R Reeppoorrtt · 2019-09-19 · Battisti ’s 70th birthday on June 27, 2001. All of the composers are or have been af-filiated with the New England Conservatory. Michael Gandolfi

Summer 2001

ReportReportDouglas Stotter, editor

From the Podium

In this Issue:News ............................................................ 2

On-line Publications Survey Results........3

Forum ..........................................................4

Recording Review ......................................5

Programs, State by State ........................... 6

Special Feature ......................................... 21

Business.................................................... 24

Dear CBDNA Colleagues,

I hope this finds you well and enjoying the change of pace sum-mer brings. For me, summer means an opportunity to “catch up”on stacks of reading materials and the time to look seriously at themany new scores that arrived during the academic year. Duringthis period of “rehabilitation” I also review each concert tape fromthe previous year and begin to make programming decisions forthe upcoming year. As Dickens said, “these are the best of timesand the worst of times”. It is often difficult to be brutally honestwith myself (have you seen the recent commercials on this sub-ject?) regarding the quality of my own performances. However,this annual ritual has been a real catalyst for growth as I try todetermine what I need to labor over before Labor Day. The jobdoes not end there. The intensive task of making programmingdecisions can be exhaustive also! If I examine the repertoire I amperusing with the same standard that I hope for in my perfor-mances, Dickens famous quote once again rings true. Today’s windconductor has more music available to choose from than at anypoint in history, a profound change since I joined CBDNA twentyyears ago. I find a quandary in having so many titles availablesince much of the music appears to me to be “skin deep” andstrikingly similar in its construction and orchestration. This “bestof times” (amount of music) and “worst of times” (quality versusamount) dilemma is an ongoing artistic question all who conductbands face on a daily basis.

There is a historic sifting process that happens with the passingof time. As a result, much of the music from all previous eras ofmusic history goes unheard today. All wind conductors partici-pate in this process each time they select repertoire for any con-cert. As a result, the process and artistic reasons that go into pro-gramming seems to be the friction point for positive change to-ward building on these “best of times”. I used to think the solu-tion to the “worst of times” was totally in the hands of composers(“build it and they will come”). If we conductors could only con-vert the composers who would not write for band, we would beon our way to developing a stronger repertoire. The change inattitude toward the wind band medium by composers may be oursingle greatest accomplishment over the past fifty years. A tre-mendous amount of effort by many has gone into this revolutionin attitude. I now think the next step for defining our repertoire isincreasingly placed in the hands of conductors more so than com-posers (“program it and they will write it”).

In my opinion the “band” culture in the 20th century has beenprimarily entertainment oriented. This is true from the professionalbands of the early century to school bands of today includingmarching and concert organizations. What was revolutionary aboutthe Wind Ensemble as conceived by Fred Fennell was not the sizeof the ensemble but the awakening to the reality that a band shouldand could consider the quality of the music to be performed be-fore all other aspects of the organization. The number of peopleon the stage was simply a bi-product of selecting quality music.Instrumentation, names (Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, WindSymphony), and numbers are perpetual arguments that cloud thereal issue: quality of music. The Wind Ensemble movement asbegun by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and practiced by manyothers, is a cultural revolution within the wind band medium. Thosewho are willing to be revolutionaries will perhaps always be theminority in the total band conducting profession. However, it isthe revolutionaries in our profession who lead the repertoire to-ward its ultimate potential, as has been the case throughout thehistory of music.

As you prepare for next year, be brutally honest with yourselfand your students in programming music of the highest qualitywithin the grasp of your players potential.

Who knows, a revolution may occur within your sphere of in-fluence!

Michael Haithcock

2 - NEWSThe date of the Southern Division Con-

ference has been has been changed fromFeb. 13 - 16 to Feb. 20 - 23, 2001. Theconference will be held at the ClaytonCounty Public Schools Performing ArtsCenter in Atlanta.

The U.S. Army Bands have created awebsite with many resources for music edu-cators. “Army Bands Online,” at http://bands.army.mil, features monthly articles bysome of the top instrumentalists in the na-tion. It also has a worldwide web-scheduleto see what free band performances are be-ing held in a particular area or on a specificdate. There are free music downloads andinformation about Army careers in music.

Last spring the North Central Divisionheld elections for Regional Vice Presidentand Representative to the National Com-missioning Project. Matt George from theUniversity of St. Thomas [MN] waselected to the position of Vice President.Rodney Winther from the Cincinnati Con-servatory of Music becomes the representa-tive to the National Commissioning Project.

A consortium of 20 colleges and univer-sities have commissioned four composersto write pieces to commemorate FrankBattisti’s 70th birthday on June 27, 2001.All of the composers are or have been af-filiated with the New England Conservatory.

Michael Gandolfi will compose a tangofor wind ensemble, 6-8 minutes in length.This choice honors Frank’s love of tangosand the music of Astor Piazzola. Gandolfiis on the Composition Faculty at New En-gland Conservatory.

Michael Weinstein will compose a ser-enade with the exact instrumentation of theDvorak Serenade, Op. 44. The piece willbe 15-20 minutes in length. Weinstein ison the faculty of the Berklee College ofMusic and the Extension Division of NewEngland Conservatory.

Kenneth Amis, tuba player of the Em-pire Brass Quintet will compose a 8-10minute overture for orchestral winds.

Lior Navok will compose a 20 minutework for chorus and wind ensemble. Pres-ently he is completing doctoral work at theNew England Conservatory where he stud-ies with John Harbison.

All pieces will be premiered sometimebetween Spring 2002 and Fall 2003.

Glenn Price at the University of Calgaryannounces their wind conducting diplomaprogram featuring Gunther Schuller,Rodney Winther , Baldur Bronnimann ,Allan Bell and Glenn Price on its facultyin the summer of 2001. The comprehen-sive course of study includes conductingtechniques, score analysis and literaturealong with a number of related topics ofinterest. An international range of conduc-tors and teachers at all levels of work andexperience are welcomed annually to thisintensive 3-week program.

The program runs July 23 - August 10,2001. For information contact Glenn Price,Dept. of Music, University of Calgary,2500 University Dr. NW., Cal-gary,Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4Tel: (403) 220-6968Fax (403) 284-0973email: [email protected]

Gary Corcoran will tour Germany andAustria with the Plymouth State CollegeSymphonic Band in March 2002. The itin-erary will include performances in Munich,Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna. As back-ground preparation for the tour, the bandpresented a concert entitled “On the Roadto Vienna” in April. The concert included:

Rosamunde, Overture .....Schubert/TakahashiChaconne, from Partita No. 2 in D minor ......

.........................................Bach/EricksonSt. Anthony Divertimento.......Haydn/WilcoxVariations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a ....

...................................... Brahms/WassonDie Zauberflöte, Overture........Mozart/PoschLiebestod .............................. Wagner/BainumRondo ..............................von Weber/SnavelyDer Rosenkavalier, Waltzes ...Strauss/CaillietRadetsky March, Op. 282 ......... Strauss/Reed

The University of North Carolina atGreensboro hosted the 12th Annual Caro-lina Band Festival and Conductors Con-ference February 15-17, 2001. The festi-val attracted 190 high school students fromNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Mary-land, Florida, Ohio and Alabama, chosenby audition, as well as 70 band conduc-tors. The Carolina Band Festival HonorBands were conducted by Gary Green,[Miami University], who conducted theSymphonic Band (grades 11-12) andStephen Gage, [Youngstown State Uni-versity] who conducted the Concert Band(grades 9-10).

The Carolina Conductors Conferencefeatured W. Francis McBeth, ProfessorEmeritus at Ouachita University in Arkan-sas, as well as John R. Locke, FestivalHost and Director of Bands at UNCG.

In July 2001, the UNCG Summer Mu-sic Camp program, directed by John R.Locke, will attract some 1,730 studentsmusicians to campus in two one-week ses-sions. As the largest university-sponsoredmusic camp in America, the UNCG pro-gram will include 15 concert bands, 3 or-chestras, 3 choirs and 120 pianists.

The following invitation is from TimSalzman, who can be reached at: [email protected]

The outstanding Australian composer,David Stanhope, has agreed to write a workfor premiere at the combined Western/Northwestern Divisional conference to beheld at the University of Nevada-Reno,March 20-23, 2002. The work will be pre-miered by the Western/Northwestern Di-vision CBDNA Intercollegiate Band con-ducted by Michael Haithcock.

I'm hopeful that you will strongly con-sider becoming a part of this commission.We are seeking $500 contributions fromparticipating schools. Mark Rogers fromSouthern Music Company (Stanhope's newAmerican distributor) has indicated thatSouthern will provide complimentaryscore and parts to the contributing schools.There has already been considerable inter-est in participating in this commission fromoutside of our divisions with committmentshaving been received from the Universityof Illinois, University of Georgia and TexasTech University. We are hopeful that thesum of money collected will assist our di-visions in bringing David Stanhope toReno for the premiere where we could fur-ther benefit from sessions with him on hismusic, conducting, etc.

Please send your checks to:Robert SpittalTreasurer, Northwest CBDNADirector of BandsGonzaga UniversityMusic DepartmentE. 509 Boone Ave.Spokane, WA 99258

SURVEY RESULTS - 3On-Line Publications Survey

Surveys were distributed to CBDNA members in the Spring edition of the CBDNA Report and via email tothose who have email addresses listed in the association’s directory. A total of 132 surveys were returned, 110(83%) electronically, 22 (17%) by mail or fax. The results listed below will be used as a resource by the Execu-tive Board as they give consideration to the distribution of information and association publications over thenext two years.

1. Do you use a computer? yes: 132 (100%) no: 0 (0%)

2. Do you use email? yes: 132 (100%) no: 0 (0%)

3. Do you access it yourself? yes: 132 (100%) no: 0 (0%)

4. If yes, how often? daily: 125 (95%) every few days: 7 (5%) occasionally: 0 (0%)

5. Do you use Internet access at… the office: 19 (15%) at home: 11 (8%) both: 102 (77%)

6. What kind of computer do you use?PC: 75 (57%) Macintosh: 54 (41%) WebTV: 1 (0.8%) Other: 2 (1.2%)[of these, 17 respondents (13%) indicated that they use both PC and Macintosh]

7. Have you visited the CBDNA web site? yes: 113 (86%) no: 19 (14%)

8. If yes, how often? frequently: 25 (22%) occasionally: 54 (48%) not very often: 34 (30%)

9. Have you used the online membership directory located at the web site? yes: 42 (32%) no: 90 (68%)

10. Which Internet browser do you use?Internet Explorer: 44 (33%) Netscape: 80 (61%) AOL: 5 (4%) I don’t know: 3 (2%)[of these, 22 respondents (17%) use both Netscape and Internet Explorer; 3 respondents (2%) use both Netscape and AOL]

11. Does your computer have “Adobe Acrobat” installed?yes: 115 (87%) no: 8 (6%) I don’t know: 9 (7%)

12. If you received an electronic version of the “CBDNA Report” via your computer, do you think you would read itmore often: 15 (11%) just as often: 70 (53%) not as often: 28 (22%)I’ll have to wait and see: 19 (14%)

13. If you received an electronic version of the “CBDNA Journal” via your computer, do you think you would read itmore often: 15 (11%) just as often: 57 (43%) not as often: 39 (30%)I’ll have to wait and see: 21 (16%)

14. If electronic versions of the association’s publications were provided “free,” and there was an addedcost for hard copies, which would you prefer to receive?electronic only: 79 (60%) hard copy only: 16 (12%) both: 37 (28%)

Committee:Bob Cesario, Rice UniversityGary Corcoran, Plymouth State College, ChairCheryl Fryer, Georgia State University

Tony Spano, Culver City High SchoolDoug Stotter, Indiana UniversityMichael Votta, University of North Carolina

The following article is reprinted at the request of MichaelHaithcock from the June 3, 2001 edition of the DallasMorning News. -ed.

Scott Cantrell:Learning Cliburn's LessonsYoung pianists need to find subtlety of music,performanceReprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News

The quality of the playing at this year's 11th Van Cliburn Inter-national Piano Competition is higher than ever, say veterans of thequadrennial contest. And the choice of music is more varied—andmore interesting.

At each step of the competition—preliminaries, semifinals(which conclude tonight), and finals—each listener will have adifferent list of favorites from the judges. But whoever "wins" and"loses" on June 10—and whatever that means—it's amazing to hearso many young pianists, from so many countries, playing with suchassurance and brilliance.

That said, performances in the preliminary round, held May 25through last Tuesday at Bass Performance Hall, prompt a few sug-gestions for these formidably gifted and trained young musicians:

1. Playing loud and fast will get you a standing ovation everytime. But resist the temptation to pound through showpieces asfast and as loudly as you can, flattening the music's contours in theprocess.

2. Notes and dynamic markings printed on the page are the bar-est skeletons; it's up to you to flesh out the music and give it life.That means a constant and subtle adjustment of timings and col-ors, not just at the beginnings and ends of phrases.

3. Music is all about tension and release, from start to finish of asonata, and from one harmony to the next. Feel it and project it.

4. The difference between a great performance and a merely goodone is the illusion of spontaneity, and much of this has to do withsubtle rhythmic adjustments. A great performance is fastidiouslyprepared, but it sounds made up on the spot.

5. Western music makes much use of repetition. Some of ourfavorite composers—Schubert and Schumann come to mind—of-ten present an idea and immediately repeat it. But as the great pia-nist Alfred Cortot advised: Never play a repeated phrase the sameway twice.

6. You'll do most of your practicing in the "dry" acoustics of aliving room or studio, but you'll perform in much larger spaceswith livelier sonics. Adjust your speeds and pedaling so the musicdoesn't get lost in a blur. (This has been a recurrent problem in thefairly "live" Bass Hall.)

4 - FORUM7. Fast music needs shaping, in volume and time, as much as

slow movements. (We've heard too many players who beautifullymold more introspective movements but heedlessly barrel throughthe extroverted ones.)

8. There's nothing wrong with playing baroque music, writtenfor harpsichord, on the piano, but it's not easy. In the first place,baroque dance rhythms underlie almost every note of it. You cansubtly play with the rhythm, but make sure the downbeat is alwaysclear. You can learn much about baroque tempos, articulation andornamentation from harpsichordists, who tend to keep up with thelatest scholarship on these issues. (There's been a lot of research inthe last 40 years.)

