2021-2022 Concert Season
e f i L e On l u f i t u a Be Percussion Ensemble Chamber Ensembles Concert Band Symphonic Band Wind Ensemble
Emma Angoli, Conductor Abigail Rago, Conductor Greenwald Foundation PAC Monday | May 16 | 7:30pm
Program Percussion Ensemble - “A Child’s Life” Something’s Lurking (2022)* * - World Premiere Performance Hushabye Mountain (1968/2015)
Jeremy Cotturone b. 2006
Richard & Robert Sherman b. 1928 & (1925-2012) arr. Stephen Primatic
Beware the Jabberwock (2020)
John Willmarth b. 1974
Chamber Ensembles - “Life with Friends” Polka Italienne (1906)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Hattiesburg Hustle (1989)
Walter & Carol Noona
I’ll Be Seeing You (1938/2022)*
Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal (1902-1989) & (1903-1942) arr. Devin Larmay * - World Premiere Performance
Concert Band - “Life Captured” Escape Velocity (2020) Kodachrome (2018) In Infamy (2017) Never Gonna Give You Up (1987/2022)
Mark J. Connor b. 1971 Andrew David Perkins b. 1978 Jack Wilds b. 1986 Rick Astley b. 1966 arr. Matt Conaway
Symphonic Band - “Life Intertwined” Finding Hope (2009)
Nathan Daughtrey b. 1975
Everybody Sang (2019)
Jack Wilds b. 1986
1. China 2. Mexico 3. Bulgaria Highlights from The Lion King (1994/2017)
Hans Zimmer b. 1957 arr. Michael Brown
Wind Ensemble - “Life Big & Small” Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1967/2008)
Fred Rogers (1928-2003) arr. Paul Murtha
One Life Beautiful (2010)
Julie Giroux b. 1961
At the Break of Gondwana (2010)
Benjamin Yeo b. 1985
Combined Bands (not) Alone (2022)+ +-
Randall D. Standridge b. 1976
Premiere Performance Commissioned by Mukwonago High School as a part of the unBroken Project Consortium
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Program Notes Something’s Lurking (2022)* * - World Premiere Performance
Jeremy Cotturone (b. 2006)
Something’s Lurking is a lively piece that takes the listener through a thrilling journey. The tension builds throughout the piece with the addition of melodic lines and tempo changes. An interesting thing to note is how mallets voices work together to tell a story. (program notes by the composer) Hushabye Mountain (1968/2015)
Richard & Robert Sherman b. 1928 & (1925-2012) arr. Stephen Primatic
Hushabye Mountain is a ballad by the songwriting team Robert and Richard Sherman. It appears twice in the 1968 motion picture Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: first as an idyllic lullaby by Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) to his children; and later when the children of Vulgaria have lost all hope of salvation. The song is also featured prominently in the 2002 and 2005 stage musical versions. (program notes from Wikipedia.org) Beware the Jabberwock (2020)
John Willmarth b. 1974
Beware the Jabberwock is a programmatic piece for percussion that depicts the events in Lewis Carroll’s famous poem Jabberwocky. The poem tells the tale of an epic battle between a boy and a vicious creature creature known as the Jabberwock. Originally included in the 1871 novel Through the Looking Glass, Jabberwocky is widely considered one of the greatest examples of the “literary nonsense” genre. Carroll’s creative use of wordplay in the poem has become so engrained in pop culture that many words such as chortled, galumphing, and vorpal have become part of the English language. (program notes by the composer)
Polka Italienne (1906)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
“Polka Italienne” is based on a melody that Rachmaninow heard in Italy at the beginning of the 1900’s, played by an old street organ. He liked the melody very much and wrote it down for piano right after he had returned to his hotel. Today, the edition for four-handed piano is regarded as the original version (program notes by Rundel Music Publishing Company) Hattiesburg Hustle (1989)
Walter & Carol Noona
There are well over 150 publications on the international market written by the Noonas. They have lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan since the early 1970s. Their contributions to the teaching market include Mainstreams in Music, Young Pianist, Gifted Pianist, Noona Clavier, and The Basic Pianist, along with many supplementary pieces and collections. Hattiesburg Hustle is billed as “A Duet that Moves!” (program notes by The Lorenz Corporation) I’ll Be Seeing You (1938/2022)*
Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal (1902-1989) & (1903-1942) arr. Devin Larmay
