The St. Olaf College Department of Music presents

Classics and Favorites Great Music For Wind Band

Norseman Band

Paul Niemisto, conductor

Friday, March 7, 2014 Saturday, March 8, 2014 Amery High School Cumberland High School 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Amery, Wisconsin Cumberland, Wisconsin Sunday, March 9, 2014 Faith Lutheran Church 3 p.m. Forest Lake, Minnesota

Donations accepted and appreciated

Program (Concert music will be selected from the following pieces)

Jalousie Jacob Gade (1879-1963) arr. John Krance Do Not Go Gentle Elliot del Borgo (1938-2013) Divine Comedy Robert W. Smith (b. 1958)

Paradiso Ascension

Intermission

Slava! Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) Pageant Vincent Persichetti (1915-87) Vesuvius Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) Amazing Grace Frank Ticheli National Emblem March Edwin Bagley (1857-1922)

The Norseman Band is one of two symphonic bands at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and has developed a reputation in recent years as a dynamic and exciting concert ensemble. The 95-piece ensemble performs regularly on the Northfield campus, and has toured each spring to regional locations in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, as well as to Canada. The membership of the Norseman Band reflects the broad spectrum of academic interests and geographical diversity of the St. Olaf student body. In a normal academic year the Norseman Band will present about five concert programs, often featuring student soloists, conductors, and composers. Paul Niemisto came to Northfield to join the music faculty at St. Olaf College in fall 1978. Originally from Michigan, he taught several years in the public schools and played in the CBC Halifax Orchestra in Atlantic Canada before coming to Minnesota. He started the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra the year he arrived. At St. Olaf he is a band conductor, and teaches low brass instruments. The Boys of America (Ameriikan Poijat) a Finnish style brass septet based in Minnesota was a project he started in 1990. Beginning with his first summer trips to Finland in the early 1980’s, the unique brass history of Finland fueled many years of research, a Fulbright Grant in 1999, and a doctoral degree. He spearheaded the International Wind Music History Conference and the Vintage Band Music Festival in Northfield in summer 2006, which was repeated in 2010 and 2013. The next Festival is scheduled for July 2016. Paul just completed his season as the “Living Legend in the Arts,” designated by the City of Northfield.

The Norseman Band

PAUL NIEMISTO, CONDUCTOR

FLUTE Anna Caspar, Edina, Minn. biology education

^Christianna Gratz, Hudson, Wis. nursing Kari Hanson, Iowa Falls, Iowa biology Greta Jennissen, Sauk Centre, Minn. sociology/anthropology, education

Kamila Komschlies, Minnetonka, Minn. undecided

Heather Millikan, Evanston, Ill. English education Lauren Petronack, Woodbury, Minn. biology, exercise science +Alexa Roemmich, Grand Forks, N.D. biology

Heather Vikla, Lonsdale, Minn. German, Spanish

OBOE

Clare Angeroth Franks, Pleasant Hill, Iowa French, Russian

Sophia Hahn, Madison, Wis. environmental studies

+Will Hardy, Northfield, Minn. music Elinor Holm, Natick, Mass. math, computer science Preston West, Carbondale, Kan. English education

BASSOON

Timothy Martin, Roseville, Minn. biology

+Alexander Miranker, Guilford, Conn. physics, math

Sabina Vadnais, St. Paul, Minn. biology, French Elizabeth Warren, Arlington, Va. biology, psychology

CLARINET

+Anna Chotlos, Madison, Wis. English

Rachel Dieter, Ames, Iowa undecided Benjamin Froehling, Rochester, Minn. biology Logan Jensen, Franklin, Minn. chemistry Spenser Johnson, St. Petersburg, Fla. math, physics Kendra Klenz, Roseville, Minn. economics, environmental studies

CLARINET, CONT. Emilee Martell, Somerset, Wis. environmental studies, English Samantha Modrak, Cannon Falls, Minn. biology *Katie Nygren, Bloomington, Minn. physics, math Katharine Page, Plymouth, Minn. undecided Abbie Pawletki, Chicago, Ill. music education Juliann Skarda, Iowa City, Iowa biology

