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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC All Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs 12-7-2019 Concert: Jazz Ensemble: Wohlhueter Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble Mike Titlebaum Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs  Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble and Titlebaum, Mike, "Concert: Jazz Ensemble: Wohlhueter Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest" (2019). All Concert & Recital Programs. 6278. https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/6278 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Jazz EnsembleMike Titlebaum, directorBraxton Cook, saxophonistThe David P. ('60) and Susan W. Wohlhueter JazzEnsemble Composition ContestFord HallSaturday, December 7th, 20198:15 pmProgramWhere The River Meets The Ocean Dan YappThe Daily Grind Jon C. GardnerHonorable Mention in the 2019-20 David P. ('60) andSusan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Composition ContestUnion Remy Le BoeufHonorable Mention in the 2019-20 David P. ('60) andSusan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Composition ContestBright Morning Star Timothy Lee Miller"Dave's Choice" in the 2019-20 David P. ('60) andSusan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Composition ContestIntermissionThat Familiar Connection Mike CaudillWinner of the 2019-20 David P. ('60) and Susan W.Wohlhueter Jazz Composition ContestHymn (for Trayvon) Braxton Cookarr. Mike TitlebaumLifelong Journey Mike TitlebaumWhen You Hold Me Braxton Cookarr. Dan YappBiographiesBraxton CookMaryland raised saxophonist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, Braxton Cook isa status-quo challenging artist who first broke out in 2017 on the scene withthe release of his solo debut album "Somewhere in Between". Heavilyinfluenced by John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, D’Angelo and Frank Ocean,Braxton mixes the improvisatory elements of jazz and the soulful melodies ofR&B into a fresh sound all his own. His music pulls from his experience as aBlack jazz musician in America and his music aims to speak to the margins insociety. While still a student at The Juilliard School, Braxton began his career touringthe world with trumpeter Christian Scott. During this time Braxton recordedand released his first EP called "Sketch" (2014), quickly followed by "BraxtonCook meets Butcher Brown" (2015). Following the release of "Somewhere inBetween" (2017), Braxton toured the album internationally performing inLondon, Japan and across the United States. The album had 4 tracks thatlanded on Spotify's Top 50 Viral in the U.S. playlist. Shortly thereafter, multiple tracks from the album were listed on State of Jazzand Alternative R&B playlists and Braxton was even placed on the cover ofThe Butter Playlist. In Spring of 2018, Braxton worked with a number of WestCoast producers (Swarvy, Kiefer, Allmos) to create a collaborative projectcalled Somewhere in Between: Remixes & Outtakes. Braxton completed his next project called “No Doubt” which was released inthe Fall of 2018. He embarked on his first international headlining tour in theFall of 2018 to support the project.Mike CaudillMike Caudill is a Boston-based saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is an active performer with several projects and collectives, leads his ownquartet, plays saxophone and electric wind instrument in the jazz-fusiongroup City of Four, and performs with The Felipe Salles InterconnectionsEnsemble in venues across New England and New York. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mike holds a Masterof Music in Jazz Arranging and Composition. His principle jazz instructors wereFelipe Salles, Jeffrey W. Holmes, and Tom Giampietro. Mike also studiedsaxophone and classical saxophone repertoire with Lynn Klock. Mike composes in both the jazz and symphonic realms, and has received aHerb Alpert Foundation Young Jazz Composer award from ASCAP for hiscomposition, “Time to Go”, along with five music awards from DownBeatMagazine for his performances and musical arrangements as a student atUMass.Jon C. GardnerJon C. Gardner, M.M; band instructor at St. Patrick School in Malvern and HolyFamily Regional Catholic School in Levittown; staff member with LeadingTone Lessons; music director for The Philly Kroc Jazz Orchestra. Whilemaintaining a very active teaching role, Jon has come to be a very wellsought after arranger and composer primarily in the marching band, jazzensemble, and studio orchestra idioms. Jon has also served as an educator forvarious professional, collegiate and high school ensembles in Pennsylvania;Massachusetts; Connecticut; Poland. While many of Jon’s compositions and arrangements can be heard in varioushigh school and collegiate formats, Jon has also had the privilege to composefor the following ensembles: Beatlemania Now! and The Penny Lane Horns;Dan Gabel and The Abletones; The Hickory Brass Quintet; Jump City JazzOrchestra; The Philly Kroc Jazz Orchestra; and many others. Jon still maintainsan active relation with the University of Massachusetts in Amherst as one ofthe writers for Jazz Ensemble 1 and The Studio Orchestra.Remy Le BoeufRemy Le Boeuf is a composer of modern American music and an improvisingsaxophonist. Le Boeuf’s music is rooted in the jazz tradition and overlaps intothe modern classical realm drawing on various influences from Aaron Coplandto Bjork.  