* - World Premiere Performance I’ll Be Seeing You was originally written for the 1938 Broadway musical comedy Right This Way. It was performed in the musical by the singer Tamara Drasin during the third act, while seated downstage at a little café table. Right This Way closed after 15 performances, but this tune became a jazz standard, which has been covered by many musicians. The song became a huge emotional hit during World War II, in a country where many loved ones were serving far away overseas. A recording by Bing Crosby became a hit in 1944, reaching #1 for the week of July 1. However, for many, it's Billie Holiday's version recorded with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra the same year that is the best known, though some believe that a live version recorded live in the Carnegie Hall in November 1956, was Lady Day's best rendering of this song. (program notes from Songfacts.com)
Escape Velocity (2020)
Mark J. Connor b. 1971
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.” -John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1962 Escape Velocity is defined as the minimum speed needed for an object to leave the gravitational pull of a large body. For the astronauts of Apollo 11 in July of 1969, that speed was achieved sitting on top of a massive Saturn V rocket that would power them not only out of the Earth’s gravitational pull but all the way to the Moon where they would become the first human to walk on the Lunar surface. This work for young band evokes the power and energy of that launch and celebrates the 50th anniversary of “one giant leap for mankind” and is dedicated to Ron Sikes and the instrumental music students of the Jefferson R-7 School District in Missouri. (program notes by the composer) Kodachrome (2018)
Andrew David Perkins b. 1978
Invented by two musicians in 1935, the Kodachrome film stock rewarded generations of photographers from amateurs to pros with a richness of color and a unique treatment of light that many described as incomparable. Even todays digital cameras and apps use post-processing filters to simulate the soft, slightly muted tones of the classic medium. The film was retired in 2010, and is no longer produced or processed.Photographs capture our stories and our lives, transporting us with each viewing, eliciting nostalgia colored by time. The photographs I take tend to focus on the people and events in my life that bring me joy. When I look through my albums, (physical and digital) the overwhelming majority of the pictures are either from vacations, holidays, birthdays and anniversaries, or, special performance events with friends, collaborators and colleagues. Kodachrome is the feeling of being with friends, family, and the people closest to us, making those life-changing memories together. (program notes by the composer)
In Infamy (2017)
Jack Wilds b. 1986
In Infamy was commissioned to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The piece is a reaction to the “Pearl Harbor Address,” which President Roosevelt delivered to congress the following day. An air of uncertainty and trepidation pervades throughout the opening. A call to action from the French horns begins a section that reflects on Roosevelt’s faith that the “unbounding determination” of the American people would see them through the trials to come. The final portion of the piece is a moving setting of America, and represents the hope the listeners held for peace. (program notes by the composer) Never Gonna Give You Up (1987/2022)
Rick Astley b. 1966 arr. Matt Conaway
Never Gonna Give You Up is the debut single recorded by English singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released on 27 July 1987. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. In 2008, Astley won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever with the song, as a result of collective voting from thousands of people on the Internet, due to the Rickrolling Internet meme, in which a user expecting entirely unrelated content is shown the video. (program notes from Wikipedia.org) Finding Hope (2009)
Nathan Daughtrey b. 1975
Inspired by quotes from three revolutionary speakers and activists – Desmond Tutu, Helen Keller, and Martin Luther King, Jr. – Finding Hope takes you on a journey from uncertainty to hope to questioning to resolution and joy. This ultimately uplifting piece for young bands will move and inspire even the most skeptical listeners. (program notes by the composer)
Everybody Sang (2019)
Jack Wilds b. 1986
Written to celebrate the universal tradition of folksong, this multi-movement suite is based on songs from China, Mexico, and Bulgaria. The piece runs the emotional gamut with nostalgic harmonies, beginning with the invigorating first movement and serene second movement. The final movement invokes a dramatic fanfare and irresistible rhythmic drive, bringing the entire piece to a powerful conclusion.. (program notes by The FJH Music Company) Highlights from The Lion King (1994/2017)
Hans Zimmer b. 1957 arr. Michael Brown
