THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
HODGSON CONCERT HALL
Move
Jeru
Moon Dreams
Venus De Milo
Budo
Deception
Godchild
Boplicity
Rocker
Joost at the Roost
SERIES SCHOLARSHIP
Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Hodgson Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
PROGRAM
Denzil Best, arranged by John Lewis
Gerry Mulligan
Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, arranged by Gil Evans
Gerry Mulligan
Miles Davis, Bud Powell, arranged by John Lewis
George Shearing, Davis, arranged by Gerry Mulligan
George Wallington, arranged by Gerry Mulligan
Cleo Henry a.k.a. Davis and Gil Evans, arranged by Gil Evans
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
Presented as part of our Thursday Scholarship Series
The Thursday Scholarship Series began in 1980 and continues the tradition of “Music Appreciation Programs” started by Hugh Hodgson in the 1930s. Proceeds from ticket sales to these concerts and contributions made by you are the primary means through which School of Music scholarship funds are raised each year.
Faculty Jazz Ensemble led by David D’Angelo
Featuring (in alphabetical order from upper left)
Timothy K. Adams, percussion
Josh Bynum, trombone
Brandon Craswell, trumpet
David D’Angelo, alto saxophone
Jean Martin-Williams, horn
Tony Messano, Narrator (not pictured)
Daniel Pina, bass
Brandon Quarles, baritone saxophone
Greg Satterthwaite, piano
Matthew Shipes, tuba
James Weidman, piano
Timothy K. Adams: Timothy Adams Jr., the Mildred Goodrum Heyward Professor in Music, was named Chair of the Percussion Department at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music in fall 2010. A master educator, Mr. Adams’ students have seen great success around the country and the world as performers, educators, and music therapists.
Prior to joining the faculty at UGA, Mr. Adams held the post of Principal Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for fifteen years and was Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. During his tenure in Pittsburgh, Adams spent ten summers as Percussion faculty at the Brevard Music Center where he was frequently a featured soloist and recitalist.
An orchestra musician of the highest caliber for over 30 years, Adams began his entrée into playing professionally while still in high school as a substitute percussionist and timpanist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Adams received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of the great Cloyd Duff, Richard Weiner, and Paul Yancich of the Cleveland Orchestra. During this time, Adams became first call substitute percussionist with the Cleveland Orchestra, and was also utilized as keyboard substitute.
While attending the Cleveland Institute of Music, Adams spent two summers as a fellowship recipient of the Tanglewood Music Center, performing under the batons of Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Elliott Carter, Trevor Pinnock, Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams.
Josh Bynum: Hailed for his “inspiring energy, clear musical conviction, and warm lyrical tone” (International Trombone Association Journal), Josh Bynum keeps an active schedule balancing roles as educator, soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral trombonist. In addition to serving as Professor of Trombone at the University of Georgia, a position he has held since 2010, Josh is an Artist & Clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company. He has been trombone artist/faculty for the Sewanee Summer Music Festival since 2016.
Josh performs regularly as a first-call substitute with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and was contracted to serve as second trombonist for the entire 2015 – 16 season. Bynum is also a member of the Iris Orchestra, and enjoys performing regularly with the Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet Orchestras.
Josh has given clinics and featured performances at the American Trombone Workshop, International Trombone Festival, and Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. He has also been an invited artist and lecturer at various workshops and universities across the country and has given consortium premiere performances of several new works for trombone and wind ensemble. His solo CD Catalyst was the recipient of the UGA Creative Research Medal in Arts & Humanities.
He is a member of the ITA Pedagogy Council and is the editor for the ITA Journal’s Pedagogy Corner column. His research interests include concepts of effective section playing and creative problem solving in the practice room. He has recently been named as a Senior Teaching Fellow at UGA.
Brandon Craswell: Brandon Craswell holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in trumpet performance from Indiana University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky. Currently he is Associate Professor of Trumpet at University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia where he teaches and maintains an active performance schedule.
In demand as an orchestral musician, he has played with the Atlanta, Charleston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, and Honolulu Symphonies, including a performance at Carnegie Hall with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2010, he played principal trumpet with the Santiago, Chile Philharmonic. He was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for two seasons, working with “Bud” Herseth, former principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for over fifty years.
