Season 33, Concert 4 - April 8, 2016

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Lindsay B. Gallagher

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PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999)

Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo D Emilio & Maria Uriarte

Judith Widicus In Memory of John R. Rodland

In Memory of Warren Grim Daichii Sankyo, Inc.

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman D

In memory of Aquilina Lim Keith Mogerley

Randy F. Reveley John & Marilyn Wagner D

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco D Patricia & Fred Yosca

Bank of New York/Mellon Corporation PVH Corporation

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499) Annette Baron & Andrew Lieb

Mary & Paul Bergquist D Jeffrey Bittner D

Naomi Freshwater Paul Goldberg Elisa R. Grim

Paul & Carolyn Kirby D Michael Kokola Dorothy S. Neff

John J. Palatucci D Neil Sheehan D

In Memory of Harry Shapiro D Anonymous D

Plymouth Rock Foundation

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249) Ginny Baird

John G. Bolger John L. & Louise M. Butler

David & Jacalyn Bychek Suzanne Coletta

Lynn & Dick Curtin James Demes Sally Fillmore

Capt. Kenneth Force Frank & Loretta Healey Marie & Marion Kane D

Cheryl & James Mallen D Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Jerrold & Mary A. Meyer D Irene Montella D

Mary & Michael Nussear Marcella Phelan D

Jean Roughgarden D Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

Francis & Barbara Schott Rachel Schulman D

Ted & Evelyn Slockbower Richard & Karen Summers

Kathleen & Harold Sylvester D Janice Willet

Nancy E. Zweil D Blue Moon Cafe

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch D Eileen Baumel

Richard & Janet Boziwick Vincent & Marianne DeDea

Mary Dorian D Michelle Dugan

Gayle & Richard Felton D Vicki Fiore, M.D.

Katherine Grasso D Richard F. Hahn

Carol & Richard Holodak Emily James

Janet Johnston Janis Keown-Blackburn D

Nathan Kinney D Lorraine Mariella D

Judith & David Maron Elizabeth Ann McGrath

Valerie Moore, in honor of Warren Grim Betsy Murphy & Dick Sparrow

Walter & Diana Perog Ellen Pollen D

Larry & Barbara Roshon D Albert W. Schagen

Edward J. Schlamp D Beth Schroeder Seavers D

Ann Sirinides D Virginia Sirinides

Alexander & Debra Taylor Richard & Jessie VerHage D

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A Season of Classics

FEATURED GUEST SOLOIST Scott Hartman, Trombone

FEATURED GUEST NARRATOR

Robert Sherman, WQXR

FEATURED CLASSIC Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

Richard Wagner

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM Hackensack High School Concert Band Mrs. Lisa MacVicar, Director of Bands

Friday, April 8, 2016 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

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the Ridgewood Concert Band

Scott Hartman is a trombonist and teacher. Currently, he is the trombone instructor at the Yale University School of Music and a frequent guest clinician and teacher throughout the world. Scott's performing career has been primarily as a chamber musician and soloist. He began his chamber music career as a member of the Empire Brass and now he performs and records regularly with numerous ensembles including - Proteus7, Millennium Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Yale Brass Trio and Four of a Kind. Also, Scott often performs as a soloist with piano and with large ensembles. Mr. Hartman grew up in Elmira, New York and attended the Eastman School of Music where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Performance and a Master of Music degree in Trombone Performance. He studied there with David Ritchie (1977 – 1978) and John Marcellus (1978 – 1983). Scott’s two other primary teachers were Douglas Durnin (1974 – 1977) and Alan Ostander (1978).

