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Winter Concert: Wi W in iint nter t rC ter Co Con oon nce n er ert: rt: t: Weather Bellll Wea Bell B Weathe We W eaatthhe hher eerr SB Falll C F Concert: nceert: Thee New Th N w World W Americana Join us for the 2014–2015 Concert Season, where the theme will be: www.cypresssymphonicband.org www. ww w..cy w .cyypr pres p res esss esss ssym sym mphon phon ph onic o oni nic icba icba band b and nd.o d.o orgg John Wesley United Methodist Church 5830 Bermuda Dunes, Houston, TX 77069 Saturday, September 27, 4:00 p.m. Presents Cypress Symphonic Band the Foster, Stewart Kelly, Jerry Baritone Saxophone Hammond, Jim Tenor Saxophone Bates, Len Innis, Jamie Pentecost, Thomas Alto Saxophones Graves, Ron Mohn, Karl Euphonium Lafferty, Dave Bass Trombone Cloud, Dave Kelly, Pat Pogue, Cody Trombones On loan from Lone Star Symphonic Band Beale, Kim Miller, Christy Weeks, Molly Horns Ackerman, Warren Harrison, Jason Hernandez, Mike Zumwalt, John Trumpets Brewer, Karen Gathright, Dani Gathright, Greg Handbells DeMarino, Nick McDaniel, Keith Percussion Barker, Michael Epresi, Michael Tuba SB Associate Director Parish, Leslie bass Clarinet Gremillion, Mae Marsh, Nelson. Price, Walter Stewart, Judy Stutsman, Bill Vickery, Joanna Welch, Jennifer bb Clarinets Huber, David Bassoon French, Ambarly Huber, Elva Mayo, Katy Oboe Billard, Amanda King, Gay Price, Peggy Flutes Cloud, Sue Piccolo (in alphabetical order) Personnel Thank you for attending today’s concert. ert. As is our tradition, the band will gather for dinner shortly after the concert, and everyone is invited. Our next performan performance will be Sunday, July 6th at 10:30 a.m. at Foundry West on Fry Road. No patriotic concert would be complete without the “Stars and Stripes Forever”. It is arguably the most famous march in the world. In 1896, the Sousas were in Europe on a much needed vacation when they received word that the manager of the Sousa band had died. On board the Teutonic, Sousa paced back and forth while an imaginary band played the same tune over and over in his head. When the ship finally docked in New York, Sousa immediately set the music e afterwards. a to paper – and never changed a note The Sousa Band continued to ncert until unti Sousa’s death twenty five years later. play this march at almost every concert heatre and circus In show business, particularly theatre circus, the march is the traditional code ncy. It helps theatre personnel per of a life threatening emergency. to organize and safely ithout panic. One example of this was the Hartford evacuate the audience without Circus fire of July, 1944. Stars and Stripes Forever ........................................................... John Philip Sousa As we salute the individual services, we invite the veterans of each branch to stand when your branch is honored. Armed Forces Salute .........................................................Arranged by Bob Lowden Some of us are old enough to remember what a sonic boom is. The Strategic Air Command was formed in 1946 under the US Army Air Force, and its purpose was the command and control of the United States’ land-based strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missile nuclear arsenal, as well as aerial refueling for bombers and reconnaissance aircraft, and fighter escorts. The planes flew at supersonic speeds, which created a loud “boom” as they flew along their flight path and broke the sound barrier. There was never a straight picture on the wall and dishes rattled in their cupboards whenever that happened. SAC, as it was known, was disbanded in 1992. This march attempts to imitate the sonic boom near the end of the march. The Strategic Air Command March .................................................Clifton Williams portrays these painful days, and is intended to be a memorial for those lost souls. It was commissioned by and is dedicated to the US Air Force Heritage of America Band from Langley Air Force. Eric Ewazen was teaching at the Julliard School on September 11, 2001 when the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by a terrorist act. As he walked up Broadway on an otherwise sunny day, he saw the street filled with silent people, all trying to hurry home. During the next several days, the great city emptied as people tried to make sense of the disaster. Impromptu memorials sprung up everywhere. On the Friday evening after the disaster, the city became transformed and people gathered in front of these memorials to hold candlelight prayer and song vigils, paying tribute to the lost. They became a community of citizens leaning on each other for support and strength. A Hymn for the Lost and the Living A Hymn for the Lost and the Living .....................................................Eric Ewazen Kirkwood, MO is full of turn-of-the-century Victorian homes and is a thriving business community. Established in 1853, it was the first suburban municipality built outside of the St. Louis city boundaries. There is still a down-home charm to this city. Kirkwood Suite for Woodwind Choir .................................................. Clancy Weeks Composed of four patriotic tunes, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, “America the Beautiful,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “God Bless the U.S.A.,” this collection is one that will inspire you and increase your pride in being an American. Please feel free to sing along with the tunes with the words provided in your program. Ultimate Patriotic Sing-along ......................................... Arranged by Jerry Brubaker Margraten, The Netherlands contains one of the largest American cemeteries in Europe. Here 8,301 U.S. military men and women are buried, those who gave their lives in operations to liberate eastern Holland during 1944-1945. It lies near the famous Cologne-Boulogne highway, originally built by the Romans and used by Julius Caesar during his campaign in this area. Row upon row of crosses and Star of Davids are set in a peaceful field surrounded by trees, where birds sing and mist rises in the morning to grace each grave. The tranquility of the area helps us to remember that these people gave their all so that nations could be free. The Dutch people, in grateful thanks, have taken it upon themselves to adopt each grave, to care and visit each one in the place of their family who are not able to travel to The Netherlands. This duty is often passed down to the next generation in a family. The life stories of those buried there are lovingly gathered and can be found in the museum on the premises. conducted by Bill Stutsman Morning at Margraten ...................................................................... Ron Graves been written to honor those in the Army, Marines, and Air Force. Based on the hymn, “Eternal Father, Strong to Save,” which is also known as the Navy Hymn, these variations are dedicated to the McKamy Middle School Honor Winds and their conductor, Rick Villarreal. The melody, known as “Melita,” is the school’s alma mater. McKamy Middle School is in Flower Mound, TX. The hymn was written as a poem in 1860 by William Whiting for a student who was about to sail for the United States. The melody was composed in 1861 by Episcopalian clergyman Rev. John Bacchus Dykes. He named the tune “Melita” after the island where the apostle Paul was shipwrecked. It is called the Navy hymn because it is sung at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. It is also sung on the ships in the Royal Navy and on French ships as well. It was a favorite hymn of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and has been played at his funeral, when John F. Kennedy’s body was carried up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, and as the planes in missing man formation flew over the memorial services for both the Challenger and the Columbia crews. The original verses dealt with the sea, but subsequent verses have McKamy Variations ................................................................... Gabriel Musella The word “commando” comes to us from the Afrikaans language of South Africa, and originally was used to describe bands of militia. Later it became associated with fast moving, mounted military units that used guerilla warfare against the British in the Boer War. In 1941, Lieutenant-Colonel D.W. Clarke of the British Imperial General Staff suggested the name “Commando” for specialized raiding units of the British Army Special Service. The U.S. Marine Corps adopted the same title for its special battalions, but they were known collectively as the Marine Raiders when there was much controversy over tagging a Marine as a commando. Commandant Thomas J. Holcomb stated that “the term, ‘Marine,’ is sufficient to indicate a man ready for duty at any time, and the injection of a special name, such as commando, would be undesirable and superfluous.” The U.S. Army then formed its own form of commando unit, the Rangers, which were the counterpart of the British Commandos. Samuel Barber was commissioned to write this, his only piece for wind band, in 1943 by the Army Air Corps. Commando March ..................................Samuel Barber/ed. R. Anderson Collinsworth In the early 1800’s, musical instruments and performances were not common in America. Music was imported from Europe, where popular tunes were reused as foundations for other lyrics. The words to “The Star Spangled Banner” were written by Francis Scott Key with a specific tune in mind – “The Anacreontic Song.” This was a drinking song written around 1750 by members of the Anacreontic Society (a popular gentlemen’s club in London) which had already been used in America for Robert Treat Paine’s popular “Adams and Liberty”, as well as other lyrics as early as 1798. Francis Scott Key had used the tune for a previous poem/song he had written, “When the Warrior Returns,” in 1806. Star Spangled Banner ........................................ Francis Scott Key/arr. Clancy Weeks conducted by Dr. ClancyWeeks program L udy started playing clarinet in 5th grade in Atlanta, Georgia. She went on to play in the SW Atlanta Elementary Honor Band. She graduated from Briarwood High School in East Point, Georgia where she played clarinet in marching and concert band and tenor sax in jazz band. As a senior she was selected by her fellow students to receive the John Philip Sousa Band Award. She graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she performed with both the marching and concert bands. She is a proud sister in Tau Beta Sigma, a service sorority dedicated to the support of collegiate band programs. J Judy Stewart, secretary eslie began playing clarinet in 4th grade at Bristol Elementary School, Bristol, NH. She played in school bands throughout her school years. In college she switched to bass clarinet. After a 25 year hiatus, she picked up her instrument again and played with Lone Star Symphonic Band, Gulf Coast Concert Band, and Cy-Fair Community Band before becoming a founding member of Cypress Symphonic Band. She is also the South Texas Regional Membership Chair for the Association of Concert Bands, a national organization for community bands. She currently works in litigation support for Fleming, Nolen and Jez, L.L.P. Leslie Parish, President r. Clancy Weeks has been teaching Texas bands since 1985 when he earned his degree in music theory and composition from Lamar University, studying with such composers as William Latham, Merrill Ellis, Robert Culbertson and Paul Holmes along the way. He has composed and arranged for the wind band medium for over 25 years (beginning in high school), and has had over two-dozen band works published by R.B.C. Music and Avalon Press. In 1997 he earned his D.M.A. from the University of Houston in music education and conducting, and in the process created a corrected edition of Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite. His works have been performed by bands all over the country—including the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Houston Symphonic Band, Lone Star Symphonic Band, and the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble. D Clancy Weeks, Conductor im’s love of music began at age 9 when her father started teaching her to play his 1949 King Master Cornet. She transitioned to the French horn and played in Ouachita Parish Jr and High Schools’ marching and concert bands, Louisiana All-State Band, Ark-La-Tex Symphonic Band and various ensembles. University years were spent playing for the Louisiana Tech Bulldog Basketball teams’ travelling Jazz Band, the local orchestra, and La Tech’s marching band and symphonic bands. Kim would put her horn away for years at time but always returned to play in local concert bands and church orchestras. Kim is the proud mother of three great kids all of whom love music. The family enjoys being outdoors, K Kim Beale, Board Member at Large He is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam.Upon return to the states,he was stationed at Fort Hood,Texas where he auditioned and was accepted into the First Armored Division Band.He also played with Army Bands at Fort Benning,Georgia and Fort Lewis, Washington. homas began playing Saxophone in the sixth grade in his hometown of Kilgore,Texas. After graduating from high school,he attended North Texas State University in Denton,Texas, majoring in Music Education. He played in the Marching and Concert Bands under the direction of Maurice McAdow. T Thomas Pentecost, Board Member at Large avid Cloud showed up at college, horn in hand, and asked “where does the orchestra rehearse?”. The response was “the what?”. He showed them a picture in the catalog and they responded “oh, we haven’t had that for several years”. He played mostly guitar for the next 30 years... When Dave was 12 he wanted to join the school band, and his parents said “any instrument we can borrow from friends”. The choice was between oboe and trombone and Dave chose oboe (a civilized and proper orchestral instrument). The oboe had already been loaned to a promising young music student, however, so Dave’s life of instrumental music began in the back of the ensemble, where he can be found to this day. D david cloud, Treasurer
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