University of North Texas

Brass Band

David Childs, Conductor

Raquel Samayoa, Conductor
Robert Truan, Guest Conductor

Monday, February 28, 2022

7:30 pm
Winspear Hall
Murchison Performing Arts Center

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 PROGRAM
Jubilee Overture (1983) .......................................... Philip Sparke (b. 1951)

Dr. David Childs, conductor

Purcell Variations (1995) .................................. Kenneth Downie (b. 1946)

Dr. David Childs, conductor

Whirlwind Polka (1981) ........................................... Jules Levy (1838–1903)

arr. Bill Geldard

Dr. Raquel Samayoa, trumpet • Dr. David Childs, conductor

Share My Yoke (1988) ................................................. Joy Webb (b. 1932)

arr. Ivor Bosanko

Dr. Raquel Samayoa, trumpet • Dr. David Childs, conductor

Hora Staccato (1930) ...............................Grigoraş Dinicu/Jascha Heifetz

(1889–1949)/(1901–1987)
arr. Goff Richards

Dr. David Childs, conductor

Firestorm (1992) ..................................................... Stephen Bulla (b. 1953)

Robert Truan, guest conductor

By Water and the Word (2020) .........................Jonathan Bates (b. 1994)

Dr. David Childs, conductor

The Dark Side of the Moon (2007) .............Paul Lovatt-Cooper (b. 1976)

Dr. Raquel Samayoa, conductor

Live stream provided in part by a grant from the Moody Foundation.

Five hundred twenty-ninth program of the 2021–2022 season
Photography and videography are prohibited

2021 – 2022 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF MUSIC • 2021 – 2022

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 BIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHIES
The grandson and son of well-respected euphonium Raquel Samayoa leads a dynamic and engaging
players from the Welsh Valleys, and himself described by career as a teacher, chamber musician, recitalist,
The Observer as ‘a great ambassador for the euphonium, adjudicator and solo performer. She is assistant
possessing an astonishing technique and an engaging professor of trumpet, and co-conductor of the UNT
stage presence,’ David Childs is regarded as one of the Brass Band at the University of North Texas College of
finest brass musicians of his generation, touring extensively Music, where she has taught since 2018. Dr. Samayoa
throughout Asia, continental Europe, and North America, additionally performs with Lantana Trio, a brass trio
and recording actively for radio, television, and CD. comprised of UNT faculty. Samayoa was previously
on faculty at Tennessee Tech University and Northern
He has appeared as soloist with the BBC, Manchester and Kentucky University.
RTÉ Concert orchestras; BBC National Orchestra of Wales;
BBC, Royal Liverpool, and Royal philharmonic orchestras; Her performances have taken her to leading venues
Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Sinfonia Cymru, Welsh National in the United States, Russia, Finland, Australia, China,
Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and many of the finest brass bands and Spain, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. As a
military bands in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He has made member of the award-winning Seraph Brass, she frequently tours the United
solo appearances at the Singapore, Harrogate, and Melbourne international States and abroad performing concerts and engaging in educational outreach
festivals; New York and Cheltenham festivals, BBC Proms, given solo recitals at the performances. Samayoa is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Denis Wick Artist
Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Bridgewater Hall, and performed concertos at and Clinician.
the Concertgebouw, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall,
Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (New York). A keen advocate In demand as a performer and clinician, Dr. Samayoa has presented at the
of new music, Childs has premiered fifteen concertos for euphonium including College Music Society Southern Conference, Midwest Clinic, Historic Brass
a Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms broadcast of Alun Hoddinott’s, Sunne Rising - Society Symposium, and International Trumpet Guild Conference. She has
The King Will Ride, a Carnegie Hall U.S. premiere of Sir Karl Jenkins’ Concerto been a guest artist at the Brass Day of the Moscow Conservatory (RUS), Brass
for Euphonium & Orchestra, a United Kingdom premiere of Christian Lindberg’s Day of the Melbourne Conservatorium (AU), South Texas Brass Symposium, 2019
Concerto for Euphonium & Orchestra directed by the composer and a Welsh Dallas Trumpet Workshop, and 2021 Interlochen Trumpet Intensive. In 2022,
Proms world premiere of Paul Mealor’s Concerto for Euphonium & Orchestra. she will serve as a juror for the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music
Competition and will teach and perform at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
During his solo career, Childs has received the Arts Council Wales Creative at Quartz Mountain.
Wales Award; Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal Award; Welsh
Music Guild’s Leo Abse & Cohen Award; Harry Mortimer Trust Award; RNCM Her articles have been published in The Instrumentalist, The Brass Herald and
Principal’s Gold Medal Award; Making Music’s Dorothy Green Award; Musicians the ITG Journal. In January 2020, Dr. Samayoa released her first publication with
Benevolent's Sir Charles Leggett Award; Countess of Munster Star Award, and Mountain Peak Music entitled Dueling Fundamentals for Two Trumpets. She
more. He has also received several accolades as a recording artist, including released her second solo album entitled Trumpet Songs with Summit Records
an ITEA Roger Bobo Excellence in Recording Award, and can be heard on the in 2021. Raquel will release a new album as a member of Lantana Trio in the
EMI, Deutsche Gramophone, Chandos, Doyen and World of Sound labels. Spring of 2022. This album will feature music for brass trio by underrepresented
composers. Raquel is a member of the International Women’s Brass Conference
A proud product of the British brass band tradition, Childs is a former member (IWBC) Board of Directors and is thrilled to be serving as a co-host for the 2022
of the national youth brass bands of Great Britain and Wales, Brighouse and IWBC.
Rastrick, and Cory, the No. 1 ranked band in the world and with whom he was
principal euphonium for ten years winning countless titles under the baton Dr. Samayoa holds the DMA in trumpet performance from the University of
of his father, Robert Childs. In 2018 David Childs was appointed professor of North Texas where she studied with renowned trumpet pedagogue, Keith
euphonium at UNT and continues to enjoy an association with the Royal Welsh Johnson. She earned the MA and bachelor’s degree in music education from
College of Music and Drama as an Honorary Associate and International Visiting West Texas A&M University where she studied trumpet with Mr. David Ritter and
Tutor. He is a founding member of Eminence Brass, artistic director of Cardiff wind conducting with Dr. Gary Garner.
Symphonic Winds, principal conductor of Dallas Brass Band and editor of the
Brass Band World Magazine. As a Buffet Crampon Besson Artist he showcases
the euphonium as a serious solo vehicle within the world of classical music,
leading the way for euphonium players worldwide. Please visit davechilds.com.
2021 – 2022 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF MUSIC • 2021 – 2022

