WESTMINSTER COLLEGE

Upcoming Department of Music Events

Fall 2014
Saturday, November 15 2014 3:00 pm
Westminster College Senior Flute Recital
Jennifer Peet
W. Charles Wallace Memorial Chapel
Sunday, November 16, 2014 12:00 pm
Westminster College Senior Clarinet and Saxophone Recital
Laura Mink, clarinet
Danielle Aurandt, saxophone
W. Charles Wallace Memorial Chapel
Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 3:00 pm
Westminster College Concert and Chamber Singers Choruses Concert
W. Charles Wallace Memorial Chapel
Monday, November 17, 2014 7:30 pm
Westminster College Concerto and Aria Competition
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 4:00-8:00 pm
District V Honors Band Auditions
Will W. Orr Auditorium and Dept. of Music
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:30 pm
Westminster College Chamber Music Recital
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:30 pm
Westminster College Faculty Woodwind Quintet Recital
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 7:30 pm
Westminster College Wind Ensemble Concert
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:00-5:00 pm
A Day of Brass Symposium
Department of Music/Orr Auditorium

Capstone Recital
W. Charles Wallace Memorial Chapel
Westminster College
November 15, 2014
1:30 pm

Emily Raines
clarinet
Laura Harris
trumpet
accompanied by
Jeffrey Wacther
and
Marie Libal-Smith

Saturday, November 22, 2014 TBA

Westminster College Senior Trumpet and Tuba Recital
Cody Ortz, trumpet
Kyle Grabigel, tuba
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Saturday, November 22, 2014 7:30 pm
Senior Guitar Recital
Aaron Sutton
Will W. Orr Auditorium
Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:30 pm
Westminster College Orchestra Concert
Will W. Orr Auditorium

This recital is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Bachelor of Music degree with a major in Music Education.
Miss Raines is from the studio of Mr. Daniel Heasley.
Miss Harris if from the studio of Dr. Timothy Winfield

Program
Toot Suite

Claude Bolling
(b.1930)

I.
II.

Allgre for B-flat Trumpet

Mystique for E-flat Trumpet
Laura Harris Trumpet
Jeff Wachter Piano
Jeff Bremer Bass
PJ Gatch Percussion

Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 in Eb major

Johannes Brahms
(1833-1997)

II.

Allegro appassionato

Marie Libal-Smith is originally from Cleveland, OH and has been a professional

accompanist for over 25 years, having wide experience with professionals and
students, instrumentalists and vocalists. Ms. Libal-Smith has played hundreds of
recitals, competitions, master classes and auditions at the Indiana University Jacobs
School of Music for 17 years, where she played in the studios of Janos Starker, Josef
Gingold, and James King among others. She was regular masterclass pianist for
singers Giorgio Tozzi, Gianna DAngelo and Vera Scammon. Ms. Libal-Smith has
frequently accompanied for Metropolitan Opera Regional and District auditions and
performed with members of the Pittsburgh Opera Apprentice Program. Ms. LibalSmith currently coaches for Opera Westminster and serves as accompanist for voice
and instrumental students as well. Ms. Libal-Smith earned the MM in Piano from IU
(Bloomington), and completed the doctoral-level Specialist in Music Education
Degree. She studied chamber music with Artur Balsam and Luba Dubinsky of the
Borodin Trio and studied Lieder with pianists Leonard Hokanson and Gary Arvin.

Jeffrey Wachter is an adjunct member of the faculty of Westminster College. He

received both a Bachelors and Masters degree in music from the Dana School of
Music at Youngstown State University. Mr. Wachter performs in various media,
including sacred music and jazz. He is a member of the Westminster College Faculty
Jazz Quartet. Mr. Wachter remains active as a composer and arranger and has
authored numerous published works. Mr. Wachter joined the Westminster faculty in
the fall of 2003.

Emily Raines
Jeffery Wachter Piano

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Kent Kennan
(1913-2003)

I.

Movement 1
Laura Harris Trumpet
Marie Libal-Smith Piano

Please turn off all pagers, cellular phones, and watch alarms upon entering the auditorium.
Flash photography and texting are distracting to the performers and are therefore prohibited.
The making of video or audio recordings should be only with express, advance permission of
the performer(s). It is requested that audience members enter and depart the chapel between
pieces rather than during pieces.

