Fanfare & Flourishes by James Curnow

Block M by Jerry H. Bilik

Folk Song Suite by R. Vaughn Williams
#1 March "Seventeen Come Sunday"
#2 Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy"
#3 March "Folks Songs from Somerset"

Elvis Presley Golden Hits arr by Bill Holcombe

Olympic Fanfare & Theme by John Williams; arr by Jim Curnow

Mambo Madness in the Loop by Sy Pollack

Z's Blues by John P. Zdechlik

On the Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman

Fanfare & Flourishes by James Curnow

His Honor by Henry Filmore; arr by Frederick Fennell

Folk Song Suite by R. Vaughn Williams
     #2 Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy"

Chant & Incantations by Joseph Pappas

Thunder & Lightning by Johann Strauss; arr by Milburn E. Carey

Barnum & Bailey's Favorite by Karl L. King; arr by Glenn Cliffe Bainum

Prelude & Rondo by David R. Holsinger

Cole Porter in Concert arr by Elliot Del Borgo

On the Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman

Composer, Joe Pappas A native of Missouri, Joe Pappas has written over two hundred compositions for various types of ensembles from beginning bands to college wind ensembles. He is most known for his compositions for young bands and musicians. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, China and Europe. Mr. Pappas actively serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest. After twenty-seven years of successful teaching in public schools, Mr. Pappas currently is a music instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri. He devotes most of his time to composing and working as an educational consultant and publishing editor for his own company, JPM Music Publications, which he started in 1992. He is also the Midwest regional coordinator for Music In the Parks, Festivals of Music and a coordinator/consultant for Six Flags Music Festivals. He remains active as an adjudicator, guest conductor and clinician world-wide.

Among his many honors, Mr. Pappas has been a four time Teacher of the Year recipient, a 1994 recipient of the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993-94 Rockwood School District High School Teacher of the Year, the Missouri State High School Activity Association Distinguished Service Award, a national winner of the Sadie Rafferty Music Composition Contest sponsored by Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL, and three times has been named to the Who’s Who Among American Teachers and three times to Who’s Who In America. Bands under his direction have won numerous awards including three times Overall Champions at Music In the Parks festivals and a two time recipient of the Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Bi-State Band of the Year Award. He is a past president of the East Central district of the Missouri Music Educator’s Association where he also served as college vice-president for two terms. He and his wife Cheryl reside in Festus, Missouri and have three children and five grandchildren.

Fanfare & Flourishes by James Curnow

Folk Song Suite by R. Vaughan Williams
     No 1 March "Seventeen Come Sunday"

On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason by David Holsinger

Alphorn Ballad by Dennis Armitage
     featuring Thomas & Tricia Jostlein, Alphorn

Embraceable You by George & Ira Gershwin; arr by Warren Barker
          featuring Thomas & Tricia Jostlein, French Horn

La Grande Messe de Saint Hubert by J. Cantin; arr by Thomas Jostlein
     featuring Thomas & Tricia Jostlein, French Horn

Barnum & Bailey's Favorite by Karl L. King; arr by Glenn Cliffe Bainum

Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim
     featuring Bert Langeler, flugelhorn

A Musical Fantasy by Ennio Salvere
     guest conductor, Bert Langeler

Rocky & Bullwinkle Strike Again by Fred Steiner; arr by John Higgins

On the Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman

Thomas Jöstlein was appointed Associate Principal Horn with the St. Louis Symphony in April 2010. Most recently, he served as Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois, leading the charges in the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and Ian Hobson's Sinfonia da Camera while teaching horn and orchestral repertoire.

From 2007-09, Jöstlein was the New York Philharmonic's Assistant Principal Horn, playing all positions, including Principal and Third Horn. Under the direction of Lorin Maazel, he performed on three major tours, including the historic live broadcast from North Korea. Previously, he held positions with the Honolulu, Omaha, Richmond, and Kansas City symphony orchestras over a course of 13 years.

An active soloist, Jöstlein won first prize in the professional division of the American Horn Competition in 2003 and the grand prize at the Hugo Kauder Music Competition at Yale University in 2005, earning a recital at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

Jöstlein studied with hornists William VerMeulen and Thomas Bacon at Rice University, and privately with tubists Arnold Jacobs and Roger Rocco. He has taught at the University of Hawaii and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Tricia Jöstlein, currently Principal Horn of the Heartland Festival Orchestra in Washington, IL,  previously held posts as Principal Horn of the Omaha Symphony and the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra.   She has performed as a soloist many times, both in recitals and with the Omaha Symphony and most recently the Alton (IL) Symphony, playing Richard Strauss' First Concerto on one week's notice.

