C 0 s

4 E ", " 2 4 U Sac - j 5

The Friends of Music United Methodist Church of Garden Grove

The National Association of Composers, USA

A Concert of Recent American Chamber Music Sunday Afaernmn, May 16,1993

Oblations of Remernbmce

Violin Duos

I B o w to Thee Beams o f Love

Let Us Keep The Feast

N d e r a , Guinaldo, organ

Maria Newman and P e e r Kent, violins

David Viscoli, piano

N d e r m Guinaldo

Russell Steinbq Fast and Percussive

Harmonics Muted

Leggier0 On the Bridge

Hungarian Hoedown

We'm Four Fmcious 73'' We're four ferocious tigers, a t least, that's what w e seem, our claws are at the ready, our sharp incisors gleam, we're quite intimidating, our stare will make you blink our roar will make you shiver, a t least, that's what w e think.

We're four ferocious tigers, a t least, that's what w e hear, our ominous demeanor will chill your atmosphere, and yet you need not fear us, don't scream and run away, w e only eat spaghetti, a t least, that's what we say.

Mother Goblin's Lullaby Go to sleep, my baby goblin, hushaby, my dear of dears, if you disobey your mother, she will twist your pointed ears.

Little goblin, stop complaining, time for all your eyes to close, if you make your mother angry, she will bite your tiny nose.

Thomas DeDobay

Slumber sweetly till tomorrow, do not worry, Mother's near, dream of demons weirdly screaming, hushaby, my goblin dear.

Today I'm Going Yesaerday Today I'm going yesterday a s quickly a s I can, I'm confident I'll do it, - . I've devised a clever plan, it involves my running backward at a constant rate of speed, if I'm mindful of my timing, I'll undoubtedly succeed.

Today I'm going yesterday, I'm moving very fast as I'm putting off the future for the rather recent past, I can feel the present fading 3s I hastily depart, and look forward to amving on the day before I start.

Today I'm going yesterday, I'm slipping out of sight and anticipate I'll vanish just a bit before tonight, when I reach my destination, I'll compose a note to say that I'll see you all tomorrow which of course will be today.

Text for Jumping Jacks Last Night Illreamed of Chickens Last night I dreamed of chickens, there were chickens everywhere, they were standing on my stomach, they were nesting in my hair, they were pecking at my pillow, they were hopping on my head, they were ruffling up their feathers as they raced about my bed.

They were on the chairs and tables, they were on the chandeliers, they were roosting in the comers, they were clucking in my ears, there were chickens, chickens, chickens for a s far a s I could see.... when I woke today, I noticed there were eggs on top of me.

Tly Never m TicWe the W c k l e s Try never to tickle the Twickles, the Twickles, when tickled, may smile, "We do not like smiling!" they snivel, "It's vulgar! It's vapid! It's vile!" If ever you tickle the Twickles, the Twickles are likely to grin, "Unthinkable!" whimper the Twickles, "It ruins the shape of the chin!"

I repeat, never tickle the Twickles, the Twickles may laugh if you do, "It goes against nature!" they grumble, "It's clearly considered taboo!" Still worse, if you tickle the Twickles, the Twickles are apt to guffaw, "Guffawing's disgraceful" they clamor, "We recently made it a law!" 6

Tly Never m 'lickle.. . (continued) TheTwickles you tickle will chuckle, the Twickles you tickle.wil1 roar, "Deplorable!" blubber the Twickles, "It's not what w e Twickles are for! Untickled, w e Twickles are grateful, w e Twickles untickled are glad, ignore our morose dispositions, we're happiest when w e are sad!"

IAm a Ghost Who's Lost His Boo I am a ghost who's lost his boo, my boo is gone from me, and I'm without a single clue to where my boo might be. It makes me mope, it makes me pout, it almost makes me moan, a ghost is not a ghost without a boo to call his own.

My boo was piercing, fierce, and loud, I used to suut and boast, for I was positively proud to be a gruesome ghost. But now that I'm without a boo, I find it rather weird, there's little for a ghost to do whose boo has disappeared.

