainger Enigma Variations ...... Elgar graduate conductors Marching Song of Democracy...... Grainger April 13, 2001 Irish Tune ...... Grainger Symphony No. 2 (III)...... Hanson Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger KENTUCKY Scenes from the Louvre ...... Dello Joio Handel in the Strand ...... Grainger Caccia and Chorale ...... Williams University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble Black Horse Troop ...... Sousa Kansas State University Concert and Richard Clary, conductor A Match of Hope...... Yariv Symphony Bands Skip Gray, tuba Canto e Camdombe...... Reed Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductors October 9, 2000 April 23 & 26, 2001 Marche Joyeuse...... Chabrier Concert Band Mevagissey Tales ...... Kalke Pagaent...... Persichetti El Salon Mexico...... Copland Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Kentucky Harmony...... Grantham Portraits ...... Colonna Symphony No. 6 ...... Persichetti PROGRAMS - 11 University of Kentucky Concert Band 2001 Maryland Intercollegiate Band MINNESOTA Richard Clary & George Boulden, conductors Maryland Music Educators Assoc. All-State Jennifer Hamilton & Belinda Parks, Harlan Parker, coordinator Bemidji State University Band graduate conductors February 16, 2001 Jeffrey Macomber, conductor November 14, 2000 Triptychon ...... Vojnovich February 11, 2001 Moorside March...... Holst Richard Johnson, conductor Commemoration March...... Gould Girl with the Flaxen Hair ...... Debussy The Unknown Soldier ...... Hilliard Suite in F ...... Holst Sun Dance ...... Ticheli Melvin Miles, conductor On a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss ....Holsinger Suite Provencale...... van der Roost Through A Vulcan’s Eye ...... Smith The Blue and The Gray...... Bullock Medieval Suite ...... Nelson John Lampin, conductor Song of Destiny...... Brahms/Whitney Godspeed! ...... Melillo Irish Tune from County Derry ...... Grainger Marche Royale ...... del Borgo Brad Zimmerman, conductor The Cowboys ...... Williams/Curnow LOUISIANA Ghost Train(I)...... Whitecare Dana Rothlisberger, conductor Bemidji State University Band Songs of Sailor and Sea ...... Smith Jeffrey Macomber, conductor McNeese State University Wind Ensemble Noel Kunkle, conductor April 16, 2001 Jeffrey Lemke, conductor March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... Symphonic Concert March...... Bonelli/Falcone April 24, 2001 ...... Hindemith Vistas ...... del Borgo Tempered Steel...... Young Harlan Parker, conductor Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Gloriosa ...... Ito Zion ...... Welcher Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold Rushmore ...... Reed Ghost Train Triptych...... Whitacre MICHIGAN College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University McNeese State University Symphonic Band Wayne State University Wind Symphony Wind Ensemble Bruce Lambert, conductor Douglas Bianchi, conductor May 6, 2001 Jason Liles, guest conductor Alma Konjevod, assistant conductor Overture for Band ...... Mendelssohn April 26, 2001 March 6, 2001 Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Signature ...... van der Roost Evocation...... Bianchi Blue Bells of Scotland ...... Pryor Caccia and Chorale ...... Williams Prayer of St. Gregory ...... Hovhaness Concertpiece No. 2 ...... Mendelssohn Impressions of Japan...... Barnes Blue Shades...... Ticheli Sing My Tongue, Alleluia ...... Zdechlik It Will Be ...... Liles Salvation is Created....Tschesnokoff/Houseknecht **world premiere** Slava ...... Bernstein William Byrd Suite ...... Jacob Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennet Carmina Burana ...... Orff/Krance Polka & Fugue ...... Weinberger/Bainum A Slavic Farewell...... Agapkin MARYLAND Wayne State University Wind Ensemble Winona State University Wind Ensemble Douglas Bianchi, conductor Donald Lovejoy, conductor March 28, 2001 October 29, 2000 Salisbury University Wind Ensemble Concertino ...... von Weber/Garofalo By Dawn’s Early Light ...... Dawson Richard Johnson, conductor Bryan Ventura, oboe Shenandoah ...... Ticheli December 7, 2002 Scherzo Alla Marcia...... Vaughan Williams At the Strongholds of En Gedi ...... Holsinger Rocky Point Holiday...... Nelson The Good Soldier Schweik Suite ...... Kurka Entrata Festive ...... Nystedt Five Folk Songs for Soprano and Band... Gilmore Swedish Festive Dances ...... Erickson Seilig sind, die da Leid tragen..Brahms/Buehlman Wayne State University Wind Ensemble & Fantasie on a Danish Theme...... Davis Liturgical Music for Band ...... Mailman Wind Symphony War March and Battle Hymn of the Vikings.. Pas Redoublé...... Saint Saens Douglas Bianchi, conductor ...... Reed Invictus ...... Balmages April 19, 2001 Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams Wind Ensemble Winona State University Wind Ensemble Milano March...... Ponchielli The Good Soldier Schweik Suite ...... Kurka Donald Lovejoy, conductor Galop ...... Shostakovich Wind Symphony November 4, 2000 The Hounds of Spring...... Reed The Knight’s Arrival ...... Maske Salisbury University Wind Ensemble Evocation...... Bianchi Fantasia for Alto Saxophone...... Smith Richard Johnson, conductor Fiesta del Pacifico...... Nixon Perry Rask, saxophone May 3, 2001 At the Strongholds of En Gedi ...... Holsinger Summer Dances ...... Balmages Mein Jesu, Was Für Seelenweh ....Bach/Reed Suite Porvençale...... van der Roost Blue Shades...... Ticheli Godzilla Eats Las Vegas ...... Whitacre Walls of Zion...... Danner Mannin Veen ...... Wood 12 - PROGRAMS

Winona State University Wind Ensemble Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble MISSOURI Donald Lovejoy, conductor Rod Chesnutt, conductor February 27, 2001 Elva Kaye Lance, associate conductor Evangel University Symphonic Band L’Union ...... Gottschalk/Adler Quincy Hilliard, guest conductor John Shows, conductor Gloria Chuang, piano Boston Brass, guest artists March 20, 2001 Concertino for Solo Percussionist .....Curnow Mississippi Bandmasters Convention American Fanfare...... Wasson Richard MacDonald, percussion December 8, 2000 Colonial Song...... Grainger Reflective Mood...... Nestico Music for a Festival (III) ...... Sparke Morceau Symphonique .....Guilmant/Shepard James Wheat, trombone Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Andy Judd, trombone Second Suite...... Holst Ave Maria ...... Biebl Valdres March ...... Hanssen/Bainum Gemeinhardt Suite ...... Smith The Circus Bee...... Fillmore Rocky Point Holiday...... Nelson Zoe Shepherd, flutes The Unknown Soldier ...... Hilliard Fanfare Prelude: And Can It Be?...... Ireland: of Legend & Lore ...... Smith Tangents ...... Wasson ...... Wesley/Johnson Blue Shades...... Ticheli Scenes from The Louvre...... Dello Joio Winona State University Wind Ensemble Night Soliloquy...... Kennan Donald Lovejoy, conductor Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble Meredith Reed, flute April 29, 2001 Rod Chesnutt, conductor ‘Round Midnight...... Monk/Nestico Territorie...... Maske James Croft, John Carmichael and British Eighth ...... Elliott Six Songs of the Winds...... Schmidt Gary Cook, guest conductors Persis ...... Hosay January 26, 2001 Central Missouri State University Elsa’s Procession...... Wagner/Calliet Resonances I ...... Nelson University Concert Band Bugler’s Holiday ...... Anderson Canzona ...... Mennin Patrick Casey, conductor Paul Vance, conductor Country Gardens ...... Grainger Eric Blankenship and Clif Thurmond, Irish Tune ...... Grainger Nordic Symphony (II)...... Hanson guest conductors Shepherd’s Hey ...... Grainger Sea Songs ...... Vaughan Williams April 18, 2001 The Stars and Stripes Forever...... Sousa English Dances, Set 1 ...... Arnold Fanfare for Spartacus ...... Curnow Festivo ...... Gregson Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold Old Wine in New Bottles...... Jacob MISSISSIPPI Mississippi State University Symphonic Band Pastime ...... Stamp Elva Kaye Lance, conductor Dialogue ...... Parker Northwest Mississippi Community College February 27, 2001 Eric C. Honour, Jr., alto saxophone Symphonic Band Army of the Nile ...... Alford Endurance...... Mahr John Ungurait and Todd Hill, conductors An American Elegy...... Ticheli An American Elegy...... Ticheli February 2, 2001 God of Our Fathers ...... Knox Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa National Emblem ...... Bagley Songs of Sailor and Sea ...... Smith University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony Band Impressions on an old Swedish Air ...... Jones Donald