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 BIOGRAPHIES BRASS BAND
Robert Truan is pursuing the doctor of musical arts Soprano Cornet Solo Horn Second Baritone
degree in wind conducting at the University of Adam Elmur Sabrina Allard Devin Saenz
North Texas in Denton, where he currently assists
with the Brass Band. Truan studies conducting from Solo Cornet First Horn Euphonium
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Andrew Trachsel, and Barent Foley Owen Eichenseer Christopher Martinez
Daniel Cook. His related field is music theory under Robert Jones Logan Kunkel Cuyler Murata
the guidance of David Bard-Schwarz. Previously, Joseph Williams Steven Ohakwe
he taught public high school band in Georgia for Marcel Williams Second Horn Sophia Rivera
eleven years: five years at Whitewater High School Leandro Anderson
and six years at Decatur High School. Truan’s Repiano Cornet Nate Holland Eb Tuba
marching bands have earned seven Grand Branson Wayland Will Cooke
Championships with consistent Superior ratings. First Trombone Jackson Roberts
They have marched in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Second Cornet Jackson Roth
in Dublin, Ireland and the Inaugural Christmas Day Nicholas Arellano Bb Tuba
Parade in Prague, Czech Republic. His concert Joseph Cortier Second Trombone Wesley Arnold
bands have been the featured guest ensemble at the University of Georgia’s JanFest in Andrew Frable Samuel John
2014, Music for All’s Southeastern Regional Concert Festival at Georgia State University in Third Cornet
2017, and the Southeastern United States Concert Band Festival at Troy University in 2020. Clifton Little Bass Trombone Percussion
In 2018, the Decatur High School Wind Ensemble won The Exemplary Performance Award Ethan Sandoval Aaron Anderton-Coss Caleb Brown
from the Georgia Music Educators Association as well as two American Prizes: Band/Wind Luke Gibson
Ensemble Performance - High School Division and the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for Flugelhorn First Baritone Nicholas Manyloun
Performance of American Music. Truan has experience teaching at all levels of music Jeffrey Ray Jordan Meza Ryan Minniear
instruction. As a part of his duties at Whitewater High School, he was the band director Logan Scott
at Brooks Elementary School and assisted at Whitewater Middle School and Bennett’s Noe Trevino
Mill Middle School. Many of his students have won scholarships to continue their music-
making at the collegiate level, and his IB Music students have consistently scored the
highest from any subject area.

