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2007-05-05 -- Steel Band II, PanAmerican Steel Band, and

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Dan Moore, Di rector Saturday, May 5, 2007, 3:00 p.m. Clapp Recital Hall Composer, arranger, and steel drum performer from Trinidad, Ray Holman has arranged and recorded with steel bands and artists in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Japan, and Europe, including televised performances with the German National Orchestra which showcased his compositions. He composed the highly acclaimed score for Black Orpheus staged by Crossroads Theatre Company in in 1991, and has been a featured performer in film, television, and venues such as Madison Square Garden, the Super Bowl, and the St. Lucia Jazz Festival. A University of the West Indies graduate and former high school teacher, he has conducted workshops at University and was a Commissioned Composer in the California State University Summer Arts Program. During 1998-2000 he was a distinguished Visiting Artist in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington, Seattle. He regularly attends the biannual steel band tuning and arranging workshop at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and has made presentations for the Percussive Arts Society. His many prestigious musical awards include the Hummingbird Silver Medal of Merit from the Government of , and a Pan Legend Award from the New York Folk Arts Institute and the U.S. Congress. He also was recognized for his musical contributions by the Republic Pan Fiesta 2003, A Tribute to Ray Holman. Holman began playing pan in 1957, at the age of 13, with the Invaders Steelband, led by legendary pan tuner . Later, he became its arranger, penning classical interpretations such as "Dream of Olwen." In 1963, Holman and others revived the band Starlift, and his arrangements made it the then-most popular band in Trinidad. At the age of 20, Holman became the youngest player to win the solo Ping Pong . (an early version of the tenor pan) competition in the 1 964 Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival. He began experimenting with the jazz idiom as a soloist while touring and performing on television with the Queen's Royal College Jazz Group le d by his teacher Scofield Pilgrim. Holman emerged as the most musically progressive steelband arranger, and his innovative arrangements won two Panorama championships for Starlift, in 1969 with Lord Kitchener's 'The Bull," and in 1970 with the 's "Queen of The Bands." In 1972, he became the first arranger to compose and play his own music for the National Steelband Panorama competition. Appropriately titled "Pan On the Move," the composition won the National Preliminaries and is now a musical landmark. Holman has arranged for many top steel bands, including Pandemonium, Carib Tokyo, Exodus, Phase II Pan Groove, and Hummingbirds Pan Groove. His CDs include A Tribute to Ray Holman, In Touch, and Changing Time. With his jazz sensibility and unique improvisational style, Ray Holman continues to delight audiences worldwide with the timeless quality of his music. lowA PERCUSSION CLAPP RECITAL HALL MAY 5, 2007, 3:00 P.M.

Program

Steel Band II Jeff Strom, Director

Bahia Girl David Rudder, arr. Carney

L My Little Suede Shoes Charlie Parker, arr. Strom

Take A Break Today Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, arr. Irvine

Sarah Len "Boogsie" Sharpe

PanAmerican Steel Band Dan Moore, Director Ray Holman, Special Guest

Noise Brigade R. Barrett - J. Gittleman, arr. Cass

Jungle Rain Jeff Narell

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen P. Green - G. Szabo, arr. Moore

Oye Como Va Tito Puente, arr. Moore

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? L. Alter - E. De Lange, arr. Moore

lko lko Traditional

My Band Ray Holman

Waltz for Iris Ray Holman

' Sly Mongoose Traditional, arr. Moore Special thanks to the Caribbean Diaspora and Atlantic Studies and African Studies programs of UI International Programs, co-s ponsors of Ray Holman's appearance, and to Cynthia Schmidt, Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Music, for arranging his visit.

Thanks to Patrick Anderson for the extra cellos and stands.

Pan photos by Beth Skogen.

To rece ive emai l notification of Iowa Percus sion eve nts, send a message to daniel-moore@ uiowa.edu.

Thanks for your support of the Percussion Program at the University of Iowa. Steel Band II Kalle Anderson Adam Balling Anna Bryndal Alyssa Cadwalader Tracy Chapman Joshua Doebel Scott Jennerjohn Daniel Junis Rob McCabe Genessa Mak Joe Panganiban Molly Rod David Solomon

PanAmerican Steel Band Ginny Armstrong Meggie Aube Jamie Bahr Michelle Colton Scott Jennerjohn Ernest Jennings Dan Lesieur Rob McCabe Michael Moehlmann Molly Rodd Todd Rosendahl Brody Ross Chris Sande Jennifer Spaulding Jeff Strom Michael Thursby Andrea Verdoorn --~-~------~~