10/5/22 Pacific Wind Bands Concert

Overture from Dancer in the Dark (2002)

Urban Light (2021)

Three Latin American Dances (2019) II. Lamento cubano

Giovanni Santos, conductor

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (b. 1965)

James David (b. 1978)

Giovanni Santos (b. 1980)

Suite No. 2 for Military Band in F major, op. 28, no. 2 (1911)

March: Allegro

Song without Words (I’ll Love My Love): Andante

Song of the Blacksmith: Moderato e maestoso Fantasia on the Dargason: Allegro maestoso

Pause

A Movement for Rosa (1992)

Poetry Reading: No ceses, César Chávez

Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

Mark Camphouse (b. 1954)

Martín Camps/Emilio Martínez (b. 1974/b. 1957)

Martín Camps, speaker Chávez, 1927* (2022) (World Premiere)

Giovanni Santos (b. 1980)

*César Chávez slide show created by University Curator Lisa Cooperman for this performance. Images licensed under Wikimedia Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

PROGRAM NOTES

Poem Text

Beneath gentle clementine and elegant fiddlehead

Birthed from industrious roots laboring in the shadows

A soft glowing tendril emerges from the earth’s belly. Fueled by the white heart of the cabbage, protected by the green armor of artichoke,

Its round tomato blood dances as the Men of Bronze beat the drums of change. . . .

Time walks down its dusty rows, carrying its pockmarked peach bucket, Until it reaches the Aztec Day of the Rabbit, Trecena of the Flower, Solar Year of the Reed.

1927. Charles Lindberg lifts the Spirit of Saint Louis

Over fields of sharp-bladed waves of wheat and the pursed lips of strawberries

As Isadora Duncan, Juan Gris, Enrique Gómez Carillo, And Carlota de México abandon the earth.

Below their fleeing spirits, the sweat of our ancestors rains down upon Yuma—

A city whose name means “Chief’s Son” in the native Cocopah and Quechan tongues—

As a boy, gentle as a manzanilla plant, is born under a chicory sky;

A boy whose limbs and spirit will be cured by the sun, Until the pleats of his face are welcoming brown furrows

For the exhilarating ideas of Change and Justice germinating in the Bleached and pale death mask of 1950s America.

And, as a stalk of corn reaches for the heavens, So the boy grows, yearning to erase Injustice with such zeal, That today we cannot look into the mirrors of our soul

Without seeing his ancient walnut face, burnished by the sun, Radiant with the Power of Love. . . .

César:

No ceses. Cease not!

Take our fields and, where others spy but humble lettuce and untutored cabbage,

Show them Harvests Of The Worthy, Sons of royal basil who kneel before America with cornucopia hands, Their chlorophyll hearts beating ceaselessly

No ceses, César Chávez (After Chávez, 1927 by Giovanni Santos)

PROGRAM NOTES

To the metallic rhythms of the unyielding hoe, Their calloused hands wielding the green swords of nature’s kingdom Beneath a rhubarb sun which still shines on Injustice. César Chávez the Sower planted his eternal seed within us, Germinating into a thousand heartshaped flowers Whose petals and stems still refuse Oppression and fight to survive— Not with stick or stone, fist or gun— But by peaceful demonstration of what it means to be Human:

To work steadily and faithfully; to feed, house, and clothe a nation; To work in silence, even as sirens and persecutions roar in the ear and blows rain down upon our hunched backs;

To work unceasingly and with gentle resistance against one’s own nature, even, In order to love those who have made xenophobia a national pastime— And Mexicans their favorite scapegoat.

To those Warriors for Peace fortunate enough to live and fight alongside him, And for those standing on the sidelines, too afraid of starvation to join the Huelga,

César Chávez was a sun marching to the drumbeat of Progress; An inspiring trumpet of steel courage and clear sight Plowing across the pages of our labor history, One which had for too long heard naught but Requiems, One which had long awaited the grace notes of Hope, Change, and a Joyful Harvest.

You were given a long row to hoe, César, but you were strong and ready: May you rest in peace, O Fruitful One, O César, Our Brother in Arms!

Martín Camps and Emilio Martínez

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Speaker Martín Camps, professor of Spanish and director of the Latin American studies program the University of the Pacific, is the author of Cruces fronterizos: hacia una narrativa del desierto (Border crossings: Towards a narrative of the desert) (2008) and the editions: Dialogues on the Delta: Approaches to the City of Stockton (2018), La sonrisa afilada: Enrique Serna ante la crítica (A smile sharp as a blade: Enrique Serna’s writings) (2018), and Transpacific Literary and Cultural Connections: Latin America influence in Asia (with Jie Lu, Palgrave, 2020). He is also the author of seven books of poetry.

Vu Nguyen, conductor, is an associate professor of music and director of bands at the University of the Pacific. He conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, and he teaches courses in conducting and music education. Nguyen maintains an active schedule as a clinician and has served as guest conductor with the United States Air Force Bands of the Golden West and MidAmerica as well as honor bands across the country. Ensembles under his direction have performed at state music educator conferences, at the Midwest Clinic, and at the College Band Directors National Association Conference.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Nguyen holds degrees in conducting from the University of Washington and the University of Oregon, and he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from the University of the Pacific. Prior to his appointment at Pacific, he served in similar roles at the University of Connecticut, University of Indianapolis, and Washington University in St. Louis in addition to being a visiting conductor with the Indiana University Concert Band. He began his teaching career in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

In addition to his academic career, Nguyen recently retired as an officer in the Air National Guard (ANG) where he was the commander and conductor of the ANG Band of the West Coast. In this position, he was responsible for all activities of this forty-member squadron, including participation in cere monies, parades, concerts, and other public performances.

