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Concert Instrumental Ensembles |
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The instrumental concert ensembles at The University of Alabama include The Alabama Wind Ensemble, The Huxford Symphony Orchestra, and The Alabama Symphonic Band.
Please refer to the details listed below for specific audition information for each ensemble.
All of the instrumental ensembles at The University of Alabama are dedicated to performing the world’s finest music. Holding a status of international reputation, the ensembles of UA have been selected to perform at the International Festival of Bands in England, national and regional conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, and national and state conferences of The Music Educators National Conference. Each year these student ensembles premier works by noted composers such as Donald Grantham, Ira Hearshen, David Maslanka and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, The concert ensembles at UA afford students a diverse and musically rich experience.
THE ALABAMA WIND ENSEMBLE
MUA 152/352/552
TUESDAY & THURSDAY – 2:00-3:45 PM
THE HUXFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MUA 150/350/550
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY – 2:00-3:45 PM
THE ALABAMA SYMPHONIC BAND
MUA 154-354
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY – 12:00-1:30 PM
Kenneth Ozzello is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at The University of Alabama. Dr. Ozzello joined the University faculty in 1989. He holds the Bachelor of Music in Music Education and the Masters of Music in Conducting degrees from West Virginia University; he earned the Doctorate of Education from The University of Alabama.
Dr. Ozzello is the conductor of The Alabama Wind Ensemble. This ensemble is widely acclaimed as one of the premier concert ensembles in the nation. The Alabama Wind Ensemble has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for band and has performed at numerous national venues. In addition to conducting, Dr. Ozzello teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting classes and music education methods classes. He maintains a busy national schedule of clinics and guest conducting engagements.
Dr. Ozzello is also the director of The University of Alabama "Million Dollar Band." The Million Dollar Band is one of the most widely recognized symbols of The University of Alabama and Crimson Tide Football. In 2003 The University of Alabama "Million Dollar Band" received the prestigious "Sudler Trophy." The Sudler Trophy is the only national award honoring excellence in the college marching band activity.
Carlton McCreery, Director of Orchestral Studies; Violoncello. Director of the University Symphony Orchestra and member of the Cadek Trio. M.M., University of Michigan; B.M., Bowling Green State University. Conducting studies with Elizabeth A.H. Green and Karl Melles. Studied with noted cellists Gregor Piatigorsky, Antonio Janigro, and Lynn Harrell. Artist-Faculty and Principal Conductor of the Repertory Training Orchestra at the Brevard Music Center. University of Alabama faculty member since 1985.
Randall Coleman is currently the Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he serves as the conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band, the Associate Conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Mr. Coleman joins the faculty at the University of Alabama after a successful 25 year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and his Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Coleman has been an active member of the Georgia Music Educators' Association, where he has held the office of President, First Vice-President and State Band Division Chair. Mr. Coleman has also served as Georgia State Chair for the National Band Association. He was awarded the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on eight occasions and was the 1992 recipient of the American School Band Directors Association's Stanbury Award for the state of Georgia and the southeastern United States. Mr. Coleman was inducted into the John Philip Sousa Foundations' "Legion of Honor" in 2004 and is also listed in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Bands under Mr. Coleman's direction have consistently received superior ratings on the concert stage as well as the marching field. His concert ensembles have performed on three occasions in Carnegie Hall in New York, New York. During his tenure at Milton High School in Milton, Georgia, the Milton Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the National Convention of the Music Educators’ National Conference, the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, and the Georgia Music Educators' Association State Conference. Marching bands under his direction have won numerous “Grand Championship” awards and also participated in the prestigious New Year's Day Parade in London, England, in 1996 and 2001, and the 2004 Fiesta Bowl Parade in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Coleman remains in demand as a marching and concert band clinician and adjudicator across the country and in Europe.
AUDITION PROCEDURES
THE ALABAMA WIND ENSEMBLE, THE HUXFORD ORCHESTRA, & THE ALABAMA SYMPHONIC BAND
Students play one audition to be considered for placement in any or all of these three ensembles. Auditions for Fall Semester 2008 will be held on August 18 and 19. The specific dates and times for each group of instruments are listed below.
Please fill out, print and bring the AUDITION INFORMATION FORM (available here as an editable pdf file) to your audition. String players must fill out the HSO AUDITION INFORMATION FORM (available here as an editable pdf file).
All Percussionists wishing to audition for any or all of these three ensembles must attend a meeting on Tuesday, August 19 in Room 204 of The Moody Music Building at 2:00 p.m.
Percussionists should also fill out, print and bring the AUDITION INFORMATION FORM (available here as an editable pdf file) to your meeting.
