SYMPHONIC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 7 PM
UTRGV PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX
EDINBRUG, TX
FanfareHayabusa
DumSpiroSpero
PROGRAM SYMPHONICWINDS
SatoshiYagisawa (b.1975)
ChrisPilsner(b.1986)
JonathanHelmick,conductor
ThreeAyresfromGloucester
I. TheJollyEarlofCholmondeley
II. AyreforEventide
III TheFiefsofWembley
ChasingSunlight
WheretheWatersMeet
HughM.Stuart(1917-2006)
RyanKlitz,conductor
CaitNishimura(b.1991)
CarolBrittinChambers(b.1970)
BobbySalazar,conductor
Pageant VincentPersichetti(1915-1987)
RyanKlitz,conductor
FLUTE
Nadia Villanueva*
Miah Garces
Brandon Castillo
Diana Macias
Mark Mejorado
Jose Guajardo
OBOE
Isaac Contreras*
Eb Clarinet (Eb/III)
CLARINET
Valeria Nava*
Ana Gudiño
Diandra Castillo
Kairi Olivarez
Hunter Shears
Nicholas Lopez
Karen Galan
Nicole Zapata
BASS CLARINET
Kendra Montalvo
Victoria Garcia
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Christian Garcia*
Hector Cabrera
Matthew Ayala
Ethean Moore
Luis Villarreal
Kobe Rojas
Sherlyn Farias
Leo Duenes
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Genaro Benitez
Fabian Castillo
Rudolpho Rodriguez
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Roque Martinez
Triton Herrera HORN
Bobby Salazar**
Alexis Aguilar**
Iran Reyes
Ashley Navas
Isaac Salinas
Juan Benitez
Nahomi Castañeda
TRUMPET
Aaron Perez
Cesar Tovar*
Jasmin Loreine Villanueva
Javier Calderon
Maricela Sital
Bryan Perez
Jack Fernandez
Alan Dominguez
TROMBONE
Nathan Gilchrist*
Bernie Martinez
Brandon Gonzalez
Devron Cano
Orlando Castaño
Fabio Oceguera
Veronica Williams
BASS TROMBONE PERCUSSION
Miguel Cortes Paul Lyton*
J o a c h i m L l a n a s
EUPHONIUM Eric Salazar
Jorge Ayala* Victor Sanchez
Adan Villanueva Philip True
Gilbert Moya Sergio Villagomez
Meagan Aguilar
Jorge Leal
Julio Mendoza
Caleb Garcia
TUBA
Marty Gutierrez*
Eduardo Zamarippa
Benjamin Ramirez
Fernando Barsenas
Donovan Escamilla
Raphael “Ralph” Gonzalez
Bryan Menchaca
Layla Montelongo
Isaac Dominguez
Victor Gomez
Mathew Delatorre
Jose Leyva, Jr
PROGRAM
WINDORCHESTRA
JonathanHelmick,conductor
EspritdeCorps RobertJager(b.1939)
HymntotheSun- SatoshiYagisawa(b.1975) WiththeBeatofMotherEarth
Adoration FlorencePrice(1887-1953) trans.byCheldonWilliams
UrbanLight JamesM.David(b.1978)
Joyce’s71 N.Y.RegimentMarch ThortonBarnesBoyer (1856-1936) st arr.MayhewLake
Novum AndrewBlair(b.1987)
ComeSunday OmarThomas(b.1984)
I. Testimony
II. Shout!
W I N D O R C H E S T R A
P E R S O N N E L
Flute
Abigail Valadez*
Mia Ruiz
Ruby Garcia
Marylee Ortiz
Yulissa Rodrigues
Oboe
Lilizbeth Garza*
Claudia Quintana
Vanessa Martinez
Bassoon
Alexhzander Hernandez*
Orlando Castaño
Eb Clarinet
Ashley Lee
Clarinet
Ashley Lee*
Daniel Hernandez
Yohvanna Guerrero
Karolina Leal
Joel Cardenas
Citlali Alarcon
Damien Torres
Jaelynn Moreno
Alto Saxophone
Roman Valenciano*
Juan Zamarripa
Tenor Saxophone
Anthony (Lee) Monrreal
Bari Saxophone
Jay Rodriguez
Horn
Alonzo Cavazos**
Bobby Salazar**
Jonah Cantu
Luis Flores
Johan Espinoza
Robert Bautista
Trumpet
Christian Ramirez*
Alegandro Escamilla
Jacob Morales
Emmanuel Juarez
Aristeo Garcia
Daniel Granados
Trombone
Christopher Trevino*
Paul Silas Morales
Jesua Tejeda
Orlando Mejia
Bass Trombone
Guliano Page
Efren Zapata
Euphonium
Jose Castillo*
Noah Jaramillo
W I N D O R C H E S T R A
P E R S O N N E L
Tuba
Alessandro Peña*
Jaime Zamarripa
Jose Coronado
Percussion
Edgar Facundo*
Oscar Mendez
Michelle Molina
Arturo Rodriguez
Jorge Ruiz
Eric Salazar
Victor Sanchez, Jr.
