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Vol. 6, No. 2 January 16, 2015

BY ERIC D. RITTERJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

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The recent snowfall wasn’t kindto the Washington area. Manyof the roads were paralyzed withbumper-to-bumper gridlock asslick roads made driving difficultor impossible in some areas. Thatgridlock compounded the prob-lem, preventing area road crewsfrom effectively getting around thethousands of miles worth of high-ways and neighborhoods quickly.However, within the gates of JointBase Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB),things were going a lot smootherthan other areas.

“We did a fantastic job of re-sponding to this storm,” said JBABPublic Works Production OfficerAir Force Maj. Joseph Tortella.“The weather was slightly differ-ent than what we thought it wouldbe, but we monitored it the wholeway and adjusted our response aswe needed.”

Armed with snow plows, icemelt, shovels and a lot of strongbacks, the Public Works’ teamhit the roads and sidewalks theminute inclement weather wasabout to hit. But it wasn’t justgood equipment that helped makeJBAB’s travel lanes safer, it was also

the experience level of the crews.“These guys have been around

a long time doing this and havea lot of experience with winterweather,” Tortella said. “We hadeverything we needed ready togo, and they were ready for anycurveball the weather could havethrown.”

Tortella added that a lot ofcredit also goes to installation andtenant comments.

“Everyone communicated witheach other very well during this,and the support we received fromthem was fantastic.”

According to Tortella, thefirst storm of the year is alwaysa challenge, because it’s been afew months since they last expe-rienced these conditions. In thiscase, it’s been a year since this areahas seen its last snow.

Having motorists aware of theconditions around them helps too,Tortella said. “Be conscious of theweather conditions and rememberto have patience with the [snow re-moval] equipment around them.”

Most likely this recent snowstorm wasn’t the last for the sea-son, but Tortella said no matterwhat winter conditions may cometo JBAB, the Public Works teamwill be ready.

PublicWorks proves ready for winter driving

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY ERIC D. RITTER

Although the snow was enough to virtually paralyze commuting traffic throughout the DC Beltway region, it wasjust enough for children and families to make the best of it and have a fun day of playing in the snow.

BY JEREMY K. JOHNSONJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

A retirement ceremony washeld Jan. 8 at the Joint Base An-acostia-Bolling (JBAB) main cha-pel to recognize Chief MasterSgt. Richard Simonsen’s 28-yearcareer in the United States AirForce.

Simonsen arrived at JBAB in2012 and served as senior enlistedleader during the base’s transfor-mation from a military to civilianforce while continuing to supportnearly 50 tenant units and orga-nizations.

His career began in 1987 whenhe joined the Air Force from SanFrancisco, California. He trainedas a military broadcaster andserved at assignments in Spain,Italy, Japan, Germany and Wash-ington, D.C.

He also deployed multipletimes to Iraq and Afghanistan,surviving several improvised ex-plosive device attacks. His actions

earned him the Purple Heart andBronze Star.

Simonsen’s expertise washighly valued during his career. In2009, for example, he was assignedpublic affairs superintendent ofthe Armed Forces Inaugural Com-mittee.

Capt. Frank Mays said that asthe commander of JBAB, that ex-pertise has been valuable to himas well.

“I’d like to thank Chief Simon-sen for his sage counsel,” said Mays.“I’ve come to rely on his advice andinput. In a command with so fewenlisted, he was able to give me thepulse of other command’s troops.Chief Simonsen’s information andsubsequent advice were timely andspot on and helped me re-direct re-sources to emergent issues.”

Col. Kathryn Tate, Commander,579th Medical Group, spoke at theceremony and highlighted manyof his achievements. She gatheredstories from his previous co-work-ers and shared what they remem-bered of him.

When recounting his time atMisawa Air Base as a mid-careerAirman, she quoted a friend whosaid he brought his own particu-lar brand of humor to the radioshow he produced while hintingthat he has appeared much moreserious in the later years of his ca-reer. Not missing a beat, Simon-sen quipped, “I didn’t think I’dmake Chief.”

The ceremony was thorough,allowing time for both friend andpastor Brad Lapiska to talk aboutthe retiring chief’s faith and hu-manity, while also allowing Col.Tate time to discuss his profes-sional career and accomplish-ments.

