20230206_Symphonic Band

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Music presents

University Symphonic Band

Steven N. Kelly, Director

Monday, February 6, 2023

7:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall

Andy Dubbert and Michael Tignor, Graduate Associate Conductors

PROGRAM

American Salute

English Folk Song Suite

Morton Gould (1913–1996)

tr. Philip Lang

Ralph Vaughn Williams

I. March “Seventeen come Sunday” (1872–1958)

II. Intermezzo “My Bonny Boy”

III. March “Folk Songs from Somerset”

O Magnum Mysterium

Michael Tignor, graduate associate conductor

Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away”

Andy Dubbert, graduate associate conductor

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

tr. H. Robert Reynolds

Percy Grainger (1882–1961)

ed. Mark Rogers

Norwegian March “Valdres”

Johannes Hanssen (1874–1967)

arr. Glenn Bainum

Clear Track Polka (Bahn Frei)

Eduard Strauss (1835–1916)

arr. Alfred Reed

To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…

Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.

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Steven N. Kelly is a Professor of Music Education in the College of Music at Florida State University. He received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Kansas.

Prior to his appointment at FSU, Dr. Kelly taught in the Virginia public schools, and on the faculties at Brevard College and the University of Nebraska (Omaha). He is an active clinician, adjudicator, consultant, and guest conductor across the United States. His teaching and research interests include sociological issues in music education, teacher preparation, and effective teacher characteristics. Dr. Kelly has published and presented papers in international and national journals, and at state, regional, national, and international conferences. He is the author of the book Teaching Music in American Society: A Social and Cultural Understanding of Music Education. Additionally, Dr. Kelly currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research on Music Education, Journal of Band Research, Research Perspectives in Music Education, and is the Editor-InChief of the Florida Music Director.

At FSU, Dr. Kelly teaches undergraduate and graduate music education classes, conducts the University Symphonic Band, and coordinates in the music education internship program. Additionally, Dr. Kelly is the Director of the FSU Summer Music Camps, one of the country’s oldest and largest summer music camps.

NOTES ON THE PROGRAM

Gould – American Salute

At age six, Morton Gould published his first work and was considered a child prodigy. Gould played piano in the Vaudeville scene and movie theatres in New York City as a teenager. Gould went on to be recognized nationally and internationally throughout his conducting career. Among his many achievements, Gould received a Grammy Award in 1966 for recording Charles Ives’s First Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2005 Gould was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 1943, American Salute was initially composed for orchestra, but the band transcription quickly became a staple in band literature. Based on the theme from “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” originally written during the Civil War, Gould released this work in the heart of the U.S. involvement in World War II. There are rumors that the work was written in less than 24 hours, having been rehearsed and premiered that night.

Vaughn Williams – English Folk Song Suite

Ralph Vaughn Williams was an English composer who spent most of his life in London. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford, who tried to push Vaughn Williams to follow in the style of Brahms and Wagner. Stanford, having received push back from Vaughn Williams, recognized his talents and helped Vaughn Williams grow into his own style. While at RCM, he befriended fellow composer Gustav Holst. Vaughn Williams said that Holst “declared that his music was influenced by that of his friend: the converse is certainly true.”

English Folk Song Suite was commissioned by the band of the Royal Military School of Music. It was premiered on July 4, 1923, at Kneller Hall, with H.E. Adkins conducting. In three movements, the suite contains many different folk songs from the Norfolk and Somerset regions of England, including “Seventeen Come Sunday,” “Pretty Caroline,” “Dives and Lazarus,” “My Bonny Boy,” “Green Bushes,” “Blow Away the Morning Dew,” “High Germany,” and “The Tree So High.” Historically, the suite is considered (along with Gustav Holst’s two suites for military band) to be a cornerstone work in the literature, and one of the earliest “serious” works for the wind band.

Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium

Morton Lauridsen, a Pacific Northwest Native, first studied at Whitman College before transferring to the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. He began teaching at USC and has been on their faculty ever since. He was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, who recorded his Grammy nominated album, Lux Aeterna, from 1994 to 2001. Lauridsen has received numerous awards and honors during his career including being named an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts, a National Medal of Arts in 2007 from President Obama, and numerous honorary doctorates from around the country.

