Scott Weiss, ConductorWilliam J. Moody, Conductor Emeritus

Featuring Horn SoloistJ.D. Shaw

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2016 • 9:00 PMGaillard Center, Charleston SC

Selamlik, Op. 48, No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florent Schmitt

Aspen Jubilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Nelson

Lisa Ingram, soprano

Mystic Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick DeJonge

J.D. Shaw, hornWilliam J. Moody, conductor

there are no words* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Stephenson

PROGRAM

“I am so pleased that your group is performing to honor the Emmanuel Nine. We appreciate your honoring them. That is a great purpose of music—to make a meaningful statement.”

Dick RileyFormer United States Secretary of Educationand Former Governor of South Carolina

Sélamlik, Op. 48, No. 1 (1906)Florent Schmitt (1870-1954), Edited by Stephen MeyerDuration: 4 minutes 30 seconds

Born in Lorraine, France in 1870, Florent Schmitt was a renowned French composer who studied at the Paris Conservatoire with both Massenet and Fauré. Often classified as an impressionistic composer, Schmitt was inspired by the sounds of Debussy as well as the largely orchestrated works of Strauss and Wagner. In 1900, he succeeded in claiming the prestigious Prix de Rome with his cantata, Sémiramis and was one of the most important composers of his generation. However, Schmitt’s sympathy towards the Vichy Regime after the collapse of France in World War II caused many of Schmitt’s colleagues to rescind their support of his music, and his works went unheard for decades. Nevertheless, in recent years, a resurgence of his music has occurred as more scholars recognize the epic scope, innovative orchestrations, and influence Schmitt’s works had on later generations, including Stravinsky, Ravel, and Vaughan Williams.

Selamlik, subtitled “Turkish Dance for Harmonie,” is an original composition for wind band written in 1906 and premiered in June 1909 by La Musique de la Garde Républicaine. The work itself was inspired by a trip Schmitt took to Turkey in 1905, and the title refers to the portion of the Turkish palace reserved for the company of men. In general, many facets of the work, including the ornamented folk-like melodies, technical flourishes, and unique, colorful orchestrations forecast the brilliant craftsmanship Schmitt later incorporated into Dionysiaques seven years later.

Stephen Meyer’s outstanding modern edition of this rarely-heard work was faithfully completed in 2006 while he was an undergraduate student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and has been performed since by ensembles including the Indiana University Wind Ensemble and the University of North Texas Wind Symphony.

Aspen Jubilee (1988)Ron Nelson (b. 1929)Duration: 11 minutes

Conductor Leonard Slatkin said of Ron Nelson, “Nelson is the quintessential American composer. He has the ability to move between conservative and newer styles with ease. The fact that he’s a little hard to categorize is what makes him interesting.” This quality has helped Nelson gain wide recognition as a composer. Nowhere are his works embraced more than in the wind band world, where he won the “triple crown” of composition prizes in 1993 for his Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H). An Illinois native, Nelson received his composition training at the Eastman School of Music and went on to a distinguished career on the faculty of Brown University.

PROGRAM NOTES

Composed in 1984, the composer said of Aspen Jubilee, “I was thinking of the stupendous beauty of the Rockies in general, of blinding sunlight on snow-covered peaks; of the frontier spirit of old Aspen with its brash, funny dynamism, its corny ragtag Fourth of July parades and fireworks displays. I was also thinking about indescribably beautiful nights under star-filled skies. There is only a passing nod to the Aspen which has now become a playground for the rich and famous.”

Mystic Dance (2007)Rick DeJonge (b. 1963)Duration: 5 minutes

Rick DeJonge is a graduate of the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program from the University of Southern California and holds a Master’s of Art and Bachelor’s of Music from Western Michigan University. As a film composer, Mr. DeJonge has worked on several films and with great composers such as Christopher Young, David Spear, Jack Smalley, and Pete Anthony. As an orchestrator, Rick worked with composers on television promos including shows like “Beautiful People”, “Lost”, “The West Wing” and “CSI Miami”. As a conductor, Rick has conducted his own scores at Paramount Studios, Fox Studios, and Firehouse Studios in Pasadena, California. DeJonge’s score for the action film “Fighting With Anger” contained a song by the composer which won Best Original Song at the New York Independent Film Festival and was recorded by Willie Nelson. His recent original piano recordings for 4 silent films have been receiving great reviews. “The work done here is exquisite, the new piano score by Rick DeJonge is both so much of the period of the films as well as an incredibly modern manner of presentation, carefully illustrating the moods and passions of an art created nearly a century ago.”– Los Angeles Times (March 30, 2012)

