Community In Concert

AustinSymphonic
Band

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Reagan HS PAC, Austin
Friday, April 16, 2010
Association of Community Bands
Eisemann PAC, Richardson
Richard Floyd, Musical Director

ASB Board of Directors

and Officers
Musical Director & Conductor: Richard Floyd
President: Eddie Jennings
Past President: Lynn McLarty
President Elect: Steve Neinast
Board Members At Large:
Thomas Edwards
Kevin Jedele
Karen Kneten
Carl Vidos
Secretary: Marilyn Good
Treasurer: Sharon Kojzarek
Librarian: Karen VanHooser
Assistant Director: Bill Haehnel
Concert Coordinator: Kevin Jedele
Transportation Manager: Chuck Ellis
Webmaster: David Jones
Business Manager: Dan L Wood
Thanks to our Austin hosts:
Matt Atkinson, Connally High School Director of Bands
Rehearsal Space
Omide Armstrong, Reagan High School Director of Bands
Equipment Use

Austin Symphonic Band

7900 Centre Park Drive Ste A
Austin, Texas 78754
(512) 345-7420
Web site: [Link]
asb@[Link]

The Austin concert is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division

Richard L Floyd, Musical Director

In 1983 Richard Floyd was appointed State Director

of Music Activities for the University Interscholastic League
at the University of Texas at Austin where he coordinates
all facets of secondary school music competition for some
3500 performing organizations throughout the state of
Texas. He has served as Musical Director and Conductor
of the Austin Symphonic Band since 1986. Prior to his
appointment at the University of Texas, he served on the
faculty at the University of South Florida as Professor of
Conducting, and at Baylor University in Texas where he
held the position of Director of Bands for nine years.
Performing ensembles under his direction have performed for the College Band Directors
National Association, Music Educators National Conference, American Bandmasters Association, and the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic, as well as numerous state
and regional conferences. Mr Floyd has toured extensively throughout the United States,
Canada, Australia, and Europe as a clinician, adjudicator, and conductor including appearances
in 41 states and 9 foreign countries.
During his professional career, Mr Floyd has held positions of leadership on many state and
national committees for music education and wind music performance. At present he is a
member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman of the American
Bandmasters Association Educational Projects Committee, and has served as National Secretary/Treasurer of the CBDNA since 1979. He also is co-author of the resource guide, "Best
Music For Beginning Band". In 2002 he was named recipient of the American School Band
Directors Association A A Harding Award for significant and lasting contributions to school
bands in North America. In 2006 he was named "Texas Bandmaster of the Year" by the
Texas Bandmasters Association.

Next ASB Concerts

May 9 - Mother's Day - Zilker HIllside Theater 7 pm
June 20 - Father's Day - Zilker HIllside Theater 7:30 pm
July 3 - Bastrop Patriotic Festival
July 4 - Round Rock Independence Day Festival
November 21 - With Austin Civic Orchestra, Long Center, 3 pm

Bill Haehnel, Assistant Director

Bill Haehnel is completing his seventh year as Assistant Director

of the Austin Symphonic Band. He has been a Texas music educator
for 27 years, and is presently a member of the band staff at Bailey
Middle School in Austin. Prior to joining the Bailey Middle School
faculty, he was the chairman of fine arts and director of bands at
Pflugerville High School where his high school bands marched in
the Orange Bowl parade, the Fiesta Bowl Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
Mr Haehnel has also served on the music faculty at the University of Texas in Austin, and
as instructor of percussion at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

Bruce Bray, Ahab!

Bruce Bray hails from the Pan Handle Plains of West Texas, growing up in the small town of Abernathy, located 17 miles to the north
of Lubbock, where he was born on July 18, 1955. He has taught
music in Texas public schools since graduating from Texas Tech
University in 1978 and is in his ninth year as associate band director
at Hopewell Middle School in Round Rock. Bruce is a writer, poet, artist, and composer,
with works published by Larry Daehn Music Publishing Co and by TRN.
For todays performance, Bruce reprises his role as Captain Ahab in Stephen Melillos
AHAB! that he first performed with the Austin Symphonic Band in 2001.

