2015-2016 CONCERT SERIES MISSOURI THEATER | 717 Edmond Street
A Classical Halloween October 31, 2015 | 7:30 PM
Broadway Holiday Pops December 5, 2015 | 7:00 PM
Out Like a Lion March 26, 2016 | 7:30 PM
Featuring: Fountain City Brass Band
Heroes and Villains April 30, 2016 | 7:30 PM Featuring: Ben Gulley, Tim Hill & St. Joseph Community Chorus
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Rico McNeela A Message from the Conductor Hello everyone and welcome to an evening of fine music and exciting performances. If you are a regular at our concerts - a warm welcome back! If you are new to the Symphony - we’re really glad you have decided to join us. We hope you have a great time tonight and will join us again in the near future. This season we will present a really wide range of musical offerings – lots of pieces written for the concert hall of course, but also some great music written for the opera house, the movie theater, and the Broadway stage. I think we have something for just about every musical taste. So, please settle in to your seat, and enjoy the beautiful music tonight. I think you are going to have a great time. Rico McNeela Music Director and Conductor
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2015-2016 CONCERT SERIES
MISSOURI THEATER | 717 Edmond Street
A Classical Halloween
October 31, 2015 7:30 PM
Broadway Holiday Pops
December 5, 2015 7:00 PM
Out Like A Lion
March 26, 2016 7:30 PM Featuring: Fountain City Brass Band
Heroes and Villains
April 30, 2016 7:30 PM Ben Gulley, Tim Hill and St. Joseph Community Chorus
CHAMBER SERIES CHAMBER CONCERT I November 8, 2015 3:00 PM First Christian Church 927 Faraon St
CHAMBER CONCERT II January 17, 2016 3:00 PM Ashland United Methodist Church 2711 Ashland
CHAMBER CONCERT III February 14, 2016 3:00 PM First Christian Church 927 Faraon St.
For Ticket Information: 816-233-7701 OR www.saintjosephsymphony.org FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY
Saint Joseph Symphony Society Board Members
Officers
Sharon Kosek President: Friends of the Symphony
Joshua Bachman Carol Barnett Barry Birr Christopher Bond Donna Jean Boyer Lori Boyer Connie Brock Cynthia Brownfield David Cripe Dick Crowl Gerad Curry Eileen Dyer Jan Mehl David Merrifield Dot Miriani Ray Sisson Bernadine Stevenson Ann Thorne
Education Advisory
Advisory Council
Byron D. Myers President Bradley Weil Vice President Mary Jo Hornaday Secretary Charles Salanski Treasurer Michael Insco Legal Advisor
Jeff Hinton Bob Long
Brad Auge Dr. Robert Spurgat Jane S. Hausman Creath Thorne
Administrative Staff Rico McNeela Music Director, Conductor
Ann Brock Managing Director
S. Elizabeth Stephens Office Staff
Elizabeth Dunning Music Librarian
Richard Yeager Orchestra Personnel Manager
Frank Polleck Stage Manager
Monty Carter Program Annotator
Welcome to the Missouri Theater! Tickets Tickets for all performances are now available online 24 hours a day at saintjosephsymphony.org or by phone at: 816-233-7701, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm. You may also order tickets by mail by writing: Saint Joseph Symphony, 120 South 8th Street, St. Joseph, MO 64501 or pick them up in person at our office during business hours. Tickets may be purchased on the night of the performance at the Missouri Theater Box Office at 717 Edmond Street, beginning at 5:30pm. We accept VISA and MasterCard. Gift Certificates We offer gift certificates in any amount so you can offer your friends, family or colleagues the gift of live music. Season Subscriptions We now offer four season ticket options: You may choose the full season, with all four major performances at the Missouri Theater and the three chamber concerts; or all four major performances plus one chamber concert of your choice; “Compose Your Own” by selecting three performances of your choice; or all three chamber concerts. Details are available on the website or at the Symphony office Group Tickets Discounts available for blocks of group tickets! Call 816-233-7701, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm for details. Ticket Exchange Can’t attend a performance? We’d be happy to exchange your tickets for another performance this season or assist you in donating your tickets to a worthy charitable organization in the Saint Joseph area. Admission Theater doors open 1 hour prior to curtain. Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate interval.
