PROGRAM seshires.com INTRODUCING THE TWIN VALVE Made you look. Twice. CONTENTS Welcome . 3 ITF Venues Map . 9 Officers, Boards and Advisors . 11 Exhibitors and Exhibit Hours . 11 ITF Schedule . 12 ITF Composers Workshop . 48 Youth ITF Workshop . 50 About Solo and Ensemble Competitions . 53 2019 Student Workers . 55 Advertiser Index . 56 WELCOME WELCOME Chris Van Hof, Host AA native of Grand Rapids, Dr. Karen Marston, Michigan, Chris Van Hof is the Festival Director Assistant Professor of Trombone Karen joined the ITF as Director at Ball State University, and in 2017, having previously Host of the 2019 International served as grant-writer for the Trombone Festival. An S. E. Shires organization. She is also on the Performing Artist, he is trombonist faculty at Mt San Antonio College in the Emerald Brass, and since in Walnut, CA, where she works relocating to Indiana in 2017 is a with brass players in both applied regular extra/substitute performer and chamber settings, and teaches with the Indianapolis Symphony academic music courses. Previously, she was an applied Orchestra and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, as well teacher and ensemble director at San Jacinto College in as jazz and commercial ensembles in the Indianapolis metro Pasadena, TX. Karen holds degrees in trombone performance area. Chris has spent time equally as a symphonic player from the University of North Texas and Rice University, with the orchestras of Rochester (NY), Madison (WI), Fort and both a masters and doctorate in music education from Collins (CO), and Cheyenne (WY); and as a section member Columbia University. Her teachers include Jan Kagarice, of commercial horn sections, and jazz big bands. Along with Dr. Vern Kagarice, Dr. Royce Lumpkin, and David Waters. bass trombonist Evan Conroy, he performs in the duo Make More Noise, which gave four world premieres in 2018 at As founder and Artistic Director of Omni Brass, a cutting- the American Trombone Workshop and the International edge, multi style brass and percussion ensemble, Karen has Trombone Festival. Chris has also been an invited artist/faculty performed and taught at venues and festivals around the member at Rekkenze Brass Week in Bavaria (2018) and the world, including Cal State Los Angeles, the University of Texas Taller de Trombones Panamá (2017). at Tyler, Baylor University, Lamar University, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas Christian University, San He has recently been invited to perform David Jacinto College, Brazosport College, the Houston Symphony Biedenbender’s trombone concerto “Their Eyes Are Fireflies” League, Menil Fest (Houston), Café Corotu (Panama City, with the Eastman Wind Ensemble in January of 2020. And he Panama), and numerous middle and high school programs will release his first national label recording in Spring of 2020 across the country. Karen has also performed with the on MSR Classics: “Danzón” is a record comprised completely Houston Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, the Ebony of Chris’ arrangements for brass quintet (music by Ravel, Opera Guild, Orchestra X (Houston), the American Radio Márquez, Piazzolla, Fauré, Albéniz, and Stravinsky), recorded Chamber Orchestra, the Composers Orchestra of Houston, by the Emerald Brass with Chris performing on trombone. and the Resonance Brass Choir, and was featured on the With over ten years of experience in higher education Chris West Coast tour of Alliance Brass. has a deep background in teaching and is passionate about his As a researcher, Karen has completed an extensive work at Ball State. He trains his students to be adept at all styles dissertation project focusing on the causes and pedagogical of music on the trombone, to establish clear career objectives, interventions relevant to focal task specific embouchure to explore entrepreneurial and alternative paths of employment dystonia, and her work has twice been published in the in the arts, and to focus on a strong process to accomplish all Journal of the International Trombone Association. She has those goals. He has presented clinics for the Indiana All-State been active in the ITF for many years, having presented or Orchestra, Colorado Music Educators Association Conference, performed at numerous Festivals, the first of which was a and BIGXII Trombone Conference, he has also judged for the concert with the University of North Texas Trombone Octet American Trombone Workshop and the Indiana All-State Solo in 1994, when the late Vern Kagarice lead that ensemble Festival. Chris promotes a keen attention to teaching style and to a winning recording in the Remington Competition. fluency among his students at BSU. Chris studied with Mark Karen has also received performance and pedagogy grants Hetzler for his Doctorate (UW-Madison, DMA), Mark Kellogg from the San Jacinto Foundation, the Brown Foundation, for his Master’s (Eastman School of Music, MM), and Steve the American Chamber Music Players of New York, and Wolfinbarger for his Bachelor’s (Western Michigan University, the Houston Arts Alliance. BM Music Education). July 10–13, 2019 | Ball State University 3 WELCOME Dr. Justin Cook, Dr. Jonathan Allen, Festival