Veterans Day Concert - America, I Gave My Best To You

UNITED STATES ARMY NORTH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENT A JOINT CONCERT

The 323rd Army Band – “Fort Sam’s Own”

The UTSA Wind Symphony

Chief Ryan Vincent Knight

Professor Ron Ellis

Band Commander

Conductor

PROGRAM: “America, I Gave My Best To You”

Let Freedom Ring

Ryan Nowin

The Star Spangled Banner (US National Anthem)

Francis Scott Key

The Spirit of America

Douglas A. Richard

Duty, Honor, Country

Harold L Walters Command Chief Warrant Officer, Sam Ngaropo - Narrator

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Noah D. Taylor

You Will Be Found

arr. James Kazik 1SG Sammy Lewis, SSG Kayla Winslow – Lead Vocalists

O Sole Mio

arr. Brian Sadler SGT Jacob Dearrington, Gustavo Medrano, Celestino Rodriguez, - Feature Trumpets

American Patrol (ala Glenn Miller)

arr. Jerry Gray

God Bless The USA (ala Lee Greenwood)

orch. Mark Taylor SFC Christopher Stone - Vocalist

American Anthem

Gene Scheer/arr. Noah D. Taylor 1SG Sammy Lewis - Vocalist

Proud Mary

John Fogerty Ft. Sam’s Own – Rock Ensemble

On The Mall

Edwin Franko Goldman SGT Court Mackie, NCO Conductor

God Bless America

Irving Berlin/arr. Jim Kessler SSG Kayla Winslow – Vocalist

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Julia Ward Howe/arr. Eric Richards SSG Kayla Winslow - Vocalist

Armed Forces Salute

arr. Michael Brown/Paul Murtha/Sara Corry

The Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa

S u n d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 2 th, 2 0 2 3 2:00pm Tobin Center for the Performing Arts San Antonio, Texas

Fort Sam’s Own 323rd Army Band

Flute / Piccolo SPC Julian Simmons Oboe SGT Rebecca Cruz Bassoon SPC Rachel Braun Clarinet SFC Patrick Hanudel SGT Corey White MSG Darren Siegerdt Saxophone SSG Donald Sujak SGT Luis Echevarria Colon SGT Jeremy Turner Horn SPC David Bontemps SGT Melissa Curtis Guitar SGT Jonny Maldonado Bass Guitar SSG Juan Acosta Vocal i sts/Narrators 1SG Sammy Lewis SSG Kayla Winslow SFC Christopher Stone

Tr umpet SSG Rebecca Schlesser SSG Albert Trochesset SSG Gary Uttrich SGT Jacob Dearrington SGT Benjamin Forshee Tr ombone SFC Christopher Stone SSG Eric Oleksiak SGT John Houston SGT Kevin Mackie SSG Robert Carmical Euphonium SFC Jeremy Morris SSG Matthew Viesca SGT Heather Krygoski Tuba SSG Davin Vance SGT Scott Whaley Percussion SSG Karsten Burns SGT James Klausmeyer SGT Kyle Hinton Sound Support SGT Joseph Lo Forte

TEXTSofAND TRANSLATIONS Fall 2023 University Texas at San Antonio Wind Symphony Fl ute / Pi ccol o Hannah Benitez Zackery Cuellar Reagan Lujan Jordan Rodriguez Abigail Valadez Maira Correla de Souza Viana (G) Ob o e Daniel Aguilar August Naranjo Julian Rivera (EH) Bassoon Brendan Tsai Jared Worman (also Contra Bassoon) Cl ar i net Sikander Ahmed Kali Crist Clarisa De la Garza (G) Joel Hernandez Kenedy Lerma Brenda Reynoso Joanna Sanchez Bas s Cl ar i net Michael Lee Summers Al t o Saxophone 1 Gabriel Campa 2 Brianna Castilla Tenor Saxophone Makenzi Costa Bar i t one Saxophone Samuel Bowman Hor n Jerry Gonzalez Macy Harminson Noe Loera Philip Maille Andrew Ramirez

T r u mp e t Julian Arrieta Chris Barrera Caleb McDonald Gustavo Medrano Celestino Rodriguez Karim Vazquez Daniel Vazquez T r o mb o n e Eva Ayala(M) Brandin Castillo (M) Hailey Davis Andrew Garcia(M) B a s s T r o mb o n e Javier Lopez Euphoni um Alex Guzman Brandon Ichavez (G) Tuba Matthew Bruns Kenyon McCrary(M) Percussi on Zachary Cook Emilio De Leon (GA)(M) Yahir Hernandez Juan Martinez Nicolas Morales Meaghan Trevino (GA)(M) Ivan Ventura

Doubl e Bas s Heriberto Ayma (M)

Gr a d u a t e A s s i s t a n t s / B a n d Ma n a g e r s Graduate students are listed with (G) above Graduate Assistants are listed with (GA) above Band Managers are listed with (M) above

Band St af f Jordan Rodriguez - Music Librarian Jarred Worman - Music Librarian

Personnel roster is listed alphabetically to emphasize the important contribution made by each musician.

Conductors/Ensembles Chief Warrant Officer Two Ryan V. Knight is a native of Lagro, Indiana. He

enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2004 under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program (ACASP) and attended basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Mr. Knight graduated Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at the United States Army School of Music at the Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek (JEB–LC) in Virginia Beach, Virginia earning the rank of Specialist and the military occupational specialty (MOS) 42R—Army Musician. In 2019, Mr. Knight was appointed Warrant Officer One and achieved the MOS 420C—Army Bandmaster/Commander.

