The Campus Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) and Concert Band (Roger Wu Fu, conductor) present works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Vincent Persichetti, and William Grant Still.
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PROGRAM
The University of Washington Concert Band
Corey Jahlas, conductor
Flourish for Wind Band (1939)......................Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Second Suite in F for Military Band (1911).....................Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934)
I. March
II. Song Without Words “I’ll Love My Love”
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on the “Dargason”
The University of Washington Campus Band
Roger Wu Fu, conductor
Divertimento for Band (1950) – Vincent Persichetti (b. 1915-1987)
I. Prologue
III. Dance
IV. Burlesque
From the Delta (1945) – William Grant Still (b. 1895-1978)
I. Work Song
II. Spiritual
III. Dance
Program Notes
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an influential British composer and folk-song collector. His powerful and expressive orchestral music is notable for its very “English” sound. His early adventures collecting folk songs in the English countryside profoundly influenced his later compositions. Along with Gustav Holst and Percy Grainger, his works for wind band form a foundation for the serious literature in that medium.
Vaughan Williams wrote Flourish for Wind Band in 1939 as the opening to the pageant Music and the People in the Royal Albert Hall in London. It was subsequently lost, only to be rediscovered and finally published in 1971. Arranger Roy Douglas created versions of the piece for brass band and for symphony orchestra, but it has become part of the basic literature of the wind band for which it was created. It opens with a simple brass fanfare. This gives way to a lyrical melody before the fanfare returns to end the piece. At just under 2 minutes long, Flourish for Wind Band is a concise gem of Vaughan Williams’s output.
Program note by Andy Pease
Gustav Holst composed his Second Suite in F in 1911, just two years after his First Suite in E-flat. Unlike the First Suite, Holst utilized actual English folk songs in the Second Suite, a practice he would utilize throughout the rest of his compositional career. The opening March utilizes a lively Morris dance, the folk song Swansea Town, and a jaunty version of Claudy Banks in 6/8 time. The third movement draws inspiration from the song A Blacksmith Courted Me and evokes sounds of a blacksmith’s hammer on an anvil and the resulting sparks from each hammer blow. The “white-hot” heat of the fire can be heard in the final D major chord of the movement. The final movement is a fantasia on a sixteenth-century English dance tune, The Dargason, which eventually competes with the Elizabethan love song Greensleeves through clever use of hemiola. The work concludes with a duet between the tuba and piccolo, recalling the competing high and low registers of the beginning measures of the suite. The Second Suite in F remains one of the most celebrated and performed pieces in the wind band repertoire.
Divertimento was premiered by The Goldman Band on June 16, 1950, with the composer conducting. The composition was begun during the summer of 1949 in El Dorado, Kansas. According to various sources, Persichetti began the work with a clash between choruses of woodwinds and brass and timpani "arguing" with both. Soon after scoring the opening, he realized that the strings were not going to become a part of this piece. In an article from 1981 Persichetti stated:
I soon realized the strings weren't going to enter, and my Divertimento began to take shape. Many people call this ensemble "band." I know that composers are often frightened away by the sound of the word "band", because of certain qualities long associated with this medium – rusty trumpets, consumptive flutes, wheezy oboes, disintegrating clarinets, fumbling yet amiable baton wavers, and gum-coated park benches! If you couple these conditions with transfigurations and disfigurations of works originally conceived for orchestra, you create a sound experience that's as nearly excruciating as a sick string quartet playing a dilettante's arrangement of a nineteenth-century piano sonata. When composers think of the band as a huge, supple ensemble of winds and percussion, the obnoxious fat will drain off, and creative ideas will flourish.