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Lyricist Tim Rice was invited to write the songs, and accepted on the condition of finding a composing partner. The producers accepted Rice's suggestion of Elton John, who expressed an interest in writing "ultra-pop songs that kids would like; then adults can go and see those movies and get just as much pleasure out of them", mentioning a possible influence of The Jungle Book (1967), where he felt the "music was so funny and appealed to kids and adults.” John and Rice wrote five original songs for the film, with a score composed by Hans Zimmer (program notes from Wikipedia.org) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1967/2008)
Fred Rogers (1928-2003) arr. Paul Murtha
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American half-hour educational children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The show’s focus emphasized young children's social and emotional needs, and on the child's developing psyche and feelings and sense of moral and ethical reasoning. The process of putting each episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood together was painstaking and Rogers's contribution to the program was astounding… (continued on next page)
Rogers wrote and edited all the episodes, played the piano and sang for most of the songs, wrote 200 songs and 13 operas, created all the characters (both puppet and human), played most of the major puppet roles, hosted every episode, and produced and approved every detail of the program. (program notes from Wikipedia.org) One Life Beautiful (2010)
Julie Giroux b. 1961
The title itself is a double-entendre which in one sense is referring to the person this work is dedicated to as in “one life” that was beautifully lived. The other sense is a direct observation concluding that having only one life is what makes life so sacred, tragic and so very precious. This is an impressionistic work musically describing that condition. Shakespeare’s “sweet sorrow,” the frailty and strength of life, the meaning of what it is to truly live One Life Beautiful. (program notes by the composer) At the Break of Gondwana (2010)
Benjamin Yeo b. 1985
At the Break of Gondwana is a composition based on the beautiful landscapes of the Gap and the Natural Bridge of Albany, Western Australia. The work reflects my impressions of this magnificent sight at dawn during the winter, as I stood near that rugged coastline where the continents of Australia and Antarctica were once bound together. These two continents formed part of the supercontinent called Gondwana that existed about 200 million years ago. As I stood along this break-up point with the strong winter winds, I witnessed the beauty of the remaining landforms of the Natural Bridge and the Gap with the ocean waters crashing beneath them. In the future, the Gap will widen and disappear; the Natural Bridge will collapse and form a new gap as our restless mother earth continues to drift the continents apart! (program notes by the composer)
(not) Alone (2022)+ +-
Randall D. Standridge b. 1976
Premiere Performance Commissioned by MHS as a part of the unBroken Project Consortium
Many who live with mental health conditions experience a profound sense of isolation. Discussing these issues and more so, identifying as someone who lives with them, has been extremely taboo in our society. Thus, many suffer in silence, facing their troubles with no support. But, as the title of the work implies, they are not alone. I live with depression and anxiety. I have tried to use my platform to normalize discussions about mental health and to help start conversations about this issue. Here are some statistics you may or may not be aware of: • 1 in 5 of adults in the US experience mental health issues each year. • 1 in 6 youths in the US experience mental health issues each year. • 90% of suicides worldwide are attributable to mental illness. • Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in the United States. With statistics like this, it is shocking and frustrating that so many people are reluctant to acknowledge, discuss, and address these issues. In 2021, I was asked to create a work for wind ensemble addressing mental illness. The resultant work, “unBroken”, is one of my favorite works I have ever created, both from an aesthetic and personal perspective. However, this work is very advanced (Grade 5), which limits its demographic for performers and, thus, audiences. Those of us that teach or have taught middle school and high school know that there is a need to address this issue at younger ages, and to make such tools available to middle schools and developing high school ensembles. I decided to make this work a consortium, expecting there would be 20-30 schools that would support such a piece. 40 tops. The consortium included over 300 schools. This is an issue whose time has come. The time is now. We need to talk about this, and we are going to talk about this. We are going to show them all that they are not alone. (program notes by the composer)
Concert Band Due to the importance of every part, students are listed alphabetically.