Miller, conductor **world premiere** Mississippi State University Symphonic Band February 18, 2001 The Light Eternal ...... Swearingen Elva Kaye Lance, conductor Chorale and Shaker Dance...... Zdechlik Ernest Cadden, guest conductor Scenes from the Louvre ...... Dello Joio Northwest Mississippi Community College Mark Howle and Austin Howle, tubas March of the Belgian Paratroopers ...... Lemans Symphonic Band April 26, 2001 Third Suite...... Jager John Ungurait and Todd Hill, conductors Fanfare from La Peri...... Dukas Rhosymedre ...... Vaughn Williams April 26, 2001 Night Dances...... Yurko Blue Shades...... Ticheli Americans We ...... Fillmore Old Scottish Melody ...... Wiley Parade of the Tall Ships ...... Chattaway Cousins ...... Clarke University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony Band From Southern Harmony,1835 ...... Hill Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Donald Miller, conductor *world premiere* America the Beautiful...... Dragon May 6, 2001 Armed Forces Salute...... Lowden Overture to Candide...... Bernstein/Beeler Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew...... Curnow Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble Folk Songs Suite ...... Vaughn Williams Eternal Father, Strong to Save ...... Smith Rod Chesnutt, conductor Lincolnshire Posy (I, II, V, VI) ...... Grainger Taps ...... Knox Lois Hicks,saxophone Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo ...... Arnold America the Beautiful...... Dragon April 29, 2001 American Elegy ...... Ticheli Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa First Suite in F...... George The Liberty Bell...... Sousa Dream Dancer ...... Colgrass St. Louis Community College at Meramec The Pathfinder of Panama ...... Sousa Symphonic Band Overture to Colas Breugnon ...... Kabalevsky Ronald Stilwell, conductor Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger December 3, 2000 March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... A Copland Centennial...... Copland ...... Hindemith Fanfare for the Common Man ...... Copland An Outdoor Overture ...... Copland El Salon Mexico...... Copland Quiet City ...... Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Hoe Down ...... Copland PROGRAMS - 13

St. Louis Community College at Meramec University of Montana Concert Band and NEW JERSEY Symphonic Band Symphonic Wind Ensemble Ronald Stilwell, conductor Peter Haberman & Steve Bolstad, conductors Montclair State University Variations on a Bach Chorale ...... Stamp December 12, 2000 Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony When Jesus Wept ...... Schuman Concert Band Mary Ann Craig, conductor Variants on the Air Force Hymn...... Jager American Salute...... Gould Jack Stamp, guest conductor Holy Roller...... Larsen/Boyd Rikudim...... van der Roost April 4, 2001 Jeffrey L. Collins, alto saxophone Canticle ...... Stamp Symphonic Band Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Aloft ...... Stamp Variants on a Mediaeval Tune ...... Dello Joio Russian Christmas Music ...... Reed Salvation Is Created ...Tschesnokoff/Houseknecht Just a Closer Walk with Thee ...... Custer Symphonic Wind Ensemble George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Weiner Philharmoniker Fanfare...... Strauss The Valedictory of Saint Paul...... Burns MONTANA Awayday...... Gorb *world premiere* Elegy...... Chance Wind Symphony Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold/Paynter Awayday...... Gorb Montana State University Wind Orchestra Old Home Days...... Ives Jonathan Good, conductor University of Montana The Circus Bee...... Fillmore November 13, 2000 Symphonic Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Fanfare for the Common Man ...... Copland Steve Bolstad, conductor Be Thou My Vision...... Stamp Emblems...... Copland MENC Northwest Division Conference Pastime ...... Jack Stamp Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland February 17, 2001 Country Band March ...... Ives/Sinclair Quiet City ...... Copland Awayday...... Gorb Suite from The Red Pony ...... Copland Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold/Paynter Niagara Falls ...... Daugherty NEW YORK Montana State University Wind Orchestra March, Op. 99 ...... Prokoviev Jonathan Good, conductor Fordham University Concert Band February 21, 2001 University of Montana Barry Robert White, conductor Children’s March ...... Grainger Symphonic Wind Ensemble April 22, 2001 Serenade No. 10, Allegretto...... Mozart Steve Bolstad, conductor Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Symphonies of Wind Instruments....Stravinsky Patrick Sheridan, tuba Hobbits ...... de Meij Paris Sketches ...... Ellerby February 26 & 27, 2001 Puszta ...... van der Roost Folk Dances...... Shostakovich Tuba Concerto...... Ellerby Overture to Candide...... Bernstein Estrellita ...... Ponce/Sheridan Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Montana State University Hailstorm...... Rimmer Riverdance Finale ...... Whelan/Strommen Symphonic Band and Wind Orchestra The Fordham Ram March...... Coveney Jonathan Good, conductor University of Montana Concert Band and April 25, 2001 Symphonic Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Peter Haberman & Steve Bolstad, conductors NORTH CAROLINA Merry Music for Wind Band ...... Hidas May 2, 2001 Portraits ...... Colonna Procession of the Nobles .....Rimsky-Korsakov Appalachian State University Wind Ensemble Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Corsican Litany...... Nelhybel William Gora, conductor Bullets and Bayonets ...... Sousa An American Elegy...... Ticheli October 22, 2000 Wind Orchestra Liturgical Dances ...... Holsinger An Outdoor Overture ...... Copland Commando March ...... Barber The Gumsucker's March ...... Grainger Suite Francaise ...... Poulenc George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Buffalo Jump Ritual...... Bukvich Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger An American Elegy...... Ticheli West Side Story...... Bernstein/Duthoit J’ai ete au bal ...... Grantham Danzon ...... Bernstein Benny Goodman: Memories of You...... Kidd University of Montana Appalachian State University Wind Ensemble Gregory Young, clarinet Symphonic Wind Ensemble William Gora, conductor Variations on America...... Ives Steve Bolstad, conductor November 29, 2000 May 8, 2001 Marsch in C Major ...... Beethoven University of Montana Hammersmith...... Holst March No. 1 ...... Rossini Symphonic Wind Ensemble Music for Prague 1968...... Husa March from Symphony No. 6....Tchaikovsky Steve Bolstad, conductor Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... October 31, 2000 ...... Hindemith New Century Dawn...... Gillingham March, Op. 99 ...... Prokofieff Fantasia in G Major..... Bach/Goldman & Leist Commando March ...... Barber Fugue a la Gigue ...... Bach/Holst Amazing Grace ...... Himes/Maldonado Emblems...... Copland Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams Laboring Songs ...... Welcher Illyrian Dances ...... Woolfenden 14 - PROGRAMS

Appalachian State University Wind Ensemble Wake Forest University Wind Ensemble Wind Ensemble William Gora, conductor C. Kevin Bowen, conductor Fugue on Yankee Doodle ...... Sousa February 16, 2001 May 1, 2001 I’ve Made My Plans for the Summer...... Sousa Ruffle and Flourish ...... Gillingham Intrada ...... Denhard Catherine Canham, soprano March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... Second Suite...... Holst Into the Skies...... Tucker ...... Hindemith Icarus and Daedalus Fantasy ...... Gates **world premiere** Southern Harmony ...... Grantham An American Elegy...... Ticheli Polonaise for Piccolo ...... Ford Carmen Fantasy ...... Borne/Rogers Summer Dances ...... Balmages Aslaug Hestø, piccolo William Gora, alto saxophone Zion ...... Welcher Chorale and Shaker Dance...... Zdechlik Jay Jackson, conductor Ballet Music from Prince Igor ... Borodin/Godfrey A Tribute to Lionel...... Waignein Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ...... King Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Pastime ...... Stamp In Storm and Sunshine ...... Heed Daughters of Texas ...... Sousa Rolling Thunder ...... Fillmore OHIO Appalachian State University Wind Ensemble NORTH DAKOTA William Gora, conductor Columbus State Community College April 11, 2001 University of North Dakota Concert Band Myaku...... Dzubay Wind Ensemble and University Band Thomas Lloyd, conductor Sonata for Marimba ...... Tanner/Boyd James Popejoy, conductor March 7, 2001 Out and Back Again ...... Benshoof Wendy