UNOmaha Department of Music

News Archives 2005-2006

Dr. Christine Beard was invited to be the featured piccolo soloist at the International Wind Music History and Vintage Brass Music Festival held in Northfield, MN in July 2006. During the conference, Dr. Beard performed "Kinloch O' Kinloch" by J. Occa on two concerts with Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, and she gave a lecture entitled "The Solo Piccolo in the 19th Century."
In September, three UNO faculty were accepted to perform/present at the 2006 College Music Society National Convention in San Antonio, TX: Dr. Pete Madsen will be performing on several CMS composer's concerts as a member of the Continental Trombone Quartet; Dr. Christine Beard will perform a work for solo flute on a CMS composer's concert and will also be giving a lecture-performance on Latin-American music for flute and oboe; and Professor Barry Ford will have one of his own compositions performed by the Continental Trombone Quartet.
Michael Pollock, a master's student in percussion and currently serving as the Percussion Teaching Assistant, was named one of only two "Outstanding Graduate Students" by UNO for the 2005-2006 academic year. Mike is the first music student to be given this award in its history.
The BF3 flute trio (Anna Hall, Taurice Alexander, and Erika Jeck, assisted by James Barnett, piano) was named 1st Runner Up in the state level of the MTNA Collegiate Chamber Competition. Their program included works by Hovhaness, Musgrave, Kummer, and Telemann.
Anthony Trecek-King, Assistant Professor of Music, was selected as a Conducting Fellow to attend the 2005 Eric Ericson Master Class in Haarlem, Netherlands, where he will conduct the Netherlands Chamber Chorus and the Netherlands Radio Chorus. In the fall of 2005, Trecek-King will travel to Braunschweig, Germany, to conduct and lecture at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, where he was selected as the first recipient of the Jochen Litterst Visiting Professor Fellowship for young faculty.
Dr. Christopher Stanichar and Dr. Christine Beard completed a concert tour in southern Russia in May 2005, including performances with the Mineralnye Vody Festival Orchestra, Krasnodar Chamber Orchestra, and the Sochi Philharmonic Orchestra. Stanichar, Director of Orchestras at UNO, served as conductor for the performances, while Beard, Professor of Flute at UNO, performed as a concerto soloist. Both were awarded mini-grants from the UNO University Committee on Research to assit with expenses related to the tour.
Dr. Pete Madsen was chosen to perform at the College Music Society International Conference in Spain (Summer 2005).

2004-2005 News Archives

MAY 2005

Nathaniel Roper, Choral GTA, has accepted a choral director position at Aspen Academy HS in Georgia to begin in the 2005-2006 academic year.
Michael Beard, Band GTA, has been awarded a graduate teaching assistantship at the University of Memphis where he will begin a DMA program in Wind Conducting in the 2005-2006 academic year.
Jonathon Pinkerton, Jazz GTA, has accepted a band director position in Millersville, PA to begin in the 2005-2006 academic year.

APRIL 2005

Junior Music Ed. (trumpet) major Zac Konrad was chosen as the receipient of the 2004-2005 Presser Scholar.
The UNO Jazz Combo was selected to perform at the IAJE Regional Conference in Chicago.
UNO pianist Jordan Ellsberry won the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Young Artist Competition.
Jules DeSalvo, Junior Music Ed. (euphonium) major, won the MTNA Student Chapter Composition Competition.
Outstanding Graduating Senior Awards were presented to Gordon Roberts (Senior Music Ed.) and Tim Hillier (Senior Music Performance) at the Honors Convocation.
The 1st Annual UNO Honors Recital was held on April 10, 2005. Students with a minimum 3.0 GPA were selected by audition to perform on the recital which was held in conjunction with Honors Week at UNO. The following solos and/or ensembles were selected to this year's recital: Christina Allred, cello; Javier Castellote, guitar; Soonyoung Hwang, piano and voice; Dennis McNulty, piano; Andrew Norris, clarinet; Scott Shinbara, marimba; S. Michael Shuman, piano; Mike Pollock, Jason Domonkos, Nick Romero, and Alex Wimmer, percussion ensemble. PHOTO.
The Nebraska Wind Symphony, conducted by UNO's Dr. Erica Neidlinger, was chosen to perform at the International Convention of the Association of Concert Band is IL.
Dr. James Johnson was named a MTNA Foundation Fellow at the annual convention in Seattle (April 2005).

