The 32nd Annual Suburban East Conference

Music Festival

Day Program

White Bear Lake Area High School Monday, February 4th, 2019

2019 SEC Festival - Day Schedule

TIME CHOIR

(Auditorium) BAND (Gym)

ORCHESTRA (Media Center)

8:30 - 9:15 am SEC Choir SEC Band SEC Orchestra

9:15 - 9:45 am Break/Warm-ups 9:45 - 10:15 am East Ridge Mounds View Roseville 10:15 - 10:45 am Woodbury Stillwater 10:45 - 11:15 am Roseville Park Forest Lake 11:15 - 11:30 am Break 11:30 - 12:00 pm Forest Lake Cretin-Derham Hall Stillwater

12:00 - 12:30 pm Park East Ridge Woodbury 12:30 - 1:00 pm Mounds View White Bear Lake 1:00 - 1:30 pm Break

1:30 - 2:00 pm Cretin-Derham Hall Forest Lake Park

2:00 - 2:30 pm White Bear Lake Woodbury Mounds View

2:30 - 3:00 pm Stillwater Roseville East Ridge

3:00 -3 :30 pm Break 3:30 – 4:20 pm Honor Band rehearses in Band Room & Honor Choir Rehearses in

Theater

3:30 – 4:00 pm Honor Orchestra Sound check in Gym

4:00 – 4:30 pm Orchestra break, Honor Choir Sound check in Gym

4:35 - 5:00 pm All students: America the Beautiful main gym 5:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm All-Conference Grand Finale Concert

Lunch A

12:00-12:30 pm Lunch B

12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch C

1:00 – 1:30 pm Cretin-Derham Hall Woodbury Mounds View

Stillwater East Ridge Roseville Forest Lake Park White Bear Lake

Lunch Schedule

East Ridge High School Bel Canto

Elizabeth Gullick, Director Julie Sweet, Accompanist

Auditorium

Jenga Imani Yako………………………………………..Israel Kagaruki/Edited by Eugene Rogers Trěs Cantos Nativos dos Indios Kraó………………………………..…………....Arr. Marcos Leite Gaudete!…………………………………………………………………………………….Michael Engelhardt

Mounds View High School Symphonic Winds Phillip Richardson, Director

Gym Perthshire Majesty ............................................................................... Samuel Hazo First Suite in E Flat ................................................................................. Gustav Holst

I. Chaconne II. Intermezzo

III. March

Roseville Area High School Symphony Orchestra Patricia Kelly, Director

Media Center Toccata and Fugue ................................................. J.S. Bach/Arr. Lucien Cailiet

9:45 - 10:15 AM

Woodbury High School Concert Choir Daryl Timmer, Director

Francois Harewood, Accompanist Auditorium

Emerald Stream .................................................................................. Seth Houston Os Justi ............................................................................................. Anton Bruckner Flight Song ................................................................................. Kim Andre Arnesen With a Lily in Your Hand ...................................................................... Eric Whitacre

Stillwater Area High School Wind Symphony Dennis Lindsay Director

Gym

Give Us this Day ................................................................................ David Maslanka

10:15 – 10:45 AM

Roseville Area High School Cantus Certus Kellen McMillen, Director

Auditorium

Mu Suda Arka Ules ............................................................................. Cyrillus Kreek Tykus Tykus .............................................................................. Vaclovas Augustinas A Boy and A Girl .................................................................................. Eric Whitacre Hentaken Jiwa ......................................................................................... Ken Steven

Park High School Wind Ensemble Thomas P. Storm, Director

Gym Second Suite in F ................................................................................... Gustav Holst

I. March II. Song Without Words

III. Song o the Blacksmith IV. Fantasia on the “Dargason”

Persistence ..................................................................................... Richard Saucedo

Forest Lake Area Senior High School Sinfonia Orchestra Dave Livermore, Director

Media Center Alleluia ......................................................... Ralph Manuel/Arr. Katie O’Hara Labrie Symphony No. 5 .................................................................... Ludwig van Beethoven

10:45 – 11:15 AM

Forest Lake Area High School Cantorei John Guidry, Director

Auditorium Good Night, Dear Heart .......................................................................... Dan Forrest Elijah Rock .................................................................................. Arr. Jester Hairston Sweetest Love ................................................................................. Matthew Emery Big Sky ................................................................................................. Seth Houston