Lapiska said that as a Chris-tian, Simonsen sees his militarycareer as service to both countryand god.

“He considers his faith as par-allel to his service, and a blessingto him. And because you’re im-

ChiefMaster Sgt. Richard Simonsen retires after 28 years

PHOTO BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON

Sheryl Simonsen attaches a retirement pin to the lapel of her husbandChief Master Sgt. Richard Simonsen’s uniform during his retirement cer-emony at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling main chapel Jan. 8. See RETIRE, Page 2

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BY REAR ADM.MARKHAM K. RICH

COMMANDANT, NAVAL DISTRICT

WASHINGTON

Team 88,Welcome to 2015. Over the

course of the last 12 months, Na-val District Washington (NDW)continued to perform up to thebottom line on our slide templatethat is, “setting the standard inNavy installation readiness andcommon operating support.” I amproud to say that in a great manyways we do in fact set the bar forCommander, Navy InstallationCommand (CNIC) and I couldn’task for a better team of profes-sionals.

However, while those wordsset a high bar for performance, itis important to have tangible goalsto work toward and to help bringour everyday efforts into a sharperfocus. One outcome of the tragicevents of September 2013 was ourprimary goals and objectives for2014. It was laid out for us in theform of a recovery plan for thoseitems identified in the post-trage-dy investigations and assessments.I mentioned on several occasionsthat the implementation of secu-rity improvements and the recov-ery and continuing care of thoseaffected by the tragedy were ourprimary mission. Although thoseefforts are not yet complete, ourprogress is significant and I com-mend each of you for your contri-butions toward those goals.

So, now it’s time to bring focusand clarity on where the NavalDistrict Washington needs to go in2015. My vision for the path aheadis outlined below in five broadgoals:

1. Improved staffing levels (hir-

ing processes)NDW is significantly under-

staffed across the region andacross several programs and spe-cial interest codes (SICs). A varietyof factors over the course of thelast several years have contributedto the current staffing shortfall.The region stood up Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling and Naval Sup-port Activity Bethesda the sametime as the Navy was implement-ing caps on numbers of billets.This meant we took on new mis-sions and responsibilities at a timeof restricted hiring authority. Justas we were coming to grips withthese challenges, the Navy enteredone of the most challenging fiscalenvironments we have seen.

First, we had to manage a sig-nificant mid-year cut to bothBase Operating Support Services(BOS) and Facilities Maintenance(FSRM) accounts, and monthslater, the implementation of se-questration. All of these factorson top of one another led us to anear-inability to hire even replace-ment staff for a significant period

of time. Finally, during the sametime period, we saw an unprec-edented reduction in HR capacityacross the Navy. To us, that meansthat although hiring restrictionshave been significantly eased, wesimply have not had the capacityto hire and bring people onboardfast enough. We must be innova-tive and rigorous in our efforts toimprove our hiring processes inorder to get staffing levels up towhere they need to be.

2. Implement a formal work-force development program

An invested workforce is a high-performing workforce. I knowfrom the results of our recent NDWHQ command climate survey thatmany people in the region arelooking for more professional de-velopment opportunities. We arein the early stages of implement-ing several initiatives that will be-gin addressing those concerns andI want to underscore my commit-ment to this program.

3. NDW governance modelAcross the CNIC enterprise,

regions differ in the degree towhich programs and missions areregionalized. Some are highly re-gionalized while others remainmore installation centric. This isunderstandable since CNIC wasonly stood up as an enterprisea little more than ten years ago.More than 70 bases all over theworld, with many distinctly differ-ent major claimants, not to men-tion joint bases, means virtuallyevery installation started out witha different operating environment.We have come a long way in thedecade since, with significant im-provements in standardization ofprograms, services and processes,but much work remains.

One of the challenges I see here

in NDW is the need, due to bud-getary pressures on several pro-grams, to increase the degree towhich we are regionalized. Thisdoes not and must not change thefundamental facts of our businessmodel - our programs are execut-ed at the installation level and ourcustomers’ interfaces are largelyat our installations. However, wearen’t resourced to a level that af-fords our installations to have thein-house capability to perform allof their missions without regionalsupport. So, our challenge is toenhance efficiency of the region’ssupport to our installations suchthat our installations can executetheir programs with greater effec-tiveness. The way in which we aregoing to accomplish this is with anenhanced NDW governance mod-el. Our N5, N8 and N1 are teamingtogether now to develop the pro-cesses that will enable us to imple-ment the new governance.

