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| Press Release: Lincoln Municipal Band Announces its Second Concert of the Season!! (7/2/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lincoln Municipal Band presents “Welcome to Lincoln: Special Olympics Recognition”
Contact:
Lincoln Municipal Band
402-477-7899,
lmb@artsincorporated.org
Join the Lincoln Municipal Band as they continue their 2010 Summer Concert Series on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., with a concert entitled “Welcome to Lincoln.” This concert, in recognition of Lincoln’s role in hosting this year’s Special Olympics, will be conducted by Carolyn Barber and will feature John Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme,” along with local favorites such as “Beautiful Nebraska,” and “Dear Old Nebraska U.” Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy a beautiful evening of music, family, and friends!
The featured guest soloist for the evening will be local trombonist Terry Rush. Mr. Rush will be performing Arthur Pryor’s “Love’s Enchantment,” which is sure to delight audiences young and old.
All Lincoln Municipal Band concerts are held at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park and are FREE and open to the public.
Carolyn A. Barber (Associate Professor/Director of Bands, UNL School of Music) earned a B.M. in horn performance at Northwestern University, an M.M. in horn performance from Yale University, and returned to Northwestern to earn her D.M. in conducting. Prior to her appointment at UNL, Dr. Barber also served as the director of bands at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Apart from her conducting and teaching at UW-L, Dr. Barber also served for five years as the principal horn of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Barber has received numerous awards for musical and academic achievement, including the 2005 Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Distinguished Teaching Award. She has also published in the Journal of Band Research and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band reference series. Dr. Barber maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician. Recently, her conducting schedule has included engagements in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia and New York.
Terry R. Rush is the Instrumental Music Director at Lincoln Southwest High School. Prior to this teaching assignment Terry was the Instrumental Music Director at Lincoln High School for 25 years and was the band director at Pius X High School for five years for his first teaching position. Mr. Rush has been a member of the Lincoln Symphony for 36 years and a member of the Lincoln Municipal Band for 38 years and is currently Assistant Director of that ensemble as well as Assistant Conductor of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. He is a member of the Nebraska Music Educators Association, Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, International Association of Jazz Educators, International Trombone Association and Phi Beta Mu Professional Band Directors Fraternity. His wife, Jacque is the band director at Scott Middle School. Together they have three children
See you at the bandshell!! |
For more information please see the LMB Home Page. |
| Press Release: Lincoln Municipal Band Announces its Opening Concert!! (6/29/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lincoln Municipal Band presents “The Home of the Brave: All American Salute”
Contact:
Lincoln Municipal Band
402-477-7899,
lmb@artsincorporated.org
The Lincoln Municipal Band will kick off its 2010 Summer Concert Series on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., with the patriotic concert entitled “The Home of the Brave.” This All American Salute, conducted by Tony Falcone, will feature a number of American favorites including “National Emblem,” “Chester Overture,” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy a beautiful evening of music, family, and friends!
The Lincoln Municipal Band will also be joined by the 2010 John Shildneck Young Artist Competition winner, trombone soloist Joe Mumm. Joe states "I'm extremely excited to perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Concerto for Trombone and Military Band with the Lincoln Municipal Band in July. It's a tremendous piece that really brings out the virtuosic side of the trombone. The first movement is elegant and valiant, the second sensual and introspective, and the concerto ends in a vibrant march that leaves the listener satisfied and, maybe, even a bit graceful. The orchestration is also really great, and I'm sure the LMB will do a great job with it."
All Lincoln Municipal Band concerts are held at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park and are FREE and open to the public.
Anthony M. Falcone is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Nebraska. His duties include directing the Cornhusker Marching Band, conducting the Symphonic Band, teaching instrumental arranging, and assisting with the administration of all university bands. He is also active in the Percussion Studio, teaching lessons, and conducting the Percussion Ensemble. He has held previous appointments at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri; and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He earned his B.M.Ed. and M.M. degrees from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia where he studied percussion with C. William Rice and conducting with Dr. J. Patrick Rooney. He was also a student of concert artist Leigh Howard Stevens in his intensive Summer Marimba Seminar.
