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SALUTE TO AMERICA
Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 7 PM
Blossom Festival Band Galen S. Karriker, conductor
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH The Star-Spangled Banner (1750–1836) arr. Loras John Schissel
JOHN WILLIAMS Liberty Fanfare (b. 1932) arr. James Curnow
PERCY GRAINGER Colonial Song (1882–1961) arr. R. Mark Rogers
HELEN MAY BUTLER Cosmopolitan America (1867–1957) arr. James Lamb
STEPHEN BULLA Ellington! (b. 1953)
LEONARD B. SMITH American Champion (1915–2002)
MEREDITH WILLSON Selections from The Music Man (1902–1984) arr. Philip J. Lang
INTERMISSION 20 minutes
MORTON GOULD American Salute (1913–1996) trans. Philip J. Lang
WARREN BARKER The Symphonic Gershwin (1923–2006)
RYAN NOWLIN Let Freedom Ring (b. 1978)
VARIOUS Salute to the Armed Forces arr. Jari Villanueva
SAMUEL A. WARD America the Beautiful (1848–1903) arr. Carmen Dragon
Total approximate running time: 1 hour 35 minutes
A fireworks display will immediately follow the performance, weather permitting. Tonight’s concert is sponsored by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. PLEASE RECYCLE
KENT BLOSSOM Music Festival SUMMER 2024
PRESENTED
BY
THE KULAS FOUNDATION
A Partnership between Kent State University and The Cleveland Orchestra
JUNE 23 — JULY 28
Celebrating its 56th season, the Kent Blossom Music Festival is an advanced institute for professional music training operated by Kent State University in cooperation with The Cleveland Orchestra presenting public performances by distinguished artist faculty and talented young musicians.
Concert & Ticket Information: WWW.KENT.EDU/BLOSSOM
GALEN S. KARRIKER
conductor
Galen S. Karriker is director of bands and professor of music at The University of Akron. He conducts the UA Wind Symphony, Concert Band, and coordinates the university band program. Karriker also teaches courses in advanced conducting and percussion methods, and oversees the annual Ohio Band Directors Conference and High School Band Clinic Festival.
During his tenure as director of bands (2013–present), The University of Akron Wind Symphony has been selected to perform at the 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 Ohio Music Education Association State (OMEA) Professional Development Conferences and the 2024 North Central Division Conference of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). From 1999–2013, Karriker served as assistant director of bands, and the UA Concert Band performed as a “clinic ensemble” for the OMEA State Convention in 2002 and 2004.
In addition to his teaching schedule, Karriker is a guest conductor and clinician, including clinic sessions at the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, and 2019 OMEA Professional Development Conferences. He is also a contributing author for the 11th and 12th editions of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Outside the university, Karriker serves as conductor of the Akron Symphonic Winds and the W.D. Packard Concert Band in Warren, Ohio.
Karriker holds numerous professional memberships and serves on the John Philip Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor Committee. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Phi Beta Mu and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Pi Kappa Lambda. In 2023, Karriker was selected for membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.
Karriker earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Louisiana State University and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting from Michigan State University. He served on the faculty at the University of WisconsinMadison from 1995–99 as assistant to the director of bands. He is married to Kendra Karriker, director of orchestras at Chagrin Falls Exempted School District, and they are blessed with two children, Graeson and Korinne.
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL BAND
Considered one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the nation, the Blossom Festival Band performs each summer in Northeast Ohio, continuing a long and well-loved tradition of outdoor band concerts in the United States. The ensemble has its roots in historic American band music and some of its legendary leaders.
Band music has been a part of each summer’s musical offerings at Blossom since 1969. That year, Fourth of July band concerts were presented as part of the second annual Blossom Music Festival. From 1969 to 1973, these band concerts were conducted by Meredith Willson (composer of Broadway’s The Music Man), who at age 17 had toured with the Sousa Band as a flutist.
Based on the success of these concerts, a genuine symphonic band and concert program was organized under the direction of Leonard B. Smith, another of this country’s most respected band directors (he was music director of the nationally known Detroit Concert Band for many years and a widely acclaimed cornet soloist). Smith made his Blossom debut conducting “The Golden Symphonic Band of Blossom Music Center” in “A Salute to Labor Day” on September 4, 1972. The success of that concert provided the impetus to schedule a series of concerts during the 1973 summer season, with a newly selected band of 65 instrumentalists from the Cleveland area.
