A Performance of Student Compositionsfrom Music-COMPmusic-comp.org

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OPUS 31 PROGRAM ORDER

Turophobia" " " " Calvin Wuthrich, Grade 8" " " " " Hinesburg Community SchoolItalian Riverside" " " Ethan Duncan, Grade 9" " " " " ISS and Champlain Valley UHSJourney to the Capitol"" " Zachery Roberstein, Grade 11" " " " " North Country UHS, NewportDance of the Wild" " " Alex Wick, Grade 7" " " " " Edmunds Middle, BurlingtonMarch of the Camel Traveler" " Nancy McNichols, Grade 6" " " " " Edmunds Middle, BurlingtonUnder Ice" " " " Izzy Patterson, Grade 10" " " " " Essex High SchoolMood Shirt" " " " Simon Podd, Grade 5" " " " " Glover Community SchoolCircus Waltz Macabre"" " Rachel Zimet, Grade 12" " " " " Montpelier High SchoolLone Wolf" " " " Ibby Hopkins, Grade 5" " " " " The Grammar School, Putney Hockey Game"" " " Miranda Eisenman, Grade 7" " " " " Maple Street School, ManchesterDragon King" " " " Tal Weitz, grade 3" " " " " Homeschooled, BondvilleWhen a Witch Will Rise" " Allison Cooper-Ellis, grade 6" " " " " The Grammar School, PutneyWhere Do We Go?" " " Anna Scoppettone, Grade 12" " " " " Montpelier High SchoolMiracles" " " " Rachel Tousignant, Grade 11" " " " " Harwood High School, Duxbury

INTERMISSIONA Late Walk" " " " Andrew Kim, Grade 7" " " " " Tuttle Middle School, S. BurlingtonAs Kingfishers Catch Fire" " Anna Halladay, Grade 9" " " " " Burlington High SchoolBe Music, Night" " " Eliza Allen, Grade 12" " " " " George Mason HS, Falls Church Tag" " " " " Tatiana Byam, Grade 5" " " " " Champlain Elementary, Burlington Time Turner" " " " Cecily Spence, Grade 5" " " " " Sustainability Academy, Burlington

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Merriment" " " " Erin Magill, Grade 10" " " " " Harwood UHS, DuxburyGetting Closer"" " " Cassandra Beste, Grade 4" " " " " Champlain Elementary, BurlingtonSuspenseful Song" " " Daniel Wick, Grade 4" " " " " Champlain Elementary, ButlingtonThird Take" " " " Jonathan DeRoehn, Grade 12" " " " " North Country UHS, NewportMarch to the End" " " Asom Hayman-Jones, Grade 8" " " " " Glover Community SchoolMetropolitan Banter" " " Jacob Dennison, Grade 11" " " " " Lark Region HS, OrleansAdventures at the Arabian Carnival" Susie Francy, Grade 12" " " " " Leland and Gray HS, Townshend

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Performers for Opus 29

InoraBrass QuintetChris Rivers, Jason Whitcomb, trumpet

Joy Worland, French hornLori Salimando-Porter, trombone

Bill Keck, tuba

Tim Wood, Matt Podd and Stefanie Weigand, piano

Andy Gagnon, Evan Peltier, percussion

Stefanie Weigand, sopranoLinda Radtke, altoErik Nielsen, tenor

Eric K. Brooks, bass

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Anne Hamilton, Vice President, Morgan, VermontElzy Wick, Secretary, Burlington, Vermont

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Michael Close, Worcester, VermontMatt Podd, Brooklyn, New York

Erik Nielsen, Brookfield, Vermont

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STUDENT COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES

Calvin Wuthrich - “I'm an eighth grader from Hinesburg Commu-nity School in Hinesburg, Vermont. I play the tenor sax, trombone, and piano as my primary instruments. My compositions are mostly in the styles of my favorite types of music to listen to, jazz and alternative rock, but, like my listening tastes, also sometimes stray from these genres. In my free time, as well as composing music, I enjoy skiing and playing baseball.”Ethan Duncan is 13 and lives in Williston. He is a Freshman at CVU. Ethan has played piano for 7 years and wants to be in a band. He is a big fan of Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen. He is a red belt in Taekwondo and loves music (obviously).Zachery Roberstein is a Junior at North Country UHS. “I play the bass clarinet and contra-alto clarinet. I've participated in the Northeast Music Festival for the past 2 years and got 2nd chair this year, along with getting 4th chair for All State Festival in 2015 and being selected for All-New England Festival. I have done some music composition and transcribing for about 5 years, but I have only gotten serious about it in the past 3 years.”Alex Wick is twelve years old and lives in Burlington, VT. Alex is in seventh grade at Edmunds Middle School. When he was about three years old his dad taught him guitar and ukulele. When he was five years old he got a piano. When Alex was six years old he started taking piano lessons. Alex's other interests include sports, hip-hop music, cross country running, and biking. He plays soccer, baseball, and tennis. Six of Alex's compositions have been per- formed for previous Opus concerts beginning with Opus 24.

