Paramount Brass Department of Music, University of Richmond

University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Music Department Concert Programs Music 11-3-1995 Paramount Brass Department of Music, University of Richmond Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/all-music-programs Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Department of Music, University of Richmond, "Paramount Brass" (1995). Music Department Concert Programs. 597. https://scholarship.richmond.edu/all-music-programs/597 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Music Department Concert Programs by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND , DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC CONCERT SERIES Paramount Brass Jon Paul Dante', trumpet Michael Wentz, trumpet R. Whitacre Hill, horn Daniel Harrison, trombone Andrew Miller, tuba with James David Christie, organ November 3, 1995, 8:15 PM Cannon Memorial Chapel Paul Dante' - TIUmpet I Mr. Dante pursued his undergraduate studies at the Boston University School of Music. He has since toured extensively throughout the United States with the Empire Brass, served on the staff of Boston University Tanglewood Institute for three consecutive years, and introduced the players who create the Paramount Brass. Mr. Dante also enjoys a fine reputation as a soloist and a composer. He has written several works for the Paramount Brass and has recently been commissioned to compose a work for brass and percussion. Michael Wentz - TIUmpet II• Mr. Wentz is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and has attended both the Peabody Institute and Tanglewood. He has been a member of the Albany Symphony and served as principal trumpet with the New England Philharmonic, Boston Aria Guild Orchestra, and the Peabody Chamber Orchestra among others. Mr. Wentz has studied with Steven Hendrickson, David Fedderly and Charles Schlueter. R. Whitacre Hill - French horn Mr. Hill, a native of central Pennsylvania, began horn studies with Dr. James Thurmond of the Harrisburg Symphony. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the Eastman School of Music and went on to study at the Music Academy of the West and Northwestern University. Mr. Hill has also performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, Heidelberg Schlosspiele Orchestra, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the Albany Symphony, and has done extensive commercial recording in Boston and New York City. Mr. Hill's former teachers include Norman Schweikert, Richard Olberg, Eli Epstein, Verne Reynolds, Randy Gardner and Dr. James Thurmond. Daniel W. Harrison - Tromboo.e A native of San Diego, Mr. Harrison has performed with the San Diego Youth Symphony and the San Diego Light Opera Company, and performed as guest soloist with the San Diego State University Wind Ensemble. Since moving to Boston, Mr. Harrison has completed a Bachelor's Degree at the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Norman Bolter and Scott Hartman, and has perfonned with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Andrew Miller - Tuba Mr. Miller, a graduate of DePasul University, has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, theillinois Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Whenton Municipal Band. In 1995, Mr. Miller was a prizewinner at the Richardson Young Artist's A wards for Orchestral Brass Solo Competition and was also a member of the National Orchestral Institute. Boston's acclaimed Paramount Brass is hailed for its superb music making and its marvelous rapport with audiences across the country. Whether in performance at the Wang Center in Boston, the National Cathedral in Washington, or at Tanglewood, the Paramount Brass has received accolades from audiences and critics alike. Other recent appearances include: St Paul's Chapel in New York City, the Yale Center for British Art, the National Building Museum in Washington, the Philharmonic Center in Florida, the Weidner Center in Wisconsin, and at Symphony Hall in Boston as part of the BSO "Salute to Symphony." The ensemble made their international debut in 1995 with performances at the Otaru Festival in Japan, The Paramount Brass were Grand Prize winners at the 1992 New York Brass Conference Quintet Competition and soon after, released their debut recording. The first in a series of CDs, the disc featured repertoire as diverse as their performances: Bach and Granados, Brahms and Ellington. Recently, the Paramount Brass gave the world premiere of Daniel Pinkham's "Morning Music" for brass and organ with Boston Symphony organist James David Christie. While on tour, the ensemble regularly gives clinics and programs for children. Currently the Paramount Brass is in residence at the Boston Conservatory, conducts a summer brass chamber music program at the Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, and are frequent guests of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. In 1994, the ensemble began a long-term project as "Ensemble in Residence" at the historic Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford, Massachusetts. In addition to their busy schedule of solo performances, the ensemble appears each season in a series of collaborative projects with special guests such as the acclaimed Boston Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society organist James David Christie and New York's Ethos Percussion Group. PROGRAM Motetto: Cantate Domino Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629) Paramount Brass and J~es David Christie Egmont Overture, op. 84 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Paramount Brass Two Motets Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) I. Adoramus Te II. Cantate Domino Paramount Brass & James David Christie Praeludium in D minor Dietrich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707) James David Christie Fugue in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Paramount Brass INTERMISSION Nun Danket Aile Gott Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Paramount Brass & James David Christie Romance, op. 5 Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Paramount Brass Geistliches Lied, op. 30 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Paramount Brass & James David Christie Suite Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Paramount Brass Poeme Hero'ique, op. 33 Marcel Dupre (1886-1971) Paramount Brass & James David Christie The Paramount Brass is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Boston Conseivatory, the Zeiterion Theatre in historic New Bedford, MA, and each July at the Maryland Summer Center for the Arts at Goucher College. The Paramount Brass is a member of Chamber Music America. Paramount Brass and James David Christie are represented by Bay/in Artists Management, 2210 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Suite 202, G/enside, PA 19038 James David Christie has been internationally acclaimed as one of the finest organists of his generation. He has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Japan in solo concerts and with major symphony and period-instrument orchestras under such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Klaus Tennstedt, Gunther Schuller, Edo de Waart, Arthur Fiedler, Colin Davis, Andrew Davis, Robert Craft, Roger Norrington, Trevor Pinnock, Andrew Parrott, and Christopher Hogwood. He has premiered wqrlcs by Anton Heiller, Daniel Pinkham, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Jean Langlais, George Crumb and P.D.Q. Bach (for the 100th anniversaiy of the Boston Symphony Pops with John Williams conducting). Mr. Christie is presently the Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, and serves on the faculties of Wellesley College and Boston Conservatoiy. He has served as organist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1978 and is the Artistic Director of the International Artists Series at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, as well as the Artistic Consultant and principal keyboardist for the Handel and Haydn Society (Christopher Hogwood, Music Director). In August of 1979, James David Christie became the first American to win First Prize in the International Organ Competition in Bmges, Belgium; he was also the first person in the histoiy of the competitioo to win both the First Prize of the Juiy as well as the Prize of the Audience. Since then, Mr. Christie's students have been prize winners in international competitions. He has served on juries for the American Guild of Organists, the Bodky Early Music Competition, International Organ Competitions in Bmges, Worcester and lille and numerous conservatoiy juries in France, Belgium and Canada. James David Christie received his degrees from the Oberlin Conservatoiy and the New England Conservatoiy with highest honors including election to Pi Kappa Lambda. He was awarded the prestigious Artists Diploma from the New England Conservatoiy in 1977 and an honoraiy Doctor of Music degree from the New England School of Law in 1980 for his outstanding contributions to the musieal life of Boston. Mr. Christie has traveled extensively throughout Europe studying historic instruments and doing research in musicology. His teachers include Marie-Claire Alain, Bernard Lagace and Harald Vogel. James David Christie has performed for major music festivals in Boston, New Yorlc, Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Montreal, Leipzig, Paris, Bmssels, Bmges, Lille, Luxembourg, Regensburg, Vienna, Milan, Bressanone, London, Bern, Wroclaw and Tokyo. His solo performances have been broadcast throughout the United States and Europe. He has performed for the International Congress of Organists and for several National Conventions of the American Guild of Organists. Mr. Christie is the founder and director of

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