The Wind Ensemble Dr. Catherine Rand, conductor

Dr. T.J. Tesh, trumpet Kyle Aufderhar, graduate conductor

The University of Southern Mississippi College of Arts and Sciences

School of Music presents

Bennett Auditorium Monday, November 15, 2021

8:00pm

Faculty/StaffSchool of Music

Dr. Colin McKenzie, Director Dr. Douglas Rust, Associate Director Dr. Richard Perry, Associate Director

University Bands Dr. Catherine Rand, Director of Bands

Dr. Travis Higa, Assistant Director of Bands; Director, The Pride of Mississippi  Prof. Eric Scott, Assistant Director of Bands; Associate Director, The Pride of Mississippi

Dr. Colin McKenzie, Conductor of Symphonic Winds Prof. Lawrence M. Panella, Director of Jazz Studies

Ms. Sinetta Bolton, Administrative Specialist

Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Division  Dr. Danilo Mezzadri, flute

Dr. Galit Kaunitz, oboe Dr. Jackie McIlwain, clarinet

Dr. Kim Woolly, bassoon Dr. Dannel Espinoza, saxophone 

Dr. Timothy J. Tesh, trumpet Dr. Jacquelyn Adams, horn

Dr. Ben McIlwain, trombone Dr. Richard Perry, euphonium/tuba 

Dr. John Wooton, percussion

University Bands Graduate Assistants  Kyle Aufderhar, D.M.A. Conducting

James Fair, D.M.A. Tuba Caleb Guilbeau, M.M. Trumpet Kayla Moyers, M.M. Conducting Robert Picco, M.M. Conducting

Lindsay Sandberg, D.M.A. Conducting Nathan Sanders, D.M.A. Percussion

Justin Swearinger, D.M.A. Conducting

We hope that you will consider making a donation in support of The University of Southern Mississippi Bands. Each dollar you donate will be used to support programs which will enrich student experiences in the University Bands. If this interests you,

please contribute to the following fund:

0046 - Pride of Mississippi and Dixie Darling Development Fund

Thank you for your continued support of The University of Southern Mississippi Bands!

University BandsThe University of Southern Mississippi Band Program had its inception in 1920 with the founding of the first aggregation of winds, mainly a brass ensemble for students who were training as teachers. Its current enrollment of approximately 300 students includes members from every possible area of study in the university. While it is primarily housed in the School of Music, the Band Program truly is the University’s program.

There are six segments of the program that include the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, University Band, the Basketball Pep Band, and The “Pride of Mississippi” Marching Band with an enrollment of 300 students. Each of these organizations, while having its own distinct history, stem from the success of the Marching Band that began in the 1950s with the hiring of Dr. Raymond Mannoni.

Each of the Band Program’s concert ensembles has its place in the education of our music majors; however, the ensembles have also provided an outlet for students throughout the University during both the first and second semesters. Just as the Marching Band provides a service for football experiences, these other ensembles provide academic, recruitment, and community services. The Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Winds have performed for the Mississippi Bandmasters Association state convention five times. All of the groups have provided enhancement to community projects that include numerous appearances for various citywide events.

As a Mississippi product, the Wind Ensemble has been featured on numerous radio broadcasts from Public Radio Mississippi and has been the only Mississippi group that can boast of having been aired nationally on Public Radio International’s “Performance Today.” CD’s are produced annually to feature the bands’ musicians and are provided to recruits and Mississippi band programs as a service. 

NotesBallad for Band (cont.) Gould said of his Ballad: “I have always been sensitive to, and stimulated by, the sounds that I would call our ‘American vernacular’ - jazz, ragtime, gospel, spirituals, hillbilly. The spirituals have always been the essence, in many ways, of our musical art, our musical spirit. The spiritual is an emotional, rhythmic expression. The spiritual has a universal feeling; it comes from the soul; from the gut. People all over the world react to them … I am not aware of the first time I heard them. It was undoubtedly a sound I heard as a child; maybe at a revival.”

Note compiled by Kyle Aufderhar

(4) John Mackey: The Frozen Cathedral

The Koyukon call it “Denali,” meaning “the great one,” and it is great. It stands at more than twenty thousand feet above sea level, a towering mass over the Alaskan wilderness. Measured from its base to its peak, it is the tallest mountain on land in the world—a full two thousand feet taller than Mount Everest. It is Mount McKinley, and it is an awesome spectacle. And it is the inspiration behind John Mackey’s The Frozen Cathedral.

