1. Hans de Jong
UWRF Symphony Band
Thursday, February 26, 2015 | 7:30 PM
William Abbott Concert Hall
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
in concert with the
Johan de Meij
and
3. Program
The Witches’ Sabbath…Giacomo Puccini/arr. Johan de MeijSpring…Johan de MeijHarmony Arco, soprano
Summer…Johan de Meij
Ballade for Band…Alfred ReedHans de Jong, alto saxophone
Elfentanz…David Popper/arr. Johan de Meij
Hans de Jong, alto saxophone
Riverdance…Bill Whelan/arr. Johan de Meij
Johan de Meij
4. Dutch composer and conductor
Johan de Meij (Voorburg, 1953)
received his musical training at the
Royal Conservatory of Music in The
Hague, where he studied trombone
and conducting. His award-winning
oeuvre of original compositions,
symphonic transcriptions and film
score arrangements has garnered
him international acclaim and
have become permanent fixtures
in the repertoire of renowned
ensembles throughout the world.
His Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the
Rings was awarded the prestigious
Sudler Composition Prize and has
been recorded by myriad ensembles
including The London Symphony
Orchestra, The North Netherlands
Orchestra, The Nagoya Philharmonic and The Amsterdam Wind Orchestra. His Symphony No. 2
The Big Apple, Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth, Symphony No. 4 Sinfonie der Lieder as well as his
solo concertos, T-Bone Concerto (trombone), UFO Concerto (euphonium) and Casanova (cello)
have been enthusiastically received at many of the world’s finest venues.
Before devoting his time exclusively to composing and conducting, Johan de Meij enjoyed a
successful professional career as a trombone and euphonium player, performing with major
orchestras and ensembles in The Netherlands. He is in high demand as a guest conductor and
lecturer, frequently invited to speak about and perform his own works. He currently maintains
posts with both the New York Wind Symphony and the Kyushu Wind Orchestra in Fukuoka,
Japan as their principal guest conductor. He was also appointed regular guest conductor of
the Simón Bolívar Youth Wind Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela – part of the celebrated
Venezuelan educational system El Sistema. He is founder and CEO of his own publishing
company Amstel Music, established in 1989.
When not traveling, Johan divides his time between his Hudson Valley home and Manhattan
apartment with his wife and muse Dyan and their dog Alice.
www.johandemeij.com
5. Hans de Jong combines hisactivities as a saxophone soloistand chamber music playing withcomposing and teaching. He is Professor ofClassical Saxophone and chamber music atthe Royal Conservatoire Antwerpen, Belgium.Artistic director and conductor of RASP(Royal Antwerp Saxophone Project, 6-16saxophones)
About 150 compositions are dedicated tohim: especially chamber music in variouscombinations but also concertos by RenéPieper, Kees Schoonenbeek, Tera de MarezOyens, Henk Badings, Kees van Unen, Jo van
den Booren, Joop Voorn, Raoul De Smet,Janpieter Biesemans, Marc Verhaegen, Frits
Celis, Alexander Raskatov, Martin Vojtisek,Liana Alexandra and Patrick De Clerck. Hans
de Jong also composed 3 saxophone concertos.In cooperation with Paul Hermsen (piano) he produced the seven part CD series “Vintage
of European Saxophone Music” with exclusively original chamber music compositions for
saxophone and piano, released on Casa Nova Records.As a composer and saxophone player he won contests in Corciano, Martigny and Antwerpen.
De Jong presented Master classes at the Kungl. Musikhögskolan Stockholm, Tokyo University,
Hochschule Köln, Hochschule Berlin, Royal College London, Conservatorio Supérior de Madrid,
Conservatorio Supérior de Oviedo, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, Artez Hogeschool voor
de Kunsten Utrecht, Hochschule Basel, Fréderic Chopin Academy Warszawa, Hans Eisler Berlin,
Conservatorio Statale Firenze, Conservatorio G.B. Martini Bologna, Conservatorio di Musica
Giuseppe Martucci Salerno, Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium Aarhus, Sibelius Academy Helsinki,
Conservatorio Superior de Alicante and Conservatoires in Vilnius, Menorca, Gunma and Kobe.
6. Piccolo
Piper Beck, Music, Woodbury, MN
Flute
Piper Beck, Music, Woodbury, Mn
Cristin Dempsey, Professional Writing, Eagan, MN
Robert Bauer, Music Education, White Bear Lake, MN
Suyeon Park, Music, Seoul, South Korea
Oboe
?
