Lincoln High Wind Ensemble 1 Fall Concert 2022 Stockton 10-27-2022

Lincoln High School Wind Ensemble 1 performs Fall Band Concert at the Lincoln High School Performing Arts Center in Stockton CA on Thursday October 27, 2022.
Cathy Ettle, Director
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00.00 - Title
00:24 - Moorside March
06:34 - Shenandoah
16:22 - Chavez, 1927
Program Notes:
00:24 - Moorside March from Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst, arr. Gordon Jacob)
Moorside Suite, from which this march is taken, was commissioned as the test place for the British National Brass Band Championship at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1928. Holst set the pattern for other composers of international repute who also wrote for the brass band in subsequent years. He left an incomplete version for military band, containing all the first movement and 38 bars of the second, to be completed later. It is not known whether the Brass or military band score (now in the British museum) was begun first. The march begins with a rising, four-note motif which leads into a vigorous theme, noteworthy because of its six-bar phrases. A second theme employing more normal eight-bar phrases, is introduced by the saxophone . The trio is reminiscent of the ceremonial marches of Elgar and Walton in its pomp and dignity. After a brief modulatory section based on the opening motif, the first two themes are restated, and the March concludes with a coda containing material from the trio .
06:34 - Shenandoah (Arr Omar Thomas)
Shenandoah is one of the most well known and beloved American folk songs. Originally a river song detailing the lives and journeys of fur traders canoeing down the Missouri River, the symbolism of this culturally-significant melody has been expanded to include its geographic namesake-an area of the western United States that encompasses West Virginia and a good portion of the western part of Virginia and various parks, rivers, counties, an academic institutions down within. This arrangement recalls the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley, not bathed in golden sunlight, but blanketed by low hanging clouds and experiencing intermittent periods of heavy rainfall ( created with a combination of percussion textures, created both on instruments and from the body. There are a few musical moments where the sun attempts to pierce through the clouds, but ultimately the rain wins out. This arrangement of Shenandoah is at times mysterious, somewhat ominous, constantly introspective and deeply soulful.
16:22 - Chavez, 1927 ( Giovani Santos)
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) was a Mexican-American civil rights activist and leader. Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta. His enduring fight for equal rights and humane work conditions led a way for a nation-wide revolution. Among many recognitions, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984. This work explores quotes attributed to Chavez. These quotes have endured time and paint a full picture into the mind of a father, husband, leader, activist, revolutionary, and American.