4. Institutionalize improved se-curity processes

We learned a great deal aboutshortcomings and best practicesin our security programs in theaftermath of the tragic events ofSept. 16, 2013. Since then we haveinvestigated, assessed, and imple-mented corrective actions andimprovements to our region andinstallation security programs,and we have improved our rela-tionships with our security part-ner organizations outside of ourfence lines. However, that work isnot yet complete. We must also in-stitutionalize the corrective mea-sures and relationships such thatwe maintain continuous aware-ness of our security environmentand we continuously improve ourprocesses.

5. Continuous improvement in

Environmental and Energy pro-grams

We saw significant improve-ments in our energy efficiencyduring 2014 and have undertakenmany new energy initiatives. Wehave the enterprise model for thefuture Shore Operations Center(SHOC) right here at NDW. TheSHOC has and is developing capa-bilities, which will allow us to drivegreater efficiencies in every aspectof shore operations - from securityto facility maintenance. We havemore installations eligible for en-ergy and environmental recogni-tion programs and competing athigher levels than ever before. Thisis just the start.

Our task, as CNIC’s leaders inenergy and environmental per-formance, is to carry that forwardacross the CNIC enterprise. Wehave both significant challengesand great opportunities to achievethis goal. Our installations haveunique challenges from the per-spective of expanding our cultureof energy conservation. We havesignificant limitations to what wecan do in much of our infrastruc-ture. But, we are still early in ourlearning curve of energy initiatives- we still have low hanging fruitfrom the energy conservation per-spective and similar opportunityfor development of alternative en-ergy projects.

The vision I have outlinedabove now requires that we takeit to the next level. Our next stepis to establish defined, measurableobjectives so we can evaluate ourprogress and adjust course as nec-essary over the year. Muchmore tofollow - I look forward to workingwith all of you on these importantinitiatives.

Thanks Team 88

Commandant’s Corner

portant to him, he would have hisfaith shared with you,” he said.

It was his faith during a difficulttime in the nation’s history, Lapis-ka continued, that led Simonsen todouble down on his service to hiscountry.

“Following the events of 9/11,it was kind of turning point in hislife and his journey of faith thatwent from religion to relation-ship,” he explained. “So what hesays is after the events of 9/11 hejust started thinking about spiri-tual matters a great deal more.Religion means impressing Godwith your good works. Relation-ship means you do good works forothers because of the work Jesus

did for you on the cross.”After awards, certificates and

tokens were handed out to theretiree and his wife, Sheryl, Si-monsen stepped up to the lecternto offer his own thoughts. One byone, he addressed his wife andfour children – recognizing eachfor the special relationship theyhave and letting them know heloved them.

He also offered advice to young

enlisted leaders looking to make acareer of the military.

“I didn’t learn this until I wasa senior master sergeant, soyoung enlisted folks, listen close.Your job in the military is to sup-port your commanders. The bestway you can do that,” he said, “isknowing - inside and out - yourunit’s mission, vision, and yourcommander’s priorities. If youknow those things, you can act in-

dependently because you alreadyknow the commander’s intent. So,support your officers.”

He closed by lightening themood with a gentle teasing pokeat Air Force culture.

“The future is going to be justas difficult and just the same as ithas always been – because in 25years they will complain aboutthis ‘new’ evaluation system,” hejoked.

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Rear Adm. Markham K. Rich,commandant, Naval District

Washington

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BY LT. CMDR.JIM REMINGTON

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-

BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

An elite and award-win-ning Australian band, ElthamHigh School SymphonicBand, which hails from thecity of Eltham, a suburb ofMelbourne, joined The Unit-ed States Air Force Band for acombined concert band clinicand individual musical per-formances to kick off its two-week U.S. tour Dec. 8.

