COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Robert A. Kvam, dean

Michael O’Hara, associate dean

SCHOOL OF MUSIC Ryan Hourigan, director

Rebecca Braun, assistant to the director Linda Pohly, coordinator of graduate programs in music

Kevin Gerrity, coordinator of undergraduate programs in music

BAND STAFF Thomas E. Caneva, director of bands

Caroline Hand, associate director of bands Janelle Cunningham, administrative coordinator

Ryan Lovell, Stuart Ivey, and Austin Hinkle, conducting graduate assistants Dan Sager, Brian Reel, Rebecca Cloud, Gabby Gervasio,

and Sarah Ralston, librarians

BAND INSTRUMENT FACULTY Mihoko Watanabe, flute Lisa Kozenko, oboe

Elizabeth Crawford, clarinet Keith Sweger, bassoon Nathan Bogert, saxophone Stephen Campbell, trumpet

Gene Berger, horn Chris Van Hof, trombone Matthew Lyon, tuba and euphonium Braham Dembar, percussion

Nathan Shew, percussion Joel Braun, double bass Elizabeth Richter, harp James Helton, piano

Ray Kilburn, piano Robert Palmer, piano Lori Rhoden, piano

UPCOMING BAND CONCERTS

High School Honor Band Saturday, December 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band Saturday, February 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

Concert Band Wednesday, February 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band Friday, March 23 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band Friday, April 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

Concert Band Wednesday, April 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Sursa Hall

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COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

School of Music

WIND ENSEMBLE and

SYMPHONY BAND

Thomas E. Caneva, conductor Caroline Hand, conductor

Emily Threinen, guest conductor

Friday, December 1, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. | SURSA HALL

PROGRAM

SYMPHONY BAND Caroline Hand, conductor

Germaine Tailleferre Marche Pour Harmonie et Fanfare (1977) (1892–1983) orch. Désiré Dondeyne

Percy Aldridge Grainger Shepherd’s Hey (1911/1918) (1882–1961)

prepared and presented by collaborative rehearsal process of the Ball State Symphony Band

Chang Su Koh Lament for Wind Orchestra (2002) (b. 1970)

Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 (1994) (b. 1950) trans. Oliver Nickel

Emily Threinen, guest conductor

-----INTERMISSION-----

WIND ENSEMBLE Thomas E. Caneva, conductor

Ron Nelson Rocky Point Holiday (1966) (b. 1928)

Richard Wagner Trauermusik, WWV 73 (1844, rev. 1994)

(1813–1883) ed. Michael Votta & John Boyd

Emily Threinen, guest conductor

Percy Aldridge Grainger Lads of Wamphray (1904–05/1938) (1882–1961) ed. Joseph Kreines

Zhou Tian Petals of Fire (2017) (b. 1981)

CONDUCTOR BIOS

Caroline Hand is Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Performance at Ball State University where she conducts the Symphony Band, directs the “Pride of Mid-America” Marching Band, oversees Ball State Athletic Bands, and teaches select courses in music education.

Hand previously served as music director of the Maroon Campus Band at the University of Minnesota and was frequently featured as a guest conductor with the

University’s Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Outside of the University, she worked with the Medalist Concert Band (Bloomington, MN) and the Neoteric Chamber Winds, a Twin Cities based ensemble dedicated to performing rare repertoire for chamber winds.

Caroline Hand earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Minnesota. Before moving to the Twin Cities, she received her Master of Music in band conducting from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Prior to her time at Baylor, Hand taught secondary school band in Arkansas and Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Oklahoma State University. Her teachers include Craig Kirchhoff, Kathy Saltzman Romey, Eric Wilson, and Joseph Missal.

Thomas E. Caneva is Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and Coordinator of Ensembles and Conducting at Ball State University. At Ball State, Caneva’s responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, coordinating the graduate wind conducting program, teaching undergraduate conducting, and administering the entire band program. Since his arrival at Ball State, Caneva has conducted the Ball State University Wind Ensemble at the 2009 MENC

North Central Division Convention, the 2010 and 2014 CBDNA North Central Division Conferences, the 2011 & 2017 IMEA State Conventions, the 2011 & 2017 CBDNA National Conferences, and the 78th Convention of the ABA in 2012. Caneva founded the Ball State University Conducting Workshop in 2007, which has attracted many aspiring conductors from throughout the United States. An advocate of new repertoire for wind band, he has been a part of more than twenty commission projects and premieres at Ball State. Additionally, Caneva serves as the Concert Band Division Coordinator for the Music for All Summer Symposium.

