Program GMEA

North Cobb High School
Wind Symphony
GMEA In-Service Conference
January 26-28, 2006
Savannah, Georgia
North Cobb High School
Kennesaw, Georgia
Fine Arts Department
Presents
North Cobb High School
Wind Symphony
Greg Williams, Conductor
Kevin P. Johnson, Conductor
with
Dr. Cameron "Chip" Crotts, Trumpet soloist
Georgia Music Educators Association
State In-Service Conference
Savannah International Trade Center
Savannah, Georgia
January 28th, 2006
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Conductors
Greg Williams
Mr. Williams has been a high school band director in Cobb County, Georgia for 20
years. He has taught at F.T. Wills High School, Pebblebrook High School, and he has
spent the past 10 years leading the band at North Cobb H.S. in Kennesaw, Georgia.
During his tenure the band program has grown from 86 members to over 200 members.
The North Cobb Wind Symphony has earned a superior rating for 10 consecutive years
performing level VI literature at the District XII concert band festival. Under his direction, the North Cobb H.S. marching band has won numerous class championships,
Grand Championships, and Sweepstakes awards. Mr. Williams’ bands have performed
in Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He is a GMEA certified judge,
and also judges for Drum Corps International and Bands of America. He was recently appointed to the staff of
the Macy’s Great American Marching Band, serving with Dr. Jon R. Woods (Ohio State Univ.) and Dr. Rick
Good (Auburn University). He has been Teacher of the Year, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 5 times,
The National Society of High School Scholars and 11 Alive Class Act Teacher. Mr. Williams holds a B. S. Ed.
and M.M. Ed. in Music Education from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. He is a member
of GMEA, MENC, NBA, and Phi Beta Mu-International Bandmasters’ Fraternity. He resides in Cobb County,
Ga. with his wife and son.
Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson, a native of Blakely, Georgia, earned the Bachelor of Music Education
degree from Valdosta State University. He earned the Master of Science in Music
Education degree from Troy State University while studying with Dr. William D.
Revelli. He began his career as director of bands at Ben Hill County Middle School in
Fitzgerald, GA then moved to Atlanta where he has taught in the Cobb County School
District since 1993. He has served on the GMEA music selection committee, and is
active as a clinician in the metro Atlanta area.
On euphonium, he has performed with the Saint John’s River City Brass Band in
Orlando, Florida, with such noted professionals as Herbie Mann, Floyd Cramer, and Rich Matteson. He has also
performed as principal euphonium with the Atlanta Wind Symphony, the Cobb Wind Symphony, and the
Metropolitan Wind Symphony of Boston. While earning the Master’s Degree in Music Education, he performed
as soloist with the Troy State University Symphony Band under the baton of Dr. John M. Long.
As a tenor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus since 1996, Mr. Johnson performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He has performed with the group at Carnegie Hall twice, in
Berlin, Germany for a performance with the Berlin Philharmonic, and at the Ravinia Music Festival in Chicago.
Mr. Johnson has received the Teacher of the Year award, has been named in Outstanding Young Men of America,
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers three times and was selected by his professors to receive the Phi Beta
Mu Outstanding Instrumental Music Educator upon graduation from Valdosta State University.
Guest Artist
Dr. Chip Crotts
Dr. Chip Crotts is Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Trumpet at JSU.
In his third year, Dr. Crotts has seen tremendous growth in the Jazz Studies Program,
which currently includes 3 big bands and several combos, as well as classes in improvisation, theory, and applied jazz lessons. The Trumpet Program at JSU maintains a
strong reputation throughout the Southeast and the combined studios of Dr. Crotts and
Dr. John Merriman consistently maintain upwards of 30 majors per year.
Chip has been an on-call trumpet artist for the Disney Company and has performed
and recorded throughout the US and Europe. In addition, Crotts has toured and performed with artists such as Ray Charles, The Temptations, The Manhattan Transfer
and Maynard Ferguson. Chip is in frequent demand as a freelance musician throughout the Southeast and is a
first call lead player for many national touring companies and artists. Yamaha Corporation recently honored Dr.
Crotts as a Trumpet Performing Artist.
As a clinician and educator, Dr. Crotts has worked with many high school and college groups throughout Texas
and the Southeast. He is an adjudicator for Bands of America and has judged numerous jazz festivals, solo and
marching competitions. Chip has also been active in the drum corps community, where he marched with the
Phantom Regiment and as a soloist with the Blue Devils. As a brass instructor, Dr. Crotts has worked with the
Spirit of Atlanta and more recently, Spirit from JSU.
Dr. Crotts received a Bachelor of Music Business degree from East Carolina University and a Master of Music
in Trumpet Performance from Penn State University. Chip has recently completed a Doctor of Musical Arts
degree in Trumpet Performance and Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary teachers have
included Ray Crisara, Ray Sasaki, John Daniel, Tom Huener and John Almeida. Chip has also performed in masterclasses and studied privately with Roger Ingram, Armando Ghitalla, Doc Severinsen and Boyde Hood.
