Reflections
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Mallory Thompson, conductor
Magnolia Star (2012)...........................................................................................Steve Danyew (b. 1983)
Elegy (1972)..........................................................................................John Barnes Chance (1932-1972)
Turbulence (2013/2016)................................................................................Bruce Broughton (b. 1945)
Over the Rainbow (1939)................................................................................Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Arranged by Alan Morrison
Transcribed by Joseph Kreines
Gene Pokorny, tuba soloist
Them Basses (1924)................................................................................... Getty H. Huffine (1889-1947)
Arranged by Van Ragsdale
INTERMISSION
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1954/1965)..........................................Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger
October, Op. 131 (1967/1997)................................................................................Dmitri Shostakovich
Transcribed by Preston Mitchell
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WELCOME
Dear Friends of the Northshore Concert Band,
Welcome to the first concert of our 2016-2017 season! We are very excited about our 61st
season and look forward to sharing our music with you.
Our opening concert features Gene Pokorny, Principal Tuba of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, for his first solo performance with NCB. We hope you enjoy this special
performance – and the unique combination of symphonic band and solo tuba.
The concert begins with Steve Danyew’s Magnolia Star, a jazz and blues-inspired work
that celebrates the Illinois Central Railroad and the symbolic way that its route brought
art together in America. We also feature two works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Festive
Overture and October. Both works were written to commemorate the October Revolution
of 1917, but with highly contrasting styles.
On behalf of the entire band, we would like to thank each of you for attending this
concert and express our gratitude for your continued support. Your patronage enables
us to fulfill our mission of musical excellence, leadership in community music, and service
to music education.
Our next concert in this Season, Youthful Spirit, celebrates both the youthful spirit of our
student guests and that same spirit that exists in all of us. This annual “Lifetime of Music”
concert features talented young musicians from the Chicagoland area who will join the
Northshore Concert Band playing music by Percy Grainger and others. We hope you will
join us for this musical program on February 12, 2017.
Sincerely,
Peter Gotsch
Board Chair
The Northshore Concert Band
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C O N D U C TO R A N D A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R
Mallory Thompson is director of bands, professor of music,
coordinator of the conducting program, and holds the John W.
Beattie Chair of Music at Northwestern University. In 2003 she was
named a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching
Excellence. As the third person in the university’s history to hold the
director of bands position, Dr. Thompson conducts the Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting,
and administers all aspects of the band program. Dr. Thompson has recorded four
albums with the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble on the Summit
Records label.
Dr. Thompson received the Bachelor of Music Education degree and Master of Music
degree in conducting from Northwestern University, where she studied conducting
with John P. Paynter and trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz. She received the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Donald
Hunsberger.
Dr. Thompson maintains an active schedule as guest conductor, conducting teacher, and
guest lecturer throughout the United States and Canada. She has taught conducting to
hundreds of undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional educators. Dr.
Thompson has served as a conductor or clinician at the College Band Directors National
Association regional and national conventions, the Midwest Clinic, the Interlochen
Arts Academy, numerous state music conventions, and the Aspen Music Festival. In
addition to conducting all-state ensembles throughout the United States, she has had
professional engagements as guest conductor
with the United States Air Force Band, the
United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,”
the United States Army Field Band, the United
States Coast Guard Band, the United States
Navy Band, the West Point Band, the Dallas
Wind Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, the
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Monarch
Brass Ensemble, and Banda Sinfônica in Sao
Pãulo, Brazil. Her professional affiliations include
Pi Kappa Lambda, the College Band Directors
National Association, and the American
Bandmasters Association.
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A S S I S TA N T C O N D U C TO R
Daniel J. Farris is in his 16th year as Director of Athletic Bands at
Northwestern University where he is responsible for conducting the
Wildcat Marching Band and Concert Band, and teaching courses in
conducting and music education. He has been the Assistant
Conductor of the Northshore Concert Band since 2006. Mr. Farris
holds degrees in Music Education from James Madison University and
the University of Illinois.
Prior to moving to Northwestern, Mr. Farris served as Assistant Director of Bands at
Illinois State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was also the Director
of the Walt Disney World Collegiate All-Star Band in Orlando, FL, and taught in the
public schools of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bands under his direction have performed
at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Bands of America Regional and National
Championships, the Dublin, Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and the Outback, Ticket City,
Alamo, Meineke Car Care, and Sun Bowls.
Mr. Farris has been an active clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor throughout the
United States and Canada. He is a member of the National Band Association, College
Band Directors National Association, an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma/Kappa
Kappa Psi, and serves as a faculty adviser of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Iota Chapter.
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ABOUT US
The Northshore Concert Band (“NCB”) is a 100-member adult symphonic band that
performs throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, and beyond. Now in its 61st
season, NCB has become internationally known and respected for its musical excellence,
leadership in community music and service to music education.
