The Broome County Music



The Broome County Music

Educators’ Association



Presents:

MUSIC FESTIVALS

2012

Festival I – February 25

Festival II - March 17

Festival III - March 24

Concert

Binghamton University

Osterhout Concert Theater

3:00 p.m.

BCMEA

2012 Festival

Whitney Point Central Schools

Festival I

February 24-25, 2012

Special thanks to:

Whitney Point Central Schools’

administration, faculty and staff

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival Coordinator

Jessica Williamson

5-6 Orchestra Chairperson

Barbara Heinle

7-9 Chorus Co-Chairpeople

Jenny Gac and Ken Jones

10-12 Band Chairperson

Kris Gilbert

Susan Hoffmann - Orchestra

Susan Hoffmann has taught string players in Virginia and New York for the past twenty-one years. Her early training began in the Preparatory School at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA where she studied violin with Eric Rosenblith. From there, she attended Oberlin College and Conservatory earning two Bachelorʼs Degrees in Music Education and in Psychology. She then began teaching strings and conducting orchestras in the Fairfax County Schools in Virginia for four years. Going on to earn her Masterʼs Degree in Violin Performance at West Virginia University, Ms. Hoffmann solidified her love of performing chamber and orchestral music. Having a desire to return closer to her family on the East Coast, she began her seven years of teaching strings and conducting the orchestras in the Bainbridge-Guilford Central Schools and then transferred to teaching in the Union-Endicott School District where she was also chair of the music department for eight years.

Ms. Hoffmann has performed with the Catskill and Utica Symphonies, the Catskill Choral Society and currently enjoys performing with the Binghamton Philharmonic and the Tri-Cities Opera Orchestra. She was also chosen to conduct and teach at the Summer Strings Institute at Ithaca College. In addition, she has served as a member of the board of directors for the Binghamton Youth Symphony and has represented Union Endicott Schools for the Broome County Music Educatorsʼ Association. You can also find her working as an administrator in the BOCES summer school program for Broome County. She is currently a member of the NYSSMA Curriculum Committee where she can offer her string expertise at the state level. More than anything, Ms. Hoffmann enjoys passing her love of music making on to younger generations and she likes nothing more than to hear about the various successes of her former students.

Jewel Griffith - Chorus

Jewel Griffith received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Mansfield University. She continued her graduate studies at the Saratoga-Potsdam Choral Institute where she sang under the direction of such musical greats as Robert Shaw, Aaron Copland, and Eugene Ormandy. Jewel was the choral director at Newark Valley Central Schools for 32 years where she developed a choral program that involved over half of the student body. Her students consistently placed in the All-State and All- Eastern choruses. For ten summers she was the choral director for American Music Abroad Honors Choir European Tour. She continues to appear as guest conductor for All-County and District chorus festivals in New York and Pennsylvania. She also conducts an annual community Christmas Cantata in Newark Valley and an annual Fourth of July concert with the Candor Community Chorus. She has been included in the Who's Who Among American Teachers, was WBNG's Teacher of the week, Sam's Club teacher of the year, was nominated for Disney Teacher of the Year, and was also named Teacher of the Year at Newark Valley several times during her tenure. Upon retirement she was honored with a scholarship in her name which provides an annual award for a graduating senior who will pursue a college degree in music education.

Justin Jay Mertz - Band

Professor Justin Jay Mertz is the Assistant Director of Bands and Director of the Marching Band at Syracuse University. He is the conductor of several SU concert ensembles including the Symphony Band and Concert Band. A native of Massapequa, New York, he has held teaching positions in the Alief Independent School District in Houston, Texas, and the Westmoreland Central School District in Westmoreland, New York. At Westmoreland Middle School, he was named Faculty of the Year in 2004. The Pride of Westmoreland Marching Band finished near the top of its class under his direction. Professor Mertz has been a guest conductor and clinician all over New York State, including various Honors Youth Wind Ensembles, the Allegro Youth Wind Ensemble, the Eastern US Music Camp at Colgate University, and many NYSSMA All- County and Area All-State festivals. He holds two degrees from Syracuse University and is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University.

