Lassiter Bands: Spring Concert 2023

Lassiter High School Bands

Friday, May 5, 2023 Spring Concert

Lassiter Concert Hall • Marietta, Georgia

Concert Program

Lassiter Trombone Choir

Panis Angelicus………………………………………Cesar Franck arr. Miller

Jacob Duda, Matthew Lahti, Sammy Weindorf, Elijah Ronemous, Lane Bailey, Alex Nott, Camilla Fabian, Matthew Brandt, Haivyn McCamy, Alex Presuel, Jonathan O’Hare, Alexavier Jacinto, Lee Graber

Concert Band

Where Words End…………………………………… Randall D. Standridge

Arabian Dances………………………………………………..Roland Barrett

Kimberly Snyder, Conductor

Trumpet Quartet

Fanfare for an Angel…………………………………….James Stephenson

Brandon Hawkins, Aaron Lavender, Ronald Whitsel, Lexy Brown

Symphonic II Band

Fable…………………………………………………………………Erik Morales

Aria Di Cheisa from “Pietá Signore”………..Alessandro Stradella arr. Fraschillo

Choose Joy……………………………………………….Randall Standridge

Jeff Harper, conductor

Symphonic I Band

El Camino Real…………………………………………………….Alfred Reed

Nimrod from “Enigma Variations”………………….……….Edward Elgar arr. Reed

Arabesque……………………………………………………..Samuel R. Hazo

James E. Thompson,Jr., conductor

Program Notes

Where Words End

Concert Band

Randall Standridge

Sometimes, music is not "about" anything - it exists solely for the beautiful sounds created and the emotions derived from that aesthetic experience. This piece falls firmly into this category, making creative use of the ranges and colors available for young bands to create a truly remarkable expressive work.

Arabian Dances Roland Barrett

After a long day’s journey, the nomads set up camp for the evening. As the sun casts its final searing rays on the desert landscape, a campfire roars to life and the celebration begins. As the sky darkens, the festivies grow wilder and wilder until eventually, three groups of revelers take turns dancing at the edge of the fire, each trying to outdo the other. Finally, the entire tribe joins, dancing wildly for hours until the campfire dims and morning grows near.

Symphonic II Band

Fable

Erik Morales

Designed to play out like a fairy tale, Fable was inspired by ancient collections of children’s stories such as Aesop’s Fables and Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Mostly, these stories were creted in the prinicples of making right and good decisions. However, many of the stories often resolved in dark ways. This was especially true of stories created by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Fable has a movie soundtrack quality by design. The piece has three main themes one of which is the Dover High School Alma Mater by the request of the commission party, the Dover Band Boosters of Dover, OH to celebrate 100 years of the Dover Band Program (1917-2017).

Aria Di Chiesa “Pietà Signore”

Alessandro Stradella

Trans. Thomas V. Fraschillo

Transcribed for band from a famous classical vocal selection. Lyric in style, the piece unfolds in an emotional display of harmonic and dramatic tension. Aria Di Chiesa was likely written around 1833, in a musical climate that was obsessed with music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The likely first performance was on March 24, 1833, as part of the second Concert Historique. It was performed by a tenor soloist with two viols and two bass viols, and with a different text (Se I miei sospiri). It was enthusiastically received and has remained popular to this day for vocal and instrumental soloists alike.

Choose Joy

Randall Standridge

Inspired by a high school student who found happy moments even in the face of cancer, this uplifting work combines engaging rhythms, energetic melodies, bombastic percussion, and hints of Beethoven's Ode to Joy to create a message of positivity for performers and audiences alike. Wonderful lyrical moments create a nice contrast while still maintaining the high energy. All sections get to flex their muscles in what is destined to be a concert favorite.

El Camino Real

Symphonic I Band

Alfred Reed

El Camino Real (literally "The Royal Road" or "The King's Highway") was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, the 581st Air Force Band (AFRES) and its commander, Lt. Col. Ray E. Toler.

The music is based on a series of chord progressions common to countless generations of Spanish flamenco (and other) guitarists, whose fiery style and brilliant playing have captivated millions of music lovers throughout the world. These progressions and the resulting key relationships have become practically synonymous with what we feel to be the true Spanish idiom. Together with the folk melodies they have underscored, in part derived by a procedure known to musicians as the "melodizing of harmony," they have created a vast body of what most people would consider authentic Spanish music.

The first section of the music is based upon the dance form known as the Jota, while the second, contrasting section is derived from the Fandango, but here altered considerably in both time and tempo from its usual form. Overall, the music follows a tradition three-part pattern: fast-slow-fast.

Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar arr. Reed

The Enigma Variations were written for orchestra in 1899 and bore the dedication “To My Friends Pictured Within.” The theme and fourteen variations catapulted Elgar to international acclaim. In all, fourteen people and a dog are featured in the Variations. Nimrod is the ninth and most popular of the variations. It was composed to portray Elgar’s friendship with Augustus J. Jaeger, a dear friend and supporter of Elgar through some of the darkest chapters of his life. The piece is often performed as a reflection of life and tonight is performed in honor of our senior class who are performing their final concert at Lassiter High School.