McCallum, graduate conductor Sound Off March ...... Sousa Nancy Bargerstock, violin March 1, 2001 Prelude from Parsifal ...... Wagner/Osterling Kenneth Lurie, cello University Band Czardas ...... Monti Chiaroscuro: Zebra Variations ...... Schwartz Cenotaph ...... Stamp The Hot Canary...... Nero On a Southern Hymnsong...... Holsinger Stephen Foster Melodies...... Guzman University of North Carolina Greensboro Excerpts from The Firebird .... Stravinsky/Bocook Blessed Are They ...... Brahms/Buehlman Wind Ensemble Declaration, Ballade and Finale ...... Huckeby Hail Columbia ...... Phile John R. Locke, conductor Russian Sailors’ Dance ...... Gliere/Isaac The Gold Bug March ...... Herbert April 24, 2001 Wind Ensemble Icarus and Daedulus...... Gates Prestissimo ...... King Youngstown State University Four Maryland Songs...... Stamp Ghost Train...... Whitacre Symphonic Wind Ensemble Levone Tobin-Scott, mezzo soprano Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Stephen L. Gage, conductor Into the Air! ...... Mahr Country Band March ...... Ives/Sinclair David R. Gillingham, guest composer Dance Bacchanale ...... Saint-Saëns/Steiger Robert Brooks, conductor February 26, 2001 Tammy Fisher, conductor Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Who’s Who In Navy Blue...... Sousa The Alcotts ...... Ives/Thurston And Can It Be?...... Gillingham Andrea Brown, conductor University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble Concertino ...... Gillingham Equus...... Whitacre James Popejoy, conductor Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Eugene Migliaro Corporon, guest conductor Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ...... University of North Carolina Greensboro March 30, 2001 ...... Strauss/Hindsley Wind Ensemble Prestissimo ...... King John R. Locke, conductor An American Elegy...... Ticheli Youngstown State University Concert Band February 16, 2001 Illyrian Dances ...... Woolfenden John E. Veneskey, conductor Vesuvius ...... Ticheli Pastime ...... Stamp Ryan Hays, graduate conductor Scootin’ on Hardrock ...... Holsinger That’s A Plenty...... Creamer/Wasson April 11, 2001 Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue .....Bach/Paynter UND Faculty Brass Quintet Flourish for Wind Band ....Vaughan Williams Chester...... Schuman Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Chester Leaps In ...... Bryant University of North Dakota Of Sailors and Whales ...... McBeth David Kish, conductor Wind Ensemble and University Band Dr. George McCloud, dean, narrator Star Wars Trilogy ...... Williams/Hunsberger James Popejoy, conductor Concerto in Eb Major (I) ...... Mozart Wendy McCallum, graduate conductor Robert Seebacher, horn University of North Carolina Greensboro April 24, 2001 Suite in E flat ...... Holst Wind Ensemble University Band The Symphonic Gershwin ...... arr. Barker John R. Locke, conductor Flourish for Wind Band ....Vaughan Williams Boys of the Old Brigade ...... Chambers December 5, 2000 Walls of Zion...... Danner Fiesta! ...... Sparke Emperata Overture ...... Smith Youngstown State University Shenandoah ...... Tichelli Highlights from The Music Man .... Willson/Reed University Band & Chamber Winds American Games...... Maw On the Mall ...... Goldman John Veneskey and Stephen Gage, conductors Early Light ...... Bremer Aaron Smith and Michael Hanson, Southern Harmony ...... Grantham graduate conductors Niagara Falls ...... Daugherty April 18, 2001 Chamber Winds Procession of the Nobles ..Rimsky-Korsakov Symphonies of Wind Instruments....Stravinsky PROGRAMS - 15

University Band Linfield College-Community Band Pacific University Wind Ensemble Norwegian Rhapsody...... Grundman Joan Haaland Paddock, conductor Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor Rejouissance...... Curnow April 24, 2001 December 5, 2000 National Defile March ...... Turlet Inglesina ...... Delle Cese Commando March ...... Barber Daniel Nestich, conductor Adagio Sostenuto ...... Persichetti As the Stars Forever...... Hutchison Overture for Winds ...... Carter Dorian’s Quest ...... Wilkins Solitary Dancer ...... Benson Resting in the Peace of His Hands .....Gibson **world premiere** Wedding Dance ...... Press/Johnston Robert Seebacher, conductor Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies Variants on a Mediaeval Tune ...... Dello Joio King Cotton March ...... Sousa ...... Curnow In the Bleak Midwinter ...... Holst/Bullock Mazama ...... Chattaway The Battle of Shiloh...... Barnhouse Folk Dances...... Shostakovich 76 Trombones...... Willson/Iwo Irish Tune ...... Grainger Pacific University Wind Ensemble Youngstown State University Oregon State University Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor Symphonic Wind Ensemble Symphonic Wind Ensemble March 2, 2001 Stephen L. Gage, conductor David Hoffman, conductor Cake Walk ...... Bennett Michael R. Crist, guest conductor March 11, 2001 Rhapsody in Blue ...... Gershwin/Hunsberger Edward R. Largent, guest composer/conductor Children’s March ...... Grainger Kellie Stephens, piano Ryan Hays, graduate conductor Petite Symphony ...... Gounod Blue Shades...... Ticheli April 23, 2001 Paris Sketches ...... Ellerby Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Desi ...... Daugherty Pacific University Wind Ensemble Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Symphony in B-flat...... Hindemith Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor Ballad for Band ...... Gould Rocky Point Holiday...... Nelson May 3, 2001 Blue Bells of Scotland ...... Pryor French National Defile ...... Turlet/Seredy Douglas Kost, trombone Oregon State University Concert Band Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Greek Goddesses...... Wilding Lewis Norfleet, conductor Duet from Lakme ...... Delibes/Curnow **world premiere** March 14, 2001 Lucas Moore, oboe - Amanda Moore, flute Caroline Oltmanns, piano Flourish ...... Vaughan Williams In the Forest of the King...... LaPlante A Farewell to Dana March...... Largent Sea Songs ...... Vaughan Williams Orpheus in the Underworld...... Offenbach/Odom **world premiere** My Heart Is Filled With Longing.... Bach/Reed Amazing Grace ...... Ticheli Third Suite...... Jager Southern Oregon University Symphonic Band Symphony No. 1 Finale.....Kalinnikov/Bainum Cajun Folk Songs I ...... Ticheli Cynthia Hutton, conductor Cajun Folk Songs II ...... Ticheli December 1, 2000 Flashing Winds...... van der Roost OKLAHOMA Oregon State University Ye Banks and Braaes...... Grainger Symphonic Wind Ensemble Children’s March ...... Grainger Oklahoma Christian University David Hoffman and Lewis Norfleet, conductors Second Suite...... Holst Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Brett Randolph, trumpet Tower Music...... Hovhaness John M. Fletcher, conductor May 20, 2001 Come Suite Death ...... Bach/Reed March 19, 2001 Godspeed! ...... Melillo Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance Wind Ensemble Trumpet Concerto ...... Hummel/Corley Chester...... Schuman Awayday...... Gorb Southern Oregon University Symphonic Band Circus Polka ...... Stravinsky Der Traum des Oenghus ...... Rudin Cynthia Hutton, conductor Symphonic Dance No. 3 ...... Williams Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger March 15, 2001 Symphonic Band Festive Overture .....Schostakovich/Hunsberger Oregon State University Concert Band Oklahoma ...... Rodgers/Yoder The King of Love My Shepherd Is...... Reed Lewis Norfleet, conductor Symphonic Songs for Band ...... Bennett Symphony for Band ...... Persichetti May 30, 2001 Be Our Guest...... Menken/Moss Prayer of St. Gregory ...... Hovaness Hebrides Suite ...... Grundman Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Larry Hudson, trumpet Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Of Sailors and Whales ...... McBeth March, op. 99 ...... Prokofiev Thomas Prislac, narrator OREGON A Tribute to Grainger ...... Grainger/Ragsdale Elegy...... Chance Southern Oregon University Symphonic Band Second Suite...... Holst Linfield College-Community Band Cynthia Hutton, conductorJune 7, 2001 Joan Haaland Paddock, conductor For the New Day Arisen ...... Barton Pacific University Wind Ensemble November 14, 2000 October ...... Whitacre Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor Irish Rhapsody ...... Grundman Textures ...... Barton October 12, 2000 Australian Up-Country Tune ...... Grainger **world premiere** Pastime ...... Stamp Cajun Folk Songs I ...... Tichelli A Light Unto The Darkness...... Gillingham Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Variations on a Korean Folksong ...... Chance Concerto for Marimba ...... Rosuro Elegy for a Young American...... Lo Presti Cakewalk...... Bennett Terry Longshore, marimba Polka and Fugue...... Weinberger/Bainum Africa...... Smith Vesuvius ...... Ticheli Lola Flores ...... Tucci 16 - PROGRAMS

