nsu department of music presents

Mr. Michael Schelle, Composer Clinician

Dr. Boyd Perkins, Director of Bands, Northern State University

Dr. Terry Beckler, Conductor, Associate Director of Bands, Northern State University

Mrs. Jessica Perkins, Conductor, Northern State University

Mr. Fred Hemke, Saxophone Clinician, Northern State University

Dr. Alan LaFave, Clarinet Clinician, Northern State University

Dr. Grant Manhart, High Brass Clinician, Northern State University

November, 13, 2013, 3 p.m. Johnson Fine Arts Center, Northern State University

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Michael Schelle (b. 1950 in Philadelphia) was raised in northern New Jersey and graduated from NHR where, as Captain of the track team, he held the all-state distance records in javelin, shot put and hammer for three years running. Now, 30 years running as Composer in Residence and founder / director of the Composers Orchestra (new music ensemble) at Butler University in Indianapolis, he has been a finalist for the International Humour in Poetry Competition (Paris), a published author (film music book), and restaurant critic.

Michael Schelle’s music has been commissioned and / or performed by over 300 orchestras, symphonic bands and professional chamber ensembles across the US and abroad including the Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, the major orchestras of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville, Dayton, Nashville, Kansas City, Honolulu and Springfield (MA), the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, XTET (Los Angeles), Urban Quartet (Phoenix), Voices of Change (Dallas), and internationally by Kammerorchester Basel (Switzerland), St. Petersburg (Russia) Chamber Orchestra, Kremlin Chamber Orchestra (Moscow), Czestochowa Philharmonic (Poland), Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Costa Rica), Koenig Ensemble of London, Banff Centre (Canada), CoMET (Tokyo), Firenza New Music Festival (Italy), Beijing (China) Opera House, and the Kulala Lumpur (Malayasia) Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

He has received composition prizes, grants and awards from over 30 prestigious national arts organizations including the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, American Symphony Orchestra League (NYC), American Pianists Association, National Band Association (2012 Revelli Composition Prize), the Welsh Arts Council (Cardiff), New England Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Arts Council. He has held composition residencies at dozens of leading American universities, conservatories and new music festivals, and at Spoleto USA, Wolf Trap, the MacDowell Colony (NH), and many extended residencies abroad - including the Czech Republic, Austria, Amsterdam, Costa Rica, Japan (X3) and China. Schelle holds degrees from Villanova University (theatre), the Hartt School of Music (CT), Trinity College of Music, London, UK, (diploma), and a Ph.D. from University of Minnesota. His composition teachers have included Aaron Copland, Arnold Franchetti (student of Richard Strauss in 1940’s Munich), Paul Fetler, Eric Stokes and Dominick Argento. During the summers of 1998 – 2005, Schelle lived in Los Angeles, writing a film music book (The Score, published in 2000 by Silman-James Press, LA, and published (in Korea) in 2013) - and working on the original scores for such Hollywood blockbusters (?) as The Mummy, G Men from Hell and Bikini Prison. Visit: www.schellemusic.com

Boyd Perkins is director of bands at Northern. A native of Brookings, S.D., Dr. Perkins earned his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Wind Conducting from The University of Iowa, where his primary advisor was Dr. Myron Welch.

With successful public school teaching experience in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota, Dr. Perkins has developed a strong, multifaceted reputation as a music educator in the areas of concert band, marching band, and jazz. He maintains an active adjudication and clinician schedule in all three areas. Dr. Perkins’

duties at Northern include applied low brass studies, instrumental conducting, marching band, symphonic band, marching band techniques, music education courses, brass methods, brass instrument care and repair, and student-teacher supervision.

Under Dr. Perkins’ leadership, the NSU Marching Wolves were the lone selection from South Dakota in the 2006 Waikiki Holiday Parade commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The NSU Marching Wolves were selected to appear in the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. twice in 2005 and 2013.

