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sponsored by

February 28 – March 2Providence, Rhode Island

Veterans Memorial Auditorium

American String Teachers Association

National Orchestra Festival®2013

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ASTA thanksThe Potter Violin Company

for its generosity in sponsoring the

2013 National Orchestra Festival®

You Are Invited!

Please come and hear the winning Grand Champion orchestra perform a concert on

Saturday, March 2, at 11:15 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium

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Welcome!

Dear Festival Enthusiasts,

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 10th annual NationalOrchestra Festival, (NOF) sponsored by the Potter Violin Company. The NOF showcases15 spectacular ensembles that represent l3 schools from across the United States. But, before this event begins, our sincere congratulations to all these hard-working groups on accomplishing the feat of participating in ASTA’s premier festival.

The NOF is proud to have some of the nation’s finest music educators as ouradjudicators, performance clinicians, and master class clinicians. Each festival group will receive taped and written comments, as well as a rating by all three concert adjudicators.

At the finish of every concert performance, our highly qualified clinicians will provide each group with a personal clinic focused on enhancing their music-making. ln addition, each orchestra will have the opportunity during the conference to work with master class clinicians. These clinicians have national and international reputations as musicians and teachers. ASTA is committed to delivering the highest artistic and educational experience to its members and their students. We are confident that the 2013 NOF will meet this goal.

For the vast majority of students, teachers, and educators participating in NOF, Ray Charles’ statement about music and it’s profound impact on his life is perhaps, very relevant to all of us:

“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.”

The students and teachers involved in performing at the NOF are blessed to have this opportunity to discover and present the beauty and excitement of music. Thank you for your devotion to this art, for your preparation and dedication to each other, and, finally, for your performance today. We wish you all the best of success!

Sincerely,Valerie M. PalmieriOrganizing Chair

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AdjudicatorsGail V. Barnes

Gail V. Barnes earned her B.M., and M.M., at the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education at the University of South Carolina (USC). She also serves as director of the internationally recognized USC String Project. Her duties as director of the string project include overseeing a staff of preservice teachers and graduate students who annually instruct more than 400 children and adult students. Within the program, she directs the advanced middle school ensemble, “Intermezzo.”

She has published articles in American String Teacher, the String Research Journal, Update, Music Educators Journal, the Bulletin of the Council on Music Education and the Journal of Research in Music Education. She edited the book, Applying Research to Teaching and Playing Stringed Instruments that is published by ASTA. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Music Teacher Education. She has presented at conferences of the Music Educators National Conference, American String Teachers Association, the College Music Society, and the International Society of Music Education. Additonally, Barnes has presented clinics for teachers, conducted student honor ensembles, and judged orchestra festivals throughout the U.S. She taught elementary, middle, and high school strings for 18 years in the Norfolk Public Schools. Her performing experience includes being a member of the viola section of the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Opera Association

Robert GardnerRobert Gardner is a bassist, conductor, and composer with experience in a wide variety of musical genres. He has served on the faculty of the Penn State School of Music since 2003, where he is an assistant professor of music education, specializing in stringed instrument playing and teaching, orchestral conducting, and eclectic styles for string ensembles. Gardner has written chapters and articles in various publications, including Arts Education Policy Review and American String Teacher, and has given presentations at conferences and workshops throughout the country. His research has focused on the nature

of improvisation and composition, as well as the supply and demand of American public school music teachers. Several of his compositions and arrangements for string orchestra are available through Alfred Publishers. Gardner received his bachelor’s degree in music education from the Ohio State University, and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in music education from the Eastman School of Music. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State, he served as orchestra director and instructor for public school districts in Ohio and New York. Gardner was also music director for two youth orchestras at the Hochstein School of Music, and has been guest conductor for many honors ensembles. He has designed and directed programs for adult learners and eclectic styles for string ensembles. He served as chairperson of the Alternative Styles Task Force for ASTA, and as president of the Pennsylvania Delaware chapter of ASTA (PADESTA).

Jonathan HandmanJonathan Handman, conductor and cellist, is a co-founder and artistic director of the Stringendo Orchestra School of the Hudson Valley. During its 11 years, it has grown to six orchestras, ensembles, a comprehensive traditional fiddling program and summer strings. Stringendo’s most advanced orchestra, Vivace was the recipient of the grand champion orchestra at the 2009 ASTA National Orchestra Festival.

