Concert Band - Jim Skaleski

University ~(Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Department (~r J\/1usic 111111 Theatre Arts
presents
Concert Band
Richard Mark Heidel, conductor
Phil Ostrander, trombone & guest conductor
"ACROSS THE POND"
Ireland Concert Tour 2007
March 14
7:30 p.m., Gantner Concert Hall
University ofWisconsin - Eau Claire
March 16
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
March 20
St. Nicholas' Church, Galway, Ireland

Ireland Concert Band
Richard Mark Heidel, conductor
Phil Ostrander, soloist and guest conductor
Program
Overture to Candide ............................................ Leonard Bernstein
Transcribed by Clare Grundman
Be Thou My Vision ........................................ Traditional Irish Tune
Arranged by Travis Cross
Dance Sequence ............................................................ Gareth Wood
Phil Ostrander, trombone
Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel) .................. Percy Aldridge Grainger
Edited by R. Mark Rogers
The Symphonic Gershwin .................... Arranged by Warren Barker
Phil Ostrander, conductor
The Irish Washerwoman .......................................... Leroy Anderson
Rolling Thunder ......................................................... Henry Fillmore
Edited by Frederick Fennell

Program Notes
Candide, the comic operetta based on Voltaire's work, had an
unfortunately short musical life on Broadway in 1956. However
its lively overture had its premiere by the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra under the direction ofthe composer in 1957, and has become
a favorite in the concert repertoire of both orchestras and bands.
The work is very rhythmic, yet forceful, combining the classical and
popular style into a clever and modern composition. (Carl Barnett)
Be Thou My Vision incorporates a traditional Irish melody found
in the 1909 edition of Old Irish Folk Music and Songs. In 1927, the
tune was harmonized and matched with the ancient Irish hymn text
with which it has come to be so closely associated today. The hymn
begins with the following words:
Be thou my vision, 0 Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought be day and by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
This arrangement for band seeks to capture the humble simplicity
and deep faith represented by the hymn text. The hymn tune is heard
three times in the piece --- once with light accompaniment, once with
traditional harmonization andfinally in a rich and powerful statement
of victory and joy. Be Thou My Vision was commissioned by the St.
Olaf Band, Northfield, Minnesota, Dr. Timothy Mahr, conductor. The
piece was premiered on the band's 1999 winter concert tour with the
composer conducting. (Travis J. Cross)
DanceSequencewas originally written in 1980for British trombone
soloist Don Lusher to perform with brass band. Gareth Wood was born
in Cilfynydd, Wales in 1950. He studied composition and the double
bass at The Royal Academy ofMusic, joining the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra in 1972. As a composer, he first came to the attention
of the public in 1975 when his overture Tombstone, Arizona was
performed at the Royal Albert Hall during the National Brass Band
Festival. Many works for band followed and included test-pieces for
the 1977 Butlins Youth Band Contest, the 1980 New Zealand Brass
Band Championships and the 1992 European Championships. In
1991 he became Chairman ofthe Royal Philharmonic, a post he held
for three years. (Unknown)
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Molly on the Shore in Grainger's words "was originally set for
strings four-some [string quartet] or string band in the summer of
1907. It was also set for symphony orchestra, theatre orchestra, and
violin and piano early in 1914. [It is} based on two Cork Reel tunes,
'Temple Hill' and 'Molly on the Shore,' respectively Nos. 901 and 902
of the Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient Irish Music [Dublin,
1855] edited by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford." Molly was "dished
up" for band in 1920. It is one of the key works in which Grainger's
popularity was never waned. It is a marvelously clear example of
scoring and at the original metronome marking between 126 and
144; it remains a concert show piece. (Unknown)
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershvin) occupies a unique place
in the history of American music. A gifted writer of popular songs,
musical comedies, a folk opera, and other art music, he was able to
combine the styles of Tin Pan Alley and Carnegie Hall music in a way
which seemed perfectly clear to him, but never quite right to many
music critics. Gershwin grew up in Brooklyn where he attended the
public schools, took piano lessons, and began composing. When he
was sixteen he was hired by the Remick Publishing Co. to "plug songs"
for potential buyers. When he was eighteen, he wrote "Pretty Lady,"
which was interpolated into the Sigmund Romberg score for Passing
Show, and when he was twenty one, Gershwin wrote the score for
his Broadway show, La La Lucille. When Al Johnson began singing
"Swanee," (written in fifteen minutes), Gershwin's fame and fortune
began to increase rapidly. With his brother Ira as lyricist, he wrote over
a dozen successful music comedies between 1919and1933. Gershwin
died in 1937 after an unsuccessful brain tumor operation. Since
that time his opera Porgy and Bess, his symphonic piece Rhapsody
in Blue, and his piano concertos have been performed around the
world, proving his prediction that jazz and art music really could be
combined. TheSymphonicGershwin consists of selections from
some of Gershwin's most popular works, including An American in
Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, and Cuban Overture. (Stoutamire)
Leroy Anderson was associated with Arthur Fiedler as one of the
leading arrangers for the Boston "Pops" Orchestra. He also frequently
served as the orchestra's guest conductor. In his spare time he tried
his hand at composing, and in 1947 he was commissioned by the
Erin Society of Boston to write an Irish Suite for its annual night
at the Boston "Pops." The work consists of six beloved Irish airs
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and one of the jollier tunes, the Irish Washerwoman, turns into
something quite exciting as the tempo and the volume increase.