Program

Cathedrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Salfelder

O Magnum Mysterium . . . . . . . . . . Morten Lauridsen

tr, H Robert Reynolds
AHAB! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Melillo
Bruce Bray as Ahab

Intermission*

Bullets and Bayonets

John Philip Sousa

ed, Frederick Fennell

Bill Haehnel, Conductor

La Fiesta Mexicana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H Owen Reed

Albanian Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelley Hanson

* The program will be performed without intermission for ACB in Richardson.

Program Notes
Cathedrals
Cathedrals is a fantasy on Gabrielis Canzon Primi Toni from the Sacrae Symphoniae, which
dates from 1597. Written for St Marks Cathedral in Venice, the canzon was scored for two brass
choirs, each comprised of two trumpets and two trombones. The choirs were stationed in opposite balconies of the church according to the antiphonal principal of cori spezzati (It, broken
choirs), which forms the basis of much of Gabrielis writing. Cathedrals is an adventure in
neo-renaissance music in its seating arrangement, antiphonal qualities, 16th century counterpoint,
and canonic textures. Its form is structured on the golden ratio (1: .618), which is commonly found
not only in nature and art, but also in the motets and masses of Renaissance composers such as
Palestrina and Lassus. The work is a synthesis of the old and the new. Cathedrals was named the
2008 winner of the prestigious Frederick Fennell Prize for young composers (sponsored by ASCAP
and CBDNA),
Kathryn Salfelder (b 1987) is fast gaining national recognition as a rising young composer. Her
Three Fanfares for Brass Quintet was selected as the winning score in the 2008 New England

Conservatory Honors Ensemble Competition. She is also pianist for the New England Conservatory
Wind Ensemble, serves as associate conductor and rehearsal pianist for the Fiddlehead Theatre
Company (Norwood, Massachusetts), and has twice appeared as soloist with the North Jersey
Symphony Orchestra. Ms Salfelder earned a BM in Composition with Academic Honors from New
England Conservatory, where she studied with Michael Gandolfi. She was awarded the 2009
Donald Martino Award for Excellence in Composition and the 2009 George Chadwick Medal, NECs
highest undergraduate honors. She iscurrently studying with Aaron Jay Kernis,pursuing a MMin
Composition at the Yale School of Music.

O Magnum Mysterium
Morton Lauridsens choral setting of O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery) has become one of
the worlds most performed and recorded compositions since its 1994 premiere by the Los Angeles
Master Chorale conducted by Paul Salamunovich. Lauridsen writes about his original choral setting,
For centuries, composers have been inspired by the beautiful O Magnum Mysterium text with its
depiction of the birth of the new-born King among the lowly animals and shepherds. This affirmation of Gods grace to the meek and the adoration of the Blessed Virgin are celebrated in my setting
through a quiet song of profound inner joy. H Robert Reynolds has arranged the symphonic wind
band version of this popular work with the approval and appreciation of the composer. H Robert
Reynolds is the Principal Conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the
University of Southern California.
Morton Lauridsen (b 1943) is a native of the state of Washington, born to a first generation

family of immigrants from Denmark. His mother was a pianist who had played in her high school
dance band, and Lauridsen developed a love for music at an early age, by listening to her play
swing jazz and sing to him. The musicologist and conductor Nick Strimple, in discussing Lauridsens
sacred music, described him as the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic,

Program Notes
(whose) probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the
impression that all the questions have been answered. A recipient of numerous grants, prizes and
commissions, Lauridsen received the National Medal of Arts from President George Bush in 2007.

