The Brubeck Festival 2001

 

The inaugural Brubeck Festival was held during February 2001. Compared to some of the later festivals, it was modest in size, but it was extremely important nonetheless. There were two significant concerts, both featuring the compositions of Dave Brubeck. On February 3, a program called “Sesquicentennial Celebration Concert”, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the University of the Pacific and the beginning of the Brubeck Institute, was held in Faye Spanos Concert Hall in the Conservatory of Music. The concert featured the following works.

Selections from “ Hold Fast to Dreams ”		Dave Brubeck
		Lyrics/poetry by Langston Hughes
	Hold Fast to Dreams
	Jennifer Youngs, soprano
	I Dream a World: Chorale
	The Dream Keeper
	Boogie 1 a.m.
	Pacific Singers
	Edward Cetto, director
	Esther Kemalyan, piano
	Russell Gloyd, conductor
Jazz Selections		The Dave Brubeck Quartet
	Dave Brubeck, piano
	Chris Brubeck, bass trombone & electric bass
	Bobby Militello, alto saxophone & flute
	Randy Jones, drums
Pange Lingua Variations		Dave Brubeck
		Text adapted by Iola Brubeck
	Rebecca Sulek, soprano
	Brie Reimer, alto
	D. Asa Stern, tenor
	Ryan Mitchell, bass
Upon this Rock		Dave Brubeck
		Book of Matthew
	University Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
	The Dave Brubeck Quartet
	Russell Gloyd, conductor

On February 8 and 10, the Stockton Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Jaffe, performed the world premier of “Millennium Intervals” at Atherton Auditorium on the San Joaquin Delta College campus. The work was composed for the Stockton Symphony Orchestra.

During the Brubeck Festival 2001, there were a series of seminars, clinics, and master classes. They included the following topics and presenters

• Music Management & Business	Richard Etlinger, Tom Brierton, Richard Jeweler, & Russell Gloyd
• Conducting Workshop	Russell Gloyd
• Music, Lyrics and Libretto	Camille Norton, Iola Brubeck, Chris Brubeck
• Sociology and Music	George Lewis, Howard Becker, Don Walker
• Improvisation Clinic	Dave Brubeck Quartet
• Piano Clinic	Dave Brubeck
• Woodwind & Brass Clinic	Bobby Militello
• Strings Clinic	Chris Brubeck
• Percussion Clinic	Randy Jones
• “The Brubeck Legacy”	Roundtable Discussion

The Brubeck Festival 2001 was organized and produced by Carl Nosse, first Director of the Brubeck Institute.