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Ian Wurfl's Senior Project Presentation
Carson Sound Stage
May 8th, 2016

The Orchestral Medley: Arranged, Orchestrated, Composed & Conducted by Ian Wurfl

1. Fields of Gold - Sting
2. Seydou - Salif Keita (starts at 4:07)
3. To Zion - Lauryn Hill (starts at 7:55)
4. Uprising - Muse (starts at 11:43)

Ian Wurfl's "Love Unlimited" Orchestra:
Flute: Stephanie Bell (Piccolo), Chang Lu
Clarinet: Vincent Camuglia (Bass Clarinet), Yasmina Spiegelberg
Oboe: Rachel Van Amburgh
Bassoon: Amber Wyman
Saxophones: Isaac Lopez (Alto/Soprano), Ramsey Castaneda (Tenor)
Horn: Anna Lenhart, Matthew Otto
Trumpet: Erick Jovel, Brandyn Phillips
Trombones: Erik Hughes (Tenor), Callan Milani (Bass)
Tuba: Brandon Davis
Percussion: Will McVay
Timpani: Mike Daley
Harp: Liza Wallace
Guitars: Johnny Sim, Ethan Sherman
Electric/Synth Bass: Sam Wilkes
Drums: Carter Couron
Keyboards: Michael Arrom, Nathan Heldman
Vocalists: Danny Davila (Lead: Fields of Gold & Uprising), Taylor James Washington (Lead: Fields of Gold & Seydou), Anna Dellaria (Lead: To Zion), Javen Smith (Lead: Seydou), Camila Mora, Haleigh Bowers
Violin: Aya Kiyonaga (Concertmaster), Yu-Eun Kim, Koyo Kim, Mina Hong, Mann-Wen Lo, Joseph Lorang, Tiffany Chung, Mica Nafshun-Bone
Viola: Marta Honer, Salwa Bachar, Sean Lyons, Brandon Encinas
Cello: Mike Kaufman, Yoshika Masuda, Eunghee Cho, Gabriel Martins
Contrabass: Sam Shuhan, Kevin Gobetz

Music Preparation/Printing/Copyist:
Danny Wirick
Additional Assisting:
Tiffany Tarampi

Audio/Recording Personnel:
Michael Sanchez
Deanna Romo
Brandon Lew
Nick Brumme

Videography:
Clovis Ong
Dario Griffin

Audio Mixing/Mastering:
Daniel Oldham

Video Editing:
Ian Wurfl

Program Notes from Presentation:
Fields of Gold:
Sometime in 7th grade (I think it was my birthday), I received my first $15 iTunes gift card as a present. I had no idea what I was going to spend it on, but one of my friends had just told me about this band called “The Police.” I went home and looked them up on YouTube, and the first thing that came up was the song “Message in a Bottle.” I really liked the tune and at the moment I decided I was going to spend my iTunes credit on an album by The Police. When I started searching I not only found their stuff but I found this album “The Very Best of Sting & The Police,” who the heck is this guy “Sting?” No matter…two albums in one? A double whammy! This was the beginning to my obsessiveness of collecting records, and this song has always stuck with me throughout my career.
Seydou:
Ndugu Chancler has shown me hundreds of albums that have all had a meaningful impact on my life and direction as a musician, but “Folon: The Past” by Salif Keita has to be up there in the top 10. I listened to the whole album for the first time lying in bed one night, and when this song started playing I completely lost it. I started crying like a little baby, it was so beautiful I couldn’t handle it. I’ve always had a very spiritual and strong connection with music, but hearing this finally moved me to tears for the first time in my life from listening to music.
To Zion:
I hail from the great state of Oregon, and much of my childhood was spent in the outdoors and in nature (not many people know this, but I’m actually an Eagle Scout. I’ve been on three 50+ mile backpacking trips, good times). Many of my other fond memories from Ashland, Oregon come from spending time with my High School friends, we’re really just “a bunch of fun lovin’ guys.” I’ll never forget the spring break of my junior year of college, when they ALL went to Zion National Park in Utah while I stayed down in LA (all of their breaks were at the same time, mine was the week after). I saw all the pictures and heard all the stories, and I’m still bummed I missed out on that trip. The subject matter of this song is really heavy, Lauryn Hill’s inner struggle about whether or not to abort her first pregnancy to avoid interfering with her blossoming career. This song reminds me of the beauty of nature, and many of my memories growing up in The Rouge Valley in Southern Oregon.
Uprising:
Sometimes I think a lot of my peers know me as this total nerd-o that when given the opportunity can spew out a whole lecture about some obscure R&B band from the 1960’s that made all this great music that was sampled by this artist, and then changed by this artist, but not before this musical movement happened...yah-dah-yah-dah-yah-dah. There have been times when my passion for understanding the history of the thing I love so much may have turned people off. What’s my point? I love contemporary music too! Not only is this a great song, but I think there’s some lyricism in this puppy that directly relates to my college experience. “They will not control us…They will stop degrading us…We will be victorious.” The song is obviously about an Uprising, a seemingly victorious one at that.