Dr. Mallory Thompson, John W. Beattie Chair of Music and Director of Bands at
Northwestern University, is NCB’s Artistic Director. Dr. Thompson is in great demand as
a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and is widely regarded as
one of the leading wind conductors in the nation. In 2016-2017, Dr. Thompson will be
celebrating her 11th season as NCB’s full time Artistic Director.
Founded in 1956 by the late John P. Paynter, the ensemble performs 10 to 12 concerts
a year in the Chicago metropolitan area, reaching over 20,000 people. These include a
four-concert series at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, educational
outreach programs at area schools, several summer concerts at the invitation of various
communities and venues, and professional band festivals and conferences.
Over the years, the group has worked with many renowned soloists and conductors,
including Wynton Marsalis, Doc Severinsen, Frederick Fennell, Leroy Anderson, and
dozens of musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including Christopher
Martin, Mathieu Dufour, John Bruce Yeh, Dale Clevenger and Adolph Herseth. NCB has
produced eight CDs and receives airtime on Chicago’s classical music station, WFMT,
among others. The band has also toured in Canada and Europe and extensively
throughout the United States. NCB’s mission is deeply rooted in the concept of
“community” and in encouraging involvement in music for people at all stages of life.
NCB strives to be a leader in performance, educational outreach, recorded works,
and new commissions, while reaffirming the heritage of bands in America. Several
programs in NCB’s Lifetime of Music initiative help further the band’s educational
mission. The annual Northshore Concert Band Festival of Music, now in its 41st year, is
held at Northwestern University and provides 3,500 Chicago-area young musicians the
opportunity to perform solos and ensembles, with NCB members serving as judges and
clinicians. Each year, NCB invites dozens of talented middle and high school students to
perform with the band at its Winter Concert to encourage young people to pursue their
musical endeavors after graduation.
The ensemble’s musicians come from throughout the Chicago area, northern Indiana and
southern Wisconsin, and represent many professional backgrounds. Approximately half
are professional music educators; the rest have a diverse set of occupations, including
business executives, attorneys and physicians. Musicians range in age from 20 to 85,
many with a tenure of two decades or more with the ensemble. All of the musicians are
selected by audition and are strongly committed to volunteering their time and talents
to the group. NCB has sponsored three adult band conferences and has published a
guide to organizing community bands, along with a CD-ROM of written resources for
administering adult bands. These community band resources are available for download
on our website, www.northshoreband.org.
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G E N E P O K O R N Y | P R I N C I PA L T U B A , C H I C AG O S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A
Gene Pokorny has been the principal tuba player in the Chicago
Symphony since 1989. Previously, he was a tuba player in the Israel
Philharmonic, the Utah Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In addition to playing film scores in Hollywood such as Jurassic
Park and The Fugitive, he has played in chamber ensembles, opera
orchestras and orchestra festivals worldwide. He grew up in Downey, California, about
a mile from where the Apollo command modules that first took man to the moon were
built. He studied tuba in Southern California with Jeffrey Reynolds, Larry Johansen,
Tommy Johnson and Roger Bobo.
In recent years, he has annually returned to Southern California teaching, playing and
lecturing at the Pokorny Seminar given at the University of Redlands. He assisted Rolling
Stones’ trombonist, Michael Davis, in the production of his “Twenty Minute Warm-Up,”
and has recorded solo and educational CDs of his own. He has received an Outstanding
Alumnus Award and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southern California
and University of Redlands, respectively. Pokorny is a member of the Union Pacific
(Railroad) Historical Society and spends time as a “foamer” (watching and chasing trains).
He is a card-carrying member of The Three Stooges Fan Club (a “victim of
soicumstances!”) and is an avid enthusiast of his good friend David “Red” Lehr, the
greatest Dixieland sousaphonist in the known universe. Gene, his wife Beth Lodal (the
one in the family with a three-digit IQ) and their basset hounds, (nonmusicians who
happen to have real lives), regularly forage from their refrigerator, which is located in the
Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.
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PROGR A M NOTES
Magnolia Star
Steve Danyew
program note by Steve Danyew
When I was playing saxophone in my middle school jazz band, we started every rehearsal
the same way – with an improvisation exercise that our director created. It was a simple
yet brilliant exercise for teaching beginning improvisation and allowing everyone in the
band a chance to “solo.” As a warm-up at the opening of each rehearsal, the whole band
played the blues scale ascending, resting for one measure, descending, and resting for
another measure.
During the measures of rest, each member of the band took turns improvising a solo.
Looking back, this exercise not only got the band swinging together from the start of
rehearsal, but it made improvisation, a daunting musical task to many, seem within
everyone’s abilities.
