DIRECTED BY THOMAS A. HUNT/CHOREOGRAPHED BY LIZ COZAD

FEATURING STUDENT SOLOISTS MAGGIE BITTNER, TROMBONE AND JESSICA WISE, FLUTE.

Including works of Persichetti, Barnes, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gordleli and Dvorak

RAISINGTHE BAR

2016-17

26TH SEASON

ONU WIND ORCHESTRA/ONU DANCE COMPANY

ONU WIND ORCHESTRA/ONU DANCE COMPANY SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 20177:30 P.M.

PROGRAM

Divertimento Vincent Perschetti (1915-87)

I. Prologue II. Song III. Dance IV. Burlesque V. Soliloquy VI. March

ONU Dance Company, choreographed by Liz Cozad

Concerto for Flute Otar Gordeli (1928-94)/arr. Kenneth Singleton

Jessica Wise, Flute

American Suite Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)/arr. Johan de Meij I. Andante con moto II. Allegro

INTERMISSION

Concerto for Trombone and Band Rimsky Korsakov (1844-1908) I. Allegro II. Andante Cantabile III. Allegro

Maggie Bittner, Trombone

Symphonic Requiem (Seventh Symphony) James Barnes (b. 1949)

I. Prologue – the Hornist’s Nest (Shiloh April 1862) II. Marye’s Heights (Fredricksburg, December 1862) III. Longstreet’s Assault (July 1863) IV. Apotheosis (Appomattox, 1865)

PROGRAM NOTES

DIVERTIMENTO Each of the six movements of the Divertimento covers completely different moods and styles. The work has a beautiful balance from the agitated woodwind figures and aggressive brass polychords in the first and last movements to the delicate and lyrical inner movements. This compendium of styles is rare for a single work. It has been said that Persichetti’s use of instruments makes the reeds the movers, the brass the pointers, and the percussion the connectors and high-lighters. The Prologue is driving and electric, while the Song demonstrates Persichetti’s lyricism as he weaves two simple and attractive melodies together. The music does Dance in the third movement as it is tossed about by the woodwinds around a trumpet solo passage. The “pesante” opening of the Burlesque suddenly changes to “brightly” with no change in the tempo, but a complete change in the texture. The beauty of the Soliloquy belongs to the solo cornet. The percussion entrance of the March returns the pace to that of the original opening as the brass and woodwind choirs work over the punctuation and timbre of the percussion section.

CONCERTO FOR FLUTEOtar Mikhailovich Gordeli was born on Nov. 18, 1928 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, which was then part of the Soviet Union. He studied at the Tbilisi Music School and the Tbilisi Conservatory.

The flute concerto, composed in 1958 and published in 1960, is cast in a single sonata-form movement. The style seems reminiscent of the best known Georgian composer, Aram Khachaturian, with some of George Gershwin’s melodic turns and harmonies added to the mix.

The present wind transcription was made in June 1998 and first performed by flutist Elizabeth Singleton at the University of Northern Colorado’s Garden Theater on July 14 of that year, with the transcriber conducting the university’s Summer Symphonic Band.

AMERICAN SUITEAntonin Dvořák’s stay in the United States is invariably associated with his 9th Symphony “From the New World,” but his famous Cello Concerto, his ‘American’ String Quartet and the Piano Suite (Op. 98) were also composed in the period from 1982 to 1895, when Dvořák was artistic director of the Conservatory in New York. Dvořák himself orchestrated the suite one year after the completion of the original version, and gave it the title “American Suite” (Op. 98b). Unfortunately, Dvořák never heard the orchestral version. The premiere took place six years after his death on March 1, 1910 in Prague, Dvořák’s final resting place.

Dvořák’s main goal in America was his quest for authentic “American music” – as he used the Czech folk music earlier in his own compositions. Thanks to his student Harry Burleigh, one of the first African-American composers, Dvořák became acquainted with the traditional American spirituals. Dvořák was convinced that the Americans would find their own national style through the music of African-Americans and Native Americans.

CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND BANDA musical discovery of major importance was made in 1951, when a forgotten work, Rimsky Korsakov’s Concerto for Trombone and Military Band, was found in Russia. The Concerto for Trombone opens with the band at once making, with the repeated-note accompaniment, a rhythmic texture rather Schumannesque. Certainly this movement is charming and wholly un-Russian. The luscious cantilena of the slow movement (Andante) is so clearly Latin in profile that it could have come straight out of an Italian opera, perhaps one by Donizetti. The second movement moves without pause into the predominantly march-like finale and it is as Russian as can be.

SYMPHONIC REQUIEMThe American Civil War (1861-65) was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States. More Americans died in the Civil War than all the other wars we have fought combined, including World Wars I and II.

The Civil War has been so glorified in 20th Century literature and motion pictures that today many Americans seem to be unaware of the horrendous consequences of this struggle. The cruel reality is that this “War Between the States” was truly fought by “brother against brother” and “father against son.” It was, without doubt, the greatest single tragedy in the history of our nation. America remains affected by the results of this war; some of the old wounds continue to fester to this day.

When James Barnes was commissioned to compose a work for the United States Army Band to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of this catastrophic event, he decided to combine two massive structures into one: a requiem and a symphony. The result is this work, which is intended to portray the heartbreak of three of the most dramatic battles of the war, concluded by an apotheosis, a hymn of respect and praise for the 668,000 soldiers, Confederate and Federal alike, who gave their lives during this monumental conflict.

BIOGRAPHIES

ELIZABETH COZAD Elizabeth Cozad holds a BFA in dance from Wright State University and danced with the WSU Dance Ensemble. Cozad started her teaching career with the Dayton Ballet School and Lyn’s Academy of Dance. She has had the opportunity to work with our region’s top dancers, educators and companies. She worked as the rehearsal director for the Dayton Ballet and Lima Symphony Orchestra performance of The Nutcracker. Her love of classical training and concert dance has led her to promote ballet and modern dance in our younger generations. Cozad is an adjunct faculty member in Ohio Northern University’s Department of Theatre Arts, where she teaches ballet and modern dance. She has performed with the ONU Dance Ensemble with Gus Giordano and with Jazz, Blues and Dance II. Cozad choreographed Falling (2014) and Phases (2015), Only The Winds (2017) and The Chase (2017) for the ONU Dance Ensemble. In collaboration with ONU’s music department, she has choreographed El Camino Real (2014) and Spake Dance Movements (2015). El Camino Real was awarded the 2014 Ohio Federation of Music Club Scholarship for collaboration of choreography and performance with a live orchestra. She is a faculty member at Lyn’s Academy of Dance and an instructor for the DEA Youth Dance Program, a program sponsored by the DizzyFeet Foundation.

DR. THOMAS A. HUNT Dr. Thomas A. Hunt joined the ONU music faculty in 2008 as professor of music. He conducts the ONU Wind Orchestra and teaches applied French horn and guitar.

Hunt’s formative experiences at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Oberlin Col-lege Conservatory, the Berlin Konservatorium and the Mozarteum in Salz-burg prepared him for a highly successful 14-year French horn performance career in Europe, during which he held positions with such renowned or-chestras as the Essen Philharmonic, the Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra and the Hessian State Opera and performed regularly with the Camerata Aca-demica Salzburg, Amati Ensemble Berlin and the Innsbrucker Serenadenen-semble. He recorded as a soloist and chamber musician with ORF Austria and RIAS Berlin and won the concerto contest at the Summer Academy of the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

In 1987, Hunt accepted the Graduate Council Fellowship to pursue graduate work at the University of Florida, from which he received his master’s degree and Ph.D. He then joined the faculty at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill., where he served as director of the School of Music, conducted the TIU Symphonic Band and taught applied horn. During that time, he also

performed regularly with many professional groups in Chicago, including extensive work with Lyric Opera of Chicago under Zubin Mehta.