Arabesque

Samuel R. Hazo

This stunning work is a tour de force of Middle Eastern sounds for the contemporary wind band. From delicate and sensual soloistic writing to full-blown ensemble passages with rapid-fire tutti rhythms and frenzied percussion, here is a rewarding piece of drama and depth that will be the high point of any concert or festival program. Tonight, we will bring our percussion section forward to give them the acknowledgment they deserve as the driving rhythm and pulse of the band.

Concert Band & Percussion Ensemble

Flute

Mady Brownfield

Layna Desin

Liz Geyer

Kaitlyn Gregory

Allyson Jones

Audrey Oldham

Nicolas Sanchez

Yun Seo

Oboe

Xan Mihill

Clarinet

Paula Ajorna

Stephanie Mejia-Galindo

Evelyn Merkel

Jada Myers

Bass Clarinet

Serenity Peterman

Brooks Tucker

Alto Sax

Ronald Boykin

Callaway Castillo

Lauren Dangeau

Theo Hurtault

Alex Mille

Kate O’Brien

Alexandria Wallace

Horn

Eli Albers

Theresa Babish

Ansley Farmer

Jakaila Jones

Aliandra Miranda

Brendan Tkac

Trumpet

Shayla Devan

Jaden Ford

Miles Harpe

Catherine Hesse

Charles Kelly

Canon Koehlinger

Peyton Frady

Oré Lawal-Solarin

Santi Rivera

Trombone

Nick Brasco

Sean Hubbell

Jonathan O’Hare

Gavin Pfeiffer

James Thompson

Preston Wissler

Leo Ziskind

Euphonium

Livia Chasteen

Nathan Hughes

Tyler Levine

Joshua Rosales

Tuba

Luke Henson

Jaden Parks

Katie Slezak

Alex Waits

Percussion

Anna Constantinescu

Cameron Hawkins

Jackson Homer

Oren Horak

Abigal Irwin

Caroline Young

Percussion Ensemble

Mark Alligood

Miles Bachmeier

William Denhaese

Aidan Gaines

Ryan Green

Jackson Irwin

Sullivan Lowe

Michael Nolan

Lucy Weindorf

Symphonic II Band

Flute

Hannah Davenport

Anna Heinrich

Neil Pakulath

Anisha Singh

Alina Zahu

Bassoon

Bartol Besedes

Vikram Sharma

Clarinet

Aina Curran

Sophi Nikif

Touluwani Olayinka

Jackson Riley

Alto Sax

George Daho

Brady Diegnan

Aidan Wallace

Tenor Sax

Ella Eckert

Bari Sax

Patrick Wilson

Horn

Katey Brown

Sarah Crystal

Laura Durgin

Jordan Lieber

Aaron Parker

Trumpet

Thomas Fryer

Jacob Jacinto

Vladimir Kershteyn

Cecilia Leone

Aiden Mihill

Brooklyn Paulin

Rafael Sampaio

Daniel Taunton

Trombone

Matthew Brandt

Camilla Fabian

Camden Jarrell

Haivyn McCamy

Alex Nott

Alejandro Presuel

Euphonium

Tyler Haller

Aidan Jackson

Tuba

John Fryer

Andrew Ward

Colin Whitaker

Percussion

Christian Arjona

Brandon Beatty

Briana Casto-Balbi

Emily Lee

Tori Segal

Nathan Whipple

Symphonic I Band

Flute

Kyndall Hayes

Virginia Lamb

Addison Lowe

Brady O’Connell

Sarah Shelley

Anna Spohn

Oboe

Jessie Grzelka

Maddie Young

Bassoon

Jillian Rodriguez

Clarinet

Allison Bozza

Rachael Crowley

Meg Dahlby

Yash Mahadkar

Jay Remenih

Amelia Wilson

Bass Clarinet

Pano Vlachos

Alto Sax

Austin Craig

Jackson Whiten

Tenor Sax

Patrick Wilson

Bari Sax

Freddy Rodene

Horn

Haddon Crosby

Peter D’Alba

Ava Farmer

Allison Phillips

Trumpet

Luke Barry

Alexandra Brown

Jess Fox

Pearce Graber

Brandon Hawkins

Karah Justice

Aaron Lavender

Ronald Whitsel

Trombone

Lane Bailey

Jacob Duda

Lee Graber

Alexavier Jacinto

Matthew Lahti

Elijah Ronemous

Sammy Weindorf

Euphonium

Matera Chasteen

Jonathan Harkey

Tuba

Everett Kramer

Wyatt Phillips

Percussion

Drew Carson

Andrew Diegnan

Olivea Freidman

Barrett Hoffecker

Caleb Kubes

Brandon Wilson