9. Give music from different times and places different sounds.Most pianists now play Haydn and Mozart differently than theyplay Brahms, but we've had too much Chopin—who, after all, wasknown for his delicate, perfumed playing—that sounded likeBartók.

10. You can learn a lot from recordings of early 20th-centurypianists. Some of them were wildly uneven, but they had a wholerange of expression we've largely lost. (There really was life be-fore Alfred Brendel and Vladimir Ashkenazy.) Now available onCD are revelatory performances by Rachmaninoff, Cortot, BennoMoiseiwitsch, Ignaz Friedman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, VladimirSofronitsky and Samson François.

11. Applause can be a heady intoxicant. When you hear it nightafter night, and when your best friends won't tell you when you'vehad a bad night, you can get delusions of perfection. No matterhow great you get, play from time to time for a musician you re-spect, one who'll give you honest feedback. Writers never lose theirneed for editors; the same is true of musicians.

12. Finally, go out there and have fun. Like life, music is muchtoo important to be taken too seriously. The Cliburn Competitioncontinues through June 10 at Bass Performance Hall, Fourth andCommerce, Fort Worth. Concluding semifinals begin at 1:30 and7:30 p.m. today. Single tickets $8.50 to $121.50. Call Central TicketOffice, 817-335-9000, or www.cliburn.org.

Let us hear from you!All members of CBDNA are invited to submit

their thoughts on topics of interest to the organization.Send your "forum" submissions to:

Douglas Stotter, editorCBDNA Report

Department of BandsMerrill Hall

Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN 47405

RECORDING REVIEW - 5

Calvin College BandDerald De Young, conductor

Tour 2000A Summer Flourish .............. Clark McAlisterLincolnshire Posy ..................Percy GraingerAmazing Grace .........................Frank TicheliConcertino for Tuba and Band .......................

..................................Frank BencriscuttoSouthern Harmony ............ Donald GranthamEaster Monday on the White House Lawn.....

.................................. John Phillip SousaSymphony No. 2 IV. Finale .......Tchaikovsky

Information:(616) 957-6304

[email protected]

Westminster College Wind EnsembleR. Tad Greig, conductor

The Military Marches, Unit andCeremonial of Colonel Donald T. Kellitt

The Far ShoreSubway SoldierMarch ManchuSpader ParaderThe Big Red OneCongressional HonorsSecretary of the ArmyFollow Me !Move Out

Information:(724) 946-7279 x7270

To have your most recent disc listedemail or regular mail the following in-formation:Name of ensembleName(s) of conductor(s)Disc title [if any]Works followed by composersAnything special about the disc [worldpremier, farewell recording, etc.]Record label/catalog number [if any]Contact information

Send new release information to:Ed PowellAssistant Director of BandsUniversity of Tennessee149 Music BuildingUniversity of TennesseeKnoxville, TN [email protected]

Electronic format and email are pre-ferred. Please use simple text formatonly when submitting via floppy disc.

Texas Tech UniversitySymphonic Wind Ensemble

John Cody Birdwell, conductorKeith Bearden, guest conductor

Will Streider, trumpetLive In Concert

Profanation ....................... Leonard BernsteinLaboring Songs ......................... Dan WelcherOctober ..........................Dmitri ShostakovichWhen Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone .........

................................... David GillinghamYiddish Dances ........................... Adam GorbNiagara Falls ................... Michael DaughertyThe Gumsuckers March.........Percy Grainger

Special Note: All works except for NiagaraFalls and Gumsuckers March were recorded atthe 2000 CBDNA Southwest Regional Confer-ence at the University of Oklahoma.Label: Mark, MCD 3372

Information:Tel: 806-742-2272Fax: 806-742-2294

email: [email protected]

University of North Carolina-GreensboroJohn R. Locke, conductorA Tribute to Sousa - Live!

Semper Fidelis ......................................SousaDance of the Jesters ......Tchaikovsky/CramerWashington Post....................................SousaThe Carnival of Venice ........................ ArbanHerbert L. Clarke portrayed by Edward Bach

El Capitan..............................................SousaLight Cavalry ................................ von SuppeWilliam Tell........................................ Rossini1812 ............................................TchaikovskyThe Thunderer .......................................SousaEaster Monday on the White House Lawn.....

.......................................................SousaThe Elephant & The Fly ....................... Kling

Piccolo & Tuba Duo,Deborah Egekvist & Dennis AsKew

“Vilya” from the Merry Widow............ LeharSoprano Solo, Marjorie Moody

portrayed by Nancy WalkerKing Cotton...........................................SousaStars and Stripes Forever ......................Sousa

Information:Phone: 1-800-999-2869

Fax: (336) 334-5349

Youngstown State UniversitySymphonic Wind EnsembleStephen L. Gage, conductorStar Wars and Other Scores!

Festive Overture....Shostakovich/HunsbergerConcertino for Clarinet and Wind Orchestra .

......................................... Weber/BrooksStar Wars Trilogy .........Williams/HunsbergerOld Wine in New Bottles...................... JacobFanfare for a New Era.......................... StampSalute to the Chief...............................BrooksThird Symphony, No. 89 (III)............. BarnesThe Gum-suckers March .....Grainger/Rogers

Special Note: The soloist on the WeberConcertino is Joseph Edwards, Director, DanaSchool of Music. The Concertino for Clarinetand Wind Orchestra and the Salute to the Chief,Concert March are new compositions by Dr.Lee Brooks, President, Concert Masters Re-cording Co., Canton, Ohio. Old Wine in NewBottles is performed by the Dana ChamberWinds; this ensemble consists of Dana facultymembers and graduate students.Label: Electronic Records CD-YSUSWE2K

Information:(330) 742-1832

[email protected]

Winthrop University Symphonic Bandand Jazz Ensemble

William F. Malambri andPhil A. Thompson, directors

Finale from Symphony No. 5 ......ShostakovichCheers................................................ ManciniDeutsche Art Marsch .............................TeikeLauralisa ..........................................MantoothToccata Marziale ...............Vaughan WilliamsSamba Dees Gotta Do It .......................KubisSymphonic Songs for Band ................. BennettBlackberry Winter .............Wilder/McGlohonThat Old Black Magic........................... ArlenI See Voices .........................................Zvacek

Submissions to the Report

Send all materials to:Douglas Stotter, editor

CBDNA ReportDepartment of Bands

Merrill HallIndiana University

Bloomington, IN 47405

6 - PROGRAMSPLEASE NOTE:

Include your STATE and DATE OFPERFORMANCE in all submissions.

The CBDNA Executive Board and theeditor encourage program submissionsfor specific concerts in performanceorder rather than repertoire lists for se-mesters, tours, or school years. ManyCBDNA members are as interested inhow their fellow members program asthey are in what they program.

When sending email or computer disk,do not use tabs, leader characters, orother formatting. Submissions will beformatted prior to publication.

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Douglas Stotter, editorCBDNA Report

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ARKANSASUniversity of Arkansas Wind Symphony

W. Dale Warren, conductorOctober 11, 2000

Fanfare.............................................BernsteinTales for Tuba and Wind Band .............Kalke

Skip Gray, TubaThird Symphony ................................. Barnes

University of Arkansas Wind SymphonyW. Dale Warren, conductor

December 4, 2000Second Suite...........................................HolstConcerto for Horn ......................... Thompson

Timothy Thompson, horn**world premiere**

American Salute................................... GouldEldon A. Janzen, conductor

Vortex .................................................. WilsonDivertimento ................................... HearshenDanza Final ...........................Ginastera/Johns

University of Arkansas Symphonic BandTimothy Gunter, conductor

March 5, 2001Joyance ..................................................SmithThe Soaring Hawk .................................MahrFantasies on a Theme by Haydn....Dello JoioHis Honor ..........................................Fillmore


March 6, 2001Canzona ..............................................MenninFantasia di Concerto ............ Boccalari/Akers

Russell Pettitt, euphoniumSymphony in B-flat....................... HindemithWhirl......................................................SmithRussian Christmas Music ...................... ReedNational Emblem ................................ Bagley


April 24, 2001Festive Overture....Shostakovich/HunsbergerMolly on the Shore .......................... GraingerFascinating Ribbons............................. TowerPetite Symphonie ...............................Gounod

Martin Reynolds, conductorMusic for Prague 1968........................... HusaDancin’ into the ’20s....................Hunsberger

University of Arkansas Concert BandMartin Reynolds, conductor

March 6, 2001March - Amazonas .............................SalutariElegy for a Young American............Lo PrestiSerenade .........................................BourgeoisWith Quiet Courage .............................DaehnBridgewater Breeze................................ GorbAs the Stars Forever.......................Hutchison

University of Arkansas Concert BandMartin Reynolds, conductor

April 24, 2001Seapower Fanfare.............................BrubakerFantasia for Band ............................. GianniniPie Jesu............................................... WebberPartita for Band ..................................CurnowRiders for the Flag ................................Sousa

University of Arkansas Symphonic BandTimothy Gunter, conductor

April 25, 2001Florentiner March ................................. FucikConcertino for Marimba (I) ...............CrestonAn American Elegy............................. TicheliLight Cavalry Overture................. von SuppeThe Rakes of Mallow......................Anderson

University of Arkansas at MonticelloSymphonic Band

Michael Davidson, conductorApril 24, 2001

Gavorkna Fanfare................................. StampSongs of the West.....................Holst/CurnowWell Met, My Own True Love .......................

.......................Vaughan Williams/DaehnMorceau Symphonique .....Guilmant/Shepard

Josh Tedeton, tromboneFallen, Fallen is Babylon!....................SpearsFlashing Winds.........................van der Roost

University of Central ArkansasWind Ensemble

February 8, 2001Ricky Brooks, conductor

Tony Baker, tromboneLeigh Bradley, soprano

New Century Dawn...................... GillinghamAmazing Grace .............................Traditional...and grace will lead us home ...............KnoxConcerto for Trombone, Op. 114b ....BourgeoisYiddish Dances ...................................... GorbMorning Star ...................................Maslanka

University of Central ArkansasWind Ensemble

March 14-16, 2001Ricky Brooks, conductor

Lorraine Duso, oboeYiddish Dances ...................................... GorbDivertimento for Band .................... HearshenMorning Star ...................................MaslankaAndante and Allegro ............................WalterSymphony for Brass and Timpani.....HaufrechtCircus Bee .........................................Fillmore

University of Central ArkansasWind EnsembleApril 24, 2001

Ricky Brooks, conductorLorraine Duso, oboe

Robert Holden, narratorDivertimento ................................... HearshenVariations on a Theme by Glinka ...................

................. Rimsky-Korsakov/McAlisterLincoln Portrait .................................CoplandMolly on the Shore .......................... GraingerLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerCircus Bee .........................................Fillmore

University of Central ArkansasSymphonic Band

February 28, 2001Thomas Burritt, conductor

Jarrett Robinett and Jonathan West,graduate conductors

Scenes of the Rappahannock ................. LongDown A Country Lane ......................CoplandScenes from the Louvre .................Dello JoioBe Thou My Vision.............................. StampThree Ayres from Glouchester..............StuartSlavonic Folk Suite ................................ Reed

PROGRAMS - 7

University of Central ArkansasSymphonic Band

April 25, 2001Ricky Brooks, conductor

Kevin Powers, guest conductorJonathan West, graduate conductor

Fiesta! ................................................. ChanceOld American Country Set .....Cowell/WormanRikudim....................................van der RoostDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.......

.................................................del BorgoConcord ......................................... Grundman

CALIFORNIAPomona College Band

Graydon Beeks, conductorStephen Klein, guest conductor

April 21 and 22, 2001Toccata for Band .............................. EricksonSerenade II for Band ..............................KohnLads of Wamphray March ............... GraingerSuite for Brass........................... Bartok/KleinCalifornia Jubilee ................................. NixonTales of a Traveler.................... Sousa/Rogers

California State University, SacramentoWind Ensemble

Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom,conductors

Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorOctober 4, 2000

Olympic Fanfare and Theme ...........WilliamsOld Home Days............................. Ives/ElkusConcerto for Bassoon and Winds ......... HidasMatch Point .........................................WalkerPastime ................................................. Stamp

California State University, SacramentoConcert Band

October 25, 2000Robert Halseth and Jeffrey Edom,

conductorsLisa Buringrud, graduate conductor

Waterdance .....................................StrommenTricycle............................................... BoysenPrisoner of the Ring ............................ GirouxSarabande and Polka ........................... ArnoldHymn of St. James .................................ClarkBalladair ........................................... Erickson



Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorNovember 12, 2000

Elfin Thunderbolt............................ GalbraithRondo di Jazz .....................................CavianiPrelude in F .....................................Gershwin

Angela Mann, pianoFantasy Variations.......................... GranthamEccentric March .............................Glovinsky

California State University, SacramentoConcert Band & Wind Ensemble


Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorDecember 6, 2000

Concert BandGavorkna Fanfare................................. StampSun Dance ........................................... TicheliThird Journey to a Holy Mountain...... HovhanessLiturgical Music ...............................MailmanWind EnsembleMolly on the Shore .......................... GraingerThe Last Spring..................................... GriegYiddish Dances ...................................... GorbCombined BandsWhatsoever Things ..................... CamphouseSleigh Ride ......................................Anderson



Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorFebruary 28, 2001

March with Trumpets....................... BergsmaAfter a Gentle Rain ......................IannaconneMusic for 13 Wind Instruments ........... MillerTheatre Music ..................................... SparkeFirst Suite ...............................................Holst

California State University, SacramentoConcert Band


March 7, 2001Fanfare.................... Montenegro/TatgenhorstTwo Journeys to a Holy Mountain...... HovhanessBagatelles for Band....................... PersichettiEpinicion ............................................PaulsonValdres...............................................HanssenPolly Oliver .............................................Root



Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorMarch 28, 2001

Theatre Music ..................................... SparkeVariations on a Shaker Melody.........CoplandZion ................................................... WelcherFirst Suite ...............................................HolstAir for Band ..................................... Erickson