BIOGRAPHIES

Giovanni Santos , guest conductor and composerin-residence, serves as director of wind and percussion studies at La Sierra University, where he directs the University Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and Big Band, and he teaches courses in graduate and undergraduate instrumental music education, popular music, conducting, and composition. Santos has proudly implemented a yearly wind band conducting workshop at La Sierra University and has worked alongside H. Robert Reynolds, Thomas Lee, Travis Cross, and Allan McMurray, helping some of the brightest young music educators in the United States. Santos also organizes yearly workshops, clinics, and conversations with conductors and composers, such as Frank Ticheli, Mallory Thompson, and most recently Leonard Slatkin.

A strong advocate for music education, Santos frequently presents at conferences, school in-service days, classrooms, and as clinician for young ensembles across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Most recently, Santos presented at the Midwest Clinic’s High School Leadership Institute, California All-State Music Education Conference, California Music Educators Association’s “Casting a Wider in Net” at Azusa Pacific University, North American Division National Teachers Convention, Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, College Band Directors National Association Convention in Arizona, 2019 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Professional Development Conference, and for the World Association of Symphonic Band and Ensemble International Conference in Prague.

As a composer Santos has premiered his works across the United States, Asia, and Europe, including a premiere with the United States Naval Academy Band Brass Ensemble at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., under his baton. His works have received performances by ensembles at the University of Michigan, University of Illinois, Florida State University, University of Florida, Ball State University, Oklahoma State University, University of California Los Angeles, Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble, and Illinois State University. His works for wind ensemble, chamber music, and solo wind instruments are published exclusively by Murphy Music Press, LLC. Future performances are programmed for the California and Connecticut All-State Music Education Conferences, Texas Music Educators Association,

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

University of North Texas, University of the Pacific, Michigan State University, and a premiere at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference.

Santos earned his Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California in music education/trumpet studies and his Ph.D. in music education/instrumental conduction from Florida State University. Santos is inspired by his family—his wife Tanya is an elementary teacher in Perris, California, and they are the proud parents of Gianna and David.

PACIFIC WIND BANDS

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the Pacific Conservatory of Music comprises students who represent a majority of music degree programs in the Conservatory. The ensemble performs at least four concerts each academic year. It provides students the opportunity to play a broad range of music for winds, brass, percussion, and keyboards drawn from a repertoire that honors the rich history of the past and looks to the future. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, recorded at Skywalker Sound, and performed at the California All-State Music Education Conference and the Western International Band Clinic. Recent collaborations with composers include Viet Cuong, Jennifer Jolley, Giovanni Santos, Alex Shapiro, Ingrid Stölzel, and James Syler.

The University Concert Band at the Pacific Conservatory of Music comprises students who represent music majors, minors, and non-majors from across the university. The ensemble performs literature written for a full wind band setting drawn from contemporary, transcription, and classic band repertoire. The Concert Band performs four concerts each academic year, including collaborations with composers and high school bands. In recent seasons, the ensemble has performed works by Carol Brittin Chambers, Katahj Copley, Viet Cuong, Kelijah Dunton, Roger Zare, and consortium premieres of works by Allison Loggins-Hull and Catherine Likhuta. Membership is open to all Pacific students.

Flutes

Ashley Bonfoey

Kalea Bringas Mackenzie Coon Phoenix Farris Logan Feece Jessica Jenkins Marcus Loya Athena Paz Jasmine Valentine Victoria Wang

Oboes

Jenna Bosnick

Alice Chao Hannah Estrella Raquel Johnson Apollo Parish Mitchell Valeria Rosseau Nunez

Clarinets

Damien Burgos Kyle Chang Rachel Dolan Kaitlyn Ferreira Maggie Juarez Gerardo Lopez Emily McGann Abigail Miller Sophia Rechel Marcus Romero Andrew Seaver Samuel Vu

WIND BAND MUSICIANS

Bassoons

Ealaph Tabbaa Jordan Wier Saxophones Marc Anderson Krystle Kong Tristan McMichael Ryan Porter Mason Weillie

Horns Mary Denney Olivia Gideon Edgar Leyva Don Parker Jada Ramos Reese Romero Braydon Ross Owen Sheridan Skylar Warren Trumpets Ryan Abdelmalek Ainsley Berryhill Julia Murillo Yoshiki Shimokawa Giana Stratton Kylie Ward

Trombones

Victor Alcaraz Aparna Balaji William Giancaterino Jayden Laumeister Matthew Miramontes Seth Neves

Euphonium Brooke Farrar

Tuba Alejandro Villalobos

Percussion Robin Bisho Ethan Chow Leonard Cox Jonathan Herbers Daniel Lopez Mallory Norman Aiden Valdez Emily Winsatt Piano Krystle Kong Magdalene Myint

PACIFIC FACULTY COACHES

Brittany Trotter: Flutes

Kyle Bruckmann: Oboes

Patricia Shands: Clarinets

Ricardo Martinez: Saxophones

Nicolasa Kuster: Bassoons

Leonard Ott: Trumpets

Sadie Glass: Horns

Bruce Chrisp: Low Brass

Jonathan Latta: Percussion

Sonia Leong: Piano

Jonathan Latta: Ensembles Program Director

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UPCOMING CONSERVATORY EVENTS

Oct. 15 | 7:00 pm

Pacific Prism

Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Homecoming Event

Oct. 19 | 7:30 pm

Kyle Bruckmann, oboe

Patricia Grimm, piano Recital Hall

Oct. 20 | 7:30 pm

Guest Artist Series Scott Holden, piano Recital Hall

Oct. 23 | 9:15 am

Pacific String Day

Faye Spanos Concert Hall

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