The piece was born of the collaboration between Mackey and John Locke, Director of Bands at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Locke asked Mackey if he would dedicate the piece to the memory of his late son, J.P., who had a particular fascination with Alaska and the scenery of Denali National Park. Mackey agreed—and immediately found himself grappling with two problems.

How does one write a concert closer, making it joyous and exciting and celebratory, while also acknowledging, at least to myself, that this piece is rooted in unimaginable loss: The death of a child?

The other challenge was connecting the piece to Alaska - a place I'd never seen in person. I kept thinking about all of this in literal terms, and I just wasn’t getting anywhere. My wife, who titles all of my pieces, said I should focus on what it is that draws people to these places. People go to the mountains—these monumental, remote, ethereal and awesome parts of the world—as a kind of pilgrimage. It’s a search for the sublime, for transcendence. A great mountain is like a church. “Call it The Frozen Cathedral,” she said. I clearly married up.

Note from John Mackey

Concert ProgramNotesThe USM Wind Ensemble

Dr. Catherine Rand, conductor

Honey Boys on Parade (1914/1998) Edward V. Cupero (1878 - 1939) arr. Bourgeois

Centennial Horizon (2017) Kevin McKee (b. 1980) trans. McKee and Miller I. Aspen Grove II. Alpenglow III. Roaring Gunnison

Dr. T.J. Tesh, trumpet

Ballad for Band (1946) Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)

Kyle Aufderhar, graduate conductor*

The Frozen Cathedral (2012) John Mackey (b. 1973)

*In partial fulfillment of the D.M.A. in conducting requirements

(1) Edward V. Cupero/Bourgeois: Honey Boys on Parade

This is the best known of the many works written by Edward Victor “Honey Boy” Cupero during his successful career as a cornetist, band leader, music director, arranger and composer. A classic example of marches from this era, Honey Boys on Parade proved to be very popular with minstrels and circuses, and it was originally published by Fillmore Brothers Co. of Cincinnati in 1914.

Note excerpted from the score

(2) Kevin McKee/McKee and Miller: Centennial Horizon

When Catherine Sheridan wrote to me about composing a piece for trumpet and piano, my first thoughts were of my late grandmother, Gertrude, who was always suggesting that I write a piece with Colorado as the subject. She loved that state. And while she lived most of her life in California, she always longed to go back to Colorado amongst the quaking aspens, the mountains, the rivers, and the vibrant colors. I have at last taken her up on her suggestion referencing the “Centennial State,” a nickname given to Colorado for being inducted into the Union one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. With two contrasting movements (Aspen Grove and Roaring Gunnison) connected by an interlude (Alpenglow), I have attempted to capture some of the beauty and adventure of what truly is an amazing place. The first movement in particular is an homage to her. 

Note from Kevin McKee

(3) Morton Gould: Ballad for Band

Composed in 1946 for the Goldman Band, Morton Gould’s Ballad for Band appeared at an important time in the history of the band repertory. The piece was written on the eve of a great influx of music for the medium, mostly from the pens of established American composers. The Ballad for Band is certainly such a work, and could be considered the very first American masterwork for band by a composer of serious repute. The music itself contains the style and elements of African-American spiritual (lush harmonies, pentatonicism, lowered thirds, lively, rhythmic syncopation), but none of it is borrowed, and thus is all completely original.

Dr. T.J. Tesh

Dr. T.J. Tesh, a Grammy-nominated trumpeter, is Assistant Professor of Trumpet on the faculty of the School of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi. T.J. relocated to Mississippi in 2016 after an exciting and successful career as a freelance trumpeter and music educator in the Los Angeles area. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Pickett Brass Artist, and he has enjoyed an eclectic performance career, having performed with music legends like Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Take 6, Quincy Jones, Dave Koz, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and many others. Prior to leaving Los Angeles, T.J. recorded, toured, and performed around the globe for three years as a member of the internationally celebrated brass quintet, Presidio Brass. Additionally, he has toured and performed throughout the United States and Canada with Victory Brass, Alias Brass Company, Southern Arts Brass Quintet and with Mel Brooks' Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, The Producers, where he served as Principal Trumpet. T.J.'s debut solo recording is titled Adaptations for Trumpet. Dr. Tesh serves as Principal Trumpet with the Gulf Coast and Meridian Symphonies, having also recently served as Guest Principal Trumpet with the Mobile Symphony and as a regular substitute with the Pensacola Symphony. T.J. received his Master of Business Administration from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2020 and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance and Music Education from The University of Southern California in 2012, having previously completed his Master of Music in Trumpet Performance at The University of Kentucky in 2004 and his Bachelor of Arts in Music at Mars Hill College in 2002.

