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Welcome
I am delighted to welcome you to Northwestern State University’s inaugural Fall Honor Band! It is truly exciting to bring so many talented students together on our Natchitoches campus to begin their concert season on such a high note. I hope this experience will be both inspiring and memorable for you, your directors,
and everyone who supports your musical journey.
Northwestern State has long been recognized for its deep commitment to the creative and performing arts. From the Spirit of Northwestern Marching Band to the beloved Christmas Gala, our university takes great pride in presenting performances and artistic displays that showcase our students’ extraordinary talents to the Natchitoches community and beyond. None of this would be possible without our gifted students, dedicated faculty and staff, and administrators who understand the importance of fostering a vibrant and complete student experience.
With our strong tradition of excellence in music education, I hope this Honor Band serves as a rewarding and enriching investment of your time and talent. To our visiting students—if you enjoyed your time on our beautiful campus, imagine the countless opportunities that await you here over four years filled with growth, artistry, and collaboration.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can assist you in shaping your musical or collegiate future: 318-357-5825, band@nsula.edu
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Guest Conductor Rossano Galante
Born in Buffalo, New York, Rossano Galante received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Trumpet performance from SUNY Buffalo in 1992. That same year he was one of nineteen people from around the world to be accepted to the University of Southern California’s Film Scoring Program. He studied with the late Jerry Goldsmith, who won an Academy Award for his film score
for The Omen. In 1999, Mr. Galante moved to California to pursue a career in composition and film orchestration. Since then he has worked with two-time Oscar nominated composer Marco Beltrami, Christophe Beck, Brian Tyler, Christopher Lennertz and Wolfram de Marco.
Mr. Galante has composed music for the films Bite Marks, The Last Straight Man, Monday Morning and Channels. He has served as orchestrator for over fifty studio films including, The Mummy, Logan, Sausage Party, Smurfs: The Lost Village, First They Killed My Father, Ben Hur, The Shallows, Fantastic 4, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Gods of Egypt, Prisoners, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, A Good Day to Die Hard, Trouble with the Curve, The Thing, Final Destination 5, The Homesman, Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, Knowing, Max Payne, The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Live Free or Die Hard, Red Eye, Die Bluthochzeit, The Tuxedo, Tuesdays with Morrie, among many others.
For his large-scale Wind Ensemble compositions, he has been commissioned by the Lake Braddock High School Band, Hofstra University Symphonic Band, Nebraska Wind Symphony, the Amherst Chamber Orchestra, Trenton State College, SUNY Buffalo, Grand Island Middle School, Syracuse Youth Symphony, Point Pleasant Borough High School, North Tonawanda High School, Lockport City School District, Edward Town Middle School, Duxbury High School Wind Ensemble, Allegro: The Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster, Franklin & Marshall College, West Genesee High School Wind Ensemble, East Stroudsburg High School, Grissom High School, Hafabra Publishing, Desert Winds Freedom Band, Starpoint High School Band, Francis T. Maloney High School Band, The Erie County Wind Ensemble, The Solano County Honor Band, The Buffalo Niagara Concert Band and many others in the works.
Mr. Galante’s visit to Northwestern State is made possible by generous support from the Theat Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, Eta Pi chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, the NSULA chapter of the National Association for Music Education, and the Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts.
Program
Wind Symphony
Friday, November 14, 2025 - 12:30 p.m.
Fanfare for Brotherhood (2025)
Turner Sugg, guest conductor
Turner Sugg
The Falls (2018) Rossano Galante
Rossano Galante, guest composer & conductor
Perthshire Majesty (2003)
Samuel Hazo
Popcopy (2007) Scott McAllister
FLUTE
I. More Cowbell
Wind Symphony Personnel
ParrelAppolis*
LennonCooke
KeeleyFalgout
HopeFoster
CeciliaLinares
TuckerUebersax
OBOE
EthanBolyer
AllisonFlores
YeseniaZapata*
BASSOON
WilliamBoyd
AlexisHernandez
TurnerSugg* CLARINET
MadisonAllen
DallasDuranWilleford
BlakeFontenot
SAXOPHONE
HaydenHirons*
AshtynMilam
TimothyPursell
RyleighRiggs
TRUMPET
KadenFinnerty
EverGaleas
KalebHathaway
MasonHaydel
HannahHughes
JackStanley*
FRENCHHORN
HannahBell
NoahCastaneda
DouglasFlores*
EmilyKahler
JosiasRevolledo
TROMBONE
EUPHONIUM
DanielColeman*
JonasJohnson
EmilyMurphy
TUBA
TaylorCarrell*
BrodieRozema
STRINGBASS
JonathanChaparro
RafaelMelgar
PERCUSSION
PeytonJohnson
WalkerLibbe*
GarrettMoss
JacobNaqvi
CandacePaul
MasonWindham
SamWyant
ValerieGalliano
SantiagoSanchez
PrestonScoggins*
BASS/CONTRACLARINET
XavierHobson
NoheliaRamos*
JorgeBravo-Chavez*
TristanDavis
NielHigginbotham
MateoVela
*Principal
SONMember
Program Notes
Fanfare for Brotherhood
TurnerSuggisa Natchitoches-basedmusic educator,composer, arranger,and bassoonist/contrabassoonist studyingInstrumentalMusic EducationatNorthwestern StateUniversity,wherehe
studiesunderDr.DouglasBakenhus.Oncampus,heserves astheprincipalbassoonistoftheNorthwesternState UniversityWindSymphonyandNatchitoches-Northwestern SymphonyOrchestra.TurneralsoperformswiththeUniversity FluteChoirandhasfoundhimselfplayingintheMonroe SymphonyOrchestra,EastTexasSymphonicBand,andother esteemedensemblesaroundtheregion.
