Upcoming Events
The Mukwonago High School Music Department is proud to present:
Saturday, December 3rd—Midnight Magic MHS Jazz Bands
FALL JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Wednesday, December 21st, 7:00 pm—MHS Concert Band Concert Friday, January 6th, 7:00 pm—Alumni Pep Band/Blue2 Performance Saturday, January 14th—Night on Broadway feat. Jazz Ensemble I Friday, January 20th—Blue2 Performance
Friday, February 3rd—Blue2 Performance Thursday, February 11th, 7:00 pm—Jazz Bands Concert Tuesday, March 14th, 7:00 pm—Concert Bands Concert
Special Thanks MASD Board of Education Shawn McNulty, MASD Superintendent Nick Reichoff, Curriculum and Instruction Tom Karthausser, Director of Business Affairs Ben Kossow, Coordinator or Student Assessment Data and Analysis Jim Darin, Principal Lou Pawella, Mark Blodgett, Ron Schlicht, Assistant Principals Andy Trudell, Activities Director
Dean Kovnesky, Head Custodian Charlotte Kolby, MHS Choir Director Roxanne Carloni and Dale Wimer, MHS Orchestra Directors Jenny Peterson, PVMS Band Director Nyla Clements, Ben Warrichariet, Angela Hudy, and Marie Van Maastricht, MES Band Directors
Featuring Jazz Ensemble I Jazz Ensemble II Directed by Emma Angoli
JoAnn Barkley, District Printing Mukwonago Fine Arts Boosters
Thursday, November 10 7:00 pm Mukwonago High School Center
Program Jazz Ensemble II Avenue Swing…………………………………………….……….arr. Collins-Dowden
Jazz Ensemble II Due to the importance of every part students are listed alphabetically. This ensemble’s name comes from the tradition of a school’s top ensemble being known as “Jazz I”.
Work Song……………………………………………………………………..…………....arr. Blair
Jazz Ensemble I Groovin’ Hard……………………………….……….…………………………… Menza/Blair Take the “A” Train…..………………………………………………..….Strayhorn/Gassi Brandon Eichler & Riley Barlow, soloists Living in a Dream……………………………………………….………….……………...Beach Daniel Geisler, featured soloist Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me……….……….…...Ellington/DeSpain Daniel Geisler, soloist
Little Brown Jug……….……….…………………………………………….arr. Lavender Ryan Confer, Jon Blessing, Zak Gibson, Riley Barlow and Sam Ryan, Soloists
Mack the Knife…………………………...……….……….……………………….arr. DeRosa Ryan Confer, Daniel Geisler and Brandon Eichler, soloists
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Saxophone
Trombone
Zak Gibson Mackenzie Hollman Sam Murphy Joey Peterson Jessica Savoie Matt Winter
Tyler Gibson Cole Lewis Brad Weller Matt Wright
Trumpet/Clarinet
Sophia Knudsen
Riley Barlow Noah Fairchild Daniel Geisler Miriam Huerta Abby Juozapaitis Haley Knobrodski Jordan Rezutek Alayna Sikac
Guitar
Piano
Joseph Bushey
Program Notes
Jazz Ensemble I Due to the importance of every part students are listed alphabetically. This ensemble’s name comes from the tradition of a school’s top ensemble being known as “Jazz I”.
Saxophone
Bass Guitar
Brandon Eichler Zakary Gibson Jessica Savoie Sophie Steger
Jon Blessing
Trumpet Riley Barlow Niklas Brunow Daniel Geisler
Piano Ryan Confer
Vibraphone
Avenue Swing “Avenue Swing” was written with the younger jazz performer in mind which makes it an ideal piece for Jazz II. Students are taught the basics of jazz through commonly found stylistic and structural elements such as the call and response heard at the top of the chart. All this piece is a great teaching chart, the infectious melody makes it even more fun to play and we are excited to open the concert with such a fun piece!
Work Song “Work Song” is an instrumental and vocal jazz standard written by cornetist Nat Adderly. The album it was released on is considered one of Nat’s finest. Although not on this album, Nat often collaborated with his equally famous brother, Julian “Cannonball” Adderly, a famous jazz saxophonist.
