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February 22, 2007 issue
Compiled by Kathleen McFadden
The Hayes School of Music continues its spring semester concert bonanza this week, with performances ranging from a renowned guest trumpeter—the guy has played with Mick Jagger, Steve Winwood and Tina Turner—to the strains of the Renaissance- and Baroque-era viola da gamba. All performances are free. It doesn’t get any better than that. For more info, call the Hayes School of Music at 828-262-3020.
Trumpeter Mac Gollehon Joins Appalachian’s Jazz Ensemble Saturday
Appalachian State University’s Jazz Ensemble I concert on Saturday, February 24, will feature guest trumpeter Mac Gollehon. Also performing is music faculty member and saxophonist Scott Kallestad on Pat Metheny’s “If I Could.”The free concert begins at 8:00 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium.
Todd Wright, director of jazz studies in Appalachian’s Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music, will direct the ensemble.
Gollehon will be featured on his compositions “Fish Market” and “OK,” as well as Sammy Nestico’s “Switch in Time, Thad Jones’ “Don’t Get Sassy” and “Little Pixie II, Bob Mintzer’s “Latin Dance” and other jazz compositions.
Gollehon attended Cannon Music Camp in the early 1970s and studied with the late Elmer White and was a member of the camp’s jazz band directed by Joe Phelps.
A native of Virginia, Gollehon attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and during the summer breaks toured with Buddy Rich’s Big Band. He moved to New York City after graduating, where he became known for his performances in jazz clubs and concert halls.
Gollehon has played with acts such as Steve Winwood, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Madonna, Tina Turner and Sheena Easton. He has recorded tracks on nearly 800 albums and more then 75 solos on top 40 single releases. His memorable solos can be heard on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” Billy Ocean’s “Get Out of My Dreams” and Duran Duran’s “Notorious.”
Gollehon conducts music clinics at universities across the country, and has been the official trumpet coach for the U.S. Army Band.
Karen Robertson Presents Horn Recital Sunday
Karen Robertson, a faculty member in the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music, will present a horn recital Sunday, February 25, at 6:00 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Pianist Christina Hayes will provide accompaniment.
The program includes Eugène Bozza’s “En Foret,” Carl Maria von Weber’s “Concertino, Op. 45,” Trygve Madsen’s “Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 24” and Reinhold Glière’s “Romance, Op. 35, No. 6.”
“This recital explores the creative aspects occurring when a composer incorporates a pre-existing melody into a new piece of music for the horn,” Robertson said. “This metamorphosis results in works that are both expressive and challenging, expanding the boundaries of range and technique for the instrument.”
“En Foret,” written for horn and piano, is considered one of the best virtuoso pieces for horn. The challenging piece requires mastery of advanced techniques like trills, glissandi, muted and stopped notes.
In von Weber’s concertina for horn, the musician performs two notes simultaneously by humming while playing, a technique known in brass playing as polyphonics.
Born in Kiev in 1875, Glière was the son of a maker of wind instruments. He became an accomplished violinist while a child. He wrote works for the opera, ballet, symphony and chamber groups. Glière taught at the Moscow and Kiev conservatories. Among his students were Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Miaskovsky and Nikolai Rakov. His peers called him the “Father of Soviet Composers.”
Appalachian Concert Band Performs Stolen Gems February 26
Dr. John Stanley Ross will direct the Appalachian Concert Band in Stolen Gems for Concert Band on Monday, February 26, at 8:00 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at ASU. Admission is free.
The term stolen gems refers to works on the program that originally were written for a medium other than concert band, such as orchestra, chorus or piano. “When creating a program, I try to have a lot of variety so that everyone leaves loving something,” Ross said.
The program opens with Norman Dello Joio’s “Scenes from The Louvre.” The composition was originally written for the NBC program The Louvre. The work won an Emmy in 1965 for outstanding musical score.
H. Robert Reynold’s arrangement of Morton Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” was originally a choral work. Translated from its original Latin, the song’s title means, “oh great mystery.” The piece reflects upon the birth of Jesus.
