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Executive Board OfficersPresident - Alisa F. StewartExec. VP/Communications - Sherry SantoTreasurer - Felicia TorrenceSecretary - Debbie Arvesen1st VP / Fundraising - Robb Brown2nd VP / Concert Bands - Birgit Roberts3rd VP / Marching Band - Mimi Winship4th VP / Jazz Bands - Janet McCreightMembership Coordinator - Holly WilandSMAPA Representative - Mort Bernstein

Principal VounteersColorguard/Winterguard Chair - Tava TheisDirect Donation Chair - Clare BaumBand Merchandize Sales - Sabrina ChunBand Logo Wear Design - John LaBorde

eScrip Chair - Mark ChoiConcert Formal Wear - Tracy SaltzmanConcert Program Chair - Karl EdwardsProgram Ad Sales - Mandy StackelProgram & Poster Artwork - Mel HoranConcert Cafe Chair - Jan KravetsAwards & Honors Chair - Joi MorrisWind Ensemble/Special Trip Chair - Laurie CharchutBand Photographer - Roy PersinkoVolunteer Coordinator & First Aid - Rachel DeeseMedical Coordinator - Allison LeongUniform Chair - Pat MahlerCompetition & Football Game Coordi-nators - Bob & Susie GunterChow Line Chair - Shelly Hawkins

SMAPA-Samohi Bands 2012-2013 Officers & Principal Volunteers

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FluteFrancis Luke AbastillasYanjun LiValerie Yong

OboeJackson Kennedy

ClarinetRyan FragomeniRonald Harris-GavinJennifer LopezJacob PinkXochitl RamirezDaniel Smith

Alto SaxophoneRaisha AsumaPaul CougillMiguel Hernandez

Tenor SaxophoneChristopher MarinJennifer Recendez

French HornSamantha GillespieTed KumagaiSusana RamosCameron Rappaport

TrumpetNicholas AragonNicholas FrancoJustin Golden

TromboneChristian DoddDiego Hughes-ReyesAnanya MadirajuBrandon RiggsBenjamin Spillman

EuphoniumOmeed Partovi

TubaJoseph Staraci

PercussionNiko AbeMichael AboutboulJakob BarnerAjani Bryant GysiEaston DeleonBrandon GainesAlfredo GonzalezFelix HoranLaila KaddouraOliver KonopekBryce JohnsonGriffin MittlemanSherryn Pattarawuttiwong

Concert Winds

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Concert BandFluteAishwarya BhallaTab ChapmanHeidi ChoiAdam GorenKaitlyn HayesAriana HernandezLauren LaBordeJonathan MassachiXimena MedinaAnett SzczepanekDaria Yaari

OboeIden Amiri

ClarinetEmily ArvesenAudrey BenacerrafIvan EstevezElliot Frank

Zahra HashimMiles HollandBrian KanjoEric ManningStella MilinichGabriel MugalianHarrison SalingScott SantoJonah SharfLisa TakahashiJonathan Trester

Bass ClarinetZain DelawallaMehak DelawallaHenry FelstinerJacob NikolauChristopher RosaEdgar SantiagoAlexander Soohoo

Alto SaxophoneNicholas ElekJake GuyetteAdnan Virani

Tenor SaxophoneAlexandra GillespieBisrat Moges

French HornFarhan AzamEmma EncinasKiley McGillNikolas NahassCarol SotojSamuel Youngs

TrumpetCaleb GarbuioMatthew HowardChristian Joy-Ito

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Santa Monica High School AdministrationLaurel Fretz, PrincipalCatherine Baxter, Dean of StudentsJason Kurtenbach, S House PrincipalSteve Franklin, M House PrincipalClara Herran, O House PrincipalLeslie Wells, H House PrincipalRenne Semik, I House Principal

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Senior CabinetSandra Lyon, SuperintendentJanece Maez, Chief Financial Officer, Assistant SuperintendentDebra Moore Washington, Assistant Superinten-dent, Human ResourcesTerry Deloria, Assistant Superintendent, Educa-tional ServicesBoard of EducationBen Allen, PresidentLaurie Lieberman, Vice PresidentOscar de la Torre, Jose Escarce, Maria Leon-Vazquez, Ralph Mechur & Nimish Patel, MembersVisual & Performing Arts DepartmentTom Whaley, VAPA CoordinatorChandra Narain, VAPA AssistantCary Upton, Director of Theatre OperationsVAPA District Advisory CommitteeJanice Gabbert, ChairBambi Martins, Vice ChairZina Josephs, Secretary

