THE OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PROUDLY PRESENTS

Around the World in

One Evening

Alberta Kimball AuditoriumNovember 1, 20127:30 P.M.

DANIEL J. SINGERDirector of Bands

BRIAN K. WILSONAssociate Director of Bands

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M WILDCAT BANDFor the New Day Arisen (Virginia) ............................................. Steven Barton

Fortune Teller’s Daughter (Eastern Europe) ............................. David Gorham

Jana’s Dance (Southwestern United States) ..................................... David Gorham

Orion (Belgium) ....................................................................... Jan Van der Roost

CONCERT BANDEncanto (Spain) ........................................................................ Robert W. Smith

Russian Sailor’s Dance (Russia) ............................................. Reinhold Glièrearranged by Merle Isaac

Under the Double Eagle (Austria) ............................................... Josef Wagnerarranged by Andrew Glover

VARSITY BANDTuscola Mountain Celebration (Appalachians) ........................... Paul Murtha

Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song (Japan) ................................. Samuel Hazo

Three London Miniatures (England) .................................. Mark Camphouse 1.Westminster Hymn 2. For England’s Rose 3. Kensington March

WIND ENSEMBLESymphonic Songs for Band (New York City) ................. Robert Russell Bennett 1. Serenade 2. Spiritual

Of Sailors and Whales (On the Seas) ....................................... Francis McBeth 1. Ishmael 4. Ahab 2. Queequeg 5. The White Whale 3. Father Mapple

FOR THE NEW DAY ARISEN ............................................. STEVEN BARTON Steven Barton is a native of Western Pennsylvania and holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Commonwealth University. He has taught both high school and middle school bands in South Dakota, North Carolina, and Virginia. He is currently Director of Bands at Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield County, near Richmond, Virginia. Barton is active as a percussionist in the Richmond area and records with the Keystone Wind Ensemble.

For the New Day Arisen was commissioned for the dedication of the new George Washington Carver School in Chesterfield County, Virginia. A fanfare in the traditional ABA form, the work includes a percussion interlude that serves as a transition to the recapitulation. This exciting and energetic piece demands rhythmic independence from the individual performers. It was premiered on October 26, 1997 by the Carver Advanced Band under the direction of Pamela W. Barton. This piece is approximately three minutes in duration. — Steven Barton

FORTUNE TELLER’S DAUGHTER ......................................... DAVID GORHAMDavid Gorham is the very successful director of bands at Owasso High School in Oklahoma where his bands continue to rank among the finest in America. A gifted composer as well as one of the nation’s top music educators, Gorham has become one of the country’s most popular composers for young bands and one whose music is in demand by leading military band and university ensembles. He and his family live in Owasso, which is a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

An intriguing selection, The Fortune Teller’s Daughter, is a mystery. Simplistic beauty combines with more complex ideas as the music story unfolds. Is she dancing, or is she day-dreaming, or... is this really just a dream? This piece is approximately three minutes in duration. — David Goham

JANA’S DANCE ............................................................ DAVID GORHAMThis high energy, very rhythmic original work introduces students to some exciting “adventures in time.” Shifting between time signatures while shifting between contrasting styles makes this unusual work a particularly strong piece educationally.

The work starts with a vigorous beginning in common time, then shifts to 3/4 time and immediately returns to common time and then back to 3/4 again. This pattern continues several times before easing into a contrasting lovely melodic, legato section. The high energy opening rideas return and build to a rhythmic frenzy before settling down for a quiet, pleasant ending. This piece is approximately two minutes in duration. — David Gorham

ORION ................................................................ JAN VAN DER ROOSTJan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in 1956. At a very young age, he was introduced to the prominent names in the wind, fanfare and brass band repertoire and very soon Van der Roost felt the urge to put something on paper himself. At the Lemmens Institute, he received a thorough musical education and he received a triple laureate diploma for trombone, music history and music education. In 1979 he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp, culminating in a diploma for composition. At the present he teaches at the Lemmens Institute and conducts the wind band. Besides being an arranger and composer, he conducts a mixed choir and the Midden Brabant brass band and is in high demand as an adjudicator.

