Pride of the Clippers – Brian Balmages

Colonel Bogey – Kenneth Alford

Ski Run – Caesar Giovannini

Speedway – Mark Lortz

My Old Kentucky Home – Stephen Foster

Casey at the Bat – Randol Alan Bass

Home – Greg Holden Drew Pearson

Hope Lies in Dreams – Larry Clark

Five Mississippi Rush – Clifton Taylor

Conductor Ted M. Hope has served as the conductor of the Fanfare Winds and Hillsborough Community College for the past 10 year.  He was affiliated with the Hillsborough County School District for 39 years and retired as the Supervisor of Middle and Secondary Music after 19 years of service in March of 2023.  He received his Associates Degree from Hillsborough Community College, Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University, and his Master of Music Education and Education Specialist from the University of Southern Mississippi.   He subsequently taught in the public schools for twenty years as band director at Hillsborough High School (1984-1987) and Bloomingdale High School (1987-2004).  He is a member of the Florida Bandmasters Association where he served as chairman and secretary. Mr. Hope’s professional affiliations include Music Educators National Conference, Hillsborough County Secondary Music Council, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the Bay Area Saxophone Quartet and the Hillsborough Association of School Administrators . Mr. Hope is an active clinician and adjudicator in concert band, jazz ensemble, and marching band.

Conductor Larry Clark: Music by Larry Clark is some of the most popular and most performed by concert bands and string orchestras of all ability levels. Larry is equally adept at writing music for beginners as he is for high school and college ensembles. His music is tuneful, contains a fresh harmonic perspective, is well scored and stretches the musicianship of the performers. He prides himself on producing music that is not only intriguing to performers and audiences alike but that contains a playability that comes from a keen understanding of the technical difficulties inherent in all instruments. His pieces have been performed internationally and appear on numerous contest/festival performance required music lists. He is an ASCAP award-winning composer, has over 400 publications in print and is in demand to write commissions for bands and orchestras across the country. In addition to his abilities as a composer, Larry is the founder and President of Excelcia Music Publishing, which includes Wingert-Jones Publications, Kendor Music Publishing and RBC Publications. His company focuses on educational music for band, choral, Jazz ensemble and orchestra along with related methods and books. Prior to Larry starting his own publishing company, he served for nineteen years as Vice President, Editor-in-Chief for Carl Fischer Music, and before that, as Instrumental Music Editor for Warner Bros. Publications. Larry travels the world presenting clinic/workshops and guest conducting appearances. His background as a former middle school and university band director at Syracuse University, combined with his composing and editing, have placed Larry at the forefront of music for school ensembles. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Florida State University and Masters Degrees in Conducting and Composition from James Madison University in Virginia. For more information about the music of Larry Clark, visit www.larryclarkmusic.com    

Narrator Vince Chrisman joined the Fanfare Concert Winds beginning the 2019 concert season where he plays bass trombone. Mr. Chrisman received his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1981 and his graduate degree from Central Michigan University in 1988. His music studies were from both Wayne State University and Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to moving to Florida he was the Music Director and Conductor of the Clarkston Community Band. Mr. Chrisman plays bass trombone and euphonium and has studied with Mr. Joesph Skrinsky of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Mr. Joseph Hambrick of the Lexington Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Association of Concert Bands Convention Bands, Orlando Concert Band, VFW #2093 Community Band, Washtenaw Community Concert Band, Queen City Concert Band, Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band, Troy Community Orchestra, Warren Concert Band, South Oakland Concert Band, and the Blue Lakes Fine Arts Festival Adult Band. His professional memberships include The Association of Concert Bands where he served on the Board of Directors and the National Band Association. In 2006, Mr. Chrisman was honored for his service with the Clarkston Community Band with the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association Community Service Award.

Pride of the Clippers (Yacht Racing)  – Brian Balmages

The spirit and industrial sounds of a historical shipyard come to life in this radiant work. From the metallic banging to a celebration of life on the water, the music paints a picture of the famed Baltimore Clipper, known for its speed and ability to outrun enemy ships. Significant tension is introduced as the clipper is put to the ultimate test before emerging in glorious celebration. (Publisher’s website)

Colonel Bogey (Golf) – Kenneth Alford

Major Frederick Ricketts often used the golf course at Fort George in Scotland for his daily walks. One day in 1914, he came in the way of a golf player who instead of shouting the customary “fore” whistled the notes B and G. These were immediately answered by Ricketts with the next notes in the phrase. The march got its title from the golf term “bogey.” Colonel Bogey March utilizes a variation on the march form with which most Americans are familiar. The first strain and second strain are repeated as is now standard. However, after the repeat of the 2nd strain, the 1st strain is restated a single time creating a modified song form (Intro-AABBA) before the descending fifth key center shift at the transition to the trio.

Ski Run (Skiing) – Caesar Giovannini

“Ski Run” is a composition in which the composer has attempted to capture the feeling and excitement of skiers.  The work begins with fanfare-like statements, in anticipation of the excitement ahead.  There are descending and ascending woodwind passages portraying the skier’s speedy voyages down and over the mountain slopes.  Melodic passages depict the warm, satisfying sensations experienced at the end of a good run.  The piece returns to the fanfare opening plus a brilliant coda to conclude an exciting, “Ski Run.” (Publisher Notes)

Speedway (NASCAR) – Mark Lortz

This highly programmatic piece depicts a high-speed car race. The sections include the start of the engines, pole position, a caution flag, restart, and the victory lap. Commissioned by and dedicated to the Folly Quarter Middle School Band in Ellicott City, Maryland, Andrew Sprang, conductor. This piece is sure to get everybody’s engines running at high rpms!