Chip currently performs with groups such as the Gadsden Symphony, Jacksonville Brass Quintet, SuperJazz Big
Band and the Night Flight Big Band. He is also an associate member of The Tuscaloosa Horns with whom he
performs regularly with artists such as the Temptations, Four Tops, OJ’s, and Mary Wilson and the Supremes.
Currently at JSU, Dr. Crotts teaches trumpet and is the director of the Jazz Studies program.
Cobb County and North Cobb High School
The Cobb County School District is the second largest school system in Georgia and the
thirty-first largest in the United States. North Cobb High School is a suburban public high school
located in one of the fastest growing areas of Cobb County. When the school was built in 1958,
replacing the old Acworth High School, it was designed to serve two small rural communities,
Kennesaw and Acworth, and the surrounding unincorporated areas. In its first year, the school
served fewer than 600 students with a faculty of just over two dozen teachers. In recent years, the
student body has grown to more than 2000 students with a faculty of 130 certified staff members.
The school is nestled between the cities of Acworth and Kennesaw enjoying a home town
feeling surrounded by all of the amenities of a large metropolitan city.
The school recently received an 11 million dollar addition which included a new fine arts
wing. The new band room contains a large rehearsal area with 6 practice rooms, a large ensemble
room, music library, 2 offices, uniform room, Percussion room, instrument room with lockers,
tuba room, and a colorguard room. The band room also boasts a built in recording and playback
system with 7 JBL surround sound speakers mounted around the room. The new band hall also
contains a ceiling mounted LCD projector. The funds for this addition were provided through
the SPLOST II initiative.
Program
Armenian Dances, Part I
Alfred Reed
October
Eric Whitacre
Fantasy for Trumpet
I.
Adventure*
II. Love Song
III. Celebration
Bert Truax
arr. P. Murtha
Dr. Cameron "Chip" Crotts, Trumpet soloist
Yamaha Performing Artist
Symphony No. 11
II. (excerpts)
D. Shostakovich
arr. L. Daehn
First Suite for Band
IV. Gallop
Alfred Reed
* condensed due to time constraints
- Program Notes Armenian Dances, Part I
Alfred Reed
Armenian Dances Part I and II, constitute a four-movement suite for band based on authentic
Armenian folk songs from the collected works of Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935), the founder of
Armenian Classical music. Part I is an extended symphonic rhapsody built upon five different
songs. "Tzirani Tzar" (The Apricot Tree), "Gakavi Yerk" (Partridge’s Song), "Hoy, Nazan Eem"
( Hoy, My Nazan), "Alagyaz", "Gna, Gna" (Go,Go). The work was completed in the summer of
1972 and first performed by Dr. Harry Begian and the University of Illinois Symphonic Band on
January 10, 1973, at the CBDNA Convention in Urbana, Illinois.
October
Eric Whitacre
"October is my favorite month. Something about the crisp autumn air and the subtle change in
light always make me a little sentimental, and as I started to sketch I felt that same quiet beauty in
the writing. The simple, pastoral melodies and subsequent harmonies are inspired by the great
English Romantics (Vaughan Williams, Elgar) as I felt that this style was also perfectly suited to
capture the natural and pastoral soul of the season. I am quite happy with the end result, especially
because I feel there just isn't enough lush, beautiful music written for winds. October was premiered on May 14th, 2000, and is dedicated to Brian Anderson, the man who brought it all
together." - Eric Whitacre
Fantasy for Trumpet
Dr. Cameron "Chip" Crotts, trumpet soloist
Bert Truax
arr. P. Murtha
Fantasy for Trumpet is a trumpet concerto written in three movements, "Adventure", "Love
Song", and "Celebration". "Adventure" is a bold and majestic movement containing an impressive cadenza for the trumpet soloist. "Love Song" is a beautifully written lyrical movement scored
for Flugelhorn. This movement begins playfully in the clarinet voice followed by the beautiful
melody in the flugelhorn. The movement ends with a touching dialogue between the solo clarinet
and flugelhorn. "Celebration" is a festive movement in 2+3/8 time using frequent modulation
(Bb, Cb, G, D, F, and C) as well as melodic augmentation as it builds to a dramatic conclusion.
- Program Notes (continued) Symphony 11 mvt. II
Shostakovich
Arr. Daehn
On that freezing Sunday afternoon in October 1905, some 150,000 workers had gathered in St.
Petersburg Palace Square bearing religious icons and portraits of the Czar, to petition for relief
from inflation and poor working conditions. They waited for an hour and yet another, but Czar
Nicholas II never emerged. They instead received the sounds of bugle calls accompanied by an
ever-encroaching militia. To their disbelief, members of the crowd began falling to the earth like
logs as they were fired upon or fell by sword. The militia was relentlessly slaughtering the mass of
unarmed men, women, and children who were innocently waiting to explain their concerns to the
Czar. Once the killing stopped, the only sounds were those of life fading away. The chill of death
was matched by the freezing air, and thus had begun the Russian Revolution.
