nsu department of music presents

Mr. Travis Netzer, Tuba

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

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

Ms. Jessica Perkins, Conductor, Assistant Director of Bands, Northern State University

Mr. Fred Hemke, Woodwind Clinician, Northern State University

Dr. Audrey Miller, Clarinet Clinician, Northern State University

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

Nov. 10, 2015, 3 p.m. Aberdeen Civic Arena, Aberdeen

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Originally from Ipswich, South Dakota, Travis Netzer holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a Master of Arts Degree in Tuba Performance from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Netzer is currently a doctoral candidate in tuba performance at Arizona State University where he serves as the graduate teaching assistant with Dr. Deanna Swoboda. He formerly served as the 5-8th grade band director at Thompson Ranch Elementary School in El Mirage, Arizona and as the Adjunct Tuba Professor at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan. His performance distinctions include being a semi-finalist for the Solo Artist Division and the Ensemble Division of the 2014 International Tuba Euphonium Conference and National Runner up in the 2010 Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Brass Solo Competition.

Travis Netzer

Dr. Boyd Perkins serves as Director of Bands at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota. A native of Brookings, S.D., Perkins earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Iowa. Additional degrees include a Master of Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from South Dakota State University.

Jessica PerkinsA native of Davenport, Iowa, Jessica Perkins 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.

Dr. Terry Beckler currently serves as Chair of the music department as well as Percussion Professor and Assistant Director of Bands at Northern State University. Prior to his appointment at NSU, Beckler served as Director of Bands at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. and Director of Bands at Huron University. He also has ten years of public school experience as band director for the Red Rock Central (Lamberton, Minn.) and Sioux Valley (Volga, S.D.) school districts. Beckler has been a member of the 147th Army Band based in Mitchell, S.D. for over twenty years. He enlisted in

1986 as a percussionist and since 1998 has served as commander/conductor of this group. In January of 2006 the 147th Army Band was awarded the Howard Citation of Musical Excellence administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Beckler currently 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.

Frederic J.B. Hemke Prior to his appointment at Northern State University, Mr. Hemke was the Director of Jazz Performance Studies and saxophone instructor at the University of Missouri-Columbia for ten years. He received his bachelor’s and master’s 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.

Dr. Audrey Miller is assistant professor of music at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, teaching applied clarinet, music history, and music technology. Before coming to NSU, Audrey lived in Phoenix, Ariz. where received her Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in clarinet performance from Arizona State University working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and studying with Dr. Robert Spring and Dr. Joshua Gardner. Her research focused on commissioning new works for clarinet/bass clarinet and other woodwind instruments. She is a graduate of Florida State University with a M.M, where she studied with Frank

Kowalsky and earned a B.M. from Western Washington University, studying with Eugene Zoro.

Dr. Boyd and Jessica Perkins, Executive Directors

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See your director for more information. North Dakota students welcome.

Program

NSU Symphonic BandDr. Boyd Perkins, Conductor

Esprit De Corps ..................................................................Robert Jager (b.1939)

Whip and Spur ......................................... Thomas Allen arr. Cramer(1876-1919)

Variations on Barnacle Bill, the Sailor for Tuba .................... Robinson and Luther .............................................................................................arr. Frank arr. Hafner

Travis Netzer, Tuba

Flight of the Bumble Bee ....................Rimsky – Korsakov (1844-1908) arr. Davis

Travis Netzer, Tuba

NSU Band Clinic Festival BandsDr. Terry Beckler and Jessica Perkins, Conductors

Programs to be selected from the following

Maroon Band Black Forest Overture ..................................................Michael Sweeney (b. 1952)

Sinfonia VI ...................................................................Timothy Broege (b. 1947)

Canto .............................................................. W. Francis McBeth (1933 – 2012)

Gold BandAdrenaline Engines ...................................................Randall Standridge (b. 1976)

Three English Folk Song Miniatures ................................. Philip Sparke (b. 1951)

Lightning Field ..................................................................John Mackey (b. 1973)

Directors: Copies of today’s music are available for purchase at a discounted rate.

See Boyd Perkins for details.

Northern State University Symphonic Band

Personnel

Flute Kylie Rusch, Music Education, Bismarck, N.D. Annie Woodmansey, Music Education, Pierre Maris Grewe, Business Management, Aberdeen

Cheyenne Hinrichs, Onida

Oboe Torri Barrett, Music Education and Business Manangement, Nassau, Bahamas

Shelby Bauer, Music Education, Aberdeen

Bassoon Samie Elbert, Music Education, Watertown

Clarinet Molly Royals, Music Education, Rapid City

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

Katrina Smith, Music Education, Gettysburg Brooke Thielbar, Music Education, Luverne, Minn. Austin Metzen, Music Education, Wahpeton, N.D.

