Greater Valley Conference Principals
Karen O’Neill……….......Forest Grove High School
Sara LeRoy……........................McKay High School
Erik Jespersen………………...McNary High School
Tony Vicknair…………...McMinnville High School
Cynthia Richardson……...North Salem High School
Lara Tiffin……………….South Salem High School
Craig Swanson………………..Sprague High School
Susie Orsborn…………...West Albany High School
Ken Phillips………………West Salem High School
Credits
Host, Facility & Logistic Support:
Brian Bell, Larry Garrett & Jennifer Kercher
Festival Support and Program……..Sheila Gebhardt
Recording……………………………Andy Johnson
Tabulations……………………………Mike Koenig
North Salem High School staff and students
The organizers of the High School Orchestra
Invitational Festival wish to express their
appreciation to Alan Bushong and the
CCTV crew for recording this event for
viewing on channel 22. Airing
dates are:
Orchestras:
4/19/2017 at 5:00 PM
4/22/2017 at 4:00 PM
4/24/2017 at 12:00 PM
Symphonies:
4/19/2017 at 2:00 PM
4/22/2017 at 7:00 PM
4/23/2017 at 1:00 PM
Adjudicators
Ben Brooks is one of the most respected and versatile instrumental
music teachers and directors in the region. He taught band, string
orchestra, symphony orchestra, and jazz band at Reynolds High School
for over 30 years and consistently achieved excellence with every group
that he taught. He has a vast knowledge of all styles of music and
musical interpretation. His bands and orchestras consistently placed
among the top groups at the State Band and Orchestra competition
every year. Mr. Brooks has been recognized on numerous occasions for
the outstanding accomplishments of his groups along with excellence in
teaching and service to the profession. Mr. Brooks retired from full time
teaching in June 2011.
Diane Chaplain is a solo artist and chamber music cellist, a
dedicated conductor and a nurturing music educator. She is the Director
and Conductor of Rose City Youth Orchestras, is on the faculty at
Lewis and Clark and Linfield Colleges and is Program Coordinator for
the Chamber Music Camp of Portland, where she conducts the
advanced orchestra. She tours around the U.S. as a featured member of
the Portland Cello Project, with whom she is also the Director of
Educational Outreach, and can often be heard in solo and chamber
music performances in the Portland area. Diane has taught at Yale
University, Bard College and Oberlin Conservatory, and has given
master classes in the US, Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, Bosnia and
Russia. She holds degrees from the California Institute of the Arts and
The Juilliard School.
Dijana Ihas is an Associate Professor of Music Education at Pacific
University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
music education, serves as an applied viola instructor, and supervises
student teachers. She is a founder, serves as a director and is a master
teacher of the String Project, the first program of its kind in Oregon. Dr.
Ihas’ educational background includes a PhD in music education from
the University of Oregon, master’s degree of music education from the
University of Arizona, master of fine arts in viola performance from the
University of California, Irvine, and bachelor’s degree in viola
performance from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In addition, she holds a K-12 music teacher license and is a registered
SAA Suzuki violin/viola teacher. Prior to her position at Pacific
University, Dr. Ihas taught strings and symphony orchestra at Sprague
High School, where her advanced high school string orchestra won the
Oregon State Championship for three consecutive years and the Mark
of Excellence for two consecutive years. In her final year at Sprague,
the full symphony orchestra co-directed by Dr. Ihas won the state
championship as well.
Deborah Ward has been a teacher of music for the past forty
years. She taught in private schools for eight years and with the
Salem Keizer schools for an additional 22 years in general music,
strings, band, and high school choral music, and the final 12 years
in String Orchestra and Full Symphony at McNary High School.
She has also taught private Cello students for the past 40 years
and has directed groups with the Salem Youth Symphonies
Amadeus Players and Mozart Players for 26 years.
