Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band Spring 2023 Concert "Toward a New Life"

Welcome to Lakeside Pride’s 26th Season!

Thankyouforjoiningusforthisperformance tonightandupcomingshowsacrossChicago. Overthepastdecades,we’vebroughttogether Chicagoansofdifferentsexualities,genders, ages,andculturestoshareintheuniversal languageofmusic,buildingacommunitythat honorsouroriginsandconnectseachofus.

This year’s season is entitled Rise, which encapsulates the LGBTQ community’s ongoing struggles and its persistence to resolve them, whetherthatbetosurvive,tothrive,ortoliveinharmonywitheachother. LakesidePrideisnodifferent,andaswe’veadaptedtothepandemic,we findourselvesstrongerandmoreresilientthanever.Wecontinuetobea welcoming family for our members and friends across the Chicagoland area.

We’ve risen to the challenge of keeping our community safe, healthy, strong,andexuberant.We’veovercomeadversityfromthepandemicand societalunrestandcontinuetouseourplatformtoinspireourmembers andaudiencestojoinusinourrevitalization.Westillhavelotstodoand manybarrierstoovercome.Butbybandingtogether,wecancontinueto changeheartsandminds,growasacommunity,andheroicallyrisetoany occasion.

Our membership levels continue to rise - we are now upwards of 400 membersstrongacross14differentensembles!Andit’sbecauseweknow thatasmuchaswevaluethemusicweshare,thislovingcommunitywas establisheddecadesagoandcontinuestobestrong.

Inclosing,wethankyouforyourcontinuedsupportofLakesidePride,our members,andourmission.It’sbecauseofaudiencememberslikeyouthat we’vebeenabletoreturntothismomentofrevitalizationandrenewal.We hopethisperformance,andthemanythroughoutourseason,inspireyou toriseinapplause!

JonathanAlvares Chair,BoardofDirectors LakesidePrideMusicEnsembles

Chicago’s Lesbian Feminist Chorus Artemis Singers presents

A Pride Concert and Dance

Saturday June 10 at 7:00 pm

Irish American Heritage Center

4626 N Knox, Chicago

Featuring several world premiere compositions by local women composers and a celebration of how we can co-create a better world for all

Tix and more info at

www.artemissingers.org

About the Evening

Dear audience,

Our 2022-2023 concert season - Rise - is a multifaceted reflection of our current society. From where and towards what are we rising? That depends on whom you ask and when you ask them.

Tonight’s program represents the ultimate culmination of that theme; we “fell” last fall, and now we’re rising. There are many manners in which we can portray that theme, and there was no one specific interpretation in mind when programming this concert. As a nation, we’re rising from the past three years (and then some, certainly). As individuals, we’re rising from our mistakes and traumas. As a community, we’re rising from our history. We’re lauding the things in life that are worth celebrating, and we’re learning from the things that aren’t. Any way you choose to interpret tonight’s concert, we’re working together, Toward a New Life.

Kyle Rhoades Artistic Director, Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band

Lakeside Pride is a family of more than a dozen no-audition ensembles for musicians of all skill levels. Something new is always starting up, and we’d love to see you at rehearsal, even if it’s been years since you’ve played. We’re certain there’s an ensemble that’s right for you!

Find out how to join at lakesidepride.org/join

TOWARD A NEWLIFE

Nový Život (Toward a New Life)

Josef Suk (1919), Opus 35c

transcribed by Daniel L. Turner (2002)

In Memory of Ed and EllenJeanne Schnabl

As Spring Arrives

Naoya Wada 和⽥ 直也 (2013)

Conducted by Assistant Artistic Director Jackie Fischer

Song sponsored by Dan Mendelson and Scott Cook

Flying Away

Yukiko Nishimura 西⾢ 由記⼦ (2022)

Conducted by Assistant Artistic Director Jackie Fischer

Halcyon Hearts

Katahj Copley (2021)

Conducted by Guest Conductor Travis Cuckler

Sponsored by Abdo Timejardine-Zomeño

Dedicated to my Mom. For showing me what love is and how to give it to others.