The concert band also performs Julius Fucik’s “Florentiner (Grande March Italiana).” “In my opinion, it is one of the best marches ever written,” Ross said. “The piece has so many different personalities. You can hear different characters within the piece, such as a wife asking her husband for something and his refusal.”
Percy Grainger’s “Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon” was originally written for mixed voices, whistlers and harmonium. Grainger arranged the work for wind band in 1932. “It’s a really gorgeous piece, very slow and moving,” Ross said. “Every chord is a surprise, you never know what’s about to happen.” The full tune is heard only twice during the piece and is based on five notes.
Saint Saens’ “Marche Militaire Francaise” is the fourth movement from “Suite Algeriene.” It originally was written for orchestra.
Concert Features Renaissance- and Baroque-Era Viola da Gamba February 27
Baroque and Renaissance Dance Workshop Also on February 27
A recital at ASU on Tuesday, February 27, will feature the Renaissance- and Baroque-era instrument known as the viola da gamba. The performance begins at 6:00 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s recital hall. It will feature Eric Koontz from the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music and guest performers Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Carol March and Gail Schroeder. Alicia Chapman will play the Baroque flute.
They will play compositions by William Byrd, Giovanni Coprario, Josquin Desprez, Orlando Gibbons, Marin Marais and Georg Philipp Telemann.
“The viola da gamba is a six-stringed, bowed instrument that dates from the 15th century,” Koontz explained. “Its repertoire is primarily from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. There are several sizes and shapes of the viola da gamba, or viol as it is called in English. Three that will be played in the concert will be the treble, tenor and bass viols.
March, who is a Baroque and Renaissance dance specialist, will also present a dance workshop on Tuesday, February 27, at 2:00 p.m. in Varsity Gym Room 208 that is open to the public.
Chapman joined the music faculty at Appalachian in January 2001. She teaches oboe, is the director of the Collegium Musicum, a student early music class and ensemble, and is coordinator of Woodwind Chamber Music. She is a founding member of Harmonia Baroque, Appalachian’s resident professional early music ensemble that performs on instruments from the Baroque era.
Chapman is principal oboist with the Harrisburg (Penn.) and Asheville symphonies and plays English horn with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. She has been principal oboist of the Heritage Chamber Orchestra, the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, and the Bridgeport Symphony.
She has recorded with New York Philomusica, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and New York Kammermusiker and has toured internationally as a chamber musician, performing in festivals in Prague, Dresden and Salzburg.
Crum has earned world renown as a viol player and teacher. She has made more than 80 recordings mostly with the Consort of Musicke, the Dowland Consort, Musica Antiqua of London and the Rose Consort of Viols. She also has been featured as a soloist on recordings of Marais and Bach and of virtuoso Italian music from the 16th century.
She is president of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain and professor of viol at Trinity College of Music in London.
Koontz, a native of Asheville, has studied the viola with such renowned mentors as Donald McInnes, Msao Kawasaki, Scott Rawls, Hatto Beyerle and Jesse Levine.
He graduated from Yale University in 1989 with two master of music degrees, and subsequently led the viola section of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra for 13 years, after which he served as solo viola of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Israel.
He has participated in many symphonic and chamber recordings for major U.S. labels, as well as several European recording companies. Upon returning to the United States to study for the doctorate of musical arts, he studied viola da gamba with Marsh and has worked with Crum.
Marks studied at The Royal Academy in London and for many years taught painting and drawing in adult education. In his mid 30s, he was inspired when he heard a recorder played well for the first time. He bought an instrument and stopped painting entirely. A few years later, he discovered the viol and was similarly smitten. He also learned to play the lute.
Marks is a member of several ensembles, both chamber and orchestral, and enjoys coaching on various workshops for recorders, viols and voices throughout the year.
As well as teaching and performing, he composes original music for period instruments, some of which has been published and recorded.
Marsh is recently retired from UNC Greensboro’s School of Music where she taught music history and viola da gamba and was director of the Collegium Musicum.
