Season 33, Concert 3 - February 26, 2016

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Lindsay B. Gallagher

Thomas & Victoria Price D

Paul & Helene Emanuel D Merrill Lynch Wealth Management/

Bank of America Corp. D

PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999)

Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo D Emilio & Maria Uriarte

Judith Widicus In Memory of John R. Rodland

In Memory of Warren Grim Daichii Sankyo, Inc.

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman D

In memory of Aquilina Lim Keith Mogerley

Randy F. Reveley John & Marilyn Wagner D

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco D Patricia & Fred Yosca

Bank of New York/Mellon Corporation PVH Corporation

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499) Annette Baron & Andrew Lieb

Mary & Paul Bergquist Jeffrey Bittner D John G. Bolger

Naomi Freshwater Paul Goldberg Elisa R. Grim

Paul & Carolyn Kirby D Michael Kokola Dorothy S. Neff John J. Palatucci Neil Sheehan D

In Memory of Harry Shapiro D Plymouth Rock Foundation

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249)

Ginny Baird John G. Bolger

John L. & Louise M. Butler David & Jacalyn Bychek

Suzanne Coletta Lynn & Dick Curtin

James Demes Sally Fillmore

Capt. Kenneth Force Frank & Loretta Healey Marie & Marion Kane

Cheryl & James Mallen D Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Jerrold & Mary A. Meyer Irene Montella D

Mary & Michael Nussear Marcella Phelan

Jean Roughgarden D Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

Francis & Barbara Schott Ted & Evelyn Slockbower Richard & Karen Summers

Kathleen & Harold Sylvester Janice Willet

Nancy E. Zweil D Blue Moon Cafe

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch D Eileen Beaumel

Richard & Janet Boziwick Vincent & Marianne DeDea

Mary Dorian D Michelle Dugan

Gayle & Richard Felton D Vicki Fiore, M.D. Katherine Grasso Richard F. Hahn

Carol & Richard Holodak Janis Keown-Blackburn D

Janet Johnston Nathan Kinney D

Lorraine Mariella D Judith & David Maron

Elizabeth Ann McGrath Valerie Moore, in honor of Warren Grim

Betsy Murphy & Dick Sparrow Walter & Diana Perog

Larry & Barbara Roshon D Albert W. Schagen Edward J. Schlamp

Beth Schroeder Seavers D Ann Sirinides D Virginia Sirinides

Alexander & Debra Taylor Richard & Jessie VerHage D

Janet Vidovich D Mark & Andrea Zettler D

Amazon Smile Foundation Life O' The Party

Tito’s Burritos, Ridgewood

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A Season of Classics

FEATURED GUEST CONDUCTOR Lewis J. Buckley

FEATURED CLASSIC March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis"

Paul Hindemith

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM Waldwick High School Concert Band

Lynne Montella, Director

Friday, February 26, 2016 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

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Lewis J. Buckley was born in Columbus, Ohio, but considers himself a native of Florida, the state in which he grew up. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music and his Master's degree from Connecticut College. While at Eastman, he earned the Performer's Certificate for outstanding performance on the trumpet, and he studied conducting and composition. He enlisted into the U. S. Coast Guard Band in 1969, where he served as Principal Trumpet and Trumpet Soloist for six years. Then, in 1975, he became the Coast Guard Band's fifth Director at age 27, a post he held for over 29 years, becoming the longest-tenured conductor of a senior military band in American history. Under his baton, the Coast Guard Band became a noted touring organization; released some 20 recordings; aired more taped and live concert broadcasts on National Public Radio than any other wind band, military or civilian, in the United States; and earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished wind bands in the world. Since 2004, Buckley has been the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Manchester (CT) Symphony Orchestra. For fifteen years, he conducted the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in its annual Symphony on Ice/Toys for Tots program, and he has also conducted the Eastern Connecticut Symphony during its summer series. He continues to compose, arrange, and publish prolifically, and his music is widely performed, including a number of performances by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. He also remains an active trumpet soloist, frequently combining solo appearances with conducting, often in premiere performances of his own commissioned works. As new Artistic Director, Buckley brings to the Metropolitan Wind Symphony podium more than 30 years' professional experience in an unusually wide range of music-making. He is equally at home conducting, writing, or performing, with bands, orchestras, and choruses, in all styles of music from classical to commercial to jazz. The guest artists whom he has conducted reflect his range of experience; they include Walter Cronkite, opera giant Placido Domingo, Lorrie Morgan and Lone Star of country fame, the Motown sound of Martha Reeves, and many others.

