PROGRAM

Deep End (2016) Tyler Hawes Written Elsewhere (2017) Nicholas Cantello
(b. 1995) I. Allegro (b. 1998)
II. Moderato espressivo
Devin Burgess, violin III. Allegro Energico
Kevin Thompson, piano
Riley Conley, trumpet
Nick Giralico, horn
Caleb Slabaugh, trombone
Melancholy Cycle Maya Johnson
I. Cats (b. 1996)

Mattea Williams, voice

Kevin Thompson, piano

Dear Veronica (2017) Veronica Cator-Szymanski

A Cavern, Out at Sea (2017) J. Michael Arkangel Sierra Pabon, Grace Dahl, Olivia Beal, soprano 1
(b. 1999) Erin Rodgers, Hannah Stater, Gloria Rubin, soprano 2
Mattea Williams, Sam Dzielski, Robin Tershack, alto 1
J. Michael Arkangel & Matt Chidsey, piano Lea McClure, Helen Kohler, Madison Padgett, alto 2
Paige Rumble, Carli Reitz, Victoria Lero, alto 3

Folk Scenes (2017) Ryan Vaughn

I. The Trail (b. 1999)
III. The Lake
7 Miniatures for Wind Quintet (2017) Kevin Thompson
Ryan Vaughn
(b. 1994)
David Peita
Kyle Perisutti
Jonah Vincente, flute
Tess Cayton
Camilla Yoder, oboe
Jona Piskach
Jon Harrity, clarinet
Brianna Volkmann, horn
Destinee Siebe, bassoon

Wind Quintet No. 1
Evan Fraser, flute
Camilla Yoder, oboe
Justin Frankeny, clarinet
Nick Giralico, horn
Destinee Siebe, bassoon
Elegy, for Win Sextet (2017) A. Jonah Vicente
A. Jonah Vicente, flute
Camilla Yoder, oboe
Emma Selmon, clarinet
Nick Giralico, horn
Rachel Hagemeier, bassoon
Jon Harrity, bass clarinet
Naive and Humoresque (2017) Steve Chauvette
Evan Fraser, flute, piccolo
Emma Selmon, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
Hannah Stater, Piano
Patrick Owen-Leary, electric guitar
Cayleigh Stewart, violin
Max Hanks, cello
BIOGRAPHIES
Daixuan Ai Daixuan Ai is a Sophomore Composition and Piano performance
(b. 1998) double-major student at BW. She is currently studying music
composition with Dr. Needham and piano performance with Dr. Kim.
Daixuan is originally from China, and came to the United State to study
abroad since 2014, she has been greatly influenced by both Chinese and
American cultures and music.
J. Michael Arkangel is a first-year student at the Baldwin Wallace
Conservatory of Music, studying music composition with Dr. Clint
Needham and piano with professor Mary Dobrea-Grindahl. Arkangel
was the first prize winner of the 2015 BGSU Young Composer’s
Competition, and was recently awarded the Leonard Bernstein
Musicianship Award for excellence in music. He is from Parma
Heights, Ohio.
(b. 1996)
Nicholas Cantello is a composer from Syracuse, NY currently studying
composition under Dr. Clint Needham and Dr. Jonathan Sokol at
Baldwin Wallace University.
Veronica Cator-Szymanski is a freshman music composition major
from Ithaca, New York. She studies voice with Susan Wallin and
composition with Dr. Needham. She is currently performing in a choir
for the showing of the Hunckback of Notre Dame at the Hanna Theater
in Playhouse Square, and she is a member of BW Singers.
Steve Chauvette is a first year composition student at Baldwin Wallace
University. He has studied composition with Dr. Clint Needham and
(b. 1998) Dr. Jonathan Sokol, and percussion with Professor Josh Ryan. Steve's
music has been performed by students of the Baldwin Wallace
Conservatory of Music, the Velours Rogue string quartet, and the
Appleton West Wind Ensemble. Upcoming work includes
performances by the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Treble Choir and
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Percussion Ensemble.
Tyler Hawes is a senior studying music composition at the Baldwin
Wallace Conservatory of Music under Dr. Clint Needham and Dr.
Jonathan Sokol. Previous to this, he spent two years at the University of
Akron studying composition with Dr. Daniel McCarthy, as well as jazz
PROGRAM NOTES
percussion with Mark Gonder and Jack Schantz. Tyler is a talented
Cats
multi-instrumentalist and avid performer on both drum set and guitar,
"Cats" uses text from Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950) "The Cats Will Know".
playing with various groups in many styles around the Akron and
He worked as a translator and editor of American literature which, at
Cleveland areas. Learn more about Tyler’s music at
the time, was often censored by the fascist Italian government. He was
www.thetylerhawes.com
still a very important writer for his translations of American works and
for his own poetry which was heavily influenced by American ideals.
He avoided censorship by using fantastic imagery, complex syntax and
Maya Johnson is a senior in composition and viola performance at
oblique way of expression his anti-fascist thoughts. Ultimately, Pavese
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. She is an alumni of Interlochen Arts
ended his life after a failed relationship and lifelong battle with
Academy and has attended Eastern Music Festival, Charlotte New
depression.
Music Festival and Interlochen Arts Camp. In the Spring of 2017, Maya
studied abroad in England and dedicated a portion of that time to study
“The Cats Will Know” comes from a book of collected poems from
culture in Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Amsterdam and Italy.
Pavese’s late career (1930 – 1950). The piece is set to the first stanza of
the poem. This first verse is about hope, a promise of better days and a
kind future, but not for the speaker of the poem. The poem is in second
Kevin Thompson is a fifth-year student at Baldwin Wallace University
person, addressing the reader as “you”. There are only three characters
studying Music Composition and Mathematics. A composer for 11
in the poem; “you”, “him” and “cats”. The curious are encouraged to
years and a pianist for 17, he is currently studying under Dr. Clint
seek out the rest of the poem at their leisure.
Needham and Dr. Robert Mayerovitch, respectively. Current
ensembles include the Baldwin Wallace University Choir, Men's
A Cavern, Out at Sea
Chorus, and Mr. Sun’s Echo. He is also the organist at Abiding Savior
A Cavern, Out at Sea is the fourth movement of a larger work for two
Lutheran Church. His long-term goal is to find a way to utilize both of
pianos, titled Water Music. This particular movement paints a
his degrees for research and creative work.
landscape of a giant, bleak cave. Shrouded in darkness, the calm waters
grow intensely over time, echoing off the mighty walls of the cave.
Brooding, yet dynamic.
Andrew Jonah Vicente is a senior pursuing degrees in flute
performance and mathematics, studying flute with George Pope.
Folk Scenes
Having discovered a love for composing on the side, he took up an
Folk Scenes is based on different regional styles of folk music:
additional emphasis in composition and is now happily masquerading
American, English, and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) and the different
as a composer alongside his studies at Baldwin-Wallace.
instruments that go with them.