Asanup-and-comingcomposer,Turnerhashadhisband andorchestralworksperformedbymanygroups,both professionalandeducational.Notably,inthesummerof2024, TurnerwascommissionedbytheSpiritofNorthwestern MarchingBandtocomposeabrand-newFanfareforthe Bondasanadditiontotheirpre-gameperformance.Turner alsoarrangesmusicregularlyandhasbeenemployedforhis servicesbyensemblessuchastheHendersonHighSchool LionPrideBandandtheSpiritofNorthwestern.
Turnerisanavideducatorandconductor,andworks regularlywithstudentsandperformersacrossalllevelsof experience.Uponcompletinghisundergraduatedegree,he planstopursueaMaster’sdegreeinwindbandconducting tofurtherhiscareerasabanddirector.
TurnerisabrotherofKappaKappaPsi,nationalhonoraryband fraternity,wherehehasservedaspresidentoftheThetaNu chapter.Inhisfreetime,Turnerenjoysplayingvideogames, hangingoutwithfriends,cooking,andspendingtimeinnature.
FanfareforBrotherhoodwaswritteninthespringof2023during mytimeasmembershipcandidateforKappaKappaPsi,ThetaNu atNorthwesternStateUniversity.Thepieceisamusicalhomageto theideaofbrotherhood,whichiswhenagroupofpeoplecomes togetherforasharedgoal.Therearemanyreferenceswithinthe piecetowhatIbelievearethecoreaspectsofbrotherhood,the firstofwhichistherhythmicmotiffirstintroducedbythesnare drumintheopeningbar.Thisfigureisalwayspushingforward, representativeoftheideathatabrotherhoodshouldconstantlybe pushingforthebettermentofitscauseanditsmembers.The brassfanfarethatfollowsconsistsofmanyoverlappinglayers,but comestogetherasonecohesiveline,muchlikeabrotherhood, whichismadewholebypeoplefromallwalksoflife.Idedicate thispiecetotheKappaKappaPsifraternity,ThetaNuchapter,for theoutstandingBrotherhood,Musicianship,Leadership,and Servicetheyhaveshownformanyyears,andwillcontinueto showformanyyearstocome.
The Falls
Highlightingthefallsasitcascadesoverrocky terrain,sparklingwindandbrassfanfares depictthewaterasitrushesforwardbefore explodingovertheedge.Melodiclines transporttheaudienceintothemysterious andrapturouswildernessasthisremarkable pieceevokesoneofnature’smostglorious creations.
Originallypartofatwo-movementworktitledLandSketches,the composerelectedtopublishonlythesecondmovement.Replete withGalante’ssignatureheroic,soaringFrenchhornlines,the piecewasnamedtotheAmericanBandCollege—BandWorldWIBCtop100newworksfor2018.
NorthwesternStateBandsisproudtopresentRossanoGalanteas theInauguralFallHonorBandcomposer/conductor.Hisvisitnext week(November14-15)ismadepossiblethroughthestudent effortsoftheNSULAchapteroftheNationalAssociationforMusic Education,EtaPichapterofTauBetaSigma,andThetaNuchapter ofKappaKappaPsi.
Perthshire Majesty
Ifyoulookupthederivationofthename "DavidGregory,"youwillfindthatitmeans "belovedwatchman."Icannotimagineamore accuratenameforapersonwhohasdevoted himselftoserveasaguardianandinspirerof peopleinallstagesoflife.AlthoughIhaveonly knownDr.DavidGregoryforroughlyoneyear, heisthetypeofpersonwhomIfeelIhave knownmywholelife.Furthermore,Ihave
witnessed,throughDavid'suniquequalitiesinfriendshipand musicianship,hisunequivocalcompassionforthosewhowishto advancemusicandthequalityofitseducation.
