MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

WIND SYMPHONY

Conductor Kevin L. Sedatole

Guest Conductors

Brent Echols Brian Taylor

Faculty Artist

Gwendolyn Dease

Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 7:30 PM Cobb Great Hall

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

PRE-CONCERT MUSIC Joel Love In Memoriam (2014) b. 1982 I. Threnody

II. Adieu Group Two Evan Harris, Soprano Saxophone Eric Zheng, Alto Saxophone Adam Epler, Tenor Saxophone Tyler Young, Baritone Saxophone

PROGRAM Igor Stravinsky Fireworks, Fantasy, Op. 4 (1908) 1882–1971 Brian Taylor, conductor

David Maslanka Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990) 1947-2017

INTERMISSION

Emmanuel Chabrier Marche Joyeuse (1888) 1841-1891 arr. Fred Junkin Brent Echols, conductor

Adam Schoenberg Migration Symphony no. 2 (2017) b. 1980

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GWENDOLYN DEASE | FACULTY ARTIST Gwendolyn Dease is professor of percussion and area chair of brass and percussion at the Michigan State University College of Music. Passionate about educating the next generation of young musicians, she regularly gives master classes at universities throughout the United States and has been an instructor at the Interlochen Arts Camp since 2005. Dease began her musical career at the age of two, studying piano and violin. As a percussionist, Dease maintains a full career as an active solo, chamber, and orchestral musician, having performed recitals throughout the U.S., Asia and South America. She is an advocate for new music and has participated in groups to commission new works from composers such as Alejandro Vinao, Peter Klatzow, Paul Lansky, Martin Bresnick, John Serry and Roshanne Etezady. She currently serves as principal percussionist with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and hasperformed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Solisti New York Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. The winner of the Keiko Abe Prize at the Second World Marimba Competition in Okaya, Japan, Dease was also the top prize winner at the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts’ ARTS competition. Additionally, she was awarded the performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music and has also been the recipient of the Outstanding Young Musician award from the Peabody Conservatory and the Yale Alumni Award. Dease released her first solo CD in October of 2007 of all six Cello Suites by J.S. Bach arranged for marimba. She released her second CD "Boomslang" of new works for the marimba in the fall of 2011. She studied with world-renowned professors Robert van Sice, Keiko Abe, and John Beck. She holds degrees from the Interlochen Arts Academy, Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and the Yale School of Music.

NOTES Fireworks, Fantasy, Op. 4 | Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky’s Fireworks, a brilliant orchestra showpiece, is a very earl work. Written in 1908 wile the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korzakov, it is dedicated to his teacher’s daughter Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the young composer his first experience in handling of a large orchestra (full winds and brass, fairly large percussion, celesta, and two harps in addition to a sizeable string section.) Though lasting less than four minutes, Fireworks has an importance altogether beyond its intrinsic merits; for it is the work which, at is premiere in 1909, first drew Diaghilev’s attention to Stravinsky and so led to the lengthy collaboration which produced such masterpieces of ballet as The Firebird, Petrouchka, and The Rite of Spring. -note by Southern Music Company

Concerto for Marimba and Band | David Maslanka This piece has more the nature of a fantasia than a classical concerto. It is in two large halves, the first very quiet and serene, devoted to rhapsodic melody and transparent textures, and the second starting with a huge dynamic build up and then moving through a relatively brief spurt of fast and fierce music before settling to a quiet and transcendent close. -note by the composer Marche Joyeuse | Emmanuel Chabrier In September 1888 Chabrier wrote to his publisher that he would be orchestrating six piano pieces: what would become his Suite pastorale, and La marche française and the Andante in F. Delage proposes that the Andante was originally performed in 1875 at the Cercle de l'Union artistique in Paris, with Jules Danbé conducting his orchestra. However, the pieces are also related to Chabrier's Prélude et marche française for piano 4-hands, completed by May 1885, the Andante having by then become a Prélude. The concert at which the premiere of the Prélude pastoral and Joyeuse marche took place also included the first performance of Chabrier's Suite pastorale and Habañera, España (all conducted by the composer), plus Rossini's William Tell Overture, Mozart's Divertimento No. 2 for two horns and strings and the Adagietto from Bizet's L'Arlésienne. By the time of the Paris premiere in April 1889, the title had changed to Marche joyeuse. The piece was again enthusiastically received. The final version of the work's title was reached at a Lamoureux concert on 16 February 1890, when the march became the Joyeuse marche. However, the Prélude then disappeared until it surfaced among autographs belonging to Robert Brussel in 1943. The Joyeuse marche became particularly popular, and was also played in a piano duet version. The version you hear this evening was skillfully transcribed for wind band by Texas Hall-of-Fame wind conductor Fred Junkin.

