CLC Music Presents
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Sunday, March 3, 2024
4 p.m.
JLC Mainstage Theatre
Passion. Innovation. Diversity. Connection. Community.
These aren’t just hallmarks of the arts; they’re woven into the very fabric of the College of Lake County and our commitment to offering, “equitable, high-quality education, cultural enrichment, and partnerships to advance the diverse communities we serve.” Within the Communication Arts Division, we champion the belief that the arts have a unique power to reflect, unite, and transform the world by bringing diverse voices and experiences together through shared storytelling and celebration!
This season, we’re thrilled to showcase a rich array of artistic, intellectual, and cultural experiences. Revel in our exceptional music, theatre and dance performances; immerse yourself in art exhibits hosted in the beautiful Wright Community Gallery; explore our dynamic film and literary series; or engage in one of our many free community workshops and events. Each offering underscores the breadth and diversity of talent at CLC and within the wider community we serve. To learn more about our distinguished lineup for the 2023-24 season, please visit jlcenter.clcillinois.edu/
In the coming months, we also invite you to delve into the “Voices of Lake County,” a multi-year, interdisciplinary project spanning the Communication Arts, Fine Arts, and Humanities Division. This year’s theme, Sustainable Lake County, investigates environmentalism and sustainability through the lens of the arts and humanities. We will collaborate across the college and the broader Lake County community to explore how we all can live more sustainable, just, meaningful, and socially conscious lives that preserve our environment while cultivating the diverse communities that make up our region. For more information, visit www.voicesoflakecounty.com/sustainable-lake-county.
Finally, join us in further exploration and discovery by taking one of our many exciting courses in literature, creative writing, communication studies, digital media and design, philosophy, the humanities, world languages, or the vast landscape of visual and performing arts. Whatever your goal—from personal enrichment to earning a certificate or degree—we’d love to play a part in your own story of transformation!
Thank you for coming to the College of Lake County! We are excited you’re here!
Dr. Sheldon Walcher
Dean
Michael Flack Director, Program
BOND … JAMES BOND
Arranged by Stephen Bulla
ONE LIFE BEAUTIFUL
Composed by Julie Giroux
NEXUS
Composed by James Curnow
ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE / SEA SONGS
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
MANCINI!
Composed by Henry Mancini
Arranged by Stephen Bulla
CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE
Composed by Gabriel Fauré
Arranged by Monty R. Musgrave
THE FOOTLIFTER MARCH
Composed by Henry Fillmore
BOND … JAMES BOND
Arranged by Stephen Bulla
This medley of famous melodies from the film series includes the James Bond Theme, Goldfinger, Nobody Does It Better, Skyfall, and Live and Let Die.
ONE LIFE BEAUTIFUL
Composed by Julie Giroux
The title itself is a double-entendre which in one sense is referring to the person this work is dedicated to as in “one life” that was beautifully lived. The other sense is a direct observation concluding that having only one life is what makes life so sacred, tragic, and so very precious. This is an impressionistic work musically describing that condition. Shakespeare’s “sweet sorrow,” the frailty and strength of life, the meaning of what it is to truly live One Life Beautiful.
One Life Beautiful was written in memory of Heather Cramer Reu for her “one life beautiful” that brought so much love and joy to our lives. The piece was commissioned by Ray and Molly Cramer, husband Phillip Reu and children, and brother Jeremy, his wife, Michelle, and children.
- Program Note from publisher
NEXUS
Composed by James Curnow
The word “nexus” is defined as a tie or link between people and events. Nexus, for solo trumpet and band, includes several links between composer James Curnow and educator Alfred Watkins, to whom the work is dedicated. A well-known theme (particularly to Mr. Watkins' students) is drawn upon as the piece utilizes two primary musical settings - an energetic and agile scherzo that appears in the beginning and again at the end, contrasted with an expressive Ballad theme.
- Program Note from publisher
ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE / SEA SONGS
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Folk Song Suite was commissioned by the band of the Royal Military School of Music. It was premiered on 4 July 1923, at Kneller Hall, H.E. Adkins conducting. In three movements, the suite contains many different folk songs from the Norfolk and Somerset regions of England, including Seventeen Come Sunday, Pretty Caroline, Dives and Lazarus, My Bonny Boy, Green Bushes, Blow Away the Morning Dew, High Germany, and The Tree So High. Historically, the suite is considered (along with Gustav Holst’s two suites for military band) to be a cornerstone work in the literature, and one of the earliest “serious” works for the wind band.
