Program - Southern Area Concert Band

FUTURE EVENTS
If you have enjoyed this afternoon’s performance by The Southern
Area Concert Band, please join us at our next events:
Southern Area Concert Band Annual May Concert
May 4th, 2014 at 2:00 PM.
Kingston City Hall.
Southern Area Concert Band and Massed Choirs
June 29th, 2014 at 2:00 PM.
Kingston City Hall.
City of Kingston Massed Bands Concert
August 10th, 2014 at 2:00 PM.
Kingston City Hall.
Southern Ar ea
Burnie Concer t
Bands
and
present
‘A Musical Celebration’
TRAINING BAND
If you know of someone who, or yourself play a musical instrument
but haven’t had it our of the cupboard for a long time, the Southern
Area Training Band is a great place to refresh your skills. The
training band rehearses on Monday evenings between 5:45 and
7:00PM.
JOIN THE BAND
If you know of someone who, or yourself play a musical instrument
at or above AMEB grade 4 level, and are looking for a vibrant and
exciting ensemble to join, the Southern Area Concert Band is
always looking for new players in all sections of the band.
Rehearsals are on Monday night between 7:15 and 9:30PM.
If you would like any further information on any aspect of the Southern Area
Concert Band , please contact Darryn on 0401 988 141.
Alternatively we can be contacted via our web site:
www.sacb.com.au
Monday, 10 March 2014
St Leonard’s College, Brighton
Southern Area Concert Band is proudly sponsored by the City of Kingston
It is with much pleasure that SACB welcomes our friends from Burnie Concert
Band to join us in today’s presentation. This weekend has been Burnie’s
reciprocal visit from when SACB traveled to Tasmania to present a combined
performance with them in 2011 as part of our 40th anniversary celebrations.
Please sit back, relax and enjoy today’s special performance.
Darryn Wright, Music Director
PROGRAMME
PART I
Southern Area Concert Band
Led by Darryn Wright
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42nd Street Overture — Created from the 1933 film of the same name
with music by Harry Warren, 42nd Street premiered at Broadway's Winter
Garden Theatre on August 25, 1980, winning multiple awards including the
Tony Award for Best Musical. The show became a long-running hit with
success on Broadway and West End. Today’s medley is an arrangement by
Marty Gold.
With My Swag — Composed by Sean Thorne in April 1988 and
performed as the overture to the Australian Bicentennial Military Tattoo, the
composition is based on the Australia folk tune "With my swag all on my
shoulder." The tune itself has origins in Ireland and America before its
apparent migration to Australia
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Serenade for Wind Band Op.22 — Originally composed in 1965,
Derek Bourgeois wrote this Serenade for his own wedding, to be played by
the organist as the guests left the ceremony. Not wishing to allow them the
luxury of proceeding in an orderly fashion, he wrote the work in 11/8, and in
case anyone felt too comfortable, he changed it to 13/8 in the middle. The
piece was adapted for wind band by the composer in 1980.
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Shenandoah — Based on the folk song of the same name, Shenandoah
was composed in 1999. The origins of the original folk song are obscure, but
all date to the 19th century. In this setting, Frank Ticheli was inspired by the
freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by
the words, especially the image of the river.
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A Gershwin Portrait — Born of Russian Jewish parents in 1898,
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine) was to become one of the greatest
American composers of the 20th century. This arrangement by John Higgins
is a tribute to Gershwin’s musical genius.
About the Bands
Burnie
Concert Band was
established in 1986 in response to a need
to give young (and older) musicians the
opportunity to continue playing their wind
instruments beyond the newly established
primary school band “EMUsicians” (also
coordinated for the past 25 years by David
Turner).
The band started with a senior ensemble and has grown to include 5
separate bands – Senior band, Junior band, Adult Learner’s band, Junior
Learner’s band and a jazz band called “Sync or Swing”.
At its peak the band has had over 180 playing members. It currently has
around 140 players across all the bands – not bad from a city of 18 000
people! The band presents a biannual variety concert which showcases
all the groups and plays regularly at community events and
functions. This is the first interstate trip for the Burnie Concert Band and
the touring party consists of players from all of the different groups and
includes players from age 12 to 84
Southern Area Concert Band is one of Victoria’s premier
community based ensembles. Sponsored by the City of Kingston and
based in Moorabbin, the Southern Area Concert Band has been
contributing to the rich cultural life for which
Melbourne is renowned by providing awardwinning quality music to the public since 1971.
This diverse range of people, ages and
backgrounds is cemented together by our love
of performing live music both within our local
community and around Australia.
Incorporating four ensembles and with a music
library consisting of a huge variety of styles
from classical to movie themes and big band
and pop, we pride ourselves on being able to
entertain a diverse range of audiences.
PART II
Meet our Music Directors
Burnie Concert Band
Darryn Wright
has been a member of
Southern Area Concert Band since 1998,
originally joining the band as an alto saxophone
player. After ten years as the President of the
band, he moved into the role of Music Director at
the end of 2006 following Craig Seymour’s
retirement.
Darryn has been playing music (keyboard) since
the age of five, studied flute in high school under
the tutorage of Gerard Van Der Geer, and has
been playing saxophone for nearly
Led by David Turner
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the Dance stage show, Michael Flatley has made his mark as an entertainment
phenomenon. The Lord of the Dance is the title cut from this exciting show
featuring dramatic and energetic Irish/Celtic dance music. Music by Ronan
Hardiman and arranged by Richard Saucedo.
