Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra with The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Program

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM

WIND ORCHESTRA WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE WIND SYMPHONY

THURSDAY 21 AUGUST 7.30PM

CONSERVATORIUM THEATRE, QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

CONDUCTORS:

JACKIE HARTENBERGER & PETER MORRIS

A MESSAGE FROM THE CONSERVATORIUM DIRECTORS

It is a great pleasure to welcome The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony for tonight’s shared performance at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University as part of their 2025 East Coast tour. I am confident that the event will be memorable not only for the music shared but for establishing and renewing connections and friendships. We look forward in particular to having our QCGU students play side-byside with members of the The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony in the world premiere of Paul Dean’s Symphony No.4, which promises to be a significant Australian-sourced contribution to what is, as you will hear adjacently this evening, a rich and ever-evolving symphonic wind tradition. Welcome too to the members of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music National University of Singapore, who also join for the Dean premiere, a co-commission between the three schools along with the respective national defence force bands as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Australia. Thank you to Professor Peter Tornquist and to Professor Richard Kurth, as well as to all the staff involved in the various organisations, for their support of this substantial collaboration. Congratulations to all involved – whether on the stage or in the metaphorical wings – for bringing this opportunity for fresh connection and creation to realisation. To the audience drawn together to bear witness and contribute to this celebration of closeness and co-operation.

Music making is always collaborative. Even a solo player is implicitly in dialogue with the composer, and in performance is interacting with the audience. All the more in large ensembles, in which the players and conductor collaborate from moment-to-moment, shaping sounds in time, blending and juxtaposing their colours and energies. And it is even more rewarding when emerging artists from two leading Australian conservatoria have an opportunity to play together to premiere a new Australian work! Tonight’s concert is a very special case of collaboration and friendship, a climax of intensive rehearsals over the past two days, and months of planning. My warmest thanks to Professor Bernard Lanskey and the Queensland Conservatorium for hosting this event, and to Professor Peter Morris and students of the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra for their artistic collaboration with my colleague Associate Professor Jackie Hartenberger and students in The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony. We are thrilled to be presenting a wonderful new work by Professor Paul Dean, and delighted to partner with Professor Peter Tornquist and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, on this important commission.

Thank you for joining us tonight, as our ensembles perform together, and for each other!

Richard Kurth Director | Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

PROGRAM

Convergence ...where winds meet and rise together.

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895 – 1963)

Symphony in B-flat

I. Moderately fast, with vigor

II. Andantino grazioso

III. Fugue, rather broad

Performed by UMWS

KATHARINE PARKER, ARR. VIDEON (1886 – 1971)

Arc-En-Ciel*

Performed by QCWO and UMWS

MICHAEL DAUGHERTY (b. 1954)

Lost Vegas

I. Viva

II. Mirage

III. Fever

Performed by QCWO

INTERVAL

MELODY EÖTVÖS (b. 1984)

Hun Tur*

Performed by UMWS

PAUL DEAN (b. 1966)

Symphony No. 4 Symphony for Winds*

*World Premiere

Performed by QCWO, UMWS and special guests from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony tour is supported by The Sidney Myer and MSO Trust.

The University of Melbourne and The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we gather tonight, the Yuggera and Turrbal peoples, and pay respect to Elders past and present. We also acknowledge the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices related to the land.

CONDUCTOR JACKIE HARTENBERGER

Dr Jackie Hartenberger (Fulbright Scholar, 2023–2024) is an internationally acclaimed conductor known for her dynamic artistry and inspiring leadership. Currently the conductor of the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony and principal instructor of conducting for the Australian Defence Force School of Music, her performances and teaching bring passion, precision, and infectious energy. Previously Associate Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, she led the UGA Wind Symphony to national acclaim, premiering major works including Kevin Day’s Concerto for Wind Ensemble and Adam Gorb’s Concerto for Violin, Viola, and Wind Ensemble.

A St. Louis native, Jackie’s musical journey began with her mother as her first teacher. She holds degrees from the University of North Texas and The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Jerry F. Junkin. She is the artistic director and creator of The JH Collective – an innovative ensemble and American Prize finalist – collaborating with top soloists and institutions like the Martha Graham Dance Company. Jackie Hartenberger continues to shape the future of wind music through performance, education, and collaboration around the globe.

CONDUCTOR PETER MORRIS

Peter Morris is Professor in Conducting and Head of Orchestral Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Brisbane. He leads the orchestral conducting program and is a resident conductor of the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Musical Theatre pit orchestras, live orchestra with film, and other interesting ensemble projects that arise. Prior to immigrating to Australia in 2002, Peter performed in the US and internationally on trumpet and as a conductor in a wide variety of genres, from Baroque orchestras to commercial session work in Los Angeles for film and television. Peter completed his doctoral studies in conducting at UCLA and has held teaching positions at American universities in California, Texas and Colorado.

