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2007 PHOTO GALLERY
SYMPHONY SESSION JUNE 21- 30
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| A string quartet performs in the gazebo before the concert on opening night as a full house strolls the grounds. Students, faculty, and guests feast on a wide array of hors d'oeuvres, desserts, lemonade, and coffee. |
Symphony session program director Ricardo Castañeda explains the daily program requirements for symphony students to audiences before the concert. |
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On opening night, Concertmaster Robert Hanford comes onstage. The audience welcomes Mr. Hanford with applause, also warmly recognizing the musicians in Birch Creek Symphony. (Photos by Heidi Hodges.)
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PERCUSSION & STEEL BAND SESSION JULY 2 - JULY 14
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Opening night for Percussion & Steel Band was July 4th, and the musicians were ready with patriotic marches, anthems, and even decorations! Thirty-two snare drums were lined up and ready as the audience came into the concert barn (above), and then...32 students marched in (below)! The cadence was barn-shaking. |
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At intermission, students (Drew Taylor is pictured here, above) perform in steel bands with faculty member and artist-in-residence Liam Teague, a native of Trinidad and Tobego.
In a "Caribbean Carnival" concert on July 6, students pair up to play the marimba. (Photo by Tony Hodges.) |
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OUTREACH CONCERTS
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JAZZ I SESSION JULY 18 - JULY 28
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The Student Lab Band has taken the stage on opening night of Big Band Jazz at Birch Creek, July 18, 2007.
Program Director, faculty Academy Band Director, and bass faculty member Jeff Campbell opens the concert with a conversation with the audience.
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Thursday & Friday,
July 26-27
Birch Creek faculty member Anton Denner and Birch Creek Counselor and former student, Mike Truesdell are featured in two Benny Goodman classics. |
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Wednesday - Friday, July 18-20
Charlie Vernon, bass trombonist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, held a residency on campus. Mr. Vernon's initial seminar, "My Career with the CSO," was attended by all students and free and open to the public.Mr. Vernon rehearsed during the day and performed at night with the Lab Band. Directly to his right is Amber Love, a 15-year-old musician who has been studying the trombone for 7 1/2 years and is a second-year student at Birch Creek.
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The student Studio Band takes the stage on Saturday, July 28, the last night of the first big band jazz session.
Student big bands perform every night before the faculty Academy Band, and student ensembles perform outside before each concert and during intermission.
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JAZZ II SESSION AUGUST 1 - AUGUST 11
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Before the concert...on Aug. 3.
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Steve Sveum and the student big band performing on Aug. 3.
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Students pictured below are members of Jazz II's "John Coltrane Combo" directed by faculty member David Bixler, shown in a pre-concert performance on Friday, August 3. (Photo credit: Tony Hodges.)
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Bryan Jarett of Lake Forest, IL, performs on drums in the gazebo before the concert.
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Chad O'Brien, trombone student from Oswego, IL, performs a solo during the pre-concert performance in the gazebo.
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Tenor saxophone student David Reiff, Wilmette, IL, performs a solo during pre-concert music at Birch Creek.
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• 3821 County E • P.O.Box 230 • Egg Harbor, WI 54209-0230
Phone 920-868-3763 • Fax 920-868-1643 • Email mainoffice@birchcreek.org
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