Percussion Ensemble 11.6.2020

The KATHRINE G. McGOVERN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS and the MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Present

Wild Sound FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7:30 p.m.

MOORES OPERA HOUSE

2020 Fall Concert Moores School Percussion Ensembles Alec Warren and Blake Wilkins, directors

About the Moores School Moores School of Music The University of Houston’s Moores School of Music (MSM) is one of the leading comprehensive music schools in the nation. Its remarkable faculty — of internationally recognized performers, composers, and scholars — outstanding student body, modern facilities, and broad range of programs make MSM the natural choice for nearly 600 students annually. The school’s commitment to academic excellence and the highest performance standards has ensured its role as a vital resource in the educational and cultural life of Houston and beyond.

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Moores School of Music

Moores School Percussion Ensembles 2020 Fall Concert

Program

Alec Warren & Blake Wilkins, directors

Trio in a Rudimental Style (2002)

Joseph Tompkins (b. 1970)

Wild Sound (2014)

Glenn Kotch (b. 1970)

Hemispheres (2010)

Kevin Bobo (b. 1974)

Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

II. Assez vif et bien rythmé

arr. Matthew Strauss and Doug Wallace

Six (2012)

Ivan Trevino (b.1983)

Ritual Music (2004)

David Skidmore (b. 1982)

INTERMISSION Swarm (2017)

Kevin Bobo

Vespertine Formations (2003)

Christopher Deane

Springs (2016)

Quartet (2017)

DisArchitecture (2011)

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(b. 1957)

Paul Lansky (b. 1944)

Michael Laurello (b. 1981)

David Hall (b. 1983)

Performers

Performers

Moores School Percussion Ensemble (MSPE) I Blake Wilkins, director

Moores School Percussion Ensemble (MSPE) II Alec Warren, director

Adrienne Anaya Jordan Avila Christian Gonzales Anne Harris Jacob Kline Mario Leal Mark Medina Oscar Rodriguez Jose Sandoval Chandler Skinner Max Stewart Tyler Sutton Mitchell Vereide

Peter Armendariz Cameron Boudousquie Brandon Furman Carissa Ledesma Phillip Rivera David Ruiz Alex Staten Tim Turnley Xochitl Vasquez

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Performers

Alec Warren Alec Warren is an instructional assistant professor of percussion at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, where he teaches applied lessons, percussion methods and conducts the Percussion Ensemble II. He regularly performs as a freelance artist throughout the Houston area where you can hear him with the Houston Ballet, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), Bayou City Musicals, The Houston Choral Society, HITS Theatre, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Cantare Houston, the Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, the United Nations Chorus, the Synergy Brass Ensemble and Broadway Across America, among many others. While living in Toronto, he had the opportunity to study tabla with Pandit Sharda Shahi and Bob Becker. Warren received his Bachelor of Music from Sam Houston State University, where he studied percussion with Rod Cannon and Ray Dillard. He received his master’s in music performance from the University of North Texas, where he studied under Robert Schietroma, Ed Soph and Leigh Stevens. As an educator, Warren has had the pleasure of teaching on the faculty of Sam Houston State University, Lone Star College and San Jacinto Junior College, as well as teaching at Spring High School, Westfield High School and Friendswood High School. Warren is an active clinician presenting clinics, conducting percussion ensembles and presiding as a judge on many concerto competitions. He has been on faculty with the American Festival of the Arts since 2002. He has an endorsement with Innovative Percussion and is a member of Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) and Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA). Warren is married to his wife Robynne of 23 years. He enjoys watching his two sons, Aiden and Tristan, play baseball and golf.

