Nebraska Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal –Joel Puckett, conducting – WMB 132

Registration – Dan Sodomka, presiding – ESH Lobby

Nebraska Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal ––Joel Puckett,, conducting – WMB 132

The FCBB is the reigning North American and U.S. Open Brass Band Champions, having won an unprecedented six consecutive national titles. In November of 2009 the Fountain City Brass Band became the first American band ever, and the first non-UK band in over fifty years, to win a major brass band competition on UK soil at the Scottish Open Brass Band Championships.http://www.fcbb.net        

Dr. Joseph Parisi, Music Director
Dr. Parisi was invited to become the musical director and conductor of the group in the fall of 2006. Since that time, the group has been recognized as one of the world’s top brass bands with consecutive wins at the North American Brass Band Championships in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and at the U.S. Open Brass Band Championship in 2007 and 2008. Fountain City also became the first American band invited to the prestigious All England Masters International Brass Band Championships in 2007, being the highest finishing band in US history among bands from England, Scotland, Belgium and Holland. As a result of Parisi’s work within the brass band world, he has been nominated for the “conductor of the year” award in 2007 and 2008.

EXHIBITS OPEN – PLEASE VISIT DISPLAYS – ESH AB
 (including door prizes, finger foods, & cash bar)

NSBA Past Presidents Breakfast – Dr. James R. Saker, presiding – ESH Bar & Grill

Class Meetings
	Class AA Frank Ibero presiding ESH Chancellor 2		Class A Dr. Evan Leepresiding ESH Regents C
	Class B Mike Sindtpresiding ESH Chancellor 3		Class C Sandy Murphy presiding ESH Board Room
	Class D Stan Johnson presiding ESH Regents DEF

Opening Keynote Address: “Program Success – A Careful Blend of Content and Context” Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser – ESH Regents DEF

We spend much time focusing on the cognitive aspect of learning, and sometimes avoid the affective value of the growth process. Do our students LISTEN or do they LEARN? The master teachers know it is more than the WHAT and/or the HOW, but it is important to make sure the students understand WHY the exchange of information has relevance to their welfare in preparing for the challenges of life. Ownership of responsibility only comes when the LANDLORD OF LEARNING is the student quality by constantly improving ourselves. Success begets success.

Tim Lautzenheiser is a well-known name in the music education world as a teacher, clinician, author, composer, conductor, consultant, and, above all, a trusted friend to anyone interested in working with young people in developing a desire for excellence. His career involves ten years of successful college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. During this time Tim developed highly acclaimed groups in all areas of the instrumental and vocal field.

Following three years in the music industry, he created Attitude Concepts, Inc., an organization designed to manage the many requests for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking engagements focusing on the area of positive attitude and effective leadership training. He presently holds the Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturer position at Ball State University. Tim also is the Executive Director of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc.

His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, The Art of Successful Teaching, The Joy of Inspired Teaching, and Everyday Wisdom are bestsellers in the educational world. He is also co-author of Hal Leonard’s popular band method, Essential Elements. Tim is a graduate of Ball State University and the University of Alabama. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from VanderCook College of Music. Additional awards include the distinguished Sudler Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, Mr. Holland’s Opus Award and the Music Industry Award from the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors.

There are 145 students who participate in five bands at Mission; two eighth grade bands and three seventh grade bands.  The band classes at Mission meet every day, and many students are scheduled for individual or small group lessons during the school’s guided study period.  Each band performs in three concerts each year.  In addition to preparing for performances, considerable time is spent on learning music literacy and playing fundamentals.  The Mission Bands are directed by Mark Benson and Abby Erickson.

Mission has two jazz ensembles which meet before school two to three times a week. Mission band students also participate in the Millard Solo and Ensemble Contest, the Omaha Area Youth Orchestra, and the NSBA Middle School Honor Band.  Mission had a national winner in the PTSA Reflections Music Composition Contest in 2003.