Although I hover here and there, and haunt a hundred rooms, i t seems there's no one I can scare unless my boo resumes. I am a ghost who's lost his boo, alas! A boo I lack, if you should find my boo, then you had better give it back.

Jumping Jacks Stefania Maria DeKenessey Poems by Jack Prelutsky (Nom Text of songs are printed following Program Notes)

Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens Never Try to Tickle the Twickles I Am a Ghost Who's Lost His Boo

We're Four Ferocious Tigers Mother Goblin's Lullaby

Today I'm Going Yesterday

Members of E. G. Musicale M a h a Cowan, diremr

Intermission

Compositional Studies for Clarinet

Marcus Eley, clarinet

Elegy for a Teacher

Eddy Lawrence Manson, harmonica Nick Freyman, piano

Charles Dvorak

Eddy Lawrence Manson

Excerpts from The Licde Fugitive Eddy Lawrence Manson

Eddy Lawrence Manson, harmonica

Calliope Dances Alexandra Pierce Cigue I

A Measured Chorale Cigue II

A Slow Chase

Francisco Castillo, oboe Alexandra Pierce, piano

A Concert of Recent American Chamber Music

Program Notes

Oblations of Remembmce

Nohem Guinaldo, a native of Argentina, has been organist of the Garden Grove United Methodist Church since 1965. He holds the Master of Arts Degree in Theory and Composition from the University of California a t Riverside and the Diplome Superieure from the prestigious Schola Cantorum in Paris. While in France, he studied improvisation with Jean Langlais and Jean Guillou. His compositions include works for organ, chamber ensemble, orchestra, choir, and solo voice. Oblations of Remembrance, commissioned by the San Jose Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, was premiered at the Carmel. Mission San Carlos Basilica in 1989 by Dr. Joyce Jones. Traditional Spanish, Mexican, and California Indian melodies of the old missions are woven together in a piquant modern idiom, establishing the time frame from which the remembrance takes place. Bonding the elements together and providing the kerriel from which the emotional content of the work germinated are excerpts from the Holy Sonnets of Richard Crashaw (1613-1639) and Sir Henry W o m n (1568-1639) and Paul's first letter to the Corinthians 5:7-8.

Violin Duos

Russell Steinberg is a recent graduate of Harvard University where he studied music composition with Donald Martino and Leon Kirchner. Currently on the music faculty at UCLA, his compositions have been performed throughout the Los Angeles area. The composer states that Bela Bartok's Forty-FOLU Duos for Two Violins was his inspiration for this piece.

Fiesta

Thomas DeDobay is a member of the faculty of Chaffey College. His composition, Fiesta, does not refer to life south of the border but rather summons up the image of a plethora of dancing notes. 4

Stefania Maria DeKenessey is a member of the music faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City. As an officer in the East Coast Chapter of the National Association of Composers, USA, she is responsible for the production of the Association's concerts in the New York City area. Jumpingjacks, Op. 29, is a collection of six humorous songs for unaccompanied voices. The poems by Jack Prelu~ky are from Something BIG Has Been Here, published by Greenwillow Books ,@ 1990, used by permission.

. . Compositional Studies for Clarinet

Charles Dvorak is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied composition with Marcel Dick. A professional printer a s well as a composer, Mr. Dvorak is the editor of the National Association of Composers, USA publication, Composer~USA, where his imaginative designs and layouts have attracted growing attention.

Elegy for a Teacher

Excerpts from me Little Fugitive

Eddy Lawrence Manson, selected as International Man of the Year in 1991-1992 by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England, is a composer, conductor, arranger, and pre-eminent harmonica soloist A recent poll declared him the number one performer on that instrument He has scored hundreds of films and won many awards in the field. He has held high offices in many musical organizations including the presidency of the American Society of Arrangers and Composers on both coasts. Mr. Manson teaches fdm music at UCLA.

M o p e Dances

Alexandra Pierce is a Professor of Music at the University of Redlands. She is a founding director of The Center of Balance, an organization devoted to the study of body control and human movement. The winner of several national competitions in compositions, her work has been performed extensively through the United States. 5