The Orange County Music Educators’ Association presents THE ALL-COUNTY

JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016

GUEST CONDUCTORS

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE WAYNE TICE

HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

MICHAEL CARBONE

Warwick Valley Middle School Warwick, New York

Saturday, April 30, 2016 4:00 PM

CONCERT PROGRAM Greeting ………......……………………………….Ms. Kristin Henne

President, Orange County Music Educators’ Association

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Greetings and Saluataions………………………………...Thad Jones;

arr. M. Carubia [Smart Chart Music]

All Blues ……………….…....………...Miles Davis; arr. M. Sweeney [Hal Leonard]

Milestones………………………………..……Miles Davis; arr. Blair [Hal Leonard]

Black Orpheus…………..…………………Luiz Bonfa; arr. P. Murtha [Hal Leonard]

Work Song……….…..…………………...Nat Adderley; arr. M. Dana [Heritage]

HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Blue Monk ………………..…….…...Thelonius Monk; arr. M. Taylor

[Hal Leonard] I Can’t Help It ………………..….…...Stevie Wonder/Susaye Green;

arr. M. Tomaro [Hal Leonard]

Crystal Silence……………………..….……C. Corea; arr. M. Tomaro [Hal Leonard]

A Waltz for Patrice………….……………….…………...Mark Taylor [Hal Leonard]

There’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground ……………Kupka/Castillo; arr. M. Tomaro

[Hal Leonard]

OCMEA JAZZ ENSEMBLE Mercy, Mercy, Mercy………………………………….Josef Zawinul;

arr. J. Nichols Nostalgia in Times Square …………..………………Charles Mingus; arr. R. Cuber

[Jazz Workshop, Inc.] Caravan ……………………….………..D. Ellington/I. Mills/J. Tizol;

arr. M. Tomaro [EMI Mills Music, Inc.]

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Alto Saxophone Kwame Dinzulu, N Anthony Basselini, W Tenor Saxophone Jessica Packes, W Fiona Leitner, MW Baritone Saxophone John Kaste, W Trumpet Ronald Kelson, PB Anexandra Hendricks, W Helen Gromacki, MV Angela Strelevitz, W Trombone Rebecca Ferguson, N Conor Thornton, G Braden Smith, G Kevin Ha, W Piano Kim-Le Tran, N Guitar Holden Lee, VC Drum Set Joshua LeViseur, MW

HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Alto Saxophone Luis Rojas, M* Owen Moore, M* Tenor Saxophone Benjamin Kohn, W Joseph Favia, W Baritone Saxophone Brandon Pessin, W Trumpet Babatunde Ogunlade, W* Lane Dingwell, N Stephanie Hince, W* Justin Alicea, W Chris Pressimone, W Trombone Oyindamola Ogunlade, W Nicholas Magarino, W* Anthony Maxson, C* Samantha Tucker, N Piano Matthew Pressimone, W Vibes Jordan Pesola, MV Guitar Liam Leary, MV* Bass Clayton Thompson, WV* Drum Set Matthew Kopec, G* Joe Brunning, M* *Seniors

Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices.

Please refrain from the use of flash photography during performances. OCMEA will provide a moment for

pictures before each ensemble’s performance.

OCMEA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ CONDUCTOR Wayne Tice, a native of Tidewater Virginia, has enjoyed 20 years as the principal saxophonist in the oldest Army Band in the United States, the West Point Band. During his tenure he performed in the West Point Saxophone Quartet and was a frequent performer in the Jazz Knights. As a proponent of cultural diversity and education, he was the first saxophone soloist to perform with the People's Liberation Army Band, the only state-level military band in the Chinese Republic. An advocate for new music, Tice has commissioned and premiered multiple award-winning saxophone concertos and has been a featured soloist at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles conference in Sweden, the 12th World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, and several North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial National Conferences. Mr. Tice is now embarking on a new direction of woodwind performances entitled "Peer into the practice room" where he presents music and improvisations with a variety of multi-media accompanists. These may contain a tone-generating oscillator, a scratch DJ artist, electronics, video, art, iPad, or other multi-media resources. This idea of "peering into the practice room" always culminates into a performance with any number of live musicians. Today's culminating collaboration will include many fine musicians who will perform in the Orange County Music Educators’ Association's Junior High Jazz Festival at Warwick High School.

2016 OCMEA

Summer Music Inst i tute

Intermediate and Senior Band, Orchestra, and Chorus

Two-week summer program open to students in grades 4-12

For more information or to register, e-mail

ocmeasummermusic@gmail.com or visit the OCMEA website

http://www.orangecmeany.org

OCMEA HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ CONDUCTOR

Michael Carbone, a native of Utica, New York moved to the Binghamton area in 1981 and has been an instrumental music teacher in the Johnson City School district where he was also Coordinator of Music for the JC School District for the past seven years. Along with his administrative duties, and instrumental lesson teaching, he also taught high school concert band and jazz ensembles, until recently retired from the Johnson City School District at the end of June 2015. Mike has also served as guest conductor for Broome, Seneca, Ulster, and Tompkins County Music Educators