Lisa Buringrud, graduate conductorMay 16, 2001

Concert BandTrevelyan Suite ................................... ArnoldChester Overture ..............................SchumanMarch des Parachutistes Belges ......LeemansMy Robin is to the Greenwood Gone..... GraingerFolk Song Suite.................Vaughan WilliamsWind EnsembleCelebration Fanfare.............................. TowerZion ................................................... WelcherSuite of Old American Dances ..........BennettTimepiece ............................................ McTeeCountry Band March ...............................IvesCombined BandsHobbits ............................................... de Meij

DELAWAREUniversity of Delaware Wind Ensemble

Robert J. Streckfuss, conductorMENC Eastern Division Meeting

March 2, 2001Festmusik der Stadt Wien ...................StraussAmerican Elegy .................................. TicheliEnglish Waltz .......................Grainger/RogersOccident et Orient ....... Saint-Saens/WhitwellFantasy Variations.......................... GranthamThe Firebird Suite.....Stravinsky/Earles/Fennell

FLORIDAUniversity of North FloridaWind Ensemble

Gordon Brock, conductorOctober 22, 2000

Scenes from The Louvre................Dello JoioGreensleeves .......................................... ReedDer Traum des Oenghus .......................RudinVariations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance

University of North FloridaWind EnsembleGordon Brock, conductor

October 22, 2000Konigsmarsch......................................StraussShenandoah ......................................... TicheliFestivo ...............................................GregsonPuszta .......................................van der RoostSleigh Ride ......................................AndersonChristmas Sing-A-Long.....................Ployhar

University of North FloridaWind EnsembleGordon Brock, conductor

February 24, 2001Canzona ..............................................MenninIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerSemper Fidelis ......................................SousaRhapsody in Blue ............................Gershwin

Gary Smart, piano

8 - PROGRAMSUniversity of North FloridaWind Ensemble

Gordon Brock, conductorApril 24, 2001

Symphony No. 6 ........................... PersichettiIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerConcertino for Jazz and Legit Clarinets...... PrinceA Movement for Rosa................. CamphouseSemper Fidelis ......................................Sousa

University of South Florida Wind EnsembleWilliam Wiedrich, conductor

October 25, 2000Overture for Winds ...................MendelssohnConcerto for 23 Winds....................... HartleyMasquerade ................................... PersichettiSymphony in B-flat....................... Hindemith


March 3, 2001George Washington Bridge..............SchumanTheme and Variations ..................SchoenbergThe Waterclown .................................. Powell

**world premiere**Lullaby for Kirsten..............................BassettMusic for Prague.................................... Husa


April 25, 2001La Procession du Rocio .......................TurinaPsycho, Schizo, Scherzo .................. Beringer

**world premiere**La Fiesta Mexicana ................................ ReedIrish Tune ......................................... GriangerShepherd’s Hey ................................ GraingerDanza Final .....................................Ginastera

GEORGIAColumbus State University Band

Robert Rumbelow, conductorSeptember 28, 2000

Overture to Candide......Bernstein/GrundmanOld Home Days Suite ................... Ives/ElkusA Little Threepenny Music ....................WeillQuiet City ..........................................CoplandRhapsody in Blue ............................Gershwin

Mikhail Yanovitsky, pianoVariations on a Shaker Melody.........Copland

Columbus State University BandRobert Rumbelow, conductorNovember 14, 17, and 18, 2000

Sparkle............................................. MahoneyPassacaglia and Fugue in C Minor .................

.................................... Bach/HunsbergerPetite Symphonie ...............................GounodConcerto for Jazz Clarinet ............Calandrelli

Lisa Oberlander, clarinetSuite Francaise ..................................MilhaudThe Black Horse Troop.........................Sousa

Columbus State University BandRobert Rumbelow, conductor

March 25, 2001Symphony for Band ............................. GouldConcerto for Horn in E-Flat ....Mozart/Rumbelow

Kristen Hansen, hornConcert Piece for Bassoon................. Phillips

Ronald Wirt, bassoonConcerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra ... Badings

Sarah Gill, fluteA Southern Harmony ..................... Grantham

Columbus State University BandRobert Rumbelow, conductor

April 21, 2001Suite of Old American Dances ..........BennettConcerto for Clarinet .............................Shaw

Todd Palmer, clarinetA Southern Harmony ..................... GranthamThe Stars and Stripes Forever...............Sousa

Emory Wind EnsembleScott A. Stewart, conductor

Otis C. French, guest conductorFebruary 23, 2001

Octet in E-flat................................ BeethovenMarch in F ..................................... BeethovenGeschwindmarsch ......................... HindemithMusic for Prague 1968........................... HusaRed Cape Tango ............................ Daugherty

Emory Wind EnsembleScott A. Stewart, conductor

Susan Rider, trumpet; Carolyn Bremer,guest composer; Eve Payor, narrator

April 20, 2001Early Light ......................................... BremerSoundings............................................ McTeeConcerto for Trumpet.........Arutiunian/DukerDanza de los Duendes..................... GalbraithVenus Palimpsest ............................... Bremer

Fort Valley State University Concert BandGlenn Garrido, conductor

March 22, 2001Salvation is Created ..................TschesnokoffFolk Song Suite.................Vaughan WilliamsFlight of the Bumble Bee.....Rimsky-KorsakovPersuasion .......................................... NesticoChorale and Alleluia .......................... HansonSimon Bolivar March.........................Garrido

Fort Valley State University Concert BandGlenn Garrido, conductor

Roby George, guest conductorApril 19, 2001

Irish Tune ......................................... GraingerFirst Suite ...............................................HolstConcerto in E-flat.......................... von WeberWhat a Wonderful World ......................WeissTriumphal March ...................................Verdi

State University of West GeorgiaWind Symphony

M. Scott McBride, conductorEric Slay, graduate assistant

March 8, 2001Fanfare for a Festive Day .....................CichyWalls of Zion.......................................DannerAyre for Eventide ..................................StuartCountry Gardens .............................. GraingerCanzon Duodecimi Toni ....Gabrieli/GarofaloChaccone in D minor ..................Bach/DaehnVesuvius ............................................. Tichelli

State University of West GeorgiaWind Symphony

M. Scott McBride, conductorEric Slay, graduate assistant

April 24, 2001Earle of Oxford’s Marche ............ Byrd/JacobVariations on Amazing Grace .............WalkerCaccia and Chorale ..........................WilliamsTwo Chorale Preludes ... Brahms/Boyd/FennellCoriolanus ............................................. Hidas

University of Georgia Wind SymphonyDwight Satterwhite, John Culvahouse, and

David Romines, conductorsJanuary 19, 2001

Commando March ...............................BarberArrows of Time ......................Peaslee/Hauser

Scott Hartman, tromboneConcerto for 23 Winds....................... HartleyCarmen Fantaisie ...................... Borne/Duker

Angela Jones-Reus, fluteValdres.................................Hanssen/BainumThe Warriors...................Grainger/PappajohnPastime ................................................. Stamp

University of GeorgiaSymphony and Concert Bands

Scott Corley, David Romines, conductorsMatthew Koperniak, undergraduate

conductorFebruary 12, 2001

Monday/Wednesday Concert BandFortress ................................................ TicheliAs Summer Was Just Beginning..........DaehnConcord ......................................... GrundmanPas Redouble..........Saint-Saens/FrackenpohlSymphony Bandand Make a Joyous Sound ....................CichyBugs.......................................................CichySecond Essay...................... Barber/SchneiderFrom Tropic to Tropic......Alexander/Bainum

PROGRAMS - 9University of Georgia Symphonic Bandand Tuesday/Thursday Concert Band

Michael Knight, Scott Tobias,Dwight Satterwhite, and

Christine Kraemer, conductorsLaura Moates, undergraduate conductor

February 13, 2001Concert BandThe Klaxon........................................FillmoreAn Original Suite .................................. JacobDown A Country Lane ......Copland/PattersonHounds of Spring ................................... ReedSymphonic BandJubilee Overture .................................. SparkeThe Final Covenant..................................TullMorning, Noon, and Night in Vienna .............

................................ von Suppe/FillmoreBe Thou My Vision.............................. StampInto the Storm .....................................Melillo

University of Georgia Symphony BandDavid Romines, John Culvahouse, and

Dwight Satterwhite, conductorsApril 19, 2001

Homage: Three Tapestries .............HolsingerSymphony No. 3 .....Kozhevnikov/BourgeoisPiece of Mind ...................................... Wilson

University of Georgia Wind SymphonyDwight Satterwhite, John Culvahouse, and

David Romines, conductorsLiana Rivkin, piano

April 26, 2001Petite Symphony ................................GounodSymphony No. 1 ..............................StanhopeConcerto for Piano and Winds...... StravinskyAwayday................................................. Gorb

ILLINOISIllinois Central College Band

Anthony Jones, conductorDecember 6, 2000

Academic Procession.......................WilliamsHymnsong of Lowell Mason ..........HolsingerChester..............................................SchumanJefferson: A Vision for America ...........SmithIllinois Central College Alma Mater ..............

.......................Richardson and LewellenThe Boxer..............................................MonkBallet Parisien ...................... Offenbach/IssacHymnsong of Philip Bliss...............HolsingerHigh School Cadets ..............................SousaChristmas Music for Wind................ Cacavas

Illinois Central College BandAnthony Jones, conductor

May 9, 2001Shenandoah ......................................... TicheliSecond Suite...........................................HolstHarlem Nocturne..................................HagenWith Quiet Courage .............................DaehnPas Redouble........ Saint Saens/Franckenphol

Northern Illinois University University BandLawrence Stoffel, conductor

Cecil Lytle, pianistNovember 8, 2000

Light Cavalry Overture......von Suppé/FillmoreThree Ayres from Gloucester................StuartA Longford Legend........................... SheldonCircus Days .............................................KingShenandoah ......................................... TicheliRhapsody in Blue ................. Gershwin/Grofé

Northern Illinois UniversityUniversity Band & University Chorus

Margarite Ortega, Sandra Frey Stegman& Lawrence Stoffel, conductors

February 25, 2001O Clap Your Hands ...........Vaughan WilliamsTurn Back O Man ..................................HolstYeoman of the Guard .........Sullivan/HummelMeditation from Thaïs ......Massenet/HardingWest Side Story Selections ...Bernstein/Duthoit

Northern Illinois University University BandLawrence Stoffel, conductor

Stephen Squires, guest conductorApril 24, 2001

Variation Overture............................WilliamsKönigsmarsch................. Strauss/Pelz/BarrettAmerica Verses ...................................BroegeAngel Band ........................................ HartleyRhythm of the Winds ....................... EricksonDeep River .................................. SwearingenPortraits .............................................Colonna

INDIANABall State University Wind Ensemble

Joseph Scagnoli, conductorApril 29, 2001

Fanfare March ................... Goldman/LeidzenPeace: A Place for Us........................HakodaDiversions ........................................... SparkeSpoon River........................Grainger/SheldonConcerto for Trumpet and Winds .......... Reed

Larry McWilliams, trumpetDance Suite ............................................FortePastime ................................................ Stamp

Ball State University Symphony BandChristian Zembower, conductor

April 26, 2001Chester..............................................SchumanShadows of Eternity.............................. StoneLiturgical Music for Band ...............MailmanWatchman, Tell Us of the Night..... CamphouseFantasia in G ..........................................Mahr

Ball State University Concert BandMaggie Helms and Bart Roberts, conductors

April 26, 2001Summer Dances ..............................BalmagesProcession of the Nobles ...... Korsakov/SworOn A Hymnsong of Lowell Mason ... HolsingerThe Gladiator ........................................SousaReflective Mood................................. Nestico

John Seidel, soloistInstant Concert ................................... WaltersFestivo ..............................................NelhybelWhere Never Lark Or Eagle Flew.....Curnow

Indiana State University Symphonic Bandand Wind Ensemble

Doug Kaiser and John Boyd, conductorsFebruary 26, 2001

Symphonic BandMerry Music.......................................... HidasAndante and Allegro ........................LefebvreThe Thunderer .......................................SousaAfter the Thunderer......................... HearshenHarlem Nocturne..................................HagenIn the Forest of the King................. La PlanteWind EnsembleFestal Scenes .............................................. ItoDiversion .............................................HeidenLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerTosca Fantasy ..................................... PucciniYagi-Bushi.....................................Traditional

Indiana State University Concert andSymphonic Bands

Eugene Bechen and Doug Kaiser, conductorsApril 10, 2001

Concert BandLindberg Variations........................... SheldonDown a Country Lane.......................CoplandChant Rituals..................................Del BorgoFreckles Rag........................................... BuckSymphonic BandToccata .............................................. CassadoCorsican Litany................................NelhybelHis Honor ..........................................FillmoreSymphony No. 2 ................................ BoysenVariations on a Bach Chorale .............. Stamp

IOWAUniversity of Iowa Symphony Band

Myron Welch, conductorApril 18, 2001

Aegean Festival Overture ................... MakrisRed Cape Tango ............................ DaughertyInto the Air .............................................Mahr

10 - PROGRAMSKANSAS

Kansas State University Concert andSymphony Bands

Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductorsOctober 11, 2000

Concert BandCenotaph .............................................. StampMarch and Procession of Bacchus ..... OsterlingJesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring........Bach/LeidzenWilliam Byrd Suite (I) .......................... JacobThe Freelance March. ...........................SousaSymphony BandSignature ..................................van der RoostCanzona ..............................................MenninDivertimento ................................. PersichettiAwayday................................................. GorbEl Relicario ........................ Padilla/Longfield


Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductorsNovember 29, 2000

Concert BandSecond Suite in F ...................................HolstKomm Susser Tod.................................. ReedPetite Symphonie (I) ..........................GounodVariations on a Korean Folk Song..... ChanceBacchanal ...............................................StoutSymphony BandCommando March ...............................BarberEarly Light ......................................... BremerHebrides Suite ............................... GrundmanHammersmith.........................................HolstWedding Dance ......................................Press


Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductorsMarch 14 & 15, 2001

Concert BandCountry Gardens .............................. GraingerPrelude, Siciliano, and Rondo ............ ArnoldRussian Sailor’s Dance ...............Gliere/IsaacThe Sinfonians .................................WilliamsSymphony BandDuke of Marlborough Fanfare ......... GraingerMarching Song of Democracy......... GraingerIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerHandel in the Strand ........................ Grainger


Daniel Duffy and Frank Tracz, conductorsApril 23 & 26, 2001

Concert BandPagaent. ......................................... PersichettiCajun Folk Songs................................ TicheliPortraits .............................................Colonna

Rhosymedre ......................Vaughan WilliamsSymphony BandA Copland Portrait ........................ GrundmanVariations on America..............................IvesConcertino for Trombone and Band ... TicheliThree Merry Marches .........................KrenekRhapsody in Blue ............................GershwinSun Dance ........................................... Ticheli

Wichita State University Concert BandLarry Blocher, conductor

February 23, 2001Celebration Variations........................CurnowNew World Dances .............................EllerbyTribute ......................................... CamphouseThe Kings Go Forth ..........................Gregson

Wichita State University Concert Bandand Wind Ensemble

Larry Blocher and Victor Markovich,conductors

March 20, 2001Concert BandSymphonic Suite ..............................WilliamsAn American Elegy............................. TicheliVariations on America..............................IvesTulsa .......................................................GillisWind EnsembleSinfonietta ...............................................DahlIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerSatiric Dances ................................Dello JoioFantasia in G ..........................................Mahr

Wichita State University Concert Bandand Wind Ensemble

Larry Blocher and Victor Markovich,conductorsMay 2, 2001

Concert BandFiesta ................................................... SparkeChorale in D Minor ................................ BachLord of the Rings (I, V) ..................... de MeijWhip and Spur .......................................AllenWind EnsembleHis Honor ..........................................FillmoreThe Passing Bell ................................ BensonHandel in the Strand ........................ GraingerEnigma Variations ..................................Elgar

KENTUCKYUniversity of Kentucky Wind Ensemble

Richard Clary, conductorSkip Gray, tubaOctober 9, 2000

Marche Joyeuse................................ ChabrierMevagissey Tales ..................................KalkeEl Salon Mexico................................CoplandKentucky Harmony........................ GranthamSymphony No. 6 ........................... Persichetti

University of Kentucky Wind EnsembleRichard Clary, conductorDenise Schmidt, clarinet

November 20, 2000Tribute ......................................... CamphouseHillandale Waltzes ................................BabinLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerFlag of Stars .......................................... JacobFrom a Dark Millenium .............. SchwantnerConcertino ................Shostakovich/Singleton

University of Kentucky Wind EnsembleRichard Clary, conductor

David Elliott, hornMarch 5, 2001

Overture to The Wasps......Vaughan WilliamsSymphony No. 3 ............................... WelcherAwayday................................................. GorbLied & Sherzo ....................................SchmittGloriosa ...................................................... Ito

University of Kentucky Wind EnsembleRichard Clary, conductor

Noemi Lugo, sopranoApril 20, 2001

Epiphanies ........................................... NelsonFive Folksongs for Soprano.............. GilmoreA Child’s Garden of Dreams ..........Maslanka

University of Kentucky Symphony BandGeorge Boulden III, conductor

Jennifer Hamilton and Belinda Parks,graduate conductors

March 4, 2001Gandalf ............................................... de MeijCajun Folk Songs................................ TicheliBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamSecond Suite...........................................HolstHomage ....................................van der RoostColor.................................................MargolisPastorale Nocturne ................................YurkoDance of the Jesters ...................Tchaikovsky

University of Kentucky Symphony BandGeorge Boulden III, conductor

Jennifer Hamilton and Belinda Parks,graduate conductors

April 13, 2001Symphony No. 2 (III)......................... HansonScenes from the Louvre .................Dello JoioCaccia and Chorale ..........................WilliamsBlack Horse Troop ................................SousaA Match of Hope....................................YarivCanto e Camdombe................................ Reed

PROGRAMS - 11University of Kentucky Concert Band

Richard Clary & George Boulden, conductorsJennifer Hamilton & Belinda Parks,

graduate conductorsNovember 14, 2000

Moorside March.....................................HolstGirl with the Flaxen Hair ..................DebussySun Dance ........................................... TicheliSuite Provencale.......................van der RoostMedieval Suite .................................... NelsonGodspeed! ...........................................Melillo

LOUISIANAMcNeese State University Wind Ensemble

Jeffrey Lemke, conductorApril 24, 2001

Tempered Steel.....................................YoungGloriosa ...................................................... ItoFour Scottish Dances .......................... ArnoldGhost Train Triptych........................Whitacre

McNeese State University Symphonic BandBruce Lambert, conductor

Jason Liles, guest conductorApril 26, 2001

Signature ..................................van der RoostCaccia and Chorale ..........................WilliamsImpressions of Japan........................... BarnesIt Will Be ................................................ LilesSlava ................................................BernsteinCarmina Burana ..........................Orff/Krance

MARYLANDSalisbury University Wind Ensemble

Richard Johnson, conductorDecember 7, 2002

Rocky Point Holiday........................... NelsonFive Folk Songs for Soprano and Band... GilmoreSeilig sind, die da Leid tragen..Brahms/BuehlmanLiturgical Music for Band ...............MailmanPas Redoublé................................Saint SaensInvictus ............................................BalmagesFolk Song Suite.................Vaughan WilliamsMilano March................................. PonchielliGalop .........................................Shostakovich

Salisbury University Wind EnsembleRichard Johnson, conductor

May 3, 2001Summer Dances ..............................BalmagesMein Jesu, Was Für Seelenweh ....Bach/ReedSuite Porvençale.......................van der RoostBlue Shades......................................... TicheliGodzilla Eats Las Vegas ..................WhitacreWalls of Zion.......................................DannerMannin Veen ......................................... Wood

2001 Maryland Intercollegiate BandMaryland Music Educators Assoc. All-State

Harlan Parker, coordinatorFebruary 16, 2001

Triptychon ......................................VojnovichRichard Johnson, conductor

The Unknown Soldier ........................HilliardMelvin Miles, conductor

Through A Vulcan’s Eye .......................SmithJohn Lampin, conductor

Irish Tune from County Derry ......... GraingerBrad Zimmerman, conductor

Ghost Train(I).................................WhitecareDana Rothlisberger, conductor

Songs of Sailor and Sea ........................SmithNoel Kunkle, conductor

March from Symphonic Metamorphosis....................................................... Hindemith

Harlan Parker, conductor

MICHIGANWayne State University Wind Symphony

Douglas Bianchi, conductorAlma Konjevod, assistant conductor

March 6, 2001Evocation............................................BianchiPrayer of St. Gregory ....................HovhanessBlue Shades......................................... TicheliSalvation is Created....Tschesnokoff/HouseknechtWilliam Byrd Suite ............................... JacobPolka & Fugue ...............Weinberger/Bainum

Wayne State University Wind EnsembleDouglas Bianchi, conductor

March 28, 2001Concertino ..................... von Weber/Garofalo

Bryan Ventura, oboeScherzo Alla Marcia..........Vaughan WilliamsThe Good Soldier Schweik Suite ........ Kurka

Wayne State University Wind Ensemble &Wind Symphony

Douglas Bianchi, conductorApril 19, 2001

Wind EnsembleThe Good Soldier Schweik Suite ........ KurkaWind SymphonyThe Hounds of Spring............................ ReedEvocation............................................BianchiFiesta del Pacifico................................ Nixon

MINNESOTABemidji State University BandJeffrey Macomber, conductor

February 11, 2001Commemoration March....................... GouldSuite in F ................................................HolstOn a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss ....HolsingerThe Blue and The Gray......................BullockSong of Destiny...................Brahms/WhitneyMarche Royale ................................del BorgoThe Cowboys .....................Williams/Curnow

Bemidji State University BandJeffrey Macomber, conductor

April 16, 2001Symphonic Concert March......Bonelli/FalconeVistas ...............................................del BorgoVariations on a Shaker Melody.........CoplandZion ................................................... WelcherRushmore ............................................... Reed

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s UniversityWind Ensemble

May 6, 2001Overture for Band .....................MendelssohnShenandoah ......................................... TicheliBlue Bells of Scotland ...........................PryorConcertpiece No. 2 ...................MendelssohnSing My Tongue, Alleluia ................ Zdechlik

**world premiere**Suite of Old American Dances ........... BennetA Slavic Farewell..............................Agapkin

Winona State University Wind EnsembleDonald Lovejoy, conductor

October 29, 2000By Dawn’s Early Light ..................... DawsonShenandoah ......................................... TicheliAt the Strongholds of En Gedi .......HolsingerEntrata Festive ...................................NystedtSwedish Festive Dances .................. EricksonFantasie on a Danish Theme................. DavisWar March and Battle Hymn of the Vikings..

........................................................ Reed


November 4, 2000The Knight’s Arrival ............................MaskeFantasia for Alto Saxophone.................Smith

Perry Rask, saxophoneAt the Strongholds of En Gedi .......Holsinger

12 - PROGRAMSWinona State University Wind Ensemble

Donald Lovejoy, conductorFebruary 27, 2001

L’Union ...............................Gottschalk/AdlerGloria Chuang, piano

Concertino for Solo Percussionist .....CurnowRichard MacDonald, percussion

Reflective Mood................................. NesticoJames Wheat, trombone

Second Suite...........................................HolstGemeinhardt Suite ................................Smith

Zoe Shepherd, flutesIreland: of Legend & Lore ....................Smith


April 29, 2001Territorie...............................................MaskeSix Songs of the Winds..................... SchmidtPersis .................................................... HosayElsa’s Procession.................... Wagner/CallietBugler’s Holiday .............................Anderson

Paul Vance, conductorIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerShepherd’s Hey ................................ GraingerThe Stars and Stripes Forever...............Sousa

MISSISSIPPINorthwest Mississippi Community College

Symphonic BandJohn Ungurait and Todd Hill, conductors

February 2, 2001National Emblem ................................ BagleyImpressions on an old Swedish Air .......Jones

**world premiere**The Light Eternal ........................ Swearingen

Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSymphonic Band

John Ungurait and Todd Hill, conductorsApril 26, 2001

Americans We ...................................FillmoreParade of the Tall Ships ................ ChattawayFrom Southern Harmony,1835 ................ Hill

*world premiere*Armed Forces Salute......................... LowdenWhere Never Lark or Eagle Flew......CurnowEternal Father, Strong to Save ..............SmithTaps ........................................................KnoxAmerica the Beautiful........................ DragonStars and Stripes Forever ......................Sousa

Mississippi State University Wind EnsembleRod Chesnutt, conductor

Elva Kaye Lance, associate conductorQuincy Hilliard, guest conductor

Boston Brass, guest artistsMississippi Bandmasters Convention

December 8, 2000Music for a Festival (III) .................... SparkeSouthern Harmony ......................... GranthamAve Maria ...............................................BieblThe Circus Bee..................................FillmoreThe Unknown Soldier ........................HilliardTangents ............................................. WassonBlue Shades......................................... Ticheli


James Croft, John Carmichael andGary Cook, guest conductors

January 26, 2001Resonances I ....................................... NelsonCanzona ..............................................MenninCountry Gardens .............................. GraingerNordic Symphony (II)........................ HansonSea Songs ..........................Vaughan WilliamsEnglish Dances, Set 1 ......................... ArnoldFestivo ...............................................Gregson

Mississippi State University Symphonic BandElva Kaye Lance, conductor

February 27, 2001Army of the Nile ..................................AlfordAn American Elegy............................. TicheliGod of Our Fathers ................................KnoxSongs of Sailor and Sea ........................Smith

Mississippi State University Symphonic BandElva Kaye Lance, conductor

Ernest Cadden, guest conductorMark Howle and Austin Howle, tubas

April 26, 2001Fanfare from La Peri............................ DukasNight Dances.........................................YurkoOld Scottish Melody .............................WileyCousins .................................................ClarkeCajun Folk Songs................................ TicheliAmerica the Beautiful........................ Dragon


Lois Hicks,saxophoneApril 29, 2001

First Suite in F.....................................GeorgeDream Dancer .................................. ColgrassThe Pathfinder of Panama ....................SousaOverture to Colas Breugnon ....... KabalevskyLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerMarch from Symphonic Metamorphosis........

............................................... Hindemith

MISSOURIEvangel University Symphonic Band

John Shows, conductorMarch 20, 2001

American Fanfare............................... WassonColonial Song................................... GraingerMorceau Symphonique .....Guilmant/Shepard

Andy Judd, tromboneValdres March .....................Hanssen/BainumRocky Point Holiday........................... NelsonFanfare Prelude: And Can It Be?....................

