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Youth Day Concert Sharon Boyer, reporter What an inspiring concert for the youth and all who attended! One can only attempt to transfer such an experience into words. The sounds of Feste Romane by Ottorino Respighi, performed by the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony temporarily transported the audience to another time and place. Then, a number of trumpet soloists performed with the T
CU Wind Symphony. Following this, the Stoneback Sisters created a splendid “Latin” atmosphere with El Gato Montes by Penenna. Jon Lewis followed with Excursions by Bruce Broughton, a lively and playfully technical work, which Jon made sound much more playful than technical. The jovial Stoneback Sisters returned, to the audience’s delight, greeted us with contagious smiles, and performed The Carnival of Venice by H. L. Clarke. The three shared the solo wonderfully, and played with superb unity. The first half closed with the truly awesome sound of Allen Vizzutti’s trumpet as the TCU Wind Symphony painted a different setting with Three Winter Scenes, written by Vizzutti himself. The cadenza on this last work left the audience in awe of Vizzutti’s range, technique, endurance, and style. In short, it had something for everyone. Before the second half of the concert, John Irish and Vince DiMartino awarded the prizes for the youth competition. Then, our ears were once again treated to
wonderful music as the TCU Jazz Ensemble played three numbers for us: which included a Manny Album arrangement of Sleep, a Bob Curnow arrangement titled Kenton Kollage, and an adaptation of Take the A Train by Tom Kubis, which was renamed Take the A Stuff. As if the night could not get any better, Allen Vizzutti re-appeared as a guest soloist with the band, in a swingin’ outfit, about which he remarked, “I got this suit at a convention for out-of-work disco dancers.” The
selections he performed included the following: his arrangement of Cherokee, Oliver by Jeff Tyzik, a Mitch Farber arrangement of It’s a Heavy Town, and an arrangement by Jeff Tyzik of Night in Tunisia ending with a cadenza that brought awestruck silence upon the audience. Every time Allen Vizzutti plays, the audience receives an education on the various thing s a trumpet is capable of doing, and a few most of us are convinced that it cannot! |
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