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Carolyn Kirby

VICE PRESIDENT: John Wagner RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: Noreen Baer, John Butler,

Mike DePompeo, Lawrence Friedman, Kathleen Peters, Philip Peters, Thomas P. Price & Deloss Schertz

Beth Seavers

Selections from "The Music Man" – Meredith Willson (1902-1984) Arr. Lewis J. Buckley. Meredith Willson was born and raised in Mason City, Iowa. He left for New York City in 1920 where he studied at the Institute of Musical Art, now the Julliard School, before he toured with the famous Sousa Band. In 1924 he became the first flutist with the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini. After serving in the military during World War II he returned to work in radio and television and started composing as well. In his three capacities as composer, lyricist and librettist, Willson evoked a small-town America that no longer existed in the mid-1950’s but was still part of the childhood memories of some Americans and in the fantasies of others. This was particularly true of his musical The Music Man that featured brass bands and barbershop harmonies. Lewis J. Buckley has made a wonderful band arrangement of Willson’s score that brings the audience back to a picture of America that still lives in the hearts of us all.

The Bride-Elect March – John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) is best known for his marches but always had a passion for writing in the “legitimate” genre. The Bride-Elect operetta that he composed in 1898 stood alone as the only operetta he solely wrote, including the libretto. Although the work was charming and well-received, it was soon overshadowed by the more popular Sousa operetta El Capitan. The Bride-Elect March concluded the second act and was often used in Sousa’s touring programs around the country. Typically, as in many of Sousa’s treatments of his operetta marches, it changes rhythm from triple to duple meter at the midpoint for an interesting effect.

March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber" – Paul Hindemith (1857-1951) collaborated with choreographer Leonid Massine on a ballet utilizing music of Carl Maria von Weber. The project was eventually scrapped due to artistic differences between the two men. Hindemith felt he was just being used as an arranger, while Massine found the music too complex to set to dance. The musical ideas were salvaged three years later, when Hindemith completed his Symphonic Metamorphosis in 1943. The work was originally written for orchestra, but the composer believed it should also be available for band. Hindemith asked his Yale colleague Keith Wilson to create the transcription heard here, which was completed in 1961. The March is the fourth and final movement of the composition and is based on a piano duet by Weber. The two bar opening statement by the brass is heard in several forms throughout the movement. The woodwinds underscore the sonorous melodies of the brass with a driving rhythm and articulation that carries the movement to its finale. Dance of the Jesters – Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Arr. Ray Cramer. Upon meeting Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1868, Tchaikovsky renewed his keen sense of musical nationalism. Inspired by the master composer, Tchaikovsky’s compositional style would forever capture the color and zest of Russian folk dance and music. Dance of the Jesters is one of the more commonly performed works from the ballet The Snow Maiden, often used as an encore in orchestral settings. Ray Cramer’s transcription is a highly energetic work with intermittent brass fanfares and rapid, technical woodwind passages. The flurry, energetic drive, and playful melodies associated with Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores are all heard in this rare and invigorating music. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan

