New Trier High SchoolWinnetka, Illinois

Jazz Ensemble 1 and Vocal Jazz EnsembleThe 2nd Annual Jazz Education Network Conference

New Orleans, LA ~ Roosevelt Hotel

Friday, January 7th, 2011 ~ 11:30 A.M.

Alto SaxRyan Goss - lead Sam Mattenson

Tenor SaxBen Solomon Jacob Dray

Bari SaxSam Hord Nathaniel Miller

TrumpetRebecca Ritchie - lead Alex Wirt - lead Alex BrennerMichael Matthews

TromboneParker NixonAndy Peterman Katie PowellBen Zisook - bass

GuitarRobbie Doan Peter Gabrielides Will Jacobs Billy Rivi

PianoJake Hamburger John Kubert Shane Simpson

BassTeddy GabrielidesNoah Lande

DrumsGreg Hartman Brandon Waldon

VibesJohn Kubert

Jazz Ensemble 1Nic Meyer, director

SopranoAnnie BarrettCaroline ThinnesGrace AnaclerioGeorgina MenegasMadie Oldfield

AltoClaire MesrobianKatie O’BrienKati SchwaberSami GoldsteinHadley Kennary

TenorLucas RapisardaBradford WyantTimothy MlynarskiDomenic Rizzolo

BassQuintin McGreeveyJacob DrayRyan LucasJesse Solomon

Vocal Jazz EnsembleNathan Landes, director

New Trier High School Winnetka, Illinois

Jazz Ensemble 1

Tip Toe............................................................................................................................................Thad JonesRebecca Ritchie, trumpet; Ryan Goss, alto sax

Without A Song................................................................................Yeomans/Rose/Eliscu, arr. Joe HendersonBen Solomon, tenor sax

Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Rhythm Section: Jake Hamburger, piano; Noah Lande, bass; Greg Hartman, drums

It Don’t Mean a Thing…...........................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Anders Edenroth Detour Ahead............................................................Herb Ellis, John Frigo, & Lou Carter, arr. Paris Rutherford

Hadley Kennary, alto; Annie Barrett, soprano

A Sleepin’ Bee.................................................................Truman Capote & Harold Arlen, arr. Darmon MeaderGrace Anaclerio, soprano; Kati Schwaber, alto; Katie O’Brien, alto; Claire Mesrobian, alto

In Your Eyes......................................................................................................Peter Gabriel, arr. Kerry MarshGeorgina Menegas, soprano; Jake Hamburger, piano; Sami Goldstein, alto; Jacob Dray, bass;

Claire Mesrobian, alto

Jazz Ensemble 1

Self-Portrait In Three Colors.............................................................................Charles Mingus, arr. Sy JohnsonShane Simpson, piano; Ben Solomon, tenor sax

Caravan......................................................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Michael AbeneShane Simpson, piano; Ben Solomon, tenor sax; Terell Stafford, trumpet

Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble 1

In A Mellow Tone......................................................................................Duke Ellington, arr. Nelson/MeaderQuintin McGreevey, bass; Jake Hamburger, piano

New Trier Vocal Jazz Ensemble

New Trier’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble is the most ad-vanced, and only curricular, vocal jazz ensemble at New Trier. The group rehearses each school day for 40 minutes, occasionally breaking into student-led sectionals and smaller ensemble rehearsals for certain performances. The ensemble sings primarily vocal jazz and contemporary repertoire, but occasionally performs more traditional choral literature when appropriate.

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble (VJE) performs at several school concerts throughout the year in addition to many community performances both locally and throughout the Chicagoland area. In 2007, VJE contributed to the recording that resulted in the National Grammy Signature School Award for the New Trier Music Department. Also, in 2007, VJE recorded the song “A Pledge of Love” which won an Honorary Recognition Award as an entry for the theme song for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the spring of 2009, VJE had the honor of premiering a commissioned arrangement of “A Sleepin’ Bee” by Darmon Meader and work-ing with him first hand on the chart prior to the performance.

