Event Details

Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 7:30pm

Catherine Cassidy Gallagher Great Hall, GBPAC

UNI Concert Band

Timarie LaFoy and Emma Schmidt-Denner, conductors

with guest conductor
Abby Gaul

(4 Minutes)

Abby Gaul, conductor

(4 Minutes)

Emma Schmidt-Denner, conductor

(6 Minutes)

Timarie LaFoy, conductor

(5 Minutes)

Emma Schmidt-Denner, conductor

(4 Minutes)

Emma Schmidt-Denner, conductor

(4 Minutes)

Timarie LaFoy, conductor

Personnel

UNI CONCERT BAND

Flute: 
Lillyann Aguilera
Aspen Armstrong
Laura Comstock
Cailyn Grabe
Caitlyn Nemecheck
Bethany Peck
Karla Pickar
Annika Poeppe
Emerson Reimer
Sadie Ryan

Clarinet: 
Sadie Blomberg
Tabitha Dalle
Elivia DiTomaso
Lily Ford
Lucy Johnson
Emily Jones
Kylie Lewis
Regan Pietig
Sawyer Reimann

Bass Clarinet: 
Sidnie Clark

Saxophones:
Laiken Geary
Bailey Heath
Greta Herbst
Ethan Hofer
Jackson Loyd
Callan Oelberg
Jacob Picken
Ella Sears
Morgan Sullivan
Jeslyn Voogd

Trumpet: 
Luke Abels
Carmen Bahr
Peyton Borseth
Jaden Eilers
Ian Hanks
Eadie Suhr
Morgan Westphal

Horn: 
Emma Brand
Ellie Matlock
Kristen Rosauer
AJ Shively

Trombone: 
Joseph Ehlers
Lindsey Gerlach
Clint Heger
Ben Hoelker
Celia Lowman
Brendan Millslagle
Riley Ott
Adam Schwertfeger
Jessie Then

Euphonium: 
Finn Coons
Sara Shannon
Easton Steffen

Tuba: 
Madison Bihn
Travis Dodd
Clayton Flattery
Miley Seliquini
Cayman Swartzendruber

Percussion: 
Sydney Adair
Elli Bishop
Noah DeVore
Jenna Gerdes
Paige Steffen
Maddie Webster

About the Program

The Grace in Being ~ Everybody deserves to be what they are meant to be. To be exactly how God made them. This music was composed for all those who struggle with the oppression of this world, a world that has yet to embrace the differences inherent in each of us. Race, religion, sexual orientation, these things and others should never be oppressed. It is sad to think that so many in this world live with this oppression. We should stop dreaming of the day when this oppression is lifted and instead work each day to make it so. We each deserve the Grace to Be. 

Reverberations ~ This explosive short concert fanfare explores various sounds as they echo throughout the ensemble.  Based entirely on a two-note motif, the music makes use of minimalist techniques while adding fanfare themes and an extensive percussion backdrop. The end of the work reverses the direction of the motif as the woodwinds echo each other while the brass present the final powerful statements.

On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason ~ In the early 19th century, the leading composer of hymn tunes was Lowell Mason (1792-1872), whose main activities centered in Boston and New York City. Mason is particularly renowned for having pioneered the introduction of music instruction on a regular basis into the Boston public schools in 1827. He composed or arranged some 1600 hymn tunes and compiled some eighty collections of music. Among the best known of his surviving are ANTIOCH (Joy to the World), AZMON (O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing), BETHANY (Nearer My God to Thee), HAMBURG (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross), and the tune on which this composition is based, the 1832 OLIVET (My Faith Looks Up To Thee).

Mambo Perro Loco ~ Crazy Dog Mambo is an original musical collage of Spanish dance forms including the Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, the Flaminco,  the Fandango and various classical and folk dance styles all set in ¾ time. Traditional percussion instrumentation including the Frog Rasp and optional accordion further enhance the works ethnic color and rhythmic drive. Only a crazy dog could dance to this and get away with it.