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Concert: Grand Opening Concert for the James J. Whalen Center For Music: Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, Stephen Peterson, conductor

Ithaca College Wind Ensemble

Stephen Peterson

Ithaca College Choir

Lawrence Doebler

Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra

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TIS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU to the grand opening of the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Following several years of planning, construction of the facility started in December 1997 and I was completed during the summer of 1999. Students and faculty began to occupy portions of the facility in March 1999 and have been thrilled with the enhanced opportunities for music study, rehearsal, and performance that the new space offers.

New construction adds 68,000 square feet to the 72,000 square feet originally provided by Ford Hall, the home of the School of Music since 1965. Among the major new spaces in the Whalen Center are a recital hall, large rehearsal halls, a lecture hall, classrooms, faculty teaching studios, and an ensemble library. The four-story atrium that connects a large portion of the new construction to the original building is breathtaking. The over- all effect of the center's design is one of b eauty and functionality, making the Whalen Center one of the finest facilities for music study in the country.

The capital campaign for the Whalen Center was announced in December 1996 and was successfully completed two years later. The School of Music wishes to thank Marjorie Rooke Schwab '69, the campaign committee, and the many donors who made it all possible. We owe particular thanks to president emeritus James J. Whalen, under whose leadership the campaign and construction began and for whom the center is named. We also thank President Peggy R. Williams for seeing the project to completion.

Tonight's concert celebrates the completion of the James J. Whalen Center for Music. It brings together the talents of students, faculty, and alumni in solo and ensemble settings that present a wide range of music in a variety of styles. It also features music composed and arranged by Ithaca College faculty-music that is part of the large body of repertoire performed by ensembles well beyond the Ithaca campus. There is probably no music more exciting to an audience than a large ensemble with soloists, and three different pieces in the program tonight will feature soloists in a variety of settings.

This concert pays tribute to some of the people who played significant roles in the history of the School of Music while also highlighting today's distinguished faculty and students.

Music remains at the core of Ithaca College. With the added resources of the new James J. Whalen Center for Music, the School of Music is now poised, together with the College's other schools, to move with continued excellence into the new millennium.

Arthur E. Ostrander Dean, School of Music RAND OPENING CONCERT FOR THE JAMES J. WHALEN CENTER FOR MUSIC G Ford Hall October 2, 1999 8:15 p.m.

Welcome Arthur E. Ostrander, Dean, School of Music

Overture to Candide (1956) Leonard Bernstein ( 1918-90) Col. Arnald D. Gabriel '50, M.M. '60, guest conductor arr. Walter Beeler '30

Rhapsody in Blue (1923) George Gershwin (1898-1937) Read Gainsford, piano arr. Thomas Verrier '87

Triplets of the Finest Paul Henneberg (1863-1929) Frank Campos, Kim Dunnick, James Ode, cornets Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, Stephen Peterson, conductor Frostiana (1959) Randall Thompson (1899-1984) The Road Not Taken Text by Robert Frost The Pasture "" I Come In The Telephone A Girl's Garden Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Choose Something Like a Star Ithaca College Choir, Lawrence Doebler, conductor Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra, Charles Peltz '83, conductor

Intermission

Celebracion (1997) Karel Busa (b. 1921)

Wallin' (1997) Dana Wilson (b. 1946)

Konzertstiicke in F Major, op. 86 (1851) Robert Schumann (1810-56) Horn soloists: John Fairfield '75, Richard Graef '89, Richard Menaul '76, Gail Williams '73 Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, Charles Peltz '83, conductor

IOGRAPHIES OF CONDUCTORS AND SOLOISTS Frank Campos, a professor of trumpet in the School of Music, has had extensive professional expe- B rience. Currently principal trumpet with the Binghamton Symphony Orchestra and the BC Pops Orchestra, he was formerly principal trumpet with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Texas Baroque Ensemble, Dallas Brass, and the Bear Valley Festival Orchestra. He was also a member of the Fort Worth Symphony and Fresno Philharmonic Orchestras and has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, and Johnny Mathis. In addition, he was a featured soloist with the University of North Texas 1:00 Lab Band and the Dallas Cowboys Band. A Yamaha artist, Campos earned his bachelor's degree at California State University, Fresno, and his master's degree at the University of North Texas, where he won the Pi Kappa Lambda Outstanding Master's and Doctoral Student Awards as well as the Hexter Prize for outstanding graduate student.

