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Bouland, Josh

Donohue, Joe

Felder, Nicholas A.

Witt, Devin Aaron

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 8 pmDr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan HallOne-hundred Twenty-seventh Concert of the 2016-17 Concert SeasonKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSICSymphony OrchestraNathaniel F. Parker, Music Director and Conductorfeaturing Winners of the 2016 KSU Concerto CompetitionDevin Aaron Witt, bass tromboneJoe Donohue and Josh Bouland, percussionWinner of the 2016 KSU Composition CompetitionNicholas A. FelderGIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)Overture to the opera NabuccoTHOM RITTER GEORGE (b. 1942)Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (1964)Adagio—Allegro—Adagio come prima—Cadenza—Fugue (Allegro)Devin Aaron Witt, bass tromboneNICHOLAS A. FELDER (b. 1997)States of Loss (2016) WORLD PREMIEREAVNER DORMAN (b. 1975)Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006)I. Spices (Allegro)Joe Donohue and Josh Bouland, percussionNIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)Russian Easter Festival, Op. 36Kennesaw State University Symphony OrchestraNathaniel F. Parker, conductorprogramprogram notesStates of Loss (2016) │ Nicholas A. FelderIn December 2015, a couple days before Christmas, I found out my grandmother was diagnosed with dementia and severe depression. Even with the distance between us, with her living in California, we still managed to maintain a strong, close relationship by making frequent phone calls and occasional visits. When I realized I was losing her, I felt that a piece of my heart was slowly being ripped out, and through processing, I found my emotions were too jumbled to express in words. In June 2016, I came up with the ideas for States of Loss. The piece consists of three main sections: processing, grieving, and acceptance. The first section features dissonant harmonies and a melodic motive of an accented note going down a half step. This latter gesture represents my pounding the floor out of frustration and pain. As the first section fades out, the low strings play a grumbling idea foreshadowing the outburst of the whole ensemble in the second section. A high-pitched, descending melody in the upper strings and flute represents a letting go of denial and tension held inside to allow oneself to grieve. The music then gradually leads into the final section, when the harp enters to play a simple melody. This section represents acceptance of a loss, even though the music may still be a little bittersweet, it is more peaceful than the preceding sections. There is less movement approaching the ending, signifying the reaching of a true state of serenity. This work is dedicated to my grandmother, Betty Anne Coats.– Nicholas A. FelderSpices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006)  |  Avner DormanThe title Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! refers to three substances that are extremely appealing, yet filled with danger. Spices delight the palate, but can cause illness; perfumes seduce, but can also betray; toxins bring ecstasy, but are deadly. The concerto combines Middle-Eastern drums, orchestral percussion, and rock drums with orchestral forces – a unique sound both enticing and dangerous.Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! is a result of years of collaboration with PercaDu. While we were still students at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv, Tomer and Adi asked me to write a piece for them. All three of us aimed at a piece that would be markedly Israeli and would reflect young Israeli culture. The process of composing the piece involved working closely with PercaDu on my ideas and testing them on the instruments long before the piece was done. In hindsight, I believe that the most important choice in making the piece sound Israeli was the use of four Darbukas and Tom-Toms in addition to the Marimbas. The piece, Udacrep Akubrad (PercaDu Darbuka spelled backwards) became one of PercaDu’s signature pieces and my most performed composition and is the basis for the first movement of the concerto.Spices, the first movement draws its inspiration from the music of our region (extending its boundaries to the east as far as the Indian sub-continent). The piece is largely based on Middle-Eastern and Indian scales and uses the Indian system of Talas for rhythmic organization. I use these elements within a large-scale dramatic form and employ repetitive minimalism as it appears in the music traditions of the East and in the works of Western minimalists of the past forty years. Approximately at the movement’s golden section there is a cadenza that precurses the last movement of the concerto.— Avner Dorman2016 KSU CONCERTO COMPETITIONWinnersJoe Donohue and Josh Bouland, percussionJoe and Josh are students of John Lawless, Director of Percussion Studies.Devin Aaron Witt, bass tromboneDevin is a student of Brian Hecht, Artist-in-Residence in BassTrombone.2016 KSU COMPOSITION COMPETITIONWinnerNicholas A. FelderNicholas is a student of Dr. Laurence Sherr, Composer-in-Residenceand Professor of Music.Honorable MentionEric RamosEric is a student of Dr. Laurence Sherr, Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music.KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRANathaniel F. Parker, Music Director and ConductorFLUTELorin GreenAmanda MaconBrittany PietschCorinne VealePICCOLOLorin GreenAmanda MaconBrittany PietschALTO FLUTEBrittany PietschBASS FLUTELorin GreenOBOESavannah EnglishAmelia LeeRachel RabeneckCLARINETBrenden AyestaranMatthew HodgettsPearce KramerRyan TangBASS CLARINETPearce KramerBASSOONBriana CurtisDustin PriceGrayson SaylorCONTRABASSOONBriana CurtisHORNVirginia HydeDennis KorwekHORN (cont.)Hayden McAfeeWill WorthanTRUMPETMiles BonakerJacob GreifingerJon KlausmanJeremy PerkinsTROMBONEWesley DaleEthan DavidTravis LongenbergerBASS TROMBONESamuel BoegerTUBABryan HallAndrew PellomTIMPANIMary Madison JonesMichael MakridesMichael OllmanLindsay RohskopfPERCUSSIONJoshua BoulandJoe DonohueMary Madison JonesMichael