(Harold Hillyer)
Henry Fillmore (1881-19S6) was one of America's happiest musicians
and one of its most successful and prolific composers. The music he
wrote projected a jovial and earthy personality. His marches rank
very high among our best. Rolling Thunder(1916) is a great circus
march, as breath -taking in its excitement as action feats by horsemen
riding full tilt around the narrow confines of a sawdust track under
canvas. The track is known in the circus as the Hippodrome and
the music played by the band to accompany the riding is invariably
exciting and driving in its manner and it is always played at an
appropriate breath-taking speed. Fillmore gave the descriptive term
for performance of this march as "FURIOUS," and indicated the
incredibly fast metronome mark of 180 to the beat! He really wanted
it to move, and it should go just as fast as the technique of the low
brass will let it. (Frederick Fennell)
RichardMarkHeidelis Director of Bands and Associate Professor
of Music in the Department of Music and Theatre Arts at the University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts the Wind Symphony,
teaches courses in conducting, supervises student teachers, serves
as advisor to the National Band Association-Collegiate Chapter, and
coordinates the UW-Eau Claire band program. Under his direction,
the Wind Symphony has performed at the Wisconsin Music Educators
Association State Conference, Illinois Music Educators Association
All-State Conference, National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter
State Convention as well as on annual concert tours throughout
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Dr. Heidel maintains a busy schedule
as guest conductor, adjudicator, clinician, guest lecturer, arranger,
and custom drill designer. Heidel has served as guest conductor,
adjudicator and clinician in Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas,
Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. In 2003 Dr.
Heidel was an adjudicator for the Limerick International Concert
and Marching Band Competition and the lOoth st. Patrick's Music
Festival in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Heidel serves on the Board of Directors
of the National Band Association, NBA-Wisconsin Chapter, and is
an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the International
Music Camp. His list of publications includes numerous articles in
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the National Band Association Journal and Teaching Music. Dr.
Heidel holds memberships in the National Band Association, College
Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National
Conference, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association. Dr.
Heidel is a memberofEau Claire Brassworks and frequently performs
with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Chippewa Valley Symphony
Orchestra, and Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra.
PhilOstranderis Assistant Professor of Trombone at the University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts the Symphony Band and
teaches private trombone, trombone ensemble andbrass techniques.
Prior to his work at Eau Claire, he held a faculty position in New
York at SUNY Geneseo teaching trombone and jazz studies. Dr.
