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Concert Band, and Mark Weiger, Oboe Ensemble and Faculty Concert: 2007-04-25 -- University Band, Concert Band, and Mark Weiger, oboe Audio Playlist Access to audio and video playlists restricted to current faculty, staff, and students. If you have questions, please contact the Rita Benton Music Library at [email protected]. Scroll to see Program PDF The University of Iowa COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES Division of Performing Arts School of Music I University Band Ward Miller, conductor and Concert Band Kevin Kastens, conductor I April 25, 2007 Clapp Recital Hall 8 p.m. This program is being presented by Ward Miller in partial fulfillment of the requirements for his Master of Arts degree in conducting. Tonight's program is No. 102, 2006-2007 The University of Iowa School of Music Progratn University Band Dedicatory Overture (1964) Clifton Williams (1923-197 6) Scenes from "The Louvre" (1966) Norman Delio Joio I. The Portals (b. 1913) II. Children's Gallery III. The King of France IV. Finale The Veteran's March (1900) Gabriel Pares (1860-1934) arr. Lucien Calliet Shenandoah (1999) Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) Festal Scenes (1986) Yasuhide Ito (b. 1960) Concert Band Children's March (1919) Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) Fantasie sur Martha, op. 23 (184 7) Th. Lalliet Mark Weiger, oboe (1837-1892) trans. Kevin Kastens George Washington Bridge (1951) William Schuman Darrin Oehlerking, conductor (1910-1992) The Year of the Dragon (1984) Philip Sparke I. Toccata (b. 1951) II. Interlude III. Finale University Band Program Notes , Dedicatory Overture was commissioned by the Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Evansville College (Indiana) for the dedication service of a new music building. This work is a concert overture in form and employs the composer's own setting of the Evansville College Alma Mater hymn contrasted with other original material. Scenes from "The Louvre" is a five-movement work depicting different aspects of the Louvre museum by presenting music in the style of Renaissance composers. Norman Dello Joio originally composed the music for a 1964 NBC television series on the Louvre. After the score won an Emmy for outstanding television score that year, the composer adapted a concert band suite for the ·Baldwin­ Wallace College \"(!ind Ensemble. Dello Joio conducted the premiere on March 13, 1966. The Veterans' March is a turn-of-the-century march written by Gabriel Pares and originally entitled Le Grognard. Pares had a storied career in the French military bands, culminating in the early 1890's with his assuming leadership of the world famous Garde-Republican band in Paris. Under his direction the band toured both Europe and North America, and appeared at the St. Louis \'?orld's Fair in 1904. He retired. from the band in 1911 but later in 1917 was asked to return and conducted the band in a tour of 100 American cities. Lucien Callier, a student of Pares, transcribed the American band version in 1960. Shenandoah is Frank Ticheli's setting of the 19rh_century folksong. The Shenandoah River valley is located in Virginia, and the song's text tells the story of a valley settler who fell in love with a Native American woman. Speaking about the work, Ticheli states: "In my setting of Shenandoah I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the word, especially the image of a river ... The work's mood ranges from quiet reflection, through growing optimism, to profound exaltation." Festal Scenes was derived from four folk songs prevalent in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan, and is Yasuhide Ito's first major band piece. According to the composer, he was inspired to write this work upon receiving a letter from a friend who said, "Everything seems like Paradise blooming together. Life is a festival, indeed." Festal Scenes was commissioned by the Ominato Band of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Fore~, and it was premiered by that ensemble on October 8, 1986. University Band Personnel Flute Alto Saxophone Euphonium Min Kim Nick Bender Jonathan Fransen Melissa .Johnson Chris Healey · Aaron Bonney Johanna Lohman Emily Barnes Emily Leonard Emily Larson Rachel Hansen Kirsten Wallace .Jessica Wilson Tuba Malynda Chizek Alicia Villareal David Kinkennon Lauren Neybert Brandon Bakowski Hind Baydou°' Tenor Saxophone Alec Burns Jimmy Paprocki Cassandra Decker Nicole Sedivec Jessica Odendahl Percussion Brianna Maras Stephanie Nielsen Forrest Heusinkveld Jason Chiu Oboe Baritone Saxophone Justin 1forris Scott Small Erin Vaughn Pat Galligan Leighanna Rutt Trumpet Librarian Bassoon Leah Ledtje Christie Zimmerman .James Zimmerman Mary Edwards Kyle Sustich Stage Crew Clarinet Lara Sberna Alex Young John Froehlig Nolan Symmonds Matthew Srednick Karl Zelle • Graduate Assistants Chelsea Doggett Timothy Beckler Melissa Weets Horn Tasondra Huyck Annie Meyers Ernest Jennings Lauren Kvedaras Jenna Skophammer Trevor Loes Zach House Abby Wilbanks Ward !