Dr. Duane Bierman
UNK director of bands, 308.865.8607
The spring combined Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band concert will be held Thursday, April 19, at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the UNK Fine Arts Recital Hall.
Dr. Duane Bierman, UNK director of bands and assistant professor of music and performing arts, will lead the Wind Ensemble segment of the concert.
Christopher Gugel, senior music education major from Amherst, will be a featured soloist with the Wind Ensemble. Gugel, who was the winner of the UNK Concerto/Aria competition last October, will perform “Fantasia for Alto Saxophone” by Claude T. Smith.
“We will also feature a composition by UNK music professor Dr. Darleen Mitchell, and an arrangement of a piece of video game music for the band by one of the members, Daniel Gibbs of Kearney,” Dr. Bierman said. ”This is a culmination of a research project for Dan, and he will be presenting the recording of the work the next day at UNK Student Research Day.”
Dr. Michael Beard, UNK assistant director of bands and assistant professor of music and performing arts, will lead the Symphonic Band segment of the concert.
“For the UNK Symphonic Band, we are moving back towards the classical repertoire after a very contemporary first concert of the semester,” Dr. Beard said. “We are performing works by well-known composers, including Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy and Bela Bartok.”
“In addition, a piece by our very own Dr. Ron Crocker, UNK associate dean of Fine Arts and Humanities, will be featured with the composer conducting,” Dr. Beard said. “We also have invited Dr. Seth Fletcher, UNK senior lecturer of music and performing arts, to lead the group on Clare Grundman’s ‘Kentucky 1800.’”
“The ensemble has enjoyed working with the many conductors for this concert,” Dr. Beard said.
The grand finale of the concert will be a massed band performance of “Mars” by Gustav Holst. The massed band will include the UNK Wind Ensemble, the UNK Symphonic Band and several UNK music faculty, including: Dr. Beard, French horn; Dr. Deborah Freedman, UNK associate professor of music and performing arts, French horn; Dr. Seth Fletcher, UNK senior lecturer of music and performing arts, euphonium; Dr. David Nabb, UNK professor of music and performing arts, alto saxophone; Franziska Nabb, UNK lecturer of music and performing arts, flute; and Dr. James Payne, UNK professor of music and performing arts, trumpet.
Members of the UNK Wind Ensemble and UNK Symphonic Band are listed below, alphabetically by hometown.
UNK Wind Ensemble
Bennington – Victoria Klaus
Broken Bow – Michael Crawford
Ceresco – Gabriel Haberman
Crete – Rae Fahrlander
Dickens – Brooke Harris
Hickman – Kristina Price
Holdrege – Amanda Gray
Grand Island – Patience Buck; Austin Gewecke; Logan Gregory; Ryne Miller; Eric Rempe
Juniata – Abbie Schuyler
Kearney – Daniel Gibbs; Vergil Nelson; Nathan Thorn; Tyler Walker; Wang Zheng
Minden – Jonathan Hunzeker; Matthew Stubbs; Nicole Tidd
McCook – Casey Cobb
Mitchell – Matthew Powell
Plainview – Justin Kluver
Ogallala – Mark Messner
Prague – Jessica Sousek
Omaha – Megan Miller; Nathan Skinner
North Platte – Tarassa Swedberg
Riverdale – Jacinda Uden
Scottsbluff – Justin Vogel
St. Edward – Kevin Carder
St. Paul – Adam White
Wahoo – Hillary Fick
Out of State:
Iowa
Ames – Stephanie Holtman
Treynor – Sonya Push
Minnesota
Mahtomedi – Kelly Skunes
Tennessee
Memphis – Darrell Rushing
International:
Japan
Kyoto – Maiko Oku
Mikanodai – Ikumitsu Tanaka
UNK Symphonic Band
Burwell – Riley Sheets
Cairo – Mary Irvine
Campbell – Rochelle Osantowski
Crofton – Thomas Augustin
Grand Island – Daniel Carlson, Brittani Clarkson, Logan Gregory, Andrea Hesterman, Shaylie Murphy, Francisco Ordonez
Hastings – Jennifer Kothe, Zachary Thomas
Juniata – Abbie Schuyler
LaVista – Tristia McNally
Lexington – Martha Herrarte, Nathan Richardson, Morgan Sentelle
Lincoln – Suzanne Carnazzo, David Morrison
Kearney – Ashley Jeffs, Samuel LaClair, Zachary Margheim, Brock Persson, Paula Newhouse, Nate Thorn, Dan Gibbs
Malcolm – Paige Bice
Minden – Jonathan Hunzeker, Matthew Stubbs, Nicole Tidd
Newcastle – Amanda Muller
Norfolk – Spencer Dagerman
North Platte – Barbara Lloyd
Ogallala – Mark Messner, Lauren Rudolph
Omaha – Haley Allen, Joseph Casella, Megan Miller, Emily Smith
Phillips – Rebecca Earnest
Pierce – Chelsea Atkins
Shelby – Megan Veburg
Stanton – Lindsay Christiansen
St. Paul – Adam White
Wahoo – Hillary Fick
Wilcox – Logan Gellerman-Farley
OUT OF STATE
Kansas
Shawnee – Elizabeth Roy
International
Japan
Matsuyama shi – Daisuke Yamaguchi