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As a career music teacher from Burnie,
Tasmania, David Turner has been
teaching in the Primary and Secondary
system for the past 34 years. He is the only
remaining inaugural member of the Burnie
Concert Band and has been Musical
Director of the band since 1993.
David instigated the setting up of BCB’s
junior program in 1987.
David studied tuba and education at the Tasmanian
Conservatorium of Music in the late 1970s and now
teaches “everything you blow, hit or strum”!
David is delighted to have the opportunity to bring the band
to Melbourne and is very grateful for all the assistance
offered by Darryn and the Southern Area Concert Band.
Earthdance — In celebration of mankind's connection to our planet,
Michael Sweeney has created an extraordinary work for band using an
intriguing array of composition devices and captivating melodies. Listeners
are immersed in a simulated rainstorm, the sounds of world drumming,
overlapping tone clusters and textures, and finally a dance of jubilation as the
piece comes to a satisfying and rewarding finish
20 years.
Darryn has performed in many instrumental and choral
ensembles throughout Melbourne, has been involved
with many amateur and school musical stage
productions, and is on the executive of the Australian
Band and Orchestra Directors’ Association.
The Lord of the Dance — From Riverdance fame and his own Lord of
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Mas Que Nada — Originally written in 1963 by Jorge Ben, this piece was
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Skyfall — James Bond and Adele have teamed up to become the biggest
voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 5 th greatest Brazilian
Song. Today’s arrangement is by Michael Brown.
names in the pop world today. The movie is a box office smash and Adele's
main theme is at the top of the pop charts, an explosive combination that has
taken the world by storm! With music by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth,
today’s arrangement is by Jay Bocook.
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Adele in Concert — Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE, better known simply
as Adele, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and multiinstrumentalist. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings
after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. Today’s medley of
Adele’s music was arranged by Michael Brown.
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I’m Shipping Up to Boston — With lyrics by folk singer Woody
Guthrie and music written by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, the
original was certified as platinum in 2006 and sold over 1,044,000 digital
copies without ever entering the hot 100 chart. Today’s arrangement is by
Sean O’Lauchlan.
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Zoot Suit Riot — written by Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ frontman and
vocalist Steve Perry for the band’s 1997 album of the same name, this piece
was first issued as a single in October 1997 before becoming one of the most
popular singles of the short-lived swing revival of the late 1990s.
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INTERVAL
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Released in 2011 under the Walt Disney
Banner, On Stranger Tides is the forth movie
of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. With
music by Hanz Zimmer in collaboration with
Eric Whitacre, Johnny Depp and company are
back at it against a backdrop of familiar
swashbuckling melodies along with new
flamenco-inspired themes.
Today’s
performance, arranged by Michael Brown, will
be conducted by David Turner.
There will be a twenty minute interval so please join us for a cuppa and a chat.
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PART III
Combined Concert Band
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Music from Carmina Burana — Composed by Carl Orff in
1935, today’s presentation is of Fortuna
Imperatrix Mundi extracted from the original
cantata of around 90 minutes. The text of
the full cantata is based on 24 poems dating
from the 11th and 12th century covering an
ageless range of topics including the
fickleness of fortune and wealth, the
ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return
of spring, and the pleasures and perils of
drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust. Of course, it may be better
known to many of our audience as the big beer ad theme.
Today’s performance, arranged by Jay Bocook, will be
conducted by David Turner.
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Dave Brubeck: It’s About Time — David Warren (Dave)
Brubeck (1920-2012) was an American jazz pianist and
composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of
cool jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards and his music is
known for employing unusual time signatures, and
superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters and tonalities. The
Dave Brubeck Quartet literally broke the ice regarding odd time
signatures, with virtually all music prior to the quartet’s entrance
to the industry being based around the standard 3/4 and 4/4
meter. Today, the ability to play in all time signatures is in every
musician’s repertoire.
Today’s performance, arranged by
Michael Brown, will feature Take Five in 5/4 time, Unsquare
Dance in 7/4 time, and Blue Rondo a La Turk in asymmetric 9/8
time and will be conducted by David Turner.
Lord of the Rings — Written in 1987, Johan de Meij’s first
symphony Lord of the Rings is based on the
trilogy of that name by J.R.R. Tolkien — a
book which has fascinated many millions of
readers since its publication in 1955. The
original symphony consists of five separate
movements, each illustrating a personage or
an important episode from the book. In
1989, the piece was awarded first prize in the
Sudler International Wind Band Composition
Competition in Chicago, and a year later was awarded by the
Dutch Composers Fund.
In today’s performance, Paul
Lavender’s arrangement has masterfully condensed the original
45 minute work into a practical concert version. Today’s
Performance will be conducted by Darryn Wright.
Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides —
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William Tell Overture — Composed 1829, William Tell
was the last of Gioachino Rossini’s 39 operas, after which he
went into semi-retirement at the age of 37, although he
continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal
music. With the original opera in four acts, there has been
repeated use of parts of the overture in both classical and
popular media, most famously as the theme music for The Lone
Ranger in radio and television shows. Today’s arrangement by
Mark Williams features the first and final sections of the original
overture, adapted for concert band, and will be conducted by
Darryn Wright.