The Jöstlein's enjoy living in University City with sons Klaus and Max.

Conductor, Bert Langeler. For more than 30 years, Bert Langeler has been an active and successful conductor, lecturer, consultant, organizer of international events, brass and wind teacher, arranger, manager, and facilitator. From 1974 to 2008 Bert conducted several wind bands, fanfare bands, brass bands and wind ensembles in the Netherlands. In 2008 he moved his main activities to Estonia in the Baltic States. Langeler is in demand as an international conductor and brass pedagogue/teacher, with recent U.S. projects at the University of Wisconsin and Jefferson County Community College, Missouri (2010 and 2011). He currently teaches and conducts at Viljandi Music School and is a trumpet teacher and lecturer of  Music Method and Didactica at the TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy. Bert lives with his wife Lirike and children Henrik, Alexander and Frederik in Viljandi, Estonia.

NO CONCERT

Fanfare & Flourishes by James Curnow

Colossus of Columbia by Russell Alexander; arr by Glenn Cliffe Bainum

Down a Country Lane by Aaron Copland; arr by Merlin Patterson

A Time with Nicholas by Jared Spears

The Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg; arr by James Barnes

Where the Black Hawk Soars by Robert W. Smith

Hymn to the Fallen by John Williams; arr by Paul Lavender
     GUEST CONDUCTOR Dr. Dale Skornia

Armed Forces Salute arr by Bob Lowden

The Stars & Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa; arr by Keith Brion

On the Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman

Guest conductor, Dr. Dale Skornia, is an Assistant Professor of Music at Ferris State University (FSU), Big Rapids, Michigan. Along with conducting and performing with the FSU bands, he is the Faculty Director of the Athletic Pep Band, a student conducted ensemble, and teaches Music Appreciation and Music for the Elementary Teacher. Dr. Skornia serves as a co-sponsor for the Delta Omega Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, a band service fraternity. An avid skier, he is the advisor for the FSU student ski club, Ferris Shred. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree form Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. He holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Kappa Kappa Psi.

Taps… 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of Taps. The tune for Taps is sometimes known as "Butterfield's Lullaby," or by the first line of the lyric, "Day is Done." It is actually a variation of an earlier bugle call known as the "Scott's Tattoo" which was used in the U.S. from 1835 until 1860. From that tune, American Civil War general, Union Army Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield arranged the present form of Taps while at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in July, 1862. Taps began as a revision to the signal for Extinguish Lights (Lights Out) at the end of the day. Up until the Civil War, the infantry call for Extinguish Lights was the one set down in Silas Casey's (1801-1882) Tactics, which had been borrowed from the French. As the story goes, General Butterfield was not pleased with the call for Extinguish Lights, feeling that the call was too formal to signal the day's end and with the help of the brigade bugler, Oliver Willcox Norton, wrote Taps to honor his men while in camp at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, following the Seven Day's battle. According to Butterfield, “The men rather liked their call, and began to sing my name to it. It was three notes and a catch. I cannot write a note of music, but have gotten my wife to write it from my whistling it to her, and enclose it. The men would sing, Dan, Dan, Dan, Butterfield, Butterfield to the notes when a call came.” Butterfield's bugler, Oliver W. Norton, of Erie, Pennsylvania was the first to sound the new call. Within months, both Union and Confederate forces used Taps and the United States Army officially recognized it in 1874.

Captain John C. Tidball, West Point, Class of 1848, started the custom of playing taps at a military funeral. It was in early July, 1862, at Harrison’s Landing, that a corporal of Tidball’s Battery A, 2nd Artillery, died. He was, Tidball recalled later, “a most excellent man.” Tidball desired to bury him with full military honors, but was refused permission to fire three guns over his grave. Tidball later wrote, “The thought suggested itself to me to sound taps instead, which I did. The idea was taken up by others, until in a short time it was adopted by the entire army andis now looked upon as the most appropriate and touching part of a military funeral.” It became a standard component to U.S. military funerals in 1891.

This first sounding of Taps at a military funeral is commemorated in a stained glass window at The Chapel of the Centurion (The Old Post Chapel) at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The site where Taps was born is also commemorated by a monument located on the grounds of Berkeley Plantation. This monument to Taps was erected by the Virginia American Legion and dedicated on July 4, 1969. The site is also rich in history, for the Harrisons of Berkeley Plantation included Benjamin Harrison and William Henry Harrison, both presidents of the United States as well as Benjamin Harrison (father and great grandfather of future presidents) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The melody of Taps is composed entirely from the written notes of the C major triad (i.e. C, E, and G, with the G used in the lower and higher octaves). This is because the bugle, for which it is written, can play only the notes in the harmonic series of the fundamental tone of the instrument. There are many verses to Taps with this one being the most common:

Day is done, gone the sun,

From the hills, from the lake, from the sky.