Hunt is a founding member of Polaris Brass. He recently performed the Hin-demith Horn concerto with the Toledo Symphony Chamber Orchestra and performs often on faculty recitals at ONU. He and his wife, Angelika, have three grown children and five grandchildren and live with their dog, Hunter, in Piqua, Ohio.

MAGGIE BITTNERMaggie Bittner, a senior music education major currently student-teaching in the Cory-Rawson school district, has played trombone for 11 years. While at ONU, Bittner has performed with such groups as Wind Orchestra, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra and Brass Ensemble. Performing with a wide range of groups has given her experience playing trombone in many different styles, genres and techniques. Bittner has also held many different leadership positions during her music career at Ohio Northern. In spring 2016, she held the position of student conductor for Wind Orchestra, and in fall 2016, she was assistant conductor for Symphony Orchestra. She is also an active leader and participant with the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association, Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Band Sorority and Delta Omicron (the international professional music honors fraternity).

ONU has given Bittner the opportunity to develop not only as a performer but also as a teacher, which is her true passion. She has worked at the ONU Summer Music Camp for the past three years, where she served as a counselor, low brass instructor and basic conducting teacher. While at ONU, Bittner held the position of assistant marching band director for Riverdale High School in Mt. Blanchard, Ohio, during the 2015-16 school year. Bittner is looking forward to graduating in spring 2017 and aspires to be a high school band director.

JESSICA WISEJessica Wise is a senior music performance major at Ohio Northern University. As a flutist, Wise has been in the top of her orchestras at Ohio Northern University since her sophomore year. She has been awarded the Osman Award for Music (2015) and the Mildred Loman Henning Scholarship (2016), and she was chosen by her professors to play in the Honor’s Day Recital in April 2016. Wise was invited to play with Consummate Flutist at the University of Carnegie Melon in 2015. She studied with Jim Walker, Jeanne Baxstresser and Alberto Almarza at the flute intensive. She also was invited to play at the Marina Piccinini Master Classes at Peabody Conservatory (2016). She studied with Marina Piccinini and Brook Ferguson. She studies flute with Dr. Erin Torres, and she plans on continuing her flute performance in graduate school in fall 2017.

ONU DANCE ENSEMBLE PERSONNEL

Isabella Balzano Mechanical Engineering Major, Dance and Physics MinorKatie Cooperrider Mechanical Engineering Major, Dance MinorAlexis Dayton Pharmacy Major, Dance MinorSamantha Loomis Music Performance MajorBridget Mahoney Musical Theatre Major, Dance, Arts Administration and Applied Science MinorStacie Shalenberger Pharmacy MajorKatalina Ward Chemistry and Criminal Justice Major, Special Study in Forensic Science, Dance Minor

WIND ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

FLUTES*Elizabeth Ditch, Seville, OhioAllie Dolan, Massillon, OhioClaire Griffith, Ft. Wayne, Ind.Jessica Sieg, Mayfield Village, OhioJiaBei Wang, Culver, Ind.*Christine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

PICCOLOElizabeth Ditch, Seville, OhioJessica Sieg, Mayfield Village, OhioChristine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

OBOE*Curtis Clarke, Benton Harbor, Mich.

ENGLISH HORNJennifer Patrick, Lima, Ohio

CLARINETHyunchul Lee, Findlay, OhioBrandon Meadows, East Palestine,

OhioMaria Patnella, Getzville, New YorkJordyn Sanner, Erie, Pa.*Paige Stafford, Jamestown, NYNatalie Tasseff, Mansfield, Ohio

E CLARINETIsabel Bonarrigo-Burton, Carmel, Ind.

BASS CLARINET*Martin Brenneman, Forest, Ohio

BASSOON*Andrew Phillips, Toledo, OhioKatherine Withrow, Hinckley, Ohio

ALTO SAXOPHONE*Jarrett Barr, Elida, OhioKatherine Platt, Pittsburgh, Penn.