Festivals, and as Saxophone/Jazz Improvisation Instructor for New York State School of Music for the Arts at Binghamton University. Mike was also the last Secretary Officer for the New York State Chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and has frequently been hired as a jazz adjudicator/clinician for high school jazz festivals. Mike joined the Binghamton University music faculty in 1997 and continues to serve as the Director of the Jazz Studies Program and the Director of the Harpur Jazz Ensemble. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the Crane School of Music and a Masters in Music performance from Binghamton University having studied saxophone with Dr. James Stoltie, J.R. Montrose, Al Gallodoro, and April Lucas. Mr. Carbone has performed as a sideman for many well-known artists including Al Marino, Natalie Cole, Tommy Tune, Mel Torme, Engelbert Humperdinck, Slam Stewart, Nick Brignola, Steve Gilmore, Tony Marino, Tom Whaley, Duffy Jackson, Jeff Jarvis, Jeff Stockham, Joe Riposo, Ron Vincent, Jacque Washington, Dave Samuels, Steve Laspina, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Danny D’Imperio’s Big Band Bloviation, the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, Marko Marcinko, Al Hamme’s Music Unlimited and Swing Street ensembles, Bill Carter’s Presbybop Quartet, The Temptations, and most recently on a recording session with the Presbybop ensemble, which featured Dave Liebman. Along with filling in as a sideman for many New York State based groups, Mike can be found frequently performing in the Binghamton based group Splash. He is also very active performing with his jazz quartet Miles Ahead, which hosts an educational jazz jam the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month at the Lost Dog Café in Binghamton. Mike is an endorser for the Andres Eastman 52nd Street ESS 652 Soprano Saxophone, and has also been the music coordinator for the Binghamton July Fest “Jazz and Music Festival” for the past three years.

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WASHINGTONVILLE, NY 10992 Twelve reasons to Support Arts Education 1. The arts develop higher-order thinking skills 2. The arts can increase cooperation, tolerance of diverse values and viewpoints, and understanding of cultures past and present 3. The arts enhance the learning environment 4. The arts integrate basic neurological functions and aid student learning in other subject areas 5. The arts improve self-esteem 6. The arts engage a variety of learning styles and offer all children avenues for academic success, including children with disabilities and limited English proficiency 7. The arts engage students’ creativity and increase creative thinking and problem-solving abilities 8. The arts access a variety of human intelligences 9. The arts develop skills that prepare students for the work force 10. The arts contribute to tourism 11. The arts assist in developing public images in the corporate world 12. The arts in the schools and community can attract new businesses to the area

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND DIRECTORS Cornwall (C) ........................................................................ Vic Esposito Goshen (G)......................................... Ellen Dickinson, Kimberly Longo Middletown (M)……………………………………………Erica Christy Minisink Valley (MV) ............................................................ Joe Horner Monroe-Woodbury (MW) .............................................. Chris Taborsky Newburgh (N) .............. Dean Aulogia, William Beveridge, Chris Zoutis Pine Bush (PB)....................................................................... Brian Shaw Valley Central (VC).............................................................Ryan Cerullo Warwick Valley (WV)..........................................................Chris Persad Washingtonville (W).......................................Jim Briggs, Laura Giorgio

JAZZ FESTIVAL COMMITTEE Site Chairperson...................................... ……….. Keely Blaikner (WV) Junior High School Chairperson...................................... Jim Briggs (W) High School Chairperson................................................. Jim Briggs (W) Audition Chairperson................................................. Chris Persad (WV)

Music is the universal language, which establishes a common bond among all subjects

and people. It evokes passionate emotions in the heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the

mind. What an enormous impact music has on every aspect of our lives!

OCMEA OFFICERS President ............................................................ Kristin Henne (F) Vice President .................................................... Tracy Decker (C) Second Vice President ................................... Peter Giorgio (MW) Secretary/Membership ......................................Allegra Smith (M) Treasurer .......................................................... Laura Giorgio (W) Past President............................................. Anthony Ravinsky (C) President Emeritus ..................................... Donald Franklin (Ret.) Public Relations .............................................. Rachel Skopin (W) Advocacy Chair ........................................Thomas Stickney (MV) Educational Director ........................................ .Allegra Smith (M) Auditions Scheduler............................................. Katie Lucas (M) Auditions Materials Coordinator ....................Ralph Wagner (PB) Assignor of Adjudicators—Band ........ Michelle DePasquale (W) Assignor of Adjudicators—Chorus .............. Barbara Vultaggio () Assignor of Adjudicators—Strings................ Elissa Maynard (W) Webmaster ................................................... John Lawrence (Ret.) Choral Librarians ................... Laura Kling & Steven Wing (MW) Band Librarian ........................................... Leonard Klopchin (W) Orchestra Librarian ..................................... Bonnie Glazier (MW) String Librarian.............................................Lauren Buono (MW) Archives .........................................................Nicole Regan (MW) Scholarship Chair.................................. Michelle DePasquale (W)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our sincere appreciation is extended to the Warwick Valley School District and to the

Warwick Valley Cafeteria and Custodial Staff for their help in making this festival possible.