University of Oregon Wind Ensemble PENNSYLVANIA University of South Carolina University Band Robert Ponto, conductor Prentiss Harper, Andrew Koch and November 10, 2000 Gettysburg College Symphony Band & Byron Witham, conductors Courtly Airs & Dances...... Nelson Wind Ensemble February 23, 2001 Emblems...... Copland John William Jones & Victor Wertz, conductors The Klaxon...... Fillmore/Fennell Concerto for Wind Orchestra...... McPhee Michael Noonan, vibraphone Incidental Suite ...... Smith Symphony No. 4 ...... Hovhaness April 7, 2001 As Torrents in Summer ...... Elgar/Davis Summer Dances ...... Balmages Concertpiece...... Curnow University of Oregon Wind Ensemble Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Richard Tirk, soloist Robert Ponto, conductor An Original Suite ...... Jacob Twelve Seconds to the Moon...... Smith February 7, 2001 The Glory of the Yankee Navy ...... Sousa/Fennell University of South Carolina Concert Band Funeral Music for Queen Mary .....Purcell/Stucky A Movement of Rosa ...... Camphouse David O’Shields, conductor Solitary Dancer ...... Benson Folk Dances...... Shostakovich/Reynolds February 24, 2001 After a Gentle Rain ...... Iannaccone Children’s March ...... Grainger Festive Overture....Shostakovich/Hunsberger Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Armenian Dances...... Reed Sonoran Desert Holiday...... Nelson A Tribute to Lionel...... Waignein English Waltz ...... Grainger/Rogers University of Oregon Wind Ensemble Polly Oliver ...... Root Escape from Plato’s Cave ...... Melillo Robert Ponto, conductor Clear Track Polka...... Strauss/Reed The Chimes of Liberty...... Goldman May 2, 2001 Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams West Chester University Band University of South Carolina Symphonic Band William Byrd Suite ...... Jacob Kenneth Laudermilch, conductor James K. Copenhaver, conductor Masquerade Variations...... Gryc November 4, 2000 April 1, 2001 Occident et Orient ...... Saint-Saens Fanfare...... Cowell The Pathfinder of Panama ...... Sousa/Byrne Song of Ascent ...... Sacks Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennett University of Oregon Wind Ensemble My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone..... Grainger The Blue Bells of Scotland...... Pryor/Pearson Robert Ponto, conductor Dance Movements ...... Sparke Phil Golson, soloist May 20, 2001 March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... Freckles Rag...... Buck/Eyles Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold/Paynter ...... Hindemith Finale from Sym. No. 5 ...... Shostakovich/Righter Ye Banks & Braes ...... Grainger Star Wars ...... Williams/Hunsberger Niagara Falls ...... Daugherty West Chester University Band University of South Carolina Concert Band Kenneth Laudermilch, conductor David O’Shields, conductor University of Oregon Symphonic Band April 10, 2001 April 1, 2001 Todd Zimbelman, conductor Karelia Overture...... Sibelius Chicago Tribune...... Chambers/Roberts March 4, 2001 Toccata and Fugue in C Major ...... Bach Othello...... Reed A Longford Legend...... Sheldon Aloft ...... Stamp Cartoon ...... Hart An Irish Farewell ...... Daehn Postlude in F...... Ives Poet and Peasant Overture .... von Suppe/Fillmore Orient Express...... Sparke Concerto for Trombone...... Jacob Conversations with the Night ...... Boysen Thomas Elliott, trombone University of South Carolina University Band Dance of the Jesters ...... Tchaikovsky/Cramer Variants on the Air Force Hymn...... Jager Prentiss Harper, Andrew Koch and Railroad March E7A ...... Downs Byron Witham, conductors University of Oregon Symphonic Band April 4, 2001 Todd Zimbelman, conductor The Symphonic Marches...... Williams/Higgins May 20, 2001 SOUTH CAROLINA The Blue and the Gray ...... Grundman Moorside March...... Holst/Jacob A Symphonic Prelude ...... Reed Salvation is Created ...... Tschesnokoff Themes from Victory at Sea ... Rodgers/Maltby The Hounds of Spring...... Reed University of South Carolina Symphonic Band Laredo...... Williams Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham James K. Copenhaver, conductor Jekyll and Hyde...... Wildhorn/Bocook Praetorius Variations ...... Curnow February 23, 2001 Rakes of Mallow ...... Anderson Orient et Occident ...... Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 ...... Gianinni University of South Carolina Chamber Winds Czardas ...... Monti/Anderson James K. Copenhaver, Andrew Gowan, Clifford Leaman, soloist William Moody and David O’Shields, Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb conductors Vortex ...... Wilson April 17, 2001 Tim Crenshaw, soloist Bagatelles for Band...... Persichetti Guadalcanal March ...... Rodgers/Leidzen Adagio ...... Rodrigo Ricercare ...... Nelhybel Petite Suite Gauloise ...... Gouvy Three Merry Marches ...... Krenek PROGRAMS - 17

University of South Carolina Concert Band Lee University Wind Ensemble Texas A&M-Commerce Wind Ensemble David A. O’Shields, conductor David R. Holsinger, conductor Jeffrey Emge, conductor Featuring Student Conductors Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductor November 28, 2000 April 29, 2001 April 20, 2001 An Outdoor Overture ...... Copland Pas Redouble...... Saint-Saens/Frackenpohl Tempered Steel...... Young The Leaves are Falling...... Benson In Praise of Freedom...... Barker Children’s March ...... Grainger/Rogers Tunbridge Fair...... Piston As Summer Was Just Beginning...... Daehn Irish Tune ...... Grainger/Rogers Three Chorale Preludes...... Latham La Virgen de la Macarena ...... Custer Circus Polka ...... Stravinsky Americans We ...... Fillmore Three Ayres from Gloucester...... Stuart Berceuse and Finale .....Stravinsky/Longfield Opus Two ...... Barker Who Puts Their Trust in God Most Just ...... Texas A&M-Commerce Symphonic Band Sinfonia Nobilissima...... Jager ...... Bach/Croft Kenneth Peach, conductor Praises: A Ballet ...... Holsinger February 27, 2001 University of South Carolina Symphonic Band Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp James K. Copenhaver, conductor A Festival Prelude ...... Reed Featuring Student Conductors TEXAS As Summer was Just Beginning ...... Daehn April 29, 2001 Chorale and Shaker Dance...... Zdechlik Strike Up the Band...... Gershwin/Teuber Prairie View A&M Symphonic Band Amparito Roca ...... Texidor Llwyn Onn ...... Hogg Lucius Wyatt, conductor Esprit de Corps...... Jager April 19, 2001 Texas A&M-Commerce Wind Ensemble Down to the Sea in Ships...... Bennett Regal Fanfare ...... Saucedo Jeffrey Emge, conductor Down a Country Lane...... Copland/Patterson Festival ...... Williams March 7, 2001 Old American Fiddle Tunes ...... Teuber My Jesus, Oh What Anguish ...... Bach/Reed Dance Rhythms ...... Riegger Gallito...... Lopez Canzona ...... Mennin Emblems...... Copland La Tragenda...... Puccini/Foster Sound of Music ...... Hammerstein/Vinson Medieval Suite ...... Nelson John Williams: Evening at Pops ...... Higgins Broadway in the Nineties ...... Higgins Divertimento ...... Cichy American Pageant ...... Knox The Olympics...... Williams/Moss The Klaxon...... Fillmore El Capitan...... Sousa Texas A&M-Commerce Symphonic Band TENNESSEE Kenneth Peach, conductor Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble April 24, 2001 Jonathan Hooper, conductor Lee University Wind Ensemble Signature ...... van der Roost Jack Delaney, guest conductor David R. Holsinger, conductor The Ascension ...... Smith March 8, 2001 Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductor Cenotaph ...... Stamp Dances of Initiation...... Rosner October 17, 2000 An American Elegy...... Ticheli Country Band March ...... Ives Black Granite ...... Hosay Incantation and Dance ...... Chance Bugs...... Cichy Earle of Oxford Marche ...... Byrd/Jacob The Liberty Bell...... Sousa Reflections on Hmong Folk Music ..... Krauklis Heroes Lost and Fallen ...... Gillingham The Universal Judgement ...... De Nardis Texas A&M-Commerce Concert Band Bullets and Bayonets ...... Sousa Jeffrey Emge and Kenneth Peach, conductors Adagio ...... Holsinger Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble April 25, 2001 Variations on America...... Ives Jonathan Hooper, conductor Chant Rituals...... Del Borgo Guadalcanal March ...... Rodgers