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presented by Coe College Bands Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Friends of Music at Coe Coe College Music Department • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grand Finale Concert February 25, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. • Sinclair Auditorium William Carson and Steve Shanley, administrators Chelsea Dunn, assistant administrator Featuring Guest Artists Steve Allee, piano John Kizilarmut, vibraphone & drum set Al Naylor, trumpet and The Coe College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Steve Shanley Summit 2012

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presented byCoe College Bands • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Friends of Music at Coe

Coe College Music Department • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Grand Finale ConcertFebruary 25, 2012 • 7:30 p.m. • Sinclair Auditorium

William Carson and Steve Shanley, administratorsChelsea Dunn, assistant administrator

Featuring Guest Artists Steve Allee, piano

John Kizilarmut, vibraphone & drum setAl Naylor, trumpet

and

The Coe College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Steve Shanley

Summit 2012

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Program

Coe College Jazz EnsembleSteve Allee, piano

John Kizilarmut, vibraphone & drum set Al Naylor, trumpet

Steve Shanley, director

Three Hip Mice ............................................................................................................... Steve Allee

Thinking of Count ........................................................................................................... Steve Allee

Blues for C.T. ............................................................................John Kizilarmut, arr. Steve Shanley

AWARDS

Pure Spirit. ...................................................................................................................... Steve Allee

INTERMISSION

Cruisin’ for Home ............................................................................................................. Al Naylor

All God’s Children ................................................................................Joe Sample, arr. Steve Allee

Interesting Bricks ......................................................................................................... Justin Comer

Dragonfly ........................................................................................................................ Steve Allee

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Coe Jazz EnsembleSteve Shanley, director

Woodwinds Trombones Justin Comer, alto – Cedar Rapids, IA Beth Rouintree – Nevada, MO Theresa McKinley, alto – Fort Madison, IA DJ Yunek – Sycamore, IL Mike Anderson, tenor – Marshalltown, IA Amy Smith – Cedar Rapids, IA Tom Heartlein, tenor – Galesburg, IL D.J. Erckenbrack – Rockwell City, IA Alex Brownfield, bariton – Cedar Rapids, IA Wes Anderson – Newhall, IA Sarah Gierach, flute – Germantown, WI Rhythm Trumpets Alex Shields, piano – Cedar Rapids, IA Andrew Escalante – Muscatine, IA Alex Brost, bass – Rochester, MN Erin Salisbury – Quincy, IL Katelyn Marshall, bass – Maple Grove, MN David Rosales – Cedar Rapids, IA Evan Troendle, guitar – Cedar Rapids, IA Katelyn Leonardo – Springfield, IL James Flansburg-Sivell, drums – Davenport, IA Ashley Grothe – Muscatine, IA Jacob Ulrich, auxiliary percussion – Cedar Rapids, IA

Steve Shanley is an assistant professor of music at Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA), where he coordinates the music education and jazz studies programs, teaches music education courses, and directs the jazz band. He is also the music director and conductor of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, a professional ensemble that performs 18 concerts each summer.

Prior to his full-time appointment to Coe, Mr. Shanley spent 11 years teaching middle and high school music in the Cedar Rapids Community School District. Groups under his direction earned over 40 Division I ratings at concert band, jazz band, marching band, orchestra, and show choir festivals, and over 75 of his students were selected for the Iowa

All-State Band and Jazz Band. Mr. Shanley directed five high school ensembles in performances at the Iowa Bandmasters Association conference (jazz band in 2006 and 2009 and concert band in 2003, 2007, and 2010), and his band was also selected to perform in the prestigious Music For All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, IN (2008). His jazz bands qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships every year—placing in the top six each of the last nine years. Students in his Advanced Placement Music Theory classes consistently earned high scores on the AP exam each year.

