A European Sojourn Jacinda Bouton DCB Music Director
Ken Kopatich DCB Associate Conductor Kathy Walker Announcer Toccata Marziale ·················································································· Ralph Vaughn Williams Irish Tune From County Derry ············································································ Percy Grainger Vientos Y Tango ······························································································Michael Gandolfi Andante and Hungarian Rondo ········································································ Carl von Weber INTERMISSION L’Inglesina March (Little English Girl ······························································· David Delle Cese
The Engulfed Cathedral ················································ Claude Debussy / arr. Merlin Patterson Percussion Espagnole ·························································································· Robert Prince ~Special Thanks to Chatfield Music Lending Library for allowing us the use of Percussion Espagnole ~
The Sound of Music ······························· Rodgers & Hammerstein / arr. Robert Russell Bennett
Satiric Dances ·······························································································Norman Dello Joio
Featured Soloist - Tristan Rennie - Bassoon Tristan Rennie is Artist Faculty in Residence at the University of Northern Colorado and Second/Assistant Principal Bassoon with the Colorado Symphony. A highly versatile musician, Tristan served as Acting Associate Principal Bassoon with the Cincinnati Symphony, performed as Guest Principal Bassoon with the Baltimore Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic, and held the Second Bassoon position with the Ann Arbor Symphony and Aspen Festival Orchestra. He also served as Principal Bassoon on the 2005 Grammy Award winning classical album Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Bolcom, conducted by Leonard Slatkin and recorded with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Tristan has also performed as Principal Bassoon with the Boulder and Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Tristan has given masterclasses at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Universidad de Costa Rica and taught at the University of Denver, Lamont Summer Pre-College Academy. He has also performed at the International Double Reed Society, co-hosted the University of Northern Colorado’s 2016 Double Reed Day, and annually presents/performs at Denver Comic Con. An experienced chamber musician, Tristan has performed at the Idyllwild, Sarasota, and Sunflower Music Festivals and for three summers performed at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival. He also performs regularly with the University of Northern Coloradoʼs faculty wind quintet, Vortex. He received his B.M. at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music and his M.M. at the University of Michigan. His principal teachers include Hermann Volgestein, William Winstead, Richard Beene and Per Hannevold.
Attention High School Band Seniors!
45th Annual Young Artist Competition Send application with CD or digital file by email by March 20, 2023 The Denver Concert Band sponsors the annual Young Artist Competition as a community outreach to support wind music education for Colorado youth. Finalists will be judged in a live audition on April 3, 2023
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Program Notes By Mark Masters
TOCCATA MARZIALE Ralph Vaughan Williams The creative life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) as a composer spanned almost six decades, up to his Symphony No. 9, composed in the year of his death. He had a large hand in the 20th Century revival of English music. While he is most noted for his compositions for orchestra, the theatre and chamber groups, two of his works for military band have become a traditional cornerstone of concert band literature, and proved that he was a master of that medium, as well. One of those cornerstone works is Vaughan Williams's Toccata Marziale, composed in 1924. The opening is akin to a fanfare. Its extensive contrapuntal texture features the juxtaposition of brass and reed tonal masses, and occasional lyric entrances. Though complex in rhythmic and harmonic content, the energetic work exploits the fundamental properties of the band's sonorities and its virtuosity and colors.
IRISH TUNE FROM COUNTY DERRY Percy Grainger Throughout his life Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) was an eccentric genius, who restlessly experimented with musical sonority and expression, and who in many ways was ahead of his time. He believed the lower musical voices held the greatest expressivity. This work is based on a tune collected by a Miss J. Ross of New Town, Limavaday, County Derry, Ireland, and published in The Petrie Collection of Ancient Music of Ireland in 1885. Grainger's sonorous setting of this "perfect" melody was written in 1909 and was "lovingly and reverently dedicated to the memory" of one of Grainger's musical mentors, Edvard Grieg. Now, more than a century after Grainger set the tune, this remains one of Grainger's most popular works. VIENTOS Y TANGOS Michael Gandolfi Contemporary composer Michael Gandolfi is a faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Tanglewood Music Center. His earliest musical involvement was in rock and jazz improvisation beginning at age eight as a selftaught guitarist. As his improvisational skills developed he became increasingly interested in music composition and began formal study in his early teens. Prof. Gandolfi's music has been recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon and CRI labels.