April 30, 2001 America Verses ...... Broege The War Trilogy: 1971...... Holsinger Godzilla Eats Las Vegas ...... Whitacre With Quiet Courage ...... Daehn Under the Double Eagle...... Wagner Five American Gospel Songs ...... Zaninelli Courtly Airs and Dances...... Nelson Who Puts Their Trust in God Most Just ...... Marika Kyriakos, soprano Invictus ...... King ...... Bach/Croft Les Papillons ...... Lankester Esprit de Corps...... Jager Suite in E-flat ...... Holst Texas A&M-Commerce Wind Ensemble Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Suite in F ...... Holst Jeffrey Emge, conductor Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams April 30, 2001 Lee University Wind Ensemble Esprit de Corps...... Jager David R. Holsinger, conductor Texas A&M-Commerce Symphonic Band Primordial Lights ...... Stone Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductor Kenneth Peach, conductor **world premiere** December 6, 2000 November 21, 2000 Cajun Folk Songs I and II...... Ticheli Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp American Civil War Fantasy ...... Bilik Piece of Mind ...... Wilson First Suite ...... Holst Fantasy on ‘Yankee Doodle’...... Williams Crown Imperial ...... Walton A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols...... Smith Elegy for a Young American...... Lo Presti Fairest of the Fair ...... Sousa America, the Beautiful...... Ward/Dragon Pavane for a Dead Princess .. Ravel/McGinty The Stars and Stripes Forever...... Sousa March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... Hindemith Incidental Suite ...... Smith Amparito Roca ...... Texidor 18 - PROGRAMS

UTAH WASHINGTON Central Washington University Symphonic Band Central Washington Univsersity College of Eastern Utah Wind Ensemble Mark Babbitt, conductor Symphonic Wind Ensemble May 17, 2001 Gregory Benson, conductor Larry Gookin, conductor April 19, 2001 Flourish ...... Vaughan Williams Western International Band Clinic Fantasia in G Major ...... Bach/Goldman First Suite ...... Holst November, 18, 2000 Walking Tune ...... Grainger Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Fantasia in G ...... Mahr Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Country Gardens ...... Grainger/Sousa Polly Oliver ...... Root Hands Across The Sea ...... Sousa Warbe-Uta ...... Kawasaki Introduction, Theme and Variations...... Rossini Adam Rupert, graduate conductor Joseph Brooks, clarinet Ritmo Jondo ...... Surinach VIRGINIA Divertimento for Winds and Percussion...... Folk Dances...... Shostakovich ...... Cichy Ave Maria ...... Biebl/Ballenger Central Washington University Bishop Ireton High School Pastime ...... Stamp Symphonic Wind Ensemble Garwood Whaley, conductor Adam Rupert, graduate conductor Larry Gookin, conductor April 7, 2001 Hell’s Gate...... Maslanka May 31, 2001 Hands Across the Sea...... Sousa Joseph Brooks, alto sax Canzona ...... Mennin Angel Fire ...... Rouse The Gumsucker’s March ...... Grainger Adam Rupert, graduate conductor Xochipilli ...... Chavez Salvation is Created ...... Tschesnokoff Air Varie ...... Pryor Central Washington University Credo ...... Tull Hammersmith...... Holst Symphonic Band Matthew Eisenhauer, guest conductor Kitten on the Keys ...... Confrey Mark Babbitt, conductor Four Maryland Songs...... Stamp Festival Overture...... Buck November 30, 2000 Mia Spencer, soprano Moorside March...... Holst Andrew Spencer, guest conductor Radford University Wind Ensemble and Laude ...... Hanson March, Opus 9...... Prokofieff Concert Band Sea Songs ...... Williams Music for Prague 1968...... Husa Mark Camphouse, Elizabeth Swaney and Bagatelles ...... White Pineapple Poll Suite ...... Sullivan/Mackerras Brenton Alston, conductors Prelude and Fugue in G minor..Bach/Moehlmann Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble February 28, 2001 Psalm for Band...... Persichetti Raydell Bradley, conductor Wind Ensemble Central Washington Univsersity November 19, 2000 Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Symphonic Wind Ensemble Early Light ...... Bremer Symphony for Winds ...... Erb Larry Gookin, conductor Ballad for Band ...... Gould Concert Band Adam Rupert, graduate conductor Bacchanale ...... Rudin Toccata ...... Frescobaldi February 27, 2001 Southern Harmony ...... Granthm New River Reflections...... Altizer The Invincible Eagle ...... Sousa Sea Songs ...... Knox **world premiere** Elegy...... Chance The Sword and the Crown ...... Gregson Original Suite ...... Jacob Polka...... Shostakovich Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold Tam O’ Shanter Overture ...... Arnold Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble Concertino for Trombone ...... Larsson Raydell Bradley, conductor Radford University Wind Ensemble and Mark Babbitt, trombone March 22-25, 2001 Concert Band Zion ...... Welcher Tour Program Mark Camphouse and Brenton Alston, Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Olympic Fireworks ...... Stanhope conductors Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger Funeral Music ...... Grieg April 27, 2001 Valdres...... Hanssen Wind Ensemble Central Washington University Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Sonata for Trumpet ...... Kennan Symphonic Band Lads of Wamphray ...... Grainger Concerto for Piano ...... Phillips Mark Babbitt, conductor Army of the Nile ...... Alford Concert Band February 28, 2001 Concertino ...... Gillingham La Forza del Destino...... Verdi Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp Pacific Lutheran University Concert Band An American Elegy...... Ticheli Elegy and Fanfare March...... Nixon Raydell Bradley, conductor Easter Monday on the White House Lawn..... Serenade ...... Bourgeois May 10, 2001 ...... Sousa Celtic Hymns and Dances...... Ewazen A Festival Prelude ...... Reed Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger First Suite ...... Holst Allerseelen ...... Strauss Courtly Airs and Dances...... Nelson George Washington Bridge...... Schuman An American Elegy...... Tichelli The Big Cage ...... King God of our Fathers ...... Smith PROGRAMS - 19

Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble University of Washington Concert Band, Whitworth College Wind Ensemble Raydell Bradley, conductor Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Richard Strauch, conductor May 20, 2001 Tim Salzman, J. Bradley McDavid and May 5, 2001 Symphonic Songs for Band ...... Bennett Conny Chen, conductors Lauds ...... Nelson Candide Suite ...... Bernstein/Grundman March 6, 2001 The Immovable Do ...... Grainger Summer Day Suite ...... Prokofieff/Leidzen Concert Band Ave Maria ...... Biebl/Ballenger Divertimento for Band ...... Hershen Walking Tune ...... Grainger Fire Works ...... Youtz Pastime ...... Stamp Rikudim...... van der Roost Chorale and Alleluia ...... Hanson The National Game ...... Sousa Symphonic Band When Jesus Wept ...... Schuman California Dreamin’ ...... arr. Holcombe The Patriots ...... Williams Visions from the Apocalypse ...... Young Salutes!!! ...... arr.Kidd Lincoln Portrait ...... Copland/Beeler **world premiere** Wind Ensemble University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble Smetana Fanfare...... Husa Robert Musser, conductor Concerto for Alto Saxophone ...... Maslanka WISCONSIN October 27, 2000 Michael Brockman, soloist Lakeland College Wind Ensemble Gavorkna Fanfare...... Stamp Michael Gill, conductor Fugue in G Minor...... Bach/Williams University of Washington Concert Band, April 22, 2001 Variations on A Theme of Robert Schumann . Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Blue Lake ...... Chance ...... Jager Tim Salzman, J. Bradley McDavid and Fantasia on a Southern Folk Hymn ...Curnow Olympus ...... Forte Conny Chen, conductors Trauermusik ...... Wagner Three Dance Episodes..Khachaturian/Hunsberger April 23, 2001 Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Concert Band Overture for Winds ...... Carter Trittico ...... Nelhybel Original Suite ...... Jacob Irish Tune ...... Grainger American Elegy ...... Tichelli Liturgical Music ...... Mailman University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Robert Musser, conductor Intrada Jubilante...... Gillingham Lawrence University Wind Ensemble December 1, 2000 Folk-Tune ...... Grainger Robert Levy, conductor Apollo March ...... Bruckner Suite in F ...... George March 9, 2001 Blue Lake Overture...... Chance Wind Ensemble La Creation du monde...... Milhaud The Year of The Dragon ...... Sparke Danceries...... Hesketh Octet ...... Stravinsky Internal Combustion ...... Gillingham Symphony for Wind Ensemble...... Ewazen University of Puget Sound University Band Music for Prague...... Husa Robert Musser, conductor University of Washington Concert Band, December 1, 2000 Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Lawrence University Wind Ensemble The Free Lance March...... Sousa Tim Salzman, J. Bradley McDavid and Robert Levy, conductor Poet and Peasant Overture .... von Suppe/Fillmore Christopher Koch, conductors May 19, 2001 Satiric Dances ...... Dello Joio May 24, 2001 Morning Star ...... Maslanka First Suite ...... Holst Concert Band Danzon-Memory ...... Benson Symphony No. 6 ...... Persichetti and the mountains rising nowhere...... Schwantner University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Premiere Rhapsody ...... Debussy Robert Musser, conductor Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham Celebration Fanfare...... Tower March 2, 2001 The Renaissance Fair ...... Margolis Bravura ...... Duble Classic Overture in C...... Gossec Firestorm ...... Bulla Symphonic Movement ...... Nelhybel Wind Ensemble University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire An Irish Farewell ...... Daehn Timepiece ...... McTee Wind Ensemble Fantasy Variations...... Barnes Lagan Love ...... Zaninelli Richard Mark Heidel and Country Band March ...... Ives Concerto for Marimba ...... Broege Rodney Hudson, conductors Jazz Suite No. 2...... Shostakovich/de Meij Miho Takekawa, marimba Steven Mead, euphonium Golden Jubilee ...... Sousa February 2, 2001 Whitworth College Wind Ensemble Scherzo for Band...... Rossini University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble Richard Strauch, conductor Concerto per Flicorno Basso ...... Ponchielli Robert Musser, conductor November 19, 2000 Irish Tune ...... Grainger April 27, 2001 George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Steven Mead, conductor Shakata ...... Wilson The Song of Hiawatha ...... Duffy British Eighth ...... Elliot Concerto for Trumpet...... Arutunian/Duker Southern Harmony ...... Grantham A Night in June ...... King La Fiesta Mexicana ...... Reed Esprit de Corps...... Jager Variations on Rule Britannia ...... Hartmann Elegy for a Young American...... Lo Presti University of Puget Sound University Band Lincoln Portrait ...... Copland/Beeler Robert Musser, conductor April 27, 2001 The Washington Post ...... Sousa Prelude No. 4...... Bach/Reed Stormworks ...... Melillo Porgy and Bess...... Gershwin/Bennett 20 - PROGRAMS

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin Lutheran College Wind Symphony Symphony Band Terry S. Treuden, conductor Richard Mark Heidel, conductor Rodney B. Hudson, conductor December 8, 2000 March 11, 2001 May 2, 2001 Alleluia! Laudamus Te...... Reed Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 ...... Shostakovich Africa: Ceremony and Ritual...... Smith If Thou Be Near ...... Bach/Moehlmann Blue Shades...... Ticheli Blessed Are They ...... Brahms Fantasia in G Major..... Bach/Goldman & Leist Concertino in C ...... von Weber Variants on a Medieval Tune ...... Dello Joio Havendance ...... Holsinger Ivar Lunde, Jr., oboe Night Soliloquy...... Kennan Fanfare on Adeste Fidelis ...... Colanna La Fiesta Mexicana ...... Reed Heidi Olsen, flute Variants On A Mediaeval Tune ...... Dello Joio Tam O’ Shanter ...... Arnold Canzona ...... Mennin The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol ...... Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ...... King Richard Mark Heidel, conductor ...... Grainger Fortress ...... Ticheli Russian Christmas Music ...... Reed University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Timothy Doleysh, student conductor Midnight Sleighride ....Sauter & Finegan/Wallace Wind Symphony Sketches on a Tudor Psalm...... Tull Richard Mark Heidel, conductor Pas Redouble...... Saint-Saens Wisconsin Lutheran College May 6, 2001 Terry S. Treuden, conductor Short Ride in a Fast Machine ...... Adams Wisconsin Lutheran College March 4, 2001 Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Terry S. Treuden, conductor The Sinfonians ...... Williams Eugene Power, student conductor October 22, 2000 Sea Songs ...... Vaughan Williams In the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War ..... Flourish for Olana ...... Jordan Variations on a Theme of Glinka ...... Holsinger English Folk Song Suite ...Vaughan Williams ...... Rimsky-Korsakov Introduction and Samba ...... Whitney Salvation Is Created ...Tschesnokoff/Houseknecht Stephen Colburn, oboe William Olson, alto saxophone La Oreja de Oro ...... San Miguel They Led My Lord Away...... Gordon/Allen Nimrod from Enigma Variations ...... Elgar A Copland Tribute...... Copland/Grundman Aquarium...... de Meij American Salute...... Gould Stormworks ...... Melillo Jazz Suite No. 2...... Shostakovich/de Meij Rodney Hudson, conductor Tango For Winds...... DiMarino Selections from Les Miserable ...... Candide Suite ...... Bernstein The Klaxon March ...... Fillmore ...... Schonberg & Kretzmer/Barker Washington Grays ...... Grafulla Hands Across the Sea...... Sousa

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wisconsin Lutheran College Symphony Band Terry S. Treuden, conductor Rodney B. Hudson, conductor April 29, 2001 March 11, 2001 Liberty Fanfare...... Williams/Lavender Esprit De Corps...... Jager Dancin’ Into the 20’s...... Hunsberger Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Variations on America...... Ives American Riversongs...... La Plante Concerto in C Minor ...... Strauss The Symphonic Gershwin ..Gershwin/Barker Andrew Parks, horn An Irish Rhapsody ...... Grundman The Chimes of Liberty...... Goldman The Phantom of the Opera ... Webber/de Meij Of Sailors and Whales ...... McBeth Colonel Bogey...... Alford

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An interview with composer David Rakowski so they herded us off to hear a concert of the winners of the com- by Captain Michael Colburn position competition. The winner was a band piece called “So- Assistant Director, United States Marine Band liloquy to a Snow Storm,” and I thought it was so dumb, being full of sleigh bells and other silly special effects. And I thought In March, 2000, “The President’s Own” United States Marine “This guy won a hundred fifty bucks for this?” (which was ex- Band, under the direction of Colonel Timothy W. Foley, commis- actly one hundred allowances - two years salary! — for me) and I sioned American composer David Rakowski (b.1958) to write a thought “For that kind of money, I could write a piece at least that work for winds. Intrigued by performance he had heard of good.” And so during the February vacation of my junior year I Rakowski’s “Sesso e Violenza,” a work for two flutes and cham- wrote my first piece ever, which was composed for the Bellows ber ensemble, Colonel Foley decided it was time to encourage Free Academy High School Band. I wrote the piece in six days this accomplished American composer to write for band. Rakowski, and it took about 3 weeks to copy out parts. The premiere of the currently on the faculty of Brandeis University, received his musi- piece was June 1, 1975, with me conducting, and all of the 3rd cal training at the New England Conservatory and Princeton Uni- clarinetists were drunk. I didn’t win, by the way; I just got an versity. He has previously been commissioned by the Orpheus honorable mention. Chamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, Parnassus, the River- side Symphony, and Ensemble 21, among others, and he has re- MC: Just out of curiosity, what was the name of the piece? ceived numerous awards and fellowships, including the Rome DR: I don’t remember the name of the piece, actually. Just that Prize, fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, I gave it an opus number of three, so that the judges wouldn’t the Koussevitzky Foundation, and residencies at various artist think that I was an amateur! The following year, my senior year, I colonies. His “Persistent Memory,” commissioned by the Orpheus wrote another band piece. It was a suite of five movements called Chamber Orchestra, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Before “Suite from Erehwon” (“nowhere” backwards), and this time I assuming his current position at Brandeis, he served on the facul- won, although the piece was never performed. After that I went to ties of Stanford, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. New England Conservatory (NEC) to study composition, and my first year there was