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S!" Jersey Area Wind EnsembleThe 2006 Recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s “Sudler Silver Scroll Award”Recognizing Outstanding Community Bands in North AmericaCelebrating 15 Years of Community Band Activity!NJMEA CONFERENCE 2011
15South Jersey Area Wind n ByeVincent FerraroPatricia Lake (Eng. Horn)Elizabeth NeesHassan Abdur-RaheemValerie BrozoskyCurt CovertRyan ReinertFred PeekJim TagneyBassoons:Nicole CicconeChristopher WagnerFlutes:Roberta BecklerRosemarie JurgaitisDeborah ReedBeth RoachNancy RobinsonBb Clarinets:David BolgerTrevor CostanzaDawn DoncheyJennifer HodgsonKatherine HowarthKevin HrubosMegan MelegaOmie NivensMelissa O’DonnellDavid O’NeilKaren PoormanJeff SealsGary SitaMichelle StantonKeith W. Hodgson, Conductor / Music DirectorBass Clarinets:Janna GreerDavid LechnerAlto Saxophones:Jocelyn JohnstonMichael KokolaMichael MaranoRonald PoormanBaritone Saxophone:Vincent PezzaPhilip SenseneyJim WeinhouseTrumpets:Alexander AltieriJoseph BrownRon CasonJodi Leslie EichfeldBen FongAnne HarlanAl HarrisonBrian HrubosDominic ScalfaroJim WardClancy WilsonTenor Saxophone:Gary PressEuphoniums:French Horns:Mary ByrneMichael CowlesJenna DeSalvioShawn DessaigneRobert HelsabeckTubas:Ambrose O’DonnellPatrick O’KeefeAndrew PalmentieriJeff VanamanPercussion:Matthew BaroneGlenn DawsonTony DayJim DoranMarilyn KesslerEvan SheaSean Van WinkleTheresa Yurkevicz
South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble15Board of DirectorsKeith W. HodgsonConductorMusic DirectorGary SitaCorrespondingSecretaryGary PressPersonnel ManagerKaren M. PoormanPresidentDawn DoncheyRecording Secretary& LibrarianJennifer HodgsonHistorianRonald PoormanAssociate ConductorVice PresidentTreasurerRyan ReinertMember at LargeJoe BrownMember at Large
15South Jersey Area Wind EnsemblePROGRAMNOTESBand at the 2009 American BandmastersAssociation Convention in College Station,Texas. The idea for Firefly was born one nightas the composer watched his four-year-olddaughter become mesmerized by a firefly thatFESTIVE OVERTUREhad wandered into the front yard. When askedThe story behind the creation of the Festive whatshe thought of the firefly, she reportedlyOverture is one of those fantastic tales which remarked“Dad, that is not a firefly that’sreveals the true nature of a composer’s Tinkerbell,and she’s come to take me with hergenius, leaving all of the eye-witnesses onan adventure!” The composer writes aboutshaking their heads in wonder. Shostakovich’s thepiece,friend Lev Lebedinsky related the story of “I’mamazed at how children use theirhow one time, when he was hanging out at the imaginationsto transform the ordinary andcomposer’s apartment one day in the fall of normalinto the extraordinary and fantastic. Just1954, they were visited by a conductor from aboutanything they come across can be used tothe Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Due to sparktheir fantasies and usher their minds intomysterious political maneuverings and unseenworlds. A stick on the ground becomes abureaucratic snafus, the orchestra needed a wandwith magical powers or a sword to fightnew work to celebrate the October offbad guys. A collection of rocks turns intoRevolution, and the concert was in three days. buriedtreasure and a blanket stretched over twoShostakovich had his friend Lebedinsky sit chairsbecomes a cave to hide in. Just aboutdown next to him and began to compose. anythingfound in nature; birds, waterfalls,Lebedinsky relates:flowers, and even insects take on mythic“The speed with which he wrote was truly identitieswhen viewed through the eyes of aastounding. Moreover, when he wrote light child.”music he was able to talk, make jokes andcompose simultaneously, like the legendaryMozart. He laughed and chuckled, and in the OLIVERʼS BIRTHDAYmeanwhile work was under way and the Bruce Broughton's Coplandesque 'Oliver'sBirthday,' is a neoclassic cowboy piece withmusic was being written down.”There is not a trace of haste or carelessness in frequently changing meter. Oliver's Birthdaythe vibrant Festive Overture. Shostakovich features a playful dialogue and wonderfulalways composed at a fast pace, writing down rapport between trumpet and band. Broughtonthe notes with superhuman facility. We will is Artistic Director and Principle Conductor ofnever know whether or not he employed the Sinfonia of London, and he is currently amusical ideas which were already lurking in governor of the Academy of Motion Picturehis imagination, or