001[Music] Okay. Hello everybody. Um, I'm not going to be doing too much of the talking tonight. I'm going to let the students do um the introductions of our pieces, but I just wanted to say hello and good evening. Thanks for coming and um we hope you enjoy our evening of orchestra music. [Applause] Welcome to the spring orchestra concert. We will begin tonight with a piece written in 12 bar blues form. This style of music based on piano style is called Boogie Woogie. Features a piticado walking baseline and a number of soloists. You will hear solos and duets throughout the piece. Some written by the composer and others composed or improvised by the students. Our soloists are Luke, Elena, Eva, Graden, Molly, Lola, and Phoebe. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]
002Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] This way. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Applause] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause] Our next piece was composed in the 1600s by a well-known fiddler called Turlock O' Carolyn. Although O Carolyn was blind from birth, he made his life for himself as a traveling musician and composer. A limit is a song of mourning or loss. We do not know whether it is written to mourn Ocane's demise or the captain is lamenting someone he has lost. What I like most about this song is how the melody goes up and down the scale. [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello. [Applause] This piece is especially meaningful
003to Beaver Dam Middle School as it was composed in memory of longtime orchestra director Mark Lizer. Mr. Lizer taught at the middle school in the 1980s and 90s before moving on to teach in Watertown as the first conductor of the Senetta of orchestra of Weisso. Mr. Lizer was a good friend and mentor to Miss Gaylord when she first started teaching here. Tonight we we will perform the first and third movements of this symphony. The first movement captures Mr. Lizer's playful spirit and joy of life. We like playing this one because of its cheerful melodies and bouncy feeling. The third movement, by contrast, is muted and mournful and portrays the grief his family and friends felt at his passing. [Applause] [Music] God. [Music] Yeah. What? Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]
004Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Oh, [Music] Amen. Amen. Amen. [Music] Wow. [Music] God. [Music] I love you. [Applause] Just sorry I got a little um so I don't know how many of you grew up in excuse me in Beaver Dam. I knew I wasn't going to be able to introduce that song. Um but how many people knew Mr. Mizer. Anybody in the audience know Mr.izer? Quite a few of you, I think. Um, whether you were students of his or not, but maybe you knew of him or maybe you were in the middle school when he was there. Um, so it's pretty cool for us to be able
005to do that piece. All right. The other reason I get emotional about this concert is it's always a little bit of saying goodbye to some eighth graders. And every class has something like that remarkable or special that I that I kind of think of them. This year's eighth graders, I will always remember and um consider to be my co babies because um those of you that did fourth grade orchestra probably remember fourth grade orchestra that wasn't. We brought them in for a week. I gave them a few lessons. They learned how to play probably hot cross buns and then we sent them home and were not able to get together for another lesson for um several months. So, you either heard nothing or you heard hot cross buns incessantly. So, either way, sorry. But they
006came back. They brought friends. They were stronger than ever. It was it it was such a surprise to me and such a wonderful, pleasant surprise to have them come back. And that is that's just how I'm always going to think of this eighth grade class. So, eighth graders, could you just stand up and so we can recognize your last middle school concert? [Music] [Applause] All right. And thank you for all your support whether or not they're continuing in high school. I think most of them are um in music in some way or another. Um and we um so hopefully we'll see them all back on this stage doing something in the next um several years. And I know I look forward to after we're finished in a bit, I look forward to seeing my former
007students come up here and and what they've accomplished. And actually, you're going to see the eighth graders come back up at the end of the concert. They're going to perform as part of the high school orchestra. Um, which is something we like to do kind of as a as a transition. So, um, all right, we're going to move into our last piece and Olivia's going to announce that. Thank you for attending our performance this evening and for supporting our musical growth this year. We will end this portion of the concert with a movement from Cernada for strings called Cakewalk. This piece gave us the opportunity to work on expanding our dynamic range as it calls for every dynamic marking from forimo to all the all the way down to p and n eimo or four
008ps. It also has a very fun and fast repeated rhythm motive. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] All right, just filling up while we get the [Music] I don't got it. Oh, she get it. Awesome. I know. Never mind. I'll just grab myself. No, it's not. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello. Oh. So, um, first up we got Sweet for Strings. The Hullberg suite opus 40 more properly from Holberg's time subtitled sweet in olden style is a suite of five movements based on 18th century dance forms written by Edward Grig in 1884 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dano Norwegian humanist playwright Lvig Hullberg who lived from 1684 to 1754. The Hullberg suite was originally composed for the piano,
009but a year later was adapted by Greek himself for string orchestra. We're excited to present to you the first movement prelude from this iconic work. Please enjoy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] All right. Hello everybody. Um, again, that was Prelude from Grig's Sweet for Strings. I've uh I've been wanting to do that piece with the high school orchestra for a number of years. And um we had a we had a fun time reading through the whole thing. So, you heard Lucas mention that that's a fivemovement work. Uh if we played the whole thing, it'd be about 20 minutes. So, uh we elected to just start
