The Brubeck Festival 2003
The Brubeck Festival 2003 was significantly larger in scope than the first Festival in every respect. It took place from April 10 through 14, and was held in several venues including Faye Spanos Concert Hall and the Recital Hall on the University of the Pacific campus, in Atherton Auditorium on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College , in the Haggin Museum and Victory Park , and at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland , California . There were also more performing organizations involved including the Stockton Symphony Orchestra, Stockton Chorale, Turtle Island String Quartet, Christian McBride Trio, and the Capital Jazz Project. Many of the musicians in the Conservatory of Music also took part including the University Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Pacific Singers, Pacific Jazz Ensemble, and several faculty and student soloists. This also marked the appearance of the first Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet on a Brubeck Festival.
Among the highlights of the Festival were the performances of the Stockton Symphony Orchestra, which on Thursday night featured Howard Brubeck's Theme for June with Dave at the piano, Chris Brubeck's Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra with Chris Brubeck on bass trombone, and Blue Rondo a la Turk with Dave at the piano, Chris on bass trombone, and Fellowship students Joe Sanders on bass and Justin Brown on drums. On the Saturday night concert the Symphony featured Interplay for Three Violins and Orchestra by Chris Brubeck with violinists Christina Mok, Jeremy Cohen, and Evan Price, Elementals by Dave Brubeck, with Dave on piano, Bill Smith on clarinet, Chris Brubeck on electric bass, and Dan Brubeck on drums, and Take Five by Paul Desmond.
The focal point of the Brubeck Festival 2003 was the concert in Faye Spanos Concert Hall on April 11 simply titled "Celebrating the Music of Dave Brubeck". This program included the following works.
| Millennium Intervals | Dave Brubeck |
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University Symphony Orchestra |
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Nicolas Waldvogel, conductor |
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| Hold Fast to Dreams | music by Dave Brubeck |
| Three Selections from the Cantata | text by Langston Hughes |
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Hold Fast to Dreams (1999) |
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John David De Haan, tenor |
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Rex Cooper, piano |
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Hold Fast to Dreams (1998) |
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Marci MacKay, soprano |
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Rex Cooper, piano |
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The Dream Keeper (1998) |
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John David De Haan, tenor |
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Marci MacKay, soprano |
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Rex Cooper, piano |
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| Bouree | Dave Brubeck |
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Teresa Ling, violin |
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| Points on Jazz | Dave Brubeck |
| Three Selections from the Ballet | |
| Blues | |
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Rex Cooper, piano |
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Paul Staroba, piano |
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A La Turk |
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Frank Wiens, piano |
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Lark Powers, piano |
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| Rag | |
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Rex Cooper, Paul Staroba, Frank Wiens, Lark Powers |
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| Dave Brubeck: A Portrait in Time | Dave Brubeck |
| arr. By Robert W. Smith | |
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Symphonic Wind Ensemble |
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Eric Hammer, conductor |
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| Earth Is Our Mother | music by Dave Brubeck |
| text attributed to Chief Seattle | |
| adapted and arranged by | |
| Dave & Iola Brubeck | |
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Introductory Remarks by William Swagerty |
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Director, John Muir Center |
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The Pacific Singers |
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Edward Cetto, conductor |
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Iola Brubeck, narrator |
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Pacific Chamber Orchestra |
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Patricia Shands, coordinator |
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Dave Brubeck, piano Carol van Bronkhorst & Morgan Raithel, flutes |
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Don DaGrade, bassoon Nina Flyer, cello Joe Sanders, bass |
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Dan Brubeck, percussion Brian Kendrick, timpani |
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| Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet | Selections to be announced |
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Special guest: Dave Brubeck, piano |
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Tommy Morimoto, saxophone Anthony Coleman, trumpet |
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Fabian Almazan, piano Joe Sanders, bass Justin Brown, drums |
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The Brubeck Festival 2003 was organized and produced by J.B. Dyas, Executive Director of the Brubeck Institute.