Cascade Winds News

We Have Our New Director!

The competition was stiff, to say the least. But after close review of all the evaluations, both from each quarter and the final overall evaluation for those players that performed under all three directors, Dan Judd has been offered, and accepted, the director's position for the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band for the 2008-2009 season.

The band board will be meeting with Dan soon to talk about publicity issues (creating a flyer for the new season; convincing the Bulletin to do a feature story [anybody have some influence there?]), refining band policies, etc., etc.

Updated reports will go out to all of you as is needed BUT, if nothing else, make sure you have the date of our first rehearsal in September on your busy calendars: Thursday, September 25, 7:00 p.m. in Pinckney.

Thanks to all of you for your dedication over the last season, spread the word to any potential players you know that we have an exciting season coming up and we hope to see many of you back in September.

SOUND FOURTH: The Very Best Yet July 4th Concert

Announcing the fourth annual "Sound Fourth" FREE community concert. (Sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church)

WHEN: July 4^th, of course, 3:00 p.m. at Bend High School

Followed immediately by a FREE barbecue across 9^th Street on the church lawn

WHAT: A celebration of Americana including sing-along medleys, Broadway tunes and folk music, old popular songs, and patriotic classics.

WHO: Performed by the 90-voice Festival Chorus
and the 50-member Cascade Horizon Band

DIRECTED BY: Clyde Thompson and Sue Steiger

Free Admission [donations gladly accepted]

Thanks for a Great Season!

To all Cascade Winds Musicians: Thanks to all of you for pulling together, and pulling off, good spring concerts.

Specifically, of course, a huge THANK YOU to Sue for hanging in there through all the absences and missing parts and rough spots and bringing us up to a level at times we didn't think we would be able to achieve.

Many thanks to Lorene Judd for "orchestrating" the wonderful intermissions refreshments. And Thank You also to Helen Loeffler, our "official" meeter, greeter and program distributor. And to Dan Judd for being our liaison and facilitator at Summit High. It's SO great to have someone in the band connected to the performance venue. And many, many thanks to the entire percussion section for all the lugging back and forth and set up and tear-down. They have a bit more to deal with than the rest of us as we leave with our clarinet in its case!

I am assuming I got everyone's music back last night. If that isn't the case, PLEASE let me know ASAP.

Our audiences were appreciative, although small. If any of you are interested in helping develop a marketing plan, figuring out methods of promotion, soliciting more donations, getting the Bulletin to actually write a story about us sometime, etc., please be in touch. Or if you know someone with this kind of expertise that isn't in the band, we would sure like to talk with them.

Some of you have been asking about Summer Band. For various reasons, there will be no COCC sponsored summer band this year. We do hope, of course, to see you all in the fall: first rehearsal is Thursday, September 25.

Regarding director selection, Michael will be checking with the candidates to determine if they are still interested in the position. Then all band members who played under ALL of the candidates will receive one more overall evaluation via e-mail. Michael will then make the selection.

Thanks again. It was a good year in so many ways. If you see Dave Sime, Dan Judd and/or Sue Mudge be sure to say THANK YOU once again.

See many of you in the fall.

JanTuckerman
jan@cascadewinds.org

Upcoming Music Events

CASCADE WINDS SYMPHONIC BAND
Artistic Director: Michael Gesme
Guest Conductor: Suzanne Mudge
Sunday, June 1, 2:00 pm.
Monday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring
Ride by Samuel Hazo
Canzona by Peter Mennin
Masque by W. Francis McBeth
The Red Pony by Aaron Copland
Satiric Dances by Norman Dello Joio
Serenade Romantic by Joseph Turrin
Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon by Percy Grainger
The Earl of Oxford’s March by Wm. Byrd, arr. Philip Sparke
Summit High School Auditorium
2855 Clearwater Drive, Bend, Oregon
FREE
No tickets required: Information: 593-1635
www.cascadewinds.org