Adept at both classical and jazz, Craswell spent a year playing trumpet on the North American tour of the Broadway musical 42nd St. An International Trumpet Guild prize winner, Craswell has been a featured soloist at numerous international festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, and the International Romantic Trumpet Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. Craswell has also shared the stage with pianist (and Van Cliburn winner) Olga Kern and the National Gallery of Art Chamber Orchestra. Aside from performing throughout the United States, Craswell has performed in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Italy, and Russia.
David D’Angelo: David D’Angelo is a jazz performer, music educator, woodwind doubler, Broadway musician, movie soundtrack musician, film actor, orchestral clarinetist, and published author. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education (clarinet) and
a Master’s degree in woodwinds from Youngstown State University, where he studied with Joe Edwards. Other teachers include Louie Paul of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Peter Seminaur of the New York Philharmonic.
As an educator, D’Angelo developed the instrumental music program at Atlanta’s Pace Academy in addition to working at Woodward Academy. While in New York, he was instructor of clarinet and saxophone at Wagner College, Staten Island, for seven years. In 1999, performed at the I.A.J.E. Conference in Anaheim as director of Section 8 Jazz, receiving the national award for outstanding achievement in jazz education.
As an alto saxophonist, D’Angelo was a member of the Buddy Rich Orchestra, taking part in several world tours from 1980 - 1982. During this time, he was featured on Rich’s on MCA Records release The Buddy Rich Band. David has two recordings out as a bandleader: Section 8 (Doubletime records), and Step Up.
D’Angelo spent 27 years working in New York as a woodwind doubler on Broadway shows. In 1996, he was asked to participate in the Buddy Rich Reunion Band’s Grammynominated recording Burning For Buddy, which was produced by Neal Peart of Rush. The album featured such guest drummers as Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Omar Hakim, Bill Bruford, and Matt Sorum.
Jean Martin-Williams: Dr. Jean Martin-Williams is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music. She teaches horn, directs the University of Georgia Horn Choir, coaches chamber music, and is a member of the Georgia Woodwind Quintet. Dr. Martin-Williams served for eleven years as the Director of UGA’s Lilly Teaching Fellows program, under the auspices of the Center for Teaching and Learning. She has a passion for teaching and improving pedagogy and served on the University committee that established the First Year Odyssey Seminar program. Since 2016 she has also served as an Associate Dean for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences as an advocate for the arts and undergraduate instruction. In 2022 she received the University Professor award from UGA.
Before joining the University of Georgia faculty, she was a full-time performer in New York City, performing in a variety of chamber and orchestral settings including the Metropolitan Opera, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the New York Chamber Symphony. She continues to be an active performer and is a member of the New York Pops Orchestra. During the summer, she has served on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center in
North Carolina and the Chamber Music Center of the Northeast at Bennington College in Vermont.
As a soloist, chamber musician, and lecturer, Dr. Martin-Williams has appeared at the Georgia Music Educators conference, the Southeast Horn Workshop, the International Horn Society conference, the International Trumpet Conference, the International Double Reed Society, and Music Educators National Conference.
Tony Messano: Tony has loved doing voice work since his first gig in the fifth grade. He remembers getting to be up front on stage in a jacket and pretty cool clip on tie talking about the first Thanksgiving while all his classmates had to dress up as Pilgrims, Indians, and various livestock. Since then, he’s voiced audiobooks, asked you to watch your luggage at the airport, voiced a long-running television series, told you your call was very important to him (even though, in truth, it really wasn’t), done thousands of radio and television commercials, and live announced hundreds of people in stadiums around the country. He’s been honored to voice several programs here at UGA, including “A Fiddler’s Tale” by Wynton Marsalis. Tonight, he’ll be up front on stage talking about this absolutely classic jazz album. He probably won’t wear the clip on tie. It remains to be seen if anyone dresses up as livestock, though he’s really hoping someone will.
Daniel Pina: Daniel Pina graduated in 2010 from the Federal University of Paraíba with a degree in Double Bass Performance, studying under Dr. Luciano Carneiro. During his time at the university, he was an active member of several ensembles, including the UFPB Youth Orchestra, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Paraíba, the Chamber Orchestra of João Pessoa, and the Symphony Orchestra of Paraíba.