- Program Note by William V. Johnson for the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra concert program, 19 March 2011
Often considered the dean of African American composers, William Grant Still was responsible for achieving many firsts as a black classical musician during his distinguished career. Not only was he the first African American to have a symphony played by a major orchestra (his renowned Afro-American Symphony), in 1936, but he was the first African American to conduct a major orchestra, have an opera premiered by a major opera company (Troubled Island, 1937), and conduct an orchestra in the deep South. From the Delta was composed in 1945 for the Goldman Band of New York City. Its three movements (Work Song; Spiritual; Dance) were meant to capture the essence of what life was like on the Mississippi Delta. Work Song illustrates a chain gang singing their way through days of hard labor. Spiritual is a more somber movement, meant to convey the pain felt by African Americans living in slavery. The final movement, Dance is the liveliest of the three movements and paints a portrait of friends coming together to celebrate one another despite their daily hardships. - program note by Garison Baker -
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CONCERT BANDFLUTE Advika Baskaran, Fr., Biology, San Jose, CA Penelope Boyes, Jr., Vashon Andrew Chen, Sr., Informatics/Psychology, Othello Rachel Jackson, Jr., Materials Science & Engineering, Sedro-Woolley Vicky Le, Grad., Medicine, Corona, CA Ellissa Lee, So., Business, Olympia Alexander Nguyen, Sr., Music Education- Vocal Emphasis, Tacoma Neha Ramanath, So., Business, Marketing and Operations & Supply Chain Management, Redmond Mimmi Beck, Community Member, Gig Harbor Katelyn Ebert, Jr., Physics and Philosophy, Vancouver Paul Hung, Jr., Business, Tacoma Isabel Madewell, So., Russian Language, Ravensdale Dennis Toepker, Sr., Bellevue OBOE Oliver Brodie, Fr., Atmospheric Science, Gardiner, ME Ali Maunu, Fr., American Ethnic Studies, Los Angeles, CA Priyanka Talur, Fr., Engineering, Smallish CLARINET Halle Adams, Fr., Bellevue Huan Li, Fr., Undeclared, Puyallup Adrian Shaw, So., Seattle Oren Tropen, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Redmond Kylie Veteran, Jr., History, Vancouver Madeline Ellis, So., Political Science, Bellingham Saya Mitchell, Fr., Undeclared, Sammamish Olivia Musenga, So., Woodinville Raul Robles, Jr., Medical Laboratory Sciences, Prosser Dillon van Rensburg, Grad., Public Health, Edmonds BASS CLARINET Brooklyn Porter, So., Undeclared, Kennewick BASSOON Evan Locker, So., Chemistry, Kirkland ALTO SAXOPHONE Alexia Brown, Sr., Biology, Seattle Dhruv Jagannath, So., Biochemistry, Seattle Monica Mursch, Community Member, Bonney Lake Tova Beck, Community Member, Gig Harbor Astrid Martin, Sr., Psychology, Sequim Zach Pang, Sr., Biochemistry, Seattle Kaitlyn Unger, Community Member, Gig Harbor TENOR SAXOPHONE Adela Mu, Grad., Shanghai, China; Singapore Katie Ehrig, Sr., Food Systems, Nutrition & Health, Spokane Yilin Song, Grad., Shandong, China BARITONE SAXOPHONE Andy Steiner, Fr., Neuroscience, San Diego, CA TRUMPET Alex Forstrom, Fr., Engineering, Battle Ground Oliver Fraser, Community Member, Astronomy, Seattle Alex Jack, Jr., Civil Engineering, Sedro-Wooley Jakob Klein, So., Chemistry, Edina, MN Jorge Rivero, Grad., Economics, Miami, FL Jake Chalin, Sr., Boise ID Nathan Loutsis, So., Political Science, Kenmore Sophie Pinck, Fr., Bellevue Corbin Strong, Fr., Moraga HORN Evelyn Madewell, Fr., Engineering, Ravensdale Grace Pardini, Fr., Engineering, Portland, OR I-Tung Chen, Grad., Hsinchu City, Taiwan Nadia Matveeva, Fr., Neuroscience, Pullman Karen Mildes, Community Member, Bothell Alex Vass, So., Materials Science and Engineering, Boulder, CO Natalie Swanda, So., Snoqualmie TROMBONE Seth Reed, Sr., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Del Rio, TX Lucas Youngers, Fr., Undeclared, Bellevue Melissa Crane, Jr., Public Health - Nutritional Sciences, Portola Valley, CA Dean Mitchell, Community Member, Seattle