Saturday, November 21, 2009
North Coast Wind Ensemble
The North Coast Wind Ensemble kicks off its second season with a festive overture, orchestral music and wind band classics on Saturday November 21 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $5 general, $2 students and seniors from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Kenneth Ayoob, conductor. Produced by the HSU Department of Music.
The North Coast Wind Ensemble kicks off its second season with a festive overture, orchestral music and wind band classics on Saturday November 21 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. $5 general, $2 students and seniors from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Kenneth Ayoob, conductor. Produced by the HSU Department of Music.
Festive Overture: Wind Ensemble Begins Second Year
The North Coast Wind Ensemble begins its second year with a concert of festive orchestral music and wind band classics at Fulkerson Hall on Saturday, November 21.
Conducted by Kenneth Ayoob, the North Coast Wind Ensemble gathers some of the best wind and percussion players on the North Coast. The ensemble is “dedicated to performing the best of the wind band repertoire regardless of genre,” Ayoob asserts, “and strives to present entertaining and thought-provoking concerts to the North Coast.”
The November 21 concert features adaptations of orchestral works: “The Festive Overture” by Dmitri Shostakovich, and “La Procession Du Rocio” by early 20th century Spanish composer Joaquin Turina.
Band music is a wind ensemble staple, so the program includes selections by two American and two British composers. “Sinfonia No. 4” is by contemporary American Walter Hartley, and “Symphonic Songs for Band” is by Robert Russell Bennett, best known for his orchestrations of classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals.
“First Suite for Military Band” by Gustav Holst and “Toccata Marziale” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, both distinguished 20th century British composers, complete the evening.
The North Coast Wind Ensemble performs on Saturday November 21 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students and seniors from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Kenneth Ayoob, conductor.
Media: Arcata Eye, Humboldt State Now.
The North Coast Wind Ensemble begins its second year with a concert of festive orchestral music and wind band classics at Fulkerson Hall on Saturday, November 21.
Conducted by Kenneth Ayoob, the North Coast Wind Ensemble gathers some of the best wind and percussion players on the North Coast. The ensemble is “dedicated to performing the best of the wind band repertoire regardless of genre,” Ayoob asserts, “and strives to present entertaining and thought-provoking concerts to the North Coast.”
The November 21 concert features adaptations of orchestral works: “The Festive Overture” by Dmitri Shostakovich, and “La Procession Du Rocio” by early 20th century Spanish composer Joaquin Turina.
Band music is a wind ensemble staple, so the program includes selections by two American and two British composers. “Sinfonia No. 4” is by contemporary American Walter Hartley, and “Symphonic Songs for Band” is by Robert Russell Bennett, best known for his orchestrations of classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals.
“First Suite for Military Band” by Gustav Holst and “Toccata Marziale” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, both distinguished 20th century British composers, complete the evening.
The North Coast Wind Ensemble performs on Saturday November 21 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students and seniors from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Kenneth Ayoob, conductor.
Media: Arcata Eye, Humboldt State Now.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Piano Extravaganza
Eleven HSU faculty, staff and student pianists play compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy and others to benefit the Guest Pianist Series, in a matinee concert on Sunday, November 15 at 2 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $8, $3 students and seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Directed by Daniela Mineva, produced by HSU Department of Music.
Eleven HSU faculty, staff and student pianists play compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy and others to benefit the Guest Pianist Series, in a matinee concert on Sunday, November 15 at 2 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $8, $3 students and seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Directed by Daniela Mineva, produced by HSU Department of Music.
Pianists for Pianists in Benefit Concert
What do you get when eleven pianists play selections from eight composers in a single concert? A Piano Extravaganza, of course— on Sunday afternoon, November 15 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall, to benefit the HSU Guest Pianist Series.
The lineup of pianists includes HSU Music professor Daniela Mineva and staff pianist John Chernoff, as well as students Emily Loeffler, Ellen Marie, Molly Newkirk, Robert Spencer, Jonathan Webster, Joe Welnick, Melanie Kuhnel, Biranne Gill and Valerie Reed.
The program includes the first movement of Beethoven’s “Emperior” Concerto, Bach’s Tocatta in E Minor and Prelude in E Major, Mozart’s Sonata in G Major, and Debussy’s “The Little Shepherd.” The pianists will also play compositions by Brahms, Grieg, Haydn and Scarlatti, with each selection introduced by student Jonathan Webster.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the HSU Music Department Guest Pianist Series, begun by Deborah Clasquin in 2002. The series not only sponsors public performances by renowned guest artists, but master classes offered without charge to HSU students and the community.
The Piano Extravaganza to benefit the Guest Pianist Series is a matinee concert on Sunday, November 15 at 2 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $8, $3 students and seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door.
Media: Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal.
