UIC Symphonic Band and Jazz Workshop 3.11.22

The High Road Friday

UIC

Christopher

March 11, 2022

Symphonic Band

Vongithayamathakul

7:30pm

and

and

Jazz Workshop

Andy Baker

Land Acknowledgement Statement

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The UIC School of Theatre and Music sits on the traditional homeland of the original peoples of the area: the Three Fires Confederacy (the Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe Nations) as well as the Menominee and Ho-Chunk who—along with many Indigenous people—were among its first inhabitants. With respect and gratitude, The School of Theatre and Music honors the many Native Americans who have, do, and will call this land their home.

STM acknowledges that we have benefitted from the repeated attacks on Native Americans that forced tribal representatives to sign the 1816 Treaty of St Louis, relinquishing to the U.S. all claims of the land from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. This land seizure led to the era of economic development and rapid growth that made Chicago the metropolis that it is today.

We have an obligation to our students and the nearly 65,000 Native Americans now living in Chicago to do no further harm, to amplify Native voices, and to fight for equity and inclusion by engaging in anti-racism policies and practices. For us, this work begins with this statement, and must be followed by actions that immediately affect our work and life on campus. STM therefore commits to the following initiatives: / The creation of an Antiracism Action Plan and Committee / Antiracism training for all STM faculty and staff / Annual Recruitment workshops and on-site special events for Native high-schoolers. / An annual master class or talk with Native musicians and/or theatre artists. / Free tickets to STM performances and concerts, provided through UIC’s Native American Support Program. / Increased representation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) voices and perspectives in STM pedagogy, classrooms, and performances.

This is only the beginning of our work. We look forward to expanded and sustained STM programming that addresses ignorance, systemic racism, and white dominance.

Developed by STM Theatre Faculty 08.25.2020

UIC Jazz Workshop Program Dat Dere (1960)

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Bobby Timmons (1934-1974) transcribed and adapted

by Andy Baker

Jersey Bounce (1942)

Tiny Bradshaw (1907-1958) Eddie Johnson (1920-2010) Bobby Platter (1914-1982) arr. Andy Baker

You Don't Know What Love Is (1914)

Midnight Voyage (1996)

Gene De Paul (1919-1988) arr. Andy Baker

Michael Brecker (1949-2007) transcribed by Andy Baker

Dolphin Dance (1965)

Herbie Hancock (b. 1940) transcribed and adapted

by Andy Baker

UIC Symphonic Band Program Funiculì, Funiculà (1880)

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Luigi Denza (1846-1922), arr. Alfred Reed (1921-2005)

Down a Country Lane (1962)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) arr. Merlin Patterson

Tight Squeeze (2013)

Alex Shapiro (b. 1962)

Loch Lomond (2002)

Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

Exultation (2010)

Philip Sparke (b. 1951)

UIC Jazz Workshop Personnel Guitar Ben Abid Alto Saxophone Ethan Downing Double Bass Juliana Espinosa Piano David Karpinski Tenor Saxophone Mark Parages Drum Set Luke Sagadin Trombone Julia Souslby

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UIC Symphonic Band Personnel Flute

Rebecca Nika, Jr.,

Michael Crosby, Fr.,

Computer Science, Springfield

Psychology, Pickerington, OH Euphonium Oboe

Eduardo Alonso, Jr.,

Chloe Swerdlick, Fr.,

Music, Chicago

Undeclared, Chicago

Gabriel Flemenbaum, So., Biochemistry, Lincolnshire

Clarinet Alex Campillanos, Grad.,

Tuba

Electrical Engineering, Forest Park

Matthew Kelly, Jr,

Alexia Pohlod, Fr.,

Teaching of History,

Pre-health/Sciences, Streator

Western Springs

Natalie Salas, Fr.,

Emmanuel Pizana, Fr.,

Chemical Engineering, Bartlett

Music Performance, Chicago

Alto Sax

Bass

Natalie Salas, Fr.,

Sanna Halsted, Fr.,

Chemical Engineering,

Music Business, Wausau, WI

Bartlett Percussion Trumpet

Josue Avila, Fr.,

Aubrie DaVall, So.,

Music Performance, Chicago

Psychology, Wheaton

Ethan Cruz, Fr., Biology, St. Charles

Horn

Anna Elsen, Fr.,

Mathias Morales, Grad.,

Mechanical Engineering,

Biomedical Science, Bridgeview

Madison, WI

Sally Whitesides, Grad.,

Matthew Fabian, Fr.,

Disability Ethics, Woodridge

Music Business, Westchester Angelo Sfyris, Jr.,

Trombone

Computer Science, River Grove

Robert Cornett, Sr.,

Jay Tuttle, Fr.,

Mechanical Engineering,

English, Lahaina, HI

Wapakoneta, OH Joshua Montanez, So., Architecture, Chicago

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Program Notes

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Funiculì, Funiculà It's a very familiar and popular Neapolitan song of the 1880s arranged as a tarantella and set for the full resources of the modern concert band. It has the feel of a classic European concert march with tremendous appeal and a variety of performance uses.

-Program Note by publisher

Down a Country Lane On June 29, 1962,Life Magazinefeatured Aaron Copland's compositionDown a Country Lane. The piece was commissioned by Life in hopes of making quality music available to the common pianist and student. The work was featured along with an article title "Our Bumper Crop of Beginning Piano Players". The article explains, "Down a Country Lane fills a musical gap: It is among the few modern pieces specially written for young piano students by a major composer." Copland is quoted in the article of saying "Even third-year students will have to practice before trying it in public." Copland then explains the title: "The music is descriptive only in an imaginative, not a literal sense. I didn't think of the title until the piece was finished. Down a Country Lanejust happened to fit its flowing quality."

