ONU WIND ORCHESTRAFRIDAY, APRIL 28, 20177:30 P.M.

Jay Bocook, Festival Guest Conductor

Maggie Bittner, Student Conductor

Al Cohoe, Special Guest Conductor

Jarrett Barr, Alto Saxophone Soloist

Curtis Clarke, Soprano Saxophone Soloist

Katie Frazier, Trumpet Soloist

Paige Stafford, Clarinet Soloist

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. THOMAS A. HUNT

SPRING BAND FESTIVALOPENING CONCERT

2016-17

26TH SEASON

SPRING BAND FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT

PROGRAM

Sacred Harp Jay Bocook (b. 1953)Jay Bocook, Festival Guest Conductor

American Suite Antonin Dvorak (1851-1904) /arr. de MeijIII. Moderato (alla Pollacca)IV. Andante V. Finale—Allegro

Divertimento Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) /arr. GrundmanI. Sennets and Tuckets: Allegro non troppo, ma con brioII. Waltz: Allegretto, Con graziaIII. Mazurka: MestoIV. Samba: Allegro giustoV. Turkey Trot: Allegretto, ben misurato

INTERMISSION Star Wars Main Theme John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. Bulla

Out to Sea and Shark Cage John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. Bocook Fugue from “Jaws”

Jay Bocook, Festival Guest Conductor

Catch Me if You Can John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. BocookJarrett Barr, Alto Saxophone Soloist

Theme from “Schindler’s List” John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. BullaCurtis Clarke, Soprano Saxophone Soloist

Katie Frazier, Trumpet Soloist

Viktor’s Tale from “The Terminal” John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. LavendarPaige Stafford, Clarinet Soloist

Raider’s March John Williams (b. 1932) /arr. LavendarMaggie Bittner, Student Conductor

Liberty Bell John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) /arr. BrionAl Cohoe, Special Guest Conductor

PROGRAM NOTES

SACRED HARP“Sacred Harp” is a singing tradition that began in the southern region of the U.S. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note singing. The name of the tradition is derived from the book from which the music is sung, The Sacred Harp by Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha King. Together they transcribed, composed, and compiled more than 250 songs for the book. The Sacred Harp was first published in 1844. It was this first book, now distributed in several editions, that came to be the shape note tradition with the largest number of participating singers. Sacred Harp music is performed a cappella and originated as southern Protestant music.

As the name implies, Sacred Harp songs are sacred hymns, and many use words, meters and stanzaic forms familiar to other Protestant hymnody. However, Sacred Harp songs are quite different from traditional Protestant hymns in their musical style: They are often polyphonic in texture, and the harmonies tend to draw focus away from the interval of the third in favor of fourths and fifths. The songs often use the pentatonic or “gapped” (fewer than seven notes) scales. In the colonial tradition, many songs are named for a place rather than by the text. For example, in The Sacred Harp, the hymn known now as “Amazing Grace” is titled “New Britain.” When the songs are performed, there is no single leader or conductor; rather, the participants take turns in leading. The leader for a particular round selects a song from the book and announces its page number to the group. The pitch at which the songs are sung is relative; there is no instrument to give the singer a starting note. There are no dynamics to speak of; the choir sings loudly and fervently at all times.

Program note by the composer

AMERICAN SUITEAntonin Dvořák’s stay in the United States is invariably associated with his 9th Symphony, “From the New World,” but his famous Cello Concerto, his “American” String Quartet and the Piano Suite (opus 98) were also composed in the period from 1982 to 1895, when Dvořák was artistic director of the Conservatory in New York. Dvořák himself orchestrated the suite one year after the completion of the original version and gave it the title “American Suite” (Op 98b). Unfortunately, Dvořák never heard the orchestral version. The premiere took place six years after his death on March 1, 1910, in Prague, Dvořák’s final resting place.

Dvořák’s main goal in America was his quest for authentic “American music” – as he used the Czech folk music earlier in his own compositions. Thanks to his student Harry Burleigh, one of the first African-American composers, Dvořák became acquainted with the traditional American spirituals. Dvořák

was convinced that the Americans would find their own national style through the music of African-Americans and Native Americans.