She has been on the faculty at a number of early music workshops in North America and Europe, teaching both viol and Renaissance notation. An internationally recognized authority on Baroque dance, she has published extensively in this field and has lectured and given dance workshops at numerous universities in the United States and abroad. In spring 1998, she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Salzburg.
Schroeder graduated in 1980 from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of music degree in music history. She furthered her performance studies on the viola da gamba at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she obtained the First Prize in 1983 and the Higher Diploma, with distinction, in 1986. She has performed extensively as soloist and with various ensembles including the Huelgas Ensemble, Capilla Flamenca, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and the Leipzig Barokorchester.
From 1988-2002 she was assistant to Wieland Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she taught viola da gamba, didactics of viola da gamba and was director of the viol consort. Currently living in North Carolina, she teaches privately and freelances on viola da gamba and lirone.
Concerto-Aria Competition Winners Perform Februry 27
Winners of the 2006-07 Concerto-Aria competition at ASU will perform Tuesday, February 27, with the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra. James Allen Anderson will conduct the orchestra and soloists. Guest conductor Frank Borkowski will lead the orchestra for Gabriel Fauré’s “Pavane.” The free program begins at 8:00 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall.
Cellist Thomas La Forgia will perform Serge Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. 10.”
Pianist Max Shagdaron will perform the “Allegro con fuoco” from Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, op.23.”
Baritone Brian Newland will sing Douglas Moore’s “Warm as the Autumn Light” from “The Ballad of Baby Doe” and Rossini’s “Largo al factotum” from “The Barber of Seville.”
Kyle Wilkerson will perform Toshir? Mayuzumi’s “Concertino for Xylophone.”
Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo Performs February 28
The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo will perform the percussion/theater music of Stuart Saunders Smith on Wednesday, February 28, at 8:00 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
Founded in 1998, the women’s percussion duo, comprised of Sylvia Smith and Ayano Kataoka, perform music that integrates percussion, spoken language and theater.
Smith has performed at Merkin Hall in New York, at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention and with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. She is the founder, owner and editor of Smith Publications/Sonic Art Editions, publishers of serious American art music. Her scholarship includes publishing several articles on music notation and curating many concerts of John Cage’s music.
Kataoka is the first percussionist to be accepted into the Chamber Music Society Two residency program in New York. She has appeared with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, given a debut recital at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall in Japan and performed with Emanuel Ax at Lincoln Center.
A leading marimba specialist, Kataoka is a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and the Peabody Conservatory, and earned an Artist Diploma degree from Yale University.
The duo will perform “When Music is Missing,” written for household objects not originally intended to be percussion instruments.
Also on the program is “…And Points North,” written in 1990 about the Passamaquoddy Nation in eastern Maine. The percussion opera tells the story of a Native American woman in search of her spirit.
“Thinking About Anne Sexton” was written for vibraphone and solo voice. Other compositions on the program are “The Xylophone Poems,” “Hearing Links” and “Family Portraits: Delbert.”
A native of Portland, Maine, Stuart Saunders Smith’s music provides a musical portrait of his family and the culture, geography and character of his home state.
In addition to the faculty and guest performer recitals scheduled in the coming week, several student recitals are also on the calendar, along with a concert by the Appalachian Wind Ensemble. All performances are free. For info on any of these performances, call the School of Music at 828-262-3020.
Friday, Feb 23: Appalachian Wind Ensemble, Dr. John S. Ross conducts, Rosen Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb 25: Student Cello Recital, Paul Antony-Levine performs, Recital Hall, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb 25: Student Multi Media Recital, Chris Horgan performs, Recital Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, Mar 1: Student Violin Recital, Rachel Kistler performs, Recital Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Mar 2: Student Voice/Violin Recital, Lillian Jones and Chloe Gude perform, Recital Hall, 6:00 p.m.
Friday, Mar 2: Student Voice Recital, Lauren Maxwell and Harrison Bumgardner perform, Recital Hall, 8:00 p.m.