P i a n o
Jesus Trey Tamez
Dwight Reeves
Yris Robles
S t r i n g B a s s
Vianeth Bernardo
Troy Pedroza
A B O U T T H E C O N D U C T O R S
D r. J o n at h a n H e l m i c k
s e r v e s a s D i re c t o r of
B a n d s a t T h e U n i v e r s i t y
of Tex a s R i o G ra n d e
Va l l e y ( U T R GV ) w h e re h e
t e a c h e s c o u r s e s i n w i n d
l i t e ra t u re a n d c o n d u c t s t h e
W i n d O rc h e s t ra a n d
S y m p h o n i c W i n d s .
P r i o r t o h i s a p p o i n t m e n t
a t U T R GV, D r. H e l m i c k
s e r v e d a s D i re c t o r of B a n d s
a n d P rofe s s o r of M u s i c a t
S l i p p e r y Ro c k U n i v e r s i t y. H e
j o i n e d t h e f a c u l t y i n 2 0 1 4
a n d d i re c t e d t h e S y m p h o n i c
W i n d E n s e m b l e, “ M a rc h i n g P r i d e, ” a n d C o n c e r t
B a n d . I n a d d i t i o n t o e n s e m b l e l e a d e r s h i p, h e
t a u g h t c o u r s e s s u c h a s Fu n d a m e n t a l s of
C o n d u c t i n g , Ad v a n c e d C o n d u c t i n g , Lo w B ra s s
M e t h o d s , H i g h B ra s s M e t h o d s , M a rc h i n g B a n d
Te c h n i q u e s , I n s t r u m e n t a l Re h e a r s a l Te c h n i q u e s ,
a n d A p p l i e d E u p h o n i u m .
D r. H e l m i c k ’ s w o r k w i t h t h e S R U W i n d E n s e m b l e
l e d t h e m t o n a t i o n a l re c o g n i t i o n , i n c l u d i n g b e i n g
n a m e d a f i n a l i s t fo r T h e A m e r i c a n P r i z e i n W i n d
E n s e m b l e a n d C o n c e r t B a n d Pe r fo r m a n c e
( c o l l e g e /u n i v e r s i t y d i v i s i o n ) . U n d e r h i s d i re c t i o n ,
t h e S R U “ M a rc h i n g P r i d e ” p e r fo r m e d
i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y a t t h e 2 0 1 9 D u b l i n S t . Pa t r i c k ’ s
Fe s t i v a l Pa ra d e a n d L i m e r i c k I n t e r n a t i o n a l B a n d
C h a m p i o n s h i p, w h e re t h e y e a r n e d B e s t O v e ra l l
B a n d , B e s t Ad u l t B a n d , a n d B e s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l
B a n d , a n d a t Lo n d o n ’ s 2 024 N e w Ye a r ’ s D a y
Pa ra d e.
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B O U T T H E C O N D U C T O R S ( c o n t ’ d )
J o n a t h a n h o l d s a D o c t o r of M u s i c a l A r t s d e g re e
i n C o n d u c t i n g f ro m T h e U n i v e r s i t y of S o u t h e r n
M i s s i s s i p p i . H e e a r n e d a M a s t e r of M u s i c d e g re e
i n E u p h o n i u m Pe r fo r m a n c e, a B a c h e l o r of M u s i c
i n M u s i c Ed u c a t i o n ( w i t h h o n o r s ) , a n d a B a c h e l o r of A r t s i n B u s i n e s s a n d O rg a n i z a t i o n a l
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s ( w i t h h o n o r s ) , a l l f ro m T h e
U n i v e r s i t y of A k ro n . P r i o r t o h i s a p p o i n t m e n t a t
S l i p p e r y Ro c k U n i v e r s i t y, h e t a u g h t i n p u b l i c
s c h o o l s i n O h i o a n d M i s s i s s i p p i . D r. H e l m i c k a l s o
s e r v e d a s A s s i s t a n t C o n d u c t o r a n d m e m b e r of
t h e B o a rd of Tr u s t e e s fo r t h e Fre e d o m B ra s s
B a n d of N o r t h e a s t O h i o a n d p e r fo r m e d o n
e u p h o n i u m a n d b a r i t o n e w i t h t h e B ra s s B a n d of
t h e We s t e r n Re s e r v e.