Program note by the arranger

DIVERTIMENTO This work resulted from a commission to Leonard Bernstein for a piece for the centennial celebration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1980. Bernstein had studied at the Symphony’s summer institute at Tanglewood and served as conducting assistant to conductor Serge Koussevitsky. Divertimento is an expression of his fondness for the city of his youth and its symphony. The piece is a series of vignettes based on two notes – B for Boston and C for Centennial – and most are dances of varying types. The opening movement was originally intended to be the entire composition, but Bernstein expanded it to accommodate the numerous motives that came to him on the B and C theme. (The first movement’s title, Sennets and Tuckets, by the way, is a Shakespearean stage direction for fanfares.) Four of the remaining seven movements were chosen for the Wind Orchestra’s tour program: Waltz (not really!) Mazurka, Samba and Turkey Trot. They are each little gems of form and invention and represent Bernstein’s mastery of the miniature.

Program note by James Huff

STAR WARS MAIN THEMEDuring 1997 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of Georg Lucas’ classic film Star Wars. All of us connected with this phenomenal movie have been greatly gratified to see an entire new generation of very young filmgoers enjoy the Star Wars trilogy and relate to its story, characters and music.

I have always felt privileged to have had the opportunity to compose music for these landmark films, and their music has continued to be one of my greatest joys.

Program note by John Williams

OUT TO SEA AND SHARK TANK FUGUEWhen I first saw Jaws, I thought it was a great movie in the best time-honored tradition of adventure films. It was thrilling, at times terrifying and always tremendously enjoyable to watch. The film plumbed the depths of our fear of the deep. As the small boat, the Orca, set out to do battle with a great white shark, the orchestra provided a fugue to underscore the epic struggle between man and beast.

Jaws was director Steven Spielberg’s first great popular success, and the role that the music played in the film is something that always elicits a broad smile from me, and what I hope is a permissibly small measure of pride.

Program note by the composer

THEME FROM “SCHINDLER’S LIST”Schindler’s List is Steven Spielberg’s 1993 black-and-white film based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi Czech businessman who used Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progressed and the fate of the Jews became apparent, Schindler’s motivations switched from profit to human sympathy. Assisted by his accountant, Itzhak Stern, Schindler devised a plan to employ concentration camp workers in his Czech factory, saving more than 1,100 Jews from death in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The theme from the movie is performed by the solo flute, accompanied by the ensemble. The melody evokes the emotions of grief and despair but finds sufficient hope to fulfill the desire for survival. The Motion Picture Academy awarded John Williams an Oscar for the best original score for the music he composed for the film.

Program note by the composer

VIKTOR’S TALEThe largely fictitious character of Viktor Navorsky was the central player in Steven Spielberg’s entertaining movie The Terminal. In the story, Viktor has left his home in an imaginary Eastern European country. Arriving at a U.S. airport, his adventure begins. To portray Viktor’s warmth and friendliness, I decided to write a dance-like piece for clarinet and orchestra that would capture something of his colorful ethnic background.

Program note by the composer

THE RAIDER’S MARCH“The Raider’s March” was written in 1981 for Steven Spielberg’s production of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I created the march as an adventure theme to be associated with Indiana Jones, played so brilliantly by Harrison Ford.

The success of the wonderful movie led to two sequels, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. These films formed a trilogy that became the most successful action-film series in cinema history, and we used the march as the central musical theme for all three episodes. This music was introduced at the beginning of the first film when Indiana makes his initial escape from the pursuing villains, and it was subsequently used as the musical accompaniment for all of his daring exploits.

Program note by the composer

LIBERTY BELLThis march was composed in 1893 and within one year was published for piano solo, piano duet, orchestra, band, banjo, guitar, mandolin and zither. The title resulted from (1) Sousa and his manager seeing a huge painting of the Liberty Bell during a show in Chicago, (2) a letter from Sousa’s wife the next

morning telling how their son had marched in a Philadelphia parade honoring the Liberty Bell, and (3) Sousa’s unashamed patriotism, which predisposed him toward any title with a nationalistic ring – he was sometimes called The Pied Piper of Patriotism. As his first march published on a royalty basis, The Liberty Bell March netted Sousa $40,000 in less than seven years. Late in his life, he told Herbert L. Clarke that he had spent some $15 million on band transportation and $13 million on salaries. And yet he died a very wealthy man.

Program note from Program Notes for Band

BIOGRAPHIES

DR. THOMAS A. HUNTDr. Thomas A. Hunt joined the ONU music faculty in 2008 as professor of music. He conducts the ONU Wind Orchestra and teaches applied French horn and guitar.