Nancy McNichols - “I'm in sixth grade at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington. I play the Viola mostly for string orchestras, chamber orchestras, and with my sister and her friend in the Squawking HENs Trio. This year I joined the school band and I am learning to play the French Horn. I started composing this year and I'm ex-cited to compose.”Izzy Patterson - Hello! I'm fifteen, and have been composing for around three-ish years. My original instrument is the flute, though I also dabble in piano and voice, as well. I hope you enjoy my work! Simon Podd –“I am skier for Smugglers Notch Ski Club. I play the piano, guitar, trombone, and ukulele. I am a fifth grader at Glover School, and I love music.”Rachel Zimet is a senior at Montpelier High School.Ibby Hopkins is a 5th grader at The Grammar School in Putney, VT. She enjoys acting at NEYT, the local children's theater, and spending time with her large family of two parents, a little sister, grandparents, two dogs, one cat, two chickens, and one leopard gecko. Her hobbies include knitting and drawing comics.Miranda Eisenman - I am a seventh grade at Maple Street School in Manchester. This my first time doing this program. I have played the clarinet since fourth grade, and play the piano and ukulele. I like listening to the hits station on the radio, but I have always liked some of Beethoven's music.“My name is Tal Weitz. I am eight years old. I like to read, think, play, and dream. I have a very good imagination which produces my musical pieces as well as novels. I can't even complete writing one before I think of another. I like to look out the window at my surroundings because it helps my imagination. This is how I create my music: I think of a movie I would like to make and then I make music for it. I like pieces in minor.”Allison Cooper-Ellis is a 6th grader at The Grammar School. She has studied Violin for 7 years, which she loves to play. Along with Violin, she likes Art, Writing, Acting, and Horseback Riding. Allison has also played flute, and she likes to create new pieces on the piano. She is 11 years old, soon to be 12 in spring, and she is happy to be writing music for Music-COMP. Allison loves to set goals and reach them, so she is hoping to write a suitable piece for OPUS 31.

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Anna Scoppettone - “I am a senior at Montpelier High School. I have been playing viola for 9 ears and enjoy trying other instru-ments as well, including piano, bass, and violin. I love composing and look forward to it every week.”

Rachel Tousignant - “I am sixteen years old and a junior at Har-wood Union High School. I have been composing for the past few years. I have been in choir since 5th grade and am a part of the theater productions that happen each fall. I also play hockey for the varsity girls team at my school and am the assistant captain. Music has affected me throughout my life and has had a large impact on who I am as a person.”

Andrew Kim - “I am 12 years old an I attend Tuttle middle school. I am in 7th grade and I play in the jazz band, I play clarinet and piano, the ukulele, and a tiny bit of guitar, electric bass, and saxo-phone.”

Anna Halladay -”I am thirteen years old. I play cello, a little bit of piano, french horn, and bass guitar in the school's jazz band. I swim competitively year-round, along with playing soccer and softball. I starting composing in my 4th grade music class and really enjoyed it, so I decided to continue. I have participated in multiple Opus concerts, and am very excited to have my piece performed by VSO!”

Eliza Allen is a pianist and a senior at George Mason High School in Falls Church Virginia. This is her first year of composi-tion.

Tatiana Byam - “I am a fifth grader at Champlain Elementary School.  I love to swim and I am on a swim team.  I love compet-ing at swim meets.  I also love art, P.E., and music.  I take piano lessons.  This is my second time composing and my first time for Opus.”

“Hi, My name is Cecily Spence. I'm 10 years old (almost 11) I've done piano since I was 6 and a few months ago I decided to stop. but I still love music. I love doing gymnastics and working with animals. My family fosters dogs. Currently I have 4 dogs and 1 cat. I also love to read, especially science fiction and I love the sires Harry potter. Oh...and I have an identical twin sister who drives me crazy and is also doing Opus 31. I'm super excited to be participating.”