CASCADE CHORALE
COCC COLLEGE CHOIR
THE CENTRAL SINGERS
Director: James Knox
Friday, June 6, 7:30 pm.
Saturday, June 7, 2:00 p.m.
Featuring
William Tell Overture
Me Pizzica, Me Mozzica
The Terrible Tale of Tom Gilligan
Order My Steps
City Called Heaven
Fiddler Man
Mambabo!
Steam Train
Sur le pont d’Avignon
Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts
COCC College Campus
2600 College Way, Bend, Oregon
Tickets: $7/6/5
COCC Box Office: 383-7575
www.cascadechorale.org
Chorale Information Line: 383-7401

G QUARTET CONCERT
June 15, 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
Ponderosa String Quartet
Aspen String Quartet
[Part of the After School Strings Program]
FREE

SOUND FOURTH!!
A Community Celebration Concert
Friday, July 4, 3:00pm at Bend Senior High School
Cascade Horizon Band
Community Chorus
Free Concert & Free BBQ

CASCADE HORIZON BAND: all FREE
Sisters Rodeo Parade
Saturday, June 14, 9:30 a.m.
Downtown Sisters
5th Annual Spring Concert
Sunday, June 22, 3:00 p.m.
Bend Senior High School
County Fair Concert
Sunday, August 3
Deschutes County Fairgrounds
Summer Outdoor Concert
Sunday, August 10, 2:00 p.m.
Crooked River Park, Prineville
BSH Alumni Picnic Concert
Friday, September 12, 5:30 p.m.
Bend Senior High School

Cascade Winds Present Its Spring Concert Series

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band will present the final concerts of its 2007-08 season June 1 and 2, under the direction of guest conductor Suzanne Mudge. The Sunday concert will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the Monday performance at 7:30 p.m., both at Summit High School auditorium. These concerts are free of charge, although donations are gratefully accepted.

This season artistic director Michael Gesme and the Cascade Winds have arranged for three exciting guest conductors to lead the group in its concert series. Our third guest conductor, Suzanne Mudge, is an active trombonist, conductor and educator. She currently performs with the Central Oregon Symphony, teaches band at Seven Peaks School and High Lakes Elementary and maintains a private studio. She performs annually with the Carmel Bach Festival and while living in the Bay area was principal trombonist with of the Modesto Symphony and the Women's Philharmonic, founded the Seraphim Brass Quintet and toured with the Band of the Golden West.

The Cascade Winds Spring Concert will feature works with interesting literary, film, and historical connections that have a wide variety of styles, sonic experiences, humor and satire. Ride was conceived by the composer Samuel Hazo as he followed, in his car, a fellow composer with a "lead foot" to his home on the country roads of Pennsylvania. This crazy and fast drive becomes a wild musical ride, with shifting meters and tonal centers, all at breakneck speed.

Norman Dello Joio subtitled his Satiric Dances "for a comedy by Aristophanes". As satire and wit are so prevalent in the works of the Greek poet, Dello Joio's music brings these traits to musical life through sudden dynamic contrasts, melodic and harmonic chromaticism, and a touch of Mediterranean folk character. The ensemble will take another turn in mood and style when they perform Serenade Romantic, a work of lyrical and flowing style by composer Joseph Turrin. It is such a gorgeous piece that one may be amazed that this same composer scored the film Nightmare on Elm Street III.

Perhaps the most interesting work on the program is a suite of film music from The Red Pony by Aaron Copland. The music has that "Western" sound, one of pastoral, wide open spaces, as well as a gentle, fresh, and transparent quality. It beautifully captures the warmth, emotions, and sensitivity of the characters in their ranch setting.

These concerts are free, open to the public and suitable for all ages. For more information, www.cascadewinds.org or Jan Tuckerman 593-1635.

Feel free to download, print, and distribute these flyers below:

Upcoming Music Events

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHORALE & HANDBELLS - Portland's Concordia University choral and handbell ensembles will present a free concert "Building Bridges - Serving Like Christ" Sunday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2550 NE Butler Market Rd. in Bend. This concert is part of Concordia's summer tour. FREE to all.

URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL presented by Cascade Theatrical Company

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN THE MUSICAL is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN THE MUSICAL is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny

May 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30 p.m

May 4, 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Tower Theatre, 317-0700, $25 adults, $20 seniors & students

Monday, May 12, 7:00 p.m. DUE SOPRANI: Trish Sewell & Monica Torrey

with Sherie Neff & Jean Shrader.