Parking There are many parking lots and garages near the Theater available for free parking. Pay lots are offered across the street from the Theater. Facilities Restrooms are located upstairs off the mezzanine lobby. A wheelchairaccessible restroom is located downstairs. Our ushers can direct you to the nearest restroom. Services for Persons with Disabilities The Missouri Theater is committed to providing services for persons with disabilities. Accessible seating is available. Be sure to mention your interest in accessible seating when placing your ticket order. Smoking Policy The Missouri Theater is a non-smoking facility. Smoking is permitted outside the building in public areas. Tours Tours of the historic Missouri Theater are available by calling 816-271-4628. Refreshments Refreshments are sold on the mezzanine lobby during intermission. Coffee, soda and wine are available. Please note: The use of cameras, and/or audio/video recording devices is strictly forbidden. Please turn off your mobile telephones and pagers during the concert. The Saint Joseph Symphony reserves the right to make changes in programs and artists without prior notice. The Saint Joseph Symphony Society, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit corporation. All donations are deductible on corporate, foundation and individual tax returns to the extent provided by state and federal law.
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Saint Joseph Symphony conducted by Rico McNeela presents
Out Like A Lion
March 26, 2016 7:30 PM Missouri Theater with special guests The Fountain City Brass Band ~Program~ The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Valküre
Richard Wagner
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Ottorino Respighi)
Fountain City Brass Band Walking With Heroes
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Fantastic Polka
Arthur Pryor (arr. Keith Wilkinson) Brett Baker, trombone Joe Zawinul (arr. Lee Harrelson)
Birdland
~Intermission~ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, “The Organ Symphony” I. Adagio - Allegro moderato Poco adagio
Charles Camille Saint-Saéns
II. Allegro moderato – Presto – Allegro moderato Maestoso – Allegro – Molto allegro - Pesante Music for tonight’s concert sponsored by Rich Nolf.
Fountain City Brass Band
The Fountain City Brass Band (FCBB), founded in 2002, is a thirty-piece brass and percussion ensemble based in Kansas City, but drawing its members from around the world. FCBB is committed to a mission of cultural enrichment by performing eclectic concerts that expand the brass band art form and are both entertaining and educational for audiences. Performing a wide variety of music including modern compositions written specifically for brass band, as well as arrangements of classical works, jazz, and Broadway hits, FCBB seeks to bridge the gap between popular and classical art music. Offering audience friendly concerts, the band actively seeks to initiate cultural revitalization and arts awareness in the local community. When not performing for regional audiences, FCBB competes nationally and internationally. FCBB has won 7 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, 5 North American Brass Band Championships, and 1 Scottish Open Brass Band Championship, becoming the first U.S. band ever, and the first non-UK band in over 50 years, to win a major brass band competition on UK soil. Soprano Cornet Ryan Sharp
Flugel Horn Jennifer Oliverio
Solo Cornet Matthew Vangjel* Grant Smiley Stan Smith Patrick Oliverio
Tenor Horn TJ Menges* Natalie Moses Jennifer Akhtar
Repiano Cornet David Turnbull 2nd Cornet Ron Stinson Emily McGinnis 3rd Cornet Joe Sisco John Falskow
Euphonium Lee Harrelson* Nathan Gay Eb Bass Scott Watson* Thomas Stein
Baritone Helen Harrelson* David Dimmit
Bb Bass Jamey Mitchell* Brian Dobbins
Trombone Brett Baker* Gregory Campbell Anthony Rodgers°
Percussion Roger Caliman Anna Kinkade Jeffrey Seba Jennifer Wagner*
Bass Trombone Andrew Schwartz
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Joseph Parisi, Music Director Joseph Parisi completed a bachelor’s degree in music education at the State University of New York at Potsdam (Crane School of Music); a master’s degree in trumpet performance from Florida State University and a PhD
in instrumental conducting/music education from Florida State University. Parisi is a professor at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance where he conducts the Conservatory Wind Ensemble and serves as the chair of music education and music therapy. Professor Parisi has also made professional appearances both nationally and abroad conducting music festivals, adjudicating ensembles and presenting clinics, lectures and workshops throughout the United States, United Kingdom, China, and Europe. Since becoming the conductor of Kansas City’s Fountain City Brass Band, the group has been recognized as one of the world’s top brass bands, with more than a dozen winning performances at the North American Brass Band Championships and the US Open Brass Band Championship.
Lee Harrelson, Artistic Director Dr. Harrelson is the founder of the Fountain City Brass Band and currently serves as its artistic director and principal euphoniumist. Under Dr. Harrelson’s artistic leadership the band has won five North American Brass Band Association Championships, seven U.S. Open Brass Band Championships and one Scottish Open Brass Band Championship since it began competing in 2004. During his tenure the FCBB has produced three commercial recordings, performed with countless world-class soloists and developed a youth brass program, the Fountain City Youth Brass Academy, that serves over 100 school aged students per year. Lee Harrelson is an Associate Professor of Music at Missouri Western State University. At Missouri Western he serves as the Chair of the Department of Music, coordinator of the music theory program and instructor of low brass and chamber music. Dr. Harrelson attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied music education and music performance before completing his masters and doctorate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and Dance.
