S U M M E R H O M E O FTHE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

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P R E S E N T E D B Y

A fi reworks display by American Fireworks Company will take place immediately following this concert, weather permitting.

saturday July 4A SALUTE TO AMERICA

Blossom Festival BandLoras John Schissel, conductorHarold Summey Jr., xylophone

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The Star-Spangled Bannerwords by francis scott key (1779-1843)

music by John Stafford Smith(arranged for band by Loras John Schissel)

the audience is invited to join in singing.

An Outdoor Overtureby aaron copland (1900-1990)

Air (Dublinesque) from Fantasies and Delusions by billy joel (b. 1949), arranged for band by Barbara Lambrecht

XYLOPHONE SOLO: Tambourin Chinois by fritz kreisler (1875-1962)

featuring HAROLD SUMMEY JR., Sergeant First Class,The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”

March: The Footlifterby henry fillmore (1949-2006),

performed in memory of GUNTHER SCHULLER (1925-2015)

Nautical Rhapsody: The Seafarerby haydn wood (1882-1959)

I N T E R M I S S I O N

A SALUTE TO America

Concert Program: July 4

Saturday evening, July 4, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.

BLOSSOM FESTIVAL BAND LORAS JOHN SCHISSEL , conductor

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Soloist HAROLD SUMMEY is currently a member of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Washington D.C., where he has performed as percussionist and soloist with the Concert Band since 2000. He was earlier a member of The United States Navy Band (1989-93). The Virginia native has been a drummer-percussionist for over thirty years. In 1992, he was the fi rst prize winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, and has performed with a with a long list of impor-tant and famous musicians, from Sonny Rollins to Pat Metheny,

from Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra Jr. He has also appeared as soloist with a number of orchestras. In addition to performing, Mr. Summey is also an educator. He has taught clinics and masterclasses for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in the United States and abroad, as well as for a variety of colleges and universities across this country. He is currently a faculty member at Howard University and George Mason University.

The 2015 Blossom Music Festival is presented by The J.M. Smucker Company.

Concert Program: July 4

Scenes Historical: Sheridan’s Rideby john philip sousa (1854-1932)

God of Our Fatherstune by george w. warren (1828-1902)

to the original lyrics by Daniel C. Robertsarranged for band by Thomas Knox

March-Past of the U.S. Armed Forces traditional arranged for band by Thomas Knox

Performed in tribute to the men and women, past and present, of the United States Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force

Overture: The Year 1812by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Additional selections during the evening and/or encores will be announced from the stage

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Media Partner: Northeast Ohio Media Group

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Waiting for the Bugle from “Waiting for the Bugle,” by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“We wait for the bugle, the night dews are cold,The limbs of the soldiers feel jaded and old,The fi eld of our bivouac is windy and bare,There is lead in our joints, there is frost in our hair,The future is veiled and its fortunes unknown,And we lie with hushed breath till the bugle is blown.”

The Attack“Up from the South at break of day,Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay,The aff righted air with a shudder bore,Like a herald in haste to the chieftain’s door,The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar,Telling the battle was on once more —And Sheridan twenty miles away.”

The Death of Thoburn ½from “The Soldier’s Death,” by Nancy A.W. Priest

“But bear me fi rst to yonder grassy sod,Whence I can turn my eyes upon the fi ght,Gently. Now leave me alone with God,And go you back to battle for the right.”

The Coming of Sheridanfrom an offi cer’s account of the Battle at Cedar Creek“Far away in the rear was heard cheer after cheer.Were reinforcements coming? Yes.Phil Sheridan was coming, and he was a host!”

“The fi rst that general saw was groupsOf stragglers, and then retreating troops.What was done? What to do? — A glance to them both.He dashed down the line ’mid a storm of huzzas,And the way of retreat checked its course there, becauseThe sight of the master compelled it to pause.With foam and with dust the black charger was grayBy the fl ash of his eye and nostrils’ play,He seemed to the whole great army to say:‘I have brought you, Sheridan, all the wayFrom Winchester down to save the day’.”