Joe Mumm will be a junior music performance major in the Fall of 2010. He hails from Rapid City, South Dakota where he was active in its musical scene. He has served as the bass trombonist for the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra, the principal trombonist for South Dakota’s 2007 All-State Orchestra, the lead trombonist for several of South Dakota’s All-State Band, All-State Jazz Band, and UNL’s Winter Winds and Percussion festival. In 2007 he received 2nd place in Rapid City’s Young Artist competition and he has been a frequent soloist with Rapid City’s Municipal band. At UNL Joe is active in both the classical and jazz districts of music. Eventually, Joe seeks to make a name for himself in the musical world—possibly as a worldwide soloist, possibly as a front man for a revival of the big band era, perhaps even as an orchestral musician—but only time will tell such outcomes. When not engaged in a musical enterprise of sorts, Joe spends his time either writing, reading, or conversing with close friends.
See you for our opening concert!
Lincoln Municipal Band |
For more information please see the LMB Home Page. |
| Press Release: Lincoln Municipal Band Announces its 2010 Summer Pops Series (6/21/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE LINCOLN MUNICIPAL BAND
ANNOUNCES 2010 SUMMER POPS SERIES
Contact: Lincoln Municipal Band
402-477-7899, lmb@artsincorporated.org
Lincoln, NE — The Lincoln Municipal Band is proud to announce the 2010 Summer Pops Series! Performances are held Sunday evenings in July and August at 7:00 p.m. at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park, Lincoln, Nebraska. Admission is FREE. The Lincoln Municipal Band invites you to bring a picnic dinner, blanket, lawn chairs, and enjoy the beautiful evenings in the park with family and friends! The 2009 summer lineup is packed with some old favorites and new surprises.
July 11 • The Home of the Brave – All American Salute
Conductor: Tony Falcone
Soloist: Winner of the John Shildneck Young
Artist Competition, Joe Mumm, trombone
July 18 • Welcome to Lincoln – Special Olympics Recognition
Conductor: Carolyn Barber
Soloist: Terry Rush, trombone
July 25 • Young at Heart – Classic Cars on Display
Conductor: Bob Krueger
Soloist: Lorrie Beadell, soprano
August 1 • On Broadway – Music from the Stage
Conductor: Bob Krueger
Soloist: Dean Haist, trumpet
August 8 • John Philip Sousa – Marches and More
Conductor: Terry Rush
Soloist: Dawn Pawlewski Krogh, soprano
August 15 • Celebrate the Adventure – Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Birthday
Conductor: Bob Krueger
Soloist: Ric Ricker, horn
August 23 • Salute to the Armed Forces – Appreciating Military Service
Conductor: Bob Krueger
Soloist: Deborah Bouffard, trumpet
Come and join the Lincoln Municipal Band as it continues one of Lincoln’s finest traditions of over one hundred years. The first concerts were held in 1907 at State Fair Park and then moved to Antelope Park in1911. These concerts in the park are the most popular events of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation summer performance series and boast regular crowds of more than 1500 citizens from Lincoln and its surrounding communities.
See you this summer,
Lincoln Municipal Band
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For more information please see the LMB Home Page. |
| Press Release: Register Now for LMBC Summer Dance Camp! (6/19/2010)
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Friends of the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company,
Do you have a young dancer in your life? Have they registered yet for LMBC Summer Dance 2010? Now is the time! LMBC Summer Dance Camp is a 6 day dance experience, July 26-31, where we bring in some the premier, nationally recognized instructors right here to Lincoln.
By attending LMBC Summer Dance Camp you will receive high quality instruction, individualized attention, and connections to the professional and college dance worlds. If you want to improve your technique and learn from some of the nation's best dancers, choreographers, and educators LMBC Summer Dance is the place for you!
To register, download the attached brochure and send in the registration form and deposit before July 1 for "Early Bird Tuition Savings"!
Looking forward to seeing you at Camp!
Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company
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Here is a look at our 2010 Summer Camp Faculty:
Mary Price Boday - Mary Price Boday, Associate Professor at Oklahoma City University is the Founder and past Artistic Director of the Illinois Ballet and director of the Central Illinois Dance School. She has danced professionally with the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre and Leonard Fowler Ballet in New York City, among others. From New York, she moved to Switzerland to dance with the St Gallen Stadt Theatre Ballet and the Zurich Ballet. Mary has taught and choreographed for over 30 years with numerous companies including the Harkness Ballet Company Number Two in New York City, the St Gallen Stadt Theatre Ballet in Switzerland, the Lake Erie Ballet, and the Illinois Ballet.
