Program for October 14, 2012 Madison Central High School Auditorium
Fanfare pour précéder La Péri (1911), Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
trans. Wil van der Beek
French composer Dukas is best known as the composer of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, but his best work may have been the ballet La Péri (The Fairy). The ballet proper is to be preceded by this magnificent fanfare.
Appalachian Variations (2005), Richard A. Crosby (1957)
Commissioned for the Eastern Kentucky University Centennial Observance in 2006, this work is based on an original theme by EKU faculty member Richard Crosby that he crafted after a visit to a musical program at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.
Trail of Tears (1989), James Barnes (1949)
James Barnes is on the music composition faculty at the University of Kansas. He wrote Trail of Tears to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the United States Government’s 1500-mile forced march of members of five Native American tribes, during which 4,000 individuals died.
Variations on “America” (1891), Charles Ives (1874–1954)
trans. William E. Rhoads
based on the orchestra version by William Schuman
Charles Ives was an American modernist composer. His father, who had been a U. S. Army bandleader in the Civil War, had a strong influence on his musical predilections. Ives became a church organist by the time he was fourteen, and he wrote his Variations on “America” for organ during those youthful years. Subsequently it has been transcribed for orchestra and for band. The work is structured as: introduction, theme, two variations, interlude, two variations interlude, variation, coda (reminiscent of the introduction).
March of the Steel Men (ca. 1891), Charles S. Belsterling (1874–1959)
scored Harry L. Alford
Charles Belsterling was the vice-president of the United States Steel Company from 1932–1942. He had been a pianist in his youth, and he had written a number of works including a march entitled “The Ambassador.” He became acquainted with the legendary Joliet Township High School Band when it visited New York in 1936. He later provided a piano score for “The Ambassador” to Joliet Township High School band director A. R. McAllister, who acquired the services of Chicago arranger Harry L. Alford to score the work for band, premiered in 1937. The march concludes by featuring downstage trumpets and trombones.
trans. Wil van der Beek
French composer Dukas is best known as the composer of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, but his best work may have been the ballet La Péri (The Fairy). The ballet proper is to be preceded by this magnificent fanfare.
Appalachian Variations (2005), Richard A. Crosby (1957)
Commissioned for the Eastern Kentucky University Centennial Observance in 2006, this work is based on an original theme by EKU faculty member Richard Crosby that he crafted after a visit to a musical program at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.
Trail of Tears (1989), James Barnes (1949)
James Barnes is on the music composition faculty at the University of Kansas. He wrote Trail of Tears to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the United States Government’s 1500-mile forced march of members of five Native American tribes, during which 4,000 individuals died.
Variations on “America” (1891), Charles Ives (1874–1954)
trans. William E. Rhoads
based on the orchestra version by William Schuman
Charles Ives was an American modernist composer. His father, who had been a U. S. Army bandleader in the Civil War, had a strong influence on his musical predilections. Ives became a church organist by the time he was fourteen, and he wrote his Variations on “America” for organ during those youthful years. Subsequently it has been transcribed for orchestra and for band. The work is structured as: introduction, theme, two variations, interlude, two variations interlude, variation, coda (reminiscent of the introduction).
March of the Steel Men (ca. 1891), Charles S. Belsterling (1874–1959)
scored Harry L. Alford
Charles Belsterling was the vice-president of the United States Steel Company from 1932–1942. He had been a pianist in his youth, and he had written a number of works including a march entitled “The Ambassador.” He became acquainted with the legendary Joliet Township High School Band when it visited New York in 1936. He later provided a piano score for “The Ambassador” to Joliet Township High School band director A. R. McAllister, who acquired the services of Chicago arranger Harry L. Alford to score the work for band, premiered in 1937. The march concludes by featuring downstage trumpets and trombones.