whether the entire work Arts and Sciences. He has taught filmwas simply an instantaneous flash of composition in the Advanced Film Musicinspiration. It is amusing however to think of Studies program at USC and is a lecturer atShostakovich “laughing and chuckling” as he UCLA. Broughton’s music is notable for itscomposed, for it is easy to imagine the wonderfully rich harmonic language, flowingpervasiveness of the composer’s good humor melodies, and especially for its rhythmicinterest and vitality.driving this energetic, truly festive work.FIREFLYROCKY POINT HOLIDAYFirefly is an ABA overture work with severaldistinct sections. The piece was written andpremiered by the James Bowie High SchoolRocky Point Holiday was a commission fromFrank Bencriscutto and the University ofMinnesota band for a tour of Russia. It wascomposedbetween1968and1969.Bencriscutto had heard Nelson's orchestralwork Savannah River Holiday and decided hewanted something virtuosic to take with him onthe Russian tour. When asked about thelimitations of the band, Bencriscutto told himthere were none. "I'm going to write atremendously difficult piece" Nelson warnedhim. "That's fine" replied Bencriscutto, and thusRocky Point Holiday was born. Nelson says"this was a pivotal moment in my notion ofwind ensemble scoring, in which I focused onorchestrating in an extremely transparent way."The bulk of the work on the compositionoccurred while Nelson was on vacation at aRhode Island seaside resort. Rocky Point is anamusement park over a hundred years old,located in Warwick Neck, RI. It was closeddown in the mid-1990s due to a lack of funds.AMERICANS WEHenry Fillmore was a truly Americanbandmaster and composer. His many marches,gallops, instrumental novelties and instrumentalmusic accompanied many a circus presentation."Americans We" is one of Fillmore's mostfamous compositions. It borrows from asentimental British tune called "Believe Me IfAll Those Endearing Young Charms" whichwas originally attributed to Irish and Scottishheritage. The song soon became part ofAmerica's musical heritage.Fillmore composed Americans We sometime inthe late 1920s. The work was first performed bythe Fillmore Band as part of a concert series atthe Cincinnati Zoo in 1928. Henry used avariety of titles for the march during theseinitial performances, but by the time ofpublication in 1929, he had selected the presenttitle and added the dedication “to all of us.” It isconsidered one of Fillmore’s best marches.THE MERRY WIDOWLehár’s musical studies began in earnest at thePrague Conservatory, where he was encouragedby no less than Antonin Dvorak to pursue acomposing career. In 1899, after graduation,Lehár embarked for Vienna, where he joinedhis father's band as assistant bandmaster. Justthree years later, he was appointed conductor atthe legendary Theater an der Wien, which alsosaw the premiere of his first operetta later thatyear.The plot of The Merry Widow is typicaloperetta: a touch of farce, a healthy helping ofromance, a happy ending, and a wealth of greattunes. It is set in the fictional country ofPontevedro, whose well-being depends onHanna, the “merry widow” of the title, who hasinherited a fortune from a wealthy old husband.With rumors abounding that Hanna plans tomarry a Frenchman, the Pontevedro embassy inParis persuades Danilo, one of her formersuitors, to rekindle their old flame. No foolherself, Hanna suspects that everyone’s interestin her is motivated by her fortune.Complications ensure, but in the end true loveprevails, and Hanna and Danilo live happilyever after.THE HOUNDS OF SPRINGWhen the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces,The mother of months in meadow or plainFills the shadows and windy placesWith lisp of leaves and ripple of rain.And soft as lips that laugh and hideThe laughing leaves of the trees divide,And screen from seeing and leave in sightThe god pursuing, the maiden hid.— Algernon Charles Swinburne, Atlanta in Calydon“When the hounds of spring are on winter’straces,” a magical picture of young love inspringtime, forms the basis for the presentpurely musical setting, in traditional three-partoverture form, of this lovely paean . . . anattempt to capture the twin elements of thepoem, exuberant youthful gaiety and thesweetness of tender love, in an appropriatemusical texture. The poem, a recreation inmodern English verse of an ancient Greektragedy, appeared in print in 1865, when thepoet was 28 years old. It made AlgernonSwinburne literally an overnight success.
