The Broome County MusicEducators’ Association

www.bcmeany.org

Presents:

MUSIC FESTIVALS2016

Festival I – February 27Festival II - March 5

Festival III - March 12

ConcertBinghamton University

Osterhout Concert Theater3:00 p.m.

BCMEA 2016 Festival

Binghamton City SchoolsFestival I

February 26-27, 2016

Special thanks to:

Binghamton City Schools’administration, faculty and staff,

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival CoordinatorElizabeth Bartlett

5-6 Orchestra Co-chairpeople Ruth Fisher and Laura Hine

7-9 Chorus ChairpersonBeth Shanfelt

10-12 Band ChairpersonJoel Smales

Sue Belcher - Orchestra

Mrs. Susan Bechler comes to us from a long career teaching elementary and middle-school strings and orchestra. She earned a Bachelor of Music at SUNY Fredonia, and did graduate work at SUNY Potsdam, SUNY New Paltz, and the Eastman School of Music. She retired from Victor Central Schools. Mrs. Bechler studied violin and piano from early childhood, and also plays and teaches viola and cello. She continues to teach a large studio of private students, ages 5-83. She has been on staff at NY-ASTA and New Horizons camps, and serves as adjunct violin tutor at Ashokan Music and Dance. An active fiddler, Mrs. Bechler especially enjoys old-time and Cajun fiddle music and plays lead in a Cajun band, “Bayou Aces”, in Rochester, NY. Besides music, Mrs. Bechler enjoys gardening, collecting antique kitchen implements, rides in the country, and reading. She has four cats: Spooky, Blackie, Porky and Hisser, and lives in the home she grew up in.

Kristina Ruffo - Chorus

Kristina Ruffo is in her twelfth year of teaching at Maine-Endwell High School in Endwell, NY. She currently directs the Mixed Chorus, Honor’s Women’s Chorus, teaches small group vocal lessons, Music Theory I, History of Rock and Roll, and is musical director for the theatre program. Under her direction, both choral ensembles have received Gold and Gold with Distinction at the NYSSMA Major Organization Festival each year. Mrs. Ruffo received her Bachelor’s Degree from Ithaca College in Music Education and thanks Dr. Galván for all the opportunities while working with her. She earned her Master’s Degree in conducting from Binghamton University under Dr. Bruce Borton. Mrs. Ruffo is a recipient of the 2014 Founder’s Day NYS Honorary Life Award and has been recognized for Excellence in teaching in 2010 by the M-E Schools. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Binghamton University, serving as the Musical Director for the Main Stage Theater productions.

Dr. Paula Holcomb - Band

Dr. Paula Holcomb came to the State University of New York at Fredonia in 1999 as Director of Bands after serving in a similar position for 20 years at Central College in Pella, Iowa. Under her direction at Central College, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band toured internationally to Canada, Europe, and Mexico and performed at Alice Tully Hall of New York City's Lincoln Center. At Fredonia, the extensive band program consists of four concert bands. Dr. Holcomb conducts the Wind Ensemble and musicals, and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. Additionally, she initiated the conducting program as part of the Master of Music in Performance.

Highly sought after as an adjudicator and guest conductor, Dr. Holcomb has conducted bands and orchestras in 39 states, South America, Australia, Mexico, Europe, and Canada. She has presented Conducting Symposiums in Canada, South America, Australia and the United States. Dr. Holcomb is former assistant horn of the Des Moines Symphony and past president of the Iowa Music Educators Association. Recently, she was presented with the A. Frank Miller award from Kappa Kappa Psi, served on the Council and Artistic Planning Conference Committee for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, serving on the board of the Conductors Guild and is currently Northeastern Division President-elect of the College Band Directors National Association.

BCMEA Gr. 5-6 Orchestra SelectionsGuest Conductor – Sue Belcher

Fanfare and Coronation..............................................................................................................Richard Meyer

Can-Can.................................................................................................................................Jacques Offenbacharr. Merle J. Isaac

Suo Gan.........................................................................................................................Traditional Welsh Songarr. Larry Clark

Down By the Riverside.............................................................................................American Traditional Songarr. Merle J. Isaac

BCMEA Gr. 7-9 Chorus SelectionsGuest Conductor – Kristina Ruffo

Accompanist – James Apicella

The Heavens Are Telling from "The Creation"...................................................................Franz Joseph Haydnarr. Ruth Artman

Freedom is Coming.................................................................................................collected by Anders Nybergarr. Henry H. Leck

Shut De Do.................................................................................................................................Randy Stonehillarr. Tom Fettke & Thomas Grassi

Let Music Live!.................................................................................................................................Greg Gilpin

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 Band SelectionsGuest Conductor – Dr. Paula Holcomb