Jonathan is also as a string teacher at Arlington High School in Poughkeepsie, New York. This past year, Arlington’s Phiharmonia Orchestra received first place in the

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American Prize Competition for high school orchestras. Prior to teaching in Arlington, he taught in the Spackenkill Union Free School District. Handman has conducted for American Music Abroad Tours, numerous regional orchestras, and has been the faculty and high school orchestra director at the NY-ASTA String Camp in Ithaca. His studies include the Eastman School of Music (trombone performance), the Oberlin Conservatory (B.A. in music education, cello) and an M.A in orchestral conducting from SUNY Fredonia.

CliniciansDavid E. Becker

David E. Becker is the director of Orchestral Studies and conductor of the symphony and opera orchestras at Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music in Wisconsin. He was the recipient of the university’s 2010 “Excellence in Teaching Award.”

From 1984 to 2005, he was director of orchestras and professor of the graduate orchestral conducting program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was there that he and his students received critical acclaim for tours

to central Europe and Spain.

Becker’s career as a violist has included the Atlanta, Syracuse, Savannah, Louisville, Memphis, and Madison symphonies; the Santa Fe and Miami operas; the Sewanee, Tennessee, Brevard, North Carolina, and Peninsula, Wisconsin summer music festivals; the resident faculty string quartets at the universities of Miami, Georgia, Memphis State, and Oberlin Conservatory, and touring in the U.S. and Europe with the Eduard Melkus String Quartet.

Becker is recognized for his dedication to teaching young musicians, which has resulted in guest conducting, orchestral clinics, and all-state honor orchestras. Most recently, he was invited to guest conduct the Zhuying Symphony Orchestra in Guangzhou and Zhanjinag, China and the NAfME all-national honors orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

Michael HopkinsMichael Hopkins is an associate professor of music education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he teaches courses in string education. Prior to joining the faculty, Hopkins was an associate professor of music at the University of Vermont (UVM) from 1999-2010, where he was conductor of the UVM Orchestra and taught courses in music education and music technology.

Hopkins has appeared as a guest conductor at orchestra festivals throughout the U.S. and is the founding director of the Burlington Chamber Orchestra. He

is active as a composer and arranger, with more than 30 published works for orchestra. His works have been commissioned by many schools and ensembles.

He is the author of the award-winning website the String Pedagogy Notebook, a resource for string teachers and performers. He has published articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, American String Teacher, and The Instrumentalist. He has served on the faculty of the American String Workshop, as the executive director for the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and is past president of the Vermont chapter of ASTA with NSOA. Hopkins received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Colorado State University and his master’s and Ph.D. in music education from the University of Michigan.

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Anderson High School Symphony OrchestraJonathan Welch, Director—Cincinnati, Ohio

Dorseyville Middle School SinfoniaJeff Bryer, Director—Pittsburgh, Penn.

Garfield High School Symphony OrchestraMarcus Tsutakawa, Director—Seattle, Wash.

Heritage High School Philharmonic OrchestraJason Pfeifer, Director—Saginaw, Mich.

Interlake High School Chamber OrchestraShira Katsman, Director—Bellevue, Wash.

Iolani Middle School OrchestraKatherine Hafner, Director—Honolulu, Hawaii

Liberty Senior High School Chamber OrchestraMary Lou Jones, Director—Liberty, Mo.

Musica Dolce Youth String EnsembleKathleen Monroe, Director—Westerly, R.I.

Nyack High School Chamber OrchestraChristine Gero, Director—Nyack, N.Y.

Pioneer High School Chamber OrchestraJonathan Glawe, Director—Ann Arbor, Mich.

Randolph High School Chamber Strings andRandolph High School String Orchestra Eric Schaberg, Director—Randolph, N.J.

Simsbury High School Chamber Orchestra andSimsbury High School Concert Orchestra

Ryan Ford, Director—Simsbury, Conn.

University High School Symphony OrchestraGrace Lee, Director—Irvine, Calif.

Performing Groups

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Thursday, February 28

10 a.m. Dorseyville Middle School Sinfonia OrchestraPittsburgh, Penn.

Jeff Bryer, Director CMSS

Serenade in G “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” K.525 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro Edwin F. Kalmus & Co Serenade for Strings in E flat major, opus 6, Josef SukAndante con motoEdwin F. Kalmus & Co

Canzonetta, opus 62a Jean Sibelius Edwin F. Kalmus & Co Arr. Otto Taubmann Perseus Soon Hee NewboldFJH Music Company

11 a.m. Simsbury High School Concert OrchestraSimsbury, Conn.

