If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
-Gustav Mahler

Remember….. Express the melody…. Hear the harmony… Feel the rhythm…

Blend (Match)your sound…. Balance (Listen Down)…
Remember….. Blend (Match)your sound…. Balance (Listen Down)…

Three Parts of a note… Attack (Beginning) Sustain (Middle)
Remember….. Three Parts of a note… Attack (Beginning) Sustain (Middle) Release (End) Match each part of the note for the perfect sound…

Remember….. No fluffy!

Low notes reach for high notes…
Remember….. Low notes reach for high notes…

Remember….. Discipline is always…

Articulation is your friend!
Remember….. Articulation is your friend!

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. -Leonard Bernstein

Without music life would be a mistake. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

To achieve great things, two things are necessary; a plan, and not quite enough time. -Leonard Bernstein

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world. -Leonard Bernstein

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

A painter paints pictures on canvas
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski

Less is more Content dictates form God is in the details -Stephen Sondehim

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. -Charlie Parker

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm-that's a problem. And if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony. -Leonard Bernstein

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
-Leonard Bernstein

Order… Design… Tension… Composition… Balance… Light… Harmony… Taken from "Sunday in the Park with George" Book by James Lapine, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Music never stays in one place…
You can’t make 100 notes sound beautiful until you can make 1 note sound beautiful… Your instrument can not make a mistake, only the mind makes mistakes… Articulation is your friend… Low notes are drawn to High Notes… Short notes are drawn to long notes… Music does not need to be hard to be good...

Drum Major Congratulations to Meagan Parker
Drum Major of the 2014 Marching Bobcats!

RESPONSIBILITY February 7 III. DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS
I. DEFINITION Being dependable in carrying out obligations and duties. Showing reliability and consistency in words and conduct. Being accountable for your own actions. Being committed to active involvement in your school and community. II. QUOTES Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. (Henry Ward Beecher) RESPONSIBILITY III. DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS How do you interpret this quote?

RESPONSIBILITY February 18 III. DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS
I. DEFINITION Being dependable in carrying out obligations and duties. Showing reliability and consistency in words and conduct. Being accountable for your own actions. Being committed to active involvement in your school and community. II. QUOTE Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin) RESPONSIBILITY III. DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS What are the benefits when we expect more of ourselves than others?

RESPONSIBILITY February 24 Review
I. DEFINITION Being dependable in carrying out obligations and duties. Showing reliability and consistency in words and conduct. Being accountable for your own actions. Being committed to active involvement in your school and community. Review II. QUOTES Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. (Henry Ward Beecher) We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. (Aristotle) Well done is better than well said. (Benjamin Franklin) RESPONSIBILITY III. DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS * How do you interpret each quote? * How do you set a good example for others? * What are the benefits when we expect more of ourselves than others?

All Study Guides are due Friday March 21st!

Every Tuesday 4-5 All are welcome!
Drum Line Every Tuesday 4-5 All are welcome!

Tuesday April 29 Brass Ensemble, Flute Choir 6:30 PM
Spring Concerts Tuesday April 29 Brass Ensemble, Flute Choir 6:30 PM

Jazz Band-6:00 Percussion Ensembles-6:45
Spring Concerts Thursday May 1 Jazz Band-6:00 Percussion Ensembles-6:45 Wind Ensemble-7:30

Absent? Check the “Missed Rehearsal” sheet to see what you missed! Items on the list can be made up on the next Theory/Make-up Day

Parent Meeting after rehearsal
Beach Trip Rehearsals March 20 April 10 4:00-6:00 Parent Meeting after rehearsal March 20th 6:00-6:30

Candy Money The following students owe for Candy Money.
Ashley Haithcock $120 DeShaun McDonald $60 Ishmael Strickland $60 Jasmine Allen $66 David Foggin $60 Eniledy Morales $60 Isaac Rodrigues $60 Kara Roseboro-Laboy $60 Hunter Sapp $60 Brandon Delapp $60 Luis Sanchez $60 McKayla Teague $120

Beach Trip The following students owe for the Beach Trip.
Isaiah Butler-Johnson $69.55 Chase Smith $ JB Hurley $60 Meagan Parker $45 Cole Brown $200 Brandon Delapp $175

The Jazz Cats

Georgia on My Mind "Georgia on My Mind" is a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, closely associated with the cover version by Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, who recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. It became the official state song of the State of Georgia in 1979.

Georgia on My Mind Written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Carmichael's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia". Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, Sometimes I Wonder, records the origin: a friend, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer, suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia'? Nobody lost much writing about the South." Thus, the song is universally believed to have been written about the state.

Georgia on My Mind The song was first recorded on September 15, 1930, in New York by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke on muted cornet and Hoagy Carmichael on vocals. It featured Eddie Lang on guitar. The recording was part of Beiderbecke's last recording session.[The recording was released as Victor 23013 with "One Night in Havana". In 2014, the recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Georgia on My Mind Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day through) Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind) I'm say Georgia, Georgia A song of you (a song of you) Comes as sweet and clear As moonlight through the pines

Georgia on My Mind Other arms reach out to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still in peaceful dreams I see The road leads back to you I said Georgia, oh Georgia No peace I find (peace I find) Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)

In the Mood was written by Joe Garland and made famous by The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Written and recorded in the 1930’s and 1940’s

In the Mood Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me" Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude" He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"

In the Mood First I held him lightly and we started to dance Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three There's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me" "Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"

In the Mood In the mood, that's what he told me In the mood, and when he told me In the mood, my heart was skippin' It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now" In the mood for all his kissin' In the mood his crazy lovin' In the mood what I was missin' It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"

Monday, Monday "Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Phillips said that he wrote the song quickly, in about 20 minutes. This song includes a false ending, when there is a pause before the coda of the song, and goes up a half note for the bridges and refrains of the song. It was the second consecutive number one hit song in the U.S. to contain a false ending, succeedingGood Lovin' by the Young Rascals.