As a composer and conductor for film music, Rick was featured in an article of scoring for films in Life Magazine and just finished scoring 3 cues for a new cartoon ad for Fiat. Rick has been writing music for orchestra and wind ensemble for over 25 years. You can hear his symphonic works on Summit Records. Rick has been the official arranger/composer for Walt Disney World’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 2011. Rick is a member of ASCAP and for the last 10 years, Mr. DeJonge has worked as Artist Relations Manager for Jupiter Band Instruments and has composed music for several of their artists including the world renowned brass quintet Boston Brass.

Mystic Dance was composed in 2007 for J.D. Shaw, who recorded the piece with Eric Rombach-Kendall and the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony on the Summit CD entitled Tales of Imagination.

there are no words (2015)James Stephenson (b. 1969)Duration: 14 minutes

As a completely self-taught composer, James M. Stephenson has enjoyed an organic rise to prominence in the classical world of new literature for orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber music and soloists. Dubbed a “composer of real talent” (Minnesota Star Tribune), and his music characterized as “ridiculously ambitious and remarkably successful” (review of The Devil’s Tale – his sequel to Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat), Stephenson continues to churn out ear-tickling and intellectually rewarding compositions at an alarming rate.

He has had premieres with the Minnesota Orchestra/Vanska (with another coming in 2017-18), the Houston Symphony, as well as with the U.S. “President’s Own” Marine Band. The 2017-2019 seasons will include new works composed for the St. Louis Symphony and Chicago Symphony with their respective Music Directors, David Robertson and Riccardo Muti.

In the last decade, Stephenson has added nearly 20 concertos to his orchestral and wind ensemble catalog (almost one for every instrument) to go along with his 150 other works. His landmark educational work Compose Yourself! has received nearly 300 performances since its 2002 debut with the Naples Philharmonic.

Before launching full-time into composing, Stephenson played 17 seasons with the Naples Philharmonic, where he also served as an arranger contributing works for the Cincinnati Pops and Boston Pops. He now lives near Chicago with his beautiful wife, Sally, and their four children. More can be found out at www.stephensonmusic.com

there are no words was composed as a response to the tragic mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015 and is dedicated to Clementa, Cynthia, Tywanza, Ethel, Sharonda, Daniel, Myra, Susie, and Depayne. The work received its premiere at the Mother Emanuel AME 9 Benefit Concert produced by Chamber Music Charleston on Friday, August 7, 2015 at Sottile Theatre (Charleston, SC). Originally scored for mixed chamber ensemble, the premiere was performed by a gathering of musicians from Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama and Chicago under the direction of Nathan Tucker. The version for concert band was commissioned by a consortium of ensembles and led by Scott Weiss, the Palmetto Concert Band and the University of South Carolina.

Cast in a single movement, there are no words moves through the stages of grief and shock that accompany events such as this. It begins with the terrible action itself, and immediately the number nine (symbolizing the nine victims) is prevalent. There are nine opening chords, using nine notes, which get removed one by one. This opening section is followed by music symbolizing shock and confusion. Here, the nine notes are spelled out as ascending perfect fifths in piano, vibes,

and clarinets, and the pattern is repeated nine times. The ensuing section begins with a mournful euphonium solo and represents the terrible sadness of it all. This section is followed by music of a more angry character. Eventually, however, the anger subsides and gives way to a final section symbolizing the unqualified and total forgiveness that the families of the victims demonstrated in the aftermath of the tragedy. Here a melody constructed from the rhythm of the names of the victims is heard nine times in succession, and nine individual chime stations are stationed around the hall to give each victim individual recognition. Almost from the very beginning, Amazing Grace, which had figured so prominently in so many of the memorial services, is alluded to, and it eventually bursts through to bring the work to a final resolution.

SPECIAL THANKS TO...