This experience was my introduction to the blues scale, and I have long wanted to write
a piece inspired by this group of pitches. In Magnolia Star, I explore various ways to use
these pitches in harmonies, melodies, and timbres, creating a diverse set of ideas that will
go beyond sounds that we typically associate with the blues scale. I didn’t want to create
a “blues” piece, but rather a piece in my own musical voice that uses and pays homage
to the blues scale. Nearly all of the pitches used in Magnolia Star fit into the concert C
blues scale. It is interesting to note that embedded within the C blues scale are a C minor
triad, an Eb minor triad, and an Eb major triad. I explore the alternation of these tonal
areas right from the start of the piece, and continue to employ them in different ways
throughout the entire work.
Other influences were trains and the
American railroad. The railroad not only
provides some intriguing sonic ideas, with
driving rhythms and train-like sonorities,
but it was also an integral part of the growth
of jazz and blues in America. In the late
19th century, the Illinois Central Railroad
constructed rail lines that stretched from
New Orleans and the “Delta South” all the
way north to Chicago. Many southern
musicians traveled north via the railroad,
bringing “delta blues” and other idioms to
northern parts of the country. The railroad
was also the inspiration for countless
blues songs by a wide variety of artists.
Simply put, the railroad was crucial to the
dissemination of jazz and blues in the early
20th century. Magnolia Star was an Illinois
Central train that ran from New Orleans to
Chicago with the famous Panama Limited in
the mid 20th century.
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Elegy
John Barnes Chance
John Barnes Chance was born in Beaumont, Texas and began studying composition at
the age of 15. He attended the University of Texas, where he continued his compositional
studies with Clifton Williams, Kent Kennan, and Paul Pisk. In 1966 Chance joined
the faculty of the University of Kentucky, where he was named head of Theory and
Composition. By the end of his career, Chance was regarded as a gifted composer,
teacher, and administrator. Some of his other works for winds include Symphony No. 2 for
Band, Incantation and Dance, Blue Lake Overture, and Variations on a Korean Folksong.
Elegy was commissioned by the West Genesee Senior High School Band in memory of
one of their students that tragically passed away. It is a reworking of Blessed Are They That
Mourn, a composition originally written for strings, horns, bass drum, and chorus. Elegy
is a single-movement, solemn work based on a five-note motif stated initially in the low
woodwinds. The piece builds to a bold horn statement that reaches a dramatic climax. A
brass fanfare played against the opening theme in the woodwinds ends abruptly, after
which the piece closes in a fragmented echo of the beginning. The music symbolizes the
tragedy of a life cut short, seemingly unfinished, as a portion of the original motif is left
hanging while each instrument fades away.
Sadly, Chance wrote Elegy only months before his own sudden and tragic death in
Lexington, Kentucky at age 39. The piece stands as an emotional monument to this
composer’s unfinished career.
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Turbulence
Bruce Broughton
Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film scores, which include Silverado,
Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street, the Homeward
Bound adventures, and Harry and the Hendersons. His television themes include JAG,
Steven Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures, and Dinosaurs. Broughton’s scores for television
range from mini-series like Roughing It and The Blue and Gray to TV movies (Warm Springs,
O Pioneers!) and countless episodes of television series such as Dallas, Quincy, Hawaii
Five-O, and How the West Was Won.
With 24 nominations, Broughton has won a record 10 Emmy awards. His score to
Silverado was Oscar-nominated, and his score to Young Sherlock Holmes was nominated
for a Grammy. Broughton’s music has accompanied many of the Disney theme park
attractions throughout the world. His score for Heart of Darkness was the first recorded
orchestral score for a video game.
As a concert composer, ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago
Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra have
performed his works. His compositions for wind ensembles, bands, and chamber groups
have been performed and recorded throughout the world. Broughton is an adjunct
professor in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television for the Thornton School of Music
at USC and a lecturer in music composition at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Originally scored for tuba and piano, Bruce Broughton’s Turbulence for Tuba and
Symphonic Winds was commissioned by Dr. Kent Eshelman, tuba professor at Baylor
University, and the Baylor University School of Music. Just under six minutes, Turbulence
is a tour de force of virtuosic playing, by both the soloist and the ensemble. The piece
features a relentless, driving eighth-note pulse that is unwavering from beginning to end,
broken up only by the frequent meter changes.
The Northshore Concert Band is proud to welcome Gene Pokorny is his first appearance
with the ensemble.
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Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen wrote over four hundred songs in the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, many of which
have endured to become immortal jazz and pop standards. He was inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame and received countless awards for his work, especially for “Over
the Rainbow.” His music also earned him six other Oscars. His songs were sung and made
famous by Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire, Frank
Sinatra, and of course Judy Garland.
Born Hyman Arluck in Buffalo, New York, he got jobs as a young man playing piano
and singing in local movie houses and on excursion boats on Lake Erie. He moved on
to performing on the radio, in theater orchestras, and in dance bands. In 1929, having
changed his name to Harold Arlen, he had his first hit, “Get Happy,” with lyricist Ted Koehler.