VJE performs regularly at regional vocal jazz festivals and will have the honor of participating in the New York Voices Jazz Festival this April at St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois.

The New Trier vocal jazz program also consists of one extra-curricular group, Maiden Voyage, and an after school vocal improvisation class. The choral program at New Trier consists of nine curricular choirs, including the VJE, with roughly 300 students who participate in one or more choir classes throughout each school day.

New Trier Vocal Jazz Ensembles would like to thank these very important people:

Private Vocal Jazz Teachers: Derek Fawcett and Amy Yassinger

Private Voice Teachers: Lisanne Barnes-Seymour, Annamarie Baskin, Natalie Ford, Mary Ann Granneman, Robert McNeill, Guyneth Sharp

New Trier Jazz Ensemble 1

Jazz Ensemble 1 is the most advanced of four curric-ular jazz ensembles at New Trier High School. All jazz ensembles rehearse for 40 minutes each school day, and all students receive a grade and academic credit for the course. Students in Jazz Ensemble 1 rehearse three days per week as a large ensemble, spend one day each week in student-led sectionals, and rehearse as small combos one day each week. Ad-ditional jazz educators from the Chicago music com-munity assist in directing combos. Guitarists in this ensemble also rehearse once a week as a jazz guitar ensemble. Wind, percussion, and bass students in New Trier jazz ensembles must also be concurrently enrolled in either a concert band or orchestra.

New Trier’s jazz program has a rich history of per-forming with amazing guest artists, including: Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, the rhythm sections of the Count Basie Orchestra and the Tito Puente Latin Jazz Orchestra, Bob Mintzer, Clark Terry, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Frank Foster, Jon Irabagon, and countless others.

For 28 years New Trier High School has been hosting the New Trier Jazz Festival, (since 2004, known as The Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival at New Trier High School). This non-competitive festival hosts more

than 40 middle and high school jazz bands from around the country for a day of performances, clinics, special-interest workshops, instrument master-classes, sight-reading bands, professional small group performances, military and college big band performances, and an evening concert featuring New Trier’s Jazz Ensemble 1 along with a guest big band. Past guest bands have included The Count Basie Orchestra (4 times), The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Duke Ellington Orchestra directed by Mercer Ellington, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and on February 5th, 2011, the Mingus Big Band.

New Trier Jazz Ensembles would like to thank these very important people:

Combo Directors: Marques Carroll, Joan Hickey, and Mike Sassetti

Private Lesson Teachers: Todd Boyce (saxophone); Marques Carroll (trumpet); Bruce Daugherty (trumpet); Greg Fishman (saxophone); Chris Forte (guitar); Mark Fry (trombone); Joan Hickey (piano); Eric Hochberg (bass); Steve Horne (trombone); Marty Metzger (guitar); Frank Portolese (guitar); Stephen Reinfrank (bass); Doug Rosenberg (saxophone); Mike Sasetti (guitar); and Bret Sher (percussion); Joel Spencer (drums); Alan Swain (piano); Gary Swerdlow (piano); Ralph Wilder (saxophone)

Terell Stafford has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Known for being a gifted and versatile player with a voice all his own, Stafford combines lyricism and a deep love of melody with a spirited, adventurous edge. This uniquely expressive, well-defined musical talent allows Stafford the ability to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predeces-sors while making his own inroads. Since the mid-1990’s Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, the Kenny Barron Sextet, the Frank Wess Quintet, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Clayton Brothers Quintet, and the Jon Faddis Orchestra. Currently, he is a member of the GRAMMY award winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as well as drummer Matt Wilson’s group, “Arts and Crafts,” and drummer Alvin Queen’s group, “Alvin Queen and the Organ-ics.” Stafford has recorded five albums as a leader, including the critically acclaimed Taking Chances (MaxJazz 2007), and is heard on over 80 albums as a sideman.

An educator as well as a performer, Stafford currently holds the positions of Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia and is a clinician for the prestigious Vail Foundation in Colorado and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Program. He has also served as a member of the faculty for the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies in New York.