Monday, Monday Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee That Monday evening you would still be here with me. Monday Monday, can't trust that day, Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be Oh Monday Monday, how yould cou leave and not take me. Every other day, every other day, Every other day of the week is fine, yeah But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes You can find me cryin' all of the time

Yesterday "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by the Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. Although credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the song was written solely by Paul McCartney. It remains popular today with more than 2,200 cover versions, and is one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music. At the time of its first appearance, the song was released by the Beatles' record company as a single in the United States but not in the United Kingdom Consequently, whilst it topped the American chart in 1965 the song first hit the British top 10 three months after the release of Help! in a cover version by Matt Monro. "Yesterday" was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners and was also voted the No. 1 Pop song of all time by MTV and Rolling Stone magazine the following year. In 1997, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Yesterday Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. "Yesterday" is a melancholy acoustic guitar ballad about the break-up of a relationship. McCartney is the only Beatle to appear on the recording, and it was the first official recording by the Beatles that relied upon a performance by a single member of the band. He was accompanied by a string quartet. The final recording was so different from other works by the Beatles that the band members vetoed the release of the song as a single in the United Kingdom. (However, it was issued as a single there in 1976.) In 2000 McCartney asked Yoko Ono if she would agree to change the credit on the song to read "McCartney–Lennon" in theThe Beatles Anthology, but she refused.

Yesterday Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be There's a shadow hanging over me Oh, yesterday came suddenly Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong Now I long for yesterday Yesterday love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday Why she had to go? I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong Now I long for yesterday

“Nzembo Na Mvula Zamba” Fred Sturm
Frederick I. Sturm (born March 21, 1951 in Woodstock, Illinois) is a jazz composer, arranger, and teacher. Sturm studied at Lawrence University, the University of North Texas College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He played trombone and performed with the jazz nonet Matrix from 1974 to He served as Director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University from 1977 to 1991, then joined the Eastman School of Music faculty as professor of jazz composition/arranging, conductor of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Studio Orchestra, and chair of the Eastman Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department.

In 2002, he returned home to Wisconsin to direct the Lawrence University Jazz and Improvisational Music Department. Sturm resides in DePere, Wisconsin with Susan, his wife for over 30 years. His son Ike Sturm is a New York City bassist, composer, educator, and Assistant to the Director of Music for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan. Daughter Madeline Sturm is a New York based artist and musician.

Translates: Song of the Rainforest Nzembo Na Mvula Zamba is adapted from a traditional chant of the Bambuti Pygmies. These hunters and gatheres were the original in habitants of the Ituri Rainforest of Zaire. Their music is largely vocal with varied repetitions of short patterns that evole as new voices join polyphonically.

Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters, he continues to amaze audiences across the globe.

Herbie Hancock There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him."

Herbie Hancock Born in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a child piano prodigy who performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11. He began playing jazz in high school, initially influenced by Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. He also developed a passion for electronics and science, and double-majored in music and electrical engineering at Grinnell College.

Watermelon Man "Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962). The first version was released as a grooving hard bop and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts. Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a song by Irving Berlin. It was his first major hit, in There is some evidence, although inconclusive, that Berlin borrowed the melody from a draft of "A Real Slow Drag" by Scott Joplin that had been submitted to a publisher.

Oh ma honey, oh ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander. Ain't you goin', ain't you goin'? To the leader man, ragged meter man? Oh ma honey, oh ma honey, Let me take you to Alexander's Grand stand brass band, Ain't you comin' along?

Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's Ragtime Band. Come on and hear, come on and hear, It's the best band in the land! They can play a bugle call like you never heard before. So natural that you want to go to war. That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb. Come on along, come on along, Let me take you by the hand. Up to the man, up to the man, Who's the leader of the band! And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime, Come on and hear, come on and hear, Alexander's Ragtime Band!

Oh ma honey, oh ma honey, There's a fiddle with notes that screeches. Like a chicken, like a chicken. And the clarinet, is a coloured pet. Come and listen, come and listen, To a classical band what's peaches. Come now, somehow, Better hurry along!

Randy Goodrum Charles Randolph "Randy" Goodrum (born July 7, 1947 in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written (or co-written) numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" (1978). Anne Murray won the Grammy for Best Female Vocal with Goodrum’s song "You Needed Me." The song was also awarded song of the year from the Academy of Country Music, and has received numerous other accolades. A 1999 remake of the song by Boyzone, reached #1 in Europe.