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Migration Symphony no. 2 | Adam Schoenberg Migration was commissioned by the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music and Texas Performing Arts for The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble, and is dedicated to Jerry Junkin. In the weeks following the November 8th election, I have been thinking a lot about immigration. It’s a controversial and divisive issue. It is also one of the foundations of our great country. I myself am fourth-generation American. My ancestors immigrated from Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania. I grew up in a town of 750 people in rural Massachusetts. It was a pretty typical American childhood. Carefree and idyllic. I never really thought about how my family had gotten here, or what it had taken to make that journey. The narrative behind Migration is inspired by my wife, and her family’s journey to America. As she likes to say, “No one leaves where they’re from unless they believe that something better awaits them.” While writing this piece she and I talked at length about the emotional journey that many immigrants experience. If you don’t push yourself to dream about what awaits you, then how do you have the courage to leave behind all that you know? If you don’t envision a new home where all of your hopes and dreams can be achieved, then how do you survive in a completely unfamiliar place? Janine’s parents did what many immigrants dream of doing: they became citizens, worked hard, and eventually bought a home. But their central focus was always making sure that their children would succeed. They fought to give them opportunities that would not have been possible elsewhere. They are the sacrificial generation. Their children are the embodiment of the American Dream. Each year individuals from all over the world come to the United States seeking more opportunities. Whether they are escaping religious persecution, government instability, or social and political inequality, they are all searching for something better. This is, after all, the land where anything is possible. A place where all of your dreams can come true, no matter where you come from. -note by the composer

MSU WIND SYMPHONY KEVIN L. SEDATOLE | CONDUCTOR FLUTE Ju Won An, South Korea James Brinkmann, Chicago, IL Felipe Boas, São Paulo, Brazil Stefania Neumann, Salt Lake City, UT Mady Steffen, Rockford Tzu-Shan Fu, East Lansing OBOE Emily Demski, Rochester Youjin Roh, Seoul, Korea Aaron Woodman, Chappell, NE BASSOON Rachel Frederiksen, New Braunfels, TX Octavius Hernandez, Lansing Natalie Law, Columbia Falls, MT Caden Ridge, Denton, TX CLARINET Nolan Cardenas, Indianapolis, IN Hakeem Davidson, Desoto, TX Cade Dembski, East Lansing Lisa Lachowski, Rochester Hills Theresa Lam, Hong Kong Lei Min, China Elizabeth Rodeck, Grand Ledge Stephanie Sowers, Minneapolis, MN Dukhyun Sung, Seoul, Korea Ally Szeles, Kalamazoo Jiale Wang, Wuhan, China SAXOPHONE Adam Epler, Richardson, TX Evan Harris, Lansing Eric Zheng, Tucson, AZ Tyler Young, Aberdeen, NC HORN Joey Essenburg, Jenison Alex Everdeen, Dexter Adam Houston, Palatine, IL Dominic Occhietti, Iron Mountain Nicole Minney, Grand Rapids Kyndra Sisayaket, Pasco, WA Katharine Walters, Dearborn

