FRIENDS OF WRR PRESENTS
A STAR-SPANGLED SPECTACULAR!
Thursday, July 4, 2024, 1:00pm
Meyerson Symphony Center + Livestream
Jason K. Fettig, Guest Conductor
Jason K. Fettig is the Director of Bands and a professor of conducting at the University of Michigan, an internationally recognized conductor of wind band and orchestra and a highly sought-after educator and clinician. Performances under his baton have occurred in forty-nine U.S. states as well as Japan, the Czech Republic, Austria and The Netherlands, and live concerts have been regularly heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” and on national television broadcasts from the White House, on “The Today Show,” the “David Letterman Show” on PBS, NBC and CBS. He has worked with an incredibly wide array of artists from across the entire musical spectrum, from internationally renowned classical artists such as pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, violinist Joshua Bell, and the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Broadway luminaries Norm Lewis, Jessica Vosk, and Lea Salonga, to pop superstars including Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and Lady Gaga.
Fettig served as the 28th Director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra, where he was the music adviser to the White House and regularly conducted the Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra at the Executive Mansion. He led the musical program for the Inaugurations of President Donald Trump and President Joseph Biden and the State Funeral of George H.W. Bush. He also served as music director of Washington, D.C.’s historic Gridiron Club, a position held by every Marine Band Director since John Philip Sousa.
Grant Jameson, Euphonium
Grant Jameson has been principal euphonium for the Dallas Winds since 2022. He is also conductor of the Dallas Brass Band, and currently a DMA candidate and teaching fellow and the University of North Texas. Grant holds Bachelor of Music and Masters degrees from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff (UK) where he studied with David Childs. He has won numerous contests and awards as a soloist and as a member of several of Britain’s top brass bands. He has released two solo albums and has been featured on TV and radio broadcasts on BBC and NPR.
Molly Searcy, Narrator
Molly Searcy is a member of the Dallas Theater Center’s Diane and Hal Brierly Resident Acting Company, where her credits include: Cake Ladies (Keith/Keisha); The Sound of Music (nun, Grand Waltz pas de deux); Our Town (Mrs. Soames); A Christmas Carol (Christmas Past/Sister-in-Law); Working: A Musical (Dolores the Waitress); The Wolves (#11); Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Out Time; and Frankenstein. Local/Regional appearances include: Undermain Theatre; Second Thought Theatre; Alley Theatre; Arena Stage; Stages Repertory Theatre; Houston Symphony; Main Street Theater; 4th Wall Theatre Co.; Houston Grant Opera; and Unity Theatre. In addition to her work in the theatre, Molly is a voice over artist for Microsoft, Crunchyroll, Sentai Filmworks, and Sound Cadence Studios. Her work in anime allows her to travel both nationally and internationally as a frequent guest of anime conventions. Molly earned her MFA from Southern Methodist University and is represented by Mary Collins Agency.
Fanfare
12:45pm, Meyerson lobby
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave
Philip Kent Baker
Dallas Winds Brass & Percussion
Jeremy Kondrat, conductor
Program
John Philip Sousa, ed. Frederick Fennell
Let Freedom Ring [4’00”]
Ryan Nowlin
Hymn for the Innocent [6’30”]
Julie Giroux
Napoli [5’45”]
Hermann Bellstedt, arr. Hunsberger
Grant Jameson, euphonium
The Patriot [6’00”]
John Williams, tr. Paul Lavender
Yankee Doodle [2’35”]
Morton Gould
— INTERMISSION —
Fanfare on Amazing Grace [3’30”]
Adolphus Hailstork, arr. Don Patterson
Sunflower Slow Drag [4’00”]
Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, arr. John Bourgeois
Hoe-Down from Rodeo [3’30”]
Aaron Copland, arr. Mark Rogers
A New Birth of Freedom [5’00”]
Randol Alan Bass
Molly Searcy, narrator
Midway March [4’00”]
John Williams, tr. Paul Lavender
Armed Forces Medley [5’00”]
arr. Jim Kessler
America the Beautiful [3’10”]
Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon
Dallas Winds Personnel
PICCOLO
Margaret Shin Fischer
FLUTE
Abby Easterling, principal
Martin Godoy
OBOE
Nathan Ingrim, principal
Abigail Hawthorne
ENGLISH HORN
Aryn Mitchell
E♭ CLARINET
Brendan Fairleigh
B♭ CLARINET
Deborah Fabian, concertmaster
Sharon Knox Deuby, associate principal
Ricky Reeves
Jake Hale
Andre Canabou
Michael Manning
Kristen Thompson
Erick Morales
Brendan Fairleigh
BASS CLARINET
Mark Arritola
CONTRA CLARINET
Noelle Fabian Dragon
BASSOON
Laura Bennett Cameron, principal
Marty Spake
CONTRABASSOON
Sara Scurry
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Donald Fabian
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Donald Fabian, principal
David Lovrien
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Roy E. Allen, Jr.
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
John Sweeden
HORN
Derek J. Wright, principal
Eric Hessel
Trenton Carr
Tim Stevens
Sarrah McCoy-Black
TRUMPET
Tim Andersen, co-principal
Brian Shaw, co-principal
James Sims
Peter Stammer
Daniel Kelly
Shaun Abraham
Jared Broussard
TROMBONE
Jacob Muzquiz, principal
Amanda Hudson
BASS TROMBONE
Barney McCollum
EUPHONIUM
Grant Jameson, principal
Donald Bruce
TUBA
Jason Wallace, principal
Richard Alvarado
STRING BASS
Andrew Goins
HARP
Naoko Nakamura
PIANO
Cameron Hofmann
TIMPANI
Gregory White
PERCUSSION
Roland Muzquiz, principal
Drew Lang
Steve McDonald
Jon Lee
Nate Collins
Staff
Michelle Hall – Executive Director
Kim Campbell – Founder/Director Emeritus
Gigi Sherrell Norwood – Director of Concert Operations/Personnel Manager
Chrystal Stevens – Music Librarian
Ramon Muzquiz – Technical Director
Grace Lovrien – Executive Assistant
Todd Toney – Director of Education
Lenore Ladwig Scott – Bookkeeper
Livestream
Adam Ellard – Director
Savannah Ekrut – Switcher, Lobby Camera
Ciara Negley – Titles, Lobby Camera
Todd Toney – Score Reader
Scott Probst – Audio Engineer
Christopher Cook – Remote Cameras
Cameron Conyer – Technical Engineer
David Lovrien – Title Design