Blake Wilkins Blake Wilkins is Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, and in 2016-17 he served as Interim Director of the Moores School of Music. Prior to joining the UH faculty in 1997, he served as percussionist and substitute principal timpanist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic from 1993-97. A strong advocate for the performance of new music, he performs regularly with the Houston-based new music ensemble Musiqa. He also co-founded two experimental improvisation ensembles—El Dos with bassist Michael Lee; and The Moment Trio with Lee and pianist/violist Christian Asplund, releasing their first compact disc, Constructions One, in fall 2005. Under his direction the Moores School Percussion Ensemble has distinguished itself internationally by winning the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition three times (2003, 2006, and 2010); with the release of three critically acclaimed commercial compact discs on the Albany Records label; and through its Percussion Ensemble Commissioning Project, which to date has generated sixteen new works for large percussion ensemble. He is equally active as a composer, and his four works for large percussion ensemble have been recorded by the University of Oklahoma and University of Houston Percussion Ensembles on the Albany Records label. His Twilight Offering Music was a prizewinner in the 1988 Percussive Arts Society International Composition Competition. Dr. Wilkins holds degrees in Percussion Performance and Composition from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Southern California. He is an artist endorser of Innovative Percussion and Zildjian cymbals.

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About the Ensemble

About the Ensemble

Moores School Percussion Ensemble The Moores School Percussion Ensemble serves as the cornerstone of the Department of Percussion Studies at the University of Houston. Established by Blake Wilkins in 1997, the ensemble’s selection as a winner in the 2003, 2006 and 2010 Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Competitions and its appearance at the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions established its reputation internationally as a leader in percussion performance.

The ensemble has also emerged as a leader in the promotion and performance of new music. Since 1997, the ensemble has given the world and U.S. premieres of numerous new works. Additionally, in fall 2002, the Moores School Percussion Ensemble initiated a New Works Project to encourage new compositions for large percussion ensemble. To date, the project has resulted in sixteen new works for large percussion ensemble by such composers as Donald Grantham, Pierre Jalbert, David Crumb, David Heuser, and UH faculty composers Rob Smith and Marcus Maroney. The ensemble has also recorded three critically acclaimed commercial CDs on the Albany Records Label. Surge was released in early 2006, Not Here But There followed in 2009, and Everywhere Entangled was released in 2011.

Our program currently offers two concert percussion ensembles—MSPE I is directed by Blake Wilkins and MSPE II by Professor Alec Warren—and includes The PANtagonists Steel Drum Band.

We invite you to follow the Moores School Department of Percussion Studies on Facebook and on instagram@uhpercussion.

Moores School of Music

Thank you to the following donors for giving through endowments that transform the lives of students, faculty, and audiences in perpetuity.

2018 – 2019 Endowments Abram I. Lack Music Master’s Endowment Fund Albert and Margaret Alkek Scholarship Endowment Albert Hirsh Endowed Scholarship Fund Alkek Williams Endowment in the Moores School of Music Amelia Ann Alexander Scholarship Endowment for Organ Studies in the Moores School of Music Anthony P. Apollo Memorial Scholarship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Jazz Program Betti and Charles Saunders Music Endowment Betty and Harry Czarnek and Betty and Eugene Patalik Music Scholarship Endowment Betty C. and Harry T. Jukes Music Scholarship Endowment Betty Cannata Music Excellence Endowment Betty Shaw Scholarship Endowment Fund Bill and Ann Stokes Endowment in the Theatre Program Blaffer High Ceiling Gallery Endowment C. W. Moores, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Music C. W. Moores, Jr. Fellowship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Cecil J. Pickett Scholarship Endowment Fund Charlene and Philip J. Carroll Endowment in Music Charles F. and Dorothy B. Riesen Scholarship Endowment Fund Cheryl M. Carlucci Fellowship Endowment in Opera in the Moores School of Music Claire North Patterson Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Cullen Foundation Endowed Dean’s Chair for the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Endowment David and Ann Tomatz Music Endowment Delphian Theatre Endowment Fund Diabolus Endowed Scholarship for the Moores School of Music Dorothy A. and Charles E. Bishop Scholarship Fund in the Moores School of Music Eddie Green/Chad Collins Family Band Program Endowment Edythe Bates Old Choral Endowment Edythe Bates Old College Professorship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Edythe Bates Old Opera Endowment Edythe Bates Old Orchestra Endowment in Moores School of Music Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum Scholarship Endowment in Music Elena Nikolaidi Scholarship Endowment Fund for the Moores School of Music Frank L. Berry, Jr. Endowment in the School of Art Frederic A. and Betsy Cook Weber Endowed Scholarship for Vocal Music Education Galveston Musical Club Scholarship Endowment Fund Gary Choate Memorial and Marc L. Palmer Endowment

