The University Concert Band
Department of Music and Theatre
University at Albany
presents:
UAlbany Concert Band
Kevin Champagne, conductor and
UAlbany
Symphony Orchestra
Christopher David Neubert, conductor
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 3:00pm
Main Theatre
UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Program
The University Concert Band
In All Its Glory………………………………... James Swearingen
The Music-Makers…………………………………… Alfred Reed
Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights .…………... John Williams Arr. by Paul Lavender
Nabucco Overture…………………………......... Giuseppe Verdi Transcribed by Lucien Calliet
INTERMISSION
The University Symphony Orchestra
Hans Zimmer…………………………….. The Dark Knight Rises Batman 2012 Arranged by Ralph Ford
Franz Liszt……………………………….Symphonic Poem No. 3 1854
LES PRELUDES
Program Notes
In All Its Glory was composed in 1989 by James Swearingen, who has composed extensively for wind bands. “Glory” refers to the American flag. After a brief slow introduction, the lively main melody begins, which resembles a drum and fife style tune. Some mixed meter makes for a more interesting setting. The lushly arranged middle section sounds an ode to the American landscape before the main melody returns.
The Music-Makers Concert Overture is a concert overture written specifically for band and debuted on May 16th 1967. The music is made up of seven different motives of different moods and colors and was inspired by Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s ODE:
We are the music-makers, and we the dreamers of dreams Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems One man with a dream, at pleasure shall go forth and conquer a crown And three with a new song’s measure can trample an empire down
Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights is another example of John Williams’ genius movie scoring ability. Alternatingly slow and mysterious, soaring and melodious, gentle and delicate, and gloriously triumphant, the movie would not have been the same without this music as a backdrop.
Nabucco Overture is from Verdi’s opera that is in four acts and premiered ar La Scala, Milan on March 9th, 1842. This piece proclaimed Verdi as a new hero of Italian Operas inn the company of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. The plot involves the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzer, king of Babylon and the subsequent enslavement of the Hebrews. Typical of operas at the time there are also subplots and lovers’ intrigues mixed in with the historical aspects.
Les Préludes
Les préludes ("Preludes" or "The Beginnings"), S.97, is the third of Franz Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems. The music was composed between 1845 and 1854, and began as an overture to Liszt's choral cycle Les quatre élémens (The Four Elements), then revised as a stand-alone concert overture, with a new title referring to a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine. Its premiere was on 23 February 1854, conducted by Liszt himself. Les préludes is the earliest example of an orchestral work entitled "Symphonic Poem".
Performers
UAlbany
Concert Band
Kevin Champagne, Conductor
Flute
Abby Davis
Liz McDonald
Rachel Oddo
Garima Yadav
Magdalena Ramos
Clarinet
Grace Augenstern
Grace Heiner
Liam Sheffield
Ricky Sierra
Daniel Truax
Bass Clarinet
Jake Avella
Ken Schade
Alto Saxophone
Brian Feder
Chloe Lamb
Jack Piranio
Landon Vaillancourt
Tenor Sax
Jordynne Marshall
Xavier Rosario
Baritone Sax
Anthony Dimeo
Trumpet
Mal Greene
Dasha Hegeman
Keziah Job
Carly Johnson
Michael Orgera
Jay Smith
Daniel Zamroz
French Horn
Emma Clements
Tsvi Gold
Andrew Meng
Trombone
Jade Arias Sorto
Tyler Davis
Daniel Dunn
Rachel Grudus
Rich Massa
William Lemus
Sylva
Baritone/Euphonium
Andrew Brunetti
Kevin Keller
Sylvar NazarioGoodwin
Eleanora Palmer
Tuba
Eri Hishida
Jordan Medina
Andre Speller
Percussion
Natalie Carrasquillo
Aaron Guzman
Marielle Hyacinthe
Rhiannon Loucas
Ciara Reilly
Renee Scott
Jonathan Wolter
Band Manager
Keziah Job
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra
Christopher
David Neubert, Conductor
Violins
Bryan Fonder
Concertmaster
Nicole Maher
Leah Magee
Soojeong Ahn
Logan Stone
Amelia Desmarais
Amanda Sue
Shantel Sime
Sarah Cohen
Amanda Sue
Principal
Hope Savercool
Sophia Minuto
Madelyn Knopfke
Katy Christman
Liz Gingrich
Isabel Borges
Paige Dougher
Cristina Schiaffo
Ajani Johnson
Isabelle Savage
Seth Varun
Marcella Reiter
Melissa Yusaitis
Malkiel Ferrens
Violas
Dara Ribis
Principal
Kayla Wardlaw
Acadia Wingard
Sam Greene
Samantha Dalton
Catherine Rafferty
Thaddeus Conner
Brenda Padilla De
Jesus
Riley Bowman
Izabellla Czajkowski
Jaime Kendrick
Cellos
Michael Krachenfels
Principal
Aidan Urstadt
Normearleasa Thomas
Connor Gordon
Claire Choi
Renee La Londe
Ananya Samuel
Seth Chaiken
Alisa Bielert
Ryosuke Takahashi
Ayva Dell
Double Basses
Erik Laurin
Principal
Joey Aragones
Samuel Fuentes
Uniah Murdaugh
Piccolo
Brianna Boyce
Flutes
Melynda Matheke
Isabella Bulnes
Brianna Boyce
Magdalena Ramos
Oboe
Susan Kokernak
Ian Cohen
Clarinets
James Affatigato
Stephanie Oshiotse
Ken Schade
Bass Clarinet
Ryan O’Connell
Bassoons
Laura Canham-Lunde
Jennifer Fullam
French Horns
Erica DeNicola
Priscilla Duskin
Sarah Howard
Trumpets
Ethan Chen
Sean Cummins
Vincent Amodeo
Trombones
Caleb Clapper
Jessica Watson
Matthew Scheidt
Tuba
Jacob Reiter
Tympani
Jonathan Wolter
Yeajee Chon
Percussion
Jonathan Wolter
Yeajee Chon
Andre Speller
Keziah Job
Rachel Grudus
Harp
Karlinda Caldicott
Orchestra Librarian and Management
Jonathan Wolter
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