California Band Directors Association State Convention

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1 The Santa Monica High School Pefoming Ats Depatment Santa Monica High School WIND Ensemble Califonia Band Diectos Association State Convention Tey Sakow and Kathleen Janet Diectos D. Abel Ramiez Guest Conducto Valdez Hall Fesno Convention Cente Fesno Califonia Febuay 20, 2009

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3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Santa Monica Malibu Unified School Distict Depatment of Pefoming Ats Music Instuctos Santa Monica High School Music Depatment M. Tey Sakow - Diecto of Bands Ms. Kathleen Janet - Associate Diecto of Bands M. Tom Whaley - Jazz Band Diecto M. Jeffe Huls - Diecto of Vocal Music Ms. Joni Swenson - Diecto of Ochestas M. William Wishat - Audio/Visual, Running w/speakes M. Jason Aiello - Ochesta and Piano Instucto Ms. Inna Ganelis - Accompanist M. Luis Villegas - Guita Instucto M. Chis Bishop - Pecussion Instucto M. Jeemy Mille - Pecussion Instucto Ms. Jodi Andeson - Cologuad Instucto M. Pete Gomez - Cologuad Instucto M. Kyle Mille - Cologuad Instucto M. Michael Kiyoi - Appentice Teache, UCLA M. James Altune - Diecto of Theate Ats M. Cay Upton - Diecto of Theates M. David McCum - Theate Technical Coodinato M. Jan Stnad - House Manage Malibu High School M. Bill Bixle - Diecto of Instumental Music M. John Kible - Ochestas M. Aian Khaefi - Chois John Adams Middle School Ms. Angela Woo - Diecto of Instumental Music Ms. Apyl Hadisty - Associate Di. of Instumental Music Ms. Cecile Blanchad - Diecto of Choal Music Ms. Matha Shaw - Pincipal Lincoln Middle School M. Mak Hunt - Diecto of Bands M. Pete Pak - Diecto of Ochestas Ms. Vanessa Vente - Diecto of Choal Music Ms. Suzanne Webb - Pincipal Elementay Schools Kisten Besch, Kathyn Cavallao, Deanna Fance, Jessi Gavelle, Susan Justin, Bonnie Lockem, Allen Loyd, Kevin McKeown, Steven Ravaglioli, Buce Tellie Santa Monica High School Administation D. Hugo A. Pedoza - Pincipal Ms. Catheine Baxte - Dean of Students M. Gegoy Runyon - S House Pincipal Ms. Wendy Wax Gellis - A House Pincipal M. Lay Boone - M House Pincipal D. Jose Iniguez - O House Pincipal M. Leslie Wells - H House Pincipal Ms. Eva Mayoal - I House Pincipal Santa Monica Malibu School Distict M. Tom Whaley - Visual and Pefoming Ats Coodinato Ms. Chanda Naain - Visual and Pefoming Ats Assistant Cindy Rosmann - VAPA DAC Committee Chai Zina Josephs - VAPA DAC Committee Secetay M. Tim Cuneo - Supeintendent of Schools Ms. Jan Maez - Assistant Supeintendent D. Michael Matthews - Assistant Supeintendent D. Sally Chou - Chief Academic Office Ms. Peggy Hais - Diecto, Educational Sevices Ms. Maueen Badfod - Diecto, Educational Sevices Fo The Ats and Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation Ms. Linda Goss - Executive Diecto Santa Monica-Malibu School Distict Boad of Education Ralph Mechu - Pesident Bay Snell - Vice Pesident Kelly Pye, Osca de la Toe, Jose Escace, Ben Allen, Maia Leon Vazquez Students: Roya Sahafi, Jaime Black, Isis Eniquez Santa Monica City Council Ken Gense - Mayo Pam O Conno - Mayo Po Tempoe Robet Holbook, Bobby Shive, Heb Katz, Richad Bloom, Kevin McKeown