What do you get when eleven pianists play selections from eight composers in a single concert? A Piano Extravaganza, of course— on Sunday afternoon, November 15 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall, to benefit the HSU Guest Pianist Series.
The lineup of pianists includes HSU Music professor Daniela Mineva and staff pianist John Chernoff, as well as students Emily Loeffler, Ellen Marie, Molly Newkirk, Robert Spencer, Jonathan Webster, Joe Welnick, Melanie Kuhnel, Biranne Gill and Valerie Reed.
The program includes the first movement of Beethoven’s “Emperior” Concerto, Bach’s Tocatta in E Minor and Prelude in E Major, Mozart’s Sonata in G Major, and Debussy’s “The Little Shepherd.” The pianists will also play compositions by Brahms, Grieg, Haydn and Scarlatti, with each selection introduced by student Jonathan Webster.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the HSU Music Department Guest Pianist Series, begun by Deborah Clasquin in 2002. The series not only sponsors public performances by renowned guest artists, but master classes offered without charge to HSU students and the community.
The Piano Extravaganza to benefit the Guest Pianist Series is a matinee concert on Sunday, November 15 at 2 PM in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $8, $3 students and seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door.
Media: Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal.
The Program
Debussy- Arabesque #1, First Etude, "The Little Shepherd" from Children corner. Bach- Toccata in E minor, Prelude in E major.
Scarlatti- Sonata in D minor.
Beethoven- Concerto # 5 " Emperor, first movement.
Brahms- Rhapsody in G minor.
Haydn- Sonata in C major, first movement; Sonata in E minor, first movement.
Mozart- Sonata in G major, first movement.
Grieg- Sonata, first movement " Nocturne"
Debussy- Arabesque #1, First Etude, "The Little Shepherd" from Children corner. Bach- Toccata in E minor, Prelude in E major.
Scarlatti- Sonata in D minor.
Beethoven- Concerto # 5 " Emperor, first movement.
Brahms- Rhapsody in G minor.
Haydn- Sonata in C major, first movement; Sonata in E minor, first movement.
Mozart- Sonata in G major, first movement.
Grieg- Sonata, first movement " Nocturne"
The Guest Pianist Series
Proceeds from this event will benefit the Music Department’s Guest Pianist Series. Dr. Deborah Clasquin started the series in 2002 and many internationally artist and pedagogues have been presented, including Leon Flesher( Peabody), Peter Takacs (Oberlin), John Perry( Colbrun School), Menahem Pressler ( Indiana University) and Rebecca Penneys ( Eastman School of Music).
This season, we are fortunate to host concerts and master classes by Yuja Wang, Anton Nel ( Concert Pianist/ Piano Professor at University of Autstin, TX) and Caleb Harris ( Pianist/ Vocal Coach/ Conductor at University of Colorado at Greeley.)
All of the master classes are free to HSU students and the community. These classes have been made possible through generous donations from the public.
--Daniela Mineva
Proceeds from this event will benefit the Music Department’s Guest Pianist Series. Dr. Deborah Clasquin started the series in 2002 and many internationally artist and pedagogues have been presented, including Leon Flesher( Peabody), Peter Takacs (Oberlin), John Perry( Colbrun School), Menahem Pressler ( Indiana University) and Rebecca Penneys ( Eastman School of Music).
This season, we are fortunate to host concerts and master classes by Yuja Wang, Anton Nel ( Concert Pianist/ Piano Professor at University of Autstin, TX) and Caleb Harris ( Pianist/ Vocal Coach/ Conductor at University of Colorado at Greeley.)
All of the master classes are free to HSU students and the community. These classes have been made possible through generous donations from the public.
--Daniela Mineva
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Composers Concert
New works in a variety of styles by HSU musical composition students and faculty on Saturday November 14 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by J. Brian Post, produced by HSU Department of Music.
New works in a variety of styles by HSU musical composition students and faculty on Saturday November 14 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by J. Brian Post, produced by HSU Department of Music.
Music Guaranteed Fresh at Composers Concert
Composing music alone in a room is only part of the process that HSU composition students experience—they also hear their compositions performed in public. That public in turn gets to hear something completely new.
Describing the works to be presented for the first time in Fulkerson Hall on November 14, composition professor J. Brian Post said, “These works will contain influences from American folk music, jazz, rock and roll, film scores and European Art music from Vivaldi's time to the present.”
Composers experimenting with new and more established compositional techniques and instrumentation include James Puzey, Adolpho Acuna and John Garritano.
The Composers Concert, featuring new compositions by faculty as well as students, takes the Fulkerson Recital Hall stage on Saturday November 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Humboldt State Now, Arcata Eye.
Composing music alone in a room is only part of the process that HSU composition students experience—they also hear their compositions performed in public. That public in turn gets to hear something completely new.