Matthew Young, Jr., Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, Port Orchard EUPHONIUM Nathan Ford, Jr., Electrical Engineering, Sammamish Michael Dinh, Grad., Medicine, Mountlake Terrace TUBA Dylan Richards, Sr., History, Marysville Jack Grennan, So., Political Science and History, Gig Harbor Robert Jokinen, Sr., Chemical Engineering, Bellevue PERCUSSION Ariona Thompson, Sr., Music Education- Vocal Emphasis, Tacoma Jessica Turner, Sr., Music Education, Tacoma Hayden Yap, Jr., Psychology, Seattle GRADUATE STUDENT CONDUCTOR Corey Jahlas, Grad., Wind Conducting, Highland, MI UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS BANDFLUTE Ava Lim, Undeclared, Seattle WA Sarah Reidy, Public Health/Spanish, Port Orchard, WA Jamie Oman, Chemistry/Marine Biology, Bellingham WA Samuel Alampay, Undecided, University Place, WA Carla Buhner, Medical Anthropology/Global Health, Sammamish WA Pisa Leelapatana, Anthropology/Communications, Bangkok, Thailand Lauren Chock, Chemistry, Honolulu HI Berit Syltebo, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Seattle WA Penelope Boyes, Chemistry, Vashon WA Idriana Jan Abinales, Biology, Tacoma WA Jacob Reese, Civil Engineering, Olympia WA OBOE Dillen Abbe, Anthropology, Seattle WA Stacy Schulze, community member, Richmond TX Lexi Koperski, Anthropology, Chicago IL Reina Alaniz, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Burlington WA BASSOON Lewis Back, Microbiology, Issaquah WA CLARINET Justin Ho, Chemistry, Vancouver BC Claire Longcore, Economics, Kirkland WA Sophie Martin, American and Ethnic Studies, Mukilteo WA Kalinn Mackaay, Business Administration – Accounting, Sammamish WA Catherine E, community member, Seattle WA Ian Semroc Chemistry, Seattle WA Max McKelvey, Electrical Engineering, Seattle WA Lauren Peterson, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Sandy UT Mahika Rao, Economics, Bellevue WA Olivia Sayrs, Biology, Seattle WA Bradley James Taylor, Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics, Marysville WA Ella Stockman, Chemical Engineering, Seattle WA Georgia Pertsch, Medical Anthropology/Global Health, San Mateo CA Yasmine Hentati, Environment & Forest Sciences, Bellevue WA Bailey Shaw, International Studies, Lake Tahoe CA Grace Merrett, Master’s of Education, Macomb IL Amelia Poppenhagen, Mechanical Engineering, Bothell WA BASS CLARINET Dalton Edwards, Biology/Microbiology, McCleary WA Anastasiya Shapiro, Business Administration – Accounting, Seattle WA ALTO SAXOPHONE Isaiah Kim, Electrical Engineering/Physics, Bellevue WA Niv Bhide, Microbiology, Wenatchee WA Samuel Larson, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Lacey WA Jonathon Cho, Biology, Seattle WA Sydney Colescott, Political Science, Seattle WA Emmitt Choi, Computer Science, Tacoma WA Daniela Berreth, Computer Science, Redmond WA TENOR SAXOPHONE Carlos Alvarez,Informatics, Kirkland WA Catalina Lind, Biology, Camas WA Julia Macray, Earth and Space Science, Seattle WA Kathryn Jones, Material Science engineering, Seattle WA Cameron Lauck, Marine Biology, Snohomish WA BARITONE SAXOPHONE Aidan Gray, Political Science, Olympia WA Jack Sawatzky, Biology/Microbiology, McCleary WA TRUMPET Jordan Javier, Mathematics, Port Orchard WA Khushveen Kaur, Education, Woodinville WA Brandon Wu, Public Health, Sammamish WA Natalie Kledzik, Pre-Biology, Cupertino CA Grace Remendowski, Statistics, Medical Lake WA Syna Stimson, Biology/Classics, Bainbridge Island WA Nolan Wittman, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering Olivia Vasquez, community member, Riverside CA Hannah Ogden, Music Education, Sammamish WA Caroline Kelly, So., Music Performance/Environmental Science, Chelan WA Jake Chalin, Construction Management, Boise ID HORN Sydney Kuhl, Computer Engineering, Prior Lake MN Marcus Valentin, Engineering, Mercer Island WA Sara Harnish, Mathematics, Lake Stevens WA Janet Newman, Chemistry, San Diego CA Henry Zhong, Statistics, Bellevue WA Max Kauffman, Community, Environment, and Planning, Seattle WA Natalie Swanda, Psychology, Snoqualmie WA TROMBONE Kanu