Emily Witt, Pella, Iowa physics

BASS CLARINET

Matthew Kilens, Clarendon Hills, Ill. computer science

CONTRALTO CLARINET

Jack Werner, Golden Valley, Minn.

math CONTRABASS CLARINET

Charlie Liggett, Pace, Fla.

biology, religion ALTO SAXOPHONE Du Hao, Zhoushan, China physics, math Kjersten Lukken, Battle Lake, Minn. English education Kelly Palma, Cameron, Wis. undecided

+Lora Weiss, Palatine, Ill. physics, math

TENOR SAXOPHONE Graham Giesting, Minnetonka, Minn. biology Matthew Ingalls, Nottingham, Md. math, physics BARITONE SAXOPHONE Laura Nelson, Zumbrota, Minn. biology, math Thomas Reuter, Medford, Wis. biology

TRUMPET

*Phil Biedenbender, New Ulm, Minn. music

Cameron Dosch, Oswego, Ill. biology Maia Erickson, Rochester, Minn. biology, psychology

*+Ian Kirby, Kansas City, Mo. philosophy, Asian studies

Suzanne Kirch, Pleasanton, Calif. physics, math

Zachary Norberg, Pipestone, Minn. chemistry, math

Mary O’Sullivan, Shoreview, Minn. biology

Alexander Quanbeck, New Brighton, Minn. undecided

HORN

Eleanor Anderson, Libertyville, Ill.

Latin, English education Matthew Axdal, Cottage Grove, Minn. social work

+Emily Een, Minneapolis, Minn. Latin education Andrew Kreye, Wabasha, Minn. music, economics

Nathaniel LaFond, Duluth, Minn. chemistry, environmental studies Miller LaMotte, Anoka, Minn. music, political science Phillip Nadolny, Willmar, Minn. undecided Maria Swanson, Wilmington, Del. psychology

TROMBONE Kevin Berge, Apple Valley, Minn. math, English

+Megan Davis, Buffalo, Minn. nursing

Tommy Markley, Big Lake, Minn. computer science, math Erin Savre, Edina, Minn. undecided Nathan Wolfe, Elmhurst, Ill. physics, math BASS TROMBONE Rachel Gaul, Slater, Iowa math

Thomas Kirk, St. Louis, Mo. physics

EUPHONIUM Nicole Baldwin, Hibbing, Minn. biology Elias Beretta, Melrose, Minn. chemistry

*+Emily Voldal, Rochester, Minn. math, biology

TUBA Helen Miller, Seattle, Wash. music, environmental studies Elizabeth Nedland, Oberlin, Kan. undecided

TUBA, CONT. +Eric Nygren, Bloomington, Minn. physics, math

PERCUSSION Ian Al-Schamma, Dubai, United Arab Emirates biology, math Natalie Anderson, Chanhassen, Minn. music Sarah Berry, Cedar Rapids, Iowa music education Kayla Espindola, Eden Prairie, Minn. music

PERCUSSION, CONT. *Jonathan Featherstone, Farmington, Minn. undecided

∆Andrew Hess, Ann Arbor, Mich. math

Henry Huber, Minneapolis, Minn. music education

Nicholas Rekuski, St. Anthony Village, Minn. math, physics

∆ Manager * Officer + Section Leader ^ Librarian

ST. OLAF DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Alison Feldt, chair Kent McWilliams, vice chair ST. OLAF ADMISSIONS Mary Hakes, coordinator of music admissions

OFFICE OF MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS B.J. Johnson, manager Terra Widdifield, assistant manager Kevin Stocks, assistant director for marketing and promotion Katie Heilman, marketing assistant Mary Davis, mechanical rights administrator Christine Hanson, assistant to music organizations Tim Wells, administrative assistant/

instrumental music coordinator

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