WAUKESHA –This year the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble will be joined by the Hand Bell Choir in presenting the annual spring concert. It is set for Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha. Admission is free, and the public is invited.
Craig Hurst, associate professor of music, continues as director of the band and jazz ensemble, and Nancy Van Brunt will lead the hand bell choir.
The program has been divided by intermissions into three sections, opening with three selections performed by the jazz ensemble. The hand bell choir will perform will perform the next set, and the symphonic band will complete the evening’s offering. A special feature of the band will be a performance by Kevin Monteith on the bagpipes.
Instrumentalists – mostly students but also some members of the community – performing April 25 will be:
Jazz Ensemble:
Burlington: Kevin Monteith, trumpet
Hartland: Nathan Funk, trombone and electric bass
Lake Geneva: Brian Gustafson, bass
Menomonee Falls: Jim Haggith, alto saxophone
Mukwonago: Jeremy Griffith, alto saxophone
Wales: Nick Leibner, baritone saxophone
Waterford: Josh Groth, drum set
Waukesha: Jacob Korb, tenor saxophone; Scott Rosen, trombone
Wauwatosa: Michael Grassman, drum set
West Allis: Dan Hofmann, trumpet
Hand Bell Choir
Brookfield: Laura Doyen
Germantown: Tracy Ruddat
Hales Corners: Laura Nuoffer
Hartland: Joe Lecher
Milwaukee: Dan Fisher and Jennifer Hummelt
New Berlin: Kara Benson
Oconomowoc: Jon Ericson
Sussex: Heather Sunstrom
Waukesha: Jena Schafer
West Allis: Dan Hofmann
Symphonic Band
Burlington: Kevin Monteith, trumpet and bagpipes
Dousman: Jerry Throndson, tuba
Hartland: Franco Albian, trumpet
Menomonee Falls: Daniel Dardich, clarinet
Milwaukee: Kelly Pemrich, flute
Muskego: Mindy Koratka, clarinet
New Berlin: Linda Behlendorf, alto saxophone; Beverly Mutter, clarinet; Bess Strempel, French horn
Oconomowoc: Michael Glenn, percussion; Rebecca Simons, French horn; Craig Wortman, trumpet; Kim Wortman, flute
Pewaukee: Norm Gabler, bass clarinet; Lora Mueller, flute
Sussex: Heather, Sunstrom, clarinet
Wales: Ken Hyland, euphonium; Nick Leibner, alto saxophone
Waukesha: Jason Binkley, percussion; Ralph Bisek, trombone; Alan Buchanan, Bill Cerar, percussion; trumpet; Jennifer Esh, clarinet; Shawn Krueger, tuba; Keith Murphy, trombone; Jason Siehr, French horn; Misty Teske, baritone saxophone; Kim Wasser, flute; Dan Zimmerman, trumpet
Wauwatosa: Glen Anderson, euphonium; Sabrina Fifer, French horn; Marcia Smeiska, oboe/English horn
West Allis: Dan Hofmann, trumpet; Nicole Lay, clarinet
And joining the group from the State of Maine, Don Blodgett, trombone. |