Robert Sherman, award-winning broadcaster and writer, recently celebrated his 56th anniversary with WQXR. Formerly Program Director and later Senior Consultant, he continues to produce and host The McGraw-Hill Companies' Young Artists Showcase -- now in its 34th year on the station -- and since their inception, has hosted the Lincoln Center presentations of the annual the Avery Fisher Career Grants. His popular and award-winning folk seriesWoody's Children, which

began on WQXR is 1969, is now heard on WFUV. For more than forty years, Bob was a music critic and columnist for The New York Times and for nearly twenty served on the faculty of The Juilliard School. A concert narrator with such esteemed ensembles as Canadian Brass, the United States Military Academy (West Point) Band and the Greenwich Symphony, he sits on the Advisory boards of many cultural organizations, also serving them variously as competition judge, pre-concert lecturer, panel moderator and fundraising emcee. Co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music and two best-selling books with Victor Borge, he also joined with his brother, Alexander Sherman, to compile a pictorial history of their celebrated mother, pianist Nadia Reisenberg.

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Carolyn Kirby

VICE PRESIDENT: John Wagner RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Lawrence Friedman, David Marks, Kathleen Peters, Philip Peters, Thomas P. Price, Deloss Schertz & Beth Seavers

Trombonico, Moods for Trombone and Concert Band – Gregory Fritze (b.1954) is a prize-winning composer and Fulbright Scholar, as well as an active performer, conductor and educator. He is Professor of Composition and Tuba and Composition Chair Emeritus at the Berklee College of Music. He has written over sixty compositions for various ensembles and has won over thirty composition awards both nationally and internationally. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout the world. He is recorded on several CD labels. Trombonico, subtitled Moods for Trombone and Concert Band, is a concerto for trombone in 3 movements. It was premiered on July 9, 2015 at the International Trombone Association Conference in Valencia, Spain and composed for and performed by Scott Hartman. It was at Hartman’s request that the composer included a tribute in the second movement to some of the great trombonists of the past, namely Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. The concerto highlights the trombone’s versatility and the soloist’s virtuosity. Galop from “Dance of the Hours” – Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) Arr. Larry Daehn. A galop is a lively, playful social dance, possibly of Hungarian origin, that was popular as a ballroom dance in 19th century England and France. It bore similarities to both the polka and the waltz and often served as the last dance in a ball. Its spirited rhythm occurs in the third act of Ponchielli’s opera La Giaconda where guests are dancing at a lavish party. It is one of the most parodied musical pieces in opera. Anyone who has seen Walt Disney’s ostriches and hippos performing to this music in “Fantasia,” or who has heard Allan Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” lyrics will probably be unable to listen to this music without remembering them. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan

PROGRAM NOTES Luminosity – Joseph Schwantner (b.1943) offers this ambitious musical work as his latest publication for wind orchestra. Luminosity, an astronomical term for the total amount of energy and brightness radiated by a celestial object, serves as the title and metaphor for a palette of rich and vibrant instrumental colors explored here. Many of the work's musical ideas are framed by and are associated with specific individual instrumental groups each having their own unique and individual timbre and articulate identities. In Movement I the percussion presents a series of forceful and propulsive figures immediately followed by a second layer of rhythmically animated woodwind motives. A third texture stated by muted trumpets and stopped horns complete the presentation of the full ensemble framing this initial opening section. Movement II is a slow movement for solo clarinet and ensemble. It engages the clarinet's wide ranging voice from low whispered and darkly-hued phrases in the haunting chalumeau register to intense and sweeping arch-like gestures in its brilliant upper range. Movement III draws from a variety of diverse and distinct musical elements that appear earlier in both Movements I and II. A kind of kaleidoscopic quality emerges as the stratified and layered ensemble textures move toward a final forceful conclusion. A Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band – Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was a prolific American composer, educator, theorist, pianist and conductor. During a career that spanned half a century, Mr. Persichetti wrote nine symphonies, chamber compositions for many different combinations of instruments, more than a dozen sonatas for piano and harpsichord, songs and choral works, an opera and an enormous quantity of music for wind band. Persichetti's Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band was commissioned for Richard Nixon's second inauguration. He chose Lincoln's most famous second inaugural address for his text. Apparently, the words of the greatest Republican President embarrassed the Nixon administration, which at the time was embroiled in the Vietnam War. Persichetti was told to excise certain passages. He agreed to some and refused others. Ten days before the event, the Inaugural Committee withdrew the commission. A front-page story in the New York Times raised the work's profile by highlighting the controversy and orchestras around the country gave more performances of the score than would have occurred had the Inaugural Committee not acted with such shortsightedness.

Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner (1813-1833). This highly popular selection is from the German romantic opera Lohengrin which premiered in Germany in1850. The occasion for the procession in the opera is the imminent betrothal of heroine Elsa to Lohengrin, mystic Knight of the Holy Grail, come to deliver the people of Brabant (Antwerp) from Hungarian invaders. In the operatic presentation, a large double chorus adds its song of solemn praise to that of the orchestra. In this transcription for band by Lucien Cailliet, the instrumental solo voices of the original are paralleled and the choral voices are deftly absorbed in the rich instrumental texture, recreating all the luxuriant Wagnerian color, drama, pageantry, power and mysticism of the original. Imperial Edward March – John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was best known for composing one hundred sixteen patriotic marches that glorified liberty and freedom. Among all these there is only one written to honor a king: King Edward VII of England. The king had honored Sousa with the Royal Victorian Medal for conducting a private birthday concert for Queen Alexandra in 1901. One year later the composer penned this march in appreciation to the king. It is said Sousa did not feel this was one of his better works and did not program it very often in his many appearances around the United States. Sousa may have been too self-critical as the work offers us a different characterization of a composer we know well. It is more reminiscent of a stately English march and lacks the American flare that we more commonly associate with our beloved Sousa. Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom) – John Rutter (b.1945). In 1990, the world watched the historic release of Nelson Mandela from his long-term confinement in a South African prison. Among the many artistic tributes to the event was a multi-versed choral work by the high-profile English composer John Rutter, entitled Song of Freedom. The choral work strikes a celebratory yet reflective note, embodying the wishes of a people and a land. Relatively soon after its completion, a friend at a recording studio asked Rutter to score it for orchestra, adding that many of his shorter choral works might benefit from similar treatment. The result was the short but powerful piece Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom), similarly dedicated to Mandela and presented here as beautifully arranged by Paul Noble.

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB), A New Jersey Wind Symphony, in its

33rd season, is one of the leading wind ensembles in the United States. Founded by community leaders, dedicated musicians and Music Director Chris Wilhjelm in 1983, the RCB is committed to engaging and inspiring our audiences with the finest in traditional and contemporary wind literature. Led by Dr.

Wilhjelm, the band is composed of professional, amateur and student players drawn from across the tri-state area.

PICCOLO Max Taylor

FLUTES

Chrysten Angderson Jill Bloom

Carolyn Crumb Marissa Fleming

Annette Lieb Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart *

Tomomi Takamoto Jennifer Wise

OBOES

Mark J. Donellan Lynn Grice

James Mullins *

ENGLISH HORN Mark J. Donellan

BASSOONS

Jessica Frane Merissa Gerin Bob Gray * Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON

Bob Gray

Eb CLARINET Michelle McGuire

CLARINETS

Jeffrey Bittner Naomi Freshwater

Ashley Grutta Joe Mariany

Michelle McGuire Leigh Myers

Marcie Phelan Jean Roughgarden Rachel Schulman

Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers *

Janet Vidovich

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

SAXOPHONES Andre Baruch * - Alto

Jacqueline Sarracco - Alto Timothy Egan - Alto

Christopher Mantell - Alto Ryan Mantell - Tenor Erik Sloezen - Tenor

Michael De Pompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek

Alicia DeJoseph Brian Fleming

Dave Hurd Dave Luquette

Richard Roberts Michael Russo Ann Sirinides Tony Spinuzzi Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Megan Chann

