UNK Honor Band, Choral Clinic features more than 700 students

KEARNEY – Students from 96 high schools in Nebraska and Kansas will participate in the annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Department of Music, Theatre and Dance.

The event, scheduled for Jan. 28, includes 725 high school music students who will work with UNK faculty and guest instructors before performing two public concerts at UNK’s Health and Sports Center. The 5:30 p.m. performance will feature the Festival Band and Honor Band, along with the UNK Wind Ensemble, and the 7 p.m. concert will showcase the Festival Choir, Honor Choir, Women’s Choir and UNK Choraleers.

Tickets, which include both concerts, are $3 and go on sale at 4:45 p.m. that day at the Health and Sports Center. Participants and preschool children are admitted at no cost.

Clinicians/conductors for the event are:

• Honor Band and UNK Wind Ensemble – Duane Bierman, associate professor of music and director of bands at UNK
• Festival Band – Terry Rush, retired Lincoln Public Schools band director
• Women’s Choir – Stacie Blackmore, choir director at Cozad High School
• Festival Choir – Bobby Jacobs, choir director at Shoemaker Elementary School in Grand Island
• Honor Choir and UNK Choraleers – David Bauer, professor of music and director of choirs at UNK

The UNK Honor Band and Choral Clinic includes high school sophomores, juniors and seniors selected through auditions.

This year’s participants are: