The Sunderman Conservatory of Music Events Calendar e 2005-2006 Concerts and Events e the SUNDERMAN CONSERVATORY of Music Gettysburg College December e presents 3rd, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theatre Choral Christmas Concert 15th, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theatre Sunderman Chamber Music Concert e Washington Symphonic Brass January e Winter Band Concert 24th, 8:00 p.m. Paul Recital Hall Faculty Recital Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor & Jocelyn Swigger, piano e Symphony Band and Wind Ensemble 31st, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theater Sunderman Chamber Music Concert Mark Hansen and Jocelyn Swigger, pianos e Lewes Peddell, conductor February

17th, Noon Paul Recital Hall Brown Bag Jazz e Alon Yavani, piano

17th, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theater 17th Annual Winter Jazz Concert e College Jazz Ensemble • Paquito d’Rivera, guest soloist from around

e Music 18th, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theater Sunderman Chamber Music Concert The Imani Winds with Paquito d’Rivera

26th, 2:30 p.m. Paul Recital Hall Faculty Recital e James Ryon, trombone The World March e 4th, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theater Sunderman Chamber Music Concert Eighth Blackbird with Lucy Sheldon, soprano e — Folktales and Legends 25th, 8:00 p.m. Christ Chapel Spring Choir Concert nd e College Choir and Camerata Friday, December 2 , 20 05 April 8:00 P.M. e 7th, 9:00 p.m. Majestic Theater Up Jumped Spring Jazz Ensemble and Camerata Majestic Theater e 8th, 8:00 p.m. Majestic Theater Spring Band Concert Symphony Band & Wind Ensemble e 9th, 2:30 p.m. Christ Chapel Choral Showcase featuring choral program ensembles e 21st, 8:00 p.m. Paul Recital Hall Sunderman Woodwind Quintet 30th, 2:30 p.m. Majestic Theater Concert College-Community Orchestra Tenor Saxophone Gretchen Michelson ‘09* Music Sherman IL Andrew Douglas ‘06 History/Political Science Pt. Pleasant NJ Amelia Schneck ’07* English Allentown PA Baritone Saxophone David Campbell ’06* Political Science Rogersville TN Brian Adler ’09 Undecided Boca Raton FL Mission Statement Horn Joseph Strausbaugh ’07* History/Music New Cumberland PA Elizabeth Heron ‘08* Music Education Plainsboro, NJ Sunderman Conservatory of Music Tristan Mentz ’07* Film Studies Bowie MD Glorianne Ponsart ’08 Economics/Mathematics Fairfield NJ Daniel Welch* Gettysburg Semester Canfield OH Core Purpose Trumpet To create an intellectual and artistic community for musical discovery Margaret Dobbs ’08* Environmental Studies/Anthropology Ellicott City MD Christopher Bayon ’09 Undecided Langhorne PA within a rigorous liberal arts curriculum. Torrey Drum ’09* Undecided New Columbia PA Priscilla C King* Community Member Susannah Rhodes ’07 History Hagerstown MD Core Values Lauren Tedesco ’09* Undecided Saint Davids PA Respect Trombone To engage in intellectual and artistic pursuits with openness and Daniel VonSchmidt ‘07* Physics sensitivity to different and changing values. Evan Cyran ’09* Undecided Millsboro DE Carinne Park ’08 Undecided Pittsburgh PA Benjamin Smith ’08 Biology/Chemistry Harrisburg PA Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity Euphonium To integrate musical tools and concepts to produce unique vehicles John Hart ‘06* Music Education Wallingford CT of personal expression. James Connor ’09* Undecided Annandale VA Melissa Weisbach ’09 Music Education Pennsburg PA Tuba Innovation Benjamin Bräutigam ’08* Music East Berlin PA To experience musical, personal, and professional growth through Marissa Dakay ’09 Undecided Eden Prairie MN new repertoire, concepts, and opportunities. Jenna Deaven ’07 Physics Annville PA Percussion Michael Caton ‘06* History West Islip NY Breadth of Experience Nicholas Boire ’07* Biochemistry-Molecular Biology Baldwin NY To explore the diversity of universal musical expression. Tim Geis ’09 Undecided Southampton PA Alex Langley ‘08* Economics Pittsburgh PA Kayla Lenkner ‘08 Undecided Greenville PA Meghan Peck ‘08 English/Music Timonium MD Lindsey Shafer ‘09 Undecided Hancock MI Christopher Storm ’09 Undecided Hanover PA Brian Taylor ’08* Biology Newcastle ME

* denotes also member of Wind Ensemble Note: Principal players are listed first in each section with following musicians listed alphabetically.