My Old Kentucky Home (Horse Racing) – Stephen Foster

When the brightly decorated horses leave the stables at the re-scheduled Kentucky Derby this weekend, they’ll parade to the starting gates to the familiar tune “My Old Kentucky Home.” This year, in a tradition dating back to 1921, will mark the 100th time that the Stephen Foster song has been played before the race, the longest, continuously held sporting event in the United States.

The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
Tis summer, the people are gay;
The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom
While the birds make music all the day.

The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright;
By’n by hard times comes a knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home, Good-night!

Weep no more my lady.
Oh! Weep no more today!
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home, far away.

Casey at the Bat (Baseball) – Randol Alan Bass

Narrated by Vince Chrisman

Casey at the Bat is based on the well-known poem of the same title, first published in San Francisco during the late 1800s by Ernest L. Thayer. A baseball team from the fictional town of “Mudville” (the home team) is losing by two runs in its last inning. Both the team and its fans, a crowd of 5,000, believe that they can win if Casey, Mudville’s star player, gets to bat. However, Casey is scheduled to be the fifth batter of the inning, and the first two batters (Cooney and Barrows) fail to get on base. 

This musical version of the famous story was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony and was given its first performance by that ensemble in April, 2001, with Pat Sajak serving as narrator. The composer subsequently arranged the work for wind ensemble at the request of Col. Michael Colburn, director of the “President’s Own” Marine Band in Washington, DC. (Publisher’s Website / Wikipedia)

Home (Gymnastics) – Greg Holden and Drew Pearson

Recorded by American Idol winner Phillip Phillips, this dynamic hit song was featured during the 2012 Olympics as NBC’s theme for women’s gymnastics.

Hope Lies in Dreams – Larry Clark

Conducted by Larry Clark

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and the courage of those who dare to make dreams a reality.” – Jonas Salk (developer of the first polio vaccine)

Hope Lies in Dreams was commissioned by the Hillsborough County Secondary Music Council in honor of the incredible work of their Secondary Music Supervisor Ted Hope, to commemorate his retirement after a long and illustrious career in music education.

As a long-time friend of Mr. Hope since college, I was honored to be asked to write this piece for Ted’s retirement concert. He has been a constant in the Tampa area music education scene his whole career. First as successful band director and then for many years he has guided the secondary music programs of the Hillsborough County district, which is the seventh largest school district in the country.

Ted has had a monumental job overseeing music programs in such a large district. He is a tireless champion for music education, and he is the epitome of someone who had the courage to dare to make dreams a reality, as the quote from Jonas Salk indicates.

This piece is meant to celebrate his successful career. It begins in a celebratory and upbeat manner to mark his beginning as an enthusiastic young music educator. The whole composition is built around 5 notes, that are used in a variety of orders in the various themes. Ted loves mixed-meter compositions, and so the piece moves from the opening fanfare to a rousing section in 7/8 time. It honors him further by giving the main theme in the lyrical middle section of the piece to a saxophone soloist (Ted’s instrument) in a dreamlike setting, that is followed by a feature for the whole saxophone section. The piece concludes how it began with enthusiasm and optimism for the future.

It has been my pleasure to write a piece to honor my friend Ted Hope. I hope you hear the joy and love that I know all who know him have for this man. He has completed his time, and has served music education well, and we wish him great joy as he ventures into the next phase of his life.

Larry Clark – 2023
Lakeland, FL

Five Mississippi Rush (Football) – Clifton Taylor

A “five-Mississippi rush” is often used in pickup football games where there is no offensive line and the defense is obligated to wait approximately three seconds before crossing the line of scrimmage to pursue the quarterback. The defensive players charged with rushing the quarterback chant out loud, as quickly as possible, getting louder as they reach the end and begin running:

ONEmississippi TWOmississippi THREEmississippi FOURmississippi FIVEMISSISSIPPI

Beginning with the rhythm of this chant as the germ of the piece, I composed Five Mississippi Rush from the combination of three things suggested to me by the title: “five,” Mississippi’s heritage as the birthplace of the blues, and hurrying to a conclusion.

Beginning with the title riff performed on the snare, the piece contains many five-pitch motives, five-note rhythmic constructions, and five-element phrases.

There are sections of the piece that are quite literally the blues, undisguised in its twelve-bar form and standard harmonization. However, the “straight” sections of the work also owe their melodic and harmonic construction to the blues scale. Among these are simultaneously sounding major and minor thirds (the blued note), augmented fourths, flat sevenths, and tritones (the interval between the third and seventh of the omnipresent dominant seventh chords of the blues progression).

The composition begins with the apparent purpose of reaching its end quickly, but a slow, swinging blues intrudes. The straight-ahead and swing ideas alternate, interact, and combine before a recapitulation of the opening marks the beginning of the rush to the conclusion.

Five Mississippi Rush was commissioned by Mississippi’s Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmaster Fraternity.

– Program Note from composer (windrep.org)

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VISION
The Fanfare Concert Winds will contribute to the musical culture and community throughout Hillsborough County by providing quality music performance and educational experiences for the young and the young at heart.

MISSION
• To facilitate a venue for music educators, professional and community musicians and Hillsborough Community College students to come together in a professional-level ensemble.
• To supplement the music education of the Hillsborough County Public Schools and Hillsborough Community College through clinics, side-by-side concerts, festivals and scholarships.
• To expose our members and audiences to quality musical literature.