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Department of Music
presents

UWM YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE I & II

Thomas Dvorak, music director, UWMYWE

conductor, UWMYWE I

Scott Corley, conductor, UWMYWE II

Jeff DeThorne, assistant conductor

Jennifer Greupner, assistant conductor

J. Micah Hoffman, assistant conductor

Molly Walsh, assistant conductor

SUNDAy' OCTOBER 20, 2002

7:30 PM

Helen Bader Concert Hall

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
2419 East Kenwood Boulevard
 ~Program~

Opening Selections
Canzona per sonare II (c. 1608) Giovanni Gabrielli
Thomas Dvorak, conductor (c. 1554-1612)

Overture for Woodwinds (2000) Phillip Sparke

Molly Walsh, graduate conducting associate (b. 1951)

UWM Youth Wind Ensemble II

Scott Corley, Conductor
Canticle: All Creatures of Our God and IGng (1984) Claude T. Smith
1. Micah Hoffman, graduate conducting associate (1932-1987)

Rhosymedre (1920) Ralph Vaughan Williams

(1872-1958)
Jennifer Greupner. graduate conducting associate arr. Walter Beeler

Homage: Three Tapestries (1997) David Holsinger

I. Tapestry One (b. 1945 )
II. Tapestry Two
III. Tapestry Three

UWM Youth Wind Ensemble I

Thomas Dvorak, Conductor
October (2000) Eric Whitacre
Jeff De Thorne. graduate conducting associate (b. 1970)

The Year of the Dragon (1985) Philip Spark

I. Toccata (b. 1951)
II. Interlude
III. Finale
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Youth Wind Ensemble I

Flute Trumpet
Beth Delorit Grafton Andrew Stoll Whitefish Bay
Catherine Branch Kenosha Bradford Corey Boardman Wauwatosa West
Colleen White Cedarburg Carolyn Olsen Homestead
Megan Luljak Whitefish Bay Kevin Peterson South Milwaukee
Cindy Friedman Wauwatosa Greg Schrieber Brookfield Central
Angela Leffingwell Shorewood Andrew Pryor Grafton
Kelly Giese Hamilton Andrew Porn Milwaukee High School ofthe Arts
Nora Justin-Szopinski Milwaukee Rufus King Chris Nowak Cudahy
Erin Bracke Waukesha West Jenny Kremel Waukesha West
Tina Schmalz Grafton
Brittany Sullivan Shorewood Horn
Lyndsay Goldammer Waukesha West
Oboe Don Karsh Nicolet
David Cyzak Kenosha Saint Joseph Laura Barnard Sussex-Hamilton
Ainsley Riley Hartland Arrowhead Trevor Casterline Marquette
Pam Kostka Mukwonago Brian Adler Hartford Union
David Buehler Menomonee Falls
Clarinet Laura Roehsner Port Washington
Jenny Nagy Waukesha West Eric Schulz Sussex-Hamilton
Megan Rustici Racine Washington Park
Jim Boston Marquette Trombone
Ryan Ashley Homestead Jacob Tomasicyk Hartland Arrowhead
Carolyn Jevnisek Hartland Arrowhead Bergen Carlson-Price Shorewood
Bryan Goetz GennanJown Emrny Rozanski Homeschool
Heather Remmel Germantown Matthew Grambow Nicolet
Casey Huebner Mukwonago Trevor Allen Falls Baptist
Jenny Slater New Berlin Eisenhower Doug Hoeft Waukesha West
Melissa Grams Waukesha West Claire Furness Brookfield East
Megan Doyle Wauwatosa East
Heidi Schroeder Milwaukee Lutheran Bass Trombone
Jim Skaleski Brookfield East Andrew Thone Milwaukee Lutheran
Stephanie Frenzel West Allis Central
Kelli Minor Muskego Euphonium
Nicole Sauer Union Grove
Bass Clarinet Michael Geracie Brookfield East
Gail Eichenberger Kettle Moraine Patrick O'Connor Homestead

