Winter Concert Lifetime of Music: “Homage” Sunday, February 9, 2014 Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Mallory Thompson, conductor Scherzo à la Britten (2010)........................................................................... John Leszczynski (b. 1987) Resting in the Peace of His Hands (1994).......................................................... John Gibson (b. 1946) Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) (1993)......................................................... Ron Nelson (b. 1929) Intermission Divertimento (1958)................................................................................................... Karel Husa (b. 1921) I. Overture II. Little Scherzo III. Song IV. Slovak Dance Canto (1977)*............................................................................................... Francis McBeth (1933-2012) Black is the Color (2009)*................................................................................Robert Sheldon (b. 1954) A+ March (1998)*................................................................................................. Thomas Duffy (b. 1955) *Performed with Lifetime of Music students 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 Patrons and Friends, Welcome to our annual Lifetime of Music concert! This season’s performances showcase a series of stimulating programs led by Artistic Director Mallory Thompson and performed by our one hundred dedicated musicians. Today’s program features a collection of inspired works; highlights include John Leszczynski’s Scherzo à la Britten and Ron Nelson’s Passacaglia, a piece motivated by the music of J.S. Bach. We are very pleased to welcome fifty outstanding middle school musicians from the Chicagoland area to share the stage for a portion of this concert as a part of our Lifetime of Music initiative. During this afternoon’s intermission, please visit the lobby and partake in our 8th annual silent auction. This event is fun for all and the proceeds will directly support our Lifetime of Music initiatives. There are a number of great items on which to bid. We ask that you consider supporting the band, not only through today’s auction, but also by joining The Paynter Society, sponsoring a chair, buying a CD, or bringing family and friends to our next performance. Thank you for attending today’s concert. We hope that you enjoy the music and look forward to seeing you for our next series concert on Sunday, April 13th here in PickStaiger. Yours truly,
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C O N D U C TO R A N D A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Mallory Thompson 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 the American We’ll blow your mind. 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.
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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 3,500 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 middle/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, along with a CD-ROM of written resources for administering adult bands. These community band resources are available for download on our website, www.northshoreband.org.
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PROGR A M NOTES Scherzo à la Britten (Leszczynski) John Leszczynski is an exciting young composer living in Washington, DC. He earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University, where he also received the Dean’s Prize for composition. His primary teachers include PQ Phan, Donald Freund, Claude Baker, Lawrence Moss and Samuel Adler. Leszczynski’s compositions have been heard throughout the country and have been featured on recent recordings by the United States Navy Band, saxophonist Jeff Vickers and the Zzyzx Quartet. The Barkada Saxophone Quartet won Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition performing Leszczynski’s They Might Be Gods. In 2012, the United States Navy Band premiered Scherzo à la Britten, which was later performed at the 2013 American Bandmasters Association Convention. The composer writes the following about Scherzo à la Britten: Imagine trying to understand two people talking to you at the same time – a nearly impossible task. But what if you could comprehend four or five things at the same time? In a carefully crafted piece of music, this is possible. We all know some musical examples of this: think of “Frère Jacques,” “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” and if you’ve ever seen a musical, there was probably a scene near the end where several of the characters sing different melodies at the same time. From children’s songs, to musicals, to the fugues of J.S. Bach—there is something magical about these moments of musical counterpoint, and this is the phenomenon I wanted to explore in my piece. In the simplest terms, I wanted to see how many perceivable ideas I could have going on at the same time – and it turned out to be quite a lot. The piece opens with