Describing the works to be presented for the first time in Fulkerson Hall on November 14, composition professor J. Brian Post said, “These works will contain influences from American folk music, jazz, rock and roll, film scores and European Art music from Vivaldi's time to the present.”
Composers experimenting with new and more established compositional techniques and instrumentation include James Puzey, Adolpho Acuna and John Garritano.
The Composers Concert, featuring new compositions by faculty as well as students, takes the Fulkerson Recital Hall stage on Saturday November 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Humboldt State Now, Arcata Eye.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Jazz Combos
HSU Jazz Combos play swing, Latin, bop, funk, early and modern jazz on Friday, November 13 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by Shao Way Wu, produced by HSU Department of Music.
HSU Jazz Combos play swing, Latin, bop, funk, early and modern jazz on Friday, November 13 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by Shao Way Wu, produced by HSU Department of Music.
From Samba to “Superfly”: Jazz Combos in Concert
“The program is diverse and true to the mercurial nature of jazz,” said Shao Way Wu, director of this year’s Jazz Combos. Five small ensembles will perform tunes in a range of styles, including swing, Latin, hard bop, funk and both early and modern jazz, as well as original compositions.
For example, The Peanut Gallery Quartet (led by guitarist Clayton Bennet) will play the bop classic “Airegin” by Sonny Rollins, and The Austin Power Trio (led by guitarist Colin Gaddie) will offer “La Samba” by Ray Obiedo.
Led by drummer Brett Huska, The Slippery Society will do a set of New Orleans style early jazz. The Bird Like Quintet, a co-op band with two horns, performs the bluesy “Cornbread” by Lee Morgan, and the funk combo Watermelonperson plays the 70s hit, “Superfly.”
The HSU Jazz Combos perform on Friday, November 13 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal, Arcata Eye.
“The program is diverse and true to the mercurial nature of jazz,” said Shao Way Wu, director of this year’s Jazz Combos. Five small ensembles will perform tunes in a range of styles, including swing, Latin, hard bop, funk and both early and modern jazz, as well as original compositions.
For example, The Peanut Gallery Quartet (led by guitarist Clayton Bennet) will play the bop classic “Airegin” by Sonny Rollins, and The Austin Power Trio (led by guitarist Colin Gaddie) will offer “La Samba” by Ray Obiedo.
Led by drummer Brett Huska, The Slippery Society will do a set of New Orleans style early jazz. The Bird Like Quintet, a co-op band with two horns, performs the bluesy “Cornbread” by Lee Morgan, and the funk combo Watermelonperson plays the 70s hit, “Superfly.”
The HSU Jazz Combos perform on Friday, November 13 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal, Arcata Eye.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Humboldt Bay Brass Band
Humboldt Bay Brass Band plays a Veterans Day tribute, classics by Handel and Rossini, and an interactive world premiere in its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by Gil Cline. An HSU Department of Music Production.
Humboldt Bay Brass Band plays a Veterans Day tribute, classics by Handel and Rossini, and an interactive world premiere in its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID. Directed by Gil Cline. An HSU Department of Music Production.
This low E-flat rotary valve trumpet is seen in the 1880 Weaverville Cornet Band in the hands of Richard Holman, who later moved to the Matole region.The instrument spent many years with his Ferndale relatives, and last year was passed via three local musicians to Dr. Gilbert Cline, who continues to research bands and musicians of the region.
Many Moods of the Humboldt Bay Brass Band
From a contemporary Veterans Day tribute and works by classical composers Handel, Holst and Rossini, to a show-piece for tubas and an interactive premiere, the Humboldt Bay Brass Band performs its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday, November 7.
The Veterans Day tribute is a recent American composition called “Images,” which commemorates the World War II battles on Iwo Jima. Humboldt Bay Brass Band director and HSU Music professor Gilbert Cline describes it as “ an intense, impressive composition.”
The evening’s program includes Handel’s rousing “Hallelujah Chorus,” Rossini’s famous “Tancredi Overture” and “A Moorside Suite” by Gustav Holst, composer of “The Planets.” Another familiar tune, “Scarborough Fair," will feature a baritone horn solo by Phil Sams.
The audience will get its chance to participate in the world premiere of an interactive work, appropriately titled “Reciprocity.” It includes Gil Cline’s invention, “The Helicopter Doppler Trumpet.”
The Band will also premiere its version of “Them Basses,” by 20th century American composer Getty Herschel Huffine. “It’s one of the only pieces of music ever written in which the basses—the tubas—carry the melody from start to finish,” Cline said.
The Humboldt Bay Brass Band is a British-style brass band, comprised of 24 brass players and three percussionists. Members include HSU students and alumni, as well as community players from a wide area ranging from the Eel River Valley to northern Humboldt and southern Oregon. They include players for such other local ensembles as the Humboldt and Eureka symphonies, the Marching Lumberjacks, the Crabgrass Band, Bandemonium, and the Mel Bay Hotel Biscuit Band.