...................................... Wesley/JohnsonScenes from The Louvre................Dello JoioNight Soliloquy..................................Kennan

Meredith Reed, flute‘Round Midnight..................... Monk/NesticoBritish Eighth ....................................... Elliott

Central Missouri State UniversityUniversity Concert BandPatrick Casey, conductor

Eric Blankenship and Clif Thurmond,guest conductors

April 18, 2001Fanfare for Spartacus .........................CurnowFour Scottish Dances .......................... ArnoldOld Wine in New Bottles...................... JacobPastime ................................................. StampDialogue ...............................................Parker

Eric C. Honour, Jr., alto saxophoneEndurance...............................................MahrAn American Elegy............................. TicheliSemper Fidelis ......................................Sousa

University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony BandDonald Miller, conductor

February 18, 2001Chorale and Shaker Dance............... ZdechlikScenes from the Louvre .................Dello JoioMarch of the Belgian Paratroopers ...... LemansThird Suite..............................................JagerRhosymedre ........................Vaughn WilliamsBlue Shades......................................... Ticheli

University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony BandDonald Miller, conductor

May 6, 2001Overture to Candide............ Bernstein/BeelerFolk Songs Suite .................Vaughn WilliamsLincolnshire Posy (I, II, V, VI) ........ GraingerPrelude, Siciliano and Rondo ............. ArnoldAmerican Elegy .................................. TicheliThe Liberty Bell....................................Sousa

St. Louis Community College at MeramecSymphonic Band

Ronald Stilwell, conductorDecember 3, 2000

A Copland Centennial.......................CoplandFanfare for the Common Man ..........CoplandAn Outdoor Overture ........................CoplandEl Salon Mexico................................CoplandQuiet City ..........................................CoplandVariations on a Shaker Melody.........CoplandHoe Down .........................................Copland

PROGRAMS - 13St. Louis Community College at Meramec

Symphonic BandRonald Stilwell, conductor

Variations on a Bach Chorale .............. StampWhen Jesus Wept .............................SchumanVariants on the Air Force Hymn............JagerHoly Roller.................................Larsen/Boyd

Jeffrey L. Collins, alto saxophoneBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamVariants on a Mediaeval Tune .......Dello JoioJust a Closer Walk with Thee ..............Custer

MONTANAMontana State University Wind Orchestra

Jonathan Good, conductorNovember 13, 2000

Fanfare for the Common Man ..........CoplandEmblems............................................CoplandVariations on a Shaker Melody.........CoplandQuiet City ..........................................CoplandSuite from The Red Pony .................Copland

Montana State University Wind OrchestraJonathan Good, conductor

February 21, 2001Children’s March ............................. GraingerSerenade No. 10, Allegretto................MozartSymphonies of Wind Instruments....StravinskyParis Sketches .....................................EllerbyFolk Dances...............................Shostakovich

Montana State UniversitySymphonic Band and Wind Orchestra

Jonathan Good, conductorApril 25, 2001

Symphonic BandMerry Music for Wind Band ................ HidasPortraits .............................................ColonnaShenandoah ......................................... TicheliBullets and Bayonets ............................SousaWind OrchestraCommando March ...............................BarberGeorge Washington Bridge..............SchumanAn American Elegy............................. TicheliDanzon ............................................BernsteinBenny Goodman: Memories of You.......Kidd

Gregory Young, clarinetVariations on America..............................Ives

University of MontanaSymphonic Wind Ensemble

Steve Bolstad, conductorOctober 31, 2000

New Century Dawn...................... GillinghamFantasia in G Major..... Bach/Goldman & LeistFugue a la Gigue .......................... Bach/HolstAmazing Grace ................ Himes/MaldonadoEmblems............................................CoplandToccata Marziale ...............Vaughan WilliamsLaboring Songs ................................. WelcherIllyrian Dances ............................Woolfenden

University of Montana Concert Band andSymphonic Wind Ensemble

Peter Haberman & Steve Bolstad, conductorsDecember 12, 2000

Concert BandAmerican Salute................................... GouldRikudim....................................van der RoostCanticle ................................................ StampVariations on a Korean Folk Song..... ChanceRussian Christmas Music ...................... ReedSymphonic Wind EnsembleWeiner Philharmoniker Fanfare..........StraussAwayday................................................. GorbElegy................................................... ChanceFour Scottish Dances .............Arnold/Paynter


Steve Bolstad, conductorMENC Northwest Division Conference

February 17, 2001Awayday................................................. GorbFour Scottish Dances .............Arnold/PaynterNiagara Falls ................................. DaughertyMarch, Op. 99 ................................Prokoviev


Steve Bolstad, conductorPatrick Sheridan, tubaFebruary 26 & 27, 2001

Tuba Concerto.....................................EllerbyEstrellita ................................ Ponce/SheridanHailstorm........................................... Rimmer

University of Montana Concert Band andSymphonic Wind Ensemble

Peter Haberman & Steve Bolstad, conductorsMay 2, 2001

Procession of the Nobles .....Rimsky-KorsakovCorsican Litany................................NelhybelAn American Elegy............................. TicheliLiturgical Dances ............................HolsingerThe Gumsucker's March .................. GraingerBuffalo Jump Ritual..........................BukvichWest Side Story................. Bernstein/Duthoit


Steve Bolstad, conductorMay 8, 2001

Hammersmith.........................................HolstMusic for Prague 1968........................... HusaLincolnshire Posy ............................ Grainger

NEW JERSEYMontclair State University

Symphonic Band and Wind SymphonyMary Ann Craig, conductorJack Stamp, guest conductor

April 4, 2001Symphonic BandAloft ..................................................... StampSalvation Is Created ...Tschesnokoff/HouseknechtGeorge Washington Bridge..............SchumanThe Valedictory of Saint Paul...............Burns

*world premiere*Wind SymphonyAwayday................................................. GorbOld Home Days........................................IvesThe Circus Bee..................................FillmoreSymphonic BandBe Thou My Vision.............................. StampPastime .........................................Jack StampCountry Band March .................Ives/Sinclair

NEW YORKFordham University Concert Band

Barry Robert White, conductorApril 22, 2001

Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... ChanceHobbits ............................................... de MeijPuszta .......................................van der RoostOverture to Candide........................BernsteinYe Banks and Braes ......................... GraingerRiverdance Finale ............Whelan/StrommenThe Fordham Ram March................ Coveney

NORTH CAROLINAAppalachian State University Wind Ensemble

William Gora, conductorOctober 22, 2000

An Outdoor Overture ........................CoplandSuite Francaise ...................................PoulencLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerJ’ai ete au bal ................................. Grantham

Appalachian State University Wind EnsembleWilliam Gora, conductor

November 29, 2000Marsch in C Major ........................ BeethovenMarch No. 1 ....................................... RossiniMarch from Symphony No. 6....TchaikovskyMarch from Symphonic Metamorphosis........

............................................... HindemithMarch, Op. 99 ................................ProkofieffCommando March ...............................Barber

14 - PROGRAMSAppalachian State University Wind Ensemble

William Gora, conductorFebruary 16, 2001

Ruffle and Flourish ...................... GillinghamMarch from Symphonic Metamorphosis........

............................................... HindemithSouthern Harmony ......................... GranthamCarmen Fantasy .......................Borne/Rogers

William Gora, alto saxophoneJay Jackson, conductor

Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ................KingIn Storm and Sunshine ........................... HeedRolling Thunder ................................Fillmore

Appalachian State University Wind EnsembleWilliam Gora, conductor

April 11, 2001Myaku.................................................DzubaySonata for Marimba .................. Tanner/BoydOut and Back Again ........................ Benshoof

Nancy Bargerstock, violinKenneth Lurie, cello

Chiaroscuro: Zebra Variations .........Schwartz

University of North Carolina GreensboroWind Ensemble

John R. Locke, conductorApril 24, 2001

Icarus and Daedulus.............................. GatesFour Maryland Songs........................... Stamp

Levone Tobin-Scott, mezzo sopranoInto the Air! ............................................MahrDance Bacchanale ...........Saint-Saëns/Steiger

Tammy Fisher, conductorThe Alcotts ...............................Ives/Thurston

Andrea Brown, conductorEquus................................................Whitacre


John R. Locke, conductorFebruary 16, 2001

Vesuvius .............................................. TicheliScootin’ on Hardrock ......................HolsingerToccata, Adagio, and Fugue .....Bach/PaynterChester..............................................SchumanChester Leaps In ..................................Bryant

David Kish, conductorStar Wars Trilogy .........Williams/Hunsberger


John R. Locke, conductorDecember 5, 2000

Fiesta! .................................................. SparkeShenandoah ........................................ TichelliAmerican Games.................................... MawEarly Light ......................................... BremerSouthern Harmony ......................... GranthamNiagara Falls ................................. Daugherty

Wake Forest University Wind EnsembleC. Kevin Bowen, conductor

May 1, 2001Intrada ...............................................DenhardSecond Suite...........................................HolstIcarus and Daedalus Fantasy ................ GatesAn American Elegy............................. TicheliSummer Dances ..............................BalmagesZion ................................................... WelcherBallet Music from Prince Igor ... Borodin/GodfreyBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamDaughters of Texas ...............................Sousa

NORTH DAKOTAUniversity of North Dakota

Wind Ensemble and University BandJames Popejoy, conductor

Wendy McCallum, graduate conductorMarch 1, 2001

University BandCenotaph .............................................. StampOn a Southern Hymnsong...............HolsingerExcerpts from The Firebird .... Stravinsky/BocookDeclaration, Ballade and Finale ......HuckebyRussian Sailors’ Dance ...............Gliere/IsaacWind EnsemblePrestissimo ..............................................KingGhost Train.......................................WhitacreSuite Francaise ..................................MilhaudCountry Band March .................Ives/Sinclair

Robert Brooks, conductorVariations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance

University of North Dakota Wind EnsembleJames Popejoy, conductor

Eugene Migliaro Corporon, guest conductorMarch 30, 2001

Prestissimo ..............................................KingAn American Elegy............................. TicheliIllyrian Dances ............................WoolfendenPastime ................................................. StampThat’s A Plenty....................Creamer/Wasson

UND Faculty Brass Quintet

University of North DakotaWind Ensemble and University Band

James Popejoy, conductorWendy McCallum, graduate conductor

April 24, 2001University BandFlourish for Wind Band ....Vaughan WilliamsWalls of Zion.......................................DannerEmperata Overture ................................SmithHighlights from The Music Man .... Willson/ReedOn the Mall ......................................Goldman

Wind EnsembleFugue on Yankee Doodle ......................SousaI’ve Made My Plans for the Summer...... Sousa

Catherine Canham, sopranoInto the Skies....................................... Tucker

**world premiere**Polonaise for Piccolo ..............................Ford

Aslaug Hestø, piccoloChorale and Shaker Dance............... ZdechlikA Tribute to Lionel.......................... WaigneinPastime ................................................. Stamp

OHIOColumbus State Community College

Concert BandThomas Lloyd, conductor

March 7, 2001Sound Off March ..................................SousaPrelude from Parsifal .........Wagner/OsterlingCzardas ..................................................MontiThe Hot Canary.......................................NeroStephen Foster Melodies...................GuzmanBlessed Are They ............. Brahms/BuehlmanHail Columbia ........................................ PhileThe Gold Bug March ......................... Herbert

Youngstown State UniversitySymphonic Wind EnsembleStephen L. Gage, conductor

David R. Gillingham, guest composerFebruary 26, 2001

Who’s Who In Navy Blue.....................SousaAnd Can It Be?............................. GillinghamConcertino .................................... GillinghamBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamTill Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ...................

.....................................Strauss/Hindsley

Youngstown State University Concert BandJohn E. Veneskey, conductor

Ryan Hays, graduate conductorApril 11, 2001

Flourish for Wind Band ....Vaughan WilliamsSuite Francaise ..................................MilhaudOf Sailors and Whales .......................McBeth

Dr. George McCloud, dean, narratorConcerto in Eb Major (I) ....................Mozart

Robert Seebacher, hornSuite in E flat .........................................HolstThe Symphonic Gershwin ............ arr. BarkerBoys of the Old Brigade ................ Chambers

Youngstown State UniversityUniversity Band & Chamber Winds

John Veneskey and Stephen Gage, conductorsAaron Smith and Michael Hanson,

graduate conductorsApril 18, 2001

Chamber WindsProcession of the Nobles ..Rimsky-KorsakovSymphonies of Wind Instruments....Stravinsky

PROGRAMS - 15University BandNorwegian Rhapsody.................... GrundmanRejouissance.......................................CurnowNational Defile March ..........................Turlet

Daniel Nestich, conductorOverture for Winds .............................. CarterResting in the Peace of His Hands .....Gibson

Robert Seebacher, conductorKing Cotton March ...............................SousaMazama ......................................... Chattaway76 Trombones............................. Willson/Iwo

Youngstown State UniversitySymphonic Wind EnsembleStephen L. Gage, conductor

Michael R. Crist, guest conductorEdward R. Largent, guest composer/conductor

Ryan Hays, graduate conductorApril 23, 2001

Be Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamSouthern Harmony ......................... GranthamBallad for Band .................................... GouldBlue Bells of Scotland ...........................Pryor

Douglas Kost, tromboneGreek Goddesses............................... Wilding

**world premiere**Caroline Oltmanns, piano

A Farewell to Dana March................. Largent**world premiere**

Amazing Grace ................................... TicheliSymphony No. 1 Finale.....Kalinnikov/Bainum

OKLAHOMAOklahoma Christian University

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic BandJohn M. Fletcher, conductor

March 19, 2001Wind EnsembleChester..............................................SchumanCircus Polka .................................. StravinskySymphonic Dance No. 3 ..................WilliamsSymphonic BandOklahoma ............................... Rodgers/YoderSymphonic Songs for Band ...............BennettBe Our Guest........................... Menken/MossStars and Stripes Forever ......................Sousa

OREGONLinfield College-Community BandJoan Haaland Paddock, conductor

November 14, 2000Irish Rhapsody .............................. GrundmanAustralian Up-Country Tune ........... GraingerCajun Folk Songs I ............................ TichelliVariations on a Korean Folksong ...... ChanceCakewalk............................................BennettAfrica.....................................................SmithLola Flores .............................................Tucci

Linfield College-Community BandJoan Haaland Paddock, conductor

April 24, 2001Inglesina ........................................Delle CeseAdagio Sostenuto .......................... PersichettiDorian’s Quest ...................................Wilkins

**world premiere**Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies

....................................................CurnowThe Battle of Shiloh...................... BarnhouseIrish Tune ......................................... Grainger

Oregon State UniversitySymphonic Wind EnsembleDavid Hoffman, conductor

March 11, 2001Children’s March ............................. GraingerPetite Symphony ................................GounodParis Sketches .....................................EllerbyDesi ............................................... DaughertySymphony in B-flat....................... HindemithRocky Point Holiday........................... Nelson

Oregon State University Concert BandLewis Norfleet, conductor

March 14, 2001Flourish .............................Vaughan WilliamsSea Songs ..........................Vaughan WilliamsMy Heart Is Filled With Longing.... Bach/ReedThird Suite..............................................JagerCajun Folk Songs I ............................. TicheliCajun Folk Songs II ............................ Ticheli

Oregon State UniversitySymphonic Wind Ensemble

David Hoffman and Lewis Norfleet, conductorsBrett Randolph, trumpet

May 20, 2001Godspeed! ...........................................MelilloTrumpet Concerto ................ Hummel/CorleyAwayday................................................. GorbDer Traum des Oenghus .......................RudinMolly on the Shore .......................... Grainger

