2012 National Orchestra Festival

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1 American String Teachers Association 2012 National Orchestra Festival March 22-24, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia sponsored by 1

2 ASTA Appreciates Pirastro GmbH for Its Generosity in Sponsoring the 2012 National Orchestra Festival Who will be named Grand Champion for the 2012 National Orchestra Festival? Come and listen as these fantastic groups compete for the title. The selected Grand Champion orchestra performs a winner s concert on Saturday, March 24 at 11:15 a.m. 2

3 Welcome! Dear Festival Enthusiasts, It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the ninth annual National Orchestra Festival (NOF) sponsored by Pirastro GmbH. The 2012 NOF brings together 14 spectacular ensembles representing 14 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 2012 NOF will meet that goal. Harry Allen Overtstreet wrote, I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. The students and teachers involved in performing at the NOF are blessed to have such an opportunity to discover and present the beauty and excitement of music. Thank you for your devotion to your preparation and for your performance here today. Sincerely, David Littrell Organizing Chair 1

4 2 Adjudicators Robert Gillespie Bob Gillespie, professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at the Ohio State University (OSU). Gillespie is a past national president of ASTA. He is a frequent guest conductor of all-state, regional, and festival orchestras throughout the U.S. and Europe, and he has presented string teacher sessions, workshops, and conducted concerts at national and state music educator conferences. His string education articles appear in major music journals. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, Essential Elements 2000 for Strings and Getting Started: Strolling Strings for NAfME. He is also co-author of Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building a Successful School Orchestra Program and String Clinics to Go DVD series and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts. He received OSU s Distinguished Scholar award in in the school of music. In summers, Gillespie directs the OSU String Teacher Workshop and the OSU Texas String Teacher Workshop, the largest string/ orchestra teacher training workshops in the country. Gillespie is a string education teaching artist and clinician for the Conn-Selmer Corporation. He is past president of the Ohio String Teachers Association. In Columbus, he conducts the Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings, and is a performing violinist in the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. John B. Schimek John Schimek is the director of strings and music education programs at Oklahoma City University (OCU) where he is professor of double bass and music education, a position he has held since An advocate for school string and orchestra programs, Schimek regularly works with junior and senior high school orchestras, university, community, and youth orchestras as a clinician. He has conducted numerous all-city, all-region, and all-state honors orchestras throughout the U.S., China, Poland, and Brazil. He has appeared as guest conductor for orchestras at the Midwest Clinic. Additionally, Schimek directs the successful OCU Summer Double Bass Camp. As an adjudicator, he has participated at the local, region, state, and national level. He has articles published in several journals including the American String Teacher, Teaching Music, Oklahoma Music Educators, Kansas Music Educators, and Bass World. He serves on the executive board for the International Society of Bassists, and has held executive positions with the Oklahoma Music Educators Association. He serves as the NAfME Collegiate Advisor at Oklahoma City University. Schimek was the 2007 ASTA- Oklahoma String Teacher of the Year and is a recipient of OCU s Outstanding Faculty Award. Deborah Perkins Deborah Perkins is known for her love of teaching diverse musical styles combined with her ability to have fun by creating an atmosphere where students are challenged, yet achieve mastery of musical skills that defy the age level of the students playing. She received her B.M.E. degree from State University College at Potsdam, New York; an M.M.E. degree from the University of South Carolina; and a Ph. D. from the University of North Texas. Also known for building programs, Perkins built and rebuilt public school orchestra programs in Florida, South Carolina, and Texas. She has served in leadership position in professional organizations of ASTA and TMEA, and she is a member of TMAA and TODA. Perkins currently teaches string pedagogy and techniques at Southern Methodist University and is the co-founder of the internationally travelling Texas Youth Orchestra. A hallmark of her teaching is how to make music that expresses and touches the heart of the students and audiences alike. Her dissertation focused on the motivation of students enrolled in orchestra, and she is fondly called by her friends the Pied-Piper of strings.