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Enriching our students, our community, and the world George Leroy and Myrajane Ereckson Hall Endowment in the Moores School of Music Houston Delphian Endowment for Support of the Shakespeare Festival Howard Pollack Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music, in Memory of Darryl Wexler J. Scott Chase Endowment in Opera in the Moores School of Music Jane Dale Owen Endowment in the Blaffer Art Museum Jean Preston Lack Music Scholarship Fund Jeremy Head Scholarship Endowment Fund Jo and Jim Furr Exhibition Endowment in the Blaffer Art Museum Joanna Friesen Scholarship Endowment John M. Druary Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music John S. and Elena M. Zaccaria Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music and the School of Theatre & Dance Judith Kathleen Morris Memorial Endowment June Duhar Smith Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts Endowment La Ruth Blain Scholarship Endowment in the School of Art La Verne McClellan Endowment Fund in Fine Arts Lack Music Endowment Fund Larry W. Gatlin Endowment in Music Laura Eliska Swails Fine Arts Scholarship Endowment Linda and Ken Lay Family Endowment in Music Linda Dorff Scholarship Endowment in the School of Theatre & Dance Louisa Stude Sarofim New Music Endowment Fund Lucile Birmingham Melcher Endowment in the Moores School of Music Lucile Birmingham Melcher Violin Endowment in the Moores School of Music Lyndall Finley Wortham Chair in the Performing Arts Madison Endowed Professorship in Music Margaret Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair for the Director of the Moores School of Music Margaret W. and James A. Elkins, Jr. Endowment in Music Marian and Samuel W. Spain Endowment for Graduate or Undergraduate Students in Music Education in the Moores School of Music Marilyn and R.E. “Gene” Reamer Endowment in Music Martha Suit Hallman Lecture in Music Endowment Martin Antonio “Marty” Flores Scholarship Endowment for Composition and Music Theory Studies Matthew Bartkowiak Memorial Scholarship Endowment May R. Litowsky Endowed Scholarship for the Moores School of Music Michael Wilkomirski Endowed Violin Scholarship Fund Milton Katims Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music Minnette and Jerome Robinson Scholarship Endowment Miriam Strane Memorial Piano Scholarship Endowment Nancy and Rob Martin Endowed Scholarship Nancy Chertok Scholarship Endowment Fund in Music Nancy Luton Scholarship Endowment for Innovation in Printmaking

Giving to the Arts

Giving to the Arts

Giving to the Arts

Enriching our students, our community, and the world

Giving to the Arts

Neva and Wesley West Scholarship Endowment for the Moores School of Music Patsy Swayze Endowed Scholarship for Dance Peter W. Guenther Art History Scholarship Endowment Fund Richard Y. Grant Music Scholarship Endowment Fund Robert Bullard Memorial Scholarship Endowment Robert J. Jones Endowment in Music Ronald C. Borschow Endowment for Student and Faculty Travel Ruth G. Burr Endowed Scholarship Fund Ruth M. Claridge Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Mr. Byron Hester Ruth M. Claridge Memorial Endowment Sarah C. Morian Endowment Sarah Campbell Blaffer Scholarship Endowment Sarah J. Cooper Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Schissler Foundation Fellowship Endowment Fund in Music Moores School of Music Endowment Fund Steinway Initiative Maintenance Endowment in the Moores School of Music Stephen Harbachick Endowment in Music Sue H. Van Horn Music Scholarship Fund The Chris Wilson and Jim Jeter Endowment for Excellence in Theatre Thelma Hearn Scholarship Endowment Thomas Flaxman Endowed Art Scholarship Fund Tommy Tune Endowed Dance Scholarship Trey Wilson Endowed Scholarship Fund Val Link Endowed Scholarship in Art Wilhelmina R. “Beth” Robertson Endowment in Music William C. Moffit Endowed Scholarship in Band William Douglas Allums Band Endowment William G. Henry, Jr. Scholarship Endowment William Lee Pryor Voice Scholarship Endowment Winifred and Maurice Hirsch Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Endowments in Progress Adeeb and Adeeba Hourani Endowed Professorship in Music Darrin Davis and Mario Gudmundsson Voice and Opera Scholarship Endowment Jay and Shirley Marks Scholarship Endowment in the Moores School of Music Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Scholarship Endowment in Art Marie Taylor Bosarge Endowed Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome Rhonda and Donald Sweeney Endowed Scholarship for Opera Robert J. Jones Endowment in Music Robin L. Tooms Endowment for Excellence in Graphic Design Sharon Kopriva Endowed Scholarship in Art

Ezekiel W. Cullen Society

Members listed in this program have given $250,000 or more in their lifetime to Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts.

