Spring 2024 Recital: Sound, Fury, & Rebirth
On this recital Caylan tackles Alfred Desenclos' Incantation, Thrène et Danse, among other eclectic pieces. The idea driving this program is that Caylan challenges himself in a way he has not previously had the opportunity for, but he also seeks to acknowledge composers and pedagogues who have helped him on his journey thus far. He draws from the efforts of Dr. Bruce Briney and Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin in preserving works by composers and teachers who may otherwise be buried by the tumult and obscurity of the Soviet era. Caylan presents a contemporary work by Amy Dunker, who graciously provides her music to a diverse group of growing musicians. In presenting part of Fisher Tull's Profiles he honors the exposed and meditative trumpet playing his first college teacher Dave Cooper espoused masterfully.
Alfred Desenclos was a French composer during the first half of the twentieth century. Desenclos had to renounce his musical studies early in his adult life to support his family by working as an industrial engineer, but later joined the Paris Conservatory to study piano, where he won prizes in Fugue, Harmony, Composition, and Accompaniment. He supported himself there by working as the Kapellmeister for the church of Notre Dame de Lorette. Incantation, Thrène et Danse was written for the Paris Conservatoire contest, and was intended to test a player by requiring advanced skills including wide range and flexibility, multiple tonguing, accuracy in odd meter, and especially endurance.
Isaak Yakovich Berkovich was a Soviet composer, teacher, and pianist in the early 20th century. He was a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Composers, and made a significant contribution to piano pedagogy with his teaching aid the School of Piano Playing. Berkovich is thought to have committed his entire life to music and several generations of students have studied his materials. The Scherzo was originally a work for piano only, but this edition gives the main melodic line to solo trumpet.
Mykola Berdiev was a Soviet Trumpeter, composer, and professor of the Kyiv State Conservatory. His primary musical education was in a military brass band while he was still a child. Berdiev's first teacher on moving to Moscow later in life was Ivan Vasylevsky, whose career with the Bolshoi Theater spanned over 30 years. Afterward Berdiev served at several posts during World War II, until the military conductor Marcus had him transferred to his band. Marcus developed a reputation for helping military musicians avoid combat. After the war Berdiev also studied with professor V.M. Yablonsky at Kyiv Conservatory, to whom the Impromptu is dedicated.
Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovoy was a Ukrainian composer, teacher, and music critic. He was a representative of Ukraine's musical intelligentsia in the early 20th century. Stepovoy also helped to found the Ukrainian National School of Composition and wrote in the tradition of Mykola Lysenko. He was a graduate of the St. Petersburg conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Stepovoy was a master of writing for chorus and piano, he wrote collections of music for children, and helped to found the Ukrainian State Vocal Quartet.
Amy Dunker is a Professor of Music at Clarke University where she teaches music theory, aural skills, composition and trumpet. Amy has a DMA in Composition from the University of Missouri‐Kansas City Conservatory of Music, MM in Composition from Butler University, MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of South Dakota and a BME in Music Education from Morningside College. She has studied composition with James Mobberley, Chen Yi, Michael Schelle, James Aikman and Robert Block. She has studied trumpet with Keith Benjamin, Marvin Perry III, David Greenhoe, Marshall Scott, Vincent DiMartino and Doug Gerhart. The War Variations are a series of variations on parts of the hymn Dona Nobis Pacem.
Fisher Tull was an American Trumpeter, Teacher, Composer, and Arranger. He grew up in Waco, Texas, and earned three degrees from the University of North Texas: a BM in Music Education, an MM in Music Theory, and a PhD in Music Composition. He studied trumpet with John Haynie, and he studied composition with Samuel Adler. Tull first taught at Sam Houston State University. Tull began serious composition in the early 1960s. His works are generally tonal but harmonically adventurous, and suggest a strong influence from Medieval and Renaissance music.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a prominent Russian composer and a member of The Five. He was a master of orchestration and his best known works are staples of the classical repertoire. Many of his works include fairy tale and folk subjects, e.g. Scheherezade. Given this, Echo, originally for voice and piano, is somewhat out of character for the composer. On spending a summer in 1897 writing two chamber works Rimsky-Korsakov is known to have written that chamber music was not his field, though he still demonstrates his wealth of ideas in the medium.
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian virtuoso Pianist, Composer, and Conductor. He is considered one of the finest pianists of his time, and as a composer he is thought to represent the heights of Romanticism and Russian classical music. He is known for strong melodicism, expression, dense contrapuntal textures, and deep orchestral colors. Rachmaninoff's works feature the piano but in this program the melodic line of solo piano works or vocal works is given to the trumpet.
Yuri Mikhailovich Aleksandrov is a relatively obscure figure as a composer. He spent much of his career as an editor for the Muzgiz publishing house. His writing was influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Myaskovsky. The Sonata is light in character relative to its contemporaries, but still calls for high demand of the trumpet player with its very limited rest. This edition is curated and published by Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin.