Lawrence Doebler is a professor in the School of Music, where he is director of choral activities. Currently in his 22nd year at the College, Doebler conducts the choir, madrigal singers, and choral union and teaches conducting (both in undergraduate courses and to graduate majors privately), choral techniques, and choral literature. Early training in keyboard, strings, voice, and brass led to degrees in conducting from Oberlin College and Washington University. Doebler began his professional career in 1969 at Smith College. From 1971 through 1978 he taught and conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1979 he founded the Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest and Festival. Outstanding high school choirs have given over 100 performances of works by international composers who were finalists in the competition. Doebler has received several awards for research and teaching excellence from the University of Wisconsin and Ithaca College and has appeared throughout the eastern and midwestern United States as a clinician and guest conductor. He edits "no barline" Renaissance music, and his works are published in the Roger Dean catalog, issued by the Lorenz Publishing Company. Doebler has served as director of music at churches in Cleveland, St. Louis, Madison, and Ithaca. He is currently music director of the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble, a professional chamber choir in Ithaca.

Kim Dunnick, a former member of the United States Army Band in Washington, D.C., and the Knoxville Symphony, is now principal trumpet with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the Elmira Symphony. From 1978 to 1987 he played solo trumpet for the Victoria (Texas) Bach Festival Orchestra. He has also performed [ with the Binghamton Symphony Orchestra, the BC Pops Orchestra, and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. A former student of Charles Gorham, Louis Davidson, David Flowers, and Herbert Mueller, Dunnick holds undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Indiana University and a master's degree from Catholic University of America. Author of several articles on the trumpet, he has served as a book review editor for the International Trumpet Guild Journal since 1976 and is currently the guild's president. Dunnick has taught trumpet at Indiana University as a graduate assistant and at Tennessee Technological University as an assistant professor. He is currently professor of music at Ithaca College, where he was awarded a Dana Teaching Fellowship in 1986 for excellence in teaching.

John Fairfield '75 has been professor of horn and chamber music at Northern Illinois University since 1985. A native of New York State, he earned a bachelor of music degree at Ithaca College in 1975 and a master of music degree at Northwestern University in 1977. In addition to his duties at NIU, Fairfield is active as a chamber musician and occasional soloist throughout the Chicago area. He has served as principal horn with the Chicago Sinfonietta since 1987, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra since 1990, the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra since 1992, and the Illinois Chamber Symphony Orchestra since 1996. Fairfield is a member of Midsummer's Music, a mixed chamber ensemble that performs in Door County, Wisconsin. He also performs regularly with many other groups, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Symphony II, the Millar Brass Ensemble, and Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Cornet Band.

Col. Arnald D. Gabriel '50, M.M. '60, retired from the United States Air Force in 1985, at which time he was awarded an unprecedented third Legion of Merit for his service to the air force and to music education throughout the country during his distinguished 36-year military career. He was commander/conductor of the internationally renowned United States Air Force Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Singing Sergeants from 1964 to 1985. In 1990 he was named the first conductor emeritus of the air force band at a special concert held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. From 1985 to 1995 Gabriel served on the faculty of George Mason University as conductor of the university's orchestra. He was chairman of the Department of Music for 8 of those years. In recognition of his 10 years of service to the university, he was named professor emeritus of music. A combat machine gunner with the United States Army's famed 29th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II, Gabriel was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the croix de guerre. Following his separation from the army in 1946, Gabriel enrolled at Ithaca College, where he earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in music education. In 1989 the College conferred upon him an honorary doctor of music degree, and in 1997 he was further honored with the alumni association's Lifetime Achievement Award. Gabriel's professional honors include the very first Citation of Excellence awarded by the National Band Association, the Midwest National Band and Orchestra Clinic's 1963 Gold Medal of Honor and its 1973 Distinguished Service to Music Award, the rarely presented Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Citation for "significant contributions to music in America," and the Distinguished Service to Music Award from Kappa Kappa Psi, the national band fraternity. In February 1992 Gabriel was inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, becoming the youngest person ever to have received that honor. He is listed in International Who s Who in Music, seventh edition, and is past president of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. Gabriel continues to appear as a clinician at major state, regional, and university music festivals. He also appears as a guest conductor with outstanding high school, college, municipal, and military bands, as well as with orchestras around the world. He is currently the conductor and music director of the McLean Orchestra in Virginia.

