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The student Wind Chamber Ensembles and Concert Band will give a concert 3 p.m. Sunday at the Williams Center for the Arts.
The free event is sponsored by the music department.
The Wind Chamber Ensembles are directed by Susan Charlton. Their performance will begin the concert, and the Concert Band, conducted by James Moyer, will follow.
“The program for the Concert Band includes marches, an overture, part of the ‘William Byrd Suite,’ ‘America the Beautiful,’ and even some audience participation,” says Moyer. “It’s a challenging program for a small band and offers variety for the listener.”
With the Concert Band on hiatus last fall as a new director was sought, the final result of the spring Concert Band was unpredictable, he notes.
“We managed to deal with gaps in instrumentation and the students have been very supportive considering I was new,” he says.
The Wind Chamber program:
Passacaille by Barthe and Adagio from Quintet, op. 71, by Beethoven:
Charlton (substituting for Janine Tkach ’06) and Katy Brodhead, flutes; David Greenberg ’06, clarinet; Carina Fritsche ’07, horn; Laura Fredley ’06, bassoon.
Canon by Pachelbel, arranged by Robert K. Webb:
Elena Dones ’07, Jessica Goldblat ’06, and Christina Morley ’06, flutes; and Megan Conway ’06, guitar.
Jour d’eté a la Montagne by Bozza:
Caroline Dawson, Amy Leibowitz, Danielle Martin ’06, and Beth Ponder ’04, flutes.
The Concert Band program:
Bandology by Eric Osterling, Earle of Oxfordby Gordon Jacob, Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith, America the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward (arranged by Carmen Dragon), and On the Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman
The band:
-Jennfier Lutz ’07, piccolo;
–Christina Frey ’05, bass clarinet;
–Jessica Goldblat ’06 and Elena Dones ’07, flute;
-Jason Rudolph, Brandon Monte, and Ashley Evanoski, alto saxophone;
–Jack Furlong ’05, baritone saxophone;
–Alyssa Wiley ’05, Abigail Frueh ’04, David Greenberg ’06, Sarah Smith ’07, and Jess Cygler ’07, clarinet;
–Rob McEwen ’05 and Jeremy Deaner ’04, trumpet;
-Edgar Gloss, Lisa Lovallo ’07, and Sheldon Ehert, alto clarinet;
-Lee Mendelson ’05, baritone;
-Sean Comerford ’06, tuba;
-Carina Fritsche ’07, Krista Tomaro, and Aralee Williams, horn;
–David Glasser ’06, Laura Raibeck ’06, and Stephen Bruestle ’07, trombone;
–Brian Regan ’06, Charise Logan ’05, and Justin Broubalow, percussion
Other upcoming music department concerts at the Williams Center include the orchestra, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 25, directed by Stephani Bell; Jazz Combo, 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, directed by Neal Kirkwood; Concert Choirs, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 2, directed by Nina Gilbert; and Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, directed by Ken Brader.
In addition, the Performance Class will give a recital 6 p.m. Monday, May 3, in Interfaith Chapel, Hogg Hall, featuring string, wind chamber, guitar, and brass ensembles
Charlton has held principal flute positions with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Waterloo Festival Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and Ambrosian Wind Quintet, and was a finalist in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. Locally, she has performed with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and various chamber music ensembles. She has held the positions of instructor of flute and director of wind chamber ensembles at Lafayette since 1992.
A native of St. Paul, Minn., Charlton earned bachelor of music and master of fine arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Her principal teachers include Robert Cole, Robert Goodberg, and Mary Roberts Wilson. She has performed in master classes given by Julius Baker, Paula Robison, and Thomas Nyfenger.
Moyer has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including one from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour. He is a soloist timpanist/percussionist with the Allentown Band and a first call timpanist/percussionist with the Allentown Symphony. He has played with many bands, orchestras, and symphonies; performed on 11 music recordings; and published writings in nine music publications.
As chairman of the music department at Marywood University, Moyer has led the redesign of curriculum for graduate programs in music. He is responsible for all department administrative duties to undergraduate and graduate deans and is restructuring undergraduate programs to conform to a new university-wide general studies program begun last year. He is designing new curriculum centered on music technology for implementation in 2005 and serves as building and facility manager for the music department.
Other responsibilities include redesign and implementing new multi-disciplinary academic courses; strategic planning for growth and structural development of the music department; managing all contracts and faculty teaching loads for nine full-time and 15 adjunct faculty; scheduling all departmental classes, concerts and events; recruitment in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; seeking external funding for department expenses; serving as director of the Marywood String Project, funded through an ASTA grant in association with the National String Project; and directing Marywood Summer Music Camp, which serves 125 to 150 students in grades 7-12.
Moyer is a former tenured associate professor of music at Millikin University School of Music, where he also served as assistant director of bands and chairman of percussion studies. He earned a bachelor of music degree at Susquehanna University in 1980, a master of music at University of Oklahoma in 1982, and a doctor of musical arts degree at University of Oklahoma in 1989.