Dr. Jay W. Gilbert is Director of Instrumental Music and Chair of the Music Department at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and the Doane Tiger Pep Band, and oversees all aspects of the instrumental music education program. He is also the music director of the Blue River Community Band. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, he holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Masters and Doctoral degrees in conducting from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he studied with the renowned conductor and arranger, John P. Paynter, and the outstanding orchestral conductor, Victor Yampolsky.

Dr. Gilbert's career as a band director began in the public schools of Wisconsin, where he taught instrumental music in elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools. Prior to his appointment at Doane, Dr. Gilbert was Assistant Director of Bands at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has been a guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada. He has also served as a presenter for numerous state conventions and the Midwest International Band/Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.

An interest in composition and arranging has produced a number of works including Suite Divertimento, which has been selected for several state music lists, including Nebraska’s.

His study of quality wind band literature is often cited, and a summary of his research was recently included in the book The Winds of Change by Frank Battisti. He is also a contributing scholar to the series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volumes II, III and IV. Dr. Gilbert has received several awards including a Distinguished Service Award from the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, a Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association, an Artist’s Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Zenon Hansen Leadership Award for his outstanding contributions to Doane College. In the Spring of 2005 he was recognized as the Outstanding Teacher of the year by the college’s student congress.

Dr. Gilbert is a member of the Nebraska School Bandmasters Association, Music Educators National Conference, the College Band Directors National Association, the Conductors Guild, and the honorary band fraternity, Phi Beta Mu. He and his wife Laura, and sons Allen and Philip, live in Crete.

Dr. Glenn Pohland

Session: Smartmusic Lab

Dr. Glenn Pohland is currently teaching instrumental music in the

Glencoe-Silver Lake MN school system. At GSl he directs the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10, and symphonic bands. He also teaches a college music appreciation class as well as lessons as time permits. During his 23 years at Glencoe-Silver Lake his high school bands have consistently received superior ratings at the large group contests and numerous students have gone on to receive music scholarships and are currently teaching music in the Midwest. Dr. Pohland holds degrees from St. Olaf College, (B.A.) the University of Minnesota (M.Ed.) and Arizona State University (DMA). He is an active member of MENC, MMEA, MBDA, and was chosen by the American School Band Directors Association as the outstanding young director in Minnesota for his work at GSL. His bands

have given performances at the MMEA convention along with other state appearances. As a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, Dr. Pohland has traveled throughout the region and this spring he will be presenting a session at the National MENC Convention is Salt Lake City, Utah. Glenn has worked with makemusic for three years as an active clinician and smart music specialist.

Terry R. Rush has been the Director of Instrumental Music at Lincoln High School for twenty years. During this period his groups have grown in size and quality. The Marching Band has grown to over 200 members and has become a consistent winner of Superior Ratings, known for it’s progressive style and musical quality. The Marching Band has traveled to Florida to march in the King Orange Jamboree Parade where it was invited to lead the 1994 Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Christmas Pageant Parade. The London Parade New Years Day in London England twice, the latest being the 2004 parade, the Culigan-Holiday Bowl and Parade in San Diego, Ca. where the Lincoln High School Jazz Band won the Jazz Division and the Marching Band won the Grand Championship in the field competition and the Grand Championship as the Best Overall Music Ensemble which enabled them to perform their show at the bowl game. The only high school in the United States to perform their show at a major college bowl game that year. The band then traveled to Anaheim, Ca. where they were invited to lead the Disneyland Christmas Pageant Parade.

Under Mr. Rush’s direction Lincoln High Symphonic Band has been nationally recognized beingthe only band from Nebraska to have been selected and compete in the National Adjudicators Invitational Concert Band Contest where they place third from bands across the nation. They are consistent winners of Superior Ratings at the Lincoln Publics Schools Symphonic Band Contest and at the Worlds of Fun Festival of Bands where the have also won Division and Grand Championship several times. In the spring of 2002 the Symphonic Band traveled to Branson, Missouri to participate in a 14 state competition finishing as runner up in the two day elimination contest. The Symphonic Band has been an honor band at the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association State Convention numerous times.

The Lincoln High Orchestra has received Superior Ratings at Worlds of Fun Festival of Music as well as Music in the Parks contests in Minneapolis and at St. Louis where they where they also were awarded the Grand Championship. The Orchestra perform as a honor group at the Nebraska Music Educators Convention. The Lincoln High Jazz Bands have received consistent Superior Ratings and first place and Grand Championship awards in contests throughout the Midwest having several students being honored with jazz soloist awards as well as participating in the All State Jazz Band and the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Young Lions Honor Jazz Band.