5 Clinicians Mark Laycock Mark Laycock is an associate professor of music at Wichita State University (WSU) where he holds the Ann Walenta Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship. In 2007, he was recognized with the College of Fine Arts Excellence in Teaching Award. He serves as director of orchestras and coordinator of strings. Under his direction, the WSU Symphony Orchestra has appeared at the 2008 International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Zaragoza, Spain, a 2011 concert at Carnegie Hall, and multiple invited performances at Kansas Music Educators Association workshops. Laycock is a member of the board of directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. His work as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator spans 20 states including the leadership of all-state, regional, and district honor orchestras. He was an adjudicator for the 2011 NOF. His appearances with professional ensembles include the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, and Opera Kansas, as well as orchestras in Slovakia and Canada. He earned a doctor of arts degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Northern Colorado. Laurie Scott Laurie Scott is associate professor of music and human learning at the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, she serves as the director of the University of Texas String Project, named String Project of the Year in Previous to this appointment, Scott served as professor of violin and viola and director of music education studies at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Scott was co-director of the Armadillo Suzuki Organization, the Austin Metropolitan Suzuki School, and the Texas Suzuki Tour Group. She holds a master s degree in applied violin from the University of Nebraska and a bachelor s degree in music education from the State University of New York at Fredonia. She received her Ph.D. in music education from the University of Texas. As a music educator in Texas, Scott has served as an officer of the Texas chapter of ASTA, taught for eight years for the Austin ISD at Lamar Middle School and Travis and McCallum High Schools, was co-conductor of the Austin Youth Symphony, and served as region XVIII college division chair for the Texas Music Educators Association. She is one of only two registered Suzuki in the Schools teacher trainers for the Suzuki Association of the Americas and is on the editorial board for the American String Teacher. She is a guest clinician and conductor at state and national conventions speaking on string pedagogy, public school music education, orchestral bowing techniques, and character development through the arts. She is co-author with William Dick on Mastery for String, Level One and Mastery for String, Level Two. Her articles have appeared in American String Teacher, American Suzuki Journal, and Journal of Research in Music Education. 3

6 Performing Groups Arlington High School Philharmonia Poughkeepsie, New York Jonathan Handman, director Charleston County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra Charleston, South Carolina Sarah Fitzgerald, director Del Webb Middle School Chamber Orchestra Las Vegas, Nevada JaNae Taylor, director Longfellow Middle School Chamber Orchestra Falls Church, Virginia Susan Kervick, director Lord Byng Honours String Orchestra Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Odette Creanga-Kurth, director Mira Costa High School Symphony Strings Manhattan Beach, California Peter Park, director Oscar Smith High School Chamber Orchestra Chesapeake, Virginia Deanna Kringel, director Roswell High School Chamber Orchestra Roswell, Georgia Sara Payne, director Science Hill High School Topper Orchestra Johnson City, Tennessee Susan Sterling Lambert, director Southwest High School String Orchestra El Centro, California Matthew Busse, director Spring Valley High School Orchestra Columbia, South Carolina Christopher Selby, director St. Joseph High School Chamber Orchestra St. Joseph, Michigan Burke Lokey, director Winter Park High School Philharmonic Orchestra Winter Park, Florida Laurie Bitters, director Yorktown High School String Orchestra Arlington, Virginia Thomas Hartman, director 4

