Spring Program

ANCHOR BAY BAND BOOSTER EXECUTIVE BOARD The Anchor Bay High School Carol LaPorte, President Instrumental Music Department Barb Trombly, Vice President - Fundraising Jodi Gunst, Vice President - Special Event Fundraising proudly presents the Diane Lobbestael, Treasurer Patrick DeRey, Financial Secretary Jennifer Stone, Secretary SYMPHONIC BAND Scott A. Oranchak, Instrumental Music Director P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director WIND ENSEMBLE ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION and the Mr. Joseph McDonald, Principal Mr. Henry Anderson, Assistant Principal Mr. Victor Balaj, Assistant Principal JAZZ ENSEMBLE Mrs. Heidi Stephenson, Assistant Principal in a UPCOMING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EVENTS 5/07/15 — Flower Sale Pick-Up 5/11/15 — Band Booster Meeting 5/13/15-5/17/15 — Instrumental Music NYC Trip 5/19/15 — Marching Band Registration Night Tuesday, May 5, 2015 5/25/15 — New Baltimore Memorial Day Parade 7:30 P.M. 5/31/15 — Graduation (McMorran Auditorium, Port Huron) 6/5, 6/8 & 6/9/15 — Marching Band Pre-Camp (‘15 - ‘16 MB) Anchor Bay High School Auditorium 6/28/15 — Bay Rama Parade (‘15 - ‘16 MB) 7/27/15-8/01/15 — Marching Band Camp @ CMU Scott A. Oranchak, Instrumental Music Director P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director WWW.ANCHORBAYBANDS.ORG Vincent J. Rubino, Student Teacher PROGRAM PROGRAM NOTES FESTIVE OVERTURE 1st HOUR SYMPHONIC BAND Dmitri Shostakovich is widely regarded as the leading Soviet composer. With Pixar Movie Magic……………….……….……..… arr. M. Brown Serge Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian, Shostakovich completes the “Big Three” composers of the Soviet era. Alternately hailed and reviled by the ruling communist party, he consistently answered his critics with his music. New Grove states that his work is based on “…his view of the Soviet composers as, first and foremost, a citizen with a moral duty to follow his citizens.” Born in St. Petersburg (September 25, 1906), his early childhood displayed no great talent for music. Adolescence, however, brought 2nd HOUR SYMPHONIC BAND with it the blossoming of his creative skills. His first works, based upon events in World War I and the revolution in Russia, brought his talents to the attention of his parents, who enrolled him in the Petrograd Conservatory, where he gained the support of the Sinatra In Concert………………………...…….....arr. J. Nowak director, noted composer Alexander Glazounov. The Petrograd Conservatory, previously known as the St. Petersburg Conservatory, had already produced the notable alumni Serge Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky. Besides his work in composition, Shostakovich made great strides as a pianist and graduated in 1923 from both the composition and piano courses. As a composer, COMBINED SYMPHONIC BAND Shostakovich gained fame with his First Symphony (1923). Written in his senior year at the Petrograd Conservatory, immediately following its premiere in 1926 it was acclaimed throughout the world as a masterwork, and indeed remains often played Variations on a Korean Folk Song…….….………J. B. Chance today. Also noted as a pianist, Shostakovich won the Chopin contest in Warsaw in 1927. During World War II, Shostakovich became a symbol of Soviet resistance to the Nazis. His image, which appeared on the cover of Time magazine wearing a fireman’s helmet, and his Symphony No. 7, The Lenningrad, premiered on air in the United States by Toscanini, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra represented to the west the might of the Soviet Union and their struggle. Shostakovich’s other war Symphony WIND ENSEMBLE (Symphony No. 8) is regarded more highly by critics; however, official approbation followed his victory symphony (Symphony No. 9 (1946)) which did not contain the right note of triumph for the party. In a decree issued in February 1948, Shostakovich again Festive Overture…….... D. Shostakovich, trans. Hunsberger found himself in trouble with officialdom for “...anti-democratic tendencies in music….” Festive Overture (Op. 96) is among the most-performed transcriptions for band. The work, written in 1954, follows the release of his Tenth Symphony in 1953 and the restoration of Shostakovich in official circles as a “composer of the people.” The 1948 decree, aimed at many composers but singling out Shostakovich, condemned his music as too German and the preferred listening of “…nobody but foreign bandits and imperialists.” A hiatus followed the decree, and the next major work following it (the Tenth Symphony) was dark, ambivalent but undeniably Russian. The Festive Overture, JAZZ ENSEMBLE while far from dark, retains that distinctive Russian Flavor. Festive Overture is a bright, bravura work for band that requires a great deal of control Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’……………………. A. Weiner, arr. Blair from all sections. Its interjections and long lines seek mature responses across the ensemble. In his introduction, transcriber, Donald Hunsberger states that the piece: ...contains one of Shostakovich’s greatest attributes—the ability to write a long, Higher Ground………………….