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Trumpet Soloist Lorenzo Trujillo holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Louisville, a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of California-Los Angeles. His performances have taken him to over 400 cities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Recently, Lorenzo completed a recording of new music for big band and solo trumpet which was released in November 2009. He currently teaches at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO.

Joe Pappas A native of Missouri, Joe Pappas has written over two hundred compositions for various types of ensembles from beginning bands to college wind ensembles. He is most known for his compositions for young bands and musicians. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, China and Europe. Mr. Pappas actively serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest. After 27 years of successful teaching in public schools, Mr. Pappas currently is a music instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, MO. He devotes most of his time to composing and working as an educational consultant and publishing editor for his own company, JPM Music Publications, which he started in 1992. He is also the Midwest regional coordinator for Music In the Parks, Festivals of Music and a coordinator/consultant for Six Flags Music Festivals. He remains active as an adjudicator, guest conductor and clinician world-wide. Among his many honors, Mr. Pappas has been a four time Teacher of the Year recipient, a 1994 recipient of the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993-94 Rockwood School District High School Teacher of the Year, the Missouri State High School Activity Association Distinguished Service Award, a national winner of the Sadie Rafferty Music Composition Contest sponsored by Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL and three times has been named to the Who’s Who Among American Teachers and three times to Who’s Who In America. Bands under his direction have won numerous awards including three times Overall Champions at Music In the Parks festivals and a two time recipient of the Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Bi-State Band of the Year Award. He is a past president of the East Central district of the Missouri Music Educator’s Association where he also served as college vice-president for two terms. He and his wife Cheryl reside in Festus, MO and have three children and four grandchildren.

Bette Welch, Guest Conductor earned a degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. She served as Music Director in Fulton County Community Schools, Cuba, IL. In addition she has served as Music Director of First United Methodist Church in East Alton, IL, SS Peter and Paul Church in Collinsville, IL and interim Director of Music at University United Methodist Church. Currently she is the Director of Orchestra at University United Methodist Church in University City. Ms. Welch is a playing member of Band Together, University City Summer Band and the St. Louis Wind Symphony. She has appeared as a guest conductor with Band Together and tonight marks her fourth appearance as a guest conductor with the University City Summer Band. When not performing music, she is a practicing CPA and owns her own firm in Shrewsbury.

Gary Gackstatter is an active artist, composer, conductor, performer and teacher, and is currently the conductor of the Symphonic Band and Orchestra at St Louis Community College at Meramec. He recently conducted the Meramec Symphonic Band at the Missouri Music Educators Convention. Prior to coming to Missouri, Gackstatter has built and maintained outstanding music programs in Oklahoma and Kansas public schools (1981-94), at Southwestern College (1992-06) and Cowley College (1990-2007) in Kansas and has also directed bands at Wichita State University (Fall 06-Spring 07). He is a 2006 Kansas Governor’s Arts Award recipient for Individual Multi-genre Artist. His creative output includes five symphonies which combine the arts, several cd's of original music for voice and guitar, a book "Pen and Ink" which features his artwork and writings, and many works for band and orchestra published by C. Alan Publications. He is directly responsible for many regional art events including symphonic debuts, internationally known guest artists and projects combining multiple art forms. His published compositions are performed internationally and his vision to combine the various arts genres in performances has gained national attention. Gackstatter has arranged music and performed with: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin, John Gorka, Barbara Higbie, Rob Faust, Paul Winter, Kansas and Three Dog Night. He has premiered works by Elmer Bernstein (To Kill A Mockingbird and Great Escape) and Eugene Friesen (Grasslands and Carl Sandburg’s ‘Prairie’) with the Paul Winter Consort. Other guest artists Gackstatter has worked with include: Howard Levy, Darol Anger, Michael Martin Murphy, Phillip Aaberg, Cherish the Ladies and many others.

Trombone Soloist Sim Flora is originally from Du Quoin, IL and earned a degree from Southern Illinois University and post-graduate degrees from Ouachita Baptist University and Oklahoma Baptist University. He currently serves as the chairman f the theory and composition department, teaching music theory, aural skills, and music technology courses at Ouachita Baptist University. Most recently, Sim has finished Sound Doctrine, a collection of American hymns arranged for trombone and flute. Sim is still an active jazz educator, serving public schools and colleges by conducting clinics, workshops, and performing as a guest artist.