Mark Benson

Mark Benson has taught at Mission since 1990.  Prior to that, he taught at schools in Chicago, Franklin Park and Elmhurst, Illinois.  He received his Bachelor of Music in Education degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1985, and his Master of Music degree from Northern Illinois University in 1988.  He plays saxophone with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, and performed with that group at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1997.  He has also performed with the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies, the Lincoln Municipal Band and other area groups.  His compositions and arrangements are frequently performed by many groups, including the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra and the USAF Heartland of America Band.  His wife Karen teaches general music at Cody Elementary School in Millard.  They have two children; Katy, a freshman at Oklahoma State University, and John, a sophomore at Bellevue East High School.

Abby Erickson

Abby Erickson joined the Mission Band staff in 2008.  She graduated from the University of South Dakota with a Bachelor of Music Education degree in 2002 and a Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 2006.  Prior to joining the Bellevue Public Schools, Mrs. Erickson taught instrumental music and music technology for 6 years at McMillan Magnet Center, a middle school in the Omaha Public School system.  In her free time Abby enjoys knitting, golfing, and spending time with her husband Matt, a member of the USAF Heartland of America Band, and their three children Gabrielle, Colin, and Dane.  Mrs. Erickson also teaches sixth grade band at Bertha Barber and Belleaire Elementary schools.

Nebraska Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal – WMB 132

Clinic: Advocacy Session “MUSIC LEARNING = LIFE LEARNING” Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser – ESH Regents DEF
There is no substitute or replacement for music making as it relates to the positive growth and development of the human mind, body, and spirit. Participation in music avails the musician to the infinite journey of creative expression connecting to a language (music) that is understood, communicated, and appreciated by all of mankind around the globe. More importantly, MUSIC IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
Breakthrough research continues to point to “the study of music” as a key factor in the positive growth and development of EVERY young person. We have harvested a rich crop of compelling data supporting what we have intuitively suspected all along: music makes the difference.

Luncheon Meetings – At conclusion of meetings be sure to support our exhibitors and visit displays!
Marching Band/Concert Band Festival Meeting Ron Hardin / Carolyn Barber, presiding WMB 110.
Elementary/Middle Level Meeting & Sharing Session – Chiyo Kamada, presiding – WMB 109,
College/University Directors Meeting – Ken Meints, presiding – Barry’s

Nebraska Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal – WMB 132

EXHIBITS OPEN – PLEASE VISIT DISPLAYS – ESH Regents AB

Clinic: “Firming Your Bottom”, Twisted Steel & The FCBB Low Brass – ESH Regents DEF
This insightful and informative session will present creative ways to build and maintain strength in your low brass section.

Clinic: “Rehearsing the Young Band”, Bruce Pearson with Demonstration Band
(Wayne Middle School 8th Grade Band, Carrie Jensen, Director) – WMB 130

All performers want the same thing from a rehearsal – a positive and productive experience. This is especially true for young band students. They want a relationship with each other, a relationship with the conductor, and a relationship with the music. The key to accomplishing this is a well-planned and well-implemented rehearsal. With the assistance of a demonstration band Bruce Pearson will share his ideas regarding structuring a rehearsal with the emphasis on the warm-up, ensemble tone development, technical skill building, and developing ensemble sight reading skills.

Carrie Jensen is currently in her second year of teaching at Wayne Middle School, where she teaches grades 5-8 instrumental music. She also previously taught 5-12 instrumental music at Sandy Creek Public Schools.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Wayne State College, and is currently working towards a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Miss Jenson is active as a performer, and plays flute and piccolo in the Siouxland All-America Concert Band and Wayne State College Symphonic Band. She is a substitute for the Sioux City Municipal Band and plays regularly in local churches. Carrie is a member of NEA, NSEA, MENC, NMEA, NSBA, and regularly serves as a camp counselor for Rushmore Music Camp in South Dakota.

2:30 p.m.

