SPRING PROGRAM Sunday, April 15, 2012, 3:00 P.M. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Mallory Thompson, conductor Joseph Bello, euphonium PROGRAM Gavorkna Fanfare (1991)......................................................................................... Jack Stamp (b. 1954) Spangled Heavens (2010)............................................................................Donald Grantham (b.1947) I. Holy Manna II. Restoration III. Sweet Canaan Let the Amen Sound (2012).................................................................................... Travis Cross (b. 1977) World Premiere Vintage (1991)................................................................................................. David Gillingham (b. 1947) Joseph Bello, euphonium The Melody Shop (1910)........................................................................................ Karl King (1891–1971) INTERMISSION Flourish for Wind Band (1939).............................................. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) English Folk Song Suite (1923)...............................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) I. March – “Seventeen Come Sunday” II. Sea Songs III. Intermezzo – “My Bonny Boy” IV. March – “Folk Songs from Somerset” The Klaxon (1930)........................................................................................ Henry Fillmore (1881–1956) The use of cameras and recording devices during the performance is prohibited. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers. Large print programs are available on request. Please ask an usher.
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WELCOME Dear Audience Member: It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the third concert of our series. Thank you for joining us today — we are delighted to share with you a diverse and exciting program. The NCB is happy to welcome back euphonium soloist Joseph Bello, a member of the United States Air Force and a former John P. Paynter Scholarship recipient. We hope you enjoy your afternoon with us and that you will return for our final series concert on Sunday, June 10. We would like to welcome the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, their leaders, and families. In addition to attending today’s concert, the Scouts have attended a pre-concert lecture to begin requirements to earn a badge. We are thrilled to have them in our audience today. Today you will have the opportunity to hear the world premiere of Let the Amen Sound. This piece was commissioned by the Northshore Concert Band in honor of Ben and Betty Zyer, the late parents of NCB member Dave Zyer. Both Ben and Betty were avid supporters of the NCB. Betty was a founding member of the Northshore Concert Band Auxiliary formed in 2002; she worked countless hours supporting the band, its members, and the band’s mission. We welcome the family and friends of the Zyer family and thank you for joining us in this special tribute. We also welcome longtime friend of the NCB and the composer of this new work, Travis J. Cross. The Northshore Concert Band will travel to Germany from June 19-27 to visit the hometown of the Blasorchester Niederschopfheim. This 100-year-old community band visited the Chicago area to perform with the NCB in 2011, and we’re very much looking forward to the next part of this cultural exchange. On this tour, the NCB will be traveling to Lucerne, Switzerland and Heidelberg, Germany as well as Niederschopfheim (which is located in Germany’s famous Black Forest). We will perform two concerts in addition to our joint concert with the Niederschopfheim group. Finally, we want to thank you for coming today. We are invigorated every Wednesday night as we rehearse with our artistic director, Mallory Thompson, but the ultimate reward is to share our music with you. Please come again and, enhance the experience by bringing a friend.
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C O N D U C TO R Mallory Thompson Conductor/Artistic Director of the Northshore Concert Band Mallory Thompson is the director of bands, professor of music, and coordinator of the conducting program at Northwestern University. In 2003 she was named a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence. As the third person in the university’s history to hold the director of bands position, Thompson conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, and administers all aspects of the band program. December 2011 marked the release of rising, her fourth compact disc with the Northwestern Symphonic Wind Ensemble on the Summit label. Thompson received her bachelor of music education degree and master of music degree in conducting from Northwestern University, where she studied conducting with John P. Paynter and trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz. She received the doctor of musical arts degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Donald Hunsberger. Thompson maintains an active schedule as guest conductor, conducting teacher, and guest lecturer throughout the United States and Canada. She has taught conducting to hundreds of undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional educators. Thompson has served as a conductor or clinician at the College Band Directors National Association regional and national conventions, the Midwest Clinic, the Interlochen Arts Academy, numerous state music conventions, and the Aspen Music Festival. She has also appeared as guest conductor with the United States Air Force Band, United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” United States Army Field Band, United States Coast Guard Band, United States Navy Band, West Point Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, and Symphony Silicon Valley. Her professional affiliations include Pi Kappa Lambda, College Band Directors National Association, and American Bandmasters Association. Thompson first conducted the Northshore Concert Band in April 1999 and was named principal guest conductor the same season. She conducted one subscription concert each year and also appeared with the band at the 2001 Midwest Clinic. In 2003, Thompson took on the expanded role of artistic director. The 2005–2006 season marked her first year as sole musical and artistic leader of the Northshore Concert Band, conducting the ensemble in all four subscription concerts.