The composer writes that Vientos y Tangos (Winds and Tangos), "is dedicated to Frank Battisti in recognition of his immense contribution to the advancement of concert wind literature. It was Mr. Battisti's specific request that I write a tango for wind ensemble. In preparation for this piece, I devoted several months to the study and transcription of tangos from the early style of Juan D'arienzo to the 'Tango Nuevo' style of Astor Piazzolla to the current trend of 'Disco/Techno Tango,' among others. After immersing myself in this listening experience, I simply allowed the most salient features of these various tangos to inform the direction of my work. The dynamic contour and the various instrumental combinations that I employ in the piece are all inspired by the traditional sounds of the bandoneon, violin, piano and contrabass." ANDANTE AND HUNGARIAN RONDO / HUNGARIAN FANTASY, Op. 35 Carl von Weber Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was born into a musical family. Known in German-speaking countries as an opera composer, at age 25 Weber found himself in Munich, where he renewed his acquaintance with the clarinetist Heinrich Baermann. Over the next couple of years Weber wrote three works for clarinet solo for Baermann, which got the attention of bassoonist Georg Friedrich Brandt. Weber wrote two works for Brandt, the second of which, Op. 35, was a reworking of a concert piece for viola and orchestra that Weber had written for his brother Fritz. Mark Rogers's work in the field of transcription is substantial. An amateur bassoonist, in addition to Weber's Hungarian Fantasy for Bassoon, he has also transcribed the composer's Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet. L'INGLESINA Davide Delle Cese Italian composer Davide Delle Cese (18561938) received his initial musical instruction from his godfather, Antonio Geminiani, a theatre conductor in Rome. He received formal musical training at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Jamella in Naples. During a period of military service he continued his music education by learning to play several wind instruments, and transcribed all known national anthems of the world for band.
After military service he led bands in Pontcorvo and Venice, finally settling in the longtime crossroads port of Bitonto, where he became resident bandmaster. Delle Cese composed L'Inglesina (the Little English Girl) symphonic march in 1897. Bitonto is a port town, but it's not know if Delle Cese had a certain "Inglesina" in mind. The march contains sweet and memorable melodies, like arias in an opera. It is the classic Italian marcia simfonico. THE ENGULFED CATHEDRAL Claude Debussy / arr. Merlin Patterson Working at a time when the bombastic music of Wagner, Verdi and Strauss was ascendant, Claude Debussy's (1862-1918) contribution to Western classical music was "a new psychological penetration through understatement." In an 1893 letter to his friend Ernest Chausson, Debussy wrote, "I have found, and what is more quite spontaneously, a technique which strikes me as fairly new, that is silence (don't laugh) as a means of expression and perhaps the only way to give the emotion of a phrase its full power." Few composers since have not been influenced by Debussy. The Engulfed Cathedral (La Cathédrale Engloutie) was composed in 1910 and demonstrates Debussy's ability to convey a mood, a scene or sounds. One of Debussy's best known works, The Engulfed Cathedral has been transcribed many times from its original version for piano. The Engulfed Cathedral depicts an old Breton legend. To punish the people for their sins, the cathedral of Ys is engulfed by the sea. Each sunrise the townspeople watch as the sunken cathedral rises from the water, and then sinks slowly into the ocean. PERCUSSION ESPAGNOLE Robert Prince Robert Prince (1929-2007) was a composer, arranger and orchestrator of music for dance, theatre, television, film and records. He composed jazzinfluenced music for two ballets by Jerome Robbins, along with music for a wide variety of films and television. He was also active as a composer and arranger for records in the jazz and pop fields, where he went by the name Bob Prince. SELECTIONS FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC Rogers & Hammerstein arr. Robert Russell Bennett Richard C. Rogers (1902-1979) was a dean of the American musical theatre, as well as a highly respected producer and author. In spite of his worldwide fame, he remained an unassuming person throughout his lifetime. The Sound of Music was Rogers' last collabora-
