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Centennial ConcertMay 29, 2014 ✹ 7:30 p.m.

Hill Auditorium

Community Jazz Ensemble ✹ Huron Symphony Band

Pioneer Symphony Band ✹ Skyline Symphony Band

All-City Centennial Band

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On behalf of the Board of Education and the Ann Arbor Public Schools family, it gives me great pleasure to support the exceptional music program in our school district which has bought us all together to enjoy this centennial concert. The Ann Arbor Public Schools continues to honor and support the rich and long-standing legacy of music education established by our predecessors. The performances that you will enjoy this evening are a testament to the commitment of these students, their teachers, their families and our community to the tradition of musical

excellence. We are extremely proud of these talented musicians from our high schools, Community, Huron, Pioneer and Skyline, and are thrilled that

they are with us to celebrate 100 years of great music in Ann Arbor. I am confident that you will be delighted by the phenomenal performances that you will experience this evening. Thank you for supporting great music in the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

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Jeanice Kerr Swift, Ph.D.Superintendent of Schools

Concert ProgramPioneer Symphony Band

And Though We Wander by John W. StoutRedline Tango by John MackeyConducted by David A. Leach

Huron Symphony BandLes Halles (mvt. IV from Paris Sketches)

by Martin EllerbyBlue Shades by Frank Ticheli

Conducted by Stephen Roberts

Skyline Symphony BandToccata Marziale

by Ralph Vaughan Williams, ed. by Frank L. BattistiTo The Sky by James M. Stephenson

Conducted by Jason Smith

IntermissionCommunity Jazz Combo “Superbad”

Selections will be announced from the stageConducted by Jack Wagner

All-City Centennial BandMichael Daugherty

Vulcan (2014) for Concert BandWorld Premiere

Commissioned by the Huron, Pioneer and Skyline High School Bands

1. Pon Farr (conducted by Stephen Roberts) 2. Mind Meld (conducted by Jason Smith)

3. Vulcan’s Forge (conducted by David A. Leach)

Program NotesAnd Though We Wander, commissioned by David A. Leach and the Pioneer Band Association, Inc., with financial support given in memory of Pioneer Band alumna Lisa Tubbs, was premiered by the Pioneer Symphony Band at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids in January. Written in honor of the centen-nial celebration, And Though We Wander is composed by John W. Stout and uses the musical motifs and material from Ann Arbor High School’s Alma Mater The Purple and White, music by Earl V. Moore (for whom the University of Michigan’s School of Music building is named), and the school song Push On, penned by William Champion and arranged by famous U-M musical alumnus Jerry Bilik. Actually, And Though We Wander got its inspiration from another famous Bilik work, Victors Val-iant, which uses musical motifs from two other familiar tunes often heard through-out Ann Arbor each fall, namely, The Victors and The Yellow and the Blue.

Redline Tango takes its title from two sources. The first is the common term of “redlining an engine,” or, pushing it to the limit. In the case of this score, “redline” also refers to the “red line,” or the IRT subway line (2 & 3 trains) of the New York subway system, which was the train that went between composer John Mackey’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and BAM, where this work was premiered. The piece is in three sections. The first section is the initial virtuosic “redlining” section, with constantly driving 16th notes and a gradual increase in intensity. After the peak comes the second section, the “tango,” which is rather light, and even a bit sleazy. The material for the tango is derived directly from the first section of the work. A transition leads back to an even “redder” version of the first section, with one final pop at the end.

Les Halles is the bustling finale from Martin Ellerby’s Paris Sketches, a four-move-ment work that pays tribute to the city Ellerby loves. Each movement pays homage to some part of the French capital and to other composers who lived, worked or passed through. Running like a unifying thread through the entire piece is the idea of bells – a prominent feature of Paris life. In Les Halles, the bells are brilliant and triumphant and celebrate the old market area of Paris. In the final measures, Ellerby weaves in a climactic quote from Hector Berlioz’s Te Deum.

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As its title suggests, Blue Shades alludes to the Blues, and a jazz feeling is prevalent, however, it is not literally a Blues piece. There is not a single 12-bar blues progression to be found, and except for a few isolated sections, the eighth-note is not swung. The work, however, is heavily influenced by the Blues: “Blue notes” are used constantly; blues harmonies, rhythms, and melodic idioms pervade the work; and many “shades of blue” are depicted, from bright blue, to dark, to dirty, to hot blue. A slow and quiet middle section recalls the atmosphere of a dark, smoky blues haunt. An extended clarinet solo played near the end recalls Benny Goodman’s hot playing style, and ushers in a series of “wailing” brass chords recalling the train whistle effects commonly used during the swing era.

One of the central figures of British music, Ralph Vaughn Williams composed Toccata Marziale for the Commemoration of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. It was his second work for wind band. Toccata Marziale abounds with energy and rhythmical vigor. The work’s predominate feature is the juxtaposition of contrapuntal woodwind and brass lines and tonal masses. Vaughan Wil-liams’ superb scoring exploits the sonorities of the wind band. It is a brilliantly integrated virtuoso piece.