………S. Wonder, arr. Tomaro sustained melodic line combined with a pulsating rhythmic drive. In addition to the flowing melodic passages, there are also examples of staccato rhythmic sections which set off the flowing lines and the variant fanfares. It is truly a “festive” overture. Immediately following tonight’s concert on stage, please join us in the cafeteria for an afterglow and the jazz ensemble performance! PROGRAM NOTES CONCERT ETIQUITTE SUPERMAN MARCH A performer's intense concentration can be interrupted by little things that may seem trivial to audience members. The following suggestions will help audience members John Williams, one of the most popular and successful American orchestral show respect to the performers on stage as well as other members of the audience. composers of the modern age, is the winner of five Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, This will help the performers to do their best. three Golden Globes, two Emmys and five BAFTA Awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Best known for his film scores and ceremonial music, When To Applaud - Performers always appreciate applause, but there are appropriate Williams is also a noted composer of concert works and a renowned conductor. moments to applaud. In a multi-movement work, applaud after all movements are completed. This allows the continuity of the piece to flow from one movement to the Williams’s scores for such films as Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, next. “Hooting and hollering” is not appropriate in the concert setting. as well as the Indiana Jones series, have won him multiple awards and produced best- selling recordings, and his scores for the original Star Wars trilogy transformed the Arrival Time - Leave early and allow enough time for parking and traffic. If you do landscape of Hollywood film music and became icons of American culture. arrive late, wait by the doors until the first piece (not just a movement) is finished, then discreetly take the nearest seat available. Williams has composed the music and served as music director for nearly eighty films, including Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Seven Years in Tibet, The Lost World, Entering and Exiting the Auditorium - Never enter or exit the auditorium during a Rosewood, Sleepers, Nixon, Sabrina, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Far performance. If you must enter or exit, please wait until the performance on stage has and Away, JFK, Hook, Presumed Innocent, Always, Born on the Fourth of July, been completed. The most appropriate times to move about are during audience the Indiana Jones trilogy, The Accidental Tourist, Empire of the Sun, The Witches of applause or set changes. Eastwick, the Star Wars trilogy, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Empire Strikes Back, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws and Goodbye Mr. Chips. Talking - Talking should not be tolerated. It is not only distracting to the performer, but to every person in the audience. It is not acceptable to talk (even whispering can be John Williams was born in New York and moved to Los Angeles with his family in heard) during a musical performance. If someone around you is talking, ask them 1948. There he attended UCLA and studied composition privately with Mario nicely to please stop. Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After service in the Air Force, Mr. Williams returned to New York to attend the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Madame Rosina Other Noises - Avoid rustling your program, tapping your foot, bouncing your legs, etc. Lhevinne. While in New York, he also worked as a jazz pianist, both in clubs and on Pagers and cell phones should be turned off. Watches set to beep on the hour should recordings. He then returned to Los Angeles, where he began his career in the film also be turned off. These high-pitched beeps are distracting to the performers and industry, working with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, and audience members. Franz Waxman. He went on to write music for many television programs in the 1960s, winning two Emmy Awards for his work. Coughing - It is hard to avoid a spontaneous cough. Be prepared with some type of cough drops or candies. Avoid cellophane wrappers. Many come with a soft wax- Superman March for concert band was conducted by John Williams as part of paper wrapping that will be much less noisy. the 210th anniversary concert of the United States Marine Band, July 20, 2008 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Taking Pictures - Refrain from taking any photographs during a performance. The click of a camera and especially the flash are very distracting. Pictures should be Growing up in Williams’s generation meant that you avidly followed the exploits of taken after the performance. Superman in the syndicated comic strips that regularly appeared in newspapers across the country. It was a time when Superman fired the imaginations of all of our Children - Children need exposure to good music and live performances.

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