CLC Music Presents

FALL
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT

Sunday, October 16, 2022
4 p.m.

JLC Mainstage

Passion.  Innovation.  Exploration.  Connection.  Excellence.

These are some of the hallmarks of the artistic enterprise -- they are also central to the mission of the College of Lake County in providing,"equitable, high-quality education, cultural enrichment and partnerships to advance the diverse communities [we] serve." Indeed, the Communication Arts division is committed to providing transformative learning experiences all Lake County residents. We believe the arts are fundamental to this transformation.

We're proud to offer a diverse range of artistic, intellectual and cultural experiences -- including music, dance, theatre, gallery exhibitions, film series, literary readings and a host of scholarly and cultural presentation.

We also invite you to explore our many outstanding courses in literature, creative writing, film studies, digital media and design and the visual and performing arts that enable students to experience personal exploration and growth. Please visit www.clcillinois.edu/campus-life/arts for information on these educational offerings and the exciting events planned for the 2022-23 season.

Again, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the college ...
and we hope you enjoy the show!

Dr. Sheldon Walcher
Dean

BRIGHT LIGHTS…CITY NIGHTS  
Composed by Paul Hart 

This Broadway-style work paints a glamorous picture of American life and popular music of the 1920s. Based on a night “out on the town,” the music is boisterous, powerful, and moves through a series of key changes that add energy and vitality to the music. A laid-back middle section features a sultry alto sax solo before the music becomes more playful in nature. The entire ensemble returns for the final curtain call. (Source: Program Note from publisher) 

ELEGIE HEROIQUE 
Composed by Healey Willan 

Composer, organist, conductor, and teacher Healey Willan served as the head of the theory department at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada and has composed more than 800 works. Elegie Heroique (1960) and Royce Hall Suite (1952) are two of his most widely known instrumental works. 

VICTORY! 
Composed by Alfred Reed 

This sparkling 6/8 march is composed in a stately and grand style.  With an array of brass flourishes, inventive melodies and a rousing final strain, it is a march destined to endure the test of time. 

Alfred Reed was an American composer, arranger, conductor and educator. Born into a family of Austrian descent that cherished music, Alfred Reed began his musical studies at age ten on trumpet, and by high school age he was performing professionally in the Catskills at resort hotels. He served as musician and arrangement during World War II in the 529th Army Air Force Band, for which he created more than 100 works, and following the war was a student of Vittorio Giannini at Juilliard. 

He was staff composer and arranger for both the National Broadcasting Corporation and the American Broadcasting Corporation. In 1953, Mr. Reed became conductor of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, at the same time completing his academic work; he received his B.M. in 1955 and his M.M. in 1956. His Masters thesis was the Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra, which later was to win the Luria Prize. It received its first performance in 1959 and was subsequently published in 1966. During his two years at Baylor, he also became interested in the problems of educational music at all levels, especially in the development of repertoire materials for school bands, orchestras, and choruses. This led, in 1955, to his accepting the post of editor at Hansen Publishing in New York. 

In 1966 he left this post to join the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Miami, holding a joint appointment in the Theory-Composition and Music Education departments, and to develop the unique (at the time) Music Industry degree program at that institution, of which he became director. 

With over 250 published works for concert band, wind ensemble, orchestra, chorus, and various smaller chamber music groups, many of which have been on the required performance lists in this country for the past 20 years, Mr. Reed was one of the nation’s most prolific and frequently performed composers.  

His work as a guest conductor and clinician took him to 49 states, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and South America, and for many years, at least eight of his works have been on the required list of music for all concert bands in Japan, where he was the most frequently performed foreign composer today. He left New York for Miami, Florida, in 1960, where he made his home until his death. (Source: Program Notes for Band by Norman E. Smith) 

KHAN 
Composed by Julie Giroux 

This is a programmatic work depicting Genghis Khan and his army on the move. The opening theme "Warlord" represents Genghis Khan which is followed by the "Horseback" theme (comprised of an A and B section) starting in measure 22. These 3 musical representations are used throughout the piece creating a musical "campaign" complete with a serene village scene (measures 79-89) just before its decimation. Most of the work is at a brisk tempo combined with energetic rhythms and driving percussion which continuously propel the music urgently forward. Extreme dynamic contrasts throughout the piece contribute to the emotional turbulence. Genghis Khan and his army ended the lives of thousands of people and his "Warlord" theme with great force, ends this work.   

Genghis Khan (1165-1227) 

Genghis Khan (more properly known as Chinggis Khan) was one of history’s most brutal, charismatic and successful warlords. He was a strategic genius. With his highly disciplined and effective army, Khan conquered more territory than any other conqueror creating an empire which continued to expand even after his death becoming the largest contiguous empire in history. Though many of his campaigns were in conquest of territory and riches, just as many were often a matter of retaliation.  