To the Sky is a new concert band work (2012) written for the first graduat-ing class of Skyline High School. At the invitation of Director of Bands Jason Smith, Jim Stephenson traveled to Skyline in the Spring of 2011 to meet with the students, and to hear the band play. He was immediately struck with a “wonderful spirit and high level of music making.” Says Stephenson: “It was fun to interact with the students as one by one they pleaded with me to give them a solo, or make sure their section had a good part...More than anything I wanted to celebrate the atmosphere surrounding the excitement of a new school having its first ever graduating class. I wanted to capture the promise that the future holds for these young individuals; the sense of anticipation, and the sense of transition from one stage of life into another. Obviously, the title is a reference to this piece dedicated “To the Sky”-line students, but also represents my encour-agement to them to take their dreams and persevere without limit.

Michael Daugherty first came to interna-tional attention when his Metropolis Symphony was performed by the Baltimore Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1994.

Since that time, Daugherty’s music has entered the orchestral, band and chamber music reper-toire and made him, according to the League of American Orchestras, one of the ten most per-formed American composers of concert music in the world today.

Born in 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Daugherty is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians. Evelyn Prins Daugherty, daughter of Michael Daugherty and Yopie Prins, played bassoon in

the Pioneer High School Band from 2004-2007.

Daugherty studied music composition at Yale University, I.R.C.A.M. (Paris) and the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik. His composition teachers included Jacob Druckman, Roger Reynolds, Earle Brown and György Ligeti. Daugh-erty was also an assistant to jazz arranger Gil Evans in New York from 1980 to 1982. In 1991, Daugherty joined the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance as Professor of Composition, where he is a mentor to many of today’s most talented young composers. Daugherty is also a frequent guest of professional orchestras, festivals, universities and conservatories around the world. In 2011, the Nashville Symphony’s Naxos recording of Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deus ex Machina was honored with three GRAM-MY® Awards, including Best Classical Contemporary Composition. His Naxos recordings of orchestral music include UFO, Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop (1999); Fire and Blood, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neemi Järvi (2005); Me-tropolis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero (2009); Route 66, Bournemouth Symphony, Marin Alsop (2010) and Mount Rushmore, Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair (2012). Daugherty’s music is published by Peermusic Classical, Faber Music, Boosey and Hawkes and Michael Daugherty Music.

For more information on Michael Daugherty, see www.michaeldaugherty.net and his publishers’ websites.

Michael Daugherty University of Michigan, Composer, Vulcan

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Michael Daugherty

David A. Leach has been Director of Bands at Pioneer High School since 2002. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Music Education at Eastern Michigan University, where he studied conducting with Professor Russell Reed and Dr. Max Plank. He began his teaching career at Ypsilanti High School in 1988 and spent 14 years there before coming to Ann Arbor. He was appointed Chair of the Pioneer High School Performing Arts Department in 2006, and Fine Arts Department Chair in 2013.

During his eleven years at Pioneer, his Symphony and Concert Bands have received consistent top ratings

at district and national festivals. His Symphony, Concert, and Jazz Bands have won overall festival championships at every national event entered. In 2002 and 2003, the department placed in the top 40 schools in the nation. In 2004 and 2005, the department achieved GRAMMY Signature School Gold status as one of the top seven public high school music programs in the nation. In 2006 and 2011 the Pioneer Music Department was named the National GRAMMY Signature School as the number one public high school music program in the nation, making it the first program ever honored twice by the GRAMMY Foundation. Under his baton, the Pioneer Symphony Band has performed twice at Carnegie Hall, the Mid-Europe Music Festival in Schladming Austria, and performed on tour in China. Just last month the band toured Budapest, Vienna and the Czech Republic.

Leach has served on the executive board of MSBOA’s District XII as Secretary, Vice-President of Adjudication, Vice-President of Band & Orchestra, and is currently serving as President. He has been an active member since 1988. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the American School Band Director’s Association. He has been included five times in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. The University of Michigan chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia honored him in 2000 with the Pendleton Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in music education. He has been nominated four times for Disney’s American Teacher Award, and has received honors from the United States Marine Corps for sending his students to the Marine bands, including two to the Commandant’s Own Marine Band in Washington, D.C. He was the 2006 and 2010 MSBOA District XII Band Teacher of the Year.

David A. Leach Pioneer High School

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David A. Leach Stephen Roberts

Stephen Roberts is in his 24th year as Director of Bands at Huron High School, and is completing his 27th year as a music educator. Under his leadership, the Huron Bands have consistently received high ratings at Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) festivals. Mr. Roberts and the Symphony Band have been selected twice to perform in Hill Auditorium for the Midwestern Conference On School Vocal and Instrumental Music (1995, 2000) and have also performed and received high honors at festivals in Toronto, Virginia Beach, Washington D.C., San Antonio, Boston, Anaheim, and the Magic Kingdom in Orlando and Anaheim. In 1996, the Symphony Band performed at Carnegie Hall as part of Mid-America Productions Ensemble Debut Series. In addition, the Huron Music Department has been honored five times by the Grammy Foundation and received a Grammy Gold Signature School award in 2003.