Ben Fine Carolyn Kirby *

Bryan Meyer Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES

Thomas Abbate * Stephanie Dutcher

Keith Marson Rob Paustian Nate Rensink

Don Van Teyens

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci *

TUBA Robert Sacchi *

Bob Gould

CELLO Florin Sutton

STRING BASS Steve Freides Charlie Nolet

PERCUSSION

Ben Carriel Andrew Haderthauer

James Mallen John Wagner * Marilyn Wagner

Mark Zettler

HARP Irene Bressler

PIANO

Alison Meyer

* PRINCIPAL ___________________________

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PUBLICITY CHAIR Beth Seavers

PROGRAM DESIGN

Joseph Stella

Prelude by the Hackensack High School Concert Band Mrs. Lisa MacVicar, Director of Bands

The Star-Spangled Banner - Arranged by Jack Stamp English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughn Williams

Selections from Les Miserables - Arranged by Warren Barker The Invincible Eagle - John Philip Sousa

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luminosity Joseph Schwantner I. Spiritoso e energico II. Misterioso III. Grande e con forza

Featuring the RCB Percusion section and Richard Summers, Clarinet This is a consortium premiere performance

A Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band Vincent Persichetti

Robert Sherman, WQXR, Narrator Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral Richard Wagner Transcribed by Lucien Cailliet

INTERMISSION Imperial Edward March John Philip Sousa Arranged by Loras John Schissel Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom) John Rutter Arranged by Paul Noble Trombonico, Moods for Trombone and Concert Band Gregory Fritze I. Allegro II. Remembering Miller and Dorsey III. Vivace

Scott Hartman, Trombone Galop from "Dance of the Hours" Amilcare Ponchielli Arranged by Larry Daehn

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PROGRAM

PICCOLO Max Taylor

FLUTES

Chrysten Angderson Jill Bloom

Carolyn Crumb Marissa Fleming

Annette Lieb Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart *

Tomomi Takamoto Jennifer Wise

OBOES

Mark J. Donellan Lynn Grice

James Mullins *

ENGLISH HORN Mark J. Donellan

BASSOONS

Jessica Frane Merissa Gerin Bob Gray * Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON

Bob Gray

Eb CLARINET Michelle McGuire

CLARINETS

Jeffrey Bittner Naomi Freshwater

Ashley Grutta Joe Mariany

Michelle McGuire Leigh Myers

Marcie Phelan Jean Roughgarden Rachel Schulman

Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers *

Janet Vidovich

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

SAXOPHONES Andre Baruch * - Alto

Jacqueline Sarracco - Alto Timothy Egan - Alto

Christopher Mantell - Alto Ryan Mantell - Tenor Erik Sloezen - Tenor

Michael De Pompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek

Alicia DeJoseph Brian Fleming

Dave Hurd Dave Luquette

Richard Roberts Michael Russo Ann Sirinides Tony Spinuzzi Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Megan Chann

Ben Fine Carolyn Kirby *

Bryan Meyer Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES

Thomas Abbate * Stephanie Dutcher

Keith Marson Rob Paustian Nate Rensink

Don Van Teyens

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci *

TUBA Robert Sacchi *

Bob Gould

CELLO Florin Sutton

STRING BASS Steve Freides Charlie Nolet

PERCUSSION

Ben Carriel Andrew Haderthauer

James Mallen John Wagner * Marilyn Wagner

Mark Zettler

HARP Irene Bressler

PIANO

Alison Meyer

* PRINCIPAL ___________________________

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PUBLICITY CHAIR Beth Seavers

PROGRAM DESIGN

Joseph Stella

Prelude by the Hackensack High School Concert Band Mrs. Lisa MacVicar, Director of Bands

The Star-Spangled Banner - Arranged by Jack Stamp English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughn Williams

Selections from Les Miserables - Arranged by Warren Barker The Invincible Eagle - John Philip Sousa

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luminosity Joseph Schwantner I. Spiritoso e energico II. Misterioso III. Grande e con forza