Written in 1923 for the following year’s Wembley Exhibition, Sea Songs is a march medley of three well-known sea shanties: Princess Royal, Admiral Benbow, and Portsmouth. Written in typical march form with a trio, it was published simultaneously for brass band and wind band, and was later transcribed by the composer for symphony orchestra. It should be noted that Sea Songs was originally intended to be the final movement of Vaughan Williams’s Folk Song Suite.
- Program Note by Nikk Pilato
MANCINI!
Composed by Henry Mancini
Arranged by Stephen Bulla
The creative genius of Henry Mancini has given us some of the most recognizable themes from television and movies throughout the years. Here is a symphonic showstopper made up of some of his biggest hits including: The Pink Panther; Moon River; Baby Elephant Walk; Dreamsville and Peter Gunn.
- Program Note from publisher
CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE
Composed by Gabriel Fauré
Arranged by Monty R. Musgrave
The text of this song is a translation of a medieval Latin hymn, Consors Patemi Luminis (“0 Light of Light”), by the 17th-century dramatist Jean Racine. When Fauré at age 20 set the translation to music for a school competition, he gave it the title Cantique de Jean Racine, rather than the title of the original hymn. This delicate setting won Fauré first prize and includes string bass and harp.
-Program Note by Edward C. Harris for the San Jose Wind Symphony
THE FOOTLIFTER MARCH
Composed by Henry Fillmore
The Footlifter March was composed for a series of radio broadcasts sponsored by a small Cincinnati insurance agency in 1928. The company's slogan was "A penny a day" (for insurance), and the march was referred to as the "Penny-a-Day March" for the short duration of the sponsorship -- short because of the widespread depression. However, the president of the agency remarked that the piece certainly was a "footlifter," and Fillmore used the title while the work was in manuscript. During a discussion with his good friend Phil Gates at a massed band concert in Piqua, Ohio, in 1930, Fillmore remarked that the most energetic "footlifters" were the best marchers. Gates then suggested the same term for a future march title -- not realizing the coincidence -- and the name became permanent. It was published in 1935.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Michael Flack - Conductor
PICCOLO
Elizabeth Rehm
FLUTE
Laura Houston
Tracey Ramotar
Karla Boucek
Natalie Gahgan
OBOE
Matt Matias
CLARINET
Debbie Durham
Angelo Anello
Steve Schmidt
Steve Loerch
Rebecca Stalter
Nadia Ziyadeh-Flores
BASS CLARINET
Jay Seifried
Gabrielle Rutkowski
BASSOON
Alexander Blessing
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Tami Pilot-Matias
Chris Markgraf
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Alan Schramm
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Marty Sviatko
TRUMPET
Tom Forkenbrock
Nathan Stalter
Adam Keno
Michael Purcell
HORN
Nancy Orbison
Steve Chamberlin
Samantha Rose
TROMBONE
Brian Mabus
Dave Johnson
Jeff Gahgan
EUPHONIUM
Joe Kuzmanoff
TUBA
Barb Gangware
Paul Schmidt
BASS
Remy Zeiger
PERCUSSION
Dan Joyce
Bob Miller
Dan Prowse
Mallory Rasky
Mike Wolff
Upcoming Events at the JLC
47th ANNUAL "ART OF JAZZ" CONCERT
WITH GUEST ARTIST JEFF COFFIN
CLC Music
Sunday, March 10 at 4 p.m.
NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY
JLC Performing Arts Series
Friday, March 15 at 8 p.m.
MALEVO
JLC Performing Arts Series
Sunday, March 24 at 7 p.m.
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Friday and Saturday, April 5 & 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
GOSPEL CHOIR CONCERT
CLC Music
Saturday, April 6 at 4 p.m.
TISRA: ZAKIR HUSSAIN
with Debopriya Chatterjee & Sabir Khan
JLC Performing Arts Series
Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m
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CLC Theatre's Play On!
Friday and Saturday, April 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m.
FEAR NO ART
CLC Dance
Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.
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WIND ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT
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Torrie Mark Newsome, J.D. Vice Chair
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