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UMD Horn Choir
Justin Drew, conductor
Take 9 Antiphonal Fanfare
Kerry Turner (b. 1960)
Carmen Suite No. 1
Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
arr. by Davide Fanchin
II. Aragonaise
A Child is Born
Thad Jones (1923–1986)
arr. by Dick Meyer
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Michael Kamen (1948–2003)
arr. by Marc Papeghin
UMD Trombone Choir
Matthew Guilford, conductor
The Hex Files
James Kazik (b. 1974)
“Allegro Vivace” from Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
arr. by Will Sudmier
Procession of the Nobles
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
arr. by James Kazik
"O Fortuna’" from Carmina Burana
Carl Orff (1895–1982)
arr. by Steven Satone
INTERMISSION
UMD Terrapin Brass Ensemble
Willie Clark, conductor
Resolute Fanfare
Gail Robertson (b. 1967)
Quidditch
John Williams (b. 1932)
Adoration
Florence Price (1987–1953)
arr. David Miller
Spirit of Brass
Enrique Crespo (1941–2020)
Bruckner Etude
Enrique Crespo (1941–2020)
arr. David Miller
Brass Symphony
Jan Koetsier (1911–2006)
I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo
JUSTIN DREW is entering his third year on faculty at the University of Maryland School of Music, where he serves as lecturer of horn, the course coordinator of the newly formed Chamber Brass Program and serves as the director of the University of Maryland Horn Choir. A busy freelance performer, he serves as the solo horn for Arena Stage, Third Horn of the National Philharmonic, Principal Horn of the Gourmet Symphony, Second Horn of the Apollo Orchestra and appears frequently with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the National Symphony Orchestra and numerous groups up and down the East Coast. Drew serves on faculty for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, Potomac Valley Youth Orchestras and the Washington Brass Institute Summer Boot Camp.
Equally at home as a chamber musician, Drew performs on occasion with the Barclay Brass, one of DC’s premier brass ensembles. From 2012 to 2018, he toured across the U.S. with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. In 2015, he served as the hornist for a brass quintet residency held at the University of Maine. He has also performed with Boston Brass, Carolina Brass, and he has joined many quintets with premier military musicians in the DC area.
Drew's first solo album, "The Corno D’amore," was released in February 2021 under the Tonsehen label. In March 2016, he recorded the album "Journeys" with the United States Air Force Band. In January 2014, he joined the Grammy-nominated Inscape Chamber Orchestra to record their second album, "American Aggregate" on the label Sono Luminus.
Drew received a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Maine in 2005. He received his master’s in music performance in 2007 and his D.M.A. in music performance in 2019 from the University of Maryland School of Music. His principal teachers include University of Maryland School of Music Director Gregory Miller, Denise Tryon, Suzanne Gonsalves and Wanda Whitener. He has also been highly influenced by studies with William VerMeulen, James Ross, Eric Ruske and Phil Munds.
MATTHEW GUILFORD is solo bass trombonist with the National Symphony Orchestra since 1991, when he was appointed by Mstislav Rostropovich. Previously, he was a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and has performed with several of America’s leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. He has also performed with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Guilford is a graduate of the New England Conservatory. His career has included a national tour of the Broadway musical Les Miserables, the motion picture soundtrack for the film Predator II, and fellowships with Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. He has been a featured soloist with the National Symphony, the Arlington Symphony, the U.S. Army Band & Orchestra and the Harvard University Band. His solo and chamber recordings, "The Road Not Taken" with The Washington Trombone Ensemble and "Brass Trios" with the University of Maryland Brass Trio, have been received to worldwide critical acclaim.
A senior lecturer at the University of Maryland School of Music, Guilford serves as trombone studio chair. Many of his former students enjoy successful careers as performers and educators. An active educator and clinician, Guilford has given masterclasses at most of the top conservatories and universities in the United States and abroad.
WILLIE CLARK is lecturer of tuba at the University of Maryland School of Music, where he teaches applied tuba lessons, coaches brass chamber groups and serves as the director of the UMD Brass Ensemble. Clark is also currently a member of the United States Air Force “Ceremonial Brass” in Washington, D.C., and was a founding member of the Barclay Brass and professional Disney tuba quartet, “The Tubafours.”
As a performer, Clark has toured the United States, South America, Australia, China, Japan and eighteen countries in Europe. During these travels he performed with the China National Symphony, the Empire Brass for the Campos do Jordao Winter Music Festival and USA Tour, American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Sam Rivers’ RivBea Orchestra and Keith Brion’s New Sousa Band. Clark has also served as a low brass clinician on the European Tour with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. You can hear him on the Tuba 4’s CD, “Under the Boardwalk.” He has also recorded with John Williams and the Boston Bops Brass Section, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, the United States Air Force Band, Alfred Publishing, Warner Brothers and Electronic Arts.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HORN CHOIR
Music Director
Justin Drew
Horn
Eric Aaron
Andrew Bures
Alex Choiniere
Garrett Cooksey
Allison Happ
Emerson Miller
Zachary Miller
Andrew Mincey
Issac Rangel
Kat Robinson
Julia Terry
Matthew Tremba
Kaitlyn Winters
Percussion
Christopher Boxall
Bruce Perry
John Plate
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TROMBONE CHOIR
Music Director
Matthew Guilford
Tenor Trombone
Tobi Ajiboye
Gilberto Cruz
Eusung Choe
Brian MacArell
Pedro Martinez
Brett Manzo
Lorraine Montana
Marlia Nash
Raymond Schleien
Adrian Sims
Bass Trombone
Ted Adams
Austin Fairley
Skyler Foster
Leanne Hanson
Percussion
Christopher Boxall
Bruce Perry
John Plate
TERRAPIN BRASS ENSEMBLE
Music Director
Willie Clark
Trumpet
Theresa Bickler
Maria Carvell
Julia Tsuchiya-Mayhew
Jacob Rose
Reece Updike
Horn
Eric Aaron
Garrett Cooksey
Ally Happ
Emerson Miller
Issac Vallecillo
Kaitlyn Winters
Tenor Trombone
Eusung Choe
Gil Cruz
Brett Manzo
Bass Trombone
Austin Fairley
Tuba
Cameron Farnsworth
Quale Sarracco