EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND

PRESIDENT’S CONCERT

FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

JANUARY 9, 2013

7:30 P.M.

TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER BALLROOM A

- P R O G R A M -

VARIANTS ON A MEDIAEVAL TUNE......................................................NORMAN DELLO JOIO FANTASIE BRILLANTE..................................JEAN-BAPTISTE ARBAN /DONALD HUNSBERGER

LAUREN KLEIN, SOLOIST

A CEILING FULL OF STARS...............................................................................BLAKE TYSON THE PROMISE OF LIVING...........................................AARON COPLAND ARR. JAMES CURNOW

- F A C U L T Y -

THOMAS SINGLETARY

Thomas Singletary is a native of Statesboro, Georgia. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University where he was under the direction of James Croft, Bentley Shellahamer, and Robert Sheldon. Mr. Singletary also holds a Master of Music from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana where he studied conducting with Donald Schleicher and James Keene. Mr. Singletary taught band at Albany (GA) Middle School from 1992-95 and was appointed Director of Bands at Eau Gallie High School in 1996. The band program at Eau Gallie has been recognized as an outstanding program at many Florida Bandmasters District and State Festivals and has performed on several occasions at the National Adjudicators Invitational. The Eau Gallie Symphonic Band performed at the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2009. Mr. Singletary is a music arranger for the Florida State University Marching Chiefs. He holds memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, Florida Bandmasters Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Singletary have two sons, ages 5 and 15.

VERONICA CURRAN Veronica Curran is a native of Winter Park, Florida and is in her fifth year of teaching band at Eau Gallie High School. She graduated from Florida State University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music Education. While at FSU, she studied trombone with Dr. John Drew and was a member of the Concert and Symphonic Bands. Her last semester at FSU, Ms. Curran had the opportunity to be rehearsal assistant to world renowned composer James Curnow during the 2008 Tri-State Festival. Ms. Curran travels from Eau Gallie to Johnson Middle School each day, teaching band classes at both schools. She holds active memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, the Florida Music Educators Association, and the Florida Bandmasters Association.

LAURA SINGLETARY

Mrs. Laura Singletary is a native of Valdosta, Georgia and a graduate of Valdosta High School. She is in her fifteenth year as Director of Bands at L. B. Johnson Middle School and Assistant Director at Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida. Mrs. Singletary previously taught band at Edgewood Middle School in Merritt Island, Florida, and at Radium Springs Middle School in Albany, Georgia. She holds undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Flute Performance from The Florida State University, and a Master’s degree in Music Education from The University of Illinois. Mrs. Singletary is a member of Music Educators National Conference, Florida Bandmasters Association, and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity.

BOBBY BLUM Bobby Blum is an active percussion educator, performer, composer and clinician throughout Florida. Bobby is originally from Orlando, Florida and now lives in Melbourne, Florida with his wife, Gevonne, and daughter, Riley. He is a graduate of Lake Mary High School and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. While at Rollins he earned a B.A. in Music Performance and studied with Beth Gottlieb. Bobby Blum has been the Director of Percussion at Eau Gallie High School for fifteen years, and he also serves as the facilities manager for the Eau Gallie High School Performing Arts Theater. Bobby is a much sought after clinician and adjudicator, and he has judged students at both the district and state level for Solo and Ensemble and marching band contests. He has presented percussion seminars for local band directors and for the Florida Bandmasters Summer Convention. Under his direction, Eau Gallie percussion students have earned numerous awards. As an educator and arranger, he has worked with many middle and high school music programs throughout the state. His private students consistently perform in county and state honor bands, solo and ensemble festivals, drum and bugle corps, local and state percussion festivals and summer music camps. Many of his students have gone on to major in music at the university level, and several of his former students are now percussion instructors across Florida.

LAUREN KLEIN, SOLOIST Lauren Klein, a graduate of Eau Gallie High School in 2010, is in her third year of her undergraduate degree at The Juilliard School in New York City. She will be receiving her B.M. in Trumpet Performance in May 2014. She is a student of Raymond Mase of the American Brass Quintet and Mark Gould, former principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Lauren performs regularly with the Juilliard Orchestra in some of New York City’s finest concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Peter Jay Sharp Theater. She has played under some of the most prestigious conductors worldwide, such as James Levine, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, David Robertson and Robert Spano. Most recently, she and her brass quintet, Quo Vadis Brass Quintet, were selected from dozens of other candidates to work and study in tandem with the world-renowned American Brass Quintet at the 2012 Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. While at Aspen, Lauren studied with Kevin Cobb of the American Brass Quintet and Thomas Hooten, principal trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She and the Quo Vadis Brass Quintet played in orchestra concerts, performed several solo recitals, entered the studio with the American Brass Quintet to record for an upcoming album, and were featured on NPR’s “Performance Today” with Fred Childs.

EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL

SYMPHONIC BAND

FLUTE JAMIEE KLEIN REBECCA GALT BRIANNA CARMODY COURTNIE CURRY KATIE READ ASHLEY REIS-ELBARA MONICA LEA JENNIFER DOMINGUEZ JULIE LAI* OBOE KAITLYN KLINGBERG* SARA HRKACH BASSOON TYLER JUSTICE CLARINET JENNIFER JACOB BROOKE ENGEL ANIBELLA GONZALES JESSICA NGUY JESSICA GONZALEZ BETHANY ST. CLAIR PING YIN BASS CLARINET KELSEY D'AUBEN

ALTO SAXOPHONE TAYLOR THELANDER RYAN SAMAYOA MATTHEW MCARDLE VICTORIA BAKEY RILEY HALL TENOR SAXOPHONE COLIN BANDISH ELISABETH AVILLA BARITONE SAXOPHONE DANIEL HOULE JARED REMSTEDT TRUMPET ROB PIERCE TYLER CARNEY KEVIN MARIN JASON WALTON CONOR MONTROY HORN TREVOR ABSHER CAROLINE COOPER ELIZABETH POST MARYL HARRIS*

TROMBONE MARK CHERRY ALEX SINGLETARY* NICK ANSPACH JERICA STYS EUPHONIUM ZACHARY GREENE TUBA CADEN CARTER ZACHARY KANE KYLE SMITH PERCUSSION SABRINA PETERSON JONATHAN NEWMAN* PATRICK SCHEXNAYDER JORDAN FUQUA CHRIS BAIRD DEANNA DICKMAN AMANDA STEELE ALEX CHEATHAM *MEMBER, 2013 ALL-STATE ENSEMBLE

P R O G R A M

N O T E S VARIANTS ON A MEDIAEVAL TUNE…………..NORMAN DELLO JOIO

Variants on a Mediaeval Tune was written by Norman Dello Joio in 1963. It is a set of

variations inspired by “In dulci jubilo,” a melody originally written by Heinrich Suso around the year 1350. Sacred music of that era was usually solemn, based totally on Scripture, and never written in the common language. Suso broke all three of these rules, as the hymn was meant to be sung by “the common people” rather than in the church. It was not until 1853 that James Neale’s translation of “Good Christian Men, Rejoice” was published in a book of Christmas Carols, and this book would pave the way for the song to be taken to the world. The variations created by Dello Joio consist of a brief introduction, the theme, and five “variants” which send the mediaeval melody through five true metamorphoses, strongly contrasting in tempo and character, and utilizing the possibilities of the wind band to the highest degree.

Norman Dello Joio received his earliest music training from his father and soon began

studies with his godfather, Pietro Yon, famed organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Dello Joio studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Yale School of Music where he worked with Paul Hindemith. He states the experience with Hindemith played a major role in the development of his musical style.

Dello Joio is traditional to the extent that his music appeals to a varied and wide public. Along with jazz and dance, another powerful influence in his music is Roman Catholic liturgical chant, a result of hearing his father practice organ accompaniments for the chants used in the church at which he was organist. In his works it is often possible to find a juxtaposition of Gregorian melodies and the rhythms of jazz. His formal structure is always clear; he seems partial to variation technique.

“Variants” celebrates its 50th anniversary of its creation this year, as does Eau Gallie High School. Mr. Singletary would like to thank Dr. James Croft and Dr. André Thomas for their many musical influences, including programming this and other music of Dello Joio. FANTASIE BRILLANTE.... JEAN-BAPTISTE ARBAN /DONALD HUNSBERGER

Jean Baptiste Arban began his life in brass performance on the cornopean, a forerunner of

the cornet. After developing himself into a well-recognized soloist on the cornet throughout Europe, he was appointed to the faculty at the Paris Conservatoire. To help develop his students in all aspects of cornet performance, he began to write works for daily practice use, which eventually resulted in a tutorial book that still holds a pre-eminent position in cornet-trumpet pedagogy. This treatise, La grade méthod complete pour cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban was published in 1864 and adopted by the Paris Conservatoire. The closing section of the “Trumpet Bible” (as it is commonly referred to by trumpet players) is entitled Fantasias and Variations. Number 3 in the Fantasias and Variations, this solo was arranged by Eastman Wind Ensemble Conductor Donald Hunsberger for Wynton Marsalis.

A CEILING FULL OF STARS...................................................BLAKE TYSON Blake Tyson is the Professor of Percussion at the University of Central Arkansas. The

piece was commissioned by the Texas Christian University Percussion Ensemble and was premiered by them on April 7th, 2009. From composer Blake Tyson -

"A Ceiling Full of Stars is a journey through space as seen through the eyes of a child. There is a sense of wonder and amazement. There are struggles to break free of unseen forces and there are moments of weightlessness. A sense of speed simmers beneath a slowly moving surface, depicting the awe-inspiring infinity of space. A Ceiling Full of Stars is dedicated to my parents who fostered my imagination, inspired my curiosity, and made everything possible."