a virtuosic fugue that is passed around each section of the band until everyone is playing. The melody is then turned upside down, chopped up, and stretched out until the piece reaches its height of complexity with everyone in the band playing something different. This section is wild, and while it is impossible to hear each instrument, we can feel what it’s like to be pushed beyond our limit of perception. After this organized chaos, clarity returns as the original melody is played by the woodwinds superimposed over a grand brass choral version of the melody. The ending is an exuberant celebration of counterpoint. This piece was inspired by the wonderful fugue at the end of Benjamin Britten’s A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
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Resting in the Peace of His Hands (Gibson) John Wesley Gibson, who holds degrees in theory and musicology from Texas Tech University and the University of North Texas, has composed works for orchestra, band, chorus and percussion. He began his professional music career teaching band and orchestra in the Amarillo Public Schools and later taught composition at the University of North Texas and the University of Arizona, where he founded the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble. He served as chair of music at McMurry University and as Assistant Dean at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. Gibson currently lives in the Dallas area and is Senior Writer and Producer for Public Affairs and Integrated Marketing at Southern Methodist University. He also serves as the Artist-in-Residence for the internationally-acclaimed Dallas Wind Symphony. Resting in the Peace of his Hands is a tribute to German artist Kaethe Kollwitz. It expresses the remarkable sense of peace the composer felt upon viewing Kollwitz’s sculpture of the same name in Harvard’s Busch-Reisinger Museum. Kollwitz lost her son in World War I and her grandson in World War II, and this sculpture – like much of her art – reflects both the sadness and despair that war causes. Written for Dr. Jack Delaney and the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Wind Ensemble for initial performance at the Texas Music Educators convention in 1994, this evocative composition has taken a secure place in the core of the American band music repertoire. Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) (Nelson) Ron Nelson, a native of Joliet, Illinois, began studying piano at the age of six, organ at the age of twelve, and shortly thereafter taught himself string bass in order to join the legendary Joliet Township High School Band. After hearing a performance of Howard Hanson’s Romantic Symphony played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nelson became determined to study at the Eastman School of Music. He eventually earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Composition from Eastman, studying primarily with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. After beginning his doctoral studies at the same institution he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in France at the École Normale de Musique and the Paris Conservatory. He completed the coursework for his Doctorate in Composition from Eastman in 1956 and immediately joined the music faculty of Brown University. At Brown, he taught composition and theory, eventually served as Chairman of the Music Department, and ultimately retired as Professor Emeritus in 1993. Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) was commissioned by a consortium of the United States Air Force Band, the Wind Studies Department of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and the Eta Omicron chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in honor of the 125th Anniversary of the founding of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. In 1993, the piece made history by being the first work to win all three major wind band composition awards: the National Association Prize, the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Prize, and the Sudler International Prize. The composer writes: Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) is a set of continuous variations in moderately slow triple meter built on an eight-measure melody (basso ostinato) which is stated, in various registers, twenty-five times. It is a seamless series of tableaux which moves from darkness to light. Written in homage to J.S. Bach, it utilizes, as counterpoint throughout, the melodic motive represented by his name in German nomenclature (i.e. B flat, A, C and B natural). Bach introduced this motive in his unfinished The Art of Fugue, the textures of which are paraphrased (in an octatonic scale) in the fourth and fifth variations. The seventh variation incorporates Gustave Nottebohm’s resolution (altered) of the unfinished final fugue of The Art of Fugue. The famous melody from Bach’s Passacaglia in C Minor appears once (also altered) in variation nineteen.
