Center for the Performing Arts Thursday Evening November 6, 2003 6:00p.m

Beyer, Steven, Reader

Block, Glenn, Conductor

Forbes, Michael, Tuba

English

Center for the Performing ArtsThursday EveningNovember 6, 20036:00 p.m

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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 11-6-2003 Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra:Stories for Children Michael Forbes Tuba Illinois State University Steven Beyer Reader Glenn Block Conductor Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp  Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Forbes, Michael Tuba; Beyer, Steven Reader; and Block, Glenn Conductor, "Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra:Stories for Children" (2003). School of Music Programs. 2556. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/2556 This Concert Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact ISUReD@ilstu.edu. l inois State (jniversit_y f chool of Music I I I I I I I I I I I )llinois State Llniversit~ Chamber Orchestra presents "Stories for Children" with Michael f orbes, Tuba Steven be~er, /?.eader Glenn block., Conductor l his is the tort!;J-tilth program ot the 200:'.,-200+ season. Center tor the f ertorming Arts Thursda!:J E_vening November 6, 200:'., 6p.m. I Tubby the Tuba f rogram Steven E:>e.'Jer, reader Michael F orbcs, tuba Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 Allegro Andante Presto Mother Goose Suite Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Fa vane of the .5/ccpi,:ig Beaut,,}) Petit Poucet {Tom Thumb) Laideronnette, Imperatice des Pagodes ( 'Little Ugl_i;, ,, Emrress of the Tn.'J M andarins) Les entretiens de las Belle et de la Bete (The Conversations o f B eaut,,} and the Beast) Le jardin feerique (The F air:J Garden) Steven E:>e.'Jer, reader I I George Kleinsinger (I 914-1982) I Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I (1756-1791) I Maurice Ravel I (1875-1937) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l:),ographies Steven Bayer received his undergraduate degree in theater here at Illinois State University as an actor and has just returned for his MA in theater history. He has recently been seen on stage in The Gondoliers in Chicago. Prior acting credits include the world premier of David Alex's Onto Infinity, ISU's production of Twelfth Night, and Hal Carter in Picnic . He also played the soldier in ISU's School of Music production of L'Histoire du Soldat. Forn1er singing experiences at !SU include Concert Choir, vocal jazz, A Cafellaz, and private voice lessons. Michael Forbes is the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Illinois State University where he also performs with the !SU Faculty Brass Quintet. He began his career as a tubist with the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own" in Washington, D.C. , where he was an active soloist and chamber musician as well as the founder and conductor of the U.S . Army Brass Tentet. Dr. Forbes has also appeared with the Aspen, Chautauqua, and Hot Spring Music Festival Orchestras as well as with a host of regional orchestras. He has also served on the faculties of Mary Washington College, Columbia Union College, Frederick Community College, and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He is also the columnist of the "Chamber Music Comer" in the International Tuba Euphonium Association 's "Journal. " Also a regularly commissioned composer and arranger, Dr. Forbes ' s works have been selected for numerous international competitions and recordings. Editions BIM publishes his compositions while his many arrangements for low brass can be found in the catalogs of Music Express and the Tuba and Euphonium-Press. As a soloist and part of the internationally recognized Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet, Dr. Forbes is regularly invited to give performances and clinics at universities and conferences throughout the U.S. and Canada. Sotto Voce has released its premier recording, "Consequences" on the Summit Records label (DCD 322) and anticipates its second disc, "Viva Voce: The Complete Quartets of John Stevens" to be released later this summer. The quartet recently completed a tour of the United Kingdom, and Dr. Forbes will be giving solo performances in Budapest, Hungary and Taipei, Taiwan in 2004. Dr. Forbes recently received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at the University of Maryland. He holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Pennsylvania State University. Through an exchange program, he also spent a year in Manchester, England where he studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music. Dr. Gle1111 Block is the Director of Orchestras and Opera and Professor of Conducting at Illinois State University, and also has served as Music Director of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City since 1983. Prior to coming to Illinois in the fall of 1990, Dr. Block served for 15 years as Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the Conservatory of Music of the University of Missouri - Kansas City and Music Director of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. Born in Brooklyn, Dr. Block was educated at the Eastman School of Music. He also received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego. A frequent guest conductor, he has appeared in over 42 states with all-state and professional orchestras. This year, he will be conducting the all-state orchestras of Kentucky, Iowa, Massachusetts.and Rhode Island and regional orchestras in 111inois, Missouri and Kansas. Foreign guest conducting have included concerts and master classes at the Fountainebleau Conservertoire in France, Spain, Canada, Colombia, Estonia, and Russia. In the summer of 2000, Dr. Block and the Youth Symphony of Kansas City were invited to be the Festival Orchestra in residence at the Western Slopes Music Festival in Crested Butte, Colorado. Following that residency, the Youth Symphony will travel to northern Italy to be the Festival Orchestra in a series of festivals in Milan, Florence and Siena. Chamber Orche stra f ersonnel Violin I Emily Morgan , principal Mark Erickson Victoria Kuchta Violin II Jennifer Kluchenek, principal Moon Bae Vonique Ford Xavier Kimble Viola Christopher Kelts, principal Pamela Kaufman Edith Klostermann* Colleen Kuraszek Cello Carolyn Runde! l, principal Brian Bromberg Jennette Eckert Juliane Festag Double {:)ass Timothy Douglass, co-principal Andrew Tumey, co-principal flute Elivi Varga, principal Shelly Monier, piccolo Oboe Casandra Anderson, principal Heather Broyles * on leave Clarinet Jessica Boese, principal Robyn Canene E:>assoon Edward Montoya, principal Katie Bartel Contra bassoon Hillary Miller Hom Sara Giovanelli, principal Heather Husley Trumpet Ted Clark, principal Ryan Elliot Trombone Jason Binde Harp Rex Moore fiano, Celeste Paul Borg Timpani/F ercussion (alphabetical) Jeff Young, principal Jaimie Abney Andres Bautista Bill Roberts I I I I I I I I I I I I 

Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra: Stories for Children, November 6, 2003

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