Santa Monica-Malibu Education FoundationLinda Greenberg Gross, Executive Director

The Gail Dorin Music FoundationThe Ella Fitzgerald Charitable FoundationThe Santa Monica City Council

Santa Monica High School Visual & Perform-ing Arts DepartmentKevin McKeown, Director of BandsTerry Sakow, Director of BandsTom Whaley, Jazz Band DirectorJessica Swift, Jazz Band II DirectorJulia Barnett, Instructional AideAndy Bill, Percussion Instructor

Juan Gonzalez, Color Guard Caption HeadJody Anderson, Color Guard TechYosuke Miyoshi, Marching TechJeffe Huls, Dept. Chair; Director of Vocal MusicJoni Swenson, Director of OrchestraJason Aiello, Assistant Orchestra DirectorKate Soller, Director of TheatreNate Hodges, Director of DanceLuis Villegas, Guitar InstructorMark Harris, Guitar InstructorDavid McCrum, Theatre Technical CoordinatorJan Strnad, Barnum Hall House ManagerBill Wishart, Audio/Visual , Speaker RunningNaomi Sato, Instructional AideLucas Capra, Stage Technician

Malibu High School VAPA - MusicAmy Loch, Choir DirectorBill Bixler, Band & WindsMaia Zander, Orchestra

John Adams Middle School VAPA - MusicAngela Woo, Director of Instrumental Music, VAPA ChairApryl Garcia, Asst Director of Instrumental MusicCecile Blanchard, Director of Choral MusicRuss Mullen, Instructional AssistantAlina Baskina, AccompanistKelly Flickinger, Dr. Justin Hageman, Grace Hsu, Dr. Josephine Liu Moerschel, Jennifer Roth & Peter Senchuck, Coaches

Lincoln Middle School VAPA - MusicMark Hunt, Director of Bands, VAPA ChairJim Wang, Director of OrchestrasVanessa Ventre, Director of Choral MusicHeather Klenk, Instructional Asst., BandsColleen Ruddy, Instructional Asst., OrchestrasStephen Dress, Karolina Naziemiec, Teag Reaves, Peter Senchuck & Kelly Weaver, Coaches

SMMUSD Elementary General Music & SMASH Middle School InstructorsKirsten Bersch, Deborah Cha, Susan Justin, Bonnie Lockrem, Allen Loyd, Steven Ravaglioli, Jessi Spike-Gravelle, Jessica Swift, Bruce Tellier, Lydia Tseng, Jody Rubin, Elleni Maureas & Meghan Turner

AcknowledgmentsMaddie Lo MonacoTomas PradaDaniel RotbergTimothy SouthamJessi ThixtonMollie Wittels

TrombonePedro FlackNipunjeet GujralJolene HauckMonai HicksSamuel RiettaFrederick RiggsFrancine Rios-Fetchko

Jack SadlerHenry Schlessinger

EuphoniumSean ChunAemoni HarrisDavid MijaresJesus Palma

TubaMatthew BrandIsmael De PabloJacob GainesAustin GomezMalcolm RoddyChristopher Schlierman

PercussionNiko AbeMichael AboutboulJakob BarnerAjani Bryant GysiEaston DeleonBrandon GainesAlfredo GonzalezFelix HoranLaila KaddouraOliver KonopekBryce JohnsonGriffin MittlemanSherryn Pattarawuttiwong

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Terry Sakow

Terry Sakow was born in Yokosuka, Japan. Because his father was in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Sakow grew up in Japan, Hawaii and Califor-nia, beginning his musical studies in the 6th grade in Poway, California as a trumpeter in the school band. Mr. Sakow earned a Bachelor of Arts in music from UCLA in 1989 and later a Masters in Music Education from the University of Illinois in 1997.

Mr. Sakow began teaching at Santa Monica High School in 1990. Between 1995 and 2006 he served as Chair of the Santa Monica High School Music Department overseeing the entire music curriculum, and also serving as consultant for a massive renovation of the school auditorium, and the music facility.