Cretin-Derham Hall Concert Band Donna M. Novey, Director

Gym A Scottish Portrait ........................................................Setting by James Swearington

I. Will Ye No Come Back Again? II. Scotland the Brave

III. The Highlander’s Farewell Apollo: Myth and Legend ...................................................................... Rob Romeyn

Stillwater Area High School Concert Orchestra Zach Sawyer, Director

Media Center

Selections from the Opera “Carmen” ................................................... George Bizet I. Intermezzo II. Les Toreadors Overture to “The Magic Flute” .............................................................. W.A. Mozart

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Park High School Concert Choir Benjamin O’Connor, Director

Sandy McAllister, Accompanist

Auditorium

Kua Rongo Mai Koe ................................................... Ngapo Wehi/Arr. Eddie Quaid Set Me as a Seal .................................................................................. René Clausen The Holding Carol ....................................................................... Craig Hella Johnson Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal ..................................... Traditional/Arr. Alice Parker

East Ridge High School Symphonic Band Brent Comeau, Director

Gym City Trees .................................................................................... Michael Markowski Fusion ............................................................................................... Brian Balmages

Woodbury High School Concert Orchestra Ryan Jensen, Director

Media Center

Simple Symphony ........................................................................... Benjamin Britten

I. Boisterous Bourrêe II. Sentimental Saraband

IV. Frolicsome Finale

12:00 – 12:30 PM

Mounds View High School Concert Choir David Phelps, Director

Auditorium

Die mit Tränen säen ........................................................... Johann Hermann Schein Fly to Paradise ..................................................................................... Eric Whitacre Sourwood Mountain ....................................................................... Arr. John Rutter

White Bear Lake HS South Campus Wind Ensemble Shannon Anderson, Director

Gym Homage to Bharat ............................................................................ Brian Balmages Mountain Thyme .................................................................................. Samuel Hazo Slava! ....................................... Leonard Bernstein/Transcribed by Clare Grundman

12:30 – 1:00 PM

Cretin-Derham Hall Honors Choir

Isaac Lovdahl, Director

Auditorium

Hear My Prayer ................................................................................... Moses Hogan Lesus Ahattonnia ........................................................................... Arr. Susan LaBarr Famine Song ................................................................. Vida/Arr. Matthew Culloton

Forest Lake Area High School Symphonic Winds Barry Zumwalde, Director

Gym

Second Suite in F ........................................ Gustav Holst/Edited by Colin Matthews

I. March II. Song Without Words

III. Song of the Blacksmith IV. Fantasia on the “Dargason”

Park High School WolfGang Greg Marget, Director

Media Center Symphony for Strings No. 1 ................................................................ Jeffery Bishop

I. Sinfonia II. Aubade

III. Reel

1:30 – 2:00 PM

White Bear Lake HS South Campus Mariners Choir Wendy Suoja, Director

Stephen Swanson, Accompanist Kathryn Kristie, Violinist

Auditorium

Gropen .......................................................................................... Gjermund Larsen The Stars Stand Up in the Air ................................................................. Eric Barnum Gravedigger ............................................................................... Arr. Timothy Takach Brightest and Best ..................................................................... Arr. Shawn Kirchner

Woodbury High School Concert Band Tark Katzenmeyer and Matt Shervey, Directors

Gym Elegy for a Young American ............................................................. Ronald Lo Presti Symphony No. 2 .................................................................................... Frank Ticheli III. Apollo Unleashed

Mounds View High School Symphony Orchestra Lucas Shogren, Director

Media Center

Adagio for Strings .............................................................................. Samuel Barber Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 6 .......................................................... Josef Suk

I. Andante con moto

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Stillwater Area High School Concert Choir Angela Mitchell, Director

Auditorium

I Will Greatly Rejoice ............................................................................ Knut Nysted Abenlied ....................................................................................... Josef Rheinberger O Day Full of Grace ................................................................. F. Melius Christiansen Daniel Daniel Servant of the Lord ...................................................... Undine Moore Hela Rotane ............................................................................................ Ken Stevens

Roseville Area High School Symphonic Band Matt Dehnel, Director

Gym

Pegasus ...................................................................................... John Wesley Gibson Blue Shades ........................................................................................... Frank Ticheli

