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WWITHITH SSPECIALPECIAL GGUESTUEST TTROMBONISTROMBONIST KKo-ichiroo-ichiro YYamamotoamamoto The Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) Band was established in 1915 under the direc on of Arnold Wagner. The band program is one of the oldest high school band programs in California, and has a rich heritage due to outstanding music instruc on that is required of all 3rd-5th grade students district-wide, a PPLUSLUS: long history of community support, and its close proximity to the entertainment industry. Alumni of the SAMOHI band program have DDOUGOUG GGALLATINALLATIN, FFLUTELUTE SSOLOISTOLOIST gone on to study at pres gious conservatories, universi es, and schools of music. The band SSANTAANTA MMONICAONICA HHIGHIGH SSCHOOLCHOOL WWINDIND SSYMPHONYYMPHONY fl ourished in the 1950s under the direc on of Dick Wagnon, and con nues to grow under the direc on of Kevin McKeown and Terry KKEVINEVIN MMCKEOWNCKEOWN, GGUESTUEST CCONDUCTORONDUCTOR Sakow. Currently the program consists of four concert bands, two jazz bands, and the Samohi “Viking” Marching Band. The 2014-15 school year marks the centennial of this historic band program.

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Sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts, Music Department & IRA Program. Program Program notes WWindind ensembleensemble FFirstirst SuiteSuite inin E-E-fl atat forfor MilitaryMilitary BandBand Piccolo Horn Key SSantaanta MonicaMonica HHighigh SSchoolchool WWindind SSymphonyymphony Written over 100 years ago, the First Suite in E-fl at by Gustav Holst Emily O’Hanlon, San Ramon, LAES Andrew Arensman, Castaic, MU ◆ Guest is now considered one of the masterworks and cornerstones of Steven Warnert, Clovis, ME • Principal/Sec on Leader band literature. Although completed in 1909, the suite did not Flute Marlaine McKean, Cedar Falls, IA, ASCI + Percussion Manager El Camino Real: A La n Fantasy...... Alfred Reed (1921-2005) receive its offi cial premiere until 11 years later on June 23, 1920, Kelsey Beisecker, Santa Barbara, ECON Stuart Slavin, Sacramento, PHYS ΚΚΨ Kappa Kappa Psi Member by an ensemble of 165 musicians at the Royal Military School of Shawna Sherwood, Tacoma, WA, AERO Lawrence Downs, Granite Bay, ENVE Music at Kneller Hall. However, the work was originally conceived Emily O’Hanlon, San Ramon, LAES Key to Majors to be performed by ensembles signifi cantly smaller than the one at Hope Megerdichian, Fresno, BIO Trumpet AERO Aerospace Engineering WWindind OrchestraOrchestra Kneller Hall. During this time period there was no standardized Araceli Yepez-Acosta, Ventura, BIO Dylan Weddle, Turlock, MU ARCE Architectural Engineering instrumentation among the hundreds of British military bands of Andy Adams, Poway, CPE Anthony Pultz, Scripps Ranch, MU ARCH Architecture the day, and as a result no signifi cant literature had been previously ΚΚΨ Nicole Cooper, Danville, ME ΚΚΨ Kaylinn Roseman, Long Beach, CE ART Art First Suite in E-fl at for Military Band ...... Gustav Holst (1874-1934) written for the band medium; most British bands up to then Allison Nai, Walnut Creek, BIO ΚΚΨ Liliana Moore, Davis, PSY ASCI Animal Science I. Chaconne performed arrangements of popular orchestral pieces. Th erefore, Kenneth Schmutz, Atascadero, EE BIO Biology II. Intermezzo in order to ensure the suite would be accessible to as many bands Oboe Ka e Love, Los Altos, BIO BMED Biomedical Engineering as possible, Holst ingeniously scored the work so that it could be Kelsey Morton, Ventura, PSY Garre Gudgel, Lemoore, ME BUS Business III. March played by a minimum of 19 musicians, with 16 additional parts that Allison Wagner, Davis, BIO Andreas Apitz, Yorba Linda, EE CD Child Development could be added or removed without compromising the integrity of Laura Borovilos, Grand Junc on, FDSC CE Civil Engineering Voodoo...... Daniel Bukvich (b. 1954) the work. Trombone CHEM Chemistry Th ere are three movements in the suite: Chaconne, Intermezzo, Bassoon ΚΚΨ Alex Jacobius, Santa Monica, CRP/MU CM Construc on Management and March. Th e Chaconne begins with a ground bass reminiscent Eric Belfi eld, Irvine, AERO Paul Gilles, Menlo Park, AERO COMS Communica on Studies Ghost Train Triptych ...... Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) of those written by Henry Purcell or William Byrd. It is performed Emelia Banninger, Santa Clarita, MU Eric Magill, Harwinton, CT, BMED CPE Computer Engineering I. Ghost Train: The Ride by tuba, euphonium and string bass and is repeated throughout the ΚΚΨ Patrick Fedigan, Benicia, SE CRP City & Regional Planning ensemble sixteen full times as varying instrumental textures and Clarinet Christy Jardetzky, Los Gatos, ASCI CSC Computer Science II. At the Sta on variations of the theme are layered within it. Following a delicately Jason Lu, Mountain View, LAES ECON Economics III. Mo ve Revolu on scored chamber setting of the theme, the music steadily builds to a Troy Kawahara, Corona, CE Bass Trombone EE Electrical Engineering brilliant E-fl at major chord that concludes the movement. ΚΚΨ Karissa Finn, Pleasanton, IE ΚΚΨ Rose Doylemason, Pleasanton, MU ENGL English Th e Intermezzo is light and brisk and features soloistic passages Jimmy Winne, Roseville, ME ENVE Environmental Engineering for the cornet, oboe and clarinet. Holst prominently displays the Taylor Bateman, Bakersfi eld, ME Euphonium FDSC Food Science — I — agility and sensitivity of the wind band through transparent textures Hannah Giorgi, Santa Barbara, GRC Ryan Walker, Clovis, CM FNR Forestry & Natural Resources and passages where the melody and accompaniment are woven into Kendyl Cohn, Upland, GENE Max Bendick, Orange, CPE GENE General Engineering a variety of instrumental settings. Andrew Sorensen, San Diego, CPE Emma Gracyk, Granite Bay, ARCH GRC Graphic Communica on Th e March begins suddenly. It consists of two themes, the fi rst Elizabeth Reed, South San Francisco, IE Industrial Engineering WWindind EnsembleEnsemble of which, performed by brass choir and percussion, is a march light CRP Tuba KINE Kineseology in character. Th e second theme is dominated by the woodwinds Rachel Smith, Danville, BMED Leah Anderson, Chula Vista, MU LAES Liberal Arts & Engineering Studies and is composed of a long, lyrical line reminiscent of the original Amy Poehlitz, Sherwood, ARCE ΚΚΨ Aaron Gragg, San Diego, CPE LS Liberal Studies La Mezquita de Córdoba ...... Julie Giroux (b. 1961) ΚΚΨ Chaconne melody. Th e movement concludes with both themes Shelby Orland, West Hills, ASCI Aaron Jacobs, Escondido, CSC MATE Materials Engineering intertwining as the band crescendos to a climax. MATH Math The Shadow of Sirius...... Joel Pucke (b. 1977) Bass Clarinet String Bass ME Mechanical Engineering Jus n Satnick, San Diego, ME Daniel Stone, Irvine, ARCE MU Music III. Into the Clouds VVoodoooodoo ◆ John Osumi, San Luis Obispo PHYS Physics Voodoo is a programmatic piece that attempts to conjure dark and Percussion POLS Poli cal Science Doug GallaƟ n, fl ute sinister images in a jungle inhabited by pagan natives. Bukvich Alto Saxophone Ryan Waczek, San Diego, MU PSY Psychology creates many extraordinary sound aff ects which are derived from ΚΚΨ Daniel Henry, Goleta, AERO +Garre Klunk, Virginia Beach, VA, AERO SE So ware Engineering within the instrumentation of the traditional concert band. ΚΚΨ Chloe Cruz, Daly City, POLS +ΚΚΨLuis Manjarrez, Santa Barbara, EE WVIT Wine and Vi culture Concerto for Trombone ...... Launy Grøndahl (1886-1960) Allen Scozzari, Clovis, EE Taylor Hutchinson, Rosemount, MN, CPE I. Moderato assai ma molto maestoso Arr. Paul Ivan Møller Daniel Diaz, Oxnard, MU GGhosthost TTrainrain TriptychTriptych Tenor Saxophone Baheej Saoud, West Hills, AERO Instrumental Faculty II. Quasi una leggenda (In the manner of a tall tale): Andante grave Th e composer, Eric Whitacre, writes: ΚΚΨ Nikole Knak, Redding, GRC Suzanne Duff y, Flute III. Finale: Maestoso - Rondo Th e Ghost Train Triptych deals with the legend of the ghost train: a Piano Gabrielle Castrio a, Oboe supernatural machine