Band Concert-The Erhu Concert 2017

The Erhu Concert

Monroe College-Community Symphonic Band featuring Xiao Dong Wei Erhu also featuring MCCC Percussion Ensemble La Batterie and The Licorice Chicks Monday May 1, 2017 7:30 PM AND

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The Erhu Concert The Monroe College-Community Symphonic Band featuring Xiao Dong Wei - Erhu also featuring MCCC Percussion Ensemble - La Batterie and The Licorice Chicks IN THE MEYER THEATER AT THE LA-Z-BOY CENTER

MONDAY MAY 1, 2017 7:30 PM MARK B. FELDER BAND DIRECTOR

Program Fanfare for the Common Man................................ Aaron Copland In a Persian Market........................................... Albert W. Ketelbey Down a Country Lane ....................................... ��� Aaron Copland arr. Merlin Patterson English Folk Song Suite...........................Ralph Vaughan Williams I. March - “Seventeen Come Sunday” II. Intermezzo - “My Bonnie Boy” III. March - “Folk Songs from Somerset” Ogoun Badagris..................................................Christopher Rouse Percussion Section – La Batterie

Just A Closer Walk................................................ arr. Ken Abeling The Licorice Chicks

Pleasant Night.................................................... arr. Mark B. Felder Erhu– Xiao Dong Wei

Galloping War Horses........................................ arr. Mark B. Felder Erhu– Xiao Dong Wei

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor .................. Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Donald Hunsberger The Purple Carnival................................................ Harry L. Alford

Symphony Band Personnel MARK B. FELDER - BAND DIRECTOR

Piccolo Leanne Pobursky* Morgan LaFlure Flute Meg Fedorowicz Kelsi Gautz* Dorothy Gudes Leah Hurley Jennifer Johnson Morgan LaFlure Cheryl Lohmeyer Katie Muriel Leanne Pobursky Janice Robert Sharon Schiller Connie Tyrrell Alto Flute Morgan LaFlure Oboe Kathleen Hayes* Lily Kozicki Charles F. Pease English Horn Kathleen Hayes Bassoon Sarah Dusseau Erin Faulk-Ringle Dan Jansen* Joe Sonoras Eb Soprano Clarinet Melissa Brown Clarinet Julie Baldwin Melissa Brown Beth Duvendack Kevin Eccles Amanda Feaganes Katie Giese Lea Grau Louanne Hennessy Lynnette McGowan Susan Nagley Cheri Schuster Elizabeth Stewart Lynne Wilson* Alto Clarinet Lynne Windsor

Bass Clarinet Michael Mohn* April Thomas Megan Williamson Bb Contra-Bass Clarinet Michael Mohn Soprano Saxophone Paul DeVee Alto Saxophone Susan Bernhard Paul DeVee* James Nuechterlein Kathi Orzechowski Caryn Vavrick Tenor Saxophone Jerry Kreger Nick Mosher Baritone Saxophone Matthew T. Brown Piccolo Trumpet Wilbur Jones Trumpet Zac Coddaire Blake Culver Dwight Goossen Ryan Jewell Wilbur Jones Brian Kuderik Tom Parks Darin Puruleski Mitch Steils Mahlon Tuttle* Anthony Vigliotti Jaymi Yettaw Flugelhorn Dwight Goossen Brian Kuderik Horn Marty Holdren Ron Koch Kim Mohn John Putnam Mark Wellman Jeff Windsor

Trombone Mike Bayes* Shelby Slusher David Todd Daniel “Bubba” Wilson Bass Trombone Brian Harrington Craig Schaar Euphonium David Bachar* David Welling Tuba Jason Dean Daniel H. Duvendack* Lance Hillenbrand Eric Hohenberger Jon Moore Bryan Troutman String Bass Sandra Lentner* Christopher Morelli Percussion Eric Alexius Chris Bennett Jon Hunley Jen Hutka Jonathan Mohn Steve Whitford* Timpani Tim Lentner Steve Whitford Piano Elizabeth Stewart “The Licorice Chicks” Melissa Brown Beth Duvendack Karen Haubert Louanne Hennessy Rogene Kohler Nancy Nielsen Cheri Schuster Lynne Wilson Lynne Windsor

