WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming this evening. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Our first piece as you can see in the program is from a silent film. 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:13.000 And it's also morphed a lot. Originally it was a piano piece and then it was an orchestra rag piece. 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:20.000 And the arrangement you'll hear tonight was done by David Seiberling a North Carolina native 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.000 who has made it into a band arrangement. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:28.000 Albert Perfect as you can tell is the composer and he actually has a connection to Oregon. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:34.000 In 1915 he was hired as the first director of bands at the University of Oregon 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.000 and he wrote the Mighty Oregon song. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:43.000 And then David Seiberling one of his favorite places to vacation is the Oregon coast. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:49.000 So I know you'll enjoy this piece: Alkali Ike Rag, a North Dakota Misunderstanding. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:62.000 music 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:56.000 applause 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:68.000 music 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:60.000 applause 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:07.000 One of the things that Doctor Nail really enjoys besides conducting all of these very talented musicians is doing conducting lessons. 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.000 And a new student who entered this term doing conducting lessons is Josiah Glaser. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.000 So I would like you to help me give Josiah a warm welcome to the podium. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:29.000 applause 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:38.000 Up next is Lighting Field by John Mackey and I'd like to read a little note. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:44.000 It's in your program but I'd like to read it just in case you guys haven't had time. It's a note from the composer John Mackey. 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.000 Lighting Field takes its title from a work of art by Water De Maria. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:55.000 That work is a massive expanse in New Mexico, in the New Mexico desert 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:62.000 claimed and transformed by the artist via an installation of steel rods planted in the earth and reaching toward the sky. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:08.000 They call down its power, literally creating manmade lighting storms. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:18.000 Like them, Mackey's pieces speak to the ancient impulse to summon nature's power and the magic such acts unleash. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.000 I hope you enjoy Lightning Field by John Mackey. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:38.000 music 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:45.000 applause 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:53.000 So on April 24th 2015 Brian Balmages premiered the next piece of Grace. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.000 And when he premiered it he was actually able to conduct it. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:62.000 And he said I flew back home to Baltimore on Saturday April 25th 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:12.000 and that night I watched as my home city was ripped apart by violent protests prompted by the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:16.000 The National Guard was called in and I witnessed the unthinkable. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:22.000 Armored National Guard vehicles patrolling the streets and enforcing curfews. 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:28.000 I grew up in this city. I met my wife here and many of my close friends still live here. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:33.000 I was overcome with emotion as my city seemed to unravel before my eyes. 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.000 I was scheduled to conduct the Connecticut All-State Band the following weekend 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:45.000 and I had sent them my program months prior but called Monday morning in hopes that I could make a last minute change. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.000 They obliged and we put Grace in the folder. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.000 It was one of the most emotional performances I have ever conducted 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.000 and the group received a standing ovation in the middle of the concert. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:62.000 I will never forget this span of two weeks and it reminded me how music can really help to heal. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.000 Grace by Brian Balmages. 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:17.000 music 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:39.000 applause 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.000 Up next is our final piece Wu Xing by James Syler. 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:45.000 He's a percussionist 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:54.000 and he decided to create a work of music for two percussionists its a concerto 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:62.000 with Sam Wheeler on my right and Nate Tippie, Nathaniel Tippie on my left. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:09.000 It's a really cool work based on the idea of the five elements. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:14.000 Metal is the first movement. The second movement is water. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:21.000 The third movement is wood, the fourth movement is fire, and the last movement is earth. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.000 And it represents the transitions between those elements. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:31.000 I hope you enjoy this piece and I want to thank you again for coming tonight. 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:36.000 Up next tomorrow is Western Oregon Voices 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:43.000 and the following night Saturday night is Western Hemisphere Orechestra, a jazz band. 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:47.000 And then up next, next term, we have some great things planned 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:52.000 and I'd love for you guys to come back next term to hear us play again. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.000 Have a wonderful night and enjoy the final piece. 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:14.000 music 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:27.000 applause