Amanda McIlravy, Music Education, Philip 

Bass Clarinet Nicole Mohr

Joni Willoughby, Music Education, Midland Alexander Torres, History

Alto Saxophone Derek VanDenTop, Music, Canton

Katie Appl, Music Education, Aberdeen John Cassens, Music Education, Faulkton Jamie Stadel, Music Education, Aberdeen

Tenor Saxophone Taylor Johnson, Music, Aberdeen Tyler Smith, Music Education, Tea

Bari Saxophone Ali Burke, Music Education, Pierre

Trumpet Nick Ries, Music Education, Watertown

Colton Schaefer, Music Education, Wilmot

Northern State University Symphonic Band

Personnel, continued

Seung Hun Jung, Political Science, Seoul Alec Nelson, Music, Jamestown, N.D. Paige Tooker, Music Education, Warner

Horn Elsa Swanson, Music Education, Chaska, Minn.

Paul Fellbaum, Music Education, Aberdeen Lindsey Beckler, Aberdeen

Jessica Perkins, NSU Faculty

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

Megan Hanson, Music Education, Pierre

Trombone Brady Vandevort, Music Education, Rapid City Christina Renz, Environmental Science, Lennox

Scott Glodt, Music Education, Hoven Kaitlynn Loos, English Education, Rapid City

Dr. Gregory DePies, NSU Faculty

Euphonium Megan Hanson, Music Education, Pierre

Carl Mathwig, Music Education, Waconia, Minn

Tuba Alan Birmeier, Music, Plankinton

John Gorr, Music Education, Rapid City Austin Fordham, Music Education, Groton

String Bass Tanner Chilson, Music Education, Watertown

Percussion Luke Bergjord, Music, Aberdeen

Daniel Jimenez, Music Education, Cochabamba-Bolivia Tanner Schabot-Schultis, Music Education, Aberdeen

Nyssa Duffield, Music Education, Browns Valley, Minn. Jackson Foy, Business Management, Eagan, Minn.

Baile Albrecht, Music Education, Rapid City Dustin Schmidt, Music, Huron

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FluteAlexandria Borah, Mobridge-PollockSavannah Mork, MilbankKarissa Rossow, ZeelandChloe Thurber, EllendaleAshley Andrus, Great Plains LutheranHannah Carlblom, North Sargent Payton Ercink, LisbonKayci Hanna, Lisbon Sarah Jarman, Milbank Lida Le, LisbonJeongWoo Lee, Great Plains LutheranTiffany Meier, Zeeland Julia Neuharth, EurekaJoseph One Skunk, Cheyenne-Eagle ButteAbbie Robinso, SissetonShyAnn Springer, ClarkDenise Tanner, Wessington SpringsDemetria TreeTop, Aberdeen CentralAmberly Warren, Milbank

BassoonAbigail Berreth, Leola

ClarinetLaurissa Amos, SissetonCindy Andrus, Great Plains LutheranChris Cassens, FaulktonSierra Daugaard, HovenEliza DiNatale, Milbank McKenna Folk, Milbank Brooke Fraasch, Milbank Carolyn Groves, Wessington SpringsSadie Holland, Milbank Shelby Klein, Lemmon Sierra Kramlich, KulmAllison Lucas, KulmChristina Lusk, Milbank Sydney Nemeyer, Lisbon Breanna Olson, Ellendale Madeline Schauer, Wishek

Gold Band Listed Alphabetically

Carlie Shelton, Lisbon Angela Young, Clark

Bass ClarinetCora Carroll, LangfordJulianna Wolff, Wishek

Alto SaxophoneElizabeth Bartholomay, Lisbon Max Chen, Wessington SpringsOlive’yah Habben, Andes Central Morgan Ham, Lemmon Carter Hoffer, Henry Rebecca Howel, SissetonKailey Jerome, Mobridge-Pollock Bethany Kempel, North Sargent Kaelie Kosiak, WishekKatlyn Maynard, ClarkKeah Munsen, Wessington SpringsKorinne Roggenbuck, Milbank Kayla Sautner, Hoven Nicole Saxerud, Lisbon Kasey Tobin, Aberdeen Central Heather Ukaonu, KulmMysty Young, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte

Tenor SaxophoneJordan Bachmeier, Mobridge-Pollock Livia Dick, Lisbon Gunner Fraase. Lisbon Jos Hurlbert, ClarkKaty Hutchins, Bowdle Ellie Larson, Wessington SpringsFalon Meinzer, Henry Sam Williams, Sisseton

