Dr. Michael Beard
UNK assistant professor of music, 308.865.8631
“Dance Dance Revolution!” is the title for the first performance of the year for the University of Nebraska at Kearney Symphonic Band, which is scheduled for Thursday, March 31.
The performance, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall in the UNK Fine Arts Building.
Under the direction of Dr. Michael Beard, UNK assistant professor of music, the band will perform “Xerxes,” “Albanian Dance,” “Russian Sailor’s Dance,” “Sword Dance” and many more.
“We will be presenting dance music from the Shakers to Spain and destinations along the way,” Dr. Beard said. “The audience will enjoy familiar melodies transcribed from the orchestral world, as well as, traditional folk music.” The UNK Symphonic Band is an instrumental ensemble open to all UNK students. Students do not have to audition to participate in the Symphonic Band.
Members of the Symphonic Band are listed below, alphabetically by hometown:
ARCADIA– Christina Ritz
AUBURN– Aleria Alexander
BEATRICE– Alexander Niedfeldt
BELLEVUE– Heather Wilkie
BROADWATER– Trey Blomenkamp
BROKEN BOW– Megan Crawford
BURWELL– Riley Sheets
ELM CREEK– Katie Smith
GRAND ISLAND– Patience Buck, Logan Gregory, Alicia Griesman, Andrea Hesterman
and Kristin Klanecky
HICKMAN– Austin Nutter
JUNIATA– Abbie Schuyler
KEARNEY– Ashley Jeffs, Dillon Johnson, Katherine Lewis, Zachary Margheim, Vergil
Nelson and Brock Persson
LEXINGTON– Martha Herrarte
LINCOLN– David Morrison
MCCOOK– Casey Cobb and Lewis Tapia
NEWPORT– Cameron Scheibe
NORTH PLATTE– Alisha Arnold and Kyra Holloway
OMAHA– Megan Miller, Paula Newhouse and Chelsea Rasing
PIERCE– Chelsea Atkins
SHELBY– Megan Veburg
WAHOO– Hillary Fick
OUT- OF- STATE
COLORADO
WOODLAND PARK-Shawna Beeler
KANSAS
SHAWNEE– Elizabeth Roy
INTERNATIONAL
JAPAN– Maiko Oku and Ikumitsu Tanaka
