THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents the
University Wind Ensemble
Patrick Dunnigan, Director
Jacquelyn Tabone, Graduate Associate Conductor
Kaleb Switanek, Graduate Associate Conductor
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
7:30 p.m. | Ruby Diamond Concert Hall
Liberty Fanfare (1986)
La Oreja de Oro (1984)
Avelynn’s Lullaby (2011)
Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
PROGRAM
Jacquelyn Tabone, Graduate Associate Conductor
Kaleb Switanek, Graduate Associate Conductor
John Williams (b. 1932)
Mariano San Miguel (1880–1935)
Joel Puckett (b. 1977)
Percy Aldridge Grainger
I. Lisbon (1882–1961)
II. Horkstow Grange
III. Rufford Park Poachers
IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
V. Lord Melbourne
VI. The Lost Lady Found
Blue Shades (1997)
NOTES ON THE PROGRAM
Williams: Liberty Fanfare
Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers, with a career that spans five decades. He has composed soundtracks for iconic movies, including Schindler’s List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, and Jurassic Park; historic moments, including the celebration of the new millennium opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and has contributed to musical themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and the 1987 International Summer Games of the Special Olympics. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 22 Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records.
Liberty Fanfare was composed in 1986 to rededicate the Statue of Liberty and celebrate its Centennial on July 4th. The melodic theme played by the French horns provides a sense of adventure, with the counter melodies echoing with excitement and anticipation of what is ahead. John Williams said he had “tried to create a group of American airs and tunes of my own invention that I hope will give some sense of the event and the occasion.”
San Miguel: La Oreja de Oro
Mariano San Miguel was a Spanish composer and clarinetist. He played in the king’s personal band, La Banda de Guardia de Alabarderos, and served as solo clarinetist until 1928. He founded the Society of Wind Instruments of Madrid, published band works in Harmonía Revista Musical, and is known for over 200 compositions.
Arguably his most famous composition, La Oreja de Oro is a lively paso doble (named after the Spanish two-step), composed by Mariano San Miguel in 1919, honors the tradition of bullfighting. The title, translated as The Golden Ear, refers to the highest honor awarded in bullfighting—the symbolic ear presented to the matador for an outstanding performance. The use of brass, solo trumpet, and flourishing woodwind lines creates the atmosphere of a bullfight, immersing the listener in this long-held Spanish tradition.
Puckett: Avelynn’s Lullaby
Joel Puckett is a distinguished American composer, celebrated for his inventive works for wind band and choir. He earned the D.M.A. from the University of Michigan, studying with William Bolcom and Michael Daugherty. His compositions have been performed by top ensembles, including “The President’s Own” Marine Band, and he has received major commissions from the American Bandmasters Association. Currently on the faculty at Peabody Conservatory, Puckett remains an active composer and lecturer.
Commissioned by a consortium led by the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Avelynn’s Lullaby is a father’s gift to his daughter. This piece aims to capture the nightly journey Puckett and his daughter would experience together, with the composer lulling his daughter to sleep with a lullaby while she fought the urge to sleep. Throughout the composition, you will hear the battle through alternating segments of slower tempos with thinner textures (the lullaby) and faster tempos with fuller textures (Avelynn refusing sleep). This conflict eventually resolves into a compromise of fuller textures at a slower tempo, signifying Avelynn settling down and finally succumbing to sleep.
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, pianist, and arranger who emigrated to the United States in 1914, becoming a citizen in 1918. He enlisted as a bandsman in the US Army as a saxophonist, though he was previously known for and toured playing the piano. Grainger is most known for his preservation and arrangement of folk songs on the phonograph. He toured Europe, Norway, and America, performing, collecting folk songs, and working with high school, summer school, and college students. In particular, he was interested in leaving a lasting legacy and did so through education and the construction of the Grainger Museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Lincolnshire Posy is a collection of folk tunes arranged to maintain the original stylizing of each melody as sung by the folksingers. The first movement, Lisbon, is a brisk and short movement with a lilting melody about a sailor who is to leave his love for Lisbon. Horkstow Grange, named for the village Horkstow, begins with the main theme presented by the clarinets and horns and later features a cornet solo. The third movement, Rufford Park Poachers, is known for the complex counterpoint created by layering the melody on top of itself with a slight delay and constantly shifting time signatures. The fourth movement, The Brisk Young Sailor, was meant to elicit the image of a young man excitingly coming home to his sweetheart. Lord Melbourne opens with a heavy and fierce presentation of the theme in free time – no time signature. The final movement, The Lost Lady Found, is based on the ballad of the same name, in which a lady is kidnapped, her uncle is wrongly accused of this crime, and is found just before he is executed. The chimes at the end of this movement represent the celebration of her return.
Ticheli: Blue Shades
Frank Ticheli is most known for his works for concert bands and guest conducting appearances. He served as a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music from 1991 to 2023. Ticheli was born in Monroe, Louisiana, and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Education from Southern Methodist University. He also earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in composition from the University of Michigan. Ticheli has received numerous awards, including the Arts and Letters Award, Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, and Charles Ives Scholarship.
Blue Shades is inspired by the New Orleans Jazz he grew up with, Ticheli felt the strong need to compose a work that combines his love for jazz with his musical style. Blue Shades was inspired by the sounds of the blues without using a 12-bar blues progression. To give this work it’s bluesy feel, Ticheli uses “blue notes” (flattened 3rds, 5ths, and 7ths), blues harmonies, rhythms, and melodic idioms. He refers to Benny Goodman’s playing style with an extended clarinet solo that mimics Goodman’s “hot playing style.”
University Wind Ensemble Personnel
Patrick Dunnigan, Director
Jacquelyn Tabone and Kaleb Switanek, Graduate Associate Conductors
Piccolo
Isabelle Rodriguez
Flute
Allison Acevedo
Moriah Emrich
Talley Powell
Kendall Smith
Ryleigh Templeton
Sarah Kimbro
Oboe
Loanne Masson
Maddy Jenkins
Haley O’neill
Lorin Zamer
English Horn
Haley O’neill
Bassoon
Hunter Fisher
Dakota Jeter
Diego Crisostomo
B-flat Clarinet
Leah Price
Dawson Huynh
Malik Mullino
Daniel Gonzalez
Ava Raposo
Eric Olmsted
Daniel Burrow
Mark Stevens
Anna Urbine
E-flat Clarinet
Malik Mullino
Bass Clarinet
Nicholas Mackley
Contrabass Clarinet
Mark Stevens
Saxophone
Luis Angel
Casey Caulkins
Jennifer Fuentes
Lincoln Mcmullen
Riley Nauman
Bass Saxophone
Brody Schiavone
Trumpet
Jordyn Myers
Sharavan Duvvuri
Bob Kerr
Danielle Monahan
John Bradley
Grason Peterson
Horn
Luis Oquendo
Ac Caruthers
Isaac Roman
Emma Brockman
Vincent Aldoretta
Sarah Meza
Clare Ottesen
Trombone
Mateo Buitrago
Connor McDonald
Tristan Goodrich
Euphonium
Luke Heinrich
Adam Zierden
Tuba
Matthew Morejon
Sebastian Bravo
Sophia Farfante
Piano
Cristian Dirkhising
Harp
Ezekiel Harris
String Bass
Aaron Hernandez
Percussion
Drew Jungslager
Kenneth Sharkey
Mackenzie Selimi
Caitlin Magennis
Jj Baker
Will Mccoy
Ian Guarraia
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