that roars out of the night through forgotten Baritone Saxophone Alessandra Shanus, Burlingame, MU Lisa Nauful, Bassoon towns and empty canyons. It is deeply rooted in American folklore, ΚΚΨ Michael Czabaranek, Pleasant Hill, ME Keith Waibel, Clarinet Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto, trombone and it was the spirit that I worked to capture. Th e compositional Laura Kramer, Saxophone challenge came in creating a larger three-movement work from Aaron Wolf, Jazz Saxophone the 1st movement that was originally conceived and performed Christopher Woodruff , Trumpet FINALE from Symphony No. 2 ...... Charles Ives (1874-1954) as a single event. I felt that the use of trains as a source of sounds Wind Ensemble/Wind Orchestra Board of Offi cers Jennifer Dodson, Horn Arr. Jonathan Elkus and inspirations was virtually inexhaustible, but wanted to save Kaylinn Roseman, Chief Execu ve Offi cer Luis Manjarrez, Percussion Manager Sonny Galvan, Low Brass the integrity of the original while using it as the architectural Aaron Gragg, Equipment Manager Kate Vanderslice, Facili es Coordinator Ken Hustad, String Bass foundation. I eventually decided to use Ghost Train: Th e Ride (which Emily O’Hanlon, Librarian Dennis Wong, Facili es Coordinator John Astaire, Percussion was originally released as a single movement piece, mentioned Nina Levine, Librarian Karissa Finn, Band Offi ce Manager Jennifer Sayre, Harp previously) as the fi rst movement and simply extend the piece by Garre Klunk, Percussion Manager Terry Spiller, Piano continuing the nighttime journey. Paul Rinzler, Jazz Piano performers At the Station is just that: the train comes to a roaring halt TThehe SShadowhadow ooff SiriusSirius and passengers depart. In this movement, I see countless images; Th e composer, Joel Puckett, writes: SSantaanta MMonicaonica HHighigh SSchoolchool WWindind OOrchestrarchestra friends and family reunited, the souring architecture of the station I have always found comfort in poetry. While in school, I was the guy WWindind SSymphonyymphony itself, and the genuine sincerity and innocence of the era. Aft er a with a collection of Bukowski under one arm and a collection of Yeats Piccolo Baritone Saxophone refl ective pastiche the locomotive builds up steam and slowly departs, under the other. I have always enjoyed the rhythm of other people’s Nicole Slagle, Poway, ME Kyle Young, Napa, ASCI graceful and heroic. Th is movement features writing for solo soprano thoughts and feelings. Flute Baritone Michelle Johnson, Palo Cedro, FDSC Francis Abas llas saxophone and piano. In the winter of 2009, my wife and I experienced a heartbreak Saxophone Horn Th e Motive Revolution is twofold in its implication. Th e name that left me unsure of how to even breathe, let alone grieve. On March Tab Chapman Jacob Irvin Flute Nina Levine, Millbrae, CE Heidi Choi refers to the period between 1850 and 1875 when steam engines 1st of that same year, I found a copy of W.S. Merwin’s, Th e Shadow Nicole Slagle, Poway, ME Kyle Boucher, Concord, PHYS Gabrielle Clouse revolutionized transportation, and also describes the cyclical of Sirius, and I began to feel myself heal. I have almost no idea what Julia Stone, San Diego ME Lauren Fleck Trumpet Chris na Boeryd, Rancho Santa Margarita, IE treatment of musical motives throughout the movement. Th e train most of this poetry means. But I know that it fi lls me with a profound Ma hew Howard Adam Goren Michelle Johnson, Palo Cedro, FDSC Sara Mason, Paso Robles, CE blazes across the countryside, moonlight glistening off its dark steel, sadness that is, at the same time, brimming with hope. Enrique Ipina Ariana Hernandez Bailee DeCair, Van Nuys, CD Chris an Joy-Ito and ends with a fi nal tribute to these beautiful machines and the I recently heard Mr. Merwin discussing the origin of the title of Jonathan Massachi Rianna Uppal, Santa Rosa, PHYS Trumpet Daniel Rotberg people who worked them.” (Please Note: Th ere are no breaks between his collection. He related that scientists have discovered