You Needed Me I cried a tear, you wiped it dry I was confused, you cleared my mind I sold my soul, you bought it back for me And held me up and gave me dignity Somehow you needed me You gave me strength to stand alone again To face the world out on my own again You put me high upon a pedestal So high that I could almost see eternity You needed me, you needed me

You Needed Me And I can't believe it's you I can't believe it's true I needed you and you were there And I'll never leave, why should I leave? I'd be a fool 'cause I finally found someone who really cares You held my hand when it was cold When I was lost you took me home You gave me hope when I was at the end And turned my lies back into truth again You even called me "friend"

The Rainbow Connection
"Rainbow Connection" is a song written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher and originally performed by the character of Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) in The Muppet Movie in 1979.

Why are there so many Songs about rainbows And what's on the other side Rainbow's are visions They're only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide So we've been told and some chose to Believe it But I know they're wrong wait and see Someday we'll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish Would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that And someone believed it And look what it's done so far What's so amazing That keeps us star gazing What so we think we might see Someday we'll find it That Rainbow Connection The lovers the dreamers and me

Have you been half asleep And have you heard voices I've heard them calling my name Are these the sweet sounds that called The young sailors I think they're one and the same I've heard it too many times to ignore it There's something that I'm supposed to be Someday we'll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers and me

Wind Ensemble

Tschesnokoff Salvation is Created
Salvation is Created is a choral work composed by Pavel Tchesnokov in It was one of the very last sacred works he composed before he was forced to turn to secular arts by the Soviet government. Although he never heard his own composition performed, his children had the opportunity years following his death. Salvation is Created was originally published in 1913 by J. Fischer and Bro. but its popularity drove editors to produce many different versions in both Russian and English. Scored for either six or eight voices (SATTBB or SSAATTBB), the work is a communion hymn based on a Kievan syndonal chant melody and Psalm 74 (73 in the Greek version).

James Clifton Williams
Was born on March 26, 1923 He was born in Traskwood, Arkansas He dropped “James” from his composing name because he thought it sounded more distinguished.

Williams received his education at Louisianna State University studying composition and horn. After graduation he continued his studies at the Eastman School of music where he studied with Bernard Rogers, Howard Hanson and Arkady Yegudkin.

Williams has a many important pieces for band including: Arioso, Caccia and Chorale, Fanfare and Allegro, the Sinfonians, and Symphonic Suite.

Dedicatory Overture was written in the 1960’s and was commisioned by the Epsilon Upsilo Chapter of Phu Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Evansville College Indiana, for use in services dedicating a new music building.

The first performances of Dedicatory Overture took place during the spring of 1963 by the Evansville College Concert Band under the direction of Wesley Shepard. Williams used Evansville College’s alma mater as the thematic material to compose the piece.

Composer Spotlight Brian Balmages- “Rain”
Brian Balmages (b. 1975) is an active composer, conductor, producer, and performer. His fresh compositional ideas have resulted in a high demand for his wind, brass, and orchestral music throughout the world.

He received his bachelor’s degrees in music from James Madison University and his master's degree from the University of Miami in Florida.

Mr. Balmages' compositions have been performed worldwide at conferences including the College Band Directors National and Regional Conferences, the Midwest Clinic, the International Tuba/Euphonium Conference, the International Trombone Festival, and the International Trumpet Guild Conference.

His active schedule of commissions and premieres has incorporated groups ranging from elementary schools to professional ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, the University of Miami Wind Ensemble, James Madison University's School of Music, Boston Brass, members of the United States Marine Band, and the Dominion Brass Ensemble.

His music has been performed by members of leading orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, and others. He has also had world premieres in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and performances at the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Day Parade and abroad.

He has also served as an adjunct professor of instrumental conducting and Acting Symphonic Band Director at Towson University in Maryland.

Currently, he is Director of Instrumental Publications for The FJH Music Company Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He resides in Baltimore with his wife, Lisa and their sons, Jacob and Collin.

Rain is a gentle work with a great deal of expressiveness. It paints a picture of a quiet rainfall with distant rolling thunder. The sound of droplets hitting the ground often puts me at ease for a reason I cannot adequately describe. For this reason, I chose to explain my thoughts through music, which has always been a more powerful means of expression for me than words.

The melodic and harmonic lines convey the complexity of rain-the sadness it brings to some, the calmness it brings to others, and its ability to rejuvenate; the soft droplets outside our window that can be so relaxing, yet can also be the cause of a raging river. It is my hope that groups will experience a wide range of emotions as they rehearse and perform this work.

Rain was commissioned by the Virginia Band directors Association District 10, representing schools from Fairfax County, Alexandria, and Falls Church. The work was premiered by the All District Middle School Symphonic Band with the composer conducting.

Alex Shapiro Alex Shapiro (born January 11, 1962 in New York City) composes acoustic and electroacoustic music favoring combinations of modal harmonies with chromatic ones, and often emphasizing strong pulse and rhythm. She was educated at the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music as a student of Ursula Mamlok and John Corigliano. The majority of Shapiro's catalog is chamber works, and since 2008 she has also composed several commissions for symphonic wind band, several of which include the use of prerecorded electronics.

Alex Shapiro-Paper Cut
What do teenagers like? Video games, TV, and movies. What do all these media have in common? Music! I was thrilled to have a chance to add to the educational band music repertoire, thanks to the American Composers Forum's terrific BandQuest series. In my desire to compose something relevant to younger players, I decided to create a piece that sounds somewhat like a movie soundtrack, to which the musicians can imagine their own dramatic scene. I also thought it would be fun to make the kids themselves part of the action, and so "Paper Cut" has the band doing choreographed maneuvers that look as compelling as they sound. In fact, the band members don't even play their instruments until halfway into the piece.