Ryan Ford, Director RC/HSS

Andante Festivo Jean Sibelius Performers Editions

Marche Slav Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyFJH Music Company Arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

Overture to Lucio Silla Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTempo Press Arr. Sandra Dackow

Blue-Fire Fiddler Soon Hee NewboldFJH Music Company

Welcome to the 2013 National Orchestra Festival®!

CHSS – Competition High School String CMSS – Competition Middle School String CHSF – Competition High School Full RC/HSS – Ratings and Comments, High School String CSYO – Comments, String Youth Orchestra

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1 p.m. Heritage High School Philharmonic OrchestraSaginaw, Mich.

Jason Pfeifer, Director RC/HSS

The Shepherd King Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Great Works Publishing, Inc. Arr. by Percy Hall An English Folksong TraditionalNeil A. Kjos Music Company Co. Arr. Terry McQuilkin Geometric Dances Richard Meyer Square Dance Round Dance Triangle DanceHighland/Etling Blue Rhythmico Kirt N. MosierWingert-Jones Publications Three Outdoor Sketches Brendan McBrien Work Song Twilight Men and MachinesNeil A. Kjos Music Company

Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel) Percy A. GraingerTempo Press, Inc. Arr. Sandra Dackow

Variations on America, September 2001 Percy HallGreat Works Publishing, Inc.

2 p.m. Iolani Middle School OrchestraHonolulu, Hawaii

Katherine Hafner, Director CMSS

Geometric Dances Richard Meyer Square Dance Triangle DanceAlfred Publishing Company

Capriol Suite Peter Warlock Basse-Danse Pavane MattachinsG. Schirmer

Troika Sergei ProkofievBoosey and Hawkes Arr. Paul Lavender

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The Girl With the Flaxen Hair Claude DebussyNeil A. Kjos Music Company Arr. Deborah Baker Monday

Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe VerdiTempo Press Arr. Sandra Dackow

4 p.m. Interlake High School Chamber OrchestraBellevue, Wash.

Shira Katsman, Director CHSS

Divertimento for String Orchestra in D Major, K. 136 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro Andante PrestoEdwin F. Kalmus & Co

Serenade for Strings in E Major, op. 22 Antonín Dvořák Moderato Ed. William Ryden Tempo di valseMasters Music Publications, Inc.

Simple Symphony Benjamin Britten Boisterous Bourree: Allegro ritmico Playful Pizzicato: Presto possibile pizzicato sempre Sentimental Saraband: Poco lento e pesante Frolicsome Finale: Prestissimo con fuocoOxford University Press

5 p.m. Simsbury High School Chamber OrchestraSimsbury, Conn.

Ryan Ford, Director CHSS

Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, op. 40 Edvard Grieg Praeludium Luck’s Music Library

Lullaby for String Orchestra George GershwinWindsor Editions Arr. Jeff Manookian

Serenade for Strings, op. 20 Edward Elgar Allegretto piacevole Larghetto AllegrettoEdwin F. Kalmus & Co.

Symphony No. 41—Final Wolfgang Amadeus MozartHighland/Etling Arr. Todd Parrish

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Thursday, February 28

6 p.m. University High School Symphony Orchestra Irvine, Calif.

Grace Lee, Director CHSS

Serenade for Strings in C Major, op. 48 Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPezzo in forma di Sonatina Alfred Music Publishers

Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” Ralph Vaughan WilliamsJ.W. Pepper

Friday, March 1

9 a.m. Randolph High School String Orchestra Randolph, N.J.

Eric Schaberg, Director RC/HSS

Drifen Shirl Shirl Jae Atwell Neil A. Kjos Music Company Plink, Plank, Plunk! Leroy AndersonAlfred Publishing Belwin Division Don Quixote Suite Georg Philipp Telemann Overture Awakening of Don Quixote His Attack on the Windmills Sighs of Love for Princess Aline Sancho Pansa Swindled Rosinante Galloping—The Gallop of Sancho Pansa’s Mule Don Quixote at RestLuck’s Music Library

The James Bond Theme Monty NormanAlfred Publishing Belwin Division Arr. Victor Lopez Russian Sailor’s Dance Reinhold Gliere Kendor Music, Inc. Arr. John Caponegro Snake River Stomp Steven LavenWingert-Jones Publications

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10 a.m. Pioneer High School Chamber Orchestra Ann Arbor, Mich.

Jonothan Glawe, Director CHSS

Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro

Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor Felix MendelssohnTwo Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 Edvard Grieg Heart’s Wound Last Spring La Follia: Variations for String Orchestra Francesco GeminianiArr. Michi Wiancko

11 a.m. Liberty Senior High School Chamber Orchestra Liberty, Mo.

