Season 34, Concert 5 - May 12, 2017

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Thomas & Victoria Price

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs

PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999)

Carolyn & Howard Crumb Judy & Roger Widicus

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999)

Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo In Memory of Gunther Schuller

Daiichi-Sankyo, Inc. PVH Corporation

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman

Gregory Fritze In Memory of Aquilina Lim

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco John & Marilyn Wagner

In Memory of Emma Wode Fred & Patricia Yosca

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499)

Mary & Paul Bergquist Jeff Bittner

Naomi Freshwater Paul Goldberg

Elisa Grim Paul & Carolyn Kirby

Kathy & John Palatucci Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill Beth Seavers & Neil Sheehan

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249)

Ginny Baird John Bolger

John & Louise Butler David & Jacalyn Bychek

Suzanne Coletta Paul & Helene Emanuel

Sally Fillmore & David Appel Marie Kane

Michael Kokola Annette & Andy Lieb

James & Cheryl Mallen

Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete Marks Family

Jerry, Mary, Leah, & Brendan Meyer Keith Mogerley Irene Montella Dorothy Neff

Marcella Phelan Jean Roughgarden

Carol Sawitz Francis & Barbara Schott

Richard & Karen Summers Richard & Jessie Ver Hage

Dr. Richard & Katherine Wise Nancy Zweil

Blue Moon Mexican Cafe

FRIEND ($1 to $99) Andre Baruch

Jill Bloom Lloyd & Jane DeVries

Mary Dorian Michelle Dugan

Richard & Gayle Felton Frances Ferraro

Eileen Ginn Katherine Grasso

Richard Hahn Emily James

Emmett & Elizabeth Johnson Janet Johnston

Janis Keown-Blackburn Nathan Kinney

Lorraine Mariella Thelma Peres

Larry & Barbara Roshon Albert Schagen

Rachel Schulman Ann Sirinides

Virginia Sirinides Mr. & Mrs. Harold Sylvester

Janet Vidovich William Vollinger

Arnold & Diane Zettler Mark & Andrea Zettler

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Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

Annual Generations Concert

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM

West Milford High School Wind Ensemble Dr. Brian McLaughlin, Director

FEATURED GUEST SOLOIST

Christopher Mantell, Alto Saxophone 2016-2017 RCB Youth Soloist Competition Winner

THE RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND SIDE-BY-SIDE SYMPHONIC BAND

Jacqueline Sarracco & Jennifer Wise, Co-Directors

Friday, May 12, 2017 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

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SIDE-BY-SIDE STUDENT MUSICIANS One of the most important missions of the Ridgewood Concert Band is to reach out to the youth in our area and expose them to fine wind ensemble literature and performance. With this in mind, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm suggested that we set up a concert in which deserving high school students would have the opportunity to play side-by-side with the musicians in the RCB and prepare several works that would challenge them musically and involve them in a professional level performance situation. Music teachers from the RCB and area high schools made their recommendations, and we are delighted this evening to host the 9th Annual “Side-by-Side Concert.” The music you will hear during the second half of tonight’s concert is the result of hours of personal practice as well as joint rehearsals with the students and the RCB. It is our hope that the students and you, our audience, will find this annual event both educational and enjoyable. Below are the names of the student participants. We are grateful to them, their teachers, their parents, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm and the Side-by-Side Committee (Jacqueline Sarracco & Jennifer Wise) for making this performance possible. We would also like to give a special "thank you" to The Music Shop in Boonton for donating the student music folders.

