Concordia's Concert Band to Perform Home Concert

Concordia’s Concert Band will perform their home concert on March 19th at 3pm in Weller Chapel upon getting back from their eleven-day long tour where they had stops in Missouri, Illinois, Tennesse, Georgia, and Florida. 

The concert will offer different selections from a variety of genres including pieces from Robert Sheldon, Jonathan Dove, and John Philip Sousa.  

As Concordia University’s premiere instrumental ensemble, the University Concert Band is deeply rooted in the more than 100-year history of instrumental musical ensembles at Concordia. Concordia’s first dedicated music professor, Karl Hasse, organized the first instrumental music ensemble in 1906, and the University Concert Band continues to build on the legacy and tradition of excellence in instrumental music at Concordia. The Concert Band keeps an active performance schedule both on and off campus, having performed concerts in more than 20 states in the past 20 years. Recently the ensemble toured to Alabama, Indiana, Texas, the Pacific Northwest, Florida, Illinois and Iowa. In addition to the ensemble’s music being featured on broadcasts of “The Lutheran Hour,” the Concert band has released two CD recordings, In the Spring and Winds from the Prairie. 

Members of Concordia’s 2023 Concert Band Include:  

Flute  
Kalie Dalen, Dallas Center, Iowa 
Elise Leapley, Waukesha, Wis. 
Amanda Munzert, Edwardsville, Ill. 
Emilee Price, Columbus, Neb. 
Psalm Richters, Utica, Neb. 

 
Oboe  
Walker Ranada, McKinney, Texas 

 
Clarinet  
Arabella Blakeley, Havana, Ill. 
Hannah Ethridge, Fulda, Minn. 
Ellie Lehr, Omaha, Neb. 
Katheryn Rice, Bellevue, Neb. 
Isabella Schmid, Rockford, Ill. 
Caleb Zeckzer, New Haven, Ind. 

 
Bass Clarinet  
Olivia Leising, Arapahoe, Neb. 
Julia Witt, Elwood, Neb. 

 
Alto Saxophone  
Nathan Hoft, Eldridge, Iowa 
Hope Nelson, Rochester, Minn. 
Isaac Weander, Norfolk, Neb. 

 
Tenor Saxophone  
Nathan Birtell, Holdrege, Neb. 

 
Baritone Saxophone  
Logan Walgate, St. Charles, Mo. 

 
Trumpet  
Samuel Dunbar, Utica, Neb.* 
Matthew Feusse, Clearwater, Neb.* 
Bekah Guilford, Lincoln, Neb. 
Madeline Peters, Sioux Falls, S.D. 

 
Horn  
Nathan Feusse, Clearwater, Neb. 
Kayla Kisker, Platte City, Mo. 
Alannah Stahl, Saginaw, Mich.* 

 
Trombone  
Nathan Demlow, Mendota Heights, Minn. 
Miriam Ganoung, Halsey, Neb. 
Matthew Guilford, Lincoln, Neb. 
Joshua Jurchen, Seward, Neb. 
Jackson Munter, Ithaca, Neb.* 
Andrew Pfeiffer, Bettendorf, Iowa 
Andrew Schroeder, Kendallville, Ind.* 

 
Euphonium  
Daniel Oberdieck, Lanesville, Ind. 
Lydia Schultz, Bay City, Mich. 

 
Tuba   
Tyler Scholz, Lincoln, Neb.* 
Colin Thuringer, Sioux Falls, S.D. 

 
Percussion  
Garrett Erickson, Seward, Neb. 
Ethan Gillespie, Random Lake, Wis. 
Morgan Herrera, Omaha, Neb. 
Timothy Mars, Cody, Wyo. 
Shasta Tonniges, York, Neb. 
Aaron Wulff, St. Charles, Mo 

*University Brass Ensemble

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