THE FLORAL DANCE - Mill Creek Colliery Band - Operamania 2002

MILL CREEK COLLIERY BAND
OPERAMANIA
MALCOLM FORSYTH - Conductor
McDougall United Church October 26, 2002
St. Albert United Church October 27, 2002
1. “Lohengrin” Prelude to Act Three from - Richard Wagner arr. Denis Wright
2. Under The Double Eagle - J.F. Wagner
3. Shenandoah Traditional - arr. Clyde E. Hunt
4. The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum - Giacomo Puccini arr. Denis Wright - Matthew Clark, euphonium
5. Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians - Bedrich Smetana arr. Iain Rayner
6. Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin arr. Goff Richards
7. The Floral Dance - Katie Moss arr. Derek Broadbent
8. Music - John Miles arr. Derek Broadbent
9. Turandot: Nessun dorma - Giacomo Puccini arr. Howard Snell - Joel Gray, cornet
10. Grand March from “Aida” – Giuseppe Verdi arr. Denis Wright
11. Thunder And Lightning - Johann Strauss arr. Alan Fernie

PERFORMERS
ERIC FILPULA - Eb soprano cornet
JOEL GRAY - principal cornet
DAVE LANGOR - solo cornet
SYLVAIN BAYRIES - solo cornet
FORDYCE PIER - solo cornet
DOREEN KUSCHMINDER - repiano CORNET
GORDON RUSSELL - 2nd cornet
JAMIE BURNS - 2nd cornet
WENDY GRASDAHL - 3rd cornet
CHRISTIAN RICHER - flugel
GERALD ONCIUL - solo tenor horn
PAUL FLOWERS - 1st tenor horn
JANE DECAEN - 2nd tenor horn
ED STEIN - 1st baritone
CURTIS FARLEY - 2nd baritone
MATTHEW CLARK - solo euphonium
KEN READ - 2nd euphonium
KATHRYN MACINTOSH - solo trombone
HUGH SEMPLE - 2nd trombone
CHRIS TAYLOR - bass trombone
SCOTT WHETHAM - Eb bass
SHELDON CAMPBELL - Eb bass
JOHN FARMER - BBb bass
MARK PREECE - BBb bass
DON EHLET - Percussion
MARK SEGGER - Percussion

MALCOLM FORSYTH CONDUCTOR
The Mill Creek Colliery Band is very pleased to have Malcolm Forsyth as their season conductor for 2002 – 2003. Honoured as Canadian Composer of the Year in 1989, he has earned international recognition as one of Canada’s leading composers. Born in 1936 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Forsyth majored in trombone, conducting and composition at the University of Cape Town. His career as a composer was launched when the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra performed Overture Erewhon (1962), and its success led to an invitation to write the Jubilee Overture for the orchestra’s 50th anniversary in 1964. In 1968, Forsyth emigrated to Canada and settled in Edmonton where he joined the ESO. He recently retired from the music faculty at the University of Alberta as Composer in- Residence, where he taught theory, composition and conducting. Compositions include Atayoskewin (Suite for Orchestra), a powerful portrayal of Canada’s North. It was hailed as “a masterpiece” at its premiere in 1984. It won his first JUNO for Best Classical Composition in 1987. He has won two further JUNO awards: in 1995 for Sketches from Natal, and in 1998 for Electra Rising.
DAVID COOK HOST
David Cook is a full-time professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, and a part-time music enthusiast. He is on the Programming Committee of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Artistic Liaison Committee of Edmonton Opera and delights in opportunities to share his enthusiasm for music with the public through pre-concert talks and similar activities. He is looking forward to being your host for this evening’s concert.