First Name Last Name Grade Instrument SchoolMadison Asch 11 Oboe Midland Park HSDaniela Avelar 10 Flute Memorial HS

Dylan Balsamo 11 Tuba Indian Hills HSBrett Berger 11 Trombone Pascack Hills HS

Daniel Chi 9 Clarinet Hackensack HSKenneth Cho 10 Trumpet Ramapo HS

Cody Cline 12 Trombone Butler HSNicholas Colicchio 12 Baritone Saxophone Pequannock Township HS

Joseph D'Andrea 10 Tuba Pequannock Township HSMatthew D'Andrea 12 Trombone Ramapo HSDanielle Dreyer 11 Bass Clarinet West Milford HS

Jordan Dreyer 11 Bassoon West Milford HSLauren Estes 11 Flute Hawthorne HS

Raelene Ford 11 Oboe Indian Hills HSNicole Gallegos 11 Clarinet Passaic Valley HS

Amanda Garcia 11 Flute North Bergen HSArlene Garcia 11 Clarinet North Bergen HSKarina Garcia 10 Trombone North Bergen HSNatalie Gonzalez 11 Flute Memorial HS

Kent Hefele 10 Percussion Morristown HSAndrew Held 10 Euphonium Midland Park HS

Gaia Hutcheson 11 French Horn Pompton Lakes HSAnthony Kalanick 11 Clarinet Morris Knolls HSKathryn Keller 11 Oboe West Milford HSAudrey Leibig 11 Clarinet West Milford HS

Benjamin Mascuch 12 Tuba Ramapo HSGabriela Menjivar 10 French Horn North Bergen HS

Erin Mickey 12 French Horn Kinnelon HSElizabeth Monkemeier 11 Clarinet Madison HS

Kevin Mueller 10 Alto Saxophone Morristown HSMark O'Malley 11 Bassoon Morristown HS

Katherine Park 10 Flute Bergen County AcademiesNelvi Piantino 12 Euphonium North Bergen HSKevin Pinney 12 Alto Saxophone Ramapo HSDylan Quattro 10 Trumpet Morristown HS

Joanna Ramirez 12 Percussion North Bergen HSSamantha Ramsden 11 Flute Kinnelon HS

Isabella Rossi 9 Bass Clarinet Pascack Hills HSAmanda Roth 10 Flute West Milford HSTheresa Santa Lucia 10 Clarinet West Milford HS

Nikki Schuldt 11 Clarinet Hawthorne HSSarah Shahidi 12 Flute/Piccolo Madison HS

Matthew Vera-Corcoran 10 Percussion Pompton Lakes HSChris Winiarski 12 Tuba Ramapo HS

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Deloss Schertz

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler VICE PRESIDENT: Lawrence Friedman RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Carolyn Kirby, David Marks, Beth Seavers, John Wagner & Marilyn Wagner

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Conductor's Notes: Tonight marks a huge milestone in the life of the Ridgewood Concert Band. In January of 1983, a group of citizens gathered at the home of Jack and Joanne Rodland on Orchard Place to discuss the formation of a new adult community band in Ridgewood. This band was to be unlike any adult concert band known on the East Coast. This band was designed from the very start to perform fine music that required a degree of musical expertise and understanding that only the finest collegiate and professional ensembles attained. The original name of the band was the Ridgewood Community Concert Band. Marcia Sloat, a local arts critic for the Ridgewood News, a true village newspaper owned by a local family, wrote in an early review, "This is no community band." The band quickly changed its name to the Ridgewood Concert Band and was compared favorably in many reviews to very prominent ensembles. I believe that the band has continued to develop and grow over the years with a long legacy of excellent performances. Recognized by leading composers all over the world, the band has truly developed a national and international reputation for excellence. To that end, the band will be formally changing its name next year to the New Jersey Wind Symphony. This will serve to publicly acknowledge the band's regional reputation and responsibility. At the same time we will always hold our Ridgewood roots close to our hearts. Thank you for your continued steadfast support. -Dr. Christian Wilhjelm ______________________________________________________

Christopher Mantell is a saxophonist and a junior at Randolph High School in Randolph, NJ. He has played the saxophone for seven years, and is in his second season performing in the Ridgewood Concert Band’s saxophone section. He is actively involved in Randolph High School’s music program, performing in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Pit Orchestra, Marching Band, and Concert Choir. Additionally, he has successfully auditioned for North Jersey Area Band, New Jersey Region I Band, and New Jersey All-