The Apotheosis —“Hurrah! Hurrah for Sheridan!Hurrah! Hurrah for horse and man!And when their statues are placed on high,Under the dome of the Union sky,The American soldiers Temple of Fame,There, with the glorious General’s name,Be it said, in letters both bold and bright,‘Here is the steed that saved the day,By carrying Sheridan into fi ghtFrom Winchester — twenty miles away’.”

Scenes Historical: Sheridan’s Ride

music by John Philip Sousa

with descriptive texts excerpted from the poem Sheridan’s Ride by Thomas Buchanan Read, and other writings of the period

painting (above) by Thomas Buchanan Read.

Sheridan’s Ride

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FLUTE/PICCOLO

Kyra Kester PRINCIPAL

John RautenbergGeorge PopeSally Sherwin

OBOE

Michele Tosser Smith PRINCIPAL

Thomas Moore

ENGLISH HORN

Thomas Moore

B-FLAT CLARINET

Kristina Belisle Jones PRINCIPAL

Amitai VardiDrew SullivanThomas ReedRobert DavisBlair HotzAlix ReinhardtLindsay CharnofskyDenise SoulsbyJaewon Kim

E-FLAT CLARINET

Dennis Nygren

E-FLAT ALTO CLARINET

David Adamson

BASS CLARINET

Lisa Antoniou

BASSOON

Mark DeMio PRINCIPAL

Todd Jelen

SAXOPHONE

Howie Smith PRINCIPAL

Kent EngelhardtJohn PerrineGeorge Shernit

HORN

Hans Clebsch PRINCIPAL

Robert ReardenMeghan GuegoldDavid BrockettKent Larmee

CORNET

Lyle Steelman PRINCIPAL

Michael MillerMichael MergenJohn Brndiar

TRUMPET

Robert White PRINCIPAL

Loren Toplitz

TROMBONE

James Albrecht PRINCIPAL

Paul FergusonJason SmithEdward Zadrozny

EUPHONIUM

Travis Scott PRINCIPAL

Rebecca Ciabattari

TUBA

Kenneth Heinlein PRINCIPAL

Daniel HonakerJason TanksleyJ.c. Sherman

TIMPANI

Dylan Moffi tt PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Bruce Golden PRINCIPAL

Frank Del PianoJack DiIanniMatthew LarsonThomas Morris

HARP

Jody Guinn PRINCIPAL

STRING BASS

Gerald Torres PRINCIPAL

LIBRARIAN

Nishana Dobbeck

PERSONNEL

Rebecca Vineyard INTERIM DIRECTOR

Christine Honolke MANAGER

2015 BLOSSOM FESTIVAL BAND

Blossom Festival BandC O N S I D E R E D O N E O F T H E F I N E S T ensembles of its kind in the nation, the Blossom Festival Band performs each summer in Northeast Ohio, continuing a long and well-loved tradition of outdoor band concerts in the United States. The ensemble has its roots in historic American band music and some of its legendary leaders. Band music has been a part of each summer’s musical off erings at Blossom since 1969. That year, a Fourth-of-July band concert was presented as part of the second annual Blossom Music Festival. From 1969 to 1973, these band concerts were con-ducted by Meredith Willson (composer of Broadway’s The Music Man), who at age 17 had toured with the Sousa Band as a fl utist. Based on the success of these concerts, a genuine symphonic band and concert program was organized under the direction of Leonard B. Smith, another of this country’s most respected band directors (he was mu-sic director of the nationally known Detroit Concert Band for many years and a widely acclaimed cornet soloist). Mr. Smith made his Blossom debut conducting “The Golden Symphonic Band of Blossom Music Center” in “A Salute to Labor Day” on September 4, 1972. The success of that concert provided the impetus to schedule a series of con-certs during the 1973 summer season, with a newly selected band of 65 instrumental-ists from the Cleveland area. David Zauder (1928-2013), a former student of Smith and a longtime member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s trumpet and cornet section, served as a guiding spirit for the Band and regularly performed as cornet soloist with the ensem-ble. Leonard B. Smith served as director from 1972 until his retirement in 1997. Since 1998, the Blossom Festival Band has been conducted by Loras John Schissel.