Roberts has served in various offices of the MSBOA, including Corresponding Secretary and Vice-President of Marching Band in District 16, and has held offices of Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice-President of Marching Band and Vice-President of Adjudication in District 12. He is currently in his fourth year as chair of All-State Activities for District 12. He has been honored twice by his colleagues in District 12 as “Teacher of the Year” in 1995 and 2000. He has been honored numerous times in Outstanding Young Men of America, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and was honored by being chosen as Michigan’s “Director Who Makes a Difference” in the School Band and Orchestra magazine. Roberts is also a member of the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA).

Prior to teaching in Ann Arbor, Roberts was Director of Bands of the Oxford Area (Mich.) Community Schools. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (both in music) from the University of Michigan in 1984 and 1986. He has served as Director of the Schoolcraft College Wind Ensemble, Asst. Direc-tor of the Ann Arbor Summer Symphony Orchestra, Asst. Director of the Ann Arbor Concert Band, Director of the University of Michigan Campus Band, Asst. Director and Drum Major of the Michigan Marching Band. Roberts’ life is made complete with the love and support of his wife Karen. They love spend-ing time with their two daughters Caroline (16) and Julianne (14).

Huron High School

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Jason Smith

Jason Smith obtained his bachelor’s degree in music education from Michigan State University in 2004. During his first years of teaching, he went on to earn his master’s degree in music education from the University of Michigan.

Smith has taught at Skyline High School since the school first opened in the Fall of 2008. Prior to teach-ing at Skyline, he worked in Memphis, Mich. and was the Associate Director of Bands at Walled Lake Central High School.

Under the direction of Jason Smith, the Skyline bands have consistently earned first division ratings at Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District Band Festival. In addition to Festival, Skyline band students regularly participate in MSBOA District and State Solo and Ensemble. Skyline students have also been selected to participate in the MSBOA All-State Honor Ensembles as well as the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. In 2012, the marching band traveled to Disney World where they marched in the Magic Kingdom. Smith intends to take more trips in the future.

Smith loves working in Ann Arbor and thoroughly enjoys working with the students of Skyline. “I am very grateful to be working with such outstanding and talented musicians,” he says. “It is an honor to be part of this Centennial Celebration and to be working with band students from the whole district. We are so lucky to be part of Ann Arbor; working with such great students and parents who support the arts.”

Skyline High School

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Jason Smith Jack Wagner Community High School

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Jazz saxophonist, educator, and author Jack Wagner received his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies and Performance from William Paterson University and his master’s degree and Teaching Certification from Ithaca College.

Wagner has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Mexico. He has performed with Michael Brecker, Joe Williams, Hamiett Bluiett, Bill Mays, Brian Lynch, Nick Brignola, Muhal Richard Abrams, Stephen Riley, Jane Ira Bloom, Mark Shim, Steve Houghton, and Carl Fontana. He has gigged in such NYC clubs as Birdland and The 55 Bar. He had the honor of playing with Joe Salzano and the Blue Devils for the New Millennium International Swing Dance Festival in Ensenada, Mexico.

A devoted educator, Wagner taught school bands in New York State for five years and then became the Jazz Studies Director at the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts (AASPA), from 2002-2008. His AASPA combo, the 6 O’Clock Jazz Combo, won “Best Performing Arts High School Jazz Group” in the prestigious international 2006 Downbeat Magazine’s Student Music Awards contest.

In 2008, Wagner became the Jazz Program Director of Community High School, where he directs 8-10 high school jazz combos each semester, focusing on small-group jazz and improvisation. He founded the Community High Jazz Guest Artist Series, which has hosted or co-hosted such musical luminaries as Victor Wooten, Hal Galper, Rodney Whitaker, Matt Wilson, Gary Versace, Michael Weiss, Randy Napoleon, Ambrose Akinmusire, Christian Howes, and Marcus Belgrave. The Community High combo “Superbad” was honored to perform for and with Wynton Marsalis at the 2014 Ford Honors Gala. Community has won numerous awards and competitions, including the 2010 International Downbeat Magazine’s “Outstanding High School Jazz Group” award. Community High’s recent CD releases include Jazzspring 2010 and 2013’s Super Nu. Wagner is the author of the jazz instruction book The Straight Ahead Toolshed. In 2013, Wagner was the recipient of the Ann Arbor Public School’s Celebration of Excellence Award for Customer Satisfaction and Innovation.

