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CBDNA Eastern Division
and NEC present
“Crossing Over”
March 6-8, 2014
Thursday March 6
1
9 am
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Ken Schaphorst
Dress Rehearsal:
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds
Charles Peltz and William Drury
Amongst that being rehearsed are two
premieres, one never heard in concert in its
original orchestration until now, in a series of
concert performances by the NECWE.
Gunther Schuller will attend for his work as will
arranger Ken Schaphorst who has created a
performing set of parts for Charles Mingus’
heretofore lost, but groundbreaking, HalfMast Inhibition.
2
1:30 pm
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Concert:
“Crossing Over”
UMass Amherst Symphony Band
James Miller
A concert of numerous works covering the
range of influences that the conference
explores. Embodying a spirit of collegiality
emblematic of the division, James Miller
shares the podium with a team of Eastern
Division conductor colleagues.
March 6-8, 2014
James Miller
3
3:30 pm
Master Class with Michael Burritt
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Having just performed Tyzik’s Riffs with UMass,
Eastman percussion faculty and
internationally recognized performer Michael
Burritt leads a master class for percussionists
and directors alike.
Michael Burritt
4
6:30 pm
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Pre-Concert Talk:
Ken Schaphorst
“Mingus”
Ken Schaphorst will share the story behind
this regional premiere of the Mingus.
Ken Schaphorst
5
7 pm
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Concert:
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds
Charles Peltz and Bill Drury
“Headwaters of the Third Stream”
Gunther Schuller
A concert of premieres and repertoire
recollections on the origins of the crossover
movement, ranging from Babbitt’s All Set
from the first 1957 crossover concert to
Schuller’s newest contribution to the genre
From Here to There.
Friday March 7
6
8:45 am
Conference Welcome
BROWN HALL/NEC
Tony Woodcock
7
“What Makes it Ethnic?”
9 am
BROWN HALL/NEC
Hankus Netsky and the NEC Wind Ensemble
As multicultural influences become an
imperative in our world view, how does
music drawn from other cultures reflect a
genuine ethnicity? And how do we discern
when a piece has successfully done that as
we choose repertoire? And how do we then
perform it with integrity? Oboist, saxophonist,
composer Hankus Netsky, one of the world’s
experts in Klezmer and other ethnic musics,
leads the session featuring music for winds.
Hankus Netsky
8
11 am
BROWN HALL/NEC
“O Pioneers!”
Interview with Gunther Schuller and David Amram
Gunther Schuller and David Amram have
always seen and heard the musical world
differently and have led the rest of us to
hear it bigger and better. These two legends
share reminiscences as they made history
and offer views of the present and future.
Moderator Thomas Duffy leads them in this
public interview.
10
1:15 pm
FENWAY CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Sounds Spontaneous with Anthony Coleman
Improvisation is the essential driver of nonclassical western music. How do we imbue
our performances of written out music that
draws inspiration from improvised music: the
feel, the essence, of improvisation?
Anthony Coleman, one of the world’s great
spontaneous creators, leads the session into
the place where written music is made to
seem instantly invented.
Anthony Coleman
11
3 pm
FENWAY CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Michael Christianson
13
6:30 pm
FENWAY CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Steven Ledbetter
Gotham Wind Symphony
Michael Christianson
When confronted by a work stoppage at
the Broadway theaters, what do NYC’s
great wind and brass players do? They play
Wind Band music in Times Square - and
recreate their love of the genre. They go on
to become a unique musical team of
professional wind band specialists. The GWS
elite third stream ensemble “Tactical Land
Strike Force” travels to Boston to perform a
set and then, joined by classical players
from NEC, openly rehearses a premiere
work.
“What hath George Wrought?” with Steven Ledbetter
George Gershwin – the first to swim in the
Third Stream? What was his influence on
the marriage of classical and the elusive
“other”? Musicologist, Boston Symphony
program annotator and celebrated speaker
on music, Steven Ledbetter devotes his
thoughts to the role of Gershwin in the
advent of crossover music.
14
7:30 pm
Concert:
FENWAY CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Glen Adsit
Hartt School Wind Ensemble
Glen Adsit, Edward Cumming
The College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble
David Vickerman
Edward
Cumming
David
Vickerman
A program devoted to new trends in the
genre. The Hartt musicians in small
ensemble and the Jerseyites bring music
from international sources, in genres ranging
from jazz to techno-pop, a musical mix that
will enliven the kind of conversation
conferences are made for.
Saturday March 8
15
9 am
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Gandolfi
16
Mackey
10:45 am
Sounds as Written
Michael Gandolfi, John Mackey, David Sanford;
Frederick Harris
Sanford
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
JORDAN HALL/NEC
Marvin Stamm
Three composers who all have drawn
deeply from the well of non- classical music
in their compositions share their thoughts.
How do they write that music which first is
heard as improvised? How to create
spontaneity in written notation?
Authenticity? Frederick Harris of MIT
presides.
Charles Schlueter
Marvin Stamm, Charles Schlueter
NEC Symphonic Winds William Drury
“Anything Goes” as jazz legend Marvin
Stamm and BSO former principal Charlie
Schleuter team up with a new work joining
jazz and classical trumpet by James
Stephenson. William Drury leads his NEC
Symphonic Winds with guest conductor
Gene Young in this workshop session
showcasing two masters of style side by side.