Blossom Festival Band

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Loras John Schissel Conductor Blossom Festival Band

T H I S S E A S O N marks Loras John Schissel’s eighteenth year as conductor of the Blossom Festival Band. He also regularly conducts the Blossom Festival Orchestra and led The Cleveland Orchestra’s free annual community concert on Public Square in 2009, 2011 (a special 9/11 tenth anniversary concert), and 2014. Mr. Schissel has travelled throughout the United States, Eu-rope, and Asia con ducting orchestras, bands, and choral ensem-bles in a broad range of musical styles and varied programs. A native of New Hampton, Iowa, Loras John Schissel studied brass instruments and conducting with Carlton Stewart, Frederick Fen-nell, and John Paynter. In the years following his studies at the University of Northern Iowa, Mr. Schissel has distinguished himself as a prominent conductor, orchestrator, and musicologist. He has just completed his 20th season as founding music director of the Arlington-based Virginia Grand Military Band, an ensemble comprised of current and former members of the four major U.S. service bands. In 2005, Mr. Schissel was elected to membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. As a composer and orchestrator, Mr. Schissel has created an extensive catalogue of over 500 works for orchestra, symphonic wind band, and jazz ensemble, published exclusively by Ludwig/Masters Music. His musical score for Bill Moyers: America’s First River, The Hudson, which fi rst appeared on PBS in April 2002, received extensive cover-age and critical acclaim. He also created musical scores for two fi lms for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Home in Hyde Park, New York. As a recording artist, Mr. Schissel has amassed a large discography with a wide variety of ensembles and various musical genres. Loras John Schissel is a senior musicologist at the Library of Congress and a lead-ing authority on the music of Percy Aldridge Grainger, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bern-stein, and Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Schissel and John Philip Sousa IV (great-grandson of the composer) recently co-authored a book ti-tled John Philip Sousa’s America: A Patriot’s Life in Images and Words, a photo-biography of the March King. 20th Century Fox reissued the Clifton Webb classic The Stars and Stripes Forever in conjunction with the Sousa-Schissel book. Mr. Schissel is currently writing a study of the famed impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Deeply committed to young musicians, Loras John Schissel has appeared as con-ductor of All-State music festivals and of festival bands and orchestras in more than thirty states. He has conducted the Berea All-County Orchestra Festival and regularly visits Baldwin Wallace University as conductor of the Summer Band Camp there. He frequently appears with the Patriot Band of Avon Lake, Strongsville Community Band, Lakewood Hometown Band, and the Packard Band of Warren, Ohio. In July 2008, Mr. Schissel made his debut with “Pershing’s Own,” the United States Army Band, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Conductor

The British Invasion The Music of the Beatles,The Stones, The Who & MoreTHE BEATLES ARRIVED IN 1964 . . . but that was only the beginning. The phenomenon called The British Invasion dominated the American air-waves, and leading the charge were the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, and more. Now, their hits are given the full treatment with brilliant orchestra-tions performed by The Cleveland Orchestra.

June 18 Saturday

August 16 Sunday

Michael FeinsteinA Big Band Tribute to Frank SinatraA CENTENNIAL SALUTE to “ol’ Blue Eyes” — no one delivered a song like the Chairman! Frank Sinatra de-fi ned “cool” for an entire generation with a dazzling array of hit songs. Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-sell-ing, fi ve-time Grammy-nominated singer and pianist, performs live. Featuring such iconic tunes as “Luck Be a Lady Tonight,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” and more.

Broadway DivasWICKED. LES MISÉRABLES. CHICAGO.These iconic shows gave us the heroines we love . . . and the villains we revile — the unforgettable Divas of Broadway. Treat yourself to a Wicked-good evening of Broadway showstoppers, featuring selections from Wicked, Les Miz, Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Chicago, and more.

August 2 Sunday

MORE MUSIC. MORE BLOSSOM!See a full listing of 2015 Blossom Music Festival concerts on pages 36-37 of the Festival Book.

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