Texas Music Educators Association 2008 Clinic/Convention Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, Texas F e b r u a r y 1 3 – 1 6 , 2 0 0 8 Steve Andre, President Records • 10815 Bodine Road • Clarence, NY 14031-0406 phone: 716.759.2600 • fax: 716.759.2329 • www.markcustom.com 7402-MCD 2008 All-State 5A Concert Band Glen Adsit, Conductor Mike Sisco, Organizer JD Janda, Vice-President & Band Division Chair Piccolo Samantha Lowry Anastasia Koinis Holly Marchant Flute Amanda Jensen Kirsten Guerra Brooke Johnson Yong Eoh Gabriela Ruiz Charles Stokes Lauren Flynn Rachel Luegering Heather Petty Linda Xu Cynthia Leal Karen Vaquiz Delia Soto Briana Dunn Oboe Daniel Cruz Carrie Dillard Alison Razon English Horn Mauri Cash E-Flat Clarinet Monique Santual Alex Wright Katie Reynolds B-Flat Clarinet Tessa Gartin Erika Helferich Brandon Boyle Angeli Aguilera Alex Kocurek Courtney Silva Andy Hol Claire Schreiber Firas Abuzaid Stephanie Perez Hao Yu Katie Bailey Isaac Yi Isidro Garcia Peter Fitzgibbons Megan Moscoso Nikki Rivas Yvette Navejar Johnathan Pannes Cindy Sierra Justin Didier Krystal Garcia Amber Rzeznik Nathan McGuffey Charlie Hammerle Brittany Crowe Jennie Wortman Alto Clarinet Chris Ventura Annie Littleton Catherine Ross Charlie Keifer Bass Clarinet Matthew Simari Cameron Beiseigel Steven Dammer Emily Roman Jackie Ramos Jose Hernandez Contra-Bass Clarinet Nykeemah Saddler Caroline Young Raymond Rosalez Jill Picardi Bassoon Nicole Haywood Gilman Lykken Claudine Lucena Erik Matmer Paige Liccioni Lorna Quintanar Melanie Munoz Contra-Bassoon Christopher Ellis Reyes Alto Saxophone David Johnson Kyle Witty Caitlin West Eric Choi Patrick Broadwell Amanda Fait Scott Karpowicz Tenor Saxophone Evan Gravely Weston Scott Ricky Garza Austin Williams Baritone Saxophone Jared Hilliard Patrick Casey Lindsay Langford Cornet-Trumpet Kevin Modisette Tyler Savell Hannah Conant Andres Olivero Cass Turner David Moreno Pablo Becerra Mayra Luera Ryan King Etienne Massicotte Matt Wedekind James Lee Robert Andon Matt Peterson Scott Batchelder Tyler Gilray Horn Melina Turnbow Benito L. Medrano Bethany Rumph Alex Kenyon Athena Doe Gary McMillan Ashley Wyatt Chris Fisher Arturo Cisneros Kristen Bateman Josh James Kristen Alderman Tenor Trombone Paul Rodriguez B.J. Hernandez Bill Jones Eduardo Nunez Jose M. Gomez Jesse Campos Gutierrez Kevin Lovelace Omar McClung Bass Trombone Marco Cerilli Mark Aguirre Euphonium Adam Nelson Jaren Reyes Alan Mohn Adam Burch Chris Fruci Ryan Kent Zachary Henderson Tuba Beau Yoder Osvaldo Lopez Robert Sturdy Payton Price Brian Lujan Elijah Ramos Josh Ramirez Brice Thomas Noel Gonzalez Nick Snyder String Bass Joseph Deville David Monnich Sean Kime Percussion Austin Ferguson John Davis Stephen Linley Dylan Groff Dylan Edwards Katy Liam Ripley Ben Stewart Ryan Sovereign Daniel Silverman Jacaranda Falcon Piano Cindy Xu Harp Drew Cryer Andie Roeder All-State 5A Concert Band Personnel
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Texas Music
Educators Association
2008 Clinic/Convention
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas
Fe
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ary
13–16, 2008
Steve Andre, PresidentRecords • 10815 Bodine Road • Clarence, NY 14031-0406
Glen Adsit is the Director of Bands at The Hartt School, where he conducts the
Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, and Contemporary Players Ensemble,
teaches undergraduate conducting, and guides all aspects of the graduate wind
conducting degrees. Under his direction, the Hartt Wind Ensemble has
performed twice at both the College Band Director's National Association
Regional Conference and the Connecticut Music Educator's AII-State
Conference. In addition, they performed at the 2007 College Band Director's
National Association Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
An advocate of new music, he is the founder of the National Wind Ensemble
Consortium Group, which has over 50 member schools with a mission to
commission the world's finest composers to write for wind ensemble.