Featuring the RCB Percusion section and Richard Summers, Clarinet This is a consortium premiere performance

A Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band Vincent Persichetti

Robert Sherman, WQXR, Narrator Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral Richard Wagner Transcribed by Lucien Cailliet

INTERMISSION Imperial Edward March John Philip Sousa Arranged by Loras John Schissel Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom) John Rutter Arranged by Paul Noble Trombonico, Moods for Trombone and Concert Band Gregory Fritze I. Allegro II. Remembering Miller and Dorsey III. Vivace

Scott Hartman, Trombone Galop from "Dance of the Hours" Amilcare Ponchielli Arranged by Larry Daehn

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PROGRAM

PROGRAM NOTES Luminosity – Joseph Schwantner (b.1943) offers this ambitious musical work as his latest publication for wind orchestra. Luminosity, an astronomical term for the total amount of energy and brightness radiated by a celestial object, serves as the title and metaphor for a palette of rich and vibrant instrumental colors explored here. Many of the work's musical ideas are framed by and are associated with specific individual instrumental groups each having their own unique and individual timbre and articulate identities. In Movement I the percussion presents a series of forceful and propulsive figures immediately followed by a second layer of rhythmically animated woodwind motives. A third texture stated by muted trumpets and stopped horns complete the presentation of the full ensemble framing this initial opening section. Movement II is a slow movement for solo clarinet and ensemble. It engages the clarinet's wide ranging voice from low whispered and darkly-hued phrases in the haunting chalumeau register to intense and sweeping arch-like gestures in its brilliant upper range. Movement III draws from a variety of diverse and distinct musical elements that appear earlier in both Movements I and II. A kind of kaleidoscopic quality emerges as the stratified and layered ensemble textures move toward a final forceful conclusion. A Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band – Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was a prolific American composer, educator, theorist, pianist and conductor. During a career that spanned half a century, Mr. Persichetti wrote nine symphonies, chamber compositions for many different combinations of instruments, more than a dozen sonatas for piano and harpsichord, songs and choral works, an opera and an enormous quantity of music for wind band. Persichetti's Lincoln Address for Narrator and Band was commissioned for Richard Nixon's second inauguration. He chose Lincoln's most famous second inaugural address for his text. Apparently, the words of the greatest Republican President embarrassed the Nixon administration, which at the time was embroiled in the Vietnam War. Persichetti was told to excise certain passages. He agreed to some and refused others. Ten days before the event, the Inaugural Committee withdrew the commission. A front-page story in the New York Times raised the work's profile by highlighting the controversy and orchestras around the country gave more performances of the score than would have occurred had the Inaugural Committee not acted with such shortsightedness.

Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner (1813-1833). This highly popular selection is from the German romantic opera Lohengrin which premiered in Germany in1850. The occasion for the procession in the opera is the imminent betrothal of heroine Elsa to Lohengrin, mystic Knight of the Holy Grail, come to deliver the people of Brabant (Antwerp) from Hungarian invaders. In the operatic presentation, a large double chorus adds its song of solemn praise to that of the orchestra. In this transcription for band by Lucien Cailliet, the instrumental solo voices of the original are paralleled and the choral voices are deftly absorbed in the rich instrumental texture, recreating all the luxuriant Wagnerian color, drama, pageantry, power and mysticism of the original. Imperial Edward March – John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was best known for composing one hundred sixteen patriotic marches that glorified liberty and freedom. Among all these there is only one written to honor a king: King Edward VII of England. The king had honored Sousa with the Royal Victorian Medal for conducting a private birthday concert for Queen Alexandra in 1901. One year later the composer penned this march in appreciation to the king. It is said Sousa did not feel this was one of his better works and did not program it very often in his many appearances around the United States. Sousa may have been too self-critical as the work offers us a different characterization of a composer we know well. It is more reminiscent of a stately English march and lacks the American flare that we more commonly associate with our beloved Sousa. Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom) – John Rutter (b.1945). In 1990, the world watched the historic release of Nelson Mandela from his long-term confinement in a South African prison. Among the many artistic tributes to the event was a multi-versed choral work by the high-profile English composer John Rutter, entitled Song of Freedom. The choral work strikes a celebratory yet reflective note, embodying the wishes of a people and a land. Relatively soon after its completion, a friend at a recording studio asked Rutter to score it for orchestra, adding that many of his shorter choral works might benefit from similar treatment. The result was the short but powerful piece Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom), similarly dedicated to Mandela and presented here as beautifully arranged by Paul Noble.