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BCMEA Gr. 5-6 Orchestra Selections

Guest Conductor – Susan Hoffmann

William Tell Overture Gioacchino Rossini

arr. James "Red" McLeod

Eclipse Joshua Reznicow

Rondeau Jean-Joseph Mouret

arr. Vernon Leidig

BCMEA Gr. 7-9 Chorus Selections

Guest Conductor – Jewel Griffith

Accompanist – Brenda Yeier

Three Contemporary Latin Settings Jerry Estes

Mi Yitneni Of Audrey Snyder

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel Roger Emerson

American Folk Rhapsody Linda Spevacek

We Go Together Ed Lojeski

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 Band Selections

Guest Conductor – Justin Jay Mertz

. . . Go Samuel Hazo

Three Celtic Dances Brian Balmages

Danzon Leonard Bernstein

arr. John Krance

Amparito Roca Jaime Texador

BCMEA

2012 Festival

Chenango Valley Central Schools

Festival II

March 16-17, 2012

Special thanks to:

Chenango Valley Central Schools’

administration, faculty and staff

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival Coordinator

Karla Jensen

10-12 Jazz Ensemble Chairperson

Karla Jensen

5-6 Chorus Co-Chairpeople

Barbara Crowle and Margaret Buhl

7-9 Band Chairperson

Nicole Nirchi

10-12 Orchestra Chairperson

Jud Spena

Bill Tiberio - Jazz Ensemble

Bill Tiberio has been an instrumental music teacher at Fairport High School over 20 years, where he conducts the FHS Concert Band, two jazz ensembles, jazz combos, pit orchestra for musicals, and chamber woodwind ensembles. He also teaches woodwind lessons in the district in grades 9 through 12. He holds a position with the Eastman School of Music Community Education Division, where he teaches in the high school summer jazz program and founded the Eastman CED Chamber Wind Ensemble, Jr. High School Jazz Ensemble, and Music Educators Jazz Ensemble. He is also on the summer staff at the Hochstein Music School as a director of a jazz camp and the Tritone Fantasy Jazz Camp, a summer jazz program for adults. He is the past President of the New York State Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, and has been an instructor in the IAJE Training Institute for jazz educators.

Bill was appointed in the Fall of 2004 to conduct the University of Rochester Wind Symphony and in the Fall of 2008 to direct the UR Jazz Ensemble. In 2009, he began teaching one of the Ithaca College Jazz Lab Bands.

Bill has guest-conducted honor concert bands and jazz ensembles throughout New York State and at SUNY Fredonia and Lawrence University, and has served as clinician for the Eastman School of Music JazzFest. He is an All-State woodwind adjudicator and also judges band pageants in the area each Spring. His Concert Band at FHS has received seven consecutive Gold With Distinction awards in NYSSMA Level 6.

Awards and honors include selection as the RPO Music Educator Award in April, 2003, induction into the Fairport High School Alumni Wall of Fame in 2003,the Class of 2001 Fairport High School yearbook dedication, selection as Fairport High School Commencement Speaker, 1993; University of Rochester Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award, 1994; Downbeat Magazine awards for student jazz ensembles, 1995 and 1997; Fairport High School faculty-nominated Teacher of the Year award, 1996, and a nomination for a Disney American Teaching Award, 1999. Bill is active as a professional woodwind player in the Rochester area. As a saxophonist, Bill performs with the Bill Tiberio Band, (), and the Bill Welch Band, () and his groups have each recorded professional CD’s.

Marc Kaplan - Chorus

Mr. Kaplan received his B.A. in Music and Political Science from The George Washington University. He is an active music educator, conductor, composer, and lifelong lover of music.  Choirs under his direction have been selected to perform regionally and nationally for ACDA and MENC, recognized consistently by the Downbeat Magazine student music awards and received Gold with Distinction honors at NYSSMA festivals.  In addition, Mr. Kaplan has prepared youth choirs for The Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Connecticut Choral Artists (CONCORA) and has been on staff at The HARTT School of Music Community Division as a choral director for the Connecticut Children’s Chorus and musical director for the Summer Vocal Institute.

