The Medina Community Band in Memory of Gary Ciulla
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The Medina Community Band Marcus Neiman, conductor John Connors, associate conductor & Matthew Hastings, assistant conductor Mary Ann Grof-Neiman, clarinet; Lu Ann Gresh, trumpet; Rodney Hannah, trombone; & Kyle Snyder, tuba – Dixieland Ensemble In Memory of Gary Ciulla Ice Cream Social Host – Medina High School Band Parents Association Friday Evening, July 12th, 2019 Medina Uptown Park Square Gazebo 8:30 p.m. Anthem, Star Spangled Banner (1889/1917) .......................................................................................... Francis Scott Key John Philip Sousa Selection, Symphonic Marches (1984) ..................................................................................................... John Williams Paul Lavender March, His Excellency (1909) ................................................................................................................... Henry Fillmore Characteristic, Lassus Trombone (1915) .................................................................................................. Henry Fillmore March, March of the Resistance (from Star Wars the Force Awakens) (2015) ............................................ John Williams Paul Lavender March, Americans We (1929) ................................................................................................................... Henry Fillmore Dixieland, Americans We (1929) ............................................................................................................... Henry Fillmore Mary Ann Grof-Neiman, clarinet; Lu Ann Gresh, trumpet; Rodney Hannah, trombone; & Kyle Snyder, tuba – Dixieland Ensemble Folksong, Shenandoah (1883) ...................................................................................................................... Frank Ticheli March, Gifted Leadership (1927) .............................................................................................................. Henry Fillmore John Connors, conducting Dance, Libertango (1955/1975) ..................................................................................................... Astor Piazzolla Marco Somadossi Salute, Across the Field (Medina High School Fight Song) (1980/2009) ............................................ William A. Dougherty Salute, Medina High School Alma Mater ..................................................................................................... Unknown National March, The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) ........................................................................ John Philip Sousa Patriotic Sing-A-Long, God Bless America (1917) .......................................................................................... Irving Berlin Erik William Gustav Leidzén Program subject to change MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, July 12th, 2019 – Program Notes – page 1 Selections by John Williams Williams, John DOB: February 8th, 1932 (Queens, New York) John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including: Star Wars, Superman, Home Alone, the first three Harry Potter movies, and all but two of Steven Spielberg’s feature films including the Indiana Jones series, Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and Jaws. He also composed the soundtrack for the hit 1960s TV series Lost in Space. Williams has composed theme music for four Olympic Games, the NBC Nightly News, the inauguration of Barack Obama, and numerous television series and concert piece. He served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993, and is now the orchestra’s laureate conductor. Williams is a five-time winner of the Academy Award. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards, seven SAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 45 Academy Award nominations, Williams is together with composer Alfred Newman, the second most nominated individual after Walt Disney. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. Symphonic Marches. John Higgins did the arrangement and Paul Lavender the orchestration, but the sound is unmistakably Williams all the way. The arrangement features Raiders March from the 1981 motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme) from the 1980 motion picture Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back; and, Olympic Fanfare and Theme written in 1984 for the Olympic games in Los Angles, California. March of the Resistance (from Star Wars the Force Awakens) March of the Resistance is the musical track and theme, composed by John Williams, that represents the Resistance in the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. It first plays in the film when Poe Dameron and Resistance forces arrive on Takodana to fight the First Order at Maz Kanata's castle. The motif is continued in "Han and Leia" and "Scherzo for X- Wings."1 This rhythm is easier to hear if you produce it yourself. Try counting this pattern quickly, always emphasizing the “ones”: 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-3, and repeat.2 1 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/March_of_the_Resistance 2 http://mashable.com/2015/12/31/star-wars-music-theory/#gyqdDhobF8qS MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, July 12th, 2019 – Program Notes – page 2 Selections by Henry Fillmore Henry Fillmore DOB: December 3rd, 1881 (Cincinnati, Ohio) DOD: December 7th, 1956 (Miami, Florida) Henry Fillmore was one of our most prolific composers with 256 compositions to his record and almost 800 arrangements. He published under various pseudonyms as well as his own name: Henry Fillmore -114; Gus Beans – 2; Harold Bennett – 65; Ray Hall – 3; Harry Hartley – 6; Al Hayes – 57; Will Huff – 8; and Henrietta Moore – 1. According to Herb Block, Henry got into a conflict with his father (who composed and published liturgical music in Cincinnati) over the kind of music that Henry was composing. Henry liked march music and said, “I will huff and puff and I will write my own music.” Hence, the name Will Huff. Fillmore was a true free spirit. He was brought up by a conservative family in a conservative town. When he couldn’t do as he wished, he ran away with a circus and played trombone in the circus band. To top it all off, he married an exotic dancer. Americans We (March). The march is dedicated To all of us and is considered one of his very finest marches. After resigning as director of the Syrian Temple Band, Henry formed his own professional band and one of its first engagements was at the Cincinnati Zoo. The appearance coincided with the annual “Pure Food and Health Show” and Henry is reported to have included this march on every program, sometimes announcing it as the “Purse Food and Health” march and at other times as the “Cincinnati Zoo” march. After it was broadcast on the radio, it became so popular he dedicated to publish it and then changed the title to “Americas We.”3 Gifted Leadership. Henry Fillmore was a well-known musical personality in Cincinnati when he wrote his march, Gifted Leadership, and dedicated it to a fellow Cincinnatian, Frank Simon in 1927. Fillmore was in his mid-forties, and had enjoyed a successful career conducting his popular Shrine Band, and he now was leading his own professional concert band which was enjoying a lot of success in Cincinnati. Frank Simon, also from Cincinnati, was a virtuoso cornetist. He had joined the great Sousa Band, and had become the band’s solo cornetist, following in the footsteps of the legendary soloist, Herbert L. Clarke. Simon left he Sousa Band, and he returned to Cincinnati to form and lead a new concert band sponsored by the Armco Company, a steel mill in nearby Middletown, Ohio. He proved to be a gifted leader, building the Armco band into one of the finest concert bands in America. The band gained national fame after the began a semi-weekly radio broadcasts that were heard throughout the county. Fillmore wrote Gifted Leadership, dedicated To Frank Simon, Director of the Armco Band, Middletown, Ohio.4 Lassus Trombone (Characteristic). Henry Fillmore, the great bandmaster and band composer, has been dubbed the “father of the trombone smear.” Trombone smears are a mix of ragtime and march styles, and Fillmore, who played the trombone, wrote 15 of them. His best-known smear is “Lassus Trombone,” a legendary circus favorite published in 1915. “Lassus” is short for “molasses,” and with that linguistic understanding comes at least a hint of musical understanding about the nature of the playful, but slow and lazy composition.5 3 Program notes – The Begian Years Vol. IV. 4 Music jacket, Carl Fischer, publication 5 Studwell, William, Conrad, Charles, and Schueneman. Circus songs. Haworth Press (New York), p19. MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, July 12th, 2019 – Program Notes – page 3 State Street Strut Red McLeod State Street Strut (Dixieland) by Rod “Red” McLeod. Minnesota born and educated, his career included a rich diversity of activities. Red’s 19-year tenure as musical director and arranger for The Golden Strings serves as an invaluable reference in his preparation of editions for student performers. In addition, he has written hundreds of arrangements for radio programs, touring acts, ice shows and more, and was entertainment director for the Minnesota Vikings football team for 25 years. Featured in this Dixieland selection will be Mary Ann Grof-Neiman, clarinet; Marcia Nelson-Kline, trumpet; Rod Hannah, trombone; and, Kyle Snyder, tuba. Dixieland Soloists Mary Ann