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Soprano I Melissa Lechner – Star Valley HS Alyson Thorsell – Douglas HS Jessica Wurzel – Powell HS Soprano II Andee Schueler – Buffalo HS Andrea Allred – Rock Springs HS Michelle Campbell – Star Valley HS Alto I Lana Chamberlain – Star Valley HS Leah Schaberg – Buffalo HS Rachel Shreve – Riverside HS Alto Saxophone Mike Hanick – Cody, WY Kate Vincent – Laramie, WY Tenor Saxophone Michelle Fields – Thermopolis, WY Drew Brown – Hamilton, MT Baritone Saxophone Calvin Alpers – Billings, MT 2011 Wyoming jazz educators all-state jazz choir Greg Jasperse, Director Alto II Jessica Daniels – Cody HS Lucy Langdon – Rock Springs HS Della Lyle – Buffalo HS Tenor I Jacob Jessen – Rock Springs HS Zach Henderson – Douglas HS Gilean Allred – Rock Springs Tenor II Spencer Walters – Buffalo HS Josh Roerig – Buffalo HS Matthew Fales – Cody HS Neil Hansen, Director The Northwest Jazz Band I has been featured in concert with many of the top performers/educators in the field of jazz including: Bob Mintzer, Gordon Goodwin, Jon Faddis, Clark Terry, Bill Watrous, Phil Wilson, Bobby Shew, Maynard Ferguson, Lanny Morgan, Mike Tomaro, Dick Oatts, and Frank Tiberi to name a few. The Northwest Jazz Band has performed at college jazz festivals in Greeley, CO, Moscow, ID, and Kansas City, MO. The band has been honored at those festivals with standing ovations and superior ratings. Student soloists have consistently receiving outstanding performance awards. Convention performances include the 1991 Music Educators National Conference Northwest Regional Convention in Seattle, WA and, in 1995, the International Association of Jazz Educators 22nd Annual Convention in Anaheim, CA. Trumpet artist Marvin Stamm from New York was a featured soloist with the band at that conference. In 2006, the Northwest Jazz Band went on tour with Ronnie Bedford & Friends and was filmed for later broadcast by Wyoming Public Television. More recently, the band performed for the Wyoming Governor’s Arts Award banquet in 2008. Trumpet Monte Nickles – Powell, WY Nick Pierson – Powell, WY Chris Dugger – Douglas, WY Denae Thomas – Cody, WY Trombone Hayden Woods – Manhattan, WY Michael Conner - Greybull, WY Chris Seago – Powell, WY Baritone Trevor Cook – Cody HS Ryan Steele – Douglas HS Saxon Bull – Douglas HS Bass Kayle Petty – Rock Springs HS Steven Austill – Powell HS Kasey Esponda – Buffalo HS northwest jazz band i Rhythm Section Leslee Christopherson, Piano – Natrona County HS Brady Sunderman, Bass – Natrona County HS Christian Archard, Drums – Cody HS Rhythm Section Zach Paris, drums - Cody, WY Keller Paulson, drums - Casper, WY Amos Helvey, guitar - Cody, WY Colin Ingram, bass - Cody, WY Jun Terasawa, piano – Kasiwa-Shi Chiba, Japan Sound Technician James Hamilton - Powell, Wy
northwest studio singers Malerie Estes – Deaver, WY Eric Jacobs – Powell, WY Kallie Kent – Dillon, MT Keli Mitchell – Buffalo, WY Monte Nickles – Powell, WY Nick Pierson – Powell, WY Sam Sietz – Deaver, WY John Songstad – Joliet, MT Kate Vincent – Laramie, WY Louisa Wilkinson – Billings, MT The Music Department of Northwest College is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. It offers diverse performance opportunities to students of all majors and provides music majors a complete twoyear transfer program. The music technology program gives students an opportunity to prepare for a career in the recording and production areas of music. A new audio recording/TV production studio was completed in the fall of 2010. From orchestra to jazz ensembles to vocal groups or bands, Northwest College has quality, performing ensembles which are typically found only at schools many times its size. Music courses and ensembles are instructed by a combination of full-time and part-time faculty who bring to Northwest College varied backgrounds in education and professional performing experience. Classes offered include traditional music theory and history as well as courses in jazz improvisation, jazz combos, opera theater and the music technology program. The music ensemble offerings at Northwest College, a two-year college, are unique in the region because of their focus toward the traditional college-age student. These ensembles include Craig Olson, Director The Northwest College Studio Singers are a jazz based select vocal ensemble under the direction of Craig Olson. The group has a long history of excellence and has performed at state and regional-level music conferences, as well as many festival and community appearances each year. Members of the Studio singers come from many areas of Wyoming and Montana as well as from other states in the region. They bring with them diverse musical backgrounds and experiences that have contributed to the overall appeal of the group to a wide variety of audiences. Standard and contemporary jazz arrangements are studied and prepared as the Studio Singers bring their style of music to schools and public performances through the year. Rhythm Section Amos Helvey, Guitar – Cody, WY Colin Ingram, Bass – Cody, WY Keller Paulson, Drums – Casper, WY Sound Technician Drew Brown – Hamilton, MT nwc music department college Wind Band, Jazz Band I & II, College Choir, Studio Singers (vocal jazz), two jazz combos, and brass, percussion and woodwind ensembles. Other ensembles offered for students and community members include the Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale. The music department sponsors a wider variety of yearround music camps, festivals and clinics for junior high through college-age students than any college or university in the Rocky Mountain region. These include the annual Northwest Jazz Festival, Yellowstone Jazz Camp and the Yellowstone Summer Music Camp (for band and choir students) in addition to numerous other clinics and concerts. These events attract students from hundreds of miles to Powell and the Northwest College campus each year. The Northwest Jazz Festival has brought to Wyoming artists such as the Mnozil Brass, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Arturo Sandoval, New York Voices, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Phil Wilson, Bobby Shew, Sunny Wilkinson, Bill Watrous, Lee Konitz, Lanny Morgan, Bob Kase, the USAF Falconaires, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, and the Bob Mintzer Big Band.
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