Interlochen Connection:
Tom Riccobono, MM ‘90
Ben Chouinard, MM ‘94
Noel Wallace, MM ‘04
Austin Oprean, PPC/MM ‘15/’17
Erik Shinn, BME ‘10
Wade Judy, PPC/MM 17/’19
Brandon Buterbaugh, BME ‘17
and Ofer Cohen BM ‘19

Philadelphia Connection:
Dan Weiner, BME/MM ‘99/’01
Patrick McIsaac, BM ‘11
and Scott Slutter, BM/MM ‘89/92

Pittsburgh Connection:
Kevin McManus, BME ‘02
Bryan Powell, BM ‘13
Evan Harger, BM ‘13
Ben Coulter, BME ‘10
and Abby Koehler, BME/PPC ‘17/’18

Others:
Mary Margaret Browne Wilson, BME ‘00
Jamey Morgan, PPC ‘17
Ethan Spencer, BME ‘21
Andy Colwell, BA ‘11
and special guest tuba artist Michael Grose

Event Schedule

Saturday evening 9/4:
-7:00 Open rehearsal/trombone choir
(Esber Rehearsal Hall)

Sunday 9/5:
-11:00-12:30 Alumni Session with the studio
(Esber Rehearsal Hall)

-12:30-1:30 Lunch Break

-1:30-3:30 Open Rehearsal (Esber Rehearsal Hall)

-7:00 Hittin’ The Ground Swingin’
(Esber Rehearsal Hall)

-9:00 Alumni Jam Session (Esber Rehearsal Hall)

Monday 9/6:

-10:30 -12:00 Open Rehearsal (Recital Hall)

-1:00 Prof. Lusk’s 67th Faculty Recital
”Will The Circle Be Unbroken” (Recital Hall)

Concert PRograms

The opening concert, Hittin’ the Ground Swingin’

- Things Ain’t What They Used To Be 
by Duke Ellington arr. LaLama/McManus
Solos; Steve Rudolf, Dan Weiner, and David Stambler

- So What 
by Miles Davis arr. McManus
Solos; Josh Davis, Austin Oprean, and Mac Himes

- Tangerine 
by Johnny Mercer arr. Yoder
Solos; Byran Powell, Kevin McManus and Steve Rudolf

- Wolf Eyes 
by Paul Winter arr. Lusk
Solos; Mark Lusk and The Wolf

- Fanfare for the Common Man 
by Aaron Copland arr. Emerson, Lake and Palmer/Anderson/ McManus 
Solos, David Stambler and Marko Marcinko

(INTERMISSION)

- The St. Louis Blues March 
by W.C. Handy arr. Miller/McManus
Solos: Kevin McManus, and Dan Weiner

- Willowcrest 
by Bob Florence arr. McManus
Solos: Steve Rudolf, and featuring Kevin McManus and Dan Weiner

- If I Had My Way 
Words by Jack Murphy/Music by Frank Wildhorn arr. Scharnberg/Lusk
Special guest vocalist; Kaitlyn Lusk/Reddington

- American Anthem
by Gene Shear 
Featuring Mark Lusk and Steve Rudolf

- Amber Waves 
by Larry Norred Orch. by McManus
Soloist, Kevin McManus

Encore: Soul Intro/The Chicken
by Pee Wee Ellis arr. Pastorius/Durkin

Professor Lusk’s 67th Faculty Trombone Recital program, 
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

- No More Night 
by Walt Harrah
Professor Lusk and Kathy Gattuso Cinatl

- Bruckner Etude
by Enrico Crespo
The Interlochen Connection:
Tom Riccobono, Jeremiah Rodgers, Professor Lusk,
Austin Oprean, Ben Chouinard, and Noel Wallace 

- Two Pieces
by Raymond Premru
The Philadelphia Connection:
Dan Weiner, Patrick McIsaac, and Professor Lusk

- Simple Song
by Leonard Bernstein arr. Shinn
Tom Riccobono conductor, Professor Lusk Soloist,
Wade Judy, Jeremiah Rodgers, Brandon Buterbaugh,
Austin Oprean, Erik Shinn, Ben Chouinard,
Ofer Cohen and Noel Wallace

- Concerto Grosso 
by Arcady Dubensky
Tom Riccobono, Kevin McManus, Professor Lusk,
and special guest Michael Grose 

(INTERMISSION)

- Danny Boy 
Traditional arr. BYU Vocal Point/Biancoviso 
Lovingly Dedicated to Dr. Dennis AsKew
Evan Harger conductor, Professor Lusk Soloist
Our Graduating Class 2022:
Ryan Shuey, David Wilson, Colton Dietz, Allie Biancoviso,
Andy Zall, Spencer Jarrett, Jeremiah Rodgers, and Britney Bidding

- Simple Gifts 
arr. Vox One/Powell
The Pittsburgh Connection:
Professor Lusk conductor, 
McManus, Dietz, Wilson, Harger, Powell

- Only In Sleep  
by Ēriks Ešenvalds arr. McManus
Evan Harger, conductor, Professor Lusk Soloist
Wade Judy, Austin Oprean, Tom Riccobono, Brandon Buterbaugh,
Jamey Morgan, Kevin McManus, Noel Wallace, and Ben Chouinard

- Prayer of the Children 
by Kurt Bestor arr. Slutter/Lusk
Scott Slutter conductor,
Tom Riccobono, Dan Weiner, and Professor Lusk Soloists,
Kathy Gattuso Cinatl with all our alumni guests

- The Dream Isaiah Saw 
by Glen Rudolf arr. McManus/Lusk
Professor Lusk Soloist and conductor,
All of the participants of the Penn State Trombone Labor Days