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB), A New Jersey Wind Symphony, in its

33rd season, is one of the leading wind ensembles in the United States. Founded by community leaders, dedicated musicians and Music Director Chris Wilhjelm in 1983, the RCB is committed to engaging and inspiring our audiences with the finest in traditional and contemporary wind literature. Led by Dr.

Wilhjelm, the band is composed of professional, amateur and student players drawn from across the tri-state area.

Trombonico, Moods for Trombone and Concert Band – Gregory Fritze (b.1954) is a prize-winning composer and Fulbright Scholar, as well as an active performer, conductor and educator. He is Professor of Composition and Tuba and Composition Chair Emeritus at the Berklee College of Music. He has written over sixty compositions for various ensembles and has won over thirty composition awards both nationally and internationally. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout the world. He is recorded on several CD labels. Trombonico, subtitled Moods for Trombone and Concert Band, is a concerto for trombone in 3 movements. It was premiered on July 9, 2015 at the International Trombone Association Conference in Valencia, Spain and composed for and performed by Scott Hartman. It was at Hartman’s request that the composer included a tribute in the second movement to some of the great trombonists of the past, namely Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. The concerto highlights the trombone’s versatility and the soloist’s virtuosity. Galop from “Dance of the Hours” – Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) Arr. Larry Daehn. A galop is a lively, playful social dance, possibly of Hungarian origin, that was popular as a ballroom dance in 19th century England and France. It bore similarities to both the polka and the waltz and often served as the last dance in a ball. Its spirited rhythm occurs in the third act of Ponchielli’s opera La Giaconda where guests are dancing at a lavish party. It is one of the most parodied musical pieces in opera. Anyone who has seen Walt Disney’s ostriches and hippos performing to this music in “Fantasia,” or who has heard Allan Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” lyrics will probably be unable to listen to this music without remembering them. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan

Scott Hartman is a trombonist and teacher. Currently, he is the trombone instructor at the Yale University School of Music and a frequent guest clinician and teacher throughout the world. Scott's performing career has been primarily as a chamber musician and soloist. He began his chamber music career as a member of the Empire Brass and now he performs and records regularly with numerous ensembles including - Proteus7, Millennium Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Yale Brass Trio and Four of a Kind. Also, Scott often performs as a soloist with piano and with large ensembles. Mr. Hartman grew up in Elmira, New York and attended the Eastman School of Music where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Performance and a Master of Music degree in Trombone Performance. He studied there with David Ritchie (1977 – 1978) and John Marcellus (1978 – 1983). Scott’s two other primary teachers were Douglas Durnin (1974 – 1977) and Alan Ostander (1978).

Robert Sherman, award-winning broadcaster and writer, recently celebrated his 56th anniversary with WQXR. Formerly Program Director and later Senior Consultant, he continues to produce and host The McGraw-Hill Companies' Young Artists Showcase -- now in its 34th year on the station -- and since their inception, has hosted the Lincoln Center presentations of the annual the Avery Fisher Career Grants. His popular and award-winning folk seriesWoody's Children, which

began on WQXR is 1969, is now heard on WFUV. For more than forty years, Bob was a music critic and columnist for The New York Times and for nearly twenty served on the faculty of The Juilliard School. A concert narrator with such esteemed ensembles as Canadian Brass, the United States Military Academy (West Point) Band and the Greenwich Symphony, he sits on the Advisory boards of many cultural organizations, also serving them variously as competition judge, pre-concert lecturer, panel moderator and fundraising emcee. Co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music and two best-selling books with Victor Borge, he also joined with his brother, Alexander Sherman, to compile a pictorial history of their celebrated mother, pianist Nadia Reisenberg.