full of life-changing experiences. I was lucky David Rakowski recently fulfilled his Marine Band commission enough that year to be able to go to a lot of concerts of the ISCM with a work entitled “Ten of a Kind.” According to the composer’s World Music Days, which were in Boston in October. I sang in program note, “‘Ten of a Kind’ is structured like a four-movement the NEC Chorus when they did Seymour Shifrin’s “Chronicles” symphony, and acts like a concerto with a section of ten variously with the Boston Symphony, which was a lot of fun and did won- sized clarinets acting as the concerto soloist.” The work received ders for my ears. This was also Gunther Schuller’s last year as its U.S. premiere on May 20, 2001, and in July will be given its President at NEC, and he went out with a bang. He did world premiere in Luzern, Switzerland as part of the WASBE World “Gurrelieder,” which I sang in, and he did a concert performance Conference. The U.S. Marine Band has also recently recorded the of Wozzeck, which I got to hear live. So I got to hear all sorts of work, which will be released on CD later this year. Scores and parts stuff that simply was not available to me in St. Albans. That’s part for “Ten of a Kind” will be available through C.F. Peters. of how I developed my love for whatever it is that I love. It’s the Second Viennese [School], the music that comes out of that, as Rakowski was on hand for the premiere and recording sessions, well as the composers who were teaching at NEC at that time, so I took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his including Don Martino, John Heiss, Robert Ceely, Mac Peyton. music, writing for band, and general thoughts about the chal- Since they all had studied with Milton Babbitt, I decided I should lenges facing the 21st century American composer. Part one of probably go to Princeton and study with Babbitt myself. (And this interview focuses on Rakowski’s background, previous com- that was a trip, too.) Which is how I ended up writing this rather positions, and influences. Part two, which will be published in the complicated, extremely virtuosic music. next issue of CBDNA Report, will present the composer’s thoughts on “Ten of a Kind.” MC: Where did you go from Princeton? DR: I went on from Princeton to become a part-time word- MC: Since this interview is being done for an audience that is processor while trying to write a dissertation and write some mu- for the most part unfamiliar with your music, would you mind sic. I also helped to run a new music ensemble in Boston called starting with some biographical information? “The Griffin Music Ensemble.” I did this word processing thing DR: I grew up in the small town of St. Albans, Vermont, and for about four years. I didn’t get very much [music] written, and played trombone in high school and community bands. I also tried of course the ensemble ate holes in all of our pockets. In 1988 one to play keyboards in a rock band and developed my ears by taking of my friends (Ross Bauer), who had a job at Stanford, moved to tunes off the radio for the band, and doing arrangements. We did a job at UC-Davis late in the year and recommended me as a one Chicago covers, so we had an erstwhile brass section, and figur- year replacement for him at Stanford. To my surprise, they of- ing out how to write for those combinations was really the begin- fered me the job, even though I had no prior teaching experience ning of my instrumentation experience. Actually, it was a band and no doctorate. I didn’t really want to get into teaching, but I piece that made me want to start writing music in the first place. It thought I would try it for a year to see if I liked it, and I do. I like was my sophomore year at the Vermont All-State Music Festival, the teaching part, I like the steady paycheck, but I really like be- and our bus had broken down. We couldn’t get back to St. Albans, ing involved in music every hour of my life. And that’s really 22 - SPECIAL FEATURE what saved me, and that’s when suddenly I started writing music knew what I wanted to do with it. The tune was unusual, unlike a lot faster, and started accumulating this long list of important anything I’d written before because it went back to the first note a awards and commissions [laugh], which you can find somewhere else. lot. I had to think about what this tune really meant, what it might mean formally, and what this analysis revealed was that the tune MC: Talk a little about the kind of music you were writing all repeated itself on C-sharp a lot, and then a voice leading move those years you weren’t writing for bands. happened so that it resolved to C-natural, and when the tune spun DR: Lots of chamber music, lots of complicated and very out for a bit longer it came back to C-sharp. This shape implied to virtuosic chamber music. Mostly instrumental stuff, and almost me a kind of an ABA form for the entire work, a 30-minute arch. always with string instruments. It was all part of the learning ex- The first and last movements are based around C-sharp and the perience, figuring out what I wanted to do, what kind of music middle, smaller movements were based around C-natural. This I really wanted to write. It was a very gradual process, with a few was just a starting point for this work, in which the larger move- sort of stair-steps on the way when I would have a little epiphany ments were ABA as well, based loosely around just those three in a piece, when there would be something that was just so good notes. So just as an example, that’s how I worked with a longer that it had something to do with where I wanted to go. God, that piece. sounds pretentious! However, I have worked from the inside-out as well. “Persis- I was lucky that when I was in my mid-to-late twenties I was tent Memory,” the piece I wrote for Orpheus, pretty much started able to write pieces for the most virtuosic and wonderful groups with spinning out a slow movement based on a five-note cell and in New York; Parnassus and Speculum Musicae. I was able to seeing where it would lead; I had no idea at the beginning pre- write just about anything I could imagine for these fairly large cisely where it would lead. ensembles of eight instruments. It was very complicated music in Once I finished the slow movement, it took me about 14 months terms of how to play it, but it was also very complicated in terms to figure out what I could do to follow it. I [eventually] followed of how I got the notes. After a while I realized that the kind of it with a fast movement that had 8 variations with a scherzo plopped things I wanted to do didn’t require that level of focus on every into the middle of the variations. That was the way I spun that one single note. I was really starting to think in terms of longer phrases, out. I had to really consider the implications of the slow move- longer formal arches, and I started to think from the outside-in ment before I knew what the fast movement was going to do. In formally, rather than the inside-out (at that time). this case, the work is called “Persistent Memory” because it is the memory of the slow music inlaid into the fast music, and also MC: Would you feel comfortable talking about your composi- because it is written in memory of Lily Auchincloss, who spon- tional process? Has your approach evolved at all over the years? sored my Rome Prize. DR: I think of myself as having two different processes, de- pending on whether I’m writing pieces I know are short and self- MC: In talking about your “Symphony No.1”, you talked about contained or pieces that are fairly long. When I have a commis- the tune that was the starting point for that piece. In talking about sion or am going to write a piece for fairly large forces that I “Persistent Memory” you mention a five-note cell. Is there a dis- know is going to be relatively long and substantial, I do have to tinction in your mind between a “tune” and a “cell?” think about it for a while before I’m ready to attack the piece, DR: Actually there is. The tune [from my “Symphony No.1”] because I have to think for awhile about the overall arch (overall was just a tune that was in my head for a long time and I kept formal arch, overall gestural arch); the way a piece acts over a playing with it until it became a succession of notes that had an long span of time. When writing long pieces I have tended to write arch and a shape that made sense to me, and had some motives in separate movements that are connected without pause (for instance, it that I