that the star Molly Novak Ron Yorita, Monterey, CSC ΚΚΨ Nigel Pell, Auburn, MATH Brandon Searfoss movements.) known as Sirius is actually a star system. What looks to our eye like a Ane Szczepanek Karina Reynolds, Highlands Ranch, CO, CHEM ΚΚΨ Jordan Adams, Pasadena, PHYS Jane Wickline single object is actually many. Merwin found himself wondering what Daria Yaari Deborah Newberry, Antelope, CSC David Ri er, St. Louis, MO, EE is on the other side of Sirius, lying in its shadow. Taylor Pan ga, Folsom, BMED ΚΚΨ Sco Warnert, Clovis, MATH Horn LLaa MMezquitaezquita ddee CCórdobaórdoba A friend once said to me, “many concerti explore a virtuosity of Oboe Christopher Schu er, San Juan Capistrano, EE Drew Galla n, San Jose, MATH Amancai Biraben technique but not many explore a virtuosity of expression.” It was with Iden Amiri Trefor Szabo, Berkeley, EE ΚΚΨ Enoch Tsui, Arcadia, BMED ((TheThe MMosqueosque aatt CCórdoba)órdoba) Emma Brown that thought in mind that I began work on my, Th e Shadow of Sirius, Sadie Saltzman Th e composer, Julie Giroux, writes: Alexander Kinsinger Jared Olson, Bakersfi eld, CE for solo fl ute and wind orchestra. Oboe In 169 B.C. the Romans founded Córdoba. Aft er the fall of Rome, it Cyara Pinkos Gavin Sco , Goleta, SE Each movement off ers my refl ection on a single Merwin poem Bassoon James Tillman, Rancho Santa Margarita, MATE Benjamin Hull, San Diego, WVIT existed under the rule of the Visigoths and became the capital of Al Carol Sotoj Andalus, Muslim Spain, in 716 A.D. from the collection: Lauren Lee Samuel Youngs Karolina Dohnalkova, Richland, ARCH Yanjun Li Liam Campbell, Woodland, CE Th e Moors conquered Córdoba in the eighth century and by Trombone Movement III: Into the Clouds Rebecca McKinley, Sunnyvale, CPE the 10th century the city boasted a population of 500,000, compared Trombone Clarinet Bassoon Jennifer Campbell, Gurnee, IL, CE to about 38,000 in Paris. According to the chronicles of the day, the Nipun Gujral city had 700 mosques, some 60,000 palaces, and 70 libraries — one What do you have with you Emily Arvesen Monai Hicks Rachel Cleak, Moraga, BUS Ian Bewley, Bakersfi eld, MU now my small traveler reportedly housing 500,000 manuscripts and employing a staff of Miles Holland Patrick Hu Madeleine Bordofsky, Santa Barbara, LS Mark Heisinger, Tahoe City, CE suddenly on the way Eric Manning Daniel Murokh Douglas Bretney, Chico, ENGL Emily Woo, Fremont, CSC researchers, illuminators and book binders. Córdoba also had some and all at once so far

Stella Milinich Joseph Ricard Brian Kung, Torrance, CPE 900 public baths as well as Europe’s fi rst street lights. Alaleh Mokhtari Reigning with wisdom and justice, the rulers of Córdoba treated on legs that never were Henry Schlessinger Clarinet Alyse Fisse, San Francisco, BIO up to the life that you Gabe Mugalian Travis Low, El Dorado Hills, CE Christians and Jews with tolerance. Th ey also improved trade and led them and breathing with Dali Nemecio Euphonium Serena Brown, San Jose, COMS Bass Trombone agriculture, patronized the arts, made valuable contributions to the shortness breath comes to Sco Santo Madeleine Hammer ΚΚΨ ΚΚΨ Max Linsenbard, San Diego, CSC science, and established Córdoba as the most sophisticated city in Ben Segal Eric Mitchell, Hollister, PHYS my endless company Aemoni Harris Europe. Olive Sherman Aus n Johnson, Agoura Hills, MU when you could stay close to me Jesus Palma When the Moors conquered Córdoba, they found a Visigoth Jillian Sonderegger Denzel Ayala, Arleta, CHEM Euphonium until the day was done ΚΚΨ cathedral, promptly pulled it down and built a mosque complex, the Jonathan Trester Michelle Crispen, Placen a, SE Dennis Wong, Alhambra, CSC o closest to my breath Sam Weiller Tuba Kayla Pedrani, Clayton, FNR Jordan Dosker, Vacaville, ASCI walls of which enclosed about four acres. It was over 40 years in the making. Over the centuries, the Moors roofed-over and developed if you are able to Zoe Moench Max Rosenberg, Sea le, WA, AERO Grant Webster, San Diego, AERO please wait a while longer