Prior to teaching at Lincoln High School Mr. Rush taught at Pius X High School for five years. He has been a member of the Lincoln Symphony for 31 seasons and the Lincoln Municipal Band for 32 years serving as principal trombone as well as guest soloist. In 2001 Mr. Rush was appointed Assistant Director of the Lincoln Municipal Band and in 2001 appointed Assistant Director of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. Mr. Rush serves as a low brass, jazz, marching and concert band clinician, has directed several conference honor bands as well as an adjudicator and guest soloist throughout the Midwest and has adjudicated for the Youth Music of the World International Band, Jazz Band and Orchestra Festival in Maastricht Holland in April of 1999 along with the London New Years Day Parade and Music Festival in London, England New Years Day 2006. Mr. Rush was recently appointed by Youth Music of the World as Executive Director of the Nebraska All Star Band for the annual Paris and Chantilly Parades in France and Executive Director of the Nebraska Honor Chamber Orchestra to participate in the annual London New Years Day Parade and Music Festival. Mr. Rush is a past officer on the board of the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association. Mr. Rush is a member of the Nebraska Music Educators Association, Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu National Band Fraternity, Music Educators National Conference and the International Association of Jazz Educators.

Mr. Rush and his wife Jacqueline, also a band director with Lincoln Public Schools, have three children, Ben 25, a Computer Programer, Stacey 23 is in the 8th Army Band in Seoul, Korea and Robby 19 is attending Southeast Community College. Mr. Rush is an avid cyclist, having raced for several years and is a Second Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo.

NEBRASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

43^RD ARMY BAND

PRESS KIT

History of the 43^rd Army Band.

The 43rd Army Band of the Nebraska Army National Guard, is one of the more colorful units in the State of Nebraska. Steeped in Nebraska military history, the 43rd Army Band indirectly dates back to 1884, when it was located in Lincoln NE and known as "Band, Second Regiment.” In 1902, during the reorganization of the Nebraska National Guard, it was re‑designated "Band, First Regiment,” and in 1916 it was again changed to "Band, Fifth Regiment.”

Officially the band traces its history back to 1924 when it was born in Crete, Nebraska, as the "Band Section, Service Company 110th Medical Regiment.” The unit remained there until 1933 when it was reorganized as the "110th Medical Regiment Band,” and relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, with the war in Europe going badly (France had fallen, Britain was isolated, and the Russians were retreating from the German onslaught), Congress authorized the calling up of the National Guard for a period of one year of active training duty. The Nebraska Guard units entered active duty on December 23, 1940, at camp Robinson Arkansas, just outside of Little Rock Arkansas. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Band was relocated to Fort Ord California a few days before Christmas and re-organized as the Div Artillery band. The band was re-assigned to the Los Angeles area of the West Coast Defense Command where the engaged in public relations activities in the Los Angeles area performing war bond rallies, awards for war production, “Salutes” to allied countries, and public concerts. At the end of March 1943 the Band was re-assigned to Camp Rucker Alabama, re-organized with the 138th Infantry Regimental Band as the 35th Division Band, to make ready for its deployment to Europe. On March 3, 1948 the band was federally recognized, as the "43rd Army Band.”

The 43rd Army Band was the only Nebraska Army National Guard unit to see active duty during the Korean conflict in 1950 through 1952. The unit entertained soldiers at Fort Richardson, Alaska, with soldier shows of popular music, dance numbers and a variety of acts. Buddy Hackett, Ray Milland, and Ann Blyth were among the stars that performed with the Band.

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States, several members of the 43rd Army Band were called to active duty on February 17, 2002 in support of the Homeland Security Force, providing armed security to airports, training sites and military facilities.

July 13, 2002 the 43rd Army Band extend their tour with a deployment overseas to Tompkin Barracks, Schwetzigen Germany. The 43rd supported several changed of commands for V Corps and several community relations performance throughout southern Germany. The unit was deployed to Germany to backfill the United States Army, European Band.

The mission of the Band is to provide musical entertainment for the morale of soldiers and support the local communities when possible. The Band has a wide range of musical capabilities from: Ceremonial band, Marching band, Concert band, Dance band, Stage band, Combo, and a variety of small musical groups. The band is comprised of some 50 "citizen‑soldier" musicians from Lincoln and the surrounding area. Many of the members are students, music teachers, or otherwise associated with the music field in their civilian pursuits.