Over the past 23 years in Australia, he has worked across a wide variety of academic settings from primary, secondary, tertiary and community settings. One of Peter’s greatest joys is working with local schools and providing support to local teachers. Each year he presents numerous conference keynotes, school workshops and professional development sessions for music teachers across Australia, Asia and internationally.

Peter continues to complement his academic work with professional conducting activity in large-scale cultural projects, recording sessions for local film and TV and collaborative live events. He’s been enjoying conducting large touring orchestral shows such as Kate Ceberano’s My Life is a Symphony, the Beatles’ tribute All You Need is Love, and films with live orchestra such as The Man from Snowy River in Concert, Back to the Future in Concert. An advocate for commissioning new works and re-imagining musical structures, Peter is passionate about exploring exciting collaborations to create unique performances that matter.

PROGRAM NOTES

PAUL HINDEMITH

Symphony in B-flat

While guest conducting the US Army Band in 1951, Paul Hindemith composed and premiered his Symphony in B-flat, a piece that has become a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire. The first movement, “with vigor,” bursts through the concert hall with a bold fanfare and a pervasive energy evocative of a train’s powerful steam engine beginning its journey. The second movement conjures the movement, the sway and gentle dance, experienced by those inside the train as they journey down the tracks. With precision, the final movement is a masterfully written fugue ending with dramatic flair as the theme from the first movement reappears to conclude the journey.

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a German composer, theorist, violist, and conductor, recognised as a major figure in 20th-century music. He was a key figure in the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, known for his innovative approach to tonality and his emphasis on functional or “utility” music. Hindemith’s career spanned from experimental works to a neoclassical style, and he also made significant contributions to music theory.

KATHARINE PARKER, ARR. VIDEON

Arc-en-Ciel

Katharine (Kitty) Parker (1886–1971) was an accomplished Australian pianist and composer, best known for her piece Down Longford Way. Born in Tasmania, she studied at the Melbourne University Conservatorium and later in London with Percy Grainger, who called her his most gifted piano pupil. She remained in England, later returning to Australia in 1947 where she resumed teaching and broadcasting. She passed away in Sydney in 1971, leaving behind a significant musical legacy.

Parker intended for her ballet waltz for piano, Arc-en-Ciel, to become an ensemble piece. It has come to life as such through the work of PhD student, Tracy Videon. Videon’s work continues to unveil and highlight some of Australia’s lost female musical contributors.

Tracy Videon is a passionate music educator and PhD candidate in Music Performance at the University of Melbourne, advocating for Australian heritage women composers through the wind band medium; she currently coordinates concert bands at McKinnon Secondary College, teaches low brass, directs ensembles and sings with the MSO Chorus.

MICHAEL DAUGHERTY

Lost Vegas

Lost Vegas is a musical homage to bygone days in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Performed without pause, Lost Vegas is divided into three movements. The first movement, Viva, unfolds as catchy up-tempo musical riffs are layered and phased in various polytonal guises and orchestrations. It represents the dizzying neon signs of the famous Las Vegas “strip” — featuring casinos and hotels ruled by the underworld, and the massive marquees trumpeting performances by pop music legends such as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Mirage, the second movement, is inspired by Death Valley. Located just 88 miles west of Las Vegas, it is one the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. The music in Mirage appears and disappears, like an optical illusion one might encounter in the scorching desert. The final movement, Fever, is a swinging tribute to an earlier epoch, when legendary entertainers such as Elvis, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Stan Kenton, and Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack” performed in intimate and swanky showrooms of the Sands, Tropicana, and Flamingo hotels. This composition is a trip down memory lane to an adventurous and vibrant Vegas that once was and returns in Lost Vegas.

Six-time Grammy® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty is one of America’s most performed and recorded living composers, known for his bold, imaginative works that blend modernist techniques with rich cultural references. Hailed as “a master icon maker” by The Times (London), his music spans orchestra, wind band, and chamber ensembles, with standout pieces like Metropolis Symphony earning international acclaim. A former student of György Ligeti and collaborator with Gil Evans, Daugherty has taught at the University of Michigan since 1991 and served as composer-in-residence with major orchestras across the US. His dynamic, genre-defying works continue to shape the sound of contemporary classical music.

MELODY EÖTVÖS

Hun Tur

Hun Tur is a musical reflection on heritage, inspired by the composer’s exploration of Hungarian ancestry following the passing of their father in 2022. The work balances history and myth, drawing from personal and cultural memory.

Hun references the mistaken belief that Hungarians descended from the Huns, echoing the complexities of mixed identity. Turul evokes the legendary bird of Magyar folklore—imagined here as a spiritual, mythic figure rather than a political emblem. Originally conceived as two movements, the ideas became inseparable, unified by Hamis Népdal—an original folk-like theme woven throughout the piece like a strand of musical DNA.