Bassoon Tuba
Ben Krieg Whitefish Bay Adam Schubert Muskego
Paul Oestriech Milwaukee Lutheran Julie Wilder Brookfield East
Michael Nicola Pewaukee Ryan Blaeske Nicolet
Adrianne Neitzke Menomonee Falls
Percussion
Alto Saxophone Joel Ebert Cudahy
Erin Esson New Berlin West Jesse Fredlund Shorewood
Natalie Nawarawong Kenosha Bradford Anne Hodges Brookfield Easl
Karen Olia Brookdield £ast Diana Lester Shorewood
Harrison Sklar Homestead Chris Siudzinski Germantown
Brian Timm Mukwonago
Tenor Saxophone
Adam Wiener Shorewood
Paul Otto Homestead
John Carbon Shorewood

Baritone Saxopbone
(JeoffMoon Shorewood
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Youth Wind Ensemble II

Flute Tenor Saxophone

Jessica Salas Falls Baptist Kevin Beier Waukesha West
Allison Wagner Oconomowoc
Rachel Frederickson Wauwatosa East Baritone Saxophone
Lauren Wood Brookfield East Alex Zerbst Oconomowoc
Rebecca Van Aartsen Brookfield East Jason Taylor Shorewood
Caitlin Holewinski Whitnall
Katie Mendez Shorewood Trumpet
Leah Roberson Watertown Mike Esty Franklin
Kristina Mucha Waukesha West Krystal Solum East Troy
Kristyn St. Clair Brookfield Central Kris Marose Milwaukee Lutheran
Annie Strother Nicolet Amanda Franzen Sussex Hamilton
Katrina Deerr Menomonee Falls Troy Kowalski Waukesha West
Cindy Dunn Milwaukee High School ofthe Arts Michael Fishman-Salnick Brookfield East
Eric Bracke Waukesha West
Oboe Ryan Voigt Menomonee Falls
Dana Bellissimo Eisenhower Middle David Wing Heritage Christian
Sammi Dittloff Muskego
Sarah Stoiber Waukesha West Horn
Hannah Lodwick Menomonee Falls Heidi Hackbarth Kenosha Bradford
Brandon Yahn Menomonee Falls North
Clarinet Kaytlyn Kom Menomonee Falls
Katie Fisher Grafton Ashley Wichman Muskego
Aaron Lloyd Milwaukee High School ofthe Arts Christopher Fisher Waterford Union
Sarah Radtke Shorewood Heidi Hom Muskego
Jessica Owens Brookfield East
Matt Culhane Hartland Arrowhead Trombone
Martha Josephson Shorewood Jeffrey SitZlllan Hubertus
Kelly Petitjean Divine Savior Holy Angels Liz ThierfeIder Arrowhead
Erik Sowers Cedarburg Aaron Meilicke Brookfield Central
Max Lynch Shorewood Casey Stratton Nicolet
Katie Rowbottom Wauwatosa East Perry Moen Muskego
Rhiannon Adams Wauwatosa East Stephanie Rau Menomonee Falls
Sarah Vredenbregt Homestead Alex John West Allis Central
Nathan Ferger Wauwatosa East Chris Roman Hartland Arrowhead
Kate Merrill Divine Savior Holy Angels
Euphonium
Bass Clarinet Amanda Cellini Wauwatosa West
Steven Zanecki Muskego Chas Chaveriat Brookfield
Raymond Krueger Manin Luther
Bassoon Ryan Murray Sussex Hamilton
Alyssa Blahnik Menomonee FallsThomas Jefferson Tim Brandl Shorewood
Hannah Wente Port Washington
Tuba
Alto Saxophone Andy Hacker Menomonee Falls
Michelle Smith Shorev.'Ood Grace Edgar Shorewood
Matt Chapman Wauwatosa West Ryan Feia Waukesha West
Joanna Nagy Waukesha West
Mike Verthein Brookfield Central Percussion
Stephanie Wholean Menomonee Falls North
Casey Bums Menomonee Falls
Andrew Reher Muskego
 Thomas L. Dvorak
Director of University Bands