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A S S I S TA N T C O N D U C TO R Daniel J. Farris Daniel J. Farris is in his twelfth year as director of athletic bands at Northwestern University, where he is responsible for conducting the “Wildcat” Marching Band, Concert Band, and Contemporary Music Ensemble and teaching courses in music education and conducting. He has been the assistant conductor of the Northshore Concert Band since 2006. Farris holds degrees in music education from James Madison University and the University of Illinois. Prior to moving to Northwestern, Farris served as assistant director of bands at Illinois State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was also the director of the Walt Disney World Collegiate All-Star Band in Orlando, Florida, and taught in the public schools of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bands under his direction have performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; Bands of America regional and national championships; the Dublin, Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day Parade; and the Outback, Ticket City, Alamo, Motor City, and Sun bowls. Farris has been an active clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada. He is a member of the National Band Association and College Band Directors National Association and an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma/Kappa Kappa Psi. SPECIAL GUEST Joseph Bello, euphonium The Northshore Concert Band welcomes Technical Sergeant Joseph M. Bello, euphonium, who last appeared with the NCB in 1995 as the recipient of the John P. Paynter Scholarship. Bello is a performing member of the Ceremonial Brass, The United States Air Force Band, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC. Originally from Naperville, Illinois, his Air Force career began in 1998. A graduate of Waubonsie Valley High School, Sgt. Bello was a first chair all-state euphoniumist, John P. Paynter Scholarship winner and winner of the Falcone Competition. He attended Louisiana State University from 1995 to 1996. He later pursued a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan. While at the University of Michigan, he was a semi-finalist in the Concert Artists Guild Competition. Before joining the Air Force, he performed solos with the Chicago Symphony, Dallas Wind Symphony and numerous community bands. Sgt. Bello studied euphonium and trombone with Roger Rocco, Larry Campbell, and Fritz Kaenzig.
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ABOUT US The Northshore Concert Band (NCB) is a 100-member adult symphonic band with membership drawn from the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Founded in 1956 by the late John P. Paynter, the ensemble has become internationally known and respected for its musical excellence, membership continuity, and service to music education. Dr. Mallory Thompson, director of bands and professor of conducting at Northwestern University, is NCB’s artistic director. Thompson is in great demand as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and is widely regarded as one of the leading wind conductors in the nation. NCB performs 10 to12 concerts a year in the Chicago metropolitan area, reaching over 20,000 people. These include a four-concert series at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, educational outreach programs at area schools, many summer concerts at the invitation of various communities and venues, and professional band festivals and conferences. Over the years, the group has worked with many renowned soloists and conductors, including Doc Severinsen, Wynton Marsalis, Frederick Fennell, Leroy Anderson, and dozens of musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including Christopher Martin, John Bruce Yeh, Dale Clevenger, Adolph Herseth, and Mathieu Dufour. NCB has produced eight CDs and receives playtime on Chicago’s classical music station, WFMT, among others. The band has also toured in Canada and Europe and extensively throughout the United States. NCB’s mission is deeply rooted in the concept of “community” and in encouraging involvement in music for people at all stages of life. NCB strives to be a leader in performance, educational outreach, recorded works, and new commissions, while reaffirming the heritage of bands in America. Several programs in NCB’s Lifetime of Music initiative help further the band’s educational mission. NCB co-sponsors the Northshore Concert Band/Northwestern University Festival, which annually provides 4,000 Chicago area young musicians the opportunity to perform solos and ensembles, with NCB members serving as judges and clinicians. The band also awards its John P. Paynter Scholarship to an outstanding young musician and invites dozens of talented high school students to perform with the band at the Winter Concert to help encourage young people to pursue their musical endeavors after graduation. The ensemble’s musicians come from throughout the Chicago area, northern Indiana, and southern Wisconsin, and represent many professional backgrounds. Approximately half are professional music educators; the rest have a diverse set of occupations including business executives, attorneys, and physicians. Musicians range in age from 20 to 85, many with a tenure of two decades or more with the ensemble. All of the musicians are selected by audition and are strongly committed to volunteering their time and talents to the group. NCB has sponsored three adult band conferences and has published a guide to organizing community bands. The guide has been used by hundreds of community bands over the past 20 years. These community band resources are available for download on our website, www.northshoreband.org.
