CYM Concert Series
Sara M. Snell Music Theater
Summer 2023
Friday, July 30th at 7 PM
Crane Youth Music Final Concert #1
Jazz Band
Jazz Ensemble
CYM Jazz Band
Robert Bickford, director
Swingin’Shepherd Blues (1958)
Moe, Rhoda Roberts
Kenny Jacobson
What’s Cookin (2010) Victor Lopez
(b. 1950)
Moon River (1961)
R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A (1986)
CYM Jazz Ensemble
Michael R. Dudley Jr., director
This ‘N That (1991)
Speak No Evil (1965)
Henry Mancini (1924 – 1994)
arr. Rick Stitzel
John Mellencamp (b. 1951)
arr. Paul Murtha
Maria Schneider (b. 1960)
Wayne Shorter (1993–2023)
arr. Mike Tomaro
Bloodcount (1967) Billy Strayhorn (1915–1967)
CYM Jazz Band
Alto Sax
Samantha Yozzo
Eli Fenton-Strauss
Addison Ragan
Tenor Sax 1
Joseph Velez
Reese Rowland
Baritone Sax
Tallan Ronk
PERSONNEL
Trumpet
Zebulon Brooks
Emery D’Arcy
Ethan Fillippelli
Trombone
Noah Bushnoe
Gabby Pecola
Parker Shippee
Piano
IsaacAllen Keys
Bass
Zachary Willis
Erik Lopez
Drum Set
Eric Bunzey
Tazio Helmig
CYM Jazz Ensemble
Alto Sax
Anthony Romano
Bernard Creedon
Andrew Young
Tenor Sax
Sigourney Batich
Alana Correa
Baritone Sax
Trent Howard
Trumpet
Ryan Rivera
Heartly Phipps
Harlow Kung
Alexander “AJ” Martin
Trombone
Daniel Pipitone
Nadia Horowitz
Thomas Burkum
Aaron Oslin
Piano
Siyi (Sofie) Guo
Lorelei Hoenig
Bass
Elliot Woodward
Drum Set
Drew Cotterill
Robert Bickford
BIOGRAPHIES
Robert Bickford is a music educator who has been teaching both instrumental and general music in New York for the past 12 years. Before relocating to St. Lawrence County, Robert spent several years working with beginning instrumental students in Greece, New York. During that time, he was able to experiment with implementing a sound before sight approach in small group lessons as well as a variety of ensembles. One of the ensembles that was taught using this approach, the Buckman Heights 5th Grade Jazz Band, has performed at many festivals and competitions throughout the Rochester area. In 2015, they became the first and only elementary school to ever perform at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Robert has continued to look for new ways to help his students better understand content and context within a sound before sight approach. This search eventually led to the creation of the Solfége Wheel, which was published by GIA Publications in 2015. Robert holds a Bachelor in Music in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire and a Master ofArts in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music.
Michael R. Dudley Jr.
Michael R. Dudley Jr. is a trumpet player, composer, producer, educator, and photographer. Michael serves as the director of the Crane Jazz Ensemble, Crane Jazz Band, Giroux Honors Combo, and the instructor for jazz theory, improvisation, and jazz-related history classes.
With more than a decade of professional experience as a musician, he has played at venues like NYC's Birdland Jazz Club and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola with groups such as the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Christian McBride Big Band, and the South Florida Jazz Orchestra. His performances as a fellow with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra allowed him to share the stage with John Williams and Quincy Jones, among other amazing artists. He recently performed at the
2022 Newport Jazz Festival with the Maria Schneider Orchestra as well as with his own group.
Michael can be heard as a lead trumpet player on multiple GRAMMY®-winning recordings by the John Daversa Big Band and Brian Lynch Big Band in addition to his self-produced single ("Another Star") featuring vocalist Makayla Forgione and saxophonist Melvin Butler, having recorded with numerous groups while completing his masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.
As a composer and arranger, he has studied with Maria Schneider, Miho Hazama, Gary Lindsay, Noam Wiesenberg, and Stephen Guerra, recently earning a 2022 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award for his piece "Overture to The Before And After Times." He has collaborated with numerous artists on orchestrations that have been performed by the Charlotte Symphony (including Donny McCaslin's "BLACKSTAR Symphony" project featuring the music of David Bowie), Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, New Canon Chamber Collective, and Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, with more premieres scheduled soon.
Learn more about SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting camper scholarships for CYM 2023:
Ramona’s Gift to Music
Franklin County Music EducatorsAssociation
Saint Lawrence Music EducatorsAssociation
Mark Hartman Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 3rd Director from 2004–2008
Jefferson
St.
Roy Schaberg Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s Founding Director 1973–1997
Washington County Music EducatorsAssociation
Norwood-Norfolk Central School
Potsdam Music Friends
Scott Lavine Scholarship – In Honor of CYM’s 2nd Director from 1998–2003
Lewis Music TeachersAssociation
Regis Falls Music EducatorsAssociation
