SUNSCAPES – Chandler L. Wilson

PELICAN DANCE – Steve Dunn

DANZAS CUBANAS – Robert Sheldon

AT SUNRISE – Robert Romeynn

RED HILL SAGA – Robert Thurston

OF A DISTANT STAR – Ed Huckeby

ON THE TAMIAMI TRAIL – James Curnow

GOLDEN PANTHER – Robert Sheldon

JUGGERNAUT – Gary D. Ziek

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 Alli Howard earned her bachelor’s degree in music education in 1999 from the University of Arizona, studying saxophone with Michael Hester and Kelland Thomas. In 2004 Howard earned a Master’s degree in Wind Band Conducting from the University of Arizona. As Interim Associate Director of Bands / Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Arizona, Howard was the Director of the Pride of Arizona Marching Band and Pep Bands, was a conductor for the Wind Symphony, taught various music education courses and the Marching Band Leadership course. She was also the chapter sponsor for Tau Beta Sigma. Before her appointment to the University of Arizona, Howard served as the Director of Bands and the Fine Arts Department head at Rio Rico High School, and also as the Band Coordinator for the Santa Cruz Valley School District in Rio Rico, AZ. In 2012 Howard earned the Santa Cruz Valley School District Teacher of the Year Award. During her twenty-two years of public-school teaching, Howard has also been a guest conductor and adjudicator for bands around the state of Arizona. She was an active member of AMEA (Arizona Music Education Association), serving for four years as the South-Central Region Solo & Ensemble chair, and briefly as AMEA Member-at-Large. She was also a clinician and adjudicator for ABODA (Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association). Ms. Howard is currently the Orchestra Director at Robinson High School. She has taught public school band and orchestra in Florida for eight years and is currently an active member of FMEA (Florida Music Education Association). She is an adjunct instructor with Hillsborough Community College and performs with the Fanfare Concert Winds in Tampa on baritone saxophone.

SUNSCAPES – Chandler L. Wilson

Sunscapes was commissioned by the Florida Bandmasters Association. This work represents the lively nature of the state of Florida. It opens with a brilliant and majestic section highlighting its bright and vibrant culture. This section is followed by a flowing melody that represents the calming winds and consistent breeze of the state. Dance is a large part of Florida’s culture, especially in its southern region. The 7/8 rhythm allows the piece to experience an Afro-Latin style dance movement. The choral/hymn section is based on the “Florida Song” which is a traditional school song of the Florida A&M University. The work then reversed itself until it arrives at the opening statement with a driving conclusion.

PELICAN DANCE – Steve Dunn

Pelican Dance was composed in 2022 as part of my annual commitment to create a piece. I had a beginning concert for a “dance” piece and was leaning toward something which was a little quirky, fun, and not too serious. One day, I noticed the pelicans, elegant birds in the air and water but awkward on land. I tried to imagine a pelican dancing and decided I had my mascot and theme.

DANZAS CUBANAS – Robert Sheldon

Danzas Cubanas is a set of three original dance-like movements celebrating the joy and energy of Afro-Cuban music and people of this island nation. The opening conga sets the mood, followed by a gentle and alluring son-salsa. The closing dance is a fast-paced mambo. An excellent multi-cultural music experience, the three interconnected dances feature solos for piano, trombone, flute, and trumpet.

AT SUNRISE – Robert Romeyn

Inspired by a sunrise over the water in the composer’s home state of Florida, At Sunrise includes a beautiful and memorable melody moving amid changes textures and harmonies, leading to a magnificent full ensemble.  The piece begins gently, with a transparent quality to portray lyric sounds presented here with uncommon sensitivity leading to a dramatic final climax.  From here, the work subsides, ending as it began leaving a spell not soon forgotten.

RED HILL SAGA – Robert Thurston

The Red Hills Region-also known as the Tallahassee Hills-extends northward from Tallahassee, Florida, across the Georgia line into Thomasville, covering about 475 square miles between the Ochlocknee and Aucilla rivers. This area is rich in cultural history and scenic beauty. They’ll hear hints of Native American stylings that add to the uniqueness of this sophisticated concert band piece. There is a nice pavane tempo change in the middle section that provides a respite, breaking up the driving outer sections of the piece.

OF A DISTANT STAR – Ed Huckeby

Of A Distant Star is a celebration of life and everlasting friendship. Five distinct sections are represented in this work, reflecting the mood of the poem upon which it is based.

The flames of friendship
once rekindled and nurtured
flicker in the winds of death
yet burn on
undaunted by time and space
shing through the night
as the light
of a distant star.
Author – Ed Huckeby

One of the most marvelous exhibitions of the human spirit is the ability, in time, to overcome the sorrow and mourning brought on by the death of a friend or loved one. A jubilant and triumphant mood is portrayed through the work to reflect he symbolic flame of radiant hope “shing through the night as the light ‘OF A DISTANT STAR.”

ON THE TAMIAMI TRAIL – James Curnow

Frequently referred to as the “Window to the Gulf Coast Waters”, the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Hwy 41) was the vision of a wealthy entrepreneur Barron Gift Collier (1873-1939, after whom Collier County, Florida is named), who saw Florida as “a wonder land with a magic climate, set in a frame of golden sunshine.” His concept of a highway running along the Gulf Coast from Tampa to Miam (Tamiami – a contraction of Tampa and Miami) finally got under way in 1915 but was not completed until 1928. The scenery, at times, provides over 260 miles of incredible gulf beauty and recreation opportunities.

On the Tamiami Trail reflects upon the massive energy and adventure expended in the undertaking of building the highway in the early 1900’s without the hi-tech equipment of today, through 95-degree heat, fog-like humidity, hungry mosquitos, and alligator-filled swampland.

GOLDEN PANTHER MARCH – Robert Sheldon

This is the second of three pieces that Tina Laferriere commissioned me to write for her bands during her teaching career in Lake County, Florida. Golden Panther March is composed in a standard march form, with a first strain, second strain, and trio, followed by a break strain and final iteration of the trio melody. Written in 6/8 time, incorporating fanfares and trills, this is an excellent march for use a concert opener.

On a personal note, I have always been so very grateful to the band directors in Florida who supported my music and encouraged me through my younger days by asking me to write for their band.

JUGGARNAUT – Gary D. Ziek

A juggernaut, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is a massive inexorable force that crushes whatever is in its path. Juggernaut is written in a “moto perpetuo” style, with the intensity beginning in the first measure and not letting up until the final bar is finished. Driving, frenetic ostinato alternate with heroic fanfares throughout the piece. This selection is dedicated to the women and men of the NASA space program.

Platinum
Joni Long
Gloria and Rosie Stagi
(in memory of Joe Stagi)
Kathryn Thorson
Dawn White

Bronze
Andrew Altman
Ian Crumpton
Jacqueline DeBeer
Debbie Eisenstadt
Mark Frederick
Emily Garrett
Bradley Harp
Tina Hill
Niki Holmes Kantzios
Aaron Kaplan
Kay Kleinhample
Andrew Krupski
Terri & Hank Molesky
Dale A. Roberts
Larry Smith
Sally C. Spencer
Yajaira Suarez
Amy Tramer
Carmel vanHoek
Gregory Vass
John Walker
George Zucker

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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.