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PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM ||||||||||||
Adam Gorb Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik
Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry
Shelley Hanson Albinoni Elegy
Gustav Holst Second Suite in F
Aram Khachaturian Armenian Dances
Johan de Meij Gandolf (Lord of the Rings)
Frank Ticheli Rest
BIOGRAPHIES |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alicia Neal serves as assistant director of
bands and assistant director of athletic
bands at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Neal holds degrees in conducting
from the University of Colorado and
Northwestern University. In addition to
teaching in the public schools, her previous
experience includes serving as director
of bands at St. Xavier University.
Craig Kirchhoff is professor of conducting
and director of University Bands at
the University of Minnesota where he
conducts the University Wind Ensemble
and guest conducts in the University
Opera Program. Professor Kirchhoff coordinates
the graduate program in Wind
Ensemble/Band Conducting and guides
all aspects of the University of Minnesota
wind band program.
Jerry Luckhardt, associate professor
of music at the School of Music, conducts
the Symphonic Band and Chamber
Winds, and he teaches courses in conducting.
Luckhardt has appeared as a
guest conductor and clinician with ensembles
throughout the U.S., Europe,
and Asia.
Laura Sindberg is assistant professor at
the University of Minnesota where she
teaches courses in music education. Prior
to her appointment here, Dr. Sindberg
was on the faculty at Lawrence University
and DePaul University. In 2009/2010,
Sindberg launched the Young Band
Project of Lawrence Academy—an after-school
instrumental music program
serving fifth grade students. She received
a B.F.A. and a M.M. from the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D.
from Northwestern University.
WIND BAND FACULTY |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director of Bands
Craig Kirchhoff
Associate Director
of Bands
Jerry Luckhardt
Assistant Director
of Bands
Timothy Diem
Alicia Neal
Graduate Assistants
Eric Allen
Shanti Nolan
Robert Whalen
John Zarco
Executive Assistant
Susi Wagner
Flute
Julia Bogorad
Immanuel Davis
Oboe
Basil Reeve
John Snow
Bassoon
John Miller
Norbert Nielubowski
Charles Ullery
Clarinet
Alexander Fiterstein
Burt Hara
Karrin Meffert-Nelson
Saxophone
Eugene Rousseau
Angela Wyatt
Trumpet
David Baldwin
Gary Bordner
French Horn
Michael Gast
Caroline Lemen
Trombone
Thomas Ashworth
John Tranter
Euphonium
John Tranter
Tuba
Steve Campbell
Percussion
Phil Hey
Peter Kogan
Fernando Meza
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