CLC Music Presents

WIND ENSEMBLE HOLIDAY CONCERT

Sunday, December 11, 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

ANGELS OF JOY!
Traditional Carols
Arranged by Patrick Roszell

A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS
Composed by Philip Sparke
     I.   Gaudete
    II.   Coventry Carol
   III.   In Dulci Jubilo

ONE TORCH, TWO WOMEN, THREE SHIPS, AND MEN REJOICING
Arranged by Sammy Nestico

A FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS
Arranged by Sammy Nestico

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Composed By Alfred Reed

WE WISH YOU A MAMBO CHRISTMAS
Arranged by Erik Morales

MARCH OF THE TOYS
From the operetta "Babes in Toyland"
Composed by Victor Herbert
Arranged by Otto Langley and Herbert L. Clark
Edited by R. Mark Rogers

CHRISTMAS AND SOUSA FOREVER
Arranged by Julie Giroux

ANGELS OF JOY!
Traditional Carols
Arranged by Patrick Roszell

Angels of Joy! Combines three beloved traditional carols: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” and “Joy to the World!”

Patrick Roszell (b. 1976) is an internationally published composer and arranger of band, orchestra, and choral literature. A native of Oxford, AL, Patrick received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Jacksonville State University (AL) and a master’s degree from Troy University (AL). His arranging and composition teachers include Dr. William Jerryl Davis, Mr. Robert W. Smith, Mr. Ralph Ford, and Dr. James Woodward.

Patrick’s arrangements and compositions have been performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and the Music for All National Concert Festival. His works have also appeared on numerous J.W. Pepper’s “Editor’s Choice” lists and several state lists for band and orchestra.

His professional background includes instrumental editorial work at Warner Bros. Publications in Miami, FL—now Alfred Music, and the FJH Music Company of Fort Lauderdale, FL.

(Source: https://www.patrickroszellmusic.com/biography)

A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS
Composed by Philip Sparke

      I.   Gaudete
     II.   Coventry Carol
    III.   In Dulci Jubilo

Christmas in many countries is a festival full of custom and tradition. This is nowhere more evident than in the carols we sing at this time of year, many of which have been a central part of Christian worship for hundreds of years. It is testament to the enduring power of these early songs that they have stood the test of time so well and indeed form a tangible link to the celebration of Christmas centuries ago. 

A Medieval Christmas uses three of these ancient melodies, which are still popular around the world today:

I. GAUDETE

Gaudete, Latin for 'rejoice!', first appears in print in 1582 as part of the Piae Cantiones, a collection of carols published in Griefswald, then part of Sweden but now in northern Germany. The lyrics in the collection testify to the moderate nature of the Swedish Reformation, but most of the melodies are medieval in origin and were sourced from all over Scandinavia and Central Europe. Gaudete is a song of praise which dates to the Middle Ages.

II. COVENTRY CAROL

Coventry Carol was part of a Coventry mystery play, The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, which depicts the Christmas story as told in the Gospel of St. Matthew. The play dates to the 14th century, but the earliest surviving text was written down by one Robert Croo in 1534; the earliest printed source we have for the melody dates from 1591, but it is undoubtedly much older. The carol refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, when Herod ordered all male infants in Bethlehem under the age of two to be killed. The lyrics of this haunting carol, famous for its final 'Picardy third', represent a mother's lament for her doomed child.

III. IN DULCI JUBILO

According to legend, the German mystic and Dominican monk Henrich Seuse had a vision one night in 1328 in which he danced with angels as they sang to him 'Nun singet und seid froh' or 'In Dulci Jubilo'. In Dulci Jubilo is among the oldest and most famous of the 'macaronic' songs, which combine Latin with a vernacular language such as English or German. The melody is now commonly sung to the words, 'Good Christian Men, Rejoice'. The tune itself first appeared in a manuscript in Leipzig University Library around 1400 but it is thought a version of the melody may have existed prior to 1328. The carol has remained a popular inclusion in both Catholic and Protestant hymnals ever since.

Philip Sparke was born in London and studied composition, trumpet, and piano at the Royal College of Music, where he gained an ARCM. It was at the College that his interest in bands arose. He played in the College wind orchestra and formed a brass band among the students, writing several works for both ensembles. At that time, his first published works appeared - Concert Prelude (brass band) and Gaudium (wind band). A growing interest in his music led to several commissions, his first major one being for the Centennial Brass Band Championships in New Zealand – The Land of the Long White Cloud.

