33rd Annual Gold Company Invitational Vocal Jazz Festival 2012–13 Season Saturday 23 March 2013 473rd Concert Dalton Center Recital Hall 8:00 p.m.

GOLD COMPANY Duane Shields Davis, Director

Program to be selected from the following:

arr. Billy May Accentuate the Positive (manuscript) Schwartz/Dietz/arr. Nich Mueller Alone Together (manuscript) arr. Greg Jasperse Bailando (Shawnee Press) arr. Darmon Meader Bli Blip (manuscript) arr. Kirby Shaw Bridge Over Troubled Water (Shawnee Press) arr. Michelle Weir C’est si bon arr. Gene Puerling Georgia On My Mind (Alfred Music) arr. Gene Puerling Lullaby of the Leaves (manuscript) arr. Darmon Meader Noticing the Moment (manuscript) Nazarian/Eldridge/arr. Steve Zegree Route 66 (manuscript) arr. Brooke Lauritzen/John Shales Serpentine Fire (manuscript) arr. Darmon Meader/Peter Eldridge Sing, Sing, Sing (Shawnee Press) arr. Darmon Meader Smack Dab in the Middle (manuscript) arr. Darmon Meader Snow Samba (manuscript) arr. Duane Shields Davis So In Love (manuscript) arr. Phil Mattson Stella by Starlight (Studio PR/Columbia) arr. Gene Puerling Sweet Georgia Brown (manuscript) Eldridge/Kinhan The World Keeps Waiting (manuscript) arr. Greg Jasperse Time for Healing (manuscript) arr. Gene Puerling You Are the Sunshine (manuscript)

Schools Participating in the Festival and Their Directors:

Niles North High School (IL) “Sound Check,” Logan Farris Glen Oak High School (OH) “Notables,” Mary Meese Henry Ford Community College (MI) “Midnight Blue,” Kevin Dewey Rochelle Township High School (IL) “Midnight Voices,” Cory Jones Chicago Children’s Choir (IL) “DiMension,” Judy Hanson Anthony Wayne High School (OH) “Close Harmony,” Amy Gelsone Snider High School (IN) “Synergy,” Margaret Buttermore Western Michigan University (MI) “Four Corners,” Duane Davis Forest Hills Northern High School (MI) “Northern Singer,” Craig York Hamilton (ONT) “Hamilton All-Star Vocal Jazz-Fusion,” Chris McLaughlin West Bloomfield High School (MI) “Laker Express,” Sheryl Hauk Indiana Purdue University (IN) “Singing Dons,” Patricia Kennedy Glen Oak High School (OH) “Drifters,” Brian Kieffer Columbia College Chicago (IL) “ChicagoVox,” Martez L. Rucker Niles North High School (IL) “Take One,” Dan Gregermann Rochelle Township High School (IL) “After Hours,” Cory Jones WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY of MENC and IAJE and at the divisional and national GOLD COMPANY convention of ACDA, as well as performing at Walt Duane Shields Davis, Director The School of Music is housed in the Dorothy U. Disney World, Disneyland, Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Richard Baskin, Assistant Director Dalton Center, which offers outstanding rehearsal, Lincoln Center . Gold Company has appeared with KeJuan Carter, Men’s Section Leader/ study, practice, and performance spaces. Adjacent to guest artists including Bobby McFerrin, Janis Siegel, Graduate Assistant the nationally recognized Miller Auditorium and Mark Murphy, Darmon Meader, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Zegree, Women’s Section Leader Richmond Center for Visual Arts, it boasts 157,000 Jon Hendricks, and Don Shelton and Bonnie Herman Jack Shales, Gold Company Sextet Leader square feet of instructional space and includes two of The Singers Unlimited. Gold Company has recorded recital halls, a multi-track digital recording studio, an numerous audio and video demo tapes for Hal Soprano electronic music laboratory, a 10,000 square foot Leonard Publications and Shawnee Press. Additionally, Î< Chelsea Helm, senior voice performance/ music library, a music therapy clinic, a state-of-the-art the ensemble has been awarded over 50 “DB” awards music education major, West Bloomfield MI Macintosh music computer lab, multimedia from DownBeat magazine, more than any other + Katie Hall, senior music education major, performance spaces and classrooms, and an applied college or university. West Des Moines IA music wing of 120 pre-fabricated, sound-isolated *< Jamie Berg, junior music education major, practice rooms and teaching studios. DUANE SHIELDS DAVIS Janesville WI Sarah Zegree, senior music education Music study at both the undergraduate and graduate Duane Shields Davis, originally from Cleveland, is in major, Portage MI levels features personalized instruction in a beautiful his 43rd year as a music educator. He recently retired and stimulating environment. Undergraduate degree as Director of Vocal Music at Grand Rapids Alto programs available include the Bachelor of Music in Community College, and is currently an assistant Kirsten Alario, junior jazz studies major, music education (vocal or instrumental emphasis), professor of music at Western Michigan University and Orange CA music therapy, performance (vocal or instrumental), is the Director of Gold Company. He continues to serve *<+ Brooke Lauritzen, senior jazz studies major, jazz studies, and composition; and a Bachelor of Arts as chorus master for Opera Grand Rapids, a position St. Charles IL in music. Graduate degrees include the Master of he has held since 1984. Monica Pabelonio, junior jazz studies major, Music in performance (including jazz), music Chicago IL education, conducting, composition, and music Davis is the recipient of numerous awards, including Shannon Romba, junior music education therapy. The School of Music also offers an the Legacy Award presented by the Grand Rapids major, Elburn IL accelerated degree program that allows completion of Symphony; the Maynard Klein Award for Choral a B.M. or B.A. plus a Master of Arts in five years. Excellence presented by the American Choral Directors Tenor Association Michigan; and the ARTS Award presented KeJuan Carter, graduate jazz studies major, Choral opportunities are wide ranging, from the by the Michigan Council for the Arts/Grand Rapids. Chicago IL University Chorale and Collegiate Singers (conducted His choral and vocal jazz ensembles have toured the *< Blake Morgan, senior music education/ by Dr. Kimberly Dunn Adams), Cantus Femina U.S., Bahamas, Japan, and Europe, and performed in voice performance major, Livonia MI (conducted by Dr. Dee Gauthier), Opera Workshop New York’s Carnegie, Avery Fisher, and Alice Tully Ï Sam Al-Hadid, sophomore jazz studies (directed by Professor Alice Pierce), Collegium Halls. His community college vocal jazz ensemble, major, Glen Oak OH Musicum (directed by Dr. Matthew Steel), and Grand Shades of Blue, opened for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Geoff Hansen, sophomore music education Chorus (conducted by Dr. Kimberly Dunn Adams) two Tony Bennett, and Bob McGrath, and served as a major, Grand Rapids MI vocal jazz ensembles: Gold Company (directed by clinic group for Bobby McFerrin and Phil Mattson. Duane Shields Davis and GC II (directed by Michael Bass Wheaton). Davis has served a director of The Disney-Grammy All < Richard Baskin, senior jazz studies major, American College Singers at EPCOT for Walt Disney Saginaw MI The Jazz Studies Program at WMU has gained World, where the singers performed with and opened Austin Peters, junior jazz studies major, international recognition for its innovative approach to concerts for numerous music legends. He also had the Little Lake MI jazz education. The program offers students a variety pleasure of conducting the opening ceremonies for the *< Jack Shales, senior jazz studies major, of experiences in award-winning ensembles. These Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom. He has St. Charles IL include big band jazz (University Jazz Orchestra conducted all-state choirs in Arizona, California, ÏÐ Elliot Weeks, junior jazz studies major, directed by Dr. Scott Cowan; Jazz Lab Band led by Illinois, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Olympia WA Tom Knific) and vocal jazz (Gold Company and GC and Wisconsin. His compositions and arrangements II), as well as the opportunity to participate in a variety have been premiered by several ensembles, including GC Band of smaller instrumental and vocal combos. WMU the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra and Gold Bill Davidson, piano, junior jazz studies students have won more than 100 “DB” Student Music Company. major, Rockford MI Awards from DownBeat magazine in the categories of Matt Ciejka, guitar, sophomore business Vocal Jazz Choir, Jazz Big Band, Vocal and Davis served as guest clinician for the 5th International management major, Rockford MI Instrumental Soloists, Vocal and Instrumental Jazz RigasRitmi Music Festival in Riga, Latvia; the 7th World Craig Kowalsky, bass, junior jazz studies Combos, Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist and Group, Jazz Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto, Japan; and the major, Dearborn MI Studio Orchestra, Classical Chamber Group, Live and Tokyo Choral Directors Association. He has conducted David Van Haren, drums, graduate Studio Engineering, Jazz Arrangement, and at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, the Kennedy performance major, Ada MI Composition. Recording studio opportunities are Center, and Lincoln Center, and in February 2010 available through the Western Sound Studios, a multi- served as guest conductor for the Grand Rapids GC Horns track state-of-the-art facility located on campus. More Symphony’s performance of Too Hot to Handel. Davis Lasse Grunewald, saxophone, sophomore information on the Jazz Studies Program can be found has been associated with the Western Michigan jazz studies major, Freiburg, GERMANY online at wmujazz.com. University Jazz Studies program for 25 years, serving Paul Hardaker, trumpet, graduate trumpet in various capacities. He has lead the Gold Company performance major, Grand Rapids MI and the GC Sextet on tours of Washington D.C. and Elliot Bild, trumpet, sophomore jazz studies GOLD COMPANY New York City, as well as through France as guests of major, Woodridge IL the Polyfollia Music Festival. Andrew Stutzman, trombone, junior jazz Gold Company is recognized as one of the leading studies major, Tumwater WA collegiate vocal jazz ensembles in the world. The This year he will serve as Director of the Pacific ensemble performs a wide variety of repertoire which All-Northwest Vocal Jazz Ensemble and as a clinician Audio Engineers covers all styles in the contemporary vocal idiom. Gold for the New York City Jazz at Lincoln Center Festival. Jacob Wilkins, senior music major, Company combines the fundamental musical elements Rochester Hills MI from the traditional choral style with stylistic FOR MORE INFORMATION Mike Fish, senior communications major, characteristics from the jazz vernacular with an Mattawan MI emphasis on improvisation and swing. They have Duane Shields Davis appeared in concert throughout the United States, School of Music * Section Leader Canada, South Africa, and Europe. In 1993 Gold Western Michigan University + Choreographer Company was the only vocal jazz ensemble and the Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5434 < Gold Company Sextet only university choral ensemble in the world selected to Tel: (269) 387-4689 appear at the World Symposium on Choral Music. The [email protected] Î Joyce Zastrow Scholar group has also appeared at the national conventions www.wmugoldcompany.com Ï Elwyn “Doc” Carter Vocal Jazz Scholar Ð Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Scholar