At the end of his time as department chair, the music department enrollment reached an excess of 800 students, and the music facility and performance hall are now state of the art facilities. The band program at Santa Monica High School has devel-oped into one of the finest and most comprehensive of its kind in California.

His ensembles have received top honors at adjudicated performances, and are considered amongst the finest bands in California. The Santa Monica High School Wind Ensemble performed at the California Music Educators Asssociation Con-vention in 2006. The Wind Ensemble also performed in Carnegie Hall in 2007. Many past members of the Wind Ensemble have continued their music education at prestigious conservatories, universities, and schools of music.

His musical mentors are Karl Fitch, Lar Best, Marc Davis, Gerald and Linda An-derson, Chris Schwabe, Samuel Krachmalnick, Dr. Thomas Lee, Gordon Hender-son, Gary Rosenblatt and Dr. Abel Ramirez.

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Band DirectorsKevin McKeownOriginally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mr. McKeown and his family left “The Troubles” behind in 1982 to come to Santa Monica for a new life. He is a proud alumnus of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.

Mr. McKeown attended UCLA for his Bach-elor of Arts degree in Music Education. Under the direction of Gordon Henderson, he was a four year drum major for the UCLA Bruin Marching Band, known as “The Solid Gold Sound.” He went on to earn a Masters of Music in Instrumental Conducting, becom-ing the Graduate Associate Conductor of the UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Lee.

Before joining the faculty at SAMOHI, Mr. McKeown taught at John Adams Middle School, S.M.A.S.H. Middle School, and at every elementary school in the SM-MUSD. He has developed and continues to conduct collegiate level wind ensem-bles at Santa Monica College and the Clare Trevor School of Arts at the University of California, Irvine. He is an active adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor throughout Southern California, and has previously held positions at CSUN, CSULA, and Long Beach City College.

Mr. McKeown is an active member of SCSBOA and CBDA and is on the Board of Directors of Elemental Strings, a youth orchestra for 4th and 5th grade string stu-dents in the Santa Monica community. Outside of teaching and conducting, Mr. McKeown enjoys spending time with his family, riding his bicycle, eating great Japanese food in his Sawtelle neighborhood, and working on his ongoing pursuit to carry a single digit handicap in golf.

Symphonic WindsPiccoloDorothy DeBaisse

FluteSara ArvesenKalon CheungGabrielle ClouseDorothy DeBaisseLauren FleckAbigail Wisen

OboePhoebe KiekhoferSadie SaltzmanElla Warshauer

ClarinetMira BaumMary GuirguisSamuel GuyetteTomoki IshizukaHayden KirschbaumAlaleh MokhtariDalí NemecioOlive ShermanJillian SondereggerTheresa StewartQian Tan

Bass ClarinetDylan MeekMonica NorrisAndrej PervanShayda Yazdani

Contra-Alto ClarinetJillian Sonderegger

BassoonFrancesca BillingtonMaya Gorgas

Alto SaxophoneJessica Deese Gianna Ferrarin Alex Kahan Max Levenson Frederic Norris William Tomita

Tenor SaxophoneDaisy GarciaAndres Orellana

Baritone SaxophoneJacob Irvin Kyle Schwartz

French HornManuel Beltran Amancai Biraben Steven Harmon Maclaine Kennedy Alexander Kinsinger Peter Pak Ella Ponthier Kathryn Rusk-Kosa

TrumpetJack Aron Carruth Cull Enrique Ipina Christopher Pak Jakub PreisBrandon Searfoss

TromboneGlennon Davalos Stanton* Matthew Hawkins Patrick Hu Andrew Lewis Liam McBride Daniel Murokh Sumner Schwartz

EuphoniumCyrus ChunTess King

TubaFrancisco Gutierrez Mikey LaBorde Zoe Moench

PercussionJack BonnerBradley FinkelsteinRachel IsrailevichMatilda LoughmillerBenjamin RichmanNima ShajarianBenjamin StackelElias ValladaresBennett Zemke

* California Orchestra Director’s Association (CODA) 2012 Honors Symphony Orchestra

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The so-called “Queen of the Night” aria, Der Hölle Rache (The Revenge of Hell), takes place when the Queen discovers that both Tamino and her daughter Pamina have been converted to the philosophy of their captor. The Queen vows revenge on her daughter and Sarastro in this coloratura aria, which requires a voice able to soar stratospherically.