Read Gainsford is assistant professor of piano at Ithaca College. Born in New Zealand, he was offered schol- arships to pursue studies in languages but chose instead to begin full-time music study at the Auckland University School of Music. He studied there with New Zealand's top piano teachers, Janetta McStay and Bryan Sayer. While a student, he won all the main prizes awarded within New Zealand, including the National Concerto Competition, and was named the 1984 Television New Zealand young musician of the year. With the aid of a grant from the Woolf Fisher Trust, Gainsford moved to London in 1985, where he entered into private study with Brigitte Wild, a protegee of Claudio Arrau. He then won a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Joan Havill and graduating with the prestigious concert recital diploma (premier prix). Gainsford has performed in concert in the United States, Europe (especially throughout the United Kingdom), Australia, and New Zealand. He has made successful debut recitals at Wigmore Hall (London) and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, among many other venues. He has recorded for the Amoris label and broad- cast on BBC's Radio Three, on Radio New Zealand's Concert Programme, and on national television in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia. Gainsford moved to the United States in 1992 and entered the doctoral program at Indiana University Bloomington, where he worked with Karen Shaw and Leonard Hokanson. Since living in the United States, he has been guest artist and clinician for the AMTNA and has given recitals, concerto appearances, and master classes. He is an active collaborative musician, having worked with Jacques Zoon, Roberto Diaz, Eddie van Oosthuyse, Luis Rossi, and William Vermuelen, among others. His performance at the 1993 Van Cliburn International Competition was described in the press as "one of the few all-around performances." He also received first prize in New York's East and West Artists competition in 1994. He participated in the 1996 Gilmore Keyboard Festival and the Music Festival of the Hamptons and is a member of the Garth Newel Chamber Players. In August 1997 Gainsford joined the faculty of the Ithaca College School of Music.

Richard Graef '89 has been assistant principal horn with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and is currently adjunct assistant professor of horn at DePauw University. He has also performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. In 1988, as a member of the American-Soviet Youth Orchestra, Graef participated in the groundbreaking tour of the United States and the Soviet Union. He began his solo career at age 17 when he won the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artist competition. His most influential teachers have been Q ) John Covert and Gail Williams. VJ Graef graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a bachelor of music degree. While at Ithaca, he was elected to the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda, and was named the John B. Harcourt Scholar by Phi Kappa Phi in 1988. Ithaca College presented Graef with its Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1993.

Richard Menaul '76 enjoys a wide-ranging career as a freelance horn player and teacher in the Boston area. He is a member of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, and the Handel and Haydn Society, and he has served as principal horn with the Opera Company of Boston and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. He appears regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Menaul holds a bachelor of music degree from Ithaca College and a master of music degree from Northwestern University. He is currently on the faculty of Boston University. James Ode is head of the Department of Music Education and director of music career services at the Southern Methodist University Meadow School of the Arts. Ode taught trumpet at the Ithaca College School of Music from 1965 to 1981 and was a founding member of the Ithaca Brass Quintet. He subsequently served as chair of the music department at Trinity University and at South Methodist and was president of the Texas Association of Music Schools. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and earned a master of music degree, doctor of musical arts degree, and performer's certificate in trumpet from the Eastman School of Music, where he was also principal trumpet with the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Charles Peltz '83 is currently on the conducting staff of both the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Buffalo Opera Company. In recent years his guest conducting has included both orchestra and opera at the Hartt School, as well as new music projects with composers Lukas Foss, Karel Husa, and James McMillan and with the Enchanted Circle in Boston. He has also performed with the Boston Academy of Music, the Merrick Symphony, and orchestras in Tennessee and Vermont. In past seasons he has appeared with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Jersey Ballet, and the Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed numerous concerts with the North American New Music Festival. Peltz records on the Mode label, which released two new recordings of his work in 1997. As an award-winning educator, Peltz has held positions at Harvard University, Ithaca College, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He maintains his link to the next generation of musicians by acting as music director of the Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestra, which is gaining fame for its work with world-renowned composers such as Michael Colgrass, Augusta Read Thomas, Chou Wen Chung, Karel Husa, and Lukas Foss. He also frequently conducts youth festival orchestras and bands and is director of orchestras at the Luzerne Music Center summer music school. Peltz holds a bachelor of music degree from Ithaca College, where he studied with marimba virtuoso Gordon Stout. He earned a master of music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating with distinction in performance and highest academic honors. His teachers include Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival, Frank Battisti, Pamela Gearhart, Richard Woitach, and Donald Hunsberger. He is currently interim director of orchestras at Ithaca College while Grant Cooper is on sabbatical leave. Stephen Peterson was recently appointed director of bands at Ithaca College. He currently conducts the wind ensemble and teaches courses in conducting. From 1988 to 1998 he was associate director of bands at ~ ) Northwestern University and was conductor of the renowned Northshore Concert Band. He has served on the faculty at Stephen F. Austin State University and has several years of successful teaching experience in the Arizona public high schools. Peterson holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Arizona State University and a doctor of music degree from Northwestern University. His bands have appeared at conventions of the American Bandmasters Association, the College Band Directors National Association, and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, as well as with the Chicago Symphony Chorus in Orchestra Hall. Peterson currently serves as a new music reviewer for Instrumentalist magazine and is active as a conductor and clinician throughout the United States, Canada, and China. He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the College Band Directors National Association, and the American Bandmasters Association.

