The following is information about upcoming musical events at Centralia College. All of the college events are free admission:
1. Lewis County Community Band, co-conducted by Louie Blaser and Karl Scarborough
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, Corbet Theatre, free admission
2. Jack Stamps, guest lecture/performance
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, Corbet Theatre, free admission
3. Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Judd
7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, Corbet Theatre, free admission
4. Centralia College Music Faculty Recital
7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6, Corbet Theatre, Centralia College, free admission
5. Centralia College Choir, conducted by Beth May
7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, Corbet Theatre, free admission
6. Centralia College Jazz Band, co-conducted by Ryan Brumbaugh and Ritchie Lopez
6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, Jeremy’s Farm to Table Restaurant, 576 W. Main St., Chehalis
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, Corbet Theatre, free admission
Lewis County Community Band
Come bring your families to enjoy a free concert of instrumental music by the Lewis County Community Band on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Corbet Theatre. The theme for the concert is "Something for Everyone." The band will be performing Bach's “Fugue No. 4," “Star Wars: The Force Awakens," “Hymn To The Fallen” from Saving Private Ryan, “Radiant Moonbeams” by David Gillingham, “Crosslands” by Rossano Galante, “Rhythm of The Winds” by Frank Erickson, “The Wolf Dancers” by Pete Havely, “Festivo” by Vaclav Nelhybel, and others. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
This concert is free of charge and open to the public. Call 360-736-9391, ext. 248, for more information about the concert.
The Lewis County Community Band has been directed by Louie Blaser and Karl Scarborough since fall quarter of 2007. Blaser teaches band for the Centralia School District and Karl Scarborough teaches band and choir for the Winlock School District. The band is composed of almost 50 local wind and percussion musicians from Lewis, Thurston, Pacific and Cowlitz counties. Though geared toward adult musicians, the band is also open to college and high school musicians.
Typically, the band averages five flutes, one oboe, nine clarinets, one bass clarinet, two alto saxes, one tenor sax, one bassoon, six trumpets, four French horns, six trombones, two baritones, three tubas and six percussionists. Check out the Lewis County Community Band on FaceBook for more information.
Those who are interested in joining the Lewis County Community Band, contact Louie Blaser atlewiscountycommunityband@yahoo.com or 360-330-7605, ext. 6102.
Jack Stamps, guest lecture/performance
Who Stamps Is:
Jack W. Stamps is the coordinator for music and sound for the Center for Arts and Entertainment Technologies within the University of Texas’ College of Fine Arts. In the CAET, he teaches courses in entertainment technology, music technology and the writing of popular and commercial styles. He received his DMA in music composition, with emphasis in music technology, from UT Austin in 2010. He was an assistant professor of music composition and technology at Seton Hall University from 2011 to 2013, where he designed and implemented a new program in music technology. In addition to his copious work as a traditional composer, he has completed numerous albums, remixes and other productions under the name MC Debris and has composed a substantial number works for music licensing companies in New York and Los Angeles. He lives in San Antonio, where he is working on a book on music and sound for film and games and catching up on about a hundred unfinished projects.
What Stamps will do:
Stamps will explain his role as songwriter, performer and producer MC Debris in the collaboration to create the modernist pop album “CARSON.” Using the lyrics created by long-time librettist, lyricist and business partner John Navarro, Stamps created a sonically dense pop landscape that evokes production and recording techniques that span the ’70s through the present. Dax Norman, surrealist animator, created accompanying videos for the 10 songs of “CARSON,” each meant to double as traditional music videos and projections during future live performances. The presentation will also include premieres of final versions of many of the videos.
What “CARSON” is:
The MC Debris album, “CARSON,” is a collection of 10 songs set to lyrics by John Navarro. Each song combines the biographies of idiosyncratic entertainers of the ’70s and ’80s with rearranged MIDI arrangement data of some pop and dance songs from the same eras. The nature of the album is not parody. These interpretations are intended as an experiment with form and expression that begins with personal memory.
This guest lecture/performance is free of charge and open to the public. The Associated Students of Centralia College is sponsoring this event. For more information, call 360-736-9391, ext. 248. For more information about Stamps and to hear samples of his music, check out his website: http://www.jackwstamps.com/.
Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra
The PNCO will present its “Celebrate the Season” concert Dec. 5 at Corbet Theatre. The orchestra will help you and your entire family get into the holiday mood by playing such favorites as music from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” The children will particularly enjoy “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with narrator, as well as the popular Instrument Petting Zoo that lets the young people get hands-on with their favorite instrument during intermission.
The free concert starts at 7:30 and is open to the public. Check out the orchestra’s web page for more information:http://www.pncoa.org/.
Centralia College Music Faculty Recital
Come join us for an evening of music for flute, viola, guitar, voice and piano at Centralia College. The music faculty at Centralia College will be presenting a free recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Centralia College in Corbet Theatre.
Program:
Brahms “Op. 10 No. 4, Ballade in B minor,” piano
“Sketches for Solo Piano” by Hermes Camacho
“Tango Fantasia” by Jacob Gade and Toke Lund Christiansen, flute and piano
“Regrets and Resolutions” by Gary Schocker, flute and piano
"Zueignung" Op. 10 No. 1 by Richard Strauss, voice and piano
"Lonely House" from Street Scene by Kurt Weill, voice and piano
"Quanto è bella" from L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti, voice and piano
Brahms, “Op. 120, No 2, Sonata for viola and piano”
This recital is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. Call 360-736-9391, ext. 248, for more information.
Each faculty member offers private lessons through the college. If you are interested in learning more about the music program at Centralia College, check out the Music page under “Programs and Courses” at www.centralia.edu.
About the performers:
Lesley O’Donel, flute, holds degrees in flute performance from the Longy School of Music (Boston, Massachusetts) and Central Washington University, and is active both as a soloist and as a member of several ensembles.
Kathy Scarborough, viola, holds degrees from Hunter College (New York) and St. Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri), and has performed extensively throughout the United States, including work with Johnny Mathis, Doc Scantlin’s Imperial Palms Orchestra and the Maryland Symphony Orchestra.
Daven Tillinghast, guitar, holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University and is the music director for Open Road Productions.
Dan Colgan, voice, is currently serving as the director of music at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Olympia. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Colgan also serves as the assistant director of the Olympia Choral Society, the men's choir director of the Olympia Youth Chorus, and is current dean of the Olympia chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Beth May, piano, holds degrees in music composition from University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, bachelor of music), Yale University (master of music), and University of Texas (Austin, doctor of musical arts) and is currently the head of the music department at Centralia College.
Centralia College Choir
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the Centralia College Choir will perform a free concert celebrating the season and ending the first quarter of the school year. The concert will begin at 7 pm at Corbet Theatre.
Enjoy a varied program that includes, “A-Soalin’“ arranged by Ronald Staheli, “The Sycamore Tree” by Benjamin Britten, “Deck the Hall” arranged by John Rutter, and “Jingle Bells” arranged by Wayne Howorth.
Please call 360-736-9391, ext. 248, for more information about the concert.
Centralia College Jazz Band
The Centralia College Jazz Band will give a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Corbet Theatre. The jazz band is conducted by Ryan Brumbaugh and Ritchie Lopez. The program will include: “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)” by Antônio Carlos Jobim, “Anthropology” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, “Linus and Lucy” by Vince Guaraldi, “Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel, and “Little Red-Haired Girl” by Wynton Marsalis.
The Centralia College Jazz Ensemble class rehearses twice per week. Students learn to perform different styles of jazz from traditional swing, be-bop, Latin jazz to rock and fusion styles through reading big band sheet music. In addition to preparing for concerts, students learn music theory as it relates to jazz improvisation. Additional class time is utilized to learn how to build and read chord progressions while developing tools to make a cognitive spontaneous solo. Blending together and cooperating as a group is emphasized throughout the quarter.
The concert is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. Call 360-736-9391 ext. 248 for more information.
Program:
Set one
“Thieves in the Temple” by Prince
“Second Thoughts” by Mulgrew Miller
“Tiger Rag” by Nick La Rocca
“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)” by Antônio Carlos Jobim
“Anthropology” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
“Red Clay” by Freddie Hubbard
Set two
“Linus and Lucy” by Vince Guaraldi
“Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel
“Little Red-Haired Girl” by Wynton Marsalis
“A Child Is Born” by Thad Jones
“Waltz of The Flowers” by Tschaikowsky
“A Big Band Christmas II” arranged by Carl Strommen
