Take a musical tour of the vast British empire as we perform selections by Holst, Arnold, Vaughan Williams and Grainger, as well as new music by Cait Nishimura and David Stanhope. We close the concert with the instrumental setting of the great comic ballet Pineapple Poll by Arthur Sullivan, which will surely send the audience home whistling many great melodies.
Concert Program
Dr. Kyle Glaser, Music Director
Bill Haehnel, Assistant Director
Dr. Cliff Croomes, Guest Conductor
“Sydney Harbour” from Australian Fantasia — David Stanhope
Marching Song — Gustav Holst/arr. Reynish
Intrinsic Light — Cait Nishimura
Peterloo Overture — Malcolm Arnold/arr. Sayre
Flourish for Glorious John — Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Boyd
Spoon River — Percy Aldridge Grainger/ed. Carson & Naylor
Song of Lir — Fergal Carroll
Pineapple Poll — Sir Arthur Sullivan/arr. Mackerras
About Dr. Cliff Croomes
Cliff Croomes serves as the Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Longhorn Band at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his return to Austin he was the Assistant Director of Bands at Louisiana State University and the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Baton Rouge. Previous to his appointment the faculty he studied at LSU for his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. Prior to his time at LSU Dr. Croomes served as the Director of Bands at Georgetown High School in Georgetown, Texas. Under his baton, the Georgetown Wind Symphony was named a 2014 Mark of Excellence Commended Winner. Earlier in his career Mr. Croomes was the Associate Director of Bands at Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas. He has also taught at Westview Middle School, Pflugerville High School and Bastrop High School. He has also had the pleasure of serving on the faculty of the University of Texas Longhorn Music Camp from 2001-2014.
Mr. Croomes earned his Bachelor of Music Studies degree from the University of Texas at Austin and is an alumnus of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois. He has performed with ensembles throughout the United States, London, Paris, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy as well as serving as an international consultant throughout Japan. He has served as an adjudicator and clinician for marching and concert bands throughout the United States.
Dr. Croomes holds an artist/educator endorsement with Innovative Percussion Inc. and is a founding board member of the composer diversity initiative “And We Were Heard” as well as a member of the Dr. William P. Foster Project advisory board. Dr. Croomes is currently the President of the Minority Band Directors Association. He also holds professional memberships in the Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, the Percussive Arts Society, Louisiana Music Educators Association and the Texas Music Educators Association.
Austin Symphonic Band is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. VisitAustin.