Jared Spears is Professor of Music Emeritus at Arkansan State University.
He was born in Chicago and received the B.S.E. Degree in Music Education from Northern Illinois University; the B.M. and M.M. Degree in Composition from Northwestern University.  His teachers include Blyth Owen, Alan Stout, and Anthony Donata.  Post-doctoral studies include the study of music for film and television at MGM, Lorimar, 20thCentury Fox and Evergreen Studios under the guidance of John Cacavas. Dr. Spears has taught theory, music history, composition, percussion and band on all educational levels from elementary school through college.

Narrator Leon Burke was born in St. Louis, attended the Oberlin Conservatory and pursued further study that culminated in the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Kansas. Burke is currently the Music Director of the University City Symphony, the Alton Symphony, and is one of the cover conductors for the St. Louis Symphony. He also conducts the Cadenza Orchestra of the St. Charles County Youth Orchestra Program and is the Music Director of the Belleville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He is also Assistant Director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus as well as the Choir Director for Eliot Chapel in Kirkwood. A multifaceted musician, Leon Burke also teaches voice on the faculties of St. Louis University and East Central College in Union, MO.

Dr. Dale Skornia, Guest Conductor, is an Assistant Professor of Music at Ferris State University (FSU), Big Rapids, Michigan. Along with conducting and performing with the FSU bands, he is the Faculty Director of the Athletic Pep Band, a student conducted ensemble, and teaches Music Appreciation and Music for the Elementary Teacher. Dr. Skornia serves as a co-sponsor for the Delta Omega Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, a band service fraternity. An avid skier, he is the advisor for the FSU student ski club, Ferris Shred. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree form Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. He holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Kappa Kappa Psi.

Harry Dempsey holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in music from Kent State University. He was a professional musician and has served as bass player for Frank Sinatra, Jr. and as the former director of the Ferris Jazz Ensembles and Orchestra. He currently teaches courses in American Popular Music, Music Appreciation and Music in Film. Mr. Dempsey plays tennis, kayaks, boats, cycles and is a notorious golf hacker. In 1998 he received an award from the Michigan Press Association's "Better Newspaper Contest" for his columns appearing in the Pioneer Newspaper Group. He was presented with the 2002 Professional Tennis Management "Distinguished Teacher of the Year" Award. Mr. Dempsey also chaired the 2003 FSU "Distinguished Team of the Year" award-winning History Commemoration Task Force.

Sax Soloist Lori Burkhardt-Lurk has been playing saxophone for 31 years. Her saxophone teachers were her sister, Karen Burkhardt-Nalley, Bill Archer, Mike Buerk and Bob Coleman. She has received many music awards during high school for band, sax quartet and sax solos, as well as choir and voice ensembles. Lori has been a member of the UCity Summer Band since 1999. She was a member of the Symphony Music School Adult Concert Band, 1997-2001, under the direction of Dan Presgrave, and was a member of the Meramec Symphonic Band, 1985-1990, under the direction of Dr. Ronald Stilwell. She sang in the MO Choral Society, 1996-1997, under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Greenlaw. Lori played sax in the MO All-Collegiate Band, 1988, and sang in the MO All-Collegiate Choral, 1990, both perform at the MO Music Educators Association Conference at Tan-Tar-A. In high school, Lori played sax in All-Conference Band. Lori has been teaching Kindermusik since 1995, a music and music program for infants to 7 year-olds and their families. She has had her own Kindermusik Studio (Kindermusik with Lori Burkhardt) since 2006 that has received Maestro Status since 2007. She has a BS in Music Therapy from Maryville University. In her free time, she enjoys reading non-fiction, cross-stitching, genealogy, local history, tending to her cats, bowling, hiking and canoeing. Lori would like to thank her husband, David, and her parents, Ron and Jacky, for all of their support.

Joe Pappas is a native of Missouri, Joe Pappas has written over two hundred compositions for various types of ensembles from beginning bands to college wind ensembles. He is most known for his compositions for young bands and musicians. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, China and Europe. Mr. Pappas actively serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest. After 27 years of successful teaching in public schools, Mr. Pappas currently is a music instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, MO. He devotes most of his time to composing and working as an educational consultant and publishing editor for his own company, JPM Music Publications, which he started in 1992. He is also the Midwest regional coordinator for Music In the Parks, Festivals of Music and a coordinator/consultant for Six Flags Music Festivals. He remains active as an adjudicator, guest conductor and clinician world-wide. Among his many honors, Mr. Pappas has been a four time Teacher of the Year recipient, a 1994 recipient of the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993-94 Rockwood School District High School Teacher of the Year, the Missouri State High School Activity Association Distinguished Service Award, a national winner of the Sadie Rafferty Music Composition Contest sponsored by Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL and three times has been named to the Who’s Who Among American Teachers and three times to Who’s Who In America. Bands under his direction have won numerous awards including three times Overall Champions at Music In the Parks festivals and a two time recipient of the Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Bi-State Band of the Year Award. He is a past president of the East Central district of the Missouri Music Educator’s Association where he also served as college vice-president for two terms. He and his wife Cheryl reside in Festus, MO and have three children and four grandchildren.

