Symphonic Band and Hilliard Davidson Wind Symphony

Shawn Malone, conductor

PROGRAM

Hilliard Davidson Wind Symphony

Shawn Malone, conductor

Spanish Dance, Op. 97 from The Gadfly (1955)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
arr. Curnow

"Spanish Dance" is from a suite originally written for the movie The Gadfly. This exciting work is a flurry of notes from beginning to end. Powerful and dynamic, "Spanish Dance" takes the listener on a thrilling journey leading to an exhilarating and climactic end!

An American Elegy (2000)

Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

An American Elegy was written to honor the lives of survivors and victims of the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The work reminds us how fragile life is while also celebrating the resiliency of the human spirit. The composer weaves together motifs that call to mind deep hope, serenity and sadness as we take this emotional journey together. The piece concludes with a solo trumpet heard in the distance, suggesting a celestial voice from above, here to console those left behind.

Shine (2017)

Julie Giroux (b. 1961)

Shine is a programmatic work telling the story of 1920s Prohibition. Dramatic and picturesque, this selection is brought to life with the ups and downs of life in the '20s. You will enjoy the sounds of back-roads-running, cop-evading bootleggers, while also incorporating the desperation of the era.

The Ohio State University Symphonic Band

Scott A. Jones, conductor

Toccata Marziale (1924)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
ed. Battisti

Ralph (pronounced “Rafe”) Vaughan Williams is one of the central figures of British music. He composed a wide variety of works for a number of different medium, to include nine symphonies, more than 100 songs for voice and piano, numerous chamber compositions and large works for the stage.

Toccata Marziale was composed for the Commemoration of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, and was his second composition for band (the first was his English Folk Song Suite of 1923). The composition is in three continuous sections. The first 53 measures present music that is highly contrapuntal and very “rhythmically active” in its spirit. The second section of the work presents an original sweeping lyrical theme that is reflective of Vaughan Williams’ fondness for English folk tunes. The final section of the composition is a brilliantly conceived merging of the first two sections of the composition.

A Movement for Rosa (1992)

Mark Camphouse (b. 1954)

Chicago-born composer Mark Camphouse completed both undergraduate and graduate degrees at Northwestern University, where he studied composition, conducting and trumpet. Camphouse has served as guest conductor, lecturer and clinician in 43 states, Canada, Europe and China. He has received commissions from many of our country’s fines military and university ensembles. Since 2006, Camphouse been a faculty member at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA where he conducts the Symphonic Band and teaches composition.

In the words of the composer, “Commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association in 1992, the composition is presented in three contrasting sections. Section I evokes Rosa’s early years from her birth in in 1913 in Tuskegee, AL through her marriage to Raymond Parks in 1932. Section II portrays years of racial strife in Montgomery, AL and the quest for social equality. The hymn 'We Shall Overcome' (foreshadowed in Sections I and II) makes a near complete appearance in the final section of the composition. The works final measures serve as an ominous reminder of racism’s lingering presence in modern American society.”

Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo (1963)

Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
arr. Paynter

Elizabeth Hainrihar (DMA), conductor

1.   Prelude
2.  Siciliano
3.  Rondo

Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton, England and educated at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied composition with legendary English composer Gordon Jacob. A trumpet player, Arnold performed professionally with the BBC Symphony and the London Philharmonic before pursuing a conducting career. His compositional style has been described as “refreshing, breezy, witty and humorous.”

Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo was originally composed for brass bands, which are well-known throughout England. Cleverly, each of the three movements is cast in the same five-part form: ABACA. The Prelude is characterized by a strong opening fanfare, which in its final appearance is presented in an intimate manner. The second movement presents a lilting song-like melody that features solo instruments throughout, and also ends in a quiet manner. In sharp contrast to the preceding two movements, the Rondo is boastful and rollicking in its spirit and brings the suite to an exciting conclusion.

Twist (2012)

Jodie Blackshaw (b. 1971)

Australian composer Jodie Blackshaw grew up in New South Wales, Australia and after completing high school, earned a Bachelor of Music in composition at the Australian National University School of Music. Since then, she has worked in a range of schools teaching classroom/instrumental music and conducting ensembles. Blackshaw has passionately searched for a compositional approach to band that offers directors a product that centers on musical elements other than melody and harmony. In 2006 Ms. Blackshaw won the inaugural Frank Ticheli Composition Contest with her work “Whirlwind.” She is currently pursuing a PhD in composition at the Australian National University with a focus on composing music for children influenced by brain-based educational principles. She desires that her music not just be "another piece, but an educational and spiritual journey for both the players and the director."

Commissioned by a twelve-member consortium of Australian schools and arts organizations, Twist received its premiere in 2012 at the Australian National Band and Orchestra Clinic. The composition is inspired by the shape, spirit and history of the Murray River, Australia’s longest river. The work is divided into six continuous sections, each with its own character and spirit:

I. Survival — The powerful opening is inspired by the indigenous story of “Tiddalick the Frog,” a greedy amphibian who consumes the entire river without any thought for the inhabitants of his bionetwork.

II. Reflection — In contrast to the opening section, this portion of the work is inspired by the beauty of the river at both dawn and dusk.

III. Discovery — This section is anchored in the arrival of European settlers and the introduction of paddle-boats to the region in the mid-1800s. The section is characterized by energetic rhythms of the paddleboats, a joyous melody, and the majestic cliffs bordering the river. At the conclusion of this section, a chorus of kookaburras (native Australian birds) herald in the next section.