Brett Baker, trombone Brett Baker is viewed internationally as a leading brass performer and educator. He is passionate about encouraging composers to write pioneering new solo repertoire having commissioned 100 compositions over the past 25 years. Brett is a senior clinician for Michael Rath Brass Instruments, Programme Leader for Music at the University of Salford, Past-Principal Trombone of Black Dyke Band, a Past-President of the British Trombone Society, Chairman of the Awards Committee for the International Trombone Association, and Editor of the Glissando Magazine. Originally from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Brett was encouraged to play trombone by his father. Brett has had some impressive contest successes, winning Brass in Concert when he was the featured soloist, winning the Grand Shield, the All-England Masters and Australian ‘National’ twice, the Europeans three times, the English Nationals and British Open Championships four times, and the National Championships of Great Britain five times. Pursuing a hectic performing schedule of around 60 concerts a year, Brett Baker enjoys presenting workshops specialising in performance and is now Programme Leader for Musical Arts at the University of Salford. In addition to his work as a performer, he is also acquiring a burgeoning reputation as a conductor and adjudicator.
Program Notes
Monty Carter, Program Annotator Richard Wagner (1813-1883): The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Valküre A Scandinavian dwarf (just call him a Nibelung – he’s from Nibelheim, the land of mist) forges a ring from a hoard of stolen gold. So what? That happens every day. But THIS ring endows its wearer with the power to rule the planet! The destiny of this cosmic bijou yields a four-opera epic: The Ring of the Nibelungs, consisting of The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, and Twilight of the Gods – fifteen hours of music and libretto that consumed Richard Wagner for 26 years. The Ring of the Nibelungs is guys and gals and goblins and gods in a lovefest and lust for power. But (ahem) rather more important than that, it’s a Gesamtkunstwerk: an all-embracing art form, fusing, not merely coordinating, drama and poetry, music, theater and stagecraft, where every word, every note, every step, every image is vital and interconnected. As such, it was verboten by Wagner to perform extracts of his works in a concert … but we’ll just say it’s his own fault; the music’s too plum not to pillage. Awareness of context, however, only intensifies one’s pleasure in hearing it. The Ride has a memorable tune, and it might remind of you of movies that stole it, like “Apocalypse Now” or “The Watchmen.” But when you know that the Valkyries are daughters of the god Odin, that they ride through the sky from one deadly battle scene to the next, collecting fallen warriors chosen to assemble in Valhalla, the feasting hall of the gods, then you can’t help imagining them from the very first moments of the piece. They catapult, swoop and swirl – and collect you, into the extraordinary mind and world of Wagner. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582, arranged by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) We must use the word “cosmic” a second time this evening because, of course, now we’re talking about Bach… Well-devised passacaglias (or passcailles) are pleasant to hear and play because you have both the familiar and the new at the same time throughout the music. A basso ostinato, a simple bass line, is introduced, over which melodic variations stream. It’s a form from the early Baroque, derived from a Spanish tradition of improvising ritornellos, instrumental licks, between stanzas of songs. Set formulas of four-measure ostinatos were developed in Italian and French passacaglias in the 17th century. The supreme leader of the species emerged a century later. Johann Sebastian Bach adopted a four-measure ostinato by French organist André Raison, very much like those used by his early mentor, Dietrich Buxtehude. He expanded it to eight measures, a solitary organ-pedal line, over and under and around which are fashioned twenty engaging melodic variations. And just when another composer might say, “Oh, I think I could do THAT,” the music erupts into a jaw-dropping double fugue. Cosmic. An organist performing the piece has some interpretative choices to make in terms of registration (organ stops). But the music’s architecture,
range of melodic voices, and ingenious rhythmic drive are what make it so compelling – and so irresistible for full symphony orchestra. Ottorino Respighi’s orchestration does sublime justice to the music’s contrapuntal color. Can’t wait for you to hear it by the Fountain City Brass and the Saint Joseph Symphony. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, Organ
I. Adagio. Allegro moderato. Poco adagio II. Allegro moderato. Presto. Allegro moderato. Presto. Allegro moderato. Maestoso. Allegro. Molto allegro.
You gotta love those designations of symphony movements! They make it clear you’re in for some tossing and turning. And you’re not the only one … At the beginning of the program, the musicians onstage provided a Ride; now we are the ride. Saint-Saëns’s Organ symphony is a virtuosic frolic, and it is many kinds of music in one. It’s rich, it has dance, it quietly holds you close, it launches into grandiosity, it’s capital-R Romantic. It also has a fascinating, cyclic construction. The Symphony has four movements contained in two. After quietly placing its hand on your shoulder, the first movement reveals the symphony’s heart and soul, a theme that will generate all the moods and melodic elements of the entire work. The second movement appears (in spirit) as the slow second half of the first; you’ll know it by a feeling of profound fulfillment. The Symphony’s scherzo marks the first half of the second official movement, furious in the strings, then sparkling in the woodwinds, piano, and triangle. And the ‘finale’ of the symphony overwhelms all that has come before, in a startling culmination of the original theme, which Ethan Mordden has called “one of the most structurally impetuous climaxes in symphony.”
