Northwest Jazz Festival - Northwest College

Dr. Rumbolz went on to study ethnomusicology at
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where he
received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Ethnomusicology
(2000). In 1993, he was able to travel to the West African
Nation of the Republic of Ghana as a Fulbright Fellow to
conduct research on the history of brass bands from the
colonial period to the present day.
As a performer and composer, Robert has had the
opportunity to play and record with a distinguished field
of artists in jazz and new music including: Ronald Bedford,
David Behrman, Ed Blackwell, Henry Brant, Anthony Braxton,
Don Byron, Doc Cheatham, Don Cherry, Bob Dorough, Julius
Hemphill, Guy Klusevic, Jimmy Knepper, Roscoe Mitchel, David
Murray, John Rapson, Roswell Rudd, Jeff Troxel and Zeitgeist.
tim schoessler is the Instructor of
Music and Piano at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming,
where he began teaching in 2005. He
holds Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees
in Keyboard Performance from the
University of Wyoming, where he
studied piano with Dr. Theresa Bogard
and organ with Dr. Steven Hoffman.
Tim began studying piano at the
age of seven and organ at the age
of twelve. His early piano teachers
were Denise Hugins in Durango, CO
and Laurel Stenlund in Cody, and his organ teacher was Jim
Hager, who is also from Cody. He started accompanying
soloists, choirs, and participating in ensembles at the age
of nine, and was active performing throughout his teens
in Cody and Powell. In his five years at the University of
Wyoming he accompanied over 50 student and graduate
student recitals as well over 100 vocal and instrumental
juries. He presented full-length piano recitals in 2001, 2003,
2004, and 2005, as well as an organ recital in 2004. Recent
performances have included Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.
5 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 in addition to a
wide range of solo literature.
Tim began competing in piano competitions in 1994, and
between 1994 and 2005 competed in seven Wyoming state
MTNA competitions at the Junior High, High School, and
Collegiate levels. He won in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, and 2004,
and in those years he advanced to the Northwest Regional
competition, where he placed second twice. He was the 2000
winner of the Northwest College Young Artist's Competition;
as a freshman in 2001, he was the first undergraduate winner
of the University of Wyoming Dorothy Jacoby Young Artist's
Competition out of a field of almost 30 students. In 2002 he
was a semi-finalist in the Fort Collins National Young Artist
Competition.
Tim is an avid hiker and mountaineer, and plays tennis at
a 4.0 USTA rating level. Tim serves on the Board of Directors
for both the Wyoming Tennis Association (WYOTA) and the
Park County Arts Council. He is also one of the top ten chess
players in Wyoming with a USCF rating of 1833. In his spare
time he enjoys playing heavy metal guitar, previously playing
in two bands from Powell, Settled in Silence and Righteous
Vendetta.
This is the new trailer for the movie that Tim did some
scoring for – the music from 1:03 to the end is Tim’s. “I’m
obsessed with music that’s metered in 7… ”
Jan Michael Kliewer is in his
twentieth year teaching music at Northwest College. His focus is
teaching voice, choral music, and music theory.
Jan is an active baritone soloist in both
concert and opera. He has performed
professionally with the Robert Page
Singers, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and
the Kansas City Choral Art Ensemble.
As a soloist he has recently performed
with the Casper Chorale and Orchestra,
the Cheyenne Chamber Singers and
Orchestra, the Northwest Civic Orchestra
and Chorus, the Wyoming Symphony,
the Billings Symphony, the Rimrock
Opera of Billings, and the Helena Symphony. He has performed
opera roles from L'elizir d'amore, The Medium, The Telephone,
The Merry Widow, Don Giovanni, Carmen, Madame Butterfly,
La Boheme and Sweeney Todd. In the Fall of 2004 Kliewer sang
in the premier performance of Nosferatu, a new opera by Alva
Henderson. As a student of voice he has worked with Noriko
Fugi Paukert, Elizabeth Unis Chesko, Pauline Thesmacher, Dallas
Draper and Inci Bashar.
Jan is also an active conductor. His conducting pedigree
includes work with Ernest Hisey, Robert Page, Eph Ehly, and Bev
Henson. He has served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout
the region.
adjunct faculty
Ronnie Bedford – Percussion, Jazz Combo
Marianne Bibbey - Clarinet
Karen Bree – Piano
Ed Cook – Guitar, Electric Bass, Guitar class
Austin Frescoln – Flute, Flute Ensemble
Morgan Grover – Intro to Music
Spencer Martin – Percussion, Mallet Percussion,
Latin Percussion
Jenna McSwain – Jazz piano
Linda Murray - Cello
Craig Olson – Vocal Jazz, Saxophone, Woodwind
Ensembles, Guitar, Jazz Improve, Jazz Band II
Pat Parmer – French Horn
Rick Parmer – Trombone
Dustin Retzlaff – Jazz Bass
Gerri Scott – Oboe
Vicki Streeter - Voice