PROGRAM NOTES Con Sabor Español – Lewis J. Buckley (b.1947) served as Conductor and Music Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Band in New London, Connecticut for 29 years, and now serves as Music Director of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. When auditions were held to choose Captain Buckley’s successor as Conductor of the Coast Guard Band, part of the conducting audition was a sight-reading session. Since most of the candidates were members of the band, it was virtually impossible to find anything in the band library that was unknown to all of them. Thus Captain Buckley wrote a conducting exercise for the audition. To provide a challenge he included conducting obstacles he had confronted over the years, including mixed meter, tempo changes, instrumental cadenzas, and fermatas in different places. Eventually Captain Buckley expanded the work into Con Sabor Español that the band is performing tonight. Postcard – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned to write this piece in memory of the mother of his friend and mentor H. Robert Reynolds, who requested the composition not be an elegy commemorating his mother’s death, but rather an energetic piece celebrating her life. Therefore the piece is reflective of her character – vibrant, whimsical, and succinct. The composition was premiered by the University of Michigan Symphony Band on April 17, 1992 and has received numerous performances by college bands throughout the United States. Mr. Ticheli, a University of Michigan graduate, is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Southern California and composer-in-residence with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) Transcribed by Robert Reynolds. Morten Lauridsen is an American composer of principally choral music. He is best known for his six vocal cycles and his setting of O Magnum Mysterium. He is a three time Grammy nominee and the recipient of numerous awards. O Magnum Mysterium has received thousands of performances and at least one hundred professional recordings since its 1994 premier, making it one of the most performed compositions of the last twenty years in its original setting. The wind band arrangement by Robert Reynolds, retired director of the University of Michigan Bands, can claim similar accolades within wind band circles. This celebrated setting, through a quiet song, provides a profound peace for the listener’s spirit. La Mezquita de Córdoba – Julie Giroux (b.1961). In 169 B.C. the Romans founded Córdoba, Spain. After the fall of Rome, it existed under the rule of the Visigoths and became the capital of Al Andalus, Muslim Spain, in 716 A.D. When the Moors conquered Córdoba, they found a Visigoth cathedral, promptly pulled it down and built a mosque complex, the wall of which enclosed about four acres. Over the centuries, the Moors roofed over and developed more and more within this complex. Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths alike were practiced within its walls, an unprecedented feat that would be unheard of today. When the Christians once again conquered Córdoba in 1236, the new rulers were so awed by its beauty that they left it standing, building their cathedral in the midst of its rows of arches and columns and thus it is preserved to the present day. Julie Giroux’s La Mezquita de Córdoba opens with the destruction of the original Christian church in 716 A.D. and proceeds as a musical celebration of its multi-cultural, religious, and artistic accomplishments. The music at times is calm and contemplative before it soars to dizzying rhythmic heights taking the listener on a musical journey through centuries of Spanish history.

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB), A New Jersey Wind Symphony, in its

33rd season, is one of the leading wind ensembles in the United States. Founded by community leaders, dedicated musicians and Music Director Chris Wilhjelm in 1983, the RCB is committed to engaging and inspiring our audiences with the finest in traditional and contemporary wind literature. Led by Dr.

Wilhjelm, the band is composed of professional, amateur and student players drawn from across the tri-state area.

PICCOLO

Max Taylor

FLUTES Chrysten Angderson

Carolyn Crumb Marissa Fleming

Lisandra Hernandez Heidi Kolb

Annette Lieb Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart *

Tomomi Takamoto

OBOES Mark J. Donellan Maxxwell Mejia James Mullins

ENGLISH HORN Mark J. Donellan

BASSOONS

Jessica Frane Bob Gray * Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON

Bob Gray

Eb CLARINET Michelle McGuire

CLARINETS

Jeffrey Bittner Suzanne Coletta

Naomi Freshwater Ashley Grutta Joe Mariany

Michelle McGuire Leigh Myers

Marcie Phelan Jean Roughgarden Rachel Schulman

Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers *

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

SAXOPHONES Lois Hicks-Wozniak * - Alto

Jacqueline Sarracco - Alto Christopher Mantell - Alto

Ryan Mantell - Tenor Erik Sloezen - Tenor

Michael De Pompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek Mike Connor

Alicia DeJoseph Brian Fleming

Dave Hurd Dave Luquette Michael Russo Ann Sirinides Tony Spinuzzi Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Megan Chann