WhenDavidandtheTaraWinds'membershipcommissionedme tocomposeapiecefortheirensemble,Iknewthatthegreatest challengewouldbetocreatemusicthatequaledthegenuine warmthexhibitedbythemusiciansIhadgottentoknow.
Consequently,thegraciousnessoftheTaraWinds'members predeterminedthelushfeelofthiscomposition,butIstillhadto pinpointastyleinwhichtowrite.WhenIfoundoutthatDavid's ancestryleadbacktoCountyPerthshireinScotland,thestylewas set.PerthshireMajesty,aScottishballadforwindband,waswritten formyfriendsintheTaraWindsofAtlanta,Georgia;conductedby mydearfriend,Dr.DavidGregory,PresidentoftheNationalBand Association.
Popcopy - I. More Cowbell
ScottMcAllister(b.1969)isanAmerican composer,clarinetist,andeducator,currently teachingmusiccompositionatBaylor University.Heisparticularlynotedforhis piecesthatfeaturetheclarinet,aswellas fusingvariousmusicalstylestogether (especiallyhardrockandthemusicofLed Zeppelin).
Popcopyisinspiredbyfamouscatchphrasesfrompopular culture.Thework’stitleisitselfacatchphrasefromaDave Chappelleskitthatdealswithalocalcopycenter.Thefirst movement,“MoreCowbell!”,isbasedonthepopularSaturday NightLiveskitfeaturingWillFerrellasafictionalcowbellplayerfor thebandBlueÖysterCult.Ferrell’scharacter,GeneFrenkle, ferventlytellsthebandthatsincetherearenosongsthatfeature thecowbell,hewouldbedoingadisservicetohimselfandthe bandifhedidn’t“playthehelloutofthis”cowbell.Theproducer thencoinsthefamousphrase:“Guesswhat?!I’vegotafever, andtheonlyprescriptionis…morecowbell!”Inthismovement,four cowbellpartssurroundthebandtoemulatethestruggleof balancebetweenthebandandthecowbells,butthecowbellsalso helpinkeepingthebandtogetherduringcomplexrhythmic sections.
Ignition
Program
Northwestern State Honor Band Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 1:00 p.m. programtobeselectedfromthefollowing
National Emblem March
Choose Joy
Insurgence
Hypnotic Memories
Cathedral Mountain
Todd Stalter
E. E. Bagley/Fennell
Randall Standridge
Rossano Galante
Rossano Galante
Rossano Galante
Honor Band Personnel listed alphabetically
FLUTEGabbyCardenas
NylahCarriere
MaddieDriscoll
MelanieMayer
ZaynaMiles
MadelinePrice
NoraTrosclair
OBOETravisDenson
LukeLesatage
LucasManuel
AriannaPortillo
BASSOONInaMoore
TannerNitchin
WilliamSchutz
CLARINETTarynBoggs
MaysiBrown
ConnorEdmond
La’NyahGodfrey
NicholasGray
AbigailHazelton
EthanJarreau
ColtLeJeune
TeylaMulleneaux
AmayaPfantz
YamirRamirez
GeorgiaRasar
JulianRebollar
HazelWalker
CarminWoods
BASS/CONTRACLARINET MacailahBienvenu
KadenBilliot
LayaunnaGodfrey
RoryRichardson
SAXOPHONEAryanEdlund
KaidenGautreaux
DavisGuidry
AydenKaltsas
MaxPalacios
WestleyRachal
MaxTisdell
JosephTorres
TRUMPETTraceChoate
LiamFoussell
NorrisHall
AveryKennedy
EthanMire
BrysonSharrah
KasonWhite
FRENCHHORNChloeHartman
AinsleyLestage
AmeliaRay
BrooklynnRoark
JacobRoark
CelinaSavoie
AddisonStark
TROMBONEChandlerAdams
VanceCollins
NathanDean
ShaunFox-Walker
DallasReynolds
HunterRichardson
HaydenTomlinson
EUPHONIUMWilliamBaldwin
NathanJeffery
NathanielLewis
AlexMartin
RyanTaylor
TUBAEthanJackson
HoldenWhite
ColtonWeldon
PERCUSSIONRyanCrouch
RyanEhrenfried
LaurenFrederick
MarlonHolmes,Jr.
MargaretPresley
GavinRoy
RaylanRudel