Adam Jagdfeld
Guitar
Trombone
Martin Tyksinski
John Bellek Sam Ryan
Drumset Mark Goodden
Groovin’ Hard By Ryan Confer Getting your band to set a groove has never been easier. This piece has a solid, hard swing tempo with some tasty saxophone licks. This classic minor blues is an original chord progression for those seeking to jam. The resolution between the fourth chord, that is a dominant seven, and the first chord, that is minor seven, creates a harmonic minor tone, which give the piece a classic minor jazz sound. Enjoy this piece as you prepare yourself to groove to “Groovin’ Hard”.
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Program Notes Take the “A” Train By Jon Blessing The piece, Take the A Train, was written by Billy Strayhorn, whom normally prepared ensemble pieces for Duke Ellington as well as his band. Originally, it was neglected by Billy, saying that the piece was too much like Fletcher Henderson. The meaning behind the piece, was in fact a train, specifically the New York subway line to the Sugar Hill District of Harlem, since if you wanted to get to sugar hill you must take the A train, not the common D train. The piece was so well written and thought out (as Duke Ellington stated) that he used it as the theme song for his ensemble. This shows the bond connecting Strayhorn and Ellington, since normally a man of talent such as Duke Ellington, would write his own piece to “show off” as his band’s signature opener. Since written, the piece was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, using lyrics written by vocalist Joya Sherrill. It has also been in various movies such as Paris Blues starring Paul Newman, and is on the soundtrack for the Leonardo Dicaprio movie Catch Me If you Can. Living in a Dream By Daniel Geisler Living in a Dream by Doug Beach exemplifies the composer’s point of view on proper sound individually and in a big band setting. He takes a tangent away from stereotypical high and loud trumpet sounds and composed a trumpet feature that illustrates the beauty and grace rarely seen by big band jazz pieces. This lush trumpet sound is balanced by the ensemble’s powerful melodic lines toward the end of the piece, giving the ballad a traditional big band sound. Doug Beach’s experience with different famous jazz trumpet players and his general jazz knowledge creates a powerful yet delicate piece.
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Program Notes Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me By Adam Jagdfeld This jazz classic was composed by Duke Ellington in 1940 with lyrics later added by Bob Russell. This song was covered by a number of famous jazz artists including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Woody Herman. The piece was originally written as an instrumental concerto featuring trumpet soloist Cootie Williams, giving it the name “Concerto for Cootie” before being fitted with lyrics. Bob Russell’s lyrical addition received much praise and has been referred to as “the slangiest pledge of romantic fidelity ever written.” The solo itself is famous for the potential to express an unprecedented range of emotional moods. This piece is considered to be a masterpiece of Ellington’s body of work, as he achieves genuine sentiment within the melody. Little Brown Jug “Little Brown Jug” is a song that has stood the test of time. It was originally composed in 1869 as a drinking song and ironically it surged in popularity again during Prohibition. “Little Brown Jug” became the jazz standard we know it as today with the 1939 Glenn Miller Big Band recording. Although the song sounds happy, the lyrics detail something quite different. The opening lyrics of the piece are: “My wife and I live all alone, In a little log hut, we called our own/ She loved gin, and I loved rum I tell you what we'd lots of fun.” It goes on to detail the tough life of the vocalist and his wife due to alcoholism. In spite of this, the song has been arranged as a Children’s Song with altered lyrics.
Program Notes Mack the Knife By Nik Brunow Originally named “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”, which translates to “The Ballad of Mack the Knife”, this piece premiered as an introductory song for the character Macheath in The Threepenny Opera. The lyrics to this song tell a story of how Mack the Knife goes about town killing whomever he wishes, but never being caught. Oddly enough the average citizen views him as a sort of anti-hero. The lyrics to the beginning of the song go as follows: Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it … ah … out of sight.
Ya know when that shark bites, with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though, wears old MacHeath, babe So there's nevah, nevah a trace of red. Be sure to listen for the conversations between instruments throughout the piece. In the version that we play, the lyrics have been replaced by parts played by the trombones and the trumpets.
Mukwonago Fine Arts Boosters Mission Statement The mission of the Mukwonago Fine Arts Booster, Inc. (MFAB) is to enhance achievement and appreciation of the fine arts by uniting faculty, staff, community and students in building, sustaining , promoting and supporting the fine arts programs that enrich students’ lives and make our community a better place to live, learn and grow.
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Financially support fine arts programming in MASD
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Promote and support all events, projects and programing that affects student outcomes in the fine arts within the MASD
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Celebrate all fine arts achievements within the MASD
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