Alex Shapiro-Paper Cut
Music isn't just melody; it's rhythm and texture as well. The unusual element of paper and the myriad sounds that can emerge from something so simple, offer a fresh view of what music-making can be and opens everyone's ears to the sonic possibilities found among everyday objects. With a nod to environmentalism, "Paper Cut" might even remind people to avoid waste and recycle. Players can collect paper that would have otherwise ended up in the trash, and bring it to rehearsals. The piece might even be therapeutic, as students can take out their aggressions by ripping up bad grades and test scores! Although "Paper Cut" was composed with middle schoolers in mind, it's also suited to more advanced musicians, since the paper techniques and the skill of playing against a prerecorded track are interesting for all ages. I'm delighted to introduce a new approach to concert wind band repertoire, and I hope that conductors and band members have as much fun with this piece as I had creating it. Alex Shapiro Summer, 2010

The Lion King Elton John, Tim Rice and Hans Zimmer wrote the music, lyrics and original score of Disney’s The Lion King. Time Rice is a long time associate with broadway composer Andrew Loyd Weber Released in 1994 The Lion King features the hit songs: Circle of Life, I Just Can’t Wait to be King, Be Prepared, Hakuna Matata, Can you Feel the Love Tonight, and King of Pride Rock.

Andrew Boysen, Jr. I Am Andrew Boysen, Jr. is presently an assistant professor in the music department at the University of New Hampshire, where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches conducting, composition and orchestration. Previously, Boysen served as an assistant professor and Acting Associate Director of Bands at Indiana State University, where he directed the Marching Sycamores, conducted the symphonic band and taught in the music education department. Prior to that appointment, he was the Director of Bands at Cary-Grove (IL) High School and was the music director and conductor of the Deerfield Community Concert Band. He remains active as a guest conductor and clinician, appearing with high school, university and festival ensembles across the United States and Great Britain.

Andrew Boysen, Jr. I Am Boysen earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the Eastman School of Music, where he served as conductor of the Eastman Wind Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He received his Master of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University in 1993 and his Bachelor of Music degree in music education and music composition from the University of Iowa in 1991.

Andrew Boysen, Jr. I Am He maintains an active schedule as a composer, receiving commissions from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Orchestra Festival, the Iowa All-State Band, the Rhode Island All-State Band, the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, and many university and high school concert bands across the United States. Boysen won the International Horn Society Composition Contest in 2000, the University of Iowa Honors Composition Prize in 1991 and has twice won the Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest, in 1991 for I Am and in 1994 for Ovations. Boysen has several published works with the Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Wingert-Jones Music and Ludwig Music, including pieces for band, orchestra, clarinet and piano, and brass choir. Recordings of his music appear on the Sony, R-Kal, Mark, St. Olaf and Elf labels.

Andrew Boysen, Jr. I Am I Am was commissioned by Craig Aune and the Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Band of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in February, It was written in memory of Lynn Jones, a baritone saxophone player in the band who was killed in an auto accident during that winter. The work is basically tonal in nature, but includes extended techniques such as an aleatoric section and singing from members of the ensemble. The aleatoric section is intended to represent the foggy morning of the crash in which Jones died. The words "I Am" are taken from a poem that he wrote just days before his death. The piece is not intended in any way to be an elegy. Instead, it is a celebration, a reaffirmation, of life.

Andrew Boysen, Jr. I Am I Am Life, Music, Competition. I like exciting things, and doing good for others. Beauty, Successfulness and Smartness are important to me. I like to achieve recognition. I can succeed if I really put my mind to it. I am very set in my ways, But I can change when I realize my ignorance. I like a simple nonchalant lifestyle. I hate ignorance. I hate structuredness. This is me. I am! -Lynn Jones January, 1990

Julie Giroux, Prisoner of the Ring
Julie Ann Giroux was born in Fairhaven, Mass on Dec. 12, 1961 and began playing the piano a few years later. By the age of 8, she began composing. Several years and family relocations later, Julie attended Jack Hayes Junior High School. She composed her first Concert Band Work in the 8th grade at the age of 13. She attended Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, Louisiana graduating in She played the French Horn in the school bands and played piano for the Choir all the while composing various types of music, including piano works, band works, solo instrumental works and vocal works.

Julie attended college at Louisiana State University receiving her bachelors degree in music performance, all the while continuing to compose band and orchestra works. At this time, she also began composing commercially. In 1981 she published her first band work. Literally days after college graduation, Julie had the opportunity to arrange & conduct several arrangements for a live ESPN broadcast for the National Sportsfest held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Composer Bill Conti had also been hired to compose and conduct music for the same event. Shortly after that, Mr. Conti invited Julie out to Hollywood to work on the mini-series "North and South."

Julie went on to compose & orchestrate music for many Television and Films and received her first of three Emmy nominations in In , Julie won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction" for the 64th Annual Academy Awards, ABC." When she won her first Emmy Award, she was the first woman and the youngest person ever to win the award in that category. A member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), her credits include White Men Can't Jump, Masters of the Universe, North & South & North & South II, Broadcast News, Blaze, Dynasty and multiple Academy & Emmy Awards shows. During her career Julie has had the honor of scoring for Celene Dion, Paula Abdul, Jerry Orbach, Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, Bryan Adams, Peabo Bryson, Angela Lansbury, Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, Reba McIntyre, Little Richard, Billy Crystal, Michael Jackson and many, many others.