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Flute Candace Pfefferkorn ‘06* Music/Physics West Friendship MD Symphony Band Debra Bodofsky ’09 Undecided Edison NJ Megan Case ‘06* Religion/Anthropology Ashtabula OH Jessica Ernst ’09 Undecided Needham MA National Emblem ...... Edwin Eugene Bagley Amber Haegele ‘09 Psychology Maple Glen PA (1857 -1922) Emily Harsen ‘09 Undecided Bradford PA Edited by Frederick Fennell Elizabeth Hocker ’08 Psychology Baltimore MD Megan Knauss ‘09 Undecided Kennett Square PA Kelsey Lamagdeleine ‘09 Undecided Torrington CT Star Ship ...... Yukiko Nishimura Lura McCartney ‘09* Music East Hartford CT (b. 1967) Lillian Morena ’08 Psychology Lindley NY Rebecca Roha ’09 Undecided Greensburg PA Lina Smith ’06* Music Education Basking Ridge NJ Four Gypsy Dances – Puszta ...... Jan Van der Roost (b. 1956) Oboe/English Horn Elizabeth Bucher ’09* Undecided Pittsburgh PA I. Andante Moderato - Adagio Accelerando - Vivace Annie Beale ’06 Management Tacoma WA II. Tranquillo Elena Mailander ’09* Undecided Reno NV III. Allegro Molto Clarinet IV. Moderato - Presto Amy Schneider ’07* Music Niantic CT Matthew Bechtel ’09 Undecided Slatington PA James Burkhalter ’09 English/Film Studies Pasadena, MD Wind Ensemble Caitlyn Cotter ’09 Undecided Arnold MD Kristin Faulhaber ’09* Health and Exercise Sciences Dover DE Christine Frielle ’08 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Hummelstown PA Dirge ...... From Scala Collection - Terry Ann Hayes ’07* Art History/Studio Art Mount Airy MD Transcribed by David Diggs Jennifer Kuzmik ‘07* Studio Art Richmond, VA Reegan Matters ‘08 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Lebanon PA Pacem – A Hymn for Peace ...... Robert Spittal Laura Reindl ’09* Undecided Wellsboro PA Stacy Schwartz ’06 Biology Succasunna NJ (b. 1963) Steve Slowinski ’09* Undecided Tinton Falls NJ Allyson Thompson ’08 English Fairfield OH First Suite in E-flat for Military Band ...... Michelle Veresink ’07* English/Music Easton PA Emily Weigler ’08* Music Education Pennsville NJ (1874 - 1934) I. Chaconne Bass Clarinet Jeffrey Steinour ‘07* English Lothian MD II. Intermezzo Megan Harinski ’08 History Beaverton OR III. March Bassoon Megan Gibb ‘08 English North East MD Symphony Band Julie Wagner * Community Member Camp Hill, PA Alto Saxophone Seis Manuel ...... Shelley Hanson Theresa Davenport ’08* Biology Sellersville PA Lauren DeBrouse ’09 Psychology Annapolis MD Julie Frey ’07 Chemistry Gettysburg PA Sleigh Ride ...... Leroy Anderson Stefan Heck ’09 Undecided Schaefferstown PA (1908 - 1975) Tina Toburen ’08 Psychology Monroe MI

First Suite in E-flat for Military Band Holst Composed First Suite in 1909. It is generally regarded as the cornerstone of all works written expressly for . First Program Notes Suite was a revolutionary piece when it was first performed in 1920, breaking away from the customary tradition of transcribing National Emblem operatic and orchestral repertoire for bands. The First Suite is composed in three movements: I. Chaconne - formed around 14 Many listeners mistakenly believe that National Emblem is a Sousa march due to its similar style and the precision with which it was repetitions of the opening tuba/euphonium melody; II. Intermezzo - presentation of three distinctive melodies which combine for written. Many times throughout the piece remnants of the National Anthem can be heard trying to break through - and for much an initially energetic then morendo conclusion; and III. March - consisting of two wonderful melodies, the first lively and energetic and the second expansive and feelingful of the piece brass is given the melody while reeds contribute the harmony, opposite to many musical pieces. As Fennell says, “It is a march for marching, music for the feet, not for the head, and it is unmistakably music for the spirit!” Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham, England in 1874 and died in London in 1934. He was born into a long line of German Edwin Eugene Bagley was born in 1857 in Craftsbury, Vermont and died in 1922 in Keene, New Hampshire. He played in multiple musicians and chose to follow the tradition, starting at a young age. Holst attended the Royal College of Music where he studied bands throughout New England, focusing mainly on the baritone and trombone. Bagley published National Emblem in 1906 and with composer-conductor Sir Charles Stanford. He later became a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company Orchestra and Fennell (former conductor at the of the ) created this edition in 1981. toured with the Scottish Orchestra. Holst composed many choral part-songs, song cycles, operas and orchestral pieces throughout his lifetime. (Adapted from Smith’s Program Notes for Band) Star Ship Star Ship is the musical story of the old Japanese tale in which two of the most beautiful stars in the night sky, Altair and Vega, love Seis Manuel each other deeply, but can only meet each other one time each year. They live on opposite sides of the Milky Way and must take Seis Manuel movement three of Hanson’s four-movement suite Islas y Montañas. The seis is the traditional song and dance form a ship to meet on that night. If it is raining, however, the river of light in the sky is swollen and they cannot see each other, thus of the Jibaro peasant farmers of the mountains of Puerto Rico. The Seis Manuel was originally a traditional dance for six men missing their one chance. This piece of music captures the pain of these separated lovers. or couples, and was typically named after someone important to its creation, in this case Manny Laureano, who commissioned and premiered the piece Yukiko Nishimura was born in Japan in 1967 where she graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1990. In 1991 she moved to the United States to further her musical studies. Nishimura has received numerous commissions and has Shelley Hanson has conducted university and wind ensembles for fifteen years. She received her Ph.D. in Performance, Music composed for piano, solo marimba and marimba with other instruments, chamber music, and music for strings and orchestra. Theory, and Music Literature from Michigan State University. Her many compositions have been performed throughout the The Covington String Quartet, one of the College’s resident faculty ensembles, gave the world premier of her Music for the silent United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. She has performed with her band, Klezmer and All That Jazz, with film “Edison’s 1910 Frankenstein” on October 18th, 2005. That piece was comissioned and performed as part of the Musselman and symphonies nationwide, including but not limited to The , the Milwaukee Symphony, and the North Carolina Symphony. Library-sponsored event “Music at the Movies: From the Majestic to the Monstrous.”