Cathy Collins and Thomas Collins Chad Thomas Collins (’96) Thomas H. Guthrie II Monzer Hourani Sheila K. Johnstone Judith Jones (’65) and Walter Jones (’65) Kathrine G. McGovern (FS ’61) The Honorable John J. Moores (’70, J.D. ’75, Honorary ’95) and Dianne Moores Sallie C. Morian and Michael H. Clark Lillie T. Robertson Shirley E. Rose (’60, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’73) and Donald Rose* Rhonda J. Sweeney (M.B.A. ’79) and Donald G. Sweeney Betsy Cook Weber (’95) and Frederic C. Weber * Deceased

In Tempore Legacy Society

The In Tempore Legacy Society is a special community of planned giving donors who have included the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts in their estate plans through a bequest, life income arrangement or charitable provision.

Gloria Acker (’71) Ann Alexander Nanette Chastain and Donald R. Martin (’57, M.M. ’59) Ann L. Faget Mariglyn Glenn and Stephen Glenn Thomas H. Guthrie II Jacquelyn Harbachick Ethan Hirsh (’67) Ellen Holzberg and Alan Holzberg Sheila K. Johnstone Judith Jones (’65) and Walter Jones (’65) Lynn Lamkin and Jon Lamkin Genie Lanfear Sharon G. Ley (M.M. ’02) and Robert Lietzow The Honorable John J. Moores (’70, J.D. ’75, Honorary ’95) and Dianne Moores Juan R. Morales (’93) Violet M. O'Valle (FS ’73) Shirley E. Rose (’60, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’73) Buck Ross Marc Schindler Rhonda J. Sweeney (M.B.A. ’79) Jo Dee and Cliff Wright Elena M. Zacaria and John S. Zaccaria

Young Artist Endowed Scholarship in Piano

For more information, contact Julie AndersonSmith, Senior Director of Philanthropy, at jdanderson-smith@uh.edu or 713.743.6878.

Moores School of Music

2019 – 2020 MOORES SOCIETY Executive Committee Jo Dee Wright, President Jackie and Malcolm Mazow, Vice-Presidents/Presidents-Elect Helen Shaffer, Vice President/Membership Chair Carla Burns, Recording Secretary Rita Aron, Corresponding Secretary Terry Ann Brown Darlene Clark Joyce Frassanito Mariglyn and Stephen Glenn

Marita Glodt Sean Gorman Ellen and Alan Holzberg Marie LeNotre Jay Marks

Susan Osterberg, Immediate Past President Debbie L. Feuer, Audience Development Chair Ann Faget, Opera Chair Courtney Crappell, Director, Moores School of Music Mary Ann McKeithan Cathy McNamara Shirley E. Rose Kathi Rovere Nancy Strohmer

Rhonda Sweeney Betty Tutor Mary Ann and Bob Wilkins

Advisory Board Julie Anderson-Smith and Ron Smith Ann Ayre Christopher Bacon Tom Becker Anne Boss Nancy Bowden Cheryl Byington Lori Blasser and Oscar Salcedo Zarine Boyce Katherine and Trey Brady Julie Dokell Cogan Joann Crassas Vicky Dominguez Cathy Coers Frank Diane and Harry Gendel Beatrice and Gregory Graham

John Grimmett Thom Guthrie Donna and Gene Hammons Gladys Hooker Barbara Johnson Mady Kades Joan and Marvin Kaplan Janis Landry Shannon Langman Geraldine and Kenneth Lehrer Cora Sue and Harry Mach Celia Morgan Jo and Joseph Nogee Kitten and Ron Page Carroll R. Ray Sally and Norman Reynolds Carol Robertson

