Belmont University School of Music presents
Belmont University School of Music
Faculty Woodwind Quintet
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024 7:30 P.M.
MCAFEE CONCERT HALL
Quintet in F Major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon (1896) Lento—Allegro moderato Andante cantabile Minuet, Allegro con moto – Trio, Allegretto
Peter Rasmussen (1838-1913)
Aires Tropicales for Woodwind Quintet (1994) Alborada Son Habanera Vals Venezolano – To Antonio Lauro Dizzyness – To Dizzy Gillespie Afro Contradanza – To Ernesto Lecuona
Paquito D’Rivera (b.1948)
Intermission Quattro Tempi (Op.55) Tranquillo Agitato Sostenuto Giocoso
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
Three Wonderland Rags The Boojum Snark (1979) The Bread and Butter-fly (1994) The March Hare March (1993)
William Ryden (1939-2018)
Personnel Carolyn Totaro, flute Rebecca Van de Ven, oboe Daniel Lochrie, clarinet Dong Yun Shankle, bassoon Tara Johnson, horn
Program Notes Quintet in F major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon (1896): Peter Rasmussen was organist and choir director at the Garrison Church in Copenhagen for thirty years. In addition to teaching at area music schools, he composed but only three collections of organ preludes were published in his lifetime. His woodwind quintet from 1896, and its prominent horn part, can be attributed to the fact that he was also a keen horn player. The quintet reflects the classical approach taken by Franz Danzi and Anton Reicha, the first composers to cultivate the new genre, by using four movements resembling the classical symphony. The first movement begins with a slow introduction featuring a four-note motive that is further developed in the ensuing Allegro. The second movement features a lyrical melody in ternary form. The third movement is a minuet and trio in triple meter with the requisite changes in key, tempo, and character in the trio section and followed by a repeat of the minuet. The last movement is in sonata form and is characterized by its fugal opening. Aires Tropicales for Woodwind Quintet (1994): Born in Cuba in 1948, Paquito D’Rivera has cultivated an impressive career in Latin jazz and classical composition. A winner of eleven Latin Grammys and five Grammys, D’Rivera has recorded more than thirty solo albums and was a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, Irakere, the United Nation Orchestra, the Chamber Jazz Ensemble, the Paquito D’Rivera Big Band, and the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet. In 1991, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Carnegie Hall for his contributions to Latin music. As a composer, D’Rivera received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition, an appointment as Composer-In-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee School of Music, and the African American Classical Music Award from Spelman College. He has received numerous commissions and his works have been performed by internationally recognized orchestras, ensembles, and soloists. Aires Tropicales was commissioned by the Aspen Wind Quintet and consists of seven movements. “Alborada” is loosely translated as morning music, dawn, or awakening, and acts as a short introduction to the second movement. While the title of the second movement is simply “Son”, it contains many traits specific to the Son Cubano; namely its use of bell patterns, African rhythms, and ostinato patterns – first heard in the bassoon part and then again in the horn part. “Habanera”, a Cuban dance in slow duple time, features the reed instruments of English horn, clarinet, and bassoon. “Vals Venezolano” is dedicated to the famous Venezuelan guitarist and composer, Antonio Lauro, who composed many similarly titled solos for guitar. “Dizzyness” is dedicated to the great jazz trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie, famous for his inflated cheeks and bent trumpet bell. D'Rivera and Gillespie collaborated in 1988 in the United Nation Orchestra. “Afro” is reminiscent of Afro-Cuban music for its complex layering of rhythms. “Contradanza,” or country dance, is the Spanish-American version of the classic dance where partners form parallel lines. For a recording with the Quintetto Cimarron in 2015, D’Rivera asked his friend, Luis Rossi, to arrange Aires Tropicales for clarinet and string quartet. The violist in the quartet, Eduardo Cana, added a contrabass part to the ensemble. The finished recording included works by other Cuban composers as well.