Ostrander completed his doctoral studies in trombone performance
and literature a t the Eastman School ofM usic in the studio of Dr. John
Marcellus. Dr. Ostrander received master's degrees in both trombone
and wind conducting from the New England Conservatory, as well as
a bachelor's and Performer's Certificate from Eastman. From 1999
to 2001, he taught trombone and conducted the wind ensemble at
Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. While in Kansas, Dr. Ostrander
conducted the 250 member Kansas Lions Band. In the summer of
2001, he was wind ensemble director at the New EnglandM usic Camp
in Sidney, Maine. He has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra,
the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic,
the Kansas City Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic andthe popular
chamber group Rhythm and Brass. Currently, he is a member ofthe
IRIS Chamber Orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee under Michael
Stern. Dr. Ostrander has recently been named Principal Trombone
of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra. He also teaches at two summer
jazz camps in Wisconsin: the Shell Lake Arts Camp and Tritone Jazz
Fantasy Camp. An accomplished jazz trombonist, Dr. Ostrander has
collaborated with jazz artists Maria Schneider, Jim McNeely, Jimmy
Heath, Claudio Roditi and Rich Beirach. He has recorded on Sony
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Personnel
(Listed alphabetically)
FLUTE
Holly Dow
Britney Mikula
Jenny Ritchie
Angela Roehl
Katie Salo
Kristen Sward
Millie Wicke
KiraZeman
OBOE
Katherine Malone
Emily Mueller
Emily Weber
Lauren Zemlicka
CLARINET
Tim Baumann
Kim Drewiske
Andrea Johnsen
Amy Raplinger
Ashley Singer
Jim Skaleski
Claire Stromberg
Jennifer Tinberg
Katherine Waxon
BASS CLARINET
Jacob Boyle
Claire Parda
Stephanie Schiefelbein
ALTO SAX
Ben Cold
Alyssa Halfman
Elise Sitzman
Laiken Strobush
TENOR SAX
Corey Cunningham
Sean Hauer
BARISAX
Michelle Kochan
TRUMPET
Jennifer Grabow
Joe Lasley
John Lydon
Cory Mack
Sarah Miller
Heather Patton
John Raymond
Lindsey Russell
Kyle Scheible
Carl Schroeder
Thomas Stecker
Ashley Vial
FRENCH HORN
Kelly Heidel
Mary Heimerman
Michael Renneke
Paul Saganski
Amy Schmidt
Kirsten Strobush
TROMBONE
Adam Boll
Adam Lowe
Brad March
Phil Ostrander
Matt Tiller
Corey Van Sickle
Kyle Siegrist
BASS TROMBONE
Josh Becker
EUPHONIUM
Brian Plank
Mike Vallez
TUBA
Jesse Orth
Charles Willcutt
PERCUSSION
Aaron Anderson
Brian Claxton
Steven Ethington
Matt Gullickson
Alyssa Haugen
Andrew Sazama
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University ofWisconsin - Eau Claire
Dr. Brian Levin-Stankevich, Chancellor
UW-Eau Claire is seen by many as a jewel in the University of Wisconsin System.
In addition to its outstanding reputation for academic excellence and
rich mix of co-curricular activities, It is often described as Wisconsin's most
beautiful campus. The 333-acre campus accommodates 26 major buildings
and enrolls about 10,500 students in more than 80 undergraduate majors and
concentrations and 13 graduate programs.
College ofArts and Sciences
Dr. Don Christian, Dean
Through the general and specialized courses in its programs, the College
of Arts and Sciences exposes students to the substance, methodology, and
breadth of the humanities, arts, natural sciences, and social sciences; prepares
students for careers in those fields; offers students pre-professional I?rograms
for further study in professional schools; provides the professional schools
within this University with academic majors, minors, and other specialized
courses and course sequences; and, above all, stimulates intellectua curiosity
and creativity in each student.
Department ofMusic and Theatre Arts
Dr. Robert M. Knight, Chair
With an average enrollment of nearly 500 majors and minors, including 300
music majors, the department boasts the largest undergraduate music degree
program In WisconSIn and brings many of the Midwest's top music and theater
students to campus. The department has 38 faculty members and offers
bachelor's degrees in music performance, theory, composition music education,
and creative and techmcal theater. It prOVIdes structured group performance
opportunities for large numbers of students and is s:ynonymous with
musical culture in the region. It is a fully accredited institutional member of
the National Association of Schools of Music, and its 1,500 alumni represent
virtually every corner of the performing arts.
Professor Robert Baca
Dr. Jeffery Crowell
Dr. Randal Dickerson
Dr. Kristine Fletcher
Dr. Richard Fletcher
Dr. Christa Garvey
Dr. Richard Mark Heidel
Dr. Tim Lane
Dr. Nancy McMillan
Dr. Verle Ormsby, Jr.
Dr. Phil Ostrander
Dr. Jerry Young
Wind and Percussion Area
Dr. Jerry Young, Coordinator
Trumpet/Director ofJazz Studies
Percussion/Jazz Studies
University Band/Marching Band
Bassoon/Cane Mutiny
Clarinet/Saxophone
Oboe/Oboe Band
Director ofBands/Wind Symphony
Flute
Saxophone
French horn/Horn Ensemble
Trombone/Trombone Ensemble
Tuba/Euphonium/BASSically BRASS
For information about the UW-Eau Claire band program, contact:
Richard Mark Heidel, ED.D. I Director of Bands
Department of Music and Theatre Arts I Haas Fine Arts Center 237
Umversity of Wisconsin I Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702
heidelrm@uwec.edu I 715/836-4417
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