4 The Santa Monica High School Wind Ensemble Piccolo Taylo Weay Flute Shiin Bhagwaga Young Wook Kang Natasha Kohanzadeh Lily Matinez Andew Ohanian Rebecca Steinbeg Chistina Tsai Taylo Weay Oboe Ben Deese Alex Fumkin Michael Kaplan Rachel Mooe English Hon Rachel Mooe Clainet Gaett Cheung Kain Chung David Cline Richad Dobeck Steven Godon Ali Kivnick Esme Levy Scott Opeman Tyle Oyakawa Katy Scho Shioi Takemoi Roland Templeman Bass Clainet Jonathon Bege Aaon Squie Conta Alto Clainet Thomas Nagata Bassoon Elsie Doolan Claie Peelman Sopano Saxophone Body Danielson Alto Saxophone Lily Benstein Gigi Lake Adiana Wong Teno Saxophone Body Danielson Aaon Fiedman Baitone Saxophone Colin Rush Tumpet Zoe Billington Anthony Fetino Omi Kuba Dew Latzke Aaon Rennell Jake Schmidt Geg Steans Hon Julia Blanchad Sky Cane Melissa Kavets Steven Luis Tombone Logan Bon Matthew Fance Jaed Hamme Michael Masatani Daen Mois Bass Tombone Josh Haling Robinson Schulze Euphonium Ali Chamas Tuba Pete Bennion Cameon Lampat Max Majdecki Sting Bass Niall Fegusen Pecussion Jack Came Maiam Kaddoua Michael Lagefelt Andew Locke Jason Pitts Joseph Yu

5 PROGRAM Thee Dances fom The Maid of Oleans Pete Tchaikovsky Tans. John R. Bougeois I. Dance of the Bohemians Conducted by Tey Sakow Give Us this Day David Maslanka Conducted by Kathleen Janet Loch Lomond Fank Ticheli Conducted by Tey Sakow Pineapple Poll Si Athu Sullivan A. Chales Mackeas A. W. J. Duthoit, A.R.C.M. I. Opening Numbe IV. Finale Conducted by D. Abel Ramiez Mach: Ancient and Honoable Atilley Company John Philip Sousa Conducted by D. Abel Ramiez

6 Pogam Notes Thee Dances Fom the Maid Oleans I. Dance of the Bohemians By Pete I Tschaikovsky Tanscibed fo band by Col. John Bougeois The Maid of Oleans is the famed stoy of Joan of Ac. As a young child, Pete Tschaikovsky was fascinated by this stoy. In 1878, inspied by a Fiedick Schille text, Tschaikovsky wote a gand opea in fou acts titled The Maid of Oleans and it was fist staged in St. Petesbug duing The Dance of the Bohemians comes fom the second act of this opea and takes place in the medieval cout of Chales VII at Chinon. The Cout is entetained with a dance tableau featuing Bohemians, Pages, and Actos, who ae all ewaded extavagantly, although the teasuy is empty. This movement is in fou sections and featues all instuments in the ensemble. The double eeds ae pominently featued in the contasting second section of the movement. Col. John Bougeois has mastefully tanscibed this wok, which is available fom Winget-Jones Publications. The entie tansciption is in thee movements. It is a Gade 5 level of difficulty. Give Us This Day By David Maslanka The wods give us this say ae, of couse, fom the Lod s Paye, but the inspiation fo this music is Buddhist. I have ecently ead a book by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh (ponounced Tick Not Hahn ) entitled Fo a Futue to be Possible. His Pemise is that a futue fo the planet is only possible if individuals become deeply mindful of themselves, deeply connected to who they eally ae. While this is not a new idea, and something that is an ongoing stuggle fo eveyone, in my estimation it is the issue fo wold peace. Fo me, witing music, and woking with people to pefom music, ae two of those points of tue mindfulness. Music Makes the Connection to eality, and by eality I mean a tue awakeness and awaeness. Give Us This Day Give us this vey moment of awakeness and awae aliveness so that we can build a futue in the face of a most dangeous and difficult time. I chose the subtitle Shot Symphony fo Wind Ensemble because the music isn t eally pogammatic in natue. It has a full-blown symphonic chaacte, even though thee ae only two movements. The music of the slowe fist movement is deeply seaching, while that of the highly enegized second movement is at times both joyful and stenly sobe. The piece ends with a modal setting of the choale melody Vate Unse in Himmeleich (Ou Fathe in Heaven), #110 fom the 371 Fou-Pat Choales by J.S. Bach. Notes by the Compose The Santa Monica High School Wind Ensemble s edition of Give Us This Day was published by the Compose. It is now available though Cal Fische Music. This is a Gade 5 wok.

