HENRY CLAY

HIGH SCHOOL

WIND ENSEMBLE

Kentucky Music Educators Association

In-Service Conference

Thursday, February 7, 2013

1:15 PM

Kentucky International Convention Center

Cascade Room A-B

FLUTE Caroline Baker 12 Madison Long 10 Elizabeth Martin 10 Dorothy Page 10 James Piper 11 Sarah Ritter 9 Emma Seale 9 Angela Tseng 10 CLARINET Kristin Darland 12 Morelia Martinez 9 Hannah Meers 10 Lyndsey Mefford 11 Rebecca Palmer 11 Allison Pin 9 Olivia Seale 11 Virginia Smith 11 Drew Sorenson 10 Kaylyn Torkelson 10 Lucy Wan 10 Rachel Whitehead 11 BASSOON Jacob Ferguson 9 TRUMPET Zachary Byrd 10 Cassadi Cordea 10 Brandon Cox 11 Jade Curless 9 Jeffrey Doll 12 Grace Goulson 10 Ashleigh King 9 Kevin LaZur 9 Elliot Mawby 12 Nadia Nasr 10 TUBA Devon Love 11 Nick Morris 12 PERCUSSION Jacob Alcorn 11 Spencer Dixon 12 Robert Hanna 12 Brandon Hardy 11 Eric Martin 11 Cameron Pettyjohn 10 Cameron Robinson 12 Anne Summers 12

OBOE Jenna Mattingly 10 Matthew Neal 12 ALTO SAXOPHONE Shayna Clark 12 Christina Faulkner 12 Sofi Tzouanakis 10 TENOR SAXOPHONE Briana Bush 10 BARITONE SAXOPHONE Paris Crosby 12 BASS CLARINET Evelynn Esquivel 10 Madison Kamer 10 FRENCH HORN Jeremy Birch 11 Kelsey Halbert 10 Erin Holbrook 10 Valerie Varble 11 Connor West 10 TROMBONE Clay Cox 12 Isaiah Hickey 10 Alexander Hughes Wunder 9 Matthew Kelly 11 BASS TROMBONE Moe Patten 11 EUPHONIUM Connor O’Nan 11 Noah Tolson 10 Erica Wheeler 11

HENRY CLAY HIGH SCHOOL

WIND ENSEMBLE

PROGRAM

The Star Spangled Banner

“Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon”

George Boulden, conductor

The Sinfonians

Valse From Suite de Trois Morceaux

James Piper, flute soloist

Sólas Ané (Gaelic: Yesterday’s Joy)

Jeffrey Bayerle, conductor

Marche Militaire Francaise From Suite Algerienne

HENRY CLAY HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM

The Henry Clay High School Band Program serves approximately 150 students consisting of seven different performing ensembles: Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Lab Jazz Band, Steel Drum Band, Percussion Ensembles, and Marching Band. The Wind Ensemble and Concert Band have consistently earned distinguished ratings at district concert festivals including numerous acknowl-edgements of Exemplary Performance status by the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA). Both bands have performed at state and national festivals such as the National Concert Band Festival, the KMEA In-Service Conference, the University of Kentucky High School Band Invitational Concert, and the Dixie Clas-sic Festival. The bands have won numerous awards for outstanding perfor-mance.

The Jazz Ensemble and Lab Band consist of approximately 45 students and per-form many concerts throughout the community and state during the school year. The Jazz Ensemble has performed numerous times for local events and functions such as the Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) Retirement Dinner and the Ken-tucky Superintendents State Conference. The band has been featured on local television broadcasts, performed at the Morehead State University Jazz Clinic, participated in the Northern Kentucky Jazz Clinic, and was selected to perform at the 2007 and 2011 Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) In-Service Con-ferences.

The Steel Band involves approximately 55 students and has gained statewide recognition as well. This ensemble was the first steel band assembled at the high school level in the state of Kentucky and remains one of the few active steel en-sembles, also having been selected to perform at the KMEA In-Service Confer-ence in the past.