Mr. Shanley earned a Bachelor of Music Education (with jazz emphasis) degree from the University of Northern Iowa, Master of Education in Music Education degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership degree from the University of Iowa. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at the University of Iowa. He is licensed in Iowa as a K-12 Music Master Educator, PK-12 Principal, PK-12 Supervisor of Special Education, and Evaluator.

In addition to teaching, Mr. Shanley frequently plays keyboard for touring Broadway shows, local theatrical productions, jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras, rock bands, and other ensembles. He is the music director, arranger, and keyboardist for Funk Stop (11-piece funk band) and the pianist and arranger for the Rod Pierson Big Band. Mr. Shanley has an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and accompanist, and he is also in demand as a composer and arranger. Over 1,000 of his works have been performed by marching bands, jazz bands, concert bands, orchestras, brass bands, and choirs throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Mr. Shanley is an exam reader for College Board Advanced Placement Music Theory, is co-chair of the Iowa Jazz Championships, and was the founding president of the Jazz Educators of Iowa.

Mr. Shanley’s wife, Valerie, teaches at Franklin Middle School and plays horn in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band. They enjoy spending time with their seven-year old daughter, Vivian, and five-year old son, Evan.

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Guest Artists

Pianist, composer and arranger Steve Allee is a veteran of more than 35 years on the music scene, working principally in jazz, writing and performing for syndicated radio programs, network television and motion pictures, and as a music educator. All of his career facets have blended into a distinct musical style that has a very strong visual, almost cinematic flavor because of his skill in capturing or reinforcing important moods or visual elements that inspire his projects.

Steve has released six CDs as a leader, the two most recent being his trio recordings, Dragonfly (June 2008) and Colors (April 2007) on the Owl Studios label that are artful collaborations with bassist Bill Moring and drummer Tim Horner. Saxophonists Rich

Perry and Rob Dixon appear on select tracks. In his liner notes for Dragonfly, jazz journalist Ken Franckling noted that “From start to finish, Dragonfly makes it clear that this is a band in which each of the players finds their interaction to be exhilarating…. this trio is all about making the most of the journey – as the best jazz should.”

A native son and longtime resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, Steve was fortunate to grow up in the hometown of many jazz greats, including brothers Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery, Slide Hampton, J.J. Johnson, Da-vid Baker, Freddie Hubbard and Melvin Rhyne, among others. His playing style has a touch, sparkling clarity and improvisational variations reminiscent of the late Bill Evans, as well as a very strong blues influence that Steve credits to his exposure to Buddy Montgomery and Horace Silver.

Steve began his professional career at age 19 with the Buddy Rich Orchestra before he was drafted into mili-tary service during the Vietnam War. Through the years, he has worked with a veritable “Who’s Who” of major jazz artists across the United States and abroad. Recent performances include the Rufus Reid Trio, The Randy Brecker Quartet, David “Fathead” Newman, John Clayton and The Rich Perry Quartet. He also leads a big band that performs regularly in Indianapolis. Steve’s big band CD, DowntownBlues, with bassist John Clayton and drummer John VonOhlen, was nominated for a Grammy® award. Allee’s first national solo CD, TheMagicHour, released on Noteworthy Records, landed at No. 14 on the Gavin national radio poll.

His other musical accomplishments included being commissioned to write and conduct a four-movement work for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Indianapolis Museum of Art. His score for the film, “NewYorkintheFifties,” was performed live at Switzerland’s acclaimed Montreux Jazz Festival. Steve was co-director and arranger for a J.J. Johnson Tribute Concert featuring trombonist Slide Hampton at the Indy Jazz Fest in 2001.

His writing credits include soundtracks for “New York In The Fifties,” the film inspired by the Dan Wakefield book of the same title, as well as “Something ToCheerAbout,” a documentary starring Halle Berry and Oscar Robertson that focused on the 1954-55 Crispus Attucks Tigers basketball team on which NBA legend Robertson played in high school in Indianapolis. It was the first all-black high school team ever to win a state championship – and the team that changed the face of basketball forever.