Angela Quatrini, Instrument Repair, Red Wing, MN
English Horn
Claire Cutting, Instrument Repair, Red Wing, MN
e-flat Clarinet
Paul Schimming, Musician, Minneapolis, MN
B-flat Clarinet
Alex Duncan, Music, Minneapolis, MN
Calyssa Hall, Music/Theatre, Afton, MN
David Larson, Retired Music Educator, Hammond, WI
Kelly Belisle, Music/Agriculture Education, Osceola, WI
Chang Eun Woo, Music Education, Seoul, South Korea
Jerrett Feyereisen, Computer Programming, River Falls, WI
Pat O’Keefe, UWRF Music Faculty, St. Paul, MN
Adriel Muehlbrad, Instrument Repair, Red Wing, MN
Naomi Sarnstrom, High School Student, Ellsworth, WI
Bass Clarinet
Carol Halpus, Music Educator, Ellsworth, WI
Maria Monturiol, History, Hudson, WI
Ashley Hawk, Music Educator, River Falls, WI
Bassoon
Geoffrey Maiden Mueller, Computer Science, Luck, WI
Carole Mason Smith, UWRF Music Faculty, St. Paul, MN
Alto Saxophone
Justin Wolff, Music Education, Farmington, MN
Brandon Westholm, Music/Psychology, Chetek, WI
Kristin Tjornehoj, UWRF Music Faculty, Hudson, WI
www.uwrf.edu/mus
7. Tenor Saxophone
Mitch Rand, Music Education, Bloomington, MN
Keith Richardson, Music Education, Spooner, WI
BariTone Saxophone
Amanda Arnold, Music Education, Barron, WI
Trumpet/Cornet
Jacob Myer, Music Education, Baldwin, WI
Taylor Graham, Music Education, Minneapolis, MN
Julian Manley, Music Education, Spring Valley, WI
Anna Ebensperger, Communicative Disorders,
Balsam Lake, WI
Havey Halpus, Retired Music Educator, Ellsworth, WI
Ken Roberts, Retired Music Educator, St. Croix Falls, WI
Horn
Jason Bystrom, Instrument Repairman, Ellsworth, WI
Ryan Clatt, Music Education, Cottage Grove, MN
Amanda Richter, Music Educator, River Falls, WI
Dave Sielbeck,
Emily Latosky, BioMed, New Brighton, MN
Trombone
Ross Fugl, Music Education, Fridley, MN
Elizabeth Herzog, Conservation, Hope, MN
Amanda Johnson, Art Education, Woodbury, MN
Rick Gaynor, UWRF Music Faculty, Cottage Grove, MN
Carl Meincke, Retired Music Educator, Hudson, WI
Euphonium
Sean Kacner, Music Education, Plymouth, MN
Dennis Opland, Retired Businessman, Hudson, WI
tuba
Gary Bird, UWRF Music Faculty, Spring Valley, WI
Tim Erickson, Air Traffic Controller, Hammond, WI
String Bass
Mike Smith, Musician, St. Paul, MN
Harp
Hannah Scheele, Music, Prescott, WI
Elinor Niemisto, Musician, Northfield, MN
Accordion
Steven Hobert, Musician, Minneapolis, MN
Piano
J. Michael Roy, UWRF Music Faculty, River Falls, WI
Percussion
Derek Westholm, Music Education, Chetek, WI
Jacob Nowlan, Psychology, Hastings, MN
Dakota Walters, Music Education, Bruce, WI
Maria Olson, Graphic Designer, Plum City, WI
Cassidy Hall, Creative Writing, Afton, MN
Nick Fox, Musician, River Falls, WI
Patti Cudd, UWRF Music Faculty, St. Paul, MN
Mike Webb, Information Technology, Hudson, WI
Thank You for Your Support!
Dennis & Kathleen Opland
Gary & Kaye Bird
David & Jeanne Larson
Upcoming
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8. Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj is the Director of Bands
at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where she conducts the
UWRF Symphony Band, St. Croix Valley Community Band and the St.
Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Tjornehoj founded the Three
Rivers Concert Band, a group of adult musicians from Minnesota and
Wisconsin, who collaborate and participate in international outreach
tours. She co-founded the Composers Conference at UWRF that brings
chamber music composers together for a 3-day workshop with concerts
and seminars. Dr. Tjornehoj has taught courses in wind conducting,
history and literature.
An active guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Tjornehoj has
served in these capacities throughout the United States and Canada,
and in China, The Czech Republic, England, France, Iceland, Scotland
and Spain. She has led performance tours throughout the United States
and abroad. Recent experiences include bi-annual World Music and Music Appreciation
study tours in Scotland, England and France, plus the Three Rivers Concert tour of Spain
in 2014. Dr. Tjornehoj has served on the Shell Lake Arts Center faculty for over 15 years
where she is the director of the Concert Band Camp.
Dedicated to the creation of new compositions, her credits of commissioned works or
premiers by prolific composers include Joel Blahnick, Todd Coleman, Michael Colgrass,
Gregory Fritze, Lars Jansson, Daniel Kallman, Johan de Meij, Joanne Metcalf, Craig
Naylor, David Revill, Michael J. Roy, Jared Spears, Jack Stamp, Michael Torke, Joseph
Turrin, Charles Young and John Zdechlick.
A participating member in several professional scholarly and community organizations,
she currently serves on boards/committees of ArtReach St. Croix, Phipps Center for the
Arts, St. Croix Valley Community Foundation in addition to the Wisconsin and Minnesota
Music Educators Conferences. She is also a member of the League of American Orchestras,
National Association for Music Education, National Band Association and the World
Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. Dr. Tjornehoj is active in church music as
a saxophone player, pianist and choir director.