Sy Pollack was born and raised in New York, where he studied piano for 14 years, mostly at the Third Street Settlement music school. When he discovered that he could get paid to play, he worked in combos throughout his college years, including several summers in the Catskill Mountains. Besides the usual array of weddings, dances, parties and Bar Mitzvahs, Sy holds the dubious distinction of having played at a divorce. While living in Cincinnati, Sy studied the trombone so he could join a concert band. That didn't happen till he moved to St. Louis, where Dan Presgrave let him play in his Monday night adult concert band. Sy also played in the UCity Summer Band during its early years and, more recently, in the O'Fallon (MO) community band. What made all this possible was a great day job as Professor of Computer Science at Washington University. (The march just happened.)

Missouri Composer, Joe Pappas A native of Missouri, Joe Pappas has written over two hundred compositions for various types of ensembles from beginning bands to college wind ensembles. He is most known for his compositions for young bands and musicians. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, China and Europe. Mr. Pappas actively serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Midwest. After 27 years of successful teaching in public schools, Mr. Pappas currently is a music instructor at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, MO. He devotes most of his time to composing and working as an educational consultant and publishing editor for his own company, JPM Music Publications, which he started in 1992. He is also the Midwest regional coordinator for Music In the Parks, Festivals of Music and a coordinator/consultant for Six Flags Music Festivals. He remains active as an adjudicator, guest conductor and clinician world-wide. Among his many honors, Mr. Pappas has been a four time Teacher of the Year recipient, a 1994 recipient of the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award, 1993-94 Rockwood School District High School Teacher of the Year, the Missouri State High School Activity Association Distinguished Service Award, a national winner of the Sadie Rafferty Music Composition Contest sponsored by Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL and three times has been named to the Who’s Who Among American Teachers and three times to Who’s Who In America. Bands under his direction have won numerous awards including three times Overall Champions at Music In the Parks festivals and a two time recipient of the Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Bi-State Band of the Year Award. He is a past president of the East Central district of the Missouri Music Educator’s Association where he also served as college vice-president for two terms. He and his wife Cheryl reside in Festus, MO and have three children and four grandchildren.

Missouri Composer, Gary Gackstatter is an active artist, composer, conductor, performer and teacher, and is currently the conductor of the Symphonic Band and Orchestra at St Louis Community College at Meramec. He recently conducted the Meramec Symphonic Band at the Missouri Music Educators Convention. Prior to coming to Missouri, Gackstatter has built and maintained outstanding music programs in Oklahoma and Kansas public schools (1981-94), at Southwestern College (1992-06) and Cowley College (1990-2007) in Kansas and has also directed bands at Wichita State University (Fall 06-Spring 07). He is a 2006 Kansas Governor’s Arts Award recipient for Individual Multi-genre Artist. His creative output includes five symphonies which combine the arts, several cd's of original music for voice and guitar, a book "Pen and Ink" which features his artwork and writings, and many works for band and orchestra published by C. Alan Publications. He is directly responsible for many regional art events including symphonic debuts, internationally known guest artists and projects combining multiple art forms. His published compositions are performed internationally and his vision to combine the various arts genres in performances has gained national attention. Gackstatter has arranged music and performed with: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin, John Gorka, Barbara Higbie, Rob Faust, Paul Winter, Kansas and Three Dog Night. He has premiered works by Elmer Bernstein (To Kill A Mockingbird and Great Escape) and Eugene Friesen (Grasslands and Carl Sandburg’s ‘Prairie’) with the Paul Winter Consort. Other guest artists Gackstatter has worked with include: Howard Levy, Darol Anger, Michael Martin Murphy, Phillip Aaberg, Cherish the Ladies and many others. An accomplished visual artist, Gackstatter's artwork will be featured at the upcoming St Louis Art Fair in Clayton.