Flute Alto Sax Trombone Emma Kelley Tomas Brunow Nathan Christensen Elyse Lange Lillian Matthews Anthony Eisert Emily Plestina Tatianna Schommer-Barrera Danica Jenna Sophia Silkworth Elizabeth Sellers Nicolas Sanfilippo Jamie Stephan Tenor Saxophone Euphonium Clarinet Matthew Ciampa Robert Hinterlong Grace Hinterlong Journey Daniel Stephanie Zhu Emily Keyes Mia Marra Trumpet Tuba Ava Pellegrino Elijah Abraham Jacob Forster Anastasia Seroogy Connor Beitz Lucas Forster Alaina Talaska Gabriel Jopp Frank Vento Natalie Tappa Jack Ksobiech Katherine Utzerath Alexander Mersfelder Percussion Nikki Wilcox Dylan Osvatic Dominic Barry Alexander Peppler Logan Basterash Bass Clarinet Chloe Retherford Virginia Caryl Ariana Alcala Cameron Smith Anna DeLeon Everett Krawcyk Charlie Essmann Samuel Furru Bassoon Joseph Geist Darren Meyer Andrew Glosemeyer Elijah Henken Illyanna Ingram Matthew Jolliffe Austin O'Connor David O'Connor Vito Schwartz Eric Stephan
Symphonic Band Due to the importance of every part, students are listed alphabetically.
Flute Julianna Anderson Anna Braun Callie Massa Erin Rosenthal Madison Weibel Clarinet Federico Bellini Gracie Lochowicz Emily Tarr Tempe Wassam Claire Wright Bass Clarinet Tyler Backhaus
Alto Saxophone Jessica Howell Katie Schwar
Trombone Mailen Fingland Sawyer Schieffer
Tenor Saxophone Gavin Flaherty Parker Paulson
Euphonium Callan Schultz
Bari Saxophone Kasey Kubash Trumpet Jacob Chilicki Zach Plestina Alissa Schwichtenberg Caleb Turk
Tuba Luke Treutelaar Percussion Andy Brandt Sean Braun Alex DeLeon Alex Fritz Logan Poser Claire Schiek Cameron Wilke
Wind Ensemble Due to the importance of every part, students are listed alphabetically.
Flute Alexandria Aber Emily Henrichs Madeline Murphy Sarah Ullrich
Alto Saxophone Jules Barlow Michael Kaczinski Jaylen Korth Brynn Schmitz-Guy
Oboe Andie Barron
Tenor Saxophone Ellie Huebner Michael Sadowski
Clarinet Brooke Conner Kaylyn Geuder Maddie Husted Lauren Jakab Katie Kaczinski Samantha Kohlmann Alexa Matson Bass Clarinet Kira Goldbach Bassoon Sierra Huser
Bari Saxophone Nick Rabiego Zack Simonson Trumpet Charlie Jefferson Hugh Wesselhoff Lauren Wilke Anthony Witt
Trombone Gavin Schultz Josh Stobbe Euphonium Andrew Blum Kyle Pate Tuba Ed Pilon David Winiarski Percussion Jeremy Boutin Jeremy Cotturone Austin Kiselicka Emma Libecki Ryan O’Connor Kendal Schreiber Nathan Starr
Horn Ryan Fox Hannah Herbst Dominic Sponholz
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