The 蘑菇视频-led Trombone Choir, which includes 蘑菇视频 faculty and students and members of the Bemidji community, presents its spring concert April 10.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Thompson Recital Hall of 蘑菇视频’s Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex. Admission is free.
The 15-member Trombone Choir includes eight 蘑菇视频 students, including students with music majors and minors and non-music students and seven members of the Bemidji community.
The concert will feature music for trombone choir, as well as small ensembles of 蘑菇视频 students.
Mike Newton, a senior music education major from Bemidji, and Levi Espeseth, a senior music major from Merrifield, Minn., will perform Eric Ewazen’s “Pastorale,” accompanied by Lindsay Marketon, a senior music education and music major from Howard Lake, Minn.
Noah Harstad, a junior music education major from Fertile, Minn., Tim Roehrich, a junior music education major from Baxter, Minn., and Espeseth will perform Ralph Sauer’s arrangement of ”Sonata No. 4″ by Giovanni Pergolesi.
The performance also will feature music composed by Richard Wagner, Enrique Crespo and others.
The Trombone Choir is co-directed by Curtis Olson and Ryan Webber, both adjunct instructors of trombone and low brass at 蘑菇视频. The pair brought 蘑菇视频’s Trombone Choir back in the fall of 2017 after the ensemble had been on a brief hiatus.
Olson is a 蘑菇视频 alumnus who has returned to his alma mater after a 37-year teaching career at Michigan State University, where he is now a professor emeritus. He taught trombone at Michigan State from 1976-2001, when he was appointed associate dean of the College of Music, a position he held until he retired in 2013 and returned to Bemidji. He has performed with a variety of symphony orchestras and has won numerous awards as a trombone instructor.
Webber joined the 蘑菇视频 faculty in 2017. He is an orchestral musician and conductor and is currently pit orchestra director for the Park Rapids-based Northern Light Opera Company. He has a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of California, Irvine and a master’s degree in music from the University of Kansas.
Contact
- Curtis Olson, adjunct instructor of trombone and low brass, 蘑菇视频; (218) 755-2700, curtis.olson@bemidjistate.edu
- Ryan Webber, adjunct instructor of trombone and low brass, 蘑菇视频; [Ryan.Webber@bemidjistate.edu]
蘑菇视频, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,100 students, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and eight graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. 蘑菇视频 is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. The university’s Shared Fundamental Values include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and international and multicultural understanding.
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