D r. H e l m i c k re m a i n s a c t i v e a s a m u s i c i a n a n d
e d u c a t o r. H e h a s a p p e a re d a s a g u e s t c l i n i c i a n ,
a r t i s t , a n d a d j u d i c a t o r a c ro s s t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
i n c l u d i n g F l o r i d a , I d a h o, I l l i n o i s , I n d i a n a ,
M i c h i g a n , M i s s i s s i p p i , N e w M ex i c o, O h i o,
Pe n n s y l v a n i a , Te n n e s s e e, Tex a s , V i rg i n i a ,
Wa s h i n g t o n , a n d We s t V i rg i n i a a s w e l l a s
i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y i n A u s t r i a , t h e C z e c h Re p u b l i c ,
I re l a n d , I t a l y, a n d S i c i l y. H e w a s h o n o re d w i t h t h e
S l i p p e r y Ro c k U n i v e r s i t y P re s i d e n t ’ s Aw a rd fo r
E xc e l l e n c e i n Te a c h i n g i n 2 0 1 8 a n d t h e C i t a t i o n
of E xc e l l e n c e f ro m t h e Pe n n s y l v a n i a M u s i c
Ed u c a t o r s A s s o c i a t i o n i n 2 0 1 9. N a t i o n a l l y, h e w a s
re c o g n i z e d a m o n g t h e 2 02 2 Ya m a h a “4 0 U n d e r
4 0 ” a n d w a s n a m e d a q u a r t e r f i n a l i s t fo r t h e 2 024
M u s i c Ed u c a t o r Aw a rd p re s e n t e d b y t h e
Re c o rd i n g Ac a d e m y a n d G ra m m y M u s e u m .
A
M r. R y a n K l i t z s e r v e s a s
t h e A s s i s t a n t D i re c t o r of
B a n d s a t T h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Tex a s R i o G ra n d e Va l l e y
( U T R GV ) w h e re h e c o n d u c t s
t h e S y m p h o n i c B a n d a n d
a s s i s t s w i t h M a rc h i n g
Va q u e ro s a s w e l l a s t h e
U T R GV Pe p b a n d .
P r i o r t o h i s a p p o i n t m e n t a t
U T R GV, M r. K l i t z w a s t h e
D i re c t o r of B a n d s a n d
O rc h e s t ra a t K i n g H i g h
S c h o o l i n Ta m p a , F l o r i d a .
D u r i n g h i s t i m e t h e i r, M r. K l i t z o v e r s a w t h e
M a rc h i n g L i o n s , t h e K i n g s of S w i n g J a z z B a n d ,
t h e L i o n e t t e C o l o rg u a rd p ro g ra m , S y m p h o n i c
B a n d , W i n d E n s e m b l e, a n d O rc h e s t ra . O u t s i d e of
t h e c l a s s ro o m , M r. K l i t z w a s a re g u l a r m e m b e r of
t h e Ta m p a B ra s s B a n d w h e re h e p l a y e d s o l o
b a r i t o n e, a n d m a d e m u l t i p l e a p p e a ra n c e s a t t h e
N o r t h A m e r i c a n B ra s s B a n d A s s o c i a t i o n
C h a m p i o n s h i p s .
R y a n i s a g ra d u a t e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of F l o r i d a
w h e re h e e a r n e d a B a c h e l o r ’ s D e g re e i n M u s i c
Ed u c a t i o n a n d a M a s t e r ’ s of M u s i c D e g re e i n
E u p h o n i u m Pe r fo r m a n c e w i t h a c o g n a t e i n
I n s t r u m e n t a l C o n d u c t i n g . H e h a s s e r v e d a s a
g ra d u a t e t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n t fo r t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
F l o r i d a b a n d d e p a r t m e n t w h e re h e w o r ke d w i t h
t h e m a rc h i n g b a n d , c o n c e r t b a n d s , a n d t h e
re c e n t l y fo r m e d b ra s s b a n d . M r. K l i t z a l s o s e r v e d
a s a t e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n t i n u n d e rg ra d u a t e
c o n d u c t i n g c o u r s e s a s w e l l a s t h e t u b a -
A B O U T T H E C O N D U C T O R S ( c o n t ’ d )
e u p h o n i u m s t u d i o w h e re h e w o u l d t e a c h l e s s o n s , o rg a n i z e re h e a r s a l s , a n d c o n d u c t t h e U F Tu b a -
E u p h o n i u m e n s e m b l e.