010our concert with the prelude and um we had fun with that one. So, um if you don't know me, my name is Kyle Hendrickson. And the reason I'm introducing myself is we have many uh eighth graders as we saw a few minutes ago and I'm sure many of you are about to be high school orchestra parents. So just want you to know who is up here talking and uh we're excited to have those those eighth graders here in the in the high school orchestra next year. So, uh, we'll continue with our student intros in a minute, but, um, this being our last concert of the year, um, and this being the last concert of, um, some of our students high school careers, um, and the really the end of our year, um, I do have
011a couple of awards that I give out every year. So, uh, we're going to kind of sprinkle those in in between pieces. So, um, I'm going to I'm going to start with one of those awards in between our first and second piece here. So, u, one award I give every year is the outstanding underclassman award. Um, I know underassman for many, uh, schools is considered freshman, sophomore. Um, generally here, at least as long as I've been here, we've been giving this award to anybody that's not a senior. So, that being said, uh, this year's outstanding underclassman for the BDHS orchestra uh, has shown tremendous growth um, throughout the school year as a leader and a positive force within our orchestra. This student participated in a variety of events at solo and ensemble, including a class
012A solo, led our viola choir, uh was a member of our string quartet and even played another instrument. He played bass uh in jazz 2 here at the high school. Um his work ethic is truly something to be admired. Uh he regularly seeks out challenges in the form of pit orchestras, outside of school music clinics, uh as I previously mentioned, new instruments, um and has the drive to continue to improve. Uh, I'm excited to see where the next two years of, uh, high school music take this student on his musical journey. So, uh, our first award of the night for outstanding underassman goes to Drew [Applause] [Music] Norenberg. Sir for you. Nice [Applause] work. Our second selection is White Clouds on a Blue Sky composed by Dan Adams. As the title suggests, this beautiful lyrical
013work captures the beauty of a clear blue sky on a spring or summer day. It has been a fun change of pace to work on this piece and it has helped us to learn to follow the bass section for phrasing. This piece will feature Claire Teal on violin, Elizabeth Fields and Aurora Ring Cone on bass. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] God. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause] Boy, wasn't that one nice? We really liked working on that one. Um, okay. Uh, I left something on my stand that I need. Okay. The second award that I present uh on an
014annual basis is the outstanding senior award. Um this year's outstanding senior award for orchestra goes to an individual who's been such a strong member of our orchestra program for four years. Uh having been a session leader, student service worker for the music department uh and regular solo and ensemble participant. This student's made a great impact on our program both through her playing uh and service to the music department overall. Congratulations to this year's outstanding senior, Raquel Bernett. [Applause] Yeah, of course. All right, next piece. Our third selection is American Real composed by Kurt Moer. This composition blends the sounds of Ireland with sounds of America. Although this piece is a real, it is technically a jig. American Real won the 2004 Asta NSOA Merl J. Isaac composi composition contest. We will feature Darren and Claire
015Teal on violin. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat up [Music] here. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat up here. [Music] [Applause] Okay. Uh, now I have to talk a lot. Sorry. Um, but I have a couple things uh to to recognize at this concert uh that I want to make sure that I do. So, um, one opportunity for students in the state of Wisconsin is the WSMA State Honors Project. Um, many of you probably know WSMA as uh the association that um I I guess runs solo and ensemble. Um, and they they do many other things um other than just solo and ensemble. And the state honors project uh is a big
016big opportunity for students. Um, and um through throughout my years as the director here, I've had a number of students uh audition for this ensemble, including three uh this year. But the reason I mention this at this concert is um this is a very rigorous process to to earn entry into the state honors program. Um hundreds of students audition for uh this project and and at times uh maybe a dozen or so or maybe a little bit more than that make it into like a section in this orchestra. Uh and I mentioned that at this concert because we did have uh a student qualify for the high school state honors project this year. So, uh I I very much uh am proud of this student um for qualifying uh and I really hope she enjoys
017her participation in this. Um so, if you could please give a big round of applause to Darren Teal. [Applause] Um, as the high school orchestra director, um, it's it's my honor every year to, uh, award the National School Orchestra Award to, uh, a deserving senior within the program. Uh, as as music teachers, um, we we at this school, we have band, orchestra, and choir. So, each department has a department excellence award. Uh the NSOA National School Orchestra Award is the orchestra one. So uh the National School Orchestra Award is the highest honor you can bestow upon a member of the high school orchestra to recognize excellence in playing and contributions to the ensemble. This award is presented to one senior member of a school's orchestra program on an annual basis at schools throughout the country.