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PROGR A M NOTES Gavorkna Fanfare (1991).................................................................................................. Jack Stamp (b. 1954) Jack Stamp is the director of band studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in graduate conducting. Dr. Stamp received his bachelor of science in music education degree from IUP, a master’s in percussion performance from East Carolina University, and a doctor of musical arts degree in conducting from Michigan State University. Active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and composer throughout North America and Great Britain, his compositions have been commissioned and performed by leading military and university bands across the United States. He is founder and conductor of the Keystone Winds, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of American band music. Gavorkna Fanfare was composed and dedicated to Eugene Corporon and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory; the word “gavorkna” is a nonsense word that Corporon invented while Stamp was his student. This fanfare is characterized by repeated rhythmic motives and energetic melodies. The CCM Wind Symphony premiered the work in February 1991, at the golden anniversary conference of the College Band Directors National Association. Spangled Heavens (2010)...................................................................................Donald Grantham (b. 1947) Donald Grantham is an American composer and educator, currently teaching composition at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic training was at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Southern California, and he also studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
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P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes in composition, including the Prix Lili Boulanger, the Nissim/ASCAP Orchestral Composition Prize, First Prize in the Concordia Chamber Symphony’s Awards to American Composers, a Guggenheim Fellowship, three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, First Prizes in the NBA/William Revelli Competition, the ABA/Ostwald Competition and the National Opera Association’s Biennial Composition Competition. Spangled Heavens is written as part of a series of the composer’s works based on shape note music, an early American tradition handed down from colonial times. The name comes from the notation in early songbooks, which gave a distinctive shape (triangle, oval, square and diamond) to each of the notes so that one could tell instantly what pitch it was. The first movement is based on “Holy Manna,” and features three contrasting statements of the tune. The song text describes the state of “sinners ‘round you”, and after admonishing people to help and love each other, directs the congregation to “pray, that holy manna may be scatter’d all around.” The second movement is based on “Restoration,” a song that begs for mercy in humanity, and begins with a freely composed melody that soon yields to the shape note tune. The movement concludes with the free melody - in its original and a transposed version - used as a passacaglia accompaniment for the shape note melody. Movement three employs two contrasting but complementary songs: “Sweet Canaan” and “Saints Bound for Heaven.” The two tunes alternate throughout the movement, with a modulation upward at each new occurrence. The work ends with a combination of the two melodies, jubilantly proclaiming, “through all eternity we’ll rejoice!”
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P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) Let the Amen Sound (2012)............................................................................................ Travis Cross (b. 1977) Travis J. Cross is assistant professor of music at Virginia Tech, where he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in conducting. He completed doctoral coursework at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where he studied with Mallory Thompson. He previously earned the bachelor of music degree cum laude in vocal and instrumental music education from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., and the master of music degree in conducting from Northwestern. Cross writes about the work: Let the Amen Sound was commissioned by the Northshore Concert Band in memory of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Betty) Zyer. As a longtime friend of NCB, I have been honored to participate in the creation of this very special piece of music. Benjamin and Betty Zyer were enthusiastic supporters of the Northshore Concert Band, in no small part due to their son Dave playing in the clarinet section and assuming a number of leadership roles over the years, including board chair. Dave believed the memorial commission should reflect the deep faith his parents shared, and after considering several different hymns, we decided to