UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WIND ENSEMBLE
NICHOLAS ENRICO WILLIAMS, conductor
OLD New Bottles WINE in
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
RAMSEY CONCERT HALL
OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
University of Georgia Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds
Nicholas Enrico Williams, Conductor
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr., Guest Conductor
R. Scott Mullen, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Caroline Wright Pfisterer, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Gilbert P. Villagrana, Doctoral Conducting Associate
P. Justin White, Doctoral Conducting Associate
PROGRAM
Serenade in C Minor, K 388/384a
I. Allegro
Spiritual
Old Wine in New Bottles
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr., Guest Conductor
I. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
II. The Three Ravens
III. Begone, Dull Care
IV. Early One Morning
Caroline Wright Pfisterer, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Pantomime for 13 Winds
I.Prologue
II. Cavatina and Polka
IV. Grand March (of the Chief Executive)
V. Waltz - Finale (Depravity)
R. Scott Mullen, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Serenade for Wind Instruments
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
Gilbert P. Villagrana, Doctoral Conducting Associate
City Girl Sentimentalism
P. Justin White, Doctoral Conducting Associate
Adolphus Hailstork
Gordon Jacob
Gary Carpenter
Arthur Bird ed. Bradley Genevro
Shuhei Tamura
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in C Minor (1782) (11’25”)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade in C Minor, K 388/384a (1782) was composed during a time where daytime entertainment music was often called a “divertimento,” while nighttime entertainment music bore the label “serenade.” Mozart’s own notes call this work Nacht Musique, an unusual mixture of German and French. Regardless of label, this is hardly light entertainment music. In form, it has been characterized as “a symphony for wind octet.” In substance, it has been called “austere,” “puzzling,” “mysterious,” “problematical,” “defiantly dark” in character and “unforgiving in its seriousness.” Mozart regarded this composition highly, for he used it in two later works. He transcribed it for string quintet in K.406, and he borrowed the principal melody of the second movement for his opera Cosi fan tutte. Whatever dark mystery Mozart may have intended this work to explore seems lifted by the Serenade’s triumphant ending in the key of C Major.
Program Notes from Illinois State University Wind Symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. Although he is best known for his operas, symphonies, and works for piano, Mozart contributed much to the body of wind literature. Perhaps the three most important works in this vein are his Serenades Nos. 10, 11, and 12, K.361/370a, K. 375, and K.388/384a, respectively.
Spiritual (1984) (9’)
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Hailstork’s Spiritual was written for the four trumpets and four trombones of the Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble. As with several of Hailstork’s pieces, Spiritual fuses two apparently disparate styles. The plaintive opening trumpet solo evokes the spiritual at its most fundamental, vocal music unadorned with harmony or accompaniment. The following development is in neo-classic style, with insistent rhythmic energy, sharp, dissonant chords, and fugal passages, all based on melodic material that is related to the opening. Hailstork has stated that spirituals are the source from which black American music emerges, and here, he has created a fully modern piece that directly traces its roots to that source. In the brass repertoire, Spiritual’s antecedent is Ingolf Dahl’s great Music for Brass, whose treatment of a Bach chorale uses similar compositional devices to respectfully project devotional music of an earlier time into the polystylistic present.
Program Notes from The Keystone Wind Ensemble Program Notes
Adolphus Hailstork is an American composer. Hailstork began his musical training as a child on piano. He received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State
University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed. He completed earlier studies at the Manhattan School of Music under Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond, the American Institute at Fontainebleau with Nadia Boulanger, and Howard University with Mark Fax. “What can an artist do?” asks Adolphus Hailstork, “I can speak on the issues and put them in my work. These are the tragedies and triumphs of a people beaten up for 400 years. Does anyone speak for them? Who writes pieces that speak for the existence of African Americans in the United States? I’ll take on that job.”
