UNLV New Horizons Band UNLV Community Concert Band

College of Fine Arts presents
UNLV New Horizons Band
UNLV Community Concert Band
Steve Goldeck, conductor
Bernie Moore, conductor
Anthony LaBounty, conductor
Zane Douglass, conductor
Adam Steff, graduate conductor
PROGRAM
UNLV New Horizons Band
Claude T. Smith
(1932–1987)
Anthem for Wind and Percussion
Steve Goldeck, conductor
Traditional
Arr. by Robert Sheldon
An Irish Air
Bernie Moore, conductor
William Himes
(b.1956)
Creed
Ernesto Lecuona
(1896–1963)
Arr. by Michael Sweeney
Malagueña
Karl King
(1891–1971)
Peacemaker
Steve Goldeck, conductor
INTERMISSION
UNLV Community Band
Steven Reineke
(b. 1970)
Celebration Fanfare
Zane Douglass, Conductor
Antonín Leopold Dvořák
Songs My Mother Taught Me
(1841–1904)
Trans. by Anthony LaBounty
Anthony LaBounty, Conductor
Laura Taylor, Guest Vocal Soloist
Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries from “Die Walkure”
(1813–1883)
Arr. by Robert Longfield
Zane Douglass, Conductor
Cyrill Kistler
Prelude to Act III of “Kunihild”
(1848–1907)
Trans. by Joseph Kreines
Adam Steff, Conductor
Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard
Sweet Georgia Brown
(1891–1943) (1897–1962)
Arr. by Anthony LaBounty
David Irish, Guest Tuba Soloist
Arr. by Bill Moffit
(1926–2008)
Armed Forces Salute
Col. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Allan Ginsberg, Moderator
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7:30 p.m.
Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall
Performing Arts Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
PROGRAM NOTES
Claude T. Smith received his formal education at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri and the University of
Kansas. He was a public school instrumental music teacher in Nebraska and Missouri before joining the faculty at Southwest
Missouri State University where he taught composition and conducted the University Symphony Orchestra. Smith received
numerous prestigious commissions including works for the U.S. Air Force Band, the U.S. Navy Band, and the Army Field
Band. Anthem for Winds and Percussion was published in 1978 and is dedicated to Smith's friend and teacher, Harold
Arehart. It is an original work for band in the classic concert overture style.
Program Notes from Greene Valley High School Symphonic Band
An Irish Air, arranged by Robert Sheldon takes the popular Irish folk song Molly Malone and scores it for the wind band in a
way that allows each section to showcase this gorgeous melody. The lyrics of Molly Malone are show below.
In Dublin’s fair city,
Where girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she pushed her wheelbarrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Cryin’, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh!”
Program Notes from the score
Creed is a statement of belief. This piece, composed by William Himes, while not literally programmatic, seeks to convey a
sense of affirmation and trust – those ideals considered to be the basis of humanity. The result is music that is descriptive and
atmospheric, conjuring a verity of moods ranging from reflective to exultation.
Williams Himes earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan. Mr. Himes has travelled
as guest euphonium soloist, composer, and conductor throughout the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Norway,
Sweden and Australia.
Program Notes from the score
Malagueña, arranged by Michael Sweeny, was originally the sixth movement from a piano suite entitled Adalucia.
Composer, Ernesto Lecuona, composed this piece inspired from a recent trip to Andalisia, Spain. Andalusia, located in the
southernmost part of Spain, is deeply rooted in folklore and Spanish tradition, and is known for its dramatic mountain ranges
and snow-white beaches. The malagueña is a traditional style of flamenco from that area. This piece has been arranged for
orchestra, marching band, and a variety other ensembles.
Program Notes from Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra
Peacemaker is a traditional march, much in the style of Karl Lawrence King’s other quick-step marches, has several unique
features. Beginning the piece in F minor, King uncharacteristically repeats the first strain an additional time between the
second strain and the trio. This return to the first strain sets up a seamless shift to A-flat major at the Trio, as opposed to a more
traditional key change. James Swearingen’s arrangement gives this classic King march a modern instrumentation, editorial
corrections, and a full score. King (1891-1971) was a beloved member of the band community and a conductor of national and
international acclaim. Among many honors bestowed upon King was membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters
Association (ABA), of which he served as president in 1938 and was later, named an Honorary Life President. King was one of
the most prolific and popular figures in the history of band music. He composed at least 291 works, including 185 marches, 22
overtures, 12 gallops, 29 waltzes, and works in many other styles.
Program Notes from McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
Celebration Fanfare was written by Steven Reineke in the summer of 1995 on Swans Island, Maine. This joyous and
powerful overture was commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to commemorate Maestro Erich Kunzel’s 30 th
anniversary as conductor of the Pops and received its world premiere in September of 1995. The work also marked Mr.
Reineke’s first commission by the famed orchestra. The band transcription was completed by the composer in December of
1998 upon a commission by the U.S. Coast Guard Band. The work continues to be on of Mr. Reineke’s most successful
compositions.
