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WIND SYMPHONY BIG CITY LIGHTS

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 at 7:30 p.m.

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CONNECTION SERIES PROGRAM

SYMPHONIC BAND Aileron

James Naigus Dawson Burnes, guest conductor | World Premiere

Tam o’Shanter

arr. Burnes Malcolm Arnold

R. Scott Mullen, doctoral conducting associate Angels in the Architecture

Joy McCarthy, soloist

arr. Paynter Frank Ticheli

WIND SYMPHONY Ascension A Movement for Rosa

Chandler L. Wilson

Jeremy Smith, doctoral conducting associate

Mark Camphouse

Blow It Up, Start Again

Jonathan Newman

Four Scottish Dances

Malcolm Arnold

I. Pesante II. Vivace III. Allegretto VI. Con Brio Big City Lights

Marie A. Douglas

SYMPHONIC BAND PROGRAM NOTES

Aileron (2015) (2’30”)

James Naigus (b. 1987), arr. Dawson Burnes Aileron was originally written for horn octet by Dr. James Naigus. After playing the piece with the UGA Horn Choir, I knew that it had to be adapted into a full wind band work. Dr. Naigus has been a major source of support and inspiration not only for myself, but for every member of the UGA Horn Studio as well. He is an incredible musician and person, and has helped me in tremendous ways throughout my college career. As such, this arrangement of his work is dedicated to him. I want to also extend a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Michael Robinson and the UGA Symphonic Band for premiering this work!

Program Note by the Arranger

PROGRAM NOTES James Naigus is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Georgia and hornist with the Georgia Brass Quintet. He has played with the Atlanta Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, and Ocala Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Naigus has written compositions for clients such as Google, University of Michigan, University of Florida, and University of Iowa. He currently has over sixty works self-published, or through Wavefront Music Publishing and Veritas Musica Publishing.

Tam o’Shanter (1955/2001) (8’20”)

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006), trans. Paynter Tam o’Shanter is the title and hero of a 1790 poem by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). Tam is a drunken farmer who, while riding home late one stormy night from Ayr, disturbed a witch’s party in the haunted church of Alloway. The hags pursued him to the keystone of the bridge over the River Doon, but had to stop there as they could not cross running water. One witch, however, plucked the tail from his mare, Maggie. The poem concludes with the following admonition: Now, wha’ this tale o’ truth shall read, Ilk man and mother’s son, take heed: Whene’er to drink you are inclin’d, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o’er dear.

Remember Tam o’Shanter’s mare.

Malcolm Arnold was a British composer and trumpeter. He was taken by the creative freedom of jazz music, and after seeing Louis Armstrong he took up the trumpet at age twelve. He attended the Royal College of Music, studying composition with Gordon Jacob, and trumpet with Ernest Hall. He played trumpet with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, before becoming a composer full-time in 1948. He composed for many mediums, including orchestra, wind band, brass band, and opera. He also composed scores to over 100 movies, including Bridge Over the River Kwai, for which he won an Academy Award.

Program note adapted from The Wind Repertory Project

Angels in the Architecture (2009) (14’30”) Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

Angels in the Architecture was commissioned by Kingsway International and received its premiere performance at the Sydney Opera House on July 6, 2008, by a massed band of young musicians from Australia and the United States, conducted by Matthew George. The work unfolds as a dramatic conflict between the two extremes of human existence -- one divine, the other evil. The work’s title is inspired by the Sydney Opera House itself, with its halo-shaped acoustical ornaments hanging directly above the performance stage. Angels in the Architecture begins with a single voice singing a 19th-century Shaker song:

I am an angel of Light I have soared from above I am cloth’d with Mother’s love.

I have come, I have come.

To protect my chosen band

And lead them to the promised land.

Frank Ticheli is an American composer and conductor, known for his substantial output of cherished works for wind band. Ticheli was born in Monroe, Louisiana, and played trumpet in his high school band. He studied composition at Southern Methodist University, and at the University of Michigan, where he earned master’s and doctoral degrees. In 1991, he became the Composer in Residence for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California. Ticheli’s compositional voice is recognized for its authenticity, brilliance, and thoughtfulness.