State Band. He has been principal soprano saxophonist with the North Jersey Youth Saxophone Ensemble for four years. Most recently, Christopher won the Hanover Wind Symphony Summer Music Scholarship in March of 2017. He was selected to perform with the 2016 Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall Honor Band and The College of New Jersey High School Honors Wind Ensemble in 2015. He was named MAYO Performing Arts Center’s Jazz Musician of the Month in March 2014. Christopher aspires to study Saxophone Performance and Music Education in college and pursue a career in Music Education.

PICCOLO Max Taylor

FLUTES Chrysten Angderson

Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart * Jill Bloom

Lisandra Hernandez Jennifer Kasyan

Annette Lieb Tomomi Takamoto

Max Taylor

OBOES Drew Greis *

Andrea Nowalk ENGLISH HORN

Molly Raum

BASSOONS Robert Gray *

Christy Luberger Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON Robert Gray

Eb CLARINET

Michelle McGuire CLARINETS

Suzanne Coletta Francesca Ferrara Naomi Freshwater

Joe Mariany Michelle McGuire

Leigh Myers Marcie Phelan

Jean Roughgarden Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers * Sabrina Tempesta

Janet Vidovich

ALTO CLARINET Francesca Ferrara

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

CONTRA-BASS CLARINET Glenn Chernicky

SAXOPHONES

Andre Baruch - Alto Lois Hicks-Wozniak * - Alto/Sop

Christopher Mantell - Alto Ryan Mantell - Tenor

Michael DePompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek Mike Connor Dave Hurd

Tamara McLaughlin Richard Roberts Michael Russo

Thomas Siebenhuhner Ann Sirinides Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Ben Fine

John Harley Carolyn Kirby *

Brian McLaughlin Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES

Thomas Abbate * Stephanie Dutcher

Ryan Halliwell Paul Kirby

Keith Marson Rob Paustian Nate Rensink

Kristen Siebenhuhner Robert Tiedemann

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci * Don Van Teyens

TUBA

Michael Gould Bob Sacchi *

STRING BASS Charlie Nolet

PERCUSSION Ellis Berger Ben Carriel

James Mallen Chris Tarantino John Wagner * Mark Zettler *

HARP

Irene Bressler

PIANO/CELESTA Don Dean

PIANO/CELESTA & ORGAN Alison Meyer

* PRINCIPAL

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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PROGRAM DESIGN Joseph Stella

Sun Dance – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned to write this piece by the Austin Independent School District for the Silver Anniversary Celebration of the 25th Annual All-City Band Festival, on March 18, 1997. It has been described as a sparkling ballet full of light, playful motives, and warm melodies. The dance-like, transparent score and variety of interesting musical elements are enhanced by a syncopated rhythmic figure that is used as the structural building block for virtually everything in the piece. Sun Dance evokes images of a town festival on a warm, sun-washed day with its syncopated dance rhythms and sunny tonality. It comes as no surprise that the phrase “bright joy” was on the mind of the composer while composing this work. Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughn Williams (1873-1958) used this melody as the basis of the second movement of his organ composition Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes. Rhosymedre is the name of the hymn tune written by the 19th-century Welsh Anglican priest John David Edwards who named the tune after the village of Rhosymedre in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales, where he was the vicar from 1843 until his death in 1885. Also known by the title Lovely, this popular organ prelude, arranged for band by Walter Beeler, is remarkable in its simple beauty. Ralph Vaughan Williams has joined hymn tune, bass and obbligato to create a grand, soaring piece. Tempered Steel – Charles Rochester Young (b.1965) has won high praises and honors for his compositional work both in the United States and abroad. Currently Dr. Young is the Chair of Composition and Music Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. As man grows stronger and more resilient through hardship, he becomes “tempered.” Tempered Steel is a celebration of triumph over the unavoidable hardships and obstacles that man faces. It rejoices in the tenacious and unrelenting resolve that is a part of all mankind. As the title implies, the metallic sonorities of the wind band are continually explored and developed throughout the work, while the “tempest” is a symmetric hexachord that is exposed and developed through textures and themes. Tempered Steel was written in 1997 as the first work to be commissioned by the Big 12 Band Director’s Association. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan __________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands.

