UA Wind Ensemble 

UA Wind Ensemble & Chamber Winds
Chad R. Nicholson, conductor
Timothy Kaiser, graduate conductor
Friday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10
Tickets: music.arizona.edu/tickets
Livestream: https://youtu.be/Rm0-IhBVcqc
Program: https://wpu.cfa.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/10/30111616/EnsembleProgramTwoPage-2021-1.pdf

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PROGRAM

An Outdoor Overture………………………………………………………. Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Night Garden……………………………………………………………… John Mackey (b. 1973)

Baron Cimetière’s Mambo……………………………………………. Donald Grantham (b. 1947)

INTERMISSION

Miniatures (Consortium premiere) ……………………………………. Giovanni Santos (b. 1980)

1. Jump Start
2. Embrace the Ambiguity
3. Gianna’s Mood
4. Gianna’s Song
5. Legos for David
6. Tallis
7. Mangú
8. Song
9. Ecstatic
10. Second Circle

Timothy Kaiser, conductor

Come Sunday………………………………………………………………….Omar Thomas (b. 1984)

1. Testimony
2. Shout!

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Flute
Cassandra Gunn*#
Jing Zhao
Alexis Houchin
Briana George
Kathryn Ikesaki, piccolo

Oboe
Gabriella Beltran*#
Bianca Ortega
Mo Capital, oboe/English horn

Bassoon
Matthew Dutczak*#
Kenny Kriha
Edward Senn, contrabassoon

Clarinet
Cristian Barazal*#
Samuel Herschler
Olivia Requist
Elizabeth Strones
Jason Voris
Juan Guzman

Bass Clarinet
AJ Perkins#

Alto Saxophone
Michael Plunkett*
Kelsie Irving
Andrew Blasdell

Tenor Saxophone
Maya Armendariz

Baritone Saxophone
Joseph Rader

Trumpet
Connor Bagheri*#
Rich Candelaria
Abbygael Perrier
Benjamin Loreto
Ivan Martinez

French Horn
Caitlynn Sandberg*#
Johnna Smith
Andy Schaefer
Athena Blue

Trombone
Andrew Merica*#
Ethan Van Detta
Matt Rohrs, bass

Euphonium
Taylor Workman*
Weston Moser

Tuba
Jesse Factor*
Jake Buchen#
Edward Palmenberg

Percussion
Corey Denham*#
Elizabeth LaBrie#
Joseph Branderhorst
Jeremy Hook
Nicholas Hubbard

String Bass
Stephen Dilley

Piano/Celesta
Sujie Zhao

Harp
Melissa Anderson

Graduate Teaching Assistants Caroline Aylward (MM) Timothy Kaiser (DMA)
Zach Tolman (DMA)

* Principal
# Chamber Winds

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Dr. Chad R. Nicholson, Director of Bands at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, serves as the conductor of the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds. Additionally, he oversees the entire wind band program and instructs undergraduate and graduate wind conducting students. Dr. Nicholson’s experiences as a music educator span all ages and ensemble types. He has conducted many All-State and honor groups around the world. Nicholson is a Chief Guest Conductor of the Beijing Wind Orchestra, China’s first professional wind ensemble. He has been an adjudicator for the All-Chinese Wind Band Contest and has conducted groups in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. Nicholson has worked with ensembles from New York’s Carnegie Hall to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Dr. Nicholson authored a book designed to aid conductors in repertoire selection and concert programming titled Great Music for Wind Band, and a newly translated edition of this book will soon be released for directors in East Asia.  He is a contributing author for the recently published sourcebook for music educators, Engaging Musical Practices, and he has written articles for eight volumes of Teaching Music through Performance in Band. In conjunction with Forward Motion, Nicholson recently produced a new video series of online masterclasses, called Pro Tips for Band Directors, which provide in-depth score study, conducting, and rehearsal ideas for wind band masterworks.

Nicholson is a frequent presenter and performer at regional, national, and international conferences. In 2020, he was the featured guest conductor in Tokyo at the 2020 ASIJ Wind Band Festival. Dr. Nicholson led ensembles at the Taiwan International Band Clinic and at several College Band Director National Association Divisional Conferences. Nicholson has been a featured presenter at the National Association for Music Education Conference in Texas and has presented twice at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. Nicholson holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma (BME), New Mexico State University (MM), and Indiana University (DM).

 

 

 

Timothy Kaiser is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music.  In this capacity, he appears regularly with the Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, and Symphonic Band; serves on staff with the Pride of Arizona Marching and Pep Bands; and teaches the Introduction to Conducting course. He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences nationwide and a contributing author to the forthcoming Handbook of Wind Music, under the auspices of the Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik (International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music.) Mr. Kaiser’s professional experience encompasses all ensemble types at all levels of instruction.  He came to Arizona from Del Valle High School in Austin, Texas, where he conducted the Concert and Jazz Bands, co-directed the Proud Cardinal Marching Band, and assisted with performing ensembles and beginner classes at all three district middle schools.  He began his professional career as Director of Instrumental Music at Antioch High School, in his native California.  Ensembles under his direction have performed at Pearl Harbor, Disneyland, the Reno Jazz Festival, the Pacific Western Concert Band Festival, AT&T Stadium, the Alamodome, and Fiesta San Antonio. Mr. Kaiser holds degrees in Music Education from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music.  His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, and Society of Pi Kappa Lambda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble enjoys a national and international reputation as one of the premier ensembles of its kind. Musicians for the ensemble represent the finest wind and percussion performers in the Fred Fox School of Music. The Wind Ensemble explores innovative new repertoire as well as the finest traditional repertoire. The ensemble is committed to the development of new works and diverse musical voices that enrich our students, audience, and community.

 

The University of Arizona Bands provide world-class musical

opportunities for students of all majors and backgrounds.

From the finest concert experiences to the thrills of

marching for nearly 60,000 fans at Arizona Stadium,

all students at the University of Arizona

can find a musical home in our

outstanding ensembles.

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