New Trier High School Winnetka, Illinois Jazz Ensemble 1 and Vocal Jazz Ensemble The 2nd Annual Jazz Education Network Conference New Orleans, LA ~ Roosevelt Hotel Friday, January 7th, 2011 ~ 11:30 A.M. Jazz Ensemble 1 Nic Meyer, director Alto Sax Trumpet Piano Ryan Goss - lead Rebecca Ritchie - lead Jake Hamburger Sam Mattenson Alex Wirt - lead John Kubert Alex Brenner Shane Simpson Tenor Sax Michael Matthews Ben Solomon Bass Jacob Dray Trombone Teddy Gabrielides Parker Nixon Noah Lande Bari Sax Andy Peterman Sam Hord Katie Powell Drums Nathaniel Miller Ben Zisook - bass Greg Hartman Brandon Waldon Guitar Robbie Doan Vibes Peter Gabrielides John Kubert Will Jacobs Billy Rivi Vocal Jazz Ensemble Nathan Landes, director Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Annie Barrett Claire Mesrobian Lucas Rapisarda Quintin McGreevey Caroline Thinnes Katie O’Brien Bradford Wyant Jacob Dray Grace Anaclerio Kati Schwaber Timothy Mlynarski Ryan Lucas Georgina Menegas Sami Goldstein Domenic Rizzolo Jesse Solomon Madie Oldfield Hadley Kennary New Trier High School Winnetka, Illinois Jazz Ensemble 1 Tip Toe............................................................................................................................................Thad Jones Rebecca Ritchie, trumpet; Ryan Goss, alto sax Without A Song................................................................................Yeomans/Rose/Eliscu, arr. Joe Henderson Ben Solomon, tenor sax Vocal Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Section: Jake Hamburger, piano; Noah Lande, bass; Greg Hartman, drums It Don’t Mean a Thing…...........................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Anders Edenroth Detour Ahead............................................................Herb Ellis, John Frigo, & Lou Carter, arr. Paris Rutherford Hadley Kennary, alto; Annie Barrett, soprano A Sleepin’ Bee.................................................................Truman Capote & Harold Arlen, arr. Darmon Meader Grace Anaclerio, soprano; Kati Schwaber, alto; Katie O’Brien, alto; Claire Mesrobian, alto In Your Eyes......................................................................................................Peter Gabriel, arr. Kerry Marsh Georgina Menegas, soprano; Jake Hamburger, piano; Sami Goldstein, alto; Jacob Dray, bass; Claire Mesrobian, alto Jazz Ensemble 1 Self-Portrait In Three Colors.............................................................................Charles Mingus, arr. Sy Johnson Shane Simpson, piano; Ben Solomon, tenor sax Caravan......................................................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Michael Abene Shane Simpson, piano; Ben Solomon, tenor sax; Terell Stafford, trumpet Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble 1 In A Mellow Tone......................................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Nelson/Meader Quintin McGreevey, bass; Jake Hamburger, piano New Trier Vocal Jazz Ensemble New Trier’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble is the most ad- vanced, and only curricular, vocal jazz ensemble at New Trier. The group rehearses each school day for 40 minutes, occasionally breaking into student- led sectionals and smaller ensemble rehearsals for certain performances. The ensemble sings primarily vocal jazz and contemporary repertoire, but occasionally performs more traditional choral literature when appropriate. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble (VJE) performs at several school concerts throughout the year in addition to many community performances both locally and throughout the Chicagoland area. In 2007, VJE contributed to the recording that resulted in the National Grammy Signature School Award for the New Trier Music Department. Also, in 2007, VJE recorded the song “A Pledge of Love” which won an Honorary Recognition Award as an entry for the theme song for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the spring of 2009, VJE had the honor of premiering a commissioned arrangement of “A Sleepin’ Bee” by Darmon Meader and work- ing with him first hand on the chart prior to the performance. VJE performs regularly at regional vocal jazz festivals and will have the honor of participating in the New York Voices Jazz Festival this April at St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois. The New Trier vocal jazz program also consists of one extra-curricular group, Maiden Voyage, and an after school vocal improvisation class. The choral program at New Trier consists of nine curricular choirs, including the VJE, with roughly 300 students who participate in one or more choir classes throughout each school day. New Trier Vocal Jazz Ensembles would like to thank these very important people: Private Vocal Jazz Teachers: Derek Fawcett and Amy Yassinger