The Percussion Ensembles feature 40 students and have consistently received distinguished ratings at local solo and ensemble festivals in addition to maintain-ing a demanding performance schedule, including the marching drum line. The Percussion Ensemble had the honor of performing prior to a local Blue Man Group concert in 2005.

Similarly, the Marching Band, with approximately 105 members, has achieved statewide and national recognition. The marching band was named a Bands of America Regional Finalist in 2012 and is consistently named a Semifinalist in class AAAAA in the Kentucky State Marching Band Championships. In 2004, the band was named a Finalist earning second place in class AAA. The band was also named champion of its class for four consecutive years (2004-2007) at the Mid-States Band Association (MSBA) Marching Band Championships followed by a second place finish in 2008.

Individual students continue to perform in honor bands and select musical en-sembles such as CKYO (Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra), CKYOJO (Central Ken-tucky Youth Jazz Orchestra), JACK (Jazz All-Stars of Central Kentucky), KMEA Dis-trict 7 All-District Bands, KMEA All-State Bands, etc.

ENDORSEMENTS

The Star Spangled Banner John Williams (b. 1932) The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of Ameri-

ca. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by then 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key who wrote Defense of Fort McHenry after seeing the bombard-ment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. The Anacreontic Song (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), set to various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and re-named The Star-Spangled Banner, it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song.

The Star-Spangled Banner was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional reso-lution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

John Williams wrote this arrangement for the combined band performance at the 2004 Rose Bowl ceremonies in Pasadena, California. Mr. Williams writes, The Star Spangled Banner holds a unique place in our nation’s musical heritage. As our National Anthem, it has been performed an unfathomable number of times, in every conceivable arrangement, and it stands as an enduring symbol in the collec-tive memory of all Americans. It tells of our flag’s passage through a dark and dan-gerous night, and as metaphor, it serves as a prayer for the safe continuation of our country’s journey toward the realization of its best inspirations. I have always thought of The Star Spangled Banner as being primarily a vocal piece having heard so many outstanding and highly individual performances done by singers. I feel that an increased variety of instrumental versions might in some way reflect the healthy and still growing diversity of our great country as we, each in our different ways, embrace this grand old tune which continues to unify us all.”

Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) The river Doon flows gracefully between the Loch Doon and the Firth of Clyde in

Stirlingshire, Scotland. It was the inspiration for Robert Burns’ poem The Banks of Doon, written in 1783, telling of a forsaken young woman of rank who bore a child without the sanction of the Church. Burns, a scholar of Scottish tunes, set the poem to music a few years later.

Grainger’s setting gives continuous harmonic support to the five note melody, implying the steady flow of the river past its banks and hillsides (braes). Originally scored in 1903 for a chorus of single voices, whistlers, and harmonium, the wind band version dates from 1932.

Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care?

Ye'll break my heart, ye warbling birds, That wanton through the flow'ry thorn, Ye 'mind me o' departed joys, Departed never to return.

The Sinfonians, Symphonic March James Clifton Williams Jr. (1923-1976) This march was commissioned by the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. It

opens with an extended fanfare introduction before the horns state the familiar Sinfo-nian theme: "Hail Sinfonia! Come, brothers, hail!" The words are by Charles Lutton set to the music of Arthur Sullivan. The melody is then completed, embellished, and ex-tended in the style of the composer. The work is dedicated to Archie N. Jones, former president of the fraternity and later director of that organization's foundation. Wil-liams conducted the first performance at the fraternity's national convention in Cincin-nati, Ohio, in July 1960.

