Instrumental concert Hours

saturday, January 16, 2010

Concert Hour 1:00 pm • Sousa

African Marimba

Director: Walt Hampton saturday, January 16, 2010

Concert Hour 1:00 pm • Siiva

Lake

Oswego High School Concert Band

Director: Dave Matthys saturday, January 16, 2010

Lake oswego High school, with a population of 1,250 students, has seen its band program double in size in the past 7 years, with over 11% of the school now being a member of one of the bands. In addition to the Wind Ensemble, Lake oswego offers a concert band (freshman only), symphonic band (10th-12th grades), and a Jazz band that meets during the school day. The football band is comprised of students from the concert and symphonic bands. students in the Wind Ensemble are not required to participate, but can elect to do so for extra credit. The basketball band is voluntary, and consists of students from all bands. all band members march in the annual Rose Festival starlight Parade. all band members are encouraged to participate in other school activities including sports, clubs, theater, and vocal music.

Concert Hour 1:00 pm • Siiva

The Oregon Symphonic Band

Conductor: Michael Burch-Pesses to perform at the 60th annual midwest clinic in chicago, and in 2007 the John Philip sousa Foundation awarded the band the sudler silver scroll, recognizing it as one of the top community bands in the nation. Their conductor, michael Burch-Pesses, is Professor of music and director of Bands at Pacific university in Forest grove, oR, and is a member of the american Bandmasters association and President of the Northwest division of cBdNa. His other professional affiliations include the National Band association, mENc, omEa, oBda, and Phi Beta mu.

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Concert Hour 2:00 pm • Soreng

Crescent Valley High School Chorus and Orchestra Director: Charles Creighton

The award-winning oregon symphonic Band, oregon’s premier adult band, was founded in 1986 with the vision not only to create a performance medium for adults to make music, but also to set a high standard for musical excellence. The ensemble consistently has averaged 60 members, and draws its extraordinary membership primarily from the greater Portland and Vancouver areas. In addition to the omEa conference, the band has performed at such prestigious events as the all-Northwest mENc convention and the Western International Band clinic. In 2006 they were selected

The corvallis string Program strives to offer its students both continuity and a comprehensive musical experience. students begin in 3rd and 4th grade with a district wide program of over 250 young students – administered by the corvallis Youth symphony association. The “camerata” orchestra was awarded the first place trophy in the 2009 osaa state music championships. The camerata has placed in the top three at the osaa music state championship many times and won the first-place trophy at the NW orchestra Festival over a dozen times. In the summer of 2008, the camerata toured Northern Italy, with performances in montecatini, Lucca, san gimignano, Regello and Florence. Past students of mr. creighton are current members of the Boston symphony, the san Francisco symphony, the Los angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the New Jersey symphony and the oregon symphony. We are also proud to have a wonderful partnership with chamber music corvallis which has allowed us to have mini-residencies with some of the world’s greatest ensembles, including the Emerson string Quartet, Turtle Island string Quartet, a merican chamber Players, a melia Piano Trio, The schubert Ensemble of London, and over twenty other worldrenowned ensembles. The name “camerata” translates roughly to mean “a group of scholars and artists with common interests”.