Cahaba Saxophone Quartet
Kim Bain, Lori Ardovino, Sallie White, Jon S. Remley
Heather Coltman Diane McNaron
BACKGROUND to CD:
Pianist Heather Coltman and Soprano Diane McNaron presented the US premieres of Cuatro Canciones, Dos Canciones and Piezas Breves, by Argentine composer Valdo Sciammarela, on the Dorothy F. Schmidt College Chamber Music Series at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, on October 28, 2007. His song cycle Cantigas de Amigo, also featured on the recital, has been performed by McNaron for years, after Austin, Texas choral arranger Howard Burkett discovered a rare copy in a Birmingham, Alabama music store. Recently establishing contact with the composer, following a search also involving colleagues at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, McNaron and Coltman will release an album of his works, including songs, piano solo and chamber music, late in 2008. This marks the first time most of this music, largely unpublished, has been recorded. The vocal and piano portions will be recorded at Florida Atlantic University recording studios.
Valdo Sciammarella
COMPOSER’S BIO
Argentine composer Valdo Sciammarella began his prolific career as a concert pianist in Buenos Aires.
Program for Bentley/Dalton
Karen Bentley-Pollick, Violin
Grant Dalton, Percussion
In recital
Sunday, May 4
3:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham
Djembach: Suite for Solo Violin & Percussion (1997) Christian Woehr (b. 1951)
Commissioned by Kathleen Mattis Dedicated to a busload of Violists with one empty seat
- Prelude for Tom Dumm: Allegro
- Allemande for Bill Martin: Andante
- Courante for Susan Kier: Moderato
- Sarabande to LIbba & Wolf: Adagio
- Gavotte for Mo Jacob: Moderato con maestoso
- Trio for Leonid Gotman
- Gigue for Katy Mattis: Allegro Vivo
March for Solo Timpani (1950) Elliott Carter (b. 1908)
Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi for Solo Violin (1984)
Impossible Animals (1989 version for Violin and Synthetic Voices) David Jaffe (b. 1955)
Salsa for Karen for Violin and Percussion (1998) Ole Saxe (b. 1952)
Satumaa: Finnish Tango (Fairytale Land, 1955) Unto Mononen (1930 - 1968)
Fanitullen for Norwegian hardangerfele Odd Bakkerud (1931 - 1989)
Poem by Jorgen Moe (1813 – 1882)
Orange Blossom Special (1936) Ervin T. Rouse (1917 – 1981)
Pineapple Skinners
In 1997 Tony Lombardo and Tom Dameron had dinner at Chez Lulu in Mountain Brook and at that dinner the legendary Pineapple Skinners came to life. Both men had a burning desire to play traditional jazz and thought that a five member acoustic band would be the perfect format to do so. Joining them were their friends Chuck King, Sam Ranelli Jr. and Mike Cogan. The group experimented with a number of styles of Dixieland Jazz and finally evolved as a group with their own distinctive and eclectic sound. The band plays all styles, but with just enough of a twist to be different. On their CD you can hear traditional jazz, big band tunes and even ukulele and lap steel.
The Band’s name cam from an episode of the Andy Griffith Show that finds Barney buying Thelma Lou a present...he picks her up a pineapple skinner. Tony should know because in the early 1990s he taught a course at UAB about the classic sitcom.
The members of the band are all unique individuals in their own right. Tony teaches at John Carroll High, Tom is an artist and Hospital Pharmacist at Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Chuck teaches music, performs and is a professional photographer, Mike works for DHL and repairs and restores instruments, and Sam works for EWTN. Tom and Tony deal with the business end of the group while Chuck and Mike are the real musical directors with Sam being the spiritual advisor. There is a brotherhood shared that transcends the music...they also enjoy and have fun together.
The band plays traditional gigs, but also has been hired for funerals, weddings and one divorce.
You can visit their website at http://www.pineappleskinners.com