In 2010, Daniel gained recognition by winning the Young Soloist Competition of the Paraíba Symphony Orchestra. He also had the privilege of attending workshops and master classes led by esteemed musicians such as Catalin Rotaru, Tibô Delor, Roberto Black, Anthony Scelba, Ana Valéria Poles, Sandrino Santoro, and Milton Masciadri. Between 2005 and 2010, he participated in numerous international music festivals.
In 2011, Daniel relocated to California, where he earned an Artist Certificate and a Master’s degree under the guidance of Mr. Nico Abondolo. After moving back to Brazil, Pina became the principal double bass of the OSUFPB and frequently collaborated with many leading ensembles in Paraíba, performing in major concert halls under the direction of Brazil’s most celebrated conductors.
Since the beginning of his musical studies, Daniel has worked with both classical and popular music. He has engaged in tours and recording sessions as a bassist, arranger, and composer in Brazil and the U.S.
In 2023, Pina moved to Georgia to study with Professor Milton Masciadri and pursue a Doctorate in Double Bass Performance. Since his arrival in Athens, he has been actively involved with local orchestras, jazz groups, recording sessions, and live performances.
Brandon Quarles: Dr. Brandon Quarles is a music-maker and teacher who thrives on cross-genre collaborations. A native of Ringgold, Georgia, Quarles is the Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Dr. Quarles was previously the Lecturer of Saxophone and Allied Areas at UGA where in addition to teaching saxophone, he directed and conducted the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and taught “Music in Athens” and “Music in the Real World.” Prior to joining the faculty of UGA, Quarles was the Associate Lecturer in Classical Saxophone at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was an Instructor for Northwestern University’s general music curriculum.
Quarles’ performance experience spans a wide array of genres and styles on a variety of instruments. He was a founding member of the saxophone quartet ~Nois, serving as its Executive Director and soprano saxophonist from 2016-2021. In those five years, ~Nois performed in 20 states and won the Silver Medal at the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, among other awards. He has also been honored to perform with Eighth Blackbird, My Brightest Diamond, the Grant Park Symphony, and many more. An advocate for new music, he has given the premiere of over 70 works for the saxophone to date. Quarles can be heard on over 10 commercially available recordings, including All My Ghosts by The Employment Pages, his debut album of all original songs. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Georgia (BM 2015) and Northwestern University (MM 2017 and DMA 2021).
Greg Satterthwaite: Ropeadope Records recording artist Greg Satterthwaite is a pianist whose work is multifaceted, melodic, soulful and sophisticated. Bringing an energy and touch to the piano that has become his signature sound, Satterthwaite creates music that infuses his Afro-Caribbean roots with the jazz tradition.
His latest album release, Savannah Blue, is proof of his ability to infuse the rhythms of the African diaspora with his creativity and ingenuity. “His playing here shows many insights into his mindset. It is stylistic and cerebral, yet imaginative, which considering
his academic background is not surprising.” All About Jazz quote regarding the track Take The “A” Train from the album review, Savannah Blue.
Satterthwaite is a distinguished South Arts 2023 Jazz Road artist recipient, and an Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano and African American studies at the University of Georgia. As a resident of the Atlanta-Metro area, he has been featured in Shoutout Atlanta, the Saporta Report, and included in articles from Jazziz Magazine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Jazz 24, and more.
He frequently collaborates with other artists and performers at various venues and festivals around the nation. Satterthwaite has graduated from some of the nation’s most prestigious jazz programs. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas in Jazz Piano Performance, a Master of Arts in Commercial Music from Florida Atlantic University, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami. As the co-founder of JazzSpire.org, Satterthwaite created this platform to champion the arts, other artists, and creative education.
His next album will be released on Ropeadope Records in the Fall of 2024.
Matthew Shipes: Dr. Matthew Shipes is the Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at The University of Georgia and tubist with the Georgia Brass Quintet. A dedicated advocate of tuba and euphonium performance and pedagogy, Matt has also worked with the International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA) as Membership Marketer and Social Media director, communicating with an international audience of enthusiasts, students and professionals.
In 2020 Matt created the first-ever international euphonium mock-band e-competition, Stars and Shipes, engaging over 100 participants from several countries around the world and featuring a judging panel of top euphonium performers from the premier military bands in Washington D.C. over three years.
Matt was a member of The United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C as a euphoniumist in the Ceremonial Brass, a position he held until 2016. While in the band, he had many opportunities to perform for former President Obama, several foreign leaders, and for hundreds of ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.