Eli Warshauer ΚΚΨ more and more within this complex. Muslim, Christian and Jewish Contra-Alto Hillary Tung, Irvine, CRP on that side of the cloud faiths alike were practiced within its walls, an unprecedented feat then Clarinet Hannah Lancaster, Orange, CE Tuba Christopher Ng, El Monte, EE and literally unheard of today. Jeremy Arnold Percussion Nicole Pifer, La Verne, KINE Michael Aboutboul Sandy Babich, Thousand Oaks, MATE When the Christians reconquered Córdoba in 1236, the new CConcertooncerto fforor TTrombonerombone Danish composer Launy Grøndahl had a remarkable career. He was a Jack Bonner Bass Clarinet Stephen Marshall, Los Angeles, ME rulers were so awed by its beauty that they left it standing, building Bass Clarinet Emma Geisler ΚΚΨ student of noted composers Niels Gade and Carl Nielsen. Although he Brian Jones, Betheseda, MD, MATH Andrew Parker, Salinas, PHYS their cathedral in the midst of its rows of arches and columns. Th us it Dylan Meek Ma lda Loughmiller is preserved today, fondly referred to in Spain as “La Gran Mezquita.” wrote many works, it was his three-decade tenure as conductor of the Jacob Nikolau Ellen Fabini, El Cerrito, ART Benjamin Stackel Percussion La Mezquita contains over 500 marble, granite, and alabaster orchestra of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation that shaped his life Andrej Pervan Benne Zemke more than any other factor. Soprano Saxophone Ian Washburne, Lake Oswego, OR, CSC columns. Mixed into the califal styles, one can see the Byzantine and oriental infl uences, as well as Hispano-romanic and Visigoth elements Grøndahl’s Concerto is one of a large number of Scandinavian Alto Saxophone ΚΚΨ Chloe Cruz, Daly City, POLS Michael Schuster, Woodland Hills, ME ΚΚΨ throughout the mosque. Th e grandeur of La Mezquita and its colorful works for the trombone composed in the fi rst part of the 20th century. Francesca Crowley Morgan Johnson, Bow, NH, PSY ΚΚΨ political and religious history has earned it its place as a true wonder Written during an Italian vacation in 1924, this challenging and Marcus Gee Alto Saxophone Nicole Liu, Goleta, FNR Andrew Hathaway, Gilroy, EE of the civilized world. dramatic work is as rewarding for the performer as it is for the listener. Alex Kahan Gabriella Vakili, Burlingame, MU Cory Mayer, Eugene, OR, EE La Mezquita de Córdoba opens with the destruction of the original Dedicated to the Danish trombonist Vilhelm Aarkrogh, it was inspired Randy Sterbentz, Henderson, NV, PHYS Christian church in 716 A.D. and proceeds as a musical celebration of by the playing of the trombone section of the Casino Th eater orchestra Tenor Saxophone ΚΚΨ Aidan Thurling, Simi Valley, BIO Piano its multi-cultural, religious and artistic accomplishments. in Copenhagen, of which Aarkrogh was the leader and where Brian Mendez Grøndahl had been a violinist since the age of 13. Andres Orellana Alessandra Shanus, Burlingame, MU Tenor Saxophone Th is piece begins in the lowest reaches of the orchestra with a Isaac Becker, San Diego, ME stormy chord, which is soon joined by a declamatory and dramatic statement by the solo trombone. Grøndahl dispenses with the traditional exposition of the main themes by the orchestra and plunges the listener into the fray without hesitation. Th e drama of the fi rst theme soon gives way to the exotic lyricism of the second melody. Of guest soloist conductors particular interest here is the character of the solo part, virtuosic and KKo-ichiroo-ichiro YYamamotoamamoto AAndrewndrew McMahanMcMahan, Director of Bands CChristopherhristopher J.J. WoodruWoodruff , Associate Director of Bands impressive in its agility. Andrew McMahan joined the faculty Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, one of the foremost Japanese trombonists of Christopher Woodruff joined the faculty Grøndahl’s second movement, titled “Quasi una Leggenda” (In as an assistant professor and director his genera on, is the principal trombonist of the Sea le Symphony, at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, as associate