First Suite for Band
Alfred Reed
IV. Gallop
The First Suite for Band consists of four independent, contrasting movements, each prefaced by a
one-word title giving a clue to the character of its music. The fourth movement entitled "Gallop"
is an authentically styled American circus gallop, whose tempo marking: As fast as possible (but no
faster!) tells the whole story, and whose music brings the whole work to its conclusion.
Completed in 1975, the first performance was in Edmonton, Alberta, on April 3rd, 1975 by the
Edmonton Public School Symphonic Band at the Alberta Night Festival concert C.M.E.A. convention with Mr. Reed conducting.
North Cobb High School Wind Symphony Members
Flute
Sara Chambers +
Kirstin Delgado +
Megan Hobbs * +
Katie Jansen
Jillian Lennertz +
Christyan Littlejohn
Sarah Pederson
Heidi Rosenbaum
Oboe
Emily Patterson *
Bassoon
Jonathan Settineri * +
Clarinet
Heather Billotte
Emmeline DeFrance
Kimberly DeVillers
Erika Fox
Mary Frankovsky * +
Sydney Novik
Chase Osborne
Chelsea Perry
Aaron Rosenbaum +
Bethany Talmadge +
Allison Wright +
Bass Clarinet
Corey Byrd+
Courtney Chauvenne +
Tiffany Howard * +
* Principal chair
+ Senior
Alto Saxophone
Lauren Lail *
Tyler McNeill
Thomas Satcher
Lauren Sparks
Kelley Wiedman
Tenor Saxophone
Jason Chastain +
Jeremy Gianelloni * +
Baritone
Saxophone
Danielle Horn * +
Trumpet
Carson Braswell
John Gehrlich
Shelby Hailstone
Kyle Hanson
Kristine Jansen * +
Steven Massey +
Elizabeth Wetter
Daniel White
Jonathan Wong
Horn
Diana Chanthaboun
Danielle Charette +
Alex Depew *
Sarah Massey
Rebekah Reid
Trombone
David Lennertz
Keith Lunsford
Sean McLelland * +
Andrew Peterson +
Brian Seo
Tim Settineri
Euphonium
Kris Davis *
Lauren Saulino +
Ronald Wilbur
Tuba
Austin Baxley *
Christine Spears
Jacob Wright
Percussion
Kittye Bowen
Casey Dugan
Alexander Gonzales +
Maurice Greene * +
Andrea Heath
Joey Higdon
Zac Poore +
Kyle Quakenbush
Lyn Williams +
Special Thanks to:
The students of the North Cobb Wind Symphony. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Your
hard work and dedication to the NCHS band program will hopefully leave you with a wealth of fond
memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you for making this performance possible.
The North Cobb Band Boosters: Your never ending support of your children and the NCHS band
program has allowed us to achieve our goals. Thank you for believing in us and making our dreams
come true.
Mike Sessoms, Beth Johnson; Awtrey Middle School. Katie Kosty, Ira Jenkins; Barber Middle School.
Sue Bulock, Rick Dietrich, Evaristo Rodriguez ,Palmer Middle School, for the hard work that you do
everyday and for sending us so many wonderful students.
Gary Markham: For your guidance and leadership. Your encouragement and support has allowed us
to continue to reach new heights.
Lisa Williams: Thanks for your love, support, and understanding. I know it must be difficult to be a
band director’s wife. You are the best. 20 years and counting.
Austin Williams: You are one great kid. I am so proud of you. Keep on practicing, you will be a
star some day.
Royce Wilson: You are the man. Thanks for 10+ years of support. NCHS super booster!
To all Cobb County Band Directors: Thanks for keeping the bar high so that we may all provide the
best musical experience possible for our students. "CC"
David Doke: Your friendship and musical knowledge have been a blessing over the past 10 years.
Thanks for everything. Go, NCHS orchestra.
Stefanie Cash: Thanks for your support of the NCHS band program. You have a wonderful career
ahead. Best wishes to you and the NCHS choral program.
Dr. Scott Stewart: Thanks for sharing your talent with us. You are truly amazing.
Dr. Doug Overmier: Thanks for sharing your musical expertise. You are a true friend of the NCHS
band program.
Barbara Bragg for putting together the entire program. Thanks for your tireless efforts and patience.
You are awesome!
Mr. Johnson expresses thanks to those who have influenced his life personally or professionally
including Earl and Jean Johnson, Michelle, Jon, Shan, and Dee. Hoyle and Myra White, Andrew
Brown, Ira Jenkins, Ed Barr, William Revelli, David Moorer, Barry Golden, Gene Wyles, Alfred
Watkins, Beth Johnson and to the members of the North Cobb Wind Symphony for affording this
opportunity.
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Vice President
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Treasurer
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