Steve’s performance and network television writing credits with Los Angeles Post Music© include music for “Chicago Hope,” “Mad About You,” “Martha Stewart,” “Friends,” “Nash Bridges,” “NYPD Blue,” “Dharma and Greg,” and “Touched by an Angel.” This busy artist also is the music director for the nationally syndicated, Indianapolis-based comedy-variety radio show, “The Bob and Tom Show,” with which he has co-produced more than 50 albums over the past 25 years.

As an educator, Steve has taught or lectured at several college and university music programs over the years, including the University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville, University of Illinois, Morehead College, Purdue University, Butler University, University of Indianapolis, Indiana State University, Drury College, and Florida International University. He now teaches at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops and other master classes and workshops during the year.

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John Kizilarmut holds a BSEd in Instrumental Music Education from Northwest Missouri State University and a MM in Percussion Performance-Jazz Emphasis from the University of Texas at Austin. He has recorded with a wide range of artists, from jazz pianist Anthony Belfiglio to the Grammy Award winning DJ Starscream. John has also worked professionally with several jazz luminaries, including Branford Marsalis, Ron Westray and Slide Hampton.

In May 2006, John presented a clinic entitled “Jazz Vibraphone for the College Percussionist” and performed with drummer Greg Bissonette at the East Central University Day of Percussion. He has also been active in DCI, both as an instructor and arranger for several Drum Corps. John currently has a teaching studio at Joyful Noise in West Des Moines, IA and is serving as an adjunct percussion instructor at Northwest Missouri State University.

Al Naylor is the trumpet professor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He plays with his own brass quintet, The Cedar Brass, and with the Coe Faculty Brass Quartet. As a soloist, he performs in both concert and jazz venues. His teachers have included Keith Johnson, Arnold Jacobs, Thomas Lisenbee, Randy Grabowski, and Roger Wood.

Al has played with many great artists including Clark Terry, Sonny Stitt, Dick Oatts, Bobby Shew, Victor Mendoza, Jerry Niewood, Ernie Watts, Paul McKee, Bill Frisell, Ray Anderson, Corey Christiansen, Bob Sheppard, Brian Lynch, John Fedchock, Conrad Herwig, Wycliffe Gordon, and Steve Turre.

Al has also performed with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Buckinghams, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and was a founding member of the popular area group, Orquesta Alto Maiz. He has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival twice.

Locally, Al performs with his own small jazz ensembles, Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, the Rod Pierson Big Band, and the CR Jazz Big Band. Each year, Al records the trumpet audition etudes for both the concert band and jazz all-state bands, making these available on his website for student reference.

As an educator, Al taught in the Iowa public schools for 28 years. Along with his duties at Coe College, he has a large private trumpet and jazz studio. Al maintains a busy schedule of guest soloing and working with middle school and high school bands throughout the state. He is a former president of the Iowa Chapter of International Association of Jazz Educators.

Al’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by many high school and middle school jazz bands. From 1995 to 2009, he was the orchestrator and arranger for the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra and its Discovery Chorus.

Al is co-editor of the recently published SpoonRiver by Percy Grainger. Grainger’s concert band version of SpoonRiver had never been published, but parts for this piece were discovered in the Coe College Library. SpoonRiver was recently recorded by the Dallas Wind Symphony and the President’s Own Marine Band.

Al’s recording credits include soloing on the album, RainorShine, by blues artist, Joe Price. This album was awarded the best blues album of the year in 2010 by the prestigious international program, the Independent Music Awards. He is on three albums with Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, NewYear’sEvePimento, HappyBlueYear and BlueMoonHoneymoon. Al is featured on many albums with Orquesta Alto Maiz, many of which can be found on iTunes.