the manner of a tall tale), is a mixed-meter andante that abounds in of bands in the fall of 2010. He teaches a faculty member of the University of Washington School of Music, director of bands in the fall of 2006. In beauty. Th e two contrasting themes, both lovely, are interrupted by a courses in music theory and conduc ng, and the newest member of the Center City Brass Quintet. He formerly addi on to his responsibili es with the large climax in the center of the movement that culminates with a high as well as instrumental literature and was a trombonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New Wind Orchestra and Mustang Band, he B fl at in the solo trombone. Th e gentle rippling of arpeggios and string rehearsal techniques. Dr. McMahan York City for 10 seasons. In summer 2012, he was the ac ng principal teaches courses in music theory and chords end the movement quietly. also serves as administrator, ar s c trombonist of the New York Philharmonic and co-principal trombonist music apprecia on. As instructor of Th e maestoso introduction to the fi nale is based on music from director and conductor for all ensembles of the All Star Orchestra. trumpet he also coaches the Cal Poly the fi rst movement, but soon gives way to a surprisingly light rondo. under the purview of the Cal Poly Band Ac ve as a soloist, recitalist, chamber music performer, and Brass Choir and teaches methods courses Th is playful music is peppered with staccato runs and a blitheness Program. clinician, Yamamoto has performed with many groups, including the in brass pedagogy. that is seldom heard from the trombone. Despite the light nature of Prior to his appointment at Cal Poly, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Chamber Orchestra, and Woodruff earned a bachelor’s this music, there is an overwhelming sense of authority that is echoed McMahan served as the coordinator of as a guest solo principal trombonist of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, degree in music educa on at Louisiana in the orchestra interludes. Th e fi nal measures display the limits instrumental studies at California State Tokyo. He is also an ac ve recording ar st and has performed on State University and taught high school of the trombone’s capabilities with a passage that reaches into the University Stanislaus. At CSU Stanislaus numerous TV and movie recordings in New York and Tokyo. In band for several years in Florida. He stratosphere. A fortissimo fl ourish concludes the concerto. he directed the Wind Ensemble, and addi on, he has been invited frequently to give recitals and master con nued studies in conduc ng at taught courses in conduc ng, brass pedagogy, and instrumental literature. classes throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. Northwestern University, where he received the Eckstein Band Conduc ng Notes by Craig Doolin Although in this posi on for only two years, McMahan organized two Yamamoto has been a guest soloist with Tokyo Symphony Grant and completed a master’s degree in music. While in Chicago, he successful band/orchestra fes vals, assisted with promo ng the school Orchestra, the Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band (OMSB), New served as music director of the Spring Valley Concert Band and was a guest through community outreach and high school student recruitment, and FFINALEINALE ffromrom SSymphonyymphony NNo.o. 2 Philharmonic Japan, U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s Own), Yamaha conductor for the Northshore Concert Band and the Northshore Chamber took the Wind Ensemble on a 10-day performance tour of Germany, Austria Orchestra. Th e synthesis of European symphonic technique and living American Wind Ensemble Japan, University of Washington Wind Ensemble, and Switzerland. Prior to his arrival on the Central Coast, he served as director of music is the chief premise of Ives’s Symphony No. 2. In form and Eastern Music Fes val, Taipei Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds of Before moving to California, McMahan