Vermont Catamount Brass Band

Alive! In Waterbury Winter Concert

Sunday, January 28, 2001
Waterbury Congregational Church, United Church of Christ Waterbury, VT

Harl Hoffman, Guest Conductor
Tom Stephens, Euphonium Soloist

Special Thanks to:
Patty Eisenman, Liz Lackey, Beth Ann Willey, Mark Stebbins
Dale Smeltzer, Ben Smeltzer, Josh Bruneau
Pastor Peter Plagge; The Waterbury Congregational Church
Ramona Godfrey, Woodchuck Theater

Program

Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin, arr. Goff Richards
A Disney Fantasy arr. Goff Richards
Party Piece - Philip Sparke
Tom Stephens, Euphonium Soloist

The Padstow Lifeboat - Malcolm Arnold
The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini, arr. Stephen Barnett
The Washington Post - John Philip Sousa, arr. C. Hewitt
Intermission
Bugler's Holiday - Leroy Anderson, arr. Roger Barsotti
Tom Allen, Jack Phipps, Phyllis Kadlub, Cornet Trio

William Tell Overture - Rossini, arr.George Hawkins
Memory - Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Goff Richards
Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Sandy Smith

The Band

Conductor

Harl Hoffman, Barre

Cornets
Tom Allen, Randolph
JoAnne Edwards, Johnson
Jack Phipps, Milton
Glendon Ingalls, Barre
Phyllis Kadlub, So. Royalton
Bruce McRae, Milton
Rich Steele, Charlotte
John Tisbert, Worcester
Dick Toof, Essex Jct.
Steve Weibust, So. Burlington

Felis Concolor Cougar
Matt Woodard, Waterbury

Horns
Kelly Daige, Eden
Priscilla Douglas, Burlington
Jakki Flanagan, Jericho

Baritones
Gary Aubin, St. Johnsbury
Mary Elise McCoubrie, Williston

Trombones
Marty McCrae, Montgomery Ctr
Tom Lackey, Stowe
Burr Morse, East Montpelier

Euphoniums
Jon Stebbins, Montpelier
Tom Stephens, Northfield

Basses
Jim Diette, Starksboro
Mark Stebbins, Jeffersonville

Percussion
Patty Eisenman, Morrisville
Peter Guthmann, Morrisville
Beth Ann Willey, Barre

About the Band

Welcome to the 2nd performance of the Catamount Brass Band. The Catamount Brass Quintet is pleased to have their friends join them to fill out the Brass Band. This Brass Band has the instrumentation of the Traditional British Brass Band. This type of Band existed in the US from the Civil War until WWI when it added Woodwinds and evolved into the Concert Bands one sees in Schools, Communities and the Military. With all of the fine Brass and Percussion Musicians in this area, we just had to put this group together.

The Bandsmen come from all walks of life and play music for fun. They play in groups that include the: Vermont 40th Army Band, Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. They represent at least four local Brass Quintets: the Catamount, Central Vermont, Constitution, and Galaxy Brass Quintets. You will find them at a variety of Concerts, Musicals, Weddings, and Church Services. Many perform as freelance jazz and classical musicians.

The Band is pleased to have Harl Hoffman as our Guest Conductor. Harl is a longtime local Music Educator and Saxophonist. Harl graduated from the University of Vermont in 1969. He has taught at Peoples Academy in Morrisville and now teaches music at Twinfield Union School. You can also see Harl playing the Baritone Saxophone with the 40th Army Band where he is a Staff Sergeant with 30 years of service. He plays Baritone Saxophone with the VJE, a group he has been a member of for 11 years. He has been conducting the Waterbury Community Band for 7 years. And last but not least, Harl was a percussionist with his wife Beth-Ann in our first concert last year.

The Band is pleased to have Tom Stephens as our Euphonium Soloist. Tom began playing the Euphonium in the 6th Grade in Niles, Michigan. This hobby later became his profession as he served in a Navy Band for 10 years where he played the Euphonium and sang in a Rock Band. Sergeant Stephens has been a Trombonist and Vocalist for the 40th Army Band for 3 years. He recently sang a solo with the Guard Band at Farmers Night at the State House. Tom also plays Trombone with the VPO and the Waterbury Community Band when he isn’t on his sailboat on Lake Michigan.