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PROGRAM NOTES Machu Picchu – Satoshi Yagisawa (b.1975) is one of the most vigorous young Japanese composers today. He writes a variety of orchestral, choral, and chamber music as well as works for concert band. Machu Picchu is the composer’s musical description of a mountaintop Incan city that was discovered 378 years after the Spanish Conquistadors invaded and destroyed Cuzco, the capital of the great sixteenth-century empire that unified most of Andean South America. Intihuatana (known in translation as “hitching post of the sun”) is a column of stone rising from a block of granite where an Incan priest would “tie the sun to the stone” at winter solstice to insure its seasonal return. Yagisawa wants the audience to musically visualize the shimmering city of Cuzco, set in the dramatic scenery of the Andes first, and then feel the destructiveness of violent invasion, and finally sense the re-emergence of Incan glory, as the city again reached for the sun. His musical picture is a masterpiece. Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Band – Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) composed this work in 1943 while serving in the US Army Band during World War II. In a career that would span roughly six decades, he was to become an influential voice in writing for the saxophone, enjoying an early success with the debut of his 1937 Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, widely considered to be the first sonata written expressly for the instrument. The influence of the composer’s mentor, Paul Hindemith is evident in Diversion’s tonal but non-diatonic harmonies, paired with Heiden’s own elegant melodic writing. Constructed in a loose rondo form, the composition is light and tuneful, revealing a mastery of instrumentation, with graceful lines for the solo saxophone and accompaniment passages that lightly support the soloist. Contrasting sections for wind and brass choirs, punctuated with full ensemble provide interesting variety and underline climactic moments. Angels in the Architecture – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned and received its premiere performance in July of 2008 by a massed band of young musicians from Australia and the U.S. at the Sydney Opera House. The work journeys as a dramatic conflict between the two extremes of human existence, one divine, the other evil. The work’s title is inspired by the Sydney Opera House itself with its halo-shaped acoustical ornaments hanging directly above the performance stage. Angels in the Architecture begins with a single voice singing a 19th century Shaker song. This “angel” frames the work, surrounding it with a protective wall of light and establishing the divine. In opposition, turbulent, fast-paced instrumental music appears later in the piece as a symbol of darkness, death, and spiritual doubt. The alternation of these opposing forces creates, in effect, a kind of five-part rondo form. Angels in the Architecture poses the unanswered question of existence. It ends as it began, as the angel reappears singing the same comforting melody. But deep below, a final shadow reappears distantly, ominously. Pineapple Poll – Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) did indeed compose the music that is written here. However he had been dead for fifty years at the time of Pineapple Poll’s beginning. Due to copyright law, Sullivan’s music became public domain in 1950. However, his lyricist partner Sir William Gilbert died several years later, so his portion of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan work was still under copyright. This necessitated that any use of the Gilbert and Sullivan material must be purely instrumental. Sir Charles Mackerras took pieces of the existing material and created the ballet music. The ballet itself is a spoof of the extremely popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. A true Gilbert and Sullivan fan will be able to identify some tidbits from various operettas that Mackerras wove so skillfully into this work. Everyone will enjoy Sullivan’s melodic felicity, light-fingered orchestration and wonderfully joyful music.