base the work on Joachim Neander’s seventeenth-century chorale Lobe den Herren, known in English as “Praise to the Lord.” The title comes from the final stanza of the hymn: Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him! Let the Amen Sound from His people again, Gladly for aye we adore Him! My setting opens with a simple expression of innocence from which the hymn tune emerges first in solo flute, accompanied by percussion and muted trumpets to evoke the sound of liturgical bells. Solo clarinet and bassoon join, leading to a reverent statement of the hymn by the full ensemble. The three variations that follow seek to portray archetypal moments in our shared human experience: the playful exuberance of childhood, the sentimental dance of youth, and the triumphant celebration of lives well lived. While writing, I thought often about the camaraderie and community of the Northshore Concert Band, the inspired leadership of Mallory Thompson, and the special group of old and new friends who would breathe life into this music for the first time. It is my sincere hope that Let the Amen Sound honors both the Zyer family and the continuing legacy of artistic integrity and enthusiasm represented by the Northshore Concert Band. Vintage (1991)..........................................................................................................David Gillingham (b. 1947) David Gillingham earned bachelor and master’s degrees in instrumental music education from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a PhD in music theory/ composition from Michigan State University. Dr. Gillingham has an international reputation for the works he has written for band and percussion. His numerous awards include the 1981 DeMoulin Award for Concerto for Bass Trombone and Wind Ensemble and the 1990 International Barlow Competition (Brigham Young University) for Heroes, Lost and Fallen. Dr. Gillingham is a professor of music at Central Michigan University and the recipient of an excellence in teaching award (1990), a summer fellowship (1991) and a research professorship (1995). 10 Northshore Concert Band
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P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) Vintage, written for euphonium and winds, requires great facility from the soloist in extreme ranges of the instrument. The composition is built from an ominous 5/4 theme that is repeated and developed through many contrasting colors and moods. At the end of the piece, the beauty and power of the euphonium are put on full display in a solo cadenza. The Melody Shop (1910).........................................................................................................Karl King (1891–1971) Self-taught as a musician and composer (four piano lessons and one in harmony constituted his only formal training), Karl King joined a circus band at 19. He was a master at writing music to match the rhythm of the acts and quickly rose to leadership positions in the most famous circus bands of the time, including those of Buffalo Bill and Barnum & Bailey. After World War I, he settled in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, where he operated a music publishing business and conducted the municipal band for the next 50 years. The group gained considerable renown in the Midwest as a popular fixture at state and regional fairs, rodeos, and expositions. King was influential in establishing the Iowa Band Law, eventually adopted by 28 other states, which allowed cities to levy a small local tax “for the maintenance and employment of a band for musical purposes.” He then wrote a march of the same name to commemorate the event! King was one of the first to write special music for the growing school band programs in America, and as a result was in wide demand as a massed band conductor and contest judge. He received many medals and awards during his long career, and with Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman was made an Honorary Life President in the American Bandmasters Association.
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P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) The Melody Shop was written in the first year of King’s career as a circus musician, and was dedicated to E.E. Powell and Al Shortridge, owners of the Powell Music Co. Melody Shop in Canton, Ohio, King’s hometown. Known for the virtuosic demands on the low brass lines, one popular legend explaining that this dizzying baritone/euphonium part involves a chance meeting in a Canton, Ohio barbershop between King and a stranger. The stranger was a baritone player, and he struck up a conversation with fellow baritone player, King. Not knowing his companion’s identity, the stranger referred to Karl King as “the guy who writes those dinky marches.” That was all the urging King needed to make The Melody Shop one of the most famous and difficult baritone and euphonium parts in the march repertoire. Flourish for Wind Band (1939).............................