The CCM Brass Choir is planning a tribute to Betty Glover (1923-2022), who was the first female bass trombonist of a major orchestra in America. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday Nov. 12, at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington.
Former student and CCM faculty Marie Speziale told the UC Alumni Association: “I first met Betty in 1960, my freshman year at CCM. As a young female brass player with no women as role models at the time, I found her immense presence in the Cincinnati community of musicians extremely inspiring and impactful.” Read the UC Alumni Association’s feature story on Glover from 2021.
The CCM Brass Choir is led by Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor, and the concert will feature guest conductors Marie Speziale (a trailblazing brass player and retired CSO trumpeter who earned her bachelor’s degree at CCM in 1964) and Professor Emeritus Earl Rivers.
HANDEL/SPEZIALE: Concerto Grosso No. 6
BEETHOVEN: Three Equali for four trombones
GJIELO: Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)
GLOVER: Pan’s Reveal
TOMASI: Liturgical Fanfares
Admission: FREE
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DRAFT of the program:
CCM
WIND SERIES
PRESENTS
A TRIBUTE TO BETTY GLOVER
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(Her holding the Euphonium & Trombone)
1923-2022
featuring
CCM BRASS CHOIR
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
and
FRIENDS
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
3:00 p.m.
University of
CINCINNATI (ccm) LOGO
PROGRAM
Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare
Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)
CCM Brass Choir
and
Brass Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Northcut, conductor
FROM Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 6
George F. Handel
Larghetto e affettuoso (1685-1759)
Allegro ma non troppo arr. Marie Speziale
Musette ed. Timothy Northcut
CCM Graduate Brass Quintet
and
Friends
Michael Mergen, trumpet soloist
Ashley Hall-Tighe, trumpet soloist
Timothy Northcut, conductor
La Cathedrale
Madeline A. Lee
(b. 1994)
CCM Trombone Choir
Jack Noble, conductor
Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)
Ola Gjeilo
(b. 1978)
CCM Brass Choir
Earl Rivers, conductor
Nessun dorma! from Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
(1858-1924)
arr. Joel Brown
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Anderson, trombone soloist
Kevin Holzman, conductor
Fanfares Liturgiques
Henri Tomasi
(1901-1971)
Annunciation
Evangile
Apocalypse (Scherzo)
Procession du Vendredi-Saint
CCM Brass Choir
Marie Speziale, conductor
PERSONNEL
BRASS CHOIR
Trumpet
Andrew Jeng
Mason Kibble
Joshua Krovetz
Joe Miller
Caroline Niederhausen
Austin Park
Olivia Passerini
Soloman Abang Temitope
Weifeng Zhao
Horn
Justin Ciccone
Monica Lange
Joe Muhl
Kaylee Skaris
Zihao Song
Gilbert Trevino
Brian Walsh
Douran Wang
Sarah Zhukenova
Trombone
Diego Castro-Lainez
Bryson Hunt
Dalton Hurst
Sean LaRoy
Samantha Monday
Declan Phelps
Bass Trombone
Jakob Larson
Euphonium
Isaac Slavens
Tuba
Isaiah Buzdygon
Caroline Habig
Chris Messinger
Laurenz Oriondo
Percussion
Jacob Hess
Justin Kulka
Peter Loferski
GRADUATE BRASS QUINTET & FRIENDS
Trumpets: Anna Sheppard, Abang Soloman Temitope
Horn: Sarah Zhukenova
Trombone: Dalton Hurst
Tuba: Isaiah Buzdygon
Horn: Monica Lange
Trombone: Wenze Li
Euphonium: Isaac Slavens
TROMBONE CHOIR
Trombone
Jacob Allgeier
Diego Castro-Lainez
Jacob Forte
Evan Hatter
Bryson Hunt
Kyle Langer
Sean LaRoy
Wenze Li
Samantha Monday
Ryan Riegle
Madison Smith
Mark Troy
Bass Trombone
Jakob Larson
Nate Petersen
Sean Reynolds
Alec Yeaste
CCM BRASS FACULTY
Trumpet
Michael Mergen
Philip Collins, adjunct
Ashley Hall-Tighe, adjunct
Horn
Margaret Tung
Elizabeth Freimuth, adjunct
Molly Norcross, adjunct
Trombone
Timothy Anderson
Peter Norton, adjunct (Bass Trombone)
Tuba/Euphonium
Timothy Northcut
CCM PERCUSSION FACULTY
Russell Burge
James Culley
CCM DIVISION HEAD, ENSEMBLES and CONDUCTING
Kevin Holzman, Director of Wind Studies
SPECIAL GUEST
CONDUCTORS
Kevin Holzman, Director of Wind Studies, UC-CCM
Jack Noble – DMA candidate Trombone Performance, UC-CCM
Earl Rivers – Professor Emeritus, UC-CCM
Marie Speziale – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (ret); Professor Emeritus, Rice University Shepherd School of Music
PERFORMERS
Brass Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
SPEAKERS
Amy Cherry – President, International Women’s Brass Conference
Kaitlyn Christman – President, Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, a professional Women’s Music Fraternity
Paul Frankenfeld – Viola, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; President, American Federal of Musicians Local 1
Paul Piller – Very Old Trombone Player: Performer, Teacher, Composer and Arranger in classical, jazz, pop and Broadway media
Earl Rivers – Professor Emeritus, UC-CCM
Greg Schaffer – Principal Organist, Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
USHERS
Volunteers from the Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota
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(Her Conducting)
UC-CCM, professor and conductor of the Brass Choir
1952-1992
“Betty Glover: the performer, the educator, the conductor, the trailblazer, the consummate professional! How fortunate we are to have been in her orbit for so many years.”
Marie Speziale, UC-CCM, BM Trumpet, ‘64
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