PROGRAM

Prelude by the West Milford High School Wind Ensemble Dr. Brian McLaughlin, Director

Bookmarks From Japan - Julie Giroux 1. Fuji-san

2. Nihonbashi 3. The Great Wave off Kanagawa

4. Kinryuzan Temple 5. Evening Snow at Kambara

6. Hakone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Machu Picchu - City in the Sky Satoshi Yagisawa Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Bernhard Heiden Concert Band Edited by R. Mark Rogers

Christopher Mantell, Alto Saxophone 2016-2017 RCB Youth Soloist Award Winner

Angels in the Architecture Frank Ticheli

Lois Hicks-Wozniak, Soprano

Pineapple Poll - Suite from the Ballet Sir Arthur Sullivan 1. Opening Number Arranged by Charles Mackerras 2. Jasper's Dance 3. Poll's Dance 4. Finale

INTERMISSION

The Ridgewood Concert Band Side-by-Side Symphonic Band:

Sun Dance Frank Ticheli Presentation of the 2016-2017 Ridgewood Concert Band Youth Soloist Awards

Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams Arranged by Walter Beeler

Conducted by Jennifer Wise

Tempered Steel Charles Rochester Young Conducted by Jacqueline Sarracco

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

PROGRAM NOTES Machu Picchu – Satoshi Yagisawa (b.1975) is one of the most vigorous young Japanese composers today. He writes a variety of orchestral, choral, and chamber music as well as works for concert band. Machu Picchu is the composer’s musical description of a mountaintop Incan city that was discovered 378 years after the Spanish Conquistadors invaded and destroyed Cuzco, the capital of the great sixteenth-century empire that unified most of Andean South America. Intihuatana (known in translation as “hitching post of the sun”) is a column of stone rising from a block of granite where an Incan priest would “tie the sun to the stone” at winter solstice to insure its seasonal return. Yagisawa wants the audience to musically visualize the shimmering city of Cuzco, set in the dramatic scenery of the Andes first, and then feel the destructiveness of violent invasion, and finally sense the re-emergence of Incan glory, as the city again reached for the sun. His musical picture is a masterpiece. Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Band – Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) composed this work in 1943 while serving in the US Army Band during World War II. In a career that would span roughly six decades, he was to become an influential voice in writing for the saxophone, enjoying an early success with the debut of his 1937 Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, widely considered to be the first sonata written expressly for the instrument. The influence of the composer’s mentor, Paul Hindemith is evident in Diversion’s tonal but non-diatonic harmonies, paired with Heiden’s own elegant melodic writing. Constructed in a loose rondo form, the composition is light and tuneful, revealing a mastery of instrumentation, with graceful lines for the solo saxophone and accompaniment passages that lightly support the soloist. Contrasting sections for wind and brass choirs, punctuated with full ensemble provide interesting variety and underline climactic moments. Angels in the Architecture – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned and received its premiere performance in July of 2008 by a massed band of young musicians from Australia and the U.S. at the Sydney Opera House. The work journeys as a dramatic conflict between the two extremes of human existence, one divine, the other evil. The work’s title is inspired by the Sydney Opera House itself with its halo-shaped acoustical ornaments hanging directly above the performance stage. Angels in the Architecture begins with a single voice singing a 19th century Shaker song. This “angel” frames the work, surrounding it with a protective wall of light and establishing the divine. In opposition, turbulent, fast-paced instrumental music appears later in the piece as a symbol of darkness, death, and spiritual doubt. The alternation of these opposing forces creates, in effect, a kind of five-part rondo form. Angels in the Architecture poses the unanswered question of existence. It ends as it began, as the angel reappears singing the same comforting melody. But deep below, a final shadow reappears distantly, ominously. Pineapple Poll – Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) did indeed compose the music that is written here. However he had been dead for fifty years at the time of Pineapple Poll’s beginning. Due to copyright law, Sullivan’s music became public domain in 1950. However, his lyricist partner Sir William Gilbert died several years later, so his portion of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan work was still under copyright. This necessitated that any use of the Gilbert and Sullivan material must be purely instrumental. Sir Charles Mackerras took pieces of the existing material and created the ballet music. The ballet itself is a spoof of the extremely popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. A true Gilbert and Sullivan fan will be able to identify some tidbits from various operettas that Mackerras wove so skillfully into this work. Everyone will enjoy Sullivan’s melodic felicity, light-fingered orchestration and wonderfully joyful music.