TENOR SAXOPHONEAlex Chapman, Westerville, Ohio

BARITONE SAXOPHONEGrace Seals, Celina, Ohio

TRUMPETLaura Ayers, Lima, OhioMichael Bassett, Sylvania, OhioKai Breeden, Westerville, OhioAllison Ditch, Seville, Ohio*Katie Frazier, Bluffton, OhioBrendan Graziano, Wickliffe, Ohio Joshua Shaffer, Hicksville, Ohio

HORNAlexander Cline, Gahanna, Ohio*Helen Heinig, Rensselaer, Ind. Abigail McNulty, Spencerville, OhioIan Smith, East Liverpool, Ohio*Noah Walter, Findlay, Ohio

TROMBONE*Maggie Bittner, Perrysburg, OhioMackalyn Figgins, Fayette, OhioRoss Grilliot, Perrysburg, Ohio

BASS TROMBONETaryn Rupp, New Richmond, OhioHaley Sperry, Van Wert, Ohio

EUPHONIUM*Cody Switzer, North Baltimore,

Ohio*Austin Douglas, Dunkirk, Ohio

TUBA*Sam Inbody, McComb, OhioCody Switzer, North Baltimore, Ohio

DOUBLE BASSKentaro Mashimo, Tokyo, Japan

PERCUSSION*Brayden Dunn, Zanesville, OhioRachel Green, Wapakoneta, OhioAdam Grim, Ada, OhioPaige Kleindl, Goodrich, MichiganMichael Sapienza, North Ridgeville,

OhioAmy Wiles, Millersport, Ohio

HARP*Mallory Sommer, Brookville, Ohio

PIANOChloe Ulmer, Bucyrus, Ohio

* = Principal

FREED CENTER STAFF

Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Wood Production Manager/Res. Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen E. DeVault Technical Theatre Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Porter Marketing and Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosanna Scott Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lin Fletcher

FREED CENTER FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF

Assistant to the Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth TremainsBox Office Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madeleine Gish, Benjamin Frankart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adelyn Helms, Emily Schmid, Megan Timmons House Managers . . . . . . . . .Anna Campbell, Alexandra Johnson, Kelley Lewis Ushers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlyn Brown, Kenneth Eaton, Alyssa Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Hoff, Zak Larick, Sean Lowe, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Connor Osterloh, Hannah Ray, Madison Schultz, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Steele, Matthew Walker, Jordan Weiser

FREED CENTER HOUSE STAFF

Technical Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison WildenthalerShop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph NicolettiProps Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie LiskowSound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Swain-SmithCo-Master Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Underwood, Kathryn WatsonKey Workstudy . . . . . . . . . . . . Lydia Ackermann, Patrick Bryant, Ryan Dodds, . . . . . . Erica Gabel, Edger Gomez, Nick Hess, Jasmine Hossler, Kaitlin Jempson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Sobotka, Justin Sparks, Haley Ward, Elizabeth Wenning Workstudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlinn Anthony, Taran Beasley, Abeni Balogun, . . . . . . . . . Darby Beckwith, Audrey Bivens, Madison Cantie, Alex Capeneka, . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernice Gyamfi, Justin Harris, Samuel Heininger, Tina Hohman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Keserich, Zak Larick, Sarah Matlow, Katelyn Patterson, . . . . . . . . Nate Payne, Jenna Perry, Greg Phillips, Will Rostorfer, Matt Saffell, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Smith, Elizabeth Steele, Derek Thomas, Megan Timmons, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zack VanDyke, Cole Wilhelm, Harrison ZellerCostume Shop Work Study . . . . Riley Alexander, Sybil Anast, Bryana Austin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Beazel, Alec Beiswenger, Meredith Eichenlaub, . . . . . . . Adelyn Helms, Haley Holtje, Jaymi Horn, Lexie Kilgore, Taryn Lester, . . . . . . . Bethany Meek, Danielle Mouch, Katelynn Shiveley, Hannah Stemen, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Stephens, Monica Westbrooks, Elise WesleyAdditional support by Theatre 1051 class.