Ben Fine Carolyn Kirby *

Brian McLaughlin Bryan Meyer

Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES Thomas Abbate Noreen Baer *

Stephanie Dutcher Paul Kirby

Keith Marson Paul Paustian Nate Rensink

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci *

TUBA Robert Sacchi *

STRING BASS David Marks

HARP

Irene Bressler

PERCUSSION James Mallen

Adrienne Ostrander Chris Tarantino John Wagner*

Marilyn Wagner Mark Zettler

* PRINCIPAL

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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PROGRAM DESIGN Joseph Stella

Prelude by the Waldwick High School Concert Band Lynne Montella, Director

Eye of the Falcon - Ed Huckeby Ballade - Darren W. Jenkins

The Home Town Boy - Karl L. King, Arranged by James Swearingen

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Lewis J. Buckley Conducting the RCB:

Con Sabor Español Lewis J. Buckley Postcard Frank Ticheli O Magnum Mysterium Morton Lauridsen Transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds La Mezquita de Córdoba (The Mosque at Córdoba) Julie Giroux Selections from "The Music Man" Meredith Willson Arranged by Lewis J. Buckley

INTERMISSION

In This Broad Earth Steven Bryant The Bride-Elect March John Philip Sousa Edited by T. W. Swayzee March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis Paul Hindemith of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber" Transcribed for Concert Band by Keith Wilson Dance of the Jesters Peter I. Tchaikovsky Arranged by Ray Cramer

Lewis J. Buckley, conductor

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PROGRAM

PICCOLO

Max Taylor

FLUTES Chrysten Angderson

Carolyn Crumb Marissa Fleming

Lisandra Hernandez Heidi Kolb

Annette Lieb Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart *

Tomomi Takamoto

OBOES Mark J. Donellan Maxxwell Mejia James Mullins

ENGLISH HORN Mark J. Donellan

BASSOONS

Jessica Frane Bob Gray * Jason Stier

CONTRA BASSOON

Bob Gray

Eb CLARINET Michelle McGuire

CLARINETS

Jeffrey Bittner Suzanne Coletta

Naomi Freshwater Ashley Grutta Joe Mariany

Michelle McGuire Leigh Myers

Marcie Phelan Jean Roughgarden Rachel Schulman

Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers *

BASS CLARINETS Bianca D’Agostaro

Joel Kolk *

SAXOPHONES Lois Hicks-Wozniak * - Alto

Jacqueline Sarracco - Alto Christopher Mantell - Alto

Ryan Mantell - Tenor Erik Sloezen - Tenor

Michael De Pompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek Mike Connor

Alicia DeJoseph Brian Fleming

Dave Hurd Dave Luquette Michael Russo Ann Sirinides Tony Spinuzzi Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Megan Chann

Ben Fine Carolyn Kirby *

Brian McLaughlin Bryan Meyer

Deloss Schertz

TROMBONES Thomas Abbate Noreen Baer *

Stephanie Dutcher Paul Kirby

Keith Marson Paul Paustian Nate Rensink

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci *

TUBA Robert Sacchi *

STRING BASS David Marks

HARP

Irene Bressler

PERCUSSION James Mallen

Adrienne Ostrander Chris Tarantino John Wagner*

Marilyn Wagner Mark Zettler

* PRINCIPAL

___________________________

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PROGRAM DESIGN Joseph Stella

Prelude by the Waldwick High School Concert Band Lynne Montella, Director

Eye of the Falcon - Ed Huckeby Ballade - Darren W. Jenkins

The Home Town Boy - Karl L. King, Arranged by James Swearingen

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Lewis J. Buckley Conducting the RCB:

Con Sabor Español Lewis J. Buckley Postcard Frank Ticheli O Magnum Mysterium Morton Lauridsen Transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds La Mezquita de Córdoba (The Mosque at Córdoba) Julie Giroux Selections from "The Music Man" Meredith Willson Arranged by Lewis J. Buckley