Board of Directors

Leah Cordé, PresidentJoni Brown, Vice President

Dawn Keller, SecretaryBetty Gardiner, Treasurer

James BarnesTracy LeenmanRoger Simpson

Carl WylieKim Wylie

Committee Chairs

David AllisonBetty Gardiner

Mary Clare GatchWill GraybillDawn Keller

Tracy LeenmanDavid O’Shields

Additional thanks to Gil Shuler for the use of his design, “we shall overcome,” to further honor the memories of those fallen in the Emanuel AME Church shooting. gilshulergraphicdesign.com

The Palmetto Concert Band The Palmetto Concert Band was founded in 1999 by James K. Copenhaver and William J. Moody. The ensemble is comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians from throughout South Carolina, with members also from North Carolina and Georgia. A large majority of the ensemble’s members are alumni of the University of South Carolina School of Music, and more than half of its members are public school band directors. These experienced performers, who receive no compensation for participating, choose to play with the ensemble because of their passion for making music and perform-ing outstanding repertoire composed or transcribed for the wind band.

Now in its sixteenth season, the Palmetto Concert Band performs annually for the University of South Carolina Band Clinic in February, at its Memorial Day Concert honoring members and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, and on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

In addition to performing a season of free concerts in the Columbia area, the ensemble has also been featured on the international stage. Based upon a recording of its premiere performance at the Koger Center in February 1999, the ensemble was invited to perform the finale concert at the 1999 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. The Palmetto Concert Band is proud to have again been given the honor of performing at the Midwest Clinic in December 2008. Other featured performances include the South Carolina Music Educators Convention in Charleston, SC in February 2005, and the North Carolina Music Educators Convention in Winston-Salem, NC in November 2011. In March 2010, the ensemble performed at the American Bandmasters Association’s 76th Annual Convention in Charleston, SC. This evening is the ensemble’s first performance before the National Band Association.

ABOUT THE BAND

FLuteesther Clonts, Flute TeacherRobyn Doherty, Investment AccountantJessica Drew, Real Estate InvestorBetty Gardiner, SC First Steps Barbara Rearden, School PsychologistRebecca Rebl, Graphic DesignerJosh Stine, Student

OBOEAndrea Brown, Band DirectorClaire Compton, Math TeacherAnne Martin, Student

BASSOONRyan Fox, StudentTracy Leenman, School Music Dealer

CLARInetBill Arlege, PharmacistJoni Brown, Retired Band DirectorMatt Carl, Band Director Steven Christ , StudentLisa Goldberg, Music EducatorCody Hutto, Student Dawn Keller, Store ManagerShelby Ledbetter, StudentDavid O’Shields, Band Director Maria Ortiz, StudentAvery Payne, Student Amanda Pike, Band Director Lizzie Rickel, StudentKim Wylie, Graphic Designer

BASS CLARInetBrandon Armstrong, Band DirectorDaniel Humber, Band DirectorChristopher udell, Band Director

ALTO SAxOPHONELeah Cordé, Band DirectorJP Davis, StudentMary Clare Gatch, Band DirectorKeith Williams, Band Director

TENOR SAxOPHONESean Hackett, Band Director

BARITONE SAxOPHONEGreg Priest, Band Director

TRUMPETDavid Allison, Band DirectorScott Clark, UPS/Orchestra DirectorCraig Davis, Band DirectorPaul DeCinque, StudentKevin Hebert, Band DirectorDoug Leadbitter, Attorney

Jason Ortiz, BCBS ManagerCharlie Polk, Retired Band DirectorTony Roebuck, Business Owner/TeacherKadeem Sabari, StudentJay Sconyers, StudentEvan Thompson, Band Director

HORNMorgan Bostick, Student/Music EducatorDaniel Gulledge, StudentVince Miles, OpticianMaria Nyikos, StudentMichelle Ortiz, Band DirectorKen Turner, Band DirectorBetsy Udell, Band Director Kathryn Williams, Band Director

TROMBONEGreg Abraham, Band DirectorVince Clayton, Band DirectorRochelle Doty, Educational RepresentativeSamit Patel, Music EducatorHunter White, Band DirectorWill Graybill, Educational RepresentativeGreg Springer, USC ProfessorRyan Tinker, Band DirectorBrian Wargel, Band Director