Thomas Dvorak is Professor of Music and Director of University Bands at the

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a position he has held since 1979. A native
of Wisconsin, he is a product of Wisconsin University Education. As Director of
Bands, he guides all aspects of the band program, including the graduate conduct­
ing program. Since 1979, he has appeared with the UWM Bands throughout the
United States, including the 1981 MENC Conference in Minneapolis, the 1981,
1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, and 200 I Wisconsin Music
Educators Conference, in 1983 for the 22nd Annual meeting of the College Band
Directors National Association in Atlanta, two performances at the North Central
Divisional Meeting of the College Band Directors National Association, the first in 1991 at Michigan State
University, and the second at the University of Nebraska in 1994, and two appearances for the Wisconsin
National Band Association's Conventions, the first in 1997 in Stevens Point and the second in 1999 in
LaCrosse. He has brought such distinguished composers as Joseph Schwantner, H. Owen Reed, Karel Husa,
Samuel Adler, David Amram, Warren Benson, Fisher Tull, Anthony Iannaccone, David Holsinger, and Martin
Mailman to the UWM campus, and along with his students, received warm praises for perfonnances oftheir
compositions.
He began his university teaching career in 1974 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as Assistant
Professor of Music and conductor of the University Youth Wind Ensemble. He has received numerous
awards including the "Outstanding Secondary Educator of America" in 1974, and has five times been pre­
sented the "Citation of Excellence" by the National Band Association for his achievements and contributions
to bands. He continues an active involvement with younger-aged high school musicians, having served as
Music Director ofthe University of Michigan Youth Wind Ensemble (1974-77); presently as conductor of the
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Wind Ensemble Program, and as director of the University of Wisconsin­
Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble Program, a program he founded in 1983. He led the University of Wiscon­
sin-Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble in perfonnances at the 1990 Minneapolis meeting of the North Central
Division of the College Band Directors National Association and for the National Band Associations 8th and
9th Biennial Conventions at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Professor Dvorak maintains an active guest conducting and lecturing schedule throughout the nation
and abroad, having appeared at universities, various All-State Bands and Inter-Collegiate Bands in the United
States, England, Belgium, France, Japan, Canada, and Australia His biography is listed in the International
"Who S Who in Music" and ''Who's Who among America's Teachers" ·and he is the author of many articles
concerning repertoire, composers, and conducting. He is the principal author of a repertoire series for school
bands entitled "Best Music for Beginning Bands. Best Music for Young Bands, and Best Music for High
School BandslWind Ensembles" published by Manhattan Beach Music, NY. He is co-editor/ author of
"Teaching Music Though Performance in Beginning Band" published by GIA Publications, Chicago. He is
active in various professional associations including both NBA and CBDNA. Within NBA, he has served on
the Executive Board as Representative-at-Large and for 12 years as Chairman of the Band Composition
Contest. He is past President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Associa­
tion (1990-1992) and past 2nd Vice President of the National Band Association (1990-1992).
In January 1994, he became the first American conductor to conduct at the University of
Laucenston's Summer Music School in Laucenston, Tasmania During the same period, he led the Conduct­
ing Symposium for the Australian Band and Orchestra Association in Melbourne, Australia. In the summer of
1996, he led the University of Wisconsin-Milw'aukee Symphony BandlWind Ensemble in a concert tour of
Australia and Hawaii including a performace for the Austrialia Band and Orchestra Association's National
Convention held in Melbourne.
Finally, Professor Dvorak is active in wind ensemble and band recording projects with his university
ensembles. Through this venture, he has recorded the repertoire accompanying the "Teaching Music Through
Performance in Beginning Band"as well as a series entitled "Clrrosics for Wind Ensemble/Symphony Band"
Volumes I, II, and III.
 Scott Corley
Assistant Director of University Bands
Scott R. Corley is currently Assistant Director of Bands at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he serves the Band area and Music Department
in a variety of capacities. Mr. Corley conducts the UWM Symphony Band,
UWM Youth Wind Ensemble II, and directs the University Panther Band. He
is also director of the University Band, assisting conducting students in the
selection, rehearsal , and performance of quality literature for this campus
ensemble. Mr. Corley also serves as Recruitment Coordinator for the Music
Department.
Prior to his appointment at UWM, Mr. Corley earned a Bachelor of
Music (Music Education) degree from the University of South Carolina, and
then taught fo four years in the public schools of South Carolina. Then, as a
Graduate Conducting Associate at the University of Georgia, Mr. Corley
earned a Master of Music (Conducting) degree while performing with the
UGA Wind Symphony and Georgia Brass. He studied trumpet with Professor Fred Mills. Mr. Corley has