Valse from Suite de Trois Morceaux Benjamin Godard The Suite de Trois Moreaux is one of the few compositions of Godard that is still

immensely popular. It’s a short work for Flute and piano or Orchestra in Three Move-ments—Allegretto, Idyll, and Valse. The suite is ‘Musigue de salon de la Belle Epoque, par excellence’. Composed in 1890 for the great French flutist Paul Taffanel, the suite is elegantly tuneful, deeply nostalgic. The Valse is the Final movement of the suite and is quite virtuosic; the lost world of salon music is brilliantly evoked by Godard’s suite.

Sólas Ané Samuel R. Hazo (b. 1966) “Sólas” and “Ané” are two Gaelic words meaning Joy and Yesterday/Yesteryear. It

was named for the absolute pleasure Margene Pappas had spending everyday living in the music with her students. This is what Margene enjoyed most. Margene and her Oswego bands were decorated with awards and accolades but Margene is the Epitome of the phrase, “Winners aren’t in it for the race. They just love to run.” Turning on the band room lights ever morning for 27 years was Margene Pappas’ passion. Sólas Ané premiered on May 28th 2006 which was declared “Margene Pappas Day” in Oswego and the concert featured her present band as well an Oswego Alumni Band comprised of some of the top professional musicians and professors in the world.

March Militaire Francaise (1880) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) March Militaire Francaise is the finale movement of a four-movement symphonic

poem, Suite Algérienne, Opus 60, that was inspired by Saint-Saëns’ trips to Algeria, then a French colony on the continent of Africa. Although, no authentic Algerian music exists in this piece, Saint-Saëns used melodic tendencies of the native Algerian culture. The last movement, Marche Militaire Française, has become famous independently of the others both as an orchestral favorite and as a French concert march for the wind ensemble and concert band.

William C. Kite, currently in his eighth year at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, KY serves in his fourth year as Director of Bands. His duties include overseeing the Henry Clay Band pro-gram consisting of the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble, Lab Jazz Band, Pep Band, Percussion En-sembles, and Steel Band. In addition to his duties at Henry Clay High School, he assists Ms. Lois Wiggins with the band program at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School. Prior to his appointment as Director of Bands at Henry Clay High School in the summer of 2009, Mr. Kite spent one year at Beau-mont Middle School serving as Associate Director of Bands. His

responsibilities included assisting in the direction of the jazz band, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands while directing the 5th grade band at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Previously, he spent four years (2004-2008) at Henry Clay High School and Morton Middle School, serving as Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Director of Bands. Mr. Kite directed the Jazz Ensemble, Lab Band, and Concert Band at Henry Clay High School in addition to assisting in the direction of the Wind Ensemble, March-ing Band, and Pep Bands. He also aided in the direction of the 6th Grade Advanced Band and the 7th Grade Band at Morton Middle School. In 2002 through 2004, Mr. Kite spent two years at Meade County High School in Brandenburg, Kentucky, where he taught numerous general music classes, directed the Jazz Ensemble, and served as an assistant for the Concert Band, Marching Band, and Pep Bands.

Under Mr. Kite's direction, the Henry Clay Wind Ensemble and Concert Band have received distinguished ratings at KMEA District Concert Band Festivals and the Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the 2010 UK High School Band Invi-tational Concert. The Henry Clay High School Jazz Ensemble was selected to per-form at the 2007 and 2011 Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) In-Service Conferences and has received numerous invitations for public perfor-mances.

Mr. Kite recently earned a Master of Music in Music Education degree from the University of Kentucky in the spring of 2012. He graduated from the Universi-ty of Kentucky in 2001 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. He studied trombone at UK and his experience includes performing and recording with a variety of professional and community ensembles around the state of Kentucky including the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra (DOJO), the Kentucky Jazz Reperto-ry Orchestra (KJRO), Men of Note Jazz Orchestra, Bluegrass Area Jazz Ambassa-dors (BAJA), People's Choice Band, Lexington Community Orchestra, Lexington Brass Band, and the Capital City Community Band. He is also active as a guest conductor and adjudicator serving in local and statewide auditions as well as a variety of Solo and Ensemble Festivals.