could develop. With the “Persistent Memory” cell, how- my piano trio “Hyperblue” is a thirteen minute piece in three ever, I really had to play with the notes at the piano until I had the movements but it is played without pause, with no silences from notes that sounded right, which were notes that I knew I was go- beginning to end). For a piece like that, I had to think of some- ing to use both as a melody and as a chord, and that was not nec- thing that held the whole piece together. It’s hard for me to write essarily the case with the “Symphony.” The cell in “Persistent little pieces as part of a bigger collection that don’t connect in Memory” had a lot of different intervals in it, and the five notes some way that makes sense to me. So the process is really to think made a pleasing chord that also sounded good and made sense “What is this moment doing in relation to the whole?” When I’m when inverted. I was also able to come up with successions of writing shorter pieces, such as my piano etudes, I’m exploring chords based around that cell that had, to my ears, a progression, various techniques, either in terms of the instrumental technique a sense of accumulation, and a feeling of tension and release. or the technique of compositional form. I just let my imagination run wild and don’t have to worry about how a moment relates to MC: When you talk about using the cell, and the vertical and what is happening 20 minutes from now. All I have to worry about horizontal applications of these notes which include the inversion is how this music is going to play out in the next 2-3 minutes. I of the cell, you’re not implying any formal serial approach, are have many of these shorter works as well as some longer pieces you? My understanding is that your technique is more individual that have the larger formal arches which I have thought about for and rather free. a long time. DR: Yes, it’s very free. I hesitate to say intuitive, because I’m Just as an example, I wrote my first symphony (to be preten- afraid that I might be misunderstood. What feels to me intuitive is tious) about ten years ago, and that was a piece that simply came really the product of a lot of education and experience. So there’s out of a tune that was stuck in my head for about a year before I a lot of music that’s in my head that I draw on whenever I’m SPECIAL FEATURE - 23 writing this stuff. It comes out in a certain way because I know all MC: One of our goals as an ensemble that frequently performs of this music and technique and I have all of this experience push- for the general public is to present sophisticated contemporary ing notes around. It comes out in a way that reveals all kinds of works in a way that can be immediately satisfying to our audi- influences I’m not aware of when I’m writing the notes down. ence, even if the music is not completely understood. What are I’m often not aware of them until other people point them out: your feelings about how your music is received by the public? “This sounds like a Dvorak moment,” or “This sounds like it came DR: Well, no composer has control over what the public is or out of the Schoenberg Op.16.” I’m freely willing to admit all of who is going to be at a concert. Mozart famously wrote to his these influences because I know these pieces and it’s just part of father about his Piano Quintet K.452, “This piece has delights for what’s in my head whenever I’m composing. both the amateur and the specialist.” The more I write the more I realize that’s probably what I’m after as well. Even if audience MC: So these references or allusions are not included inten- members who aren’t necessarily experienced in modern music tionally, but are really kind of like peeking at your musical sub- don’t totally understand my pieces, I hope there is something about conscious. the works that might perk up their ears, maybe enough to encour- DR: Right, and I think most composers think that way also. Or age them to come back to the music. You don’t know who’s going at least write that way. We all have our different influences, and to be in an audience, and there is really no point in trying to write we have certain likes and dislikes upon which we draw when we “down” to a certain audience, or “up” to another. I just write the write our music. music I want to hear, and if a lot of people like it, that’s good. If a lot of people don’t like it, that’s also good. Or at least it’s not MC: Let’s explore some of those influences. In this interview necessarily bad. I don’t try to write for a popular audience, I’m you’ve cited examples ranging from Mozart to Berg to Tony Toni not trying to be popular, but on the other hand I’m not trying to be Tone, which says a lot about the diversity of your tastes and inter- unpopular either. ests. However, I’m not sure that a first-time listener to your music would recognize the impact of popular music in your work - cer- MC: So you wouldn’t resist public approval? tainly not to the degree of someone like Michael Daugherty. Would DR: Ironically, at one point in my career I would have. After you provide some insight as to how popular music has influenced one performance I remember being told by two really old people your work? that they liked my music, and I thought, “God, it can’t be very DR: Well look, I listen to pop music a lot, especially since I good then!” You know that after “Wozzeck” started to gain public drive quite a bit. 70’s funk and the harder, driving music by Tower appeal, Berg started thinking that perhaps the opera wasn’t as good of Power, James Brown, and so forth are part of what I listen to as he thought. practically everyday when I’m in the car. That sort of rhythmic drive is something that is very attractive and has an influence on MC: Now that you’ve had a recent experience writing for band, the way I try to write these driving rhythms that really accumu- would you write for this ensemble again? late and get somewhere. It’s hard to write fast music, and there DR: Yeah, I probably would if the money were right! Not re- are very few composers who can write good fast music. (I wish I ally the money, but I would if I could be guaranteed that I wouldn’t were one of them.) Appropriating these gestures from funk and have to substitute parts, that every instrument I write for would be pop is just one way that an American composer might use pop available. When I think of a musical gesture, I really do think of music. I guess it’s just part of the American experience, espe- how it sounds on a particular instrument, and oboe and soprano cially for composers of my generation and those who are coming sax really aren’t the same thing. Yeah, I would write for band afterward. This pop music is part of what we grew up with and is again. It was fun, I learned a lot, and I’ve got a new thing I can part of the stew of things in our head. When it comes time to think write for. Of course, it probably wouldn’t be a concerto again, it of a rhythm to bring you up to a certain place in your work, it’s might just be a regular band piece. often something from bebop, funk, or some other popular music that had a major influence on us when we were young. MC: Just out of curiosity, what constitutes a “regular band The thing is, there’s no point making a big deal of it. Some of piece” in your mind? us deal with it on different levels than others. For some, it be- DR: We’ll see. Probably something along the lines of a sym- comes the whole point of the music, for others it’s just part of phony for band, rather than some form [like the concerto] that what’s in our heads, it’s not everything we are. What I am is James provides a hook to help me get into the piece. Well, there’s a First Brown and Schoenberg (which I love), and the Babbitt “Ensembles Suite in E-flat, a Second Suite in F - maybe I’ll write a Third Suite for Synthesizer,” and Berg’s “Lulu,” and Tower of Power, and in G! Donald Martino’s “Notturno.” I really like all of these things, and they have had profound influences not only on the way I hear things, but on the way I think of things sonically, musically, and This interview will be continued in the next issue of the CBDNA compositionally. And I don’t give any of these influences prece- Report, in which David Rakowski talks about his new work for dence over any others. winds, “Ten of a Kind.” Captain Michael Colburn is Assistant Director for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Submissions to the Report Change of Address

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