Program Notes
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1956) was one of Kennans few instrumental
works that accomplished publishing. It is a three movement sonata that remains
on collegiate trumpet repertoire lists even to this day. Along with this Sonata,
Kennan also wrote several books on counterpoint and orchestration, leaving the
musical world with much insightful knowledge on how to make quality music.
The piece was revised in 1986.

A Song from the Heart (2007) is one of Ewazens masterpieces in a sense that it
portrays all of deep beauty of the heart. His expressive elegance is clearly
demonstrated in this piece that is simple enough for students to perform, yet
formal enough for professional recitals. This piece was commissioned by
Marsha Caron for her husband on the occasion of his retirement, and was
premiered by Charles Schlueter in 2007.

Clarinet Sonata No. 2 Op. 120, by Johannes Brahms, was one of his last
instrumental pieces he wrote before he retired. In 1890, he was looking to retire
until he heard Robert Mlfeld, a virtuosic clarinetist, perform. Brahms then
wrote four more works including a quintet, trio, and two sonatas all using the
clarinet as the focus.

Clarinet Concerto written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. This piece

was written for Anton Stadler who played the basset horn. The basset horn is a
version of the A clarinet with an extension of lower notes. No one knows where
the original score for the basset horn ended up, but the current adaptation for A
clarinet was published in 1802.

Song without Words (2011) is a "song" in the sense that it is a lyrical piece
which is expressing something, but it is "without words" because it is difficult to
describe what it is trying to express. With the piano only playing one note for
the entire piece, the song is a portrayal of a dialogue between two very intimate
people although they do not know what to say to each other. This piece won
the Grand Prize in the Reveille Trumpet Collectives International Composition
Competition in 2011.

Toot Suite (1981) is a six movement work that was originally written for
classical trumpet and jazz piano. Almost each of the six different movements
features a different horn, with exception of the fourth and sixth that both feature
the piccolo trumpet. This piece was premiered by French virtuoso trumpet
Maurice Andre in 1980. The jazz trio was later added to the score in 1981.

Camille Saint-Sans wrote Sonata for Clarinet, Op. 167, in 1921 during his last
year of life. He wrote Sonata for Oboe, Op. 166 first. Then he wrote the clarinet
sonata and finally a Sonata for Bassoon, Op. 168. He intended to write sonatas
for flute and English Horn but he died before he had the chance to write them.
Saint-Sans dedicated his Sonata for Clarinet to clarinet virtuoso Auguste Perier.

Biographies
Sonata for Clarinet Op. 167 in Eb major

Camille Saint-Sans
(1835-1921)

Emily Raines is a senior Music Education major pursuing a Bachelor of Music

degree. While at Westminster, Raines served my two terms as Westminster's
PCMEA chapter president and on the PCMEA state board as Region I Coordinator.
She is also involved in Mu Phi Epsilon as the treasurer and steward and as a member
of Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor
Society, and Pi Sigma Pi. Raines participates in Westminster's Wind Ensemble,
Symphonic Band, Marching Band and Symphony Orchestra. Past ensembles she has
participated in are Chamber Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Women's Choir. Raines
also is a clarinet teacher in the Music Intern Teaching Program. She has won many
awards through Westminster such as scholarships, Most Outstanding Junior Music
Major and Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs. Outside of Westminster, Raines
has been an intern in the Education and Community Engagement Department at the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the past three summers. She has also worked as
an instructor and marching assistant with Baldwin High Schools marching band
camp for the past two summers.

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Allegretto
Allegro animato
Lento
Molto Allegro
Emily Raines
Jeffery Wachter Piano

Song without Words

David John Lang

(b. 1989)

Laura Harris Flugelhorn

Marie Libal-Smith Piano
Laura Harris is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education
with a concentration in trumpet, and a minor in Christian Education. She also is
attending her second year of Bible school through Supernatural Ministries Training
Institute in Midland, MI. She is a member of the Westminster College Titan
Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Brass Quintet, Wind Ensemble, and she also
plays cello in the Symphonic Orchestra. Outside of Westminster, Laura serves in the
Music Ministry and Kids Church Departments at Miracle Valley Church, and as a
Marching Band Assistant at Hickory High School in Hermitage, PA. Additionally,
she has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Laura has travelled to
Panama, Romania, and Honduras to teach the Gospel through music to young
children. Laura is a member of the professional music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon and
also Pi Sigma Pi.

Clarinet Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

(1756-1791)

III.

Rondo
Emily Raines
Jeffery Wachter Piano

A Song from the Heart

Eric Ewazen
(b. 1954)

Laura Harris Trumpet

Marie Libal-Smith Piano