PROGRAM

Prelude by the West Milford High School Wind Ensemble Dr. Brian McLaughlin, Director

Bookmarks From Japan - Julie Giroux 1. Fuji-san

2. Nihonbashi 3. The Great Wave off Kanagawa

4. Kinryuzan Temple 5. Evening Snow at Kambara

6. Hakone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Machu Picchu - City in the Sky Satoshi Yagisawa Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Bernhard Heiden Concert Band Edited by R. Mark Rogers

Christopher Mantell, Alto Saxophone 2016-2017 RCB Youth Soloist Award Winner

Angels in the Architecture Frank Ticheli

Lois Hicks-Wozniak, Soprano

Pineapple Poll - Suite from the Ballet Sir Arthur Sullivan 1. Opening Number Arranged by Charles Mackerras 2. Jasper's Dance 3. Poll's Dance 4. Finale

INTERMISSION

The Ridgewood Concert Band Side-by-Side Symphonic Band:

Sun Dance Frank Ticheli Presentation of the 2016-2017 Ridgewood Concert Band Youth Soloist Awards

Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams Arranged by Walter Beeler

Conducted by Jennifer Wise

Tempered Steel Charles Rochester Young Conducted by Jacqueline Sarracco

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

PICCOLO Max Taylor

FLUTES Chrysten Angderson

Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart * Jill Bloom

Lisandra Hernandez Jennifer Kasyan

Annette Lieb Tomomi Takamoto

Max Taylor

OBOES Drew Greis *

Andrea Nowalk ENGLISH HORN

Molly Raum

BASSOONS Robert Gray *

Christy Luberger Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON Robert Gray

Eb CLARINET

Michelle McGuire CLARINETS

Suzanne Coletta Francesca Ferrara Naomi Freshwater

Joe Mariany Michelle McGuire

Leigh Myers Marcie Phelan

Jean Roughgarden Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers * Sabrina Tempesta

Janet Vidovich

ALTO CLARINET Francesca Ferrara

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

CONTRA-BASS CLARINET Glenn Chernicky

SAXOPHONES

Andre Baruch - Alto Lois Hicks-Wozniak * - Alto/Sop

Christopher Mantell - Alto Ryan Mantell - Tenor

Michael DePompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek Mike Connor Dave Hurd

Tamara McLaughlin Richard Roberts Michael Russo

Thomas Siebenhuhner Ann Sirinides Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Ben Fine

John Harley Carolyn Kirby *

Brian McLaughlin Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES

Thomas Abbate * Stephanie Dutcher

Ryan Halliwell Paul Kirby

Keith Marson Rob Paustian Nate Rensink

Kristen Siebenhuhner Robert Tiedemann

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci * Don Van Teyens

TUBA

Michael Gould Bob Sacchi *

STRING BASS Charlie Nolet

PERCUSSION Ellis Berger Ben Carriel

James Mallen Chris Tarantino John Wagner * Mark Zettler *

HARP

Irene Bressler

PIANO/CELESTA Don Dean

PIANO/CELESTA & ORGAN Alison Meyer

* PRINCIPAL

___________________________

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PROGRAM DESIGN Joseph Stella