Throughout his career, Arlen was deeply influenced by the melodic, harmonic, and
rhythmic inflections of blues and jazz.
In 1938 Arlen was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to write the soundtrack for the
film The Wizard of Oz. He wrote more than a dozen songs for film, including “Ding-Dong!
The Witch is Dead,” “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” “If I Only Had a Brain,” “We’re Off to
See the Wizard,” and “Over the Rainbow.” Arlen recalls the time he was driving on Sunset
Boulevard when he stopped at a drug store and looked up to see a rainbow in the sky. He
immediately wrote down the idea for the song.
“Over the Rainbow” won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1938, and was named
the Number One Song of the Century in 2001 by the Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts. It became Judy Garland’s
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signature song throughout her career. In speaking about her involvement with the film
and the song, she said, “When I first met Harold I was just fourteen years old…. I was
terribly impressed by Mr. Arlen’s great genius and very much in awe of him.... It is very
gratifying to have a song that is more or less known as my song, or my theme song, and
to have had it written by the fantastic Harold Arlen.”
Notoriously, MGM chief executive Louis B. Mayer wanted to cut the song from The Wizard
of Oz because it came too early in the picture and, he thought, suited a more mature
character than Dorothy. Fortunately, producer Arthur Freed persuaded him to keep it.
program note © Miriam Villchur Berg, used with permission.
Them Basses
Getty H. Huffine
Them Basses was originally sub-titled “A march in which the basses have the melody
throughout.” After an introduction by the trumpets, the march features all of the low
brass and low woodwinds playing the melody from the first strain to the end. Written in
the style of a spirited circus march, it is not difficult to imagine the circus band playing
the march for the elephant act. Them Basses has been one of the most popular marches
worldwide since its first publication in 1924 and has appeared in several movies, most
recently Brassed Off and Drumline.
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Getty Herschel Huffine was an American composer, trombonist, and tuba player. He was
born in Bowling Green, Kentucky on August 25, 1889. He was employed at an axe handle
factory and when the Bowling Green town band was organized in 1907, he was accepted
on the condition that he play valve trombone. He was a self-taught musician and
during the next five years, Huffine taught himself tuba as well as the basics of harmony,
counterpoint, and composition. It is reputed that he spent his mature years as a tubist
in professional bands and circus bands. In 1919, Huffine settled in Binghamton, New
York and lived there until his death in 1947. The Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory band, of
which Getty Huffine was a member at the time of his death, played his famous march,
Them Basses, at the gravesite.
Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich
The story behind the creation of Festive Overture is one of those wonderful stories that
reveals the true nature of a composer’s genius. Due to the political situation and a
shortened timeline, Shostakovich wrote Festive Overture in three days for the Bolshoi
Theater Orchestra to celebrate the October Revolution.
Shostakovich had his friend Lebedinsky sit down next to him and began to compose.
Lebedinsky relates:
“The speed with which he wrote was truly astounding. Moreover, when he wrote light
music he was able to talk, make jokes, and compose simultaneously, like the legendary
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Mozart. He laughed and chuckled, and in the meanwhile work was under way and the
music was being written down.”
There is not a trace of haste or carelessness in the vibrant Festive Overture. Shostakovich
always composed at a fast pace, writing down the notes with super-human facility. We
will never know whether or not he employed the musical ideas that were already lurking
in his imagination, or whether the entire work was simply an instantaneous flash of
inspiration. It is amusing however to think of Shostakovich “laughing and chuckling” as
he composed, for it is easy to imagine the composer’s good humor driving this energetic,
truly festive work.
October, Op. 131
Dmitri Shostakovich
“Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses
them and leads them onward.” – Dmitri Shostakovich
Born in St. Petersburg in 1906 and educated at the Petrograd Conservatory, Shostakovich
was one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century. As a composer in the
Soviet Union, Shostakovich was required to belong to the Union of Soviet Composers
and to adhere to the ideals of Socialist Realism. These standards were adapted to
literature, drama, and painting, as well as music. All art needed to portray socialism in a
positive light, and music was expected to be tonal, accessible, and folk-inspired. Much of
Shostakovich’s career was shaped by totalitarian oppression dictating what kind of music
he could produce.
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Transcriber Preston Mitchell offers the following program note:
October, the only composition in Shostakovich’s entire output to be designated a
‘symphonic poem,’ was written for the 1967 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
October Bolshevik Revolution. It is sometimes dismissed as mere patriotic rhetoric, but
the more we come to know the composer, the less likely it seems that he ever wholly
subordinated his musical instincts for propaganda purposes. There is no overt program,
and the work treads a fine stylistic balance between full-fledged symphonic Allegro and
the more directly popular expression found in some of Shostakovich’s film scores.
