THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS
THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND CONCERT Emily Threinen and Betsy McCann, conductors Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 1:30 pm TED MANN CONCERT HALL
PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM MORTON GOULD (ARR. PHILIP LANG) | 1913-1996
American Salute (1943/1971) [5:00 minutes] Emily Threinen, conductor OMAR THOMAS | b. 1984
Shenandoah (2019)
[7:30 minutes] Emily Threinen, conductor JOHN ZDECHLIK | b. 1937
Chorale and Shaker Dance (1972) [9:30 minutes] Betsy McCann, conductor JOHN MACKEY | b. 1973
Undertow (2008)
[5:00 minutes] Emily Threinen, conductor JULIE GIROUX | b. 1961
Tiger Tail March (2000) [3:00 minutes] Betsy McCann, conductor
• FOLLOWING THE CONCERT, PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION IN THE LOBBY •
Please TURN OFF all electronic devices. Even on vibrate, these can interfere with our recording process. Also, take this moment to locate your nearest available exit from the hall, which may be different from the entrance you used. This event & other ensemble events will be live-streamed at z.umn.edu/musicstream 2
BIOGRAPHIES Emily Threinen is director of bands and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. She conducts the Wind Ensemble, guides the graduate wind band conducting program, and provides administrative leadership for the bands. Threinen consistently works with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines. She is active across the nation and abroad (recently in Brazil, Spain, Australia, and Canada) as a guest conductor, clinician, and conference presenter. An advocate for music education, Threinen is a Yamaha Master
Educator and is active in ABA, WASBE, CBDNA, NBA, NAfME, and the Conductors Guild. Betsy McCann is the assistant director of bands and director of athletic bands at the University of Minnesota, where she directs the Marching Band and University Band, teaches conducting, and administers the Athletic Band program. McCann earned degrees from the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University and is active as a guest conductor and clinician.
WIND BAND FACULTY AND STAFF Director of Bands Emily Threinen Associate Director of Bands Jerry Luckhardt Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Betsy McCann
Assistant Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Lance Sample Graduate Assistants Shaun Evans David Roush J. Nick Smith Preston Weber
Ensemble Supervisor Nicole Radotich Percussion Assistant Jack Donovan
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY Flute Julia Bogorad Immanuel Davis
Saxophone Preston Duncan Angela Wyatt
Oboe John Snow
Trumpet Marissa Benedict Chuck Lazarus
Bassoon John Miller Norbert Nielubowski Clarinet Jennifer Gerth Jan Scholl Timothy Zavadil
French Horn Caroline Lemen Ellen Smith
Euphonium John Tranter Tuba Steve Campbell Percussion Phil Hey Peter Kogan Fernando Meza Adam Rappel
Trombone Thomas Ashworth John Tranter 3
HONOR BAND PERSONNEL Flute Shriya Bharadwaj Rayonna Highbear Olivia Costa* Yerin Kwon Emily Philbrook Aayush Raheja Kaylee Randa Karl Schmid Alyssa Schneider Megan Schoenzeit Lauren Severson* Audrey Stenger Jane Zhang
Way Ank Wbry Way StAnt MndV Mar Mtk MndW Or Pk Rsmt Way
Oboe Isaac Eikenberry Wbry Lainey Patzloff Ed Gabrielle Tousignant Wbry Bassoon Shona Acquaye Brenna Akason Blaine Burns Aria DeVries* Joshua Lecuyer Chloe Partridge Elisabeth Westgard
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Wbry LN EP Rich Wbry JM Egn
Clarinet Muhammad Abdur-Raheem Hrd Zahra Azzazi Rsmt Adam Coles MA Abigail Collins ProAc Li An Dambrine StAnt Sasha Driver Ed Emily Elliott* Al Jenna Gillich* Rsmt Maggie Hermanson* Buf Gillian Hitchcock* EV Sean Loesch Rsmt Paul Nielsen Wbry Ava Perry Rsmt Brandon Portillo Rich Andrew Rutten* Kin
Laura Schoenzeit Aiden Sussner Maddie Swenson* Ella Syring Alexia Threatt Audrey Zhou
Or Way EV Ed Crook Way
Bass Clarinet Eric Lee Aditya Tulahalli Grace Whaley
Wbry Ed Rsmt
Alto Saxophone Natalie Boucher Evan Thornton Emmanuel Vinzons Martin Zhou
Rsmt Wbry JM EP
Tenor Saxophone Rohan Sastri Shak Johnathan Whaley* Rsmt Baritone Saxophone Izaac Cheeran Rsmt Trumpet LydaLea Barrows Ed Janae Becher NP Steven Charpentier MA Julia Eldridge EP Cooper Lindberg Ank Andrew Linden Mtk Bella Marek HenSib Nicholas Mochinski LN Joshua Nkhata MndW Isaiah Nordine Mayo Noah Russell* HenSib Patrick Sakaguchi* Ed Dillon Schweitzer* Wbry Kathryn Skinner StAnt Adam Staff Prin Horn Korey Dahlberg Leah Hawley Katya Jarmulowicz* Stacy Johnson
Frm Wbry StAnt Ben
Laura Maeda Sophie Olson Henry Rieffer* Ella Scott
Rsmt Ank EV StAnt
Tenor Trombone Daniel Ewing Michael Herron Nathan Labiosa Akshara Molleti Jayson Nguyen Marah Slavik Sigourney Wubben
Rsmt AV EV EV EV NP Buf
Bass Trombone Sam Terry*
Rose
Euphonium Emmy Johnson* Ryan Loesch Joseph Mahin* David McCarney* Jacob Olinger
Rose Rsmt Way Prin Ed
Tuba Lucas Kerin* EP Jakob Lamphere JM Samuel Muedeking* Wash Christian Scribner Al Kyle Springer* Rsmt Percussion Anushka Chokkady Joe Condon* Olin Edwards* Cosette Isakson Luke McGorry* Alijah Nelson Ashton Pihl Megan Rands
Way Wbry Wbry CHOF Buf Shak Chi Wbry
String Bass Jakob Lamphere
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*Multi-Year Participant
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND DIRECTORS Al