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“My name is Erin Magill. I'm in tenth grade and play clarinet at Harwood Union High School. I wrote for clarinet because I love the sound and I could use my own playing to write the part. I also enjoy running and skiing, and I'm learning tenor saxophone to play in the jazz band this year.”“Hi my name is Cassandra Beste but I go by Cassie. I am in fourth grade. I play Cello and Piano. I also love sports, music, and animals. My favorite sport is soccer. I love soccer more than anything (except my family and animals). We have 3 dogs, 1 cat, 1 guinea pig, 15 chickens (7 are chicks) and 1 fish! I love doing almost all things and I am always ready to compose!”“My name is Daniel Wick.  I am a 4th grader at Champlain Elementary School.I know how to play the piano, saxophone, clarinet, and sometimes I play the recorder. I also hip-hop dance, play tennis, and practice Kung Fu. This is my third time composing a piece for Opus and Music - COMP.”Jonathan DeRoehn - “I am a Senior at NCUHS. I got accepted to OPUS 30 and am going to be going to the University of Southern Maine for Music Education. I'm a Percussionist in Band, playing timpani, mallets, and non pitched percussion. I also play drum set in the Jazz Band and I sing in Chorus and Men's Ensemble.” Asom Hayman-Jones - “I'm in 8th grade I play the tuba, piano and am learning how to play the trumpet. I have been compos-ing for two years and I have enjoyed every bit of it. My experi-ence at the concert last year was very fulfilling with meeting other people as passionate about music as I am. My favorite things to do are playing sports, composing and eating.”

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Jacob Dennison -”I'm a junior at Lake Region UHS in Orleans. and I play mallet percussion as well as piano in the jazz band and concert band. I am also in chorus. This is my second year writing compositions for the Opus competitions. My interest in music be-gan while I was young. I don't remember exactly when I started finding enjoyment in music, but I'd say I was around five. I had a little CASIO keyboard to play around with, and mostly didn't know what I was even doing. I just liked the sounds. However, later on, but while I was still relatively young, I started to play songs that I've heard. I only played the melody, however. My ear for music grew with me, and I started playing more complex songs. So, in that sense, I'm a self-taught musician. But I have been taking pi-ano lessons recently and practicing more often.

I compose electronic music at the age of 12 when I first heard dance music. Nowadays, my musical interests have shifted to-wards more experimental genres. I have a dream to have my own record label. Since last year, I feel like my skills in composing have greatly increased, and the pieces I'm writing are more so-phisticated.

“My name is Susie Francy and I am in 12th grade. As of right now, I sing (alto and tenor) in addition to playing soprano, alto, and bass clarinet; soprano, alto, and tenor sax; flute; piano; and ukulele. I am in the process of learning a few other instruments, including trombone. I arrange and compose many types of music, including classical, pop, and jazz. I love composing because it lets me express ideas and tell stories that cannot be expressed through words. Composing (and arranging, especially) allow my unique perspective of the world to be heard.”

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A native of Vermont, Chris Rivers, trumpet, attended The Crane School of Mu-sic and The Florida State University earning degrees in Music Education.   His teachers include Anthony Maiello and James Croft.  Chris is currently in his 26th year as Band Director at Harwood Union High School in Moretown, Vermont where the program was awarded a prestigious Grammy Signature School Award.  He is also part-time adjunct faculty at UVM.  The Harwood Music Pro-gram completed its 10th Recording Project in May of 2014.   Chris has earned honors as Teacher of the Year, and has served as District IV Chair, Treasurer and liaison to the VMEA Executive Committee.  Chris is an active performer, conductor, and educator - performing throughout Vermont with many organiza-tions including Inora Brass, Constitution Brass Quintet, Bach Winds, Mozart Festival and the VSO.

Jason Whitcomb, trumpet, was born and raised in South Burlington, VT where he graduated from South Burlington High School in 2001. He has a degree in music education from The Crane School of Music as well as a performance cer-tificate, studying with Dr. John Ellis. In 2007 he graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, with his Masters in Trum-pet Performance, studying with Phil Collins, former Principal Trumpet of the Cin-cinnati Symphony.  Jason currently teaches trumpet privately to over 40 students throughout Chittenden County as well as at HUHS.  Many of his students partici-pate in festivals in Vermont as well as around the US. Achievements of his stu-dents include Prinipcal Trumpet in the All State Music Festival, the New England Music Festival, and Vermont Youth Orchestra.  He performs with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Opera Company of Middlebury Orchestra, Lyric Theatre Pit, InoraBrass Quintet, as well as other various groups throughout the New Eng-land Area.  He lives in Colchester, Vermont with his Fiancee, Liane, her three children, and their two cats.

