UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIAWind SymphonyClassics for Wind Band!

Dr. Gerald King, Conductor

Michael Keddy, Assistant Conductor

Paul Vickers, Graduate Assistant Conductor

Friday, March 23, 2012, 8:00 p.m.University Centre Farquhar Auditorium

Adults $14 / Students & Seniors $12www.finearts.uvic.ca/music/events

ProgramBrass Sextet in E-flat minor Oskar Bhme I. Adagio-Allegro molto III. Andante cantabile IV. Allegro con spirito

Becky Summers, Kate Clarke, & Stephen Fong, trumpets Doug Nelson, tuba; Tim Pearce, trombone

Sophie Trageser, French horn

Prayer and Canto Luigi Zaninelli

Michael Keddy, conductor

Music for Prague 1968 Karel Husa(Pulitzer Prize Winner 1969)

I. Introduction and Fanfare II. Aria III. Interlude IV. Toccata and Chorale

Paul Vickers, conductorThis performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the Master of Music Degree in Conducting Performance.

I n t e r m i s s i o n

Concerto in Eb for Trumpet Joseph Haydn I. Allegro Arr. W. J. Duthoit II. Andante III. Finale

Becky Summers, trumpet soloist

Festival Variations Claude T. Smith

PiccoloJennifer Messelink / Sara Page

Flute Aleksandra Tremblay (principal)Thomas BauerSara Page Jennifer MesselinkAmye St. Arnault

OboeTeigan Cosgrove (principal)Cameron Good

ClarinetSydney Tetarenko (principal)Julie NicholPaul GilchristElizabeth AndersonCaitlin MillerKarl TrautmannMatthew KaufholdWilliam ConstableKylie Flower

Bass ClarinetCJ Colville

Contra Bass ClarinetKylie Flower

BassoonLara Oberg

Alto SaxophonePaul Spelt (principal)Jacqueline Cable

Tenor SaxophoneBrad Justason

Baritone SaxophoneAlice Maundrell

Wind Symphony Personnel

Trumpet/CornetBecky Summers (principal)Alfons FearCalena OlsenIan CohenVictoria-Rose HuntCatherine WilkinsAdam BendorffeStephen FongTaz Eddy

French HornKatherine Brown (principal)Sam BruntonMarlie GrantVictoria CaswellSimon DawkinsNorbert Ziegler

TromboneTrevor Hoy (principal)Liam Caveney Matthew KellyAndrew Coldwells

EuphoniumJake Autio (principal)Jaclyn Kreke

TubaDoug Nelson (principal) Russell Larden

PercussionJay Schreiber (principal)Sky KimJess LeForteCamden McAllisterKeenan Mittag-DegalaAdam BendorffeAlexei PaishWill ExnerMichael KeddyCaroline Johnson

TimpaniAaron Mattock (principal)

Piano Karl Trautmann

P R O G R A M N O T e S & B i O G R A P H i e S

Michael Keddy B.Mus., B.Ed. (West.Ont.), M.Mus. (Manitoba)

Michael Keddy is Music Director of the University of Victoria Don Wright Sym-phonic Winds, Great Victoria Concert Band (Senior), and Assistant Conductor of the University of Victoria Wind Symphony. He teaches Music education, Conducting, and Post-Degree Professional Program courses at the University of Victoria where he is a PhD candidate in educational Studies (Music education/Conducting) under the supervision of Dr. Gerald King. Prior to completing a Master's Degree in Perfor-mance (Wind Conducting) with Dr. Dale Lonis at the University of Manitoba, he was Head of Performing Arts at Parry Sound High School in Parry Sound, Ontario. ensembles under his direction have consistently been adjudicated among the high-est in the country, and internationally, with numerous GOLD awards in both the Jazz and Concert Band genres.