AUDITION DATES and TIMES
The Alabama Wind Ensemble, The Huxford Symphony Orchestra, and The Alabama Symphonic Band
Monday, August 18
Concert Hall - Moody Music Building
10:00 a.m. All Strings
2:00 p.m. Oboes
2:45 p.m. Bassoons
3:15 p.m. All Saxophones
4:45 p.m. Flutes
6:00 p.m. All Clarinets
Tuesday, August 19
Concert Hall - Moody Music Building
10:00 a.m. All Strings
1:00 p.m. Euphoniums
1:45 p.m. Tubas
2:35 p.m. Trombones (ALL)
3:45 p.m. Horns
5:15 p.m. Trumpets
AUDITION MATERIALS (for all ensembles)
THE ALABAMA WIND ENSEMBLE
September 25
November 6
January 23 Alabama Music Educators Conference
February 8 Alabama Honor Band Festival
March 10
THE HUXFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
September 15
October 17
November 17
February 12 Alabama All-State Orchestra Weekend
April 20
THE ALABAMA SYMPHONIC BAND
October 6
November 10
February 5 Alabama Honor Band Festival
March 4
April 15
THE ALABAMA WIND ENSEMBLE
September 25 ProgramHide Program
| September 25, 2008 | |
| Pagan Dances | Barnes |
| Red Line Tango | Mackey |
Dance Movements |
Sparke |
November 6 ProgramHide Program
| November 6, 2008 | |
Brooklyn Bridge |
Daugherty |
Rondino |
Beethoven |
| Symphony #4 | Maslanka |
January 23 (AMEA) ProgramHide Program
| January 23, 2009 — Alabama Music Educators Conference |
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Slalom |
Pann |
Brooklyn Bridge |
Daugherty |
| [Martin Commission] | Martin |
[Bonney Commission] |
Bonney |
February 7 (Honor Band) ProgramHide Program
| February 7, 2009 — Alabama Honor Band Festival |
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| Slalom | Pann |
| [Bonney Commission] | Bonney |
| Catfish Row | Gershwin |
| The Dog Breath Variations | Zappa |
March 10 ProgramHide Program
| March 10, 2009 | |
| ...And The Mountains Rising Nowhere | Schwantner |
| Sonata for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble | Kennan |
| Concerto for Marimba | Ewazen |
| Old Wine in New Bottles | Jacob |
HUXFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
September 15 ProgramHide Program
September 17, 2008 |
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| Russlan and Ludmilla | Glinka |
| Grand Duo for Violin and Double Bass | Bottesini |
| Nocturnes | Debussy |
October 17 ProgramHide Program
| October 17, 2008 | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition | Mussorgsky |
| Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore | Verdi |
| Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly | Puccini |
November 17 ProgramHide Program
| November 17, 2008 | |
| Pelleas and Melisande | Fauré |
| Death and Transfiguration | Strauss |
| Pictures at an Exhibition | Mussorgsky |
February 12 (All State) ProgramHide Program
| February 12, 2009
— Alabama All-State Festival |
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| Scheherazade | Rimsky-Korsakov |
| [Concerti] | TBA |
April 20 ProgramHide Program
| April 20, 2009 | |
| Egmont Overture | Beethoven |
| Piano Concerto #4 | Beethoven |
| Symphony #5 | Beethoven |
THE ALABAMA SYMPHONIC BAND
October 6 ProgramHide Program
| October 6, 2008 | |
| American Overture for Band | Jenkins |
| Fandango | Turrin |
| Entry March of the Boyars | Halvorsen |
| Culloden | Giroux |
October |
Whitacre |
November 10 ProgramHide Program
| November 10, 2008 | |
| Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare | Strauss |
| The Dream of Oenghus | Rudin |
| Yosemite Autumn | Camphous |
| Star Spangled Banner | arr. Zaninelli |
| First Suite in E-flat | Holst |
February 5 (Honor Band) ProgramHide Program
| February 5, 2009
— Alabama Honor Band Festival |
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| Celebration Fanfare | Reineke |
| Carmina Burana | Orff/Krance |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Bonney |
| Manhattan Beach | Sousa |
March 4 ProgramHide Program
| March 4, 2009 | |
| Symphony #6 | Persichetti |
| Molly on the Shore | Grainger |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Lauridsen/Reynolds |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Bonney |
April 15 ProgramHide Program
| April 15, 2009 | |
| Lincolnshire Posy | Grainger |
| No Shadow of Turning | Gillingham |
| Shortcut Home | Wilson |
| The Best of Rooms | Thompson/Lambrecht |
CHAMBER MUSIC
CHAMBER WINDS
Wind players and Percussionists are selected from the Alabama Wind Ensemble, Huxford Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Symphonic Band to perform selected chamber wind pieces. There is no separate audition process to participate in this group. The rehearsal time is in the chamber music blocks of the ensemble matrix.
ADDITIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC
In addition to the large conducted ensembles addressed at this website, there are also a wide range of chamber ensembles offered through the studio experience and other curricular means. Some of the chamber ensembles include Chamber Winds, Jazz Combos, Percussion Ensemble, String Quartets, Brass Ensembles, Woodwind Quintets and Trios. Please contact the studio teacher of the relevant instrument here.
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