FESTIVAL BAND CONCERT

Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler CONDUCTOR Jonah Hackbart-Morlock CONCERT BAND FELLOW

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from the conductor additional program notes by Jeffrey

Scott Doebler

I am truly honored that Carol Wessler has sponsored the 2023 LSM Festival Concert Band directorship in honor of her late husband, Peter Wessler (1957–2020). Peter was my good friend and one of the most sincere, thoughtful, and kind people I have ever known. He was also an outstanding educator and a fine musician. In his role as LSM Academy Director, Peter and I worked together for many years. I had previously served in that position, so the two of us could share experiences and problem-solving strategies. Peter and I shared a passion for music education, which included an intense commitment to Lutheran Summer Music. I’m dedicating our concert tonight to Peter Wessler, one of LSM’s most devoted servants.

Jeffrey Scott Doebler

Guy Foreman spent most of his career as a band teacher in LaPorte, Indiana, and conducted the Michigan City (Indiana) Municipal Band for an astounding 60 years! For the past 40 years, this fanfare has been played to open each concert of the Michigan City Municipal Band. The music is based on the famous song Back Home Again, in Indiana by James Hanley and Ballard MacDonald.

welcome Thomas Bandar

EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LUTHERAN MUSIC PROGRAM

Rev. Dr. Brian Beckstrom

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR MISSION, CHURCH AND

Seminole Snake Dance 2020

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

b. 1968

Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. He’s one of the most successful Native American classical composers, and has had his music performed by important orchestras in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Detroit, Dallas, and Minneapolis. Mr. Tate is an Emmy Award-winner and holds the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Seminole Snake Dance is dedicated to Seminole Chief Enoch Kelly Haney, who was as sculptor, and a member of both houses of Oklahoma legislature. Scholars believe that the snake dance was originally a water ceremony, because snakes were the traditional guardians of springs. You’ll hear the snake dance melody majestically quoted in the opening measures. After that, the work gets significantly faster and focuses on rhythm (mostly in 7/8 time), but you’ll also hear the snake dance melody stated many times by different combinations of instruments.

Tudor Sketches 2013

Hampton Court Good Queen Bess Hunting at Chobham

William Owens b. 1963

William Owens is an African American composer who grew up in Gary, Indiana, then had a career of more than 30 years as a music educator in Texas. He is one of today’s most successful band composers, having published more than 200 works. Among his many accomplishments was being commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association to compose for one of the all-state bands in Indiana’s bicentennial year. He will conduct the Indiana Junior All-State Band in 2024. Tudor Sketches is based on musical styles from the time of the House of Tudor, which ruled England and Ireland from 1485–1603. The work is especially successful in showcasing the timbres of each section in the band.

Rhythm Stand 2004

Jennifer Higdon

b. 1962

For many years, Jennifer Higdon taught at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, as well as three Grammy Awards. Dr. Higdon’s music has been performed around the world, and she has been commissioned by ensembles that include the National Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony. According to Dr. Higdon, Rhythm Stand “pays tribute to the constant presence of rhythm in our lives, from the pulse of a heart beating to the rhythmic sounds of the world around us.” The composition presents many layers of interlocking rhythms. It also serves as comic relief on the program, resulting from the tempo, the variety of rhythms, and the title. It will be apparent, right from the beginning, why the piece is called Rhythm STAND.

Kingsfold 2015 English traditional arr. Johnnie Vinson, b. 1944

An English traditional melody, Kingsfold gives us the chance to demonstrate the beautiful, blended sounds of the concert band. You can find hymns with the Kingsfold tune as hymns 444 and 846 in Lutheran Service Book (what we at LSM call the “chocolate” hymnal) and as hymns 251, 412, 611, and 636 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (the “cranberry” hymnal). The creator of this band arrangement is Dr. Johnnie Vinson, retired director of bands from Auburn University.

20 de Julio 2010 Hernan Olano b. 1957

On July 20, 1810, Colombia declared its independence. 20 de Julio was composed for Colombia’s bicentennial. Hernan Olano is a composer based in Bogotá, Colombia. The work is in the form of the Colombian dance, the pasillo fiestero, which is described by Mr. Olano as a “joyful Andean rhythm from the early nineteenth century, born in Colombia to celebrate independence and today very popular in the Andean region and Central America.”

March: The Klaxon 1929

Henry Fillmore

1881–1956

Henry Fillmore played trombone in circus bands and was a conductor and guest conductor for professional bands and school bands. The Klaxon March, also known as March of the Automobiles, was composed by Maestro Fillmore for his band’s performance at the 1930 Cincinnati Automobile Show. In the third section of the march (known as the “trio”), you’ll hear a lovely lyrical melody from the horns, supported by the alto saxophones. Imagine this melody being played on an instrument that Mr. Fillmore created the Klaxophone which featured twelve Klaxon horns! Mr. Fillmore was an especially popular composer, who sold even more music because he used seven pseudonyms: Harold Bennett, Ray Hall, Harry Hartley, Al Hayes, Will Huff, Henrietta Moore, and Gus Beans.