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sponsored by
February 17-20, 2010Santa Clara, California
American String Teachers Association
National Orchestra Festival ®
2010
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Thank You to Our 2010 National Orchestra Festival® Sponsor:
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the seventh annual National Orchestra Festival® (NOF) sponsored by The Yamaha Corporation. The 2010 NOF brings together 17 spectacular ensembles representing 16 schools from across the United States. Congratulations on your hard work and accomplishment for being accepted into ASTA’s premier festival.
The NOF is proud to present some of the nation’s finest music educators as our adjudicators and clinicians. Each group will receive taped and written comments, as well as a rating by each of the three concert adjudicators. Following the concert, our highly qualified clinicians will provide each group with a clinic designed to enhance their music making abilities. In addition, each orchestra will have the opportunity during the conference to work with master class clinicians. These clinicians have national and international reputations as musicians and teachers. ASTA is committed to delivering the highest artistic and educational experience to its members and their students. We are certain that the 2010 NOF will meet that goal!
In the words of Leonard Bernstein: “There are feelings so deep and special, that we have no words for them, that’s where music is especially marvelous. Music names those feelings for us, only in notes instead of words.” This is the underlying theme of the NOF. If you play your best, and express those special feelings through your music, each group will leave Santa Clara a winner!
Sincerely,
Kathleen D. Brungard Organizing Chair
Welcome!
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AdjudicatorsSteve Benham
Stephen Benham is currently associate professor of music education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Penn. He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Minnesota, and conducted his graduate studies at the University of Michigan (M.M.), and the University of Rochester—Eastman School of Music (Ph.D.). He is a cellist and studied with Tanya Remenikova, Richard Kapucsinski, and Jerome Jelinek. At Duquesne, Benham teaches courses in music education and string pedagogy, supervises student teachers, and created the string component of all music education courses. Since his appointment in 2001, the number of string education majors has grown dramatically, and his students are in high demand as teachers. In response to the growing field of alternative styles in string education, Benham is the
director of Strings Without Boundaries, an international workshop that features dual tracks in alternative styles teacher-training and performance. Benham has held teaching and conducting positions in both public and private schools in Salem, Oreg., and in Ann Arbor and Grand Haven, Mich. He has also served as the music director for the Salem Youth Symphony Association in Salem, Oreg. and the Holland Area Youth Symphony in Holland, Mich. Benham is also an active consultant in the development of new music programs in communities without current string programs. This work frequently takes him outside of the United States, working in countries that are seeking to establish new models of string instruction. He is currently involved with a national music education project in Ukraine and serves as a consultant to ongoing projects in Brazil, China, Latvia, and Estonia.
Kory KatseanesKory Katseanes is the director of orchestras and an associate director of the School of Music at Brigham Young University (BYU). As director of orchestras, he oversees the orchestral program that accommodates nearly 400 students enrolled in the five University orchestras and directs the graduate orchestral conducting program. He conducts the BYU Philharmonic and the BYU Chamber Orchestra in their campus concerts, state concerts, their regular touring concerts throughout the world. He has worked with such artists as The King’s Singers, the Chieftains, Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffiths, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Michael Martin Murphy, Riders in the Sky, and The Manhattan Rhythm Kings, among others. His work with dance companies includes Rudolph Nureyev and Friends, Repertory Dance Theater and the Twin Cities Ballet, and he was the founder and music director of The Utah Virtuosi, a professional chamber orchestra in Salt Lake City. Katseanes
received a master’s and bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah, and an associate degree from Ricks College. His conducting studies were with renowned conductor Josef Rosenstock. His violin teachers were Lamar Barrus, Oscar Chausow, Kathryn Katseanes, Zvi Zeitlin, and Elaine Richey. Prior to BYU, he was on the faculties of Illinois Wesleyan University and Ricks College in Idaho.