Jessica Perkins, a native of Davenport, Iowa, has led successful and innovative band and orchestra programs at all levels of instruction. She holds a B.M. in Music Education and Euphonium Performance and a Master’s degree in Music Education, both from The University of Iowa. Prior to her appointment at Northern State University, she spent five years as the orchestra director at Simmons Middle School in Aberdeen, S.D. Under her direction, the Aberdeen Honor Orchestra performed at the South Dakota Music Educators Association Conference in Rapid City.

Before she moved to South Dakota, she served as Director of Bands at Xavier High School, a large high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During her time there, she led the band to the first Division “I” ratings in both marching band and concert band in the history of the school.

Perkins maintains an active schedule as a euphonium soloist, having been featured with high school, community, and university bands and orchestras throughout Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. In 2000, Perkins was the winner of the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Brass Solo Artist competition, as well as the University of Iowa Concerto Competition. She also appeared as a featured guest artist at the Hawkeye Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference at the University of Iowa. She is a board member of the South Dakota Music Educators Association, where she serves as the editor of The South Dakota Musician, the official publication of the SDMEA. Perkins has also been the staff music arranger for the NSU Marching Wolves since 2008.

Terry Beckler is percussion professor and assistant director of bands at Northern. Beckler previously was director of bands at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn., and at Huron University. He also has 10 years of public school experience as band director for the Red Rock Central (Lamberton, Minn.) and Sioux Valley (Volga, S.D.) school districts.

Dr. Beckler has been a member of the 147th Army Band based in Mitchell, S.D., for more than 20 years. He enlisted in 1986 as a percussionist and, since 1998, has been commander/conductor of this group. In January of 2006, the 147th Army Band was awarded

the Howard Citation of Musical Excellence from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Dr. Beckler holds the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. He is an active clinician in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota and a former member of the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps.

Mr. Frederic J.B. Hemke, prior to his appoint at Northern was the Director of Jazz Performance Studies and saxophone instructor at the University of Missouri-Columbia for ten years. He received his bachelor and master of music degrees from Northwestern University. He has performed as a guest artist in many international venues. He has been featured with the Amazonia Jazz Ensemble at The International Festival of Music of Pará in Belem, Brazil. He premiered new music commissioned for him in Poland with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and was a guest artist at the Athens International Jazz Festival with

the Athens Big Band. He has taught as a visiting scholar in jazz at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Budapest Hungary and soloed at a jazz festival in that city. He has been featured as a soloist at the North American Saxophone Alliance. Mr. Hemke is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, the International Association of Jazz Educators, and the National Honorary Music Society Pi Kappa Lambda.

Dr. Grant Manhart holds a Doctor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance and Literature with minors in Music History and Jazz Studies from Indiana University, a Master’s degree in Trumpet Performance with a minor in Jazz Studies from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor’s degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Wisconsin. His extensive performing experience includes classical, jazz and popular music. Dr. Manhart is busy as a performer, clinician and adjudicator.

Program

Gold BandFirst Suite in E Flat.......................................................................... Themes Holst ............................................................... arr. Sweeney - Hal Leonard Corporation

The Liberty Bell (Flex Band)...................................................... John Philip Sousa .................................................................arr. Bocook - Hal Leonard Corporation

Black Forest Overture ......................Michael Sweeney - Hal Leonard Corporation

Maroon BandFanfare and Flourishes(Flex Band) .................................................. James Curnow ......................................................................................Hal Leonard Corporation

Three Czech Folk Songs(Flex Band) ............................................. Johnnie Vinson ......................................................................................Hal Leonard Corporation

The Chimes of Liberty.....................................................Edwin Franko Goldman ............................................................................. arr. Wagner - Alfred Publishing

NSU Symphonic BandFlashing Winds ...........................................................................Jan VanderRoost

Extraction on No.9 ........................................................................Michael Shelle

EXTRACTION ON NO. 9 (2013) for large symphonic wind ensemble, a consortium commission from a dozen US bands.

No. 9 is the front tooth. Inspired by (and dedicated to) my son Paddy who, in 2003, as a senior on the varsity basketball team at JFK in NY, he went up for a layup / dunk and was smashed to the hardwoods from behind. Both his front teeth (#8 and #9) went flying out of his head, leaving two stumps, a giant bloody mess and 9 yrs of reconstructive orthodontic adventures. The relentless ‘highest note possible’ piccolo part is whir of the dentist drill.

