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7:30 pm
KU WIND ENSEMBLE with special guest
Jeff Nelsen, French horn Paul W. Popiel, conductor
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KU Wind Ensemble with special guest JEFF NELSEN, French horn Paul W. Popiel, conductor Luke Chaffee and Steven Smyth, guest conductors
El Capitan (1896) - John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) The Glass Bead Game (1997) —James A. Beckel, Jr. (b. 1948) Jeff Nelsen, soloist Wingspan (2015) — Gary Kuo Jeff Nelsen, soloist
Intermission: 20 Minutes Dances from Estancia (1958/arr. 2006) — Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) Patterson Steven Smyth, conductor III.
Los Peones de hacienda (The Cattle Men)
II.
Danza del trigo (The Wheat Dance)
IV. Danza final (Malambo) La Fiesta Mexicana: A Mexican Folk Symphony (1949) — H. Owen Reed (1910–2014) 1.
Prelude and Aztec Dance
2.
Mass
3.
Carnival
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Jeff Nelsen One of the many Canadian pig-farm-raised magician horn players in the world, Jeff Nelsen has thrilled audiences and mentored students for over twenty years. Probably best known for the eight years he spent touring and recording with Canadian Brass, Nelsen has also performed concerti and chamber music on six continents, and in the horn sections of dozens of orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Montreal, and St. Louis Symphonies. He is Professor of Horn at the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is founder of Fearless Performance LLC, a company that focuses on training musicians and more to consistently perform their best. Since giving his celebrated 2011 TEDx Talk about fearless performance, Nelsen has been training fellow TED Talk presenters, teachers, athletes, and business people into giving their own fearless performances. A huge Broadway musical fan, Nelsen played the premiere run of two Broadway shows that were nominated for Tony awards, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Sherman Brothers) and The Pirate Queen (Boublil and Schönberg). Nelsen has toured with Michael Bolton and Barry Manilow, has recorded with Michael Buble and the pop band Barenaked Ladies. He has also performed on dozens of movie and video game soundtracks. Nelsen most enjoys performing with his wife, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen, on recital and orchestral pops series. Nelsen gives back to the music community through his roles as President of the International Horn Society and as a member of the board of advisors for the International Horn Competition of America. Aside from creating musical magic, Nelsen is an enthusiastic magician, and often adds touches of illusionary arts to performances. He recently reached a childhood dream of becoming a magician member of the Academy of Magical Arts at the world famous Magic Castle. www.jeffnelsen.com
Paul W. Popiel Paul W. Popiel is the Director of Bands at the University of Kansas, only the seventh person to hold this position in the band’s storied 125-year history. Popiel conducts the KU Wind Ensemble, directs the graduate program in wind conducting, and guides all aspects of the university band program. His previous appointments include the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Oklahoma State University. He also enjoyed six years teaching in the public schools of Texas and Michigan. His Carnegie Hall debut in 2013, was heralded by the New York Times: “The ensemble, conducted by Paul W. Popiel, performed with polish, assurance and copious spirit, eliciting a rousing ovation;” while New York’s Feast of Music said, “Give credit to Popiel, a strong advocate for new music, who went for broke, succeeding in showing us that there is, in fact, real, adventurous music being made over on the other side of the rainbow.”
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Popiel has lectured and performed throughout North America, Europe, Singapore, and Japan. He has produced several CDs for the Wind Band Classics series on the Naxos label, leading the KU Wind Ensemble on the project, Landscapes, featuring the music of Michael Torke, Aaron Copland, and Frank Ticheli, which was released in March 2013. His latest recording project featured the premiere recording of Mohammed Fairouz’s In the Shadow of No Towers: Symphony No. 4 and Philip Glass’ Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, which rose to the Top 20 on the iTunes Classical music chart in 2014. Popiel is a contributing author to several volumes of the renowned series, Teaching Music through Performance in Band, as well as the journal Alta Musica. His recent lectures on wind band literature include Hammelburg, Germany; Coimbra, Portugal; and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. A proponent of distinctive new music, Popiel has commissioned and premiered numerous new works for winds, including pieces by composers Mohammed Fairouz, Michael Torke, Kevin Walczyk, James Barnes, David Dzubay, Tamar Diesendruck, and Joni Greene. In 2013, Popiel was elected to the membership of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, known for the Grammy Awards.