Sun Dance – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned to write this piece by the Austin Independent School District for the Silver Anniversary Celebration of the 25th Annual All-City Band Festival, on March 18, 1997. It has been described as a sparkling ballet full of light, playful motives, and warm melodies. The dance-like, transparent score and variety of interesting musical elements are enhanced by a syncopated rhythmic figure that is used as the structural building block for virtually everything in the piece. Sun Dance evokes images of a town festival on a warm, sun-washed day with its syncopated dance rhythms and sunny tonality. It comes as no surprise that the phrase “bright joy” was on the mind of the composer while composing this work. Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughn Williams (1873-1958) used this melody as the basis of the second movement of his organ composition Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes. Rhosymedre is the name of the hymn tune written by the 19th-century Welsh Anglican priest John David Edwards who named the tune after the village of Rhosymedre in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales, where he was the vicar from 1843 until his death in 1885. Also known by the title Lovely, this popular organ prelude, arranged for band by Walter Beeler, is remarkable in its simple beauty. Ralph Vaughan Williams has joined hymn tune, bass and obbligato to create a grand, soaring piece. Tempered Steel – Charles Rochester Young (b.1965) has won high praises and honors for his compositional work both in the United States and abroad. Currently Dr. Young is the Chair of Composition and Music Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. As man grows stronger and more resilient through hardship, he becomes “tempered.” Tempered Steel is a celebration of triumph over the unavoidable hardships and obstacles that man faces. It rejoices in the tenacious and unrelenting resolve that is a part of all mankind. As the title implies, the metallic sonorities of the wind band are continually explored and developed throughout the work, while the “tempest” is a symmetric hexachord that is exposed and developed through textures and themes. Tempered Steel was written in 1997 as the first work to be commissioned by the Big 12 Band Director’s Association. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan __________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands.

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Conductor's Notes: Tonight marks a huge milestone in the life of the Ridgewood Concert Band. In January of 1983, a group of citizens gathered at the home of Jack and Joanne Rodland on Orchard Place to discuss the formation of a new adult community band in Ridgewood. This band was to be unlike any adult concert band known on the East Coast. This band was designed from the very start to perform fine music that required a degree of musical expertise and understanding that only the finest collegiate and professional ensembles attained. The original name of the band was the Ridgewood Community Concert Band. Marcia Sloat, a local arts critic for the Ridgewood News, a true village newspaper owned by a local family, wrote in an early review, "This is no community band." The band quickly changed its name to the Ridgewood Concert Band and was compared favorably in many reviews to very prominent ensembles. I believe that the band has continued to develop and grow over the years with a long legacy of excellent performances. Recognized by leading composers all over the world, the band has truly developed a national and international reputation for excellence. To that end, the band will be formally changing its name next year to the New Jersey Wind Symphony. This will serve to publicly acknowledge the band's regional reputation and responsibility. At the same time we will always hold our Ridgewood roots close to our hearts. Thank you for your continued steadfast support. -Dr. Christian Wilhjelm ______________________________________________________

Christopher Mantell is a saxophonist and a junior at Randolph High School in Randolph, NJ. He has played the saxophone for seven years, and is in his second season performing in the Ridgewood Concert Band’s saxophone section. He is actively involved in Randolph High School’s music program, performing in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Pit Orchestra, Marching Band, and Concert Choir. Additionally, he has successfully auditioned for North Jersey Area Band, New Jersey Region I Band, and New Jersey All-

State Band. He has been principal soprano saxophonist with the North Jersey Youth Saxophone Ensemble for four years. Most recently, Christopher won the Hanover Wind Symphony Summer Music Scholarship in March of 2017. He was selected to perform with the 2016 Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall Honor Band and The College of New Jersey High School Honors Wind Ensemble in 2015. He was named MAYO Performing Arts Center’s Jazz Musician of the Month in March 2014. Christopher aspires to study Saxophone Performance and Music Education in college and pursue a career in Music Education.

SIDE-BY-SIDE STUDENT MUSICIANS One of the most important missions of the Ridgewood Concert Band is to reach out to the youth in our area and expose them to fine wind ensemble literature and performance. With this in mind, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm suggested that we set up a concert in which deserving high school students would have the opportunity to play side-by-side with the musicians in the RCB and prepare several works that would challenge them musically and involve them in a professional level performance situation. Music teachers from the RCB and area high schools made their recommendations, and we are delighted this evening to host the 9th Annual “Side-by-Side Concert.” The music you will hear during the second half of tonight’s concert is the result of hours of personal practice as well as joint rehearsals with the students and the RCB. It is our hope that the students and you, our audience, will find this annual event both educational and enjoyable. Below are the names of the student participants. We are grateful to them, their teachers, their parents, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm and the Side-by-Side Committee (Jacqueline Sarracco & Jennifer Wise) for making this performance possible. We would also like to give a special "thank you" to The Music Shop in Boonton for donating the student music folders.

