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1 American String Teachers Association 2009 National Orchestra Festival March Atlanta, Georgia

2 Thanks to for Sponsoring ASTA s 2009 National Orchestra Festival

3 Welcome to the Festival! It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the sixth annual National Orchestra Festival (NOF) sponsored by The Potter Violin Company. The 2009 NOF brings together 15 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 2009 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 Atlanta a winner! Sincerely, Kathleen D. Brungard Organizing Chair

Adjudicators Louis Bergonzi Louis Bergonzi is professor of conducting and music education (instrumental/strings) at the University of Illinois, where he specializes in conducting and string

While at Eastman, he was director of the Rochester- Eastman String Partnership Urban Project, a multifaceted program for preparing studio and group string teachers for work in urban settings.

4 Adjudicators Louis Bergonzi Louis Bergonzi is professor of conducting and music education (instrumental/strings) at the University of Illinois, where he specializes in conducting and string education/pedagogy and is music director/ conductor of the University Philharmonia. Prior to his 2005 appointment at Illinois, he was on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music for 17 years. While at Eastman, he was director of the Rochester- Eastman String Partnership Urban Project, a multifaceted program for preparing studio and group string teachers for work in urban settings. He is a past president of ASTA and was string specialist and orchestra conductor for the Lexington,Massachusetts public schools. He teaches each summer at the Illinois Orchestral Conducting Workshop with Don Schleicher. He is active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor of youth orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. He has written for the American String Teacher, the NSOA Newsletter, and the Journal of Research in Music Education. He is coauthor of Effects of Arts Education on Participation in the Arts (National Endowment for the Arts, 1996) and of Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (GIA, 2002/2003/2007). His Rounds and Canons for Strings: Shaping Musical Independence is published by Kjos Publishers. Pamela Tellejohn Hayes Pamela Tellejohn Hayes is nationally recognized for her work in the field of music education as an orchestra teacher, author, clinician, consultant, and conductor. Hayes is the recipient of both the Merle J. Isaac Lifetime Achievement Award from NSOA and the Elizabeth A.H. Green School Educator Award from ASTA. She has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame, received the Order of the Silver Crescent from the Governor of South Carolina, and the Citation for Leadership and Merit from ASTA with NSOA. Hayes has served as president of the National School Orchestra Association, the South Carolina Music Educators Association, the Orchestra Division of SCMEA, and the South Carolina chapter of ASTA. She has appeared as a clinician and conductor at many state, regional and national conferences of MENC, NSOA, and ASTA. As a coordinator and teacher for 31 years, her award winning orchestras performed concerts on three separate occasions in Carnegie Hall. Hayes is coauthor of the comprehensive method book series Essential Elements 2000 for Strings. She is an educational consultant for the Glaesel Stringed Instrument Division of the Conn-Selmer Company. She has served as a member of the editorial board for the Music Educators Journal and has authored articles for The Instrumentalist, Orchestra News, The World of Glaesel Strings, American String Teacher, and the Music (continued on next page)

instruction from the University of South Carolina.

5 Adjudicators Tellejohn Hayes (continued) Educators Journal. Hayes earned a bachelor of music education degree from Wichita State University, a master of education degree in educational administration, and an education specialist certificate in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Carolina. She currently resides in Lexington, South Carolina with her husband, Larry, where she is a member of the South Carolina Philharmonic and adjunct instructor of violin and string methods at Columbia College. William LaRue Jones William LaRue Jones is one of the most active and versatile symphonic conductors in America today, possessing a unique ability to work effectively with musicians at all levels of performing capability and experience. His conducting schedule includes a wide array of professional, festival, collegiate and student ensembles throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, ranging from the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minneapolis Pops to the Penang (Malaysia) Symphony, the Antofagasta (Chili) Symphony and the Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne (Switzerland). Jones has conducted more than 80 allstate orchestras with additional festival/clinics in most of the 50 states and Canadian provinces. He has served extended conducting residencies at the North Carolina School for the Arts, the University of Miami, Interlochen Academy for the Arts, and Kansas City Conservatory. He is a member of the conducting faculty at the International Workshops where he also serves as conductor of the International String Orchestra. He also is the founding artistic director of the critically acclaimed Conductors Workshop of America. In addition, he is a guest clinician for numerous conducting seminars for professional/educational associations internationally. A Texas native, Jones holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, and Kansas State University, with additional studies at The Juilliard School of Music and the University of North Texas. Clinicians Robert Gillespie Robert Gillespie, professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at The Ohio State University, which has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Degree programs in string teaching include undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs and currently enrolls over 35 students. His graduating students teach in school systems and universities throughout the country. (continued on next page) 3