October also seems to recall two other famous works by Shostakovich. The theme of the
brooding Moderato introduction evokes the opening of the Tenth Symphony, and when
the tempo increases to a driving Allegro, there are clear echoes of the scherzo from his
Fifth Symphony.
These elements are varied and combined to provide a tense, hard-driving symphonic
expression until the middle of the work is reached. The piece’s quieter central section
reworks the tuneful ‘Song of the Partisans’ that Shostakovich had written in 1937 for
the film Volochaayevka Days, which tells of individuals fighting for freedom against a
repressive regime. A vigorous, wide-ranging development ensues, making use of all
the material heard thus far. The ‘Song of the Partisans’ comes to dominate the rest of
the work and precipitates a triumphant coda. Perhaps the true heroism of the piece is
Shostakovich’s bravery for inserting messages about what he truly believed in between
the staff lines.
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THE NORTHSHORE CONCERT BAND MUSICIANS
(Number in parenthesis indicates seasons with the Northshore Concert Band)
PICCOLO
Kelly McGregor, Geneva, corporate training executive (15)
FLUTE
Julianne Bilinski-Arvidson, Wheeling, teacher assistant (26)
Kathryn Cargill, Palos Heights, private music teacher (40)
Angela Deligiannis, Elmhurst, music teacher (17)
Michele Gaus Ehning, Vernon Hills, attorney/private music teacher (21)
Sandra Ellingsen, Buffalo Grove, licensure officer (27)
Nancy Golden, Hinsdale, band director (38)
Kristen Hanna, Park Ridge, band director (5)
Betsy Ko, Chicago, music teacher (1)
Jennifer Nelson, Chicago, private music teacher (16)
Marija Robinson, Highland Park, freelancer (25)
Jen Smith, Homer Glen, adjunct flute instructor (1)
Amy Strong, Chicago, attorney (11)
Gail Wiercioch, Aurora, teacher (9)
OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Lindsay Haukebo, Chicago, university administrator (4)
Melaine Pohlman, Geneva, music therapist (13)
Nancy Swanson, Park Ridge, music therapist (1)
BASSOON
Maryann Loda, Arlington Heights, music teacher (48)
Steve Moline, Naperville, retired music teacher (36)
J. Ben Smith, Great Lakes, Navy musician (2)
B-FLAT CLARINET
Chris Bajek, Lake Villa, band director (6)
Pam Beavin, Glenview, Spanish teacher (13)
Traci Bowering, Skokie, band director (26)
Janet Butterfield, Evanston, band director (16)
John Clemons, Tinley Park, band director (4)
Laurie DeVillers, Waukegan, tour operator (22)
Debbie Durham, Mundelein, retired band director (38)
Kelley Gossler, Chicago, music teacher (6)
Tyler Holstrom, Mokena, private music teacher (3)
Janet Jesse, Prairie View, Marriott theatre staff (35)
Gail Kalver, Chicago, arts management consultant (11)
Christine Kaminski, Villa Park, band director (10)
Bob Konecny, Wheeling, retired actuary (40)
Manuel Ramos, Chicago, Merit School of Music/private lesson coordinator (2)
Janet Schroeder, Evanston, retired (56)
Laura Stibich, Tinley Park, band director (25)
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B-FLAT CLARINET cont.
Rick Wadden, Wilmette, retired environmental science professor (23)
Patrick Wall, Chicago, band director (1)
David Zyer, River Forest, venture capital investor (27)
BASS CLARINET
Michael Grippo, Mt. Prospect, choir director/drama teacher (1)
Robert Yaple, Highwood, student (8)
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Ann Betz, Crete, retired band director (40)
Roland Colsen, Glenview, finance (21)
Carey Polacek, Skokie, band director (12)
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Peter Ross, Chicago, sr. Android developer (6)
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Michael San Gabino, Chicago, production assistant at WFMT (2)
TRUMPET
Allissa Baldwin, Des Plaines, band director (4)
Scott Golinkin, Chicago, attorney (38)
Robert Kelly, Vernon Hills, band director (2)
Stanton Kramer, Skokie, teacher (11)
Allen Legutki, Villa Park, music education professor (6)
Erik Lillya, Chicago, attorney (23)
Jason Lucker, Waukegan, Great Lakes Navy musician (2)
Logan Massey, Chicago, Merit School of Music program director (2)
Kyle Rhoades, Oak Park, band director (7)
Barry Skolnik, Highland Park, quality analyst (38)
Becky Van Donslear, Elmwood Park, owner at Rebecca Bell Media (9)
FRENCH HORN
Jason Beaumont, Chicago, freelance video producer/filmmaker (3)
Betsy Engman, Naperville, internist (22)
Peter Gotsch, Chicago, private equity investor (31)
Janene Kessler, Highland Park, band director (22)
Mollie McDougall, Evanston, band and orchestra director (12)
Ryan Sedgwick, Chicago, arts administrator (7)
Emma Stibich, Chicago, recruiter (2)
Hilary Strauch, Lincolnwood, orchestra director (17)
Lauren Whisnant, Glendale Heights, band director (3)
Jennifer Young, Evanston, university administrator (10)
Barbara Zeleny, Park Ridge, retired MIS consultant (48)
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THE NORTHSHORE CONCERT BAND MUSICIANS
c o n t.