In other ventures, Mr. Kaplan was the Artistic/Musical Director for ten seasons of the West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, a six-week musical theater intensive for high school and college students.  Also, in 2008-2009, he served as Artistic Director and Conductor for The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Family, Discovery and School Chamber Concert Series, leading the orchestra in varied orchestral repertoire, including a world premiere.  Recently, Mr. Kaplan was selected as a Conducting Associate for the Transient Glory Conducting Symposium with the Young People’s Chorus of New York at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

As a clinician, Mr. Kaplan has presented workshops and conducted honor choirs for ACDA, NYSSMA, CMEA, RIMEA, VMEA, MMEA and the Urban Education Institute at the University of Chicago.  As a composer, Mr. Kaplan has been commissioned to write choral works for adolescents and also writes in the musical theater genre.

Currently, Mr. Kaplan resides in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Betsy, runs his own company Kaplan Music and Entertainment, LLC and works as a teaching artist at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School.

Jerry Natoli - Band

Jerry Natoli, has been a music educator, clinician, adjudicator, and performer in New York state since 1970. he has guest conducted bands in almost every New York State county, and also regional and all-state groups in Ohio, Pennsyvannia, Texas, and Maryland. Mr. Natoli was the New York State Chairman of Bands while he was the director of bands at Union-Endicott Schools . He has made his home for the past 28 years in Endicott, NY with his wife Cindy. Tthis is Mr Natoli's first time as a guest conductor in Broome County. Jerry is no stranger to success, in fact he tells us that for the last 12 years, even though he has never won, he has been notified by mail that he was a finalist in the Publishers Clearing House $1,000,000 Sweepstakes.

William Mercer, Jr. - Orchestra

Bill Mercer has been the orchestral director at West Genesee High School since 1988 where he conducts two orchestras, teaches string lessons and coaches various chamber ensembles.

Mr. Mercer holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Ithaca College, studying violin, viola, and conducting with Linda Case, Debra Moree and Pamela Gearhart, respectively. His guest conducting experience includes the Ithaca and Syracuse Symphony Youth Orchestras as well as Regional Orchestras in Massachusetts, NYSSMA Area All-State orchestras, All-County orchestras in Monroe, Onondaga and Ontario counties, and the Stradivari Orchestra at the New York ASTA String Institute.

Mr. Mercer is active as a performer on violin, viola and bass, and he maintains a small studio of private violin and viola students. He lives in Baldwinsville, NY with his wife Maggie (Pols) and their three daughters.

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 Jazz Ensemble Selections

Guest Conductor – Bill Tiberio

Hay Burner Sammy Nestico

Inspiration Tom Davis

La Fiesta Chick Corea

arr. Victor Lopez

Two Seconds to Midnight Alan Baylock

BCMEA Gr. 5-6 Chorus Selections

Guest Conductor – Marc Kaplan

Accompanist – James Apicella

Aye Mochenumba Traditional

Two Poems of Emily Dickinson Neil Ginsberg

I. There is no frigate like a book

II. I never saw a moor

Bye Bye Blackbird Mort Dickson and Ray Henderson

arr. Jay Althouse

Everlasting Melody Rollo A. Dillworth

BCMEA Gr. 7-9 Band Selections

Guest Conductor – Jerry Natoli

Torch of Liberty Karl L. King

arr. James Swearingen

Novena James Swearingen

The Phantom of the Opera Medley Andrew Lloyd Weber

arr. Johnnie Vinson

Freedom Michael W. Smith

arr. Jay Bocook

BCMEA Gr. 10-12 String Orchestra Selections

Guest Conductor – William Mercer, Jr.