Baritone SaxophoneMontana Breece, SissetonTrent Hammer, Mobridge-Pollock Josephine Nelson, North SargentZach Stulz, Lisbon

TrumpetKimberlly Aburto, Milbank Chase Bader, WishekGunnar Brandenburg, Wessington SpringsTaylor Drayton, Lemmon Preslie Ercink, Lisbon Cassidy Ford, Henry Cole Franck, LeolaCoralea Fuss, Lisbon Elena Hoffman, Great Plains Lutheran Taylor Hoffman, Lemmon Noah Huber, ClarkSulaiman Jamal, Aberdeen Central David Jochim, WishekErica Kitchenmaster, Andes Central Carson Kunz, EurekaMichelle Langley, Ellendale Mackenzie Lutz, Henry Kaeden Metz, SissetonBlake Nelson, North SargentNicholas Paulson, Wessington SpringsKaitlyn Schimke, Ellendale John Sell, Great Plains Lutheran Darby Swanson, North SargentBryce Wadholm, Ellendale Grace Walz, Bowdle Jeff Wanner, Henry Nicholas Wolf, Zeeland

HornMary Albright, SissetonApril Berntson, KulmSierra Burg, Wessington SpringsCalico Ducheneaux, Mobridge-Pollock Spencer Dummann, Great Plains Lutheran

TromboneTaylor Brekke, Mobridge-Pollock Layne Entzi, KulmRebekah Henschen, Aberdeen Central Jacob Klueber, Edmunds CentralJackson Kunz, EurekaMark McFarland, North SargentRemington Thurber, Ellendale Dylan Wolff, Wishek

EuphoniumKrystal Geier, Bowdle Garrett Lawrence, SissetonJakob Walden, Aberdeen Central

TubaRichard Albright, SissetonPeyton Beyers, Edmunds CentralWalker Bruns, Ellendale Justin Desens, Aberdeen Central Caemon Kelly, Lisbon Jaden Melius, Faulkton

PercussionTaylor Anderson, KulmTucker Fauth, EurekaMorgan Gosch, Great Plains Lutheran Blaine Gross, WishekNoah Hainy, Wessington SpringsJen Hurlbert, ClarkClifford Johnson, Andes Central Parker Minh, Lemmon Jullian Peterson, WishekMaxime Riviere, LeolaLydia Schroeder, Great Plains Lutheran Megan Flatmoe, Lemmon Lawrence Lessman, Lisbon Gracelynn Erickson, KulmTyler Goens, Great Plains Lutheran Emily Nelson, Lisbon

Gold Band continued

Maroon BandFluteKira Aspelin, Sully Buttes Taylor Olson, Ellendale Brandy Peterson, Langford AreaSage Peterson, Lemmon Veda Allen, Sisseton Audree Berreth, Leola Carly Cavett, Lisbon Kallie Decker, North SargentAnna Fritze, Great Plains Lutheran Chelsie Gehrke, Clark SchoolSydney Griffith, Lisbon Alexis Kelly, Sisseton Becca Loehrer, Milbank Marissa Meidinger, Zeeland Mikayla Petsche, Andes Central Olivia Raasch, Great Plains Lutheran Prairie Retzer, Eureka Sophie Schnell, Aberdeen Central Tatiana Stemsrud, Milbank

OboeDeryn Lewis, Aberdeen Central

BassoonGrace Wolff, Leola

ClarinetTaylor Balling, Milbank Heather Bray, Milbank Katelyn Decker, North SargentJamie DeVaal, Milbank Jodi DeVaal, Milbank Michelle Goens, Great Plains Lutheran Lance Guthmiller, Sully ButtesAlicia Jackson, Wessington SpringsCarrie Kaiser, Hoven Michaela Kappes, Eureka Alexis Odermann, Lisbon Kaitlynn Pinnow, Lemmon Kylie Roggenbuck, Milbank Allie Sauer, Mobridge-Pollock Kendra Schlecht, Great Plains Lutheran

Bass ClarinetChaz James, Andes Central Sarah Ward, Milbank

Contra Alto ClarinetBailey Payne, Eureka

Alto SaxophoneClarissa Daniels, Clark Layna Darling, Sully Buttes Haley Duffield, Sisseton Taryn Fergel, Aberdeen Central Taylor Gray, Andes Central Phillip Hagen, KulmMacKenzie Iwen, Lisbon Chloe Jungwirth, Mobridge-Pollock Shannon Linn, Wessington Springs Katrina McGowan, Clark Alexander Ruff, WishekMakenzie Schwab, Lemmon Shawn Stemsrud, Milbank Rory Waliser, Lisbon Jade Witt, Lemmon Kami Wrage, North Sargent