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Carolyn Kirby

VICE PRESIDENT: John Wagner RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Lawrence Friedman, David Marks, Kathleen Peters, Philip Peters, Thomas P. Price, Deloss Schertz & Beth Seavers

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Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant

funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________

The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to thank all of the many volunteers who have made this concert possible.

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The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to give a special “thank you” to the Pascack Valley Regional

High School District. The Pascack Hills High School Band room is our weekly rehearsal site.

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For additional RCB information, please visit our website or scan our QR code:

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Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

A Season of Classics

FEATURED GUEST SOLOIST Scott Hartman, Trombone

FEATURED GUEST NARRATOR

Robert Sherman, WQXR

FEATURED CLASSIC Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

Richard Wagner

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM Hackensack High School Concert Band Mrs. Lisa MacVicar, Director of Bands

Friday, April 8, 2016 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

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the Ridgewood Concert Band

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Lindsay B. Gallagher

Thomas & Victoria Price D

Paul & Helene Emanuel D Merrill Lynch Wealth Management/

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PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999)

Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo D Emilio & Maria Uriarte

Judith Widicus In Memory of John R. Rodland

In Memory of Warren Grim Daichii Sankyo, Inc.

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman D

In memory of Aquilina Lim Keith Mogerley

Randy F. Reveley John & Marilyn Wagner D

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco D Patricia & Fred Yosca

Bank of New York/Mellon Corporation PVH Corporation

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499) Annette Baron & Andrew Lieb

Mary & Paul Bergquist D Jeffrey Bittner D

Naomi Freshwater Paul Goldberg Elisa R. Grim

Paul & Carolyn Kirby D Michael Kokola Dorothy S. Neff

John J. Palatucci D Neil Sheehan D

In Memory of Harry Shapiro D Anonymous D

Plymouth Rock Foundation

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249) Ginny Baird

John G. Bolger John L. & Louise M. Butler

David & Jacalyn Bychek Suzanne Coletta

Lynn & Dick Curtin James Demes Sally Fillmore

Capt. Kenneth Force Frank & Loretta Healey Marie & Marion Kane D

Cheryl & James Mallen D Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Jerrold & Mary A. Meyer D Irene Montella D

Mary & Michael Nussear Marcella Phelan D

Jean Roughgarden D Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

Francis & Barbara Schott Rachel Schulman D

Ted & Evelyn Slockbower Richard & Karen Summers

Kathleen & Harold Sylvester D Janice Willet

Nancy E. Zweil D Blue Moon Cafe

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch D Eileen Baumel

Richard & Janet Boziwick Vincent & Marianne DeDea

Mary Dorian D Michelle Dugan

Gayle & Richard Felton D Vicki Fiore, M.D.

Katherine Grasso D Richard F. Hahn

Carol & Richard Holodak Emily James

Janet Johnston Janis Keown-Blackburn D

Nathan Kinney D Lorraine Mariella D

Judith & David Maron Elizabeth Ann McGrath

Valerie Moore, in honor of Warren Grim Betsy Murphy & Dick Sparrow

Walter & Diana Perog Ellen Pollen D

Larry & Barbara Roshon D Albert W. Schagen

Edward J. Schlamp D Beth Schroeder Seavers D

Ann Sirinides D Virginia Sirinides

Alexander & Debra Taylor Richard & Jessie VerHage D

Janet Vidovich D

Diane & Arnold Zettler D Mark & Andrea Zettler D

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2015-16 CONTRIBUTORS The Ridgewood Concert Band gratefully acknowledges the support of our donors

and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible.

Season 33, Concert 4 - April 8, 2016