The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble Described by The New York Times as “one of America’s most esteemed concert bands,” the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band at the University of Kansas and is conducted by Dr. Paul W. Popiel, director of bands. Their Carnegie Hall debut in 2013 was described by Feast of Music as “showing amazing chops in their transitions and an impressive range of dynamics” and by The New York Times as “performing with polish, assurance and copious spirit, eliciting a rousing ovation.” The Wind Ensemble was asked to perform for President Obama for his address to the University of Kansas in January of 2015. The band enjoys a long history of excellence and musical leadership in the State of Kansas, across the nation, and around the world. Former conductors include Russell Wiley, Kenneth Bloomquist, and Robert E. Foster. The ensemble is at the forefront of the Naxos Wind Band Classics series, having now recorded five CDs on the Naxos label. The group has also recorded for the Ecstatic and Mark Custom labels. Their most recent release, In the Shadow of No Towers, was described in Gramophone Magazine as “...eloquent, disciplined performances that come across with stunning dynamic range and almost dimensional transparency.” In recent years, the band has hosted composers Frank Ticheli, Steven Bryant, Michael Torke, and Eric Ewazen, as well as guest conductors John Whitwell, H. Robert Reynolds, and Mallory Thompson. The Wind Ensemble performs diverse repertoire of the highest caliber from chamber works to large ensemble pieces and has a strong commitment to new music, as well as the finest standard band repertoire.
Tuesday
FEB 23 7:00 pm
The Washburn Rural High School Wind Ensemble Luke Chaffee, conductor; Melissa Sauls, guest conductor
PROGRAM The Pines of Rome (Finale – Pines of the Appian Way), Ottorino Respighi, arr. James Curnow Second Suite in F for Military Band, Gustav Holst I. March II. Song without Words “I’ll love my love” III. Song of the Blacksmith IV. Fantasia on the “Dargason” Salvation is Created, Pavel Tschesnokoff, arr. Bruce H Houseknecht Conducted by Melissa Sauls, student teacher KSU Galop from the Musical Comedy, “Moscow, Cheremushky,” Dmitri Shostakovich, trans. Donald Hunsberger WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLE MEMBERS Lillian Wen, flute Paige Madsen, flute Emily Kaufman, flute Katie Mans, flute Darian Kuckelman, flute Ashley Beteta, oboe Amanda Miller, oboe Kylie Loewen, clarinet Kaily Davis, clarinet Molly Kimsey, clarinet Claire Hartman, clarinet Chris Lawrence, clarinet Kensie Lundgren, clarinet Isaac Jones, clarinet Cassidy Brown, clarinet Marissa Christensen, clarinet Gabby Eitutis, bass clarinet Mackenzi Woodbury, bass clarinet Katie Bodenhamer, contra clarinet Emily Rosebrook, bassoon Darby Holroyd, bassoon Libby Pope, alto saxophone Dalton Loewen, alto saxophone Chance Pemberton, alto saxophone Cameron Calvin, tenor saxophone Tiffany Culberson, bari sax David Somma, trumpet Zach Bures, trumpet