spent me at the University of symphonic and marching bands at University of Northern Iowa and general sonority, the work takes its cue from Brahms, Dvořák, and Singapore, and the Sea le Symphony Orchestra. Minnesota both as a teacher and as a doctoral student. While there, he was director of bands at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania. His guest conduc ng Tchaikovsky, whose symphonies were performed oft en enough in the He has won numerous awards, prizes, and scholarships in Japan the director and principal conductor of the university’s Campus Orchestra, appearances have included concerts with the Penn Central Wind Band, United States at the end of the 19th century, and which Ives studied and abroad, including fourth place in the Interna onal Trombone and was a frequent guest conductor with the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Williamsport Symphony chamber players as well as the Northshore Concert at Yale. Ives even bows to the pre-eminent symphonist of the time, Associa on Compe on in Australia (1998), fi rst grand prize of the and University Bands. He also became well known as the announcer and Band and Northshore Chamber Orchestra, both in Chicago. As a trumpet quoting a snippet of Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 at several points in the Japan Wind and Percussion Compe on (1991), and diploma prize at master of ceremonies for the 320 member strong “Pride of Minnesota” player, he has played with the Baton Rouge Symphony, Billtown Brass Band work. the Prague Interna onal Music Compe on (1992). Marching Band. Before arriving in Minneapolis, McMahan spent four and Williamsport Symphony Orchestra. But whereas the formal design and much of the harmonic Born in Tokyo, he began studying trombone at age 12 with his years as the director of instrumental studies, studio trumpet teacher, and He maintains a full schedule of guest conduc ng and coaching, language of this symphony bespeaks a European provenance, its father, Tatsuo Yamamoto, and Yoshiki Hakoyama. A er studying at instructor of secondary music educa on at Simpson College, a liberal arts working with school bands and honor bands in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and content stems largely from the music Ives grew up with. Much of the the Tokyo College of Music Senior High School, he was accepted at ins tu on outside of Des Moines, Iowa. He also served as the execu ve California. He has presented courses on conduc ng, rehearsal methods work’s melodic material derives from songs, hymns, anthems, and the Franz Liszt Music Academy as a student of Gusztav Hoena and director and founder of the Simpson College Big Band Jazz Camp, a week- and brass pedagogy. His most recent appearances include serving as guest dance tunes well known in this country when Ives was coming of age, Sztan Tivador. While at the academy, he joined the Budapest Fes val long fes val of jazz studies held each June. conductor for the Merced Mariposa Coun es Honor Band Associa on and and the composer does not hesitate to place these references cheek-by- Orchestra as a trombonist. He studied with Joseph Alessi, principal A na ve of North Carolina, McMahan earned his Bachelor of Science for the Western Band Associa on near Palo Alto, Calif. As a performer, jowl with more conventionally symphonic sounding ideas. trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, at The Juilliard School from in Music Educa on degree from Western Carolina University, Master of he regularly guest conducts the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra and is a Ives develops those melodies that serve as his main themes in a 1994-96. Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Doctor founding member of the Pacifi c Coast Brass Ensemble. He has performed highly inventive manner, as a good symphonist traditionally would do. His discography includes Proof and Family Tree (Kosei Publishing) of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. His previous solo works for trumpet with the Symphony of the Vines, San Luis Obispo More notably, the contrapuntal “piling up” of quotations from popular Trombone Concerto and Ballade (Octavia Recordings). Yamamoto teaching experience includes three years as a high school music teacher in Wind Orchestra and the San Luis Obispo Chamber Orchestra. sources produces the symphony’s most audacious harmonic moments, has been a Yamaha performing ar st/clinician since 2008 and is both parochial and public high schools in the metro Milwaukee, Wis., area. Woodruff holds professional memberships with the Music Educators particularly in the fi nale. performing on the new Yamaha Xeno 882OR and 883ORX prototype McMahan maintains professional memberships with the College Band Na onal Conference, California Band Directors Associa on, College As did so many of Ives’s major compositions, the Symphony No. trombone. Directors Na onal Associa on, California Band Directors Associa on, and Music Educators Associa on, World Associa on of Symphonic Bands and 2 languished unheard for many years before receiving a performance. the World Associa on of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. He is also an Ensembles, and the Interna onal Trumpet Guild. He is also a member of It was not until 1951 that the piece fi nally had its premiere, when the honorary member, advisor and chapter co-sponsor of the Iota Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda and is chapter co-sponsor of New York Philharmonic Orchestra played it under the young Leonard Kappa Kappa Psi. the Iota Pi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Bernstein. Ives, then in fragile health and having long ago turned his back on the musical establishment represented by major orchestras, declined the conductor’s invitation to attend the performance. But he McKeown earned his Bachelor or Arts and Master of Music degrees listened to a radio rebroadcast of the concert two weeks later at the KKevinevin McKeownMcKeown, Santa Monica High School Director of Bands from the University of California, Los Angeles, and received his teaching home of friends in Connecticut. “Aft er it was over,” one of his hosts Kevin O. McKeown began his posi on as director of bands at Santa creden al through California State University, Los Angeles. While at UCLA, recalled, “I’m sure he was very much moved. He stood up, walked over Monica High School (SAMOHI) in 2012, following his work experience as He was a four-year drum major of the “Solid Gold Sound” of the UCLA Bruin to the fi replace, and spat! And then he walked out into the kitchen. an elementary and middle school teacher for the Santa Monica-Malibu Marching Band, and was the graduate associate conductor of the UCLA Not a word. And he never said anything about it. I think he was Unifi ed School District. The high school band program currently consists Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. pleased, but he was silent.” of four concert bands, two jazz bands, a winter guard, and the SAMOHI “Viking” Marching Band. The Santa Monica High School Band Program is Outside of his responsibili es at Santa Monica High School, McKeown is on the facul es of Santa Monica College and the University of California, Notes by Paul Schiavo represented with students at the All-Southern and All-State Honor Band/ Orchestra each year and the ensembles consistently receive high honors Irvine, serving as conductor of their wind ensembles. He has held posi ons in fes val performances. In 2013 the Santa Monica High School Wind at CSULA, CSU Northridge, and Long Beach City College and is an ac ve Ensemble was honored as the only high school “showcase” ensemble at the clinician and guest conductor. Recent guest conduc ng invita ons include a 3rd Annual Chicago Interna onal Music Fes val, sharing the evening with performance with Laurence Stoff el and the CSUN Wind Symphony in 2013. the Purdue University Wind Ensemble and performing with Christopher He is an ac ve member of SCSBOA, CBDA, MACCC, CBDNA, and WASBE. Mar n, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.