There are all sorts of marches: fast and slow, solemn and energetic, military and civil, procession, and funeral. Orion is a so-called “slow march,” in which the moderate tempo, however, does not make a passive or heavy impression. On the contrary, this concert march contains natural optimism and spontaneity. The almost constantly present rhythmic “pulse” in the percussion gives this majestic march a noble character. This piece is approximately four minutes in duration. — Jan Van der Roost

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S ENCANTO ................................................................. ROBERT W. SMITHRobert W. Smith is one of the most popular and prolific composers of concert band and orchestral literature in America today. He has over 600 publications in print. As a conductor and clinician, Mr. Smith has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe and Australia. He is the principal conductor of the American Symphonic Winds and the American Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, which professional recording ensembles based in Washington D.C.

Encanto opens with a stately fanfare played first by a small brass ensemble and then by the whole band. The syncopated main theme is first played by the clarinets, then passed to oboes, flutes, trumpets, and alto saxophones. The slow middle section features several soloists in the flute, saxophone, and trumpet sections. The opening fanfare reappears at the end of the piece and leads decisively to a powerful ending. This piece is approximately five minutes in duration. — Robert W. Smith

RUSSIAN SAILORS’ DANCE ............................................ REINHOLD GLIÈREReinhold Glière was born in Kiev, the son of a wind instrument craftsman. He became proficient at the violin at an early age and was admitted to the Kiev School of Music at the age of 16. Three years later, he entered the Moscow Conservatory where his interest in composition flourished under Sergei Taneev and Michael Ippolitov-Ivanov. After graduation, he accepted a teaching post, later spending a year studying conducting in Berlin. As Director of the Kiev Conservatory, Glière was motivated into a prolonged study of the folklore and music of Azerbaijan. He moved to Baku, where he composed several operas and collected background information for his popular ballet The Red Poppy. Following his return to Moscow, he composed symphonies, concerti, and marches, in addition to operas and ballets. Much honored, he escaped the condemnation from the Russian government that many of his fellow composers endured.

Russian Sailors’ Dance is the best known excerpt from Glière’s landmark ballet The Red Poppy. The scene depicts an uprising on a Chinese ship and the successful intervention of the Russian sailors. This energetic dance music is based on Yablochka (Little Angel), a popular Russian folk tune, and it takes the form of a series of variations in this work. This piece is approximately three minutes in duration. — www.WindBand.org

UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE ............................................. JOSEF WAGNERJoseph Franz Wagner was born on March 20, 1856 in Vienna, Austria. He spent the bulk of his musical career as a bandmaster in the Viennese army. Although he was fondest of Vienna, Wagner spent fourteen years as the bandmaster of the 47th Infantry Band in Trient. During his tenure, the 47th Regiment Band became one of the finest in Europe and Wagner developed a reputation of great brilliance. Wagner resigned from the army in 1899, aspiring to follow in the successful path of Franz Lehar, who had a distinguished career after leaving military music. Wagner organized a successful band and orchestra and continued to compose until he died in 1908 at the early age of 52.

Unter de Doppeladler Marsch, or Under the Double Eagle March has been a popular march and a favorite of bands and audiences for over a century. Originally published in the late 1880s in Austria, it was rearranged and released in America several years later. The march became extremely popular in the United States and was recorded several times by the Sousa Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company near 1900. This piece is approximately three minutes in duration. — Andrew Glover

TUSCOLA MOUNTAIN CELEBRATION .................................... PAUL MURTHAComposer and arranger Paul Murtha is a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania where he studied jazz arranging with John Morris and theory with Richard Napolitan. In 1983, Paul earned a B.S. degree in Music Education with a minor in Jazz Studies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. While at Duquesne, Paul studied jazz arranging with John Wilson and orchestration with Joseph Wilcox Jenkins. Paul has written music for acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Patti LaBelle, and Ken Burns’ “Music of the Civil War.” He has also written extensively for some of the top high school

marching bands in the country, including The Norwin High School Band in North Huntingdon, PA. From 1990 to 1996, Paul served as the Chief Arranger at the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, NY and is currently the Chief Arranger for The United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”) in Washington, D.C., where he writes for all elements of the United States Army’s Premier Band.

