UNIVERSITY BAND &
SYMPHONIC BAND

Thursday, February 22, 2024

8 P.M. Kobacker Hall
Moore Musical Arts Center

Program

University Band
Jonathan Waters, conductor
Sam Berlekamp, guest conductor

Flourish For Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Loch Lomond | Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
                Sam Berlekamp, conductor

Synthetic Sunlight Steven Bryant (b. 1972)

First Suite in E-Flat Gustav Holst  (1874-1934)
          I. Chaconne
         II.  Intermezzo
        III.  March
 

~~INTERMISSION~~

Symphonic Band
Bruce Moss, conductor

Infinity (2020) |  Katahj Copley (b. 1998)

Suite Francaise (1944) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
          Normandie
          Bretagne
          Ile de France
          Provence

Courtly Airs and Dances (1995) | Ron Nelson (1929-2023)
          Intrada
          Basse Danse (France)
          Pavane (England)
          Saltarello (Italy)
          Sarabande (Spain)
          Allemande (Germany)
                Sam Berlekamp and William Lommel, conductors 
                                In Memory of Ron Nelson   

Clutch! (2019) | Andrew David Perkins

FLUTE
Ashley Murray
Madison Duncan
Sarah Beckstedt
Lindsey Kintop
Ella Willard
Alyssa Maddox
Madison Allman
Samantha Lewandowski
Hannah Baran
Ashton Anderson
Ellie Hedges
Olivia Hershberger
Lilliana Boots
Madison Wolf
Hana Walchli

CLARINET
Katie Roy
Camryn O'Shea
Jessica Galliers
Tre Myers
Krislyn King
Raiden Hemming
CJ Marino
Lillian Fiedler
Katy Greene
Alli Twining
Jamie Chester
Xavier Bucher

BASS CLARINET
Joe Boyle
Willis McClure

BASSOON
Jaksyn Trimbach
David Neuman

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Noah Salmon
Kalee Moore
Hannah Huddle
Brittney Vonalt
Will Mason
Ashley Baker
Joshua Wolin
Evelyn Taylor

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Philip Alberts
Caleb Steidl
Martin Repka

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Brendan Stein
Dakota Thibault

TRUMPET
Cassidy Parker
Jacob Mugavero
Adrienne Post
Sam Berlekamp
Esmer Hatten
Matthew Emberg
Cameron Bentley
Mason Combs

FRENCH HORN
Stephanie DeCroix
Zane Ramsey
Josie Campbell
Chloe Fry

TROMBONE
Samuel Poe
Abby Schneider
Max Porter
Chloe Feldpausch
Luke Wells

EUPHONIUM
Zephyr McQuade
Meg Gierula
Hannah Crowe
Dominic Goldswer
Emily Thornton
Autumn Jackson
Arsen Cherubini
Kristin McClure

TUBA
Will Biggane
Braeden Scheirer
Adam Mgebroff
Ian Roach
Sierra Wood
Mitchell Barnes

PERCUSSION
Zion Bateman
Sarah Hertenstein
Alex Huss
Eleanor Wisniewski
Jessica Kozik
Logan Hernandez
Silas Nietz
Cameron Laker

Flute
Evelyn Taylor*
Amanda Reed*
Elijah Ondrish
Jessica Twardesky
Kylee Helmick

Oboe
Kathryn Swanson*
Emily Nash

Bassoon
Sam Berlekamp
Alex Vickers - contra
Isabel Gracon - contra

Eb Clarinet
Drew Squire

Bb Clarinet
MacKenzie Zdrojewski*
Drew Squire
Mollie Barrett
Wyatt Deringer
Elizabeth Warner
Zachary Hagen

Bass Clarinet
Alexia Redmond

Saxophone
Matt Reed*
Ava Boedicker
Dylan Reese
Liz Laird
Luke Bass

Trumpet
Nick Forlow*
Sydney Nitschke*
Jack Montanya
Luke Brewster
Elijah Hash
Eliana Peron
Jacob Zonner
Logan Saum

