ASU Spring Tuba Euphonium Day!
with special guest

Dr. Gail Robertson, euphonium
Dr. Hannah Creviston, piano
Guest Artist Series
Recital Hall I Feb. 16, 202012:30pm

Program
Peter Graham (b. 1958)

Turbulence, Tide and Torque
I. Turbulence
II. Tide
Ill. Torque

Stan Nieuwenhuis (b. 1985)

Early Skies
with piano and CD

INTERMISSION

Mark My Words

James Grant (b. 1954)

Paracosms
I. Obligatory Weirdness
II. Night Flight
Ill. From the Depths
IV. Wildfire

Ben McMillan (b. 1984)

Suite for Euphonium, Tuba and Piano
"Dancing with Myself"
I. Bohemian Evening
II. Tango
Ill. The Night Goes On
IV. Polka
V. Past Midnight
Deanna Swoboda, tuba

Barbara York {b. 1949)

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Arizona State University

Bio

Gail Robertson ea med her BA, degree from the University of Central Florida and a M,M, in Euphonium Performance from Indiana University
while serving as graduate assistant to Harvey Phillips, She postponed her doctoral studies ai the University of Maryland wi,h Dr. Brian Bowman
to perform with the '"Tubafours" at Walt Disney World, Orlando where she served as musical supervisor/chief arranger and produced a highly
acclaimed CD. ··T,,t,as Under rlt.e Boardwalk." She has recently completed her D.M.A. as a University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State
University studying with Phil Sinder, Ava Ordman, and Ricardo Lorenz. She has taught on the faculties of Eastern Michigan University, the
University of Central Florida, Bethune-Cookman University, the University of Florida, Valencia, and Seminole Community Colleges, and
remains active as a teacher, adjudicator, composer, arranger and free-lance artist, both nationally and internationally. Robercson currently serves
as Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Central Arkansas where she is tubist in the Pinnacle Brass and
teaches the Jazz Ensemble II. She is the ChairiChief Editor of the International Tuba and Euphonium Press, and serves on the Board of Directors
of the Leonard Falcone Tuba and Euphonium Festival, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA). and the International
Women's Brass Conference (lWBC). She has served as President of the !WBC and as a conference host in 20 IO and 2006. She has also served as
Euphonium and Membership Coordinator of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association (!TEA) and was the featured artist on the cover
of the !TEA Journal (Vol, 38: 1, Fall 20 I 0), Two of Gail's original works have also been featured Gems in the !TEA Journal (Ja�� Encounler Nn.
I-Gem Series No.22. Vol.38:1,Fal! 2010,and Allegro et Anda11ta11go Gem Series No.3:4, Vol.41:3.Spring 2014l.Gail was recently
awarded the 2014 Clifford Bevan Award for Excellence in Research for her document, '·Restoring the Euphonium ·s Legacy as Cello of the Wind
Band." Her original work for brass quintet, Tower Guard Trilnlle, was awarded honorable mention by the 2014 International Alliance for Women
rn Music's Patsy Lu competition. In May 2009, Gail recorded a new CD with Dr. Stacy Baker. Alex Thio. and Dr. Deb Eastwood, called
"Srmhio.1i.1/)11n:· SYMBIOSlSDUO will release their second CD. "P/avgr,nmd," in January 2015. Several of the works recorded by the duo
were newly commissioned works written especially for the duo. Composers include: Franz Cibulka, Jim Self. James Grant, Christopher Marshall.
Brian Balrnages, Chris Sharp, Kimberly Archer. T,0, Sterrett, and Phillip Bimstein. In 2007, Gail received Tau Beta Sigma ·s highest honor,
the "Outsranding Servic ·e ro Music Award." She has also been a clinician for the MIDWEST Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, the Florida
Music Educators' Association, the Michigan Music Conference, and numel'OUS !TEA, IWBC, and United States Army Tuba and Euphonium
Conferences. Robertson has toured the U .S,, Europe, China, and Japan with Keith Brion's "New Sousa Band," the Brass Band of Battle Creek.
the l\fonarch Brass, the Athena Brass Band, and the Brass Band of Central Florida. She has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
the Derro1t Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the River City Brass Band, Jack Daniel's Silver Cornet Band, Euphoniums