Danzon No. 2..............................................................................................................................Arturo Marqueztranscribed by Oliver Nickel

Down a Country Lane.................................................................................................................Aaron Coplandtranscribed by Merlin Patterson

Galop..................................................................................................................................Dmitri Shostakovich

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Susquehanna Valley Central SchoolsFestival II

March 4-5, 2016Special thanks to:

Susquehanna Valley Central Schools’administration, faculty and staff,

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival CoordinatorMeggan Olds

10-12 Jazz Ensemble Co-ChairpeopleChristopher McAllister and Robin Linaberry

5-6 Chorus Chairperson Jennifer Perkins

7-9 Band Co-ChairpeopleKelly Dyson and Johanna Reed

10-12 Orchestra ChairpersonEileen Miller

Bret Zvacek - Jazz Ensemble

Bret Zvacek is a multi-faceted musician deeply involved in performing, composing, arranging and teaching. He is Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Music at The Crane School of Music, Potsdam, New York, and has also served as an adjunct faculty member of the Jazz Studies department at McGill University, Montreal. He has led ensembles on tour and in competition in Europe and North America, and has guest conducted and adjudicated in Finland, England, Canada, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Iowa. Bret was a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at the University of North Texas, where he taught improvisation and ensembles, and founded the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. As a student, he performed as a soloist with the University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band.

As a published composer and arranger, Bret has more than 25 compositions and arrangements for the big band idiom to his credit. He traveled to Helsinki, Finland, in March of 1996 to be featured as guest composer, conductor, and performer with the UMO Jazz Orchestra. Bret's music has been performed and recorded by professional groups including the UMO Jazz Orchestra, the Air Force Band Night Flight Jazz Ensemble, the Bruce Gates Jazz Consortium Big Band, the Trilogy Big Band, and also by college and university groups at the Manhattan School of Music, University of North Texas, University of Northern Colorado, University of Massachusetts, and McGill University.

Currently an active educator and performer in the Northern New York area and Canada, Bret's professional credits include appearances with jazz artists ranging from Conte Candoli to Kenny Wheeler, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recordings, Bob Hope, Engelbert Humperdink, The Temptations, Disneyland, and the Chamber Orchestra of Northern New York, along with live and studio recordings in New York, Dallas, Montreal, Europe and Australia.

Marjorie Bohn - Chorus

Marjorie Bohn has been teaching music for 16 years and has held positions at every level from kindergarten through college. She received her Bachelor’s and Masters of Music in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia. Mrs. Bohn started her career in Leesburg, Virginia where she taught K-5 general music and chorus. From there, she moved to the greater Rochester area where she taught 7-12 grade general music, music theory, voice lessons, and directed three choral ensembles and the elementary operetta. Marjorie co taught Junior Choral Methods and University Chorus at SUNY Fredonia while earning her Master’s degree and working as an elementary music teacher in the Lakeshore School District. Mrs. Bohn is currently the elementary vocal director and general music teacher at Brocton Central School where she also directs and choreographs the high school musicals.

Mrs. Bohn is also the Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Youth Chorus, a non-for-profit ensemble-in residence at Fredonia State University of New York. CYC is made up of three choirs representing 13 school districts. They have performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony, and have toured Alaska, Iowa, Hawaii, Nashville, Tennessee, Chicago, Illinois, Orlando, Florida, Nassau, England, and Italy.

Marjorie was the guest conductor for the 2011 Onondaga Elementary All County Chorus, the 2013 Monroe Elementary All County Chorus, and the 2015 Wayne Elementary All County Chorus. She is an active member of NAfME, ACDA, and CCMTA. Mrs. Bohn resides in Dunkirk, New York, with her husband, Andrew, and their three children, Jeremy, Marencia, and Parker. 

Hope Lewis - Band

Hope Lewis is a music teacher in Trumansburg Central Schools, graduating from Ithaca College in 1994 (receiving a Bachelor in Music Ed.) and SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music in 2000 (receiving a Master in Music Ed.).   Hope began her career at Trumansburg Middle School, teaching band, chorus and general music.   After seven years at that level she moved to the high school level, as the instrumental teacher (leading a concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band, pep band and marching band).  Over the years her position has evolved into band director/department chair/AP music theory/guitar/elementary chorus teacher.  Hope is active in the music community, having served in her county organization (STMEA) as secretary and President for many years.  She is now the county librarian, head of the scholarship committee and serves on other committees.  Hope is the festival coordinator for the Zone 3 Area All-State festival at Ithaca College.  Hope also coordinates with local community groups to bring high school musicians out into the community to perform and has participated with the Ithaca Community Concert Band on numerous occasions.  In the school community, Hope has music directed about 19 musicals, commissioned works for her band, participated in many music trips and band exchanges with other music colleagues.   She is the adviser for National Honor Society, has been the yearbook coordinator, and student council adviser as well as served on numerous committees for school improvement/scheduling.  She has helped raise money and create a fund for students to pursue musical interests in the summer months. Hope’s most inspiring professional developments occurred when she took a course through the Band Directors Academy with Wynton Marsalis and a separate conducting course with Anthony Maiello.  These experiences have shaped the Hope’s music teaching to continue focus on students creating their own music through their small ensembles, as well as performing. 