tion with Oscar Hammerstein, II, who died of cancer nine months after the production opened on Broadway. The 1959 Tony Award-winning musical was based on Maria von Trapp's 1949 bestselling book, The Story of the Trapp Singers, and two European films about the von Trapps. The musical first ran for more than three years, and was itself adapted into a motion picture in 1965. The Oscar Award-winning film version set US box office records, and Maria von Trapp received about $500,000 in royalties, about $4.7 million today. This arrangement for winds is by the renowned Broadway arranger and composer Robert Russell Bennett. SATIRIC DANCES Norman Dello Joio
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) descended from a long line of church organists. He received his initial musical instruction from his father, an organist and coach for the Metropolitan Opera. Dello Joio recalls growing up surrounded by musicians and music in his home. He began working as an organist and choirmaster at the age of 12. At age 26 he received a scholarship to study at the Julliard School of Music; he also studied with Paul Hindemeth at Tanglewood and the Yale School of Music. He wrote for chorus, band, and orchestra, along with many works for solo instruments. Aristophanes was the most famous comic dramatist of ancient Greece. His plays commented on the political and social issues of fifth century BC Athens, and frequently employed satire.
The first dance movement of Satiric Dances is annotated allegro pesante. The brass entry signifies the importance of the work, but the brisk tempo keeps the "peasantry" from being ponderous. The slower second dance begins with a melancholy tone from the flutes and low brass. The movement has light and delicate features. Its central theme might evoke thoughts of a dance in a meadow that eventually reverts to a more solemn theme. The final movement is introduced by rolls from the snare drum. With a faster tempo, the quick turns evoke images of objects that were the titles of Aristophanes' plays: Clouds, Wasps, and Birds.
Ken Kopatich has been the Associate Conductor of the Denver Concert Band since 1986. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a master’s degree in Clarinet Performance, both from the University of Colorado in Boulder. His teaching career included both instrumental and vocal music instruction in all levels in the public schools of Wyoming and Jefferson County, Colorado. Currently, Ken directs the Chancel Choir at Brentwood United Methodist Church and performs with two dance bands, Swing Incorporated and the Joe Jacinda Bouton has been the Music Director Peterson Swing Orchestra. Ken has served on of the Denver Concert Band (DCB) since 1997. the Board of Directors for the Jefferson CounShe is also the founding Conductor of the Lone ty Education Association and the Colorado EdTree Symphony Orchestra and is an active conucation Association. He is a member of the ductor throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. Colorado Music Educators Association Jacinda has directed the DCB on international (CMEA). Ken is also Director of the DCB’s concert tours to the British Isles (1998) and Show and Tell Band, leading that group in apFrance/Germany (2004). She has also directed proximately 18 performances each year at the DCB in appearances in the Association of Conschools throughout the area. cert Bands national convention in Fairfax, VA (2002), Houston, TX (2009) and the DCB’s latest appearance at the ACB Convention in Santa Fe, NM, May 4th, 2022. Jacinda has served as CoDirector of the Breckenridge Music Institute’s Summer Music Camp, was Director of the Denver Junior Police Band taking an active role in the rebirth of this Denver institution, and for many years was the Director of Instrumental Music at George Washington HS in Denver Public Schools. Jacinda is a cum laude graduate of Missouri State University with an emphasis in Music Education, receiving certification in both instrumental and choral areas.