Hunt’s formative experiences at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Oberlin College Conservatory, the Berlin Konservatorium and the Mozarteum in Salzburg prepared him for a highly successful 14-year French horn performance career in Europe, during which he held positions with such renowned orchestras as the Essen Philharmonic, the Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra and the Hessian State Opera and performed regularly with the Camerata Academica Salzburg, Amati Ensemble Berlin and the Innsbrucker Serenadenensemble. He recorded as a soloist and chamber musician with ORF Austria and RIAS Berlin and won the concerto contest at the Summer Academy of the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

In 1987, Hunt accepted the Graduate Council Fellowship to pursue graduate work at the University of Florida, from which he received his master’s degree and Ph.D. He then joined the faculty at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill., where he served as director of the School of Music, conducted the TIU Symphonic Band and taught applied horn. During that time, he also performed regularly with many professional groups in Chicago, including extensive work with Lyric Opera of Chicago under Zubin Mehta.

Hunt is a founding member of Polaris Brass. He recently performed the Hindemith Horn concerto with the Toledo Symphony Chamber Orchestra and performs often on faculty recitals at ONU.

He and his wife, Angelika, have three grown children and five grandchildren and live with their dog, Hunter, in Piqua, Ohio.

JAY BOCOOKJay Bocook is the music arranger for the 10-time world champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. In 2009, Bocook was inducted into the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame. His work has been performed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. In 2003, his music transcriptions of noted film composer John Williams were premiered by the U.S. Marine Band in a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An encore performance with Williams and the “President’s Own” took place in 2008. In addition, Bocook was a contributing arranger for CyberJam, a musical that opened to rave reviews in 2003 at London’s Queens Theater. His arrangements were also featured in Mix, which opened in 2008 in Japan. In 1982, Bocook was appointed director of bands at Furman University. He left the school in 1989 to pursue other opportunities but returned in 2000 as director of athletic bands. He has served as assistant conductor of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and remains a principal composer and arranger for Hal Leonard Corporation, for which he has published more than 600 compositions and arrangements. He is also a member of the American Bandmasters Association.

MAGGIE BITTNERMaggie Bittner, a senior music education major currently student teaching in the Cory-Rawson school district, has played trombone for 11 years. She graduated in 2013 from Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio. While in high school, she performed actively in District I Honors Band, Bowling Green State University Honors Band, Toledo Youth Orchestra and Northwest Regional Orchestra. She had the opportunity to travel abroad to seven different countries in Europe with an honors band sponsored by Bowling Green State University. In addition to performing in a wide variety of groups, Bittner also competed at Solo and Ensemble contest for six years, where she received a superior rating each time.

While at ONU, Bittner has performed with groups such as the Wind Orchestra, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra and Brass Ensemble. Performing with a wide range of groups has given her experience playing trombone in many different styles, genres and techniques. Bittner also has held many different leadership positions during her music career at Ohio Northern. In spring 2016, she held the position of student conductor for Wind Orchestra and, in fall 2016, the position of assistant conductor for Symphony Orchestra. She also is an active leader and participant with the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association, the Tau Beta Sigma national honorary band sorority, and the Delta Omicron international professional music honors fraternity.

ONU has given Bittner the opportunity to develop not only as a performer but also as a teacher, which is her true passion. She has worked at the ONU Summer Music Camp for the past three years, serving as a counselor, low brass instructor and basic conducting teacher. While at ONU, Bittner held the position of assistant marching band director for Riverdale High School in Mt. Blanchard, Ohio, during the 2015-16 school year. Bittner looks forward to graduating in spring 2017, and she aspires to be a high school band director.

JARRETT BARRJarrett Barr is a junior saxophone performance major from Elida, Ohio. Through his time at Ohio Northern, he has had many opportunities to perform, including being the saxophone soloist in Pictures at an Exhibition with the string orchestra. Next year, he will join his peers in the ONU Saxophone Quartet as they play Philip Glass’s Concerto with the orchestra. Outside of school, Barr is a saxophonist in the United States Army Reserve, a member of the 338th army band stationed in Ohio.