Composer Melody Eötvös communicates mystery, adventure, and versatility within sophisticated ideas in musical craft, drawing deeply from human experiences and documented discoveries. She is a composer of Contemporary Classical music, both in the realms of traditional instrumental music as well as electro-acoustic sound art. She has lived and studied in Australia, the UK, and the USA, and currently resides in Melbourne. Eötvös is currently a Senior Lecturer of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne.

COMPOSER PAUL DEAN

Brisbane-born Paul Dean is one of Australia’s leading musicians— an award-winning composer, clarinettist, chamber musician, conductor and artistic director. He is currently the Kinnane Professor of Music at the University of Queensland and CoArtistic Director of Ensemble Q with cellist Trish Dean.

A former Principal Clarinet of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and guest with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Dean has performed as soloist with many of Australia’s major orchestras. He has also collaborated with some of the world’s finest string quartets, including the Doric, Navarra, Heath, Goldner, Australian, Flinders, Tin Alley, and Grainger Quartets, and is a Buffet Crampon and D’Addario artist.

Dean was formerly Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), the Four Winds Festival, and the Tutti Beijing International Youth Music Festival.

As a composer, Dean was the recipient of the 2022 Paul Lowin Prize for Symphony No. 1 “Black Summer” and the 2023 APRA Work of the Year – Large Ensemble for his Double Bass Concerto. He has been commissioned by major orchestras and festivals in Australia and internationally, including the Australian World Orchestra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the Aspen Festival (USA), and upcoming commissions for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, and Opera Queensland. His chamber and solo works have been performed by leading artists such as Jack Liebeck, Anthony Marwood, Torleif Thedeen, Andrew Bain, and Trish Dean.

His opera Dry River Run, four symphonies, numerous concertos, and a growing catalogue of chamber works reflect a distinctive voice that is deeply rooted in Australian experience yet internationally resonant. His recordings of the clarinet works of Mozart, Brahms and Benjamin Frankel on the Melba and CPO labels have received global acclaim.

SYMPHONY

NO.4 SYMPHONY FOR WINDS

World Premiere

Composed by: Paul Dean

Published by Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia Pty Ltd

By kind permission of the Wise Music Group

This symphony is a deeply personal work, commissioned by three institutions whose belief made it possible: the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, where I studied, taught, and eventually became Professor; the University of Melbourne, where I completed my Master in Composition; and the Yong Siew Toh (YST) Conservatory in Singapore, whose generous support I warmly acknowledge. At its heart, the piece is a love letter to the wind symphony– a world I have inhabited for decades, as both player, tutor and conductor. It is inspired by years spent inside the sound, and by the towering repertoire that defines the form: Holst’s nobility, Grainger’s eccentric brilliance, Husa’s fire, Hindemith’s unparalleled craftsmanship, Dahl’s lyricism, and the distilled mystery of Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments. The work is dedicated to the memory of my first composition teacher, John Gilfedder, whose encouragement and curiosity opened doors I’m still walking through. It also belongs to the many players of the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra – past, present, and still to come – whose energy and commitment have helped shape my musical life. And most of all, it is a gift of gratitude and friendship to Peter Morris – without whom this symphony may never have been written.

FUTURE PERFORMANCES OF

SYMPHONY NO. 4 SYMPHONY FOR WINDS BY PAUL DEAN:

SINGAPORE: 4 OCTOBER 2025

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore

Peter Morris, Conductor

Featuring the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore Armed Forces Band, Royal Australian Air Force Band, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and Elder Conservatory (Adelaide)

MELBOURNE: 19 OCTOBER 2025

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

Jackie Hartenberger, Conductor

Featuring The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, and Royal Australian Air Force Band