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Personnel

Flute *Megan Vockrodt, Pierre, Elementary Education Sabrena Schmidt, Huron, Elementary Education

Shelby Bauer, Aberdeen, Music Education Maris Grewe, Aberdeen, Elementary Education

Sha Li, Shanghai, China, Sociology

Bassoon Anna Dzieweczynski, Inner Grove Heights, Minn., Music/Elementary Education

Samantha Elbert, Watertown, Music Education/Elementary Education

Clarinet *John Patzlaff, Platte, Music Education

Charlotte Grandpre, Huron, Music Education Molly Royals, Rapid City, Music

Alen Zeledon, Watertown, Music Education Abby Klumb, Parkston, Music Education

Brooke Mathey, Mitchell, Music Education McKenzie Betting, Ellendale, N.D., Music Education

Jacque Bratcher, Lead, Music Education Kayla Nuese, Hendricks, Minn., Music Education

Nicole Mohr, Renner, Psychology/Sociology

Bass Clarinet Rebecca Fahey, Spearfish, Music Education Jamie Stadel, Aberdeen, Music Education

Contra Bass Clarinet open

Alto Saxophone *Derek VanDenTop, Canton, Music

Steve Zimoski, Mobridge, Music Chelsea Kerbaugh, Harwood, N.D., Music Education

Katie Weglietner, Lake City, Music/Musical Theater

Tenor Saxophone Taylor Johnson, Aberdeen, Music

Emmanuel Samuelu, Barrow, Alaska, Music Education

Baritone Saxophone Michelle Mennis, Wahpeton, N.D., Music Education

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Trumpets *Amanda Wentz, Bismarck, N.D., Music Nick Reis, Watertown, Music Education

Callie Marlette, Gettysburg, Music Education Hillary Sward, Del Rapids, Music Education

Paul Fellbaum, Webster, Music Education Tyler Goodgion, Rapid City, Music Education Calvin Cramer, Camp Crook, Music Education

Tabitha Reule, Mobridge, Music Alec Nelson, Jamestown, N.D., Music Education

Horn *Jaime Kessler, Jamestown, N.D., Music Education

Brandon Sieck, Onida, Music Education Sam Johnson, Mitchell, Music Education

Nicole Merriman, Pierre, Music Education Paige Tooker, Warner, Music Education

Trombone *Tyler Schwan, Surrey, N.D., Music Education

Delayna Labelle, Sturgis, Music Education Joseph Weseloh – Bass, Watertown, Music Education

Christina Renz, Lennox, Environmental Science/Biology Lexi Cole, Canton, Music/English

Jon Miller, Kimball, Music Education Kaitlynn Loos, Rapid City, English Education

Euphonium *Carl Mathwig, Waconia, Minn., Music Education

Austin Fordham, Groton, Music Education

Tuba *Robert Conrad, Sioux Falls, Music Education

John Gorr, Rapid City, Music Education Alan Birmeier, Plankinton, Music Education

Percussion *Bailey Geist, Roscoe, Music Education

Luke Bergjord, Aberdeen, Music Education Cam Abreu, Rapid City, Music Education

Carrie Pospishil, Yankton, Music Education

FluteKara Berntso, Kulm, 4 Ashley Berreth, North SargentAbby Boner, Castlewood Marissa Bressler, Elkton-Lake Benton Payton Ercink , Lisbon Public School Kristina Gonzales, Mobridge-Pollock Brittany Hinkle, Highmore-Harrold Sarah Jarman, Milbank Hope Klein, Lemmon Rachel Lynch, Doland Theresa Kolar, Eureka, 4 Andrea Kramer, Henry Taylor Olson, Ellendale School District Wenonah Ott, Herreid, 4 Katie Renner, Great Plains Lutheran Ashley Shultz, Sisseton Mikayla Sousa, Milbank ShyAnn Springer, Clark Tearanie Stotz, Andes Central Raven Washburn, Henry Megan Weseloh, Great Plains Lutheran Haili Wimer, Leola Amy Woodruff, Wessington Springs