“Today is a fantastic op-portunity, one of those raretimes we can come togetheras two nations in a commonlanguage of music that we’rehearing here today, seeing itwork effortlessly across anydistance and just harmo-nizing together,” said RoyalAustralian Air Force Air Com-modore Gary Martin, whoserves as the air attaché at theAustralian Embassy in Wash-ington, “which is exactly whatwe try to do with our militaryrelationships on a one-to-one basis throughout all ofthe American armed forces,whether working togetherwithin a coalition, separatelyor supporting one another.”

During its three-hour visitto Joint Base Anacostia-Bol-ling (JBAB), the 54-memberEltham High School Sym-phonic Band sat side-by-side

with The U.S. Air Force Band,during which time the twoparticipated in a mentorshipclinic before each separatelyrehearsed and recorded mu-sical selections of their ownchoosing for a videoproducedby the Air Force Band’s pro-duction staff. The Air ForceBand subsequently webcastthe video, featuring a total offour pieces (two performedby each band) during the nextmorning on Australia-timefor Eltham’s audience backhome.

Kate Scalzo, assistant tothe principal at Eltham Highand mother of recently-grad-uated flutist Lauren Scalzo,said shefirstwatched it onherlaptop at 5:30 a.m. becausethat’s when she first receivedit from Lauren. She addedthat many of Lauren’s friendsand family alsowatched it be-cause the link was sent so farand wide.

“I walked into work andour Principal Vincent Sicariwas sitting at his desk withthe performance playing; halfof the school were doing thesame thing. It was wonderfulto see our kids holding theirown with such a band as theU.S. Air Force Band. They areall such lovely young peopleand haveworked so hard. Thestudents in the symphonicband have truly created afamily environment, and each

one of them will tell you it’s aunique experience. I knowthat even as Lauren movesinto university life, she willalways talk about her time in‘Sympho,’” said Kate Scalzo.

Putting the piecesin place

Initial contact betweenthe bands came from RickPlummer, conductor of theEltham High School Sym-phonic Band and director ofmusic at the school. Plummerreached out to the Air ForceBand’s director of EducationOutreach, Master Sgt. BryceBunner, after the ElthamHigh School Band had beenselected to perform at theprestigious annual MidwestClinic International Band,and Orchestra Conferencein Chicago. Plummer knewthat including a visit to TheUnited States Air Force Bandalong with a performancerole at the Midwest Clinicwouldmake for amotivating,exciting and memorable tripfor current band membersandwould be in keepingwithEltham’s proud legacy.

“This particular ensem-ble has come to Americatwice before, and both timesthey’ve gone to the MidwestClinic in Chicago. That’swhy we’re coming this timeof year, because we’re end-

ing up at the Midwest Clinicin Chicago. Once we lockedthat in, we thought let’s doa tour this year,” Plummersaid. “We felt that this groupof students was particularlycommitted to the program,quite talented, and beforethey left school it was time totake them on a tour.”

With a tour in mind,Plummer knew that the Mid-west Clinic would mark theend of the tour because it fin-ishes just days before Christ-

mas. He also knew that thebandwould need a solid startto launch it.

“We thought, the one en-semble that we really wantto work with is The UnitedStates Air Force Band,” Plum-mer said. “They’re kind ofour heroes.”

Bunner, originally fromEvansville, Indiana, remem-bers Plummer’s call.

“So this Australian bandcontacted me out of the bluelast spring and said they

had applied to the MidwestBand and Orchestra Clinic,which is a very prestigiousconference to which second-ary and elementary schoolensembles can apply. Onlya very small percentage ofapplicant bands actually getin. They had applied andthey had been accepted,”he said. “And so now theywere building this U.S. touraround it. And they wanted

Two bands strengthen strategic cultural, military ties through music

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These photos were submittedby our on-base community fol-lowing the Jan. 6 winter weather.The Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling(JBAB) Public Affairs Office wel-comes all community photos. Ifyou take photos on or around JBABand would like to share, pleasesend them to paojbab@gmail.com.Don’t forget to include what’s go-ing on in the photo along with yourname so we can give you a photocredit in a future issue of the JointBase Journal.

Joint Base community enjoys the first snowfall of the year

The iconic Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling jet that sits inside the ArnoldGate weathers the first snowstorm of 2015.

JBAB resident Jennifer Sweeney sat on a runway at Reagan National Air-port for two hours Jan. 6, as she waited for the weather to clear enoughfor flights to resume.