Program note adapted from The Wind Repertory Project

WIND SYMPHONY PROGRAM NOTES

Ascension (2023) (1’55’’) Chandler Wilson (b.1984)

Ascension was conceived during auditions for leadership with the Florida State University drumline, also known as the “Big 8.” As a part of the audition, those auditioning were asked to perform an exercise that uses the rhythmic motive, which starts the beginning of this work. As auditions continued, one student after another, there were those few measures with a motive that just stuck in my head. I leaned over to my colleague after several students and said, “I can write a piece using these few measures,” and here we are. Ascension is defined as “the process of rising to a position of higher importance, rank, or success.” This title fits perfectly because the students in the audition were aiming for ascension within the drumline and marching band.

The work represents the energy and excitement of climbing the rankings, the pursuit of that climb, and the feeling of completion… in epic form.

Chandler Wilson A native of Miami, FL, Dr. Chandler Wilson attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. While a student at FAMU, he served as the University Band President and section leader of the saxophones. During his time at FAMU, he was selected as the student arranger and conductor for the marching and symphonic bands and was selected as one of the first student staff members for the “Marching 100”. Dr. Wilson earned a Master of Arts in Wind Band Conducting from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Music Education with an emphasis in Wind Band Conducting from Florida State University.

Many of Dr. Wilson’s compositions have been premiered and performed on the concert band stage with All-County/District Honor Bands and All-State Bands. His works have also been performed at the Music for All National Festival and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. His composition, Legends of the Galaxy (A Cosmic Fanfare), was ranked in the Top 100 band compositions in the American Band College/Band World Magazine/Western

International Band Clinic Literature List for 2016 and one of his most recent work, Suite FortyFour, was performed at the 2019 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic by the Hikarigaoka Girls’ High School Wind Orchestra.

A Movement for Rosa (1992) (11’30’’) Mark Camphouse (b.1954)

A Movement for Rosa was commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association honoring civil rights heroine Rosa Parks and was composed and orchestrated over a three-month period: August - November, 1992. With a duration of approximately 11 1/2 minutes, this ‘movement’ -- a quasi-tone poem -- contains three contrasting sections. Section I evokes Rosa’s early years, from birth February 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, through her marriage in 1932 to Raymond Parks in Pine Level, Alabama. Section II portrays years of racial strife in Montgomery and the quest for social equality. Section III is one of quiet strength and serenity. The work’s final measures serve an ominous reminder of racism’s lingering presence in modern American society.

Mark Camphouse A product of the rich cultural life of Chicago, composer-conductor Mark Camphouse was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1954. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from Northwestern University where he studied composition with Alan Stout, conducting with John P. Paynter, and trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz. A scholarship from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago enabled Camphouse to study trumpet privately for two years with the late, legendary Chicago Symphony Principal Trumpet Emeritus, Adolph Herseth.

Camphouse began composing at an early age, with the Colorado Philharmonic premiering his First Symphony when he was seventeen. His 28 published works for wind band have received widespread critical acclaim and are performed frequently in the US and abroad, in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall-Chicago, Royal Albert Hall-London, and conferences of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, American Bandmasters Association, Texas Bandmasters, and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Principal commissions include those by the William D. Revelli Foundation, The US Army Band, The US Marine Band, Northshore Concert Band, and some of America’s finest high school, college-university, and community bands.

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Blow it Up, Start Again (2011/2012) (4’) Jonathan Newman (b.1972)

If the system isn’t working anymore, then do what Guy Fawkes tried and go anarchist: Blow it Up, Start Again Jonathan Newman Born in 1972, Jonathan Newman received the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and holds degrees from Boston University’s School for the Arts, where he studied composition with Richard Cornell and Charles Fussellm as well as conducting with Lukas Foss. He studied with composers John Corigliano and David Del Tredici and conducting with Miguel Harth-Bedoya at The Juilliard School. His early training includes Boston University Tanglewood Institute and the Aspen Music Festival where he studied with composers George Tsontakis and Bernard Rands.

Four Scottish Dances, Op.59 (1957/1958) (10’) Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) arr. John Paynter

Four Scottish Dances is based on original melodies except for one. Each movement evokes the music of Scotland, which utilizes sounds intended to imitate bagpipes.

Pesante: The first dance is in the style of a slow strathspey (“strath” (valley) of the river Spey), in 4/4 meter, with many dotted notes, frequently in the inverted (reversed) arrangement of the “Scottish snap.”