*Principal

Mark B. Felder

Mark B. Felder has been band director at Monroe County Community College for twentythree years. Before and during that time, he was the band director of the award-winning Jefferson High School Bands for twenty-nine years. Mark served twelve years in local and state offices of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, including President of District 12. He was named Band Director of the Year for District 12 of MSBOA. He also was named Music Alumnus Guest Conductor of the Year in 1988 for Eastern Michigan University. Mark has been musical director for over 150 musicals including 12 years as a musical director at Croswell Opera House in Adrian, Michigan. He received a nomination for the prestigious Jeff Award in Chicago for Best Musical Direction for the second national tour of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He is currently the musical director of the Dodworth Saxhorn Band, a Civil War-era brass band. Mark has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Toledo, and Adrian College.

Mark is owner of Vivo Productions, a local recording studio. He performed for years with the Johnny Knorr Orchestra, and has toured with stars of the Lawrence Welk show, Manhattan Transfer, and the Shrine Circus.

Mark and his wife, Ann, have three children and live in Monroe, Michigan.

Xiao Dong Wei If starting early is any indication to the success of a musician, then Xiao Dong Wei is exceptionally no exception. At the age of 5, Xiao Dong Wei began studying the erhu with her father. At age 11 she was accepted into the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Ten years later, she earned her degree becoming a ‘Master of the Erhu’.

Like most well-rounded musicians Xiao Dong broadened her musicianship by learning to play other traditional Chinese instruments such as the pipa and the guzheng (a 21-stringed zither) while minoring in classical piano, but it was the erhu that would elevate her status as a world class musician.

After receiving numerous performance based awards, she gained official notoriety by touring with the Chinese Motion Picture Orchestra for four years before deciding to move to the United States in 2005. That same year, she released her first classical cd, “Erhu solo by XiaoDong Wei.” During her emigration to the states, Xiao Dong wasted no time establishing herself as a powerful performer. After being introduced to an array of musical styles - and the musicians that embodied them - she performed in various venues from coast to coast. Near the completion of her tours across the states and Canada she was eager to find an eclectic music scene where she could establish communal roots. She found Detroit to be an ideal place to fuse her traditional sounds of the West with the modernistic hues of the East.

In 2005, Xiao Dong broke ground by forming an alternative chamber music trio comprised of a bluegrass guitarist, a mandolin player, and Xiao Dong on erhu.

During this time she used her classical repertoire and progressive jazz influences as a foundation to explore her own inner creativity. Shortly afterward, she teamed up with new bandmates Djeto Juncaj, Leo Gillis, and Paul Ossy to form ‘XD Wei’, releasing her full-length album, String Theory.

Since 2007, Xiao Dong continues to influence the sounds of modern music with her band, ‘Madame XD’.

By bringing together Ken Hottmann, David Johnson, Angie Kaiser and, the band released an electrified fusion of pop and rock with their EP Black Silk. Xiao Dong writes and co-writes most of the original material for the band and sings in English and Mandarin.

Xiao Dong has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and as a guest soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Her music continues to cross international borders by being heard on radio stations throughout the United States, Australia, and Europe.

In 2012, the Kresge Arts Foundation of Detroit awarded Xiao Dong with the laurels of the Kresge Artist Fellowship - an unrestricted grant used to empower exceptionally gifted individuals with the resources to further their creative visions.

On the wake of her grant, Xiao Dong collaborated with Japanese-born Steinway artist virtuoso Yuki Mack to record their symbolic album Where East Meets West.

Xiao Dong is currrently a lecturer at the University of Michigan residential college.

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In person at the MCCC Cashier’s Office in the Audrey M. Warrick Student Services/Administration Building (Building A) Tickets may also be purchased at the door, if available. All sales are final.

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Event information is subject to change at the discretion of MCCC. Discounts Groups of 15 or more, seniors, and MCCC staff and students can receive a $2 discount off the full ticket price when tickets are purchased in person at the MCCC Cashier’s Office prior to the day of the event. Discounts will not be given the day of the performance. Tickets are based on availability, so please make your plans early.

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