First Name Last Name Grade Instrument SchoolMadison Asch 11 Oboe Midland Park HSDaniela Avelar 10 Flute Memorial HS

Dylan Balsamo 11 Tuba Indian Hills HSBrett Berger 11 Trombone Pascack Hills HS

Daniel Chi 9 Clarinet Hackensack HSKenneth Cho 10 Trumpet Ramapo HS

Cody Cline 12 Trombone Butler HSNicholas Colicchio 12 Baritone Saxophone Pequannock Township HS

Joseph D'Andrea 10 Tuba Pequannock Township HSMatthew D'Andrea 12 Trombone Ramapo HSDanielle Dreyer 11 Bass Clarinet West Milford HS

Jordan Dreyer 11 Bassoon West Milford HSLauren Estes 11 Flute Hawthorne HS

Raelene Ford 11 Oboe Indian Hills HSNicole Gallegos 11 Clarinet Passaic Valley HS

Amanda Garcia 11 Flute North Bergen HSArlene Garcia 11 Clarinet North Bergen HSKarina Garcia 10 Trombone North Bergen HSNatalie Gonzalez 11 Flute Memorial HS

Kent Hefele 10 Percussion Morristown HSAndrew Held 10 Euphonium Midland Park HS

Gaia Hutcheson 11 French Horn Pompton Lakes HSAnthony Kalanick 11 Clarinet Morris Knolls HSKathryn Keller 11 Oboe West Milford HSAudrey Leibig 11 Clarinet West Milford HS

Benjamin Mascuch 12 Tuba Ramapo HSGabriela Menjivar 10 French Horn North Bergen HS

Erin Mickey 12 French Horn Kinnelon HSElizabeth Monkemeier 11 Clarinet Madison HS

Kevin Mueller 10 Alto Saxophone Morristown HSMark O'Malley 11 Bassoon Morristown HS

Katherine Park 10 Flute Bergen County AcademiesNelvi Piantino 12 Euphonium North Bergen HSKevin Pinney 12 Alto Saxophone Ramapo HSDylan Quattro 10 Trumpet Morristown HS

Joanna Ramirez 12 Percussion North Bergen HSSamantha Ramsden 11 Flute Kinnelon HS

Isabella Rossi 9 Bass Clarinet Pascack Hills HSAmanda Roth 10 Flute West Milford HSTheresa Santa Lucia 10 Clarinet West Milford HS

Nikki Schuldt 11 Clarinet Hawthorne HSSarah Shahidi 12 Flute/Piccolo Madison HS

Matthew Vera-Corcoran 10 Percussion Pompton Lakes HSChris Winiarski 12 Tuba Ramapo HS

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Deloss Schertz

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler VICE PRESIDENT: Lawrence Friedman RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Carolyn Kirby, David Marks, Beth Seavers, John Wagner & Marilyn Wagner

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Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant

funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________

The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to thank all of the many volunteers who have made this concert possible.

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The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to give a special “thank you” to David Marks and the

Midland Park School District. The Midland Park High School band room is our weekly rehearsal site.

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WWW.RIDGEWOODBAND.ORG

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

Annual Generations Concert

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM

West Milford High School Wind Ensemble Dr. Brian McLaughlin, Director

FEATURED GUEST SOLOIST

Christopher Mantell, Alto Saxophone 2016-2017 RCB Youth Soloist Competition Winner

THE RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND SIDE-BY-SIDE SYMPHONIC BAND

Jacqueline Sarracco & Jennifer Wise, Co-Directors

Friday, May 12, 2017 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

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