BassoonEmily Grabowska, Ipswich

ClarinetTaylor Balling, MilbankMorgan Berner, Great Plains LutheranBrittney Casey, Leola, 4Katelyn Decker, North Sargent Jamie DeVaal, MilbankDevon Drayton, LemmonMiranda DuMarce, SissetonApril Fauth, LeolaAbigail Fred, Mobridge-PollockLeanna Friese, WishekBailey German, HankinsonCarolyn Groves, Wessington SpringsCassie Haubris, Sisseton

Gold Band Listed Alphabetically

Miranda Mack, Redfield, 4Johnny McDonagh, MilbankSierra McKeever, North SargentKassy Nisbet, Mobridge-PollockSierra Peters, LemmonAddie Whelan, MilbankKyra Winter, Ellendale School DistrictTatum Wyum, Sargent CentralMadisen Yonker, Henry

Bass ClarinetTaylor Voegele, RedfieldSarah Ward, MilbankJulianna Wolff, Wishek

Contra-Alto ClarinetBailey Payne, Eureka

Alto SaxophoneElizabeth Aasby, LisbonBrennen Boll, HankinsonClarissa Daniels, ClarkCarter Hoffer, HenryKayla Holtquist, MilbankBethany Kempel, North SargentAlexandra Magilke, MilbankCory Mehlhaff, Eureka Madisyn Mutziger, Elkton-Lake BentonChristopher Nemec, Highmore-HarroldBecca Rossow, HerreidMicah Schoer, Great Plains LutheranGrace Schuler, WishekAutumn Stoltenburg, Elkton-Lake BentonRory Waliser, LisbonKami Wrage, North Sargent

Tenor SaxophoneJordan Bachmeier, Mobridge-PollockRachel Brandner, LeolaRiley Gilbert, IpswichKendyll Jones, Sully ButtesAngela Lendt, Great Plains Lutheran

Kayla Pinkert, MilbankDaniel Sagvold, LisbonDuncan Schwartz, Redfield

Baritone SaxophoneLeif Bakken, Lemmon Jay Foster, Clark Ethan Unruh, Sully Buttes

TrumpetHannah Bakken, Ipswich Ethan Beyers, Great Plains Lutheran Nathan Boeckel, Lemmon Adam Ching, CastlewoodKerstan Cole, Lemmon, 4Abigail Crouch, WishekMariah Domke, Highmore-Harrold Amanda Green, Ellendale School DistrictTess Heidenreich, Faulkton Area Francine Hoffman, LeolaApril Hoffman, LeolaAudrey Hovel, Hankinson Noah Huber, Clark Tiegan Irion, Kulm Erica Kitchenmaster, Andes Central Justen Kleingartner, North Sargent Michelle Langley, Ellendale School DistrictEmily Lorius, Lemmon Leah Lunstrum, Redfield Nicolas Paulson, Wessington Springs Gabriel Petersen, Ellendale School District, 4Bramm Pickner, Sully Buttes Hunter Pinke, Wishek Cassius Pond, Ipswich Garrett Ponzer, North Sargent Bryce Roberts, Highmore-Harrold John Sell, Great Plains Lutheran Bryce Wadholm, Ellendale School DistrictJeff Wanner, Henry

French HornHailey Bruckner, Wessington Springs Spencer Dummann, Great Plains Lutheran Julie Fuchs, Herreid

TromboneKyle Blume, Redfield Gus Carlson, Clark Orman Fixsen, Redfield Scott Glodt, Hoven, 4Allison Grear, Milbank Benjamin Hanson, North Sargent Jase Kraft, Wessington Springs Brady LaMont, Highmore-Harrold Wyatt Nelson, Adam Paulson, Wessington Springs Kristi Pond, Ipswich Jessamine Schell, LisbonRemington Thurber, Ellendale School DistrictMoriah Wales, Great Plains Lutheran Walter Wrage, North Sargent