studied conducting with William J. Mooday, Dwight Satterwhite, and John Culvahouse. He has served as a

guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the Southeast, and was Co-Director/Conductor of the Georgia

Ambassadors of Music European Tour in 2001.

His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, National Band Associa­

tion, Music Educators National Conference, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Jeffrey D. DeThorne
Graduate Conducting Associate
Jeff DeThome is in his first year of graduate study for a master's
degree in Wind Band Conducting under the guidance of Professor
Thomas Dvorak. Mr. DeThome is a graduate conducting associate with
the UWM University Band and the UWM Youth Wind Ensemble I.
Mr. DeThome earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
from Lawrence University in 1998. He studied trombone with Professor
Nick Keelan, music education with Professor Brigetta Miller, and
conducting with Professor Bridget Reischl and Professor Richard Bjella.
Mr. DeThome also taught at the Lawrence University Arts Academy for
three years.
Mr. DeThome served as Director of Bands in the middle and high
schools of Port Washington from 1998-2002. From 2000-2002, he
directed the Ozaukee Big Band and the Port Washington Summer
Musical pit orchestra.
Mr. DeThome aspires to conduct at the university level after the completion of his master's program.
He holds professional memberships in the Phi Beta Kappa, the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Societies, and the
Music Educators National Conference.
 Jennifer B. Greupner
Graduate Conducting Associate
Jennifer Greupner is in her first year of graduate study at for a
master's degree in Wind Band Conducting studying with Professor
Thomas Dvorak. She also currently studying French hom with Professor
Greg Flint. She is a graduate conducting associate with the UWM
University Band and the UWM Youth Wind Enseble II; she also seves as
the hom assitant for the hom studio.
Ms. Greupner received a Bachelor of Music in music education
and French hom performance from the University of Minnesota in 2002.
Her teachers included Professor Craig Kirchhoff and Dr. Frederick Harris
in conducting, Dr. Claire McCoy in Music Education. and Professors
Herbert Winslow and Charles Kavalovski in hom performance. She was
the recipient of the Liljenstople-Wenjnarch Award and graduated as a
School of Music Scholar.
Ms. Greupner has taught beginning and middle school band in
both the Wayzata and Minnetonka school districts in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis. She has also held
a private hom studio for the last three years. Ms. Greupner has participated in numerous conducting s)'mpo­
siums, adjudicated for solo and ensemble festivals, and has been invited to speak on a panel for first year
teachers through the University of Minnesota.
Ms. Greupner holds professional affiliations with Music Educators National Conference, Minnesota
Music Educators Association, Minnesota Band Directors Association, and was nominated for a lifetime
membership to Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

