BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BAND CLASS OF 2020

  Marc Alejandro Desmond Dulaney Conner MacMahon Sarah Shin Giovanni Allegria Allison Feder Advait Mallela Jenefer Shin Joe Apicella Angelina Felipe Annabelle McCombs Andrew Siegel Alex Archie Shannon Felix Diaz Sydney Mullady Diggy Smith Isabel Arevalo Nathan Finkelshteyn Phillip Muscarnero Alexander Solberg Sheily Avila Alicia Flores Oscar Palczewski Nolan Son Camille Ballingit Emmy Garcia Christine Park Jae Sorkin Kate Baumeister Michael Goubine Stephanie Pasillas Isaac Suh Colin Cadle Angel Gutierrez Aidan Pavlik Jennifer Thompson Vincent Cary Laurel Hart Vuk Petrovic Issac Wahout Josh Cihlar Alicia Ibarra Matt Ragland Martin Waz Kayla Cutler Sydney Jackson Caterina Rodriguez Sophie Wheeler Alex Dahl Dana Kowalkowski Ethan Root Brooke Wilkinson Sammy Dandu Nicholas Lagattolla Rachel Sakwa Mia Williams Brenda Davila Nicolas Legat-Masi Jack Sanford Julia Winski Nicole Dillie Corey Lieu Jacob Schaumburg Nicole Woo Quinn Donahue Cameron MacMahon Mia Shiakallis Merna Yalda Eric Duenser Laurynas Zavistanavicius

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Jeff  Wardle….......................................................................................Principal  Rob  Hartwig.....................................................................…Associate  Principal  Jill  Maraldo.........................................................................Associate  Principal  Mark  Schaetzlein.................................................................Assistant  Principal  Steven  Kolodziej.......................................................…………………….……..    Dean  Kevin  Schrammel..................................….…………………...……………...........  Dean  Sandy  Beguin..................................................English/Fine  Arts  Division  Head  Eric  Garneau….......................................................   Co-­‐Fine  Arts  Coordinator  Elizabeth  Bennett……..…………  Orchestra  Director  &  Co-­‐Fine  Arts  Coordinator  Debora  Utley…………........................................………….……………Choral  Director  Danielle  Branch….....................................  English/Fine  Arts  Division  Assistant  Kevin  Opperman…….......................................……….……………….BGIA  President      

Congratulations to Mr. William Dussling of the District 214 School Board for being named the recipient of the Legislative Award by the

Illinois Music Educator’s Association! Mr. Dussling will receive his recognition and award at the Opening General Session at the All-State Music Conference in Peoria next month. The BG Bands, Music Department, all Fine Arts, and our

entire school congratulate you on this well-deserved recognition and thank you again for all you have done to support the arts in District 214.

Buffalo  Grove  High  School  Miller  Theater  

December  16,  2015,  7:30PM  

featuring  The Buffalo Grove High School Symphonic and Concert Bands

and  The Class of 2020

 Edward  R.  Jacobi,  Jr.,  Director  of  Bands  

 

Tonight’s performance is being professionally recorded and will be available for purchase on CD. Orders will be accepted this week only.

If you wish to order, fill out and return the enclosed form.

PROGRAM

Welcome……………………..……William Dussling, District 214 School Board CONCERT BAND

English Folk Song Suite………………………….…….Ralph Vaughan Williams I. March – “Seventeen Come Sunday” III. March – “Folksongs from Somerset”

Still, Still, Still – An Austrian Hymn…………………….……arr Gerald Sebesky

Goddess of Fire………………………………..………………… Steven Reineke

SYMPHONIC BAND

Second Suite in F for Military Band *................................................Gustav Holst 1. March 2. Song Without Words ‘I’ll love my love’ 3. Song of the Blacksmith 4. Fantasia on the ‘Dargason’

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka……………………………….Johann Strauß I/Alfred Reed

Ride………………………………………………………………… Samuel Hazo

Sleigh Ride……………………….……………………………... Leroy Anderson Radetzky Marsch………..……….........…...…Johann Strauß I / Tohru Takahashi

Instant Concert.........…................................................................... Harold Walters Members of the Class of 2020 are invited to join in this selection on stage. 30 years ago at Mr. Jacobi’s first concert at Buffalo Grove, the band performed English Folk Song Suite and Sleigh Ride. In 1992 Instant Concert became the traditional closer to this concert with the 8th graders joining us. In 2009 Radetzky Marsch was added. This is always the third encore played on New Year’s Eve by the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein, a place Mr. Jacobi conducted and performed at 1998. These traditions have become the identity of our program during this era. 25 years of our Vienna Exchange and our many concert tours have aligned two special schools in a very special way. European audiences have always loved when we perform these selections for them during our concert tours. We hope you enjoy these traditions too.

