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ANCHOR BAYANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOLHIGH SCHOOL

The Anchor Bay School District

is Proud to Present the

Third Annual Michigan Music Conference

Saturday, January 26, 2008

10:00 a.m.

ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

P. David Visnaw II, Director

Amway Grand Hotel

Grand Rapids, Michigan

LETTERS ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL BOARD

STEVE MITTELSTADT, PRESIDENT

LETTERS ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRCIT

LEONARD A. WOODSIDE, SUPERINTENDENT

LETTERS ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL

JUDITH STEFANAC, PRINCIPAL

PROGRAM ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

P. DAVID VISNAW II, DIRECTOR

TITLE COMPOSER / ARRANGER PUBLISHER YEAR

CRESCENT CITY STOMP Dave Brubeck

Arranged by Kris Berg

Alfred Publishing

Company

2000

SKYHAWK Fred Strum Heritage Music

Press

2007

Scott A. Oranchak, Director, Anchor Bay Middle School South – Guest Conductor

JACK THE BEAR Duke Ellington

Transcribed by David Berger

Warner Brothers

Publications

2003

SOME SKUNK FUNK Randy Brecker

Arranged by Mark Taylor

Hal Leonard

Corporation

1996

SKYLARK Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael

Arranged by Dave Wolpe

Warner Brothers

Publications

2004

Chris Collins, Saxophone, Director of Jazz Studies, Wayne State University – Guest Artist

ST. LOUIS BLUES W. C. Handy

Arranged by Victor Goines

Alfred Publishing

Company

2007

TROFEO DE BOLOS Craig Skeffington Alfred Publishing

Company

2007

SISTER SADIE Horace Silver

Arranged by Michael Abene

Hal Leonard

Corporation

1998

PERSONNEL ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Danny Bowron

Percussion

Junior

Richard Bright

Bass

Senior

Chad Coleman

Guitar

Junior

Jon Carrothers

Trombone

Junior

Kyle Croes

Trumpet

Junior

Brandon Ehrhardt

Baritone Sax

Senior

Greg Cluney

Trumpet

Senior Sam Gargulinski

Tenor Sax

Senior

Tylor Good

Percussion

Junior

Darrell Haas

Bass Trombone

Senior

Alex Lee

Guitar

Senior

Hope Legg

Trumpet

Junior

Brendan Makar

Bass

Junior

Michael McMillan

Percussion

Senior

Andrew Miller

Trumpet

Senior

Cameron O’Brien

Trombone

Junior

Jennifer Pavlica

Trombone

Senior Jack Ventimiglia

Guitar

Senior

Courtney Sykes

Flute

Senior

Susan Rudnick

Trumpet

Sophomore

James Rowe

Tuba

Senior

Kyle Ribant

Alto Sax/Clarinet

Junior

Lynae Werner

Piano

Senior

Christen Williams

Tenor Sax

Senior

Ashley Zacharski

Piano

Junior

Kristen Zelenak

Alto/Soprano Sax

Senior

Dave Zwolinski

Percussion

Senior

DIRECTORS P. David Visnaw II, Instrumental Music Director at Anchor Bay High School, New Baltimore, MI, received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Michigan State University, a Masters of Educational Leadership from Saginaw Valley State University, and a Masters of Music in Wind Conducting from Michigan State University. He has been a performer with area jazz ensembles and Salsa Bands and has been a private saxophone instructor for the past 19 years.

Currently in his 13th year of teaching instrumental music in the Anchor Bay School District, Mr. Visnaw serves as the director of the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band, and Musical Pit Orchestra at Anchor Bay High School. The Marching and Concert Bands have performed in Toronto, St. Louis, New York, and at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and the school’s Wind Ensemble has performed at the annual Michigan Music Conference. The Anchor Bay HS Jazz Ensemble has been recognized as one of the best in the state with numerous performances at the Detroit International Jazz

Festival, awards at the CMU Jazz Festival, and consistent First Division ratings at the MSBOA State Jazz Festival. The overall Anchor Bay School District Music Program has been recognized as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America" by the American Music Conference in 2006.