J. Micah Hoffman
Graduate Conducting Associate
Micah Hoffman is in his first year of study for a master's degree in
Wind Conducting under the guidance of Professor Thomas Dvorak. His
conducting responsibilities include serving as graduate conducting
associate of the UWM University Band and the UWM Youth Wind
Ensemble II. He is also the assistant conductor ofthe Milwaukee Youth
Symphony Orchestra Junior Wind Ensemble.
Mr. Hoffman holds a bachelor's degree in Music Education from
Louisiana State University where he studied Music Education with Dr.
James Byo, percussion with Dr. John Rausch and Dr. Michael Kingan,
and conducting with Professor Linda R. Moorhouse and Professor Frank
Wickes.
Mr. Hoffman served as Director of Bands and percussion clinician
public schools of Louisiana from 1999-2002. During that time he was
with the Live Oak High School Bands; he also worked with many band programs throughout the state of
Louisiana. Mr. Hoffman aspires to work at the university level upon the completion of his degree.
His professional affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, Louisiana Music
Educators Association, Louisiana Bandmasters Association, Percussive Arts Society, and Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia.
 Molly A. Walsh
Graduate Conducting Associate
Molly Walsh is in her second year of study for master's degrees in
Flute Perfonnance and Wind Conducting. She studies conducting with
Professor Thomas Dvorak and flute with Professor Robert Goodberg.
Ms. Walsh is currently the graduate conducting associate ofthe
UWM Youth Wind Ensemble I, and of the UWM University Band. She
also teaches Fundamentals of Music at the University, assists with the
instrumental student teachers from UWM, and is a program assistant
for the UWM band department.
During her senior year of high school, Ms. Walsh was principal flute
in the Greater Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble I (now UWMYWE I)
under the direction of Professor Dvorak. Ms. Walsh earned her
bachelor's degree in Music Education from UW-Madison in 1998.
While there, she studied flute with Professor Stephanie Jutt, music
education with Professor Gerald Olson, and conducting with Professor
James Smith.
Ms. Walsh has served as Director of Bands and general music teacher in the public schools ofWis­
consin for several years. She has directed bands and taught classes at various music camps throughout the
state and also holds the position as a WSMA adjudicator. Ms. Walsh aspires to teach at the university level
after the completion of her master 's program.
Her professional affiliations include Music Educators National Conference, Wisconsin Music Educa­
tors Association, and the National Flute Association

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 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Bands

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Bands are comprised of five major organizations in­
cluding the Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, University Band, Jazz Ensembles, and University Youth
Wind Ensembles. All the perfonning ensembles are comprised of both graduate and undergraduate
students majoring in music, but are inclusive of students from other academic disciplines.
The Wind Ensemble is the fmest wind organization in the Department of Music. This ensemble
stresses the single perfonner concept, utilizing only the players needed for a given piece, thus provid­
ing the greatest exposure to the exceptional musician. As a preeminent ensemble, the Wmd Ensemble
has appeared at the 1981 M.E.N.C. Conference in Minneapolis, the 1981 , 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1993, 1994, 1999 and 2001 Wisconsin Music Educators Conference, the 1983 College Band
Directors National Conference meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the 1991 and 1994 meetings ofthe College
Band Directors National Association North Central Conferences at Michigan State University and the
University of Nebraska-Omaha respectively, the 1997 and 1999 Wisconsin Chapter of the National
Band Association conferences, and numerous concerts throughout Wisconsin, the United States, and
Australia.
The Symphony Band ranks as one of the finest of its kind having performed with a number of
distinguished composers during the last two decades, the band provides a wide range of repertoire
performance and appears frequently at regional conferences. The Bands have performed under distin­
guished composers such as, Joseph Schwantner, H. Owen Reed, Karel Husa, Samuel Adler, David
Amram, Warren Benson, Fisher Tull, Anthony Iannocone, David Holsinger, and Martin Mailman. During
the summer of 1996, the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band toured Australia and Hawaii where they
were a featured ensemble for the 9th Annual Australian Band and Orchestra Association's National
Convention in Melbourne, Australia, as well as performing a concert at Pearl Harbor. In addition to the
concert presentation, the ensemble presented an educational clinic on significant repertoire for school
bands. Future endeavors, include recording projects in their series titled, "Classics/or Wind Ensemble/
Symphony Band " With Professor Dvorak, the Wmd Ensemble became involved in October 1999, with
young band repertoire recordings for G.I.A. Publications, Chicago,IL. In October 2000, a three volume
set was released for a series entitled, "Teaching Music Through Performance in Beginning Band"
The University Band is one of UWM's most exciting performing ensembles, designed espe­
cially to allow an opportunity for non-music majors to perform during their college careers. University
students from all academic disciplines, including music, are represented in the University Band. Uni­
versity Band enables students to earn valuable college credit, and at the same time perform challenging
music while taking a break from the rigorous studies of college life. Membership is open to all students
who wish to continue performing. There is no audition required for membership. The University Band
perfonns several concerts on and off campus each year.
 The Youth Wind Ensembles at the