TROMBONE
Paul Bauer, Elmhurst, retired university administrator (35)
Andrew Burkemper, Wheaton, band director (2)
Daniel DiCesare, Chicago, private music teacher (4)
Greg Glover, Crystal Lake, systems architect (28)
Brad Say, Mundelein, music teacher (18)
Joseph Schorer, Northbrook, retired attorney (5)
Andy Sturgeon, Palatine, band director (8)
DJ Taylor, Chicago, band director/freelance musician (1)
Bryan Tipps, Schaumburg, music teacher (3)
EUPHONIUM
Kendra Gohr, Libertyville, private music instructor (12)
Bruce Nelson, Chicago, project manager (16)
Mike Vecchio, Chicago, music teacher (3)
TUBA
Kevin Baldwin, Des Plaines, mechanical engineer (10)
John Harshey, Mundelein, band director (31)
Peter Lograsso, Westchester, orchestra director (28)
Rodney Owens, Lake Forest, band director (31)
Eric Weisseg, Chicago, IT manager (9)
PERCUSSION
Deborah Hawes, Northfield, retired physician (51)
Joey Heimlich, Chicago, student (1)
Derek Inksetter, Oak Park, software developer (13)
Richard Lehman, Chicago, band director (12)
Mike Moehlmann, Chicago, band director (6)
Chris Rasmussen, Chicago, attorney (11)
Bill Seliger, Chicago, supply chain and logistics manager (13)
MEMBER EMERITUS
Charles Hawes, Northfield, retired instrumental music teacher
Nancy Hinners, Evanston, music educator
Edward Kahn, Highland Park, retired attorney
Gilbert Krulee, Evanston, retired psychology professor
Gordon A. Long, Prairie Grove, consultant-land development
Dennis Montgomery, Prescott, AZ, brass instructor
Herb Schneiderman, Highland Park, retired
David Shaw, Wilmette, brass instructor
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N O R T H S H O R E C O N C E R T B A N D AWA R D W I N N E R S
The Board of Directors and Artistic Director of the Northshore Concert Band
are proud to recognize the service, leadership and musical contributions
of its members through four awards.
THE ERNST W. KETTNICH AWARD
“In recognition and appreciation of a lifetime of leadership and distinguished service on
behalf of the Northshore Concert Band”
Ernie Kettnich, Bassoon
David Shaw, Trumpet
John Paynter, Founder & Conductor
Janet Schroeder, Clarinet
Gilbert Krulee, Trombone
Dennis Montgomery, Trumpet
Barbara Buehlman, Horn
Ann Betz, Saxophone
Judy Athmejvar, Piccolo
Debbie Durham, Clarinet
Jim Barkow, Saxophone
Kathy Cargill, Flute
Paul Bolman, Flute
Debbie Hawes, Percussion
Chuck Hawes, Tenor Saxophone
Janet Jesse, Clarinet
Betty Garrett, Oboe
Barry Skolnik, Trumpet
Barb Zeleny, Horn
Nancy Golden, Flute
O. DeLap Premo, Tuba
Mary Ann Loda, Bassoon
Carol Scattergood, Percussion
Peter Gotsch, Horn
Nancy Hinners, Horn
John Harshey, Tuba
Richard Faller, Trombone
THE BARBARA BUEHLMAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
“For the Contribution of Creative Individual Leadership and Service to
the Northshore Concert Band towards its goal of musical excellence.”
David Zyer, Clarinet
Dennis Montgomery, Trumpet
Nancy Golden, Flute
Laura Stibich, Clarinet
THE DIRECTORS AWARD:
“For musical leadership, professionalism and contribution to the Northshore Concert Band”
Candy Horton, Trumpet
Amy Strong, Flute
Kendra Gohr, Euphonium
Carey Polacek, Saxophone
Chris Rasmussen, Percussion
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50th ANNIVERARY
“To recognize 50 years of membership in the Northshore Concert Band”
Janet Schroeder, Clarinet, 2011
Debbie Hawes, Percussion, 2016
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P.O. Box 103 Evanston, Illinois 60204-0103
(773) 741-6727 (NSCS)
www.northshorechoral.org
RENEWAL!