6 Clinicians Robert Gillespie (continued) Gillespie is the immediate past national president of ASTA. He is a frequent guest conductor of all-state, regional, and festival orchestras throughout the country and Europe, and he has presented string teacher sessions, workshops, and conducted concerts at national and state music educator conferences in 43 states and Canada. His string education articles appear frequently in all the major music journals. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, Essential Elements 2000 for Strings, the new Essential Elements for Strings Plus DVD publication, and Getting Started: Strolling Strings for MENC. He is also coauthor of the new Oxford University Press book: Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program. He is coauthor of the String Clinics to Go DVD series and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award given by his faculty colleagues in in the School of Music at Ohio State University, and he is a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of Research in Music Education. Anthony Maiello Anthony J. Maiello is presently professor of music and director of instrumental studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony and teaches several conducting courses. His professional credits include clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor of all-state, all-state sectional, regional, district, all-county and all-city ensembles, with appearances throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Bahamas. He conducted musical activities for the gold medal ceremonies at the 1980 Olympics, the New York State Music Camp & Institute; has served as New York State Music Association adjudicator; clinician for Yamaha and for Warner Bros. Publications, president of the International Association of Jazz Educators (N.Y. State Chapter), and as musical director for Music Festivals International. He is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association and ASCAP, and holds membership in the National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, New York State School Music Association, Virginia Music Educators Association, Virginia Jazz Service Organization, College Music Society, ASTA, and American Symphony Orchestra League. He served as professor of music and chairman of performance at the Crane School of Music, Potsdam College of SUNY. Under his direction, the ensembles at Crane and George Mason University have commissioned new works, made numerous recordings and appearances statewide and at regional and national conferences in the United States and Canada. 4

7 Performing Groups Alpharetta High School Chamber Orchestra Alpharetta, Georgia Sheldon Fisher, Director Caddo Middle School Magnet Orchestra Shreveport, Louisiana Elaine Webb, Director Caddo Parish Magnet High School Orchestra Shreveport, Louisiana Elaine Webb, Director Capital-South Charleston High School Combined Orchestras Charleston, West Virginia Colleen Tan, Director Herricks High School Chamber Orchestra New Hyde Park, New York Robin Maddox, Director Lawton Chiles High School Orchestra Tallahassee, Florida Christopher Miller, Director Liberty Senior High School Symphonic Orchestra Liberty, Missouri Mary Lou Jones, Director Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra Nyack, New York Christine Gero, Director Oakton High School Chamber Orchestra Vienna, Virginia Cheri Collins, Director Oscar Smith High School Chamber Orchestra Chesapeake, Virginia Deanna Kringel, Director Robert Lewis Middle School Orchestra Natchez, Mississippi Shawn Smith, Director Spring Valley High School Orchestra Columbia, South Carolina Christopher Selby, Director Southwest High School Chamber Orchestra El Centro, California Matthew Busse, Director Stringendo Orchestra School of the Hudson Valley Poughkeepsie, New York Jonathan Handman, Director Yorktown High School String Orchestra Arlington, Virginia Thomas Hartman, Director 5

