A concert of folklore, folk songs, and just plain nice folks!
There is something for everyone in this concert! Highlighting the quintessential sounds of the America we all love, this concert is filled to the brim with jazz, humor, the Wild West, Broadway, vast landscapes, and beloved American folk songs. We promise you will leave a whistlin’ with a spring in your step!
Tickets go on sale 2 months prior to each event.
Tickets are available online and at the door.
Adults - $12
Seniors - $8
College Students with ID - FREE!
Youth 18 & Under - FREE!
Doors open at 3:00 PM.
Unlimited free parking is available in the John B Connally High School Performing Arts Center parking lot.
Featuring Guest Conductor, Dr. David Clemmer.
Program
The Twelve Gallon Hat by Julie Giroux
Shenandoah by Omar Thomas
Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett
—Intermission—
Sasparilla! by John Mackey (featuring Joel Guzmán, accordion)
Simple Gifts by Frank Ticheli
The Cowboys Overture by John Williams/trans. Bocook
About Dr. David Clemmer
Dr. David W. Clemmer holds a D.M.A. in Conducting from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri—Kansas City, a M.Mus. in Conducting from the University of Oklahoma, and a B.Mus. from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is active as a conductor, clinician and lecturer in the US and Europe. He recently presented lectures and masterclasses at the Yamaha Band Conference in Schlitz, Germany and the Internationaler Blasemusik Kongress in Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Dr. Clemmer was previously Director of Bands at the U. of Houston Moores School of Music, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Winds and Chamber Winds; taught graduate and undergraduate instrumental conducting; and oversaw the athletic bands program. Prior university appointments include Director of Bands at Eastern Kentucky U. and Associate Director of Bands / Director of Athletic Bands at the U. of Kansas. Athletic ensembles under his direction performed in the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl, the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship and the 2008 Insight Bowl. Clemmer held similar teaching positions at Sam Houston State U. and U. Tex. Arlington, and served as Associate Director of Bands at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas.
Dr. Clemmer currently serves on an international team of conductors and educators in a project entitled “Directed Listening for Wind Ensemble Conductors,” which is presented in The Directed Listening Model: A Rehearsal Guide for Ensemble Musicianship (PCB Global Enterprises).
In the genre of marching and pageantry arts, Clemmer has served as Brass Caption Head for the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps and the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps, and as ensemble music instructor for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. He contributed to the instructional DVD The Cavaliers Brass: From the Concert Hall to the Football Field.
Professional affiliations include the College Band Directors’ National Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Texas Music Educators Association and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
About Joel Guzmán
Having grown up in a musical family and playing the accordion all of his life, Joel Guzmán realized that the accordion had no limits. "I may play a box, but I don't want to be put in one," testifies the two-time Grammy Award Winner.
Guzmán plays and promotes the accordion with passion. He has been teaching diatonic accordion to University of Texas Elementary School (UTES) Charter School students since 2013 and is currently an adjunct professor in the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. Guzmán says that being able to teach students an instrument that has such a textured and global history expands their horizons by giving them a deeper appreciation for the accordion's place in American culture.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.