Vivace: This lively reel begins in E-flat and rises a semitone each time until the “tipsy” bassoon plays it at a greatly reduced speed, in G. The final statement is at the original speed in the home key of E-flat.

Allegretto: Conveying an impression of the sea and mountain scenery on a calm summer’s day in the Hebrides.

Con Brio: A lively fling which makes a great deal of use of the open string pitches of the violin (saxophones in the band edition).

Malcolm Arnold Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was bracketed with Britten and Walton as one of the most soughtafter composers in Britain. His natural melodic gift earned him a reputation as a composer of light music in works such as his sets of Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish and Cornish Dances, and his scores to the films St. Trinian’s and Hobson’s Choice. Arnold was a relatively conservative composer of tonal works, but a prolific and popular one. He acknowledged Hector Berlioz as an influence, and several commentators have drawn a comparison with Jean Sibelius.

He was knighted in 1993 for his service to music. He received honorary doctorates from the

University of Exeter (1969), University of Durham (1982), University of Leicester (1984), Miami University of Ohio (1989), University of Winchester (1983), and the University of Northampton (2006).

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Big City Lights (2021) (4’) Marie Douglas (b.1987)

Big City Lights is piece for wind band, inspired by the Hip-Hop sub-genre “Trap Music” which finds its roots in my hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. The piece includes textures, melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic content that are divergent to the traditional wind band realm. When performed, the piece utilizes electronic and acoustic means.

Marie Douglas Marie A. Douglas, a composer hailing from Atlanta, has garnered widespread acclaim for her exceptional talent in seamlessly blending genres and textures within her captivating concert stage pieces. Her music serves as a profound reflection of her inner-city upbringing and her diverse musical experiences, infusing a genuine and authentic essence into each composition.

Douglas draws significant inspiration from the African Diaspora, effectively integrating elements of Hip-Hop and western art music idioms to create compositions that resonate with a wide range of audiences. With her works captivating concert-goers across the United States and Canada, Marie’s artistry extends beyond the stage as she collaborates with various ensembles and lends her creative prowess to the world of film music, as well as hip-hop and R&B. As she embarks on a remarkable academic journey, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis under the guidance of distinguished mentors Kamran Ince and Albert Nguyen, her unwavering dedication to sonic innovation continues to shape the evolving tapestry of her artistic expression.

ARTISTIC TEAM BIOGRAPHIES MICHAEL C. ROBINSON serves as Professor of Music Education at the University of Georgia.

His duties include teaching courses in instrumental music education, conducting, and as Director of the UGA Symphonic Band. Robinson previously served for eleven years as the Director of The Sudler Trophy Award winning UGA Redcoat Marching Band. A native of Florida, Robinson received B.M. and M.M. degrees in Music Education and a D.M.A. degree in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Miami. Prior to the UGA appointment, he served as Associate Director of Bands at the University of South Florida in Tampa and Director of Bands at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. Robinson also taught eleven years in the public schools of Florida, most notably as Director of Bands at Seminole High School in Pinellas County Florida. During his teaching career, Robinson has received numerous honors and awards including; Pinellas County Teacher of the Year, City of Seminole Educator of the Year, USF College of Visual and Performing Arts Outstanding Service Award, The Orpheus Award from Phi Mu Alpha, and The Friend of the Arts award from Sigma Alpha Iota, among others. Robinson is active as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States. He also has extensive experience in the marching arts having served in a variety of capacities with top DCI Drum and Bugle corps such as the Boston Crusaders, The Cadets, Carolina Crown, Iowa Colts, Madison Scouts, and Suncoast Sound.

ARTISTIC TEAM BIOGRAPHIES SCOTT MULLEN is a conductor and music educator, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Georgia. Scott serves as a Graduate Assistant for UGA Bands in conducting, teaching, and administrative 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 (Master of Arts, 2023). At UCF, he worked with the concert bands, hosted chamber wind concerts, worked with undergraduate music education students, and helped teach and lead the Marching Knights and Jammin’ Knights pep bands.

Scott also received his undergraduate degree from UCF (Bachelor of Music Education, 2016), serving as Drum Major and as a trombonist in ensembles.