Private Voice Teachers: Lisanne Barnes-Seymour, Annamarie Baskin, Natalie Ford, Mary Ann Granneman, Robert McNeill, Guyneth Sharp New Trier Jazz Ensemble 1 Jazz Ensemble 1 is the most advanced of four curric- ular jazz ensembles at New Trier High School. All jazz ensembles rehearse for 40 minutes each school day, and all students receive a grade and academic credit for the course. Students in Jazz Ensemble 1 rehearse three days per week as a large ensemble, spend one day each week in student-led sectionals, and rehearse as small combos one day each week. Ad- ditional jazz educators from the Chicago music com- munity assist in directing combos. Guitarists in this ensemble also rehearse once a week as a jazz guitar ensemble. Wind, percussion, and bass students in New Trier jazz ensembles must also be concurrently enrolled in either a concert band or orchestra. New Trier’s jazz program has a rich history of per- forming with amazing guest artists, including: Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, the rhythm sections of the Count Basie Orchestra and the Tito Puente Latin Jazz Orchestra, Bob Mintzer, Clark Terry, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Frank Foster, Jon Irabagon, and countless others. For 28 years New Trier High School has been hosting the New Trier Jazz Festival, (since 2004, known as The Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival at New Trier High School). This non-competitive festival hosts more than 40 middle and high school jazz bands from around the country for a day of performances, clinics, special- interest workshops, instrument master-classes, sight-reading bands, professional small group performances, military and college big band performances, and an evening concert featuring New Trier’s Jazz Ensemble 1 along with a guest big band. Past guest bands have included The Count Basie Orchestra (4 times), The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Duke Ellington Orchestra directed by Mercer Ellington, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and on February 5th, 2011, the Mingus Big Band. New Trier Jazz Ensembles would like to thank these very important people: Combo Directors: Marques Carroll, Joan Hickey, and Mike Sassetti Private Lesson Teachers: Todd Boyce (saxophone); Marques Carroll (trumpet); Bruce Daugherty (trumpet); Greg Fishman (saxophone); Chris Forte (guitar); Mark Fry (trombone); Joan Hickey (piano); Eric Hochberg (bass); Steve Horne (trombone); Marty Metzger (guitar); Frank Portolese (guitar); Stephen Reinfrank (bass); Doug Rosenberg (saxophone); Mike Sasetti (guitar); and Bret Sher (percussion); Joel Spencer (drums); Alan Swain (piano); Gary Swerdlow (piano); Ralph Wilder (saxophone) Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Known for being a gifted and versatile player with a voice all his own, Stafford combines lyricism and a deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. This uniquely expressive, well-defined musical talent allows Stafford the ability to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predeces- sors while making his own inroads. Since the mid- 1990’s Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, the Kenny Barron Sextet, the Frank Wess Quintet, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Clayton Brothers Quintet, and the Jon Faddis Orchestra. Currently, he is a member of the GRAMMY award winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as well as drummer Matt Wilson’s group, “Arts and Crafts,” and drummer Alvin Queen’s group, “Alvin Queen and the Organ- ics.” Stafford has recorded five albums as a leader, including the critically acclaimed Taking Chances (MaxJazz 2007), and is heard on over 80 albums as a sideman. An educator as well as a performer, Stafford currently holds the positions of Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia and is a clinician for the prestigious Vail Foundation in Colorado and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Program. He has also served as a member of the faculty for the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies in New York. Stafford was born in Miami and raised in Chicago and Silver Spring, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Maryland in 1988 and a Masters of Music from Rutgers University in 1993. New Trier High School Music Department Faculty Special Appreciation To... Kevin Burrow - Choral, Class Piano Bruce Daugherty - Wind Ensembles Assistant Director Timothy Estberg - Choral, Department Coordinator Bret Sher - Percussion Ensemble Director David Ladd - Choral, Department Chair Anne James-Noonan - Coordinator of Performing Arts Nathan Landes - Choral, Theory - Winnetka Campus Nic Meyer - Jazz Ensembles, Wind Ensembles Nina Lynn - Coordinator of Performing Arts - North- Patricia Rohwer - Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, field