Quattro Tempi (Op.55): Swedish composer, Lars-Erik Larsson, composed in a variety of styles, from neo-classical to twelve-tone, and genres, encompassing music for the stage, radio, and film. During his appointment with the Swedish Radio, he collaborated with poet Hjalmar Gullberg to create God in Disguise for narrator, soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra. This new genre became known as the lyric suite; poems interspersed with musical movements. Other notable compositions include his three symphonies, three concertos, twelve concertinos for various instruments with string accompaniment, choral music, orchestral music, three string quartets, piano music, and songs. Quattro tempi was composed for the fiftieth anniversary of the Society of Swedish Composers in 1968. Its first performance was in Stockholm on January 19, 1969. In four movements, Larsson depicts the four different times of a year much like the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi: “Tranquillo” (summer); “Agitato” (autumn); “Sostenuto” (winter); “Giocoso” (spring). Three Wonderland Rags: American composer, William Ryden, was born in New York City, studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and the Mannes College of Music in New York. He was a classical music publisher and editorial director at the Bourne Company and the International Music Company. Ryden published one hundered and fifty arrangements, composed more than five hundered rags for piano, and wrote orchestral music and choral works such as “Through the Looking-Glass” for vocal soloists and orchestra. Ryden also composed for Public Television’s Electric Company, ABC, CBS, and NBC. Other notable works include “Rejoice and be Merry (A Ragtime Christmas Carol)” and his “Ragtime Concerto” premiered by pianist John Arpin. Three Wonderland Rags includes three rags composed separately in 1979, 1993, and 1994. All were inspired by the author Lewis Carroll and showcase the style of ragtime made famous by Scott Joplin. Program notes by Dr. Carolyn Totaro, School of Music Faculty
The Boojum Snark (1979) “But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, if your Snark be a Boojum! For then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!” The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll A Boojum Snark by Mike Lowe
The Bread and Butter-fly (1994) “’Crawling at your feet,’ said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), ‘you may observe a Bread-and-butter-fly. Its wings are thin slices of bread-and butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.’” Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll A Bread and Butterfly by Clyde Geronimi; Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske
The March Hare March (1993) “’Have some wine,’ the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all around the table but there was nothing on it but tea. ‘I don’t see any wine,’ she remarked. ‘There isn’t any,’ said the March Hare.” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll A March Hare by Neal Osborne
About the Performers Dr. Carolyn Totaro is an Assistant Professor (Flute) in the Belmont University School of Music. Before moving to Nashville in 2005, Totaro taught applied flute, music history, and music appreciation at Southeastern Louisiana University and then served as the Graduate Coordinator for the School of Music at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she also served as an adjunct flute instructor. She has performed with symphony orchestras in Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Totaro has been the director of the Nashville Philharmonic Flute Ensemble and currently teaches flute and coaches chamber ensembles at the Tennessee Valley Music Festival each summer. Dr. Totaro received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas (at Austin), her Master of Music (Flute) and Master of Music (History) from the University of Akron and her Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Music from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music. Totaro’s primary instructors have included William Hebert (Cleveland Orchestra), Jaqueline Hofto (Interlochen Arts Academy), Peter Lloyd (London Symphony, London Virtuosi), and George Pope (Akron Symphony, Solaris Wind Quintet). Rebecca Van de Ven joined the faculty at Belmont University and Tennessee State University in 2018 and the faculty of the University of the South in 2011. Prior to that Ms. Van de Ven taught at Middle Tennessee State University, Albion College and Spring Arbor University. In addition, she is on faculty at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival where she coaches and organizes the wind chamber music program. Ms. Van de Ven frequently records music in Nashville and can be heard playing English Horn on season three of the Emmy winning hit TV series Fargo as well as the 2016 Evanescence Album. She currently plays second oboe in the Nashville Opera. Her orchestral engagements have included orchestras such as Nashville Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Grand Rapids Symphony. She can also be found playing regionally in Chattanooga and Huntsville Symphonies and in staged works at Tennessee Performing Arts Center. On a full tuition scholarship, Ms. Van de Ven received a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory in oboe performance where she was a student of Eugene Izotov, current Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison on tuition scholarship where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree. She was a student of Professor Marc Fink. Ms. Van de Ven attended the Pierre Monteux Music Festival in Maine and was awarded a full scholarship to the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. She lives in Sewanee Tennessee with her husband and two children. Dr. Daniel