Scott was a teacher in Orange County Public Schools, most recently as Director of Bands, Chorus, and Orchestra at Wedgefield School. Scott 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.

Scott’s conducting mentors include Scott Lubaroff, Tremon Kizer, Kelly Miller, Scott Tobias, Nicholas Williams, and Jaclyn Hartenberger.

Originally from Rome, Georgia, DAWSON BURNES is a senior Music Education student at the University of Georgia and a member of the UGA Horn Studio under the direction of Dr. James Naigus and Dr. Jean Martin-Williams. He has performed in a wide variety of ensembles while enrolled at UGA, including the Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, and British Brass Band. Dawson has been under the batons of many notable conductors and performers, such as Dr. Michael Robinson, Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger, Dr. Nicholas Williams, Dr. Shiree Williams, and Philip Smith. Currently, he is student-teaching at Malcom Bridge Middle School in Bogart, Georgia under the advisement of Dr. Wesley York.

Dawson served as a mellophone section leader and Associate Band Captain of Performance with the UGA Redcoat Marching Band. As ABCP, Dawson organized and conducted the “Derbies” pep band, which plays at community events in Athens throughout the year as well as at pep rallies and tailgates during the UGA football season. Dawson also conducted the UGA Volleyball Band and Gymnastics Band.

Dawson has been heavily involved in the marching arts since high school. He has marched in the Drum Corps International circuit since the age of 15, concluding his marching career as a conductor of Phantom Regiment. Dawson is also a freelance composer and arranger, writing for concert bands, chamber groups, and marching ensembles. His arrangements have been frequently played in the stands by the UGA Redcoat Marching Band. He currently serves as a mellophone and drum major technician at Atlanta CV Drum & Bugle Corps.

ARTISTIC TEAM BIOGRAPHIES JOY MCCARTHY is an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia pursuing her Bachelor’s in Music Education. Now in her second year of enrollment, Joy studies with Dr. Gregory Broughton, and alongside that is a member of the UGA Hodgson Singers. Notable performances include GMEA’s All-State Reading Choir in 2022, and the Voice Area Spring 2023 Honors Recital. Joy hopes to one day teach high school or collegiate choir.

JACK A. EADDY JR., a native of Orangeburg, SC, is the Director of Athletic Bands at Western Carolina University. Dr. Eaddy serves as Director of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band and conducts the Symphonic Band in the School of Music. Prior to his appointment at WCU, Dr. Eaddy served as Assistant Director of Bands at McNeese State University and the University of South Carolina, where he assisted with athletic bands, including the Pride of McNeese Marching Band and the Carolina Band, as well as taught music education courses.

Dr. Eaddy earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of North Texas. He holds a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from the University of Georgia, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida State University. As Director of Bands at Oak Ridge High School, Dr. Eaddy developed a flourishing program that was recognized throughout the state of Florida for maintaining the highest standards in spite of the challenges that many of its students experienced. Dr. Eaddy received the Florida Music Educators Association Tom Bishop Award that recognizes a director in the state of Florida who has turned a program around, making a positive difference in a short amount of time.

JEREMY SMITH is a third-year Doctoral Conducting Associate at the University of Georgia and is in the conducting studio of Dr. Nicholas Williams, with additional mentorship by Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger. Jeremy is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and a proud product of the DeKalb County School District, where he graduated from Southwest DeKalb High School. He attended Florida A&M University and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. Jeremy later received his Master’s in Music Education from Norfolk State University while serving as a graduate assistant with the band program. In this capacity, he co-conducted the symphonic wind ensemble, assisted with the marching band, and aided in the recruitment efforts for the band program. Most recently, Jeremy completed his Education Specialist degree (EdS) in Music Education from Piedmont College (Demorest, GA).

Jeremy started his teaching career as an elementary band director in the DeKalb County School District. He later served as the Orchestra and Assistant Band Director at Stephenson Middle School and served as the Assistant Band Director at Stephenson High School for three years.

As Assistant Band Director at Stephenson High School, he assisted with the wind ensemble, conducted the symphonic band and trumpet choir, served as the primary drill writer for the marching band, and taught the beginning band class.

Jeremy is a member of the College Band Directors Association (CBDNA), National Association for Music Educators (NAFME), the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, and Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity.

