Thursday
July 13, 2023

Mr. Allen Vizzutti is the visiting guest artist this year.

WTAMU 2023 Band & Orchestra Camp Artist in Residence, Allen Vizzutti, is graciously sponsored by The Yamaha Corporation and Tarpley Music Company. Allen Vizzutti has visited over 60 countries and every US state in the union to perform with a rainbow of artists and ensembles as both a classical and jazz artist. He has appeared as guest soloist with symphony orchestras, in recital, on television and in jazz venues around the world. Allen’s soaring trumpet sound can be heard on over 150 movie and game soundtracks including ‘Star Trek’, ‘Back to the Future’, and ‘Halo’ and ‘Medal of Honor’. Allen’s love of expression through composition has led to premier performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic of London, the Nuremberg Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Summit Brass, and the US Navy and Air Force Bands. He is a strong proponent of music education and his ‘Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method’ has become a standard treatise used worldwide. Allen Vizzutti is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Here are some pictures from last night's faculty recital.

The "super saxes."

Rossitza Goza and Mila Abbasova.

Kathleen Bell, oboe, Mila, piano, Conor Bell, bassoon.

Allen Vizzuti and Jim Gardner, piano. He played a 30-minute recital, but one picture says it all. (I'll get more later.)

Thursday morning. First period pictures. Mrs. Freeman and the JH concert percussionists in Founders Lobby.

Mr. Perez and the JH concert tubas/euphoniums.

JH concert horns with Mr. Bennington.

Here's another try with the JH concert tubas/euphs. (It's hard to take a picture toward the sun, but they're on the second floor and I can't jump that high from the outside of the building [and I'd probably get arrested for jumping that high]).

Mr. Lefevre and the JH symphonic band saxophones.

Mr. Owen rehearses the JH concert band woodwinds in the activity center ballroom.

I think we moved to the mirror room and the JH symphoinc band brass and percussion sectional. (The clue? A timpani player.)

Mr. Freeman conducts.

The campus AC is struggling, so the double basses have found a way to beat the heat.

Dr. Goza works with the philharmonic orchestra violins.

Dr. Bartley conducts the symphony orchestra strings.

Mrs. Davis works with the violins.

Mr. Winkle works with the JH symphonic band bass clarinets.

Second hours. Around the horn in Northen Hall. Dr. Krause's HS honor band oboes.

Dr. Takacs and theHS concert trumpets.

Dr. Bell's HS honor bassoons.

HS maroon clarinets and Mrs. Rhynes.

Mrs. Casso's JH honor horns.

Mr. Burns and theJH honor trumpets.

The HS maroon band oboes.

Mrs. Crutchfield.

The HS maroon band saxophones with Mr. Yett.

Mr. Rivera's tubas and euphoniums.

HS honor band saxophones with Dr. Barger.

Mr. Doege and JH concert bassoons.

Mr. Seale has the JH honor band percussion section.

And Dr. Tariq has the HS concert percussionists.

Third hour. Quick. Over to the Fine Arts Complex. First stop is Dr. Garner's HS symphonic flutes.

Mrs. Lough and the JH varsity clarinets.

The HS symmphonic clarinets with Mr. Storey.

Dr. Lewis has the honor band tubas and euphoniums.

Off to Mr. Prieto and the HS maroon trombones.

There are more trombones in the choir room. Dr. Shanks has the HS honor band.

Mr. Cameron and HS white bassoons.

Ms. Frazier and theJH varsity flutes.

The HS brass choir performed for the junior high school students in the 3 pm assembly. These are the top brass players at camp. Dr. Mandredi is their conductor. After their performance, they rotated with the woodwind choir for the HS assembly. Here's the program for NRH, but I was in Legacy.

Next was the HS woodwind choir directed by Mr. Worosello.

The directors band was rehearsing at 4:30, conducted by Dr. Gary Garner, WTAMU professor emeritus. They will perform for the JH assembly at 3:30 pm in Northen Recital Hall and again at 4:30 pm for the high school students.

Dr. Conor Bell is the soloist. He was recently hired to the WT school of music faculty and will begin his duties this fall.

Flautists sitting on the sidelines waiting to be called back into the game.

Dr. Teweleit, assistant camp director, send some more Wednesday photos of Mr. Vizzutti and the 4:30 directors band..

The faculty recital Wednesday night.

Mr. Roberts was director of the day.

He graciously shared the podium with Dr. Garner.

Back to the directors band.

Don Lefevre and Dr. Garner.

Don Lefevre, Russ Teweleit, Gary Garner, Allen Vizzutti.

Remember that Mr. Vizzutti's visit is sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation of America, Buena Park, CA, and Tarpley Music Company, Inc., with stores in Amarillo, Burleson, Clovis, NM, Lubbock, Plano, San Angelo, and Waco. We sincerely appreciate their support in bringing Mr. Vizzutti to our camp.

At 7 pm the HS jazz band 1 performed for the high school students.

The directors jazz band then performed.

And that's the end of Thursday.