606 Students Set to Perform at UNK’s Annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic

KEARNEY – Students from 95 high schools in Nebraska will participate in the annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

The Jan. 29 event includes 606 high school music students who will work with UNK faculty and guest instructors before performing two public concerts at UNK’s Health and Sports Center. The 5:30 p.m. performance will feature the UNK Wind Ensemble along with the festival and honor bands. The 7 p.m. concert will showcase the UNK Choraleers along with the treble, festival, and honor choirs.

Tickets, which include admission to both concerts, are $3 and go on sale at 4:45 p.m. that day at the Health and Sports Center. Participants and preschool children are admitted at no cost.

The UNK Honor Band and Choral Clinic includes high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors selected through auditions.

Local students include:

Anselmo-Merna: Aaron Bartak, Sadie Stewart, Shayleigh Coleman.

Arcadia: Colin Rice

Broken Bow: Addisen Loughran, Anna Chancellor, Anna Russell, AbbaBeth Fama, Ashet Jensen, Cassie Rafael, Chayse Kaelin, Derrick Teichmeier, Ella Williams, Emma Olson, Julia Fama, Katie Olson, Maggie Smith, Rachel Simmons, Zeph Fowler.

Clinicians/conductors for the event are:

• Honor Band – Richard Mayne, University of Northern Colorado professor emeritus
• Festival Band – Duane Bierman, UNK professor of music and director of bands
• Honor Choir – Jessie LaBrie, Grand Island Senior High School choir director
• Treble Choir – Clayton Moyer, Kearney High School choir director
• Festival Choir – Christian Yost, Hastings High School choir director