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM

WIND ORCHESTRA

FLUTE

Nathan Smith*

Laura Skorzewski

Keisha Neale

Amalia Safonova

Amy Tashjian

PICCOLO

Amy Tashjian

OBOE

Tina Gallo*

Logan Nutley

Lucinda Turunen

COR ANGLAIS

Logan Nutley

E b CLARINET

Hamish Cassidy*

B b CLARINET

Angel Stevens

Annabelle Freeman

Bianca Cassiano

Gabrielle Thompson

ALTO CLARINET

Jethro Caitens

BASS CLARINET

Hamish Cassidy

BASSOON

Zane Lai*

Ethan Henke

CONTRABASSOON

Mairin Thompson

SOPRANO

SAXOPHONE

Rory Kelly*

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Rory Kelly

Angus Bryer

Lucas Van Stan

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Abbygail Holmes

Angus Bryer

BARITONE

SAXOPHONE

Isaac Bell

Ella Bowmer

TRUMPET

Mitchell Stewart*

Sophie Donohue

Robert Coles

Greta Schloss

Lorenzo Mcpherson

Matthew Brown

Hetty Lawson

Caleb Dawe

HORN

Zachary Hayes*

Craig King

James Rourke

Alysia-Rose Booth

TROMBONE

Matthew Redman*

Dana Day

Alexander McLaughin

BASS TROMBONE

Theo Burnett

Elliott Sternberg

EUPHONIUM

Liam Reed*

Shonnae McIntyre

Joseph Strachan

Christopher Yesberg

TUBA

Ryan Collier *

Ian Ho

Sebastian Young-Florence

DOUBLE BASS

Oliver Murphy* Davies

ELECTRIC BASS

Joel Sanchez-Carn*

PIANO

Q. Phuong Do*

TIMPANI

Thomas Quelhurst*

PERCUSSION

Jaymee Homeming*

Jack Gilbertson

Hunter Burgess

Conrad Taylor

Holly Tate

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE WIND SYMPHONY

FLUTE

Anushi Fernandopulle

Grace Gao*

Amelia Kalomiris

Joshua Kentwell

Kathryn Lanigan-King*

PICCOLO

Anushi Fernandopulle

Grace Gao

Kathryn Lanigan-King

ALTO FLUTE

Kathryn Lanigan-King*

OBOE

Sierra Gao

Lucy Preece

Jade Wolter*

COR ANGLAIS

Sierra Gao

CLARINET

Sophie Allison

Rory Bruce

Maija Flood

Angus Hall

Josh Harris

Zoe Jang

Jorja Withall*

E b CLARINET

Angus Hall

BASS CLARINET

Michael Beech

CONTRA BASS

CLARINET

Rory Bruce

BASSOON

Joshua Elrom

Sara Mau

Laura Radajewski

Yichi Zhang*

CONTRABASSOON

Joshua Elrom

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE

Thomas English

Marcus Ho

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Thomas English

Marcus Ho*

Tash McBain

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Lewis Finney

Marcus Ho

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Charlotte Kitchenman

James Patman

TRUMPET

Benjamin Ball

Riley Brennan

Jules Broeren*

Sarah Camm*

Ben Gittins

Clancy McCue

Grace Robertson

HORN

Jacob Fenchel

Julian Gillies-Lekakis

Madeleine Gough

Prue Russell

Qian Xie*

TROMBONE

Archer Bryett

Sacha Flores

Hayden Lee

Oscar Milić*

BASS

TROMBONE

Hayden Lee

EUPHONIUM

Bohan Feng

Liora Wilson*

SPECIAL GUESTS PERFORMING IN SYMPHONY NO. 4

BY PAUL DEAN

TUBA

Felix Kelly

Sebastian Postregna*

Jancia Schepisi*

DOUBLE BASS

Jude Angove*

PIANO

Yilan Tao*

HARP

Isabel Amoranto*

TIMPANI

Felix Gilmour*

Toby Lo

James Owen

William Smith

David Stockwell

PERCUSSION

Felix Gilmour*

Alicia Jeong

Toby Lo

James Owen

Ben Smith

William Smith

David Stockwell

Mikaela Thomsen

YONG

SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (SINGAPORE)

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Ang Yi Xiang EUPHONIUM

Kang Chun Meng

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC

Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Professor Marie Sierra

Director, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Professor Richard Kurth

Ormond Chair of Music

Professor Gary McPherson

Associate Professor in Music (Wind Symphony, Conducting)

Jackie Hartenberger

Associate Director (Individual Performance Studies) and Professor in Clarinet

David Griffiths

Associate Director (Ensemble Studies) and Senior Lecturer in Saxophone

Joseph Lallo

Manager, Artistic Operations & Planning

Abe Watson

Production Coordinator

Paul Doyle

Orchestral Coordinator

Edwina Dethridge

Orchestral Assistant

Amy Smith

Production Coordinator – Tour

Millie Mullinar

QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM

Director

Professor Bernard Lanskey

Deputy Director (Learning and Teaching)

Associate Professor Donna Weston

Deputy Director (Research)

Dr Alexis Kallio

Head of Ensembles & Orchestral

Conducting

Professor Peter Morris

Head of Woodwinds

Associate Professor Tim Munro

Head of Brass

Dr Ben Marks

Head of Percussion

Professor Vanessa Tomlinson

Conservatorium Manager

Stuart Jones

Front of House Operations Manager

Michael Hibbard

Executive Officer (Engagement)

Dr Natalie Lewandowski-Cox

Technical Team Leader

Cameron Hipwell

Program Coordinator (Ensembles) & Orchestra Manager

Daniel Fossi

Operations Administrator

Clare Wharton