Oregon State University Concert BandLewis Norfleet, conductor

May 30, 2001Hebrides Suite ............................... GrundmanShenandoah ......................................... TicheliMarch, op. 99 ..................................ProkofievA Tribute to Grainger ....... Grainger/RagsdaleElegy................................................... ChanceSecond Suite...........................................Holst

Pacific University Wind EnsembleMichael Burch-Pesses, conductor

October 12, 2000Pastime ................................................. StampCajun Folk Songs................................ TicheliElegy for a Young American............Lo PrestiPolka and Fugue.............Weinberger/Bainum


December 5, 2000Commando March ...............................BarberAs the Stars Forever.......................HutchisonSolitary Dancer .................................. BensonWedding Dance ...................... Press/JohnstonVariants on a Mediaeval Tune .......Dello JoioIn the Bleak Midwinter ............Holst/BullockFolk Dances...............................Shostakovich


March 2, 2001Cake Walk ..........................................BennettRhapsody in Blue ........Gershwin/Hunsberger

Kellie Stephens, pianoBlue Shades......................................... Ticheli


May 3, 2001French National Defile ............ Turlet/SeredySuite Francaise ..................................MilhaudDuet from Lakme .................Delibes/Curnow

Lucas Moore, oboe - Amanda Moore, fluteIn the Forest of the King.................. LaPlanteOrpheus in the Underworld.......Offenbach/Odom

Southern Oregon University Symphonic BandCynthia Hutton, conductor

December 1, 2000Flashing Winds.........................van der RoostYe Banks and Braaes........................ GraingerChildren’s March ............................. GraingerSecond Suite...........................................HolstTower Music..................................HovhanessCome Suite Death .........................Bach/ReedVariations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance

Southern Oregon University Symphonic BandCynthia Hutton, conductor

March 15, 2001Festive Overture .....Schostakovich/HunsbergerThe King of Love My Shepherd Is........ ReedSymphony for Band ...................... PersichettiPrayer of St. Gregory ......................Hovaness

Larry Hudson, trumpetOf Sailors and Whales .......................McBeth

Thomas Prislac, narrator

Southern Oregon University Symphonic BandCynthia Hutton, conductorJune 7, 2001

For the New Day Arisen ......................BartonOctober .............................................WhitacreTextures ................................................Barton

**world premiere**A Light Unto The Darkness......... GillinghamConcerto for Marimba ........................Rosuro

Terry Longshore, marimbaVesuvius .............................................. Ticheli

16 - PROGRAMSUniversity of Oregon Wind Ensemble

Robert Ponto, conductorNovember 10, 2000

Courtly Airs & Dances........................ NelsonEmblems............................................CoplandConcerto for Wind Orchestra............ McPheeSymphony No. 4 ...........................Hovhaness

University of Oregon Wind EnsembleRobert Ponto, conductor

February 7, 2001Funeral Music for Queen Mary .....Purcell/StuckySolitary Dancer .................................. BensonAfter a Gentle Rain ...................... IannacconeLincolnshire Posy ............................ Grainger


May 2, 2001Toccata Marziale ...............Vaughan WilliamsWilliam Byrd Suite ............................... JacobMasquerade Variations............................GrycOccident et Orient ....................... Saint-Saens


May 20, 2001Four Scottish Dances .............Arnold/PaynterYe Banks & Braes ............................ GraingerNiagara Falls ................................. Daugherty

University of Oregon Symphonic BandTodd Zimbelman, conductor

March 4, 2001A Longford Legend........................... SheldonAn Irish Farewell .................................DaehnOrient Express..................................... SparkeConversations with the Night ............ BoysenDance of the Jesters ......Tchaikovsky/Cramer

University of Oregon Symphonic BandTodd Zimbelman, conductor

May 20, 2001Moorside March.......................... Holst/JacobSalvation is Created ..................TschesnokoffThe Hounds of Spring............................ ReedBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamPraetorius Variations ..........................Curnow

PENNSYLVANIAGettysburg College Symphony Band &

Wind EnsembleJohn William Jones & Victor Wertz, conductors

Michael Noonan, vibraphoneApril 7, 2001

Summer Dances ..............................BalmagesShenandoah ......................................... TicheliAn Original Suite ................................. JacobThe Glory of the Yankee Navy .......Sousa/FennellA Movement of Rosa .................. CamphouseFolk Dances.............. Shostakovich/ReynoldsChildren’s March ............................. GraingerArmenian Dances................................... ReedA Tribute to Lionel.......................... WaigneinPolly Oliver .............................................RootClear Track Polka...................... Strauss/Reed

West Chester University BandKenneth Laudermilch, conductor

November 4, 2000Fanfare.................................................CowellSong of Ascent ...................................... SacksMy Robin is to the Greenwood Gone..... GraingerDance Movements .............................. SparkeMarch from Symphonic Metamorphosis........

............................................... HindemithStar Wars ......................Williams/Hunsberger

West Chester University BandKenneth Laudermilch, conductor

April 10, 2001Karelia Overture.................................SibeliusToccata and Fugue in C Major .............. BachAloft ..................................................... StampPostlude in F.............................................IvesConcerto for Trombone......................... Jacob

Thomas Elliott, tromboneVariants on the Air Force Hymn............JagerRailroad March E7A ........................... Downs

SOUTH CAROLINA

University of South Carolina Symphonic BandJames K. Copenhaver, conductor

February 23, 2001Orient et Occident ....................... Saint-SaënsSymphony No. 3 .............................. GianinniCzardas .................................Monti/Anderson

Clifford Leaman, soloistYiddish Dances ...................................... GorbVortex .................................................. Wilson

Tim Crenshaw, soloistGuadalcanal March .............Rodgers/Leidzen

University of South Carolina University BandPrentiss Harper, Andrew Koch and

Byron Witham, conductorsFebruary 23, 2001

The Klaxon.......................... Fillmore/FennellIncidental Suite .....................................SmithAs Torrents in Summer ............... Elgar/DavisConcertpiece.......................................Curnow

Richard Tirk, soloistTwelve Seconds to the Moon................Smith

University of South Carolina Concert BandDavid O’Shields, conductor

February 24, 2001Festive Overture....Shostakovich/HunsbergerSonoran Desert Holiday...................... NelsonEnglish Waltz .......................Grainger/RogersEscape from Plato’s Cave ...................MelilloThe Chimes of Liberty.....................Goldman


April 1, 2001The Pathfinder of Panama .........Sousa/ByrneSuite of Old American Dances ..........BennettThe Blue Bells of Scotland......Pryor/Pearson

Phil Golson, soloistFreckles Rag.................................Buck/EylesFinale from Sym. No. 5 ......Shostakovich/Righter

University of South Carolina Concert BandDavid O’Shields, conductor

April 1, 2001Chicago Tribune............... Chambers/RobertsOthello.................................................... ReedCartoon .................................................... HartPoet and Peasant Overture .... von Suppe/Fillmore

University of South Carolina University BandPrentiss Harper, Andrew Koch and

Byron Witham, conductorsApril 4, 2001

The Symphonic Marches...... Williams/HigginsThe Blue and the Gray .................. GrundmanA Symphonic Prelude ............................ ReedThemes from Victory at Sea ... Rodgers/MaltbyLaredo...............................................WilliamsJekyll and Hyde................. Wildhorn/BocookRakes of Mallow .............................Anderson

University of South Carolina Chamber WindsJames K. Copenhaver, Andrew Gowan,William Moody and David O’Shields,

conductorsApril 17, 2001

Bagatelles for Band....................... PersichettiAdagio ............................................... RodrigoRicercare ..........................................NelhybelPetite Suite Gauloise ............................GouvyThree Merry Marches .........................Krenek

PROGRAMS - 17University of South Carolina Concert Band

David A. O’Shields, conductorFeaturing Student Conductors

April 29, 2001Pas Redouble..........Saint-Saens/FrackenpohlIn Praise of Freedom............................BarkerAs Summer Was Just Beginning..........DaehnLa Virgen de la Macarena ....................CusterThree Ayres from Gloucester................StuartOpus Two .............................................BarkerSinfonia Nobilissima..............................Jager


Featuring Student ConductorsApril 29, 2001

Strike Up the Band............. Gershwin/TeuberLlwyn Onn .............................................HoggEsprit de Corps.......................................JagerDown to the Sea in Ships...................BennettDown a Country Lane.......Copland/PattersonOld American Fiddle Tunes ................ TeuberGallito....................................................LopezLa Tragenda............................. Puccini/FosterJohn Williams: Evening at Pops ........HigginsAmerican Pageant ..................................Knox

TENNESSEELee University Wind EnsembleDavid R. Holsinger, conductor

Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductorOctober 17, 2000

Black Granite ....................................... HosayEarle of Oxford Marche ............... Byrd/JacobHeroes Lost and Fallen ................ GillinghamBullets and Bayonets ............................SousaAdagio .............................................HolsingerVariations on America..............................IvesGuadalcanal March ........................... RodgersThe War Trilogy: 1971....................HolsingerUnder the Double Eagle..................... WagnerWho Puts Their Trust in God Most Just .........

...............................................Bach/CroftEsprit de Corps.......................................JagerStars and Stripes Forever ......................Sousa

Lee University Wind EnsembleDavid R. Holsinger, conductor

Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductorDecember 6, 2000

Gavorkna Fanfare................................. StampFirst Suite ...............................................HolstA Rhapsody on Christmas Carols.........SmithFairest of the Fair ..................................SousaPavane for a Dead Princess .. Ravel/McGintyMarch from Symphonic Metamorphosis........

............................................... HindemithIncidental Suite .....................................SmithAmparito Roca ...................................Texidor

Lee University Wind EnsembleDavid R. Holsinger, conductor

Winona Gray Holsinger, assoc. conductorApril 20, 2001

Tempered Steel.....................................YoungChildren’s March .................Grainger/RogersIrish Tune .............................Grainger/RogersCircus Polka .................................. StravinskyBerceuse and Finale .....Stravinsky/LongfieldWho Puts Their Trust in God Most Just .........

...............................................Bach/CroftPraises: A Ballet ..............................Holsinger

TEXASPrairie View A&M Symphonic Band

Lucius Wyatt, conductorApril 19, 2001

Regal Fanfare ....................................SaucedoFestival .............................................WilliamsMy Jesus, Oh What Anguish ........Bach/ReedCanzona ..............................................MenninSound of Music ............ Hammerstein/VinsonBroadway in the Nineties ..................HigginsThe Olympics.........................Williams/MossEl Capitan..............................................Sousa

Tarleton State University Wind EnsembleJonathan Hooper, conductor

Jack Delaney, guest conductorMarch 8, 2001

Dances of Initiation............................. RosnerCountry Band March ...............................IvesBugs.......................................................CichyReflections on Hmong Folk Music ..... KrauklisThe Universal Judgement ..............De Nardis

Tarleton State University Wind EnsembleJonathan Hooper, conductor

April 30, 2001Godzilla Eats Las Vegas ..................WhitacreFive American Gospel Songs ..........Zaninelli

Marika Kyriakos, sopranoLes Papillons ...................................LankesterSuite in E-flat .........................................HolstSuite in F ................................................HolstFolk Song Suite.................Vaughan Williams

Texas A&M-Commerce Symphonic BandKenneth Peach, conductor

November 21, 2000American Civil War Fantasy ................. BilikFantasy on ‘Yankee Doodle’............WilliamsElegy for a Young American............Lo PrestiAmerica, the Beautiful..............Ward/DragonThe Stars and Stripes Forever...............Sousa

Texas A&M-Commerce Wind EnsembleJeffrey Emge, conductor

November 28, 2000An Outdoor Overture ........................CoplandThe Leaves are Falling....................... BensonTunbridge Fair...................................... PistonThree Chorale Preludes...................... LathamAmericans We ...................................Fillmore


February 27, 2001Gavorkna Fanfare................................. StampA Festival Prelude .................................. ReedAs Summer was Just Beginning ..........DaehnChorale and Shaker Dance............... ZdechlikAmparito Roca ...................................Texidor


March 7, 2001Dance Rhythms ..................................RieggerEmblems............................................CoplandMedieval Suite .................................... NelsonDivertimento .........................................CichyThe Klaxon........................................Fillmore


April 24, 2001Signature ..................................van der RoostThe Ascension .......................................SmithCenotaph .............................................. StampAn American Elegy............................. TicheliIncantation and Dance ....................... ChanceThe Liberty Bell....................................Sousa

Texas A&M-Commerce Concert BandJeffrey Emge and Kenneth Peach, conductors

April 25, 2001Chant Rituals..................................Del BorgoAmerica Verses ...................................BroegeWith Quiet Courage .............................DaehnCourtly Airs and Dances..................... NelsonInvictus ....................................................King


April 30, 2001Esprit de Corps.......................................JagerPrimordial Lights .................................. Stone

**world premiere**Cajun Folk Songs I and II................... TicheliPiece of Mind ...................................... WilsonCrown Imperial ...................................Walton

18 - PROGRAMS

UTAHCollege of Eastern Utah Wind Ensemble

Gregory Benson, conductorApril 19, 2001

First Suite ...............................................HolstWalking Tune ................................... GraingerCountry Gardens ................... Grainger/SousaHands Across The Sea ..........................Sousa

VIRGINIABishop Ireton High School

Garwood Whaley, conductorApril 7, 2001

Hands Across the Sea............................SousaAngel Fire ............................................ RouseXochipilli ........................................... ChavezAir Varie .................................................PryorHammersmith.........................................HolstKitten on the Keys ............................ ConfreyFestival Overture.................................... Buck

Radford University Wind Ensemble andConcert Band

Mark Camphouse, Elizabeth Swaney andBrenton Alston, conductors

February 28, 2001Wind EnsembleBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamSymphony for Winds ................................ErbConcert BandToccata .........................................FrescobaldiNew River Reflections........................ Altizer

**world premiere**Original Suite ........................................ JacobFour Scottish Dances .......................... Arnold

Radford University Wind Ensemble andConcert Band

Mark Camphouse and Brenton Alston,conductors

April 27, 2001Wind EnsembleSonata for Trumpet ............................KennanConcerto for Piano ............................. PhillipsConcert BandLa Forza del Destino..............................VerdiAn American Elegy............................. TicheliEaster Monday on the White House Lawn.....