His non-military feats included the introduction of a writing system which is still used in Inner Mongolia today (Uighur script), an empire and society which stressed religious tolerance and the Mongol nation which would not exist today if not for his campaigns.   

Julie Ann Giroux was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on December 12, 1961. She graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA in 1984. She started playing piano at 3 years of age and began composing at the age of 8 and has been composing ever since. Her first published work for concert band, published by Southern Music Company was composed at the age of 13.    

Julie began composing commercially in 1984. She was hired by Oscar winning composer Bill Conti as an orchestrator, her first project with Conti being “North & South” the mini-series. With over 100 film, television and video game credits, Giroux collaborated with dozens of film composers, producers, and celebrities including Samuel Goldwyn, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Madonna, Liza Minnelli, Celine Dion, Paula Abdul, Michael Jackson, Paul Newman, Harry Connick Jr. and many others. Projects she has worked on have been nominated for Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Golden Globe awards. She has won individual Emmy Awards in the field of “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction”. When She won her first Emmy Award, she was the first woman and the youngest person to ever win that award.  She has won it three times.    

Giroux has also published a large category of classical works with emphasis on original compositions for Wind Band which are published by Musica Propria and distributed internationally. She is greatly sought after as a composer and recently completing her 5th Symphony “Sun, Rain & Wind” which premiered in June 2018. Her music has been recorded and reviewed internationally receiving top reviews and her music has been performed at major music festivals the world over.   

Giroux has been a true force in a male dominated field and has accrued many previously male only awards. She is a member of ASCAP, The Film Musicians Fund, Kappa Kappa PSI, Tau Beta Sigma and a member of the American Bandmasters Association. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Service to Music Medal Award, Emmy Awards and was the first female composer inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 2009. 

(Source: www.juliegiroux.org/khan) 

A TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN FOSTER 
Arranged by Sammy Nestico 

Especially orchestrated for and performed by the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Lt. Col. Albert Schoepper, this medley of songs composed by Stephen Foster moves swiftly through several of Foster’s most famous and enduring melodies. 

One of the most prolific composers and arrangers of big band music, Sammy Nestico’s name is synonymous with the Count Basie Orchestra. Nestico also made significant musical contributions to both the Boston Pops and several movie and television studios during his long career in the film industry. His scores for popular shows such as M*A*S*H, The Love Boat, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show are widely recognized around the world. 

With over 600 works to his credit, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award and honorary doctorate from Duquesne University. (Source: www.windrep.org/sammy_nestico) 

THIRD SUITE FOR BAND 
Composed by Alfred Reed 
            I.  Fanfare and Intrada
           II.  Pas de deux
          III.  Polka excentrique
          IV.  Danse Générale

Since its inception in the courts of Europe, classical ballet has developed certain definite forms and patterns which appear in examples stretching across the centuries. The four movements of this suite reflect some of these universal patterns. 

Fanfare and Intrada heralds the dramatic entrance of the Corps de ballet. 

Pas de deux underscores the musical sense that highlights the dance mastery of prima ballerina and prima danseuse. 

Polka excentrique presents a humorous interlude. This scherzando-like third movement imaginatively gives the impression of a light-hearted two-step that every so often trips over its own feet, evidenced by the sudden and repeatedly unexpected appearance of individual 5/8 measures in a prevailing 2/4 texture 

The last movement, Danse génerale, captures a vigorous and brilliant finale, characterized by virtuoso jumps and turns, concluding the entertainment. 

SOLID MEN TO THE FRONT! 
Composed by John Philip Sousa 

There hardly exists a more stalwart pillar in the history of the concert band than John Philip Sousa. His musical story needs little introduction, but his involvement in World War I is less known than his famous career as leader of the U.S. Marine Band and the Sousa Band. Shortly after Congress declared war on Germany, Sousa was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve, at the request of Medal of Honor recipient and architect of naval aviation in the U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William A. Moffett. Sousa at the time was sixty-two years old, which was at the time the mandatory retirement age for Navy officers -- his commissioning at this late age is evidence of the widespread national effort to stir patriotism and mobilize volunteers to enlist in the armed services. 