David Beck - Orchestra

Mr. David Beck is currently at the Bethlehem Central School District in Delmar NY where he has been a string specialist since 1991. While currently at the high School, his duties have included teaching the string lesson in grades 6 – 12, the sixth grade orchestra, the 7/8th grade orchestra, and currently the High School’s Concert and Symphony Orchestra. During his time at Bethlehem Central Schools, he has also established a chamber music program for strings. His ensembles have been consistently awarded “Gold” and Gold with Distinction” at the New York State Music Association Major Organization Festival and has performed at the state capitol, the New York Governor’s Mansion and the New York School Boards Association.

Mr. Beck maintains a rigorous schedule as a performer, teacher, NYSSMA Adjudicator, and Conductor. For NYSSMA, Mr. Beck is a certified adjudicator for solo/ensembles, All-State, and Major Organizations. He has also held volunteer positions for NYSSMA including All-State Orchestra Chairperson and Winter Conference String Chair. Mr. Beck has received awards for his teaching from Northwestern University, The Times Union Newspaper, the Capitol District YMCA, and ASCAP’s adventurous programing Youth Orchestra division to Znew a few.

Mr. Beck has worked as a festival clinician for elementary, middle, and high school orchestras throughout New York, Connecticut, and Florida. He has been a conductor of Orchestras at Eastern U.S. Music Camp from 1995-2014, has been the faculty of Laurel Music camp in New Hartford Connecticut from 1987- 2005 and currently a conductor for the AMA Red Tour Orchestra. Since March of 2000, he has been the conductor of the Empire State Repertory Orchestra in Upstate New York having that orchestra perform in the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. Other Orchestras that he has worked with include the Delmar Community Orchestra from 1999 – 2004 as well as the West Hartford Music Club, and the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Beck maintains an active performing career as a freelance cellist, tubist, bassist, and bass guitarists. He has been a member of several ensembles including the New Britian Symphony, Meridan Symphony, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Glens Falls Symphony, the capitol District Wind Ensemble, and the Schenectady Light opera Company to name a few. Mr. Beck received his Bachelors of Music Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College where he was a double major on cello and tuba. Ha received his Masters of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Hartt School of Music.

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 Jazz Ensemble SelectionsGuest Conductor – Bret Zvacek

Encantadora......................................................................................................................................................................Bret Zvacek

Big Dipper...............................................................................................................................Composed and arranged by Thad Jones

Louisiana BeBop.....................................................................................................................Composed and arranged by Les Hooper

Back To The Basement........................................................................................................................................................Bret Zvacek

BCMEA Gr. 5-6 Chorus SelectionsGuest Conductor – Marjorie Bohn

Accompanist – James Apicella

It’s a Wonderful Thing To Be Me!.......................................................................................Words by Marcy Henchen and Don BesigMusic by Don Besig

J’entends Le Moulin.................................................................................................................................................arr. Emily Crocker

When I Open A Book...................................................................................................................Marylou Dunn and Sherri Porterfield

Goliath........................................................................................................................................................................Joseph M. Martin

BCMEA Gr. 7-9 Band SelectionsGuest Conductor – Hope Lewis

Instant Concert...............................................................................................................................................................Harold Walters

Drums of the Saamis......................................................................................................................................................Samuel R Hazo

Chorale and Shaker Dance II..........................................................................................................................................John Zdechlik

Ghost Fleet.....................................................................................................................................................................Robert Sheldon

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 String Orchestra SelectionsGuest Conductor – David Beck

String Quartet in G major, K. 156........................................................................................................................Wolfgang A. MozartMvt. 1 Presto

St. Paul’s Suite...................................................................................................................................................................Gustav HolstMvt. 3 Intermezzo

Pizzicato Blues..............................................................................................................................................................Darren Mitchell

Folk Tune Air and Fiddler’s Fury.............................................................................................................................Alexander Safford

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Whitney Point SchoolsFestival III

March 11-12, 2016Special thanks to:

Whitney Point Schools’administration, faculty and staff,

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival CoordinatorJess Williamson