Article from The Montage-St Louis Community College at Meramec: Gary Gackstatter gives notes in and out of class

Missouri Composer, Bill Archer, July 1940 - May 2008
represented by his wife, Evelyn Archer
A graduate from Affton High School, Bill Archer earned advanced degrees in music at Illinois Wesleyan University and undertook doctoral work a the University of Illinois and Washington University. Bill's extensive musical career, spanning more than 40 years, included teaching, conducting, composing and performing music across the United States and Western Europe. A dedicated educator at all levels, Bill held teaching positions at numerous area institutions including Washington University, East Central College and Fontbonne University where he served as Director of Jazz Studies and Instrumental Music Activities. Bill's professional performing credits include innumerable appearances as a jazz soloist, lead alto saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist. In addition to teaching and performing, Bill served as principal arranger for the Mighty Mississippi Concert Band. Bill composed and arranged on commission, for publication and for commercial recording sessions. He also presented clinics for Selmer Musical Instruments and adjudicated high school and college music festivals.

Missouri Composer, Claude T. Smith, March 1932 - December 1987 represented by his daughter, Pam Kelly
Claude T. Smith was born in Monroe City, MO. He received his undergraduate training at Central Methodist College in Fayette, MP and at the University of Kansas. He composed extensively in the areas of instrumental and choral music and his compositions have been performed by leading musical organizations throughout the world. Having over 110 band works, 12 orchestra works and 15 choral works, he composed solos for such artists as "Doc" Severinsen, Dale Underwood, Brian Bowman, Warren Covington, Gary Foster, Rich Matteson and Steve Seward. Mr. Smith taught instrumental music in the public schools of Nebraska and Missouri. He also served as a member of the faculty of Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, where he taught composition and theory and conducted the University Symphony Orchestra. Smith received numerous prestigious commissions including works for the U. S. Air Force Band, the "President's Own" U. S. Marine Band, the U. S. Navy Band and the Army Field Band. His composition "Flight" was adapted as the "Official March" of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute. His orchestra works include compositions for the Kansas City Youth Symphony, the South Bend Young Symphony, the Springfield MO Symphony and the 1981 Missouri All-State String Orchestra. Claude T. Smith was active as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States, Australia, Canada and Europe. He received many awards for his contributions to music education and for his work in composition. He had been a constant recipient of the A. S. C. A. P. Composer's Award. Following his death, he was awarded the National Band Association Award (A. W. A. P. A.) Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts in 1988; an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Central Methodist College in 1988, the Hall of Fame Award from the Missouri Bandmaster's Association in 1988, the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Award in 1989, the Hall of Fame Award from the Missouri Music Educators Association in 1992 and was awarded as School Director of the Year from the Christian Instrumentalists Directors Association in 1994.

Bob Settle, Guest Conductor, is the Director of Instrumental Music in the Valley Park School District, where he has been teaching for the last fifteen years. At Valley Park, he conducts bands from grades 5-12 and directs the Jazz Band. Previous teaching positions include Kirkwood R-7 District and a position in the state of North Carolina. Bob also has a studio where he teaches brass students, concentrating on low brass instrumentalists. Besides performing with the UCity Summer Band, Bob also regularly performs with the St. Louis Wind Symphony and the Washington University Orchestra. Bob is a member of MENC and MMEA. Tonight marks Bobs fifth appearance with the band as a conductor.

Missouri Composer, Jared Spears is Professor of Music Emeritus at Arkansan State University. He was born in Chicago and received the B.S.E. Degree in Music Education from Northern Illinois University; the B.M. and M.M. Degree in Composition from Northwestern University. His teachers include Blyth Owen, Alan Stout, and Anthony Donata. Post-doctoral studies include the study of music for film and television at MGM, Lorimar, 20thCentury Fox and Evergreen Studios under the guidance of John Cacavas. Dr. Spears has taught theory, music history, composition, percussion and band on all educational levels from elementary school through college. His awards include the Faricy Award for Creative Music from Northwestern, the Award of Merit from the Arkansas Chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs, Outstanding Educators of America, International Who's Who in Music, Who's Who in the World of Percussion-U.S.A., Citations for Excellence from the National Band Association, Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate and over 30 years of ASCAP Awards. During his tenure at Arkansas State, Dr. Spears received the University President's Award for outstanding faculty member as well as an appointment as a President's Fellow. To date Dr. Spears has composed music for radio and television commercials and produced over 250 original published works. His music has been performed and recorded worldwide and he has conducted band festivals, music camps and clinics around the world. He is considered one of the most performed American composers of wind and percussion music.

