UGA British Brass Band University of Georgia British Brass Band Philip Smith, Bandmaster Tuesday, October 10, 2017 • 8:00 p.m. “Songs of a People”

PROGRAM FEATURING Dorothy Gates...... Fanfare – All Glorious Leslie Condon...... The Call of the Righteous Bruce Broughton...... Songs from the States Traditional/Arr. by William Himes...... Amazing Grace Leroy Anderson/Arr. by Mark Freeh...... Belle of the Ball Leroy Anderson/Arr. by Mark Freeh...... March of theTwo Left Fee Ernesto Lecuona/Arr. by Mark Freeh...... Malaguena The UGA British Brass Band Philip Smith The UGA British Brass Band was estab- Philip Smith joined the Hugh Hodgson UGA British Brass Band lished in August, 2014, coinciding with the School of Music as the William F. and Pa- appointment of Philip Smith as Prokasy mela P. Prokasy Professor in the Arts in bandmaster Philip Smith Professor in the Arts to the trumpet fac- August, 2014. In addition to teaching his ulty of the Hugh Hodgson School of Mu- trumpet studio, he is the Bandmaster of the SOPRANO CORNET SOLO HORN BASS TROMBONE sic. The band features the instrumentation UGA British Brass Band, member of the Yanbin Chen Andrew Sehman Kyle Moore Dilon Bryan that is standard for brass bands around the faculty Georgia Brass Quintet, and coach of PRINCIPAL CORNET Solo Euphonium world. Members are chosen through audi- the Bulldog Brass Society. This new position Shaun Branam FIRST HORN Timothy Morris tions each semester. In its short history, follows his retirement from the New York Duncan Robertson Eric Dluzniewski SOLO CORNET the UGA British Brass Band has quickly Philharmonic after 36 years of service as Deborah Caldwell SECOND HORN Euphonium become a favorite of audiences of all ages. Principal Trumpet. Tyler Jones Nathan Dial Nate Galerstein In addition to annual Fall and Spring Con- Shengdou Chen certs on campus, the band has performed Smith received his Bachelor and Master of FIRST BARITONE E-FLAT TUBA numerous times in the Athens-Atlanta area. Music degrees from The Juilliard School, and REPIANO CORNET Blake Hyman Nick Beltchev The band entered its first competition spon- in January, 1975, while still a student, was ap- Tyler Jesko Trevor Kiefer pointed to the Chicago Symphony Orches- SECOND BARITONE sored by the North American Brass Band SECOND CORNET Laura Rann B-FLAT TUBA Association in March, 2017, and scored a tra. He has appeared regularly around the Joel Garcia Chris Gurtcheff Third Place standing in the First Division. world as soloist, recitalist, and clinician. As Joseph Reid FIRST TROMBONE Ben Vasko trumpet soloist with the New York Philhar- Steve Jessup Guest soloists with the band have included Stuart Stephenson, Principal Trumpet of monic, he has performed numerous world THIRD CORNET Duncan Lord PERCUSSION and United States premieres, in addition to Chandler Dickerson Kamran Mian the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; David Brandon Waugh SECOND TROMBONE Keller Steinson Zerkel, UGA Professor of Tuba and Eupho- the standard repertoire. In 2005, Smith was Luke Anders nium; Brandon Craswell, UGA Professor made an Honorary Member of the Royal FLUGELHORN Jake Reeves of Trumpet; and Joseph Turrin, pianist and Academy of Music in London (Hon RAM), Josh Klein composer. The band also regularly features and in 2006, he received the International Trumpet Guild Honorary Award. HODGSON CONCERT HALL its own musicians from within the ranks. 44 Performance UGA September October 2017 45