As the only musical unit of the Nebraska National Guard, the 43rd Army Band represents the National Guard at a variety of civilian and official military functions throughout the State of Nebraska. The Band performs at parades, concerts, dances, and receptions for military dignitaries. Musical variety shows are often on its schedule. Marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, the 43rd represented the State of Nebraska in the 1973 Presidential Inaugural Parade for President Nixon and again in 1989 for President Bush. The 43rd Army Band replaces an Active Duty Army Band during their two weeks of annual training at least every three years. During alternate annual training periods, they perform concert tours throughout the State for the civilian communities or provide entertainment to the Nebraska Army National Guard units during their annual training. The band is comprised of “citizen-soldier” musicians from Lincoln and the surrounding area, some soldiers have traveled as far Texas and California to train and perform with the 43rd. Even though the 43rd Army Band is a part time Army band and only operates about 48 days out of the year, they continue to rank among the best of all Army Bands in the country.

Setting the standards, the 43^rd Army Band, in 1991, became the first National Guard / Reserve band to enter the international competition for, and receive, the COL George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence which is awarded by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The 43^rd was one of only three Army elements to receive this award. In 1997, the 43^rd Army Band set the standards again by being the first National Guard / Reserve band to ever receive the award for a second time. In 2001 the 43^rd became the only band to every win the citation three times under the same commander and an unprecedented fourth award in 2003. Competition by the 43^rd is not bound to music only; in 1997 the 43rd was awarded the COL Don Hatten Award for Supply Excellence and became the first Army Band to receive the Chief of Staff, Army Supply Excellence award and again in 1998. The unit continued setting higher standards in supply excellence by wining the COL Hatten citation in 1998, 2001, 2002, and 2004.

JEFFREY M. KLINTBERG CW5 Commanding Officer

Jeff Klintberg is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln where he received his B.M.E. (with distinction) in 1970, and his M.M. in 1971. He joined the 43rd Army Band in 1976 as a clarinet player. In 1981 he was appointed a warrant officer and named bandmaster and commander of the band. In 2002 he was appointed the FORSCOM Regional Staff Bands Officer for 5th Army to support the 27 National Guard bands in 5th Army.

He has served as a clinician and judge for marching band, drum major, jazz band and concert band. He has been a member of the Lincoln Municipal Band and has performed with both the Lincoln and Hastings Symphonies, as well as with the Lincoln Neo-Classic Jazz Orchestra. He has been a member of the Star City Holiday parade since it's inception, and was a member of the original organizational committee. Mr. Klintberg is also on the board of directors of the Gateway Sertoma Club of Lincoln.

He is a member of numerous professional organizations and counts among his honors appointments to both the Naval Academy and West Point (both declined). Other honors include Band President - UNL. John P. Sousa Award, Nebraska and Regional winner of the 1978 ASBDA Standbury Outstanding Young Band Director Award, and the Legion of Honor Award presented by the Sousa Foundation / Band World Magazine. COL George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence 1991 and 1997 2001 and 2004; three Army Meritorious Service Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, five Army Achievement Medals, Nebraska Homeland Defense Service Ribbon and many other awards.

Mr. Klintberg was a High School Band Director for 25 years, most recently spending 18 years as Director of Bands at Lincoln Northeast High School.

BRIAN L. ANDERSON WO1, Executive Officer

WO1 Brian L. Anderson joined the 43rd Army band in January of 1988 as a saxophone player. In 1993 he ascended to the position of Associate Conductor. Following the completion of Warrant Officer Candidate School and the Warrant Officer Basic Course, Mr. Anderson has assumed the position of Executive Officer. In civilian life, Mr. Anderson is Chair of Performing Arts and Director of Instrumental Music at Fremont High School. A native Nebraskan, Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelors degree from Hastings College and Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a Past President of both the Nebraska Music Educators Association and the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association. Mr. Anderson was one of 175 music educators from across the nation selected to participate in the acclaimed Vision 2020 Housewright Music Symposium at Florida State University in 1999, and has been a featured speaker at various conventions and clinics in North America. Ensembles under his direction have performed for numerous state, regional, and national music conferences, and with GRAMMY Award winning artists Destiny’s Child. In 2003 the Fremont High School Music Department was honored with the GRAMMY Signature School Award for scholastic music excellence. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the ASBDA Standbury Award, the Jack R. Snider Outstanding Young Director Award, the Fremont Jaycees Outstanding Educator Award, the Rotary International Outstanding Teacher Award and the prestigious Legion of Honor awarded by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Mr. Anderson is active as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States and Canada.