IV. Obsession – The scene is a campfire at dusk, created by improvised sounds from the ensemble. Reflective of the river's treacherous and deceptive spirit, a late-night tango is heralded by soprano saxophone and continued by baritone saxophone.

V. Carnevale – Hundreds of Italian people emigrated to New South Wales in the 1940s and 1950s, and helped transform the area into thriving viticultural regions. The Italian folk dance, the tarantelle, is prominent throughout this section.

VI. Ascension – The final section of the composition is reflective in its spirit, based loosely upon material of the opening section. It compels the listener as to how it is that we sustain such important ecological features of our world as the Murray River.

The Stadium March (1924/2020)

Ralph W. Price (1871–1939) / Green, Jones and Levesque

World Premiere — Public Domain March

Ralph W. Price was born near the village of Lyndon in Ross County, Ohio on May 20, 1871. As a young boy, his family moved to Greenfield, Ohio, where at the young age of 14 he became organist and director of music at the First Presbyterian Church. In 1903, he organized Price’s Premier Band, which performed for more than two decades throughout southern and central Ohio at county fairs, festivals, conventions, parades and concert engagements in Columbus, Cincinnati and many other cities and towns in the area. In 1914 he was appointed as Supervisor of Music in the Greenfield Schools.  He was also active as a composer of sacred music and works for band; several of these compositions were published by Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati.

Price wrote his new march, The Stadium, in the early 1920s, at a time when the construction of Ohio Stadium was one of the most significant events in the region. When Ohio Stadium was completed in autumn 1922, it was the largest football stadium west of the Alleghenies, with seating for approximately 63,000 persons.

Price dedicated his new march “To my friend, Gustav Bruder, Band Master O.S.U. Band, Columbus, Ohio.” Gus Bruder (1870–1941) was the first instructor of bands at The Ohio State University. There are three familiar melodies quoted by Price within this march. Midway through the work, at the “Trio” section, he offers a variation on the popular Scotch ballad “The Blue Bells of Scotland,” a song attributed to the popular actress and singer Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816). Price then quotes the popular song “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here” (melody by Arthur Sullivan) toward the end of the “Trio” section. Immediately following the “Trio,” the break strain of this march directly quotes the break strain of the Ohio State fight song, “Across the Field” (at the words “Oh, O-hi-o...Oh, O-hi-o...Wa-hoo, wa-hoo for O-hi-o”) before returning to the melody of “The Blue Bells of Scotland” again, and the conclusion of the march.

Combined Ohio State and Hilliard Davidson Bands

The Seal Lullaby (2008/2011)

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Shawn Malone, conductor

Eric Whitacre has long enjoyed a rich reputation as one of the most often-performed choral composers in the past two decades. He studied composition at the Juilliard School of Music with Pulitzer prize-winning composer John Corigliano. His extensive catalog includes not only works for choir, but also instrumental ensembles, and the stage.

This composition is based upon the story “The White Seal” by British author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). The poem appears at the beginning of “The Jungle Books, Book I.” The poem tells of the tale of a mother seal singing softly to her young pup.

Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us,
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.

Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas!

Sounds from the Oval (2018)

Lisa Galvin (b. 1961)

Scott A. Jones, conductor

Native Ohioan Lisa Galvin holds two degrees from The Ohio State University, and recently retired after a tremendously successful career as a public school music educator in Central Ohio. A gifted arranger and composer, Galvin is a member of the arranging staff for The Ohio State University Marching Band and has several concert band works published through C. L. Barnhouse Music.
 
Sounds from the Oval was commissioned in 2018 by the musicians of the Ohio State Symphonic Band and made possible through funding from a Student Organizations Programming Grant. The medley includes four iconic Ohio State campus songs — “Across the Field,” “I Wanna Go Back to Ohio State,” the university’s alma mater “Carmen Ohio,” and “Buckeye Battle Cry.”

ROSTERS

Hilliard Davidson Wind Symphony

Shawn Malone, conductor

FLUTE
Tristan Kerkes
Audrey Severns
Olivia Temelkoff
Seth Walczak
Ally Feicht
Kisaki Yamamoto

OBOE
Jami Collins
Carolyn Taphorn

BASSOON
Brandon Swabby
Molly Sheridan
Alex Torres

CLARINET
Karina Winer
Katie Woollard
Jessica Xu
Kayla Michael
Reegyn Ripley
Megan McCabe
Bri Jones

BASS CLARINET
Sophie Lin

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Rachel Williams

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Joel Laudo
Michael Canary
Andrew LaMendola
Bella Hernandez

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Brendan Kellar

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Jacob English

TRUMPET
Luke Perez
Allie Selsor
Emory Trout
Cassidy Kerkes
Aidan Hemmert
Hope Frisbee
Erin Yang
Julia Stitt

HORN
Abigail Davoll
Ian Laudo
Sam Aldridge
AJ Stocker

TROMBONE
Anna Fisher
Michael Herring
Tristan Miller
Jonathan Davoll
Hayden Morrison
Rusty Wilson

BARITONE
Alex Belhorn
Claire Courter
Courtney Elmer

TUBA
Leo Hamric
Ethan Andujar
Micah Music

PERCUSSION
Luke Ault
Elise Byard
Paige Kingsley
Ian Maple
Ian McSurdy
Josh Myers
Kaitlyn Schneidmiller
Meredith Todd
Dominic Williams

The Ohio State University Symphonic Band

Scott A. Jones, conductor

 

 

The Ohio State University Symphonic Band’s first full-length commercial recording At home…the music of Andrew Boysen, Jr. is available online at most digital download retail websites.