The Eau Gallie High School Band Program includes 37 percussion students and

schedules many percussion recitals and concerts each school year. This piece was recently performed on our 10th annual PRISM Concert.

THE PROMISE OF LIVING..............AARON COPLAND ARR. JAMES CURNOW

Copland's only full-length opera, The Tender Land (1952-1954), tells the story of a young girl, Laurie Moss, who grows up on a Midwestern farm and is about to leave home. Two pieces from this opera have become choral favorites. In "The Promise of Living," at the close of the first act, three generations of the Moss family and their hired hands sing a hymn of gratitude for life, the land, and the spring harvest.

This wind band arrangement created by James Curnow captures many of the orchestral and choral colors in the original opera and the orchestral suite created by Copland himself from the opera. The Singletarys believe that the text from this piece in Copland’s opera seem fitting not only for that fictional farm family from the Midwest, but also to our own family, our philosophy of life and our profession.

The promise of living

With hope and thanksgiving Is born of our loving

Our friends and our labor.

The promise of growing With faith and with knowing

Is born of our sharing Our love with our neighbor.

The promise of loving

The promise of growing Is born of our singing

In joy and thanksgiving.

For many a year I’ve know these fields And know all the work that makes them yield.

Are you ready to lend a hand? We’re ready to work, we’re ready to lend a hand. By working together we’ll bring in the harvest,

the blessings of harvest.

We plant each row with seeds of grain, and Providence sends us the sun and the rain.

By lending a hand, By lending an arm Bring out, bring out from the farm, Bring out the blessings of harvest.

Give thanks there was sunshine,

Give thanks there was rain, Give thanks we have hands

To deliver the grain.

O let us be joyful, O let us be grateful to the Lord

For His blessing. The promise of ending in right understanding

Is peace in our own hearts and peace with our neighbor.

The promise of living

The promise of growing The promise of ending

is labor and sharing and loving.

THE EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM

The Eau Gallie High School Band, under the direction of Thomas Singletary, Veronica Curran, and Laura Singletary consists of three concert bands, two jazz bands, four percussion ensembles, many student-led ensembles, and the 200-member Marching Commodores. Eau Gallie band students achieve academically as well as musically. Band students consistently rank near the top of their graduating class, and through the years, a band student has often represented the school as Valedictorian. Our school is located on Florida's east coast in the city of Melbourne, about 60 miles east of Orlando and 30 miles south of the Kennedy Space Center. The band program at Johnson Middle School (grades 7-8), also under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Singletary and Ms. Curran, keeps the Eau Gallie Band thriving. Because the two programs share teachers, the Eau Gallie and Johnson Band Programs are considered a “six-year” program of study.

The Eau Gallie Symphonic Band has performed at many district and regional music festivals. Band members are consistently included in regional honors ensembles including the Florida All-State Band, the Brevard All-County Band, and the Tri-State Honors Band at Florida State University. The Eau Gallie Band has participated in the National Adjudicators festival several times. In 2006, the Eau Gallie Symphonic Band traveled on a performance tour including the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Valdosta State University, Florida Bandmasters State MPA, and the University of Florida's Band Invitational. In April 2009, the Eau Gallie Symphonic Band presented a concert at the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The group's tour of New York City included a visit to the Juilliard School of Music, Times Square, Central Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Downtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center, Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and a performance of West Side Story on Broadway.

The directors believe that listening to quality music is critical to the success of a music program. Since 1997, students in the Eau Gallie Band Program have enjoyed live performances by the US Army Jazz Ambassadors, University of Central Florida Faculty Woodwind Quintet, The Florida State University Symphonic Band, The Florida State University Faculty Brass Quintet, The Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The American Brass Quintet, The Canadian Brass, The United States Marine Band "President's Own," "Blast!," the world's top 12 drum and bugle corps, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Inagakuen High School Band from Japan, The US Air Force Jazz Band "Airmen of Note," and The Kremlin Chamber Orchestra.

Our fine arts department joins together each spring to produce outstanding Broadway productions. Past productions include The Pirates of Penzance, Grease, The Music Man, Anything Goes, West Side Story, and many others. We are truly blessed to have a state-of-the-art fine arts auditorium in which to perform. Completed in 1996, the facility seats 700 and features full lighting and sound capabilities, a fully automatic orchestra pit, large dressing rooms, a classroom, and a scene shop. The auditorium is used by many school and community groups in our area.

Graduates from the Eau Gallie Band attend nearly every college and university in Florida, where many of them continue their participation in music through band programs. Recent graduates from the EGHS Band are enrolled in the music programs at the University of Central Florida, the University of North Florida, the University of Florida, University of South Florida and Florida State University. Many Eau Gallie Band students have served in leadership roles in the Gator Marching Band at Florida, the Herd of Thunder Marching Band at South Florida, and the Marching Chiefs at Florida State University.