M r. K l i t z s p e n d s h i s s u m m e r s c o n t i n u i n g t o b e
i m m e r s e d i n m u s i c . H e s e r v e s a s t h e h e a d
c o u n s e l o r fo r t h e U n i v e r s i t y of F l o r i d a G a t o r l a n d
S u m m e r B a n d C a m p s s i n c e 2 02 2 . M r. K l i t z a l s o
s e r v e s a s a m e m b e r of t h e C o l t s D r u m a n d B u g l e
C o r p s B ra s s s t a f f s i n c e 2 02 3. H i s p rofe s s i o n a l
a f f i l i a t i o n s i n c l u d e F l o r i d a B a n d m a s t e r s
A s s o c i a t i o n , F l o r i d a O rc h e s t ra A s s o c i a t i o n ,
N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n fo r M u s i c Ed u c a t i o n , Ta u
B e t a S i g m a N a t i o n a l H o n o ra r y B a n d S o ro r i t y, a n d
Ka p p a Ka p p a P s i N a t i o n a l H o n o ra r y B a n d
Fra t e r n i t y.
G U E S T C O N D U C T O R
B o b by S a l a z a r i s a
G ra d u a t e A s s i s t a n t w i t h
t h e a t h l e t i c b a n d s a t T h e
U n i v e r s i t y of Tex a s R i o
G ra n d e Va l l e y ( U T R GV ) , w h e re h e s u p p o r t s t h e
U T R GV M a rc h i n g B a n d
a n d Pe p B a n d t h ro u g h
c o n d u c t i n g , i n s t r u c t i o n ,
a n d p ro g ra m d e v e l o p m e n
w h i l e p u r s u i n g a M a s t e r o
M u s i c d e g re e i n W i n d
C o n d u c t i n g
W i t h m o re t h a n t w e l v e
y e a r s of ex p e r i e n c e a s a m u s i c
e d u c a t o r, M r. S a l a z a r h a s b e e n p a r t t h e m u s i c a l
l a n d s c a p e of t h e R i o G ra n d e Va l l e y. H e p re v i o u s l y
s e r v e d a s A s s i s t a n t B a n d D i re c t o r of t h e M c A l l e n
W i n d E n s e m b l e, a n d t h e a s s i s t a n t b a n d l e a d e r t o
t h e S w i n g S t re e t B i g B a n d .
A n a t i v e of S o u t h Tex a s , M r. S a l a z a r e a r n e d h i s
B a c h e l o r of M u s i c d e g re e f ro m Tex a s A & M
U n i v e r s i t y – K i n g s v i l l e a n d i s c u r re n t l y c o m p l e t i n g
g ra d u a t e s t u d i e s i n W i n d C o n d u c t i n g a t U T R GV
H e i s s u p p o r t e d i n h i s a c a d e m i c a n d p rofe s s i o n a l p u r s u i t s b y h i s w i fe, A n g e l a , a n d t h e i r t w o s o n s ,
N i ko a n d M i c h a e l .
BECOME A PATRON
V a l l e y a r t i s t s .
W e a r e a b l e t o b r i n g t h e s e a m a z i n g p e r f o r m e r s a n d
f e a t u r e o u r o w n U T R G V f a c u l t y a n d s t u d e n t s b e c a u s e
o f g e n e r o u s d o n o r s l i k e y o u . B y d o n a t i n g a s l i t t l e a s
$ 1 0 . 0 0 p e r m o n t h , y o u w i l l b e c o m e a m e m b e r o f t h e
P a t r o n o f t h e A r t s , o u r p r e m i e r e c i r c l e o f s u p p o r t e r s
o f U T R G V A R T S W i t h t h i s m e m b e r s h i p , y o u w i l l
r e c e i v e d i s c o u n t e d t i c k e t s t o a l l o f o u r e v e n t s – t h e m o r e y o u d o n a t e , t h e g r e a t e r y o u r d i s c o u n t ! C l i c k h e r e t o b e c o m e a P a t r o n o f t h e A r t s .
I G N I T E T H E A R T S ! J O I N T O D A Y
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