15S JouthA W EerseyreaindnsembleNJMEA STATE CONFERENCE 2011Saturday, February 26th, 2011 - 10:00AMHilton Hotel, East BrunswickPROGRAMFestive Overture.Dmitri ShostakovichFirefly.Ryan GeorgeOliverʼs Birthday.Guest Soloist - Dr. Bryan Appleby-Wineberg.Bruce BroughtonRocky Point Holiday.Ron NelsonAmericans We.Guest Conductor - Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser.Henry FillmoreThe Merry Widow.Franz LeharThe Hounds of Spring.Alfred Reed
15South Jersey Area Wind EnsembleBIOGRAPHIES:THE SOUTH JERSEY AREAWIND ENSEMBLEThe South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble is a 70 member bandconsisting of professional casino musicians, music teachers, andcollege trained musicians who have maintained high musicalstandards since playing in their college bands. Under the musicaldirection of principal conductor, Keith W. Hodgson and associateconductor, Ronald Poorman, the band performs five to sixconcerts each year and has performed over 300 works for windband. The band is a nonprofit group and none of the members arepaid to play with this ensemble.With the help of the New Jersey Council for the Arts and theAtlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, the bandannually commissioned works for wind band for their firstfourteen years. Currently, the ensemble is advertising for theirsecond annual wind band Composition Contest in 2011.The SJAWE has been conducted by numerous guest conductorsincluding Col. Bryan Shelburne, Dr. Jack Stamp, Dr. PeterBoonshaft, Dr. William Berz, Lt. Col. John Pastin, Dr. JoeBrasier, Key Poulan, Dr. Timothy Oliver, Bruce Yurko, PartickBurns, Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Stephen Melilllo, Dr. WilliamSilvester, Keith Brion and will welcome Ed Lisk in May 2011.The band is heavily involved in music education. Each year, theSJBODA invites outstanding students from the entire SouthJersey Area to participate in a “Side By Side” concert. Over 50students, most of whom are members of the All-South JerseyBand, play along side the members of the adult Wind Ensemble.In addition, scholarships have been awarded to outstanding highschool musicians who planned to play with a college band.The SJAWE has involved community singing groups, guestsoloists, radio personalities and unique community members asnarrators and Master of Ceremonies and has completed threerecording projects. The ensemble is making its third appearance atthe New Jersey Music Educator’s State Convention, having alsoperformed in 2000 and 2005. The New Jersey Department ofEducation has approved the band as a Professional DevelopmentProvider for music educators in the state of New Jersey.As part of their 15th Anniversary Season, the SJAWE is preparingfor a combined concert with the Atlantic Brass Band, a Side bySide Concert with Ed Lisk in May and a New York Cityperformance at Riverside Church Memorial Day weekend.The band rehearses year round on Monday evenings at MainlandRegional High School in Linwood, New Jersey. Please visit theband web site at www.SJAWE.comKEITH W. HODGSONKeith W. Hodgson received his Bachelor’s degree in MusicEducation from William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ in1990 and his Master’s degree from Rowan University inEducational Administration/ School Leadership and hisPrincipals Certification in 2008. Over the past 20 years, he hascontinued to stay current with his profession through graduatestudies in music education at Central Connecticut StateUniversity, Rutgers University, West Chester University aswell as attending the MidWest Clinic in Chicago for fifteenconsecutive years.Mr. Hodgson, now in his twenty first year as a high schoolband director, is currently the Director of Instrumental Musicat Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, New Jerseywhere he oversees a three-tiered concert band program,conducting the Wind Symphony, (a twelve time NJ State GalaHonor Band 1999-2010) and the Symphonic Band. He alsodirects the Jazz Express, and teaches the Music Theory andAdvanced Placement