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A Salute to Fred Fox
The Arizona Wind Quintet
Brian Luce, flute
Neil Tatman, oboe
Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet
William Dietz, bassoon
Daniel Katzen, horn
Founded in 1975, the Arizona Wind Quintet performs frequently
on campus and in the community and has toured throughout
the western states, including a recital at a meeting of the Music
Educators National Conference. The group has integrated an
educational focus in its performance schedule, frequently inviting
students and faculty from the University of Arizona School of Music
to join them in performances of expanded wind ensemble works.
In addition, the ensemble serves an important outreach function by
performing at public school music programs and presenting master
classes.
The members of the Arizona Wind Quintet serve as coaches and
mentors for the Arizona Graduate Winds, a master’s level student
quintet. As a professional wind quintet in training, the Arizona
Graduate Winds receive extensive training in quintet performance
and repertoire.
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A Chamber Music Concert Featuring Faculty & Student Artists
The Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet
Diana Schaible, Rebecca Dixon, Ashley Knecht, Travis Jones, Gray Ferris
The Arizona Wind Quintet
Brian Luce, Neil Tatman, Jerry Kirkbride, William Dietz, Daniel Katzen
The Arizona Symphony Orchestra Strings, Thomas Cockrell, conductor
Daniel Katzen, alphorn
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Holsclaw Hall
7:00 p.m.
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A Salute to Fred Fox
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Holsclaw Hall
7:00 p.m.
PROGRAM
Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks....................George F. Händel
(HWV 351)
(1685-1759)
UA Betty Katzen Horn Studio
Quintet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 56..............................................Franz Danzi
(1763-1826)
I. Allegretto
II. Andante
III. Menuetto allegretto
IV. Allegretto
La Nouvelle Orléans.................................................................... Lalo Schifrin
(b. 1932)
Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet
Sinfonia pastorella................................................................ Leopold Mozart
(1719-1787)
III. Rondo presto
Daniel Katzen, alphorn
Arizona Symphony Orchestra strings
Thomas Cockrell, conductor
Aires Tropicales.....................................................................Paquito d’Rivera
(b. 1948)
IV. Vals Venezolano
VI. Contradanza
VII. Afro
Arizona Wind Quintet
Presentation of Fred Fox
and the renaming of the Arizona Graduate Winds
Neuf Pièces caractéristiques...................................................... Jean Françaix
(1912-1997)
Arizona Wind Quintet and
Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet
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Daniel Katzen
Daniel Katzen has been
professor of horn at the University
of Arizona Betty Katzen Horn
Studio since 2007. Previously he
was second horn in the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, a position
he held from 1979 to 2008.
Prof. Katzen can be heard on
dozens of CDs with the Boston
Symphony and Boston Pops
Orchestras, Empire Brass and other
orchestral and chamber ensembles.
He can also be heard on the soundtracks of more than two dozen
motion pictures, including “E.T.”, “Nixon”, “Saving Private Ryan,”
“Schindler’s List” and “Pearl Harbor.” His Bach Cello Suite solo CDs
have recently been released.
Katzen’s major teachers were Milan Yancich, Morris Secon, Michael
Höltzel, Philip Farkas, Dale Clevenger, Peter Damm and Fred Fox.
Previous appointments include San Diego Symphony, fourth horn;
Grant Park Symphony, second horn; Phoenix Symphony, second horn;
as well as extra horn with the Chicago Symphony and Rochester and
Munich Philharmonic Orchestras and the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
The Arizona Symphony Orchestra Strings
Thomas Cockrell, conductor
First Violin
Sung-Man Lee, Evgeniya Belinskaya, Arlo Adams, Oliver Blaylock
Second Violin
Emily Nolan, Max Kerr, Luis Alarcón, Mary Murdock
Viola
Kathryn Harpainter, Sean Colbert, Raphael Lizama
Violoncello
Rebecca Bartelt, Ian Jones
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historical musicology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently
pursuing a Master of Music degree in oboe performance at the
University of Arizona. Dixon has been a finalist in the JMU Concerto/
Aria Competition and has competed internationally at the Llangollen
International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. She has
performed in masterclasses for such renowned oboists as Robert
Atherholt, Carol Stephenson and Ray Still. She is also an avid choral
musician. Outside the music world she may be recognized from her
winning appearances on the television show “Jeopardy!”
Clarinetist Ashley Knecht, originally from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota,
received her undergraduate degree in instrumental music education
from Minnesota State University Moorhead where she studied with
Catherine Tesch. In addition to playing as principal clarinetist with the
MSUM Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, she was a featured
soloist with the Wind Ensemble and Lake Agassiz Concert Band for the
Trollwood Performing Arts Classical Music Festival. Ashley is now
studying clarinet with Prof. Jerry Kirkbride while pursuing her master’s
degree in clarinet performance at the University of Arizona.
Travis Jones received his undergraduate degree in bassoon performance
from the University of Tennessee, where he studied with Keith McClelland.
While at UT, Travis performed as a member of the UT Symphony and
Opera Orchestras and the Wind Ensemble in addition to various
chamber music ensembles. In 2011 Travis was named a winner of UT’s
Concerto Competition and appeared as a soloist with the University of
Tennessee Symphony Orchestra. Travis has performed in masterclasses
taught by Kristin Wolfe Jensen and Christopher Weait, and he also
studied with Saxton Rose at the Quartz Mountain Music Festival.
He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in bassoon performance
at the University of Arizona studying under Dr. William Dietz.