UGA SYMPHONIC BAND Michael C. Robinson, Conductor R. Scott Mullen, Doctoral Conducting Associate Dawson Burnes, Guest Conductor FLUTE

Kiconco Bassler Rose Fitzgerald Sriram Madhusudan Roberto Montiel Jasmine Negron OBOE Lorelai Crook Eleazar Louis Carter Reed Jennifer Tran CLARINET Emma Hu Bailey Hutchins Blue Jackson Anya Kerkemeyer Avery Pate Maggie Quesenberry Shelby Redding Allyson Tremblay McKenzie Turner BASS CLARINET Ethan Campbell BASSOON Yazilet Anariba Kaleb Colwell Lily Hurn ALTO SAXOPHONE Nicholas Goldfarb Rachel Hoang Sadie Landon Madelynn Rayner Bridget Sheridan

TENOR SAXOPHONE Ashley Emerton Tucker Rollins

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Emily Johnson TRUMPET Sophia Bobo Clay Campbell Ella Carter Noah Hicks Benjamin Jones Walker McCullough Emma Peters Sarah Shayeb HORN Brianna Baker-Hopkins Anjali Culver Jacob Guerreso Arine Kim

EUPHONIUM

Jesse Corso TarevaChine Lightfoot Steven Lubitz Ava Rogers Maria Suggs TUBA Moses Bannister Benjamin Groover Riley Maloney Katja Rintamaki PERCUSSION Kai Braun Morgan Loper Jorjana Marin Alex Reiniche PIANO Tye Johnson

Josie Klinar Savannah Van Buren Alexandria Weekley TROMBONE Tyler Carver Logan Durisch William Emde Connor Fenneran Justin Jung Stanley Mullis Dylan Pollock

Bella Turco

*Members of the University of Georgia Symphonic Band are listed alphabetically to acknowledge each performer’s unique contribution to our shared artistic endeavors.

UGA WIND SYMPHONY Jack A. Eaddy, Jr., Conductor Jeremy Smith, Doctoral Conducting Associate FLUTE Isabel Brock Keira Inks Sam Malave Connor Thorne Alexia Toma Bella Cabrel-Watson Caroline Wright

TRUMPET Cameran Butryn Palmer Hartley Colin Kennedy Ben Stocksdale Hayes Thomas Nathan Vazquez Trey Walsh

OBOE Emily Grabowski Marcus Lewis Ashlyn Long Alice Mcnett

TROMBONE Ray Choi Trip Drennan Joshua Hadaway Ian Harding Eric Looney Zachary Nelson

CLARINET Nate Kite Elise Larsen Tyler Nicholes John Peach Sophie Ray Ian Robinson Claire Telfore BASSOON Ethan Johnson Jordan Johnson Drew Kruszynski SAXOPHONE Owen Cotton Maddi Finn Jackson Tadlock Jon Erik Tripp HORN London Brooks Peter Dixon Cal Hughes Patrick Malone Makenzie Shields

EUPHONIUM Andrew Haynes Skylar Smith Jacob Torbert TUBA Jack Neja Dallas Pellom PERCUSSION Tanner Fallin Reece Moseley Henry Pattavina Aaron Phillip Mackenzie Roquemore Angelica Wright HARP Evelyn Raphael PIANO Shaohannah Pace

*Members of the University of Georgia Wind Symphony are listed alphabetically to acknowledge each performer’s unique contribution to our shared artistic endeavors.

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THURS 2/15 7:30 p.m.

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STUDENT CHAMBER MUSIC GALA

The second year of the UGA Student Chamber Music Gala features some of our premier small ensembles: Bulldog Brass Society, Southern Wind Quintet,

$3 UGA STUDENT TICKETS ADULTS $20 WITH VALID UGA STUDENT ID CARD

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TUES 2/20 7:30 p.m.

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UGA Wind Ensemble

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The program includes SEER by Erik Santos, featuring UGA Voice Faculty Gregory Broughton and Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble by Ingolf Dahl preformed by Concerto winner Michael Chapa.

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THURS 2/22 7:30 p.m.

Hodgson Hall

Happy Birthday Anton Bruckner

In celebration of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, UGASO presents Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 along with selections from Midsummer Night’s Dream by German composer Felix Mendelssohn.

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