In 1999, Mr. Visnaw was twice recognized for excellence in teaching by receiving the Macomb Country “Teacher of the Week” from the Detroit News, and the WDIV High School “Teacher of the Year” Award from the Anchor Bay School District. Branching out from ABHS, Mr. Visnaw has conducted the East Shore Honors Band, an ensemble of gifted high school musicians from Macomb, St. Clair, Lapeer, and Sanilac Counties. He has also served as Vice-President of Marching Band as well as Band & Orchestra Activities for the MSBOA District XVI. In 2003, Mr. Visnaw was honored by being inducted as a member into the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA). Mr. Visnaw currently resides in Macomb Township with his wife, Leanne, and two daughters, Abigail and Isabella.

Scott A. Oranchak is in his 12th of teaching and is presently the Director of Band at Anchor Bay Middle School South in New Baltimore, MI. He received a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from Michigan State University. Mr. Oranchak has been a performer with several ensembles in the area, including the Blue Water Brass Quintet, and has taught private lessons for the past thirteen years.

Mr. Oranchak started his teaching career in New Haven, MI before moving on to Milan, MI. Currently he is in his seventh year teaching in the Anchor Bay School District. In 2004, Mr. Oranchak was awarded the Macomb County Teacher of the Week from the Detroit News and was recently honored with Teacher of the Year for Anchor Bay Middle School South. In 2001, he started a middle school jazz ensemble for seventh and eighth grade band students from both middle schools in the Anchor Bay School District. Many of those first Middle School Jazz Band Students take the stage today with the Anchor Bay HS Jazz Ensemble.

BIOGRAPHIES

SITTING IN... GUEST ARTIST

CHRIS COLLINS, SAXOPHONE

Chris Collins is a professional jazz woodwind player who has toured throughout Japan, South Africa, Europe and North America as the leader of his own ensembles and as a featured soloist. In the past year, Mr. Collins has performed his original works in seven countries on four continents. He has played professionally with artists including the Phil Collins Big Band, Doc Severenson, Mel Torme, Michael Fienstien, Rob McConnel, Lou Rawls, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at jazz festivals including: Cork, Ireland, Montreux-Switzerland, Pori, Nice, North Sea, and Glasgow.

His CD release “Jazz From The Shamrock Shore” (Harriett Jazz/ASCAP), features extended compositions which artistically combine the instrumentation, musical vocabulary, and repertoire of the Irish folk tradition with American Jazz. In addition to his work on commercial recordings and film soundtracks - including the soundtrack for the award winning Paramount Pictures release "The Big Night" - Chris' jazz solo work can be heard on the CD releases: "Urban Solitude" - Chris Collins Quartet (Harriett Jazz), "A Hot Night In Paris" - The Phil Collins Big Band (Atlantic), “A Time To Mourn, A Time To Dance” (Harriett Jazz/ ASCAP), and "Watching For Watchung Plaza" - The John Cooper Quintet. Collins' work has received recognition from Billboard Magazine, Downbeat Magazine, Detroit Jazz Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, The Hennesey Jazz Competition, and the International Association of Jazz Educators.

Chris Collins is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Chris has presented numerous workshops around the world including presentations at The South African Jazz Educators conference (Durbin, Capetown, and Grahamstown, South Africa), The University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), The Big Band Club (Kita Kyushu, Japan), and at numerous conferences for the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) on topics including jazz saxophone, improvisation, and distance jazz education. Mr. Collins has also contributed several articles to the Jazz Educators Journal including a recent cover story on Joe Lovano and Joe Zawinul.

ABOUT US... Nestled along the shoreline of Lake St. Clair, Anchor Bay School District encompasses the city of New Baltimore and parts of Chesterfield, Lenox, Ira, and Casco Township in Macomb and St. Clair counties.

This region, northeast of Detroit, was among the fastest growing in Michigan during the past ten years. The community has met the challenge of expanding enrollment by funding a state-of-the-art AA high school, which opened in September of 2003.

The instrumental music program at Anchor Bay High School consists of six concert bands, a jazz ensemble, and a 200-member marching band. All are offered as courses during the regular school day, except for the marching band, which meets as a seventh-hour class outside of the school day proper. The concert bands include a ninth grade cadet band, a ninth grade symphonic band, a concert band, two symphonic bands that meet separately and combine in performance, and a wind ensemble.

Instrumental music in the Anchor Bay School District begins in fourth grade with a general music class studying the recorder. Band instruments are introduced in fifth grade, with the district’s eight elementary school bands meeting before or after school for rehearsals.

At the middle school level, sixth grade students meet in classes of mixed instrumentation every other day as one of their electives. Depending on the middle school, seventh and eighth grade students are either grouped by ability level or grade level.