I want to thank everyone who attends this recital, especially my friends in and out of the BU trumpet studio, my pianist Alexandru Prigalo, the staff of Marsh Chapel for hosting me, and finally my teacher Terry Everson for his guidance. I am deeply thankful and humbled to have such a welcoming environment that gives me the space and tools to improve my musicianship where I thought I had become firmly stuck.
Alfred Desenclos was a French composer during the first half of the twentieth century. Desenclos had to renounce his musical studies early in his adult life to support his family by working as an industrial engineer, but later joined the Paris Conservatory to study piano, where he won prizes in Fugue, Harmony, Composition, and Accompaniment. He supported himself there by working as the Kapellmeister for the church of Notre Dame de Lorette. Incantation, Thrène et Danse was written for the Paris Conservatoire contest, and was intended to test a player by requiring advanced skills including wide range and flexibility, multiple tonguing, accuracy in odd meter, and especially endurance.
Isaak Yakovich Berkovich was a Soviet composer, teacher, and pianist in the early 20th century. He was a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Composers, and made a significant contribution to piano pedagogy with his teaching aid the School of Piano Playing. Berkovich is thought to have committed his entire life to music and several generations of students have studied his materials. The Scherzo was originally a work for piano only, but this edition gives the main melodic line to solo trumpet.
Mykola Berdiev was a Soviet Trumpeter, composer, and professor of the Kyiv State Conservatory. His primary musical education was in a military brass band while he was still a child. Berdiev's first teacher on moving to Moscow later in life was Ivan Vasylevsky, whose career with the Bolshoi Theater spanned over 30 years. Afterward Berdiev served at several posts during World War II, until the military conductor Marcus had him transferred to his band. Marcus developed a reputation for helping military musicians avoid combat. After the war Berdiev also studied with professor V.M. Yablonsky at Kyiv Conservatory, to whom the Impromptu is dedicated.
Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovoy was a Ukrainian composer, teacher, and music critic. He was a representative of Ukraine's musical intelligentsia in the early 20th century. Stepovoy also helped to found the Ukrainian National School of Composition and wrote in the tradition of Mykola Lysenko. He was a graduate of the St. Petersburg conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Stepovoy was a master of writing for chorus and piano, he wrote collections of music for children, and helped to found the Ukrainian State Vocal Quartet.
Amy Dunker is a Professor of Music at Clarke University where she teaches music theory, aural skills, composition and trumpet. Amy has a DMA in Composition from the University of Missouri‐Kansas City Conservatory of Music, MM in Composition from Butler University, MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of South Dakota and a BME in Music Education from Morningside College. She has studied composition with James Mobberley, Chen Yi, Michael Schelle, James Aikman and Robert Block. She has studied trumpet with Keith Benjamin, Marvin Perry III, David Greenhoe, Marshall Scott, Vincent DiMartino and Doug Gerhart. The War Variations are a series of variations on parts of the hymn Dona Nobis Pacem.
Fisher Tull was an American Trumpeter, Teacher, Composer, and Arranger. He grew up in Waco, Texas, and earned three degrees from the University of North Texas: a BM in Music Education, an MM in Music Theory, and a PhD in Music Composition. He studied trumpet with John Haynie, and he studied composition with Samuel Adler. Tull first taught at Sam Houston State University. Tull began serious composition in the early 1960s. His works are generally tonal but harmonically adventurous, and suggest a strong influence from Medieval and Renaissance music.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a prominent Russian composer and a member of The Five. He was a master of orchestration and his best known works are staples of the classical repertoire. Many of his works include fairy tale and folk subjects, e.g. Scheherezade. Given this, Echo, originally for voice and piano, is somewhat out of character for the composer. On spending a summer in 1897 writing two chamber works Rimsky-Korsakov is known to have written that chamber music was not his field, though he still demonstrates his wealth of ideas in the medium.
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian virtuoso Pianist, Composer, and Conductor. He is considered one of the finest pianists of his time, and as a composer he is thought to represent the heights of Romanticism and Russian classical music. He is known for strong melodicism, expression, dense contrapuntal textures, and deep orchestral colors. Rachmaninoff's works feature the piano but in this program the melodic line of solo piano works or vocal works is given to the trumpet.
Yuri Mikhailovich Aleksandrov is a relatively obscure figure as a composer. He spent much of his career as an editor for the Muzgiz publishing house. His writing was influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Myaskovsky. The Sonata is light in character relative to its contemporaries, but still calls for high demand of the trumpet player with its very limited rest. This edition is curated and published by Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin.
I want to thank everyone who attends this recital, especially my friends in and out of the BU trumpet studio, my pianist Alexandru Prigalo, the staff of Marsh Chapel for hosting me, and finally my teacher Terry Everson for his guidance. I am deeply thankful and humbled to have such a welcoming environment that gives me the space and tools to improve my musicianship where I thought I had become firmly stuck.