8 Thursday, March 19 Robert Lewis Middle School Orchestra...9:00 a.m. Natchez, Mississippi Shawn Smith, Director Rondeau (from Masterpiece Theater ) ALFRED Jean-Joseph Mourêt arr. Leidig Winter from The Four Seasons BELWIN Antonio Vivaldi arr. McCarrick Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 Mvt. BELWIN Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Phillips Emperor s Waltz, Opus 437 KENDOR Aztec Sunrise QUEENWOOD PUBLICATIONS/KJOS Anasazi QUEENWOOD PUBLICATIONS/KJOS Iowa Spring LATHAM MUSIC LTD. Stairway To Heaven ALFRED Johann Strauss, Jr. arr. Monday John Edmundson and Shirley Strom Mullins John Edmundson Paul Seitz Robert Plant and Jimmy Page arr. Uhl Herricks High School Chamber Orchestra... 10:00 a.m. New Hyde Park, New York Robin Maddox, Director Suite for Strings A-Roving I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue O Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide) Dashing Away GOOD MUSIC PUBLISHING John Rutter (continued on next page) 6

9 Of Glorious Plumage HIGHLAND/ETLING Souvenir de Florence, op. 70 Allegro vivace Richard Meyer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky arr. Lucas Drew Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra... 11:00 a.m. Nyack, New York Christine Gero, Director Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G Major, BWV 1048 Allegro BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL St. Paul s Suite, op. 29, No. Jig Ostinato Intermezzo Finale ( From The Dargason ) G. SCHIRMER, INC. Pavane pour une infante Defunte Burke Lokey, Guest Conductor Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato Prelude BROUDE BROTHERS J. S. Bach Gustav Holst Maurice Ravel arr. Burke Lokey Ernest Bloch Oscar Smith High School Chamber Orchestra... 1:00 p.m. Chesapeake, Virginia Deanna Kringel, Director Overture to the Wind KJOS Allegro Spiritoso BELWIN MILLS Rondo in Blue FJH Kirt Mosier Jean-Baptiste Senaille arr. James Higgins Robert Longfield 7

10 Oscar Smith High School Chamber Orchestra (continued) Short Overture G. SCHIRMER From Holberg s Time, op. 40 ( Holberg Suite ) Prelude Gavotte, Musette Rigaudon Calypso Jam SWATH PUBLISHING Simple Symphony Frolicsome Finale OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Jean Berger Edvard Grieg Dean Marshall Benjamin Britten Capital-South Charleston High School Combined Orchestras...2:00 p.m. Charleston, West Virginia Colleen Tan, Director Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, op. 6, No. 7 Andante Hornpipe SCHOTT Serenade for Strings in E Minor Allegro piacevole GOODMUSIC Symphony No. 4 First Movement FJH The Devil Went Down to Georgia Danzas de Panama Tamborito Cumbia y Congo PEERMUSIC CLASSICAL Edward Elgar Georg Friderich Handel Robert Schumann arr. McCashin Charlie Daniels arr. Darling William Grant Still (continued on next page) 8

11 Yorktown High School String Orchestra...3:00 p.m. Arlington, Virginia Thomas Hartman, Director Andante festivo Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K.201 Allegro BROUDE Danza Adagio; Allegro; Vivo E.C. KIRBY Jean Sibelius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vaclav Nelhybel Southwest High School Chamber Orchestra...4:00 p.m. El Centro, California Matthew Busse, Director Sinfonia for Strings and Basso continuo in G Major, FWVM no G4 Johann Friedrich Fasch Vivace Grave Fugue Presto Langsamer Satz C. FISCHER Suite for String Orchestra, JW 6/2 Moderato LUCKS MUSIC String Quartet No. 8, opus 110 (Sinfonia for String Orchestra) Anton Webern Leoš Janácek Dmitri Shostakovich arr and edited Lucas Drew Largo Allegro molto 9