Tuscola Mountain Celebration begins with a joyous fanfare before the clarinets introduce the main theme, consisting of only five notes. As other sections join, the theme is transformed and the low voices present an interesting counter melody. The tranquillo lullaby section adds contrast for a short while before the main theme is reintroduced. This piece was commissioned for Jim Crocker who served as band director at Waynesville Township High School, Tuscola High School and Waynesville Junior High School. This piece is approximately five and a half minutes in duration. — www.Spoke.com and Brian Wilson

FANTASY ON A JAPANESE FOLK SONG ................................ SAMUEL HAZOSamuel R. Hazo resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife and children. In 2003, Mr. Hazo became the first composer in history to be awarded the winner of both composition contests sponsored by the National Band Association. He has composed for the professional, university and public school levels in addition to writing original scores for television, radio and the stage. Mr. Hazo has been a music teacher at every educational grade level from kindergarten through college, including tenure as a high school and university director. Mr. Hazo was twice named “Teacher of Distinction” by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Teachers’ Excellence Foundation. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Duquesne University where he served on the Board of Governors and was awarded as Duquesne’s Outstanding Graduate in Music Education.

Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song tells the story of a Japanese girl who is given a music box by her mother and father when she is just a child. This music box plays the Japanese doyo (child’s song) “Sunayama.” As a young girl, this music box always provided a sense of comfort and solace during her trying times. When she becomes an adult, she falls in love with an American and faces the choice of staying in her Japanese village or marrying and going back to America with him. She is so much in love with him, that she chooses to leave. She later realizes the need to feel close to her culture – part of her always wonders if there was a life for her in her native Japan. As time goes by, this sense of conflict, which was more easily suppressed in the beginning, surfaces with more intensity, showing that only in a woman's heart can there exist an inner-love and an inner-war simultaneously. Balancing her love for her husband with her love for the culture she left behind gives way to painful episodes. During these moments, her only method of coping with her circumstance is to lock herself away, open the music box given to her as a child, and at the sound of the very first note, to cry. This piece is approximately five and a half minutes in duration. — Samuel Hazo

THREE LONDON MINIATURES ...................................... MARK CAMPHOUSESince 1984, Mark Camphouse has served as Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Radford University in Virginia. Born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, in 1954, he graduated from high school a year early and went on to receive his formal musical training at Northwestern University. He taught at universities in Illinois, Minnesota, and Oklahoma. Musical composition started at an early age, with his First Symphony being premiered by the Colorado Symphony at the age of 17. His To Build A Fire won the 15th Annual National Band Association’s Composition Contest in 1991. Tribute (1985) and Elegy (1987) were runners up for the American Band Association’s Ostwald Award. He is an elected member of the ABA and serves as coordinator of the NBA’s Young Composer Mentor Project. Camphouse has served as guest conductor, lecturer and clinician in North America and Europe.

I have had the pleasure of visiting Great Britain on three occasions; twice for professionally related work in 1975 and 1995, and most recently while on a family vacation during the Holiday Season, December-January, 1996-97. If I had to select a ‘favorite’ foreign city, London – with it’s warm

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S people, unique urban charm, and rich historic and cultural traditions – would certainly rank at the very top. While all of the musical arts thrive in that fascinating city, the majestic and dignified traditions associated with English choral singing in particular, are especially impressive and memorable to experience. “Westminster Hymn” centers around a sturdy (originally composed) hymn tune having a decidedly Anglican flavor. Intermittent brass fanfares represent the regal and ceremonial traditions of Westminster Abbey. “For England's Rose” is an expressive, lyrical tribute to the late Princess Diana (1961-1997). “Kensington March” is a spirited, petite march in English Style. This piece is approximately eight and a half minutes in duration. — WindBand.org and Mark Camphouse

SYMPHONIC SONGS FOR BAND ........................... ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETTRobert Russell Bennett’s early music studies began with his parents. He later studied with Carl Busch and Nadia Boulanger. Most of his career was spent as an orchestrator for over 300 Broadway musicals from the 1920s into the 1960s. Examples of these include Show Boat, Girl Crazy, Of Thee I Sing, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and Camelot. He also worked on the documentary Victory at Sea by developing melodies by Richard Rodgers into over twelve hours of music. His original works include seven symphonies for orchestra and an opera. Bennett also hosted his own radio show and wrote the book Instrumentally Speaking on scoring for theater groups. Besides his original compositions for winds he made band arrangements for works such as Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma!, and The Sound of Music.