PiccoloEllen Sauer FluteAnna Latterner Hannah Lynn Megan Jung Sarah Starman Betty Hu Hailey Anderson Kathy Sun Lillie Ross Ingrid Ford Dana Shin English HornAlexander Maynard OboeAnna Hayman Marianne Cowherd Hannah Lim Marisa Leach

Bb Clarinet Griffin Roy Wei Luo Michael Shapiro Anurima Kumar Jinyoung Kim Stephanie Terrell Kevin Jiang Catherine Kim Jakob Smith Nicholas Liu Samantha Freshley Maria Ten Brink Bass Clarinet Stein Housner Brinda Yarlagadda Aleck Jiang Contra-Bass ClarinetIsaiah Davis

Bassoon Trevor King Elizabeth Choi Audrey Lardie Emily Hwang Alto Saxophone Jonathan Lynn Kevin Tian Nick Simon Niket Parikh Tenor Saxophone Eddie Codrington Alexander Ginsberg Austin Stout

Baritone SaxophoneJoe Buiteweg

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TrumpetCharles Wang Ian McKenny Katy Ross Daniel Olson Andrew Hocott Andrew Heise Jessie Szewczul Nathan Stout Amelia Huang Leah Weingarten French HornMelissa Palfey Megan Battersby Martin Yang Seetha Davis Will Bogen Abraham Paternoster Oksana Palczynski Oleg Mihans

TromboneHalley Bass Kevin Blaesing Eric Shen Aaron Fields EuphoniumElliot Polot Torisa Johnson Paul Paternoster

TubaAnna Inohara Aina Kelsaw-Fletcher Aubrey Wright Sean Higgins

BassSarah Adams Max Meza Adam Kahana

Percussion John Fan Taylor Johnson Peter Doyle Aaron Willette Mizuho Sugita Stone Mathers Han Gil Choi Shay Pinhey Cameron Boyd Cameron Beck Ryan Teeter PianoSarah Xie

PiccoloGrace Ganzel FlutePaulina Tsao Grace GanzelLucille HuKate ZhengGenevieve SponsellerKatherine PanChristy ChoiAnn ChenSarah YoonLisa RuanHannah SungWilliam Chen OboeNicole Joslin Sooyeon LeeElise Blaauw

Eb Clarinet Ethan Chupp

Bb Clarinet Jordan Steiff Allen ChangEmily Ji Jungwoo Chang Ethan ChuppHaoyang Tang Bum NamkoongRyan YangMatthew ShenYonatan HodishHanel BavejaTimothy ArvanDaniel GengYoung Lee Bass Clarinet Chelsea YoungJustin TangYearahm Ahn

Alto Saxophone Jeffrey ZhangRachel HaiEmma Kellenberg-CallewaertAshton StrotherRichard Wan

Tenor Saxophone Kevin Yang Ryan PowellJohn McCall

Baritone SaxophoneBrian CongAidan Wada-Dawson

BassoonAnuraag BharadwajHokyun Kim

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TrumpetLorna BarronIsabelle SalleyOliver BarronJack TeenerAdam SchwabRohan KumarMargo KilleyEmily Elizabeth Ferry French HornEvan WrightSara JahanianHannah BartosheskyPatrick ShaldenbrandNir Glazer

TromboneZoe Cutler Renee ZhaoAlan Stahl Orion SangDavid Talbot

EuphoniumAmanda BlacksonSean Hwang TubaIsaac BalinskiJonah HenkinMiguel Piper

String BassJohn VaughnIan SchmitzerleJoshua Moran

Percussion Michael BartonSeth StancroffJacob JoslinAtulya ShettyAnna DiGiovanniAlex Alajbegovic

PianoDeana Zhu

FluteElizabeth Ritter Kelsey Carpenter Tara DorjeLillian Schneyer Kevin Zhang Emily Shiau OboeLisa Read Hannah Wallace

Bassoon Sandy Schwartz

Bb Clarinet Noah Chen Hyejin Park Micaela Keller JD PortzJeho Shin Vincent Pakela Amelia Clark

Bass Clarinet Kalana Athukorala Elise Baker Alto Saxophone Mohan Kothari Michelle Wang

Tenor Saxophone Kaelan Oldani

Baritone SaxophoneRobert Schirmer

TrumpetChris BaconEli TurnerLiam Davis-BradyJaewon HurDarien Skifstad Forrest Flesher

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French HornMichaela Clague Celia Arsen Saidah Rahman Ben Sadis

TromboneJoshua GoodmanRaymond Zhao

Bass TromboneVictor Pernicano

EuphoniumLauren Springgay Josh Freidland

TubaIan Cox Aaron Crane Patrick Kersch

String BassMichael Franklin

Percussion Zach Colton Jackson Griffith Sophia Klein Billy Reece Ben Zeffer David Abatan Alan Zhang

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Trumpet Adlai Reinhart

Alto Saxophone Aidan Wada-Dawson

Tenor SaxophoneEddie Codrington

TromboneZoe Cutler

PianoOren Levin

Bass Sam Collins

DrumsDeondrae Jones

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FluteKelsey Carpenter (S) Lucille Hu (H)Anna Latterner (P)Hannah Lynn (P)Elizabeth Ritter (S)Ellen Sauer (P)Paulina Tsao (H)

PiccoloGrace Ganzel (H)

OboeAnna Hayman (P) Nicole Joslin (H)Lisa Read (S)

English HornAlex Maynard (P)

Bassoon Anuraag Bharadwaj (H)Liz Choi (P) Trevor King (P)Sandy Schwartz (S)