3-year-old Madelyn built a snowman on JBAB after the season’s first snow storm Jan. 6.

Despite early predictions of lessthan an inch of accumulation, JBABreportedly received three to sixinches of snow during the firstsnowfall of the year.

Corey Culler, a custodian fromLeckie Elementary in Washington,D.C., ensured the school sidewalkswere shoveled and safe for stu-dents Jan. 6. District schools re-mained open during the storm dueto early reports of accumulationexpectations being less than aninch of snow.

Several angel sightings were re-ported on JBAB. Most of them inthe residential areas rather thanthe base chapel.

Children living in Doolittle Park onJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling built asnowman Jan. 6.

One-year-old Scarlett enjoyed herfirst snow experience Jan. 6 atJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

JBAB resident, Tank Klaver, sawsnow for the first time Jan. 6. Hisowners say he was not impressed.

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BY ERIC D. RITTERJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Grilled chicken breast sand-wich, Italian salad, veggies withhumus, gourmet burgers andmany more healthy options wereunveiled at the recent officialgrand opening of Spinz at Po-tomac Lanes Bowling Center hereon Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling(JBAB).

Those healthy choices are notexactly what you’d expect to findat a bowling alley, but accordingto Potomac Lanes Bowling Centermanager, Carl Gittings, the newmenu is an effort to bring some-thing new and unique to JBAB.

“We wanted something a bitmore upscale,” Gittings said.“We’re doing a lot of things differ-ently now that will appeal to ourcustomers more.”

One of the biggest changes isthat many of the food items areproduced on site instead of or-dering and shipping to the eatery.Modeled after the Spinz at CNIC(Commander, Navy InstallationsCommand), Gittings said theywere able to determine a goodmodel that would be successful.

“Our new menu items are pre-pared here now,” he said. “We areall about offering freshmenu itemsto our customers. We now havemany items that are consideredvery heart healthy, to even includevegetarian items. Even all of ourbreads are baked here to ensurewe keep fresh items.”

Spinz has been operating underthe name for several weeks, but therecent grand opening ceremonywas a way to get the word out tothe base community that a new,upscale eating establishment isavailable on JBAB.

During the ceremony, patronswere treated to many of the itemsfrom the new health-consciousmenu. Gittings said he was pleasedwith the response from customers.

“The reaction was amazing,” headded. “All of the responses werereally positive, and I’m really ex-cited that we’re able to offer thistype of menu here.”

Spinz Grand Opening and new menu is right up JBAB’s alley

U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY ERIC D. RITTER

Spinz opened its doors to offer free samples of the new menu to customers.

Every item that is on the new Spinz menu was prepared to perfection dur-ing the grand re-opening.

JBAB Commanding Officer (far left) pose with Spinz staff during theevent.

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to build the beginning ofthis U.S. tour around us,coming in and having a per-formance and then at theend they would culminateat Midwest.”

A natural fit for The U.S.Air Force Band

The visit and collabora-tion were a natural fit for theAir Force Band because of itsrole and interest in mentor-ing student musicians fromthe elementary to collegiatelevels and its long-standingrelationship with the Austra-lian air attaché.

The band calls its men-torship program AdvancingInnovation through Music(AIM), which it formally es-tablished in the spring of

2012.“The band used to do lots

of education outreach, butwe decided, with our com-mander, to make it moreof a formal program and toreally expand our outreachopportunities in 2012. That’spart of our Department ofDefense mandated missionfrom the secretary of de-fense, to promote outreachin schools. And we’ve reallystarted doing some amazingthings leading us to this Aus-tralian event,” said Bunner,the program director withinthe band.

Through AIM, the AirForce Band conducts out-reach with bands in the na-tional capital region (NCR),but alsowell beyond. In someinstances, the band makescontact with school bandsand musicians while alreadyon tour across the UnitedStates and around the world.

While at these destinationsbeyond the NCR on Air Forcemissions, the band will taketime to visit and work withstudents in the area. Othertimes student bands visit theAir Force Band’s hangar onJBAB, as Eltham did, whilein Washington. These vis-its can range from a tour ofthe band’s headquarters toclinics focused on specificensemble types (e.g. jazz,concert band, or choir) or onindividual instruments or in-strument families.