Celebration!

Adolphus Hailstork (1975, 2019)

Song Sponsored by Jim & Tanya Devitt, Jessica Devitt (trumpet) & April Syverson, and Matthew Toland (clarinet)

In CELEBRATION of the life of Michael Burke Hannant, 1982-2020

- Intermission -

The Divine Comedy: III. The Ascension

Robert W. Smith (1994)

New Horizons

William Owens (2016)

Rainbow in the Clouds

Carol Brittin Chambers (2018)

Give Us This Day: II. Very Fast

David Maslanka (2007)

Song Sponsored by the Clarinet Section

Biographies

Kyle Rhoades

Artistic Director

Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band

Kyle Rhoades has been the Artistic Director of the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band since 2008. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master’s Degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music. His conducting influences and teachers include Professors Craig Kirchhoff, Mallory Thompson, Peter Griffin, H. Robert Reynolds, and Charlie Menghini.

As a trumpet player, Kyle performs regularly with the Northshore Concert Band, and has performed with the Wheaton Municipal Band, the Prairie Brass Band, and Mariachi Fenix of the University of Chicago. He is a high school band director, general music teacher, and musical producer in School District 401.

As a music arranger and chamber musician, Kyle has prepared more than sixty pieces for brass quintet. In addition to the concert and marching band arrangements he’s created for his own students, Kyle has been commissioned to arrange works for the West Towns Barbershop Chorus, Downers Grove North Bands, and the Chancel Ringers Handbell Choir.

Biographies

Jackie Fischer

Assistant Artistic Director

Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band

Jackie Fischer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Northern Illinois University and a Master’s Degree in Teacher Leadership from Concordia University Chicago. Her musical influences include Maria Pahati, Michael McManis, Ronnie Wooten, Colin Holman, Greg Barrett, and her junior high and high school band teachers.

Prior to her current role as an Account Executive, Jackie taught middle school and beginning band for twelve years in LaSalle, Westmont, and Naperville, Illinois. Jackie performs regularly as a clarinetist with the Naperville Winds and the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band, where she also served as clarinet section leader from 2018 to 2021. She has previously performed with the Illinois Valley Community College Wind Ensemble, DeKalb Municipal Band, and Wheaton Municipal Band.

Assistant Artistic Director since Fall 2021.

Travis Cuckler

Guest Conductor

Travis Cuckler is originally from Southern Ohio and moved to the Chicago area in 2008 to attend The VanderCook College of Music where he received his Bachelor's Degree in 2012. Travis has taught band, choir, orchestra, and guitar on Chicago's Southeast Side at Gallistel Language Academy since 2012. The Gallistel Band, Choir, and Orchestra have received Superior ratings in city, district, and state competitions, being the only Chicago Public School in history to go to district and state competitions in all three disciplines. As well as teaching at Gallistel, Travis has been the director of the Chicago Department of Art’s premier All City Program’s Symphonic Band I, the top-performing ensemble in the city, teaching there since 2016. On top of a robust teaching and conducting schedule, Travis also performs professionally in various ensembles and organizations. He serves as the principal trumpet for the University of Chicago’s Wind Ensemble since 2021 and has been in Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles since 2012, performing in the Brass Quintet, and the Symphonic Band, and has previously performed in the Jazz Orchestra as well. Travis also serves as the Assistant Director of Lakeside Pride's Marching Band since 2016. This will be the third instance Travis has guest conducted Lakeside's Symphonic Band, and is humbled and honored to work with such a talented group of musicians again.