JOHN E. QUINN 1SG First Sergeant

First Sergeant John E. Quinn enlisted in the Nebraska Army national Guard in July 1972 as a mechanic with the 24^th Medical Air Ambulance Co. He transferred to the 43^rd Army Band October 1974 as a saxophone player and was promoted to Woodwind Group Leader in July 1985. November 9^, 1999 John left the position as Group Leader and became the 43^rd Army Band’s Operations NCO. This position put John in charge of unit operations and transportation.

John is the service manager for Jack Keef Motors in Crete, Nebraska.

John has received two Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement Medals, two Armed Forces Reserve Medals, and many other awards to include the Nebraska National Guard Commendation medal, and the Nebraska National Guard Individual Achievement Medal..

Bob Jenkins

Session: Oboe Techniques

Bob Jenkins was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, attending Lincoln High School

and receiving a BME from UNL in 1972. After earning an MME from

Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois he returned to Nebraska to

teach in District 66 and to perform in the Lincoln and Omaha Symphonies as

principal oboist.

After a nine year stint as Westside High School’s band director, Bob worked

as a junior high and elementary band director until the Westside district

consolidated three junior highs; he has been the director at Westside Middle

School since its inception in 1987, running four sections of seventh grade

band, two sections of eighth grade band, two early morning jazz bands, and

afterschool ensembles with 230 students.

At present, Bob plays English Horn with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra,

principal oboe with the 43rd Army Band of the Nebraska National Guard, and

records with Mannheim Steamroller. He and his wife, Debbie (Millard North

Middle School band director), live in Omaha, tending the cat, dog, and fish

their college girls always leave behind when traveling back to school!

Gary Green

Two Sessions on conducting

Gary Green is Professor of Music and Director of Bands in the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. In addition to supervising all band activities at UM he is the Conductor of the University Wind Ensemble and Chairman of Instrumental Performance. In addition he supervises all Graduate Conducting Students in the Wind Band area.

Prior to coming to Miami, Mr. Green served for ten years as Director of Bands at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Previous to that he taught for nearly twenty years in the public schools of the Pacific Northwest.

While at the University of Connecticut, Mr. Green was influential in commissioning and recording new work for Winds and Percussion including Symphony No. 3 by David Maslanka and A Cornfield in July and the River by William Penn.

Since his arrival at the University of Miami Professor Green has continued the commissioning and performance of important new repertoire for the Wind Band.

Recent commissions for major composers include; David Gillingham, David Maslanka, Michael Daugherty, James Syler, Eric Whitacre, Frank Tichelli, Thomas Sleeper, H. Robert Reynolds and Ken Fuchs. URBAN REQUIEM by Michael Colgrass was commissioned by the Philip Frost Commission Fund and has become a standard in the repertoire for wind ensemble.

Recordings released under the Albany label include; Urban Requiem, Blue, Christina’s World and Illuminations. New recordings of David Maslanka, Thomas Sleeper and Brian Balmages will soon be released. In a recent American Record Guide magazine article, critics stated: “The recording is close-up, and incredibly immediate. Cymbals, high brass, and percussion erupt with great brilliance; the bass drum is awesome. In repertory and recorded sound , the whole thing reminds me of Frederick Fennell’s Mercury Living Presence Lps I loved as a kid”. Critics in Fanfare Record Review state; “Soloists…indeed all of the UM Wind Ensemble—turn in wonderfully expressive, virtuostic performances…the UM Wind Ensemble’s talents are never in question…” They further state; ….I can find no weaknesses here”.

Mr. Green is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, the College Band Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the Florida Bandmasters Association and the Florida Music Educators Association. He received The Phillip Frost Award for Scholarship and Teaching in the Frost School of Music in 2002. Mr. Green is an advocate of new music for winds and percussion. Among other new compositions to be written for winds and percussion there is a new commission for the University of Miami Wind Ensemble for a work to be written by Christoper Rouse due for premier in 2008.

Mr. Green is an active conductor and clinician and has appeared with International, National and Regional Bands and intercollegiate bands in most of the fifty states. He has conducted the Texas All State Band frequently and premiered LUX ARUMQUE by Eric Whitacre with that ensemble. He has also recently conducted in Taipei, Taiwan where he appeared with the Republic of China Army Band and the Taiwan National Wind Ensemble as part of the 2005 International Band Association Festival.

Alan Greiner

Session: Iowa Judging Certification

ALAN GREINER – Alan Greiner is the Executive Director of the Iowa High School Music Association. He is currently serving his fifth year in that position. In addition to his duties as Executive Director, Alan serves on the National Federation’s Citizenship, Ethics, and Integrity Committee and as reviewer for the National Federation Music Association Journal.