Mr. Keddy completed the Graduate Diploma in Conducting from the University of Calgary, conducted and performed in europe as Associate Conductor (Concert Band) and Music Director (Jazz Band) of the Ontario Youth Concert Band, and was Music Director and Music education Clinician for the Senior Band component at Camp Musical d'Asbestos in Asbestos, Qubec. He has adjudicated and provided numerous music education and percussion clinics at many festivals and venues throughout Canada.

As a percussionist, Mr. Keddy has taught as a member of the faculty at the University of Manitoba and performed in a variety of venues, from solo performer at Bucking-ham Palace to Symphony Orchestras to World Champion Drum and Bugle Corps'.

Paul Vickers B.Mus. Studies (Sydney Con. of Music), Grad Dip ed. (New england)

Paul Vickers is currently studying in the Masters of Music program in Conducting at the University of Victoria with Dr. Gerald King. Prior to his arrival in Victoria, Paul served as the Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion at Newington College in Sydney, Australia where he was responsible for both the Winds and Jazz perfor-mance programs and conducted their premier ensembles. Under Pauls direction the Newington ensembles won numerous awards in festivals and eisteddfods and there was a growth of four-times the student participation in music ensembles. Paul spent time as a conductor and brass teacher in the public school system, guid-ing a high school group to an Australian National Band Championship title in 2006. He was also the Assistant Conductor of an Australian honours band who performed at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, illinois) in 2007.

in undergraduate study Paul majored in trombone performance, studying with top Australian orchestral trombonists, Scott Kinmont and Gregory Van Der Struik. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in education from the University of New england, Armidale. As a conductor, Paul has participated in week-long training programs with professional orchestras in Australia and New Zealand under the tutelage of world-renowned orchestral conductors. in 2010 he was awarded a scholarship by the World Association of Symphonic Bands and ensembles (WASBe), and as a result participated in the Art of Band Conducting workshop at the University of Texas at Austin.

Karel Husa - Music For Prague 1968Foreword by the Composer

Three main ideas bind the composition together. The first and most important is an old Hussite war song from the 15th century, "Ye Warriors of God and His Law," a symbol of resistance and hope for hundreds of years, whenever fate lay heavy on the Czech nation. it has been utilized by many Czech composers, including Smet-ana in My Country. The beginning of this religious song is announced very softly in the first movement by the timpani and concludes in a strong unison (Chorale). The song is never used in its entirety.

The second idea is the sound of bells throughout; Prague, named also The City of "Hundreds of Towers," has used its magnificently sounding church bells as calls of distress as well as of victory.

The last idea is a motif of three chords first appearing very softly under the piccolo solo at the beginning of the piece, in flutes, clarinets, and horns. Later it reappears at extremely strong dynamic levels, for example, in the middle of the Aria.

Different techniques of composing as well as orchestrating have been used in Music for Prague 1968 and some new sounds explored, such as the percussion section in the interlude, the ending of the work, etc. Much symbolism also appears: in addi-tion to the distress calls in the first movement (Fanfares), the unbroken hope of the Hussite song, sound of bells, or the tragedy (Aria), there is also the bird call at the beginning (piccolo solo), a symbol of liberty which the City of Prague has seen only for a few moments during its thousand years of existence.

Becky Summers

Becky Summers is a fourth year performance major at the University of Victoria where she studies trumpet with Professor Louis Ranger. Becky is the Principal Trum-pet of the University of Victoria Wind Symphony and the 5th Field Regiment Band, and has also performed with the Sooke Philharmonic and the Victoria Chamber Symphony Orchestra. in addition to teaching privately, Becky volunteers weekly with Music for Youth, a volunteer-based organization teaching children from low-income families in the community.

in February of this year Becky won the 2012 Salt Spring Concert Band Solo Com-petition providing her with a scholarship and an opportunity to perform the Haydn Trumpet Concert with the Salt Spring Concert Band in April. She will use this schol-arship towards her studies this fall with renowned composer/trumpeter Anthony Plog in Freiburg, Germany.