Trish and Monica originally performed as "Due Soprani" in 2005 in a sold-out concert. In this reunion recital, they will sing a lovely selection of romantic art songs.

Tower Theatre, 317-0700 $8 presale, $10 at the door

Friday, May 16th, 7:30 p.m. Mt. View HS, the COCC BIG BAND in concert

Come out and listen to Bend's greatest, including Bob Shimek, Gary Webster, Steve Wampler,

Steve Prazak and Torrey Newhart to name a few. Also featuring Molly Wampler, a high school senior that has been a featured vocalist with the All-Northwest Jazz Choir and the Oregon State Jazz Choir. Tickets ($7 adults/$5 seniors & students) will be available at the door and at Mtn. View Music starting May 12. NOTE: This concert will also be presented May 7, 7:00 p.m. at Madras HS; May 9, 7:30 p.m. at Crook County HS & May 10, 7:30 p.m. at La Pine HS. These concerts are FREE although donations are gladly accepted.

AND COMING UP VERY SOON...

Cascade Winds Symphonic Band: June 1 (2:00 p.m.) & June 2 (7:30 p.m.) in concert at Summit HS. FREE. No tickets needed. Questions: 593-1635

Cascade Chorale in concert with the COCC College Choir & the Central Singers (COCC vocal jazz group): June 6 (7:30 p.m.) & June 7 (2:00 p.m.) at Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts at COCC. Tickets $7/6/5 from the COCC Box Office (383-7575). Questions: Cascade Chorale Hot Line: 383-7401

Spring Reherals Start This Week

Hope to see you at the first Cascade Winds rehearsal next week as we start rehearsing for our spring concerts under the baton of Sue Mudge.

First rehearsal is Thursday, April 3, 7:00 p.m. in Pinckney HOWEVER (if possible) please come a bit early (I'll be there at 6:15) to help set up (if you play clarinet or bassoon it is your turn to do set-up) pick-up music and register. Cost is the same: $66.75 for the one credit at COCC [plus that one-time-never-pay-again fee of $25 if you have never, ever, taken a class at COCC] Make your check payable to COCC, please.

If you took your name tag from last term home with you, please bring it back. And if you still have your blue band folder, bring that back, too.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Spring concerts are Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 p.m. & Monday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Summit HS. Check your calendars now for those dates. As much as we would like for you to play with us, if you won't be able to play the concerts you will need to pass on playing this term.

Upcoming High School Band Concert: Mt. View HS & Japan

The students of Mountain View High School Symphonic Band are hosting members of the Kogane High School Symphonic Band during spring break. The Japanese students arrive at the beginning of the week and both bands will spend many hours together practicing for a collaborative concert they are performing on Friday, March 28th at 7:00 pm in the Mountain View HS auditorium. A lot of hard work and practice has gone into this event and it would be wonderful for the Bend community to show their support by attending this concert.

Spread the word and hope you can make it.

Online Donations Now Available

We've partnered with Google Checkout to enable secure online donations on our site so you can now use your credit card to donate to the Cascade Winds (and remember, your donations are tax-deductable). Click over to our Support Us page to see our new form and let us know if you have any trouble or questions so we can get it fixed.

Upcoming Central Oregon Music Events

Besides our upcoming concerts, there or lots of other great music events these next few weeks.

GREAT CHORALE WORKS SERIES 2008 PART 2:
Sunday, February 17, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Bend Senior Center

Cascade Chorale Director James Knox presents an insightful look into the life and works of Mozart with emphasis on Mozart's Requiem, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Bend Senior Center, 1600 SE Reed Market. This program is free to all. Appetizers and beverages will be served. Info: 383-7512. The Requiem will be performed March 15 & 16 by the Cascade Chorale, Mastersingers and COCC College Choir. visit www.cascadechorale.org or www.co-mastersingers.com for the March concerts.

