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The Denver Concert Band is excited to announce we were selected to participate in the ACB Convention in Santa Fe, NM on May 4. We are honored to represent Denver’s music community. Our summer concerts are coming up next, so please check our website soon for our 2022-2023 formal concert season!
Board of Directors: Patti Galleher Kim Letendre Sue Schnick Don Awalt Alison Albright Jennifer Gilmore Katy Deditz
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Kim Letendre Don Awalt Sue Schnick Chuck Twomey Scott McDonald
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Small Ensembles: Alpine Winds Clarione Quartet Show & Tell Band Mountain Winds Quintet
Ken Kopatich Mark Masters Carol Dreiling Cheryl Poules
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Ken Kopatich DCB Associate Conductor Kathy Walker Announcer Symphonic Dance No. 3 ……………………………………………...….……… Clifton Williams
With Every Sunrise ..…..……….……………………………………………..…. Robert Sheldon Liberty Bell March …………………………………………………………….… John Philip Sousa Rocky Mountain Majesty ………………………..………………………………. Jerry Brubaker American Folk Rhapsody No. 1 …………………...…..…………………… Clare Grundman
INTERMISSION Variations on a Theme by Glinka ……………...………….……… Glinka/Rimsky-Korsak YOUNG ARTIST WINNER – Benjamin Segall (Oboe) On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ..…….…….…....……………………..…… David Holsinger Galop …………………………………………….………………….…………..…..…… Daniel Kallman
Glenn Miller in Concert …………………………………. Glenn Miller / arr. Paul Murtha In The Garden of the Gods ……………………………..……………………. Robert W. Smith
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Deborah Nelson in honor of Carol Dreiling: 50 years in DCBand Tricia Gomulinski in honor of Carol Dreiling: 50 years in DCBand Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in memory of Norman Olson Diane Gaudian in memory of Linda Harris Richard and Cheryll Schartau in memory of Harold Eason Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in memory of Harold Eason Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in memory of Linda Harris Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in memory of Martha Lobmeyer Carol Atkins in memory of Martha Lobmeyer Diann Eason in memory of Harold V. Eason Lisa Meltzer in honor of Jacinda Bouton James Mercado in honor of Don Awalt Mary Plath-Rice in honor of Paul Plath Andrew Sirotnak in honor of C. Rashaan Ford, M.D. Patricia Zehnle in honor of Charles Twomey Janice & Dan Bloomquist in honor of Robert MacHany Jr
Many thanks to the 2021-2022 Friends of the DCB. Donations listed are from the last twelve months, and we regret any error or omission.
Our Conductors
Benjamin Segall was the winner or our 2020 competition but due to the cancellation of our Young Artist Concert because of Covid concerns, he has been invited back to be our featured soloist for this concert. He graduated from Denver School of the Arts and is now in his second year of studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec studying Cognitive Science. Even though he’s not majoring in music, he’s been staying involved with the community by playing in chamber groups, attending concerts, and also through his position as president of the McGill Student's Classical Music Club. Our featured soloist is playing Variations on a Theme by Glinka/Rimsky Korsakov.
Jacinda Bouton has been the Music Director of the Denver Concert Band (DCB) since 1997. She is also the founding Conductor of the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra and is an active conductor throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. Jacinda has directed the DCB on international concert tours to the British Isles (1998) and France/Germany (2004). She also directed the DCB in appearances in the Association of Concert Bands national convention in Fairfax, VA (2002), Houston, TX (2009) and will soon lead the DCB at the ACB convention in Santa Fe, NM, on May 4, 2022. Jacinda has served as CoDirector of the Breckenridge Music Institute’s Summer Music Camp, was Director of the Denver Junior Police Band taking an active role in the rebirth of this Denver institution, and for many years was the Director of Instrumental Music at George Washington HS in Denver Public Schools. Jacinda is a cum laude graduate of Missouri State University with an emphasis in Music Education, receiving certification in both instrumental and choral areas.
Ken Kopatich has been the Associate Conductor of the Denver Concert Band since 1986. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and master’s degree in Clarinet Performance, both from the University of Colorado in Boulder. His teaching career included both instrumental and vocal music instruction at all levels in the public schools of Wyoming and Jefferson County, Colorado. Currently, Ken directs the Chancel Choir at Brentwood United Methodist Church and performs with two dance bands, Swing Incorporated and the Joe Peterson Swing Orchestra. Ken has served on the Board of Directors for the Jefferson County Education Association and the Colorado Education Association. He is a member of the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA). Ken is also Director of the DCB’s Show and Tell Band, leading that group in approximately 18 performances each year at schools throughout the area.
