The Elk Grove Community Concert Band Presents We’re Bach, Baby! Christopher J. Tootle, Interim-Director Joseph Kerr Middle School MPR 8865 Elk Grove Blvd. Monday, February 6, 2023 7:00 PM Free admission - Donations welcome elkgrovecommunityband.org
The Elk Grove Community Concert Band Presents We’re Bach, Baby! Program “Into the Clouds ” by Richard L. Saucedo “Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major ” by J.S. Bach arranged by Roland L. Moehlmann “Pavane for a Dead Princess ” by Maurice Ravel arranged by Jeff Brubaker “Selections from Phantom of the Opera ” by Andrew Lloyd Webber arranged by Warren Barker “Bonds of Unity ” by Karl L. King arranged by James Swearingen
The Elk Grove Community Concert Band Presents We’re Bach, Baby! Personnel Christopher J. Tootle, Interim-Director Flute Oboe French Horn Trombone Amy Supinger Paige Hughie Joseph Updegraff Dillon Nelson Betsy Pehrson Kennedy Youmans Hunter Dalton Caitlin Roddy Bassoon Susan Balkan Jason Elmore Chelsey Fernandez Martin Reid* Kenny Orr John Tsushima Mariam Diaz Bass Clarinet Trumpet Tuba Marion Umgelter Sarah Emmons Brian Hatano Brian Delavan Sarah Holland* Dan Pehrson Justin Stroth Alto Sax Jeff Hill Clarinet Curt Elmore John Brunett Christopher Diloffi Vicky Davis Mark MacRae Double Bass & E. Bass Daniel Gonzalez* Maurice Spencer Jim Mazzaferro Hank King Heather Schaller Tenor Saxophone Jessica McQuay Joseph Wirt Baritone Horn Percussion Lauren Chambers Laura Schneider Derek Korge Marianne Deming Natalie Hayward Mario Saeturn-Murillo Baritone Saxophone Euphonium Nicholas Zentner Michael Wanner Damian Latronica Kylie Wanner Zach Schulz Paula Blonien Wendy Underwood *also percussion The Elk Grove Community Concert Band is a full member of the Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association and a member of the Association of Concert Bands. The E.G.C.C.B. includes professional, semi-professional, and amateur adult musicians, and talented Elk Grove Unified School District school musicians.
The Elk Grove Community Concert Band Presents We’re Bach, Baby! Program Notes “Into the Clouds” by Richard L. Saucedo This exciting fanfare packs plenty of drama and intensity in less than two minutes! Featuring active percussion writing, powerful brass statements, and woodwind flourishes, this is a perfect program opener for any occasion. Mr. Saucedo is an arranger and composer on the staff of Hal Leonard Publishing, and has released numerous marching band arrangements, choral arrangements, concert band works, and orchestra compositions. His concert band works have been performed all over the world by middle school and high school as well as college and university groups. “Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major” by J.S. Bach, arranged by Roland L. Moehlmann The Well-Tempered Clavier, was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard. In the composer's time, clavier, meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord, but not excluding the organ. Bach gave the title Das Wohltemperirte Clavier to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys, major and minor, dated 1722, composed "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study". The collection is generally regarded as one of the most important works in the history of classical music. The Roland E. Moehlmann arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major was originally scored in 1955 and remains on contest and festival lists. The fluid prelude establishes the melody and then it is amended musically with fascinating intricacy. Clarity of the composer's intent is certain in this time-honored arrangement. “Pavane for a Dead Princess” by Maurice Ravel, arranged by Jeff Brubaker Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is originally a work for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, written in 1899 at the age of 24, while the French composer was studying at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel published an orchestral version in 1910 using two flutes, an oboe, two clarinets (in B♭), two bassoons, two horns, harp, and strings. Ravel described the piece as "an evocation of a pavane that a little princess [Infanta] might, in former times, have danced at the Spanish court". The pavane was a slow processional dance that
enjoyed great popularity in the courts of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This antique miniature is not meant to pay tribute to any particular princess from history, but rather expresses a nostalgic enthusiasm for Spanish customs and sensibilities, which Ravel shared with many of his contemporaries (most notably Debussy and Albéniz) and which is evident in some of his other works such as the Rapsodie espagnole and the Boléro. Ravel dedicated the Pavane to his patron, the Princesse de Polignac, and he probably performed the work at the princess's home on several occasions. Jerry Brubaker presents this lovely work in this Concert band setting with all of the lush melodies and harmonies of the original work but with simplified ranges and a comfortable key. A marvelous choice for a truly beautiful piece of impressionistic literature! “Selections from Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. byWarren Barker The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe. Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe also wrote the musical's book together. Based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, its central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. Warren Barker's captivating arrangement includes: Think Of Me; Angel of Music; All I Ask of You; The Music of the Night and The Phantom of the Opera. “Bonds of Unity” by Karl L. King, arranged by James Swearingen Although King wrote 300 works during a half-century of composing, he rarely ran out of notes. He did, however, run out of titles and presumably asked Barnhouse publishers to name this march and fifteen others which he wrote in 1955. The marches were placed in an album called Liberty March Folio (with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the cover) and each was given a patriotic, world peace title in accordance with world events in Geneva, Korea, and the United States at the time.
Upcoming Concerts Spring Concert – Monday, April 10 Summer Concert - Monday, May 22 Carmichael Park Band Festival – First weekend of June, TBA Thanks & Recognition Joseph Kerr Middle School and the Elk Grove Unified School District for the use of the Kerr Band room and MPR for rehearsals and concerts. Joseph Kerr Middle School Band students, Abigail Lowe, Brooke Rutherford, and Omri Nelson, for volunteering countless hours to organize the sheet music library. Sarah Emmons for her excellent work on the band’s new logo, flier, and program. Joe Wirt for arranging the advertisement in the Elk Grove Citizen. The Elk Grove Community Concert Band Restructuring Committee. The SVSBA Board and Board Liaison, for their guidance and support. The musicians of the E.C.C.B. for a strong return after Covid-19. We’re Bach, Baby!