Since moving to Vermont in 2009, Joy Worland, horn, has performed with the Vermont Symphony, InoraBrass, the Green Mountain Opera, the Burlington Jazz Festival, Capitol City Concerts, the Orchestra of Northern New York, the Crafts-bury Chamber Players, the Portland Symphony, and other groups in northern New England. Prior to moving to Vermont she was Associate Principal Horn of the Nashville Symphony, where she performed in hundreds of concerts, national tours, and earned multiple Grammys for recordings with the symphony. She also taught at Vanderbilt University, had a private teaching studio, and was active in Nashvilleʼs commercial music scene, playing jingles, soundtracks, and backup for many kinds of artists. She has been Principal Horn of the Mexico City Phil-harmonic, and performed with the symphonies of Gothenburg (Sweden), Atlanta, and St. Louis. In addition to a Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance, Joy also has a Master of Library Science. She is the Library Director at the Kellogg- Hub-bard Library in Montpelier.

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Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Bill Keck, tuba, received his BM & MEd. with a performance certificate in Tuba from the Eastman School of Music. He received his Masters of Music Ed. at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. Bill studied with Jaroslav Cimera and Arnold Jacobs. Bill was an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi and a founding member of the Southern Arts Brass Quintet. He toured with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, then moved to Mexico as principal tubist with the Mexico City Philharmonic. Bill now resides in Vermont, performing with the New England Wind Symphony and three quintets - The Con-stitution Brass Quintet, the Royal Town Brass and the InoraBrass.

Andrew Gagnon, percussionist, was raised in Hardwick, Vermont. He holds a degree in music education with a concentration on composition from the Univer-sity of Vermont, where he studied percussion with Jeff Salisbury and Dr. D. Tho-mas Toner. He has toured Colombia as a member of the UVM Jazz Quartet, teaching masterclasses and presenting workshops and has travelled to China as part of a cross-cultural composition project. He was the recipient of the 2012 Thomas L. Read Prize in Composition. Gagnon is a private percussion instructor and has worked with the Governorʼs Institute on the Arts, Vermont Jazz Camp and Green Mountain Youth Symphony summer camp. He is currently teaching music at Stowe Middle School, Vermont. Gagnon has also been a composer mentor with Music-COMP. 

Lori Salimando-Porter, Trombone, returned home with her husband Joe to Chazy, NY on Lake Champlain after retiring from the United States Military in 2005. She served as Principal Trombonist with the US Military Academy Band, West Point, NY, the US Marine Band, El Toro, CA, and the US Naval Academy Band, Annapolis, MD. Lori has also performed with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Hudson Valley Sym-phony, as substitute Lead Trombone with the Miss Saigon Orchestra on Broadway, for four US Presidents and as soloist at the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Wash-ington, DC. Lori has taught Trombone and Euphonium privately for over 30 years and is currently an Adjunct Music Faculty member at SUNY Plattsburgh, NY. She performs with InoraBrass, Opera Company of Middlebury Orchestra and substitutes with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, VT Chorale Society Orchestra and the Adirondack Wind Ensemble. Lori received her M.M. from the Catholic University of America in 1987, her B.M. from the Eastman School of Music in 1983 and graduated from Chazy Central Rural School in 1979. Loriʼs teachers include Dr. John Marcellus, Dr. Terry Cravens, Dr. Bob Wigness, Bud Bentley, Richard Cryder and Joseph Alessi. Lori has been blessed to have Marion Salimando influence her life and Trombone playing.

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Evan Peltier is a freelance percussionist and educator originally from Saratoga Springs, NY. He received a bachelor's degree in both Music Education and Per-formance at Ithaca College, under the tutelage of world-renowned marimbist and composer Gordon Stout. Evan has had his hands in many different performing opportunities, including the first college-based fife and drum corps group in the nation, a gigging steel drum band, pit percussion for the Hangar Theatre in Ith-aca, and more recently, performing with the Burlington Civic Symphony Orches-tra. Evan is currently halfway through graduate school for music education, at Central Connecticut State University. He Has has been the band director at Col-chester High School for 6 years, and absolutely loves offering all kinds of musical opportunities for his students, whether its hosting the current Count Basie Or-chestra to perform at CHS, arranging Snarky Puppy tunes for his jazz band, or exposing students to great band literature throughout the year! Evan is happy to be back on stage for this year's Opus Concert, and looks forward to hear all of the student works tonight!