TRUMPET Michael Barkett, Youngstown, OH Willis Dotson, South Haven Connor Johnson, Dexter Joshua Harris, Fresno, CA Christiena Taralson, Fargo, ND Mason Rorapaugh, Medina, OH Jeremy Perkins, Bainbridge, GA TROMBONE Kevin Clancy, Lansing Austin Blower, Wyoming Jared Jarvis, Lansing BASS TROMBONE Daniel Tzu Yi Chien, Taipei, Taiwan Denis Jiron, Los Angeles, CA EUPHONIUM Ryan Malburg, Wixom Nathan Wood, Houston, TX TUBA Ben McWilliams, Augusta Jake Molle, Bentonville, AR Andre Thacker, Greensboro, NC PERCUSSION Mickey Bertelsen, Bay City Henry Eichman, Harrisburg, PA Noah Ende, Long Island, NY Cameron Halls, Waterford Dan Hartung, Aberdeen, SD Matt Kokotovich, Romeo Isaac Pyatt, Greensboro, NC PIANO Elene Kobulashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia HARP Belle Coty, Grand Rapids CELLO Imjeong Choi, China BASS GUITAR Bakari Williams, Dallas, TX STRING BASS Albert Daeschle, Seattle, WA

CONDUCTING FACULTY BANDS Kevin L. Sedatole Director of Bands David Thornton Associate Director of Bands | Director, Spartan Marching Band Arris Golden Assistant Director of Bands | Associate Director, Spartan Marching Band CHOIRS David Rayl Director of Choral Programs Jonathan Reed Associate Director of Choral Programs Sandra Snow Associate Director of Choral Programs JAZZ Rodney Whitaker Director of Jazz Studies Etienne Charles Assistant Director of Jazz Studies Michael Dease Assistant Director of Jazz Studies Diego Rivera Assistant Director of Jazz Studies WIND CONDUCTING TEACHING ASSISTANTS Rebekah Daniel, Doctoral Brent Echols, Masters Simon Holoweiko, Doctoral Brian Taylor, Masters Hunter Kopczynski, Doctoral BAND STAFF Lupe Dominguez Administrative Assistant

LIBRARIANS SET-UP INSTRUMENTS Rachel Frederiksen Gabby LeVangie Natalie Law Stefania Neumann Mei Lin Mady Steffen Kimberly Roe

WIND & PERCUSSION FACULTY

Richard Sherman, Flute Ava Ordman, Trombone Jan Eberle, Oboe Philip Sinder, Tuba/Euphonium Michael Kroth, Bassoon Kevin Brown, Double Bass Guy Yehuda, Clarinet Gwendolyn Dease, Percussion Mingzhe Wang, Clarinet Jon Weber, Percussion Joseph Lulloff, Saxophone Chen-Yu Huang, Harp Corbin Wagner, Horn Deborah Moriarty, Piano Justin Emerich, Trumpet

UPCOMING EVENTS

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | February 7, 2020 | 8:00 PM Cobb Great Hall | Wharton Center for Performing Arts

CONCERT BAND & CAMPUS BAND | February 18, 2020 | 7:30 PM Cobb Great Hall | Wharton Center for Performing Arts

MSU PROFESSORS OF JAZZ | February 19, 2020 | 7:30 PM Cook Recital Hall | MSU Music Building

CONCERT ORCHESTRA | February 20, 2020 | 7:30 PM Cobb Great Hall | Wharton Center for Performing Arts

REBEL – TAYLOR JOHNSTON EARLY MUSIC SERIES February 25, 2020 | 7:30 PM Fairchild Theatre | MSU Auditorium

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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WIND SYMPHONY Italy Tour 2020

In celebration of 150 years of MSU Bands, the Wind Symphony will travel to Italy for a performance tour during May 2020. The final performance of the tour will take place in the hometown of noted MSU Director of Band Emeritus, Leonard Falcone. The ten-day performance tour will take this acclaimed ensemble throughout Italy with stops in Rome, Florence, Lucca, and Roseto Valfortore. To make this trip possible, we need YOUR help! Student experiential sponsorships are crucial for many of our students to participate. Please consider making a gift to help send an MSU student to Italy. You may make your gift via check, made payable to MSU, indicate AE0601 in the memo line, or with a secure online credit card gift at givingto.msu.edu or scan the QR code for a direct link to the gift cart. For more information on how to give, please contact Madison Dugan at duganmm@msu.edu or at 517-432-4888.