Bb Clarinet Allen Chang (H) Noah Chen (S) Emily Ji (H)Wei Luo (P)Anurima Kumar (P)Vincent Pakela (S)Griffin Roy (P)Jeho Shin (S)Jordan Steiff (H)

Bass Clarinet Kalana Athukorala (S) Brinda Yarlagadda (P)Chelsea Young (H)

Contra-Bass Clarinet Isaiah Davis (P)

Alto Saxophone Mohan Kothari (S) Jonathan Lynn (P)Kevin Tian (P)Michelle Wang (S)

Tenor Saxophone Alexander Ginsberg (P) John McCall (H)Kevin Yang (H)

Baritone SaxophoneBrian Cong (H)Robert Schirmer (S)

TrumpetChris Bacon (S)Lorna Barron (H)Oliver Barron (H)Liam Davis-Brady (S)Forrest Flesher (S) Ian McKenny (P)Katy Ross (P)Isabelle Salley (H)Charles Wang (P)

French HornCelia Arsen (S)Hannah Bartoshesky (H)Megan Battersby (P) Michaela Clague (S)Sara Jahanian (H)Melissa Palfey (P) Saidah Rahman (S)Evan Wright (H)Martin Yang (P)

TromboneHalley Bass (P)Kevin Blaesing (P) Zoe Cutler (H)Joshua Goodman (S)Eric Shen (P)Alan Stahl (H)Raymond Zhao (S)Renee Zhao (H)

Bass TromboneVictor Pernicano (S)

EuphoniumAmanda Blackson (H)Josh Freidland (S) Elliot Polot (P)

TubaIssac Balinski (H)Aaron Crane (S) Jonah Henkin (H)Anna Inohara (P)Patrick Kersch (S)

String BassSarah Adams (P)Michael Franklin (S)John Vaughn (H)

Percussion Michael Barton (H)Zach Colton (S) Peter Doyle (P) John Fan (P) Jackson Griffith (S) Taylor Johnson (P) Jacob Joslin (H)Billy Reece (S) Seth Stancroff (H)

Students are listed alphabetically. (H)=Huron, (P)=Pioneer, (S)=Skyline

The following is an abbreviated version of an article written by Daryl Hurst, which appeared in the June 2006 issue of the Ann Arbor Observer.

usic had been part of the curriculum when Ann Arbor opened one of the nation’s first high schools in 1856, but over the school’s first 50 years, the battles over academ-ics versus arts ensured that music courses never stayed in

place very long. Music instruction usually took the form of singing or piano, leaving instrumental ensembles to be formed by students as extra-curriculars. The first was a Banjo Club in 1892, followed by a mandolin club in 1895. What could be considered the first orchestra at Ann Arbor High also formed in 1895, but like its successors over the next several years, it was more of a dance band and usually had more winds than strings.

When a spectacular New Year’s Eve fire consumed the school building in 1904, classes were forced to meet in community buildings, and the formation of music ensembles stalled. But when a new and better Ann Arbor High School opened in 1907, school life resumed quickly, and student music groups re-formed.

Meanwhile, music was flourishing at the U-M, much to the benefit of nearby Ann Arbor High. In 1914, Earl V. Moore of the School of Music set Margaret Cooley’s Purple and White to music, giving Ann Arbor High its alma mater. (William Champion later composed Push On, the school fight song.) And during the 1913–1914 school year, the first instrumental ensemble of strictly wind and percussion instruments — what we identify as a band — was formed at Ann Arbor High.

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Eighteen boys form first-ever band, which makes its debut at the Muskegon football game in the fall.

Band formed again, but then, perhaps due to the U.S.’s entry into WW I, the band program disappears for an entire decade.

1924Joe Maddy, founder of Interlochen, hired at half-time at U-M and half-time with Ann Arbor public schools. Re-establishes high school band program.

The 1914 Omega credits principal W. Merton Aikin with leading the call for players. Eighteen boys were selected, and the new band made its first appearance at the Muskegon football game that fall.

The band formed again in the 1914–1915 school year. It marched at football games and the city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and presented a joint concert in the spring with the orchestra and glee club. Perhaps derailed by the U.S.’s entry into World War I, however, the band then disappeared for another decade.It would take a visionary man to re-define the band and make it a permanent fixture at Ann Arbor High School. That man was Joe Maddy, who went on to create the world-famous National Music Camp at Interlochen, and who today is considered by many to be the father of instrumental music in the public schools of America.

Maddy was called to Ann Arbor in the fall of 1924 by Earl Moore, who had just become head of the U-M School of Music. With thrifty ingenuity, Moore arranged for Maddy to work half-time as head of music education at the U-M and half-time as music supervisor in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Maddy’s enthusiasm and vision for advancing music education would find fertile ground in Ann Arbor. In his three years at Ann Arbor High, Maddy re-formed the band and orchestra. An innovative instructor, he established the early traditions of musical excellence at the school. Maddy was also a good promoter, persuading the administration to provide funds for instruments and working with the local Rotary Club to purchase new uniforms. Because of confusion with the school administration over course definitions, academic credits, and scheduling, however, the band and orchestra comprised the same students, who would simply play different instruments on different days.