Four Gypsy Dances – Puszta Sleigh Ride Puszta is a Hungarian word which refers to a vast desert area, similar to “steppe.” The alternation of lively and melancholy themes Leroy Anderson, a magna cum laude music graduate from Harvard University, believed that musical ideas came to his mind because found in the Four Gypsy Dances is typical of Gypsy music. These four pieces are related to Slavic folk music, and the character he was constantly on the alert for them. Memories of sleigh-ride sounds from his New England boyhood suggested the musical and sounds incorporated are comparable to the Hungarian and Slavic dances by Brahms and Dvorák, as well as the Hungarian themes in this work. As in “Typewriter” and “Sandpaper Ballet,” sounds from the real world are used in “Sleigh Ride.” As impor- rhapsodies by Liszt. These specific pieces are, however, all original with Van der Roost. tant as the nostalgic bell sounds, however, are Anderson’s excellent melodies and scoring. Although ironically written by Anderson

during a July heatwave, Sleigh Ride remains a holiday treasure and one of the most popular Christmas songs ever. Jan Van der Roost is a European composer who, though relatively unknown just a few years ago, has become widely recognized and cel- ebrated, with his numerous compositions now performed in many nations worldwide. (Program Notes for Band, Norman E. Smith) (Except where indicated, program notes were supplied by composer)

Dirge The Marine Band, some thirty-one strong under the direction of Francis Scala, was present in Gettysburg on November 19, 1863 for the dedication of the National Soldiers’ Cemetery. There is no clear account of the order or placement of the bands in the Conductor Biographies procession, but it is known that they played funeral dirges on the way to the hallowed ground of the cemetery. This Dirge is the fifth and last march in a small manuscript book of funeral marches. The composer and arranger are unknown, but Scala is most Lewes Peddell, is Director of Bands and Orchestral Activities and also teaches instrumental methods and likely the arranger. Ascertaining that this Dirge was performed during the funeral procession by the Marine Band is not possible; in the Music Education program. Born in Australia, he received a Diploma of Teaching in Music from the Queensland however the size of the original manuscript, the instrumentation, and the location of the music within the repertoire seems to University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma – both in trumpet performance – from the lend credibility to this claim. (Edited from program notes of, and email correspondence with, David Diggs – Director of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. After 10 years of successful middle and high school teaching Peddell traveled to Lehigh University Wind Ensemble) the USA where, at the University of Minnesota, he completed a Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting, and a Pacem – A Hymn for Peace Ph.D. with concentrations in conducting and music education. His principal conducting teacher at Minnesota was Craig Pacem was originally composed for Spittal’s friend Patrick Brooks and his Wind Ensemble at Idaho State University. This piece is Kirchhoff and more recently is Stuart Malina, principal conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. Peddell has based on the 2nd movement of Spittal’s Consort for Ten Winds, a reflection of the “beautiful, imitative motet style” of the renaissance recently been selected by the American Orchestra League to attend the 2005 Donald Thulean Conducting Workshop composers he so greatly admired. With Pacem, Spittal tried to “reflect the scope of humanity’s persistent, hopeful and often difficult in Detroit. struggle toward the realization of personal and universal peace.” John T. Hart Jr. a Senior Music Education Major from Wallingford, CT. with a Euphonium focus, aspires to become a school Robert Spittal was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1963 and has composed a multitude of works for brass choir, wind ensemble, band and/or choir director. Hart was 2004 and 2005 Drum Major of the Gettysburg College Bullet Marching Band. woodwind and brass quintets, and guitar ensembles, as well as for jazz recordings and works for dance and musical theatre.