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in Down Ampney, England. He received a bachelor’s of music degree in 1893, and a degree in history in 1894 from Cambridge, where he studied composition with Sir Hubert Parry. Upon leaving the Royal College of Music (where he studied for 18 months in 1890—1891) he met Gustav Holst, who became a lifelong friend. Late in developing as a composer, Vaughan Williams was 30 when his first piece was published. Mixing composition with conducting, lecturing, and editing other music, he was among the very first to travel into the countryside to collect folk-songs from local singers. Vaughan Williams’ creative life as a composer spanned almost six decades — from the song Linden Lea of 1901 to Symphony No. 9 composed in 1958 at the age of 85. During that time, he wrote approximately 250 works for voice, instruments, and theater.
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P R O G R A M N O T E S ( c o n t .) Flourish, an overture to the pageant Music and the People, was scored directly for band and first performed in the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1939. The score was then lost, only to reappear in 1971. It is now published as Flourish for Wind Band. The work is in A-B-A form. In the “A” section, a simple melodic motive is initiated in the brass and imitated in contrapuntal fashion by the woodwinds before concluding with full band. Although the melodic material is relatively simple, it effectively contrasts the colors of the woodwind and brass choirs. The “B” section is flowing and lyrical, utilizing simple harmonies. The return of the “A” theme restates the melodic motive in the brass before the full band brings the piece to a majestic close. English Folk Song Suite (1923).............................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Like many modern English composers, Vaughan Williams had a lifelong fascination with preserving the folk music of Britain, and was a founding member of the British Folk-Song Society in 1909, serving in his later years as president. He collected and notated over 800 songs and their variants in his career, and used many of them as the basis for his original works. The opening March uses three songs,“I’m Seventeen Come Sunday,”“Pretty Caroline,” and the jig-like “Dives and Lazarus.” The second movement, originally published and sold separately, is composed in the jaunty style of sailors’ songs. The third movement ties together songs of love and loss with the mournful “My Bonny Boy” and the racier “Green Bushes,” while the fourth movement returns to more jovial songs, this time from the Somerset region,“Blow Away the Morning Dew,”“High Germanie,”“The Trees They Grow so High,” and “John Barleycorn.” Through the texts, these songs trace the journey of a young man through the conflict of war: finding his love, leaving home to fight in a far away land, missing his home and family, and a celebration of a folk hero, returning in triumph. The Klaxon (1930)..........................................................................................................Henry Fillmore (1881–1956) James Henry Fillmore, Jr. was the eldest of five children. His father was a partner in the Fillmore religious music-publishing house, encouraging a family-wide interest and support in musical careers. Fillmore was said to have had an outstanding singing voice and was often rewarded by his father with fifty cents to sing in the church choir. He played a little piano and was a natural with the flute, violin, and guitar. While his conservative father considered the trombone to be an instrument of the lower side of society and culture, Henry was fascinated with it, and his mother believed that practicing trombone might help keep Henry out of mischief, secretly saving enough money to buy a second-hand instrument for her son. He was educated in Cincinnati public schools and graduated from a junior college in 1901 with a bachelor of arts degree, and attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He worked in his father’s publishing business for a while, but left in 1905 after an argument concerning the “evils” of band music and his decision to marry an exotic show dancer. Fillmore and his wife were both hired by the Lemon Brothers Circus, starting his career as musician and bandmaster. In 1927, Fillmore organized his own professional band after the Sousa and Gilmore bands had stopped performing. He was often called a “Showman Supreme”; he often turned directly around to the audience and conducted the band while interacting with the audience. Fillmore wrote, arranged, and edited more band music than any other composer/ bandmaster in history with over 250 compositions (including 113 marches) and over 750 arrangements. The Klaxon, a “screamer” march featuring the competing melodies of the upper and lower instrument groups, was written for the Cincinnati Automobile Show of 1930, and has the subtitle of “March of the Automobiles”. Northshore Concert Band 15