DCB Personnel
Program Notes by Mark Masters
FLUTE/PICCOLO Nancy Casper (S) Susan Duehr (P) Jody Galbraith Lindsey Hanna Lauren Henry Claudia Light Sarah Mabrey Theresa MacGregor Lisa Meltzer Anne Perry Karen Voigt Lucinda Waldron OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Geoffrey Long Cheryl Poules Kathleen Botwinick Dawn McGonagle (P) BASSOON Jennifer Gilmore(B) Courtney von Bergen (P,S) Eb CLARINET Lyndsey Barbour Bb CLARINET Jeff Anaclerio Cindi Carper Lura Colson Carol Dreiling (S,H) Curtis Ford Patti Galleher (B) Ken Kopatich (P) Kim Letendre (B) Bob MacNary Emily McKeown Deirdre Nalven Sue Schnick (B) Rachel Stokes Taylor Tancik Laura Walker BASS CLARINET Edna Donar Mark Masters (P) Karen Weiser (S)
ALTO CLARINET Chuck Twomey (H) ALTO SAXOPHONE Renee Corsi Katy Deditz (B) Jordan Dwyer Jeremy Estell (P) Jo Ellen Kopatich (S) Kaitlyn Meiss
TENOR TROMBONE Hank Hahne Pieter Kallemayn Michelle Kerr Scott McDonald (P,S) Paul Ward BASS TROMBONE Linda Alfson Rick Phelps
TENOR SAXOPHONE David Nerguizian Paul Plath Tera Sumner
EUPHONIUM Alison Albright (P,B) Chuck Hoffman Rich Hruda (S)
BARITONE SAXOPHONE Duane Kramer
TUBA Peter Christian Ed Elgethun Brad Furlow (P) Michael McMullen (S) Fred Selby Tim Zimmerman
TRUMPET Ned Avery Liz Clark (S) Bob Crump-Bertram Nicholas Hanoian Melanie Hebert Mark Loye Patrick McHugh Rich Roth Valerie Schowinsky Ralph Sokol Gary Wilhelm (P) Carey Wilkening HORN Jim Asbury Tiffany Asbury Diana Cable (S) Nathan Ducasse Julie Granchelli John Larson (P) Kaitley Peterson David Reck Matt Tavera Kathy Welsch
PERCUSSION Don Awalt (S,B) Andrew Collins (P) Sarah Dargus Cara Givan Yuni Groff Owen Herman Duke Roberts Valerie Sims Andy Telatnik HARP Joan Fitzpatrick (B) Board Member (P) Principal Player (S) Section Manager (H) Honorary Status
SYMPHONIC DANCE NO. 3--"FIESTA" Clifton Williams
do not appear as mere embellishments or detract from melodic and rhythmic elements."
Clifton Williams (1923-1976) studied music composition at Louisiana State University and with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson at the Eastman School of Music. He was a member of the music faculties at the University of Texas and the University of Miami. Fiesta depicts the pageantry of Latin American celebrations--street bands, bullfights and bright costumes, and is reminiscent of Gershwin and Copland.
The title of The Liberty Bell March resulted from (1) Sousa and his manager seeing a huge painting of the Liberty Bell during a show in Chicago, (2) a letter from Sousa's wife the next day telling how their son had marched in a Philadelphia parade honoring the Liberty Bell, and (3) Sousa's unabashed patriotism, which predisposed him toward any title with a nationalistic ring. His first march published on a royalty basis, it netted Sousa $40,000 in less than seven years.
Prof. Williams was active in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Professional Music Fraternity, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Peru's National Conservatory of Music. WITH EVERY SUNRISE Robert Sheldon Notes in the score state, "With Every Sunrise is a lyrical composition that is at once poignant, uplifting, wistful, yet hopeful in its presentation. Moments of power and joy contrast with the gentle nature of the piece." The teaching career of composer Robert Sheldon encompassed 28 years in the Florida and Illinois public schools, and at the University of Florida, Florida State, Bradley University and Illinois Central College. He is a 28-time recipient of the ASCAP Standard Award for his compositions in the concert band and orchestra repertoire. THE LIBERTY BELL MARCH John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was a composer, arranger, conductor, businessman, author, and patriot. He composed in all the popular music styles of his day, but he is best remembered for his concert marches. His biographer Paul Bierly wrote that, "if Sousa had a formula for composing successful marches it was inspired simplicity. He was a master of counterpoint, but he used it prudently .... His countermelodies and obligatos
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAJESTY Jerry Brubaker Rocky Mountain Majesty by composer Jerry Brubaker was commissioned by the Oratorio Society of Estes Park, in celebration of the 1915 centennial of Rocky Mountain National Park. The five sections of the piece each depict part of the personality of the park. “Forest Awakening" depicts an October morning at first light. There's a chill in the air and the wildlife is just beginning to move around. "Mountain Grandeur" describes the feeling one gets when seeing for the first time a snow covered 14,000 ft. peak cast against a dark blue sky! "Trail, Mountain and Lake" depicts a family picnicking, and contains a nod to prior American composers like Aaron Copland. "Frozen Tundra" refers to the area just above the treeline. Below-zero temperatures, strong winds and monumental snowfalls are common here. The music in this section sounds quite harsh and dissonant. "Long's Peak" is the crown jewel of Rocky Mountain National Park. A mountain of this magnitude deserves the most heroic of music. The composer writes that he hopes his work does justice to such a magnificent National Park.