Sinfonia in F Antonio Vivaldi

arr. Steven Frakenpohl

Of Glorious Plumage R. Myer

Suite for Strings  Rutter

I. I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue

II. A-Roving

BCMEA

2012 Festival

Binghamton City Schools

Festival III

March 23-24, 2012

Special thanks to:

Binghamton Cithy Schools’

administration, faculty and staff

for their coordination of this musical event.

Festival Coordinator

Sue Bachman

5-6 Band Chairperson

Beth Lewis

7-9 Orchestra Chairperson

Beth Bartlett

10-12 Chorus Chairperson

Sue Bachman

Michael Carbone - Band

Michael Carbone, a native of Utica, New York, moved to the Binghamton area in 1981 and has been an instrumental music teacher in the Johnson City School District where he is currently the Coordinator of Music. Along with his administrative duties he is also the Director of Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble at the high school.

Mike also joined the Binghamton University music faculty in 1997 and continues to serve as the Director of the Jazz Studies Program and the Director of the Harpur Jazz Ensemble. He received his Baccalaureate degree in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Music degree in saxophone performance from Binghamton University.

Mr. Carbone has performed with many well-known artists including Al Marino, Natalie Cole, Tommy Tune, Mel Torme, Engelbert Humperdinck, Slam Stewart, Nick Brignola, Steve Gilmore, Tom Whaley, Duffy Jackson, Jeff Jarvis, Jacque Washington, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Danny D’Imperio’s Big Band Bloviation, the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, the Presbybop Quartet, and The Temptations.

Along with filling in as a sideman for many New York State based groups, Mike can be found frequently performing in our area with the Binghamton-based group Splash. He is also very active performing with his jazz quartet Miles Ahead, which hosts an educational jazz jam the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month at the Lost Dog Café in Binghamton from 8:00-10:00 pm.



Nathan Raboy - Orchestra

Nathan Raboy began his career at Maine-Endwell Schools just after completing his teacher training at the Crane School of Music - SUNY Potsdam. During his first year as a teacher (1977-1978), he studied violin with Betty Agard, and cello with David Mordoff. He is eternally grateful to both of them for helping him launch a long and happy career. Mr. Raboy is also very thankful to Mr. Jack Pinto, for believing in him, hiring him, and supporting him in those first years at Maine-Endwell. Mr. Raboy remained at Maine-Endwell until his retirement this past June. During his career, he taught music many young people to love music. It is very gratifying to him that many of his former students continue to be active in music to this day.

His delayed his retirement a few months, working with the Binghamton High School Orchestra, and getting to know another group of wonderful, young, talented musicians.

Besides his work as a teacher, Mr. Raboy has been actively involved in community musical activities. He plays in both the Tri-Cities Opera orchestra, and the Binghamton Philharmonic. He has also played with the Downtown Singers, the Basically Bach Ensemble, the Binghamton Community Orchestra, the Grass Roots Festival Chamber Orchestra, the BC Pops Orchestra, and is frequently asked to perform with other local orchestras and chamber groups. He has conducted several All-County orchestras for BCMEA over the years. Mr. Raboy is now serving on the Board of Directors for the Binghamton Community Orchestra.

Mr. Raboy has been active in BCMEA for a long time. He has served BCMEA as a district representative for Maine-Endwell for much of his career. Mr. Raboy was chairperson of the All-County Orchestra, and as Festival Coordinator (Festival III) on numerous occasions. He was Audition Coordinator for the Grades 5-9 auditions for the past five or six years taking over when his buddy, Loren Parker, retired, and continued until his own retirement. He is currently the webmaster for the BCMEA web site - .

Mr. Raboy lives in Binghamton with his wife, Suzanne (art teacher at Binghamton High School) and their cat, Chloe. He has just started his new life path as a retiree, and intends to enjoy his much less encumbered time to the fullest.

Jeffrey L. Webb - Chorus

Jeffrey L. Webb, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Allegheny College and a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Binghamton University.

