Wind EnsembleWayne Bailey, conductor

James Smart, guest conductor

Sam Pilafian, guest conductor

Jazz Repertory Band

Michael, Kocour, director

Jelani Canser, guest director

7:30 p.m.Thursday, March 1, 2007ASU Gammage

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ProgramThe School of Music dedicates this program to the inspiration and memory of

Tara Davis, former music student of ASU

Salvation is Created

Paval TschnekoffSam Pilafian, conductor

Shortcut Home Dana WilsonJames Smart, conductor

Sinfonia V

Timothy Broege

Autobiography

Robert Russell Bennett1894: Cherry Street1899: South Omaha1900: Corn, Cows, and Music

Niagara Falls Michael Daugherty

Intermission

Who Me? Frank Foster

Fables Of Faubus Charles Mingus (arr. Sy Johnson)

Jelani Canser, director

Biographies

Wayne Bailey is Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands atArizona State University where he conducts the university Wind Ensembleand teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting. Dr. Baileyalso served as the Director of the School of Music at ASU and previouslyheld similar positions at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TexasTech University, and East Tennessee State University. A trumpeter andband director he has also served on the faculty at the University ofColorado, where he was also Assistant Dean; Hastings College; AlabamaState University; and the Howell, Michigan Public Schools.

Dr. Bailey holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Iowa StateUniversity, a Master of Music in trumpet performance from the Universityof Michigan, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in instrumental conductingfrom the University of Colorado.

Dr. Bailey is the author of three widely used music education textbooks,including Aural Skills for Conductors, Teaching Brass; a ResourceManual and Complete Marching Band Resource Manual. He haspublished articles in The Instrumentalist, BD Guide, Band World Today'sMusic Educator, The Canadian Band Journal as well as a number of bandand brass arrangements.

Ensembles under his direction have performed at the College BandDirectors National Association conference, the International CommunityBand festival in Switzerland, the All-Japan Band Directors Clinic, atnationally televised bowl games, and throughout the nation. q He hasconducted recordings of ensembles in the U.S. and throughout Europe.Former students hold numerous conducting and administrative positions atcolleges and universities throughout the United States.

Stealin' Apples

Don't Be That Way

Isfahan

The Flight Of The Foo Birds

Fletcher Henderson

Mitchell Parrish, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson

Billy Strayhorn

Neil Hefti

A well-respected music administrator, Dr. Bailey has served as Chairmanof the Committee on Ethics for the National Association of Schools ofMusic (NASM). He is currently a member of the national Commission onAccreditation and serves as an external evaluator of music programs forNASM. Bailey is an expert on curricular structure and innovation formusic schools and has served as a consultant to universities across thenation.

Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you,please turn all beepers, cell phones, and watches to their silent modes.

Thank you.

While at Tanglewood he was invited by Leonard Bernstein to perform on-stage in the world premiere of Bernstein's MASS, which opened the JohnF. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is currently Professor ofMusic at Arizona State University, having previously served for twentyyears on the faculties of Boston University and their summer TanglewoodInstitute. Sam has won the Walter Naumberg Chamber Music Award, theHarvard Music Association Prize, the University of Miami's DistinguishedAlumni Award, the Brevard Music Center Distinguished Alumni Award,the Robert Trotter Annual Visiting Professorship at the University ofOregon and the annual Outstanding Teacher Award for the College of FineArts, Arizona State University. As a past president and chairman of theboard of the International Tuba Euphonium Association, Sam now serveson its board of directors.

James Smart has a broad repertoire in wind, orchestral, and opera worksand is particularly interested in promoting new music. He holds aBachelor of Music from The University of Michigan and a Master ofMusic from Arizona State University where he is also currently pursuing aDoctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting. Mr. Smart'sconducting teachers include Gary Hill, William Reber, H. RobertReynolds, Timothy Russell, Kevin Sedatole, and James Tapia. He hascontinued his conducting studies in workshops with William Larne Jones,Kenneth Kiesler, Craig Kirchhoff, and Allan McMurray.

Before coming to ASU to pursue his doctorate, he was Director of Bandsand Brass Studies at Southern Utah University and Assistant Conductor ofthe Orchestra of Southern Utah. While at SUU, Mr. Smart conducted theSymphony Band, brass ensemble, and athletic bands, and taught classes inadvanced conducting, applied brass, and music education methods. Hiswork at SUU created increased participation, quality,and notoriety for the institution. In April of 2006, Mr. Smart conductedthe SUU Wind Symphony in the world premier of Raag Mala: the musicof India through Western ears by Pulitzer Prize winning composer MichaelColgrass. Mr. Smart organized the fully funded commission and residencyby the composer.

