Dr. Duane Bierman
UNK director of bands, 308.865.8607
The University of Nebraska at Kearney Wind Ensemble will make a three-day concert tour of four communities in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa Friday-Sunday, March 18-20.
The ensemble, directed by Dr. Duane Bierman, will open the tour at Osmond High School at 1 p.m. on Friday. At 8 p.m., the ensemble will perform at the Johnny Carson Theatre, located at 801 Riverside Boulevard in Nebraska.
On Saturday, members of the ensemble will tour the National Music Museum in Vermillion, S.D., and then perform at Bishop Heelan High School in Sioux City, Iowa, at 8 p.m. The tour will conclude with a performance at Blair High School at 3 p.m. on Sunday. All of the performances are free and open to the public.
The audition-only group of 43 players is described as playing “the best wind literature available at the university level.”
Members of the Wind Ensemble are listed below, alphabetically by hometown, along with their respective instruments:
AMHERST– Christopher Gugel, alto saxophone
ASHLAND– Kim Morwitzer, clarinet
BEATRICE- Troy Ehmke, alto saxophone
BROKEN BOW- Michael Crawford, tuba
COMSTOCK- Robert Roth, trumpet
CRETE- Rae Fahrlander, oboe
DICKENS- Brooke Harris, flute
GIBBON- Amy Smallcomb, horn
GRAND ISLAND- Ryne Miller, baritone saxophone, and Eric Rempe, trombone
HOLDREGE- Eric Jones, percussion
JUNIATA- Abbie Schuyler, clarinet
KEARNEY- Tyler Allen, trombone; Daniel Gibbs, flute; Paloma Mena-Werth, oboe; Nathan Thorn, percussion; and James Wolf, alto saxophone
LEXINGTON- Joel Montes, percussion
LINCOLN- Spencer Labedz, bassoon
MCCOOK- Casey Cobb, tenor saxophone; Tyler Cobb, clarinet; and Raisa Gates, flute
MINDEN- Jonathan Hunzeker, trombone; Rachel Schnoor, French horn; and Matthew Stubbs, trumpet
NEWPORT- Cameron Scheibe, trombone
NORTH PLATTE- Tarassa Swedberg, horn
OGALLALA- Mark Messner, tuba
OMAHA- Kelci Fulton, flute; Cayle Jones, bass clarinet; and Nathan Skinner, percussion
OSMOND- Clint Dennis, euphonium
PLAINVIEW- Justin Kluver, percussion
PRAGUE- Jessica Sousek, bass clarinet
SCOTTSBLUFF- Brooke Brown, clarinet, and Justin Vogel, trumpet
ST. EDWARD- Kevin Carder, trombone
WILCOX- Benjamin Loschen, percussion
OUT OF STATE
IOWA
AMES– Stephanie Holtman, flute
UNION– Stacia Kluever, percussion
MINNESOTA
MAHTOMEDI-Kelly Skunes, trumpet
INTERNATIONAL
JAPAN– Maiko Sugahara, clarinet
