Grand Finale Concert February 23, 2013 • 7:30 P.M
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Summit 2013 William Carson and Steve Shanley, administrators Chelsea Dunn, assistant administrator Featuring Guest Artists Mike Nelson, trombone Mark Maegdlin, organ and The Coe College Gold Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Steve Shanley Grand Finale Concert February 23, 2013 • 7:30 p.m. • Sinclair Auditorium presented by Coe College Bands • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia • Friends of Music at Coe Coe College Music Department • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Program Coe College Jazz Ensemble Mike Nelson, trombone Mark Maegdlin, piano & organ Steve Shanley, director Big Swing Face ...................................................................................................................Bill Potts Back at the Chicken Shack ...................Jimmy Smith, arr. Quincy Jones, transcribed by Al Naylor Polka Dots and Moonbeams. ............................................. Van Heusen & Burke, arr. Bill Holman AWARDS Emily. ............................................................................................. Johnny Mandel, arr. Bill Rogers INTERMISSION One Mint Julep ....................................Rudy Toombs, arr. Quincy Jones, transcribed by Bob Dunn Just You, Just Me (Evidence) ...........................................Greer, Klages, & Monk, arr. Paul McKee l’homme avec l’chapeau noir ...............................................................................Jonathan Schwabe Frank Speaking ..........................................................................................................William Russo Coe Jazz Ensemble Steve Shanley, director Saxophones Trombones Tom Heartlein - Galesburg, IL Beth Rouintree - Nevada, MO Cory Rude - Cedar Rapids, IA Yuri Hirane - Japan Connor Swanson - Eagan, MN Hannah Bode - Atkins, IA S. Isaac Work - Indianaoplis, IN Marissa Carson - Cedar Rapids, IA Lauren Harris - Redmond, WA Wes Anderson - Newhall, IA Olivia Doherty - Central City, IA Morgan Judish - Fort Collins, CO Rhythm Brendan McLean (piano) - Derby, KS Trumpets Katelyn Marshall (bass) - Maple Grove, MN Andrew Escalante - Muscatine, IA Evan Troendel (guitar) - Cedar Rapids, IA Alex Hall - Wauwatosa, WI Grant McMullen (drum set) - Omaha, NE Sarah Jackson - Spencer, IA Kara Gourley - Solon, IA Guest Artists Michael B. Nelson has distinguished himself as the leader, composer, arranger, and trombonist for the internationally acclaimed, 5-piece a cappella jazz horn group, the HORNHEADS. From 1991-2001 Nelson and the Hornheads recorded and toured worldwide with Prince, performing for over 2 million concert goers. Nelson recorded and arranged horns for 20 CDs with Prince and associated Paisley Park artists and co-wrote “Billy Jack Bitch” on Prince’s Grammy-nominated Gold Experience CD. In 1996 Nelson received a McKnight Composers Fellowship through the American Composers Forum. As a top call studio musician, he has appeared on over 100 CDs, with producer, composer, arranger, and performer credits on 3 Hornheads solo releases (Fat Lip, 5 Heads Are Better Than 1, and Hornheads) and 10 Compass Records CDs for the Target retail chain. Nelson has performed and/or recorded with Chaka Khan, Doc Severinsen, Lenny Kravitz, The Jonas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Mandy Moore, Jimmy Jam, Johnny Mathis, Honor Society, Larry Graham, Ben Sidran, Jordan Pruitt, Babyface, Maceo Parker, and many others. He has also worked on many commercial projects for companies such as Target, BMW, Holiday Inn, Macys, ABC, Minnesota Twins, Best Buy, General Mills, Hormel, Donatos, Long John Silver, and Redline Entertainment. Mark Maegdlin is a jazz pianist, organist, producer and music educator who holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University (Master of Arts, Bachelor of Music Education), William Paterson College of New Jersey (Bachelor of Music in Jazz Styles and Performance), and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music / Marquette University (Associate of Arts). Mark has studied with Harold Mayburn, Norman Simmons, Jim McNeely, Mike Balter, Rufus Reid, Dave Samuels, David Hazeline, and Manty Ellis. He has earned performance awards from Downbeat Magazine, Notre Dame University, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Augusta College, Eastern Illinois University, and Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1989, Mark was selected to compete at the Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition in Paris, France. During his career as a freelance jazz pianist, Mark has performed in the New York City area, Milwaukee, Chicago, throughout central Illinois and Charleston, South Carolina. He has performed with such world renowned artists as Clark Terry, Rufus Reid, David Baker, Lee Konitz, Lew Soloff, Michel Legrand, Nndugu Chancelor, Freddie Waits, Carl Allen, Marvin