Mr. Smart taught public school in Lapeer, MI. He has guest conductedand/or adjudicated ensembles in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Michigan, andUtah. He has also been a participant in the Conductors Retreat atMedomak, the International Workshop for Orchestral Conducting (Graz,Austria), and the Band Conductors Art Symposium (Ann Arbor, MI).

Michael Kocour is an Associate Professor and the Director of Jazz Studiesat Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Previously, he served on theJazz Studies faculty at Northwestern University. Hailed by the ChicagoTribune as "one of the most sophisticated pianists in jazz," Kocour hasperformed at the 1992 World's Fair in Seville, the Jazz Showcase inChicago, the Blue Note in New York, and the Chicago, Montreal andQuebec City Jazz festivals. Among the many artists and ensembles withwhom he has appeared are Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Harris, James Moody,Eddie Daniels, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Ira Sullivan, Carl Fontana,Dewey Redman, Lew Tebackin, and the Chicago Symphony.

His recorded work as a studio musician includes soundtracks to two majormotion pictures, and numerous television commercials. He has eight workspublished by Warner Brothers, which include collections of originalcompositions and arrangements for piano.

Kocour holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University ofIllinois and a Master of Music in Music Theory from NorthwesternUniversity. He was awarded National Endowment for the Arts study grantsin 1988 and 1990 and from 1991-94 he was a visiting lecturer in Jazz Studiesand Piano Pedagogy at the University of Illinois.

In recognition of excellence in teaching, Mr. Kocour was awarded theHerberger College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teacher Award for theacademic year 2004-2005.

Sam Pilafian is perhaps best known as a founding member of theinternationally renowned Empire Brass Quintet. He has also recorded andperformed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New YorkPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Metropolitan OperaOrchestra, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, and Pink Floyd.As a solo jazz artist, Sam has recorded fifteen CDs. He is also a member ofthe large brass ensemble Summit Brass. Solo recital and concertoperformances during recent seasons have taken him to Canada, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Austria, Germany and England. As anarranger, composer and recording producer, Sam has recently produced andwritten for Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), the Boston Brass, theBrass Band of Battle Creek, the Academy (of Drum Corp International), andthe United States Air Force Band. Sam is the coauthor of the best sellingpedagogy texts "Breathing Gym" and "Brass Gym"

In 1967, Sam won the concerto competition at the National Music Camp inInterlochen, Michigan, becoming only the second tubist in over fifty years todo so. He subsequently won fellowships at Dartmouth College and theTanglewood Music Center.

Jazz Repertory BandMichael Kocour, director

Wind EnsembleWayne Bailey, conductor

Flute/Piccolo Tenor Saxophone TubaMichelle Buckley* Candace Roberts Steve Collins*Mine Hea Mike HuttlinBeth Ratay Baritone Saxophone Gabriel SearsErika Salcido Melissa KelleyJoshua Stockham Harp

Horn Virginia BlakeOboe Jenessa CordesEileen Ermel Jenni Ensign PianoJosephine Gonzalez Josephina Ralon Patrick FanningMary Smith* Leighanna SizemoreLaura Smith DeAnna Uranga* Percussion

Kaci Watkins Charlie BoundsBassoon Michael R. Kemp*Kaitlyn Cameron Trumpet Austen MackDeborah Elam Kyle Anderson IV Daniel PrattMichael Kato Bill Anonie* Bradley Nathan StellRebecca Mestek Brandon Corenman Tyler StellChelsea Upham* Chris Coughlin Laura M. Wiedenfeld*

Jeff GriggsClarinet Amber L. Gudaitis OrganKorbi Adams Ken Johnston Homer FergusonJay Balk Steven C. LimpertAlana Bundock* Ensemble LibrarianJulia Anne Georges Trombone Janet CapeMichelle Hansen* Patrick AndersonPatricia Karaffa Steven Joseph Brazier OfficeBrian Mabry Derik Dalby SpecialistRachel Piske Jeffrey Hattasch Brandy DuBoseMichael Sedillo Matthew HerzbergNeal Smith Amber Lakotish*Susan Whitley Matthew Swenson * indicates section

Jon White leaderAlto SaxophoneAlycia Carlson EuphoniumMiguel Angel Amy Swietlik*

Carrasco* Eric Weingartner

Alto SaxophoneJeff Gutierrez TromboneJennifer Kabbas Steve Brazier

Jeffrey HattaschTenor Saxophone Patrick AndersonAlycia Carlson Gabriel SearsMelissa Kelly

Rhythm SectionBaritone Saxophone Todd Martino — PianoMichele Fisco Rich Kniss — guitar

Brady Putzke — bassTrumpet Brian Connolly - drumDavid HunsickerAmy Frost Graduate AssistantsKen Johnston Jeff GutierrezJames Williams Jelani Canser

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