The influence of Joe Maddy and Interlochen on the world of high school music is legendary, but not everybody appreciated his groundbreaking work. In his book Interlochen, A Home for the Arts, Dean Boal relates how Ann Arbor school superintendent Otto Haisley, hired the same year as Maddy, grew increasingly frustrated with his employee’s new venture in northern Michigan. Haisley called Maddy “a crazy damn fool” for undertaking “a fool project like the camp” and fired him from the public schools. (Maddy’s own version, as told to Verne

The William Chapman era, which sees an expansion of the band program (to record 58 students), the admittance of the first female musicians, and new, snappy military marching style.

1928-41First “Bands in Review” held as a fundraiser.

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First “Bands in Review” held as a fundraiser.

Under Clarence Roth, the band enters state competitions and tours for the first time.

1950-53In late August, first band camp held at Interlochen.

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Collins, was that he resigned so that he could devote more time to the camp.)

After Maddy’s departure the band and orchestra became more distinct, with different conductors, different rehearsal times, and different members. But in a reprise of Maddy’s double duty, Nicholas Falcone, the newly hired Director of Bands at the U-M, also directed the band at Ann Arbor High for the 1927–1928 school year.

This was the same year that the Michigan Stadium opened, and Falcone was busy introducing military-style drill into the Michigan Marching Band’s on-field performances. He soon found his work at the U-M consumed all his time, so he did not continue in the high school position.

Falcone’s succesor, William Champion, was the first of many long-serving directors. He expanded the band program, oversaw the admittance of the first female musicians, and gave the marching band a snappy military style. He also worked to make the band a strong concert ensemble, adding instruments not used in marching like the oboe, the bassoon, and the alto and bass clarinet. Champion also started band programs in the elementary and junior high schools.

Under Champion the students presented the first “Band Frolic,” which included several novelty acts along with the standard concert music. After a few years, this gave way to a more formal performance, which continues to this day in the form of the high schools’ Winter Band Concert. The tradition of marching from the high school to the football games was also established during Champion’s tenure, as was the “AA” formation on the field, which continued until 1969, when the division of the school into Pioneer and Huron high schools forced a change to separate “P” and “H” formations.

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William Champion

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Clarence Roth1946-1962

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New, larger Ann Arbor High School opens on the corner of Main and Stadium.

1956Due to a population surge, Ann Arbor High splits in two to become Pioneer (1967) and Huron (1969).

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Champion, an officer in the naval reserves, was called to active duty in 1941. Once again, the world at war seems to have an impact on the numbers of students involved in band: from a high of 58 under Champion, membership dropped to 37 under new director E. Rollin Silfies.

Charles M. Yates, the director for the next three years, seemed to regain some ground in student numbers and in the performance level of the band, which even participated in the U-M May Festival at Hill Auditorium. For reasons that are unclear, however, Yates left at the end of 1945–1946 school year.

After Yates left, Superintendent Haisley convinced former colleague Clarence Roth to come to Ann Arbor and take over the instrumental music programs. Haisley’s first charge to Roth was to get new uniforms for the band; the old ones from Champion’s time were faded and worn. Roth put together the first “Bands in Review” concert in 1947 as a fundraiser. The uniform salesman convinced Roth that purple dye just didn’t hold up, so the new uniforms were maroon with gold

piping. While later generations of band members would ridicule this choice of colors, Roth and his band wore their spiffy new uniforms with pride.Roth brought back Bands in Review in 1950 and made it a permanent institution, featuring all the district’s middle school and high school bands. The

same year, Roth began taking the high school band to state competitions, where it consistently received first-

division ratings. In the postwar boom, Huron and Main streets became business routes for the new Interstate highway system, so the band now marched to the

And now...

Band CampThen...

Skyline opens.

2008Due to a population surge, Ann Arbor High splits in two to become Pioneer (1967) and Huron (1969).

Friday night football games down State to Hill and west to Wines Field, with the school victory bell carried up front.

Under Roth the band also began to tour, performing at the International Lions Club Conventions in Chicago, New York City, and Miami in 1953–1956.

In 1948, Clarence Roth established one of the band’s most cherished traditions: he asked Joe Maddy for permission to take Ann Arbor High’s band to Interlochen for a week of “band camp” in late August. This was likely the first high school band camp of its size and scope in the nation. This August will mark the 67th annual band camp for Ann Arbor high school students.

Within a few years after the end of World War II, Ann Arbor school trustees began to plan for a new, larger high school to accommodate the baby boom. The band program moved into its new home at Main and Stadium in April 1956 with the rest of the student body, faculty and staff. It wasn’t long before the band program established the annual Picnic Pops Concert on the front lawn of the new building.