Thomas Caneva received a Bachelor of Science in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music in wind conducting from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in instrumental conducting and literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

GUEST CONDUCTOR BIO

Emily Threinen cur rently serves as Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota School of Music in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. In this position, she conducts the acclaimed Wind Ensemble, guides the graduate wind band conducting program, instructs undergraduate advanced conducting, and provides administrative leadership for all aspects of the University of Minnesota Bands. Prior to her appointment at Minnesota, Threinen served as Director of Bands and Artistic Director of Winds and Brass at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before her

work in Philadelphia, Threinen served as Director of Bands at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia; Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony in Durham, North Carolina; Director of the Concordia University Wind Ensemble in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Conductor of the Dodworth Saxhorn Band in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Director of Bands and Instrumental Music at Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she received the Outstanding Teacher Award. Threinen consistently works with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines. Residencies and projects with composers and new compositions are integral to her creative work. Threinen is published in multiple volumes of the GIA Teaching Music Through Performance in Band book series, where she has been recognized as a strong scholarly contributor. She is active, across the nation and abroad, as a guest conductor, clinician, and conference presenter. Threinen is a Yamaha Master Educator and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Conductors Guild. Threinen is an active member of these organizations: American Bandmasters Association (ABA), World Association for Symphonic Band and Ensembles (WASBE), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Band Association (NBA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and Pi Kappa Lambda and Kappa Kappa Psi as an honorary member.

FLUTE/PICCOLO Hilary Janysek Aleksandra Kemble* Rachel Ollestad Lydia Perry

OBOE/ ENGLISH HORN Rachel Gripp Alice Kussow Jessica Robinson*

CLARINET Darius Bennett Victoria Buffkin* Elizabeth Felsted Gabriella Gervasio* Rachel Jordan* Morgan Kochanowski Stephanie Mayer Sarah Ralston Sarah Wagner Miles Wurster Luke Vasilarakos

*principal/co-principal

BASSOON Michael Pittman* Emily Schaper Harriett Legan Katie Novak

SAXOPHONE Kendell Fowler Dylan Keiser Zach Manson Jacob Melton* Gabriel Sanchez

TRUMPET Gilmar Cavalcante Benjamin Maynard Emily Reed Eric Rodriguez Amelia Scanland Drew Tomasik

HORN Emily Husted Cory Kirby Justin Phillips Anita Rodriguez* Ethan Wilkinson

TROMBONE Sam Anderson Austin Hinkle Stuart Ivey* Rudi Schwerdle

EUPHONIUM Justin Miller Keith Tye*

TUBA Sam Michels* Cameron Prill

PERCUSSION Daniel Daily Josh Fulford Bailey Galyean Mike Kehoe Evan Moore* Samuel Thompson

PIANO Lucia Alvarez Nuñez

HARP Annie King

STRING BASS Joe Frazee

FLUTE Rebecca Cail Rebecca Cloud* Erin Hernandez Carolyn Kelley Megan Markarian Cyrus Wallis

OBOE Rachel Gripp* Erin Thomas

CLARINET Sarah Albakaa Zayla Carter Tessa Chason Jarrett Crenshaw Lauren Fitzpatrick Joel Garcia Kelly Graham Maggie Haley Austin King* Zach Teeple Ashley Willey Hunter Madison, bass Miles Wurster, bass

*principal/co-principal

BASSOON Erin Gehlbach* Tristan Migoski Jasmine Moehn

SAXOPHONE Mekhi Crawford Javon Evans Thomas Swift* Olivia Woolard Cristian Ziege

TRUMPET Dylan Abbott Sam Eickelberger Andrew Fiorini Brandon Hazelbaker Ethan Hodes Brandon Holloway* Dylan Humburg* Chase Malcom Kieran McNamara

HORN Chase Carter Natalie Combs Amber Hall*

HORN (cont.) Adam Hayes Bryce Styles

TROMBONE Samuel Anderson* Austin Hinkle Matt Laczynski

EUPHONIUM David Altman Noah Smith Parker Sterling*

TUBA Darrel Branaman* Alec Moeller Dustin Troyer

PERCUSSION Stephen Childress Will Houser Aaron Kaluza Kollin Kolb Brianna Rude* Tyler Thom

PIANO Lucia Alvarez Nuñez

WIND ENSEMBLE

PERSONNEL

SYMPHONY BAND