A three-movement suite, the Symphonic Songs for Band was composed in 1958 on a commission from the national band fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, and was premiered at the national convention in Salt Lake City.  In the composer’s words:

Symphonic Songs are as much a suite of dances or scenes as songs, deriving their name from the tendency of the principal parts to sing out a fairly diatonic tune against whatever rhythm develops in the middle instruments.  The Serenade has the feeling of strumming, from which the title is obtained, otherwise it bears little resemblance to the serenades of Mozart.  The Spiritual may possibly strike the listener as being unsophisticated enough to justify its title, but in performance this movement sounds far simpler than it really is.  The Celebration recalls an old-time county fair in cheering throngs (in the woodwinds), a circus act or two, and the inevitable mule race.

We will be performing the first two of three movements this evening. These movements are approximately nine minutes in duration. — WindBand.org and WindRep.org

OF SAILORS AND WHALES ............................................ FRANCIS MCBETHWilliam Francis McBeth was a prolific American composer and educator who wrote for piano, choir, symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, and over thirty works for wind band. He was Professor of Music and Resident Composer at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas from 1957 until his retirement in 1996. He was appointed Composer Laureate of the State of Arkansas by Governor Bob C. Riley in 1975, the first such honor in the United States. The popularity of his works in the United States during the last half of the twentieth century led to many invitations and appearances as a guest conductor where he often conducted the premiere performances of his compositions, the majority of which were commissioned. His international reputation as a conductor and clinician had taken him to forty-eight states, three Canadian provinces, Japan, Europe, and Australia.

This tone poem is based on five scenes from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Each of the five movements is based on a character in the book and each begins with a narrator. Of Sailors and Whales was commissioned by and is dedicated to the California Band Directors Association, Inc., and was premiered in February 1990 by the California All-State Band, conducted by the composer. The work is sub-dedicated to Robert Lanon White, Commander USN (Ret.), who went to sea as a simple sailor. Please see the next page for more information. This piece is approximately fifteen minutes in duration. — Jesse Leyva and James Huff

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTORS...Welcome to the 2012 Fall Band Concert!  The students of the OWHS Bands have put in many hours of individual practice, small group sectionals, and full group rehearsals to prepare this performance for you.  Though we are only one quarter into the school year, each of these young musicians has made tremendous progress in their ability as band musicians. A special “Thank You!” goes to all of the parents and family members in the audience for supporting our program and for giving us such wonderful kids to work with each day.  Without your support, we would not have the success we have each year.  Thanks again for attending this performance.  Enjoy! — Dan Singer and Brian Wilson

WHY MUSIC MATTERSMusic is being eliminated from school programs around the country, and that may have tragic consequences for many kids. Children who study music boast better SAT scores than those who don’t — as much as 63 points higher in verbal and 44 higher in math. Indeed, music helps to improve overall academic performance, especially in math, where many U.S. test scores lag. Now, a grassroots movement called SupportMusic is fighting to keep music in our schools. Among its most passionate supporters are Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael, who have their own band. “Music is the stuff that keeps us alive,” the actor told us. “It has the power the heal us, move us, and stimulate our minds and bodies. Kids need the education fundamentals.” Michael Bacon added that music “build skills and discipline.” You can find out more at www.SupportMusic.com. — Intelligence Report

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As our society becomes more diversified, we recognize the importance of integrating many cultural traditions within our curriculum. We want our students to become familiar with many kinds of celebrations, but not at the expense of others’ beliefs. Our program is a blend of carefully chosen literature supporting several traditions and celebrations.

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I. ISHMAEL“Call me Ishmael! I go to sea as a simple sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft up there, in the royal masthead. I’m tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts.”

II. QUEEQUEG“Now Queequeg’s father was a High Chief, the king, and his uncle, a high priest. There was excellent blood in his veins – royal stuff. It was quite plain though, he must be some abominable savage, but Queequeg was a creature in the transitory state – neither caterpillar nor butterfly. Savage as he was, and hideously marred about the face, his countenance, yet, had something in it. Through all his unearthly tattooing and in his large, deep eyes – fiery, black and bold – there seemed to be tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils.”

III. FATHER MAPPLE“There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and then all was quiet, and every eye was on the preacher. Father Mapple rose and in prolonged solemn tones like the continued tolling of the bell in a ship that a floundering at the sea in a fog – in such tones, he commenced reading the following hymn:”

The ribs and terrors in the whaleArched over me a dismal gloom

While all God's sunlit waves rolled by,And lift me lower down to doom.

In black distress I called my Godwhen I could scarce believe Him mine,He bowed His ear to my complaint,no more the whale did me confine.

