Wind Symphony and guests, Dublin Coffman High School Symphonic Band

April 4, 2019

7 p.m.  •  Thursday, April 4

1866 College Rd  •  Columbus, OH

PROGRAM

American Fanfare

James M. Stephenson (b. 1969)

Kevin Wallick, guest conductor

Dusk

Steven Bryant (b. 1972)

Slavonic Fantasy

Carl Hohne (1870–1939)
arr. Bertand Moren (b. 1976)

Grant Jameson, euphonium

Firefly

Ryan George (b. 1978)

—BRIEF INTERVAL—

Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings

Johan de Meij (b. 1953)

1. Gandalf (The Wizard)
3. Gollum (Sméagol)
5. Hobbits

American Overture for Band

Joseph Willcox Jenkins (1928–2014)

Combined Bands

Sounds from the Oval

arr. Lisa Galvin (b. 1962)

NOTES

SYMPHONY NO. 1, The Lord of the Rings
Johan de Meij

Johan de Meij’s first symphony, The Lord of the Rings, is based on the trilogy of that name by J. R. R. Tolkien. This book has fascinated many millions of readers since its publication in 1955. The symphony consists of five separate movements, each illustrating a personage or an important episode from the book.

The movements are:

I.   GANDALF (The Wizard)
II.  LOTHLORIEN (The Elvenwood)
III. GOLLUM (Sméagol)
IV. JOURNEY IN THE DARK
     a. The Mines of Moria
     b. The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm
V.  HOBBITS

The symphony was written in the period between March 1984 and December 1987, and had its première in Brussels on 15th March 1988, performed by the “Groot Harmonieorkest van de Gidsen” under the baton of Norbert Nozy. In 1989, The Symphony The Lord of the Rings was awarded a first prize in the Sudler International Wind Band Composition Competition in Chicago, and a year later, the symphony was awarded by the Dutch Composers Fund. In 2001, the orchestral version was premiered by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Although it is not simple to summarize such an extensive and complex work, the main outline is as follows: the central theme is the Ring, made by primaeval forces that decide the safety or destruction of the World. For years it was in the possession of the creature Gollum, but when the Ring falls into the hands of the Hobbits the evil forces awake and the struggle for the Ring commences. There is but one solution to save the World from disaster: the Ring must be destroyed by the fire in which it was forged — Mount Doom in the heart of Mordor, the country of the evil Lord Sauron.

It is the Hobbit Frodo who is assigned to carry out this task, and to assist him a company, the Fellowship of the Ring, is formed under the leadership of Gandalf, the wizard, which includes the Hobbits Sam, Peregrin and Merin, the Dwarf Gimli, the Elf Legolas, Boromir and Aragorn, the later King. The Companions are secretly followed by Gollum, who does not shun any means, however perfidious, to recover his priceless Ring. However, the Companions soon fall apart; after many pernicious adventures and a surprising dénouement Frodo and Sam can at last return to their familiar home, The Shire.

Explanation of the movements being performed this evening:

I. Gandalf (The Wizard)

The first movement is a musical portrait of the wizard Gandalf, one of the principal characters of the trilogy. His wise and noble personality is expressed by a stately motif which is used in a different form in movements IV and V. The sudden opening of the Allegro vivace is indicative of the unpredictability of the grey wizard, followed by a wild ride on his beautiful horse “Shadowfax.”

III. Gollum (Sméagol)

The third movement describes the monstrous creature Gollum — a slimy,  shy  being  represented  by  the soprano saxophone. It mumbles and talks to itself, hisses and lisps, whines and snickers, is alternately pitiful and malicious, is continually fleeing and looking for his cherished treasure, the Ring.

The fifth movement expresses the carefree and optimistic character of the Hobbits in a happy folk dance; the hymn that follows emanates the determination and noblesse of the hobbit folk. The symphony does not end on an exuberant note, but is concluded peacefully and resigned, in keeping with the symbolic mood of the last chapter “The Grey Havens” in which Frodo and Gandalf sail away in a white ship and disappear slowly beyond the horizon.

