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The University of Southern Mississippi College of Arts and Sciences School of Music presents The University of Southern Mississippi Concert Band A Dr. Travis K. Higa, conductor Kayla B. Moyers, graduate conductor Mannoni Performing Arts Center Monday, April 19, 2021 8:00pm LIVE STREAM LINK
University Bands The University of Southern Mississippi Band Program had its inception in 1920 with the founding of the first aggregation of winds, mainly a brass ensemble for students who were training as teachers. Its current enrollment of approximately 300 students includes members from every possible area of study in the university. While it is primarily housed in the School of Music, the Band Program truly is the University’s program. There are six segments of the program that include the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Concert Bands, University Band, the Basketball Pep Band, and “The Pride of Mississippi” Marching Band with an enrollment of 300 students. Each of these organizations, while having its own distinct history, stem from the success of the Marching Band that began in the 1950s with the hiring of Dr. Raymond Mannoni. Each of the Band Program’s concert ensembles has its place in the education of our music majors; however, the ensembles have also provided an outlet for students throughout the University during both the first and second semesters. Just as the Marching Band provides a service for football experiences, these other ensembles provide academic, recruitment, and community services. The Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Winds have performed for the Mississippi Bandmasters Association state convention six times. All of the groups have provided enhancement to community projects that include numerous appearances for various citywide events. As a Mississippi product, the Wind Ensemble has been featured on numerous radio broadcasts from Public Radio Mississippi and has been the only Mississippi group that can boast of having been aired nationally on Public Radio International’s “Performance Today.” CD’s are produced annually to feature the bands’ musicians and are provided to recruits and Mississippi band programs as a service.
Concert Program Concert Band A Discover the Wild (2008/2010) Kenneth Fuchs (b. 1956) Chasing Sunlight (2017) Cait Nishimura (b. 1991) Kayla B. Moyers, graduate conductor* Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company March (1924) John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) This Cruel Moon (2017) John Mackey (b. 1973) Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (1641) Johann Schop/J.S. Bach (1590-1667) Luminescence (2009) David Biedenbender (b. 1984) Danse Diabolique (1900/2003) Joseph Hellmesberger (1855-1907) *In partial fulfillment of the M.M. in conducting requirements
Concert Band A Personnel Piccolo French Horn CC Raborn, B.M.E.; Tylertown, MS Dakota Ray Andrews, B.M.E.; Richland, MS Benjamin Brunetz, B.A.; Madison, MS Flute Caleb Willis, B.M.; Napoleonville, LA CC Raborn, B.M.E.; Tylertown, MS Riley Bass, B.S.; Clinton, MS Sophie Unson, B.S.B.A.; Gulfport, MS Chloe Hennes, B.M.E.; Poplarville, MS Trumpet Ray D. Rivero, B.M.E.; Poplarville, MS Oboe Maggie Frisancho, B.M.E.; Gulfport, MS Nathaly Pagoaga, B.A.; Plant City, FL Sarah Tackitt, B.M.E.; Ridgeland, MS Erin Nolan, B.M.E.; Pace, FL Steven Warran, B.M.E.; Kiln, MS Mary Case, B.A.; Fairhope, AL Jacob Delarosa, B.M.E.; Mobile, AL English Horn Trombone Erin Nolan, B.M.E.; Pace, FL Jessica Coates, B.M.E.; Ocean Springs, MS Griffin Wilson, B.M.E.; Brandon, MS Bassoon Natalie Hodge, B.S.; Ocean Springs, MS Bass Trombone Grace Andersen, B.A.; Bloomfield, NM Richard A. Salter, B.A.; Milton, FL Bb Clarinet Euphonium Sarah Johnson, B.M.E.; Saltillo, MS Damien Cooper, B.S.; Batesville, MS Rebekah Russell, B.M.; Mandeville, LA Hayden Barlow, B.A.; Hattiesburg, MS Jasmine McDonald, B.M.E.; Union, MS Sadie Pitre, B.M.; Poplarville, MS Tuba Timothy A. Smith, B.A.; Hattiesburg, MS Bass Clarinet Corbin Bishop, B.M.E.; Bakersfield, CA Ethan LaRoux, B.S.; Huntsville, AL Percussion Alto Saxophone Spencer Davis, B.M.E.; Summit, MS Emmanuel Carney, B.M.E.; Ripley, TN Dalton Page, B.M.E.; Laurel, MS Alex Jacobs, B.A.; Mobile, AL KJ Walker, B.M.E.; Shreveport, LA Meliza Reyes, B.M.; Tegucigalpa, Honduras Tenor Saxophone Jeff Prosperie Jr., B.M.E.; West Point, NY Ally Capone, B.M.E.; Palm Beach Gardens, FL Baritone Saxophone Grayson McGoogan, B.M.E.; Mobile, AL