Symphony in B-Flat, Movement I Paul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a rare musician known not only for his talent as a com-poser, but for his work as a professional violinist and violist, a pianist, conductor, and teacher. Hindemith was born in Hanau, Germany, in 1895. His father was a house painter, who played the zither and encouraged his children to explore their musical talents. Paul started taking violin lessons at the age of nine and was later enrolled at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfort from 1908 to 1917.

When his father was killed in the war in 1915, Paul had to support his mother by playing in cafes. He was concertmaster for the Frankfurt Opera (1915 - 1923) except for a two-year period when he was called into service and became part of the regimental band. His compositions represented the neobaroque, working in the classic forms of the fugue, sonata, and suite in a manner identified with Bach.

His interest in composing Gebrauchsmusik - music for practical use rather than music for art’s sake - put him in disfavor with the rising Nazi party; they felt he was not upholding his duty as a true German composer. In 1938, he left for Swit-zerland and later the United States, becoming head of the School of Music at Yale University in 1942 and a US citizen in 1946. Returning to Switzerland in 1953, he resided there until his death in 1963.

Huapango Jose Pablo MoncayoThe musical talents of Guadalajara-born José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958) were manifest in his several roles as pianist, percussionist, composer, conductor and pedagogue.

Although he spent a short time studying with Aaron Copland in 1942 (who was quite enamored of Mexican music, as shown in El salón méxico) and earned money as a jazz pianist in the late 1920s to finance his musical studies, he became known for his love of and advocacy for Mexican music. In 1934, in fact, he was one of four composers to launch the “Grupo de los Cuatro,” whose avowed goal was to promote the nationalist spirit of their country’s music.

The title Huapango refers to the very popular Mexican dance rhythm (derived from the Spanish fandango) one still hears in ensembles of all sizes and compo-nents from vocalists to full mariachi bands. The music veers between major and minor keys, and shifts from duple- to triple-meter (mainly staying in 6/8 time). In original folk/pop practice it is danced by men and women often accompanied by falsetto singing.

Wind EnsemblePiccoloRachel Ricard

FluteSophie CrowleyLinda GordonAdrienne HinoSarah OhanianEmily PersinkoRachel RicardJennifer White-Phalan

OboeMollie Bernstein*Ryan Roberts

ClarinetClelia Davis Del PiccoloElliot FleckSophia Horwitz-HirschGregory MelickMadison Miller*Jason OyakawaAva PomerantzJerry QiNoah RosenbergRaphael Rossellini

Richard SearfossWinona WilandChris Yang

Bass ClarinetNicholas CharchutRachel KiekhoferJames McFarland

BassoonRene Ross

Alto SaxophoneAdam KummerJose Sepulveda Mendoza

Tenor SaxophoneTucker MoodyStephanie Soohoo

Baritone SaxophoneVictoria Hatakeyama

French HornMegan EdwardsJake Gold*Steven Harmon*

Joshua Maccoby*Skyler MuldaurHarper Olmon

TrumpetElias Brown*Daniel Chenevert*Spencer CramerElijah KravetsBenjamin RosenbergAlejandro Sepulveda MendozaLauren Villero

TromboneElias BatallaAndrew BrownHarrison KlannKyle McCreightIsaac Nemzer

EuphoniumJonah KropEric StockerMitchell Won

TubaDaniel BottittaJonathan ForsanderJacob Levine

PercussionIsley BrockBenjamin CanalesBen GelfandZachary GotlerAmira KaddouraMichael KentJulian MickelsonBrandon Pearl

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Wind EnsembleLiberty Fanfare John Williams, trans. Jay BocookLiberty Fanfare is a composition for Wind Ensemble by John Williams, and transcribed by Jay Bocook. Written originally for orchestra in 1986, the piece was commissioned to celebrate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty on July 4 of that year. However, the piece was actually premiered a month beforehand, on June 4, when Williams conducted the Boston Pops. The entire piece is approximately five minutes in length and utilizes both the brass section for the main themes and the woodwinds for providing a recurring, melodious motif. The rhythm is also repeated several times throughout the piece.

Before the premiere of the piece, Williams commented that he had “tried to cre-ate a group of American airs and tunes of my own invention that I hope will give some sense of the event and the occasion.”

