Matt Hayes
Junior Percussion Recital
This
Junior Recital is presented in partial fulfillment of a B.M. in Music Education
Bliss
Hall ~ Room 2326
Monday,
April 2, 2011
8:00
p.m.
PROGRAM:
Two
Mexican Dances for Marimba (1974) Gordon Stout (b. 1952)
Notes
by the composer:
“The first
Mexican Dance was originally the ninth etude from Etudes for Marimba, Book 2.
Warren Benson [Stouts’ teacher] thought that the character of the music of the
first dance was very different from the rest of the etudes of Book 2. He suggested that I remove it from that
collection, write a second piece in a similar style, and call them Two Mexican
Dances. Thus the dedication of the two pieces to Warren Benson. So I didn't think of the first dance as being
Mexican. I had never been to Mexico at that point in my life. Warren Benson
however, heard something that made him think that. The first dance was composed
in one day, with no revisions or changes. The second dance was begun on vibes,
and took much longer to compose.”
American Suite Guy G. Gauthreaux II
For Unaccompanied Snare Drum (1989)
American
Suite is a five-movement work based primarily on a short rhythmic motive
presented in the opening four measures.
Throughout all five movements, this theme is continuously manipulated
utilizing augmentation, diminution, fragmentation and other variation
techniques. Each movement is unique and
incorporates many aspects associated with drumming in America, including jazz,
rudimental, ethnic, orchestral, marching, and contemporary styles.
I: The first movement serves to firmly
introduce the rhythmic motive with only an occasional use of unrelated
material.
II: This movement combines the old rudimental
style of drumming with a more contemporary marching application. Accents play an important role in motivic
statements. All forty Percussive Arts
Society International Drum Rudiments appear in this movement.
III: The third movement, written entirely for
brushes, makes extensive use of hand-to-hand independence while maintaining the
rhythmic motive in a jazz style.
IV: Written in a Latin style, this movement makes
use of numerous playing areas and special techniques.
V: The last movement is the most difficult and
twice as long as any other movement. It
is more contemporary in nature and contains new and previously stated motivic
variations.
Cello
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (ca.
1720) J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
I. Prelude
II. Allemande
Bach’s Six Unaccompanied Suites for Cello
are among the most recognizable and widely performed compositions ever written
for the instrument. They were most
likely composed while he worked in the German city of Köthen as Kapellmeister for Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen. The Suites have been transcribed for many
instruments, but lay particularly well on marimba because the low range is the
same the cello. Bach has made a
profound impact upon western art music, and his compositions and techniques
serve as a foundation for music theory as it’s studied today.
Cajon Trio for Nate #1 &
Nate #2 (2008) Ron Coulter (b. 1978)
Ron Coulter received his Bachelors
and Masters degrees in Music Performance from the Dana School of Music.
In his notes for the piece, he jokingly requests, “if possible, players 1 and 3
should both be named Nate. The piece was composed for and is dedicated to
two of my students, Nathan Staley and Nathan Kingery.”
Featuring: Bob Young and Dustin May as the two Nates
Virginia Tate (1999) Paul Smadbeck (b. 1955)
The composition was named after Mr.
Smadbeck’s wife’s mother who passed away tragically in 1986.
Notes by the composer:
“Musically, I wanted to initially
create for the listener a mood of quiet reflection. The form is a fairly simple
AABC Coda, prefaced by an introduction in c#. The primary melodic theme, also
in c#, is stated twice and leads to a rather forceful section in f# which
develops fragments of earlier material. This is followed by a contrasting dolce
in G, which builds in intensity and leads to a coda. Here, the listener is
teased into an expectation of a return to the primary melodic theme when,
instead, the material from the introduction is used in a downward cascade of
chords, ending in a quiet echo of the opening theme.”
The
African Queen (1965) Horace Silver (b. 1928)
Nutville (1965) Horace Silver (b. 1928)
Both The African Queen and Nutville
were released on the Horace Silver Quintet’s album The Cape Verdean Blues, which was inspired by Silver’s father who
was born in Cape Verde.
Featuring:
Mark
Higgins – Tenor Sax
Kevin
Snyder – Bari Sax
Dan
Danch - vibes
Albert
Troiani – Guitar
Jonathan
Carran – Bass
BIOGRAPHY:
Matt
Hayes is a junior music education major at Youngstown State
University’s Dana School of Music. Matt
grew up in Coshocton, Ohio and graduated from River View High School in 2001
where he was actively involved in the music program, participating in the
marching, symphonic, jazz, and pep bands, Caribbean Percussion Ensemble, the
“Certified Gold” Chorale, and both on stage and in the pit orchestra for the
school musicals. He studied percussion with
Jay Fant, and was heavily involved with the OMEA Solo and Ensemble competition
all four years. During high school, he
was also a member of the All-Ohio Youth Choir, for which he was then hired as
staff percussionist for the past nine years.
In the fall of 2001, Matt began
working towards a music education degree at Capital University where he participated
in a number of wind, percussion, and vocal ensembles while studying under Bob
Breithaupt. In 2004, Matt left Capital
and began teaching percussion back at River View, eventually getting hired as
the director of percussion. As such, he
oversaw marching, concert and indoor percussion rehearsals, directed, composed,
and arranged for the Caribbean Ensemble, assisted with the Jazz and Pep bands,
and taught private lessons to students from around the county. In 2006 he was a member of Matrix Indoor
Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Rob Ferguson.
Finally in 2008, Matt began his
studies at YSU under Dr. Glenn Schaft. He
is currently a member of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Percussion Ensemble, the
Horace Silver jazz combo, and the Youngstown Percussion Collective (YPC), a
group for whom he is vice president. He
has also performed with the Concert Band, the Marching Pride, and the Jazz 2
big band. In the spring of 2010, he was
accepted into the national academic honors society Phi Kappa Phi.
Matt would like to dedicate this
performance to his late aunt and uncle, Julie and Garth Griffith.
PERCUSSION STUDIO CALENDAR:
5/5/11 – Eric Zalenski – Junior Recital, Bliss Hall, 2222, 8 p.m.
5/6/11 – Youngstown Percussion Collective – Maplewood Elementary, Townville,
PA
5/10/11 – YPC – Jackson-Milton Elementary, North Jackson, OH