My songs forever shall record,That terrible, that joyful hour,

I give the glory to my God,His all the mercy and the power.

IV. AHAB“As I leveled my glance toward the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran all over me. Captain Ahab stood on the quarterdeck. So powerful did the whole grim aspect of Ahab affect me, that for the first few minutes, I hardly noted the barbaric, white leg on which he partly stood.”

V. THE WHITE WHALE“Bedraggled with trailing ropes and harpoons and lances, Moby Dick seemed possessed by all the angels that fell from Heaven. Retribution, swift vengeance, internal malice were all in his aspect. The birds, the birds! They mark the spot! The whale, the whale! Up helm, up helm! Oh ye sweet powers of the air, he turns toward us. My God, stand by us now!”

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DATE TIME EVENT WHERE WHO November 15, 2012 6:30 PM Oshkosh Holiday Parade Downtown Oshkosh ALL OWHS BandsNovember 20, 2012 6:00 PM Appleton Holiday Parade Downtown Appleton ALL OWHS BandsNovember 21, 2012 1:00 PM UW-SP Wind Ens. Concert Kimball Auditorium ALL OWHS BandsNovember 27, 2012 6:15 PM BBB v. Osh. North West Gym #1 Blue Pep Band November 30, 2012 All Day Eighth Grade Band Day Kimball Auditorium Wind Ens. / 8th GradersNovember 30, 2012 7:00 PM “Tuba Christmas” Fox Valley Lutheran HS Tuba/Euph. StudentsDecember 7, 2012 6:15 PM BBB v. Appleton West West Gym #1 White Pep BandDecember 14, 2012 6:15 PM BBB v. Appleton East West Gym #1 Blue Pep BandDecember 21, 2012 3rd Period West Holiday Concert Kimball Auditorium Wind Ens. / Jazz Ens.January 3, 2013 All Day Pep Band Tour Traeger, S. Park, Tipler ALL OWHS BandsJanuary 18, 2013 6:15 PM GBB v. Menasha West Gym #1 White Pep BandJanuary 25, 2013 6:15 PM GBB v. Appleton West West Gym #1 Blue Pep BandFebruary 7, 2013 6:15 PM BBB v. Fond du Lac West Gym #1 White Pep BandFebruary 14, 2013 7:30 PM Mid-Winter Concert Kimball Auditorium All Concert EnsemblesFebruary 8, 2013 6:15 PM GBB v. Appleton North West Gym #1 Blue Pep BandFebruary 21, 2013 6:15 PM BBB v. Oshkosh North West Gym #1 White Pep BandMarch 1, 2013 4:00 PM District Solo & Ensemble Neenah High School Jazz Ensemble & Combo March 2, 2013 8:00 AM District Solo & Ensemble Neenah High School Band EventsMarch 7, 2013 8:00 PM North/West Orchestra Kimball Auditorium WE Orch. MembersMarch 12, 2013 8:00 PM All City Orchestra Kimball Auditorium WE Orch. Members March 13, 2013 All Day FVA-South Honor Band UW-Oshkosh Honor Band StudentsApril 1-6, 2013 Band Trip to Washington DC, Philadelphia, and New York Interested Students April 25, 2013 7:00 PM W.E. & UW-P Concert Kimball Auditorium Wind EnsembleApril 27, 2013 8:00 AM State Solo & Ensemble UW-Oshkosh State Qualifiers May 7, 2013 8:00 PM Spring Band Concert Kimball Auditorium WC / JE / WEMay 9, 2013 8:00 PM Spring Band Concert Kimball Auditorium CB / JE / VB May 16, 2013 8:00 PM West Orchestra Concert Kimball Auditorium WE Orch. MembersMay 27, 2013 9:00 AM Memorial Day Procession Downtown Oshkosh ALL OWHS BandsMay 28, 2013 7:00 PM Music Awards Night “O” Room - OWHS Award Recipients June 2, 2013 3:00 PM “Jazz in the Park” Oshkosh Jazz Ens., / Vocal JazzJune 7, 2013 7:00 PM Graduation Ceremony UWO - Kolf 2013/14 Wind Ens.

BUFFALO WILD WINGS FUNDRAISER NIGHT!Enjoy a few wings while you raise money for the band! A portion of the profits from the night will be donated back to the West Bands. Simply show the provided flyer to your server. More information and flyers to come from your student!