Ms. Giroux is an extremely well rounded composer with works for Symphony Orchestras (including chorus), Chamber music, Wind Ensembles, Soloists, Brass and Woodwind Quintets and many other serious and commercial formats. Her first published work "Mystery on Mena Mountain" with Southern Music Company was composed while still in college. Since that time, she has composed and published numerous works for professional wind ensembles, military bands, colleges, public schools and professional orchestras. In 1998, Ms. Giroux decided to go back to her roots full time, composing primarily for Concert Bands, Wind Ensembles and other various "serious" forms of music.

This work opens with a theme which represents a 16th century conquistador and his army of fearless men who sail the seven seas in search of gold and adventure.

The second theme, “The Woman,” represents the romance between the conquistador and a beautiful woman.

The conquistador must leave, but gives the woman a ring as a token of his love. Unknown to the conquistador, a demon’s soul had been imprisoned in this ring.

Shortly after the conquistador’s departure, a band of demons kidnap the woman and the ring in order to extract the demon’s soul from the ring.

“Dance of a Thousand Demons” represents the demons’ ritual dance.

The ritual is interrupted by the return of the conquistador and his men and the work ends in a battle to the death between the conquistador and the demons.

Gustav Holst First Suite in E-flat
Gustav Theodore Holst born 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934 was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed a large number of works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, including the English folksong revival of the early 20th century

In 1909, when this Suite was written, concert wind band music consisted of reductions of pieces originally scored for orchestras. Thus this suite was revolutionary in that it was written exclusively for wind band and is considered Holst’s first step toward achieving his goal of making the concert band a serious concert medium. It was originally written for Military Band, and a full score arranged with additional parts to make it suitable for American bands was not published until after Holst’s death.

The first movement is a Chaconne, a 14-note melody that is passed throughout the band. The lively Intermezzo shows Holst's mastery in writing for woodwinds. The closing March combines two folk song melodies with counterpart in the finale. Holst was well suited for his role as concert band composer, having played trombone in various groups in England and Scotland for years. --James Huff 23:17, March 28, 2007

Percussion Ensembles

Edward Freytag Edward Freytag holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education (instrumental/vocal) from the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga (1976) and a Master of Music Degree in Jazz & Studio Performance from the University Of Tennessee At Knoxville (1990) where he studied with renowned jazz educator, Jerry Coker and drum set guru, Keith Brown. Mr. Freytag was Associate Director of Bands and Instructor of Percussion & Jazz at Cleveland Junior/Senior High Schools in Cleveland, Tennessee from 1976 to While in tenure at CHS, his marching and concert percussion ensembles and jazz groups received consistent superior ratings and first place awards. He has taught applied percussion at Tomlinson College, Lee University, Cumberland University and was the Professor of Percussion at the University of Tennessee At Chattanooga during 1990 and Mr. Freytag has been a percussion section member of both the Knoxville Symphony and the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestras. He also has an extensive background as an adjudicator and clinician in both the percussion and jazz areas.

Edward Freytag Mr. Freytag has performed and toured extensively throughout the United States, Russia, Germany, England and the Caribbean Islands with such well-known artists as Liberace, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias, Steve Allen, to name a few. He has done openings for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Ray Stevens, Joe Diffie, Eddie Money, Tracy Lawrence, Rick Trevino, Billy Dean, Shaver, Radney Foster, Lorrie Morgan, Restless Heart, Martina McBride, Eddie Arnold, and Leroy Parnell. He is the founder of BOD Productions, Guru Graphics, Serious Percussion Publications, and is currently working as a freelance percussion artist and studio musician, private instructor, percussion and jazz clinician, and staff writer for Row-Loff Productions in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Freytag is also currently the Director of Bands and Fine Arts Chair at LaVergne High School in LaVergne, Tennessee.

Edward Freytag He currently plays percussion for the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. He is the author of "The Rudimental Cookbook" and "Just Desserts", the definitive statements in rudimental drumming, and has many published percussion ensembles on state music lists across the nation. Mr. Freytag is endorsed by Row-Loff Productions, KHS America (Mapex Drums, Majestic Percussion, Jupiter Horns), Evans Drumheads, HQ Percussion, Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets, and Humes & Berg. Mr. Freytag is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society, Music Educators National Conference, Middle Tennessee School Band & Orchestra Association, Tennessee Bandmasters Association, Middle Tennessee Vocal Association, National Education Association, Tennessee Education Association, and the Rutherford Education Association.

David Steinquest David Steinquest, Professor of Percussion at APSU since 1985, teaches all individual percussion lessons and conducts the Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo. He is also coordinator of the Mid-South Jazz Festival. Steinquest previously served as a faculty member at Albion College, the University of Arkansas, and the National Music Camp at Interlochen, and was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northeast Louisiana University and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan.