Tim Woos, piano, is a musician from Burlington, Vermont. A graduate of Music-COMP, Tim's works have been performed across the country by groups such as the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Prism Quartet, Vermont Youth Orchestra, and members of the Johannes and Guarneri quartets. After attending the Curtis Institute of Music Tim moved back to Vermont and is an active member of the diverse musical scene, performing on piano and other keyboard instruments. In addition to running a studio and playing keyboards in a band called Gnomedad, Tim is also the accompanist for the Vermont Suzuki Violins and the South County Community Chorus. Tim's teachers include Erik Nielsen, David Ludwig, Cynthia Huard, and Richard Danielpour.

Matt Podd is a pianist, composer, arranger, and music director based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Ithaca College. As a pianist Matt specializes in jazz, gospel, pop, musical theatre, and choral accompa-niment. He has appeared on stage with some of New York City's finest musicians at Town Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Symphony Space, the 92nd Street Y, Rockwood Music Hall, and Shapeshifter Lab. He has also worked behind the scenes as an arranger and orchestrator for such world-class acts as the New York Pops Orches-tra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Reneé Fleming, Kurt Elling, the Young Peo-ple's Chorus of NYC, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Time for Three, SHEL, Jake Shimabukuro, Stephen Kellogg, Milton Delug, and countless other artists, choirs and ensembles. His arrangements have been heard across America and throughout the world including performances at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Cen-ter, the Kennedy Center, P.B.S. the White House, Caramoor Music Festival, the 92nd Street Y, Symphony Space, and beyond.

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Stefanie Maas Weigand, soprano and piano, received her BFA in Musical Thea-tre from Ithaca College. There, she appeared in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rosa Bud), BatBoy (Ruth), Parade (Monteen), SideShow and A Little Night Music, among others. She was also the musical director/pianist for The Last 5 Years and The Pirates of Penzance at the Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca. In NYC, Stefanie played Amelia Bedelia in a national childrenʼs theatre tour of Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor. Ste-fanie was also a member of the New York Choral Society, performing at Lincoln Center with the Met Orchestra and Soloists, at Carnegie Hall, and in Madison Square Garden for Andrea Bocelliʼs Concert Tour. In Vermont, Stefanie has di-rected, and performed for Café Noir productions, the Mad River Chorale, the Green Mountain Opera Festival, Stowe Theatre Guild, Green Mountain Performing Arts, and the VT Philharmonic. Stefanie is a music teacher at Harwood Union Middle/HS, the Repertoire and Standards Chair with VT-ACDA, and Dean of Students with NEMFA.

Alto Linda Radtke sings with Counterpoint, Vermont's professional vocal en-semble, and with the Oriana Singers.  She has sung in all the Robert De Cormier recording projects and has a special interest in historic Vermont songs, which she presents throughout the state for the Vermont Humanities Council's Speakers' Bureau. After teaching for 31 years at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, Linda now hosts a choral program on VPR Classical. 

Erik Nielsen, tenor, is better known as a composer with recent commissions by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival and the Boston-based string orchestra, A Far Cry. Other compositions include Voices in the Wind, a set of duets for flute and viola; The Crane Maiden for chamber ensemble, narrator and three actors; two song cycles, Trajectory of Flight for mezzo-soprano and strings and The Falling of Trees for baritone and piano quartet; his Quartet for Strings #2; and Cinque Amici, a work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, and many more. In 2015 A Fleeting Animal, an opera he wrote with David Budbill on commission from Vermont Opera Theater in 2000, was given a new production with six performances throughout Vermont. Erik has won awards from ASCAP, the Vermont Arts Council, and in 1991 was chosen Vermont Composer of the Year by the Vermont Music Teachers Association. Mr. Nielsen is Senior Composition Mentor with Music-COMP. He also teaches music theory and composition with the Vermont Youth Orchestra, the Monteverdi School and privately. Mr. Nielsen lives in Brookfield, Vermont. Eric K. Brooks, baritone, is a native of Montpelier. A founding member of the professional vocal ensemble Counterpoint, Eric has performed as soloist and chorister with many other groups, including the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Oriana Singers, Voces Dulcissimis and the Burlington Choral Society. Eric has recently been a featured soloist with the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Robert DeCormier. Eric also plays clarinet in the Vermont Symphonic Winds, Waterbury Community Band, and at the Univer-sity of Vermont. Eric also plays clarinet with the Vermont Symphonic Winds and other ensembles, and he lives and works in Waterbury Center.

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