To Be Announced
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CliniciansMichael Alexander
Michael Alexander is currently the associate professor of string music education at Baylor University. His duties include supervision of string student teachers, instruction in classroom string pedagogy, directing the Baylor String Project, and conducting the Baylor Campus Orchestra. Alexander’s musical education includes: bachelor of music education (Southwestern University), master of music (Sam Houston State University), and doctor of musical arts (University of Houston). He has studied conducting with Kenneth Sheppard, B. R. Henson, and Franz Krager, and has participated in institutes with William LaRue Jones, Robert Culver, and Marvin Rabin. During his 22-year tenure as director of orchestras at Stratford High School, the Stratford Symphony was twice named the Texas Honor Orchestra (1994, 1997) by the Texas Music Educators Association and earned sweepstakes ratings at regional festivals the
last 17 of those years. Alexander is a past-president of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association and a past vice president of the Texas Music Educators Association. He has served as chairman of the Committee on School Orchestras and Strings for the ASTA with NSOA and from 1994-2001 Alexander served as conductor for the Houston Youth Symphony-Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2006, he was named music director of the Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Alexander was the first recipient of the Houston Symphony School Bell Award for Excellence in Teaching and, in 1994 and 2006, named Teacher of the Year for Stratford High School. He has received letters of commendation from the City of Houston, the Texas Music Educators Association, Spring Branch ISD, citation of merit from ASTA with NSOA, and, in 2002, the Elizabeth A.H. Green Award from ASTA with NSOA.
David LittrellDavid Littrell is a University Distinguished Professor of Music at Kansas State University where he conducts the University Orchestra and teaches or plays the cello, baroque cello, five-string violoncello piccolo, double bass, viola da gamba, and electric cello. A chamber orchestra from the KSU Orchestra toured England and Scotland in March 2008. As a reflection of his interest in the music education of young people, he is the director of String Fling, an annual event at Kansas State. He also conducts the Gold Orchestra, which includes Manhattan area string students in grades 5-10. The Gold Orchestra has toured England, British Columbia, Colorado, and performed at Carnegie Hall in 2001 and 2006. They participated in the ASTA National Orchestra Festival in Dallas in March 2004. He served six years as editor of the Reviews
section of American String Teacher, and he is editor of ASTA’s two-volume String Syllabus. He is the editor and compiler of three volumes of Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra. Littrell twice received an undergraduate teaching award at Kansas State University. In 1994, the Kansas Chapter of ASTA awarded him the Certificate of Merit. He was the ASTA national president from 2002-2004 and planned ASTA’s first stand-alone conference in March 2003. He represented ASTA on a trip to France in March 2004 to learn about import opportunities for French string instruments and bows. In 2007, he was named Kansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He adjudicates solo and orchestra contests and is a clinician and conductor throughout the United States.
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Canarelli Middle School Orchestra - Las Vegas, Nevada Ingrid Kovacs, Director
Chaparral Middle School 8th Grade Orchestra - Diamond Bar, California Greg Rochford, Director
Davis Combined Junior High Advanced Orchestra - Davis, California Angelo Moreno, Director
Dodge City High School Chamber Orchestra - Dodge City, Kansas Wendy Mickey, Director Hyde Park Middle School Orchestra - Las Vegas, Nevada Jeremy Woolstenhulme, Director
Iolani Middle School Orchestra - Honolulu, Hawaii Katherine Hafner, Director
McQueen High School Orchestra - Reno, Nevada Kenny Baker, Director Natchitoches Central High School String Orchestra - Natchitoches, Louisiana Syull-Young Olson, Director
Natchitoches Magnet School Chamber Orchestra - Natchitoches, Louisiana Syull-Young Olson, Director
Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra - Pasadena, California Jack Taylor, Director
Punahou School Advanced Orchestra - Honolulu, Hawaii Craig Young, Director
Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra - Seattle, Washington Anna Edwards, Director
Sacramento County Day School Orchestra - Sacramento, California Dan Ahlstrom, Director
San Domenico School Orchestra Da Camera - San Anselmo, California George Thomson, Director
Southwest High School Chamber Orchestra - El Centro, California Matthew Busse, Director
Traverse City Central High School Philharmonic String Orchestra - Traverse City, Michigan Ellen Boyer, Director
Zionsville Community High School Chamber Strings - Zionsville, Indiana Suzanne Lyons, Director
Performing Groups
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Special thanks to the following master class clinicians for their
service to theNational Orchestra Festival®
Georgia Hornbacker
Daniel Sweaney
Tom Landschoot
Jeff Bradetich
Tanya Kamanovitch
Andy Carlson
Scott Laird
American String Teachers Association4153 Chain Bridge Rd.
Fairfax, VA 22030703/503-5564
www.astaweb.com
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Thursday, March 8 8:00 a.m.