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8 Welcome to the 2012 National Orchestra Festival! Competition Categories: CMSS Competition Middle School String Competition High School String CHSF Competition High School Full Thursday, March a.m. Del Webb Middle School Chamber Orchestra Las Vegas, Nevada JaNae Taylor, director CMSS Dance of the Tumblers from Snow Maiden Ludwig Music Publishing Company Isma a (Listen) Highland Etling The Gift Kjos Music Company Songs of the South Old Folks at Home Gentle Annie Nelly Bly FJH Music Company N. Rimsky-Korsakoff arr. Sandra Dackow Traditional Arabic Themes Setting by Leanne Darling William Holfeldt Stephen Foster arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle For the Star of County Down Kjos Music Company Rockin Jammin Swingin FJH Music Company arr. Deborah Baker Monday Soon Hee Newbold 11 a.m. Longfellow Middle School Chamber Orchestra Falls Church, Virginia Susan Kervick, director CMSS 6 Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from the introduction to Act II of Solomon Ludwig Ballet from Petite Suite Highland Etling Pagodas Highland Etling Georg Frideric Handel arr. Gerald Doan Claude Debussy arr. Art Sheinberg Richard Meyer

9 St. Paul s Suite, opus 29, No. 2 Finale (The Dargason) Schirmer (Curwen Edition) Hava Nagila Dorabet Sing, Sing, Sing Highland Etling Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé) Hal Leonard: Boosey & Hawkes Gustav Holst Traditional arr. Herman Clebanoff Louis Prima arr. Dean Marshall Adapted by Bob Phillips Sergei Prokofiev arr. Paul Lavender 1 p.m. Lord Byng Honours String Orchestra Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Odette Creanga-Kurth, director Hoe Down from Rodeo Boosey & Hawkes String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, opus 110 Largo Allegro molto Allegretto Largo Largo Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc. Aaron Copland Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Lucas Drew 2 p.m. Mira Costa High School Symphony Strings Manhattan Beach, California Peter Park, director Divermento, Sz. 113 Allegro assai Boosey & Hawkes Serenade for Strings in Eb Major, opus 6 Andante con moto Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto Luck s Music Library Air and Gavotte: Air Luck s Music Library Concerto per Corde, opus 33 Finale furioso Boosey & Hawkes Béla Bartók Josef Suk Arthur Foote Alberto Ginastera 7

10 3 p.m. Science Hill High School Topper Orchestra Johnson City, Tennessee Susan Sterling Lambert, director Ballet Egyptien Ludwig Masters Ancient Dances and Airs Ludwig Masters April Kjos Music Company A Moorside Suite G & M Brand Publications Limited Appalachian Reflections Great Works Publishing Alexandre Luigini arr. Percy Hall Ottorino Respighi arr. Clark McAlister Jeremy Woolstenhulme Gustav Holst arr. Percy Hall 4 p.m. Southwest High School String Orchestra El Centro, California Matthew Busse, director Divertimento, Sz. 113 Allegro assai Boosey and Hawkes Romance, opus 11 Boosey and Hawkes Introduction and Allegro, opus 47 Lucks Music Library Béla Bartók Gerald Finzi Edward Elgar 8

11 Friday, March 23 8 a.m. Arlington High School Philharmonia Poughkeepsie, New York Jonathan Handman, director Adagio for Strings, opus 11 G. Schirmer Conversations in Silence, in four movements Conni Ellisor Music Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172 Italiana Arie di corte Siciliana Passacaglia Boosey and Hawkes Samuel Barber Conni Ellisor Ottorino Respighi 9 a.m. St. Joseph High School Chamber Orchestra St. Joseph, Michigan Burke Lokey, director Concerto Grosso, opus 6, No. 4 in D Major Luck s Music Suite for Strings, opus 40 (from Holberg s Time) Kalmus Serenade for Strings in Eb Major, opus 6 Andante con moto Luck s Music Arcangelo Corelli Edvard Grieg Josef Suk 9

12 10 a.m. Oscar Smith High School Chamber Orchestra Chesapeake, Virginia Deanna Kringel, director Hopak (from The Fair at Sorochinisk ) Alfred Music Publishing Suite for Strings, opus 40 (from Holberg s Time) Sarabande Gavotte Edwin F. Kalmus Orange Jam Neil A. Kjos Music Company Capriol Suite Basse Danse Pavane Tordion Bransles Pieds-en-l Air Mattachins Boosey & Hawkes Signs of Life Allegro Scherzo Pecktacular Music Modest Mussorgsky arr. Merle J. Isaac Edvard Grieg Jeffrey Bishop Peter Warlock Russell Peck 11 a.m. Yorktown High School String Orchestra Arlington, Virginia Thomas Hartman, director Alice in Wonderland Hal Leonard Symphony 26 Allegro assai con spirit Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns Carl Fischer ASTA Commission 1976 Overture to Rienzi Ludwig Danny Elfman arr. James Kazik Franz Josef Haydn arr. Thomas Hartman Howard Hanson Richard Wagner arr. Sandra Dackow 10

