111020 University Wind Ensemble

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC Presents

THE UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE Dr. Patrick Dunnigan, Music Director and Conductor Devan Moore and Victoria Warnet, Graduate Conducting Associates

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Seven-thirty in the Evening Ruby Diamond Concert Hall Live: wfsu.org/fsumusic

Fanfare from La Péri (1911)

PROGRAM

Ave Maria (2020)

Paul Dukas (1865–1935) ed. Patrick Dunnigan Aaron Houston (b. 1991)

Yo soy Maria (1968)

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) arr. Rick DeJonge

Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 (1887)

Just Vibe! (2020)

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) arr. Patrick Dunnigan Chandler L. Wilson (b. 1984)

INTERMISSION Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (1848)

Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804–1849) arr. Patrick Dunnigan

Excerpts from Appalachian Spring (1943/1944)

Aaron Copland (1900–1990) arr. Robert Longfield

Excerpts from Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1878/1886)

Illumination (2013)

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) arr. James Curnow David Maslanka (1943–2017)

Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting while performers are playing. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Please turn off cell phones and all other electronic devices. Please refrain from putting feet on seats and seat backs. Children who become disruptive should be taken out of the performance hall so they do not disturb the musicians and other audience members.

Thank you for your cooperation.

MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR Patrick Dunnigan, Professor of Music and Director of Bands, teaches courses in conducting, wind band literature, and music education. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the University Symphonic and Co-Director of the Marching Chiefs (with Dr. David Plack). Dr. Dunnigan is highly active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician. He is widely sought after as a drill designer and arranger for high school and college bands across the county.

His numerous band arrangements and transcriptions are published by Ludwig Music and TRN Music Publishers. He has written articles on music education and band for the Music Educators Journal, The Instrumentalist, and others. Under his direction the Marching Chiefs have traveled to numerous post-season bowl games and produced twenty-four compact disc recordings for Mark Records.

Prior to his appointment at FSU, Dr. Dunnigan taught in the public schools of Kentucky for seven years, and was a member of the faculty at Western Michigan University from 1987 to 1991. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Kentucky, a Master of Music in Conducting from Northwestern University, and the Ph.D from the University of Texas. He is author of Marching Band Techniques, published by The Instrumentalist Publishing Company. Dr. Dunnigan is National Past President of the College Band Directors National Association.

NOTES ON THE PROGRAM Dukas: Fanfare from La Péri La Peri is a one act ballet written in 1911 by French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935).

It begins with the Fanfare, which has no thematic link with the remainder of the work. In 1912, as a means to give the typically noisy audiences of the day time to settle into their seats, Dukas wrote the Fanfare from La Perí as a last-minute addition, a prelude, for the premier performance of the ballet La Perí. This was the last of his works that he allowed to be published. The ballet was originally choreographed by Ivan Clustine and first performed in Paris.

Paul Abraham Dukas left behind only seven major compositions and five minor works. Dukas was one of the most self-critical composers in history, destroying or hiding many of his works which he felt to be unworthy. A student of Théodore Dubois at the Paris Conservatoire, Dukas’ first surviving work of note was his Symphony (1896). This was followed by his bestknown work, L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), based on Goethe’s poem “Der Zauberlehrling,” so famously featured in Disney’s Fantasia. His last complete work was La Peri, at the age of 47, after which he retired from composing and began his career as a teacher of composition and was also a music critic. Among his students were Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo and French composer Olivier Messiaen. Dukas died in Paris in 1935, and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery. This setting of the Fanfare from La Peri was edited

by Dr. Patrick Dunnigan.

Houston: Ave Maria Aaron Houston (b. 1991) composes music that lives where the energetic soul of rock, folk music, and more collides with his classical training in unexpected ways to create what Ellen Taaffe Zwilich has labeled as a “strong voice in composition” and reviews have said “[feels] alive and tangible to the audience.” Ave Maria (2020) is an arrangement of my choral work of the same name. It is designed for a flexible wind band instrumentation and will work with a full wind band as well as only a few players! Following the model of many other flexible instrumentation approaches, the music is written in 5 parts (essentially SAATB scoring) with each “part” being performed by multiple instruments assigned to that group.

– Aaron Houston

Piazzolla: Yo soy Maria Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player.

His work revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed “nuevo tango,” incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. Piazzolla combined his efforts with Horacio Ferrer to compose his tango opera (tango operita), Maria de Buenos Aires. The opera premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires on May 8, 1968. “Yo soy Maria” is the 4th number in the opera.