AHAB!
AHAB! is set to the abbreviated but unaltered text of Herman Melvilles famous novel. The
composer says, This is not a narrated piece! It is a dramatic theater piece, a work for Ahab and
winds! AHAB! was composed precisely 150 years after Ahabs meeting with Moby Dick, during
the New Moon of April. AHAB! is a continuation of a body of works that I call STORM Works. In
Ahab lies the great struggle, the noble fight, and in this telling of the story, Ahab is a hero The
creature he faces is not a symbol of the One God, as is often suggested by some interpreters, but
rather a metaphor for the false gods that stand in the way of truth. In spite of this clear vision,
he places the false god in front of the One . . . and that is the tragic flaw of his earthquake life. A
Quixote of sorts, Ahab mounts not a horse but a ship. Into Hell he sails, confronting the darkest
portion of the unknown. Though he must die for having faced it, he becomes the symbol of
obsessed bravery, the very spear of courage and purposeful living that must be sacrificed before his
life is drowned out and we are once again left with that unanswerable question . . . What is there,
beyond?
Stephen Melillo is a true pioneer in modern composition. His works are new century, combining all art forms including newly available technology to create music of the 3rd Millenium".
One writer commented that Melillo is to the wind band what Beethoven was to the symphony
orchestra, taking it to a dimension not dreamed of by others in his time. Various educators, conductors and commissioning parties have termed Stephen Melillos work a new voice in the direction
of music". His scoring work includes 12 feature films and numerous documentaries. As author of
MIDIMAST, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, he trained teachers and taught inner-city students
mathematics and science concepts via musical composition. Melillo is a many-times recipient of
ASCAP Special Awards in Concert Music and has guest conducted and recorded with some of the
world's finest ensembles. In 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from President George
Bush. Melillo says, I sign all my music because music is very personal to me." And so at the close
of this work each part bears his signature and the words Godspeed, Sincerely, Stephen Melillo.

Bullets and Bayonets

Sousa composed this march at the height of Americas involvement in World War I to salute the
efforts of the US infantry in that conflict. In the trio, one can hear the percussion beating out a
staccato rhythm meant to recall machine gun fire. Bullets and Bayonets is, by all accounts, one
of Sousas best, and some march aficionados consider it to be his very best. Only recently available
in a definitive edition, it shows the mature style of Sousa, who was 64 when he wrote the march
in 1918. Frederick Fennell writes, The scoring is fresh, imaginative, wonderfully sonorous even
sparse in some sections compared to others of his blockbusters.

Program Notes
John Philip Sousa (1854-1943) was a composer, showman, band leader, advocate for composers rights, and quintessential American of his era. When Sousa came to town the schools
closed and the largest hall in town was necessary to accommodate the crowds. In Austin, the Senate chambers once hosted the famous band. Born in Washington, DC on November 6, 1854, Sousa
followed in the footsteps of his father, a musician in the US Marine Corps, and enlisted by the age
of 14. In addition to writing music, Sousa also wrote books, including the best seller, Fifth String,
and his autobiography, Marching Along. Sousa died at age 77 after conducting a rehearsal of the
Ringgold Band in Reading, Pennsylvania.

La Fiesta Mexicana
Some band scholars consider La Fiesta Mexicana to be the first full symphony for band by an
American composer. Certainly it is the first to attain continued recognition and performance. The
three-movement work is based on many of the impressions that Reed had during his visit to
Mexico during the winter months of 1948-49, the trip part of his Guggenheim fellowship. It is a
contrast between the sacred and the secular a look at the difficult cultures that Reed saw as such
strong features of that society. Although most of the melodies are original, several folk works appear in the symphony as well. The folk song, El Son de la Negra, is found in the middle of the last
movement. It was, and continues to be, one of the most popular of all Mariachi tunes.
H Owen Reed was born in Odessa, Missouri, on June 17, 1910. He was a pupil of both Howard

