Series Announcement

May 2013-August 2013

Lincoln, NE - The 2013 Lincoln Community Foundation Garden Performance Series schedule has been confirmed! We are pleased to present a schedule full of interesting variety and high quality to please every musical taste.

May 1 - The Lightning Bugs (swing vocals)
May 8 - Honeyboy Turner Band (Chicago blues)
May 15 - Harris Academy of the Arts (string quartet)
May 16 - PANgea and PANgea Prep (steel drum band)
May 22 - Tupelo Springfield (rocking Americana)
May 29 - The Rockerfellers (classic rock with brass)
June 5 - Peter Bouffard Jazz Quartet (jazz)
June 12 - The Resonators (roots rock and blues)
June 19 - The Upstairs Blues Band (blues)
June 26 - Jackie Allen Trio (vocal jazz)
July 3 - Midwest Dilemma (American folk rock)
July 10 - Josh Hoyer (soul/R&B/blues)
July 17 - Jazzocracy (jazz)
July 24 - Melody Wranglers (classic/retro C&W swing)
July 31 - Grassfire (bluegrass, folk, country)
August 7 - 2 Gals & a Guitar (adult contemporary rock)
August 14 - The Usual Suspects (blues/classic rock)
August 21 - Oasis Bluegrass Band (bluegrass)
August 28 - We Be 3 (jazz)

The Lincoln Community Foundation Garden Performance Series will be held every Wednesday, May 1 through August 28, 2013, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Community Foundation Garden at 1415 "N" Street in Lincoln. These free public concerts are a 28 year tradition and bring hundreds of audience members each week to enjoy their lunch hour in the sunshine.

An additional special performance by PANgea will be held Thursday, May 16 at 11:45 a.m. in celebration of Give to Lincoln Day.

Association of Nonprofit Executives Announces

Topher Hansen as Executive of the Year

Lincoln, Ne - March 5, 2013 -The Association of Nonprofit Executives (ANPE) would like to announce Topher Hansen from CenterPointe as the winner of the 2012 ANPE Nonprofit Executive of the Year Award. The award, sponsored by US Bank, was presented at the ANPE annual awards luncheon held on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at the Embassy Suites, Lincoln

Each year the Association of Nonprofit Executives recognizes the 'Nonprofit Executive of the Year.' This award recognizes leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, direction, and vision, with both the winner of the award receiving $500 and the nonprofit organization they represent receiving $500. US Bank representative Kim Kuhle presented this year's award. Lincoln's Director of Urban Planning Dave Landis, was the keynote speaker for the luncheon, with Rod Fowler of Channel 8 Eyewitness News as the Master of Ceremony. Entertainment was provided by jazz guitarist Peter Bouffard.

Hansen is deeply dedicated to serving the indigent and homeless poor in Lincoln who suffer with mental illness and addiction programs. He has developed the long-standing integrated (mental illness and addiction) treatment services at CenterPointe into a continuum of care that has 25 programs and is a model for services across the country.

2011: Bill Michener, Lighthouse; 2010: Clay Naff, Lincoln Literacy Council; 2009: Phyllis Ericson,Nebraska Community Blood Bank; 2008: Susanne Blue, Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach;2007: Robert A. Downey, Capital Humane Society;2006: Jonathon Krutz,NE Hospice & Palliative Care Partnership; 2005: Susan Scott, YWCA;2004: Wayne Svoboda, Volunteer Partners;2003: Deb Weber, Lincoln Arts Council; 2002: René Ferdinand, The ARC of Nebraska; 2001: Nancy Hanshaw, LMEF Cancer Resource Center; 2000: John Chapo, Lincoln Children's Zoo;1999: Renee Johnson, Community Services Fund; 1998: Mala DeBerg, Fresh Start; 1997: Dean Haist, Nebraska Jazz Orchestra; 1996: Gayle Andres, University Place Arts Center; 1995: Marilyn Gorham, Lincoln Children's Museum

2013 John Shildneck Young Artist Competition

First round recordings are due April 1!

This competition, sponsored by the Lincoln Municipal Band, is open to musicians, middle school age and older, who have not reached their 22nd birthday on July 7, 2013 and are residents of Nebraska or currently studying with a Nebraska music teacher.

Applications, recordings and a $5 non-refundable application fee must be postmarked by Monday, April 1, 2013.

For more information and an application form, please click on the link below and download the competition flyer. For questions, contact the Lincoln Municipal Band at lmb@artsincorporated.org or by calling 402-477-7899.

For guidelines, rules and an application please click here:

Brasstastic!

Lincoln, NE - The Nebraska Brass' 25th Anniversary season continues with a special bonus concert entitled Brasstastic! This concert will feature some of the finest brass musicians in the Lincoln and Omaha areas in an eleven piece brass ensemble directed by Ken Kielniarz, Nebraska Brass tubist and director of the Omaha Brass Ensemble. Brasstastic! will be presented at 3:00 pm on Sunday, February 17 at Nebraska Wesleyan University's O'Donnell Auditorium, located at 50th and Huntington in Lincoln.