Hornist Gray Ferris hails from the great commonwealth of Virginia
and is a 2011 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he
received his bachelor’s degree in music education and studied horn with
Kendall Betts. While attending UNH, he served as principal horn of the
orchestra and wind ensemble and participated in brass and woodwind
quintets, horn quartets, jazz combos, and new music ensembles. He is
currently pursuing a master’s degree in horn performance under the
instruction of Prof. Daniel Katzen, as well as an Associate’s Certificate
in Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona.
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Fred Fox
Fred Fox has performed as
solo French horn with the National
Symphony, Minneapolis Symphony
and Los Angeles Philharmonic, as
well as at both Paramount and RKO
studios in Hollywood. He served on the
faculties of California State University,
Northridge; University of Southern
California and the Music Academy
of the West in Santa Barbara. He was
professor of brass instruments at
California State University, Los Angeles,
Pepperdine College, and California
State University, Northridge. His
students include Howard Hillyer,
Henry Sigismonti, Hyman Markowitz,
Richard Linenhahn, Daniel Katzen and James Thatcher. Fred has
authored several books, including Essentials of Brass Playing, published
by Alfred Publishing. This book has been a bible for not only horn
players but other brass and wind players since its publication in 1974.
Fred Fox was honored at age 97 with the Punto Award at the 2011
International Horn Symposium in San Francisco. At the symposium,
Fred presented an inspiring early morning session on playing accurately
by applying the “hanging lip” or “sure shot” principle. He enlivened a
panel discussion with his Hollywood colleagues James Decker, George
Hyde, Alan Robinson, and Gene Sherry.
Fred was born in 1914 in Brooklyn, New York and studied violin
before he took up horn. He graduated from Juilliard and studied with
Robert Schulze, Joseph Franzl, and Bruno Jaenicke. He played first horn
in the National Symphony (1931-32), Minneapolis Symphony (1934-37),
and Los Angeles Philharmonic (1944-46, following Alfred Brain), and
then solo horn with the Paramount and RKO studios. He also played
with the Chautauqua Symphony (1934) and toured with Xavier Cugat
(1954), Stan Kenton (1956), and the Roger Wagner Chorale (1965).
One time, when Fred was first horn in the Minneapolis orchestra and
Ormandy was the conductor in Tchaikovsky’s 5th, the dress rehearsal
went poorly and Fred was called to the office. The concert was terrific
and all the orchestra wondered what Ormandy had said to him.
Ormandy told them, “I simply said he was good and not to worry.”
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After retiring from playing in 1969, Fred and his wife traveled
extensively. Fred has continued teaching part-time because he enjoys it,
but although he practices, he “found life more interesting not worrying
about jobs.” An early experience affected his outlook. At a lesson in 1930
with Bruno Jaenicke, Jaenicke told him, “Today we had a new conductor
in the Philharmonic, and he told me how to phrase the Tchaikovsky 5th
horn solo. He was wrong. I would have stood up and resigned from the
orchestra, I have enough money, but what would I do? Sit by the
fireplace and become an old man?” Fred determined then that he would
“leave horn playing before it left me.”
The Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet
Fred has contributed articles to The Horn Call: “The Key to High
Notes on the Horn” (February 1971); “Playing a Simple CrescendoDiminuendo on Middle ‘G’” (May 1971); “A ‘Sound’ Formula for the
Hand Position in the Bell” (April 1979); “’Bull’s Eye’” (April 1981);
“Decreasing ‘Clams,’ Increasing Virtuosity” (May 1998); and
“1938 New York Philharmonic Horn Section” (February 2009).
In addition to Essentials of Brass Playing, he has published a book
of poetry, Kaleidoscope: The Many Facets of an Octogenarian, Everett
Press, 1998.
In his now “old age,” Fred says a prayer each night. He looks up
and says, “If anyone is listening, thank you for another nice day!”
Created in 2007 as the Arizona Graduate Winds, this ensemble is now
in its third incarnation, and is the University of Arizona’s premier
student chamber ensemble. Members of the quintet are chosen by
competitive auditions and have received their undergraduate degrees
from institutions across the country. They are mentored by members of
the Arizona Wind Quintet, a faculty ensemble.
While in residence at the University of Arizona, members of this
graduate quintet are developing their careers as an ensemble and as
individuals, while helping to support the educational/outreach mission
of the faculty ensemble. The students are pursuing master’s degrees in
their individual instruments at the University of Arizona and bring their
rich and diverse backgrounds of educational and professional experiences
to our institution.
The students in the program have achieved success in a variety of
forums including numerous campus appearances, a recital in Alamos,
Mexico, as part of the prestigious Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Music
Festival, as guest artists of the Bisbee Women’s Club at their For the
Love of Music series, and at the Arizona Senior Academy. Further
achievements include appearances in Pasadena as finalists in the
Coleman Chamber Music Competition and in Atlanta (2009) and
Milwakee (2011) as finalists in the Music Teachers National Association
Collegiate Chamber Music Competition. In addition, the ensemble has
been heard on Classical KUAT-FM broadcasts.
Biographies
Originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, Diana Schaible obtained a bachelor’s
degree in music performance from the University of Idaho in Moscow,
where she studied flute with Dr. Leonard Garrison and classical guitar
with James Reid. During her time at UI, Diana played principal flute in
the university orchestra and wind ensemble, and performed with the
UI flute choir, jazz choir, guitar ensemble, and Vandal Marching Band.
She is also a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity.
She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in flute performance at
the University of Arizona with Dr. Brian Luce.
This recital is being recorded for future broadcast.
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Rebecca Dixon began studying the oboe at age ten in her hometown
of Vancouver, Washington. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in
oboe performance, summa cum laude, from James Madison University
(Harrisonburg, Virginia), where she studied with Dr. Michele Kirkdorffer.
She has also studied Russian at the University of Washington and
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