Alan began his teaching career at Northwest Webster Community Schools where he taught for two years. He then moved to the Prairie Valley Community School District where he taught for 14 years.

Alan received his B.S. M.E. from Iowa State University and his Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa.

Mr. Greiner has been very active in the Iowa Bandmasters Association, is past president of the North Central Iowa Bandmasters Association, and has served as principal bassoon with the Central Iowa Symphony.

His wife, Becky, is high school band director at Jefferson-Scranton. They have two children, Amanda, age 18, and Ryan, age 11.

Jeff Ingraham

Session on Garage Band

Jeff Ingraham is currently working as a Technology Specialist at Educational Service unit #3 in Omaha. Mr. Ingraham Graduated from Benson High in Omaha and attended UNL for 1 year as a vocal music major before transferring to UNO and switching to an instrumental music major. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in Music Education from UNO in 1984. He received a Masters Degree In Technology in Education from Lesley College in 1989 and has studied at the graduate level at UNO, UNL, Creighton University, Drake College, Lesley College, University of Northern Colorado and Wayne State College.

Mr. Ingraham Taught instrumental music in the Omaha public schools for six years then became the technology Coordinator of the Bellevue Public schools where he worked for 5 years. After leaving the Bellevue Public Schools, he came to ESU#3 where has worked since 1994 conducting technology trainings for the 19 school districts that ESU#3 serves.

Mr. Ingraham has been using MIDI equipment and computer Music technology since starting with his Apple IIGS in his JR. High Orchestra class in 1987. Mr. Ingraham is also the Music Director At Immanuel Lutheran Church in Omaha where he has led the music program since 1984 and he plays Bass Trombone in the Omaha Municipal Orchestra, which he has done since the orchestra's inception in 1999.

Mr. Ingraham has written extensively on the topic of technology and music technology including monthly technology articles for the Nebraska

Educational Technology Association newsletter under the name of "The Windows Wizard" since 2000.

In addition to all his other duties, Mr. Ingraham has taught Graduate level

Technology and music classes for Doane College, Peru State College, Wayne State College and Kearney State College, as well as making presentations and assisting students in classes at UNO, UNL, Creighton University, Drake, UNC, and Lesley College.

Mr. Ingraham lives in Omaha and is happily married with 4 daughters

Including Kim his oldest who is an Instrumental Music Ed major at UNO.

Tim Oehlerking

Session: Small Group Sound Reinforcement and Recording

Biography: Tim Oehlerking is an Account Manager in the Designed Systems Group at Midwest Sound & Lighting, Inc, with over 10 years experience in the systems integration industry. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with a B.S. in Business Administration. Tim has certification from and is a member of Synergetic Audio Concepts and the National Systems Contractors Association.

Dr. Frank Tracz

Session: "ORGANIZE TO OPTIMIZE: PREP NOW, ENJOY LATER"

Dr. Frank Tracz is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. At K-State he coordinates the undergraduate and graduate conducting programs, teaches classes in music education, and administers and guides all aspects of the K-State band program, which includes the Symphony Band, Concert Band, University Band, Athletic Pep Bands, and Marching Band. Under his direction the Symphony Band has performed at the Kansas Music Educators Association Conference and has performed regional tours. The “Pride of Wildcat Land” Marching Band has enjoyed the privilege of traveling to nationally acclaimed bowl games in support of the University.

Dr. Tracz received the Doctor of Philosophy (music education) from The Ohio State University, a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University. Dr. Tracz has several years experience teaching in the public schools of Ohio and Wisconsin. He has also served as Assistant Director of Bands at Syracuse University. Prior to his appointment at K-State, he was the Director of Bands at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky.

He has served as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor for all-state and honor bands across the nation, as well as in Canada. Dr. Tracz serves on the Music Education Journal Editorial Board and the KSU-PDS Partnership Project Committee. He is also a contributor to the series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. He also researched and developed a Master of Music Education/Band Conducting program that is now in place at K-State. In addition to being an inducted member of the Golden Key National Honor Society, he is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Mu, and Pi Lambda Theta. He currently serves as the advisor for the Kansas State chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma and the K-State Band Ambassadors. Dr. Tracz is President of the Big XII Band Directors Association, past-President of the Kansas Bandmasters Association, and Director of the Manhattan Municipal Band.

Dr. Tracz has received many awards and recognition. At K-State, he has been honored with the prestigious Stamey award for Outstanding Teaching, and has been recognized as a Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Member. Most recently he was honored with the Outstanding Bandmaster Award from the Kansas Bandmasters Association and Phi Beta Mu.