David Patterson Master of Ceremonies

From the moment DAVID PATTERSON (Researcher/Writer/Master of Ceremonies) demonstrated his ability to sing “Georgy Girl” and “Downtown” from memory at age four, his parents knew he was destined to become a musician. And most likely a homosexual. Over time, his penchant for loitering in libraries led him to a career in academia as a music historian (with a Ph.D. and everything!), specializing in the kind of modern music that has been known to clear a crowded room in under thirty seconds. Today he is an independent scholar, conducting his own research, writing, and talking about all sorts of music to audiences in venues ranging from professional conferences to concert halls to retirement communities. In David’s specific role as Master of Ceremonies for the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band, his idols and influences include Gene Rayburn, M.C. Hammer, M. C. Escher, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard during his Wu-Tang Clan period.

Flutes

Chloe Dugas

Brenda Janish

Elana Lee

Josh Levine

Wendy Liu

Perkins McDowell

Abby Ramadan

Courtney Remacle

Julie Resh-Jelliff

Benjamin Sanda

Priyanka Shah

Renee Zha

Oboes

Jeremy Aquino

Janet Kamiri-Ong

Dale Keeney

Thaddeus Metz

Bassons

Jeff Geiger

Thomas Holly

Tony Marino

Taylor Smith

Marc Turner

Walter Van Gieson

Performers

B-flat Clarinets

Arturo Leonardo Aguirre

Grace Alger

Greer Anderson

Leandra Carlyle

Courtney Chatterton

Erin Donahue

Regan Edkin

Jackie Fischer

Lizzie Fleming

Jordan Francisco

Dalia Fuleihan

Matt Gammons

Henry Hamilton-Clement

Westley Hodges

Tyler William Johnson

Shannon Kane

Bridget Katholi

Emily Landgraf

Austin Lewis

Paul Matylonek

Jessi Moths

Brandon Pace

Kaitie Panka

Lorraine Platek

Adam Rutkowski

Andrew Schaeffer

Ed Swartz

Shannon Switzer

Abdo Timejardine-Zomeño

Matthew Toland

Bass Clarinets

Karen Baldin

Varak Bosnoian

Joe Doyle

Cían Ford

Alex Jackson

Contralto Clarinet

Jim Norris

Alto Saxophones

Trevor Archibald

Lois Biggs

Brandon Casto

Shawn Clary

Ross Guthrie

Ron Hornish

Dan Mendelson

Kaitlyn Nelson

KC Perlberg

Victoria Przybylski

David Schroeder

Justin Sun

Tenor Saxophones

Lauren Carr

Michael Connors

Baritone Saxophone

William Alicea

Trumpets

Nick Corrigall

Travis Cuckler

Jessica Devitt

Emily Dodd

Adal Gibson

Rachel Iverson

Chad Keitel

Jessica Kouloumbas

Allie Lambert

Moe MacPherson

Andy Newhouse

Anne Pluchar

Kyle Rhoades

Melissa Terrell

Jeff Wexler

French Horns

Jen Davidson

Hailee Fair

Ryan Fossier

Eric Grunkemeyer

Jeffrey Huang

Gaylon Karstens

Geoffrey Ong

Allison Rand

Ashley Whitaker

Trombones

Alvito DiStefano

Johnna Jackson

Brighten Jelke

Alan Karr

Ben Katholi

Jesse Klingbeil

Jacob Naatz

Juan Osorio

Kiki Pennock

Brandon Strawn

Euphoniums

Mark Elinski

Lee Fowler

Emmett Katholi

Dan Knowles

Kazuki Koide

Krista Luzio

Harrison Sanders

Tubas

Jacob Custer

David Morck

TG Warford

Percussion

Adam Beigel

Hann Doherty

Miranda Eston

Jessi Hyker

Henry Katholi

Molly Mack

Jamie Schoffstall

Piano

Westley Hodges

Renee Zha

SpecialThankYou!

To all our volunteers, especially our percussion haulers, to our donors, partner organizations, DePaul School of Music, our musicians, and our audience members.

We hope you enjoyed the show and see you at our next events!

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