Mr. Kite is a member of the Phi Beta Mu International Band Masters Fraterni-ty, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA). He served for two years as the KMEA All-State Jazz Chair and Coordinator and is currently working as District 7 Jazz Chair and KMEA Jazz Festival Manager of the Lexington area. Mr. Kite recently was awarded the honor of 2012 KMEA District 7 High School Teacher of Year. A native of Marsh-field, Massachusetts, he lives with wife April, son Will, and daughter Ella in Lexing-ton, Kentucky.

Jeffrey A. Bayerle is currently in his fourth year as the Assistant Director of Bands at Henry Clay High School. Mr. Bayerle’s du-ties include directing the Concert band and Lab Band while as-sisting in the direction of the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Percus-sion Ensembles, Marching Band, and Pep Bands. Under his direc-tion, the Concert Band has received unanimous distinguished ratings at District Concert Band Festival. Also, Mr. Bayerle cur-rently serves as the assistant at Morton Middle School for the Advanced 6th grade band under the direction of Todd Chamber-lain. Mr. Bayerle is a graduate of Henry Clay High School (Class of 2001) and Morton Middle School.

Prior to his appointment to Henry Clay, Mr. Bayerle was the Director of Bands at Leestown Middle School. While at Leestown, Mr. Bayerle was also the Band Direc-tor at Cardinal Valley Elementary and Linlee Elementary Schools.

Jeffrey Bayerle graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2006 with a Bache-lor’s in Music Education. He studied saxophone under Miles and Lisa Osland. Mr. Bayerle also received his Master’s Degree from Morehead State University in Music Education. While at Morehead State University, Mr. Bayerle studied conducting under Dr. Richard Miles. Mr. Bayerle currently resides in Williamstown, KY with his wife Sarah and two dogs!

Flutist, James Piper, a junior at Henry Clay High School in Lexing-ton, KY, began his musical endeavors in 5th grade under the guid-ance of Dawn Gentry. Shortly after beginning band, James start-ed studying privately with Kenny Meeker. Since then, James has consistently placed very highly in rankings for various musical ensembles. In 7th and 8th grade, James received first chair in the Fayette County Honor Bands and was also a featured soloist with the E.J. Hayes Middle School Band. James was placed first chair in his high school band upon entering high school and during his freshman year, he was awarded the principal chair in the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra, which he currently holds, and second chair in the Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State Orchestra. During his sophomore year, James was awarded second chair in the All-State Symphonic Band, second chair in the District 7 Honor Symphonic Band, and first chair in the University of Kentucky Honor Band. James recently continued his pattern of success and again placed second in the 2013 All-State Symphonic Band.

James would like to thank all of the people who have mentored him during his musical career: Daniel Chatel, Kayoko Dan, Lois Wiggins, Kristy Kirsh, Dr. Robert Pitchard, and Dr. Jennifer Brimson-Cooper. He would also like to express his deep-est gratitude to Bill Kite and Jeff Bayerle for their huge amounts of unrecognized work and devotion towards supplying his fellow students and him with a truly en-riching and enlightening musical environment.

George R. Boulden holds the rank of Associate Professor of Music and is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Kentucky, where he serves as the conductor of the Symphony Band. Addition-ally, he teaches conducting, music technology, and supervises stu-dent teachers. Previously, he taught for nine years in the public schools of South Carolina and Florida, and was the recipient of the ASBDA-Stanbury Award as the outstanding young band director in Florida -and- the Southeastern region of the United States. In 2011 George was selected as the Kentucky Music Educators Association College/University Teacher of the Year. The Symphony Band was a featured ensemble at the 2003, 2008, and 2012 Kentucky Music Educators Association Professional De-

velopment Conference in Louisville. Additionally, the Symphony Band was invited to perform at the 2005 Florida Music Educators Association/MENC Southern Division Conference in Tampa, Florida. Under his direction from 1995-2008, the Wildcat Marching Band and Basketball Pep Band served as musical ambassadors for the University of Kentucky through performances at the Outback Bowl, three Music City Bowl games, a Bands of America Regional Championship, and three NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship games. Active as an adjudicator for Bands of America, Drum Corps International, and Drum Corps Japan, George has also served as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada. He has presented lectures and clinics at the Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic, Music Educators National Conference National Convention, National Band Association National Conventions, College Band Directors National Association National Conventions, numerous Music for All/Bands of America Summer Symposia, and several MENC State Association Conferences.