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OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONMr. Stan Mack II, Superintendent of SchoolsDr. David Gundlach, Deputy SuperintendentMr. Michael Nault, Executive Director of Human ResourcesMr. Bob Tess, Executive Director of Business ServicesMrs. Julie Mosher, Director of Curriculum and InstructionMs. Holly Rottier, Director of AdministrationMs. Kim Brown, Director of LearningDr. Robert Geigle, Director of Special Education and Pupil ServicesVacant at Publishing, Assistant Director of Special Education and Early Learning

OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATIONMr. Steve Dedow Mr. Karl LoewensteinMr. Steve Eliasen Ms. Kelli SaginakMrs. Allison Garner Mr. Matthew WiedenhoftMr. John Lemberger

OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT BAND DEPARTMENT.....................................Mr. Charles Bauer Merrill, Carl Traeger and Tipler Middle Schools

..........................................................................Mrs. Emily Bauer South Park Middle School.........................................................................Mr. Ryan Branta Perry Tipler Middle School

................................................................Mr. James Dorschner Oshkosh North High School..........................................Mr. David Hamilton Webster Stanley and Tipler Middle Schools

......................................................................Ms. Karen Kriege Carl Traeger Middle School........................................................................Mr. Daniel Singer Oshkosh West High School

.........................................................................Mr. Brian Wilson Oshkosh West High School

OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONDr. Ann Schultz, Principal Mr. Kevin Wachholz, Dean of StudentsMrs. Lexi Ballweg, Assistant Principal Mr. Brad Jodarski, Activities DirectorMr. Timothy Doleysh, Assistant Principal

OSHKOSH WEST HIGH SCHOOL BAND OFFICERSLogan Anderson, Varsity Band David Mathers, Concert BandBryan Brandt, Concert Band Bradley Philips, Wind EnsembleRyan Brown, Technology Zachary Porior, TechnologyAustin Gafner, Wind Ensemble Daphne Thompson, Varsity BandColin Kerrigan, Wildcat Band Luke Zangl, Wildcat Band

SPECIAL THANKSO.W.H.S. Administration Mrs. Christina ConnO.W.H.S. Custodial Staff Mr. James EdgertonO.W.H.S. Guidance Department Ms. Yukiko GrineO.W.H.S. Secretarial Staff Mr. Tom HansonO.W.H.S. Band Parent Organization Mr. Larry KlauschMrs. Lisa Anderson Mrs. Jana SingerMs. Dori Arbter Ms. Caity VoelkelMr. Herb Berendsen Parents of Musicians

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Good Evening!

Your students have worked hard to develop a great performance for you tonight. Please observe the following guidelines to make it enjoyable for all.

■ Refrain from talking. While the person next to you may be happy to know that your new llama’s name is Myrtle or that you really enjoy underwater basket weaving, please inform them after the concert — not during.

■ Please turn off ALL electronic devices. There is nothing like the sound of a phone ringing during the height of a piece of music. If the composer intended to include a sound clip of “My Heart Will Go On” in his piece, he would have written it into one of the students’ parts.

■ Don’t wave at your student during the concert. Your student knows you are attending tonight. In fact, you probably brought him or her here.

■ Please refrain from taking flash photography. Camera flashes can be distracting and have the possibility of adding a few “extras” to the music that the composer didn’t originally envision. Besides, you don’t want your student to walk off the edge of the stage from flash blindness, do you?

■ Remain in your seat for the duration of the concert. Each seat in the auditorium has a great view of the stage and your student. Your camera or video camera works very well from where you are seated. Please do not sit or stand in the aisle for this.

■ Please stay to enjoy the entire concert. The students have worked very hard to provide you with an enjoyable evening. Out of respect for all students, do not leave until after all bands have completed their programs. Besides, you might miss an encore (wink, wink!).

■ Applaud at appropriate times. Students appreciate your applause after a piece you enjoyed. Be aware that some pieces have multiple movements, and applause is only appropriate after the finale of the last. Can you imagine how long the concert would be if we left more time for clapping?

■ Do not leave the auditorium during a piece of music. It is disrespectful to cause this distraction for the performers and other audience members. Approved exceptions include removing a screaming child from the auditorium (please do!) or if you are on fire.

■ Enjoy the music! Why else would you be here?

Failure to observe these rules may result your being required to go on stage and PLAY THE BASSOON.

—Brian Wilson and Dan Singer