Manager Festival Program Justin Cook is the Assistant Coordinator Professor of Trombone at the Dr. Jonathan Sayre Allen University of Central Arkansas joined the faculty at the where he teaches studio trombone, University of Iowa in trombone choir, brass ensembles, 2011 where he serves as and low brass methods. Prior Lecturer of Trombone. to his appointment at UCA, Dr. Allen holds degrees Dr. Cook was on the faculties of from The University of Tarleton State University, Eastfield Iowa, University of Utah, and the University of Northern College, and the University of Colorado. His teachers have included Edwin “Buddy” Baker, North Texas. In addition to his college teaching, Justin has Dr. Nathaniel Wickham, Larry Zalkind, Dr. Donn Schaefer, been on staff at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, and Dr. David Gier. Michigan, Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in Allen began his professional career as a member of the Rockford, Illinois, and is currently the Festival Manager for Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. As a member of the Orchestra the International Trombone Festival. at Temple Square (UT), he appears on weekly international Justin Cook holds a Bachelor of Music Education and television and radio broadcasts with the Mormon Tabernacle Bachelor of Trombone Performance degree from Northern Choir, in addition to being heard on several audio and video Arizona University, a Master of Music in Instrumental recordings with the ensemble. He has performed with the Utah Conducting from Northern Arizona University, and a Doctor Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Quad-City Symphony, Boulder of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas. Philharmonic, Cheyenne Symphony, and Ft. Collins Symphony. While at the University of North Texas, Justin performed as a In addition, he can be heard on several film soundtracks and member of the internationally acclaimed North Texas Wind commercial recordings. He has performed at the International Symphony, and can be heard on the GIA Windworks series Trombone Festival, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, and “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band”. Recently, the Southeast Trombone Symposium as a member of the Justin has performed William Bolcom’s Trombone Concerto Professor’s Choir. with the UCA Wind Ensemble and Richard Peaslee’s Arrows Under his baton, the University of Iowa Trombone Choir of Time with the Little Rock Wind Symphony. He is a member performed at the 2013 International Trombone Festival in of The Pinnacle Brass Quintet, the resident brass quintet at Columbus, Georgia. His students have received scholarships the University of Central Arkansas. As a freelancer, and graduate assistantships to attend many of the top music Dr. Cook has performed with the Arkansas Symphony, schools in the United States, including the New England Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Irving Symphony, Las Colinas Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, University of Miami, Symphony, Fort Smith Symphony, Lyric Stage Musical Mannes College, Indiana University, and Western Michigan. Productions at the Irving Arts Center, Dallas Summer Students have won positions in prestigious ensembles, such as Musicals, and The Arkansas Repertory Theatre. the Grammy All-Star Band, Next-Generation Jazz Orchestra, Equally at home as an educator and performer, the Brubeck Jazz Colony, and Jazz Band of America. Jonathan UCA trombone studio has seen tremendous success since Allen was host of the 2018 International Trombone Festival Dr. Cook’s arrival. The studio has tripled in size and now and now serves as ITF Festival Program Manager. features two trombone choirs: The BearBones Trombone Choir, and the Natural Slides Trombone Ensemble. The trombone choirs have performed at the American Trombone Workshop in Washington D.C., the Big 12 Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University, the Arkansas Music Educator’s Conference, the Texas State Trombone Symposium and the 2018 International Trombone Festival at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cook’s students have graduated and been accepted to some of the nation’s most prestigious universities. 4 International Trombone Festival 2019 International Trombone Festival Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana | July 10-13, 2019 Debra Scott, Andrea Van Hof, Director of Composers Director of Youth Workshop ITF Workshop Dr. Deb Scott is the professor of Andrea Van Hof is a ten-year trombone and bass trombone at veteran public school music Stephen F. Austin State University. teach and band director, as She is a performing artist for well as an active performer on Rath Trombones and is active flute and alto saxophone. Van as a performer and clinician. Hof received her Bachelor’s of Her solo CD, Playing Favorites, Music Education from Western was released in 2017 by Navona Michigan University and her Records. She has been a featured soloist and faculty member Master’s in Educational Leadership with Principal Licensure in Santa Fe, Argentina at Trombonanza, and her CD has been from Colorado State University.