Missouri Composer, Gay Holmes Spears completed the Bachelor of Music degree at University of Tennessee at Martin, Master of Music at Arkansas State University and Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Memphis. She has earned several awards and commission prizes for her compositions, ranging from the Tennessee Music Teachers Association "Composer of the Year," an Arkansas Arts Council Fellowship, twelve consecutive ASCAP awards and a proclamation from Governor Mike Huckabee as "Outstanding Composer and Musician in the State of Arkansas." Her pieces, in many instrumental and vocal media, have been performed in numerous concerts throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Currently, she is an instructor in the music department at St. Louis University and also serves as Director of Music Ministries at the Church of the Good Shepherd in suburban St. Louis, MO. Spears works are published by Neil A. Kjos, Ludwig Music, Band Music Press, Southern Music Company and Grand Mesa Music Company.

Missouri Composer, David R. Holsinger was born in Hardin, MO in 1945 and holds degrees from Central Methodist University, University of Central Missouri and the University of Kansas. He is presently on the faculty of Lee University, Cleveland, TN where he is the inaugural Conductor of the Lee Wind Ensemble and teaches composition, orchestration and conducting. Holsinger's compositions have won four national competitions, including a two time ABA Ostwald Award. His works have also been finalists in the NBA and Sudler composition competitions. Other recent honors include the Distinguished Music Alumni Award from Central Missouri State University, CIDA'S 1999 Director of the Year Citation, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonias Orpheus Award, the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from Central Methodist College and the 2003 Excellence in Scholarship Citation from Lee University. In the past twelve years, Holsinger has served as Visiting Distinguished Composer in Residence at eleven American colleges or universities, including the Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. In addition to his university duties, Holsinger spends much of his energies as a guest composer and conductor with All State organizations, professional bands and University ensembles throughout the United States. When not composing or conducting, he models HO scale trains.

Dr. Dale Skornia, Guest Conductor, is an Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Director of Bands at Ferris State University in Big Rapids Michigan. Dr. Skornia holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the Michigan Music Educators Association, the Conductors Guild, the College Band Directors National Association and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Delmar Garden March by Ernesto Natiello (1909) arranged by Joseph Pappas (2009)
Historical Background
“(In 1901) a new racetrack and an amusement park just across the city line brought a lot of city folk out west. The racetrack straddled the boundary between the country and the city on the north side of Delmar. The entrances to the grounds, or gates, were the source of the names of two streets. Delmar Gardens, at the loop of the Delmar line, was one of several amusement parks or resorts at the ends of the street car lines....Delmar Gardens boasted of “magnificent theaters presenting star performers in opera, dram and vaudeville.” The park had a variety of restaurants where a visitor could even get caviar...A series of wet summers around World War I and changing tastes, forced the closing of most of the street car line amusement parks including Delmar Gardens.” From Legacy of Lions, A History of University City, 1981, Historical society of University City, St. Louis, MO. The race track itself closed down after 1905 because of a crackdown on gambling.

“Delmar Gardens (Amusement Park) was located along Delmar Boulevard between Kingsland and Skinker. Built before the St. Louis World's Fair, it was a popular entertainment spot until 1911. In addition to the scenic railroad, it had a large merry-go-round, music halls, beer gardens, band pavilions, picnic areas, theaters and a nearby race track. The entrance and exit to the Gardens gave their names to the present Eastgate and Westgate Avenues.” From A University City Album, The Citizens Committee for the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, 1981.

About the Arrangement.... This arrangement was created for the University City, Missouri, Community Band and it's conductor, Mr. Thomas Poshak. Even though there is speculation that the piece was originally arranged for concert band, a copy has not been found. The piano score, typical of the two-step or ragtime march was used in the arrangement. The integrity of the piece was preserved and added instrumentation and stylistic writing was added to keep it in the style of the period. The piece should be played as fast as the performers can handle cleanly. Attention to articulation and dynamics are important. Be careful not to overemphasize the syncopation, it should be done with a light feel on the sixteenths and a slight accent on the eighth note. In the TRIO, the upper octaves in the flutes and clarinet are preferred.

Casey Geisz, Guest Conductor, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-St.Louis with both a Bachelors and a Masters degree. He studied conducting with Dr. Ronald Arnatt and Dr. Warren Bellis. Casey taught in the University City School District from 1977-1985 where he worked with some notable students who went on to successful musical careers: Wayne du Maine, Todd Williams and Jeremy Davenport. Until he retired Casey worked with students in the Brentwood School District teaching instrumental music for grades 4-12. He enjoys his retirement with a number of sporting hobbies and by playing with the St. Louis Wind Symphony and with the University City Summer Band.