.......................................................SousaLincolnshire Posy ............................ Grainger

WASHINGTONCentral Washington Univsersity

Symphonic Wind EnsembleLarry Gookin, conductor

Western International Band ClinicNovember, 18, 2000

Fantasia in G ..........................................MahrPolly Oliver .............................................RootIntroduction, Theme and Variations......Rossini

Joseph Brooks, clarinetDivertimento for Winds and Percussion.........

.......................................................CichyAve Maria ..............................Biebl/BallengerPastime ................................................. Stamp

Adam Rupert, graduate conductorHell’s Gate.......................................Maslanka

Joseph Brooks, alto saxThe Gumsucker’s March ................. Grainger

Central Washington UniversitySymphonic Band

Mark Babbitt, conductorNovember 30, 2000

Moorside March.....................................HolstLaude .................................................. HansonSea Songs .........................................WilliamsBagatelles ..............................................WhitePrelude and Fugue in G minor..Bach/MoehlmannPsalm for Band.............................. Persichetti

Central Washington UnivsersitySymphonic Wind EnsembleLarry Gookin, conductor

Adam Rupert, graduate conductorFebruary 27, 2001

The Invincible Eagle .............................SousaElegy................................................... ChancePolka..........................................ShostakovichTam O’ Shanter Overture .................... ArnoldConcertino for Trombone ..................Larsson

Mark Babbitt, tromboneZion ................................................... WelcherYe Banks and Braes ......................... GraingerMolly on the Shore .......................... Grainger


Mark Babbitt, conductorFebruary 28, 2001

Gavorkna Fanfare................................. StampElegy and Fanfare March..................... NixonSerenade .........................................BourgeoisCeltic Hymns and Dances..................EwazenFirst Suite ...............................................HolstAllerseelen ..........................................StraussGeorge Washington Bridge..............Schuman


Mark Babbitt, conductorMay 17, 2001

Flourish .............................Vaughan WilliamsFantasia in G Major ...............Bach/GoldmanSuite Francaise ..................................MilhaudVariations on a Shaker Melody.........CoplandWarbe-Uta .......................................Kawasaki

Adam Rupert, graduate conductorRitmo Jondo ..................................... SurinachFolk Dances...............................Shostakovich

Central Washington UniversitySymphonic Wind EnsembleLarry Gookin, conductor

May 31, 2001Canzona ..............................................Mennin

Adam Rupert, graduate conductorSalvation is Created ..................TschesnokoffCredo ........................................................Tull

Matthew Eisenhauer, guest conductorFour Maryland Songs........................... Stamp

Mia Spencer, sopranoAndrew Spencer, guest conductor

March, Opus 9................................ProkofieffMusic for Prague 1968........................... HusaPineapple Poll Suite ........Sullivan/Mackerras

Pacific Lutheran University Wind EnsembleRaydell Bradley, conductor

November 19, 2000Early Light ......................................... BremerBallad for Band .................................... GouldBacchanale ............................................RudinSouthern Harmony ........................... GranthmSea Songs ...............................................KnoxThe Sword and the Crown ................Gregson

Pacific Lutheran University Wind EnsembleRaydell Bradley, conductor

March 22-25, 2001Tour Program

Olympic Fireworks ..........................StanhopeFuneral Music ....................................... GriegValdres...............................................HanssenLincolnshire Posy ............................ GraingerLads of Wamphray ........................... GraingerArmy of the Nile ..................................AlfordConcertino .................................... Gillingham

Pacific Lutheran University Concert BandRaydell Bradley, conductor

May 10, 2001A Festival Prelude .................................. ReedCourtly Airs and Dances..................... NelsonAn American Elegy............................ TichelliThe Big Cage ..........................................KingGod of our Fathers ................................Smith

PROGRAMS - 19Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble

Raydell Bradley, conductorMay 20, 2001

Symphonic Songs for Band ...............BennettCandide Suite ................Bernstein/GrundmanSummer Day Suite ...........Prokofieff/LeidzenDivertimento for Band ...................... HershenPastime ................................................. StampThe National Game ...............................SousaCalifornia Dreamin’ ................ arr. HolcombeSalutes!!! ........................................... arr.Kidd

University of Puget Sound Wind EnsembleRobert Musser, conductor

October 27, 2000Gavorkna Fanfare................................. StampFugue in G Minor................... Bach/WilliamsVariations on A Theme of Robert Schumann .

........................................................JagerOlympus .................................................ForteThree Dance Episodes..Khachaturian/HunsbergerYe Banks and Braes ......................... GraingerTrittico ..............................................Nelhybel


December 1, 2000Apollo March ...................................BrucknerBlue Lake Overture............................ ChanceThe Year of The Dragon ..................... Sparke

University of Puget Sound University BandRobert Musser, conductor

December 1, 2000The Free Lance March..........................SousaPoet and Peasant Overture .... von Suppe/FillmoreSatiric Dances ................................Dello JoioFirst Suite ...............................................Holst


March 2, 2001Classic Overture in C..........................GossecSymphonic Movement .....................NelhybelAn Irish Farewell .................................DaehnFantasy Variations............................... BarnesCountry Band March ...............................IvesJazz Suite No. 2...........Shostakovich/de MeijGolden Jubilee ......................................Sousa


April 27, 2001Shakata ................................................ WilsonConcerto for Trumpet..........Arutunian/DukerLa Fiesta Mexicana ................................ Reed

University of Puget Sound University BandRobert Musser, conductor

April 27, 2001The Washington Post ............................SousaPrelude No. 4.................................Bach/ReedStormworks .........................................MelilloPorgy and Bess..................Gershwin/Bennett

University of Washington Concert Band,Symphonic Band and Wind EnsembleTim Salzman, J. Bradley McDavid and

Conny Chen, conductorsMarch 6, 2001

Concert BandWalking Tune ................................... GraingerRikudim....................................van der RoostSymphonic BandThe Patriots ......................................WilliamsLincoln Portrait ..................... Copland/BeelerWind EnsembleSmetana Fanfare..................................... HusaConcerto for Alto Saxophone .........Maslanka

Michael Brockman, soloist


Conny Chen, conductorsApril 23, 2001

Concert BandOriginal Suite ........................................ JacobAmerican Elegy ................................. TichelliSymphonic BandIntrada Jubilante........................... GillinghamFolk-Tune ......................................... GraingerSuite in F .............................................GeorgeWind EnsembleDanceries........................................... HeskethInternal Combustion .................... Gillingham


Christopher Koch, conductorsMay 24, 2001

Concert BandSymphony No. 6 ........................... PersichettiSymphonic BandBe Thou My Vision...................... GillinghamThe Renaissance Fair .......................MargolisFirestorm ................................................BullaWind EnsembleTimepiece ............................................ McTeeLagan Love ......................................ZaninelliConcerto for Marimba ........................Broege

Miho Takekawa, marimba

Whitworth College Wind EnsembleRichard Strauch, conductor

November 19, 2000George Washington Bridge..............SchumanThe Song of Hiawatha ..........................DuffySouthern Harmony ......................... GranthamEsprit de Corps.......................................JagerElegy for a Young American............Lo PrestiLincoln Portrait ..................... Copland/Beeler

Whitworth College Wind EnsembleRichard Strauch, conductor

May 5, 2001Lauds ................................................... NelsonThe Immovable Do .......................... GraingerAve Maria ..............................Biebl/BallengerFire Works ............................................. YoutzChorale and Alleluia .......................... HansonWhen Jesus Wept .............................SchumanVisions from the Apocalypse ...............Young

**world premiere**

WISCONSINLakeland College Wind Ensemble

Michael Gill, conductorApril 22, 2001

Blue Lake ........................................... ChanceFantasia on a Southern Folk Hymn ...CurnowTrauermusik ....................................... WagnerToccata Marziale ...............Vaughan WilliamsOverture for Winds .............................. CarterIrish Tune ......................................... GraingerLiturgical Music ...............................Mailman

Lawrence University Wind EnsembleRobert Levy, conductor

March 9, 2001La Creation du monde.......................MilhaudOctet .............................................. StravinskySymphony for Wind Ensemble..........EwazenMusic for Prague.................................... Husa

Lawrence University Wind EnsembleRobert Levy, conductor

May 19, 2001Morning Star ...................................MaslankaDanzon-Memory ................................ Bensonand the mountains rising nowhere...... SchwantnerPremiere Rhapsody ...........................DebussyCelebration Fanfare.............................. TowerBravura ..................................................Duble

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireWind Ensemble

Richard Mark Heidel andRodney Hudson, conductors

Steven Mead, euphoniumFebruary 2, 2001

Scherzo for Band................................ RossiniConcerto per Flicorno Basso ......... PonchielliIrish Tune ......................................... Grainger

Steven Mead, conductorBritish Eighth .........................................ElliotA Night in June .......................................KingVariations on Rule Britannia ......... Hartmann

20 - PROGRAMS

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireWind Symphony

Richard Mark Heidel, conductorMarch 11, 2001

Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 ............ShostakovichBlue Shades......................................... TicheliConcertino in C ............................. von Weber

Ivar Lunde, Jr., oboeLa Fiesta Mexicana ................................ ReedTam O’ Shanter ................................... ArnoldBarnum and Bailey’s Favorite ................King

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireWind Symphony

Richard Mark Heidel, conductorMay 6, 2001

Short Ride in a Fast Machine ............. AdamsCajun Folk Songs................................ Ticheli

Eugene Power, student conductorIn the Spring, When Kings Go Off to War .....

.................................................HolsingerIntroduction and Samba ....................Whitney

William Olson, alto saxophoneNimrod from Enigma Variations ...........ElgarAmerican Salute................................... Gould

Rodney Hudson, conductorCandide Suite ..................................BernsteinWashington Grays ............................. Grafulla

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireSymphony Band

Rodney B. Hudson, conductorMarch 11, 2001

Esprit De Corps......................................JagerYe Banks and Braes ......................... GraingerVariations on America..............................IvesConcerto in C Minor ...........................Strauss

Andrew Parks, hornThe Chimes of Liberty.....................GoldmanOf Sailors and Whales .......................McBeth

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireSymphony Band

Rodney B. Hudson, conductorMay 2, 2001

Africa: Ceremony and Ritual................SmithBlessed Are They ...............................BrahmsVariants on a Medieval Tune .........Dello JoioNight Soliloquy..................................Kennan

Heidi Olsen, fluteCanzona ..............................................Mennin

Richard Mark Heidel, conductorFortress ................................................ Ticheli

Timothy Doleysh, student conductorSketches on a Tudor Psalm......................TullPas Redouble............................... Saint-Saens

Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeTerry S. Treuden, conductor

October 22, 2000Flourish for Olana ................................JordanEnglish Folk Song Suite ...Vaughan WilliamsSalvation Is Created ...Tschesnokoff/HouseknechtLa Oreja de Oro ...........................San MiguelA Copland Tribute.......... Copland/GrundmanStormworks .........................................MelilloTango For Winds.............................DiMarinoThe Klaxon March ............................Fillmore


December 8, 2000Alleluia! Laudamus Te.......................... ReedIf Thou Be Near .................Bach/MoehlmannFantasia in G Major..... Bach/Goldman & LeistHavendance .....................................HolsingerFanfare on Adeste Fidelis ................. ColannaVariants On A Mediaeval Tune ......Dello JoioThe Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol ........

.................................................. GraingerRussian Christmas Music ...................... ReedMidnight Sleighride ....Sauter & Finegan/Wallace


March 4, 2001The Sinfonians .................................WilliamsSea Songs ..........................Vaughan WilliamsVariations on a Theme of Glinka ....................

...................................Rimsky-KorsakovStephen Colburn, oboe

They Led My Lord Away.........Gordon/AllenAquarium............................................ de MeijJazz Suite No. 2...........Shostakovich/de MeijSelections from Les Miserable .......................

...............Schonberg & Kretzmer/BarkerHands Across the Sea............................Sousa


April 29, 2001Liberty Fanfare................ Williams/LavenderDancin’ Into the 20’s....................HunsbergerYe Banks and Braes ......................... GraingerAmerican Riversongs...................... La PlanteThe Symphonic Gershwin ..Gershwin/BarkerAn Irish Rhapsody ........................ GrundmanThe Phantom of the Opera ... Webber/de MeijColonel Bogey......................................Alford

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SPECIAL FEATURE - 21

An interview with composer David Rakowskiby Captain Michael ColburnAssistant Director, United States Marine Band

In March, 2000, “The President’s Own” United States MarineBand, under the direction of Colonel Timothy W. Foley, commis-sioned American composer David Rakowski (b.1958) to write awork for winds. Intrigued by performance he had heard ofRakowski’s “Sesso e Violenza,” a work for two flutes and cham-ber ensemble, Colonel Foley decided it was time to encouragethis accomplished American composer to write for band. Rakowski,currently on the faculty of Brandeis University, received his musi-cal training at the New England Conservatory and Princeton Uni-versity. He has previously been commissioned by the OrpheusChamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, Parnassus, the River-side Symphony, and Ensemble 21, among others, and he has re-ceived numerous awards and fellowships, including the RomePrize, fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA,the Koussevitzky Foundation, and residencies at various artistcolonies. His “Persistent Memory,” commissioned by the OrpheusChamber Orchestra, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Beforeassuming his current position at Brandeis, he served on the facul-ties of Stanford, Columbia, and Harvard Universities.

David Rakowski recently fulfilled his Marine Band commissionwith a work entitled “Ten of a Kind.” According to the composer’sprogram note, “‘Ten of a Kind’ is structured like a four-movementsymphony, and acts like a concerto with a section of ten variouslysized clarinets acting as the concerto soloist.” The work receivedits U.S. premiere on May 20, 2001, and in July will be given itsworld premiere in Luzern, Switzerland as part of the WASBE WorldConference. The U.S. Marine Band has also recently recorded thework, which will be released on CD later this year. Scores and partsfor “Ten of a Kind” will be available through C.F. Peters.