7 Loch Lomond By Fank Ticheli This setting of a taditional and well-known Scottish folksong peseves its simple cham, while also suggesting a sense of hope, and the esilience of the human spiit. The final statement combines the Scottish tune with a well-known Iish folksong Danny Boy. Ticheli happily discoveed how well these two beloved songs shaed each othe s company, and he hopes thei intemingling suggests a spiit of human hamony. Loch Lomond was commissioned by Nigel Duno, fo the Stewaton Academy Senio Wind Ensemble of East Ayshie, Scotland with funds povided by the Scottish Ats Council. The pemiee pefomance was given on June 18, 2002, by the Stewaton Academy Senio Wind Ensemble at Royal Concet Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. This piece is available though Manhattan Beach Music. This is a Gade 3 wok. Pineapple Poll No. 1 Opening Numbe No. 4 Finale By Athu Sullivan Aanged by Chales M. Mackeas and W. J. Duthoit, A. R. C. M. The musical genius of Athu Sullivan is enowned paticulaly in the musical theate. This suite of fou movements is entiely based on the music of Athu Sullivan ( ) and was compiled and aanged by Chales Mackeas as numbe 768 in Chappell s Amy Jounal. Ceated fom opeatic mateial, it exemplifies the vivid divesity found with the Amy Jounal collection. The whimsical natue of this suite is consistent with Sullivan s musically satiical style. Pineapple Poll is a musical spoof of Gilbet and Sullivan opeettas. The movements of this aangement ae; No. 1 Opening Numbe, No. 2 Jaspe s Dance, No. 3 Poll s Dance, and No. 4 Finale. Each measue of the band wok, even tansitional mateial, is dawn fom some opea o anothe. A new addition of this wok is now available though Belwin. This is a vey challenging Gade 5 wok. The Ancient and Honoable Atilley Company By John Philip Sousa Many of John Philip Sousa s maches wee witten as tibutes to oganizations o commissioned by them. This paticula mach was witten fo the Ancient and Honoable Atilley Company of Massachusetts, the oldest chateed militay oganization in the wold. It now seves as an oganization that peseves patiotism and histoy and has ceased militay activity since the ealy twentieth centuy. The familia tune Auld Lang Syne stats in the tio of this mach. The B theme of the song makes up the beak-up stain, and the last stain consists of the epeat of the A theme. It is witten in typical Sousa ochestation and is a cleve use of a vey well known and endeaing melody. Santa Monica High School Maching Band pefomed this wok on New Yea s Day 2009 in the London New Yea s Day Paade. The Ancient and Honoable Atilley Company is no longe poduced by the oiginal publishe, Sam Fox but is available fom Maste s Music Company (Kalmus) in its oiginal mach folio fom. This is a Gade 4 wok.

8 The Santa Monica High School Music Depatment The Santa Monica High School Music Depatment is a compehensive pogam that offes students musical oppotunities in Choal, Ochestal, and Band music. Instuction in Piano and Guita ae also offeed. Ou Choal pogam consists of 5 chois and is offeed to students of all musical levels. The Ochesta pogam has five diffeent ochestas and, like the Choal pogam, has offeings fo all levels of musicianship. The music facility is state of the at. Thee ae thee lage sepaate eheasal facilities fo the Bands, Chois, and Ochestas, in addition to a piano lab. Ou pefomance venue is the newly enovated, 1200-seat Banum Auditoium located adjacent to the music building. Many alumni fom the music depatment have continued thei musical endeavos as pofessionals and in many othe capacities. Notable alumni include: Michael Sachs, Pincipal Tumpet Cleveland Symphony Ochesta David Robetson, Music Diecto St. Louis Symphony Ochesta Waen Bake, Compose Ken Daby, Compose Jubilant Sikes, Teno Ed Hais, Diecto of Bands San Jose State Univesity Anne Maie Powe, Pincipal Bassoon Shevepot Symphony Ochesta Vance Lee, Pincipal Bassoon Hong Kong Philhamonic Ochesta Owen Lee, Pincipal Bass Cincinnati Symphony Ochesta Tessa Goss, Oboe/English Hon United States Maine Band The Pesident s Own Clayton Haslop Top Studio Violinist Thee ae seveal othe alumni fom ou music depatment who have gone on to pusue successful caees in music pefomance, music education, and many othe music-elated caees. Ou close poximity to the ecoding industy has povided ou students with unique oppotunities not available in most othe aeas. Ou Pefoming Ats Depatment enjoys a geat deal of suppot fom Paents, Administation, and the City of Santa Monica. The Santa Monica High School Band Pogam The Santa Monica High School Band Pogam was established in 1915 as a 16 piece all male band. Since then, it has gown ove the yeas with a total enollment of about 270 students. The Band pogam couse offeings include: 4 Concet Bands, Maching band, Cologuad, and Jazz Ensemble. Past band diectos since the 1950 s ae: Richad Wagnon, Robet Zachman, Geald Andeson (Assistant), D. James Hile, Lida Beasley (Assistant), Doug Hagis, Gay Hoimoto (Assistant), and D. Cal Hamme. Band Cuiculum Maching Band Diectos Tey Sakow and Kathleen Janet A Peiod (Fall Semeste only) Enollment: 130 Enollment in Maching Band is optional fo concet band membes. All Maching Band membes ae equied to be enolled in a concet band, ochesta, o choi concuently. The Maching Band pefoms at all home football games and paticipates in WBA, and SCSBOA adjudicated competitions. Enollment in the Maching Band is not equied in ode to be in the Concet Band. The Maching Band also holds a camp on campus fo two weeks befoe the stat of school. We bing in additional clinicians to enhance the instuction we povide duing this camp.