13 1 p.m. Charleston County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra Charleston, South Carolina Sarah Fitzgerald, director CHSF Suite for Strings, opus 40 (From Holberg s Time) Prelude Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc. Edvard Grieg Valse Fantasy in B Minor Luck s Music Library Mikhail Glinka revised by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov Symphony No. 9 in E Minor From the New World, opus 95 Antonin Dvořák Allegro con fuoco Luck s Music Library 2 p.m. Winter Park High School Philharmonic Orchestra Winter Park, Florida Laurie Bitters, director Molly on the Shore Luck s Music Library Folk Tune Air and Fiddler s Fury Highland Etling Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano Obligato Prelude Broude Brothers Limited Percy Grainger Alexander Safford Ernest Bloch Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Luck s Music Library Ralph Vaughan Williams 11

14 3 p.m. Spring Valley High School Orchestra Columbia, South Carolina Christopher Selby, director Overture to the Messiah Grave-Allegro moderato Lucks Music Library Serenade for Strings in E Minor, opus 20 Allegro piacevole Larghetto Allegretto Lucks Music Library Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns Tempo Moderato Carl Fischer Sinfonia No. 8 Adagio e grave: Allegro Lucks Music Library George F. Handel Edward Elgar Howard Hanson Felix Mendelssohn 4 p.m. Roswell High School Chamber Orchestra Roswell, Georgia Sara Payne, director Simple Symphony Boisterous Bouree Playful Pizzicato Sentimental Saraband Oxford University Press St. Paul s Suite Jig Finale (The Dargason) Overture to the Wind Kjos Music Company Saturday, March 24 Benjamin Britten Gustav Holst Kirt Mosier 11:15 a.m. National Orchestra Festival Winner s Concert Sponsored by Pirastro GmbH 12

15 Elizabeth A.H. Green School Educator Award The Elizabeth A.H. Green School Educator Award is given annually to a school string teacher with a current and distinguished career in a school orchestral setting. The award winner is assessed by their impact on students, school, and community. Anne Guevara Sponsored by: William Harris Lee Anne Guevara has been with Putnam City Schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for 29 years and in the profession for 34 years. In her nomination, colleague Dawn Thrailkill writes, Anne is a master teacher. She sees potential in each student, fosters their strengths and enables them to grow both in an individual and ensemble setting. Her expectations are high, and she encourages, motivates, and does not allow mediocrity to be an option. Guevara is in constant motion and her energy and drive contribute to her success. In addition to teaching fourth and fifth grade orchestra at two elementary schools, Putnam City West High School, and being the district orchestra chair, Guevara also directs the Silver Strings of Putnam City a strolling ensemble. She has also served the profession through her work as chair of the Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education, past president of the Oklahoma Chapter of ASTA, and two-time all-state orchestra chair. Her many honors and awards include Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, Oklahoma Chapter of ASTA Teacher of the Year, Golden Apple Award recipient from the Putnam City Schools Foundation, Exemplary Orchestra Teacher from the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, and the Governor s Arts in Education Award. ASTA expresses a special thank you to the following clinicians for their dedication and service to the National Orchestra Festival. Emory Clements Larisa Elisha Steven Elisha Michael Heald Skip Taylor Additionally, we couldn t have done it without the help of Michael Giel from Collins Hill High School and Gregory Pritchard from Mountain View High School who generously allowed us to borrow their schools orchestra shells.

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