Lillie Robertson Minnette Robinson Evie Ronald Donna Scott and Mitch Glassman Donna Shen Satoko and Anthony Shou Susan Thompson Ann and Karl Tornyos Virginia and Gage Van Horn Barbara Van Postman Carol and Carl Vartian Beth Wolff Cyvia Wolff Louis Wu Gay Yellen

Founding Trustees Charlene and Phillip J.* Carroll Barbara and Gerald D. Hines Diana* and Bill Hobby Belle Johnson* Betty C. and Gene* McDavid

George P. Mitchell* John J. Moores Anne and Barry Munitz Marilyn and Gene Reamer Wilhelmina “Beth” Robertson

Shirley and Donald* Rose Louisa Stude Sarofim Nan and Richard* Schissler, Jr. Goldye Marian Spain* Margaret Alkek Williams

Honorary Trustees Philip Berquist Marie Bosarge Renee Danziger* Marian Yeagar Enete* Carlisle Floyd * In Memoriam

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Ulyesse J. LeGrange Sharon and Bob Lietzow Beth Madison Sybil Roos Ann Sakowitz*

Charles Saunders* Ann and David* Tomatz David Ashley White Philip Winston Elsa Wolf*

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Board of Trustees

2019 – 2020 MOORES SOCIETY Mariglyn and Stephen Glenn Marita Glodt Helen Shaffer Ellen and Alan Holzberg Barbara and Ulyesse LeGrange Sharon and Bob Lietzow Tod Lindholm and Rex Adams Cathy and Bill McNamara Jackie and Malcolm Mazow Lillie T. Robertson Shirley E. Rose

Kathi and Bill Rovere Helen Shaffer Nancy and Michael Shoup Doris and William Sing Nancy Strohmer Rhonda and Donald Sweeney Betty Tutor Betsy and Rick Weber Joan and Mike Weltzien Jo Dee and Cliff Wright

Partner $500 Sallymoon and Alan Bentz Helen B. Davis Timothy Doyle Joyce Frassanito Sharon and Robert O. Girndt

Gladys Hooker Beatriz Nino-Rodriguez Gary W. Patterson Carroll R. Ray Donna S. Scott

Anthony Shou Susan Thompson Ann and Karl Tornyos Virginia and Gage Van Horn

Patron $250 Julie Anderson-Smith and Ron Smith Alan Austin Ann Ayre Christopher Bacon Anne Boss Nancy Bowden Zarine Boyce Julie Dokell Cogan Donna M. Cooper Drucilla and Richard Davis Anna M. Dean Dr. Kenneth L. Euler Cathy Frank

Rachel Frazier Diane Gendel John R. Gealy Beatrice and Gregory Graham Donna and Gene Hammons Nancy and Carter Hixon Mady and Kenneth Kades Shannon Langman and Gregory Smith Bob Lindsey Tommy and Sherry Lott Mary Ann and David McKeithan Harry Mach Celia Morgan

Jo and Joseph Nogee Susan Osterberg Kitten and Ron Page Minnette Robinson Frank Rynd Nancy Schissler Betty and Robert Schwarz Donna Shen Christine Stevens and Richard Crishock Carol and Carl Vartian David Ashley White Cyvia Wolff Gay Yellen

Friend $120 Elizabeth and John Anderson Anni Pati Ginger and David Blomstrom Judy and Harry Bristol Hector Vasquez and Cynthia Clayton Courtney Crappell Matthew Dirst Ann T. Hendrix

Barbara Hester Jasmine Hatem and Timothy Hester Barbara and Raymond Kalmans Mireille and Harvey Katz Theodore Wallace Langman Smith Nicole Kenley-Miller and Andy Miller Richard Kummins Connie Lewis

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Crista and Gary Miller Gregory and Kate Robertson Felicia and Allan Snyder Katherine Turner Eleanor and Richard Viebig Debra Witter and Scott Chase Barry P. Wood Donor listing as of 1/1/20

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Director $1,000 Rita Aron Thomas S. Becker and Jim Rosenfield Carla Burns Pamela Stucker Bertone Terry Ann Brown Darlene Clark Victoria Dominguez Ann L. Faget Debbie L. Feuer Michael Gabel