Wind Ensemble PersonnelPiccolo Miracle Johnson, B.M.; Caledonia, MS

Flute Katerina Bachevska, D.M.A.; Ohrid, North Macedonia Camden Blaine Sidenstricker, D.M.A.; Neck City, MO Kragen Lewis, B.M.E.; Moselle, MS

Oboe Rebecca Chadwick, B.M.; Jacksonville, NC Ashley Moffatt, B.M.E.; Allen, TX Kailey Norton, B.M.; Mary Esther, FL

English Horn Kailey Norton, B.M.; Mary Esther, FL

Bassoon Jose Osvaldo Redondo Alfaro, M.M.; Oreamuno,

Cartago, Costa Rica Ethan Potesta, B.M.E.; Hattiesburg, MS

Contrabassoon Jordan Vestal, B.M.; Gluckstadt, MS

Eb Clarinet Adam Michael Stallings, M.M.; Marietta, GA

Bb Clarinet Adam Michael Stallings, M.M.; Marietta, GA Nathan Lewis, M.M.E.; Pinson, AL Freddy Mora Quiros, M.M.; Puriscal, San Jose, Costa Rica Rebecca Robin, B.M.; Picayune, MS Sarah Johnson, B.M.E.; Tupelo, MS Michael Jochumsen, B.M.E.; Purvis, MS

Bass Clarinet Shawn Bellais, B.M.E.; D’Iberville, MS Joanna McMillan, B.A.; Crestview, FL

Contrabass Clarinet Joanna McMillan, B.A.; Crestview, FL

Soprano Saxophone Morgan Webster, B.M./B.M.E.; Pass Christian, MS

Alto Saxophone Morgan Webster, B.M./B.M.E.; Pass Christian, MS Dylan Tucker, B.M.; Tallahassee, FL

Tenor Saxophone Tim Crump, M.M.; Calhoun, GA

Baritone Saxophone Juan Daniel Oviedo-Reina, M.M.; Ibagué, Colombia

French Horn Brandon Earl Garrison, D.M.A.; San Antonio, TX Brian Alston, B.M.E.; Gulfport, MS Robby Brandon, B.M.E.; Carriere, MS Chance Rootes, B.M.; Biloxi, MS Daniel Shelton, B.M.E.; Laurel, MS

Trumpet Caleb Guilbeau, M.M.; Ellisville, MS Mariah Atwood, B.M.; Clinton, MS Doug Hutchison, B.M.; Cape Coral, FL Brandon K. Walker, B.M.E.; Long Beach, MS Rachel Castañeda, B.M.E.; D’Iberville, MS Leigh Ann Gallagher, B.M.E.; Diamondhead, MS Chase Mitchell, B.M.; Mobile, AL Trombone Caleb Owenby, D.M.A.; Ft. Walton Beach, FL Nicholas Dauerer, B.M.; Smyrna, TN Nathan Tubbs, B.A.; Pensacola, FL

Bass Trombone Sage Michael, B.A.; Milton, FL

Euphonium Peyton Sills, B.M.E.; Madison, MS Thanapol Phosut, M.M.; Bangkok, Thailand

Tuba Daniel Davis, D.M.A.; San Jose, CA James Fair, D.M.A.; Pace, FL

String Bass Jose Luis Cuellar, D.M.A.; Valladolid, Spain

Harp Dr. Kristina Finch

Piano Megan Rowan, M.M.; Jackson, MS

Percussion Nathan Sanders, D.M.A.; Hurley, MS Roberto Palomeque, D.M.A.; Pijijiapan, Chiapas, México José Miguel Bustillo, M.M.; San Pedro Sula, Honduras J.D. Dunklee, B.M.E.; Tupelo, MS Nathan DeLisle, B.M.E.; Brandon, MS Jeff Prosperie Jr., B.M.E.; West Point, NY Justin Swearinger, D.M.A.; Bettendorf, IA