AMERICAN OVERTURE FOR BAND
Joseph Willcox Jenkins

American Overture for Band was written while Jenkins served as the Army Field Band’s arranger. A 50th Anniversary version was published in collaboration with Jenkins, updating the original score to include revisions to dynamics, articulations and pitches. The work became Jenkins’ most successful; he stated that he would be “hard-pressed to duplicate its success.” The work features demanding horn lines, soaring above busy rhythmic motifs and counter-lines. The bright, bold character of American Overture for Band is musically representative of just that: America. The melody flies between sections in the ensemble, bouncing around excitedly, at one moment sitting atop the band’s sound in a majestic horn unison, and in the very next playfully echoed by the cornets. The woodwinds add their playful countermelodies, all while the trombones and euphoniums interject the crisp metric motif that is found in the percussion section, driving this work from its joyous start to its frantically exuberant close. — Note by the United States Marine Band

SOUNDS FROM THE OVAL
Lisa Galvin
 
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

Ohio State Wind Symphony

Russel C. Mikkelson, conductor

PICCOLO
Peyton Sandri

FLUTE
Daniel Zipin *
Kayla Bradley
Alex Goad
Grace Forrai
Nicole Conte

OBOE
Michael Rueda *
Hilary Hobbs
Esther Krumm
Suzanne Jennison

ENGLISH HORN
Suzanne Jennison

BASSOON
Ian Bell *
Nate Centa
Maxx Zywica

CONTRABASSOON
Maxx Zywica

E-flat CLARINET
Cosmos Fristachi

CLARINET
Alyssa Powell *
David Robinson
Sarah Korneisel Jaegers
Nathan Murta
Logan Howe
Gabrielle Valladares
Mikey Blaha
Noah Wise

BASS CLARINET
Austin Suarez

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Sarah Korneisel Jaegers

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Michael Weintraub *
Francesca Wantuch

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Nick Young

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Logan Wright

HORN
Benjamin Hottensmith *
Leo Steinkerchner
Greg Eberwine
Cameron Reed
Anna Dorey
Amanda Midkiff

TRUMPET
Brooklynn Howell *
Daniel Brinker
Sara Loney
Justin Boucher-Foley
Heather Johnson
Kaity Catalfina
Vanessa Rivera

TROMBONE
Peter Gooch *
Jake Pauley
Jacob Chestnut

BASS TROMBONE
Parker Baird

EUPHONIUM
Sean O’Brien *
Seth Champion
Grant Booth

TUBA
Austin Crumrine *
Bennett Deshotels
Jocelyn Smallwood

PERCUSSION
Amelia DuPlain *
Clay Schneider
Ben Shaheen
Sarah Nichols
Lucas Fox
Michael Mayer

DOUBLE BASS
Nicholas Young

PIANO
Yingzhou Hu

HARP
Nathan Hay

* indicates principal

Dublin Coffman High School Symphonic Band

Jeremy Bradstreet, conductor

FLUTE
Kathryn Barto
Rhiannon Campbell
Elsa Jacob
Mahana Koike
Mackenzie Pritchard
Molly Ramey
Morgan Strejcek

OBOE
Ervin Cui
Liza Matthews

CLARINET
Yuha Ashida
Ian Bunt
Julius Cooper
Johnson Hsieh
Robert Hudson
Nia Jones
Grant Mundy
Madeline Watson

BASS CLARINET
Evan Binder
Nicole Timo

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Caitlin Keirsey

BASSOON
Anna Bosworth
Evan Ma

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Robbie Chapman
Cameron Ekis
Joseph Gilton
Mukund Tarimala

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Joseph Williams

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Stephen Pounds

HORN
Anna Klei
Sophia Longo
Tyler Reynolds
Grant Stahl

TRUMPET
Jackson Chapman
Joey Hackett
Khalil Khoury
Jack Proctor
Ethan Rose
Luke Schutter
Simon Turley
Rachel Yengo

TROMBONE
Ellie Abbott
Nick Luikart
Abby McHie, bass
Raiden Pearce
Ryan Seidensticker

EUPHONIUM
Noah Scruggs
Primus Tyler

TUBA
Isaac Clemens
Carter Gray
Sydney Reeves

PERCUSSION
Bentley Adkins
Thomas Dehon
Andrew Holaday
Kristin Leuzinger
Christopher Orozco
Carlyn Rothert
Emily Thompson
Ian Watabe

HARP
Allison Jacob