Rachel Butler - Ms. Butler is currently the director of Huntsville Ballet School as well as ballet mistress for the Huntsville Ballet Company. Ms. Butler trained with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Academy. As a professional dancer, she danced soloist and principal roles with Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet and has been sought after as a guest artist throughout the United States. As ballet mistress Ms. Butler has set Ballet's for New Haven Ballet, and served as assistant ballet mistress of children's roles for Kent Stowell's and Maurice Sendak's world renowned production of The Nutcracker.
Tim Olson - Tim Olson originally hails from Anoka, MN. Dancing since the age of 3, and teaching since 15, Tim has studied various styles of dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary and Hip Hop at Northland School of Dance, Broadway Dance Center, and Steps on Broadway. His achievements include 2004 national teen title at West Coast Dance Explosion, 2005 Tanzsommer Dance Festival in Austria, and top 3 senior male at New York City Dance Alliance. Tim continues to assist for NYCDA touring the country the past two seasons. Tim currently dances with Odyssey Dance Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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For more information please see the LMBC Home Page. |
| Press Release: NJO presents Nebraska Jazz Camp (6/11/2010)
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We are excited for this year's Nebraska Jazz Camp and want to share with you! We hope that you will help let those jazz students among your friends and family know about this terrific educational opportunity this summer.
The Nebraska Jazz Camp is coming up July 19-23, on the Nebraska Wesleyan University campus. With excellent instructors, classes, ensembles, performances and fun off-campus activities, it will be a wonderful experience for music students from 7th grade up through college. See the attached camp flyer for more information or visit our website at www.artsincorporated.org/njo.
You can also find Nebraska Jazz Camp on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nebraska-Jazz-Camp/373341041339?ref=ts
Thank you for sharing Nebraska Jazz Camp with your friends, and please feel free to forward this email to those who may be interested! |
For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company Announces 21st Annual Summer Dance Camp (6/9/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LINCOLN MIDWEST BALLET COMPANY ANNOUNCES 21ST ANNUAL SUMMER DANCE CAMP
JULY 26-JULY 31 2010
Contact: Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company
402-477-8446
lmbc@artsincorporated.org
The Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company will be bringing internationally renowned dancers to teach at the 21st Annual Summer Dance Camp, July 26- July 31, 2010 to be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dancers will learn a varied curriculum that includes ballet, Pointe, variations, jazz, hip-hop, and lyrical. Applications are available by calling (402) 477-8446 or online at artsincorporated.org/lmbc.
Prior dance experience is recommended, but not required. Classes are formed by age with no auditions or placement classes required. The 6-day camp concludes with an informal demonstration on Saturday, July 31. Cost is $400.00 before July 1, and $525.00 after July 1.
"High quality instruction, individualized attention, and connections to the professional and college dance worlds are the strengths of our Summer Dance Camp," says Shari True, Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company artistic director.
2010 Summer Camp Faculty:
Mary Price Boday - Mary Price Boday, Associate Professor at Oklahoma City University is the Founder and past Artistic Director of the Illinois Ballet and director of the Central Illinois Dance School. She has danced professionally with the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre and Leonard Fowler Ballet in New York City, among others. From New York, she moved to Switzerland to dance with the St Gallen Stadt Theatre Ballet and the Zurich Ballet. Mary has taught and choreographed for over 30 years with numerous companies including the Harkness Ballet Company Number Two in New York City, the St Gallen Stadt Theatre Ballet in Switzerland, the Lake Erie Ballet, and the Illinois Ballet.
Rachel Butler - Ms. Butler is currently the director of Huntsville Ballet School as well as ballet mistress for the Huntsville Ballet Company. Ms. Butler trained with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Academy. As a professional dancer, she danced soloist and principal roles with Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet and has been sought after as a guest artist throughout the United States. As ballet mistress Ms. Butler has set Ballet's for New Haven Ballet, and served as assistant ballet mistress of children's roles for Kent Stowell's and Maurice Sendak's world renowned production of The Nutcracker.
Tim Olson - Tim Olson originally hails from Anoka, MN. Dancing since the age of 3, and teaching since 15, Tim has studied various styles of dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary and Hip Hop at Northland School of Dance, Broadway Dance Center, and Steps on Broadway. His achievements include 2004 national teen title at West Coast Dance Explosion, 2005 Tanzsommer Dance Festival in Austria, and top 3 senior male at New York City Dance Alliance. Tim continues to assist for NYCDA touring the country the past two seasons. Tim currently dances with Odyssey Dance Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
For more information please see the LMBC Home Page. |
| Press Release: Season Finale "Nebraska Brass & Friends" featuring percussionist Jami Fristo (5/28/2010)
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Friends of the Nebraska Brass,
Join the Nebraska Brass for the exciting fifth and final concert series of the season, “Nebraska Brass & Friends” featuring percussionist Jami Fristo. Fristo received a B.A. in Music Performance from Hastings College and has played professionally for over 30 years including two years in Los Angeles working as a studio musician and a live performer. “Nebraska Brass & Friends” is sure to delight and inspire audiences with outstanding musicianship and great works for brass quintet. The Nebraska Brass will be performing this concert series in Wahoo, Beatrice, Omaha, and Lincoln.