BaritoneTravis Askeroth, Sargent Central Lance Leonhardt, Ipswich Kole Pickner, Sully Buttes Shaylin Stotz, Andes Central Noel Utecht, Redfield Nathan Wendler, Great Plains Lutheran

TubaLogan Heupel, LeolaCaemon Kelly, Lisbon Peyton Krump, Hankinson Jared Neuharth, Eureka, 4

PercussionLincoln Bernhard, Eureka Korbyn Bertsch, Sisseton Brady Chase, Redfield

Gold Band continued

Chett Dauwen, Lemmon Renee DeMarce, Great Plains Lutheran Nyssa Duffield, Sisseton Hope Ebel, Zeeland Gracelynn Erickson, Kulm Kellemon Hinton, Ellendale School DistrictNathan Huisman, Wessington Springs Grant Johnson, LisbonKadon Leddy, Milbank Lawrence, Lisbon

Gold Band continued

Connor Lightfield, Milbank Emily Nelson, Lisbon Tyrel Ott, Herreid Evan Sanchez, Andes Central Cecilia Streff, Clark Drew Wittich, Sargent Central Matthew Leiferman, Elkton-Lake Benton Tayson O’Hara, Hankinson Amanda Riley, Lemmon Sarahbeth Waswick, North Sargent

Maroon BandFluteAshley Andrus, Great Plains Lutheran Emily Baugh, Wishek Hannah Carlblom, North Sargent Bailey Cavett, LisbonMadison Fischer, Eureka, 4Taylor Frevert, Milbank Samantha Goetz, Ipswich Stephanie Huber, Highmore-Harrold Joslyn Hurlbert, Clark Brooke Kannas, Great Plains Lutheran Karissa Kempel, North Sargent Elizabeth Labuhn, Ellendale School DistrictDanielle McCauley, Highmore-Harrold Marissa Meidinger, Zeeland Katelyn Oland, LisbonKourtney Peterson, Lemmon, 4Mikayla Petsche, Andes Central Sydney Schick, Herreid Emily Smith, Eureka Tatiana Stemsrud, Milbank Chloe Thurber, Ellendale School DistrictOlivia Voller, Zeeland Amy Woodruff, Wessington Springs

ClarinetAmy Beck, Eureka, 4Morgan Berner, Great Plains Lutheran

Ambrosia Burke, North Sargent Morgan Carmody, Elkton-Lake Benton Connor Erhart, Aberdeen Central Brooke Fraasch, Milbank Leanna Friese, Wishek Sheyenna Grenier, North Sargent Carolyn Groves, Wessington Springs Lance Guthmiller, Sully Buttes Kaitlyn Hague, Highmore-Harrold Morgan Hoffman, LeolaAngela Hupf, Castlewood Shelby Klein, Lemmon Mary Martin, Mobridge-Pollock Hannah Meier, Zeeland Billie Moeller, Redfield Mikala Morlock, Eureka Sydney Myears, Andes Central Katilynn Pinnow, Lemmon Kasey Schmidt, Milbank Cole Sweet, North Sargent Ashley Tennant, Lemmon Julie Wolf, Sisseton Angela Young, Clark

Bass ClarinetAndrew Brummett, Redfield Kayleigh Kallenberger, LeolaTeri Loll, Hankinson

Maroon Band continued

Contra-Bass ClarinetTavis Becker, Aberdeen Central

Alto SaxophoneHeather Boyum, Great Plains Lutheran Paige Buck, Hankinson John Cassens, Faulkton Area Taylor Fauth, LeolaBryce Fischer, Ellendale School DistrictRachel Hegerfeld, Elkton-Lake Benton Matt Huisman, Wessington Springs Mackenzie, LisbonJennifer Jensen, Henry Ben Knippling, Highmore-Harrold Denae Melland, LeolaJo L Pretends Eagle, Mobridge-Pollock Samantha Raile, Eureka Korinne Roggenbuck, Milbank Casondra Rutschke, Zeeland Walker Schultz, Great Plains Lutheran Tara Stein, Elkton-Lake Benton Haley Strait, Castlewood Taylor Loken, Ipswich Mariah Tietjen, Milbank