University ofWisconsio - Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble program is nationally and
internationally recognized as one ofthe fmest ofits kind. Founded in 1982, the organization is sponsored
by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Music and University Bands in cooperation
I with the Wisconsin high school band programs and their conductors. The acronym UWMYWE (U­

Way) closely identifies the Youth Wmd Ensemble/Jazz Ensemble as an integral part of the UWM
Department of Music. The underlying philosophy and purpose of UWMWYE is to provide talented
high school musicians with the opportunity to perform with their peers the highest caliber of wind
ensemble/jazz ensemble repertoire. UWMYWE is an extension and enhancement of a student's high
school band experience. In 1991 , the program expanded to inclued the jazz medium. Under the direction
ofCurt Hanrahan, participating students in the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Youth Jazz Ensemble
(UWMYJE or U-Jay) are afforded the opportunity to perform in one of the finest groups of its kind. In
1998, a Youth Percussion Program was added under the direction of Carl Storniolo
Now in its 22nd year, the UWMYWE program has grown substantially. Today, there are two
wind ensembles of approximately 70 student musicians, two 23 member jazz ensembles, and two
percussion ensembles. Since its inception, the ensemble program has been active in concerts both on
and off the university campus. UWMYWE was chosen to perform for the Wisconsin State Legislature
to signify the opening of "Music In Our Schools Week" (Winter 1983); toured England and Europe
(Sununer 1985) where they were the featured youth wind ensemble at the famed Glamorgan Music
Festival held in Swansea, Wales; performed for the Wisconsin Convention of the National Band
Association (Winter 1986); the Wisconsin Music Educators Convention (Fall 1987, 1990, 1993),
toured Japan in Summer 1988, where they were the only American Youth Wind Ensemble featured in
the Kurnrnamoto World Music Festival and the Fourth Annual International Youth Musicale at Shizouka.
In April of 1989, UWMYWE made its Carnegie Hall debut, performing on a Carnegie series. They
I have performed for the College Band Directors Association meeting in Minneapolis in February of
1990 and in June of the same year, performed at the 8th Biennial Convention of the National Band
Association at Northwestern University as the featured demonstration group at a clinic given by Professor
Dvorak. UWMYWE has toured the continent of Europe five additional times, in 1990, 1992, 1994,
1996, and 2000, and the British Isles in 1998. The combined ensembles ofU-Way I and II toured both
Western and Eastern Europe in July of 1992, giving concerts to delighted audiences in the United
Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria, winning First Prize in the Youth Wind Ensemble category at the
prestigious Vienna International Youth Music Festival.
In addition to its many performance and tours, distinguished composers, performers and
conductors such as Samuel Adler, David Amram, Warren Benson, David Holsinger, Karel Husa, Marvin
Stamm, Dennis Najoom, Steve Houghton, Anthony Iannacone, Fisher Tull, Ron Nelson, Frederick
Fennell. and 10hn Paynter have conducted and performed with UWMYWE, bringing a wide exposure
of contemporary band/wind ensemble performance from among some of our finest composers and
conductors for these mediums. In 1990, UWMYWE began a commissioning project. The first
composition in this project, David R. Holsinger's Excerpts from the Light Opera: Baron von Gmway s
Revenge!. was performed on the Tenth Anniversary concert in 1992. Later commissionings have included
Portrait ofthe Duke by Charles Sayre and Isle Triptych by Bernard Gilmore. The first jazz commissioning
was completed in 1993, entitled The Modal House ofHip Hop by Steve Wiest.
 PECK SCHOOL OF
THE ARTS

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MUSIC
Fine Arts Quartet
with Karl-Heinz Steffens, clarinet
Sunday, November 3 - 3:00 p.m.
Helen Bader Concert Hall
Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
2419 East Kenwood Blvd.