Jordan Turner, trumpet Katelyn Zach, trumpet Alex Stinson, trumpet Mack McIntosh, trumpet Cody Potts, trumpet Kathryn Rasmussen, horn Avery Munns, horn Justin Averett, horn Nick Beasley, horn Landon Gaddis, trombone John Katz, trombone Tyler Swaffar, trombone David Bures, trombone Ethan Borthwick, trombone Justin Beteta, euphonium, BC Ryan Porcu, euphonium, TC Kevin Bruggemeyer, euphonium, BC Bobby Scott, tuba Curtis Malsom, tuba Joel Wright, tuba Katie Rogg, string bass Zach Hawkins, percussion Anthony Dake, percussion Christian Roberts, percussion Tierra Hayes, percussion Nathan Leininger, percussion Nick Wathke, percussion
PROGRAM UPDATE 2/1/2016
KU SCHOOL OF MUSIC ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
KU Wind Ensemble Conducted by Paul Popiel with special guest
Jeff Nelsen, French horn
Luke Chaffee and Steven Smyth, guest conductors El Capitan (1896) — John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) Luke Chaffee, conductor The Glass Bead Game (1997) — James A. Beckel, Jr. (b. 1948) I. The Call and Awakening II. Father Jacobus III. Magister Ludi Coronation & Death Jeff Nelsen, soloist Wingspan (2015) — Gary Kuo (1965) Jeff Nelsen, soloist Intermission: 20 minutes Metropolis Triptych (2016) — Nathan Jones (b.1983) I. Prelude world premiere Steven Smyth, conductor La Fiesta Mexicana: A Mexican Folk Symphony (1949) — H. Owen Reed (1910–2014) I. Prelude and Aztec Dance II. Mass III. Carnival
FLUTE Margaret Lambie, Grand Island, NE Emily Churchwell, piccolo DeSoto, KS Deborah Hass, Shawnee, KS Madeleine Wilmsen, Wildwood, MO Maria Pileski, DeSoto, KS OBOE Matt Butterfield, Pittsburg, PA Susan Tope, English horn, Colorado Springs, CO Shayna Hansen, Gretha, NE BASSOON Nathaniel Lohmann, Colorado Springs, CO Ryan Weaver, Double Oak, TX Randall Himes, Contra Keller, TX CLARINET Puyin Bai, Xi’an, China Tyler Goudlock, Eb, Omaha, NE Richard Adger, Kansas City, MO Kristen Wells, bass, Omaha, NE Justin Kline, Overland Park, KS Chase Wallace, Overland Park, KS Juliana Hsu, Kansas City, MO Andrew Novak, Contra Taylor, MI Addy Phillips, Clever, MO SAXOPHONE David Berrios, Lakewood, NJ Robbie Harvey, Bedminster, NJ Chris Agnew, Louisburg, KS Andre Womack, bari, Olathe, KS Bennett Johnson, tenor, Victoria, MN TRUMPET Trent Warbis, Boise, ID Daniel Gerona, McKinney, TX Guangyu Dong, Beijing, China Jong Ho Kim, Seoul, South Korea Allison Cockshaw, Brockton, MA Zhongzhen Zhu, Shangrao, China Devin Carey, Dodge City, KS
HORN Grant Parker, Leawood, KS Caroline Strickfaden, McHenry, IL Kenzie Kimble, Topeka, KS Bridget Saito, Fresno, CA Mariah Black, Beaumont, TX Tristan Bartley Kansas City, MO Katherine Young, Chesterfield, MO TROMBONE Mark Sweeney, Bangor, ME Jennifer Shinska, New Baltimore, MI Gun Yong Lee, Seoul, South Korea Fern Stevermer, Fulton, MO Grant Morgan, bass, Shawnee, KS EUPHONIUM Joshua Hugo, Rosemount, MN Erin Bonifield, Overland Park, KS TUBA Max Gerhart, Columbus, OH Alex Taylor, Birmingham, AL Andrew Moss, Shawnee, KS Chloe Gilligan, Lawrence, KS STRING BASS Adam Galigher, Overland Park, KS HARP Erin Wood, Lawrence, KS PIANO Kai Ono, Irvine, KS PERCUSSION Alex Betsold, Turners Falls, MA Daichi Tadokoro, Raymore, MO Christine Nance, Olathe, KS Trevor Miller, Olathe, KS Matthew Ernster, Lino Lakes, MN Logan Cain, Hutchinson, KS