Tenor SaxophoneAlex Bladow, Hankinson Eva Byerley, Ellendale School DistrictJoseph Greenmyer, North Sargent Mady Jean, Hankinson Elizabeth Schroeder, Great Plains Lutheran Benjamin Schuler, Wishek Alex Stengel, Milbank Christiana Tiedeman, Elkton-Lake Benton

Baritone SaxophoneCarter Mauch, Hankinson Zach Stulz, Lisbon

TrumpetPreston Beyers, Great Plains Lutheran, 4Madison Cherwinski, Sargent Central Cole DeRuyter, Elkton-Lake Benton Josh Finstad, Great Plains Lutheran Cassidy Ford, Henry Libby Hansen, Ipswich Jacob Hauck, Ellendale School DistrictTaylor Hoffman, Lemmon Hayden Houdek, Highmore-Harrold Ethan Jaeger, Great Plains Lutheran Tabitha Kinzler, Kulm Tony Krautbauer, Hankinson Deidre Lamb, Sully Buttes Shaylyn Loder, Lemmon Sean Loken, Wishek Matthew Loomis, Clark Nicole Mosiman, Sully Buttes Blake Nelson, North Sargent Lexi Ollinger, Wessington Springs, 4Kelsey Peterson, Ellendale School DistrictKaitlyn Schimke,Natalie Schumacher, Zeeland Jason Sommerfeld, Lisbon Tyler Toepke-Floyd, Wishek Clayton Totenhagen, North Sargent Rebekka Wanner, WishekAshley Ward, Henry Owen Witte, Wessington Springs

French HornApril Berntson, Kulm Hailey Bruckner, Wessington Springs Jamie Mundwiler, Milbank Kaitlyn Schofield, Castlewood

Maroon Band continued

TromboneDrew Asche, North Sargent Cole Berntson, Kulm Caleb Bitter, Great Plains Lutheran Gus Carlson, Clark Lucas Ching, Castlewood Elisabeth Dalke, Wishek Amber Ellison, Lemmon Brendon Flaherty, Ellendale School DistrictKelsey Hofland, Sisseton Justice Kienow, Ipswich Jase Kraft, Wessington Springs Mark McFarland, North Sargent Adam Paulson, Wessington Springs Logan Schaefbauer, Herreid

BaritoneNathan Herrold, Andes Central Daniel Ptacnik, North Sargent Jessica Aberle, Zeeland Canyon Ching, Castlewood James Fuchs, Herreid, 4Tyler Kraft, Ipswich Kaley Schweitzer, Redfield

TubaBryce Hayes, Mobridge-Pollock Jekobe Hughes, Redfield Jarod Roth, Sargent Central

String BassJared DeLaurier, Kulm PercussionTory Anderson, Kulm Isaiah Beckstrom, Sargent Central Kendal Betting, Ellendale School DistrictNate Bien, Milbank Lucas Bjur, Kulm Matthew Bryant, Andes Central Brett Burgard, North Sargent Tristan Dallman, Kulm Colton Damjanovich, Lemmon Nathan Huisman, Wessington Springs Jennifer Hurlbert, Clark Layne Johnson, Kulm Justin Lentz, Great Plains Lutheran Jordan Maier, Eureka Shelby Musland, Lisbon Public SchoolZachary Paulson, Wessington Springs, 4Reece Schulte, Faulkton Area Carissa Wilcox, Faulkton Area Megan Flatmoe, Lemmon Joe Nelson, LisbonAnnabell Pflug, Herreid Rebecca Wieting, Milbank

Participating Schools and Music Educators

Mrs. Lola Bartels, Clark Mr. Dale Batie, Eureka

Miss Marian Beck, Mobridge-Pollock Mrs. Elizabeth Bengs, Hoven Mrs Vicki Bjerke, Castlewood