The saxophonist and composer has worked with a range ofcollaborators including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with WyntonMarsalis, HAIM, JACK Quartet, Knower, Linda Oh, Bob Mintzer, and his owntwin brother Pascal, with whom he co-leads the Grammy-nominatedensemble, Le Boeuf Brothers.  Le Boeuf’s 2019 releases include the debut ofhis jazz orchestra, Assembly of Shadows (2019), and his sextet release, Lightas a Word (2019). Le Boeuf has received commissions and awards fromSFJAZZ, Chamber Music America, the Copland Fund, the American ComposersForum, and the ASCAP Foundation. Le Boeuf was born in Santa Cruz, CA andcurrently lives is a Brooklyn, NY. Timothy Lee MillerTimothy Lee Miller (b. 1961) is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator,and publisher writing contemporary concert music for chamber ensembles,orchestra, wind ensemble, and voice, as well as jazz, film, and video gamemusic. He has earned degrees from the University of Tennessee, theUniversity of Miami and Vermont College of Fine Arts. His principlecomposition teachers have been John Anthony Lennon, James Progris, TamarDiesendruck, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Andy Jaffe, John Fitz Rogers, and RogerZahab. He has received numerous commissions and awards, includingseveral ASCAP awards. His music has been performed throughout the US andEurope. In 2015 Miller recorded two of his big band charts in Havana, Cubawith the noted band Ikerere. The two tunes were released in 2016 onABRAZO: The Havana Sessions on PARMA’s Ansonica label. And in 2018 hereleased his debut jazz album, SOMETHING MORE: The Jazz Music of TimothyLee Miller, which includes seven quintets and one octet, also on the Ansonicalabel.Mike TitlebaumMike Titlebaum, director of jazz studies at the Ithaca College School of Music,teaches jazz saxophone, arranging, improvisation, theory, and leads thehard-swinging Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble. He has also taught at the EthicalCulture/Fieldston Schools in New York City, Florida A&M University inTallahassee and the Eastman School of Music. Prior to teaching at Ithaca College, Mike lived in the greater New York Cityarea where he played at infamous musical venues such as the Blue Note,Smalls, Augies, Fez/Time Café and CBGB's as well as the pit orchestra of theBroadway musical "Cats" at the Winter Garden Theatre. He has performedwith dozens of internationally recognized artists and groups including JohnHollenbeck, Gary Versace, Red Rodney, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, KennyWheeler, Randy Brecker, Cab Calloway, Jeff Tyzik, Natalie Cole, Billy Taylor,Mel Torme, Branford Marsalis, Billy Hart, Paquito D'Rivera, Jason RobertBrown, the Mingus Big Band, the Sneider Brothers, and dozens more. He hasalso performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and theBinghamton Philharmonic Orchestra. Mike has done numerous lectures, clinics and performances and directedhonors jazz ensembles at schools and universities across the country. He hascompositions and arrangements published with Advance Music, HeritageMusic Press and others. Along with Dr. Chad West, Mike is co-editor of"Teaching School Jazz: Perspectives, Principles and Strategies" published byOxford University Press in 2019. He is currently writing a new book, "JazzImprovisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment" which, assuming hecompletes it on time, will be published by Routledge in 2020 or 2021.Mike grew up in Rochester, NY and attended the Eastman School of Music,where he earned a BM in Saxophone Performance and a Performer'sCertificate in 1991. He also completed graduate studies at Eastman, receivinga MM in Jazz and Contemporary Media/Writing Skills in 1992.  Jazz EnsembleSaxophones TrombonesDavid Florentin, alto Kurt EideSara Mercurio, alto Kate MoriDrew Martin, tenor Aaron Suttle Steven Foti, tenor Alexander Felker, bass Sebastian Posada, baritone RhythmTrumpets Theo Curtin, guitarDan Yapp Brendan Kennelty, drumsShaun Rimkunas Eric Myers, drumsJennifer Rupert Michael Passarelli, pianoAleyna Ashenfarb Nick Peloso, bassAnna Young, vibesUpcoming Jazz EventsMonday, Dec. 9, 7pm, Hockett: Jazz Vocal Repertory Ensemble.Sunday, Feb. 2, 2pm, Ford: The Fourth Annual Ithaca Big BandSummit, with the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble, Cornell JazzEnsemble, and Ithaca High School Jazz Ensemble.Friday, Feb. 21, 8:15pm, Ford: Scott Bruce, elective jazz drum setrecital. Saturday, Feb 29, 8:15pm, Ford: Jazz Ensemble with guest artist AlexaTarantino, saxophone.  Sunday, Mar. 22, 4pm, Ford: Jazz Vocal Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble.Thursday, Apr. 16, 8:15pm, Ford: Michelle Shaubi, jazz mezzo-sopranosenior recital.Sunday, Apr. 19, 3pm, Ford: Ben Monacelli, jazz tenor senior recital.Tuesday, Apr. 21, 8:15pm, Ford: Jazz Repertory Ensemble.Friday, Apr. 24, 8:15pm, Ford: Jazz Vocal Ensemble.Saturday, Apr. 25, 3pm, Ford: Jazz Lab Band. Monday, Apr. 27, 7pm, Hockett: Jazz Vocal Repertory Ensemble.Wednesday, Apr. 29, 8:15pm, Ford: Jazz Ensemble with guest artistVincent DiMartino, trumpet.