New and Familiar
Holiday Music for
Choir, Bells, and Organ
Music to include
Rutter's Gloria
Psalms, New and Old
Missa Gaia,
by Paul Winter
Featuring Leonard Bernstein’s
Chichester Psalms
joined by the Evanston
Children's Choir
Sunday, November 20, 2016
3:00 p.m.
Saint John Brebeuf Church
8307 N. Harlem Avenue
Niles, Illinois
Sunday, March 5, 2017
3:00 p.m.
Saint John Brebeuf Church
8307 N. Harlem Avenue
Niles, Illinois
Saturday, April 22, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Church of Evanston
1330 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, Illinois
Ticket Information
Season subscription price: $60 - regular, $50 - senior, $30 - student
Single ticket prices: $25 - regular, $22 - senior, $15 - student
Order tickets online (www.northshorechoral.org)
or call our Ticket Line: 773-956-8400
This organization is partially funded by the the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency and the
City of Evanston in partnership with the Evanston Arts Council and the Illinois Arts Council.
The North Shore Choral Society explores, studies, and performs a wide range of choral music
for the enrichment and enjoyment of its singers and audiences.
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2 016 - 2 017 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S A N D S TA F F
Peter Gotsch, chair
Derek Inksetter, vice chair
Amy Strong, secretary
Deborah Hawes, treasurer
Dr. Paul Bauer, director of development
Pete Ross, director of pr/marketing
Kyle Rhoades, librarian
Becky Van Donslear, personnel director
Dr. Mallory Thompson, artistic director
Daniel J. Farris, assistant director
Lauren Whisnant, business manager
Alicia Forestall-Boehm, marketing manager
Kendra Gohr, festival manager
Adam Bell, administrative coordinator
Roland Colsen, website and social media
Donna Thamm, development director
Board Members-at-large
Ann Betz
Scott Golinkin
Lindsay Haukebo
Tyler Holstrom
Al Legutki
Mike Moehlmann
Chris Rasmussen
Joseph Schorer
Laura Stibich
Advisory Board
John Anderson
Kim Campbell
Ray Cramer
Bernard Dobroski
Carl Grapentine
Jeff Griese
John Hultman
Kelly Jocius
Dale Lonis
Christopher Martin
Mark Morette
Marietta Paynter
Steve Sanders
Amy Singh
NCB Auxiliary Board
Denise Bolman
Ralph Durham
Mary Friedlieb
Don and Corinne Kehrberg
Dorothy Silver
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PA Y N T E R S O C I E T Y C O N T R I B U TO R S
Sustaining Members
($5000+)
Anonymous
Jane French and Peter
Gotsch
George and Arlene Rusch
Memorial Foundation
Dennis and April
Montgomery in honor of
Scott Golinkin’s NCB chair
and a “Lifetime of Music”
student
Bruce and Jennifer Nelson
Marietta Paynter
Herb Schneiderman
Janet Penn Schroeder
Advocate Members
Joseph Schorer &
($1000-4999)
Millie Calhoun
John and Megan Anderson
David Shaw
Anonymous Sponsor to
Becky Van Donslear &
Percussion Section
Sally Ward
Ann Betz
Debbie and Ralph Durham Farny R. Wurlitzer
Foundation
in memory of Nick Samaras
Barbara Zeleny
NSCB Foundation
David and Connie Zyer
Ellen and Moshe Gelboim
Greg and Holly Glover
Benefactor Members
Nancy and Bill Golden
($500-999)
Scott Golinkin
Richard Bair
Jeffrey and Jayne Griese
Chuck and Deborah Hawes Mary Lou and Jack Baldwin
in honor of Kevin and
John and Wilma Hultman
Allissa Baldwin’s NCB chairs
Erik Lillya
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Denise Bolman in honor of
Kathryn Cargill & Nancy
Golden’s NCB chairs
Gregory and Kathryn Cargill
Dr. Bernard and Sally
Dobroski
Alan DuBois
Anne H. and James Evans
in honor of an NCB chair
and a “Lifetime of Music”
student
Jeane Gohl-Noice
Kelly Jocius in memory of
Barbara Buehlman
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
Robert Konecny
Mr. Moehlmann c/o RPI
Chris Rasmussen and Amy
Strong
Scher Foundation
Angela Trabert & Richard
Wadden
EXPLORE
THE WORLD'S MOST
POPULAR MUSIC
GEAR WEBSITE
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S E A S O N C O N T R I B U TO R S
Associate ($250-499)
Janet Butterfield and Peter
Jablokow
Laurie DeVillers
Mary Herr
Lee and Janene Kessler
Christopher and Ann
Motogawa
Angela Smith
Patron ($100-249)
James and Mary-Louise
Aagaard
James Applegate
Raymond Baum in memory
of Mary Ellen Baum
Betty and Bill Boyd
Jim and Dianne Ceriale
Greg and Sue Clemons
Angela Deligiannis
Mary DesJardins in honor of
Christine Kaminski’s NCB
chair and a “Lifetime of
Music” student
Michele Gaus Ehning
Jim and Pat Jocius
Phil and Elizabeth Kana
Robert Kelly
Gilbert and Carolyn Krulee
R. Logan Massey
Carolyn and David May
Samir and Emily Mayekar in
honor of a percussionist
chair and a “Lifetime of
Music” student
Kathryn McGregor
Bill and Gina Meyer in
honor of Joe Schorer
Steve Moline in honor of
Rose Matousek
James Munson
Bruce A. and Helen D.