EUPHONIUMChris Buck, Business OwnerPhilip Loftis, Band DirectorScott Parker, Educational Representative

tuBACharlie Aull, IT AdministratorJames Barnes, Band DirectorRoger Keane, Band DirectorRoger Simpson, Band Director

StRInG BASSJerry Gatch, Band Director

PERCUSSIONBenjamin Berry, Band DirectorMonica Boothe, Latin TeacherJon Burbank, Band DirectorBlake Fowler, Band DirectorJason Frith, TeacherErik Hines, Orchestra DirectorJaye Ingram, Audio EngineerKelley McMurphy, Electrical EngineerAlex Mowery, Actuarial AnalystJoseph Spearman, Student

PIANOMengdi Li, Student

THE PALMETTO CONCERT BAND

Scott Weiss is the Music Director and Conductor of the Palmetto Concert Band as well as the Director of Bands and Sarah Bolick Smith Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina. Previously he served on the faculties at the University of Kansas, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Lamar University, and Emory University. He also has nine years of public school teaching experience,

including six years as Director of Bands at Harrison High School in Cobb County, Georgia, where his wind ensemble was featured at the 1999 Midwest Clinic.

Under his direction, the USC Wind Ensemble has performed before the College Band Directors National Association (2013), the American Bandmasters Association (2014), and the South Carolina Music Educators Association (2012). In 2012 the ensemble also toured the People’s Republic of China, performing 7 standing-room-only concerts in 6 cities, including a sold out performance in the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing that was telecast throughout the country. Together, Weiss and the USCWE have recorded three discs for the Naxos and Mark Custom labels, and the group has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works by composers such as Jennifer Higdon, Joseph Schwantner, William Bolcom, David Dzubay, Steven Bryant, James Oliverio, Frank Ticheli, and Joseph Turrin.

Equally at home conducting wind ensembles and symphony orchestras, Scott Weiss maintains an active international conducting schedule, particularly in Asia where he has performed throughout China and Taiwan. Recent appearances include critically-acclaimed concerts with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, the Nanchang Philharmonic, the Shandong Symphony Orchestra, the Mongolia Symphony Orchestra, and the Jianxi Symphony Orchestra; and his 2016 schedule includes performances with the Hunan Symphony Orchestra and a return engagement with the Mongolia Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted and taught at both the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Closer to home, Scott Weiss regularly conducts all-state bands, intercollegiate bands, and high school honor bands throughout North America, and he has been featured as a guest conductor with The United States Army Band and the United States Coast Guard Band.

Dr. Weiss earned an undergraduate degree in trumpet performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and both a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Illinois. His teachers include Ray Cramer, James Keene, and Donald Schleicher. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, and the American Bandmasters Association, and he is currently on the board of directors for the National Band Association.

FLuteesther Clonts, Flute TeacherRobyn Doherty, Investment AccountantJessica Drew, Real Estate InvestorBetty Gardiner, SC First Steps Barbara Rearden, School PsychologistRebecca Rebl, Graphic DesignerJosh Stine, Student

OBOEAndrea Brown, Band DirectorClaire Compton, Math TeacherAnne Martin, Student

BASSOONRyan Fox, StudentTracy Leenman, School Music Dealer

CLARInetBill Arlege, PharmacistJoni Brown, Retired Band DirectorMatt Carl, Band Director Steven Christ , StudentLisa Goldberg, Music EducatorCody Hutto, Student Dawn Keller, Store ManagerShelby Ledbetter, StudentDavid O’Shields, Band Director Maria Ortiz, StudentAvery Payne, Student Amanda Pike, Band Director Lizzie Rickel, StudentKim Wylie, Graphic Designer

BASS CLARInetBrandon Armstrong, Band DirectorDaniel Humber, Band DirectorChristopher udell, Band Director

ALTO SAxOPHONELeah Cordé, Band DirectorJP Davis, StudentMary Clare Gatch, Band DirectorKeith Williams, Band Director

TENOR SAxOPHONESean Hackett, Band Director

BARITONE SAxOPHONEGreg Priest, Band Director

TRUMPETDavid Allison, Band DirectorScott Clark, UPS/Orchestra DirectorCraig Davis, Band DirectorPaul DeCinque, StudentKevin Hebert, Band DirectorDoug Leadbitter, Attorney