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Divertimento (Husa) Karel Husa, winner of the 1993 Grawemeyer Award and the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music, is an internationally-known composer and conductor. An American citizen since 1959, Husa was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on August 7, 1921. After completing studies at the Prague Conservatory and, later, the Academy of Music, he went to Paris where he received diplomas from the Paris National Conservatory and the Ecole Normale de Musique. Among his teachers were Arthur Honegger, Nadia Boulanger, Jaroslav Ridky and conductor Andre Cluytens. In 1954, Husa was appointed to the Cornell University faculty; from 1967 to 1986, he was also Lecturer in Composition at Ithaca College. Among numerous honors, Husa has received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation; awards from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, UNESCO, and the National Endowment for the Arts; Koussevitzky Foundation commissions; the Czech Academy for the Arts and Sciences Prize; and the Lili Boulanger award. Husa’s String Quartet No. 3 received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and his Cello Concerto the 1993 Grawemeyer Award; Music for Prague 1968, with over 7000 performances worldwide, has become part of the modern repertory. Karel Husa has conducted many major orchestras including those in Paris, London, Prague, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Boston and Washington. Among numerous recordings of his own works, he made the first European disc of Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin with the Centi Soli Orchestra in Paris. He has conducted in all 50 American states. Karel Husa composed Divertimento for brass and percussion early in his tenure at Cornell. The work is a re-orchestrated, four-movement excerpt of his Eight Czech Duets (1955) for piano four-hands. Husa dedicated the duets to his young daughters, hoping to share with them his interpretation of their Czech heritage. Three years later, he wrote Divertimento in an effort to disseminate his native music to American students and audiences. Drawing upon song forms and modal melodies, Husa merges his Bohemian heritage with modernist harmonic language in the Divertimento. The robust, majestic “Overture” unfolds in AABA form. In the outer sections, Husa contrasts the strictly modal trumpet melody with a polychordal accompaniment. The B section of the movement, acting as one large crescendo, commences with the horns and trombones. Their melody is derived from the initial portion of the trumpet melody, but harmonized in fifths, giving it an antique, meditative quality. Set in broad ABA form, the second movement, “Scherzo,” extensively utilizes polychords and ostinatos to support the melody. The trombones receive primary melodic emphasis in the major-sounding Lydian mode, as opposed to the minor Aeolian of the first movement. In the central section of the movement, the trumpet melody is harmonized in non-traditional fashion, supported by two contrasting ostinatos in trombone and tuba. “Song,” originally titled “Der Abend” [The Evening], uses mutes to create its distant, veiled atmosphere. The simple AA form has at its core a melody played first by the principal horn, then trumpet. The solos are separated by an interlude, which draws its rhythmic qualities from the ostinato of the orchestra bells in the first measure. “Slovak Dance,” a loose set of variations containing an extended interlude, acts as one long accelerando, edging toward a near-frenzied conclusion. After a bravura introduction, the tuba introduces the jocular theme with irregular phrase lengths and unexpected accents. Two variations follow, gradually increasing in texture and intensity. The following interlude is the most texturally-complex portion of the Divertimento, with differing ostinatos layered under a harmonized trumpet melody. The return of the bravura introduction - now much faster - heralds the last two variations. The coda begins with a sudden shift to a hushed dynamic, followed by a long crescendo and accelerando to the final C-major chord of the piece.
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Canto (McBeth) William Francis McBeth was a prolific American composer and educator who wrote for piano, choir, symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, and over thirty works for wind band. He was Professor of Music and Resident Composer at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, from 1957 until his retirement in 1996. In 1962, McBeth conducted the Arkansas All-State Band, with President Bill Clinton playing in the tenor saxophone section. He served as the third conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra from 1970 until 1973 and was appointed Composer Laureate of the state of Arkansas by Governor Bob C. Riley in 1975, the first such honor in the United States. His primary musical influences included J. Clifton Williams, Bernard Rogers, Howard Hanson, Kent Kennan, Wayne Barlow and Macon Summerlin. The popularity of his works in the United States during the last half of the twentieth century led to many invitations and appearances as a guest conductor where he often led premiere performances of his compositions, the majority of which were commissioned. His international reputation as a clinician carried him to forty-eight states, three Canadian provinces, Japan, Europe and Australia. For decades, his “Double Pyramid Balance System” was a widely-used pedagogical tool in concert band educational settings. Canto was commissioned by the All-Japan Band Association to be used in its national contest by Japanese junior high school bands. The work features a pulsing accompaniment with syncopated accents, often driven by percussion instruments and hand clapping. The first performance was by the Sony Concert Band of Japan, Toshio Akiyama conducting, in the spring of 1978. Black is the Color (Sheldon) Robert Sheldon was an instrumental music educator in Florida and Illinois for twenty eight years, including positions in public schools and on the faculty at Florida State University, where he directed university bands and taught conducting and instrumental music education classes. He received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Miami and a Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Florida. As Concert Band Editor for Alfred Music Publishing, he maintains an active composition schedule and regularly accepts commissions for new works. “Black Is the Color (of My True Love’s Hair)” is a traditional Appalachian folk song of Scottish origin. The original tune was collected by English composer and folk music archivist Cecil Sharp, and the best-known lyrics associated with this tune were written by Kentucky songwriter John Jacob Niles in 1916. The song has been included in compositions by many great composers, including George Crumb’s Unto the Hills: American Songbook III as well as Italian composer Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs. In 2009, Sheldon created this simple, beautiful setting of “Black Is The Color” for winds and percussion.