Most villages and towns in Great Britain have a brass band of this type, and many compete for national honors, often playing some of the selections the Humboldt Bay Brass Band performs in this concert.
Humboldt Bay Brass Band plays its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Times-Standard Northern Lights, Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal, Arcata Eye.
From a contemporary Veterans Day tribute and works by classical composers Handel, Holst and Rossini, to a show-piece for tubas and an interactive premiere, the Humboldt Bay Brass Band performs its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday, November 7.
The Veterans Day tribute is a recent American composition called “Images,” which commemorates the World War II battles on Iwo Jima. Humboldt Bay Brass Band director and HSU Music professor Gilbert Cline describes it as “ an intense, impressive composition.”
The evening’s program includes Handel’s rousing “Hallelujah Chorus,” Rossini’s famous “Tancredi Overture” and “A Moorside Suite” by Gustav Holst, composer of “The Planets.” Another familiar tune, “Scarborough Fair," will feature a baritone horn solo by Phil Sams.
The audience will get its chance to participate in the world premiere of an interactive work, appropriately titled “Reciprocity.” It includes Gil Cline’s invention, “The Helicopter Doppler Trumpet.”
The Band will also premiere its version of “Them Basses,” by 20th century American composer Getty Herschel Huffine. “It’s one of the only pieces of music ever written in which the basses—the tubas—carry the melody from start to finish,” Cline said.
The Humboldt Bay Brass Band is a British-style brass band, comprised of 24 brass players and three percussionists. Members include HSU students and alumni, as well as community players from a wide area ranging from the Eel River Valley to northern Humboldt and southern Oregon. They include players for such other local ensembles as the Humboldt and Eureka symphonies, the Marching Lumberjacks, the Crabgrass Band, Bandemonium, and the Mel Bay Hotel Biscuit Band.
Most villages and towns in Great Britain have a brass band of this type, and many compete for national honors, often playing some of the selections the Humboldt Bay Brass Band performs in this concert.
Humboldt Bay Brass Band plays its only HSU concert of the year on Saturday November 7 at 8 p.m. in the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets are $7 general, $3 students/seniors, from the HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Free to HSU students with ID.
Media: Times-Standard Northern Lights, Humboldt State Now, North Coast Journal, Arcata Eye.
Humboldt Bay Brass Band: Background and Personnel
For those new to HBBB, the band is comprised of some 30 HSU students, HSU alumni, and Humboldt County community members ranging from the Eel River Valley to the north Humboldt Bay region, and even to southern Oregon. Members include: Cornets - Joe Severdia, Branden Lewis, Tom Cover, Frederic Belanger, Stephanie Douglass, John Ferreira, Melissa Gussin, William Zoller, Clara Navarro, and Joyce Carter. Horns - Gary Ross, Matthew Morgan, Anwyn Halliday, Kate Williams, Phil Sams, and Toshi Noguchi. Trombones - George Epperson, Talon Nansel, and Kearney Vander Sal. Euphoniums: George Ritscher and Bill Evans. Tubas/Basses: Wilson Bowles, Elizabeth Cruz, Jerry Carter, Damien Adams, Ryan Egan. Percussion: Grace Kerr, Jessica Bishop, Jackie Robertson, and Adara Friley.
These musicians are part of a larger web of local activity which includes the Humboldt Symphony, the Eureka Symphony, and diverse ensembles extending to Bandemonium, the Mel Bay Hotel Biscuit Band, the Marching Lumberjacks, and the Crabgrass Band.
For those new to HBBB, the band is comprised of some 30 HSU students, HSU alumni, and Humboldt County community members ranging from the Eel River Valley to the north Humboldt Bay region, and even to southern Oregon. Members include: Cornets - Joe Severdia, Branden Lewis, Tom Cover, Frederic Belanger, Stephanie Douglass, John Ferreira, Melissa Gussin, William Zoller, Clara Navarro, and Joyce Carter. Horns - Gary Ross, Matthew Morgan, Anwyn Halliday, Kate Williams, Phil Sams, and Toshi Noguchi. Trombones - George Epperson, Talon Nansel, and Kearney Vander Sal. Euphoniums: George Ritscher and Bill Evans. Tubas/Basses: Wilson Bowles, Elizabeth Cruz, Jerry Carter, Damien Adams, Ryan Egan. Percussion: Grace Kerr, Jessica Bishop, Jackie Robertson, and Adara Friley.
These musicians are part of a larger web of local activity which includes the Humboldt Symphony, the Eureka Symphony, and diverse ensembles extending to Bandemonium, the Mel Bay Hotel Biscuit Band, the Marching Lumberjacks, and the Crabgrass Band.
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