Nelson in honor of Bruce
& Jennifer Nelson’s NCB
chairs
Joyce Riegel
Thomas and Susan
Sampogna in honor of
John Harshey’s NCB chair
and a “Lifetime of Music”
Student
Dawn and Stanley Shell
Barry and Beth Skolnik
Laura and John Stibich
Mallory Thompson
Eugene R. Wedoff
Gail Wiercioch
Robert and Haley Yaple
Contributor ($50-99)
Peter and Sarma Alle in
honor of John Harshey
Michael and Sheri Conover
Ray and Molly Cramer
John and Jane Erickson
Dick and Jane George
Werner and Ellen Heimann
Karel Husa
Janet and William Jesse
Stephen and Janet Lancsak
Daniel and Corrine Levine
Alan and Lisa Reed
Ian and Marija Robinson
Peter and Nancy Roll
Tim and Peggy Rusch
Elysian and Elizabeth
Schiavitti in honor of
Nancy Golden
Andy Sturgeon
John and Ruth Tuzson
Eric Weisseg
Dick and Nancy Wilson
Friend ($1-49)
Julie Arvidson
Robert Bilhorn
Judith Disman
Bruce and Deborah Farkas
Kristen Hanna
Janet Kaminski in honor of
Christine Kaminski
Tom and Linda Keller
Don and Corinne Kehrberg
Sue Lerch
Maryann Loda In honor of
Janet Schroeder
Marilyn Mittman
Charles Newlin
Judy Pacanowski
Carey Polacek
Michael and Carole Powers
in memory of Paul
Bolman
Joann T. Vandeyacht
Richard and Marie Zilka
The list reflects gifts for the 12 months ending on July 31, 2016. We also extend our
appreciation to contributions received after that date. Every effort has been made to list
names accurately. Please call 847-432-2263 to bring errors or omissions to our attention.
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THE LEADERSHIP FUND
The Northshore Concert Band Board of Directors established the
Leadership Fund to grow our audience, enhance administrative
resources and to expand outreach activities.
We would like to express our appreciation to our members and donors
who have designated a portion of their annual donation to the
Leadership Fund for three consecutive years.
John L. & Megan P. Anderson
Richard Bair
Janet Butterfield & Peter Jablokow
Millie Calhoun & Joseph Schorer
Gregory & Kathryn Cargill
Laurie DeVillers
Bernard & Sally Dobroski
Alan Dubois
Bill & Nancy Golden
Scott Golinkin
Jeffrey & Jayne Griese & Family
Charles & Deborah Hawes
John & Wilma Hultman
Kelly Jocius in memory of
Barbara Buehlman
Bob Konecny
Dennis & April Montgomery
Christopher & Ann Motogawa
Bruce & Jennifer Nelson
Ian & Marija Robinson
George & Arlene Rusch Foundation
The Scher Foundation
Mallory Thompson
Becky Van Donslear & Sally Ward
in memory of Vernon & Rosemary Van
Donslear
Barbara A. Zeleny
David & Connie Zyer
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SPONSORS
Northshore Concert Band is grateful to the many companies and individuals who have
made contributions in support of our 2016-2017 season. Please take the time to support
our generous sponsors by giving your patronage to their establishments!
PLATINUM LEVEL ADVERTISERS
Illinois State University
Merrill Lynch
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GOLD LEVEL ADVERTISERS
Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts
Christopher B. Burke Engineering
Dana Hofer
Etymotic
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NCB Board
NCB Flutes
NCB Percussion
Quinlan & Fabish
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SILVER LEVEL ADVERTISERS
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Bredemann Lexus
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To sponsor a chair in our
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Please call (847) 432-2263 ext. 702
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Invite Northshore Concert Band to Play in Your Community!
Your Event
Our Music
The Northshore Concert Band is available to perform
at your community events, corporate functions,
conferences and conventions.
Northshore Concert Band is frequently invited to perform on
concert series and for special events throughout the Chicagoland
area. We have performed in prestigious concert halls, high
school gyms, hotel ballrooms, and on park district golf courses.
As a result, we understand how to please many different types
of audiences. Our extensive repertoire includes both popular
favorites and “serious” wind music.
Please call 847-432-2263 or email [email protected] to learn
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