FEBRUARY 2005

UNO Marching Mavericks selected to represent the state of Nebraska in the 55th Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. in January 2005. Read more...

OCTOBER 2004

Several undergraduate and graduate vocal majors from UNO received honors at the NATS competition:
- Nathaniel Roper - 1st Place in Division 12 (Post Graduate Men & Women)
- Jesse Black - 1st Place in Division 10 (Senior Men)
- Marc LaFerla - 1st Place in Division 4 (Freshmen Men)
- Eric Hanson - 3rd Place in Division 6 (Sophomore Men)
- Britania Corbett - Finalist in Division 7 (Junior Women)
- Tim Vallier - Finalist in Division 4 (Freshman Men)
Senior trombome major Shanna Olney won the CMENC audition to represent UNO on the NMEA Collegiate Recital at the state NMEA convention.

SUMMER 2004

The UNO Symphonic Wind Ensemble completed an 18-day European Concert Tour. The ensemble performed at Omaha Beach on 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the D-Day Landings on June 6, and also included concerts in Naas, Ireland; London, England; and Paris, France.
Summer honors for two UNO guitar students: James Lowe was accepted to study at the Christopher Parkerning Guitar Master Class; Peter Vonk was accepted for study at the master class with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ). (Summer 2004).

2003-2004 News Archives

MAY 2004

The 1st annual Flute Olympics & Flute Festival was held at UNO feautring guest artist Brooks deWetter-Smith (UNC/Chapel Hill). Over 50 flutists from 4 states and a dozen exhibitors from across the U.S. were on campus for the event co-sponsored by UNO, the Nebraska Flute Club, and the Gemeinhardt Flute Co., Llc.

MARCH 2004

Congratulations to the winners of the 2004 UNO Concerto Competition: flutist Cindy McGann, with Rodrigo's Concierto Pastorale; guitarist Colin Holtz with Villa-Lobos' Guitar Concerto No.2; and pianist Jamie Schuh with Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
The UNO Wind Ensemble was selected to perfrom at the 2004 NSBMA Convention held in Lincoln, NE.

JANUARY 2004

Dr. Erica Neidlinger was named the new director of the Nebraska Wind Symphony.
MM flute student Cindy McGann wins the Lincoln Symphony Second Flute/Piccolo Audition on 1/18/04.

OCTOBER 2003

Dr. Tomm Roland, Asst. Professor of Percussion, was named an endorser and Education Artist for Vic Firth sticks and mallets. During the month of October, he will be on tour giving clinics/performances at several college campuses including: Southern Oregon University (10/21), Portland State University (10/23), and Boise State University (10/24).
Percussionist Josh Austin won the state MTNA Young Artist Soloist Competition and advanced to compete at the NMTA West Central Division Young Artist Competition in Boulder, CO.

SEPTEMBER 2003

Christine Beard, Instructor of Flute, performed a guest artist recital with percussionist Dr. Paul Bissell (Del Mar College) at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln featuring "Solo and Chamber Works for Flute & Percussion Since 1980."
The UNO Music Department and the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band presented a lecture and masterclass by Vincent Cichowicz, former trumpet player in the Chicago Symphony and Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

AUGUST 2003

MM flute student Cindy McGann was accepted to perform and study at the Julius Baker Master Class at Western Connecticut State Univeristy August 2-7. In addition to studying with the legendary Julius Baker (one of the last to have this honor before he passed away on 8/7), Cindy also worked with Bradley Garner, Nobataku Shimizu, and others.