Program Note by the Composer
Songs My Mother Taught Me is from Antonín Leopold Dvořák’s set of Gypsy Songs that he wrote in January 1880 for
Prague-born Gustav Walter, the leading tenor of the Vienna Opera for the three decades after 1856. Walter was a renowned
specialist in lieder recitals and the operas of Mozart and Wagner. He premiered the Gypsy Songs, in German, at his recital in
Vienna on February 4, 1881. The words and spirit of these pieces came from the collection of original poems titled Gypsy
Melodies that Adolf Heyduk (1835-1923), a professor at Písek, fifty miles south of Prague, had published in 1859. (Dvořák
took a song for male chorus that he had written in 1877 to Heyduk’s I Am a Fiddler as the basis for his Symphonic Variations.)
Heyduk’s poems were inspired by the traditional verses of the Gypsies of Slovakia, a mountainous land then considered by the
more westernized Bohemians to be wilder and more exotic than their own, and they drew from Dvořák settings in which, wrote
Alec Robertson in his study of the composer, “He reached his highest pinnacle as a song-writer. Everything is in place here.”
Indeed, the fourth number of the set, widely known as Songs My Mother Taught Me, became one of Dvořák’s most famous and
best-loved melodies. As well as the fiery sentiments commonly associated with the Gypsies, these songs also encompass
tenderness, melancholy, love and an unquenchable zest for freedom and independence. Songs my mother taught me,
In the days long vanished;
Seldom from her eyelids
Were the teardrops banished.
Now I teach my children,
Each melodious measure.
Oft the tears are flowing,
Oft they flow from my memory’s treasure.
Program Notes from The Chamber Music Socitey of Lincoln Center
English Lyrics by Natalia Macfarren
The Ride of the Valkyries is an orchestral selection from Richard Wagner’s Die Walkure, the second of four operas
comprising his massive Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung.) The four operas take place in legendary times,
and their interrelated plots are extremely involved and complex.
The Valkyries were nine daughters of Wotan, ruler of heaven and earth; and Erda, the goddess of fate. While the Valkyries had
been the daughters of a wild love that had brought disgrace to Wotan, he employs them to gather fallen heroes from the
battlefield and to create a defense for Valhalla. The Ride of the Valkyries takes place at the beginning of Act III, as the
Valkyries return from the battlefields. It is a most vivid scene, as the Valkyries carry fallen warriors on horseback while storms
subside and lightning flashes vividly.
Wagner brilliantly utilized a technique known as the leitmotif, a musical phrase that represents or characterizes a particular
character, group of characters, thoughts, or emotions. The motif representing the Valkyries is very prevalent throughout this
section. Wagner’s brilliant and innovative skills, both as a composer and orchestrator, are well illustrated in this emotional and
virtuoso work. The opera Die Walkure was first performed August 14, 1876.
Program Note by the Arranger
Prelude to Act III of “Kunihild” by Cyrill Kistler is from the opera, Kunihild and is constructed on purely Wagnerian
principles with numerous “leading motives” and other characteristics peculiar to the Wagnerian school. The Prelude is a work
of serious and somber character, and gives striking evidence of the composer’s style, in both the conception of his themes and
their logical development.
Program Note from School of Music, University of Michigan
Sweet Georgia Brown is a jazz standard by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard. This arrangement is by UNLV music professor
Anthony LaBounty.
Bill Moffit’s Armed Forces Salute is a medley of songs from each branch of the United States armed services. It includes,
“The Caisson Song,” “Semper Paratus,” “The U.S. Air Force,” “Anchors Aweigh” and “The Marines’ Hymn.”
Program Notes taken from the score
UNLV SCHOOL OF MUSIC DIVISION OF WIND BAND STUDIES
UNIVERSITY BAND FACULTY
Thomas G. Leslie, Director of Bands
Anthony LaBounty, Associate Director of Bands
Zane Douglass, Visiting Instructor of Conducting
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Steve Goldeck
Adam Steff
Bernard Moore
Jessica Patchett
LIBRARIAN
Erin Vander Wyst
Michael Villarreal
Suzanne Morehead
GRADUATE STAFF
Jimmy Smerek
INSTRUMENT INVENTORY
Erin Vander Wyst
COMMUNITY LIAISON
Col. Allan Ginsberg (U.S. Army, Ret.)
UNLV New Horizons Band
Flute
Barbara Grevan-Matson
Cristy Gullet
Heather Hudson
Jolie LaChance
Jean Melby-Mauer
Sue Peterson
Joni Schmidt
Miriam Shacter
Clarinet
Eric Bockenstette, Sr.