Tenor SaxophoneJay Foster, Clark Joseph Greenmyer, North Sargent Shyla Haak, Zeeland Isaiah MacDonald, Sully Buttes Jasmyn Mattke, Aberdeen Central Daniel Sagvold, Lisbon Dalton Schnabel, KulmMichael Sell, Great Plains Lutheran Aubrey Weishaar, Lemmon

Baritone SaxophoneJennifer Jensen, Henry Claire Mischel, Milbank Reed Nelson, North SargentEthan Unruh, Sully Buttes

Maroon Band continued

TrumpetEthan Beyers, Great Plains Lutheran Cassidy Buchholz, KulmMackenzie Eliason, Aberdeen Central Alexa Fraasch, Milbank Brea Frederick, North Sargent Ceylie Gergen, Aberdeen Central Tara Hiller, Sully ButtesMya Jund, Lisbon Marco Kellog, Lisbon Tabitha Kinzler, KulmChase LaCoursiere, EurekaTracie Leach, Hoven Linsey LeBeau, Cheyenne-Eagle ButteSean Loken, Wishek Emily Lorius, Lemmon Harlee Mitchell, Henry Kelsey Peterson, Ellendale Hunter Pinke, WishekElizabeth Pratt, Henry Abbigayle Quinn, Faulkton Dillon Reede, Lemmon Kennedy Schimkel, Ellendale Jason Sommerfeld, Lisbon Michael Stone, Andes Central Noah Tasa, SissetonBeth Tennant, Lemmon Laney Ulschmid, Henry Cassidy Walth, Wishek ShyAnn White, Wessington Springs

HornHailey Bruckner, Wessington SpringsAvery Kvistad, Great Plains Lutheran Meza Myer, Leola

TromboneGus Carlson, ClarkBrendon Flaherty, Ellendale Allison Grear, Milbank Briana Hotzler, Henry Kipp Mohr, Edmunds CentralAdam Paulson, Wessington SpringsJordan Pfeifer, Zeeland

EuphoniumJake Ellison, Lemmon Harley Kappenman, Bowdle Chloe Kuhlman, Great Plains Lutheran Kole Pickner, Sully Buttes Daniel Reisenauer, Aberdeen Central

TubaDrew Asche, North Sargent Shelby Barber, Wessington SpringsCasey Leach, Hoven Jacob Smilloff, Aberdeen Central

PercussionTory Anderson, KulmMcKenna Batsch, KulmMatthew Bryant, Andes Central Colton Damjanovich, Lemmon Dawson Huber, WishekNathan Huisman, Wessington SpringsGabe Kappenman, Bowdle John Kolar, Eureka Thomas Lin, Great Plains Lutheran Dawson McKeever, North SargentRyan Remmele, Great Plains Lutheran Nathan Sneden, Great Plains Lutheran Leda Dinger, Langford AreaReece Schulte, Faulkton Alexius Thorpe, Ellendale Shelby Musland, Lisbon Jordan Saxerud, Lisbon

Participating Schools and Music Educators

Lola Bartels, ClarkDale Batie, Eureka

Marian Beck, Mobridge-Pollock Elizabeth Bengs, Hoven

Bernita Flannery, Edmunds CentralTrudy Fraase Wolf, Zeeland

Callie Girodat, North Sargent Erica Guthmiller, Sully Buttes

Rebecca Intveld, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Susan Karels, Milbank

Nancy Kindelspire, LeolaSharon Langley, Ellendale Marvel Lindgren, KulmDeanna Martens, Henry

Eric Martens, Great Plains LutheranTracy Minh, Lemmon

John Monilaws, Lisbon Renee Munsen, Wessington SpringsJeremy Schutter, Aberdeen Central Rachelle Stephens, Andes Central

Rhonda Strouckel, BowdleJamie Werner, Faulkton

Kelly Wieser, Langford AreaDeb Wolf, Sisseton Janet Wolff, Wishek

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:

$2,000 per year for four 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.

2015 scholarship audition dates: Feb. 19, Johnson Fine Arts Center Feb. 20, Johnson Fine Arts Center

If you are unable to audition on those dates, please submit a recording by Feb. 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 four-year guaranteed scholarship called the Northern WolfPACT 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 South Dakota high school graduates. Many more scholarships, grants and loans are available to students. Contact NSU Admissions, Student Center, 1200 S. Jay St., 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