David Steinquest Steinquest is an active freelance percussionist in the Nashville area, performing frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra including their Carnegie Hall debut and the gala concerts at the opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. He served as Acting Assistant Principal Percussionist in the season. Steinquest is also a studio musician, recording often for Row-Loff Productions, Arrangers' Publishing Company, and the Nashville String Machine. He is an educational endorser of Ross Mallet Instruments and Vic Firth Sticks and appears frequently as a soloist and clinician. Steinquest has numerous compositions and arrangements published by Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music, and Pioneer Percussion. His works have been performed by the Nashville Symphony percussion section and have been heard on the PBS children's series "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."

J. S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist,violist, and violinist of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, the The Well-Tempered Clavier, two Passions, keyboard works, and more than 300 cantatas, of which nearly 100 cantatas have been lost to posterity. His music is revered for its intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty.

Julie Davilla Julie Davila is a member of the chamber percussion ensemble the CAIXA TRIO, winner of a 2011 "Drummie" award by Drum Magazine. In addition to her membership in the CAIXA TRIO, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Percussive Arts Society and served as the chair of the Marching Percussion Committee of the Percussive Arts Society from She is currently the battery arranger for the Music City Drum Corps, Nashville, Tennessee and the percussion coordinator and arranger for the Middle Tennessee State University Band of Blue Drumline. Additionally, Julie is an adjunct professor of percussion at MTSU. Prior to her work at MTSU, she was the percussion specialist at several high schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of her groups have medaled in all divisions of the WGI activity and in 1996 the John Overton high school Indoor drum line, under her direction won a National Championship. Julie is a member of the WGI nationally recognized adjudication team and serves on the steering committee for WGI Percussion. As a member of the Caixa Trio and as an active clinician specializing in contemporary and marching percussion, she has performed in Seoul, South Korea, Paris, France, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil and extensively throughout the United States.

Julie Davilla Julie received her degree from the University of North Texas. She has published numerous marching and concert percussion features through Row-Loff Productions and Drop6 Media. She is the author of the "Modern Multi-Tenor Techniques and Solos" and "Impressions on Wood" published by Row-loff, and is a co- author of "Aptitude" an innovative solo snare book published by Drop 6 media. Julie is an endorser and clinician for the Pearl Corporation, Innovative Percussion, the Avedis Zildjian Company, Grover Pro Percussion and Evans Drum Heads.

“Child Dance” Jonathan S. Miller
Jonathan S. Miller was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on August 14th, Mr. Miller attended Conemaugh Township High School in Davidsville, Pennsylvania. It was during his teenage years that he developed his love for music and theater. It was in high school that he was first exposed to his favorite composer Stephen Sondheim.

After High School Mr. Miller attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and studied trumpet with Dr. Kevin Eisensmith who was very supportive of Miller’s compositional endeavors. Dr. Eisensmith premiered some of Miller’s first pieces for Trumpet ensemble and challenged Mr. Miller to do his senior recital with all his own music.

While attending IUP Mr. Miller studied composition with Daniel Perlongo and Conducting with Dr. Jack Stamp. These two individuals were very influential to Mr. Miller’s composing and teaching styles. Mr. Miller was director of bands at Leonardtown High School in Leonardtown, Maryland for four years. Currently Mr. Miller is your band director, a post he has held since the fall of Mr. Miller continues to compose new music for band, orchestra, percussion and chorus.

German Baratto German Baratto finished his BA at the University of Puerto Rico and did additional studies at the Puerto Rico Conservatory and Berklee School of Music. After that he attended Middle Tennessee State University where he earned his MA in Jazz Studies and Percussion. While in school German played with artists like Jim McNeely, Eddie Daniels and Jeff Coffin.

German Baratto Currently German works as adjunct Faculty at Middle Tennessee State University and as Percussion coordinator for the Oakland High School Band in Murfreesboro, TN. Also, he works as adjunct Faculty at University of North Alabama in Florence, AL and collaborates with the Global Education Center in Nashville, TN.

German Baratto German serves as a composer for Crucial Music in Los Angeles, CA. You can see German playing around the Nashville area with country artists like Diona Devin, with his own Latin-jazz septet, with Danny Salazar and with Afinke Salsa Orchestra. German has presented clinics in Nashville (TN), Murfreesboro (TN), Raleigh (NC), San Juan (PR), and Bogotá, Colombia. German proudly endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.

Chris Crockarell (b. April 22, 1961)
Crock has been playing drums since the 5th grade when he received his first Slingerland blue-sparkle snare drum. He attended McGavock HS in Nashville, TN in the late 70's, around the time that Drum Corps was really catching on. He marched with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in '81 & '82 and attended North Texas State University, (later renamed UNT).

Chris Crockarell From there Crock went on the road with the Ice Capades where he met his wife, Louise. Then on to touring with Louise Mandrell for three years where he learned the fine art of "looking good" while performing. In 1990, seeing a void in entertaining yet educational percussion literature, he and business partner, Chris Brooks, co-founded Row-Loff Productions. RLP soon became the global publishing leader in percussion literature. Since that time Crock has written and arranged marching and concert percussion for Row-Loff as well as Arranger's Publishing Company. ( The guy's written a LOT of percussion notes.) He currently lives in Nashville with his wife, their two daughters and WAY too many dogs.

