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Butler Symphony Orchestra Butler University BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents BUTLER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Richard Auldon Clark, conductor BUTLER UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Jon Crabiel, director Livestream Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:30 P.M. The seventy-sixth program of the Butler University School of Music 2020-21 season Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 PROGRAM BUTLER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony No. 5 IV. Adagietto Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35A Anton Arenksy (1861-1906) Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra I. Andante – Allegro Vivace II. Andante Cantabile III. Allegro con Fuoco Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) Featuring Butler University Concerto Competition Co-Winner: Mike Ellis, marimba BUTLER UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE (It’s Just) Talk Pat Metheny (b. 1954) Arr. Steve Houghton and Tom Warrington Featuring Mike Ellis, vibraphone Losa Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961) Featuring Matt Brush, cajon Robby Buetow, marimba Mike Ellis, vibraphone Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 BUTLER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Richard Auldon Clark, conductor VIOLIN I VIOLA Angela Pulliam*, Athens, GA Cassandra Tosh*, Carmel, IN Anna Smith, Naperville, IL Nicole Felker, Indianapolis, IN Annie Donato, Jasper, IN Jenna Small, Bargersville, IN Lisa (Sung Yeon) Kim, Greenwood, IN Lexi Scida, Valparaiso, IN Madeline Bowling, Taylorsville, IN John Qualkenbush, Indianapolis, IN Kathryn Tuttle, Columbus, IN Alex Spees, Avon, IN Charlea Fredstrom, Seymour, IN Martine Cardichon, Potomac, MD Bailey Yates, Lexington, KY Anna White, Avon Lake, OH Erin Gardiner, Perrysburg, OH CELLO VIOLIN II Tamalynn O’Grady*, Dexter, MI Rebecca Wager*, Indianapolis, IN Sam Fansler, Carlock, IL Adia Mimms, Indianapolis, IN Jose Martinez, Toledo, OH Jessie Miller, Indianapolis, IN Katie Stitsworth, Frankfort, IN Alex McGrath, Indianapolis, IN Rebekah White, Fishers, IN Eric Clevenger, Indianapolis, IN Ella King, Indianapolis, IN Carmela Thiele, Edina, MN Ricky Del Real, Portage, IN BASS Jade Woo, McHenry, IL Nick Gundersen*, Noblesville, IN Tyler Baker, Indianapolis, IN Amanda Murbach, Libertyville, IL Abigail Hopkins, Villa Grove, IL Elise Sparre, Waterford, MI Lal Mawia, Indianapolis, IN Sara Austin, Lombard, IL HARP Michelle Jugovich, Western Springs, IL BUTLER UNIVERSITY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Jon Crabiel, director Christian Beachum Bennett Lang Matt Brush JT Langdon Robby Buetow Jonathan Padgett Mia Chahmirzadi John Qualkenbush Mike Ellis Ryan Sorge Justin Heasley Sam Stucky Caleb Jansen Juliana Zlatniski Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 BIOS RICHARD AULDON CLARK Composer, conductor, violinist, and violist Richard Auldon Clark is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival. A strong proponent of American music, Mr. Clark has performed and/or recorded hundreds of world premieres, and his work has received extraordinary praise in the New York Times, Fanfare, American Record Guide, Washington Post, and dozens of others. Mr. Clark has recorded the music of David Amram, Henry Cowell, Seymour Barab, Lukas Foss, Alan Hovhaness, Otto Leuning, Osvaldo Lacerda, Dave Soldier, Alec Wilder, and many more. An active studio musician as well, Mr. Clark has performed and recorded for Broadway, television, commercial, and film music, including several films for Philip Glass. Mr. Clark’s compositions have been praised in the New York Times and broadcast on NPR stations around the country. With more than twenty chamber works to his credit, Mr. Clark has premiered six new compositions in the past three years at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and in September 2016, his opera Happy Birthday, Wanda June, with a libretto by Kurt Vonnegut, was premiered by Indianapolis Opera. A frequent collaborator, Mr. Clark works with dancers, choreographers, and visual artists in the creation of new works. Currently, Mr. Clark is Professor of Music at Butler University, where he conducts the Butler Symphony Orchestra and Butler Ballet. JON CRABIEL Jon Crabiel is Percussion Artist-in-Residence at Butler University’s Jordan College of the Arts in Indianapolis, IN. At Butler University, Jon serves as coordinator of percussion studies, conducts the percussion ensembles, and teaches courses in percussion literature, pedagogy, and world drumming. In addition, Jon serves as director and founder of the Butler Percussion Camp, held every June at Butler University. In 2017, Jon took a one-year leave of absence from Butler to perform and serve as Acting Assistant Principal Timpani and Percussion with the National Symphony Orchestra for the 2017-18 season in Washington, D.C. Jon is first-call extra percussion with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Empire Brass, Ronen Chamber Ensemble, Dance Kaleidoscope, and national Broadway tour companies. He has served as Principal Timpani at the Bear Valley Music Festival and toured with the River City Brass Band. In addition to classical music, Jon is equally versed in rock, pop, jazz, Latin American, and Brazilian percussion and drumset. He is a member of The Icarus Ensemble, an eclectic five-piece jazz group made up of members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Icarus Ensemble have performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in concert as guest artist at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, and released their first self-titled CD The Icarus Ensemble in 2015. Jon studied as an Artist Diploma candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degrees from Eastern Illinois University. His past teachers include Timothy Adams Jr., Professor Johnny Lee Lane, and Richard Paul. In 2014, Jon received the Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award from Eastern Illinois University. An active performer, clinician, and educator throughout the Midwest, Jon serves annually as percussion coach of the Honor Orchestra of America and Masterclass Clinician for the Music For All National Concert Festival. He has served on the faculty of the United States Percussion Camp, MidWest Percussion Camp, Las Vegas Percussion Camp, Great Lakes Music Camp, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He has presented clinics for the Percussive Arts Society, Indiana Music Educators Association, and Indiana Percussion Association. Jon is an active and in-demand studio musician for commercial recording sessions, and has made solo performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (with The Icarus Ensemble), Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Midwest Band and Orchestra International Conference, and the Indiana Music Educators Association Convention. Jon's students have received numerous Butler University Concerto Competition honors and awards, and his former students are currently performing with major symphony orchestras, touring nationally and internationally with Broadway shows, and teaching at universities in North America. Jon is a Yamaha Performing Artist and endorses Yamaha Drums and Percussion, Vic Firth Drumsticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, and Zildjian Cymbals. Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 JCA LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT We acknowledge that we gather here at Butler University on the traditional land of indigenous peoples including the Potawatomi, Miami, Delaware, and Shawnee. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the indigenous peoples past and present who have stewarded it throughout the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit, while also acknowledging that some were brought to this land not by choice. The Butler University School of Music is proud to acknowledge Meridian Piano Movers as a corporate sponsor of our programs. Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 .
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