18
12 am – 2 pm
LUNCH
2 pm
Tango!
Pablo Aslan and the BU Wind Ensemble
David Martins
FENWAY CTR
77 ST. Stephen St.
Pablo Aslan
19
David Martins
4 pm
FENWAY CTR
77 ST. Stephen St.
Stephen C. Massey
Yo Yo Ma’s Tango “Soul of Tango”
ensemble needed the heart of the music –
Pablo Aslan, bassist and Tango musician,
provided that heart and more. Aslan leads
the ensemble from Boston University in
Gandolfi’s Vientos y Tangos – an open
coaching revealing the essence of the
tango in this music.
Improvisation in the Wind Ensemble
Stephen C. Massey
Stephen C. Massey, award winning
master educator recently invited by the
White House and the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Band Director Academy to teach,
leads a final session exploring large
ensemble improvisation. Using ideas
developed over a lifetime of teaching,
Mr. Massey will lead a wind ensemble
using improvisation techniques drawn
from many musics: ethnic to classical to
jazz. These techniques, usable by a group
at any level and experience, open the
ears and minds of every musician,
enhancing music making of all kinds.
Conference participants are invited and
encouraged to join the wind ensemble on
stage for the session to experience Mr.
Massey’s teaching first-hand.
This session is part of the CBDNA ongoing
commitment to building bridges between
the public school and college band
director.
21
6:40 pm
WILLIAMS HALL/NEC
PRE-CONCERT TALK:
James Syler
“Syler Conversation” Composer James Syler,
featured on tonight's concert, will be sharing
his thoughts about his Third Stream works
such as Minton’s Playhouse and Storyville, as
well as the thinking that led to their creation.
More conversation than presentation, this
informal forum will give attendees the
chance to interact and ask questions with
this active and often performed composer.
James Syler
22
7:30 pm
FENWAY CTR
77 ST. Stephen St.
Emily Threinen
23
CONCERT:
Temple University Wind Symphony-Chamber Winds
with Jazz Players
Emily Threinen
West Chester University Wind Ensemble
Andrew Yozviak
Andrew Yozviak
10:30 pm
The concluding concert reaches back to
the 1920’s roots of crossover; performing
repertoire spanning almost a century;
leading to that music which is now a staple
of many wind band programs.
CBDNA Wrap Up Forum
WILLIAMS HALL/NEC
Mark Scatterday,
President
Thursday March 6
University of Massachusetts Amherst WE; James Miller, conductor
Overture to North by Northwest
1:30 PM
Jordan Hall/NEC
Bernard Herrman
Timothy Todd Anderson, guest conductor
Nature’s Way
Gunther Schuller, guest composer
Meridian Loops
World Premier Daniel Nelson, guest composer
to set the darkness echoing
Heidi Johanna Miller
Anthem
Riffs
Robert Franzblau
Michael Burritt
Gunther Schuller
Daniel Nelson
Dana Wilson
Williams College, guest conductor
Stephen Bryant
Rhode Island College, guest conductor
Jeff Tyzik
Eastman School of Music, guest artist
NEC Symphonic Winds; William Drury, conductor
Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie Song Book
arr. S. Nestico
Ken Schaphorst, Conductor
7 PM
Jordan Hall/NEC
Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra
Chris Brubeck
Matthew Erickson, Bass Trombone
Intermission
NEC Wind Ensemble; Charles Peltz, conductor
All Set
Milton Babbit
Half-Mast Inhibition
Charles Mingus
Yeesun Kim, Cello
From Here to There
Gunther Schuller
The Dog Breath Variations
Frank Zappa
Friday March 7
7:30 PM
Fenway CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Hartt School Wind Ensemble; Glen Adsit, Edward Cumming
conductors
Point Blank
Paul Dooley
M is for Man, Music and Mozart
Instrumental 2
The Schultz Song
Instrumental 3
The Eisenstein Song
Louis Andriessen
Steampunk
David Bruce
The College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble; David Vickerman,
conductor
Blow it Up, Start Again
Jonathan Newman
Augenblick
Christopher Stark
Ára Bátur
Sigur Rós arr. Vickerman
Mothership
Mason Bates
Asphalt Cocktail
John Mackey
Saturday March 8
7:30 PM
Fenway CTR
77 St. Stephen St.
Temple University Wind Symphony-Chamber Winds and Strings with
Jazz Players; Emily Threinen conductor
Ragtime for 11 Instruments
A. J. Merlino, cimbalom
A Jazz Symphony
Igor Stravinsky
George Antheil/Phibbs
Daniel Espie, piano
Headin' Out, Movin' In
Overnight Mail
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Gunther Schuller
Seth Ebersole, tenor saxophone
Michael Torke
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Saturday Delivery
West Chester University Wind Ensemble ; Andrew Yozviak, conductor
Minton's Playhouse
James Syler
Three City Blocks
John Harbison
Hold This Boy and Listen
Carter Pann
Duende
Luis Alarcon