WAUKESHA –The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, Trumpet Quartet, and Handbell Choir will present the annual spring concert Saturday, May 1, 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.
The program opens with a performance by the Trumpet Quartet, followed by the Jazz Ensemble doing Coltrane, Hancock, Golson, and Porter, and the Handbell Choir performing works by Purcell, Lloyd, Kinyon, and Susato. After a short intermission, the Symphonic Band will take the stage, presenting some Americana, flutes, and more and concluding with a march, Thundering Steel, by Charles Booker Jr. Associate professor of music Craig Hurst directs the bands, and music lecturer Nancy Van Brunt leads the handbells.
Instrumentalists include students, two faculty, and members of the community.
Trumpet Quartet:
Hartland: Franco Albian
Waukesha: Alan Buchanan, Craig Hurst*, and Dan Zimmerman
Jazz Ensemble
East Troy: Carl Franzene, trombone
Hartford: Nathan Funk, trombone
Lake Geneva: Brian Gustafson, bass
Mukwonago: Ben Michel, drum set
Pewaukee: Norm Gabler, baritone saxophone
Waukesha: Nick Bernhardt, percussion; and Craig Hurst*, trumpet
Handbell Choir
Brookfield: Laura Doyen
Hales Corners: Laura Nuoffer
Hartford: Katherine Funk
Johnson Creek: Brandi Pribbenow
Milwaukee: Dan Fisher
Mukwonago: Kelley Pagel
New Berlin: Melissa Davison
Waukesha: Leann Thyng
West Allis: Kayla Van Laanen
Whitefish Bay: Kent Kromarek*
Brass Quintet and Percussion
Dousman: Gerry Throndson, trombone
Mukwonago: Kyle Forster, tambourine; and Ben Michel, timpani
Waukesha: Craig Hurst*, trumpet; Shawn Krueger, tuba; Jason Siehr, horn; and Dan Zimmerman, trumpet
Symphonic Band
Brookfield: Marie Conway, piccolo and flute
Dousman: Gerry Throndson, tuba
East Troy: Carl Franzene, trombone
Franklin: Paul Stein, French horn
Hartford: Katherine Funk, flute
Hartland: Franco Albian, trumpet; Siobhan McAlpin, tenor saxophone; and Kristel Kopplin, alto saxophone
Johnson Creek: Brandi Pribbennow, clarinet
Menomonee Falls: Daniel Dardich, clarinet; and Tom Haefner, euphonium
Milwaukee: Delainie Heinzen, flute; and Kelly Pemrich, flute and piccolo
Mukwonago: Kyle Forster, percussion; Benjamin Michel, percussion
New Berlin: Linda Behlendorf, clarinet; Beverly Mutter, clarinet; and Bess Strempel, French horn
Pewaukee: Norm Gabler, bass clarinet; Lora Mueller, flute
Wales: Ken Hyland, euphonium
Watertown: Theresa Rabbach, alto saxophone
Waukesha: Ralph Bisek, trombone; Alan Buchanan, trumpet; Jennifer Esh, clarinet; Shawn Krueger, tuba; Amy Longtin, trumpet; Keith Murphy, trombone; Jason Siehr, French horn; Jason Starck, percussion; Misty Teske, baritone saxophone; Leann Thyng, flute; Kim Wasser, flute; and Dan Zimmerman, trumpet
Wauwatosa: Marcia Smeiska, oboe/English horn Don Blodgett lives in Maine but spends part of the year in Wisconsin. He will be performing on trombone with the band. Names of faculty members who will be performing with the groups, Craig Hurst, music and Kent Kromarek, mathematics, have been marked with an asterisk. Hurst also will accompany the handbell choir.
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