Rakowski was on hand for the premiere and recording sessions,so I took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about hismusic, writing for band, and general thoughts about the chal-lenges facing the 21st century American composer. Part one ofthis interview focuses on Rakowski’s background, previous com-positions, and influences. Part two, which will be published in thenext issue of CBDNA Report, will present the composer’s thoughtson “Ten of a Kind.”

MC: Since this interview is being done for an audience that isfor the most part unfamiliar with your music, would you mindstarting with some biographical information?

DR: I grew up in the small town of St. Albans, Vermont, andplayed trombone in high school and community bands. I also triedto play keyboards in a rock band and developed my ears by takingtunes off the radio for the band, and doing arrangements. We didChicago covers, so we had an erstwhile brass section, and figur-ing out how to write for those combinations was really the begin-ning of my instrumentation experience. Actually, it was a bandpiece that made me want to start writing music in the first place. Itwas my sophomore year at the Vermont All-State Music Festival,and our bus had broken down. We couldn’t get back to St. Albans,

so they herded us off to hear a concert of the winners of the com-position competition. The winner was a band piece called “So-liloquy to a Snow Storm,” and I thought it was so dumb, beingfull of sleigh bells and other silly special effects. And I thought“This guy won a hundred fifty bucks for this?” (which was ex-actly one hundred allowances - two years salary! — for me) and Ithought “For that kind of money, I could write a piece at least thatgood.” And so during the February vacation of my junior year Iwrote my first piece ever, which was composed for the BellowsFree Academy High School Band. I wrote the piece in six daysand it took about 3 weeks to copy out parts. The premiere of thepiece was June 1, 1975, with me conducting, and all of the 3rdclarinetists were drunk. I didn’t win, by the way; I just got anhonorable mention.

MC: Just out of curiosity, what was the name of the piece?DR: I don’t remember the name of the piece, actually. Just that

I gave it an opus number of three, so that the judges wouldn’tthink that I was an amateur! The following year, my senior year, Iwrote another band piece. It was a suite of five movements called“Suite from Erehwon” (“nowhere” backwards), and this time Iwon, although the piece was never performed. After that I went toNew England Conservatory (NEC) to study composition, and myfirst year there was full of life-changing experiences. I was luckyenough that year to be able to go to a lot of concerts of the ISCMWorld Music Days, which were in Boston in October. I sang inthe NEC Chorus when they did Seymour Shifrin’s “Chronicles”with the Boston Symphony, which was a lot of fun and did won-ders for my ears. This was also Gunther Schuller’s last year asPresident at NEC, and he went out with a bang. He did“Gurrelieder,” which I sang in, and he did a concert performanceof Wozzeck, which I got to hear live. So I got to hear all sorts ofstuff that simply was not available to me in St. Albans. That’s partof how I developed my love for whatever it is that I love. It’s theSecond Viennese [School], the music that comes out of that, aswell as the composers who were teaching at NEC at that time,including Don Martino, John Heiss, Robert Ceely, Mac Peyton.Since they all had studied with Milton Babbitt, I decided I shouldprobably go to Princeton and study with Babbitt myself. (Andthat was a trip, too.) Which is how I ended up writing this rathercomplicated, extremely virtuosic music.

MC: Where did you go from Princeton?DR: I went on from Princeton to become a part-time word-

processor while trying to write a dissertation and write some mu-sic. I also helped to run a new music ensemble in Boston called“The Griffin Music Ensemble.” I did this word processing thingfor about four years. I didn’t get very much [music] written, andof course the ensemble ate holes in all of our pockets. In 1988 oneof my friends (Ross Bauer), who had a job at Stanford, moved toa job at UC-Davis late in the year and recommended me as a oneyear replacement for him at Stanford. To my surprise, they of-fered me the job, even though I had no prior teaching experienceand no doctorate. I didn’t really want to get into teaching, but Ithought I would try it for a year to see if I liked it, and I do. I likethe teaching part, I like the steady paycheck, but I really like be-ing involved in music every hour of my life. And that’s really

22 - SPECIAL FEATUREwhat saved me, and that’s when suddenly I started writing musica lot faster, and started accumulating this long list of importantawards and commissions [laugh], which you can find somewhere else.

MC: Talk a little about the kind of music you were writing allthose years you weren’t writing for bands.

DR: Lots of chamber music, lots of complicated and veryvirtuosic chamber music. Mostly instrumental stuff, and almostalways with string instruments. It was all part of the learning ex-perience, figuring out what I wanted to do, what kind of musicI really wanted to write. It was a very gradual process, with a fewsort of stair-steps on the way when I would have a little epiphanyin a piece, when there would be something that was just so goodthat it had something to do with where I wanted to go. God, thatsounds pretentious!

I was lucky that when I was in my mid-to-late twenties I wasable to write pieces for the most virtuosic and wonderful groupsin New York; Parnassus and Speculum Musicae. I was able towrite just about anything I could imagine for these fairly largeensembles of eight instruments. It was very complicated music interms of how to play it, but it was also very complicated in termsof how I got the notes. After a while I realized that the kind ofthings I wanted to do didn’t require that level of focus on everysingle note. I was really starting to think in terms of longer phrases,longer formal arches, and I started to think from the outside-informally, rather than the inside-out (at that time).

MC: Would you feel comfortable talking about your composi-tional process? Has your approach evolved at all over the years?

DR: I think of myself as having two different processes, de-pending on whether I’m writing pieces I know are short and self-contained or pieces that are fairly long. When I have a commis-sion or am going to write a piece for fairly large forces that Iknow is going to be relatively long and substantial, I do have tothink about it for a while before I’m ready to attack the piece,because I have to think for awhile about the overall arch (overallformal arch, overall gestural arch); the way a piece acts over along span of time. When writing long pieces I have tended to writeseparate movements that are connected without pause (for instance,my piano trio “Hyperblue” is a thirteen minute piece in threemovements but it is played without pause, with no silences frombeginning to end). For a piece like that, I had to think of some-thing that held the whole piece together. It’s hard for me to writelittle pieces as part of a bigger collection that don’t connect insome way that makes sense to me. So the process is really to think“What is this moment doing in relation to the whole?” When I’mwriting shorter pieces, such as my piano etudes, I’m exploringvarious techniques, either in terms of the instrumental techniqueor the technique of compositional form. I just let my imaginationrun wild and don’t have to worry about how a moment relates towhat is happening 20 minutes from now. All I have to worry aboutis how this music is going to play out in the next 2-3 minutes. Ihave many of these shorter works as well as some longer piecesthat have the larger formal arches which I have thought about fora long time.

Just as an example, I wrote my first symphony (to be preten-tious) about ten years ago, and that was a piece that simply cameout of a tune that was stuck in my head for about a year before I

knew what I wanted to do with it. The tune was unusual, unlikeanything I’d written before because it went back to the first note alot. I had to think about what this tune really meant, what it mightmean formally, and what this analysis revealed was that the tunerepeated itself on C-sharp a lot, and then a voice leading movehappened so that it resolved to C-natural, and when the tune spunout for a bit longer it came back to C-sharp. This shape implied tome a kind of an ABA form for the entire work, a 30-minute arch.The first and last movements are based around C-sharp and themiddle, smaller movements were based around C-natural. Thiswas just a starting point for this work, in which the larger move-ments were ABA as well, based loosely around just those threenotes. So just as an example, that’s how I worked with a longerpiece.

However, I have worked from the inside-out as well. “Persis-tent Memory,” the piece I wrote for Orpheus, pretty much startedwith spinning out a slow movement based on a five-note cell andseeing where it would lead; I had no idea at the beginning pre-cisely where it would lead.

Once I finished the slow movement, it took me about 14 monthsto figure out what I could do to follow it. I [eventually] followedit with a fast movement that had 8 variations with a scherzo ploppedinto the middle of the variations. That was the way I spun that oneout. I had to really consider the implications of the slow move-ment before I knew what the fast movement was going to do. Inthis case, the work is called “Persistent Memory” because it is thememory of the slow music inlaid into the fast music, and alsobecause it is written in memory of Lily Auchincloss, who spon-sored my Rome Prize.

MC: In talking about your “Symphony No.1”, you talked aboutthe tune that was the starting point for that piece. In talking about“Persistent Memory” you mention a five-note cell. Is there a dis-tinction in your mind between a “tune” and a “cell?”

DR: Actually there is. The tune [from my “Symphony No.1”]was just a tune that was in my head for a long time and I keptplaying with it until it became a succession of notes that had anarch and a shape that made sense to me, and had some motives init that I could develop. With the “Persistent Memory” cell, how-ever, I really had to play with the notes at the piano until I had thenotes that sounded right, which were notes that I knew I was go-ing to use both as a melody and as a chord, and that was not nec-essarily the case with the “Symphony.” The cell in “PersistentMemory” had a lot of different intervals in it, and the five notesmade a pleasing chord that also sounded good and made sensewhen inverted. I was also able to come up with successions ofchords based around that cell that had, to my ears, a progression,a sense of accumulation, and a feeling of tension and release.

MC: When you talk about using the cell, and the vertical andhorizontal applications of these notes which include the inversionof the cell, you’re not implying any formal serial approach, areyou? My understanding is that your technique is more individualand rather free.

DR: Yes, it’s very free. I hesitate to say intuitive, because I’mafraid that I might be misunderstood. What feels to me intuitive isreally the product of a lot of education and experience. So there’sa lot of music that’s in my head that I draw on whenever I’m

SPECIAL FEATURE - 23writing this stuff. It comes out in a certain way because I know allof this music and technique and I have all of this experience push-ing notes around. It comes out in a way that reveals all kinds ofinfluences I’m not aware of when I’m writing the notes down.I’m often not aware of them until other people point them out:“This sounds like a Dvorak moment,” or “This sounds like it cameout of the Schoenberg Op.16.” I’m freely willing to admit all ofthese influences because I know these pieces and it’s just part ofwhat’s in my head whenever I’m composing.

MC: So these references or allusions are not included inten-tionally, but are really kind of like peeking at your musical sub-conscious.

DR: Right, and I think most composers think that way also. Orat least write that way. We all have our different influences, andwe have certain likes and dislikes upon which we draw when wewrite our music.

MC: Let’s explore some of those influences. In this interviewyou’ve cited examples ranging from Mozart to Berg to Tony ToniTone, which says a lot about the diversity of your tastes and inter-ests. However, I’m not sure that a first-time listener to your musicwould recognize the impact of popular music in your work - cer-tainly not to the degree of someone like Michael Daugherty. Wouldyou provide some insight as to how popular music has influencedyour work?

DR: Well look, I listen to pop music a lot, especially since Idrive quite a bit. 70’s funk and the harder, driving music by Towerof Power, James Brown, and so forth are part of what I listen topractically everyday when I’m in the car. That sort of rhythmicdrive is something that is very attractive and has an influence onthe way I try to write these driving rhythms that really accumu-late and get somewhere. It’s hard to write fast music, and thereare very few composers who can write good fast music. (I wish Iwere one of them.) Appropriating these gestures from funk andpop is just one way that an American composer might use popmusic. I guess it’s just part of the American experience, espe-cially for composers of my generation and those who are comingafterward. This pop music is part of what we grew up with and ispart of the stew of things in our head. When it comes time to thinkof a rhythm to bring you up to a certain place in your work, it’soften something from bebop, funk, or some other popular musicthat had a major influence on us when we were young.

The thing is, there’s no point making a big deal of it. Some ofus deal with it on different levels than others. For some, it be-comes the whole point of the music, for others it’s just part ofwhat’s in our heads, it’s not everything we are. What I am is JamesBrown and Schoenberg (which I love), and the Babbitt “Ensemblesfor Synthesizer,” and Berg’s “Lulu,” and Tower of Power, andDonald Martino’s “Notturno.” I really like all of these things, andthey have had profound influences not only on the way I hearthings, but on the way I think of things sonically, musically, andcompositionally. And I don’t give any of these influences prece-dence over any others.

MC: One of our goals as an ensemble that frequently performsfor the general public is to present sophisticated contemporaryworks in a way that can be immediately satisfying to our audi-ence, even if the music is not completely understood. What areyour feelings about how your music is received by the public?

DR: Well, no composer has control over what the public is orwho is going to be at a concert. Mozart famously wrote to hisfather about his Piano Quintet K.452, “This piece has delights forboth the amateur and the specialist.” The more I write the more Irealize that’s probably what I’m after as well. Even if audiencemembers who aren’t necessarily experienced in modern musicdon’t totally understand my pieces, I hope there is something aboutthe works that might perk up their ears, maybe enough to encour-age them to come back to the music. You don’t know who’s goingto be in an audience, and there is really no point in trying to write“down” to a certain audience, or “up” to another. I just write themusic I want to hear, and if a lot of people like it, that’s good. If alot of people don’t like it, that’s also good. Or at least it’s notnecessarily bad. I don’t try to write for a popular audience, I’mnot trying to be popular, but on the other hand I’m not trying to beunpopular either.

MC: So you wouldn’t resist public approval?DR: Ironically, at one point in my career I would have. After

one performance I remember being told by two really old peoplethat they liked my music, and I thought, “God, it can’t be verygood then!” You know that after “Wozzeck” started to gain publicappeal, Berg started thinking that perhaps the opera wasn’t as goodas he thought.

MC: Now that you’ve had a recent experience writing for band,would you write for this ensemble again?

DR: Yeah, I probably would if the money were right! Not re-ally the money, but I would if I could be guaranteed that I wouldn’thave to substitute parts, that every instrument I write for would beavailable. When I think of a musical gesture, I really do think ofhow it sounds on a particular instrument, and oboe and sopranosax really aren’t the same thing. Yeah, I would write for bandagain. It was fun, I learned a lot, and I’ve got a new thing I canwrite for. Of course, it probably wouldn’t be a concerto again, itmight just be a regular band piece.

MC: Just out of curiosity, what constitutes a “regular bandpiece” in your mind?

DR: We’ll see. Probably something along the lines of a sym-phony for band, rather than some form [like the concerto] thatprovides a hook to help me get into the piece. Well, there’s a FirstSuite in E-flat, a Second Suite in F - maybe I’ll write a Third Suitein G!

This interview will be continued in the next issue of the CBDNAReport, in which David Rakowski talks about his new work forwinds, “Ten of a Kind.”

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