018Discipline is a very important part of chasing excellence in music. And this student is the very definition of the word. A regular participant in solo and ensemble, this student has taken violin solos to state solo and ensemble during all three of her years as a member of the BDHS orchestra. In addition to her individual solo and ensemble participation, um she's been a member of several ensembles that have also advanced to the state festival. Uh on top of solo and ensemble, the students participated in the Badger Conference Honors Orchestra last school year and the Lay Miser Rob Pit Orchestra this past fall. Perhaps even more important than all of her accolades uh are is the wonderful p uh class citizen that this student is. Always ready for rehearsal, exceptionally prepared on a focused, engaged attitude sets
019an excellent example for her younger peers. I could not be more proud of all the wonderful things this student has done as a member of our orchestra program here at BDHS. I'm honored to present this year's National School Orchestra Award to Claire Teal. Okay, last thing, I promise. Um, being that this is our last concert of the year, uh, it's also the last, um, concert of a a long journey for, um, our senior class. Um this this year's senior class um as Mrs. Gaylord mentioned uh earlier with her eighth grade class um had to go through the pandemic which u was a little bit different for orchestra than the band and choir side of things um because we were able to pretty much be business as usual but it was challenging nonetheless. So I have
020a great amount of admiration for this senior class for sticking with it um uh some of them all the way since fourth grade. That's a nine-year nine-year journey. Um, and for some of them maybe even longer than that if they've been playing their instruments longer than that. So, I wish these five seniors the best of luck uh in their future endeavors. I hope you keep playing. Uh, I hope you enjoyed your time here in the high school orchestra. Hope you guys had fun. So, uh, I've got a flower for each of you. Uh, the girls here have them for you. If you guys want to come grab a flower after I read your name and line up right in the front there. Um, thank you. Um, so our first senior, Christopher Breaker. Thank you, man.
021Want to go by the podium. Raquel Bernett. Let's go back. Gabriel Gyos. [Applause] Yeah, keep clapping. He's got a long walk. Thanks, man. Claire Teal Lorraine Wenszel. Thank you. All right. All right. Your 2025 orchestra seniors one more time. All right. Have a seat, guys. This year's senior selection is Ghost of Brandenburg composed by Richard Meyer. Ghost of Brandenburgg is a fantasy based on all six of box Brandenburgg conerti but most of them are in minor keys and feature a variety of dark tones, pitzicado and beater changes. Please enjoy this year's senior selection. Ghost of Brandenburg. [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat.
022Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Merry Christmas. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. All [Applause] right, if you will give us just a second, we're going to invite our eighth grade orchestra back up here for one more piece. while they're finishing uh setting the stage for our eighth graders, um I just want to do a couple thank yous. Um, uh, first and foremost, I like to to thank this this man at every concert because he's, uh, he's in the back. He's making us look good, sound good, running the live stream. Uh, and he does a lot of work for our school district. So, uh, please, big round of applause for
023Mr. Greg [Applause] [Music] Richard. Again, thank you to uh parents, uh family, friends for supporting all the students you saw on stage today. Um really your support uh and encouragement um helps these kids uh both not only improve but stay in music uh stay committed to something and I mean you can see all the wonderful music that's happening on stage tonight and that that is uh you guys are such a huge part of that. So um thank you to all of you as well. Um, on your way out tonight, uh, all of our concerts here at Beaver Dam High School, we do take a free will donation. So, there's a wicker basket at our side entrance there. And then if you go down the steps up in the atrium there, um, if you have a
024dollar or two and want to throw that in the basket, um, that goes directly to support all the students you saw on stage tonight, uh, in in particular, um, it's it's helped us put a lot of work into our, um, upright bases, um, which, uh, just sound great. So, thank you for your support there. So, we've got one more piece for you. Um, enjoy the nice weather. Have a good night. And enjoy this last one. Same thing. [Music] Damn it. [Music] All right, our final selection is Leap of Faith, composed by Randy Savine. We're thrilled to be joined on the stage by our eighth grade orchestra members for this piece. Leap of Faith will feature our viola section throughout. Thank you for attending tonight's concert and for all of your support throughout the year. Enjoy
025Leap of Faith and have a great night. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.