Dr. Dale Skornia, Guest Conductor, is an Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Director of Bands at Ferris State University in Big Rapids Michigan. Dr. Skornia holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the Michigan Music Educators Association, the Conductors Guild, the College Band Directors National Association and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Bob Settle, guest conductor, is the Director of Instrumental Music in the Valley Park School District, where he has been teaching for the last fifteen years. At Valley Park, he conducts bands from grades 5-12 and directs the Jazz Band. Previous teaching positions include Kirkwood R-7 District and a position in the state of North Carolina. Bob also has a studio where he teaches brass students, concentrating on low brass instrumentalists. Besides performing with the UCity Summer Band, Bob also regularly performs with the St. Louis Wind Symphony and the Washington University Orchestra. Bob is a member of MENC and MMEA. Tonight marks Bob's fourth appearance with the band as a conductor.

Bette Welch, Guest Conductor, earned a degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She served as Music Director in Fulton County Community Schools, Cuba, IL. In addition, she has served as Music Director for First United Methodist Church in East Alton, IL, SS Peter & Paul Church in Collinsville, IL and interim Director of Music at University United Methodist Church in University City. Ms. Welch is a playing member of Band Together, University City Summer Band and the St. Louis Wind Symphony. She has appeared as a guest conductor with Band Together and tonight marks her third appearance as a guest conductor with the University City Summer Band. When not performing music, she is a practicing CPA and owns her own firm in Brentwood.

Carole Lemire, French horn, received her Bachelor of Music Degree from Boston University studying under David Ohanian, and a Performing Artist Certificate from the St. Louis Conservatory, studying under Roland Pandolfi. She is the former principal horn with the Opera de Columbia and Sinfonica de Antioquia in Columbia S.A. and also a former member of the Mexico City Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica Portuguesa and Opera Sao Carlos of Lisbon, Portugal. Ms. Lemire has performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and other area ensembles. She is a founding member of the St. Louis Horn Quartet and the Equinox Chamber Players, and is a member of the St. Louis Brass Ensemble and Kim Portnoy Jazz band. A former faculty member of the Community Music School of Webster University, Carole is currently on the faculty of Washington University and teaches privately.

Gary W. Brandes, Conductor, is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Missouri St. Louis. His duties include Director of the University Symphonic Band, Jazz Lab Band, teaching Instrumental Music Education classes, Chamber Ensembles, Conducting I and Brass Techniques. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently the Missouri State Chairman for the National Band Association. Prior to his appointment at UMSL he was band director in the middle and high schools in the Fort Zumwalt School District. As a trombonist he is active in several jazz ensembles and the St. Louis Wind Symphony. Gary has served as band and low brass adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor in the United States and Canada. Professional affiliations include MENC, NBA, MBA, IAJE, ITA, CBDNA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Phi Beta Mu. Gary lives in St. Peters, Missouri with his wife Brenda and daughter Erin.

Gary W. Brandes, Conductor, is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Missouri St. Louis.  His duties include Director of the University Symphonic Band, Jazz Lab Band, teaching Instrumental Music Education classes, Chamber Ensembles, Conducting I and Brass Techniques.  He received his Bachelor of Music Education from University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  He is currently the Missouri State Chairman for the National Band Association.  Prior to his appointment at UMSL he was band director in the middle and high schools in the Fort Zumwalt School District.  As a trombonist he is active in several jazz ensembles and the St. Louis Wind Symphony.  Gary has served as band and low brass adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor in the United States and Canada.  Professional affiliations include MENC, NBA, MBA, IAJE, ITA, CBDNA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Phi Beta Mu.  Gary lives in St. Peters, Missouri with his wife Brenda and daughter Erin. 

Bette Welch, Guest Conductor, earned a degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.  She served as Music Director in Fulton County Community Schools, Cuba, IL.  In addition, she has served as Music Director for  First United Methodist Church in East Alton, IL, SS Peter & Paul Church in Collinsville, IL and interim Director of Music at University United Methodist  Church in University City.  Ms. Welch is a playing member of Band Together, University City Summer Band and the St. Louis Wind Symphony.  She has appeared as a guest conductor with Band Together and tonight marks her second appearance as a guest conductor with the University City Summer Band.  When not performing music, she is a practicing CPA and owns her own firm in Brentwood.

Bob Settle, guest conductor, is the Director of Instrumental Music in the Valley Park School District, where he has been teaching for the last fifteen years. At Valley Park, he conducts bands from grades 5-12 and directs the Jazz Band. Previous teaching positions include Kirkwood R-7 District and a position in the state of North Carolina. Bob also has a studio where he teaches brass students, concentrating on low brass instrumentalists. Besides performing with the UCity Summer Band, Bob also regularly performs with the St. Louis Wind Symphony and the Washington University Orchestra. Bob is a member of MENC and MMEA.  Tonight marks Bob's third appearance with the band as a conductor.