KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble is performing at five high schools in eastern Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota as part of a Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 concert tour.
The 44-member Wind Ensemble, directed by Duane Bierman, opens the tour with a home concert in the Recital Hall of the UNK Fine Arts Building at 7:30 p.m. on (Wednesday) Jan. 29.
The concerts are free and open to the public. Tour stops include:
Thursday, Jan. 30
1 p.m. – Bennington High School
7 p.m. – Wahoo High School
Friday, Jan. 31
9 a.m. – Nodaway Valley High School (Greenfield, Iowa)
2:20 p.m. – Union High School (La Porte City, Iowa)
Saturday, Feb. 1
8 p.m. – Mahtomedi (Minn.) High School
The 1,500-mile round trip tour also includes stops at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and St. Paul Winter Carnival. Members of the UNK Wind Ensemble were selected through auditions. They include:
Adams – Celia Timms, alto saxophone
Bennington – Victoria Klaus, flute
Columbus – Audrey Grant, horn
Cozad – Ellen Laird, percussion
Gering – Jeremy Eskam, tuba; Darrin Gonzales, trombone
Grand Island – Toni Birch, tuba; Patience Buck, trombone; Austin Gewecke, trumpet; Logan Gregory, baritone saxophone; Eric Rempe, trombone
Hastings – Tyler Hinrichs, clarinet; Zach Thomas, percussion
Hickman – Kristina Price, clarinet
Holdrege – Amanda Gray, percussion
Kearney – Daniel Gibbs, flute; Tyler Walker, alto saxophone; Aaron Woolley, horn
Lexington – Morgan Sentelle, trumpet
Lincoln – Cole Chancellor, oboe
Madrid – Bert Ogg, bass clarinet
Minden – Jonathan Hunzeker, trombone; Nate Hunzeker, trumpet; Vergil Nelson, euphonium; Jared Sanford, clarinet; Matthew Stubbs, trumpet
Mitchell – Matt Powell, percussion
North Platte – Barbara Lloyd, flute
Ogallala – Alex Rudolph, tuba
Omaha – Haley Allen, tenor sax; Jacob Fahrlander, string bass; Nathan Skinner, percussion; Anna Wagemann, horn
Plainview – Justin Kluver, percussion
Sargen – Hyojung Kim, flute
Wahoo – Hillary Fick, clarinet; Gabe Haberman, trumpet
Wallace – John Paul Lempke, euphonium
Ames, Iowa – Stephanie Holtman, flute
Andalusia, Ill. – Tony Garcia, tenor saxophone
El Paso, Texas – Joel Montes, percussion
Fort Collins, Colo. – Ruth Vakoc, clarinet
Mahtomedi, Minn. – Kelly Skunes, trumpet
Kyoto, Japan – Maiko Oku, alto saxophone
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Source: Duane Bierman, UNK Director of Bands, 308.865.8607
Writer: Todd Gottula, 308.865.8454, gottulatm@unk.edu