At the new school, the bands saw unprecedented growth and success under another series of excellent directors. When Ann Arbor High was split into Huron and Pioneer in the late ’60s, the band program also divided into two—and both have thrived, winning national recognition by music educators and adjudicators. The Grammy Foundation has designated both Huron and Pioneer as Signature Schools several times in recent years, placing their overall music programs (bands, orches-tras and choruses) among the top few dozen in the country. In 2006 and 2011 the GRAMMY Foundation named Pioneer its National Signature School—the only school to win a GRAMMY twice. In 2008, Skyline High School opened its doors and in a short time has built a reputation of its own for musical achievement and excellence.

The success of all three high schools is a fitting tribute to the band program at old Ann Arbor High, which established the foundations for the long-term success and excellence of music in the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Huron, Pioneer and Skyline bands commission GRAMMY-winning composer Michael Daugherty. His piece, Vulcan, premieres at Centennial Concert.

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FluteAlexis Scott Chantelle Shields Janette Ahn Judy Suh Iris He Elizabeth Choi Annelie Gross Luisa Pospiech Clarisse Jorah Rebecca Papp NaTiyah Hugan Rachel Shearon Charlotte Borgers Phoebe Johnson Rachel Banks Hyojin (Sophia) Im Ashley Cole Oboe Cristina Pappas Bb ClarinetNikhita Jacob Hannah Yao Brandon Yuan Michaela Hennebury Aurey Coleman-Hosmon Shreya Chakravarthy Zoe H. Crane Franklin Kong Nicholas Brinkel Shu Fan (Cage) He Nia Blair Beatriz Esquivel Jeffrey Ding

Bass ClarinetJimmy Lechtner

Alto Saxophone John Crawford David LaBurn Esther Chen LaNashia Jones Kelvin Yu Jaylen Robinson Che-eun Im Tenor Saxophone Charles Goetzke Baritone Saxophone Ben Spisak TrumpetJane Mintz Daniel Zacks Michael Botello Zoe Dorsey Grant McLean Matthew Uytingco Trevon Coble Kyle Davenport Misaki Joh Jada Wimberly

French Horn Taryn Curtis Prianna Williams Jake Krzeczkowski

TromboneMatthew Vetort Lexie SperlbaumJames Leonard Oceana Bailey James Kay II Benjamin Tolo

EuphoniumMason DeVarti Tuba Tamarian Porter

PercussionGrace Murphy Ross Grogan-Kaylor Nanako Hamada Daniella Lemerand Faith Whitley Yi Fan (Emerson) Zhang William Kirk Adonis Thomas-Fuentes Isaac Kaczor

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FluteJulia Mouat Ling Peng Fiona Powell Lonnique Brewer Sanika Kulkarni Chae StellrechtGauri Bapat Sophia Martin Rainey Pesheck Claire Christensen Elena Fang Dominick DeFazio Oboe Grace Schickling Darby Hakken Claire Davenport Matthew Ferraro Bb ClarinetBen Vinnik Genera Fields Will Jibson Nicole Hocott Celia Chagnovich Daniel Yoo Ryan Reynolds Yo Yo Pao Isaac Weiss Catie Coveyou Carolyn Corey Lizzie Riles Ramon Diego Bass ClarinetChristian Castle Patrick Kollman Andrew Lemerand

BassoonLuke Erdevig Sarah Lancaster Jean Hu Alto Saxophone Ben Janevic Dylan LeeBernie Kellman Michelle Syer Grace Wissman Natalie Marr Tenor Saxophone Tiernan Slawecki Avishag Eliav Baritone Saxophone Philip Ognenovski Tommy Kim Michael Moses TrumpetKai Hoffman Owen Hughes Paul Gerisch Max Douthit William Welch Alex Copp Halee Mahoney Max Housner Grace EricksonMatthew Schickling Jack Pakela Jack Zender Henry Huang

French Horn Ben Schreiber Jonathan Thomas Isabella Comai Maddie Wilson Alexander Saad Kira Hettmer TromboneLuke Giordano Rohan Janakiraman Trevor Wells Akane Kanesaki

EuphoniumNate HeedAlec Doss Andrew Duncan Tuba Tommy Burke Jordan George-Nwogu Ben Lindstrom PercussionNathan Ng Kitae Jung Jacob Carrera John Nicklas Michael Brazeau Nathan Morningstar Wouter Ritsema Luke Kreutzer Paul Cook Evan Pluth Noah Sadlier

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FluteJessica ZhangJean ChoJulia SmallLauren Morris (Piccolo)Tina GaliaSrikruthi ChiravuriGrace VanRenterghemNeerja GarikipatiSarah SherrickLydia Brattin Oboe J. J. EtterJenna Schenk

Bb ClarinetPavitra SrinivasanBrianna GrahamJadel WilliamsAmara ChikweGwen KabilAlex Wochna Bass ClarinetElyssa Engler

Alto Saxophone Emma ChangMauri JohnsonTracy Markray

Tenor Saxophone Samuel Williston

Baritone Saxophone Alex Cucos

TrumpetRobert CardwellGus DiGiovineReza NajafiElisha WoodsGwen DavisJeremy JohnsonJustin ParkVincent CwynarPeyton Slotnick