Concert – Waverly HS Varsity Band, Brady Rohlfs, Director - KRH  

Mr. Rohlfs grew up on a farm outside Unadilla, NE and graduated from Syracuse High School. He attended Midland Lutheran College in Fremont for his Bachelors Degree. After attending the University of Nebraska – Lincoln he earned his Master’s Degree in Music Education in 2003. In 2010 he finished the Administrative Certification Program through the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Previous teaching assignments have been in Sterling, NE, Ashland, NE, Syracuse, NE, and Lincoln Northeast High School. Mr. Rohlfs is in his third year of directorship at Waverly High School, where he directs the varsity and freshman bands and assists with 5th and 6th grade band. In 2004 Mr. Rohlfs was awarded the Jack R. Snider Young Band Director Award. In 2009 he was awarded the Freda Drath Battey Distinguished Educator Award given out annually to one secondary educator in the state of Nebraska. Also in 2009 he was inducted into Phi Beta Mu, National honor band directory fraternity. Mr. Rohlfs has been nominated to Who’s Who in American Professionals every year since 1998. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bandmaster’s Association where he serves as Awards Chair on the Executive Board, as well as member the Nebraska Music Educators Association and Music Educators National Conference. In addition to working with his instrumental students he enjoys conducting clinics and adjudicating throughout Nebraska and Kansas as well as coaching track at the high school. Mr. Rohlfs is also a piano tuner and technician and volunteers as an EMT. He has a wife, Lori, and three children, Alexis 7, Ethan 5, and London 2. His hobbies include playing volleyball and automotive and tractor restoration.

Clinic: - “The Hats We Wear and Where” Dr Joseph Parisi – ESH Regents DEF

An introspective and reflective view of the path we take to pursue our career as educators. The people, decisions, and ideas that shaped us and the expectations we have of our students and ourselves as a result.

Dr. Joseph Parisi
Dr. Parisi has been the Musical Director and conductor of the Fountain City Brass Band since i2006.

Clinic: Principles of Expressive Playing: Bringing Life to Notes with Young Ensembles” – Bruce Pearson
With Demonstration Band. (Lincoln Southeast High School Band, RJ Metteer, Director) – WMB 130

Bruce Pearson will show the significant distinction between playing technically well and playing technically well with passion, transforming written notes to EXPRESSIVELY performed music. Ideas will be presented to help students “speak as one voice” in a true artistic performance.

Bruce Pearson is an internationally known author, composer, clinician and conductor. He is perhaps best known for his authorship of the Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band and Enhanced Band Methods and for his co-authorship of the Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble and Advanced Jazz Ensemble Methods (Neil A. Kjos Music Company) which are currently regarded as the most influential publications for beginning band and jazz band instruction. Dr. Pearson has taught at the elementary, junior high, high school and college levels for thirty years. In December 1998 he was awarded, in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to music education”, the Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor.

Terry R. Rush is the instrumental music director at Lincoln Southwest High School. He was the Director of Instrumental Music at Lincoln High School for twenty five years. His groups have traveled to Florida, Colorado, California, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and London, England as well as performing at the State Bandmasters Association State Convention numerous times.

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 36 seasons and the Lincoln Municipal Band for 38 years serving as principal trombone as well as guest soloist. In 2001 Mr. Rush was appointed Assistant Director of the Lincoln Municipal Band. In 2002 he was appointed Assistant Music 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. 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. He is a past winner of the Donald A. Lenz Outstanding Nebraska Bandmaster, recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation National Legion of Honor Award and the Nebraska National Guard Medal of Freedom for his support to military music programs. Mr. Rush is the 2010 recipient of the Lincoln Symphony Golden Baton Award.

Mr. Rush and his wife Jacqueline, also a band director with Lincoln Public Schools, have three children, Ben 30, a Computer Developer and Programmer, Stacey 28, is in the United States Army Music Program stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington and Robby 24 is currently stationed in Iraq with United States Army.

The Lincoln Southwest Wind Ensemble consists of 70 members whose entry depends on an audition. Their repertoire consists of grade 3-6-band music utilizing a variety of composers past and present.

They have received consistent Superior Ratings at District Music Contest. They also perform 3-4 concerts each year in their home auditorium. During the 2009-2010 London New Years Day Parade and Music Festival they performed to a packed house in one of London’s most famous cathedrals.

Members of the ensemble participate in all groups of the NMEA Convention honor ensembles as well as numerous Nebraska college and university honor groups. Many are also members of the Lincoln Youth Symphony.

Terry R. Rush and Alyssa Wilhelm co-direct the Lincoln Southwest Wind Ensemble.

Joel Puckett, http://www.joelpuckett.com, will be conducting the world premiere of his original composition, "Stolen" with the Intercollegiate Band. Stolen was commissioned by NSBA for the 50th Convention.