INTERMISSION

In This Broad Earth Steven Bryant The Bride-Elect March John Philip Sousa Edited by T. W. Swayzee March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis Paul Hindemith of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber" Transcribed for Concert Band by Keith Wilson Dance of the Jesters Peter I. Tchaikovsky Arranged by Ray Cramer

Lewis J. Buckley, conductor

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PROGRAM

PROGRAM NOTES Con Sabor Español – Lewis J. Buckley (b.1947) served as Conductor and Music Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Band in New London, Connecticut for 29 years, and now serves as Music Director of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. When auditions were held to choose Captain Buckley’s successor as Conductor of the Coast Guard Band, part of the conducting audition was a sight-reading session. Since most of the candidates were members of the band, it was virtually impossible to find anything in the band library that was unknown to all of them. Thus Captain Buckley wrote a conducting exercise for the audition. To provide a challenge he included conducting obstacles he had confronted over the years, including mixed meter, tempo changes, instrumental cadenzas, and fermatas in different places. Eventually Captain Buckley expanded the work into Con Sabor Español that the band is performing tonight. Postcard – Frank Ticheli (b.1958) was commissioned to write this piece in memory of the mother of his friend and mentor H. Robert Reynolds, who requested the composition not be an elegy commemorating his mother’s death, but rather an energetic piece celebrating her life. Therefore the piece is reflective of her character – vibrant, whimsical, and succinct. The composition was premiered by the University of Michigan Symphony Band on April 17, 1992 and has received numerous performances by college bands throughout the United States. Mr. Ticheli, a University of Michigan graduate, is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Southern California and composer-in-residence with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) Transcribed by Robert Reynolds. Morten Lauridsen is an American composer of principally choral music. He is best known for his six vocal cycles and his setting of O Magnum Mysterium. He is a three time Grammy nominee and the recipient of numerous awards. O Magnum Mysterium has received thousands of performances and at least one hundred professional recordings since its 1994 premier, making it one of the most performed compositions of the last twenty years in its original setting. The wind band arrangement by Robert Reynolds, retired director of the University of Michigan Bands, can claim similar accolades within wind band circles. This celebrated setting, through a quiet song, provides a profound peace for the listener’s spirit. La Mezquita de Córdoba – Julie Giroux (b.1961). In 169 B.C. the Romans founded Córdoba, Spain. After the fall of Rome, it existed under the rule of the Visigoths and became the capital of Al Andalus, Muslim Spain, in 716 A.D. When the Moors conquered Córdoba, they found a Visigoth cathedral, promptly pulled it down and built a mosque complex, the wall of which enclosed about four acres. Over the centuries, the Moors roofed over and developed more and more within this complex. Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths alike were practiced within its walls, an unprecedented feat that would be unheard of today. When the Christians once again conquered Córdoba in 1236, the new rulers were so awed by its beauty that they left it standing, building their cathedral in the midst of its rows of arches and columns and thus it is preserved to the present day. Julie Giroux’s La Mezquita de Córdoba opens with the destruction of the original Christian church in 716 A.D. and proceeds as a musical celebration of its multi-cultural, religious, and artistic accomplishments. The music at times is calm and contemplative before it soars to dizzying rhythmic heights taking the listener on a musical journey through centuries of Spanish history.

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB), A New Jersey Wind Symphony, in its

33rd season, is one of the leading wind ensembles in the United States. Founded by community leaders, dedicated musicians and Music Director Chris Wilhjelm in 1983, the RCB is committed to engaging and inspiring our audiences with the finest in traditional and contemporary wind literature. Led by Dr.

Wilhjelm, the band is composed of professional, amateur and student players drawn from across the tri-state area.