Vasdev, Business Administration Management Information Systems, Lynnwood WA Maya Vita, Environmental Engineering, Honolulu HI Emily Ko, Civil Engineering, Issaquah WA Ana Wright, community member, Renton WA Erik Tomasic, Computational Linguistics, Glenview IL Jesse Reidy, Communication, Port Orchard WA EUPHONIUM Isaac Lee, Mechanical Engineering, Kirkland WA TUBA Peter Hale, Computer Engineering, Benton City WA Chris Jacobus, community member, Tully NY Erik Tomasic, Computational Linguistics, Glenview IL Keanu Vestil, community member, Rancho Santa Margarita CA BASS Max Bennett, Informatics, Redmond WA PERCUSSION Kyra Schlezinger, Atmospheric Sciences, Burlingame CA Jason Aochi, Business Administration, San Jose CA Nicholas Franks, Music Education, Camarillo CA
GRADUATE STUDENT CONDUCTOR Roger Wu Fu, Grad., Wind Conducting, Santiago, Chile |
DIRECTOR BIOS
M.M Wind Conducting, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, 2020
M.Ed. Education, Concordia University Irvine, 2018
B.A. Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles, 2014
Recent works include producing and music directing his original musical “Yappie: The Musical” and its concept album premiere, music directing chamber operas exploring the relationship between growth and suffering in Baltimore’s contemporary opera scene, and presenting research on instrument pedagogy, choice, and personality at Ohio State University. At the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Roger worked as a conductor, performer, teaching assistant and faculty substitute. Through summer conducting workshops, Roger has worked with conductors including Dr. Travis Cross, Dr. Mallory Thompson, Professor Charles Peltz, Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, Dr. Mark Scatterday, Professor Kevin McKeown and Dr. Mitchell Fennell. Drawing from his own varied background studying anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Wind Conducting at Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Roger seeks to combine a high standard of musical performance with a rigorous academic approach, always seeking to explore and present music in a new and different light.
Outside of music, Roger works with the mental health foundation Healthy Gamer by providing peer-delivered recovery support services as a group and personal coach. In his offtime, Roger enjoys being a mediocre cook, catching up on popular shows from half a decade ago, and biking. Roger is extremely excited to join the Husky family at UW, and get to know the PNW at large - Go Dawgs!
Originally from Highland, MI, Corey Jahlas is in his first year of the Doctor of Musical Arts and Instrumental Conducting program at the University of Washington, where he serves as a Graduate Student Conductor of the Husky Athletic Bands, co-conductor of the Campus Band, and assistant conductor of the Wind Ensemble.
Most recently, Corey earned his Master of Music in Wind Conducting from Central Michigan University, studying with Prof. Jack Williamson. There, he instructed the 280-member Chippewa Marching Band and served as the instructor on record for the Symphony Band and the University Band. Prior to his Master’s work, Corey taught from 2014-2017 in Oxford, MI, leading the middle school band program, the OMS Percussion Ensemble, and assisting with the OHS Wildcat Marching Band.
Corey also holds degrees in Music Education and Music Theory and Composition from Central Michigan, where he studied euphonium with Dr. Mark Cox and composition with Dr. David Gillingham. Sharing his love for the marching arts, Corey served as Assistant Director of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in 2014, having marched with the group in 2011. He also serves as a clinician, arranger, and drill writer for high schools and university marching bands in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, and is the Director of the Drum Major Camp at Central Michigan University. Corey holds memberships in the National Association for Music Education, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Kappa Kappa Psi.