Mary Lou Jones, Director CHSS

Sinfonia No. 9 in C Minor Felix Mendelssohn Grave: AllegroLuck’s Music Library

Serenade for Strings in E-flat Major, op. 6 Josef Suk Andante con motoEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

Song of Moresheth Jeremy SchwingerCommissioned for the 2013 ASTA National ConferenceUnpublished

Vistas al mar Eduardo Toldra Allegro con Brio Noctur La mar estava alegreUnión Musical Ediciones, S.L. (Rental Only)

1 p.m. Randolph High School Chamber Strings Randolph, N.J.

Eric Schaberg, Director CHSS

String Symphony No. 8 in D Major Felix Mendelssohn Adagio e Grave & AllegroLuck’s Music Library

October Eric Whitacre Hal Leonard Corporation

Sinfonia for String Orchestra, op. 110 Dmitri Shostakovich from String Quartet No. 8 Arr. by Lucas Drew

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Largo Allegro molto Allegretto Largo LargoEdwin Kalmus & Co., Inc.

American Sketches: A Fantasy for String Orchestra Joshua ReznicowLorenz Music

2 p.m. Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra Nyack, N.Y.

Christine Gero, Director CHSS

Andante Festivo Jean SibeliusEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

Two Waltzes for String Orchestra, op. 51, Nos. 1 and 4 Antonín DvořákEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

Concerto in G Major “Alla Rustica” op. 51 No. 4 Antonio Vivaldi Presto Adagio AllegroEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

Diverse Cartographies of 136 Michael AdelsonUnpublished (2012)

Serenade for Strings, op. 20 Edward Elgar Allegro piacevole Larghetto AllegrettoEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

3 p.m. Anderson High School Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati, Ohio

Jonathan Welch, Director CHSF

Toccata Girolamo Frescobaldi Belwin Arr. Kindler

Rhosymedre: Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune Ralph Vaughan Williams Galaxy Music Corportation Orchestrated by Foster

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major Johann Sebastian BachEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.

Komm, süsser Tod Johann Sebastian Bach Luck’s Music Library Arr.Stokowski

Overture to Egmont, op. 84 Ludwig van BeethovenKalmus

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4 p.m. Garfield High School Symphony Orchestra Seattle, Wash.

Marcus Tsutakawa, Director CHSF

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor Antonín Dvořák(“From the New World”), op. 95 Adagio; Allegro molto Largo Allegro con fuocoLuck’s Music Library

Saturday, March 29 a.m. Musica Dolce Youth String Ensemble

Westerly, R.I. Kathleen Monroe, Director CSYO

Largo George Frideric HandelBelwin Mills Publishing Company Arr. Bob Cerulli

Prelude and Gavotte Arcangelo CorelliCarl Fischer Music Arr. Doris Gazda A Beethoven Lullaby (Air on Ode to Joy) Brian BalmagesFJH Music Company

Sundance Carl StrommenCarl Fischer Music Arr. Robert Sieving

Cavatina (from Romontische Stiicke, op. 75, No. 1) Antonin DvorakHighland/Etling Arr. Robert Sieving

Rondo (from Incidental Music for Abdelazer) Henry PurcellLudwig Masters Publications Arr. Douglas Stroud

Dance of the Harlequins Larry Clark Carl Fischer

The Code Alan Lee SilvaCarl Fischer

11:15 a.m. National Orchestra Festival Winner’s Concert

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2014 NHSHO

The next National High School Honors Orchestra (NHSHO) will be held March 5 - 7, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky, in conjunction with the national conference. The NHSHO is a performing group of 120 competitively selected high school musicians. High school students can now apply directly to the national level using the new online DecisionDesk software that ASTA is utilizing. Students interested in applying need to fill out basic application information and upload the required audition repertoire in audio formats: mp3, ogg, m4a, aiff, wma, wav, aac.

The 2014 NHSHO will be under the direction of Gary Lewis, a strong advocate of music educa-tion, chosen conductor of numerous honors orchestras and all-state orchestras, and a regular presence at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp for many years. He is in great demand as a clinician, having worked with hundreds of public school ensembles across the nation. ASTA is excited to have him conduct the 2014 NHSHO. Interested students can start preparing by using the repertoire found on the ASTA website. Online submissions are due June 15, 2013. The 2014 NHSHO Concert program will be Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich. Application and information are now available on ASTA’s website.

DecisionDesk is the new, easy software ASTA is using to collect auditions for the National High School Honors Orchestra.

Gary Lewis

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