DCB Personnel FLUTE/PICCOLO
ALTO CLARINET
TENOR TROMBONE
Nancy Casper (P,S) Susan Duehr Lauren Henry Claudia Light Theresa MacGregor Cassie Michel Anne Perry Karen Voigt Lindsey Hanna
Chuck Twomey (H)
Linda Alfson Hank Hahne Pieter Kallemeyn Michelle Kerr Scott McDonald (P,S) Bob Montgomery Karen Sprafke John House
ALTO SAXOPHONE Renee Corsi Katy Deditz (P,B) Jordan Dwyer Jeremy Estell JoEllen Kopatich (S) Kaitlyn Meiss
EUPHONIUM OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Geoffrey Long (P) Cheryl Poules
BASSOON Jennifer Gilmore Courtney Von Bergen (P,S)
Eb CLARINET Lyndsey Barbour
Bb CLARINET Jeffrey Anaclerio Cindi Carper (B) Carol Dreiling (S,H) Curtis Ford Patti Galleher Michaela Keslo Ken Kopatich (P) Kim Letendre (B) Bob MacNary Amy Matuza Emily McKeown Larry Nathan Sue Schnick (B) Dillon Spieker Laura Walker Taylor Wolfson
BASS CLARINET Stephen Carlson Mark Masters (P)
David Nerguizian Paul Plath
Chuck Hoffman Rich Hruda (S) Rick Phelps (P)
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
TUBA
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Duane Kramer
TRUMPET Jenny Beede Bob Crump-Bertram Nicholas Hanoian Mark Loye Patrick McHugh Rich Roth Valerie Schowinsky Ralph Sokol Gary Wilhelm (P) Carey Wilkening (B)
FRENCH HORN Diana Cable (S) Nathan Ducasse Julie Granchelli (P) Abby Grier John Larson Kaitley Peterson Alissa Vandercamp Nikole Warn
Elle Bitter Ed Elgethun Brad Furlow (P,S) Tim Zimmerman
PERCUSSION Don Awalt (S,B) Yuni Groff Owen Herman Cara Pedone Duke Roberts Sarah Sexton Valerie Sims (P) Andy Telatnik
HARP Don Hilsberg (B) = Board Member (S) = Section Manager (P) = Principal (H) = Honorary
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Tributes Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in Memory of Harold Eason Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in Memory of Martha Lobmeyer Ken & Jo Ellen Kopatich in memory of Linda Harris Carol Atkins in memory of Martha Lobmeyer Carol Atkins in memory of Carl Duncan Diann Eason in memory of Harold V. Eason Lisa Meltzer in honor of Jacinda Bouton James Mercado in honor of Don Awalt Mary Plath-Rice in honor of Paul Plath Andrew Sirotnak in honor of C. Rashaan Ford, M.D. Patricia Zehnle in honor of Charles Twomey Janice & Dan Bloomquist in honor of Robert MacHany Jr Thomson Homes for sale of Melanie Herbert's home Robin Wilson in honor of Lyndsey Many thanks to the 2022-2023 Friends of the DCB. Donations listed are from the last twelve months, and we regret any error or omission.
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In 1961, a group of adult friends were reminiscing about their past musical experiences and decided to approach Stan Linburg about leading and teaching a musical group. The South Denver Community band was formed! In the late 60s, the name changed to The Denver Concert Band, and the group became a nonprofit organization. The DCB performed its first formal concert in 1968, under the baton of Frank Parce, followed by decades of memorable performances including Governor Lamm’s inauguration in 1975 and as the first community band performance at the Colorado Music Educators Conference (1972) and the American Bandmasters Association national convention (1986). In 1977, the DCB created the Young Artist Scholarship Competition to encourage high school seniors to pursue music performance and has awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to aspiring young musicians. The 90-member band regularly performs formal concerts at the Lone Tree Arts Center and holds summer concerts in the Denver metro area, throughout the state and has toured internationally to Switzerland, the British Isles, France, and Germany. The DCB has also performed at the ACB Convention, previously in Mesa, AZ (1996), Fairfax, VA (2002), Houston, TX (2009) and most recently in Santa Fe, NM (2022).
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Carol Dreiling Yuni Groff Diana Cable Owen Herman Jacinda Bouton Rich Hruda Don Casper Photography Jeffrey Anaclerio Tera Sumner Don Awalt Mike McMullen Rich Hruda Yuni Groff JoEllen & Ken Kopatich Ken Kopatich Mark Masters Carol Dreiling Cheryl Poules