After being cut from the curriculum in the early 1980s, the Anchor Bay instrumental music program began its resurgence in the late 1980s under the direction of Randy Casteel, who restored and grew the program.

In recent years, the program has blossomed to annually include approximately 1000 students district-wide including 300 in one or more of the high school ensembles. The secondary bands consistently receive first division ratings in district and state MSBOA festivals and the Anchor Bay music program was recognized in 2006 as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America" by the American Music Conference. The Anchor Bay High School Wind Ensemble recently performed at the Michigan Music Conference in 2006.

ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRCIT

NEW BALTIMORE, MICHIGAN

CLASS OF ‘07 Director, P. David Visnaw II, and the members of the Anchor Bay High School Jazz Ensemble would like to thank the graduates of the class of 2007 for their devotion, dedication, and hard work. These individuals played a crucial part in making this performance possible!

Paul Barnett - Trombone

Katherine Butler - Piano

Kenneth Debus - Trumpet

Margaret Kennedy - Trombone

Sarah Rudnick - Saxophone

Lauren Saad - Saxophone

Anthony Sabella - Trumpet

Nicole Saghy - Piano

Samantha Strassburg - Trumpet

Jeff Williams - Trumpet

ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL

THANK YOU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

Steve Mittelstadt, President. Ron Osborne, Vice President. Michael LaFeve, Secretary. Paul Bemis, Treasurer. Heather Bade, Trustee. Robert Bidlingmaier, Trustee. Charles Medley, Trustee.

ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

Leonard A. Woodside, Superintendent. Kyle Anderson, Director of Business Services. Robert S. Tidd, III, Director of Human Resources.

Gail Eckstein, Director of Elementary Ed. Kenneth Krause, Director of Secondary Ed.

ANCHOR BAY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Judith Stefanac, Principal. Henry Anderson, Assistant Principal. Victor Balaj, Assistant Principal

Sherry Kenward, Assistant Principal. David Boeskool, Athletic Director/Assistant Principal

ANCHOR BAY BAND BOOSTER EXECUTIVE BOARD

Eileen Zelenak, President. Chris Worton, 1st VP (Fundraising). Sarah Plachinski, 2nd VP (Special Events). Rhonda Schehr, Treasurer.

Heidi Gnesda, Financial Secretary. Lynnette O'Brien, Recording Secretary. David Visnaw, Director of Bands. Molly Dee, Director of Bands.

ANCHOR BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT MUSIC STAFF

Amy Blumreich, Elementary General Music & 5th Grade Band Janice Boswell, Anchor Bay MS North Choir

Molly Dee, Anchor Bay HS Bands & 5th Grade Band Melissa Dresbach, Elementary General Music David Kleckner, Anchor Bay MS North Bands

Linda Lonzo, Elementary General Music Bruce Materazzi, Elementary General Music & 5th Grade Band

Diane Michelson, Anchor Bay MS North & South Choirs & 6th Grade General Music Scott Oranchak, Anchor Bay MS South Bands

Linda Reinhardt, Elementary General Music & 5th Grade Band Diana Rodgers, Elementary General Music & 5th Grade Band

Deborah Root, Anchor Bay HS Choirs & Elementary General Music Barbara Sheldrick, Elementary General Music

David Visnaw, Anchor Bay HS Bands Theresa White, Anchor Bay HS Choirs & Elementary General Music

THE ANCHOR BAY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM OFFERS SPECIAL THANKS

...to these individuals who helped in the musical preparation of this performance:

Paul Brodzik, Chris Collins, Molly Dee, Chelsea Hallendy, Christopher Kauffold, Tod Leavitt, Anthony Messina, Scott Oranchak, and Christopher Traskal

...and to

these individuals, organizations, and companies for generous donations of money and services:

The Anchor Bay Band Boosters, The Anchor Bay Community Foundation, Eastside Music, The Gargulinski Family, Carol Klasmeier, Lynnette O’Brien, New Horizon’s Tour and Travel, and Port Huron Music

David Visnaw would like to extend special thanks to Kevin Matthews for his continued mentorship and

role in today’s performance. Also to Tom Zarro, Bill Cable, Joe Lulloff, Peter Dominguez, and Ron Newman for instilling in him their passion for this truly American art form, jazz. And especially, to his parents, Linda and Paul, his beautiful wife, Leanne, and their children, Abigail and Isabella, for their devotion, sacrifice, and patience with his demanding schedule throughout the years and more

recently as he prepared for this special honor.