Collen Britos
Thomas Gasper
Robert King
Samantha Lindsay
Stephen Robbins
Marie Schrade
Juli Shapiro Rousseau
Bass Clarinet
John E. Tucker
Oboe
Anita Bockensette
Saxophone
Maria Rodriguez
Trumpet
Don Bradley
Michael Clark
Don Cody
Robbyn Gibson
Richard Kroeger
Trombone
Jim Brush
Keith Clough
Tuba
Cameron Thomas
Percussion
Richard Kashanski
Suzanne Montabon
Linda Wischmeyer
Horn
Bobbie Litzinger Ginsberg
UNLV NEW HORIZONS BAND
The New Horizons music program originated at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in 1991 by then chair of the
department of music education, Dr. Roy Ernst. Today there are over 120 New Horizons bands, orchestras or choral groups
across the United States, Canada and Australia. “Older adults have the time and motivation to develop musical skills rapidly.
In addition, performing music – especially in large groups, can improve health and quality of life.” Ernst noted. Ernst adds,
“many gerontologists believe that music making supports good mental and physical health as one grows older and studies
indicate that participants take less medication, have reductions in depression and loneliness and have increased strength of
the immune system.”
The UNLV New Horizons Band was started in January 2006 and is under the aegis of the university bands area within the
Department of Music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is offered as a non-credit course through the UNLV
Department of Educational Outreach, and as a credit (one academic credit) course for UNLV students. In accordance with the
New Horizons philosophy, this musical ensemble places a higher emphasis upon the learning and enjoyment of music above
the rigor and pressures of performance. Although musical comprehension and appreciation are among the highest priorities,
the UNLV New Horizons Band also performs regularly throughout the academic semester both on and off the UNLV campus.
The band is open to anyone with the desire to play an instrument within the concert band idiom and is under the supervision of
UNLV Associate Professor of Music Anthony LaBounty. To register, please visit the UNLV Educational Outreach website at
[email protected]. For more information, please contact LaBounty at (702) 895-3733 or [email protected].
Rehearsals for the UNLV New Horizons Band take place each Tuesday evening (during fall and spring semesters) from
7:00pm–9:20pm in BMC 160. Please visit unlv.edu to view a campus map, if necessary.
UNLV Community Concert Band
Flute
Diane Clarke
Linda Cofsky
Alixandre Fanizzi
Barbara Grevan-Matson
Yukari Howard
Suzanne Montabon
Ciana Noviski
Sue Ochoa
Cindy O’Donnell
Oboe
Cheryl O’Donnell
Faith Thompson
Bassoon
Issai Edge
B-Flat Clarinet
John Bianculli
Jordan Bushey
Melissa Carpi
Miranda Cooper
Annie Douglass
Beth Duerden
Debbie Guy
Claudia Kistinger
Christie Leavitt
Judy Nance
Barbara Schaad
Bob Schellhase
Amber Scruton
Matthew Viton
Linda Wischmeyer
Keith Yamamoto
Bass Clarinet
Mary Hickey
Tyler Lyon
Alto Saxophone
Adam Clough
Louann Ditmyer
Haley Merrill
Kevin Tumbagahan
David Valladares
Simon Watsky
Tenor Saxophone
Suzanne Morehead
Susan Roncace
Baritone Saxophone
William Carpi
Michael Plunkett
Trumpet
Gregory Davis
Jessica Foltin
Robbyn Gibson
Richard Kroeger
David Mulkey
Vivek Narang
Larry Ransom
Charles Raymond
Oscar Rivera
Alejandro Saenz
Roar Schaad
Randall Stupka
Horn
Beatriz Csery-Blue
Patty Duffey
Ruberta Litzinger-Ginsberg
Adam Patonai
Trombone
Dennis Daniel
Daniel Pappageorge
Bass Trombone
Keith Clough
Euphonium
Shawn Mapleton
John E. Tucker
Tuba
Cameron Thomas
Stephen Turner
Timpani
Richard Kashanski
Percussion
Stan Armstrong
Daniel Cihigoyenetche
Bill Cole
Joseph Ellison
Michaela Grillo
Chad Henley
Johnny Huynh
Richard Kashanski
Librarian
Suzanne Morehead
UNLV COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND
Formed in January of 1987, the UNLV Community Concert Band is under the aegis of the UNLV Bands and is offered as a
non- credit course through the UNLV Department of Educational Outreach. UNLV students may receive academic credit at
the regular per-credit rate. The band's 70-plus members range in age from college to senior citizen. The band plays a wide
variety of music and performs on and off-campus each semester. No formal auditions are required to join, but members must
have at least one year or more of high school playing experience.
Rehearsals are held each Wednesday evening (during fall and spring semesters only) from 7:00pm–9:20pm in BMC (Beam
Music Center) room 160 on the UNLV campus. To view a campus map, please visit the unlv.edu main website. Please
contact Prof. Anthony LaBounty ([email protected]) for additional information.
Registration is $39 for all non-UNLV students. Interested persons may register on-line via the Office of Educational
Outreach. To do this, please visit UNLV Office of Educational Outreach website at: http://edoutreach.unlv.edu, or register onsite at BMC 160 with payment.