Program Notes continued
GLENN MILLER IN CONCERT Miller/Murtha
IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS Robert W. Smith
The dance sounds of Glenn Miller and his big band are perhaps the most memorable contributions of the State and the University of Colorado to World War II. Miller sacrificed a lucrative music career when he volunteered for military service at the outbreak of the war. Sadly, the small plane carrying him was lost over the English Channel in late 1944.
Robert W. Smith is one of the most popular and prolific composers and arrangers of band literature in the US. He has over 700 published works, and many commissions, in media ranging from television to film to concert halls throughout the world. He has written and arranged music for the United States Navy and Air Force Bands, the Boston Pops and the Atlanta Symphony.
This arrangement by Paul Murtha features some of the Glenn Miller Orchestra's biggest hits, including Tuxedo Junction, Little Brown Jug and String of Pearls.
In The Garden of The Gods was commissioned by The Denver Concert Band, with the help of DCB members Mark Loye, Elizabeth Clark and the Loye family. With the composer conducting, the work was premiered by the Denver Concert Band in 2020. When composing it, Professor Smith imagined a hawk soaring above Garden of the Gods park, at the foot of Pike's Peak, and with the landmark rock formations below ranging from surreal to whimsical to dramatic.
by Mark Masters AMERICAN FOLK RHAPSODY No. 1 Clare Grundman
ON A HYMNSONG OF PHILIP BLISS David R. Holsinger
American composer and arranger Clare Grundman (1913-1996) wrote four American Folk Rhapsodies. His purpose was to give a fresh and interesting treatment to some familiar American folk songs.
Much of David Holsinger's music reflects the unrelenting tempi and vigorous asymmetrical melodies of his musical hero, Vaclav Nelhybel. On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss is not like that. Expressively challenging, the composition is the first of Holsinger's series of scores based on melodies of traditional American hymns and spirituals. The composer of this hymn, It Is Well With My Soul, was Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876), a traveling minstrel and hymnwriter. The work was used in the commemorative services for the Challenger astronauts and Ronald Reagan.
Grundman composed music for film, ballet, radio and television, as well as orchestrations for Broadway musicals. He also wrote chamber music and for full orchestra. But he is best known for his many compositions and arrangements for symphonic band.
A former public school music educator and church musician, Dr. Holsinger believes "the heart actually writes the music once the foundation is set.“ VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF GLINKA Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nationalism in music flourished in the mid and late 19th Century. In Russia, Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) launched the distinctive nationalistic school with his 1836 folk opera A Life for the Tsar. Glinka paved the way for a group of gifted and youthful enthusiasts who became known in the 1860s as the "Mighty Five": Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), Cesar Cui (1835-1918), Alexander Borodin (1833-87), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) and Modeste Mussorgsky (1839-81). After Glinka's death, his sister Lyudmila Shestakova wanted to preserve her brother's musical legacy. In the 1870s she paid RimskyKorsakov to edit his scores, along with Balakirev and Anatoly Lyadov. He later wrote that, "Work on Glinka's scores was an unexpected schooling for me. Even before this I had worshipped his operas, but as editor of the scores I had to go through Glinka's style and instrumentation to their last little note." With his idol's music in his head, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the Variations on a Theme of Glinka in 1878.
GALOP Daniel Kallman Daniel Kallman writes for worship, theatre, dance, radio and the concert stage. He maintains a varied catalogue of works for orchestra, winds, chorus and chamber ensembles. He has written for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Plymouth Music Series, and has been awarded funding from the McNight and Jerome Foundations and the American Composers Forum. Kallman has worked on concert and recording projects with Philip Brunelle and Garrison Keillor and has been commissioned to create music for events such as the International Special Olympics and the Pax Christi Award Ceremony. Mr. Kallman writes in the score, "[Galop] is an up tempo ride at the exciting speed of a horse in full stride. For the most part it is a pleasant journey, with only a couple of dark tunnels along the way."
Colorado Gives Day is an annual statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving. Donations were accepted through ColoradoGives.org. Denver Concert Band would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who graciously donated on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.