Steve Nelson-Raney Faculty Recital

with Lisa Samuels
Thursday, November 7 - 7:30 p.m.
Peck School of the Arts Recital Hall

UWM Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale,

Women's Chorus, and University Choir
Light and Dark
Friday, November 15 - 7:30 p.m.

Helen Bader Concert Hall

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts

2419 East Kenwood Blvd.

THEATRE
Milwaukee Shakespeare Company and UWM
Department 'of Theatre and Dance
Much Ado About Nothing
November' 1 - 16
UWM Peck School of the Arts Mainstage Theatre
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Department of Bands

2002-2003 Concert Series

October 20, 2002

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts

Helen Bader Concert Hall

Youth Wind Ensemble II

Program Notes

Canticle: All Creatures of our God and King Claude T. Smith

Claude T. Smith (1932-1987) was born in Monroe City, Missouri. He started his musical
career playing trumpet in elementary grades. He attended Central Methodist College
until he was drafted into the Army during the Korean Conflict. Unable to fmd a position
with the service bands as a trumpeter, he auditioned on French horn and won a position
with the 371 51 Army Band. Smith fmished his undergraduate studies at the University of
Kansas in Lawrence. He taught instrumental music in Nebraska and Missouri junior and
senior high schools, later teaching composition and conducting the orchestra at Southwest
Missouri State University. In 1978, Smith gave up teaching to serve as a full-time
composer and consultant for Wingert-Jones Music Company and Jenson Publishing
Company. During his career, he composed over 120 works for band, chorus, orchestra,
and small ensembles. Active as a clinician and guest conductor, he received numerous
awards and honors including election to the presidency of the Missouri Music Educators
Association. His composition Hight has been adopted as the "Official March" of the
National Air and Space Museum ofthe Smithsonian Institution.

"Canticle: All Creatures of our God and King" was written in celebration of the 25 th
anniversary of Wingert-Jones Music, a very prestigious publishing house in Kansas City.
The music opens with a fanfare of brass and percussion in a triumphant proclamation of
sorts. This soon gives way to the lyrical voices of the woodwinds playing the original
hymn. The musical fullness and symphonic timbre of the full ensemble follows with the
original fanfare leading to the hymn once again. The piece then grows to a resounding
flourish of sound in an ending celebration.

Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1873-1958) was an English composer who often used hymns
and English folk tunes as a base for his compositions. He wrote many large works for
orchestra and composed great literature for wind band, including English Folk Song
Suite, Toccata Marziale, and Sea Songs. In 1920 Vaughan Williams set three Welsh
hymn tunes to his Three Prel~des for organ. Walter Beeler, noted arranger for wind
band, later arranged the second prelude, Rhosymedre for band, for the one-hundredth
anniversary of Vaughan Williams' birth.
In this arrangement, the original Rhosymedre melody can be heard throughout the
ensemble as it is passed from section to section. This simple hymn is presented over a
bed of interweaving lines of lyrical obbligato counterpoint melodies and simple bass
harmonies. The style of this accompaniment adds to the transparent, but rich texture of
the piece.

Homage: Three Tapestries David Holsinger

Widely known for his musical contributions to the wind band genre, David Holsinger has
been the recipient of the prestigious Ostwald Award for band composition on two
separate occasions. Many of his compositions such as, On A Hymnsong ofPhilip Bliss
and In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go OffTo War have become standard wind
ensemble repertoire.