Traverse City Central High School Philharmonic String OrchestraTraverse City, Michigan
Ellen Boyer, Director
Canzona for Double String Orchestra Giovanni GabrielliLuck’s Music Library arr. F.M. Napolitano
Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, opus 40 Edvard Grieg Präludium
Sarabande Gavotte-Musette -GavotteAirRigaudon
Luck’s Music Library
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) Duke Ellington and Irving MillsWarner Brothers Publications arr. William Zinn
9:00 a.m.Natchitoches Magnet School Chamber Orchestra
Natchitoches, LouisianaSyull-Young Olson, Director
Fiddling Around John CaponegroKendor Music Inc.
Rondeau (Theme from Masterpiece Theater) Jean Joseph MouretHighland/Etling Music Co. arr. Vernon Leidig
Sakura, Sakura Traditional Japanese Folk SongBelwin-Mills Co. arr. E. Del Borgo
Pachelbel Canon Johann PachelbelCarl Fischer Music arr. Andrew Balent Monument Valley Chuck ElledgeNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
Little Symphony Carold NunezNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
St. Lawrence Overture Elliot Del BorgoCarl Fischer Music
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10:00 a.m.McQueen High School Orchestra
Reno, NevadaKenny Baker, Director
Providing own program
11:00 a.m.Punahou School Advanced Orchestra
Honolulu, HawaiiCraig Young, Director
Sinfonia II in D Major Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Allegro Andante Allegro vivaceEdwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc.
Five Sonatas in the Form of a Suite Domenico Scarlatti Fuga (Del Gatto) arr. Ettore BonelliLuck’s Music Library
Suite for Strings John Rutter A-RovingGoodmusic Publishing
1:00 P.M. Natchitoches Central High School String Orchestra
Natchitoches, LouisianaSyull-Young Olson, Director
Brandenburg Concerto, No. 5 Johann Sebastian BachHighland/Etling arr. M.J. Isaac
Selections from Don Quixote Suite Georg Philipp Telemann Rosinante Galloping and Gallop of Sancho Pansa’s Mule ed. Richard Meyer Sighs of Love for Princess Dulcinea His Attack on the WindmillHighland/Etling
Danny Boy arr. H. AlshinHighland/Etling
Themes from the Moldau Bedrich SmetanaKendor Music, Inc. arr. R. S. Frost
M to the Third Power Carold NunezShawnee Press, Inc.
Arlington Sketches Elliot Del BorgoHighland/Etling
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2:00 p.m.Southwest High School Chamber Orchestra
El Centro, CaliforniaMatthew Busse, Director
Concerto da Chiesa, op. 2, No. 8 Evaristo d’Abaco Allegro Largo Presto
Apollon Musagete Igor Stravinsky Pas de Deux (Apollon et Terpsichore) Coda (Apollon et les Muses)
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Gustav Mahler Adagietto
Symphony for Strings, op. 118a (String Quartet No. 10) Dmitri Shostakovich Allegretto furioso arr. R. Barschai
3:00 P.M.
Iolani Middle School OrchestraHonolulu, Hawaii
Katherine Hafner, Director
Entrance and March of the Guests from Tannhäuser Richard WagnerTempo Press arr. S. Dackow
Air for String Orchestra Emil KalledFJH Music Company, Inc.
Fantasia Espanola Soon Hee NewboldFJH Music Company, Inc.
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Claude DebussyNeil A. Kjos Music Co. arr. D. Monday
Mantras Richard MeyerAlfred Music
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4:00 p.m.Zionsville Community High School Chamber Strings
Zionsville, IndianaSuzanne Lyons, Director
Two Scenes From The Hollow Kirt Mosier Ichabod’s Walk Hessian’s RideNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
Rhosymedre Vaughn Williams Prelude on a Welsh Hymn TuneStainer and Bell
Brook Green Suite Gustav Holst Prelude Air DanceG. Schirmer
Russian Rhapsody No. 1 Ian EdlundRBC Publishing
Libertango Astor Piazzolawww.cellocelli.com
The Gift William HofeldtOpus One Publishing - Neil A. Kjos Music Co.
Divertimento No. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart PrestoHal Leonard Corporation
5:00 P.M. Sacramento County Day School Orchestra
Sacramento, CaliforniaDan Ahlstrom, Director
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, op. 43 Ludwig Van Beethoven
Selections from: Capriol Suite for String Orchestra Peter Warlock
Selections from: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 George Bizet
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Friday, March 9 8:00 a.m.