Matt has performed recitals and given masterclasses across the country, including a featured solo recital at the 2019 United States Army Band’s Tuba and Euphonium
Workshop. He was also an invited speaker at the 2019 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) at the University of Iowa, and presented his class, “A Guide to Military Band Auditions,” which he has presented at several regional tuba and euphonium conferences as well. He also performed with the American Tuba Quartet, of which he is a founding member, at the 2016 ITEC at the University of Tennessee, and has most recently been a featured soloist and performer at 2022 and 2024 regional ITEA conferences.
James Weidman: Decades long experience with a multitude of notable artists -- from his early days as accompanist to iconic vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson, on to his years as a member of M-Base Collective innovator Steve Coleman’s group and music director for the late great Kevin Mahogany, up to his current tenure with saxophonist Joe Lovano’s critically acclaimed nonet and Grammy nominated Us Five band -- has proven pianist/composer/arranger James Weidman to be one of the most versatile artists in music today and prepared him well for his steady emergence as an important bandleader in his own right.
Weidman’s versatility is evidenced in the wide ranging music of the various ensembles that he currently leads: The Aperturistic Trio (with bassist Harvie S and drummer Steve Williams) which explores his own cutting edge original compositions; The Rhythm Keepers (featuring Marvin Horne on guitar), a group in the tradition of Nat King Cole’s classic trio that swings jazz standards out of the Great American Songbook; and Spiritual Impressions, an ensemble including singer Ruth Naomi Floyd that features him doubling on piano and organ performing his own stirring arrangements 19th century Black Spirituals. He also concurrently co-leads the James Weidman-Steve Williams Quartet performing the Music of Clifford Jordan.
While still studying at Youngstown State University, he became a first call sideman for visiting jazz headliners, including Pepper Adams, Slide Hampton, Woody Herman, Bobby Hutcherson, Gloria Lynne, James Moody, Harold Ousley, Cecil Payne, Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Dakota Staton, and Bobby Watson.
ABOUT BIRTH OF THE COOL
Gil Evans’ apartment on 55th street became a hangout for many musicians and listen to music Gil borrowed from the library,(Prokofiev, Bartok and others). It was here that these musicians discussed the formation of a small band that would duplicate the sound and homogeneity of the Claude Thornhill big band whom Gil Evans had been its chief arranger and musical director. Thornhill no longer wanted to continue the ‘modern jazz’ direction Evans favored. This ensemble had an unusual horn instrumentation of Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, plus the traditional piano, bass, and drums for the rhythm section.
One of the musicians whom everyone envisioned in the trumpet chair was Miles Davis. Davis was enthusiastic and took the ensemble over, calling rehearsals and getting the group their one and only gig at the Royal Roost. Everyone associated with the group contributed music, but baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan contributed most of what was recorded. This ensemble only existed from 1948-1950, but left a lasting impression on the jazz community. They recorded on Capital Records and two radio broadcasts. Some of the sides were not released until 1956 with an overwhelming positive response, particularly in Europe. It wasn’t until 1971 that all twelve recordings were released in Europe, then 1972 in the US.
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D. RAY McCLELLAN, clarinet
Join us after the performance for a meet-andgreet reception with D. Ray McClellan.
OPERA GUEST ARTISTS
VICTORIA VARGAS, mezzo-soprano
JAMES BARNETT, piano
Master Class 9/10 at 10 a.m.
THURSDAY SCHOLARSHIP SERIES
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The opening concert of the UGASO features an evening of Beethoven that includes the Coriolan Overture and the 3rd Piano Concerto, featuring Alan Woo, new assistant professor in piano.
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Ramsey Concert Hall
FACULTY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: FIVE BY FIVE
This inaugural recital of the Faculty Chamber Ensemble series of performances features ten incredible UGA Music Faculty in the Georgia Brass Quintet and the Georgia Wind Quintet. Join us in celebrating the world-class faculty with these incredible collaborative concerts.
SUPPORT THE HUGH HODGSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
JAZZ STUDIES SUPPORT FUND
In addition to our primary Support and Scholarship Funds, many specialized areas of interest have specific funds, including Jazz Studies. Scan this QR code to give directly to the Jazz Studies Support Fund, number 9189900.
For more information about School of Music annual giving and concert underwriting options, please reach out to Levi Hopkins Dean at 706-542-4232 or levi.dean@uga.edu.