Naylor’s first CD as a leader, Legacy, has recently been released to critical acclaim, and is available at Cedar Rapids Barnes and Noble, The Blue Strawberry, the Coe Book Store, and the Campbell - Steele Gallery in Marion. In Cedar Falls, Legacy can be found at The Henry Myrtle Gallery, West Music, Grady Instrument Repair, and Mohair Pear. Legacy is also available online at CDBaby.com, or by visiting Naylor’s website, alnaylormusic.com.

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Coe College 2011 Jazz Summit Jazz Band Competition Results

Class 1A1. Lisbon, Roger De Young2. Winfield-Mt.Union, Courtney

Cummings 3. GMG I, Dan Lastovka

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):Bell Plaine, Brad Allen

Central City, Charles MausserLone Tree, Rebekah Rusch

Class 2A 1. Mid-Prairie, David Kunz2. Gilbert, Chris Covell3. MNW, Bryan Willer

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):

Central Decatur, Aaron ComerIowa Valley, Brian Redington

North Cedar, Jeremiah JohnsonSumner-Fredericksburg, Ben Work

West Branch, Katie SchoutenWest Liberty, Michael Albarracin

Class 3A1. Harlan Community, Steve Britt2. Keokuk, Josh Hetzel3. Solon, Desmond D. Cervantez

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):

Benton Community, Scott WeberCenter Point-Urbana, David Neff

Central Community I, Josh GreubelCharles City, Jacob Gassman

Clear Creek Amana, John C. SmithFort Madison, Tracy Madsen

Harlan Community, Steve BrittIndependence Ensemble, David LangIndependence Orchestra, David Lang

Marion, Chad AllardMonticello, Jim Davis

Mount Vernon, Alan KiserNorwalk, Nick Menke

Solon, Desmond D. CervantezVinton-Shellsburg, Karl Smith

West Delaware, Mark PhilgreenWilliamsburg, Adam Hoffmann

Winterset I, Dameon PlaceWinterset II, Dameon Place

Class 4A1. Iowa City West, Rich Medd2. CR Washington, Steve Shanley3. Linn-Mar, Dan Terrell

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):

CR Kennedy I, Christopher BirdMarshalltown I, Bret LeeMuscatine, Jeffery Heid

Prairie I, Deron JimmersonWaterloo West I, Brett Messenger

Category 1A - 2nd & 3rd Bands1. GMG II, Dan Lastovka

Category 3A - 2nd & 3rd Bands 1. Independence, David Lang2. Fort Madison, Tracy Madsen

Category 4A - Second Bands 1. CR Washington, Steve Shanley2. Linn-Mar I, Aaron Nuss3. Linn-Mar II, Steve Stickney

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):

CR Kennedy II, Christopher BirdIowa City West Concert, Rich Medd

Iowa City West Symphonic, Rob MeddIowa City West Varsity, Rob MeddLinn-Mar 9th Gr., Steve StickneyMarshalltown, II, Bret Umthun

Muscatine, Kelly WorkmanPrairie II, Craid Aune

Waterloo West II, Burton Hable

Category MS - Middle School1. Johnston, Dee White-Bradt2. Marshalltown I, David Staron3. Solon I, Dorothy Jacobi

OutstandingPerformances(in alphabetical order):

Excelsior 7th Gr., Shawn SandersfeldExcelsior 8th Gr., Steve King

Franklin I, Beth SheldonFranklin II, Valerie Shanley

Harding, Jared WackerMcKinley, Elizabeth DriskellMuscatine West, Walter Hicks

Oak Ridge 7th Gr., Stephanie NussOak Ridge 8th Gr., Brett Dupree

Oak Ridge 8th Gr. (B), Brett DupreePrairie Point 7th Gr., Mike DaviesPrairie Point 8th Gr., Jeff SchaferPrairie Point 9th Gr., Jeff Schafer

Solon II, Dorothy JacobiWest Branch, Leah Ledtje

Don’t miss Jazz Summit 2013!

with guest artistDean Sorenson, trombone

February 21-23

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Many thanks for support and assistance from:Friends of Music at Coe