While at Allegheny, Mr. Webb acted as student conductor for the Allegheny College Choirs, and was active as a tenor soloist, accompanist and musical director for several theatre productions. While attending Binghamton University, Mr. Webb served as the conductor of the Binghamton University Women's Chorus for the 2000-2001 academic year and acted as a guest conductor for the Binghamton University Chamber Chorus.

At the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Mr. Webb has taught courses in Music Theory, Western Art Music, Jazz and Popular Music, and conducts the Pitt-Johnstown Concert Choir. In addition to his work at Pitt-Johnstown, Mr. Webb has been the Artistic Director of the Blair Concert Chorale, an auditioned community choir, since 2004. Under his baton, the Blair Concert Chorale has performed such works as Faure’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Schubert’s Mass in G and the Broadway musicals Sweeney Todd and Chess. The BCC was also invited to sing at the Pennsylvania American Choral Directors Summer Conference at Penn State University in 2006.

Mr. Webb has studied conducting with Dr. Ward Jamison and Dr. Bruce Borton, has had coaching sessions with Maestro Peter Bay of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and has served as conductor and accompanist for a wide variety of performing groups.

Grades 5 -6 Band Selections

Guest Conductor – Michael Carbone

Forward March! Paul Murtha

Of Courage and Valor Ed Huckeby

Fire Dance David Shaffer

Doo-Wah Dixieland John Edmondson

Grades 7-9 Orchestra Selections

Guest Conductor – Nathan Raboy

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Movement 1 Johann Sebastian Bach

arr. Merle Isaac

Asa's Death, from "Peer Gynt Suite" Edvard Grieg

Country Wedding from "The Moldau" Bedrich Smetana

arr. Sandra Dackow

Hungarian Dance, No. 6 Johannes Brahms

arr. Merle Isaac

Grades 10-12 Chorus Selections

Guest Conductor – Jeffrey L. Webb

Accompanist –Peter Browne

Gloria in Excelsis, from "Gloria" Antonio Vivaldi

ed. Mason Martens

Ching-A-Ring Chaw Aaron Copland

arr. Irving Fine

City Called Heaven arr. Josephine Poelinitz

ed. Henry Leck

Bridge Over Troubled Water Paul Simon

arr. Kirby Shaw

BCMEA OFFICERS 2011-2012

President Larry Glover, Hancock

Past President Robin DeSantis, Retired

1st Vice President Nancy Wildoner, Chenango Forks

2nd Vice President Aubrey Warneck, Vestal

3rd Vice President Sue Bachman, Binghamton

Secretary Gail Markstein, Susquehanna Valley

Treasurer Sue Geer, Union-Endicott

A generous donation to BCMEA in support of this year's music festivals was made by friends and family of John "Jack" G. Bleir in his memory.

Thank you, music teachers that adjudicated auditions

during the selection process.

Today's concert is being recorded by Marice Stith,

Custom Recording Services. Orders are being taken at the table

outside the entrance.

School District Key:

Binghamton B Maine-Endwell ME

Chenango Forks CF Norwich N

Chenango Valley CV Susquehanna Valley SV

Deposit D Union-Endicott UE

Greene G Vestal V

Hancock H Whitney Point WP

Hillel Academy HA Windsor W

Johnson City JC

Welcome to the Osterhout Concert Theatre

We hope you enjoy the presentation.

To enhance your enjoyment and that of other patrons at the presentation,

we ask you to observe the following:

❑ If you need to leave the theater during the presentation, an usher will escort you to the rear to minimize distractions for other patrons.

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❑ Please enjoy your food and beverage in the lobby.

❑ Out of respect for the performers, please refrain from taking photographs or recording the presentation.

To ensure audience safety and comfort, House Managers and ushers will

request all patrons follow generally accepted rules of audience behavior.

Infrared hearing assistance headsets are available for patrons with

hearing impairments. (Concert Theater and Chamber Hall only).

If you wish to use a headset, please speak to an usher.

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY

CASEY KORCHYNSKY

Director of House Operations

Anderson Center for the Performing Arts

Binghamton University

607-777-2908

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