Prior to his appointment at The Hartt School, he was the Associate Director of
Bands at the University of New Mexico. While there, he conducted the University
of New Mexico Wind Symphony at the College Band Directors regional and
national conventions. Before working at the university level, he taught for seven
years in Michigan public schools.
Program NotesTHE NATIONAL ANTHEM Key/Damrosch/Smith
Conducted by Robert Floyd, TMEA Executive Director
Molly on the Shore (1949, rev. 1998) Percy Grainger (1882–1962), ed. R. Mark RogersPercy Grainger often sought to incorporate British Folk tunes in his musical creations. Molly on the Shore wasfirst arranged for string quartet and full orchestra, but has also been found in numerous other arrangements andadaptations. This band setting is based on Grainger’s own version for symphony orchestra, but is pitched a halfstep higher than the original. It remains one of his most popular and beautifully conceived creations. The clarityof his scoring and his unique use of tuneful percussion has helped to keep Molly at the forefront of showpiecesfor the world’s finest bands. In 1959, Grainger wrote this about his composition:In setting Molly on the Shore I strove to imbue the accompanying parts that made up the harmonic texture witha melodic character not too unlike that of the underlying reel tune. Melody seems to me to provide music withan initiative, whereas rhythm appears to me to exert an enslaving influence. For that reason I have tried to avoidrhythmic domination in my music—always excepting irregular rhythms, such as those of Gregorian Chant, whichseem to me to make for freedom. Equally with melody I prize discordant harmony, because of the emotional andcompassionate sway it exerts.
Give Us This Day (2007) David Maslanka (b. 1943)The words “Give Us This Day” are of course from the Lord’s Prayer, yet the inspiration for this music is Buddhist.The composer read the book For a Future to Be Possible by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn. Thepremise is that a future for the planet is possible only if individuals become deeply mindful of themselves, deeplyconnected to who they really are. While not a new idea, it is the composer’s assertion that it is the primary issuefor world peace. Maslanka believes that music is the connection to reality, true awakeness, and awareness. GiveUs This Day gives us this very moment of aliveness so that we can build a future in the face of a most dangerousand difficult time.
Lullaby for Noah (2007) Joseph Turrin (b. 1947)Lullaby for Noah was composed for Noah Donald Koffman-Adsit and commissioned by Glen Adsit and the HarttSchool Wind Ensemble. The composer, Joseph Turrin writes:When Glen asked me to compose a lullaby for his son Noah, I was completely taken with the idea. I wanted towrite a piece that was simple and eloquent, yet contained the essence of what we as adults have forever lost.As I composed this piece, I thought of the wonderful score of Elmer Bernstein’s To Kill a Mockingbird—howprovocative and song-like that score is, yet true to its basic nature. When I write pieces like this there is alwaysa hint of sadness that I express within the music—the loss of innocence, the longing for a new beginning, andthe desire to see things as they truly are.
Dances From Crete (2003) Adam Gorb (b. 1958)Dances From Crete is in four movements and is intended to celebrate the good things in life, drawing much ofits material from dance music of the Greek island of Crete, where many of the ancient Greek myths took place.The first movement, Syrtos, is a portrait of the Minotaur, the famous creature that was half-bull, half-man, andfed upon young men and women who were sacrificed to him every year before being killed by the hero Theseus.The character of this movement is harsh and ruthless. The second movement, Tik, is a more graceful dancebased on the sinuous movements of young women, but it is also characterized by a certain roughness and isin 5/8 time. The third movement in a slow 7/4 time is darker in mood and inspired by a steep and perilous walkdown the Samaria Gorge—one of the most spectacular of all walks. The movement eventually rises to atriumphant peroration, depicting a welcome plunge into the Libyan Sea. Following distant offstage fanfares, thefinale, a Modern Greek dance, Syrtaki, bursts in with the offstage trumpeters swaggering back on stage playinga deliberately vulgar theme. The music soon becomes very fast and eventually ends in total festive anarchy,although before the final apotheosis, the ghost of the Minotaur can briefly be heard joining the party.
Program Notes supplied by TMEA, JD Janda, Vice-President • Karen Kneten, Communications Manager
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Educators Association
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