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Black is the color of my true love’s hair, Her lips are something rosy fair. The prettiest face and the daintiest hands, I love the grass whereon she stands. I love my love, and well she knows, I love the grass whereon she goes. If she on earth no more I see, My life will quickly heed ye. A+ March (Duffy) Thomas Duffy has led an eclectic music career as a composer, conductor, administrator and author. His interests and research range from non-tonal analysis to jazz, from wind band history to creativity and the brain. Under his direction, the Yale Bands have performed at conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, as part of the inaugural ceremonies for President George H.W. Bush, and in nineteen countries over sixteen international tours. Duffy produced a two-year lecture-performance series, “Music and the Brain,” with the Yale School of Medicine; and, with the Yale School of Nursing, he developed a musical intervention to train nursing students to better hear and identify body sounds with the stethoscope. Other innovative projects include his combination of music and science to create a new genre of music for the bilateral conductor, in which a “split-brained conductor” must conduct a different meter in each hand, sharing downbeats. His compositions have helped to introduce a generation of school musicians to techniques uncommon in music for young performers, including: aleatory and chance music, the integration of spoken words and “body rhythms” with instrumental performance, and the pairing of music with political, social, historical and scientific themes. He has served as a member of the Fulbright National Selection Committee, the Tanglewood II Symposium planning committee, and the Grammy Foundation Screening Committee. Duffy writes the following about A+ March: It’s tough being a musician! While most of the academic world can make a mistake or two and still qualify for the coveted A+ grade, if that happened on the concert stage, there would be a stampede out the door. This piece takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the inherent unfairness in the life of a young musician, and gives the students “permission” to make a couple mistakes, while still qualifying for a “top grade.” The Prelude is precisely imprecise, with harmonic material floating around at the whims of the woodwinds. The processional-style March is at first heard in its most excellent form, then repeated with the human element of error. You will never look at “perfection” the same way again!
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NORTHSHORE CONCERT BAND MUSICIANS PICCOLO Jennifer Nelson FLUTE Julianne Bilinski-Arvidson, Wheeling, private instructor (1991) Kathryn Cargill, Palos Heights, private instructor (1977) Angela Deligiannis, Elmhurst, music teacher (2000) Michele Gaus Ehning, Vernon Hills, attorney/private instructor (1996) Sandra Ellingsen, Buffalo Grove, private instructor (1990) Nancy Golden, Hinsdale, band director (1979) Kristen Hanna, Park Ridge, band director (2012) Tammy Lathan, Libertyville, elementary music teacher (1992) Jennifer Nelson, Chicago, private music teacher (2001) Marija Robinson, Highland Park, freelancer (1992) Amy Strong, Chicago, attorney (2006) Gail Wiercioch, Aurora, teacher (2008) OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Sarah Farster, Waukegan, band director (2009) Linday Haukebo, Chicago, administrative assistant (2013) Don Kehrberg, Grayslake, retired professor of music (2010) Melaine Pohlman, Geneva, music therapist (2004) BASSOON Brendyn Dobbeck, Elgin, band director (2013) Maryann Loda, Arlington Heights, music teacher (1969) Steve Moline, Naperville, general music teacher K–3 (1981) Ann Motogawa, Evanston (2000) B-FLAT CLARINET 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) John