Proud Bison Band Sponsors (Continued)

SILVER The Griffin Family

Brian and Bonnie Lynch The Mouzayanni Family

The Weiss Family

ORANGE The Bers Family

The Finton Family Jim & Wendy Koblas

Krneta Family Steve & Angie Lawrence

The Mills Family Bill & Lisa Monsen John & Josie Moy

The Stenger Family Mary Kuhlman & Bob Wiegand

BLUE John & Kathy Cole

Richard & Gidget Miguel The Niu Family

Jocelyn & Geoff Robertson Phillip & Sim Sterker The Theodore Family

It’s not too late to become a Proud Bison Band Sponsor. Contact Gail at sponsorship@bgband.org to help the bands at BGHS, and to be included in

upcoming concert programs.

BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL PROUD BISON BAND SPONSORS

The following band families have generously contributed to the band

program at Buffalo Grove High School, enhancing the music experience and education for the students.

PLATINUM Jay and Nadya Archie

The Champagne Family The Donahue Family The Gardner Family

The Ito Family The Lee Family

Kevin & Kim Opperman Jeff Testa & Maria Abbatantuano

The Williams Family The Yambao Family

GOLD The Altieri Family

The Bernales Family The Carnes Family

The Deredowski Family Mike & Amy Disch

The Fernandez Family Mike & Carol Gontko The Graziano Family The Hartwell Family The Mahon Family

Allan & Alice Paronia & Family David & Michelle Petersen

The Sorgani Family The Valentin Family

Greg & Sherry Woolridge The Yermol Family

ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AND PROGRAM... The Symphonic and Concert Bands are part of a comprehensive music program at Buffalo Grove High School. Both ensembles meet one period a day and receive academic credit. Jazz Band 1 rehearses after school, meets the entire school year, and receives academic credit. Jazz Band 2 is a seasonal activity that meets one evening a week from November through the spring. The “Bison Pride” Marching and Pep Bands consist of members from the Symphonic and Concert Bands, and perform at home football and basketball games. The music curriculum also offers opportunities to orchestral and vocal students as well as AP Music Theory and Jazz Theory and Improvisation. Edward R. Jacobi, Jr. is in his 31st and final year as the Director of Bands at Buffalo Grove High School. During his 37 year career he also served as the Director of Bands at Lake Zurich High School and as the Assistant Band Director and Director of Jazz Studies at Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Jacobi has directed ten successful concert tours to Europe (1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013). The next will be June 2016 (this year). Mr. Jacobi has been involved with the exchange with our “sister-school”, the Kundmanngasse Gymnasium in Vienna, Austria since its inception in 1990. This past fall we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of our great exchange. Mr. Jacobi is very proud to have been involved in all of them. The Symphonic Band received one of the highest honors given to high school bands when it was invited to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association, All-State Festival in Peoria, Illinois in 2003. The performance took place in the Peoria Civic Center Theater. In March of 2012 Mr. Jacobi and the Symphonic Band performed for the first time at Orchestra Hall in Symphony Center, the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This was a landmark occasion for our school, band program, and Mr. Jacobi. The performance was memorable also for the level at which our band performed. In April of 2013 the band performed, by invitation, with the University of Illinois Wind Orchestra at the University of Illinois in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in the Great Hall. In addition to these concert accolades, Mr. Jacobi directed the 2007 IMEA All -State Jazz Band. For the past several years he also has guest lectured at the University of Illinois School of Music’s Jazz Pedagogy Class taught by Professor Glenn Wilson. Each year Mr. Jacobi judges the jazz trumpet auditions at the All-State Music Festival. Both of Mr. Jacobi’s sons have also received Bachelors’ Degrees in Music Education from the University of Illinois. Andrew is in his 4th year as the Director of Bands at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois and Brendan, who graduated in 2014, works with band programs in the area and substitute teaches. Both studied in Vienna, Austria and they worked with the “Bison Pride” Marching Band in the summer camps. They have participated in several European Concert Tours playing and directing the band, leading tours, and being a valuable resource as they have each travelled to Europe over ten times. Both young men are continuing their college studies with Andrew scheduled to complete his Master’s of Music Education curriculum at the University of Illinois this summer and Brendan continuing to take science classes as he continues to create greater opportunities for himself. Mrs. Jacobi has taught Foreign Language at Hoffman Estates for the last 31 years and is the Past-President of the Northern Illinois Division of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). This is her last year in teaching too. Mr. Jacobi is very proud of his family’s accomplishments and likes to share the stage with them whenever he can. From the heart, from Mr. J…… When we reflect we look back in time and as I do this, I am proud of the attributes described here. However the greatest gifts I’ve had at BG are the wonderful students, their families, and the music we made together. These are the things that will always fill my heart. My love for this school and my students will be everlasting. I am truly grateful to this community and all my colleagues past and present. I have lived the dream. But life moves forward and I have a feeling my dream will continue. I come from a family of music and musicians, and it is my plan to keep making the world a better place through music. Thank you for making my life, my dream, so special. Love to you always, BG….. Mr. J

BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND Flute Bass Clarinet Trumpet Euphonium Dana Benitez Nikki Piamonte * Julia Deredowski Ryan Bayliss Riley Donahue Janelle Finton *& Mia Sterker Alejandra Godina Alto Saxophone Caroline Hendler Mitchell Trubitt * Daniela Gonzalez Jerry Campos Ryan Heuer Emma Hillbo Adrian Gaucin Jessica Miguel Tuba Rio Ondo Samantha Goodmanson Calissa Monk Joey Boyd * Leimomi Podell Lynnette Hartwell * Oscar Montelongo Brandon Lawrence * Eleanor Rojas * Mikey Idzik Evan Nguyen Anthony Mouzayayanni Sayra Salgado Abby Kim Cassandra Petersen Jack Samson Julia Kolanko Jeremy Stenger Percussion Rebecca Sonido Dale McFarlane Adriana Archie Kalie Svarnias Billy O’Connor French Horn Drew Coller Aayush Patel Casie Deckowitz Aidan Damo Oboe Julianne Roser Destiny Lezama Andy Gontko * Olivia Hanner * Nicholas Son Henry Ritz Katharine Hanner * Hannah Sternberg Philip Winski * Alexandra Kirov Bassoon Katie Wasilewski Katie Ploger Zoe Robertson * Matt Rylander Tenor Saxophone Trombone Bailey Williams Clarinet Cristina Lazaro * Jack Delattre Stephanie Andika Sean Ouimet * Erik Disch Henry Borsuk Elton Moy * Kassandra Delgado Baritone Saxophone Nicholas Openbrier * denotes Section Leader Gabriella Goldstein * Andrej Krneta Jake Spies Paige Sterker Rachel Schoeneman * Franz Valentin & denotes District 7 Vanessa Torres Annie Waz

We would like to give special thanks to Joy Yambao, and her team of

volunteers for all their work in coordinating tonight’s dinner, and to the BGIA Board for coordinating all the details to make tonight special. From

raffles, to poinsettias, to RSVP’s, to managing funds, to website management, to set-up, serving, and cleanup, this special team did so much

to make this evening so special. Thank you one and all! See the Band website for updates throughout the year at www.bgband.org.

BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND

Piccolo Clarinet Baritone Saxophone Trombone Nikki Arvidson * Kenneth Bernales George Ayoub * Brendan Altieri * Fat ima Dabbah Sarah Gardner * Rylee Bers Akshay Garg Bass Saxophone John Cole Lucie Greene Matthew Kosk * Brianna Maciel Flute Jakub Kolanko Anastasiya Plotnikova Nikki Arvidson * Jennifer Komrska Trumpet Christian Sanford Ashley Griffin Brian Lynch * Daniel Champagne * John Weiss Lucy Jang Vianey Ocampo Jared Cihlar Sarah Larson Kenny Park Richard Gray Tuba Julia Mills Deborah Wiegand Joey Graziano Max Klikuszowian Alyanna Monk Dasha Yermol Stephen Jordan Kyle Koblas Ana Perez Natalie Lezama Christian Yi * Jessica Prus Bass Clarinet Brandon Monsen Hannah Schuller Daniel Ferriss * Quinn O'Meara Percussion Naomi Torres Sarah Harner Harrison Park Victoria Appelt Allan Paronia Kevin Cabrera Contrabass Clarinet Maxwell Woolridge * Emily Carnes * Oboe Jack Williams * Tim Cooper Joohyuk Lee * Matt Goodmanson * Olivia Portnov Alto Saxophone French Horn Isabelle Livits Sam Fernandez Julia Baranski * Anthony Murat * John Ito Lauren Komrska Chris Pecoraro *& Bassoon Scott Mahon Sydney Larson Daniel Rogowski Heather Hartwell Josh Opperman Helen Niu Linnea Rylander * Margaret Jett Emily Valentin *& Ian Yambao Cassie Joung * Euphonium Tenor Saxophone Evan Choi * denotes Section Leader Eb Clarinet Mark Poirier Matthew Hufano * Alexis Opperman * Anthony Sorgani *& Joey Theodore & denotes District 7

The Buffalo Grove Instrumental Association (BGIA) The Buffalo Grove Instrumental Association (BGIA) provided this evening’s meal for you. The BGIA is the parent support group for the Buffalo Grove High School Band. This organization provides opportunities for our students to fund raise for trips, as well as sponsor various activities. We also raise funds so awards, scholarships, and state of the art equipment can be made available for our band students. Your support of these activities helps us to provide valuable opportunities for our students, as well as enable us to host evenings like tonight. Our sponsorship program is the financial anchor of our organization. We hope if you have a family member involved in tonight’s concert and you are not yet a sponsor, you will consider enrolling to support our program. Thank you for attending tonight. We appreciate your continued support of our program.