French Horn Rhianna BlevinsLydia HillVinay MatthewsLounis Bouzit TromboneCurtis LeeMaria Hill-CarruthersMarcus RigginsMatthew BernardBrendan Carroll

EuphoniumBrian Youk PercussionEli LevineLara PierceKara Wilson

FlutePreethi GopalHyewon KimJessica ChenRosa SchwankTianning BaiKatia Kukucka (Piccolo)Jinhee KwakTara Van NieustadtHannah Mauch

Oboe Shalini LakshmananDavid YoonEsther Lee Bb ClarinetAustin Choi So Jung Ham Kay WrightMonna DongLaura KanjiNadia AuchusSunyoung ShinKarn JongnarangsinKaren JiColin Bott Bass ClarinetKristen HaydenSuzan Karabakal

BassoonHadley VanRenterghemCharlotte James

Alto Saxophone Noah StollRichard ZhaoGavin HopsonMegan SmitOlivia Cell

Tenor Saxophone Samuel RichardsonKeri Haddrill

Baritone Saxophone Justin PolinerSteven Zou TrumpetNingrui WeiSamuel KohnWilliam BrennerShane HamNathaniel Gur-ArieMichael GlinkeAdam Kruger

French Horn Laura GroshTimothy MihockaMiguel PiperLily MacCormick TromboneAdela BakerChandramouli KrishnanMichael DekkerJohn Brinley

EuphoniumRobert PetersenMatthew Daida Tuba Juan AndersonWilliam Wang PercussionMira ShettyAayaam VermaDarius RostamiCraig CampbellDhanuj GirishJuliet MandellGrace Kent

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FluteBilly Dering YuLim Shin Ariana Trossen Jada Weatherspoon Garrett Renaud Isabelle Rolina Taylor Greene Kevin Xu Oboe Chiarra Elkort-Wickboldt Justin Forester

BassoonHannah Fenty

Bb ClarinetSunnie Hodge Sydney Schuster Katie Orringer Areej Othman Chris Williams

Bass ClarinetElyssa Engler

Alto Saxophone Matthew Blischke Jimmy ZhuDeja Newton Viktoria Giese

Tenor Saxophone Joseph Armstrong Samuel Lippert Baritone Saxophone Miles Schwarz

TrumpetAndrew Duquette Grant BennettToby Valentino Kourtney Musgrave Claire Smith

French Horn Anders Finholt

TromboneNathan Heffner Brendan Lawlor Owen PowersAnne BoydMax HammerJohn CraneHayley Nicole West Andrew Goedert Alex Chinn

EuphoniumAlex Winston-Brown

TubaNima Dorje PercussionJacob Schneyer Kristine Meader Charlie Siers Daniela Page Sander Rita Hathaway Kevin TorresNick PoleoTrip ApleyDevin Geary-Gillum

FluteGriffin Hanosh Katie Portz Matthew Ward Abbey McDonough Reshma Desai Esther KimAlison Choi

Oboe Cassandra Ritter Seungwon Hur Bb ClarinetCourtney Jones Paul Giuffrida Jack Lehker Janine Chouinard Inori Nakamura Bryan Lee Bass ClarinetHailey Trossen Nathan Ceely

BassoonAnnie Rashes Veer Shetty

Alto Saxophone James ReadDominic Valentino

Tenor Saxophone Ivan Soucy

Baritone Saxophone Brian Dokas TrumpetJoey Costello Alex Nosbisch Wesley Chen Dominic Betts Tong Liu Emma Mushaka Jonah Schmidt

French Horn Philip Kersch Maketa Mattimore Abe EllisonMegan McLaughlin TromboneMatt Orringer Akarsh Verma William Collicott Andrew Lemmen Drew Klinich Justin Zeffer Tuba Trevor O’Donnell Nick Angerman

PercussionSamantha Reach Anthony Norris Chris Morgan-Martin Jumanah Colvin Emma Kalnaraups Tommy Cohn

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“What a joy to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Band programs. In 1907 when the new Ann Arbor High School was built because the previous school had burned down, then Superintendent Herbert M. Slauson determined that there needed to be music education in our schools. In 1925, then Music Supervisor, Joseph Maddy approached the Board of Education to request $1,700 to purchase new instruments. This is the first recorded instance of the Board of Education purchasing instruments for student instruction. This support of excellent music instruction by the Board of Education, administration, teaching staff, parents, students, and the community at large has continued to this present day. We are so proud that our Ann Arbor Public Schools music programs are recognized for their excellence throughout the state and the nation. What a thrill to experience this centennial celebration together and acknowledge our extremely rich history and tradition.”

Robin Bailey, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator

Thank you

Pioneer Fund for Excellence in Academics

E. Daniel Long Fundfor Excellence in Music Education

Edward Brothers Malloy Publishing

Craig Beery, Associate Director of Bands,

Huron High School

Cary Kocher, Co-Director of Bands, Skyline High School

Nancy Waring, Associate Director of Bands,

Pioneer High School

to the following for your invaluable support of this Centennial celebration.

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