The Woodbridge Music Club


Presents

The United States Navy Band
Brass Quartet

Westminster Retirement Center
12191 Clipper Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22192

Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 7:00 PM

The Brass Quartet is the Navy Band's newest chamber music group. The group performs at libraries, museums, colleges and high schools throughout the metropolitan Washington area. The quartet's repertoire includes works from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with many of the compositions arranged by its members. Directed by Senior Chief Musician S. Joe Dollard, euphonium, the quartet includes Chief Musician John P. Schroeder, trumpet, and Musicians First Class Stanley Curtis, trumpet and Andrew C. Oppenheim, tuba. Quartet members are often featured soloists on Navy Band concerts and recital programs, including performances as part of the band's "Music In The Schools" program.


S. Joe Dollard (Euphonium) holds a B.M. degree from North Texas State University. Studied with Don Little and Rich Matteson. Principal euphonium and soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony. Soloist with the United States Navy Band. Founder and leader of the Navy Band's Brass Quartet.

John P. Schroder (trumpet) holds a B.M. degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. Studied with Charles Gorham. Principal trumpet with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago and principal trumpet with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile. Professor of trumpet at the Universidad Catolica de Chile. He is a founding member of the brass quartet, and has produced more than forty transcriptions, arrangements, and original compositions for the group.

Stanley H. Curtis (trumpet) a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He received a received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music (Ohio), and a doctorate from Indiana University (Bloomington) in 2005. He has studied with Steve Hendrickson, Michael Sachs, Friedemann Immer, Peter Masseurs, Charles Gorham, Bernard Adelstein, and Michael Johnson.

Andrew C. Oppenheim (tuba) holds a B.M. degree from Indiana University, a M.M. degree from Arizona State University. Studied with Harvey Phillips and Daniel Perantoni. Performed with the Terra Haute Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Pro Musica, Evansville Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Navy Band Brass Quartet.

Program:
Our National Anthem
Music: John Stafford Smith
Lyrics: Francis Scott Key

Radetzky March
Johann Strauss Sr.

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Johann Strauss Jr.

Brass Quartet No. 2
Thom Ritter George

Incantation

Dance

Dies Sanctificatus
Robert Shuffett

Miniature for Brass Quartet
Ronald Lo Presti

Washington Post March
John Philip Sousa

Alhambra Grotto March
Karl L. King

The Stomping Sailors March
John Schroeder

Fantasia for Bugle
John Schroeder

American Folksong Medley
Traditional & Stephen Foster

Battle Hymn of the Republic
William Steffe

When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Louis Lambert

This Land is Your Land
Woodie Guthrie

You’re a Grand Old Flag
George M. Cohan

Armed Forces Medley

Senior Chief Musician Joe Dollard, Euphonium
Musician First Class Andrew Oppenheim, Tuba
Musician First Class Stanley Curtis, Trumpet
Chief Musician John Schroeder, Trumpet

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081215 Flyer for Navy Band Quartet January 24, 2009 Performance