Alexandria Area High School
Casey Skalbeck
Ank
Anoka High School
Timothy Hauser
AV
Apple Valley High School
Corey Desens
Ben
Benson High School
Brock Duncan
Buf
Buffalo High School
Scott Rabehl
Chi
Chisago Lakes High School
Joe Delisi
CHOF
Christ’s Household of Faith High School
Aaron Isakson
Crook
Crookston High School
Matthew Torgerson
Egn
Eagan High School
Brett Benson
EV
Eastview High School
Rich Berggren, Frank Pasquerella
EP
Eden Prairie High School
Elizabeth Jackson Kirchhoff
Ed
Edina High School
Paul Kile, Andrew Richter
Frm
Farmington High School
Bradley Mariska
Hrd
Harding Senior High School
Jennifer Greupner
HenSib
Henry Sibley High School
Amy Powers
JM
John Marshall High School
Jonathon Soderberg-Chase
Kin
Kindred High School (ND)
Teresa Roesler
LN
Lakeville North High School
Matthew Wanken
Mar
Marshall School Duluth
Megan Marshall-Leslie
Mayo
Mayo High School
Aaron Cole
MA
Minnehaha Academy
Diane Hallberg
Mtk
Minnetonka High School
Miles Mortensen
MndW
Mound Westonka High School
Gretchen Chilson
MndV
Mounds View High School
Phillip Richardson
NP
New Prague High School
Mark Diischer
Or
Orono High School
Timothy Arnold, Jennifer Runck
Pk
Park High School
Tom Storm
Prin
Princeton High School
Jim Baxter
ProAc
Providence Academy
Thomas Jones
Rich
Richfield High School
Elizabeth Winslow
Rsmt
Rosemount High School
Taylor Eliason
Rose
Roseville Area High School
Matt Dehnel
Shak
Shakopee High School
Eric Christensen, Ben Hoehn
StAnt
St. Anthony Village High School
Andrew Erickson
Wash
Washburn High School
Timothy Martin
Way
Wayzata High School
Donald Krubsack
Win
Winona High School
Timothy Gleason
Wbry
Woodbury High School
Tark Katzenmeyer 5
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC Established in 1902, the University of Minnesota School of Music offers a dynamic, comprehensive program to more than 550 music students, 325 Marching Band students, and 4,500 non-majors in undergraduate and graduate programs, led by a world-class faculty of more than 80 artists.
the world’s leading international music competitions; as top-ranked professors, music educators, and administrators of major American institutions such as New York’s Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Symphony; and the list goes on and on. Learn more about the School of Music at music.umn.edu.
Our music graduates and faculty continue to distinguish themselves as composers and scholars at leading international conferences and performance venues; as Grammy Award winners; as collaborators with the great musicians of our time including Yo-Yo Ma and Martin Frost; as jurors and top prize winners at
Special Thanks We wish to thank the following individuals and organizations that helped make the honor band weekend and this afternoon's concert possible: Sari Baker, Production/Technical Coordinator & Ted Mann Concert Hall Staff
David ‘Dee’ Kurz, Marketing & Events Manager & Courtyard Marriott Hotel Staff
Bridget Torres, Food Service Director & Middlebrook Hall Dining Staff
High School Band Directors
School of Music Faculty & Teaching Assistants School of Music student volunteers
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Honor Band parents & family members
Wind Band Conducting Workshop July 13–17, 2020 • Minneapolis, MN For wind band teachers of all levels
Workshop participants will conduct and receive feedback from master conducting teachers.
Allan McMurray
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Conducting, University of Colorado-Boulder
Emily Threinen
Director of Bands, University of Minnesota
Betsy McCann
Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Marching and Athletic Bands, University of Minnesota
Jerry Luckhardt Associate Director of Bands, University of Minnesota
Lance Sample
Assistant Director of Marching and Athletic Bands, University of Minnesota
Visit z.umn.edu/conducting for details.
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JOIN A BAND Regardless of your ability level, intended major, or schedule, there is an ensemble for you! Bands are open to all University students. music.umn.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS Wind Ensemble presents “Connections to the Past” Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall Emily Threinen and J. Nick Smith, conductors.
Wind Ensemble presents “Contemporary Dualities” Friday, April 3 at 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall Emily Threinen and David Roush, conductors.
Symphonic Band and University Band Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall
Betsy McCann, Lance Sample and J. Nick Smith, conductors.
The School of Music, a unit of the College of Liberal Arts, is a leading institution for the education of successful performers, composers, teachers, administrators, and scholars. The School interacts with the larger university and Twin Cities communities through classes, participatory performing opportunities, community engagement activities, and more than 400 public performances each year. The students and faculty of the School are grateful for the continuing interest and support of parents and friends. For further information or to apply to the School of Music, visit music.umn.edu, call 612-624-5740, or email mnmusic@umn.edu. A complete calendar of events is available at music.umn.edu.
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