High School Orchestra Invitational Festival
Introductions…...........Mary Lou Boderman, Salem-Keizer Schools Coordinator of Music/Drama, Festival Chair
9:30 – 9:55 AM
North SalemChamber Orchestra
Larry Garrett, Director
Overture to the Messiah…………………………………………………………………………………………...George Frederic Handel
Divertimento in D major, K.136………………………………………………………………………………Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mvt. I Allegro
Mvt. II Andante
Serenade for String Orchestra……………………………………………………………………………………………….Victor Herbert
Mvt. I Tempo di Marcia
10:00 – 10:25 AM
Forest Grove String Orchestra
Lesslie Nuńez, Director
Capriol Suite…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Peter Warlock
Mvt. I Basse-Danse
Mvt. II Pavane
Mvt. VI Mattachins
Peer Gynt Suite I., Op. 46…………………………………………………………………………………………………….Edvard Greig
Mvt. II Dream of Ase
Libertango…………………………………………………………………...………………………………………………Astor Piazolla
10:30 – 10:55 AM
McNaryChamber Orchestra
Sean Williams, Director
Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 7…………………………………………………...………………………………...Arcangelo Corelli
Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5………………………………………………….Heitor Villa-Lobos, arr. John Krance
Simple Symphony ………………………………………………………………………..................................................Benjamin Britten
Mvt. IV Frolicsome Finale
11:00 – 11:25 AM
SpragueCamerata Orchestra
Mary Alice McCann, Director
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11………………………………………………………………………………..................Dag Wirén
Mvt. I Preludium
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20……………………………………………...……………………………..................Edward Elgar
Mvt. I Allegro piacevole
Mvt. II Larghetto
Rounds for String Orchestra……………………………………………………………………………………………….David Diamond
Mvt. III Allegro vigoroso
11:30 – 11:55 AM
McKay String Orchestra
James Charnholm, Director
Brandenburg Concerto, No. 3 in G………………………………...…………………………………………….…Johann Sebastian Bach
Mvt. III Allegro
Melody for String Orchestra……………………………………………………………………………………………...Myroslav Skoryk
Holberg Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 40………………………………………………...………………………………...Edvard Grieg
Mvt. IV Air
Mvt. V Rigaudon
12:00 – 12:25 PM
South SalemChamber Orchestra
Damian Berdakin, Director
Concerto Grosso……………………………………………………….………………………………………...Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mvt. I Intrada
I Crisantemi……….……………………………………………………………………………………………………...Giacomo Puccini
Fuga con Pajarillo….……………………………………………………………………………………………………Aldemaro Romero
High School Orchestra Invitational Festival
12:30 – 12:55 PM
West SalemChamber Orchestra
George Thomson, Director
Prelude and Air from the “Holberg” Suite.……………………………………………………………………………..…..Edvard Grieg
Orawa………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………..Wojciech Kilar
Lunch
Intermission 1:00 – 1:55 PM
2:00 – 2:30 PM
North Salem Symphony
Brian Bell & Larry Garrett, Directors
English Folk Song Suite…………………………………………………………...….........Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Gordon Jacob
Mvt. III March
Arabesque No. I……………………………………………………………………………………………Claude Debussy, arr. Flauding
Symphony No. I……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Georges Bizet
Mvt. I Allegro Vivo
2:35 – 3:05 PM
McNary Symphony
Jennifer Bell & Sean Williams, Directors
Light Cavalry Overture…………………………………………………………...……………………………………...Franz von Suppe
Blessed Are They……………………………………………………...Johannes Brahms, arr. Barbara Buehlman & Albert Oliver Davis
Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2….……...……………………...………………………………………………...Georges Bizet
3:10 – 3:40 PM
South Salem Symphony
Damian Berdakin & Ben Stokes, Directors
Pelléas et Mélisande, Prélude.….………………………………………………………...………………………………….Gabriel Fauré
Symphony No. 9…….……....…………………………………………………………………………………………….Antonín Dvořák
Mvt. 1
3:45 – 4:15 PM
McKay Symphony
Jim Charnholm & JJ Meyer, Directors
Fingal's Cave Overture "Die Hebrides", Op. 26………………………………………...……………………………..Felix Mendelssohn
Norwegian Dances, Op. 35…………………………………………………..……...……………………………………….Edvard Grieg
Mvt. 1
4:20 – 4:50 PM
Sprague Symphony
Richard Greenwood &Mary Alice McCann, Directors
Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 “Little Russian”……………………………………..………….……………………Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivo
Overture to “Oberon”………………………………………………………………….…………………………...Carl Maria von Weber
4:55 – 5:25 PM
West Salem Symphony
George Thomson & Todd Zimbelman, Directors
Overture to “La Forza del Destino”……………………………………………………………………………………….Giuseppe Verdi
Symphony No. 6…………………………………………………………………...……………………………Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mvt. III
Pictures at an Exhibition……………………………………………………………...…………….Modest Moussorgsky/Maurice Ravel
Promenade
The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
The Great Gate of Kiev