PERSONNEL (FIRST YEAR OF BAND MEMBERSHIP INDICATED IN PARENTHESES) PICCOLO Kelly McGregor, Geneva, business consultant (2002) FLUTE Julianne Bilinski-Arvidson, Wheeling, private instructor (1991) Kathryn Cargill, Palos Heights, private instructor (1977) Angela Deligiannis, Elmhurst (2000) Michele Gaus Ehning, Vernon Hills, attorney/private instructor (1996) Sandra Ellingsen, Buffalo Grove (1990) Nancy Golden, Hinsdale, band director (1979) Gail Wiercioch, Aurora, English teacher (2008) Tammy Lathan, Libertyville, elementary music teacher (1992) Melanie Mathew, Oswego, private instructor (2000) Jennifer Nelson, Chicago, private instructor (2001) Marija Robinson, Highland Park, private instructor (1992) Amy Strong, Chicago, attorney (2006) OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Sarah Cowan, Waukegan, band director (2009) Jacqueline Jellison-Landis, Elmhurst, self-employed (2010) Don Kehrberg, Grayslake, retired professor of music (2011) Melaine Pohlman, Geneva, music therapist (2004) BASSOON Meghan Bautista, Chicago, director of operations (2008) Pam Holt, Arlington Heights, band director (2009) Maryann Loda, Arlington Heights, music teacher (1969) Steve Moline, Naperville, general music teacher K–3 (1981) Ann Motogawa, Evanston (2000) B-FLAT CLARINET Corey Ames, Grayslake, band director (2010) Christopher Bajek, Naperville, band director (2011) Pamela Beavin, Chicago, high school Spanish teacher (2004) Traci Bowering, Skokie, band director (1991) Janet Butterfield, Evanston, band director (2001) Laurie DeVillers, Waukegan, group tour operator (1995) Alan Dubois, Chicago, fitness instructor (2003) Debbie Durham, Mundelein, associate band director (1979) Kelley Gossler, Chicago, band director (2011) Janet Jesse, Prairie View, retired fine arts administrator (1982) Gail Kalver, Chicago, arts executive director (2006) Christine Kaminski, Villa Park, elementary band teacher (2006) Lee Kessler, Highland Park, copywriter (1994) Bob Konecny, Wheeling, retired actuary (1977) Carolyn Merva Robblee, Chicago, music teacher (2010) Janet Schroeder, Glenview, retired managing editor (1961) Laura Stibich, Tinley Park, band director (1992) Rick Wadden, Wilmette, retired environmental science professor (1994) David Zyer, River Forest, venture capital investor (1990) BASS CLARINET Susan Vaughn Grooters, Winnetka, epidemiologist (2009) Robert Yaple, Evanston, music educator (2009) ALTO SAXOPHONE 16 Northshore Concert Band
P E R S O N N E L ( c o n t .) Ann M. Betz, Crete, band director (1978) Roland Colsen, Glenview, trader (1996) Heidi Helstad, Libertyville, music educator (2006) Carey Polacek, Chicago, music educator (2005) TENOR SAXOPHONE Pete Ross, Chicago, systems programmer (2011) BARITONE SAXOPHONE Steve Carmichael, Kenosha, director of jazz studies (2011) TRUMPET Jonathan Blackburn, Evanston, software developer (2011) Sylvia Carlson, Chicago, admin. assistant/private instructor (2006) Patrick Dawson, Palatine, band director (2009) John Evans, Lake Zurich, band director (2011) Scott Golinkin, Chicago, attorney (1979) Candace Horton, Prospect Heights, band director (2000) Stanton Kramer, Skokie, financial technical analyst (2006) Allen Legutki, Villa Park, music education professor (2011) Erik Lillya, Chicago, attorney (1994) Terry Melbourn, Plainfield, band director (2011) Tom Madeja, Chicago, musician/music educator (2011) Fred Powell, Elkhart, Indiana, musician/ brass instrument designer (2007) Kyle Rhoades, Oak Park, band director (2010) Barry Skolnik, Highland Park, regional manager (1979) Becky VanDonslear, Elmwood Park, director of email operations (2008)
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P E R S O N N E L ( c o n t .) HORN Betsy Engman, Naperville, internist (1995) Erin Foster, Chicago (2000) Peter Gotsch, Chicago, private equity investor (1987) Janene Kessler, Highland Park, band director (1995) Mollie McDougall, Evanston, band and orchestra director (2005) Kelly Jo Schultz-Blanchard, Greenfield, WI, music educator (2008) Ryan Sedgwick, Chicago, arts administrator (2010) Hilary Strauch Logan, Evanston, instrumental music teacher (2000) Jennifer Young, Evanston, arts administrator (2007) Barbara Zeleny, Park Ridge, retired MIS manager (1969) TROMBONE Nick Atchley, Arlington Heights, band director (2005) Paul Bauer, Elmhurst, university administrator (1982) Trevor Bjรถrklund, Evanston, composer/educator (2011) Ed Gadberry, Arlington Heights, software consulting manager (2010) Greg Glover, Lake Barrington, systems architect (1989) Brad Say, Mundelein, music educator (1999) Todd Smith, Des Plaines, band director (2007) Andy Sturgeon, Chicago, band director (2009) EUPHONIUM Kendra Gohr, Elmhurst, private instructor (2005) Bruce Nelson, Chicago, project manager (2001) Scott Oliver, Downers Grove, band director (2011)
