Free Brass and Percussion concert

                                   Kirsten Warfield and Present Company

                                              present

                           “Scapes”

for Brass and Percussion                 in a free

concert at St. Alban’s Church, 6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale, at 7:00 PM on

Jan. 12, 2014

Present Company takes the classical brass

quintet and adds the beat of drums and digital effects to create a contemporary

sound that freely mixes genres. Members are true professionals, holding degrees

from the finest music schools in the country. Their eclectic programs include

original numbers and creative new arrangements of old standards. There’s always

something for the audience to do to join in the fun!

This program, “Scapes”, aims to move

the listener through different landscapes, moodscapes and mindscapes. The

program is conceived as a whole, not a collection of parts and flows deftly

from one style to another, all linked but not at all the same. 

Kirsten Warfield hails from Fargo, ND.

Her undergraduate studies at Lawrence University gave her a background in

liberal arts. From there she went on to the prestigious Indiana University

School of Music to obtain a master of music degree, studying under M. Dee

Stewart. In 1999 she won a national audition for The United States Army Band

“Pershing’s Own,” becoming the first woman trombonist in the history of that

organization. She serves as principal trombone with the Washington Metropolitan

Philharmonic and maintains an active freelance career in the Washington, D.C.

metropolitan area. She is instructor of trombone at Episcopal High School in

Alexandria, Virginia, and she maintains a small studio of private students.

Program: 

Get Gone                                                             Kirsten

Warfield

Waltz No. 2                                                        Dmitri

Shostakovich, arr. Eliezer Aharoni

                    from "Suite for Variety

Stage Orchestra No. 1"                        

Tennessee Waltz                                             Pee

Wee King, arr. Kirsten Warfield

Unsquare Dance                                              Dave

Brubeck, arr. Kirsten Warfield

The Girl from Fargo-nema                         Antonio

Carlos Jobim, arr. Kirsten Warfield

Honey Do                                                                               Kirsten

Warfield

Scarlet-Thighed Dacnis                                Kirsten

Warfield

Beat Induction                                                 Kirsten

Warfield

New Hundreth                                                  Loys

Bourgeois, arr. Kirsten Warfield

If X Then Y                                                         Kirsten

Warfield

Interlude music uses excerpts

from Ephemeral Music and Trip Journal from

"Sketchbook" by Alex Daniels.

Personnel:

Lorenzo Trujillo, trumpet

Joe Conners, trumpet

Shawn Hagen, horn

Kirsten Lies-Warfield, trombone

Mike Eberly, tuba

Larry Ferguson, drums