'Nebraska Brass & Friends' will include selections such as 'Buckaroo Holiday' from Rodeo by Aaron Copland, 'The Wrong Note Rag' by Leonard Bernstein, 'Golligwog’s Cakewalk' by Claude Debussy, 'The Chrysanthemum' by Scott Joplin and 'Do Nothin’ till you hear from me' by Duke Ellington.
Nebraska Brass Concert Information:
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
504 West 8th Street - Wahoo, NE
Sunday, June 6, 2010 - 3:00 pm
St. John’s Lutheran Church
701 North 6th Street - Beatrice, NE
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Presbyterian Church of the Cross
1517 S. 114th Street - Omaha, NE
Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 3:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church
840 South 17th Street - Lincoln, NE
Ticket Information:
Lincoln & Omaha: Adult: $15 - Senior: $12 - Students Free
Wahoo & Beatrice: Adult: $12 - Senior: $10 - Students Free
Tickets are available at the door at each concert or in advance by contacting the Nebraska Brass business office at (402) 477-7899 or nb@artsincorporated.org.
2010-11 Season Brass Passes are now available! You will save over 15% off the door price for next season, and new subscribers get 50% off their order. Brass Passes (five admissions) are available for $50 for Seniors and $65 for Adults. Students are always admitted free to Nebraska Brass concerts. Contact us for more information.
The Nebraska Brass, founded in 1987, includes members Dean Haist, trumpet; Brad Obbink, trumpet; Richard Ricker, French horn; Mark Mendell, trombone; and Ken Kielniarz, tuba. In addition to performing five sets of concerts each season, the Nebraska Brass provides educational outreach to elementary school students through the Nebraska Brass Education & Community Outreach Project.
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| Press Release: Nebraska Jazz Camp on Facebook! (5/20/2010)
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Nebraska Jazz Camp is one of the outstanding educational outreach programs of the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. For nearly a decade, Nebraska Jazz Camp has been the source for a fun and valuable summer jazz experience for Nebraska students.
We invite you to connect with the Nebraska Jazz Camp by liking us on Facebook. We have just posted hundreds of photos from the 2002-2009 camps, and we are excited for all the campers past and present to share their experiences.
This year's Nebraska Jazz Camp is July 19-23, on the Nebraska Wesleyan campus. Please help us make this year's camp a success by finding Nebraska Jazz Camp on Facebook, clicking ""like,"" and suggesting your friends do the same, and please feel free to forward this email to anyone else who may be interested in Nebraska Jazz Camp.
We hope to see you soon on Facebook! |
For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: Lincoln Municipal Band Announces Winner and Runner-up of the 2010 John Shildneck Young Artist Competition (5/20/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LINCOLN MUNICIPAL BAND ANNOUNCES WINNER AND RUNNER-UP OF THE 2010 JOHN SHILDNECK YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
Contact: Cliff Towner, LMB Coordinator; (402) 477-7899, cliff@artsincorporated.org
Lincoln, NE –The Lincoln Municipal Band is pleased to announce the winner and runner-up of the 17th Annual John Shildneck Young Artist Competition. The first place winner, Joe Mumm, trombone, will receive a $400 prize and will perform Rimsky-Korsokov’s concerto for trombone with the Lincoln Municipal Band at the John Shildneck Memorial Bandshell in Antelope Park on Sunday, July 11, 2010, where he will also be recognized in the program. The runner-up this year is Matt Boring, trumpet. Matt will receive a $100 prize and recognition in the July 11th program. This performance will kick off the Summer Concert Series for the Lincoln Municipal Band. The concert starts at 7:00 PM and admission is free. Please join the Lincoln Municipal Band and the citizens of Lincoln and surrounding areas to recognize Joe and Matt for their outstanding accomplishments.