Movement 1. "The Trail" is based off of American style folk songs, and
reflects the joy and excitement of starting a new journey. The opening
trumpets pay homage to the bright, twangy 'Duh-diggi-dun' of the
banjo.

Inspired by the slow airs of Scotland, Movement 2. "The Lake" is set

over a fog-shrouded lake in the forest, with the sound of the Scottish
Bagpipes ringing through the mist.
Dear Veronica had no particular idea or story in mind when titling the piece. Thus, the
The text for this piece is parting words of friends and family in the subject of the elegy is largely left to the listener's imagination.
composer’s graduation book and yearbook before she left for college.
She compiled fragments from the statements written into a single letter,
and then set it to music. Each fragment is from a different person, but
there is an overall connection between all of them, as if it were from a TEXTS
single embodiment of everyone the composer holds dear.
Cats
7 Miniatures for Wind Quintet Roni, Veronica, Rontron, Nerd, Miss V,
I've written a lot of long and programmatic music in the past, so the
goal of this piece was to pretty much do the opposite of that. Each We’re going to miss you. In fact, we don’t know what we’ll do
movement occurs in as little time as reasonably possible, much like without you. But you’re headed for greatness. I miss being with you. I
these program notes. miss being together. You’ve been a blessing. You filled us with love.
You’ve helped me so. You make me laugh. We watched you grow,
Wind Quintet No. 1 [and] it was our pleasure. Thanks for being you. We spent time
This Wind Quintet was written during the summer of 2017, and it was together and I’m grateful for that. Now go, you inspire me, [and] we
my first attempt of writing in larger form, although I didn’t start wish you success. Now go, you are special, you are unique. Now go,
thinking about the formal design until half way through composing. you are full of wisdom and life, old soul. Good luck. Call often. Stay
The opening section is a strong statement of the main theme, which strong. Go wild. Trust God. We’re proud of you. I love, I miss, you
contains a short, repeated melodic phrase, and an ostinato. This section
is set in the key of A minor. In fact, most sections in this piece have their
own tonal areas, and the key shifts organically as the music moves from
one section to another. The second section contains a new pentatonic
melody begins with a C major chord. Opening theme returns after the
second section, melody gets recalled in its original A minor key. But this
brief return is just the beginning of a new adventure. The third section
has no one tonal center but a series of diminished then dominant
chords; it eventually reaches an F dominant chord, which becomes the
tonal center of the fourth section; the entire fourth section resolves to B
flat minor in the fifth. The musical mood of F dominant and B flat minor
sections also contrasts sharply from what has been presented before.
All third, fourth and fifth sections are variations on the main theme.
There’s a transitional passage, which contains fast chromatic scales
passing through instruments. Then, the previous melody in pentatonic
mode returns, but its emotion is much sadder. Finally, the returning
sections and coda recall elements that are similar to the beginning.

Elegy, for Wind Sextet

The Elegy was initially a 2nd movement to an imagined 3-movement
work for wind quintet plus bass clarinet. Mostly written in the spring,
the movement was left unfinished over the summer. Finishing it this
semester, I eventually came to the realization that the remaining two
movements would likely not be realized anytime soon, and so I
rebranded "Movement 2" as a standalone piece and titled it "Elegy." I