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P E R S O N N E L ( c o n t .) TUBA Kevin Baldwin, Chicago, mechanical engineer (2007) John Harshey, Mundelein, band director (1987) Peter Lograsso, Westchester, orchestra director (1989) Rodney Owens, Lake Forest, band director (1987) Eric Weisseg, Chicago, network administrator (2008) PERCUSSION Nick Enloe, Schaumburg, freelance musician (2011) Deborah Hawes, Glenview, retired physician (1966) Derek Inksetter, Oak Park, software developer (2004) Richard Lehman, Chicago, band director (2005) Mike Moehlmann, Barrington, jazz & percussion director (2011) Chris Rasmussen, Chicago, attorney (2006) Bill Seliger, Chicago, supply chain manager (2004) MEMBER EMERITUS Gilbert Krulee, Evanston, Retired Psychology Professor (1966) Gordon A. Long, Prairie Grove, Consultant-Land Development (1985) Beatrice Mattenson, Deerfield, Retired Music Teacher (1983) Dennis Montgomery, Brass Instructor (1972) Herb Schneiderman, Highland Park, Retired (1964) David Shaw, Wilmette, Brass Teacher (1965) In Remembrance (Active members of the band and auxiliary who have passed away) Paul Bolman Barbara Buehlman John Christie Bill Ditzler Kurt Friedemann Susan Hirschfield Ernie Kettnich Jack Marks Gordon McLean Steve Nedzel Margaret Neuhaus (Peggy) John P. Paynter George Peichl O. DeLap Premo Carol Scattergood Victor W. Zajec Henry Zazra Elizabeth Zyer (Betty) NCB Auxiliary Board Corinne Kehrberg, co-chair Don Kehrberg, co-chair Heather Behles Denise Bolman Ralph Durham Mary Friedlieb Marietta Paynter Herb Schneiderman Joe Schroeder
David Shaw Mary Shaw Dorothy Silver 2011–2012 Board of Directors and Staff Laura Stibich, chair David Zyer, vice chair Dr. Mallory Thompson, artistic director Daniel J. Farris, assistant conductor Jennifer Young, business manager Dr. Paul Bauer, development director Meghan Bautista, librarian Debbie Durham, personnel director Greg Glover, secretary Kendra Gohr, festival scheduling manager Deborah Hawes, treasurer Ann Motogawa, marketing/PR director Julie Wolf, marketing and development manager Rob Yaple, Festival of Music manager/ administrative assistant Members-at-large Traci Bowering Kathryn Cargill Nancy Golden Gail Kalver Erin Foster Ryan Sedgwick Todd Smith
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2 011- 2 012 PA Y N T E R S O C I E T Y C O N T R I B U TO R S THE PAYNTER SOCIETY is the society of donors making gifts of $500 or more to the Northshore Concert Band’s annual funds. Paynter Society donors ensure the future of the Northshore Concert Band and its continued ability to bring the finest in wind band music to the Chicago area and beyond, through high-quality performances, educational programs, commissions, and leadership to other community bands. For more information about the Paynter Society and the benefits offered to members, please call Julie Wolf at 847-432-2263. Sustaining Members ($5000 +) John L. and Megan P. Anderson in memory of John P. Paynter Anonymous GRAMMY® Foundation Illinois Arts Council John P. Paynter Foundation Marietta M. Paynter George & Arlene Rusch Foundation The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation David and Connie Zyer in memory of Betty and Ben Zyer Advocate ($1,000–4,999) Aileen S. Andrew Foundation Ann M. Betz
“Let’s
Scott G. Golinkin Charles and Deborah Hawes Erik Lillya and Sarah Layton NSCB Foundation Peter Gotsch & Jana French Chris Rasmussen and Amy Strong Herb Schneiderman Mary and David Shaw in memory of Neil Shaw John and Laura Stibich Howard L. Willett Foundation, Inc. in honor of the contrabass clarinet section Becky VanDonslear Barbara Zeleny
Richard S. Bair in memory of Carol W. Scattergood Denise Bolman in memory of Paul Bolman Bernie and Sally Dobroski Alan Dubois Debbie and Ralph Durham Norm and Pat Gates Greg Glover Bill & Nancy Golden Jeffrey & Jayne Griese John and Wilma Hultman Bob Konecny John W. McGowan April and Dennis Montgomery Bruce and Bonita Paynter Benefactor ($500–999) Joseph and Janet Schroeder start and end on a high note!” Anonymous in memory of John P. Anonymous Paynter remembering Carol Richard Wadden and Angela from the NCB Trabert Sally Ward
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“Let’s start and end on a high note!”
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2 011- 2 012 S E A S O N C O N T R I B U TO R S Many thanks to our contributors; the Northshore Concert Band continues to flourish because of their kindness and generosity. Associate ($250–499) Anonymous. remembering Carol James M. Ceriale John & Angela Graham Karel Husa Bruce & Jennifer Nelson Dawn & Stanley Shell remembering Carol Mary Kay and William Walsh Bonnie & W. Daniel Wefler Patron ($100–249) Anonymous James and Mary-Louise Aagaard Helen Billings, in honor of Barbara Zeleny Mary Bilinski in memory of Don Arvidson & Edward Bilinski Jonathan & Anna Blackburn Kathryn and Gregory Cargill Roland Colsen Chad Craw Bruce Currie Laurie DeVillers Jennifer Giese Donath Betsy & Paul Engman Kim and Michael Fath Erin Foster and Christopher Becker Harold and Betty Gohl Enid J. Golinkin in honor of Scott Golinkin John & Susan Harshey Peter and Mary Herr Candace Horton Mary Ann Hurley Jim and Pat Jocius in memory of Barbara Buehlman Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kahn Christine and Ian Kaminski Don and Corinne Kehrberg Gilbert and Carolyn Krulee David & Carolyn May Jane Mueller
