Event Details

Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 7:30pm

Bengtson Auditorium

 Josh Hakanson, drum set

January 28, 2026
7:30 p.m., Bengtson Auditorium

Opus 43
Harold Battiste (1931-2015)
Without a Song 
Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), arr. Josh Hakanson
Slippery Slope 
Josh Hakanson (b. 1983)
Bulletproof… I Wish I Was 
Radiohead, arr. Doug Detrick (b. 1983) and Josh Hakanson
Turnaround 
Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)
Cha 
Jim Black (b. 1967), arr. Josh Hakanson
Brilliant Corners  
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), arr. Joe Manis, Jordan Glenn, Josh Hakanson
Armageddon  
Wayne Shorter (1933-2023), arr. Josh Hakanson

 

Personnel

Michael Conrad, piano

Simon Harding, saxophone, clarinet

Sean Kiefer, trumpet

Chris Merz, saxophones

Luke Sanders, guitar

Anthony Williams, trombone

Will Yager, double bass

About the Artists

Josh Hakanson is a musician and educator based in Cedar Falls, IA. On drum set, Hakanson has played professionally in the Pacific Northwest and US Midwest in a range of musical styles, encompassing jazz, rock, hip-hop, latin and fusion. As a student and professional performer, he has had the privilege to share the stage with such musicians as Bobby Shew, Adam Kolker, Luis Bonilla, John Fedchock, Jennifer Wharton, Benny Green, John Wojciechowski, Steve Owen, Idit Shner, Joe Manis, and many others. As an educator, he has taught private lessons to all ages, coached large and small jazz ensembles at the collegiate and high school levels, lectured in music theory and history courses, conducted the Wartburg Percussion Ensemble, and served as a clinician for middle and high school jazz bands. He is currently a member of the music faculty at the University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA) and Wartburg College (Waverly, IA).