The Star-Spangled Banner
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Alma Mater
To our noble Alma Mater’s name,
We, her children, sing a joyful lay,
And to her a new allegiance pledge,
That lives beyond a day.
Refrain:
Sing, O sing, our Alma Mater’s praise,
Hail, O hail, her colors’ gleaming hue!
Give to her our homage and our love,
And to her name be true.
Graduation Brass Ensemble
The Graduation Brass Ensemble includes members of the brass faculty and the Legacy Brass Quintet , the brass quintet for honors students. This ensemble is open to any IUP music major in the brass area, with membership determined by performance audition. Funding for this ensemble was made possible through a gift from Jim and Jamie Self. A 1965 IUP graduate, the late Jim Self was a first-call tuba player in Los Angeles for more than 30 years and is known for playing the “Voice of the Mother Ship” in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind . He performed for more than a thousand movie and television soundtracks in his career and served as principal tuba in many of the top professional orchestras in and around Los Angeles. The Legacy Brass Quintet performs advanced quintet repertoire and receives specialized coaching from the IUP brass faculty.
Horn: Dennis Emert †, Kristina Andrei * †
Trombone: Connor Antonio †, Joshua Gerson *
Tuba: Zach Collins ‡, Hayden Cooper *
† alumna/alumnus
‡ faculty member
** emeritus faculty member
IUP Symphony Band
Piccolo: Blaize Breault
Flute: Nolan Easton (co-principal), Carly Dowell (co-principal), Kaelyn Jones, RyAnn Crusan, Emma Stonecypher, Calvin Watson, Emilie Bohn
Oboe: Zakk Boyer
Bassoon: Andromeda Lindley
Clarinet: Tiffany Bloom (principal), Leah Stuck, Lauren Dick
Bass Clarinet: Jay Gamble
Alto Saxophone: Jacob Drazick, Zach Shefler, Michael Cantrell
Tenor Saxophone: Jonathan Fochtman
Bari Saxophone: Trystyn Harshbarger
Trumpet: Joey Freynik, Isaiah Stephenson, Shayla Bowser, Murphy Rosero, Noah Lane,
Charlie Kyle
Horn: Sadie Halper, Allana Karoscik, Landon Bacon
Trombone: Seth Fenstermaker, Kylynn Butrej, Damien Porter, Landon Weeks (Bass)
Euphonium: Haylee Steinbacher (principal), Cloud Scott, Ethan Rochna, Charles Blake
Tuba: Gabe Thompson (principal), Evan Massimo Grimes, Pierce Richard, Andrew Custer, Martin Lewis
Percussion: Bobbie Allison, Mason Davis, Caleb Eger, Sam Egan, Alecks Fullone, Dylan Geibel, Eden Gutierrez, James Kordish, Logan Smyth, Emily Ghorm
IUP Wind Ensemble
Flute: Allison Becker , Anna Beckett , Blaize Breault , Emma Stonecypher
Oboe: Zakk Boyer
Bassoon: Kyle Petroski , Ethan Pattison , Katrina Bennett
Clarinet: Alexander Johnson , Lauren Dick , Ana Enfusse , Kylie Diem , Tiffany Bloom , Katie Boone (bass)
Saxophone: Addison Benner , Katrina Bennett , Hope Canfield (tenor) , Bailey Horn (bari)
Trumpet: Cloud Scott , Torrin Zeigler , Landon Bacon , Josh Hall , Sam Knepper
French Horn: Kristina Andrei , Enzo Washowich , Sadie Halper , Allana Karoscik
Trombone: Joshua Gerson , Seth Fenstermaker , Kylynn Butrej , Ethan Rochna (bass)
Euphonium: Nathan Vinson
Tuba: Hayden Cooper , Jessie Reed
Percussion: Emily Ghorm , Eden Gutierrez , James Kordish , Jacob Lott , Tyler Pickup , Benjamin Shal , Dylan Geibel
Piano: Logan Shumway