Notes (1) Kenneth Fuchs: Discover the Wild Bentley Shellahamer, distinguished music educator and professor at Florida State University, was one of the most influential people in my formative years as a musician. As director of the band program at Piper High School, in Sunrise, Florida, in the 1970s, he taught me music theory and history and encouraged me to compose music. He performed all of the apprentice works I wrote for the band. By the time I graduated from Piper High School in 1974, I was very well prepared to pursue undergraduate studies in musical composition at the University of Miami School of Music. Dr. Shellahamer asked that I reconcile my 2008 orchestral work Discover the Wild for wind band, and he included it on a concert of my band music with Tallahassee Winds in October 2010. Discover the Wild is cast in the form of a three-part overture. The principal musical elements of the composition include a motive based upon the interval of the perfect fourth robustly stated in unison at the outset by four French horns. A lyrical theme follows, characterized by the interval of the perfect fifth. These musical elements are taken up in various melodic and harmonic combinations by the entire band and form the basis for musical development throughout the remainder of the composition. Note from Kenneth Fuchs (2) Cait Nishimura: Chasing Sunlight Chasing Sunlight was inspired by the experience of driving west into the setting sun, as if trying to keep up with the earth’s rotation to catch the last few rays of light before dusk. The steady eighth note motif throughout the piece represents this sense of urgency, while the soaring, lyrical themes depict the warmth and radiance of the sun low in the sky. Just as the sun will aways set, humans must accept the impermanence of all things in life, and make the most of every opportunity before it has passed. Chasing Sunlight also represents the ongoing pursuit of these opportunities. Note from the score
Notes (3) John Philip Sousa: Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company March “I have always found a great deal of inspiration in these old songs…We cannot improve simple straightforward melodies, but we can give them a more adequate, full-throated expression…” Sousa made this statement to a newspaper reporter in discussing the new march he had just built around “Auld Lang Syne.” “Auld Lang Syne” happened to be the marching song of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, the oldest military organization in the United States. When the Sousa Band visited Boston in 1023, a delegation from the "Ancients" requested that Sousa compose a march incorporating the song so dear to them. He gave them his word. Formal solicitation by Governor Cox of Massachusetts and the commander of the company, Capt. Clarence J. McKenzie, followed shortly. The Sousa Band’s strenuous thirty-second annual tour lay ahead of Sousa, but he wasted no time in penning the new march when the tour ended, and it was promptly published. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was the featured march of the next tour, and a formal presentation was made to the “Ancients” at Symphony Hall in Boston on September 21, 1924. Note from the score
Notes (4) John Mackey: This Cruel Moon This piece is an adaptation of the middle movement of “Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band.” The full symphony tells the tale of Odysseus and his journey home following his victory in the Trojan War. But Odysseus’ journey would take as long as the war itself. Homer called the ocean on which Odysseus sailed a wine-dark sea, and for the Greek king it was as murky and disorienting as its name; he would not find his way across it without first losing himself. This Cruel Moon is the song of the beautiful and immortal nymph Kalypso, who finds Odysseus near death, washed up on the shore of the island where she lives all alone. She nurses him back to health, and sings as she moves back and forth with a golden shuttle at her loom. Odysseus shares her bed; seven years pass. The tapestry she began when she nursed him becomes a record of their love. But one day Odysseus remembers his home. He tells Kalypso he wants to leave her, to return to his wife and son. He scoffs at all she has given him. Kalypso is heartbroken. And yet, that night, Kalypso again paces at her loom. She unravels her tapestry and weaves it into a sail for Odysseus. In the morning, she shows Odysseus a raft, equipped with the sail she has made and stocked with bread and wine, and calls up a gentle and steady wind to carry him home. Shattered, she watches him go; he does not look back. Note from the score
