Bones East

Crane Trombone Ensemble

Eastman Trombone Choir

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Syracuse University SURFACE at Syracuse University Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs Setnor School of Music 11-8-2015 A Celebration in Honor of Bill Harris Bones East Crane Trombone Ensemble Eastman Trombone Choir Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/setnor_performances  Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Setnor School of Music, Syracuse University. A Celebration in Honor of Bill Harris. 11-8-2015 https://surface.syr.edu/setnor_performances/432 This Performance Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Setnor School of Music at SURFACE at Syracuse University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs by an authorized administrator of SURFACE at Syracuse University. For more information, please contact surface@syr.edu.        William Harris retired in May 2009 as principal trombonist with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO) after 48 years. He joined the orchestra as a charter member in 1961 while he was an undergraduate music student at Syracuse University. His teachers include Emory Remington, Edward Herman, Jay Freidman, and John Iannotta.  Harris has been the trombone instructor at the Setnor School of Music since 1971 and is a professor emeritus of music at Onondaga Community College. Harris was an instrumental music teacher in the Jamesville DeWitt Schools from 1966-1968.  As a soloist, Harris performed the Creston Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra with the SSO as well as the Pryor Blue Bells of Scotland and Thoughts of Love. In February 2000 he performed the world premiere of Dexter Morrill’s “Trombone Concerto” with the SSO. He has also performed the Larsson Concertino for Trombone with the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble.  Harris has appeared with the Society for New Music and the Skaneateles Festival. As a jazz performer he regularly performs with the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, Salt City Jazz Collective, the Stan Collella Orchestra, and Gap Mangione. He has performed with such artists as Jess Jarvis, Frank Foster, Grady Tate, Rob McConnell, Warren Covington, John Fedchock, Tony Bennett, Nat “King” Cole, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis, Jr., and the Four Freshman.  Harris also adjudicates at numerous jazz events throughout the region, including Cultural Resources Council, Sherburne Pageant of Bands, Potsdam Stage Band Festival, Oneida, Morrisville, and New Hartford jazz festivals. An active clinician, he has appeared at events such as the Mississippi State Educators Convention. He presented a Low Brass Techniques Clinic at the NYSBDA Symposium in March 2010. He has contributed a series of articles on “Developing Young Trombonists,” which was published in the International Trombone Journal and has served on a committee to advance improvisational skills of young musicians as a member of the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse (JASS).  Harris was honored by Civic Morning Musicals in 2004 with the CMM Award for Excellence in Performance. He was inducted into the Alpha Sigma chapter (Syracuse University) of Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars) as a result of his efforts in organizing the 2005 Simeon Popov Memorial Trombone Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria. While in Bulgaria for the competition, he was awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor from the Poncho Vladegerov Conservatory of Music. This is the highest award a musician can receive in Bulgaria, and Harris was the first trombonist to receive this honor. He is also an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma, the National Honorary Band Sorority.  Harris is a member of the International Trombone Association, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 78, where he serves as vice president. He was a member of the board of directors of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus and was a former member of the Metropolitan School Board of Directors. Currently, he is a member of the Fayetteville Fire Department, with service as Fire Police Captain, and is also a New York State Peace Officer.    A Celebration in Honor of  Bill Harris    featuring  Bones East Crane Trombone Ensemble Eastman Trombone Choir   November 8 5 pm      Setnor Auditorium   National Anthem              John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)      arr. Harkins  Shenandoah      Traditional       arr.  Bohannon  Geological Survey    Manny Albam (1922-2001)  Achieved is the Glorious Work  Franz Joseph Haydn (1773-1809)      arr.  Miller  Bones East Mark Anderson, Director Dr. James Tapia, Conductor    Ouvre ton coeur “Spanish Serenade” George Bizet (1838-1875)      arr. Allison Sniffin  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring  J.S. Bach (1685-1750)  (from Cantata 147)    arr. Arthur Frackenpohl  For All We Know (1934)   J Fred Coots (1897-1985)       Arr Mike Crotty Melisa Baena, Student Conductor  Choral et Toccata   Jean-Francois Michel (b. 1957)  Where is Love?    Lionel Bart (1930-1999) (from Oliver)     arr. by Steven Frank           Crane Trombone Ensemble Mark Hartman, Director      Fantasy and Double Fugue   Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)  Funeral Music      Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)       arr. Rose  Gettysburg Suite    Randy Edelman (b. 1947) Pickett’s Charge    arr. Strohm  Aftermath and Epilogue    (based on themes from the 1993 film Gettysburg)         Canzon per 8 Tromboni     Tiburtino Massaino (c. 1580) arr. King      Make a Moment    Shawn Davern (b 1994) (A fanfare and theme for 8 trombones)    Eastman Trombone Choir Dr. Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind, Co-Directors           Please be sure to turn off all electronic devices, and please refrain from making extraneous noise, talking, taking flash photographs, or moving about the auditorium during the performance. It is important for     performers and audience members to have the best possible concert-going experience in Setnor Auditorium. Thank you.  

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