HOLIDAY • 2015-2016
HOLIDAY BIOGRAPHIES
HOLIDAY BRASS
BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor
COLORADO SYMPHONY BRIAN BUERKLE, conductor
Brian Buerkle currently serves as Principal Trumpet of the Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL), and has held positions as Acting 4th/Utility in the Cincinnati Symphony (OH), 2nd/Sub-Principal in the West Virginia Symphony (WV), 2nd in the Lexington Philharmonic (KY), and 2nd in the State of Mexico Symphony (MX). He is also a member of several innovative chamber ensembles, including the Spectrum Brass, Canterbury Brass, and the Pittsburgh Brass. Brian is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Bay View Music Festival and is a former faculty member of the prestigious Boston University Tanglewood Institute. As an active freelance musician, Buerkle has traveled the world performing and recording with some of America’s finest orchestras; including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, Columbus Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Louisville Orchestra. Buerkle was featured in an article of the 2010 International Trumpet Guild Magazine, recognizing his many achievements as a professional musician. Aside from his skills as a trumpeter, Buerkle is also an accomplished conductor and arranger. His publications have been performed and recorded by groups worldwide, and his conducting experience ranges from brass ensembles and vocal choirs to symphony orchestras. His recent guest conducting appearances have been with the Colorado Symphony (CO), Suburban East Coast Music Festival Honors Orchestra (MN), Kentucky Symphony Orchestra (KY), Bay View Chamber Brass (MI), and the Sinfonia Chamber Brass (OH). Buerkle is also a music critic for the American Record Guide, and became the Owner/President of the Southern Ohio Music Company in 2009. He currently resides in Cincinnati, OH, where he enjoys an active and diverse playing career.
Friday, December 18 at 7:30 pm Sunday, December 20 at 5:00 pm Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church
ANTHONY DiLORENZO
Luminosity
Traditional Carols CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD I. Patapan & Ye Merry Gentlemen (England) II. Sing Lullaby (Spain-Basque) III. Away in a Manger (America) IV. Ding Dong, Merrily on High (France) GIOVANNI GABRIELI
O Magnum Mysterium
ANTON BRUCKNER
Christus Factus Est
PETER WARLOCK Capriol Suite I. Basse – Danse II. Pavane III. Tordion IV. Bransles V. Pieds–en–l’air VI. Mattachins IRVING BERLIN
Holiday Inn Suite Happy Holidays – White Christmas -- INTERMISSION --
Traditional English Carol
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Traditional American Carol
Little Drummer Boy
EDWARD POLA / GEORGE WYLE It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Traditional French Carol
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Traditional English Carol
Holly and the Ivy
WALTER KENT / KIM GANNON
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
ANTHONY DiLORENZO ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Michael Thornton, narrator JOHNNY MARKS
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
LEROY ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
COLORADO SYMPHONY BRASS AND PERCUSSION Horn Michael Thornton Principal Carolyn Kunicki Kolio Plachkov 3rd/Associate Principal David Brussel Austin Larson Assistant Principal
Terry Sawchuck Arnie Hernandez
Trumpet Justin Bartels Principal Philip Hembree 2nd/ Assistant Principal
Bass Trombone Gregory Harper
Trombone John Sipher Principal Paul Naslund 2nd/Associate Principal Bron Wright Gregory Harper
Tuba Stephen Dombrowski Principal Timpani Steve Hearn Assistant Principal Percussion John Kinzie Principal Michael Van Wirt Piano Joshua Sawicki