Mrs. Julie Borr, Herreid Mrs. Trudy Fraase, Zeeland

Mrs. Wendy Friskop, Hankinson Miss Erica Guthmiller, Sully Buttes

Mrs. Susan Karels, Milbank Mrs. Nancy Kindelspire, Leola

Mr. Jerry Letcher, Aberdeen Central Mrs. Marvel Lindgren, Kulm

Mr. Eric Martens, Great Plains Lutheran Mrs. Deanna Martens, Henry

Mrs. Judy Mayer, DolandMrs. Tracy Minh, Lemmon

Mr. John Monilaws, Lisbon Public SchoolMrs. Renee Munsen, Wessington Springs

Miss Tasha Nelson, Redfield Mr. Colin Neuharth, Ashley

Mrs. Becky Nierman, Ipswich Mrs. Nicole, Perry, Elkton-Lake Benton Mrs. Rachelle, Stephens, Andes Central Miss. Amanda Stulken, Faulkton Area Ms. Melissa Todd, Highmore-Harrold

Mrs. Barbara Wilson-DeLange, Ellendale School DistrictMr. Matthew Winarski, North Sargent

Mrs. Janet Wolff, Wishek

Northern State University

Music FacultyDr. Alan LaFave, Dean School of Fine Arts, Clarinet

Dr. Boyd Perkins, Chairman - Department of Music, Director of Bands, Conducting, Brass Methods and Literature, Music Education

Dr. Terry Beckler, Percussion, Assistant Director of Bands, Percussion Methods and Literature, Music Appreciation

Dr. Darci Bultema, Applied Voice, Music Appreciation, Opera

Mr. Paul Dutt, adjunct faculty, Guitar, Jazz Studies

Dr. Marcela Faflak, Piano, Keyboard Literature and Piano Pedagogy

Mr. Fred Hemke, Woodwinds, Jazz Studies, Arranging, Woodwind Methods and Literature

Dr. Allan Jacobson, Music Theory, Piano, Organ, Composition

Dr. Grant Manhart, High Brass, Assistant Director of Bands, Jazz Studies, Music Appreciation, Brass Ensembles

Mr. Dennis McDermott, adjunct faculty, Jazz Studies

Ms. Jessica Perkins, adjunct faculty, Low Brass, Conducting, Music Appreciation

Mr. Michael Skyles, Applied Voice, Opera, Musical Theater

Dr. Wendy Van Gent, Music Education, Vocal Jazz

Dr. Robert Vodnoy, Director of University/Civic Symphony, Strings, String Pedagogy & Literature, Music

Dr. William Wieland, Theory, Piano, Technology, Composition

Dr. Timothy Woods, Director of Choral Activities, Conducting, Voice, Vocal Techniques, Music History

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SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATIONThe NSU music scholarship program is one of the most attractive in the region. Based upon auditions, Northern State University awards the following scholarships:

$2,500 — Janis Pearson Vocal Excellence Award $2,000 per year for 4 years — Excellence in Music Scholarships $1,500 — Hatterscheidt Scholarships

Music minors and talented non-music majors may also audition for scholarships. Last year, nearly 100 music scholarships were awarded to upperclassmen and freshmen.

2014 scholarship audition dates: February 21, Johnson Fine Arts Center February 22, Johnson Fine Arts Center

If you are unable to audition on those dates, please submit a recording by February 17. YouTube links are preferred. For complete information about music scholarships, contact the Music Department, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198, 605-626-2497 or print the NSU Music Scholarship Application and NSU Music Scholarship Reference Form.

Furthermore, NSU offers a 4-year guaranteed scholarship called the Northern Wolf PACT based upon ACT scores as follows:

$12,000 – ACT 30+ $11,000 — ACT 28+ $7,000 — ACT 24–27 $5,000 — ACT 21–23

Finally, the full tuition and fees Dakota Corps Scholarship and the $5,000 South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship are available to qualified S.D. high school graduates. Many more scholarships, grants and loans are available to students. Contact NSU Admissions, Student Center, 1200 South Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198, (605) 626-2544, for complete information about these and other awards.

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Please remain seated during the performance. Please contact individual conductors about photo opportunities.

For further information, contact the Fine Arts Office at 605-626-2497 or visit www.northern.edu