CAFE LIBRI AT THE SUNRIVER LIBRARY:
February 23, 2008, 2:00-3:00 p.m., FREE

At Cafe Libri this month is duo Deb Yager and Bo Reynolds. "You can call us singer/songwriters with an Austin twist," says Yager. A former ad executive who'd lived the good life from NYC to Key West, New Orleans to Hawaii, Yager traded in the champagne & caviar for something more substantial; the call of her heart. She sold all her material possessions and moved to Austin, Texas to follow her dream of becoming a musician. Yager's music combines heartfelt, down to earth lyrics with a "voice from heaven."

CASCADE WINDS SYMPHONIC BAND IN CONCERT: March 2 & 3
The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band will present the second concert series of its 2007-2008 season on March 2 and 3, under the direction of Dan Judd. The Sunday concert will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the Monday performance at 7:30 p.m., both at Summit High School auditorium. These concerts are free of charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. Info: 593-1635

MUSIC IN PUBLIC PLACES: March 9
Sunday March 9, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Upstairs at the Bend Public Library

The Cascade Chamber Players String Quartet, part of the Central Oregon Symphony, will be featured.

MOZART'S REQUIEM IN MARCH: March 15 & 16
Mozart's Requiem will be performed by over 120 singers from the Cascade Chorale, Central Oregon Mastersingers and COCC College Choir, four guest soloists, and orchestra, Saturday, March 15, 7:00 p.m., & Sunday, March 16, 2:00 p.m., at the Summit High School auditorium, 2855 NW Clearwater Drive. General admission is $10. Tickets may be available at the door but to order advance tickets call 385-7229 or visit www.cascadechorale.org or www.co-mastersingers.com

Concert Updates and Schedule Reminders

Remember: The rehearsal next week which was originally scheduled for Wednesday is now back to THURSDAY because there is no longer a conflict with symphony.

REMEMBER to get that extra rehearsal on your busy calendars for Saturday, March 1, 7:00-9:30 p.m. at SUMMIT HS.

There were POSTERS to pick up at rehearsal but it doesn't look like very many people picked them up. If need be, you can print some up here.

High school students: Take at least one and post it in your band room at school and give one, or more, to your parents to take to their work.
Adults: Take them to your place of employment
Everyone: Take them to your church, the local grocery store, the local book store, the library, etc.

Attached is the PRESS RELEASE for the concerts, both a short blurb and the full release. Pick one and send it to your many friends and relatives.

Call for the concert on Sunday will be 1:00 p.m.

CONCERT DRESS: Just a reminder:

Women: black, black and black. Long sleeves, pants or skirts, black hose, high necks; i.e. the less white skin showing the better.
Men: Black tux or black suit, white shirt, black tie, black shoes, black socks.

If you have any questions about dress, make sure you get them answered on Thursday.

Here's the list of band set-up assignments for the rest of the term. Thanks so much to the saxophones (and others) tonight:

Feb. 20: Trombones, Tubas
Feb. 28: Baritones, Horns

Cascade Winds March 2008 (Short Blurb).doc
Cascade Winds March 2008 (Full PR).doc

Rehearsal Change

News Flash: The rehearsal next week which was originally scheduled for Wednesday is now back to THURSDAY because there is no longer a conflict with symphony.

REMEMBER to get that extra rehearsal on your busy calendars for Saturday, March 1, 7:00-9:30 p.m. at SUMMIT HS.

Updates For Band Members

Thursday we will for sure work on Purple Heart and Can-Can. Remember that in the Pines we are doing just the last movement, starting at the pick-up to the 5th measure after 17 with the clarinet solo. And work on everything else, of course. Only 4 more rehearsals!

We are planning to list all the players in this next program with their occupation and where they live. Something like:

Jan Tuckerman (math teacher) Sunriver

We don't need to know what company you work for but just a general category. The idea is to give our audience a more personal feel for the fact that we are just regular people who love to make music.

SO...what I need from each of you is what you do (banker, student, rocket scientist, etc.) and what town you live in. If you could e-mail that to me, great. I will also have a sign-up sheet on Thursday for people to fill in.

If you think your boss, your company, your great Aunt Bertha, etc., would be interested in being a band donor (with full recognition in the next program) please send Tim Lynch their contact information (Tim: timlynch1992@gmail.com)

The sooner we reach our $12000 goal in the capital campaign, the sooner we can get started on the tuition fund for the band.