Gail Williams '73 is an internationally recognized hornist and brass pedagogue. She has presented concerts, master classes, recitals, and lectures throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Williams joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1979 and was appointed associate principal horn in 1984, a position she held until her retirement from the orchestra in 1998. She has been a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and is currently a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. As featured horn soloist, Williams has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and a number of regional orchestras. Williams is also dedicated to performing and promoting chamber music. She recently performed with the Vermeer Quartet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Skaneateles Music Festival, and she was the featured artist in a chamber music series with the National Arts Orchestra of Canada. She is a founding member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians, a critically acclaimed ensemble that is currently com- missioning and performing works for its millennium concert series. She is an original member of the Summit Brass, an ensemble with which she has made eight recordings. In addition to her recordings with the Summit Brass, Williams can be heard on her solo recording, 20th Century Settings, issued by Summit Records. Williams has worked with students at the Juilliard School, the Boston Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the University of Illinois, Sam Houston University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a member of Summit Brass, she has been coaching young brass musicians since 1986. In 1998 she was invited to be on the faculty of Swiss Brass Week in Leukerbad, Switzerland. Next March she will conduct brass classes and per- form a recital in Malmo, Sweden. Since 1980 Williams has been a featured recitalist and lecturer at International Horn Society workshops in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan. Williams is professor of horn at Northwestern University, where she has been on the faculty since 1989. She has also served on the faculties of Northern Illinois and DePaul Universities. Williams studied with John Covert at Ithaca College and received a master's degree from Northwestern University. Her awards include Ithaca College's Outstanding Young Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate of music, also from Ithaca College.