\filler Christian Harms Stephanie Walz Rose Munderloh Ana Ziegler Dena Dubin Darrin Oehlerking Alyssa Penningroth Becky Bmmeister Trombone Scholarship Recipients Kevin Murphy 6 John Hill Scholarship Bass Clarinet Eric Jcsteadt Ryals Parker Johanna Grant Myra Laird Theresa Heitz Jim Schreitmueller Roger VanDonselaar :tvlike Crim Kathleen Kessler Concert Band Personnel Flute Tenor Saxophone Percussion Emily Fenton Erika Whitney Adam Balling Scott Jen11erjohn Jeong Min Kim Baritone Saxophone Anne Grobstich Rob McCabe Trevor Loes Anne Buchele Joe Pa11ganiban Meghan Grobe Bass Saxophone Molly Rod Gina Co]e David Solomon Oboe Jena Spaulding Jill Staudt Trumpet Anna Schwenker 2 Heather Lovell Librarian Miriam Pusateri Spencer Duniap Christie Zimmerman Natalie Ramlow Lesley Howell Stage Crew English Horn Christie Zimmerman Brett Messenger Michael Wellman Stuart Breczinski Alex Young Krystle Stehno Bassoon Mary Edwards Graduate Assistants Timothy Beckler Rachel Koeth Horn Tasondra Huyck Rosanne Truog Matt Block Ernest Jennings Rebecca Coe 12 Julia Meredith 3 Trevor Loes Sylvia Russell 13 Amy Schnitz Ward .Miller Clarinet Rose Mw1derloh Rose Munderloh 4 Aaron Kirschner Justin Miller Darrin Oehlerking Jane Vance 12 Trombone Scholarship Recipients Erin Gagan Ryan Arp 1 Meredith Willson Scholarship Lucas Petersen Brady Schlue 2 Himie Voxman Scholarship SaraBeth Van Wyk Austin Peiffer 12 3 Rose & Angelo Garizo Scholarship Anne Talbot Adam Schroeder 4 Matthew Schurman Nathan Stark Paul Anderson Scholarship Erica Huttner s Presidential Scholar Bass Trombone Katie Lee 6 John Hill Scholarship Ben Bogenrief Chris Copeland 7 Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship Corin Nisly 8 Rhodes Dunlap Honor Scholarship Euphonium Bass Clarinet 9 Howard Robertson Scholarship Justin Kvedaras 10 Roller Family Memorial Scholarship John Froehlig ChetAliga 11 Contrabass Clarinet Andrew Philbrick 9 Dean's Scholar 12 Old Gold Scholarship Howard Chen Tuba 13 & 5 Richard Fredda Caplan Scholarship Alto Saxophone Pau·ick Bigsby Shawna Pennock Kristina Gavin Kalle Anderson Concert Band Program Notes Percy Grainger was born in Brighton, Melbourne, Australia in 1882 and he immigrated to the United States in 1914. Grainger gained respect and admiration throughout the world as a concert pianist. Edvard Grieg was so impressed by Grainger's playing that Grieg invited Grainger to his No1way home in 1906, and Grainger later became known as one of the great interpreters of Grieg's Concerto for Piano. Grainger enlisted as an army bandsman at the outbreak of World War I, and he learned to play and appreciate most of the wind and percussion instruments. He particularly enjoyed the saxophone, and felt that the saxophone family most resembled the human voice. Grainger taught at the Army Band School for eight months and used this time to rescore some of his orchestral works for military band such as: Colonial Song, Irish Tune, and Shepherd's Hey. Percy Grainger composed Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away" from the fall of 1916 through February of 1918 as a piano piece, and he dedicated it to "my playmate beyond the hills." The "playmate" was believed to be a Scandinavian beauty by the name of Karen Holton. The two corresponded for eight years but they did not marry because of his mother's jealousy. Grainger began the band arrangement in 1918 while a member of the U.S. Coast Artillery Band, and the Goldman Band first performed it on June 6, 1919 with Grainger conducting. Children's March features the woodwinds throughout, giving particular attention to the low reed instruments. The march demonstrates both the fierceness and the tenderness of Grainger's personality, and he considers Children's March to be the first composition for band utilizing piano. - Trevor Loes Casi mer Theophile Lalli et (183 7-1892), born in Evreux, France, was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in 1858. He was recognized for possessing remark~ble technique and an elegant manner of phrasing, ,-vhich is likely what landed him in the Paris Opera-Comique. As was the tradition with many Paris Conservatory oboists, he took to writing works that showcased the oboe as a virtuoso solo voice. While he published a number of virtuosic fantasies for winds and piano or winds with orchestra, it has been said that he attempted to render homage to his own instrument with this work. · Fantasie sur 'Martha,' Op. 23 is drawn from the themes of the opera ·by the same name by Friedrich von Flow tow (1812-1883), which was written and premiered in 1847. The Fantasie, as a set of variations on operatic melodies, allows oboists to prove their ability to give life to melodic phrases while dazzling with two-voiced textures, double tonguing and circular breathing. Martha was transcribed by Kevin Kastens for Mark Weiger in 2004. Concert Band Program Notes Continued George Washington Bridge is subtitled '~n Impression for Band." Composer William Schuman "vrites: "There are few days in the year when I do not see the George Washington Bridge. I pass it on my way to work as 1 drive along the Henry Hudson Parkway on the New York shore.
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