Unlimited. Symphonia, the Orlando based «Horns and Pipes" Brass and Percussion Ensemble, and SYMBIOSISDUO, Her published works and
arrangements are available through GAR MUSIC,
·, and Tuba-Euphonium Press, As a Willson Euphonium i\rtist, Robertson's
euphonium of choice is a Willson 2950TA
l'rogram Notes:
Turhule11ce, Tide tmd Torque was commissioned by and composed for renowned baritone soloist, Katrina Marzella and the Black Dyke Band in
2018. Peter Graham is one of the most well-known composers f or brass band and his writing for the baritone/euphonium is.always excellent.
Many of his compositions are used as "test pieces" at International Brass Band Competitions. Turhulence. Tide and Torque pays tribute to three
women who were true pioneers and heroines of rheir time,Tur/mle11ce is dedicated to one of the world's best woman aviators. Harriet Quimby.
She was the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Tide is dedicated to Grace Darling, a national heroine and daughter of a lighthouse
keeper who was instrumental in the rescue of survivors from the wrecked steamship. the SS Fo(/arshire. Torq11e is dedicated to the woman's
w0rld land speed Napier race car record holder. Dorothy Levitt, In 1906 sh� was named the "Fastest Girl on Earth."
Ertrly S,kies was commissioned by Sebastien Rousseau for flugelhorn, Brass Band (or Wind Band), and CD accompaniment. When seeking music
for this recital. I was intrigued by this composer and this work for brass instruments. I had never seen a solo work for CO fil1d piano. Many of
Dutch composer Stan Nieuwenhuis' works are inspired by captivating stories. This work was written as a lament from a mother who has lost a
newborn child.
"The CD a,·companimem consists of'a hear/heal, elec'!ronic drums. heats, organs and synlhesi:ers. Tlte con/rast between warm and
sharp sounds in rhe accompaniment emphasi:es the emotional rollercoasrerfrom !he mother. In tlie soloi.,·t par/ the ,:omposer wrote
many hends and glissandi io ol!lain a very expressive mourning and vocal-like sowul, The piece s/art.1· ou/ ver r .wi/i with rite
heartheal on tape and the soloi.sl coming in alone. The soloist uses a mute to get a dis tantlahxent atmo.,phere, Step hy step the pittce
evolves lo an enraverr fas/a par/, To the end the energv slowl_vfacles ou/ rd the music. At 1he end olf/,e piece the w:,·ompanimen!
jiu/es awav and !he soluisr is alone with rhe heartbeat again. until !he hear/hear stops.. ..
Stan
:'iieuwenhuis
James Grant is a wonderful composer and friend of the tuba and euphonium, Mark My Words is a musical gift to Dr, Mark Nelson (Professor of
Tuba and Euphonium and Pin1:iOnline Arts and Humanities Dept. I-lead at Pima Community College. Tucson. Arizona), Mark will forever be
responsible for discovering and inspiring James to compose for the tuba. Like many of James· works. this one is full of his usual twists and fun.
"Be preparedf,,r somell!ing jirn rhat sounds like Charlie Brown doing a funky cha-cha. I did 1101 rel/ him [i\4arkf that the middle
sec/ion would make over/ ref'erence lo all the principal .,hapes. molive.1· and themes from Three F11ries fi>r Solo Tuha (his first work
Ji,r tuha) mv way of' !hanking Mark Nelson, specifically, for opening wule the door <(l composing fi1r tu/Ja and euphonium rhose
mam• vears ago a11df<1r so enthusiaslically escortiug me over !he lhres/wld." James Gram
A paracosm is a phenomenon where an imaginary (fantasy) world is created in the mind of a child. Paracosms is an unaccompanied work by the
energetic American composer, Benjamin McMillan.! first met Ben when he was an undergraduate student at Tennessee Tech University where
he studied euphonium with R, Winston Morris and composition with Greg Danner. This four-movement work explores aspects of the euphonium
that are usually overlooked and ignored by others.Paracosms caught my attention with its title. the demands of the low register, and its use of a
mut�. Each of the four movements has a very different "character:· Like all other McMillan works, be prepared for compositional twists and
pleasing melodic lines

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