Bruce A. and Helen D. Nelson in honor of Bruce & Jennifer Nelson Nancy Reiser Milton & Shirley Sabin Ellen Scholly Mildred Calhoun & Joseph Schorer Mallory Thompson in honor of Dennis and April Montgomery Richard & Nancy Wilson
Al Spriester in memory of Dorothy Spriester Elizabeth Robinson Turner in honor of Ian, Marija, and Jacob Robinson John and Ruth Tuzson Edwin Schmidt Harry and Louise Simon Mary Lou Skoglund Gordon & Frieda Wilson Julie Wolf Marilea Zajec
Contributor ($50–99) Anonymous in memory of Steve Nedzel Peter and Sarma Alle in honor of John Harshey Phyllis Alpern Christine & Paul Bauer Janet Butterfield and Peter Jablakow Karen Casebolt Mr. and Mrs. Florian Dynek Robert Evans Mary Friedlieb Bette Ward Gaines Jane and Richard George Ellen and Jeff Gluskin Diane & Will Gregg Donald & Constance Heard Werner and Ellen Heimann Janet and William Jesse Janet Kaminski Bob Kaminski Lynda & Roger La Raus Maryann & Joseph Loda Sandra Markowitz in memory of Dorothy Spriester Dr. and Mrs. Francis Neuhaus in memory of Margaret “Peggy” Neuhaus Thomas C. Parrish Laura Pryzby Joyce Riegel in memory of Ben and Betty Zyer Nancy and Peter Roll Elysian and Elizabeth Schiavitti Beth and Barry Skolnik
Friend ($1–49) Anonymous Megan & Corey Ames Julianne Arvidson T. Edward Black Michael & Sheri Conover Angela Deligiannis Judith Disman in honor of Janet Schroeder Susan Eich David and Joan Foster Ed & Karen Gadberry Kendra Gohr Maxine Gourse Dolores Guthrie The Halco Family John and Sharon Hanusin Ernst & Roslyne Heimann Joel Helfand Marjorie June Elissa Kana Deborah Katz Knowles Jeannette Konecny Rose Matousek in honor of Steve Moline Ann & Christopher Motogawa Ralph Mueller Carole and Michael Powers in memory of Paul Bolman Anne Pyshos James Keith Ramsden Debra Richtmeyer Tim and Peg Rusch John C. Soderstrom Gloria Stepek David Stockwell Paul and Wanda Wagner
This list reflects gifts as of March 15, 2012. We also extend our appreciation to our 2010-2011 contributors too numerous to list in this program. Every effort has been made to list names accurately. Please call 847-432-2263 to bring errors or omissions to our attention.
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PLANNED GIVING If you are looking for a way to pass on your cherished values to the next generation and to benefit an organization that you love, please consider making a planned gift to the Northshore Concert Band. You can accomplish these goals and potentially reduce estate taxes through your will or living trust. We encourage you to consult with qualified professionals, such as your attorney and financial advisor, and to remember NCB with a bequest. More information is available on the NCB website, www.northshoreband.org. SPONSORS The following companies and individuals have made contributions in support of our 2011–2012 Season: Platinum Level Advertisers Christopher Burke Engineering Frame Warehouse Mills Audio Dennis Montgomery Music and Arts NCB Board NCB Clarinets NCB Flutes NCB Percussion NCB Saxes NCB Trumpets NCB Tubas/Meier’s Tavern North Park College North Shore Retirement Hotel Paynter Foundation Steve Sanders/WGN Quinlan and Fabish Silver Level Allegra Print and Imaging Multi-Color Printing, High Volume Copying, Digital Printing 1255 Hartrey Avenue Evanston, Il 60202 847-864-9797 www.allegraevanston.com
Lapin Systems, Inc. Macintosh computers fixed fast! In/Out of Warranty Carry-In or On-Site 832 Dempster St., Evanston, IL 847-328-9945 www.lapin.com Bronze Level Allegro Music Center Music instruction, instruments, and accessories 800 W. Devon, Park Ridge, IL 847-692-6021 Greenbar Printing Best wishes for the 56th season! Handgun Press Publishing Company Fine arms and military books for collectors and researchers Box 406, Glenview, IL 847-657-6500 handgunpress@comcast.net NCB Bassoons We raise our bells to the 56th season of the Northshore Concert Band!
Steve Sanders of Chicago’s Very Own WGN Midday News wishes the Northshore Concert Band a great season!
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Learn. Perform. Excel. Major in Music at North Park University You’ll find a full range of music study and performance available at North Park University, including concert band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, chamber ensembles, an opera workshop, and four different choirs. Choose From Five Majors Bachelor of Music in: · Performance · Composition · Music in Worship · Education (K–12 certification, instrumental and choral) Bachelor of Arts in Music Undergraduate Auditions February 11 and 25, 2012 Contact us today to schedule an audition, visit campus, attend a class, experience a performance, talk to faculty, and learn more. Dr. Rebecca Olthafer, Music Recruiter (773) 244-5623 rolthafer@northpark.edu www.northpark.edu/music The School of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).