In addition to the other members of the Nebraska Brass-Dean Haist, trumpet, Brad Obbink, trumpet, Ric Ricker, horn and Mark Mendell, trombone-seven area professional musicians will complete the brass ensemble. These terrific guest artists include: Joel Edwards, a frequent performer on trumpet in the Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble, Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns, and the Omaha Symphony Pops Orchestra; Deborah Bouffard, a recent guest artist with the Nebraska Brass and a trumpet player with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Municipal Band, the Plymouth Brass, the Nebraska Chamber Players and the Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble; Kimberly Beasley, a former member of the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band at Offutt Air Force Base, a hornist with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, and a regular performer with the Lincoln Municipal Band, Omaha Symphony, and Sioux City Symphony; Nancy Vogt, a former member of of the United States Air Force Band and a frequent performer on trombone and euphonium with the Nebraska Brass and Lincoln Municipal Band; Patrick Pfister, principal trombone in the Omaha Symphony; Jay Wise, principal trombone in Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra and bass trombonist with the Omaha Symphony; and Craig Fuller, principal tuba in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and senior lecturer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Music.

The program features a variety of entertaining selections arranged for brass ensemble by Michael Allen, a frequent arranger for the Boulder Brass. These selections include George Frideric Handel's "La Rejouissance" from Music for the Royal Fireworks, Claude Debussy's Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Antonín Dvořák's Humoresque, Scott Joplin's Bethena, Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5, Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite, George Gershwin's Rialto Ripples, Percy Grainger's Irish Tune from County Derry, and Gioacchino Rossini's "Overture" to the Barber of Seville. The program also includes John Berner's What Birds See, edited by Larry Isaacson.

Now in its 25th season, the Nebraska Brass has reached audiences in dozens of communities in the state since 1987, presenting a five-concert series each season in multiple cities. The ensemble performs a variety of literature and commissions new works for brass quintet, preserving and promoting this valuable art form. Educating students is also a priority for the Nebraska Brass, and through the educational outreach program, Brass Goes to School, the ensemble has reached thousands of students for over a decade. This program places the Nebraska Brass in Lincoln and Omaha area schools, where they perform exciting and age-appropriate music, provide informative commentary about the music, and field a variety of questions.

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, the Nebraska Brass has released its fifth compact disc, entitled "Nebraska Brass 25." This compact disc will be available for purchase at Brasstastic! This collection of transcriptions and original works for brass quintet includes traditional repertoire by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, Léo Delibes, Charles Gounod, Joseph Horovitz, Claude Le Jeune, Scott Joplin, Anton du Preez and Sergei Prokofiev, as well as contemporary favorites by Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. "Nebraska Brass 25" retails for $15 per copy.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors (65+). Students with ID are admitted free everywhere. Season passes with five admissions will also be available for $67.50 (adults) or $54 (seniors). These admissions can be used at any combination of concerts for one or more people. Tickets are available through the Nebraska Brass business office at (402) 477-7899 or nb@artsincorporated.org.

20th Annual John Shildneck

Young Artist Competition

Lincoln, NE - The Lincoln Municipal Band is pleased to announce the 20th annual John Shildneck Young Artist Competition. The competition is open to musicians, middle school age and older, who have not reached their 22nd birthday on or before July 7, 2013, and perform on woodwind, brass, percussion or string instruments, as well as vocalists. Those auditioning must be residents of Nebraska or currently studying with a Nebraska teacher.

The Lincoln Municipal Band was formed in 1907 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. Since 1911, the Lincoln Municipal Band has presented an annual series of Sunday evening summer concerts during July and August in Lincoln's Antelope Park. These concerts are the most popular events of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation summer performance series and attract regular crowds of over 1,500 citizens from Lincoln and its surrounding communities. The typical audience includes individuals, couples, families, and senior citizens.

For the preliminary round, competitors must submit a recorded audition of the piece they wish to play with the band on CD, along with a completed application form and $5.00 non-refundable fee. The solo must be available with band accompaniment. Applications and recordings must be postmarked by Monday, April 1, 2013, and finalists will be notified by Monday, April 15, 2013. Finalists will be invited to a live audition on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:00 noon on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln.

The winner will receive a $400 prize, the opportunity to perform with the Lincoln Municipal Band at the first summer concert on July 7, 2013 at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell at Antelope Park, and recognition in the program. The runner-up will receive a $100 prize and recognition in the program.

For more information, please contact the Lincoln Municipal Band business office at (402) 477-7899 or email lmb@artsincorporated.org. Application forms are available to download at: http://www.artsincorporated.org/lmb/youngartist.asp.

Featuring

2012 John Shildneck Young Artist
Luke Thallas Trombone, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

CALLING ALL PERFORMERS!

The Lincoln Community Foundation Garden Performance Series is now accepting applications for Summer 2013

Lincoln, NE -The Lincoln Community Foundation Garden Performance Series, a 29-year tradition, is preparing for the 2013 series of free summer concerts and seeking a variety of high-quality performances for the public.

Performances will be Wednesdays from 12 noon to 1 p.m., May 1 to August 28 at the Lincoln Community Foundation Garden, 1415 N Street in Lincoln.

Interested performers should send an e-mail with "FGPS interest" in the subject line to nancy@artsincorporated.org. They will then receive an application form to complete and return. Please respond by February 1, 2013.

The series is produced by Arts Incorporated.