Program Notes: Havendance: Holsinger’ daughter Haven wanted to dressed as 8 ballerina Iwas a passion that has not stopped to this day. ‘avendance waste ist ofthe “children's dances” Holsinger was teaching athe time ofits composition in Chillicothe, Missoour, ‘was asked to write apiece for an anniversary cones ofa North Central Missouri honor band, Haven was eight and constantly leaping and dancing about the house, and she seemed the perfect sujet for a “dance” piece. Thus Havendance. Twenty years and any printings later, Havendance stil represents her passion; however, the composer states that iF Haven really had to dance to this Piece today, her te shoes would probably smoke! The work is in [ABA format and features the Hom and Saxophone sections. Crisp tutcultions, driving ehythns, and changing time signatures churacterize the A sections, while the B section consists of lush ‘chords tsing and falling ike waves upon an o2ean, ‘An American Elegy: This piese is, above ll, an expression ot hope. Itywas composed in memory of those who los their Hives at Columbine High School an Apel 20,1999, and t honor the survivors, Iris offered as a tribute to ther sret strength and courage inthe face ofa terrible raged. nope the work can also serve as one reminder af how fragile and precious lite is and how intimately connected! we all are as human beings. Ticheli was moved and honored by the commission invitation, and deeply inspired bythe circumstances surrounding it. Racly has a work revealed itself (© him wit such powerful speed and clarity. Virtually every element of the work was discovered within the span of about two weeks. The reminder ofthe time was spent refining, developing, and ‘orchestrating. The work begins atthe bottom ofthe ensemble's register, and asends gradually toa heartfelt ry of hope. The main ‘heme that fllows, stated by the hors, reveals a more lyric, serene sie ofthe piece. A second theme, based ana simple repeated hamonie pattem, suggests yet another, more poignant mood. These three moods — hope, serenity, and sadness become intertwined ‘throughout the wor, defining is complex expresive character A four-part canon builds oa climactic quotation ofthe Columbine [Alma Mater. The music recedes, and an offstage trumpeter shea suggesting a celestial voice a heavenly message. The fll ensemble returns with final, exalted statement ofthe main theme. Variations on a Korean Folk Song: John Barnes Chance became familiar with he folksong Geen Arran ("Long Horizon" while secvng in Seoul, Korea, with the Eighth U.S. Amy Band in 1958- 59, Lis the song of a woman who doesnot want the msn she loves to leave her. The work consists ofthe opening theme and five distin ‘variations. The pice, which Chance dedicate to his wife, won the American Band Associations prestigious Ostwald Award i 1966, “The form of the work ia Thome and Variations. The theme i ated first inthe clarinets with no accompaniment and then undergoes a series f different estnens using different instrumentation and harmonie progressions, The final variation actually employs tvo Aitferent time signatures pitting the woodwind against the brass ulmately ending in aelimactic finale