Horn
Ash Behn*
Charlie Ditchman*
Mitchell Hemme
Nathan McMahon
Mikinzi Pigman
Rowen Raynes
Brayden Adamisin

Trombone
Caleb Bennett*
Ruth Wadzinski
Noah Elliott
Connor Kirkner

Euphonium
Zai Johnson*
Benjamin Bates
Brady Fortman

Tuba
Noah White*
Jamie Chester
Mason Combs

Percussion
Elijah Kuszmaul*
Jayden Hall
Anthony Douglas
Alex Minniear
Matthew Graves
Kathryn Mahoney
Jake Kendall


+Hansen
*Kelly
^faculty/guest artist

TBA

Infinity

Shooting stars symbolize good luck, change or big event is coming towards your life, or it can also be a symbol of endings and beginnings. Shooting stars are actually one of the most diverse omens we have throughout our history. Shooting star symbolizes a brief fleeting moment in one's life just like the brief wonder of seeing a shooting star race across the night sky. They can also be a symbol of reaching one's ultimate destiny.

Shooting stars, asteroids, and the movement of the heavenly bodies in the night sky have always fascinated humans. Some cultures have always and strong beliefs and superstitions in the meaning of shooting stars. Traditional shooting stars also meant a new birth and changes in one's life and also a wish for a better life.

With Infinity I wanted to create the sense of shooting stars flying through the infinite playground known as space. As the piece begins, the world of space is filled with stars running through the skies. Throughout the piece, the shooting stars go through many different scenarios both dark and light until finally at the end of the piece the stars – with their bright colors and lights – flash across the sky with spectacular grandeur.

Program Note by composer

Suite Francaise

For a long time I have had the idea of writing a composition fit for high school purposes, and this was the result. In the bands, orchestras, and choirs of American high schools, colleges and universities where the youth of the nation be found, it is obvious that they need music of their time, not too difficult to perform, but nevertheless keeping the characteristic idiom of the composer.

The five parts of this suite are named after French Provinces, the very ones in which the American and Allied armies fought together with the French underground of the liberation of my country: Normandy, Brittany, Ile-de-France (of which Paris is the center), Alsace-Lorraine, and Provence (my birthplace).

I used some folk tunes of these provinces. I wanted the young American to hear the popular melodies of those parts of France where their fathers and brothers fought to defeat the German invaders, who in less than seventy years have brought war, destruction, cruelty, torture, and murder three times to the peaceful and democratic people of France."

Program Note by composer

Courtly Airs and Dances

Courtly Airs and Dances is a suite of Renaissance dances which were characteristic to five European countries during the 1500s. Three of the dances (Basse Dance, Pavane, and Allemande) are meant to emulate the music of Claude Gervaise by drawing on the style of his music as well as the characteristics of other compositions from that period. The festival opens with a fanfare-like Intrada followed by the Basse Danse (France), Pavane (England), Saltarello (Italy), Sarabande (Spain), and Allemande (Germany).

The work was commissioned by the Hill Country Middle School Band from Austin, Texas, Cheryl Floyd, director.

Program Note by composer

Clutch!

I have visceral childhood memories of going to the Belle Isle Indy car races in Detroit with my Dad. The smell of high-octane racing fuel, burning rubber, domestic beer, feeling the scorching hot summer sun bouncing off the asphalt. The pitch-bending sounds of the Formula One cars screaming past us at insane speeds, the roar of the crowd at the checkered flag. Wildly dangerous, every boundary being tested, all for a chance at the winner's circle.

This competitive spirit inspired me to write a fanfare that pushes the boundaries of tempo, range & technical demand, and gives the conductor, performers, and listener a nice adrenaline rush too. I also wanted to push myself to write the most exciting wildly chaotic music I could imagine.

Fast. Loud. And a bit reckless.

Program Note by composer

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Updated: 09/18/2024 03:47PM