Music Theory classes.In 2003, Mr. Hodgson received education’s highest honor,National Board Certification. This is a three-year certificationprogram that recognizes highly accomplished teachers in theirfield. Mr. Hodgson has also worked for the National Board ofProfessional Teaching Standards in the benchmarking,training, and scoring processes for the National BoardCertificate in music. He has presented numerous sessions onmusical assessment, musical development, and NationalBoard Certification at NJMEA state conferences, collegiatein-service sessions, summer programs and also at theMidWest Band Clinic in 2007.Mr. Hodgson is the founding Conductor and Music Directorfor the South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble, an adultcommunity band of music educators and professionalmusicians. In 2006, the SJAWE was awarded the “SudlerSilver Scroll Award” by the John Philip Sousa Foundation torecognize “North America’s Most Prestigious CommunityBands.”Mr. Hodgson is an active guest conductor and clinician. He isa Past-President for the South Jersey Band and OrchestraDirector’s Association and currently serves as President-Electto the New Jersey Music Educator’s Association. Mr.Hodgson and his wife Jennifer, who is also a high school banddirector, serve as Symphonic Band directors for the AmericanMusic Abroad Gold Tour, (an annual European Tour of sixcountries.) Mr. Hodgson is a Co-Head Director for the AMAGold Tour to Europe each summer.DR. BRYAN APPLEBY-WINEBERGDr. Appleby-Wineberg is Associate Professor of Trumpet andBrass at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, wherehe is Head of the Brass Division and Coordinator of theGraduate Program in Music. At Rowan, he teaches studiotrumpet, the brass and trumpet ensembles, weekly brassmaster classes, and Trumpet Methods. In addition he iscurrently Principal Trumpet of Bay-Atlantic Symphony, andPrincipal Cornet and Assistant Conductor of the AtlanticBrass Band (Ensemble-in-Residence) at Rowan University.He is former Principal Trumpet of the HaddonfieldSymphony (for four seasons 2001-2005) and the Evansville(IN) Philharmonic Orchestra (for three seasons 1994-1997).Prior to joining the Rowan faculty, Dr. Appleby-Winebergwas Principal Trumpet of the Jupiter Symphony in NewYork, performing three concerts per week in a 30 weekseason. He holds the D.M.A. from the Mason Gross Schoolof the Arts at Rutgers University having served as a DoctoralFellow in Trumpet there for three years, with additionaldegrees from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.M) inTrumpet and Music Education and The Cleveland Institute ofMusic (M.M.) where he was awarded the 1994 BernardAdelstine Prize in Trumpet. His teachers include Peter Bondof the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Darling andCharles Couch of The Cleveland Orchestra, and ArmandoGhitalla.DR. TIM LAUTZENHEISERTim Lautzenheiser is a well-known name in the musiceducation world as a teacher, clinician, author, composer,conductor, consultant, and, above all, a trusted friend toanyone interested in working with young people indeveloping a desire for excellence. His career involves tenyears of successful college band directing at NorthernMichigan University, the University of Missouri, and NewMexico State University. During this time Tim developedhighly acclaimed groups in all areas of the instrumental andvocal field. Following three years in the music industry, hecreated Attitude Concepts, Inc., an organization designed tomanage the many requests for workshops, seminars, andconvention speaking engagements focusing on the area ofpositive attitude and effective leadership training. Hepresently holds the Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturerposition at Ball State University. Tim also is the ExecutiveDirector of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. His books,produced by G.I.A. Publications, The Art of SuccessfulTeaching, The Joy of Inspired Teaching, and EverydayWisdom are bestsellers in the educational world.