O Magnum Mysterium dates back to the 11th Century when Pope Gregory VII incorporated the text into the nine Responsories for Matins on Christmas Day. The text references the great mystery that is the Nativity. O Magnum Mysterium was first set to music in the early 16th Century by Paulo Aretino but was most notably set and published by Tomas Luis de Victoria in 1572. Lauridsen’s setting of the text was commissioned in 1994 by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and is arguably his most famous work. The piece was transcribed for band by H. Robert Reynolds in 2003.

Grainger – Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away”

Percy Grainger is well known for his adaptations of British Folk Music. Born in Australia, Grainger was an avid composer, arranger, and pianist. While living in London, he collected many folk melodies and was a student of Nordic music and cultures. Having moved to the United States in 1914, Grainger continued to travel to Europe and Australia. His life is well documented in the Grainger Museum located on the campus of the University of Melbourne in Australia.

Children’s March was composed in 1919 while Grainger was stationed with the U.S. Coast Guard Artillery Band. Grainger often composed using melodies of folk songs, but Children’s March was considered an original melody influenced by his “playmate across the hills” to whom the piece is dedicated. The piano plays a prominent role, and the work is one of his first pieces for the wind band to include the piano. For additional textual influence, the ensemble vocalizes, and extended instruments such as the English horn and bass saxophone are requested.

Hanssen – Valdres

Johannes Hanssen was a highly influential Norwegian bandmaster, composer, and teacher. Serving as a member of the Oslo Military band, Hanssen went on to become the bandmaster of the Oslo Military band for nine years. Hanssen taught composition and music theory and performed on various instruments, including the double bass, in various Norwegian orchestras.

The Norwegian March “Valdres” is considered to be Hanssen’s most famous composition. The Valdres region is located in Norway between Olso and Bergen. The March opens with a trumpet solo, with the melody coming from the Valdres Battalion fanfare. Continuing a stately tempo, the trio is based on a folk tune from the Hardanger district in western Norway. Various arrangements of Valdres continue to emerge, and the March is commonly performed by band programs around the Southeastern United States for concerts and assessments.

Strauss – Clear Track Polka

Eduard Strauss is the youngest son of Johann Strauss and brother of more notable composer, Johann Strauss II. While most well known as a conductor, Eduard wrote numerous polkas and waltzes for the Strauss Orchestra. He became the full time conductor of the orchestra in 1899, following the death of his brother. However, following a North American tour from 1899 to 1901, the orchestra was disbanded, partially due to a rivalry with fellow Austrian composer Karl Michael Ziehrer.

Clear Track Polka (Bahn Frei) was composed in 1869 for the Strauss Orchestra. It was adapted for band in 2000 by Alfred Reed. The band arrangement perfectly encapsulates the essence of Viennese light music that his family was so well known for.

University Symphonic Band Personnel

Steven N. Kelly, Director

Andy Dubbert and Michael Tignor, Graduate Associate Conductors

Piccolo

Isabelle Rodriguez

Flute

Taylor Hawkins*

Mary Moshos

Carissa Kettering

Javier Rivera

Oboe

Samantha Osbourne

Alice Frisch

Maddy Jenkins

English Horn

Alice Frisch

Bassoon

Hunter Fisher

Michelle Gibson

Eduardo Ambris

B-flat Clarinet

Alexei Kovalev*

Nicholas Mackley*

Halle Mynard

Maia Ruiz

Eric Olmsted

Anita Butler

Marie Yonts

Bass Clarinet

Brit Gummerman

Alto Saxophone

Marshall Knapp

Casey Caulkins

Christian Magar

Pauly Herrera

Tenor Saxophone

Mackenzie Meiers

Baritone Saxophone

Arwyn Hill

Bass Saxophone

Christian Magar

Trumpet

Jordan Myers*

Sharavan Duvvuri*

Joshua Puente

Joshua Briley

Grason Peterson

Marin Kelly

Horn

Adam Agonoy*

Clare Ottesen*

Sarah Meza

Abby Odom

Samantha Rivera

Trombone

Mateo Buitrago

Sarah Castillo

Jane Cohen

Romus Edenfield

Hadyn Lopez

Greg Lambert

Kyle Krogel

Euphonium

Adam Zierden*

Elizabeth Reese

Alan Jean-Baptiste

Tuba

Anthony Borda*

Michael Levanti

Sam Williams

Chris Bernhardt

Percussion

Will Vasquez*

Clinton Washington

Mackenzie Selimi

John Baker

Piano

Oliver Schoonover