“Queen of the Night” W.A. Mozart, arr. Carl Hammer Aria from Die Zauberflöte Ryan Roberts, Conductor Eli Brown, TrumpetMozart wrote the fabulist piece in 1791 (the last year of his life) for the Theater auf der Wieden, which catered to a more populist audience than the nearby Vienna halls. The Queen’s very classically-styled part in Zauberflöte contrasts with those of the other characters, which are much more folk-influenced. Perhaps Mozart knew that his less polished audience would associate the “high art” style of the Queen with a threatening influence.

Symphonic Suite from “Star Trek” Michael Giacchino, Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry (arr. Jay Bocook) Michael Giacchino is an Italian-American composer who has composed scores for movies, television series and video games. Some of his most notable works include the scores to television series such as “Lost” and “Alias”, video games such as the “Medal of Honor” and “Call of Duty” series, and films such as “Mission Impossible III”, “The Incredibles”, and “Star Trek”. Giacchino has received numer-ous awards for his work, including an Emmy Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, and an Academy Award.

Alexander Courage, Jr. was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. Courage began as an orchestrator and ar-ranger at MGM studios, which included work in such films as “Show Boat”, “The Band Wagon”, and “Gigi”, but he is probably best known for composing the theme for this selection.

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Fall Concert 2012Concert Winds

Joyance Bruce PearsonAn exultant 18th century hymn-tune provides the melodic inspiration for Joy-ance, a jubilant concert or festival fantasia.

Written in ternary form, the work opens with a hymn-based maestoso introduc-tion in Eb major. Following the allegro A-section (also based melodically on the hymn), the mood becomes plaintive as the B-section is presented featuring a relative minor version of hymn motives. Following a return of the Eb major A-section, the work concludes with a coda, during which a victorious exclamation of the complete darwall composition is heard.

Park Street Celebration James SwearingenJames Swearingen’s numerous contributions for band have been enthusiasti-cally received by school directors, student performers and audiences worldwide. With over 550 published works, he has written band compositions and arrange-ments that reflect a variety of musical forms and styles. Many of his pieces, in-cluding 98 commissioned works, have been chosen for contest and festival lists.

Mr. Swearingen is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education and one of several resident composers at Capital University located in Columbus, Ohio. He also serves as a staff arranger for the famed Ohio State University Marching Band.

Concert BandOn a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss David HolsingerOn a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss is a radical departure of style of this composer. The frantic tempos, the ebullient rhythms we associate with Holsinger are re-placed with a restful, gentle, and reflective composition based on the 1876 Philip Bliss – Horatio Spafford hymn, “It is Well with my Soul”. Written to honor the retiring Principal of Shady Grove Christian Academy, On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss was presented as a gift from the SGCA Concert Band to Rev. Steve Edel in May of 1989.

Symphonic WindsSecond Suite in F for Military Band Gustav HolstHolst wrote the Second Suite in 1911, using English folk songs and folk dance tunes throughout. The opening March combines a Morris dance with folk songs, while the second movement features a lyrical tune which tells of lovers separated by their parents. This is followed by the Song of the Blacksmith, com-plete with a lively rhythm played on the blacksmith’s anvil. The Suite concludes with the Dargason country dance and folk song entwined with the well-known Green-sleeves melody.

Holst was well suited for his role as concert band composer, having played trombone in various groups for years. Whereas other composers wrote for the concert band as they would for an orchestra without strings, Holst created a unique sound intended to cast the concert band as a serious concert medium.

Variation on a Korean Folk Song John Barnes ChanceChance won the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Award for this work in the year following its composition. He provided the following informa-tion concerning the work in the Journal of Band Research for Autumn 1966:

“I became acquainted with the folk song Arrirang while serving in Seoul, Korea in the Eighth U.S. Army Band in 1958-59. The tune is not as simple as it sounds, and my fascination with it during the intervening years led to its eventual use as the theme for this set of variations.”

The work is in six sections—the opening pentatonic theme stated by the clarinets followed by five distinct variations. The first variation features temple blocks and woodwinds. Variation two is quiet and serene with the original melody, now inverted, played by the oboe. The third variation is a fast march, the fourth is broad and solemn, and the fifth is more involved with various sec-tions of the band playing one of the two phrases heard in the opening theme.