Hanson and Bernard Rogers at the University of Rochesters Eastman School of Music. Beginning
his long association with the Michigan State University in 1939, he served as professor of music and
head of composition until his retirement in 1976. He is the author of several books on theory and
composition. In the 1930s, Reed traveled a good deal in the Americas and Europe, capturing the
diversity of folk music he heard in Scandinavia, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands.
Albanian Dance
This high-energy setting of the Albanian tune, "Shota", re-creates the festive mood of a raucous
village dance. This style of dancing was and is practiced in Eastern Europe, (Greece, Macedonia,
Kosovo, Bulgaria, etc) and many dance groups across the United States maintain the traditions of
Albanian dance. For females, the traditional Albanian dancing requires grace and delicacy in movement. For males, dancing was considered not only as a form of entertainment but also as a way to
show off their talents.
Shelley Hanson, a Twin Cities (Minnesota) composer, arranger, teacher, and professional musi-

cian, has an affinity for writing and performing folk music. Her band, Klezmer and All That Jazz,
recorded traditional and original music for the audio book version of the Yiddish play, The Dybbuk. Ms Hanson holds a PhD in Performance, Music Theory, and Music Literature from Michigan
State University. She is a member of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and serves on the faculty of
Macalester College.

ASB Players
Flute
Beth Behning
Wade Chiles
Kyndra Cullen *
Cheryl Floyd
Byron Gifford
Sally Grant
Penny Griffy
Linda Lininger
Beverly Lowak
Sara Manning
Karen VanHooser
Kristi Wilson
Clarinet
Sara Anbari
Libby Cardenas *
Sally Charboneau
Michael Drapkin
Hank Frankenberg
Anthony Frasco
Luanne Gytri
Clifton Jones
Karen Kneten
Regina Mabry
Nancy Murphy
Nancy S North
Caroline Reynolds
Clary Rocchi
Ray Schroeder
Faith Weaver
Oboe
Fred Behning
Kristen Mason
Saxophone
Alto
Susan Abbott
Bob Miller
Cindy Story
Brenagh Tucker
Larry Woods *

Saxophone
Tenor
Eddie Jennings
Baritone
Steve Neinast
Bassoon
Andrea Camacho
Walter Pasciak
John Walter
Bass Clarinet
Sharon Kojarek *
Ruth Lim
Lynn McLarty
Trumpet
Eric Bittner
Wesley Ellinger
George Greene
Kevin Jedele
David Jones
John King
Erin Knight
Clarissa Lopez
Karen Penn
Dan Scherer
Bruce Wagner *
French Horn
Leslie Boerger
Ron Boerger
Chuck Ellis *
Marilyn Good
Michael Good
Jerry Hayes
Jo Oliver
Thomas Turpin
Carl Vidos
Trombone
John Bodnar *
Jim Crandell

Vincent Edwards
Dale Lininger
Scott Mawdsley
Donald McDaniel
Ken Riley
Harold Smith
Derek Woods
Euphonium
Allan Adelman *
Tim DeFries
Neil King
Richard Klingner
Jerry Schwab
Tuba
Keith Chenoweth
Scott Hastings *
Al Martin
Buford Robins
String Bass
Thomas Edwards
Percussion
Alan Cline
Tamara Galbi
Bill Haehnel
Jim Hubbard *
Kyle Kaiser
Adam Kemp
Rob Ward
Piano
Deb McLarty

* Section Leader

Our Sponsors
Austin Symphonic Band is pleased to acknowledge the support of the businesses, agencies, and
individuals listed below. Note that we take an extended view: an organization which hires the
band for an event helps the band as much as a donor and it give us a chance to do what we
love doing! For information about becoming a sponsor of the band contact Dan L Wood,
ASB Business Manager, at (512) 345-7420.

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Byron Gifford
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Wade Chiles
Kyndra Cullen
Shirley Dusky
Thomas Edwards
Sally Grant
Marilyn Good & Dan Wood
Penny Griffy
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Eddie Jennings
Steve Neinast
Sarah Witkowski

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