East Ridge High School Symphony Orchestra Kelly DeMorett, Director

Media Center

Symphony No. 9 ............................................................................... Antonin Dvorak

IV. Allegro con fuoco

All-Conference Rehearsals SEC Choir...........................................................................................................Theater SEC Band ................................................................................................................ Gym SEC Orchestra………………………………………………………………………………………Media Center

4:35 – 5:00 PM

2:30 – 3:00 PM

All-Conference Clinicians

Band – Dr. Timothy Mahr

Dr. Timothy Mahr holds a B.M. degree in composition and a B.A. degree in music education from St. Olaf College and a master’s degree in trombone performance and a D.M.A. in instrumental conducting from the University of Iowa. An internationally acclaimed

composer, Dr. Mahr received the 1991 Ostwald Award in the ABA Band Composition Contest for his composition The Soaring Hawk. He was elected to the American Bandmasters Association in 1993. Formerly director of bands at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and founding conductor of the Twin Ports Wind Ensemble, Dr. Mahr is the principal conductor of the Minnesota Symphonic Winds and is active as a clinician and guest conductor nationally and internationally. Recent commissions have come from the United States Air Force Band, the Music Educators National Conference, and the American Bandmasters Association. Twenty-five of his works have been published, with many released on compact disc recordings and included on state contest lists. Dr. Mahr is a past-president of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association (1999-2001), has served on the Board of Directors of the National Band Association (1996-98) and was a founding board member of the Minnesota Band Directors Association.

Choir – Dr. Jonathan Talberg

Dr. Jonathan Talberg serves as Director of Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies at the Bob Cole Conservatory at CSULB, where he is conductor of the Bob Cole Chamber Choir, which was awarded “Choir of the World” at the 2016 Welsh Isteddfod. He has taught students who are currently performing on Broadway and in national tours, at opera houses throughout the country, on cruise ships, and in professional choruses worldwide. His ensembles have

performed with ensembles as diverse as the Kronos Quartet, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Rolling Stones. Past-President of the California Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, he has twice conducted at the Music Educator’s National Conference regional honor choir, at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 American Choral Directors Western Convention and at the 2009 and 2013 National Collegiate Choral Organization Conferences. He has lead All-State choral concerts from Oregon to Maine, and has performed in venues throughout Europe and Asia. Of the many hats he wears each day, the one he is most proud of is mentor to the next generation of performers, educators and scholars.

Orchestra – Dr. Kirk D. Moss

Kirk D. Moss, PhD, serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Music & Theatre at University of Northwestern – St. Paul. He is a past national president of the American String Teachers Association, five times chaired the ASTA National Orchestra Festival, and held office on ASTA’s Executive Board. Moss has appeared as a guest conductor, clinician, or adjudicator in nearly forty states. The University of Florida School of Music awarded him an Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award, and he has received

six ASTA National Citation for Leadership & Merit awards. With twelve years of experience teaching elementary, middle, and high school orchestras, groups under his direction have earned distinction at state, national, and international events. One of his former high schools honors him by annually awarding a college string scholarship in his name. He has coauthored Sound Innovations series method books for Alfred Music, as well as numerous string orchestra arrangements.

Moss holds a PhD in Music Education, conducting emphasis, from University of Florida (Gainesville) where his mentors included Raymond Chobaz, Timothy Brophy, and Russell Robinson. He received a Master of Music degree, with a cognate in string pedagogy, from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a graduate teaching assistant for Gerald Doan and a Bachelor of Music degree, with high distinction, from University of Michigan under the guidance of Robert Culver. Kirk and his wife, Deb, celebrate more than thirty years of marriage and have three children: Bethany, Luke, and Lydia.

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?

Student Listening Forms These forms are provided to assist you in planning and evaluating your listening experiences today. Your sensitive listening to students in other ensembles, and your thoughtful responses to the questions below will benefit you as you continue to grow as a musician. Respond to the questions as you listen to each group. Remember to use positive, constructive and musical language.

Time: School: Name of Ensemble: Number in Ensemble:

1. What was done in the way of stage presence, discipline, and appearance that you particularly liked?

2. What musical elements especially impressed you about the performance (phrasing, intonation, tone, etc…)?

3. Were there any specific things this group could do that you feel would add to the performance (pitch, articulation, phrasing, etc…)?

4. Which selection, of those performed by the group, was the best in your opinion, and why?