Clemons, Mundelein, band director (2013) Laurie DeVillers, Waukegan, group tour operator (1995) Alan Dubois, Chicago, fitness instructor (2003) Debbie Durham, Mundelein, associate band director (1979) Rick Gibson, Chicago, retired military musician (2012) Kelley Gossler, Chicago, music teacher (2011) Janet Jesse, Prairie View, theater coordinator (1982) Christine Kaminski, Villa Park, band director (2007) Bob Konecny, Wheeling, retired actuary (1977) Matt Liberatore, Chicago, school counselor (2013) Carolyn Merva Robblee, Chicago, music teacher (2010) 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 Jori Pulver, Grayslake, private instructor (2012) Robert Yaple, Evanston, music educator (2009) Lifetime of Music
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ALTO SAXOPHONE Roland Colsen, Glenview, trader (1996) Heidi Helstad, Libertyville, music educator (2007) Carey Polacek, Chicago, music educator (2005) TENOR SAXOPHONE Pete Ross, Chicago, systems programmer (2011) BARITONE SAXOPHONE Elissa Kana, Chicago, music teacher (2012) TRUMPET Sylvia Carlson, Chicago, admin. assistant/private instructor (2006) Allissa Carter, Elgin, band director, (2013) Matt Chesner, La Grange, band director (2013) Scott Golinkin, Chicago, attorney (1979) Patrick Hunninghake, Chicago, associate with the civic orchestra of Chicago (2013) Stanton Kramer, Skokie, financial technical analyst (2006) Allen Legutki, Villa Park, music education professor (2011) Erik Lillya, Chicago, attorney (1994) Sean O’Donnell, Evanston, musician (2013) Kyle Rhoades, Oak Park, band director (2010) Becky VanDonslear, Elmwood Park, director of email operations (2008) HORN Betsy Engman, Naperville, internist (1995) Patrick Flor, , software engineer (2013) Peter Gotsch, Chicago, private equity investor (1987) Laura Guili, Evanston (2012) Janene Kessler, Highland Park, band director (1995) Ryan Sedgwick, Chicago, arts administrator (2010) Laura Stone, Chicago, math teacher (2012) Hilary Strauch Logan, Evanston, instrumental music teacher (2000) Jennifer Young, Evanston, arts administrator (2007) Barbara Zeleny, Park Ridge, retired MIS manager (1969) TROMBONE Paul Bauer, Elmhurst, university administrator (1982) John Damore, Lisle, teacher (2013) Daniel DiCesare, Evanston, private instructor (2013) Greg Glover, Lake Barrington, systems architect (1989) Mike Miles, Chicago, music teacher (2013) Ron Rosenbaum, Chicago (2013) Brad Say, Mundelein, music educator (1999) Joseph Schorer, Northbrook, attorney (2012) 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 (2010)
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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 Deborah Hawes, Northfield, retired physician (1966) Derek Inksetter, Oak Park, software developer (2004) Richard Lehman, Chicago, band director (2005) Samir Mayekar, Chicago, small business owner (2013) Mike Moehlmann, Barrington, jazz & percussion director (2011) Chris Rasmussen, Chicago, attorney (2006) Bill Seliger, Chicago, supply chain manager (2004) PIANO Ian Le (2013) MEMBER EMERITUS Charles Hawes, Northfield, retired instrumental music teacher (1965) Nancy Hinners, Evanston, music educator (1964) Edward Kahn, Highland Park, retired attorney (1983) 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, Prescott, AZ, brass instructor (1972) Herb Schneiderman, Highland Park, retired (1964) David Shaw, Wilmette