Old Wine in New Bottles (1948) (12’)
Gordon Jacob (b. 1895-1984)
Old Wine in New Bottles is a light-hearted setting of four early English folk songs. It was premiered by the BBC Northern Orchestra Winds and conductor Stanford Robinson at the St. Bees Festival in 1959, and remains one of Jacob’s most popular compositions. The “old wine” in the title refers to each of the folk songs that the four movements are based on. The “new bottles” are the creative melodic treatments, the unexpected harmonies, “freshness,” and new life breathed into these old melodies. The instrumentation is that of a double woodwind quintet, with optional contrabassoon and trumpet parts.
Notes from Great Music for Wind Band
Gordon Jacob was an English composer and pedagogue. Jacob’s first major successful piece was composed during his student years: the William Byrd Suite for orchestra, after a collection of pieces for the virginal. His numerous offerings for wind band, including Old Wine in New Bottles, Music for a Festival, Original Suite, Giles Farnaby Suite, The Battell, and William Byrd Suite, follow the precedent Gustav Holst and former teacher Ralph Vaughan Williams set. These English composers’ works formed the cornerstone of the wind band repertoire in the early part of the 20th century.
Pantomime for 13 Winds (2011) (12’)
Gary Carpenter (b. 1951)
The movements of Pantomime for 13 Winds rework critical moments of the score I wrote for a Christmas show in the early 1990s and was composed as a 10th (I think) birthday present for the Haffner Ensemble, which gave its premiere in a place far, far away (well, Brighton). This performance was a collaboration between RNCM students and London Winds at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Program Note by the Composer
PROGRAM NOTES
Gary Carpenter studied composition at the Royal College of Music with John Lambert. He has lived in Holland and Germany and has written operas, musicals, ballets (mostly for Nederlands Dans Theater), a radio music drama—The One Alone with Iris Murdoch—and a substantial amount of concert music. Gary Carpenter is a Professor of Composition at the RNCM, Manchester, and the Royal Academy of Music, London. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (HonRAM) in 2013.
Serenade for Wind Instruments (1898 ) (12’)
Arthur Bird (1856-1923)
Serenade for Wind Instruments was written in 1898 for two flutes, two oboes (2nd oboe doubling on English horn), two clarinets, two horns, and two bassoons. It won the Paderewski Prize as the best chamber work by an American in 1901 and was premiered in Boston by Georges Longy and his Woodwind Club on March 31, 1902. The first movement, Allegro Moderato, is in sonata-allegro form with pleasing thematic contrast, a brief development section, and a coda. The Adagio features an English horn and is followed by an Allegro Assai. The Allegro Energico has a fugato that is both contrapuntal and melodic.
Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Arthur Bird was an American composer who lived most of his life in Europe. He was among the few Americans of his era whose music won European approval. Bird was also well-known as a foreign correspondent, a music critic, and a pianist. In 1901, his Serenade for an octet of wind instruments won the Paderewski Prize.
City Girl Sentimentalism (2011) (5’05”)
Shuhei Tamura (b. 1986)
Commissioned by Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, the director of bands of Tamagawa Academy and premiered at the Tokyo Junior High School Ensemble Contest in 2011. City Girl Sentimentalism has an image of the night in the city and the sentimental feelings of a woman living there. Articulations and rhythms are relatively complicated, but attention to such details will produce fresh dynamism, tension, and a unique atmosphere.
Program Note by the Composer
Shuhei Tamura is a Japanese composer. Mr. Tamura graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, School of Music. He completed a master’s degree in pedagogy from Tokyo Gakugei University with an emphasis in music education. Tamura has written for orchestras, choruses, and brass bands. He is most prolific in the latter category, with
PROGRAM NOTES
many published scores in this area. Tamura’s music is heavily influenced by Western forms that have become the foundation of Japanese instrumental music traditions. These hybrid musical aesthetics, with the replication of Western forms, emerged through intercultural transmission (teaching and learning of a foreign tradition) and music acculturation (mastery of a foreign genre and embracing it as part of one’s own culture).