David Zauder (1928–2013), a former student of Smith and longtime member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s trumpet and cornet section, served as a guiding spirit for the Band and regularly performed as a soloist with the ensemble. Smith served as director from 1972 until his retirement in 1997. The Blossom Festival Band was then conducted by Loras John Schissel, founding music director of the Virginia Grand Military Band and senior musicologist at the Library of Congress. Schissel led the ensemble for 25 years, from 1998 until 2023.
In 2004, the Blossom Festival Band recorded its first album, under the direction of Schissel. It was released as a CD by the Musical Arts Association (parent organization of The Cleveland Orchestra and the Blossom Music Festival).
FLUTES
George Pope*
Kyra Kester
Kimberly Zaleski
Sally Sherwin
OBOES/ENGLISH HORN
Thomas Friedle*
Gretchen Myers
B-FLAT CLARINETS
Georg Klaas*
Thomas Reed
Alix Reinhardt
Joseph Minocchi
Katie Smith
Denise Soulsby
Justin O’Toole
Meghan Colbert
Natalie VanCuren
Patrick Hickey
E-FLAT CLARINET
Dennis Nygren
E-FLAT ALTO CLARINET
Elizabeth Carney
BASS CLARINET
Lisa Antoniou
BASSOONS
Mark DeMio*
Todd Jelen
CONTRABASSOON
Jonathan Sherwin
SAXOPHONES
Howie Smith*
Todd Gaffke
Kent Engelhardt
George Shernit
HORNS
Hans Clebsch*
David Brockett
Meghan Guegold Hege
Kent Larmee
Thomas Park
CORNETS
Gil Hoffer*
Lyle Steelman
Michael Miller
Michael Mergen
Jack Brndiar
TRUMPETS
Mark Maliniak*
Heather Zweifel
TROMBONES
John Sebastian Vera*
Christopher Graham
Whitney Clair
Hakeem Bilal
EUPHONIUMS
Gail Robertson*
Rebecca Ciabattari
TUBAS
Kenneth Heinlein*
J.c. Sherman
William Ciabattari
John Caughman
TIMPANI
Dylan Moffitt*
PERCUSSION
Bruce Golden*
Julie Angelis-Boehler
Jack Dilanni
Matthew Larson
Thomas Morris
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Jody Guinn*
BASS
Henry Peyrebrune*
KEYBOARD
Jacob Bernhardt*
LIBRARIAN
Gabrielle Petek*
* Principal
YOUR VISIT
LATE SEATING
Guests with Pavilion seats who arrive after the start of the concert may be asked to wait outside the Pavilion until the first convenient pause in the music, after which our ushers will help you to your seats.
LAWN SEATING
Guests on the Lawn may bring their own chairs, but guests with high-backed chairs that obstruct others’ views may be asked to relocate to the rear of the Lawn. Rental chairs are available for a fee of $10 per evening. Tents, flags, balloons, or other structures that might obstruct views or present a hazard are prohibited. Open flames are also prohibited.
PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY & RECORDING
Audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Blossom. Photographs and videos can only be taken when the performance is not in progress. As a courtesy to others, please silence all electronic devices prior to the start of the concert.
SMOKING
All Blossom Music Festival events are presented in a smoke-free environment. Smoking or
vaping are not allowed anywhere on the grounds or in buildings once you have entered through the ticket gates. A smoking area is available outside the gates in a designated area of Parking Lot A.
WEATHER INFORMATION
In the event of severe weather, a coordinated campus-wide alert will be issued. Guests and staff will be directed to safety by our staff and loudspeaker system. Visit clevelandorchestra. com or text BLOSSOM to 844-955-4377 for weather updates and more information.
FREE TRAM & ADA VAN SERVICE
Free tram service between the parking lots and Smith Plaza and the Pavilion is available on a continuous basis before and after each concert. The ADA Van Service can pick up at the Main Gate with service to the Tram Circle.
QUESTIONS?
The Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra host two Information Centers — one located outside the Main Gate across from the Lawn Ticket Booth and the other inside the Main Gate on Smith Plaza.
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The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to these organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council, and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
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