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2 013 - 2 014 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S A N D S TA F F Laura Stibich, chair Scott Golinkin, vice chair Jennifer Young, secretary Deborah Hawes, treasurer Gail Kalver, development director Kendra Gohr, librarian and Festival manager Ann Motogawa, marketing and PR director Todd Smith, personnel director Dr. Mallory Thompson, artistic director Daniel J. Farris, assistant director Lauren Whisnant, business manager Terell Johnson, marketing coordinator Roland Colsen, webmaster and social media Members-at-large Paul Bauer Kathryn Cargill Nancy Golden Kelley Gossler Don Kehrberg Alan Legutki Chris Rasmussen Joseph Schorer David Zyer Advisory Board John Anderson Kim Campbell Ray Cramer Bernard Dobroski Carl Grapentine Jeff Griese John Hultman Kelly Jocius Dale Lonis Christopher Martin Steve Sanders Mark Morette Marietta Paynter NCB Auxiliary Board Don Kehrberg, Chair Heather Behles Denise Bolman Ralph Durham Mary Friedlieb Ben Farster Corinne Kehrberg Marietta Paynter Herb Schneiderman David Shaw Dorothy Silver
In Memoriam (Former active members) 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 Joe Schroeder Mary Shaw Victor W. Zajec Henry Zazra Elizabeth Zyer (Betty)
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2 013 - 2 014 PA Y N T E R S O C I E T Y C O N T R I B U TO R S Sustaining Members ($5000 +) Anonymous Arts Work Fund Illinois Arts Council John P. Paynter Foundation Marietta M. Paynter in memory of John P. Paynter George & Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation David & Connie Zyer in memory of Betty & Ben Zyer Advocate ($1,000–4,999) Aileen S. Andrew Foundation Ann M. Betz Greg Glover Scott G. Golinkin Jeffrey & Jayne Griese Charles & Deborah Hawes
NSCB Foundation Herb Schneiderman David Shaw in memory of Neil Shaw Howard L. Willett Foundation in honor of the contrabass clarinet section Barbara Zeleny Benefactor ($500–999) Anonymous Anonymous remembering Carol John L. & Megan P. Anderson in memory of John P. Paynter Richard S. Bair in memory of Carol W. Scattergood John & Olga Balch Denise Bolman in memory of Paul Bolman Mildred Calhoun & Joseph Schorer Bernie & Sally Dobroski
Debbie & Ralph Durham Norm & Pat Gates Ellen & Moshe Gelboim in honor of Mollie McDougall Bill & Nancy Golden John & Wilma Hultman Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Bob Konecny April & Dennis Montgomery Michael & Karen Nedzel in memory of Steve Nedzel Bruce & Jennifer Nelson Bruce & Bonita Paynter Sylvia & Robert Scher Charitable Foundation Janet Schroeder in memory of John P. Paynter John & Laura Stibich Becky VanDonslear Richard Wadden & Angela Trabert Sally Ward
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2 013 - 2 014 S E A S O N C O N T R I B U TO R S Associate ($250–499) Anonymous remembering Carol Janet Butterfield & Peter Jablakow Laurie DeVillers Cheryle Dobnikar Alan Dubois Mary Friedlieb John & Angela Graham Harold & Betty Gohl in honor of Jennifer & Bruce Nelson Karel Husa C. Lesny Chris Rasmussen & Amy Strong Lynn Scherf in honor of Barry Skolnik Patron ($100–249) Anonymous James & Mary-Louise Aagaard Christine & Paul Bauer Roger & Margaret Betson in memory of Mary Shaw
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Mary Bilinski in memory of Don Arvidson & Edward Bilinski Jonathan & Anna Blackburn Betty & Bill Boyd Kathryn & Gregory Cargill James & Dianne Ceriale Roland Colsen Ray & Molly Cramer Chad Craw Bruce Currie in honor of the clarinet section Mary DesJardins in honor of Christine Kaminski Larry & Paula DiNardo Jennifer Giese Donath Betsy & Paul Engman Anne Evans Erin Foster & Christopher Becker K.C. Furey in memory of Mary Shaw Enid J. Golinkin in honor of Scott Golinkin John & Susan Harshey Candace Horton
Jim & Pat Jocius in memory of Barbara Buehlman Kelly Jocius in memory of Barbara Buehlman Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kahn Robert Kaminski in honor of Christine Kaminski Phil & Elizabeth Kana Don & Corinne Kehrberg Lee & Janene Kessler Gilbert & Carolyn Krulee Erik Lillya & Sarah Layton Allen Legutki Harvey S. Millman in memory of Joyce Millman Christopher & Ann Motogawa Bruce A. & Helen D. Nelson in honor of Bruce & Jennifer Nelson Marija & Ian Robinson Daniel Oglesbee & Maureen Steadman in memory of Mary Shaw George Quinlan, Jr.