Mr. Boulden has been a contributor to the Teaching Music Through Perfor-mance In Band series, Bluegrass Music News, Music Educators Journal, and Teaching Music, and is the recipient of several grants to study and enhance the teaching of conducting. George appeared as a performer with The Lexington Brass Band and on their CD, Good Company, The Lexington Brass Band, LIVE 1992-1996. Under his direction, the UK Basketball Pep Band released a CD entitled The Kentucky Wildcat Basketball Experience, and a second recording, The Best of the UK Pep Band. In July of 2010 George was selected to serve as editor of the Blue-grass Music News, the official journal of the Kentucky Music Educators Associa-tion.

His professional affiliations include the Kentucky Music Educators Associa-tion, National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and the College Band Directors National Association. In 2007 Mr. Boulden was grant-ed honorary membership in Tau Beta Sigma, the national band service sorority.

Mr. Boulden holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Music Education degree from the Univer-sity of South Carolina. While on a sabbatical during 2005-06, George served as a doctoral teaching assistant with the University Bands at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and completed coursework for the doctorate in music educa-tion (ABD).

George resides in Richmond with his wife, Shelly, and daughters, Jenna and Julianna. Their son, Bob, is a member of the United States Marine Corps and is stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks are due to the following individuals. Without their continued

expertise, teaching, care, effort, and support, our ensemble would not exist.

We owe them our deepest gratitude.

Sectional Staff

Kristy Kirsh, flute

Kenny Meeker, flute

Heather Baxter, oboe

Sabrina Bowmer, clarinet

Chris Yoo, clarinet

Tony Nesta, bassoon

Dr. Chris Strange, saxophone

Colleen Wagoner, saxophone

Nathan Treadaway, saxophone

Dr. Sherry Baker, french horn

Taylor Nicholson, french horn

Rich Byrd, trumpet

Pat VanArsdale, trumpet

Austin Bralley, trombone

Lawrence Banks, euphonium

Kevin Morris, tuba

Justin Fisher, percussion

Guest Educators & Conductors

Mr. George Boulden

University of Kentucky

Mr. Dee Bishop

Tates Creek High School

Henry Clay Band Staff

Mr. Justin Fisher

Mr. Austin Bralley

Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent

Dr. Tom Shelton

Henry Clay High School Administration

Mr. Gregory Quenon, Principal

Mr. Paul Little, Associate Principal

Ms. Laura Donovan, Associate Principal

Mr. Brady Thornton, Associate Principal

Mr. Adam Stephens, Academic Dean of Students

Primary Fayette County Middle Schools

Ms. Lois Wiggins, Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

Dr. April Kite, Edythe J. Hayes Middle School

Mr. Todd Chamberlain, Morton Middle School

Mr. Jason Gibson, Morton Middle School

Ms. Diane Madden, Winburn Middle School

Ms. Patti Stanton, Winburn Middle School

Ms. Kristi Broady, Lexington Traditional Middle

School

Ms. Bridgette Myers, Lexington Traditional Mid-

dle School

Henry Clay Band Booster Board Members

Mr. John Alcorn, Co-President

Mr. Dan Rardin, Co-President

Ms. Donna Cox, Treasurer

Ms. Kelly Byrd, Recording Secretary

Percussion Ensemble

Jazz Ensemble

Concert Band

Wind Ensemble

Marching Band

Lab Band

Steel Drum Band