Homage: Three Tapestries was commissioned by the Caroll High School Band of
Dayton, Ohio. It is a three movement composition based on themes found in the
liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church. The fIrst movement is based on a
melody Holsinger recalls from the time he spent in Poland. The melodic information is
somewhat fragmented, with rhythmic motives driving the music forward. The
arrangement of the theme in the second movement is slower and more lyrical. Here,
Holsinger takes the theme that Thomas Aquinas (1227-1272) wrote in Pange Lingua and
frames its flowingly free nature in a variety of meters. Supported by harmonies of open
intervals, the primary and secondary melodic lines build toward a more thick and
complex orchestration, until the composer resolves this inherent tension with a quiet and
peaceful conclusion. Finally, the third movement is based on a medieval Bohemian
chorale, which is used in an allusion to the medieval fonn of the caccia. Melodic
fragments literally "chase" each other around the structure of the piece, often starting on
alternating strong and weak beats.

Throughout the piece Holsinger alludes to a variety of styles and characteristics

reminiscent ofVaclav Nelybel's own compositions. Nelybel and his music were the
inspiration that influenced Holsinger to become a composer; thus, Homage: Three
Tapestries is indeed an homage to Nelybel himself.
 Youth Wind Ensemble I

Fanfare For a Festive Day Roger Cichy

Roger Cichy holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Music Education Degree
from The Ohio State University. He studied composition and arranging as a second area
of concentration in both degree programs. He began his teaching career as the band
director of the 5-12 grade program in Mars, Pennsylvania. He later assumed the position
of the associate director of bands at the University of Rhode Island. His most prominent
position was as associate director of bands at Iowa State University where he directed the
marching band, concert band, basketball pep band, and taught various undergraduate
level courses. He resigned from ISU in 1995 to concentrate entirely on composition. He
currently has over 250 compositions and arrangements to his credit. He has received
numerous awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
(AS CAP) for his music.

Fanfare For a Festive Day is dedicated to Joseph Christensen. He was a friend and
colleague of Mr. Cichy at Iowa State University. Mr. Christensen was the director of
bands at ISU for twenty-four years. He died in 1998. Fanfare For a Festive Day is
based upon four pitches heard at the beginning of the piece. This melodic motive is
passed throughout the ensemble. As each section receives these notes, they are utilized in
different ways. Eventually, the four opening pitches are joined with other pitches to
become the primary thematic material for the piece. As the fanfare continues, the
trumpets begin a fugue in which the alto saxophones, trombones, flutes and clarinets
follow. The final statement of the fanfare is a slow restatement ofthe theme.

October Eric Whitacre

In the words of the composer: "October is my favorite month. Something about

the crisp autumn air and the subtle change in light always make me a little sentimental,
and as I started to sketch I felt that same quiet beauty in the writing. The simple, pastoral
melodies and subsequent harmonies are inspired by the great English Romantics
(Vaughan Williams, Elgar) as I felt that this style was also perfectly suited to capture the
natural and pastoral soul of the season. I'm quite happy with the end result, especially
because I feel there just isn't enough lush, beautiful music written for winds. October
was premiered on May 14th, 2000, and is dedicated to Brian Anderson, the man who
brought it all together." October was commissioned by the Nebraska Wind Consortium.
Eric Whitacre resides in Los Angeles where he serves a composer-in-residence for the
160 voice Pacific Chorale.
The Year of the Dragon Phillip Sparke

Phillip Sparke, known as a composer of brilliance and almost incomparable technical

demands, has produced a piece for the most mature wind ensembles, at once artistic and
musically appealing to both performers and audiences alike.

As a Twentieth Century composer, Sparke has chosen to utilize musical titles and styles
of the various movements associated with earlier periods in music history, notably the
Baroque and Classical periods. The first movement "Toccata," the second movement
"Interlude," and the third movement, "Finale", resemble neoclassicism, which results
when older forms are redressed in modem musical clothing. The music is clear, it is
brilliant, melodic, well-crafted, and sensitive. In this music he combines a Twentieth
Century harmonic vocabulary with specific borrowings of forms of earlier types of
music. Given Sparke's immense technical writing skill, it is no surprise that the
excitement captured within this music, along with clearly defmed form, allows the
listener the opportunity to simply enjoy without listening constraints.

Phillip Sparke has achieved a new seriousness in the repertoire; he has found in the wind
ensemble, an expression of "popular sounding" material, under the auspices of serious,
quality music.