“Our AIM program is anoverwhelming success. In thelast year, we’ve gone to morethan 70 schools and reachedmore than 15,000 studentsand educators. It’s just a per-fect Air Force program thatgives us face-to-face contactwith students for no cost tothe Air Force, and it’s alsojust a wonderful experiencenot just for the students who

are featured but for our folksas well,” said Bunner.

Since the Air Force Bandhad been performing at theRoyal Australian Air Force’sWashington ball for as longas he can remember, Bunnerthought to invite the Austra-lian air attaché.

“Bryce was our hero here,getting us involved with thewhole process. This has alsobeen passed down to ourembassy’s cultural area andthey can distribute the linkfor this performance to giveour people back home theopportunity to listen and getour ambassador on boardwith it,” said Martin. “Wehave an enduring relation-ship from the embassy sidewith The U.S. Air Force Bandbecauseweget together everyMaywhenwe hold our ball inWashington, D.C., which isattended far and wide. Wealways use the services of

the Air Force Band, and theStrolling Strings is our favor-ite. They’re generally in thereevery year with us and that’sbeen going on for about 18years.”

Musical selectionsWith both the Air Force

Band locked in at the frontend and the Midwest Clinicon the back, Plummer said,he and the band began towork on the music and theremainder of the tour datesthat would fall in between.

The band began prepar-ing for this tour almost 18months ago according toguest conductor Ingrid Mar-tin. The specific works theyperformed for the Air ForceBand and their audienceback home began in July andSeptember 2014. For the oc-casion the band chose onepiece by an Australian com-poser and the other by anAmerican.

The Australian composerthe band chose, TaranCarter,is a former student at ElthamHigh School. He and a num-ber of his siblings have beenin Eltham’s music programover a long period of time.The band’s selection was anunusual and dramatic scoretitled “Moondani: Black”and features unconventionalinstrumentation. The pieceis a reflection on Carter’s ex-perience dealing with violentbushfires that came throughthe local area of Eltham HighSchool in 2009, fires to whichhe lost his family home.

“So this work was a re-sponse to that experience,”

explained guest conductorIngrid Martin. “Taran is veryinteresting in terms of howhe uses color. That’s one ofthe things that’s so unusualabout that piece. There are alot of extended techniques forthe ensemble:Using radios inthe middle of the piece, ask-ing percussionists to bowcymbals, and things like thatto create a lot of soundscape.These ideas really evoke theAustralian bush sounds thatwere around and the soundsto which these students areaccustomed to waking up to,or hearingwhen they come toband rehearsal at 7:30 in themorning. So that’s sort of alittle bit about why that piecesounds the way it does. Wewanted to bring somethingAustralian and this is some-thing so unusual and inter-esting.”

Of Carter’s “Moodani,”Plummer said there aremanydifferent things happeningmusically and emotionally inthe piece, “from a beautifulserene section in the middle,where everything strips backand we hear some very, verybasic writing in the sensethere’s not a lot going on, butthe way that it’s put togethersounds really beautiful be-cause of how sparse it is. Soreally it shifts the music backto just a few notes. It’s amaz-ing how they combine andcreate emotion.”

The second piece theband performed is writtenby American composer ScottMcAllister titled, “Black Dog”which features a rock ‘n’ roll-style clarinet solo.

“‘Black Dog’ is a reallyfamous Led Zeppelin tune,and the idea of this piece isthe clarinetist, the soloist,is meant to be depicting aculmination between a leadsinger at the front of a heavymetal band, and I also heara little shred guitar in it. Sobasically the clarinetist is therock star and the band is therest of the band backing her,”said Plummer.

Ingrid Martin said that“Black Dog” was chosen inpart to feature one of theband’s most talented mem-bers, clarinetist AlessandraPrunotto.

“It’s really kind of rock ‘n’roll for concert band. Eventhough it has this kind of rock‘n’ roll flavor to the way themusic is constructed and thesoundof it, I believe theback-ground of it is, ‘Black Dog’ isreferring to that idea of de-pression as it is being a eu-phemism for depression andmoving through it. I knowthat has been a theme in anumber of Scott McAllister’spieces. I think it has some linkto Frank Zappa as well,” saidMartin.

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