He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Indiana State University (2000) and a Master of Music in saxophone performance from Michigan State University (2002). He is certified at a 2+/3 level on the Department of Defense Language Proficiency Test 5 (DLPT5) for Japanese and licensed to teach K-12 instrumental/choral/general music in the state of Indiana. His conducting teachers include Wayne Toews, director of the University of Saskatchewan Chamber Orchestra and Akira Takeda, Mr. Knight’s career in the U.S. Army has taken him to both operational and institutional assignments: Musician with The Training and Doctrine Command Band, Music Performance Team Leader with the 1st Armored Division Band, Brigade Band Recruiting Liaison with the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), Operations Sergeant, First Sergeant, and Acting Commander of the United States Army Japan Band, and Commander of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Band.

Mr. Knight’s military education includes: Warrant Officer Basic Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, Company Commander/First Sergeant Course, Senior Leader Course (SLC), Advanced Leader Course, Basic Leader Course, Army Recruiting Course, Master Resilience Trainer Course, and the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course (ASIST).

His military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster, the Army Good Conduct Medal (4th Award), The National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 3), Overseas Service Ribbon (2nd Award), the Army Superior Unit Award with one oak leaf cluster, the JGSDF Defense Cooperation Award 3rd Class (foreign award).

He is married to Mamiko Knight of Chiba, Japan. They have one son, one daughter and a corgi named Ralph.

Ron Ellis serves as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at The

University of Texas at San Antonio. Prof Ellis conducts the UTSA Wind Ensemble, and the UTSA Athletic Bands. His responsibilities also include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting, wind literature, and music education. A nationally recognized guest conductor, adjudicator, and composer/arranger, his works for concert band, orchestra and choir are performed by university, community, high school and professional wind bands as well as in Carnegie Hall. He also currently serves as a music director for Walt Disney Attractions Entertainment in Orlando where he has directed the Toy Soldiers and the Student Musician Program since 1993 and served as conductor for the Candlelight Processional Professional Orchestra in Epcot Center.

Professor Ellis was chosen as the inaugural band director for the UTSA Spirit of San Antonio for its debut along with UTSA Football in 2011. In the band’s first year, 220 members participated and this number has grown to over 320 in this season’s 13th edition of the ensemble.

He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity. He is also an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

Prof. Ellis received his Bachelor of Arts in Trombone Performance from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Music in Wind and Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Florida where he was a conducting student of William Wiedrich.

" F o r t S a m' s Own " 3 2 3 d Ar my Ba n d

“Fort Sam’s Own” is the premier Army Band of Military City USA (San Antonio, TX). They perform multiple genres of music around the San Antonio community through several of their small music performance teams. These teams include a Ceremonial band, Concert Band, Brass Quintet, Brass Band, Jazz Combo, Rock Band, and Woodwind Quintet. The 323d Army Band "Fort Sam's Own" was initially constituted on Jan. 15, 1944 as the 323rd Army Band in Carlisle Barracks, Pa., to serve as the Army Medical Corps’ school band. In June 1946, Fort Sam Houston was established as the home of Army medicine, relocating both the Army Medical Corps and the 323d to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The 323d was re-designated multiple times throughout the years and also allotted to the Regular on Army Oct. 25, 1951, serving almost 25 years until its deactivation on June 25, 1975. 323d was reactivated at Fort Sam Houston on Sep. 16, 1995, replacing the deactivated 5th Army Band, to support U.S. Army North, U.S. Army South, the Army Medical School, and the Brooke Army Medical Center. The 323d Army Band "Fort Sam's Own" was officially realigned under ARNORTH on Oct. 19, 2011.

T h e U T S A Wi n d S y mp h o n y

The UTSA Wind Symphony is comprised of UTSA Students who have achieved an extreme high level of musicianship and who perform some of the most challenging music composed for wind band. Membership in this ensemble is open to all UTSA Students, regardless of major, who audition at the beginning of each semester. The UTSA Wind Symphony maintains a vigorous performance schedule of three demanding concerts each semester as well as an ensemble tour when schedule and budget permits.

Guest Narrator

Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5) Ngaropo is the Command Chief Warrant Officer

of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. U.S. Army North is the Theater Army and Army Service Component Command to U.S. Northern Command, the geographic combatant command for North America. U.S. Army North’s missions are Homeland Defense, Defense Support of Civil Authorities and Theater Security Cooperation. When requested, U.S. Army North serves as the Joint Force Land Component Command for the Department of Defense’s Title 10 support to civil authorities.

Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5) Ngaropo is responsible for the leadership, officership, mentorship and direction of the Warrant Officer cohort. He is charged with creating a culture of professionalism and esprit de corps for the multi-component (Active, Guard and Reserve) team. He synchronizes Warrant Officer related initiatives and advises the Commander on professional development training, empowerment, and career enhancement with a focus on growing the future ARNORTH Warrant Officer force.

A native Maori from New Zealand, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ngaropo enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 1994 and transitioned into the Warrant Officer Corps in 1999.

CW5 Ngaropo has served in a variety of positons. His assignments include: 3rd and 1st Infantry Division, Wurzburg Germany, 6th Air Defense Brigade, Fort Bliss Texas, 69th Air Defense Brigade Giebelstadt, V CORPS Germany, 1st Warrant Officer Company, Fort Rucker Alabama, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter Hawaii, HQ’s 8th Army Osan Air Base Korea, HQ’s US Army Pacific, Fort Shafter Hawaii and 613th Air Operations Center, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.

CW5 Ngaropo has participated in numerous campaigns to include Operation Restore Hope Somalia, Bosnia, Kuwait, Israel, Operation Iraqi Freedom and numerous operations in Europe and the Asian Pacific.

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