Further commissions followed from individual bands, various band associations and the BBC, for whom he three times won the EBU New Music for Band Competition (with Slipstream, Skyrider and Orient Express). He has written for brass band championships in New Zealand, Switzerland, Holland, Australia, and the UK, including three times for the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall.

A close association with banding in Japan led to a commission (Celebration) from and eventual recording of his music with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. This opened the door worldwide to his wind band music and led to several commissions, particularly from the United States. In 1996 the US Air Force Band commissioned and recorded Dance Movements, which won the prestigious Sudler Prize in 1997. In September 2000 he was awarded the Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians for his services to brass bands. In 2005 Music of the Spheres won the National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest. He won the same contest again in 2016 with A Colour Symphony. In 2011 he received the BUMA International Brass Award and the 4barsrest.com Special Award for his contribution to brass music. In 2018 he was presented with the International Award at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago and was appointed visiting professor at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Kawasaki, Japan, the following year. In 2020 he was made an Honorary Member of the American Bandmasters Association.

His conducting and adjudicating activities have taken him to most European countries, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and the USA. In May 2000, he took the major step of becoming a full-time composer by founding his own publishing company, Anglo Music Press. The company is devoted to publishing his brass band, concert band, fanfare band and instrumental publications as well as recordings dedicated to his latest works.
(Source: https://www.philipsparke.com/biography)

ONE TORCH, TWO WOMEN, THREE SHIPS, AND MEN REJOICING
Arranged by Julie Giroux

The Christmas songs Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella and I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In) comprise this uplifting holiday arrangement. "Bring a torch…" that’s the one torch, "Jeannette, Isabella…" the two women, and "I saw three ships come sailing in…" the three ships. Good Christian Men, Rejoice makes a cameo appearance, and with the other melodies, results in a variety of new sounds from these old Christmas standards.
(Source: http://musicapropria.com/musicpages/one_torch.html)

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 completed 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)

A FIRESIDE CHRISTMAS
Arranged by Sammy Nestico 

A Fireside Christmas includes such popular classics as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Frosty The Snow Man, Winter Wonderland, and The Christmas Song. 

Sammy Nestico joined the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. as staff arranger, and subsequently became the leader of the famous Airmen of Note. Following his 15-year tenure with the Air Force, he enlisted with the United States Marine Band in Washington, serving as chief arranger and director of the White House orchestra which performed for important judicial and congressional social functions during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. 
 
In the years between 1970 and 1984, Sammy was the composer/arranger for the Count Basie orchestra. He directed the recording of ten albums of original music, four of which won Grammy awards. During the same period, he was also engaged by Capitol Records as arranger/orchestrator, co-writing the equivalent of 63 albums for that organization. 
 
Sammy has collaborated with Steve Allen, Stan Freberg, Bobby Troupe and Johnny Mercer in the songwriting field, and he has orchestrated for such major film studios as 20th Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, MGM and Columbia. He has also arranged and/or conducted albums for recording artists Phil Collins, Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Toni Tennille, Patti Austin, Nancy Wilson, Pia Zadora, Paul Anka, Pat Boone, Ronnie Milsap, Daniel Rodriguez, and others. 
(Source: Composer’s Score)

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Composed by Alfred Reed

Alfred Reed was a 23-year-old staff arranger for the 529th Army Air Corps Band when he was called upon to create what has become a masterpiece of wind literature. It was in 1944, when optimism was running high with the successful invasion of France and Belgium by the Allied forces. A holiday band concert was planned by the city of Denver to further promote Russian-American unity with premiers of new works from both countries. With just 16 days until the concert, Reed was assigned to compose a new Russian work for the concert. Drawing on his investigations of Eastern Orthodox liturgical music for other thematic ideas, he completed the score of Russian Christmas Music in 11 days; copyists took another two days to prepare parts for rehearsal. The music was first performed on December 12, 1944, on a nationwide NBC broadcast. A concert performance was given in Denver two days later.

The liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church is entirely vocal, admitting no instrumental music into the services. Alfred Reed has captured the sonorities, rhythmic inflections, clarity, and flowing phrases of the human voice in his composition. Although the work is in the form of a single movement, four distinct sections can be recognized. The opening “Carol” sets a restrained and gentle mood. The chant from the trombones and trumpets climaxes into the “Antiphonal Chant” carried by the woodwinds. The rhythm picks up for the “Village Song,” which is presented in two bar phrases that rise and fall with the liturgy. The church bells herald the final “Cathedral Chorus” that builds in a steady crescendo, pausing for a soft and sonorous chorale, before continuing with the introduction of additional instruments until all the colors and intensity of the celebration fill the hall. 
(Source: Program Notes for Band, by Norman E. Smith)

WE WISH YOU A MAMBO CHRISTMAS
Arranged by Erik Morales

We Wish You a Merry Christmas is a popular English carol from the West Country of England. In the comprehensive New Oxford Book of Carols (1992), editors Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott describe it as "English traditional" and "The remnant of an envoi much used by wassailers and other luck visitors"; no source or date is given. Various print and online sources date the carol to the sixteenth century, without giving a source.

Erik Morales is an American composer, conductor, and trumpeter. He has composed best-selling music for many types of genres including classical, jazz, commercial. With over one hundred and fifty publications his musical works encompass a large variety of styles and settings, including works for wind, orchestral, jazz and chamber ensembles and have been part of featured performances across the globe. He studied composition at Florida International University and completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1989.

His composing career began shortly after graduation from high school in south Florida when his former band director offered to pay him to arrange music for the marching band (1985). This inevitably led to more music arranging jobs and would open doors to the educational music publishing industry. In 2002 Mr. Morales signed an exclusive contract with the FJH Music Company for his educational wind and string works. With trumpet as his primary instrument, Mr. Morales has made a substantial contribution to the trumpet music repertoire. As a performer Mr. Morales was a finalist in the 1990 International Trumpet Guild solo competition which features the brightest young trumpeters in the world.

Mr. Morales is an outspoken advocate of music education in our schools and community. In 2016 he was inducted into the Louisiana Association for Jazz Education’s Hall of Fame and was presented a lifetime achievement award for dedication, support, advancement, and continuance of jazz education in the state of Louisiana. In 2020 Mr. Morales was appointed musical director of the newly formed Covington Concert Band and currently is conductor of this community-based music project. In 2022 he was instrumental in forming the Northshore Music Alliance, a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting concert and jazz music in the Northshore region of Southeastern Louisiana. Mr. Morales currently serves as president of that organization. Additionally, Mr. Morales is currently a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), Jazz Education Network (JEN) and the International Trumpet Guild (ITG).
(Source: https://moralesmusic.com/index6/sample-page)

MARCH OF THE TOYS
From the operetta “Babes in Toyland”
Composed by Victor Herbert
Arranged by Otto Langley and Herbert L. Clarke
Edited by R. Mark Rogers

The most commercially successful of Herbert’s works was the operetta Babes in Toyland. Written to outdo the musical production of The Wizard of Oz playing on Broadway at the time, Babes in Toyland premiered in the Grand Opera of Chicago in 1903. It wove together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a Christmas-themed musical extravaganza. The show was immediately embraced as a classic of children’s music and has continued to be performed in various forms for several generations. The best-known scene is “The March of the Toys,” during which the evil Toymaker displays his toys for human children who have strayed into Toyland. We hear trumpet fanfares at the start, a military style in the opening march theme, and the full band in the closing march.
(Source: https://lswo.com/events/parade-of-the-toys/)

CHRISTMAS AND SOUSA FOREVER
Arranged by Julie Giroux

Christmas and Sousa Forever is a boisterous rendition of the best-known march, "Stars and Stripes Forever" combined with a handful of holiday favorites.

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   
Tony Licocci

TENOR SAXOPHONE  
Timothy Reust   

BARITONE SAXOPHONE  
Marty Sviatko

TRUMPET   
Tom Forkenbrock   
Jeff Bronstein  
Nathan Stalter  
Adam Keno   
Mitch Warren
Bryan Grabowski
Dave Kullander

HORN   
Nancy Orbison  
Dawn Jonckowski
Alejandro Guzman  
Steve Chamberlin 
Stan Bouma

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 Fall 2022 Events

Concert Band Winter Concert CLC Music
Wednesday, December 14 @ 7:30 p.m.

Ruth Page's "The Nutcracker"
Saturday, December 17 -- Two Performances
1 p.m. performance is sold out; 5 p.m. performance has scattered limited tickets.

TICKETS:
Online:       https://www.jlcenter.clcillinois.edu/
Phone:       (847) 543-2300
In Person:   JLC Box Office
19361 West Washington Street, Grayslake

Box Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We hope to see you at a future event!

Email for questions: clcboxoffice@clcillinois.edu

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 Xiuhcoatl Tuz, 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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