9 Colo Guad Enollment: 20 (2 Semestes) In the Fall, the guad pefoms with the maching band. Afte maching band season they pefom in the WGA, and WGASC Competition Cicuit. Concet Band 1 Peiod 1 Enollment: 23 Diectos Tey Sakow and Kathleen Janet. The instuction fo this class is design to einfoce fundamental playing and music eading skills. This band will pefom pimaily gade 2 liteatue. Pefomances include thee concets and one SCSBOA adjudicated festival pefomance. Concet Band 3 Peiod 2 Enollment: 84 Diectos Tey Sakow and Kathleen Janet This is an advanced ensemble designed to challenge ou younge, but musically advanced musicians. This ensemble s membeship is mostly feshmen and sophomoes. The level of liteatue pefomed in this ensemble compises of gade 4 and 5 liteatues. Pefomances include 3 concets and 1 SCSBOA adjudicated festival pefomance. Some of the membes of this ensemble ae selected to pefom with the Concet Ochesta, which is concuently scheduled next doo to the Band Hall. They typically ehease with the Ochesta twice a week. Concet Band 2 Peiod 3 Enollment: 67 Diecto Tey Sakow This is an intemediate ensemble designed to pepae students fo the advanced ensembles. Gade 3 and 4 liteatue is a staple of this band. Pefomances include thee concets and one SCSBOA adjudicated festival pefomance. Wind Ensemble Peiod 4 Enollment: 65 Diectos Tey Sakow and Kathleen Janet The most advanced band offeed, the wind ensemble pefoms vey advanced liteatue and offes a college level expeience. Membes ae expected to have a high level of musicianship and advanced skills on thei instument. This ensemble has moe pefomances duing the yea than the othe concet bands. The wind and pecussion section of ou celebated Symphony Ochesta is dawn fom this ensemble, which is scheduled concuently. The symphony wind section cuently eheases twice a week with the Ochesta. Jazz Ensemble Mondays, and Wednesdays 3:30 5:30pm This ensemble pefoms advanced Jazz Liteatue. This Stage Band pefoms at Concets and Jazz Festivals thoughout the yeas. All membes of this ensemble ae equied to be concuently enolled in a Concet Band, Ochesta, o Choi. Additional staff funded by gants fom the Santa Monica Band Paents Association include: One Pecussion Instucto fo the concet bands yea ound. (Jeemy Mille) Two Pecussion Instuctos fo the Maching Band. (Jeemy Mille and Chis Bishop) Thee Colo Guad Instuctos yea ound. (Kyle Mille, Jodi Andeson, and Pete Gomez ) Texts used by the Santa Monica High School Bands. Standad of Excellence Books 1,2,3. by Buce Peason. Pub. by Kjos. 16 Bach Choales compiled and aanged by Mayhew Lake Pub. by Hal Leonad and G. Schime Inc. 42 Choales fo Band compiled and aanged by Philip Godon. Pub. by Boune Co. Unisonal Scales fo Bands by William C. White. Pub. by Cal Fische