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February 21 7:30 PM
Anthony Molinaro February 8 & 9 5 & 7:30 PM
Claire Huangci March 6 7:30 PM
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2 013 - 2 014 S E A S O N C O N T R I B U TO R S Pete Ross Milton & Shirley Sabin Steve Sanders Beth & Barry Skolnik Angela Smith John Swenson Mallory Thompson in honor of Dr. Engman Gordon & Frieda Wilson Haley & Robert Yaple Bonnie & W. Daniel Wefler Marilea Zajec in memory of Victor Zajec Contributor ($50–99) Anonymous in memory of Steve Nedzel Peter & Sarma Alle in honor of John Harshey Maj Nicholas Aleshin in memory of Mary Shaw Raymond & Mary Ellen Baum Bob Bilhorn Karen Casebolt Florian & Marie Dynek Diane & Will Gregg Donald & Constance Heard Werner & Ellen Heimann Peter & Mary Herr in memory of Mary Shaw Mary Ann Hurley Lee & Janene Kessler in memory of Mary Shaw Barbara Kreml Lynda & Roger La Raus Maryann & Joseph Loda in memory of Mary Shaw Sandra Markowitz in memory of Dorothy Spriester
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David & Carolyn May Samir Mayekar Dr. & Mrs. Francis Neuhaus in memory of Margaret “Peggy” Neuhaus Thomas C. Parrish Joyce Riegel in memory of Ben & Betty Zyer Dawn & Stanley Shell remembering Carol Nancy & Peter Roll Brian Russell Elysian & Elizabeth Schiavitti in honor of Nancy Golden Harry & Louise Simon Mary Lou Skoglund Leslie Skolnik in memory of Mary Shaw Al Spriester in memory of Dorothy Spriester Gloria Stepek Dorothy Stueckemann Pat & Jack Sturgeon Elizabeth Robinson Turner in honor of Ian, Marija, & Jacob Robinson John & Ruth Tuzson Lauren Wilkie Friend ($1–49) George S. Augustas Anonymous Julianne Arvidson in memory of Mary Shaw Bruce Briney Joanne Colen in memory of Mary Shaw
Sheri Conover in honor of Joan & Stan Russell Angela Deligiannis Judith Disman Jane & Dick George Maxine Gourse in honor of all bass clarinet players Kristen Hanna Ernst & Roslyne Heimann Janet & William Jesse Christine & Ian Kaminski Tom & Linda Keller Jeannette Konecny in honor of Joseph Konecny Rose Matousek Dorothy Maynard Mrs. Marilyn Mittman Ralph Mueller Michael & Carole Powers in memory of Paul Bolman Mary Kathleen Rundell in memory of Mary Shaw Dorothy Silver in memory of Mary Shaw Sue & Joe Thornton in memory of Mary Shaw Richard & Nancy Wilson This list reflects gifts as of January 13, 2014. We also extend our appreciation to contributions received after that date. Every effort has been made to list names accurately. Please call 847432-2263 to bring errors or omissions to our attention.
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SHOUT OUTS! Spotlight Danielle Shaykin Congrats on this honor.
Sophia Diaz We are so proud of you! Your love of music is an inspiration.
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Congratulations! We are very proud of you!
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Scott Mahon Congratulations on your performance. We’re proud of you! Mom, Dad, Sean & Caylee
Micah Friesen Your music fills our home. Keep using God’s gift! Dad & Mom