Joe Mumm will be a junior music performance major in the Fall of 2010. He hails from Rapid City, South Dakota where he was active in its musical scene. He has served as the bass trombonist for the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra, the principal trombonist for South Dakota’s 2007 All-State Orchestra, the lead trombonist for several of South Dakota’s All-State Bands, All-State Jazz Band, and UNL’s Winter Winds and Percussion festival. In 2007 he received 2nd place in Rapid City’s Young Artist competition and he has been a frequent soloist with Rapid City’s Municipal Band. At UNL Joe is active in both the classical and jazz districts of music.
Matthew Boring, trumpet, is a Junior Regents Scholar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he is principal trumpet in the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Barber and also participates in Jazz Ensemble 1, the Cornhusker Marching Band, the Scarlet Brass Quintet and the Big Red Express. Matthew’s many musical credits include principal trumpet in the Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute, lead and solo trumpet in the NMEA All-State Jazz Band, lead trumpet in the NJO Young Lions “All Star” Big Band, and principal trumpet in Wesleyan, Hastings, and UNL honor festivals. He has performed under such notable directors as Colonel John Bourgeois, USMC (ret.), Anthony Maiello of George Mason University, Elizabeth Schulze of the Baltimore Symphony, and composer Fred Sturm, to name a few. He has shared the stage with such notable artists as Dave Brubeck, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Herbie Hancock. Matthew has studied privately under Dr. Darryl White, Tom Kelly, and Dennis Schneider, all of Lincoln; and Phil Snedecor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C.
Matthew is also the recipient of a 2010 Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a highly competitive, merit-based national scholarship awarded for graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government, the nonprofit sector or elsewhere in public service. In 2009, he was a lead trumpet with the Blue Devils 13-time World Champion Drum & Bugle Corps, which recorded an undefeated season as well as the second highest score in Drum Corps International history.
The Lincoln Municipal Band is the only professional concert band in Nebraska and has participated in the Nebraska Arts Council Touring Program since 1998. For more information, please contact the Lincoln Municipal Band business office at (402) 477-7899 or email lmb@artsincorporated.org.
Thanks,
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For more information please see the LMB Home Page. |
| Press Release: Nebraska Brass Presents: Nebraska Brass & Friends” (5/7/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 2010
NEBRASKA BRASS PRESENTS: “Nebraska Brass & Friends”
Contact: Nebraska Brass:
(402) 477-7899
nb@artsincorporated.org
Join the Nebraska Brass for the exciting fifth and final concert series of the season, “Nebraska Brass & Friends” featuring percussionist Jami Fristo. Fristo received a B.A. in Music Performance from Hastings College and has played professionally for over 30 years including two years in Los Angeles working as a studio musician and a live performer. “Nebraska Brass & Friends” is sure to delight and inspire audiences with outstanding musicianship and great works for brass quintet. The Nebraska Brass will be performing this concert series in Wahoo, Beatrice, Omaha, and Lincoln.
“Nebraska Brass & Friends” will include selections such as “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo by Aaron Copland, “The Wrong Note Rag” by Leonard Bernstein, “Golligwog’s Cakewalk, by Claude Debussy, “The Chrysanthemum” by Scott Joplin and “Do Nothin’ till you hear from me” by Duke Ellington.
Nebraska Brass Concert Information:
Saturday, June 5, 2010 • 7:30 pm
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
504 West 8th Street • Wahoo, NE
Sunday, June 6, 2010 • 3:00 pm
St. John’s Lutheran Church
701 North 6th Street • Beatrice, NE
Saturday, June 12, 2010 • 7:30 pm
Presbyterian Church of the Cross
1517 S. 114th Street • Omaha, NE
Sunday, June 13, 2010 • 3:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church
840 South 17th Street • Lincoln, NE
Ticket Information:
Lincoln & Omaha: Adult: $15 • Senior: $12 • Students Free
Wahoo & Beatrice: Adult: $12 • Senior: $10 • Students Free
Tickets are available at the door at each concert or in advance by contacting the Nebraska Brass business office at (402) 477-7899 or nb@artsincorporated.org.
The Nebraska Brass, founded in 1987, includes members Dean Haist, trumpet; Brad Obbink, trumpet; Richard Ricker, French horn; Mark Mendell, trombone; and Ken Kielniarz, tuba. In addition to performing five sets of concerts each season, the Nebraska Brass provides educational outreach to elementary school students through the Nebraska Brass Education & Community Outreach Project. |
For more information please see the NB Home Page. |
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