REMEMBER to get that extra rehearsal on your busy calendars for Saturday, March 1, 7:00-9:30 p.m. at SUMMIT HS.

REMEMBER that rehearsal NEXT week is on the Wednesday, February 20, not Thursday.

We will have posters to pick up on Thursday (or you can print them up from here). Be thinking of places to put them.

Here's the list of band set-up assignments for the rest of the term. Thanks so much to the flutes (and others) last week.

Feb. 14: Saxophones

Feb. 20: Trombones, Tubas

Feb. 28: Baritones, Horns

Clarinets & Bassoons will get the first rehearsal of the spring term.

That's all I had written down but that's enough!!

Jan

The Cascade Winds Presents Its Winter Concerts

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band will present the second concert series of its 2007-08 season on March 2 and 3. The Sunday concert will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the Monday performance at 7:30 p.m., both at Summit High School auditorium. The concerts are free of charge, although donations are gratefully accepted.

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band is a 60-piece community concert band based in Bend that serves the entire Central Oregon region. The group is comprised of a wide range of volunteer musicians including accomplished high school students, area music teachers, adult amateur musicians and retired professionals. This season artistic director Michael Gesme and the Cascade Winds have arranged for three exciting guest conductors to lead the group in its concert series.

Dan Judd, conductor for the March concerts, is in his 32nd year of public school teaching and is currently Director of Bands at Summit High School. A trombone soloist and clinician/adjudicator throughout the Northwest, Judd holds degrees from Whitman College and Central Washington University and is co-founder of the Northwest Wind Symphony, an award-winning community band in the Centralia/Chehalis area of Western Washington. Mr. Judd's high school bands have earned State and regional honors in Washington and Oregon in the Jazz, Marching and Concert areas. In February the Washington Music Educator's Association installed Judd into the WMEA Hall of Fame.

The selections for this concert take the listener from Rome to Spain to the opera and back to Italy with a few detours. Pieces include Florentiner March, a 'Grande Italian' style work by Czech composer Julius Fucik, and Amparito Roca, a pasodoble and one of the better known pieces of Spanish music by Jaime Teixidor. You won't want to miss Warren Barker's beautiful arrangement of selections from The Phantom of the Opera, the beautiful Andrew Lloyd Webber melodies, the shriek of the damsel in distress, and the raw energy of the famous organ. The final movement of The Pines of Rome, a 1924 work by Italian Composer Ottorino Respighi, will highlight the winter concert. The Pines of the Appian Way depicts the ominous approach of the Roman army, moving down the famous Appian Way, muffled, ceaseless footsteps and fragmentary military fanfares, building to an inexorable climax.

The detours include Concerto for Horn No. 1, by Richard Strauss, featuring Kelli Kirkman, horn soloist extraordinaire, Alfred Reed's A Jubilant Overture, a spirited piece by one of America's most cherished composers, Flashing Winds, by Belgian composer Jan Van der Roost, an energetic and colorful opportunity for the musical virtuosity of our the players to shine, and Who Puts His Trust In God Most Just, a Bach chorale transcription by James Croft, during which the Cascade Winds sing in 4-part harmony.

These concerts are free, open to the public and suitable for all ages. For more information, contact Jan Tuckerman, 541-593-1635.

Update: Below are a couple of Acrobat PDF flyers for the event. Feel free to print, and distribute all over town.

Thursday Rehearsal Schedule, Plus Extra Rehearsal on March 1

Put this EXTRA REHEARSAL on your busy calendars NOW please.

Saturday, March 1, at some time (to make up for last Thursday's cancellation). I am checking on times and availabilty of spaces and will let you know on Thursday the results of the search. But in the meantime look at your calendars and see what times you are available on that day in case we are able to "vote" on a "best" rehearsal time. We want as many people there are possible, of course.

This Thursday's rehearsal emphasis:

Bach
Reed
Phantom
Pines of the Appian Way (we will be performing Mvt. 4 of the Pines, only)

I'll have a new tune to pass out.