Faculty Recital Terry Klinefelter, piano Anne Sciolla, soprano Scott Robinson, alto/bass clarinet, tenor saxophone Paul Klinefelter, double bass Chris Hanning, drums Winter Walks Chamber Orchestra Andy Yozviak, Conductor
Monday, March 18, 2019 Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM
ARTIST PROFILES Annie Sciolla is a member of the voice faculty at the University of the Arts, her alma mater, as well as Community College of Philadelphia. She made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996. Known as the ultimate cross-over singer, Sciolla has toured with Felix Cavaliere and the Rascals, served as vocal coach to Courtney Love and others. Her debut album Jerome Kern-Lost Treasures (Centaur) was described as a “total delight” by Billboard Magazine. Anne sings on world-renowned jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco’s album Never Can Say Goodbye, the Music of Michael Jackson, (High Note), which was Grammy-nominated for “Best Jazz Contemporary Album” in 2011. Her new CD, SoulFull Snapshot, a tribute to Joni Mitchell (Vectordisc) is due for release in 2019. Scott Robinson, the son of a piano teacher and a book editor for the National Geographic Society, graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1981. The next year, he joined the college's staff, becoming its youngest faculty member. Robinson has appeared on more than 200 LP and CD releases, including eleven under his leadership, with musicians Lionel Hampton, Anthony Braxton, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ella Fitzgerald, Paquito D'Rivera, Sting, Maria Schneider, Elton John, Buck Clayton, and the New York City Opera. Two of these recordings won a Grammy Award. He has received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000, the U.S. State Department named him a jazz ambassador for the year 2001, funding a tour of West Africa in which he played the early works of Louis Armstrong. Material from these appearances was released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbors Records. Throughout his career, Robinson has worked to keep unusual and obscure instruments in the public view. He has recorded an album featuring the C-melody saxophone and performs with the ophicleide. He also owns and records with a vintage contrabass saxophone so rare that fewer than twenty in playable condition are known to exist. Since 2009, he has operated his record label, ScienSonic Laboratories.
Paul Klinefelter has an eclectic background, allowing him to wear many hats in his multi-faceted career. A graduate of University of the Arts, where he studied with Neil Courtney (Philadelphia Orchestra), he has been a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra since 1989, performing in the bass section as well as on bass guitar for pops concerts. He has performed for many decades on the Philadelphia jazz scene, and was once voted Philadelphia’s “Best Jazz Bassist” by WRTI. He has an extensive discography as both a leader and sideman. Recent appearances include Endless Mountain Music Festival, COTA Jazz Festival, as well as workshops for Berklee College of Music. Whether in a jazz club setting, blues festival, recording studio or concert hall, Paul always performs with the high level of artistry and musical integrity that is his hallmark.
Winter Walks Chamber Orchestra Andy Yozviak, conductor Violin I *Domenic Salerno **Freddy Contreras-Romero **Han Na Choi Violin II *Carlos Rubio **Brittany Shinton-Welty **Kristin Earle
* WCU Faculty ** WCU Student + Guest Artist
Viola +Marjorie Goldberg +Petula Perdikis Cello *JesĂşs Morales **Taylor Cope Double Bass *Peter Paulsen
Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning Perfectly still this solstice morning, in bone-cracking cold. Nothing moving, or so one might think, but as I walk the road, the wind held in the heart of every tree flows to the end of each twig and forms a bud. When I switched on a light in the barn loft late last night, I frightened four flickers hanging inside, peering out through their holes. Confused by the light, they began to fly wildly from one end to the other, their yellow wings slapping the tin sheets of the roof, striking the walls, scrabbling and falling. I cut the light and stumbled down and out the door and stood in the silent dominion of starlight till all five of our hearts settled down. When I Switched On a Light When I switched on a light in the barn loft late last night, I frightened four flickers hanging inside, peering out through their holes. Confused by the light, they began to fly wildly from one end to the other, their yellow wings slapping the tin sheets of the roof, striking the walls, scrabbling and falling. I cut the light and stumbled down and out the door and stood in the silent dominion of starlight till all five of our hearts settled down. Walking by Flashlight Walking by flashlight at six in the morning, my circle of light on the gravel swinging side to side, coyote, raccoon, field mouse, sparrow, each watching from darkness this man with the moon on a leash. I Saw a Dust Devil This Morning I saw a dust devil this morning, doing a dance with veils of cornshucks in front of an empty farmhouse, a magical thing, and I remembered walking the beans in hot midsummer, how we’d see one swirling toward us over the field, a spiral of flying leaves forty or fifty feet high, clear as a glass of cold water just out of reach, and we’d drop our hoes and run to catch it, shouting and laughing, hurdling the beans, and if one of us was fast enough, and lucky, he’d run along inside the funnel,
It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees. Putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace, Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. But it don't snow here, Stays pretty green. I'm gonna make a lot of money Gonna quit this crazy scene. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. I wish I had a river so long, I would teach my feet to fly. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. I made my baby cry.
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where the air was strangely cool and still, the soul and center of the thing, the genie who swirls out of the bottle, eager to grant one wish to each of us. I had a hundred thousand wishes then. My Wife and I Walk the Cold Road My wife and I walk the cold road in silence, asking for thirty more years. There’s a pink and blue sunrise with an accent of red: a hunter’s cap burns like a coal in the yellow-gray eye of the woods. All Night, in Gusty Winds All night, in gusty winds, the house has cupped its hands around the steady candle of our marriage, the two of us braided together in sleep, and burning, yes, but slowly, giving off just enough light so that one of us, awakening frightened in darkness, can see. Our Finch Feeder Our finch feeder, full of thistle seed oily and black as ammunition, swings wildly in the wind, and the finches in olive drab like little commandos cling to the perches, six birds at a time, ignoring the difficult ride. Spring, the Sky Rippled with Geese Spring, the sky rippled with geese, but the green comes on slowly, timed to the ticking of downspouts. The pond, still numb from months of ice, reflects just one enthusiast this morning, a budding maple whose every twig is strung with beads of carved cinnabar, bittersweet red. How Important It Must Be How important it must be to someone that I am alive, and walking, and that I have written these poems. This morning the sun stood right at the end of the road and waited for me.
River
She tried hard to help me, She put me at ease. She loved me so naughty, made me weak in the knees. Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on. I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad. Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I've ever had. Oh, I…
PROGRAM Winter Walks ........................................................................................................ Maria Schneider (b. 1960) I. Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning II. When I Switched On a Light III. Walking by Flashlight IV. I Saw a Dust Devil This Morning V. My Wife and I Walk the Cold Road VI. All Night, in Gusty Winds VII. Our Finch Feeder VIII. Spring, the Sky Rippled with Geese XI. How Important It Must Be
Intermission
Willow Weep for Me ................................................................................................ Ann Ronnell (1905-1993) Simple Gifts...................................................................... Shaker Hymn, Arr. Terry Klinefelter (b. 1960) Ancient Dynasty ................................................................................................ Joanne Brackeen (b. 1938) River ........................................................................................................................... Joni Mitchell (b. 1943) Back in Time ............................................................................................................... Eliane Elias (b. 1960)
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UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit www.wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 8:15 PM Bach Celebration Vincent Craig, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center March 20 – 23, 2019 *29th Annual WCU Jazz Festival Marc Jacoby, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Thursday, March 21, 2019, 8:15 PM New Music Concert Van Stiefel & Jacob Cooper, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 8:15 PM New Music Concert Van Stiefel & Jacob Cooper, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 7:00 PM Guest Artist Recital: Hiram Diaz, euphonium Jonathan Fowler, faculty liaison Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building *Tickets required for this event.
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