MakridesMichael OllmanLindsay RohskopfHARPTeresa SheppardPIANOJordan SommerVIOLINKynan ClymoreJeavanie DesarmesNassar EdwardsNicholas FelderRyan FinlaysonHannah GoodwinLauren GreeneMary Katharine GuthrieGrace Johnston,  concertmasterRachel LaRocca,   principalHuijeong LeeCharles PageJustin RawlingsNathaniel RobertsPatrick RobertsKevin WilliamsVIOLAAudine CrosseRachel Fishback,   principalNatalie ThompsonJulian StannCELLOJosie Campbell,  co-principalLacee LinkAnthony NewmanMichael Roberts,  co-principalCarolina SifuentesBASSJarod BolesDaniel Kim, principalSymphony members are listed alphabetically to emphasizethe importance of each musician. Rotational seating is used in all woodwind, brass, and percussion sections.about the conductorNATHANIEL F. PARKER, Director of Orchestral StudiesNathaniel F. Parker, a talented and dynamic musician, is Director of Orchestral Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at the Kennesaw State University School of Music. Dr. Parker is Music Director and Conductor of the Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Kennesaw State University Opera Program. He was recently appointed Associate Conductor of the Georgia Symphony and also serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra Camerata. Equally at home working with professionals and training future generations of musicians, Dr. Parker has conducted orchestras in the United States, Peru, Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. His recent guest conducting engagements include appearances with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra (Michigan), the Connecticut Music Educators Association All-State Orchestra, Fulton County High School Honors Orchestra, the GMEA District 12 Middle School Honors Orchestra, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 9 String Fest. An active scholar, Dr. Parker’s writings have been published by the Conductors Guild and the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA). He has presented research at the College Orchestra Directors Association’s national and international conferences and currently serves as Editor of the Journal of the Conductors Guild. In 2015 he received a Citation of Excellence in Teaching from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.Prior to his appointment at Kennesaw State, Dr. Parker served as Director of Orchestral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Marywood University (Pennsylvania) where he was Music Director and Conductor of the Marywood University Orchestra and taught courses in conducting, instrumental methods, musicology and analytical techniques. Other previous positions include Assistant Conductor and Production Manager of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra (Michigan), Music Director and Conductor of the Jackson Youth Symphony Orchestra, Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Community Music School, Graduate Conducting Intern at Michigan State University, Music Director and Conductor of the Mason Orchestral Society’s Community Orchestra and Youth Symphony (Michigan), Assistant Director of Music at Xaverian High School (New York), Conductor of the New Music Festival of Sandusky Orchestra (Ohio), and Graduate Assistant Conductor and Teaching Assistant at Bowling Green State University (Ohio).Parker earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University, where his primary instructors were Leon Gregorian and Raphael Jiménez. He earned a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Bowling Green State University, where he studied with Emily Freeman Brown; his other conducting mentors include Stephen Osmond, Gary W. Hill, and Timothy Russell. In addition to his training in academia, Dr. Parker participated in numerous conducting master classes and workshops, conducting orchestras under the tutelage of nationally and internationally renowned conductors and conducting pedagogues including Christoph Eschenbach, George Hurst, Arthur Fagen, Markand Thakar, Mark Gibson, David Itkin, Jorge Mester, and Paul Vermel. Parker began his collegiate education at Arizona State University, where he studied bassoon with Jeffrey G. Lyman and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance.Nat resides in Kennesaw with his wife, Melody, their son, Jacob, and their dog, Sammy.For more information, please visit www.nathanielfparker.com.about the school of music`/musicKSU     t@musicKSU     y/musicKSU         @musicKSUmusicKSU.comVisit the Live Streaming page on musicKSU.com to watch live broadcasts of manyof our concerts and to view the full schedule of upcoming live streamed events.Please consider a gift to the Kennesaw State University School of Music. http://community.kennesaw.edu/GiveToMusicconnect with usWelcome to the Bailey Performance Center. We are thrilled that you are here!The School of Music at Kennesaw State University is an exciting place to live, work and learn. Housed in the College of the Arts, the School is infused with masterfully skilled and dedicated performing teachers who care deeply about their profession, our programs, our community, and every student involved in music and the arts. This Performance Center is the jewel in our crown! We are so excited about the musical and artistic events that happen here, and we are excited that you are here with us to enjoy them! The School of Music is busy preparing our students to be productive artists. We want them to be accomplished and creative leaders of the arts world of tomorrow, professionals who are diversely trained and well-practiced. Diverse in their backgrounds, our students hail from many of the leading musical arts and honors organizations from across the Southeast, and as a School of Music, we are dedicated to the purpose of furthering the arts and cultural offerings to our region and beyond.Please take a look through our program book and notice those who advertise with us. 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Symphony Orchestra featuring the Winners of 2016 Concerto Competition and the Winner of the 2016 Composition Competition

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