10 Tey Sakow is in his 19th yea as Diecto of Bands at Santa Monica High School. Duing his tenue at Santa Monica High School the bands have gown to 270 students fom 80 his fist yea. Between 1995 and 2006 he seved as Chai of the Santa Monica High School Music Depatment oveseeing the entie music cuiculum, and also seving as consultant fo a massive enovation of the school auditoium, and the music facility. At the end of his time as depatment chai, the music depatment enollment eached an excess of 800 students, and the music facility and pefomance hall ae now state of the at facilities. The band pogam at Santa Monica High School has developed into one of the finest and most compehensive of its kind in Califonia duing M. Sakow s tenue. His ensembles have eceived top honos at adjudicated pefomances, and ae consideed amongst the finest bands in Califonia. The Santa Monica High School Wind Ensemble pefomed at the Califonia Music Educatos Association Convention in The Wind Ensemble also pefomed in Canegie Hall in Many past membes of the Wind Ensemble have continued thei music education at pestigious consevatoies, univesities, and schools of music. M. Sakow was bon in Yokosuka, Japan. Because his fathe was in the U.S. Navy, M. Sakow gew up in Japan, Hawaii, and Califonia, beginning his musical studies in the 6th gade in Poway, Califonia as a tumpete in the school band. M. Sakow eaned a Bachelo of Ats in music fom UCLA in 1989 and late a Mastes in Music Education fom the Univesity of Illinois in His musical mentos ae Kal Fitch, La Best, Mac Davis, Geald and Linda Andeson, Chis Schwabe, Samuel Kachmalnick, D. Thomas Lee, Godon Hendeson, Gay Rosenblatt and D. Abel Ramiez. M. Sakow also is the pincipal tumpet playe of the Santa Monica College Ochesta and the Santa Monica College Concet Band. Despite of his busy schedule as a high school band diecto, he still finds time to pefom on the tumpet and is invited to pefom with many community and univesity ensembles aound Southen Califonia. In August of 2008 Kathleen Janet was appointed Associate Band Diecto at Santa Monica High School whee she teaches Concet Bands, Maching Band, and a Piano Class. Ms. Janet was bon in San Antonio, Texas. She stated piano lessons at age 4 and in the sixth gade, began playing the tumpet in the Nothside Independent School Distict in San Antonio. A vey accomplished tumpet playe in high school, she continued he studies at the Univesity of Texas at San Antonio fo two yeas and then completed he Bachelo of Ats in Music at the Univesity of Texas at Austin in 2005.

11 Afte completing he degee, Ms. Janet was appointed band diecto at Wood Middle School in San Antonio. Duing he tenue thee the band pogam s enollment inceased significantly. The Wood Bands also eceived top honos at the distict Univesity Intescholastic League Concet Band Contests unde he diection. Ms. Janet plays he tumpet with the Santa Monica College Band and is an instucto fo Hamony Poject, an inne city music youth pogam. She eally enjoys the beautiful weathe in West Los Angeles! D. Abel Saldiva Ramiez holds the Docto of Musical Ats degee in Conducting fom UCLA. In 2008, D. Ramiez was appointed Acting Diecto of Bands at the Univesity of Illinois School of Music in Pio to accepting an invitation to begin gaduate study at UCLA in 2000, Ramiez enjoyed a highly successful caee as a Texas 5A high school music educato. Fom 2003 to 2008, D. Ramiez seved as the Diecto of Bands, Head of the Conducting Division, and Chai of the Instumental Aea at Califonia State Univesity, Los Angeles. As the conducto of the CSULA bands, D. Ramiez aised the wind ensemble to a level of national pominence, eceiving numeous invitations to pefom at state and national confeences. In 2007, the CSULA Wind Ensemble pefomed as the featued wind ensemble duing the Fesno State Univesity Wind Band Confeence, as well as the Califonia Music Educatos Association/MENC Confeence, which was held at the Ontaio, Califonia Convention Cente. Most ecently, the CSULA Wind Ensemble accepted an invitation to pefom at the 2008 College Band Diectos National Association Westen/Nothwesten Division Confeence hosted by the Univesity of Nevada, Reno. D. Ramiez musical knowledge, teaching expeience, and atistic conducting expetise is divese. He has conducted countless wind ensembles and symphony ochestas, opea, and numeous musicals. In addition, Ramiez maintains a highly active schedule as a consultant, clinician, and adjudicato fo wind bands, ochestas, maching bands, and jazz bands fom acoss the United States and in Austalia and Euope. He has seved on the advisoy boads fo Ameican Classic Music and Music Ameica. Most ecently, he was appointed to the boad of advisos fo the Institute fo Latin Ameican Music Study at Sam Houston State Univesity in Huntsville, Texas. In May 2007, D. Ramiez made his Canegie Hall conducting debut. Shotly aftewads, Ramiez was appointed Resident Guest Conducto fo the Intenational Honos Wind Symphony, which he founded in a collaboative effot with Distinguished Concets Intenational New Yok. D. Ramiez will conduct the pemiee pefomance of the Intenational Honos Wind Symphony at the Lincoln Cente Avey Fishe Hall in May, 2009.

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