Joel Puckett is a composer who is dedicated to the belief that music can bring consolation, hope, and joy to all who need it. The Washington Post has hailed him as both "visionary" and "gifted" and the head critic for the Baltimore Sun, Tim Smith, hailed his piece, This Mourning, as "being of comparable expressive weight" to John Adams' Pulitzer Prize winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls.

For the 2010-2012 seasons, Puckett has been named Composer-In-Residence for the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras. As part of this partnership, Puckett will write works for all six of the CYSO orchestras and work with the students in music theory and composition.

NSBA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING –

Brad Weber - NSBA President, presiding – WMB 130

Clinic: “Reflections on the First Fifty Years of NSBA” -WMB-130
“A History of the Building Better Bands in Nebraska 1961 – 2011”
(James Saker, Jack Snider, Linda Donohue, Ken Molzer, Bob Maag), presiding – WMB 130 NSBA has long enjoyed the leadership of individuals with both a vision and a commitment to band betterment in Nebraska. This session will feature five former presidents and Donald Lentz Award recipient: Linda Donohue, Robert Maag, Kenneth Molzer and Jack Snider (the first president) in a historic discussion of our first fifty years. James Saker, serves as moderator for this remarkable reflection.

Clinic: “Teaching Beginning Band With Excellence” – Bruce Pearson – WMB-119

Drawing on forty years of successful teaching experience, Dr. Pearson provides tried-and-true teaching approaches that will ensure a good start for your beginning band students. Strategies for effective sequential lessons will be demonstrated, including how to enhance your teaching with the latest technology.

Closing Address: "The Necessity of Music Education” – Fact or Fable? – Bruce Pearson - WMB-119

Dr. Pearson answers the question, “Why Music?” by considering two basic components of music education: aesthetic education and ancillary values. He addresses the necessity for making music education available to every child instead of limiting it to an elite few.

Dr. Daniel Laing, assistant professor of music, is Director of Bands and teaches applied trumpet and horn. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Mississippi, a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Louisiana State University, and a Ph.D in Music Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has extensive experience arranging and writing drill for marching band and continues to be an active performer, conductor, and adjudicator throughout the mid-west region. Dr. Laing recently served on the executive board of NMEA as the Research Chair. He is currently the CMENC Chapter Advisor at Hastings College.

As a performer, Dr. Laing serves as Principal Trumpet of the Hastings Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Meridian Symphony (MS), Acadiana Symphony (LA), Sedalia Symphony (MO), and the Corinth Symphony (MS). Dr. Laing has also performed with the Boston Brass, The Buckinghams and more recently with Bobby Valli.

Dr. Laing’s primary trumpet teachers include Dr. Charles Gates, Dr. John Schuesselin, James West, and Dr. Iskander Akmadullin. As a conductor, he has studied with Dr. Thomas O’Neal and Dr. Michael Knight.

During his tenure as a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Dr. Laing wrote drill and arranged for Marching Mizzou.

Prior to coming to Hastings College, Laing worked as the Assistant Director of Instrumental Music in the Sedalia School District 200, in Sedalia, Missouri. While teaching in public school, his ensembles received superior ratings at State and Regional Contests.

Dr. Laing lives in Hastings, NE with his wife and two children, Parker and Emma.

The Hastings College Band has been an integral part of the Hastings College campus and community since it’s inception in 1923 by Professor Horace Cunningham. For over 85 years, the instrumental ensembles at Hastings College have provided excellence in music at athletic, campus and community events. Currently, the Hastings College Band is one of the largest and most visible student organizations on campus. The Hastings College Band is open to all students and no audition is required to be a member of this great organization.
The Wind Ensemble is Hastings College’s premiere wind band. Performing two concerts each year, this group has presented concerts in 26 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada. It has been the featured ensemble at NMEA, MENC and various special performances throughout the Midwest. Most recently, the Hastings College Wind Ensemble performed a concert at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. This ensemble is open to all students at Hastings College. Membership into the Wind Ensemble is determined each fall with a chair placement audition.

Phi Beta Mu Luncheon – Dr. Jay Gilbert, presiding – Spaghetti Works

NSBA Executive Board wrap-up meeting – Dr. Randy Neuharth, presiding – ESH Board Room