Department of Fine Arts INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAMS Community Participation Welcome! 30 October 2003 Wind Symphony Concert

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Francis Marion University
Department of Fine Arts
presents 
The FMU Wind Symphony
conducted by
Craig Alberty


8:00 p.m. Thursday                                    October 30, 2003
McNair Auditorium 

Program

Overture in B Flat (1966) Caesar Giovannini

Written in traditional ABA overture form, this energetic work manages to convey numerous moods while maintaining one tempo throughout.

Third Suite (1967) Robert E. Jager

                                I.      March
                                II.     Waltz
                                III.    Rondo

Third Suite is any early work by one of the most highly regarded band composers of the past 40 years. Jager is known for the incorporation of humor in his compositions – an element displayed in this piece through rhythmic manipulation bordering on perverse!

Festivo (1968) Vaclav Nelhybel

A prolific Czech-born composer, Nelhybel published over 400 works in his lifetime with another 200 still in the publication process. His output includes concertos, operas, chamber music, and numerous compositions for symphony orchestra, symphonic band, and chorus. He often wrote modal melodies and had a knack for creating great complexity from simple material.

As Summer Was Just Beginning (1994) Larry D. Daehn

As Summer Was Just Beginning acknowledges the life of James Dean, a promising film star who was killed in car accident in 1955 at the age of 24. It is loosely based on the British folk song “The Winter is Past, and the Summer’s Here at Last”.

Beyond The Higher Skies (1996) Robert Sheldon

This energetic and melodic work is our tribute to the 100^th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ achievement that will be celebrated on December 17.

Days of Glory (1961) John Cacavas

A sometimes forgotten aspect of American military music is the marching song from the Revolutionary War. Simple, but stirring, the tunes were based on various folk songs, bugle calls, and drum cadences of the times. Days of Glory, although not derivative from any particular source, is an attempt to capture those heroic times through the musical style of the period.

FMU Wind Symphony

Last spring the Wind Symphony moved to a Tuesday evening rehearsal time and we opened the group to community participation.  This is the fourth concert we have performed in our new format.  As you can see from the personnel roster, the membership is evenly divided between FMU students and community participants.  We are satisfied with the result of this change and are seeking additional participants.  If you play a band instrument or know someone looking for a place to play, please contact us.  Information can be found at web.fmarion.edu/finearts/windband.htm and Mr. Alberty can be reached at 661-1540 or calberty@fmarion.edu.

Wind Symphony Personnel

Flute Alishia Allison FMU Student Tamara Hamelink Homemaker Jamie McClellan FMU Student Judy Niebergall Occupational Therapy Asst. Oboe Rod Brown FMU Student Bassoon Wesley Wakeman Picture Frame Clarinet Cliff Gardner Band Director Lake City Roy Haymond Retired Educator Anne Sullivan FMU Student Janet Townsend Chemist Bass Clarinet Sabrina Judge FMU Student Alto Saxophone Michael Jackson   FMU Student Tenor Saxophone Katina Hogan FMU Student Baritone Saxophone Reesha Alexander FMU student

Trumpet Gilbert Burgess   FMU Student Kelly Jokisch Band Director South Florence HS Rich Kopituk Picture Framer Beth Middleton FMU Student Sandy Middleton Rural Mail Carrier Roxie Smallwood Occupational Therapist Horn Kim Starling FMU Student John Goshen Engineer Trombone Jim Bos Church Musician Henry Isgett Network Administrator Rob Lee SC Highway Patrol Jayson Rowe Computer Technician Euphonium Lyn Alberty Band Director King’s Academy Clayton Parham Retired Engineer Tuba Brien Lovensheimer Computer Programmer John Russell Photojournalist Percussion Eric Ard FMU Student Keith Hyman FDTC Student David McQueen FMU Student Steve Rummage Band Director Southside MS

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