15South Jersey Area Wind EnsembleMAY 2011 - The SJAWE Welcomes Guest Conductor, ED LISK!Together with 60 Honor High School nominated musicians in our 15th Annual “SIDE by SIDE” Concert!MAY 2nd, RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE, Pomona, NJ 7:30pm (for tickets call: (609) 652-9000)COMPOSITION CONTEST 2011The South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble is proud to sponsor their second annual Composition Contest for 2011.Winning Award is 2,400. - Deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2011 - Please download information at:(Anticipated Seat Openings in 2011: French Horn, Percussion)www.SJAWE.com
15South Jersey Area Wind EnsemblePodium SponsorshipPatron Level( 10 to 49)( 1,000 or more level)Raymond and Gina Ciccone Keith W. Hodgson/ Ron PoormanConductor and Associate ConductorPlatinium Level( 1000 and above)The Barr Family FoundationRaymond and Gina CicconeGold Level( 500 to 999)Herman & Dot SaatkampAtlantiCareA Special Thank You to our Sponsors and Supporters!Silver Level( 300 to 499)2010 - 2011 Season SponsorsMrs. James PalmerBronze Level( 100 to 299)Peg Hitmanin Memory of Mitch HitmanZonta International District 3Geraldine L. FenstermakerRhoda & Louis RabinowitzWilliam H. SheppardDr. Alexander and Patricia OnopchenkoCopper Level( 50 to 99)Michael J. KokolaAnn & Bob HerrmannSheldon JenkinsCarol & Thomas BrozoskyDorothy M. PetreccaJeanne & Gary DewittAmbrose & Judy O'Donnell, Jr.Hazel MuellerT. Abdur-RaheemDianne S. LennonD'Na L. SchwerzelAnn Marie & Michael CafoneDom & Fran CicaliJames R. & Marguerite A. KrouseMs. Judith HallJosephine & Michael GiacchinoThe Richard Stockton College of NJ PACOcean City Home Bank Foundation - 2,500 levelAtlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs(Matching Grant at 5,200 level)Raymond Ciccone - Ciccone, Gotthold & Koseff,Certified Public Accountants, Ship Bottom, NJThe Barr Family FoundationOcean City Home Bank - Linwood Park ConcertTargetIndividual Chair Sponsors( 250 or more level)Dr. & Mrs. Walter DePalma - Karen Poorman, ClarinetJohn and Michelle Hillman - Vincent Pezza, Baritone SaxophoneB.Devolia Hill & Grandads Four - Joseph C. Brown, TrumpetJustin Bean, Acupuncture Office - Jennifer Hodgson, ClarinetCarl Schaedel, Viking Distributors - Gary F. Sita, ClarinetFretz Corporation - Michael Kokola, SaxophoneMr. & Mrs. Walter R. Barr - Anne Harlan, TrumpetEastern Marketing Corporation - Gary Press, Sax & OboeAlbert & Margaret Gutierrez - Roberta Beckler, FluteStella Hordes - Karen M. Poorman, ClarinetDr.Grace Florintino - Gabriella Johnson, PercussionPrudential Foundation - Ron Poorman, SaxophoneJames Palmer - Patricia Lake, OboeEvents by Val - Valerie Brozosky, TromboneJersey Shore Pharmacy - Beth Roach, FluteRose Dinerman - Marilyn Kessler, PercussionRalph & Winifred SwiftJames M. & Cl
AtlantiCare Silver Level ( 300 % 499) Mrs. James Palmer Bronze Level ( 100 % 299) Peg Hitman in Memory of Mitch Hitman Zonta International District 3 Geraldine L. Fenstermaker Rhoda & Louis Rabinowitz William H. Sheppard Dr. Alexander and Patricia Onopchenko Copper Level ( 50 % 99) Michael J