John Hearnes (b. July 9, 1977) John R. Hearnes (lovingly known at RLP as "Chime Boy") received his first pair of drumsticks in 1989 when he joined band in Cape Girardeau, MO. He studied percussion under Mark McHale and Mark Ellison. After graduating from Central High School, John studied at Southeast Missouri State University under Dr. Daniel Dunavan, then earned a BME from Middle Tennessee State University where he studied under Lalo Davila, David Brochocki, Andy Smith, and Dr. Julie Hill. It was through Lalo Davila that John met Chris Crockarell and Chris Brooks from Row-Loff Productions. He began arranging and composing for RLP in Although his works cover the spectrum of difficulty, John has focused on increasing the amount of literature written for young players, especially beginners. John is currently a middle school band director in Rutherford County, TN, a job he has held since He endorses Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets. John is a composer, performer, educator, clinician, adjudicator, and most importantly, still a student on all facets of percussion. He lives in Murfreesboro, TN, with his wife and their two sons.

Chris Brooks (b. July 18, 1957) Chris Brooks is Vice-President of Row-Loff Productions, a percussion publishing company he co-founded with Chris Crockarell in With hundreds of titles on prescribed music lists in nine states, Row-Loff began with marching percussion ensembles, expanded into concert percussion literature in 1993, and added solos along with a wide selection of instruction books. Known for its clever parodies of pop culture in its marketing CDs, Row-Loff was one of the first in the percussion industry to use audio examples to promote its music.

Chris Brooks (b. July 18, 1957) A 1974 graduate of McGavock High School in Nashville, Brooks began playing drums professionally at age 16. From his jingle work in the recording studio to his live performances with artists such as Toni Tennille, the Smothers Brothers and Lucie Arnaz, these musical experiences influenced Brooks as he began composing percussion ensembles. Brooks, along with partner Crockarell, writes about two-thirds of Row-Loff's percussion catalog. He has written over six dozen original ensembles - including Millennium, performed at Carnegie Hall in March 2013 by the Monterey High School Percussion Ensemble from Lubbock, Texas - co-written several dozen more, and arranged over 30 pieces for percussion. Brooks and Crockarell also wrote and released The Snare Drummer's Toolbox (The Absolute Method for Snare Drum) in 2010.

Ed Argenziano Ed holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Ed. from William Paterson University, and a Masters of Arts Degree, Music Performance, from Montclair State University. He has performed with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, NJ Chamber Ensemble. Ed has been a secondary school teacher in New Jersey for 28 years and is presently the Director of Instrumental Music/Orchestra at Morris Knolls HS in Rockaway. He is also on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University Middle College.

Ed Argenziano In addition to numerous noteworthy performances throughout the country, Ed performed with NY City recording artists "Gabriel's Hold." Ed served as the North Jersey Area Honors Band President and Conductor. He also served as the New Jersey Allstate Percussion coordinator. Ed is extremely involved as a music/percussion clinician and music adjudicator and has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Netherlands and Japan.

Ed Argenziano Mr. Argenziano served as Drum Corps International Percussion Caption administrator from , and Drum Corps Association Percussion administrator from Ed was the percussion arranger/Show Designer for the 2004 "Magic of Orlando" DCI Drum and Bugle Corps show, and was the 2005 music/show consultant for the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as the percussion designer and arranger for the New York Skyliners. He was a member of the Hawthorne Muchachos from 1973 to 1976, and was a member of the Hawthorne Caballeros 1977 to In addition, Ed served as percussion instructor for the 1982 & 1983 Bayonne Bridgemen.

Ed Argenziano Mr. Argenziano has judged numerous music events for Drum Corps International, Drum Corps Japan, Bands Of America and Winter Guard International. He has numerous commissions for percussion arrangements and compositions throughout the world with published works exclusively with Row-Loff Productions, Nashville, TN.

Flute Choir

Quantz Largo and Minuetto
Johann Joachim Quantz (30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and composer.

Quantz was born in Oberscheden, Germany. He began his musical studies as a child with his uncle's son-in-law (his blacksmith father died when Quantz was young; on his deathbed, he begged his son to follow in his footsteps), later going to Dresden and Vienna. He studied composition extensively and pored over scores of the masters to adopt their style. During his tenure in Dresden, he abandoned the violin and the oboe in order to pursue the flute. He studied with Pierre Gabriel Buffardin. It was during this time as musician to Frederick Augustus II of Poland that he began to concentrate on the flute, performing more and more on the instrument.

He gradually became known as the finest flautist in Europe, and toured France and England. He became a flute teacher, flute maker and composer to Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) in He was an innovator in flute design, adding keys to the instrument to help with intonation, for example. He often criticized Vivaldi for being too wild when he played.

Although Quantz wrote many pieces of music, mainly for the flute (including around 300 flute concertosand over 200 sonatas), he is best known today as the author of Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen (1752) (titled On Playing the Flute in English), a treatise on traverso flute playing. It is a valuable source of reference regarding performance practice and flute technique in the 18th century. Quantz died in 1773 in Potsdam.

“By the River” Jonathan S. Miller
Jonathan S. Miller was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on August 14th, Mr. Miller attended Conemaugh Township High School in Davidsville, Pennsylvania. It was during his teenage years that he developed his love for music and theater. It was in high school that he was first exposed to his favorite composer Stephen Sondheim.

