Ricardo Flores - University of Arizona

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The University of Arizona Steel Band
Eric Hines, director
The University of Arizona Steel Band program is under the leadership of
Eric Hines and comprises two bands, UA Steel and Blue Steel. The program
was founded in 1987 by Professor Gary Cook and then doctoral student,
Jeannine Remy. Born from a small group of personal steel drums, the band
now has over 50 instruments and involves students from across the
university campus.
UA Steel is dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the steel pan
art form. The band plays many styles of music such as soca, calypso, reggae,
classical, jazz, pop, funk, and fusion. Members of the UA Steel Band
program learn about the history, tradition, and culture behind the steel
drums while also learning how to perform, improvise, and arrange music
for the steel band.
The UA Steel Band program is entirely self-supported through public
and private performances and CD sales. CD’s are available in the lobby for
$10 each. All proceeds earned go directly toward instrument purchase,
repair, maintenance, tuning, music purchases, recording projects, travel, and
guest artists. For more information about the UA Steel Band program visit:
www.uasteel.org
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Panstraction
UA Steel’s latest CD, Panstraction, is available for purchase. The recording
was a culmination of an inspirational trip to Trinidad and Tobago, West
Indies, birthplace of pan, for Panorama and Carnival festivities and an
immersion into the authentic culture and environment of pan.
The album also features several guest artists including Chris Wabich
on pan, Dr. Kelland Thomas on saxophone, and Robin Horn on drumset.
You can purchase Panstraction in the lobby at intermission or after the
concert for only $10.
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Percussion Centurions
Anonymous · Homero Cerón & Cool Breeze · G.H. Bruce
Khris & Courtney Dodge · Aaron Emery · Brian J. Harris
Lester & Suzanne Hayt · Jeffrey Ingram · Instrumental Music Center
Brock & Carol Kaericher · Leonard Kaplan
Herschel M. Kreloff · Dan Kruse · Johnny Lee Lane · Maxine Maxwell
Dr. Christina Walton & Dr. David Walton
Norman & Nancy Weinberg · J. R. Whiddon
Corporate Supporters
Vic Firth · Remo · Tycoon · Yamaha · Zildjian
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Featuring Guest Artist
Ricardo Flores
percussion
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Crowder Hall, 7:30 p.m.
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UA Steel Bands
UA Steel Bands
Eric Hines, director
Featuring guest artist
Ricardo Flores, percussion
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Crowder Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Blue Steel
UA Steel
Leads: Cynthia Barlow, Nickole Best, Sean Conyne,
Michael McAtamney, Adam Schurr
Double Seconds: Trevor Clark, Kali Hoyack, Kyle Wiley
Cello: Sean DeRosa, Decker French, Erik Lundstrom
Bass: Caitlin Conery, Terra Kuhn
Soca Party..............................................................traditional, arr. Eric Hines
Drums: Matt Pirc
Zig Zag........................................................................................... Andy Narell
Percussion: Eric Hines
Sarah...........................Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, arr. Rick Kurasz/Eric Hines
Jamaica Farewell............. Irving Burgie, arr. Steve Popernack/Eric Hines
Jump in the Line.....Aldwyn “Lord Kitchener” Roberts, arr. Dave Walton
Blue Steel
Leads: Jordan Danford, Feel Kang, Abby Mize
Double Seconds: Anna Eastburn, Rebecca Perez
Cello: Zach Empkey, Brittany Portman
Bass: Zach Hare
intermission
Drums: Eric Hines
Percussion: Ryan Brock
UA Steel
Cantata.................................................................................... arr. Rick Kurasz
Over the Rainbow........................................... E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen
arr. Popwell & Bartholomew
Ricardo Flores
Jeff Hewitt, Christopher Ozorio,
Paul Sanders & Tamara Williams, percussion
An artist, performer, and educator, percussionist Ricardo Flores has been
electrifying audiences for years playing classical percussion, drum set, and
world percussion in orchestral, chamber, jazz, pop, Latin and many other
musical settings. He joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in 2000, where he is associate professor of percussion,
specializing in drum set and Latin percussion, and directs the Steel Band/
World Percussion Ensemble. Flores has appeared with numerous groups
and artists, including the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, the Ohio Chamber
Orchestra, the Cleveland Ballet and Opera Orchestras, the Cleveland Pops
Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic, the Symphony of Southwest Florida,
the Florida Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Aretha Franklin, Diane Shuur,
Tony Bennett, Alex Acuña, Louie Bellson, John Riley, Vernon Reid, John Faddis
and Peter Erskine. He has presented clinics, concerts and masterclasses in
North and South America, Europe and Asia and can be heard on recordings
with such performers as Arturo Sandoval, Dan Wall, Kenny Anderson,
Chip Stevens, the Jack Shantz Jazz Unit, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and
Sinfonia da Camera. Ricardo is a former president of the Illinois Chapter
of the Percussive Arts Society and serves on the PAS Drum Set Committee.
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Father’s Day................................................................................Phil Hawkins
Little Secrets.........................................Andy Narell, arr. Eugene Novotney
Bones.............................................................. The Killers, arr. Caitlin Conery
Because..........................John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Kali Hoyack
Hard Times.................................... Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, arr. Shelly Irvine
Óyelo que te Conviene.................................. Eddie Palmieri, arr. Eric Hines
Danny Brito, bongos