Canarelli Middle School OrchestraLas Vegas, Nevada
Ingrid Kovacs, Director
Fanfare for Strings Doris GazdaNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
African Serenade Ray PancarowiezMSB Publishing Company
Tango Espressivo Matt TurnerCarl Fischer Music
Gamelan from “0” Benoit JutrasAlfred Music
Fantasia on an Original Theme Joseph J. PhillipsHighland Etling
Palladio Karl JenkinsBoosey&Hawkes arr. R. Longfield
Arabian Dreams Soon Hee NewboldFJH Music Company Inc.
9:00 a.m. Hyde Park Middle School Orchestra
Las Vegas, NevadaJeremy Woolstenhulme, Director
Symphony No. 25, K. 183 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1st Movement for String Orchesta arr. T. LaJoieNeil A. Kjos Music Company
Adagio For Strings Samuel BarberG. Schirmer, Inc. arr. J. Hoffman
Capriccio Espagnol Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Alborada arr. S. Dackow Variazioni Scena e Canto Gitano Fandango AsturianoTempo Press
Persian Passage Jeremy WoolstenhulmeNeil A. Kjos Music Company
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10:00 a.m. Davis Combined Junior High Advanced Orchestra
Davis, CaliforniaAngelo Moreno, Director
Allegro Giocoso from Symphony No. 4, op. 98 Johannes BrahmsNeil A. Kjos Music Company arr. D. B. Monday
Symphony No. 3 in G Major Franz Joseph Haydn Allegro arr. S. DackowTempo Press
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Johann Sebastian Bach 3rd Movement arr. By M. JasinskiAlfred Publishing
Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Andante arr. R. LongfellowHal Leonard Corp.
Symphony No. 44 (“Trauer”) Franz Joseph Haydn 4th Movement arr. T. ParishAlfred Publishing
11:00 a.m. Chaparral Middle School 8th Grade Orchestra
Diamond Bar, CaliforniaGreg Rochford, Director
A Knight’s Quest Soon Hee NewboldFJH Music Company
Fantasia on an Original Theme Joseph J. PhillipsHighland Etling
Fantasia for Strings Elliot A. Del BorgoWarner Brothers Publications
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Samuel BarberG. Schirmer (unpublished) arr. Gregory P. Rochford
Blue Rhythmico Kirt N. MosierWingert-Jones Publications
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1:00 P.M. Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra
Pasadena, CaliforniaJack Taylor, Director
Procession of the Nobles (from Mlada) Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov arr. M. J. Isaac
Ballet from “Petite Suite” Claude DebussyBoosey and Hawkes arr. David Stone
I Crisantemi (The Chrysanthemums) Giacomo PucciniCarl Fischer Music Transcription Y. Talmi
Slavonic Dances No. 8, op. 46 Antonin DvorakBoosey and Hawkes ed. G. Szell
2:00 P.M. San Domenico School Orchestra Da Camera
San Anselmo, CaliforniaGeorge Thomson, Director
Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 3, P. 172 Ottorino Respighi Italiana (Ignoto, fine sec. XVI) Arie de Corte (Gio. Batt. Besardo, sec. XVI) Siciliana (Ignoto, fine sec. XVI) Passacaglia (Ludovico Roncalli, 1692)Ricordi
Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (String Quartet No. 8) Dmitri Shostakovich Largo arr. R. Barshai Allegro molto Allegretto Largo LargoSikorski
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3:00 P.M. Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WashingtonAnna Edwards, Director
Sinfonia for String Orchestra (String Quartet No. 8, op. 110) Dmitri Shostakovich Largo Allegro molto
Symphony No. 2 (“Little Russian” ), op. 17 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Andantino marziale, quasi moderato Finale
Skylife David Balakrishnan
4:00 P.M.
Dodge City High School Chamber OrchestraDodge City, Kansas
Wendy Mickey, Director
Quiet Music Douglas E. WagnerBelwin-Mills Pub. Corp.
Symphony for Strings No. 1 Jeffrey S. BishopNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
Nimrod Edward ElgarKendor Music, Inc. arr. M. Bender
American Reel Kirt N. MosierNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
Nordic Invaders Jeremy WoolstenhulmeNeil A. Kjos Music Co.
A Birch Bay Celebration Richard MeyerHighland/Etling
Againcourt Doug SpataHighland/Etling
American String Teachers Association4153 Chain Bridge RoadFairfax, Virginia 22030
www.astaweb.com
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