TEAM BIOGRAPHIES
NICHOLAS ENRICO WILLIAMS is a Professor of Music and serves as the Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, where he coordinates one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive university band programs, conducts the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble, and oversees the graduate wind band conducting area. Prior to his time in Athens, he was the Director of Wind Bands at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (Melbourne, Australia). Before venturing to Australia, Dr. Williams flourished for sixteen years as the Assistant Director of Wind Studies, the Conductor of the Wind Ensemble, Brass Band, and Concert Band, as well as the Director of Athletic Bands at the University of North Texas.
Professor Williams has been a guest conductor with the Opole (Poland) Philharmonic Orchestra; the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”; United States Navy Band; United States Army Field Band; United States Air Force Band; Royal Australian Defence Force Bands; World Youth Wind Symphony at the Interlochen Arts Camp; Dallas Winds; Lone Star Wind Orchestra; at the annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois; the College Band Directors National Association national and regional conferences; the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention; and the Texas Music Educators Association Annual Clinic/Convention.
JACK A. EADDY JR., a native of Orangeburg, SC, is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, where he conducts the Wind Symphony and teaches undergraduate conducting at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Dr. Eaddy holds degrees from the University of North Texas, the University of Georgia, and the Florida State University. Dr. Eaddy taught for twelve years in Orlando, FL, where he developed a program recognized throughout the state for maintaining high standards despite the challenges his students experienced. Dr. Eaddy received the FMEA Tom Bishop Award, recognizing a director who turned a program around and made a positive difference. Dr. Eaddy has presented at several conferences, including the Midwest Clinic, CBDNA Southern Division, and Athletic Band Conferences. As a conductor, he
ARTISTIC
was a selected participant in the 2018 US Pershing’s Own Army Band’s conducting workshop and received 2nd place for the 2020 American Prize in Conducting. Dr. Eaddy has earned a national reputation for mentoring music directors and has convened two professional development seminars: Listen Up!!! Score study sessions, the Conductors’ toolbox, and host a national podcast, Tales from the Band Roomthat focuses on strengthening music education programs in urban communities to have a life-long impact on students. Dr. Eaddy is a 2022 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year finalist.
P. JUSTIN WHITE is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with an emphasis in Wind Conducting at the University of Georgia, where he studies with Dr. Nicholas Enrico Williams. Previously, Mr. White served as Interim Director of Bands at Samford University and Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and the University of North Texas. While at UNT, he was a conducting student of Nicholas Enrico Williams, Dennis Fisher, and Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
CAROLINE WRIGHT PFISTERER is a dedicated musician and educator pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting at the University of Georgia. With a 4.0 GPA throughout her doctoral studies and her Master’s degree from the University of Alabama, she has excelled in various leadership roles, including Assistant Director of Band Festivals and Doctoral Conducting Associate. Caroline’s conducting experience spans multiple ensembles, from the Wind Ensemble to the Redcoats Marching Band. An accomplished conductor, Caroline has performed internationally and received numerous accolades, including the Osborne Fellowship and the Mike Moss Conducting Grant. With a passion for nurturing musicians, she combines her extensive teaching experience with a commitment to excellence, fostering creativity and collaboration in her students.
R. SCOTT MULLEN is a conductor and music educator, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Georgia. Scott serves as a Doctoral Conducting Associate for UGA Bands, serving duties with the Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, and the Redcoat Marching Band. Prior to UGA, Scott was a Graduate Assistant at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Florida. Scott was previously a teacher in Orange County Public Schools, and has maintained activities as an educator, and clinician with band programs in Florida and Georgia. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, the Georgia Bandmasters Association, The Florida Bandmasters Association, The College Band Directors
National Association, Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity, and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.