Selections from "The Music Man" – Meredith Willson (1902-1984) Arr. Lewis J. Buckley. Meredith Willson was born and raised in Mason City, Iowa. He left for New York City in 1920 where he studied at the Institute of Musical Art, now the Julliard School, before he toured with the famous Sousa Band. In 1924 he became the first flutist with the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini. After serving in the military during World War II he returned to work in radio and television and started composing as well. In his three capacities as composer, lyricist and librettist, Willson evoked a small-town America that no longer existed in the mid-1950’s but was still part of the childhood memories of some Americans and in the fantasies of others. This was particularly true of his musical The Music Man that featured brass bands and barbershop harmonies. Lewis J. Buckley has made a wonderful band arrangement of Willson’s score that brings the audience back to a picture of America that still lives in the hearts of us all.

The Bride-Elect March – John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) is best known for his marches but always had a passion for writing in the “legitimate” genre. The Bride-Elect operetta that he composed in 1898 stood alone as the only operetta he solely wrote, including the libretto. Although the work was charming and well-received, it was soon overshadowed by the more popular Sousa operetta El Capitan. The Bride-Elect March concluded the second act and was often used in Sousa’s touring programs around the country. Typically, as in many of Sousa’s treatments of his operetta marches, it changes rhythm from triple to duple meter at the midpoint for an interesting effect.

March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber" – Paul Hindemith (1857-1951) collaborated with choreographer Leonid Massine on a ballet utilizing music of Carl Maria von Weber. The project was eventually scrapped due to artistic differences between the two men. Hindemith felt he was just being used as an arranger, while Massine found the music too complex to set to dance. The musical ideas were salvaged three years later, when Hindemith completed his Symphonic Metamorphosis in 1943. The work was originally written for orchestra, but the composer believed it should also be available for band. Hindemith asked his Yale colleague Keith Wilson to create the transcription heard here, which was completed in 1961. The March is the fourth and final movement of the composition and is based on a piano duet by Weber. The two bar opening statement by the brass is heard in several forms throughout the movement. The woodwinds underscore the sonorous melodies of the brass with a driving rhythm and articulation that carries the movement to its finale. Dance of the Jesters – Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Arr. Ray Cramer. Upon meeting Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1868, Tchaikovsky renewed his keen sense of musical nationalism. Inspired by the master composer, Tchaikovsky’s compositional style would forever capture the color and zest of Russian folk dance and music. Dance of the Jesters is one of the more commonly performed works from the ballet The Snow Maiden, often used as an encore in orchestral settings. Ray Cramer’s transcription is a highly energetic work with intermittent brass fanfares and rapid, technical woodwind passages. The flurry, energetic drive, and playful melodies associated with Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores are all heard in this rare and invigorating music. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan

Beth Seavers

Lewis J. Buckley was born in Columbus, Ohio, but considers himself a native of Florida, the state in which he grew up. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music and his Master's degree from Connecticut College. While at Eastman, he earned the Performer's Certificate for outstanding performance on the trumpet, and he studied conducting and composition. He enlisted into the U. S. Coast Guard Band in 1969, where he served as Principal Trumpet and Trumpet Soloist for six years. Then, in 1975, he became the Coast Guard Band's fifth Director at age 27, a post he held for over 29 years, becoming the longest-tenured conductor of a senior military band in American history. Under his baton, the Coast Guard Band became a noted touring organization; released some 20 recordings; aired more taped and live concert broadcasts on National Public Radio than any other wind band, military or civilian, in the United States; and earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished wind bands in the world. Since 2004, Buckley has been the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Manchester (CT) Symphony Orchestra. For fifteen years, he conducted the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in its annual Symphony on Ice/Toys for Tots program, and he has also conducted the Eastern Connecticut Symphony during its summer series. He continues to compose, arrange, and publish prolifically, and his music is widely performed, including a number of performances by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. He also remains an active trumpet soloist, frequently combining solo appearances with conducting, often in premiere performances of his own commissioned works. As new Artistic Director, Buckley brings to the Metropolitan Wind Symphony podium more than 30 years' professional experience in an unusually wide range of music-making. He is equally at home conducting, writing, or performing, with bands, orchestras, and choruses, in all styles of music from classical to commercial to jazz. The guest artists whom he has conducted reflect his range of experience; they include Walter Cronkite, opera giant Placido Domingo, Lorrie Morgan and Lone Star of country fame, the Motown sound of Martha Reeves, and many others.

RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Carolyn Kirby

VICE PRESIDENT: John Wagner RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: Noreen Baer, John Butler,

Mike DePompeo, Lawrence Friedman, Kathleen Peters, Philip Peters, Thomas P. Price & Deloss Schertz

Printing of this program generously underwritten by Konica Minolta Business Solutions.

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Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant

funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________

The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to thank all of the many volunteers who have made this concert possible.

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The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to give a special “thank you” to the Pascack Valley Regional

High School District. The Pascack Hills High School Band room is our weekly rehearsal site.

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For additional RCB information, please visit our website or scan our QR code:

WWW.RIDGEWOODBAND.ORG

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

A Season of Classics

FEATURED GUEST CONDUCTOR Lewis J. Buckley

FEATURED CLASSIC March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis"

Paul Hindemith

PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM Waldwick High School Concert Band

Lynne Montella, Director

Friday, February 26, 2016 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. is a Proud Sponsor of

the Ridgewood Concert Band

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Lindsay B. Gallagher

Thomas & Victoria Price D

Paul & Helene Emanuel D Merrill Lynch Wealth Management/

Bank of America Corp. D

PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999)

Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo D Emilio & Maria Uriarte

Judith Widicus In Memory of John R. Rodland

In Memory of Warren Grim Daichii Sankyo, Inc.

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman D

In memory of Aquilina Lim Keith Mogerley

Randy F. Reveley John & Marilyn Wagner D

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco D Patricia & Fred Yosca

Bank of New York/Mellon Corporation PVH Corporation

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499) Annette Baron & Andrew Lieb

Mary & Paul Bergquist Jeffrey Bittner D John G. Bolger

Naomi Freshwater Paul Goldberg Elisa R. Grim

Paul & Carolyn Kirby D Michael Kokola Dorothy S. Neff John J. Palatucci Neil Sheehan D

In Memory of Harry Shapiro D Plymouth Rock Foundation

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249)

Ginny Baird John G. Bolger

John L. & Louise M. Butler David & Jacalyn Bychek

Suzanne Coletta Lynn & Dick Curtin

James Demes Sally Fillmore

Capt. Kenneth Force Frank & Loretta Healey Marie & Marion Kane

Cheryl & James Mallen D Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Jerrold & Mary A. Meyer Irene Montella D

Mary & Michael Nussear Marcella Phelan

Jean Roughgarden D Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

Francis & Barbara Schott Ted & Evelyn Slockbower Richard & Karen Summers

Kathleen & Harold Sylvester Janice Willet

Nancy E. Zweil D Blue Moon Cafe

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch D Eileen Beaumel

Richard & Janet Boziwick Vincent & Marianne DeDea

Mary Dorian D Michelle Dugan

Gayle & Richard Felton D Vicki Fiore, M.D. Katherine Grasso Richard F. Hahn

Carol & Richard Holodak Janis Keown-Blackburn D

Janet Johnston Nathan Kinney D

Lorraine Mariella D Judith & David Maron

Elizabeth Ann McGrath Valerie Moore, in honor of Warren Grim

Betsy Murphy & Dick Sparrow Walter & Diana Perog

Larry & Barbara Roshon D Albert W. Schagen Edward J. Schlamp

Beth Schroeder Seavers D Ann Sirinides D Virginia Sirinides

Alexander & Debra Taylor Richard & Jessie VerHage D

Janet Vidovich D Mark & Andrea Zettler D

Amazon Smile Foundation Life O' The Party

Tito’s Burritos, Ridgewood

D = "Heartbeat of the RCB" Participant

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2015-16 CONTRIBUTORS The Ridgewood Concert Band gratefully acknowledges the support of our donors

and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible.

Season 33, Concert 3 - February 26, 2016