After High School Mr. Miller attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and studied trumpet with Dr. Kevin Eisensmith who was very supportive of Miller’s compositional endeavors. Dr. Eisensmith premiered some of Miller’s first pieces for Trumpet ensemble and challenged Mr. Miller to do his senior recital with all his own music.

While attending IUP Mr. Miller studied composition with Daniel Perlongo and Conducting with Dr. Jack Stamp. These two individuals were very influential to Mr. Miller’s composing and teaching styles. Mr. Miller was director of bands at Leonardtown High School in Leonardtown, Maryland for four years. Currently Mr. Miller is your band director, a post he has held since the fall of Mr. Miller continues to compose new music for band, orchestra, percussion and chorus.

By the River was written for the Flute Choir at Glenn High School. Named by the composer’s daughter Charlotte, By the River is a light hearted tune composed for three flutes and piano.

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven German: baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets.

Beethoven Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and Christian Gottlob Neefe. During his first 22 years in Bonn, Beethoven intended to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and befriended Joseph Haydn. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 and began studying with Haydn, quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. In about 1800 his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. He gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from this period.

Passepied passe·pied päsˈpyā/ Noun
1. A spirited dance in triple meter, popular in France and England in the 17th and 18th centuries, resembling a minuet but faster. 2. Music for or in the rhythm of this dance.

Tellemann Georg Philipp Telemann (14 March 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city's five main churches. While Telemann's career prospered, his personal life was always troubled: his first wife died only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramarital affairs and accumulated a large gambling debt before leaving Telemann.

Tellemann Telemann was one of the most prolific composers in history (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre) and was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time—he was compared favorably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Telemann's music incorporates several national styles (French, Italian) and is even at times influenced by Polish popular music. He remained at the forefront of all new musical tendencies and his music is an important link between the late Baroque and early Classical styles.

Handel George Frideric Handel
23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born British Baroque composer famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Born in a family indifferent to music, Handel received critical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London (1712) as a naturalized British subject in 1727. By then he was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.

Handel Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. In 1737 he had a physical breakdown, changed direction creatively and addressed the middle class. As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742) he never performed an Italian opera again. Handel was only partly successful with his performances of English oratorio on mythical and biblical themes, but when he arranged a performance of Messiah to benefit London's Foundling Hospital (1750) the criticism ended. It has been said that the passion of Handel's oratorios is an ethical one, and that they are hallowed not by liturgical dignity but by moral ideals of humanity. Almost blind, and having lived in England for almost fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Handel Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah remaining popular. One of his four Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest (1727), composed for the coronation of George II of Great Britain, has been performed at every subsequent British coronation, traditionally during the sovereign's anointing. Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years, and since the late 1960s, with the revival of baroque music and original instrumentation, interest in Handel's operas has grown.

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn 31 March[ 1732 – 31 May 1809), known as Joseph Haydn,[ was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms. He was also instrumental in the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata form. A lifelong resident of Austria, Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family on their remote estate. Isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, "forced to become original" At the time of his death, he was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe. Joseph Haydn was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a highly regarded composer, and Johann Evangelist Haydn, a tenor. He was also a friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Brass Ensemble

Regency re·gen·cy Rējənsē Noun
a government or period of time in which a person (called a regent) rules in place of a king or queen

Down By the Salley Gardens
Down by the Salley Gardens (Irish: Gort na Saileán) is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889.

Yeats indicated in a note that it was "an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself." The "old song" may have been the ballad The Rambling Boys of Pleasure[ which contains the following verse: "It was down by Sally's Garden one evening late I took my way.'Twas there I spied this pretty little girl, and those words to me sure she did say. She advised me to take love easy, as the leaves grew on the tree .But I was young and foolish, with my darling could not agree.“ The similarity to the first verse of the Yeats version is unmistakable and would suggest that this was indeed the song Yeats remembered the old woman singing. The rest of the song, however, is quite different. Yeats's original title, "An Old Song Re-Sung", reflected his debt to The Rambling Boys of Pleasure. It first appeared under its present title when it was reprinted in Poems in 1895.[4]

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.In a field by the river my love and I did stand,And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

The verse was subsequently set to music by Herbert Hughes to the traditional air The Moorlough Shore in In the 1920s composer Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979) set the text to own music. The composer John Ireland set the words to an original melody in his cycle "Songs Sacred and Profane", written in 1934. There is also a vocal setting by the poet and composer Ivor Gurney, which was published in 1938; and another by Benjamin Britten published in 1943

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow" (often referred to as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow") is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.Over time, it would become Garland's signature song. About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get her aunt and uncle to listen to her relate an unpleasant incident involving her dog,Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch. Dorothy's Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble." This prompts Dorothy to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "'Some place where there isn't any trouble.' Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain..." at which point she begins singing.

“Over the Rainbow” -Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981), known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow".

“Over the Rainbow” Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow," in fact, was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

“Over the Rainbow” Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true.

“Over the Rainbow” Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
“Over the Rainbow” If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?

Dvorak New World Symphony
Antonín Leopold Dvořák September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904 was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed features of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia . Dvořák's own style has been described as 'the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them'.

Dvorak New World Symphony
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular of all symphonies.]

When the Saints go Marching In
"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a Christian hymn, it is often played by jazz bands. The song is sometimes confused with a similarly titled composition "When the Saints are Marching In" from 1896 by Katharine Purvis (lyrics) and James Milton Black (music).

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