CURTIS CLARKECurtis Clarke is a junior saxophone performance major from Benton Harbor, Michigan. Born and raised in San Diego, California, he has always been in love with music. He moved to Michigan at a young age, and throughout childhood found his musical passion very early. He joined band at the age of 12, and always wanted to play the French horn. Due to a surplus of horns at the time, his second choice was the alto saxophone, and that has been his primary instrument ever since. After completing his junior year at Ohio Northern University, he plans to continue perfecting his craft and pursue a solo career.

KATIE FRAZIERKatie Frazier is currently a freshman music education major from Bluffton, Ohio, and is really enjoying her time at Ohio Northern playing in several ensembles and being around so many other talented musicians. She is involved in Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Tau Beta Sigma and Delta Omicron. She has played in many ensembles throughout her high school career, including the District III Honors Band and the All-Ohio State Fair Band, and she was a part of her concert choir and show choir as well as the principle viola in her orchestra.

PAIGE STAFFORDPaige Stafford is a freshman clarinet performance major from Jamestown, N.Y. In high school, she performed with multiple honor ensembles, including the New York State School Music Association’s Conference All State Symphonic Band, and she was selected to perform a concerto with her high school’s Concert Band. Currently, she serves as the principal clarinetist of ONU’s Symphony and Wind orchestras. As winner of the school’s concerto competition, she will perform her solo piece with the Symphony Orchestra next season.

WIND ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

FLUTES *Elizabeth Ditch, Seville, Ohio Allie Dolan, Massillon, Ohio Claire Griffith, Ft. Wayne, Ind. *Jessica Sieg, Mayfield Village, Ohio JiaBei Wang, Culver, Ind. *Christine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

PICCOLO Elizabeth Ditch, Seville, Ohio Jessica Sieg, Mayfield Village, Ohio Christine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

OBOE *Curtis Clarke, Benton Harbor, Mich.*Andrew Phillips, Toledo, Ohio

ENGLISH HORN Jennifer Patrick, Lima, Ohio

CLARINET Isabel Bonarrigo-Burton, Carmel, Ind.Hyunchul Lee, Findlay, Ohio Terri Brown Lenzo, Findlay, OhioBrandon Meadows, East Palestine,

Ohio Maria Patnella, Getzville, N.Y. Jordyn Sanner, Erie, Pa. Henning Schröder, Waterville, Ohio#*Paige Stafford, Jamestown, N.Y. Natalie Tasseff, Mansfield, Ohio

Eb CLARINET Hyunchul Lee, Findlay, Ohio

BASS CLARINET *Martin Brenneman, Forest, Ohio

BASSOON *Alex Maux, Bowling Green, OhioKatherine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

ALTO SAXOPHONE *Jarrett Barr, Elida, Ohio Katherine Platt, Pittsburgh, Pa.

TENOR SAXOPHONE Alex Chapman, Westerville, Ohio

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Grace Seals, Celina, Ohio

TRUMPET Laura Ayers, Lima, Ohio Michael Bassett, Sylvania, Ohio Kai Breeden, Westerville, Ohio Allison Ditch, Seville, Ohio *Katie Frazier, Bluffton, Ohio Brendan Graziano, Wickliffe, Ohio Joshua Shaffer, Hicksville, Ohio

HORN Alexander Cline, Gahanna, Ohio *Helen Heinig, Rensselaer, Ind. McNulty, Spencerville, Ohio Ian Smith, East Liverpool, Ohio *Noah Walter, Findlay, Ohio

TROMBONE *Maggie Bittner, Perrysburg, Ohio Mackalyn Figgins, Fayette, Ohio Ross Grilliot, Perrysburg, OhioDale Laukhuf, Lima, Ohio

BASS TROMBONE Taryn Rupp, New Richmond, Ohio Haley Sperry, Van Wert, Ohio

EUPHONIUM *Cody Switzer, North Baltimore,

Ohio *Austin Douglas, Dunkirk, Ohio

TUBA *Sam Inbody, McComb, Ohio

PERCUSSION Brayden Dunn, Zanesville, Ohio Rachel Green, Wapakoneta, Ohio Adam Grim, Ada, Ohio Paige Kleindl, Goodrich, Michigan Michael Sapienza, North Ridgeville, Ohio Amy Wiles, Millersport, Ohio

HARP *Mallory Sommer, Brookville, Ohio PIANO Chloe Ulmer, Bucyrus, Ohio

* = Principal# = Librarian

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