Fauré: Pavane Gabriel Faurè was a French composer, teacher, and organist who was influenced by many 20th century composers. Although Pavane was originally a piano piece, it is better known in Fauré’s version for orchestra and optional chorus. Dr. Patrick Dunnigan created the arrangement we are performing tonight for wind players. Obtaining its rhythm from the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name, the Pavane ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melodic climaxes, conjuring a haunting Belle Époque elegance.

Wilson: Just Vibe!

Chandler L. Wilson (b. 1984) is the Assistant Director of Athletic Bands at Florida State University. Dr. Wilson is a native of Miami, FL. He attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) where he earned the Bachelor of Science in Music Education. He also received the Master of Arts in Wind Band Conducting from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Ph.D. in Music Education with an emphasis in Wind Band Conducting from Florida State University. Just Vibe! (2020), represents a taste of the African-American culture with ideas, such as musical licks similar to groups like Earth Wind and Fire/Heatwave, grooves heard in 1990s hip-hop, and even unique chordal structures from current artists like Anderson.Paak. Using a rhythmic ostinato set in the first two measures this work carries energy (hype/chill) from beginning to end. Sit back, enjoy, and just vibe!

– Chandler Wilson Strauss: Radetzky-Marsch Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804-1849) was an Austrian Romantic composer who was famous for his waltzes. Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (1848), may be Strauss’ most well-known piece. It is a march that received its name because it was dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. It was popular among regimented marching soldiers and it has been noted that its tone is more celebratory than martial. Strauss was commissioned to write the piece to commemorate Radetzky’s victory at the Battle of Custoza. Three days after its intended premiere performance, Strauss fell ill with scarlet fever and died. Today it is performed at the annual New Year’s Day celebration in Vienna. The arrangement we are performing tonight was done by Dr. Patrick Dunnigan, the conductor of the group.

Copland: Excerpts from Appalachian Spring Aaron Copeland (1900-1990) was an American composer, teacher, and conductor.

Appalachian Spring was a ballet written in 1943-44 for Martha Graham. Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1945, it is one of Aaron Copland’s most celebrated compositions. In this edition for concert band, Robert Longfield has skillfully adapted the most striking and beautiful sections from the orchestral suite. The work ranges in scope from delicate and soloistic to the overpowering force of the full ensemble, culminating with Copland’s signature setting of “Simple Gifts.”

Dvořák: Excerpts from Slavonic Dances Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904) was a Czech composer who often used rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Excerpts from Slavonic Dances (1878/1886) was arranged by James Curnow and consists of Dances 1, 2, 8, 4, and 3 (in that order) from Dvořák’s original work. These pieces display brilliantly suspenseful changes in both tempo and dynamics that exhibit the joyfulness of the Slavic soul. This remarkable transcription of Dvořák’s dances into the wind band’s voice captures all of the magic of the orchestral transcription, while highlighting sonorities unique to the symphonic band.

– Program Note from United States Marine Band Concert Program, 12 June 2019 Maslanka: Illumination David Maslanka (1943-2017) was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra.

Illumination – lighting up, bringing light. I am especially interested in composing music for young people that allows them a vibrant experience of their own creative energy. A powerful experience of this sort stays in the heart and mind as a channel for creative energy, no matter what the life path. Music shared in community brings this vital force to everyone.

Illumination is an open and cheerful piece in a quick tempo, with a very direct A-B-A song form.

– David Maslanka

– Notes on the program compiled by Devan Moore and Victoria Warnet

University Wind Ensemble Personnel

Dr. Patrick Dunnigan, Conductor Devan Moore and Victoria Warnet, Graduate Conducting Associates Flute Caelynn Christensen Allison Cort Anthony Ruffin Oboe Jennifer McHenry Gennavieve Wrobel Bassoon Harrison Cody Emmalee Odom Andrew Newmantra B-Flat Clarinet Christina Trombley Ethan Burke Sadie Murray Ash Soto Bass Clarinet Sean Durham

Saxophone Caleb Miller (alto) Parker Franklin (alto) Jason Shimer (tenor) Kyle Hines (baritone)

Euphonium Matthew Fix

Trumpet Jack Lyons Vance Garven Thum Rangsiyawaranon

String Bass Allen Cadet-Civil

Horn Andrew Canella Celine Lavarias Rita Cesare-DeGroat Delayna Wahlberg Trombone Madison Selent Jennae Williams Cole Dekle (bass)

Tuba Daniel Mentzer

Percussion Zach Harris Danial Kukuk* Abby McNulty Connor Willits Piano Matthew Boswell Program Manager for FSU Bands Chelsea Blomberg

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