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Beta Kappa Chapter Mu Phi Epsilon, Mu Psi Chapter

Sigma Phi Mu James Phifer and the Office of the President

The Coe College Music DepartmentIowa Office Elements, Ryan Lundgren

KCCK-FM, Dennis Green and Gordon PaulsenKMRY Radio, Rick Sellers

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Westminster Presbyterian ChurchCoe College Service Center • Coe College Security Department

Coe College Business OfficeLisa Ciha and the Coe College Maintenance Department

Tammy Packingham and the Coe College Box Office StaffJonathan Allender-Zivic and the Coe College Theatre Department Technical Crew

Rod Pritchard, Christina Kroemer, and the Coe College Public Relations OfficeChelsea Dunn • Karen Wilson • Connie Dighton

Rich Adkins, Bob Benson, Joseph Dangerfield, Marc Falk, Margie Marrs, Sharon Kay Stang, Laura Wiebe, Brett Wolgast

Members of the Coe College Concert Band • Members of the Coe College Jazz Ensemble

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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Sinfonia was born on October 6, 1898 at the New England Conservatory in Boston, when a group of thirteen young men met under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills. Mills, bursar of the Conservatory, sought to create an Order in which men with a shared love of music could develop the virtues of manhood in themselves and in their fellows. Sinfonia became a national fraternity on October 6, 1900, with the admission of a group of men at the Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia. Since that time Sinfonia has grown into the largest music fraternity in the world, with more than 150,000 initiates, and chapters on over 200 college and university campuses across the nation, including the Beta Kappa chapter which was founded here at Coe College on November 1, 1930.For over a century, Sinfonians in nearly every field of study and professional endeavor have transformed the face of music in America. Today, the Brotherhood represents a diverse group of individuals spanning the nation, who continue the proud tradition of advancing the Fraternity’s Object: “the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit; the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students; the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater.”Sinfonia has always been an integral part of the Coe College Jazz Summit, providing stage and logistical assistance, as well as financial support, for the festival. Jazz Summit grew out of the Horizons Jazz Festival, which was an official activity of the Beta Kappa Chapter.

OfficersPresident ........................................Tyler CarlsonVice-President ............................... Dan McNabbAlumni Relations Officer ........Max MontenegroSecretary ............................................Reid OlsenTreasurer .......................................Samuel KerbyWarden ..............................................Peter MillerMusic Director ..............................David RosalesJazz Summit Coordinator .......... Cameron WhiteSetup Chair .....................................Luke ReddigHistorian ...........................................Evan Roper

Other Collegiate MembersAaron Dayton, Adam Zahn, Alex Brownfield,

Matthew Bailey, Benjamin Buckmaster, Alex Brost, Andrew Bullard, Collin Morris, Collin Conway,

David Crist, Brian Eder, Andrew Escalante, Samuel Gordon, Tyler Gunderson, Rashad Harris,

Nicholas Havens, Peter Hegland, Jacob Ulrich, Emille Lacsa, Paul Davis, Philip Isley, Robert Pounds,

Samuel Kurczek, Adam Zahn

Faculty MembersCalvin Van Niewaal - Faculty Advisor - Professor of Computer Science and John F. Yothers Professor of Mathematics

James R. Phifer - President of Coe College William S. Carson - Professor of Music

James Cottingham - Professor of PhysicsAlan Lawrence - Part-Time Teaching Artist in Music - PercussionRobert Marrs - Esther & Robert Armstrong Professor of Rhetoric

Greg Morton - Part-Time Teaching Artist in Music - TrumpetBruce Nesmith - Joan and Abbott Lipsky Professor of Political Science and Director of Washington Term

Jerry Owen - Alma A. Turechek Professor Emeritus of MusicSteve Shanley - Part-Time Instructor in Music and Director of Jazz Bands

Steven Marc Weiss - Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

2012 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Beta Kappa Chapter, Coe College