5-6 Band Chairperson Kris Gilbert

7-9 Orchestra ChairpersonBarbara Heinle

10-12 Chorus ChairpersonKen Jones

Matt Clauhs - Band

Matthew Clauhs is the coordinator of music for Johnson City Central School District.  He was formerly the director of Jazz Studies at Boston’s Performing Arts High School and an instructor for the Berklee College of Music Urban Outreach program.  Dr. Clauhs has served as an adjunct professor at Ithaca College, SUNY Broome, and Morrisville State, where he taught music technology, ensembles, and jazz arranging.  At Temple University, he was an instructor for woodwind methods and co-conducted the TU Campus/Community Wind Band.  His research on music, race, and culture has been published in scholarly journals including School Music News, Urban Education, Visions of Research in Music Education, and Arts Education Policy Review.  Dr. Clauhs is a member of the NYSSMA Research Committee and frequently presents at national music conferences, including those of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the Symposium on Music Teacher Education (SMTE), and New Directions in Music Education, as well as regional in-service conferences for NYSSMA, PMEA, and MMEA.

Mark Sands - Orchestra

Mark D. Sands is originally from Long Island. He received his Bachelor of Music ED. Degree from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY and did graduate work at both Crane and the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY. Mr. Sands taught on Long Island, Schenectady and Monticello before settling with his family in Norwich, NY. He retired 3-1/2 years ago after 22 years of conducting orchestra and teaching strings in the Norwich City School District. During his 22 year tenure in Norwich his ensembles garnering many NYSSMA gold and silver ratings.

Mr. Sands has been an active guest conductor at various All County and Area All State festivals. For the past 21 years he has been a NYSSMA string adjudicator and said “I found that adjudicating other teachers' students gave me the opportunity to compare my students with those from other areas of the state. It also helped me find new solo literature, for my students. At the various festivals my students attended, I observed the guest conductors, watching them for new ideas to help get over various music difficulties. I believe all of these experiences made me a better educator and music director.” Recently, Mr. Sands was appointed to be the new conductor of the newly reformed Mid York Concert Band that rehearses and performs in Norwich.

Besides music Mr. Sands' other passion is theater. Having directed 27 productions, last springs' production of “Mary Poppins” was his 22nd and last as director of the Norwich High School spring musicals. He plans to continue directing productions for the Norwich Theater Company. He is currently set to direct a production of “It's A Wonderful Life” next fall.

Kristin Zaryski - Chorus

Kristin Zaryski is the director of choral and vocal music at Ithaca High School in Ithaca, New York. In addition to teaching choral ensembles, she also teaches group voice lessons, AP Music Theory, and serves as the rehearsal accompanist for the annual musical production.

Prior to returning to her home state of New York, Ms. Zaryski served as the Artistic Director of the Michigan State University Children and Youth Choral Program. The choral ensembles performed regularly with the

MSU Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Ensembles, and collaborated frequently with community organizations for outreach concerts and events. In 2012, Ms. Zaryski prepared the MSU Children’s Choir for performances of John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Zaryski has guest conducted and accompanied choirs in New York, Massachusetts, Florida, and Michigan. Her expertise teaching music literacy in the choral rehearsal has led to invitations to present Bel Canto Solfege sessions at statewide and regional conferences, as well as graduate-level music literacy courses at Michigan State University and Drake University (Iowa).

Ms. Zaryski has taught choral, vocal, and general music in New York, Florida, and Michigan public schools, serving students in grades 5-12. She holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education (piano/organ) from Ithaca College.

Grades 5 -6 Band SelectionsGuest Conductor – Matt Clauhs

Fire Dance.......................................................................................................................................................................David Shaffer

Shenandoah.................................................................................................................................................................Robert W. Smitharr. Michael Story

Imperium....................................................................................................................................................................Michael Sweeney

Cups..........................................................................Words and Music by A.P. Carter, Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall-Behrensarr. Johnnie Vinson

Grades 7-9 Orchestra SelectionsGuest Conductor – Mark Sands

Hopak from “The Fair at Sorochinsk”..................................................................................................................Modest Mussorgskyarr. Merle J. Isaac

Brandenburg Concerto, No. 3............................................................................................................................Johann Sebastian BachI. Moderato arr. Merle J. IsaacII. Allegro

The Idylls of Pegasus......................................................................................................................................................Richard Meyer

Grades 10-12 Chorus SelectionsGuest Conductor – Kristin Zaryski

Accompanist – Kristina Ruffo

Hallelujah Amen...............................................................................................................................................George Frideric Handelarr. Carl Deis

Three Madrigals......................................................................................................................................................Emma Lou Diemer

Through the Dark..........................................................................................................................................................Andrea Ramsey

Tsotsholoza...........................................................................................................................................Traditional South African Tunearr. Jeffrey Ames

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BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITYCASEY KORCHYNSKY

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