HELP US EXPERIENCE THE MAGNIFICENT CULTURE, SCENERY AND PEOPLE OF GERMANY AND LUXEMBERG WITH THE OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY WIND ORCHESTRA.

In May 2017, Ohio Northern University’s Wind Orchestra will travel to southern Germany for a 13-day concert tour that will include the cities of Trier, Luxembourg, Nancy, Aachen, Strasbourg, Laupheim, Ulm, Bregenz, Stuttgart and Berlin.

Dr. Thomas Hunt, director of the Wind Orchestra, will travel with the students, along with ONU faculty members Dr. Henning Schroeder, Dr. Terri Brown Lenzo, and Dale Laukhuf (with this wife, Marcia). The cost for the 14-day trip is contingent upon the price of jet fuel and is presently set at $1,625 per traveler. We are seeking sponsors to help the students with expenses.

Sponsors contributing $50 or more to an individual student will receive daily email updates during the trip, a CD of the tour program, and many thanks from the sponsored student.

The Wind Orchestra also is planning other fundraisers. Information about these fundraisers will be posted at onu.edu/musicstore

Contributions can be made by credit card at onu.edu/musicstore or by sending a check to:

ONUWO Germany TripMusic Dept.

ONU525 S Main St

Ada OH 45810

Your gift is not tax deductible.Wind Ensemble Travel Fund

21137-11563-52100-110

Berlin

Stuttgart

Laupheim

Luxembourg

Trier

Metz

Strassbourg

BregenzLake Constance

ITINERARY

Monday, May 15 Depart Tuesday, May 16 Arrive in Frankfurt. Meet the bus at the airport. Travel to

Luxembourg via Trier. Three overnights in the Luxembourg youth hostel. Wednesday, May 17 Sightseeing in the area: Metz, Nancy or Aachen. Evening

dress rehearsal.Thursday, May 18 Sightseeing in the area: Metz, Nancy or Aachen. Evening concert.Friday, May 19 Depart for Laupheim. Lunch in Strasbourg on the way. Evening

concert in the Kulturhaus in Laupheim. Concert is opened by the Laupheimer Stadtlkapelle, an outstanding municipal band, whose members are hosting the Wind Orchestra for the three nights in Laupheim.

Saturday, May 20 Champagne breakfast with the Bürgermeisterin (mayor) of Laupheim and visit to the Laupheim Holocaust Museum. Afternoon tour of Ulm with visit to the famed cathedral and time for exploring and shopping (or enjoy downtime in Laupheim). Evening party with the Laupheimer Stadtkapelle, whose members include a very good jazz combo. ONU students are invited to join in.

Sunday, May 21 Free day. Excursion to Lake Constance. Ferry to Bregenz.Monday, May 22 Travel to Stuttgart. Evening concert hosted by the Stuttgart

Youth Music School Wind Orchestra.Tuesday, May 23 Sightseeing in Stuttgart. Attend an evening concert or opera.Wednesday, May 24 Travel to Berlin. Overnights are in the youth hostel, with

breakfast and a sack lunch provided.Thursday, May 25 48-hour all-Berlin transportation pass. Museums, operas, ballets.Friday, May 26 Dinner as a group. Everyone has tickets to the Berlin Philharmonic.Saturday, May 27 Travel home

The opportunity to extend the time in Europe will be offered to interested students. The details and cost of extending will be published separately.

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John and Joanne BergKen and Pat Block

Duane and Sharon DavisPresident Dan DiBiasio and Mrs. Chris Burns-DiBiasio

Donald and Connie FlemingDr. Michael A. and Mrs. Nancy L. Grandillo

Loren and Ann HamiltonSusan L. Hubbell

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John and Joanne TothDr. Donald L. Traxler

Quest Federal Credit UnionCharles VanDyne

Harry and Frances Weeks

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Lynn ColemanAnonymous Donor Rick Beiswenger

Laurie Bell and Charles Saylor President Dan DiBiasio and Mrs. Chris Burns-DiBiasio

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