Musicians Violin 1 Chun-Chien Chuang† Keith Stanfield° Jin-Wha Lee Laurel Parks Kenya Patzer Liz Codd Michalis Koutsoupides Violin 2 Catherine Root* James Woods Marcus Dowty Connie Elting Katie Benyo Joseph Toma Kelsei Peppars Viola Monty Carter* Ashley Stanfield Noel Good Kenton Lanier Mary Tuven Kitty Hammond Cello Sascha Groschang* Eman Chalshotori Jan Kobialka Amy Harris Janelle Clark Sophia Hwang Jain Jang Bass Matt McGrory* Chance Dunaway Daniel Bates Ben Foerster
English Horn Katherine Woolsey Clarinet Randy Cunningham* Chris Gibson Richard Yeager, bass Bassoon Claudia Risebig* Aaron Ahles Horn Peter Jilka* Liz Dunning Sara Giovanelli Jan Cohick Trumpet Bob Harvey* Bill Richardson Dan Graham Trombone Philip Fink* Michael Dragen Nate Gay, bass Tuba Paul Weissenborn Timpani Ken Eberhart Percussion Roger Caliman* Jennifer Wagner Piano Charles Badami
Flute Lory Lacy* Elaine Brown Adrienne Garstang, piccolo Oboe Meribeth Risebig* Bonnie Krutz
†Concertmaster *Principal °Assistant Concert Master
Meet Our Musicians Mike Mathews
Trombonist retires after 37 years with the Symphony. Mike Mathews grew up in Jackson, Michigan where Jackson High School was considered to be among the 20 finest high schools in the U.S. He received both the Bachelors and Masters degrees in music from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. In 1960 the State Department, as part of their cultural exchange program, sent the University of Michigan Symphony Band on a 15-week tour. They performed in the USSR, Egypt, Greece, Romania, and Poland. Back in the US they played a concert in Carnegie Hall. Mathews taught for many years in the public schools near Grand Rapids, Michigan. He moved to Saint Joseph in 1978 and taught at MWSU for 27 years. He also directed the Cameron Municipal Band for 20 years. Mike Mathews has had many commissions including one from the American Guild of Organists. He played in the St. Joseph Symphony for 37 years. Now he spends much of his time composing and arranging.
What was the first piece of music you fell in love with? Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. How did you first get involved with the symphony? When I first moved to Saint Joseph, the conductor at that time said he wanted me to play first chair Trombone (no audition). What is one of your favorite memories from playing with the symphony? One of my favorite memories is the two years when I played bass along with Susan Yeager. What would people be surprised to know about you? Up until I retired, I was the oldest member of the orchestra; 77.
Please join us tonight in thanking Mike Mathews for his many years of performances with the Symphony!
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Rico McNeela
This season marks the beginning of Mr. McNeela’s seventh year serving as the Music Director and Conductor of the Saint Joseph Symphony. He is also a member of the Missouri Western State University music faculty where he serves as Director of Orchestral Activities, and plays violin in the Faculty Piano Trio. Before coming to St. Joseph he taught at the University of Toledo, the University of Arkansas, Illinois Wesleyan University, and Allegheny College. Mr. McNeela holds Bachelor and Masters degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he studied with Paul Makanowitzky, Eugene Bossart, Steven Errante, and Gustav Meir. He also studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Cerone and Linda Sharon. Mr. McNeela has performed extensively throughout the United States as conductor, violinist, violist, and chamber musician. He has conducted ballets for the Arkansas Ballet, and the Toledo Ballet. He has performed as concertmaster with orchestras including: the North Arkansas Symphony, the Saginaw Symphony, the Allegheny Symphony, and the Canary Islands International Opera Festival Orchestra. He has a deep commitment to music education, and has over thirty years experience teaching at colleges and universities. He regularly presents clinics, workshops, and concerts throughout the northwest Missouri northeastern Kansas region. While teaching in Arkansas he conducted the North Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra for over eight years. Mr. McNeela has conducted Honors Orchestras in the northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan regions, and throughout Arkansas. He has also performed and taught at several summer music festivals including the Lake Luzerne Music Festival, the Allegheny Music Festival, the Arkansas Music Festival, and the Hot Springs Music Festival.
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