Stamm, Shelia Jordan and Nick Brignolia. Just recently, Mark has been expanded his talents to include performances on Organ with ‘The Organisms’ Jazz/Funk Organ Trio. Mark produced the following CD’s, ‘Mirage’-Mark O’Connor (BluJazz 3309) and ‘Chicago Jazz Vol. 1’-Eric Allen and the Mood Swing Music Quartet. As a teacher, Mark has taught at Eastern Illinois University (1989-1990, 1995-1998) where he was a graduate assistant and later a faculty member. Mark currently teaches elementary music in Illinois Consolidated School District U-46. Don’t miss Jazz Summit 2014! with guest artist Sherrie Maricle, drummer February 20-22 Steve Shanley is an assistant professor of music at Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA), where he coordinates the music education and jazz studies programs, teaches music education courses, and directs the jazz band. He is also the music director and conductor of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, a professional ensemble that performs 18 concerts each summer. Prior to his full-time appointment to Coe, Mr. Shanley spent 11 years teaching middle and high school music in the Cedar Rapids Community School District. Groups under his direction earned over 40 Division I ratings at concert band, jazz band, marching band, orchestra, and show choir festivals, and over 75 of his students were selected for the Iowa All-State Band and Jazz Band. Mr. Shanley directed five high school ensembles in performances at the Iowa Bandmasters Association conference (jazz band in 2006 and 2009 and concert band in 2003, 2007, and 2010), and his band was also selected to perform in the prestigious Music For All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, IN (2008). His jazz bands qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships every year—placing in the top six each of the last nine years. Students in his Advanced Placement Music Theory classes consistently earned high scores on the AP exam each year. Mr. Shanley earned a Bachelor of Music Education (with jazz emphasis) degree from the University of Northern Iowa, Master of Education in Music Education degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership degree from the University of Iowa. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at the Uni- versity of Iowa. He is licensed in Iowa as a K-12 Music Master Educator, PK-12 Principal, PK-12 Supervisor of Special Education, and Evaluator. In addition to teaching, Mr. Shanley frequently plays keyboard for touring Broadway shows, local theatrical productions, jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras, rock bands, and other ensembles. He is the music director, arranger, and keyboardist for Funk Stop (11-piece funk band) and the pianist and arranger for the Rod Pierson Big Band. Mr. Shanley has an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and accompanist, and he is also in demand as a composer and arranger. Over 1,000 of his works have been performed by marching bands, jazz bands, concert bands, orchestras, brass bands, and choirs throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Mr. Shanley is an exam reader for College Board Advanced Placement Music Theory, is co-chair of the Iowa Jazz Championships, and was the founding president of the Jazz Educators of Iowa. Mr. Shanley’s wife, Valerie, teaches at Franklin Middle School and plays horn in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band. They enjoy spending time with their seven-year old daughter, Vivian, and five-year old son, Evan. Coe College 2012 Jazz Summit Jazz Band Competition Results Class 1A Category 1A - Second Bands 1. GMG II, Dan Lastovka 1. GMG II, Dan Lastovka 2. Central City Jazz Ensemble, Sue Murphy Category 3A - Second Bands 3. Belle Plaine Jazz, Heath Long 1. Solon HS Jazz Ensemble, Desmond Cervantez Class 2A 2. Ft. Madison Jazz Band, Tracy Madsen 1. Mid-Prairie High School Jazz Band, David Kunz 3. Charles City Jazz Band, Jacob Gassman 2. West Branch Jazz Band, Katie Schouten Category 4A - Second Bands 3. North Cedar Jazz Band, Natalie Nielsen 1. IC West Symphonic Jazz, Rob Medd Class 3A 2. CR Washington Jazz Also, Pam Schroeder 1. Independence Jazz Orchestra, David Lang 3. Prairie HS Jazz II, Craig Aune 2. Norwalk Jazz I, Nick Menke Middle School Bands 3. Clear Creek Amana Jazz Ensemble, John C. Smith 1. Johnston 8th Gr. Gold Jazz Ensemble, Dee White-Bradt Class 4A 2. Solon Jazz I, Dorothy Jacobi 1. CR Washington Revolutionists, Pam Schroeder 3. Franklin Jazz I, Beth Sheldon 2. LM Colton Center Jazz Ensemble, Dan Terrell 3. City High Jazz Ensemble, Ryan Arp Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Sinfonia was born on October 6, 1898 at the New England Conservatory in Boston, when a group of thirteen young men met under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills. Mills, bursar of the Conservatory, sought to create an Order in which men with a shared love of music could develop the virtues of