Lochrie is an adjunct instructor in the School of Music, teaching applied clarinet, classical woodwind seminar, and woodwind techniques. Dr. Lochrie received degrees from The University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and The Ohio State University, where he studied with James Pyne. Other teachers included Paul Schaller, Brian Schweickhardt, John Mohler, Franklin Cohen, and bass clarinetist, Oliver Green. Before entering graduate school, he joined the National Orchestra of New York, studying with Leon Russianoff and performing regularly with the orchestra in Carnegie Hall. In addition to teaching experience at Lipscomb University, Middle Tennessee State University, The Ohio State University, and the Corsi Internazionale Di Musica, Dr. Lochrie has been a member of the Nashville Symphony (with recent recordings on the Naxos and Decca labels) since 1992. His chamber music activities include regular appearances on clarinet and bass clarinet at several area universities, recital appearances
throughout the US, and performances at summer festivals in Ohio, Colorado, and Italy. With further experience as a Nashville studio musician, managerial experience in the Nashville Symphony, and with success as a composer and arranger (performances by ensembles such as the Tennessee Tech faculty woodwind quintet and the Pacific and Nashville Symphonies) Dr. Lochrie maintains a multifaceted musical career. Dong-Yun K. Shankle is an adjunct bassoon professor at Belmont and Trevecca Universities. She is a member of Belmont’s faculty woodwind quintet. She has also taught at Western Kentucky and Campbellsville Universities. She is the principal bassoonist in the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and Parthenon Chamber Orchestra. She has also been principal in Orchestra Kentucky, Jackson Symphony, Owensboro Symphony and Western Kentucky. Dong-Yun has had a distinguished career as a symphony bassoonist, recording artist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestras in Asia, Europe, Russia and America. During her twenty year career in Korea, she has worked in the Seoul KBS Symphony Orchestra. She was the principal bassoonist in the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Asian Six Nations Orchestra in Fukuoka, Japan. She has appeared as a soloist with the Russia St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Orchestra both in Bulgaria, Seoul KBS Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Paducah Symphony Orchestra and many other orchestras all over Asia, Europe and America. Dong-Yun had the honor of playing principal bassoon in some of the world's greatest concert halls such as: Carnegie Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Hall in Malaysian. Also, she performed recitals with internationally known performers such as Emmanuel Abbuel (Principal Oboist/London Philharmonic), Kirill Sokolov (Principal bassoon/St.Petersburg Philharmonic), Valeri Popov (Principal bassoon/Moscow Symphony), Otto Eifert (Principal Bassoonn/Cincinnati Symphony), and many more. Dong-Yun graduated from Daegu Catholic University, where she received a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Bassoon Performance and Music Education. After that, she studied in Holland for a Performance Soloist Degree from the Rotterdam Conservatorium. While in school she won the prestigious Seoul Dong-A International Music Competition. Dong-Yun has three solo CDs on the Sung-Eum label. Her CD’s have received favorable reviews from Ron Klimko of the IDRS. Tara Johnson is an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Belmont University, teaching Aural Skills courses. Originally from Hudsonville, Michigan, Tara began her studies in French horn at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From there she moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University, where she received a Bachelor of Music degree in Horn Performance, with a minor in Music Business. She worked in Nashville as a freelance music transcriber and copyist. Tara earned a Master of Arts in Music degree in Horn Performance from Middle Tennessee State University in 2012, where she studied with Angela DeBoer, and worked as a teaching assistant in the brass department and in general music and music theory courses. Tara currently plays as Third Horn of the Evansville Philharmonic in Evansville, Indiana, and Second Horn of the Owensboro Symphony in Owensboro, Kentucky. Additionally, she has performed with the Nashville Symphony, the Huntsville Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony, and the Jackson Symphony. She has taken her horn playing to China with the Hollywood Film Orchestra, and to other parts of the world such as Israel, Romania, and Hungary. As an active freelance horn player, she can also be heard on several soundtrack recordings for movies, video games, and television shows, recorded in Nashville at Ocean Way Studios. She maintains a private studio of horn students across the Nashville area and enjoys playing as a member of the Music City Horn Quartet.
Upcoming Concerts and Events Composition Honors Recital Wednesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Piano Concert Series—Chih-Long Hu Friday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Bass Ensemble Wednesday, February 14, 10:00 a.m. Massey Concert Hall Belmont University String Chamber Orchestra & University Symphony Orchestra Saturday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Wind Ensemble & Concert Band Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Musical Theatre Review: Starting Here, Starting Now Friday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 25, 2:00 p.m. Massey Concert Hall Tickets for this event are required and can be reserved through the Belmont Box Office.
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