Stafford was born in Miami and raised in Chicago and Silver Spring, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Maryland in 1988 and a Masters of Music from RutgersUniversity in 1993.

New Trier High School Music Department Faculty

Kevin Burrow - Choral, Class PianoTimothy Estberg - Choral, Department CoordinatorDavid Ladd - Choral, Department ChairNathan Landes - Choral, TheoryNic Meyer - Jazz Ensembles, Wind EnsemblesPatricia Rohwer - Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, TheoryPeter Rosheger - OrchestrasMatthew Temple - Wind Ensembles, Jazz EnsemblesSusan Vaughan - Choral

Special Appreciation To...

Bruce Daugherty - Wind Ensembles Assistant DirectorBret Sher - Percussion Ensemble DirectorAnne James-Noonan - Coordinator of Performing Arts - Winnetka CampusNina Lynn - Coordinator of Performing Arts - North-field CampusJudy Bowman and Barbara Kelly - Music Department AssistantsRandy Casey and Anca Apetean - Choral Accompanists

Very Special Thanks To:The New Trier Fine Arts Association The New Trier Educational Foundation

New Trier High School at a glance...

New Trier Township High School District 203 is a comprehensive four-year high school in Northfield and Win-netka, Illinois, along the Lake Michigan shore and approximately 16 miles north of Chicago. New Trier serves Chicago’s North Shore suburban communities of Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northfield, Wilmette, Winnetka and por-tions of Glenview and Northbrook — communities that reflect a tradition of support for academic and cultural achievement. Freshmen are housed on the Northfield Campus. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are housed on the Winnetka Campus.

Governed by its own Board of Education, the district serves six sender public school districts (kindergarten through eighth grade), each with its own governing board. Local private and parochial schools also graduate students who advance to New Trier High School.

As evidence of the New Trier motto, “to commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion, and lives to the ser-vice of humanity,” New Trier offers numerous opportunities for learning and involvement outside of the class-room in activities, athletics, fine/performing arts, and social service, including:

• More than 150 clubs and other student activities, with an extensive social service component• 30 interscholastic athletic teams (winning more athletic state championships than any high school in Illinois interscholastic history) and an extensive intramural program• Fine/Performing Arts programs recognized among the nation’s top 25 by the U.S. Department of Education, including a Grammy Award-winning Music Department that was cited as the “best music education program in the country.” (2007).

New Trier High School’s Music Department presents some 25 formal evening concerts and more than 50 addi-tional performances, including guest appearances at conferences, music festivals, community service organiza-tions, junior high and elementary schools, and television-radio presentations. The department either produces or co-produces 3 musical theatre productions each year. A voluntary Pep Band also provides entertainment at athletic events. Soundtraks, a student-run audio and video recording studio broadcasts concerts to more than 40,000 homes via cable television, radio and world-wide on the Internet. All concerts are archived and can be viewed on www.ntjazz.com. Non-performance courses include a composition-based music theory sequence and classroom piano.

Music Department Recent Honors and Appearances:• GRAMMY Signature School, 2007• Symphonic Wind Ensemble performances at Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinia and the

Illinois Music Educators Conference• Symphony Orchestra named “Most Outstanding High School Orchestra” by Down Beat Magazine• Jazz Ensemble 1 named “Most Outstanding High School Jazz Ensemble” by Down Beat Magazine• Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra performance in Ensemble Spotlight Series at Carnegie Hall

Linda L Yonke, SuperintendentDonald R Goers - Associate SuperintendentTimothy Hayes - Assistant SuperintendentPaul Sally - Assistant SuperintendentTimothy Dohrer - Principal, Winnetka Campus

Jan Borja - Principal, Northfield CampusMatthew Ottaviano - Assistant PrincipalKatherine Schindler - Assistant PrincipalPaul Waechtler - Assistant Principal

Our sincere appreciation to the New Trier High School Administration for their unwavering support!

To commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion,

and lives to the service of humanity.