ii TUDENT Bass Clarinet Trombone PERFORMERS Michele Von Haugg Kate Donnelly f\ Brian Zimmer* Bassoon s Stacey Bellott Bass Trombone Ithaca College Wind Ensemble Katie Frary* Mike Dobranski Stephen Peterson, conductor MarkHekman Euphonium Alto Saxophone Kerry Cleary Piccolo Joe Tubiolo* Michael Stephenson* Yuko Yamamoto Theresa Yagy Tuba Flute Tenor Saxophone Eric Snitzer1 Lynn Dearden Todd Pray Jenna Topper1 KimKather Aiven O'Leary* Baritone Saxophone Double Bass Dieter Winterle Brian Krauss Oboe Heather Barmore* Horn Percussion Aaron J akubiec Heidi Carrier Gina Alduino Mark Skaba Katie Curran* Steve Ballard Amy Sanchez Patrick Gilhoft E-flat Clarinet Kimberly Santora Jenny Higgins, section leader Kim Klockars Allison Zalneraitis Tom Marceau, timpani Eric Smith Clarinet Trumpet Todd Hearn Andrew Benware *principal Mickey Ireland James Dawson* 1coprincipal Peter Norman Emily Kluga Corinne Sigel John Lufbarrow Tracey Snyder Matt Oram Joleen Walas* Dylan Race Ithaca College Choir Soprano II Ithaca College Chamber Lawrence Doebler, conductor Jennifer Haywood Orchestra Elizabeth Karam Charles Peltz '83, conductor Soprano I Christine Pratt Sarah Bartolome Sonia Rodriguez Bermejo Violin I Meaghan Boeing Lucia Sanchez Michele Aurori Alyson Cury Mary-Lynn Sindoni Elizabeth Faidley Sharon Costianes Leslie Higgerson Amy Hayner Alto II Stephanie Koppeis Adriana Lomysh Keri Behan Christine Menter Kathleen O'Connor Nicholas Relyea* Alto I Rebecca Sach Nicole Asel Elisa Sciscioli Violin II Amanda Capone Amanda Tafel Victoria Alaimo Jessica Julin Kerry Watkins Cheryl Cory Adrienne Lovell Sara Hughes* Joan Stafford Tenor II Kelly Kroeck Heather Tryon Paul Fowler Amy Terranova Brian Hertz Tenor I Timothy Reno Viola Brian Bohrer Ron Smith Eric Martin Andrew Chugg Joseph Stillitano Suzanne Miller* William DeMetsenaere Dinyar Vania Tyrone Tidwell Anthony Maiese Heather Wallace Blake Siskavich Bass Cory Walker Lucas Hibbard Cello Jermaine Hill Meredith Gollmer Baritone Eric Toyama Kate J ensik* Kevin Doherty Michael Vaughn Ana Jesse Sean Fox Marc Webster SoojungYou Gerard Gombatto James Wheal Miles Johnson Michael Lippert Michael Popplewell Bass Ithaca College Symphony Nicole Petit Brian Krauss Orchestra Dana Rokosny Kristin Latini* Charles Peltz '83, conductor Nicholas Wehr Viola Violin I Marjorie Amatulli Flute Victoria Alaimo Jillian Fisher AivenO'Leary* Michele Aurori Jaime Gould Yuko Yamamoto Sonja Bundy Nathan Kaiser Cheryl Cory Eric Martin* Oboe Elizabeth Faidley Melissa Mattern Heather Barmore Vanessa Gaul Amy Merrill Stacy Reckert* Amanda Gillespie Suzanne Miller Sara Hughes Joseph Prus ch Bassoon Stephanie Koppeis Laura Raposo Eleanor Conley Kelly Kroeck* Sarah Sherman Katie Frary* Kathleen Leidig Alison Shorter Christine Menter Tyrone Tidwell Horn Alissa Nanna Heather Wallace Katie Curran Nicholas Relyea Allison Walker Josh Phillips* Benjamin D. Smith Deana Saada Amy Terranova Cello Kim Santora Meredith Gollmer Violin II Kate Jensik* Trumpet Laura Centonze Ana Jesse Amanda Whitten Jennifer Colgan Chris Loxley Brenna Edgerton Susan Meuse Tiinpani/Percussion Randi Filipo Kelly Nixon Tim Collins Teresa Fiorenza Susan Ozolins Jennifer Gallien Meghan Patrick *principal William Gouse Katherine Paul Leslie Higgerson* Katie Pritt Beth LaBella David Short Erin Meade Tom Smith Jennifer O'Donnell Karn Van Duren Jamie Perrin Soojung You Bass Bassoon Timpani

) Kerri Barone Eleanor Conley* Anthony Calabrose Katherine Grasmeyer Colleen MacLean, contra Brian Krauss Edward Montoya Percussion Kristin Latini* Jaimie Bernstein* Josef Lorenz Horn Tim Collins J.P. Norpoth Patricia Bolen Kelly Davie Abigail Shenkle Lindsey MacNab Sloane Treat Eben Turner Alysia Nemeth Nicholas Wehr Josh Phillips* Harp Deana Saada Beth Rubel Flute Cheryl Houston TrUlllpet Piano Sarah Paysnik* Douglas Fraley* Christopher Barry-Arredondo Jen Trimble, piccolo Chad Louden Amanda Whitten *principal Oboe Colin Bauer Trombone Erin Finn, English horn Eric Davidson Stacy Reckert* · Brian Honsberger David McCormick* Clarinet Jeffrey Bittner Tuba Natalie Noyes* Brian Sodano Michele Von Haugg, bass ------