Truan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia (2009), where he
continued to complete his master of music education (2012). He is an active judge,
clinician, and performer and spends his spare time transcribing and composing new
music. He was recently invited to present “Young, Dumb, and Broke: Reflecting on the
First Ten Years of Teaching” at the 2020 Midwest Clinic in Chicago. His affiliations include Pi
Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, National Association for Music Education,
Georgia Music Educators Association and the National Band Association. He and his
husband, P. Seth Thompson, are happily married and have seven wonderful plants
together.

Members of the Brass Band are listed alphabetically to acknowledge

each performer's unique contribution. Every individual is considered to be
a principal player.

The North Texas Brass Band provides students with the unique opportunity to perform in
one of the most widely known wind mediums throughout the world. Similar to the British
Brass Band, the American Brass Band provides its members the opportunity to develop the
highest standards of technical and musical playing. Emphasis is given to the development
of tone quality, intonation, rhythm, and virtuosic technique through performance of a
wide variety of literature, including masterwork transcriptions, traditional marches, and
original works.

2021 – 2022 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF MUSIC • 2021 – 2022

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 FACULTY AND STAFF
Wind Studies
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Director of Wind Studies; Conductor, Wind Symphony
Andrew Trachsel, Associate Professor of Wind Studies; Conductor, Wind Orchestra
Daniel Cook, Director of Athletic Bands; Conductor, Wind Ensemble
David Childs and Raquel Samayoa, Conductors, Brass Band
Slade Denman, Robert Truan, Amy Woody, Doctoral Conducting Associates
Dachuan Cao, Master’s Conducting Associates
Heather Coffin, Administrative Coordinator
Tyler Hudson, Erick Morales, Catherine Yang, Librarians
Connor Altagen, James Caldwell, Amaiya Deleon, David Molina, Steven Ohakwe,
Catherine Yang, Stage Crew
Floyd Graham, Director of Bands, Emeritus (1927–1937)
Robert Lincoln Marquis, Jr., Director of Bands, Emeritus (1936–1945)
Maurice McAdow, Director of Bands, Emeritus (1945–1975)
Robert Winslow, Director of Bands, Emeritus (1975–1993)
Dennis Fisher, Professor of Wind Studies, Emeritus (1982–2019)

Instrumental Studies & Jazz Studies (*Adjunct)

Mary Karen Clardy, flute Tony Baker, trombone
Elizabeth McNutt, flute Nick Finzer, trombone
*James Scott, flute Natalie Mannix, trombone
Terri Sundberg, flute Steven Menard, trombone
Jung Choi, oboe David Childs, euphonium
Daryl Coad, clarinet *Matthew Good, tuba
Deb Fabian, clarinet Don Little, tuba
Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet Jeffrey Bradetich, double bass
Phillip Paglialonga, clarinet Gudrun Raschen, double bass
*Gregory Raden, clarinet Lynn Seaton, double bass
Darrel Hale, bassoon *Stephen Barnes, drumset
Brad Leali, saxophone Quincy Davis, drumset
Eric Nestler, saxophone *Stockton Helbing, drumset
Philip Dizack, trumpet Mark Ford, percussion
Adam Gordon, trumpet *Drew Lang, percussion
John Holt, trumpet Paul Rennick, percussion
Caleb Hudson, trumpet *Sandi Rennick, percussion
Rob Parton, trumpet Jaymee Haefner, harp
Raquel Samayoa, trumpet Jesse Eschbach, organ
*Haley Hoops, horn
Stacie Mickens, horn

College of Music Administration

John W. Richmond - Dean
Warren H. Henry - Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Felix Olschofka - Associate Dean, Operations
Emilita Marin - Assistant Dean, Business and Finance
Raymond Rowell - Assistant Dean, Enrollment Management and External Affairs
Mark Montemayor - Interim Director, Undergraduate Studies
Jaymee Haefner - Director, Graduate Studies
Andrew Trachsel - Chair, Division of Conducting & Ensembles
Matt Hardman - Director, Communications, Marketing and Public Relations
Joel D. Wiley - Director, Admissions

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