12 Friday, March 20 Caddo Middle School Magnet Orchestra...9:00 a.m. Shreveport, Louisiana Elaine Webb, Director Suite for Strings Elliot Del Borgo Intrada Fugue Canto Dance KENDOR MUSIC The Gift Aria for String Orchestra Opus One KJOS For the Star of the County Down The Gallagher Gal KJOS William Hofeldt arr. Deborah Baker Monday Liberty Senior High School Symphonic Orchestra... 10:00 a.m. Liberty, Missouri Mary Lou Jones, Director Suite in F ( Lady Radnor s Suite ) Prelude Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Aria ASSOCIATED MUSIC/HAL LEONARD Launch Pad for String Orchestra Commissioned by Liberty High School Orchestra for ASTA National Orchestra Festival Serenade for Strings in C Major, op. 48 Élégie Finale (Tema Russo) C. Hubert H. Parry Heitor Villa-Lobos arr. by John Krance James Mobberley Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky 10

13 Lawton Chiles High School Orchestra... 11:00 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida Christopher Miller, Director Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Univeral Edition Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato Allegro energico e pesante Dirge Pastorale and Rustic Dances Fugue BROUDE BROTHERS Arvo Pärt Ernest Bloch Alpharetta High School Chamber Orchestra... 1:00 p.m. Alpharetta, Georgia Sheldon Fisher, Director Egyptian Legacy FJH Introit for Strings ELKIN-VOGEL Short Overture for Strings G. SCHIRMER The Hallelujah Chorus ( From The Messiah ) KENDOR Soon Hee Newbold Vincent Persichetti Jean Berger George Frederick Handel Arr. by Robert. S. Frost Stringendo Orchestra School of the Hudson Valley...2:00 p.m. Poughkeepsie, New York Jonathan Handman, Director Divertimento No. 3 in F Major, K. 138 Allegro Andante Presto Rounds for String Orchestra Allegro Molto Vivace Adagio Allegro Vigoroso ELKIN-VOGEL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart David Diamond 11

14 Stringendo Orchestra School of the Hudson Valley (continued) Introduction and Allegro for Strings, op. 47 LUCKS MUSIC Edward Elgar Spring Valley High School Orchestra... 3:00 p.m. Columbia, South Carolina Christopher Selby, Director Sinfonia for Strings, No. 10 in B Minor Adagio Allegro LUCKS MUSIC Five Pieces (Funf Stucke), op. 44/4 Langsam Langsam Schnell SCHOTT Little Suite for String Orchestra in A minor, Op. 1 FS6 Finale Andante con moto LUCKS MUSIC Felix Mendelssohn Paul Hindemith Carl Nielsen Oakton High School Chamber Orchestra... 4:00 p.m. Vienna, Virginia Cheri Collins, Director Of Glorious Plumage Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 BREITKOPF and HÄRTEL Richard Meyer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pizzicato Polka for String Orchestra Johann Strauss, J. and Josef Strauss Divertimento for String Orchestra Allegro non troppo BOOSEY & HAWKES Serenade in E Major for Strings, Op. 22 Scherzo Béla Bartόk Antonín Dvořák 12

15 Caddo Parish Magnet High School Orchestra... 5:00 p.m. Shreveport, Louisianna Elaine Webb, Director Serenade for Strings, Opus Moderato Variations for String Orchestra DULY NOTED SCORES Lullaby NEW WORLD MUSIC Air for Strings EDWARD B. MARKS MUSIC Anton Dvorak Todd Gabriel George Gershwin Norman Dello Joio A Downland Suite John Ireland Rondo Freely arranged for string orchestra by the composer and Geoffrey Bush R. SMITH & CO. LTD. 13

16 Special Thanks to our Master Class Clinicians! Endre Granat Eric Hansen Scott Laird Daniel Levitov Martin Norgaard James Palmer Daniel Sweaney American String Teachers Association 4153 Chain Bridge Road Fairfax, Virginia

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