Department of Music

Cinema Paradiso (1988) by Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) and Andrea Morricone (b.1964)
Arr. Bob Krogstad
Nolan Johnson, Piano

Gabriel’s Oboe (from “The Mission” 1986) by Ennio Morricone
Arr. Robert Longfield
Spencer Jacob, Oboe

The Magnificent Seven (1960) by Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) Arr. Roy Phillippe

Prelude to “Psycho” (1960) by Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) Arr. Paul Lavender

The Sea Hawk (Suite for Orchestra) (1940) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Star Wars (Main Theme) (1977) by John Williams (b. 1932) Arr. Charles Sayre

Orchestra Personnel 

1st Violin

• * Qilong Wei, Music Performance
• Godha Akkiraju, Biology, Pre-Med
• Jaylan Carter, Film and Video
• Milena Slaybaugh, B.A. Music
• Tara Smith, English
• Abirami Subbiah, Biology, Pre-Med
• Anna Walker, Bioengineering
• Tyler Welter, Electrical Engineering

2nd Violin

• * Emma Vantine, Speech/Language Pathology
• Taylen Arvay, Biology
• Anastasia King, Environmental Engineering
• Chloe Spooneybarger, Pre-Pharmacy
• Morgan Spooneybarger, Physics
• Jaylee Tyler, Pre-Nursing
• Paige Valley, Cosmetic Science
• Cassandra Vogelpohl, Music Education

Viola

• *Jacob Neidt, Computer Science and Engineering
• Elise Essenmacher, Mechanical Engineering
• Emily Halter, Biology, Pre-Med
• Claire Johnson, Computer Science and Engineering
• Lauren Metter, Alumni Community Member
• Maisy Ransford, Marketing

Cello

• * Kassim Hawary, Civil Engineering
• Dylan Almeida, Biology
• McKenna Dowd, Astrophysics
• Alesondra Herrera, Psychology
• Lydia Lundy, Psychology
• Michael Stamm, Exploratory Studies

Bass

• *Miranda Futrell, Music Education
• Celeste Almaguer, Biology
• Dylan Crable, Mechanical Engineering

Flute

• Nicholas Howerton, Music Education
• Taylor Klaiber, Biology, Pre-Med
• *Mary Olnhausen, Electrical Engineering

Oboe

• Tyler Cook, Exploratory Studies
• *Spencer Jacob, Alumni Community Member

Clarinet

• Joseph Bennett, Music Education
• *Jonathan Poe, Alumni Community Member

Bassoon
*Jonah Galati, Chemical Engineering
Layne Hopkins, Music Performance

Horn

• *Mitchell Grilliot, Early Childhood Education
• Ashley Hollister, Music Education
• Owen Moore, Music Education

Trumpet

• Zoey Geuder, Music Education
• Heather Volmer, Music Education
• *Wesley Wneinger, Music Education

Trombone

• * Michael Borjas, Music Education
• Luigi Filippelli, Pre-Pharmacy
• Nicholas Lorenz, Music Education

Tuba
* Jacob Darr, Music Education

Timpani/Percussion

• *Walter Book, Music Performance
• Thomus Maples, B.A. Music
• Dr. Olman Piedra,  Associate Professor of Percussion

Keyboard

• Nolan Johnson, Music Performance

*Indicates Principal

Program Notes 

Max Steiner, Erick Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa, Ennio Morricone, Dimitri Tiomkin……. Names most of us don’t recognize, but the music they composed for many of the films from the Golden Age of Hollywood are distinctly recognizable! For more than 90 years the art of film scoring has helped to tell the stories and heighten the emotional content of our favorite movies, and yet so much of the music by film composers are equally at home in the concert hall as in the films for which they were written. It is with this thought the UTSO presents them to you this evening.
Here’s some background about the composers whose music you will hear tonight:

Carl Stalling 1891-1972

Born in Missouri, Stalling started as a theater pianist and organist for silent movies. While working at a theater and conducting his orchestra in Kansas City, he met, befriended, and started working with Walt Disney in 1928. After moving to California, Stalling composed music for Disney’s “Silly Symphonies” before becoming the composer/arranger for all Warner Bros. animation in 1936. Stalling composed over 600 scores for animated Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films in his 22 years at Warner Bros. Along with composers Max Steiner and Scott Bradley, credited with the invention of the “click track” for timing music to film.

Gioachino Rossini 1792-1868

Italian composer known for his 39 operas including “An Italian Girl in Algiers”, “Otello”, “William Tell” and “The Barber of Seville”, the overture from which Stalling, Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese created the animated Bugs Bunny cartoon “The Rabbit of Seville”. The UTSO will be performing the original Rossini overture rather than the Stalling arrangement.

Ennio Morricone 1928-2020

Italian composer Ennio Morricone entered study at a conservatory at the age of 12, studying trumpet, composition and arranging. He played trumpet with big bands before becoming an arranger for radio dramas and studio arranger for RCAVictor. In 1954, Morricone started composing for films going on to compose over 400 scores for film and television. Nominated for six Oscars, winning one for the score to “The Hateful Eight”. Received the Academy Honorary Award “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". Other movie scores include: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso.

Elmer Bernstein 1922-2004

Born in New York City, Bernstein was the son of Hungarian/Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Studied composition with Aaron Copland and Roger Sessions. Composed over 150 movie scores and nearly 80 television scores. 14 Academy Award nominations. Won an Oscar for “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. Other movie scores include: The Ten Commandments, To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal House, Airplane! and Wild Wild West.

Bernard Herrmann 1911-1975

The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Herrmann grew up in New York City and studied composition with Percy Grainger at NYU with further studies at Juilliard. Became a staff conductor for CBS in 1934, where he started composing for radio drama. Composed his first movie score for “Citizen Kane” (1941) for which he received an Oscar nomination. He composed 52 movie scores including Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Taxi Driver. He also composed concert music including a symphony, an opera and a cantata. Herrmann was an influence on film composers such as Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Danny Elfman.

Erick Wolfgang Korngold 1897-1957

Born in Austrian, Korngold was a child prodigy who started composing original music by the age of seven. Gustav Mahler called him a “musical genius” Wrote operas by the age of sixteen and was very successful in Vienna throughout his twenties. With the rise of the Nazis and a request to compose for films, Korngold move to the US in 1934. Composed scores for 16 Hollywood films and Won 2 Oscars for “Anthony Adverse” (1936) and “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938). Other movie scores include: Captain Blood, Kings Row, Sea Wolf, and Of Human Bondage. Along with Max Steiner and Alfred Newman, Korngold is considered to be one of the founders of the film music genre.

All biographical information from Wikipedia