GILBERT P. VILLAGRANA is a Doctoral Conducting Associate with the University of Georgia Bands. A Texas native, he earned his Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of North Texas and his Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from the University of Georgia. Before his graduate studies, Gilbert served in the United States Marine Corps at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, where he played trumpet with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band and held roles as assistant enlisted conductor, small ensemble leader, and principal trumpet. Gilbert has studied under renowned mentors such as Philip Smith, Chris Martin, Allen Vizzutti, Jason Bergman, and John Holt. He has been a finalist multiple times in The National Trumpet Competition and has performed with multiple prestigious ensembles. Since 2012, Gilbert has been active in the marching arts as both a performer and educator. He currently serves on the staff of the University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band, contributing to both musical and visual aspects, and works as a brass technician for Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, helping the corps achieve top brass performance awards.
Nicholas Enrico Williams, Conductor
FLUTE
Emily Elmore
Rachel Lee^
David Ma
Alexia Toma
OBOE
Marissa Ankeny
Gracee Meyers^
Michelle Moeller
Brenna Sexton
CLARINET
Lily Kate Akins
Tan Charintranont^
Tim Fitzgerald
Riley Hartman
Emily Johnston
Elise Larson
Jonathan Mack
Claudia Reve Romero
Jaden Skelton
Taylor Spires
BASSOON
Hsin Cheng
J.T. Holdbrooks
Drew Kruszynski
Natasha Pizarro-Guerrero
SAXOPHONE
Owen Cotton
Carter Naughton
Yun Qu Tan
Christopher Victor
TRUMPET
Victor Pires
Ben Stocksdale
Will Tomaszewski
Will Cuneo
Colin Kennedy
Jack Rozza^
HORN
Baylee Cook
Joshua Wood
Marianna Schwark
Anleah Walker
TROMBONE
José Vasquez
Joshua Hadaway^
BASS TROMBONE
Victor Guevara
Trip Drennan
STRING BASS
Michael Farrick
PERCUSSION
Hsiao Huang
Reece Moseley
Grayson Pruitt
Thomas Huff
Angelina Vasquez
Meme Walton
Dane Warren
*Members of the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble are listed alphabetically to acknowledge each performer’s unique contribution to our shared artistic endeavors.
^Graduating member appearing in their final ensemble performance with UGA Bands
Nicholas Enrico Williams
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr.
Brett Bawcum
Michael C. Robinson
Mia Athanas
Marcus Morris
R. Scott Mullen
Caroline Wright Pfisterer
Gilbert P. Villagrana
P. Justin White
David MacPherson
Joseph Johnson
Michelle Moeller
Rocky Raffle
UNIVERSITY
Director of Bands
Associate Director of Bands
Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands
Professor/Conductor of Symphonic Band
Assistant Director of Athletic Bands/Band Festivals Director
Assistant Director of Athletic Bands
Doctoral Conducting Associate
Doctoral Conducting Associate
Doctoral Conducting Associate
Doctoral Conducting Associate
Athletic Bands Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Large Ensemble Office Manager
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Angela Jones-Reus
Reid Messich
Amy Pollard
D. Ray McClellan
Brandon Quarles
Phil Smith
Brandon Craswell
Jean Martin-Williams
Flute Oboe Bassoon Clarinet
Saxophone Trumpet Trumpet Horn
James Naigus
Joshua Bynum
Matthew Shipes
Timothy K. Adams, Jr.
Kimberly Toscano Adams
Milton Masciadri
Monica Hargrave
Liza Stepanova
Horn Trombone
Euphonium/Tuba
Percussion
Percussion
Double Bass
Harp
Piano
Daniel Bara
Emily Gertsch
Brandon Craswell
Amy Pollard
Edith Hollander
James Sewell
Shaun Baer
Paul Griffith
Eric Dluzniewski
Scott Higgins
Tony Graves
Jared Tubbs
Interim Director
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Assistant to the Director
Production and Events Manager Director of Public Relations
Academic Professional, Sound Recording
Academic Professional, Sound Recording
Lead Piano Technician
Piano Technician Sectioning Officer
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