Jason Ortiz, BCBS ManagerCharlie Polk, Retired Band DirectorTony Roebuck, Business Owner/TeacherKadeem Sabari, StudentJay Sconyers, StudentEvan Thompson, Band Director

HORNMorgan Bostick, Student/Music EducatorDaniel Gulledge, StudentVince Miles, OpticianMaria Nyikos, StudentMichelle Ortiz, Band DirectorKen Turner, Band DirectorBetsy Udell, Band Director Kathryn Williams, Band Director

TROMBONEGreg Abraham, Band DirectorVince Clayton, Band DirectorRochelle Doty, Educational RepresentativeSamit Patel, Music EducatorHunter White, Band DirectorWill Graybill, Educational RepresentativeGreg Springer, USC ProfessorRyan Tinker, Band DirectorBrian Wargel, Band Director

EUPHONIUMChris Buck, Business OwnerPhilip Loftis, Band DirectorScott Parker, Educational Representative

tuBACharlie Aull, IT AdministratorJames Barnes, Band DirectorRoger Keane, Band DirectorRoger Simpson, Band Director

StRInG BASSJerry Gatch, Band Director

PERCUSSIONBenjamin Berry, Band DirectorMonica Boothe, Latin TeacherJon Burbank, Band DirectorBlake Fowler, Band DirectorJason Frith, TeacherErik Hines, Orchestra DirectorJaye Ingram, Audio EngineerKelley McMurphy, Electrical EngineerAlex Mowery, Actuarial AnalystJoseph Spearman, Student

PIANOMengdi Li, Student

THE PALMETTO CONCERT BAND

William J. Moody, co-founder of the Palmetto Concert Band, is a Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Moody was a band director in public schools for seven years, Director of Bands at the University of Southern Mississippi for five years, Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin for seven years, and Director of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina for seventeen years. His university bands performed for a Southern Divisional meeting of CBDNA, a national meeting of

CBDNA, and the 1973 Convention of the American Bandmasters Association.

Dr. Moody started MM and DMA conducting degrees for band directors at both UT and USC, and served as coordinator of conducting at USC. During his years as Director of Bands, he wrote several articles on band pedagogy that were printed in various music education journals, and in 1990 he edited the book Artistic Intelligences, Implications for Education. He was on the first Board of Directors of the National Band Association and is a past president of that organization. He is a member of NBA’s Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts and of the NBA Hall of Fame of Distinguished Conductors. He was elected to The American Bandmasters Association in 1966 and has served as secretary-treasurer since 2003; he was editor of ABA’s Journal of Band Research from 1995 to 2009.

JD Shaw, guest artist, is currently Associate Professor of Horn at the University of South Carolina. He had formerly taught at Boston College, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Miami, and was the French hornist with the internationally acclaimed Boston Brass. JD is an active solo artist and travels extensively throughout the United States as well as many countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.

J.D. received his Masters of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he earned his

Performer’s Certificate under the tutelage of Verne Reynolds. A Kansas native, he earned his Bachelors of Music at Wichita State University studying with Dr. Nicholas E. Smith. Orchestral credits include associations with the Rochester Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Missouri Symphony, and the Boston Pops.

As a prolific arranger, Professor Shaw writes music for many orchestras, bands, and chamber ensembles. His arrangements are featured with several publishers and can be heard on recording labels and performance stages across the world. He is currently the music arranger for the world champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Memorial Day Concert

Sunday, May 29, 2016 • 4:00 PMKoger Center, Columbia SC

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Charles & Kathy LeeDavid & Kristen Moss

Shirley PurcellSarah Rice

Tom & Lynne SchwarzSusan Staska

Norman & Cathy Tisdale

This concert is funded in part by the Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

Many thanks to Gil Shuler for the use of his design, “we shall overcome to further honor the memories of those fallen in the Emanuel AME Church shooting. gilshulergraphicdesign.com

*Denotes donation to the James K. Copenhaver Memorial.

The Palmetto Concert Band would like to extend its appreciation to the City of Columbia for awarding us the Hospitality Tax Grant for 2014-2015