Sousa’s march Solid Men to the Front was part of this push, and it is a stirring appeal to enlist. Its tone is not bombastic; rather, it is lively and carries a particularly infectious second theme with active counterpoint for the lower brass parts. Sousa’s bandsmen are known to have reported this march to be one of Sousa’s favorites; Frank Simon, the band’s solo cornetist, said that “the Governor [Sousa] really got worked up over this one! I could tell by the way he conducted it that he was really wrapped up in his own hard-hitting melodies.” Independently wealthy at this later point in his life, Sousa donated all but one dollar per month of his salary to the Sailors’ and Marines’ Relief Fund. Sousa was discharged from active duty after the war’s end in November 1918 and received the World War I Victory Medal for his service during the war. (Source: Program Note by Andrew Grenci and Joel Baroody for the United States Coast Guard Band concert program, 22 December 2017) 

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY WIND ENSEMBLE  

The College of Lake County Wind Ensemble is composed of volunteer musicians who combine their talents and services to provide performances of artistic merit for the benefit of CLC students, audiences, and Lake County residents. The band performs an average of four concerts per academic year, focusing on playing quality repertoire by established as well as up-and-coming composers/arrangers. The wind ensemble rehearses on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:00 P.M. and is open to all by audition. Guest soloists with the band have included Armando Ghitalla, trumpet; Gail Williams, french horn; Brian Bowman, euphonium; Harvey Phillips, tuba; Allen Vizzutti, trumpet; and John Allred, trombone/euphonium, among others.  In June of 2005 the CLC wind and jazz ensembles performed for and were guests of the city of Besana Brianza in Italy, at the 12th edition of the Santa Cecilia International Band Festival near Milan.  

 CLC WIND ENSEMBLE  
Michael Flack - Conductor  

PICCOLO   
Elizabeth Rehm  

FLUTE  
Laura Houston  
Tracey Letten    
Karla Boucek   

OBOE   
Matt Matias   

CLARINET   
Debbie Durham  
Angelo Anello   
Steve Schmidt  
Steve Loerch   

BASS CLARINET   
Jay Seifried 

BASSOON   
Alexander Blessing  

ALTO SAXOPHONE  
Tami Pilot-Matias   
Chris Markgraf  

TENOR SAXOPHONE  
Timothy Reust   

BARITONE SAXOPHONE  
Reynaldo Palacios  

TRUMPET   
Tom Forkenbrock   
Jeff Bronstein  
Nathan Stalter  
Adam Keno   

HORN   
Nancy Orbison  
Alejandro Guzman  
Steve Chamberlin 

TROMBONE  
Brian Mabus  
Jeff Rosendahl  
Jeff Gahgan  

 EUPHONIUM  
Joe Kuzmanoff   
Ken Frizane  

TUBA  
Barb Gangware   
Paul Schmidt   

BASS 
Richard Zeiger 

PIANO 
Dave Flippo 

PERCUSSION  
Evan Hill   
Peter Meyer 
Bob Miller  
Dan Prowse   
Mallory Rasky  
Jon Steeber   

JLC Mainstage

Fall Choral Concert CLC Music
Saturday, October 22 @ 4 p.m.

Lisa Rock in Close to You:
The Music of the Carpenters
Sunday, October 23 @ 4 p.m.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(abridged) [revised]
Friday & Saturday, November 11 & 12 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13 @ 2 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, November 17, 18 & 19 @ 7:30 p.m.

The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass
Saturday, November 12 @ 8 p.m.

46th Annual "Art of Jazz" Concert
Sunday, November 20 @ 4 p.m.

Winter Dance Concert
Friday, December 2 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 3 @ 2 & 7:30 p.m.

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Masks are optional in public spaces. 
We will continue enhanced cleaning procedures in the theatre, restrooms and common touch points.
The JLC reserves the right to make changes based on health, safety and the ongoing pandemic.

College of Lake County
Board of Trustees

Amanda D. Howland, J.D., Chair 
Julie B. Shroka, M.A., Vice Chair 
Torrie Mark Newsome, J.D., Secretary  
Gerri Songer, M.A. 
Matthew J. Stanton, J.D. 
Robert J. Tomei, Jr., J.D. 
Paul G. Virgilio, B.S., S.E., P.E. 
German Juárez, Student Trustee
Lori Suddick, Ed.D., President 

Trustees Emeriti  

Richard A. Anderson, J.D. 
William M. Griffin, Ed.D. 
Patricia Jones, M.Ed. 
Barbara D. Oilschlager, M.Ed.   

We respectfully acknowledge that the College of Lake County is on the ancestral homelands of the Kickapoo, Peoria, Potawatomi and other native peoples. We recognize the longstanding significance of these lands for indigenous peoples past, present and future. Historical awareness of indigenous exclusion and erasure is critically important to preventing further atrocities. The College of Lake County pledges to acknowledge the grave injustices of the past and pledges to create awareness and advance education that invites truth.

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