Notes (5) Johann Schop/J.S. Bach: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light Originally published in 1641, this melody was composed by Johann Schop (1590-1664). J.S. Bach later harmonized the melody in several different settings, most famously in his Christmas Oratorio (1737). The accompanying German text is listed below with English translation. Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht, Break forth, O beauteous heav'nly light, Und laß den Himmel tagen! And usher in the morning; Du Hirtenvolk, erschrecke nicht Ye shepherds, shrink not with affright, Weil dir die Engel sagen, But hear the angel's warning. Daß dieses schwache Knäbelein This child, now weak in infancy, Soll unser Trost und Freude sein. Our confidence and joy shall be, Dazu den Satin zwingen The power of Satan breaking, Und letzlich Frieden bringen. Our peace eternal maling. Note compiled from Kayla Moyers (6) David Biedenbender: Luminescence Luminescence is based on fragments from the melody Ermuntre dich, main schwacher Geist (Rouse thyself, my weak, spirit), which was written by Johann School and subsequently harmonized in several settings by Johann Sebastian Bach. It’s commonly known as the Christian hymn, Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light. A wind arrangement of the original Bach harmonization is available upon request. It may enrich the overall musical experience both for the ensemble and for the audience to hear the original chorale before the piece is played. Note from the score
Notes (7) Joseph Hellmesberger: Danse Diabolique Joseph Hellmesberger was born into a Viennese musical family. His grandfather was the first concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, and his father was a famous violinist as well as a conductor and composer. Hellmesberger started out as a virtuoso violinist and later became a well-known conductor; he was appointed musical director of the Vienna Philharmonic. Hellmesberger wrote a variety of dances, including Danse Diabolique. This piece was beautifully performed by the Vienna Philharmonic at the New Year’s Concert of 2002, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. It is an exciting piece with an energetic waltz at its height. The Phrygian mode (D-Eb-F- G-A-Bb-C) results in a diabolic atmosphere. Note from the score
Faculty/Staff School of Music Dr. Jay Dean, Director Dr. Douglas Rust, Associate Director Dr. Richard Perry, Associate Director University Bands Dr. Catherine Rand, Director of Bands Dr. Colin McKenzie, Associate Director of Bands; Director, The Pride of Mississippi Dr. Travis Higa, Assistant Director of Bands, Associate Director, The Pride of Mississippi Mr. Lawrence M. Panella, Director of Jazz Studies Mrs. Michelle Chandler, Administrative Specialist Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Division Dr. Danilo Mezzadri, flute Dr. Galit Kaunitz, oboe Dr. Jackie McIlwain, clarinet Dr. Kim Woolly, bassoon Dr. Dannel Espinoza, saxophone Dr. Timothy J. Tesh, trumpet Dr. Jacquelyn Adams, horn Dr. Ben McIlwain, trombone Dr. Richard Perry, euphonium/tuba Dr. John Wooton, percussion University Bands Graduate Assistants James Fair, D.M.A. Tuba Caleb Guilbeau, M.M. Trumpet Kayla Moyers, M.M. Conducting Lindsay Sandberg, D.M.A. Conducting Nathan Sanders, D.M.A. Percussion Adam Stallings, M.M. Clarinet Justin Swearinger, D.M.A. Conducting We hope that you will consider making a donation in support of The University of Southern Mississippi Bands. Each dollar you donate will be used to support programs which will enrich student experiences in the University Bands. If this interests you, please contribute to the following fund: 0046 - Pride of Mississippi and Dixie Darling Development Fund Thank you for your continued support of The University of Southern Mississippi Bands!
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