-Program Note by publisher

Tight Squeeze From the acclaimed composer of Paper Cut, Alex Shapiro, this unique, high-energy work could be described by the following: imagine Arnold Schoenberg,Henry Mancini, and Charlie Parker walking into a dance club in Havana, and staying for three minutes.Tight Squeezeventures into new territory as it explores chromaticism and syncopation against a prerecorded percussion groove. The result is the repertoire's first electroacoustic twelve-tone techno Latin bebop band piece! Okay, maybe Schoenberg did all that first, but it never sounded quite like this!

-Program Note by publisher

Program Notes

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Loch Lomond Ticheli’ssetting of the famous folksong is simple yet charming, preserving faithfully the melody and adding interesting harmonic vocabulary.Loch Lomondtells the tale of two Scottish soldiers who were imprisoned at Carlisle Castle in England, following the Battleof Culloden Moor. One of the soldiers was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend, those who died in foreign lands had their spirits travel to their homelands through the “low road,” the route for the souls of the departed. The song is from the point of view of the soldier to be executed, who tells his friend “ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road,” in effect saying that the freed soldier will return alive, while he himself would return in spirit. He remembers his past and the “bonnie lass” (pretty girl) he will never see again, and sadly accepts death.Loch Lomondwas commissioned by the Stewarton Academy Senior Wind Ensemble of East Ayrshire, Scotland, Nigel Durno, conductor. It received its premiere on 18 June 2002 by the commissioning ensemble at Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

-Program Notes by Nikk Pilato

Exultation Exultation is a short and energetic concert opener that is similar to a palindrome. A fanfare opens the work, juxtaposing 3/4 and 6/8, reminiscent of Latin-American music. The main theme is first heard on the euphonium, horns and saxophones, which is very bluesy. The contrasting second theme is short and spikey and played by the bass instruments of the band. A lyric melody emerges as the rest of the orchestra joins in. The second theme reappears which leads back to the ‘blues’ melody, which leads back to the opening fanfare. Palindromic!

-Program Notes by publisher

Conductor Biographies

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Christopher Vongvithayamathakul (Mathakul) joins the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Theatre and Music in the 2021-22 academic year as the Ensemble Programs/Public Engagement Coordinator and director of the Symphonic Band. Currently, Mr. Mathakul is a doctoral candidate in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Washington, studying with Professor Timothy Salzman. As concert bands graduate assistant at Washington, Mr. Mathakul served as the director of the Concert Band and assistant conductor for the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. In the Spring of 2021, Mr. Mathakul and fellow graduate conducting student Daniel Fischer presented a clinic entitled “Creative Learning Experiences for Music Ensembles Using Digital Audio Tools” at multiple state music education conferences. This presentation was inspired by the virtual composition project entitled "Putting the E in E-nsemble" piloted by the University of Washington Wind Ensemble in collaboration with composer Alex Shapiro in the Spring of 2020.

Mr. Mathakul earned a Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from the University of New Mexico where he studied conducting with Professor Eric Rombach-Kendall and clarinet with Professor Keith Lemmons. During his time at New Mexico, Mathakul served as graduate assistant for the UNM bands, where his responsibilities included assisting and conducting the concert bands, marching band, and running the “Soundpack” basketball pep band. Mr. Mathakul also served as the music director for the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque, a community orchestra.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Mr. Mathakul served for seven years as a high school and middle school band director in schools on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i, where he was an active member of the O'ahu Band Directors Association and chair of its Beginning Honor Band.

Conductor Biographies

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Since moving to Chicago from London in 2001, trombonist and composer Andy Baker has established a reputation as one of the most in-demand and versatile musicians in town.

Mr. Baker is lead trombonist of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, co-leads the sextet BakerzMillion and is a first-call theatre and studio musician. He has performed and recorded with a wide array of ensembles including the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Fulcrum Point New Music Project and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra.

Mr. Baker has had the opportunity to work with artists such as Frank Sinatra Jr., Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Arturo Sandoval, Peter Erskine and Van Morrison and appears on more than 20 recordings as a sideman.

In August 2012, Mr. Baker was appointed Jazz Ensemble Director at the University of Illinois at Chicago having previously served on the faculties of Northwestern University and Elmhurst College.

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UIC Concert Series Spring 2022

Saturday, March 26

Tuesday, April 26:

Friday, April 29

UIC Wind Ensemble

Pop Rock,

Percussion Ensemble

at the Percy Grainger

L285 Recital Hall,

L280 Theatre, 7:30pm

Festival

7:30pm

1044 WHarrison St.

Orchestral Hall

1044 West Harrison St.

Chicago, IL

Symphony Center

Chicago IL 60607 Saturday, April 30

(time TBD) 220 S Michigan Ave

April 19-20

Contemporary

Chicago, IL

UIC Jazz Festival

Music and

Thursday, April 7 UIC Choral Festival,

Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

1334 W Flournoy St Chicago, IL Friday, April 15 Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Logan Center, 7:30pm 1044 W Harrison St.

Wednesday, April 27 Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo L285 Recital Hall 7:30pm 1044 W Harrison St. Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

Thursday, April 28

Sunday, April 24

Jazz Combo

UIC Orchestra

L285 Recital Hall,

Whitney M. Young High

7:30pm

School Auditorium,

1044 W Harrison St.

3:00pm

Chicago, IL

211 S Laflin St Chicago, IL

L280 Theatre, 7:30pm 1044 W Harrison St. Chicago, IL

Notre Dame de Chicago, All day

Student Showcase

Jazz Workshop and

Mission

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