All-State Final Concert

November 18, 2016

Lied Center for Performing Arts

NMEA EXECUTIVE BOARD

Recording/video devices of any kind are NOT permittedat any of the concerts during the Conference

(except NMEA contracted personnel)NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED AT ANY CONCERTS

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Ritter, Columbus

President Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Mount, Blair Community Schools

Immediate Past President . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Zitek, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln

Auditions Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Dugdale, Papillion LaVista South High School

Band Affairs Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Thorpe, Lincoln Public Schools

Choral Affairs Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Johnson, Adams Central High School, Hastings

College/University Affairs Chair . . . . . . . . . .Carolyn Barber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Collegiate Members Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Wetovick, University of Nebraska-Kearney

Elementary/General Music Chair . . . . . Carmen Campbell, Benson West Elementary, Omaha

Membership/Mentoring Programs Chair . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Wilhelm, Norris Middle School

Middle Level/Junior High Affairs Chair . . . . . . . . . . . Chiyo Trauernicht, Blair Middle School

Orchestra Affairs Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Debbie Martinez, Millard North High School

Advocacy/Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Ohlman, Doane University, Crete

Children’s/Middle Level Barbershop Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Welch, Lincoln Public Schools

Exhibits Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheri Helmer-Riensche, Omaha

Historian/Retired Members . . . . . . . . . .Tom Jaworski, Adams Central High School, Hastings

Jazz Band Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Groth, Omaha

Tri-M Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenda Ward, Broken Bow High School

Band Affairs Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Placek, Millard North High School

Collegiate Members Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . Beth Gunderson, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Annette Belitz Peters, Lincoln

Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Patch, Broken Bow

Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christie Ward, Lincoln

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All-State Guest Conductors

NOTICEThe use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited during performances of the NMEA Conference to minimize the distraction to the audience and to control the quality of the recording of the event by professionals. You may check your camera/recording devices at the coat check prior to the performance. Please turn off or suppress electronic devices

including digital watches, pagers, and cellular phones upon entering the seating area.

All-State ChorusRichard Bjella

Director of Choral StudiesTexas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

All-State BandSteven D. Davis

Director of Bands and Wind EnsemblesUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

All-State OrchestraAnthony ElliottProfessor of Cello

University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan

All-State Jazz BandDana Landry

Director of Jazz StudiesUniversity of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

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Jazz Band Program4:30 p.m. ~ November 18, 2016

All-State Jazz BandDana Landry, Conductor

Director of Jazz StudiesUniversity of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

Roger Groth, Omaha, PresidingNMEA Jazz Band Coordinator

“I Thought About You” . . . . by Jimmy Van Heusen- arr . Vern Sielert, Pub; Sierra Music

“Firsts” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Mike Conrad, Pub; NC Jazz Press

“One July Midnight” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Erik Applegate, Pub; UNC Jazz Press

“I Want You Back” . . . . . . . . . by Michael Jackson- arr . John Wasson, Pub; Hal Leonard

“Lambeau Leap” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Fred Sturm, Pub; Sierra Music

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Chorus Program4:30 p.m. ~ November 18, 2016

All-State ChorusRichard Bjella, Conductor

Director of Choral Studies, Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas

Cynthia Murphy, Accompanist

Hastings, Nebraska

Linda Johnson, PresidingNMEA Choral Affairs ChairAdams-Central High School

Domine, ad adjuvandum me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Il Padre G . B . Martini (1706 - 1784)

Too much I once lamented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656)

Come again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

Valgusele (For Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pärt Uusberg (b .1986)

Sicut cervus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)

Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Corlis (b . 1972)

Tchaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sydney Guillaume (b . 1982)

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Band Program7:30 p.m. ~ November 18, 2016

All-State BandSteven D. Davis, Conductor

Director of Bands and Wind Ensembles, University of Missouri - Kansas City,Kansas City, Missouri

Tom Thorpe, PresidingNMEA Band Affairs Chair

ARIA DI CHIESA: PIETA SIGNORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stradella/ tr . Fraschillo Aria di Chiesa: Pieta Signore is a church aria set to music by Alessandro Stradella . Like many arias intended for performance in a church setting, the lyrics deal with repentance and forgiveness .

The Italian lyrics translate to:Have mercy, Lord, on me in my remorse!Lord, have mercy, if my prayer rises to you;do not chastise me in your severity,less harshly, always mercifully, look down on me .Never let me be condemned to hell,in the eternal fire by your severity.

- Program Note by Nikk Pilato

CARMINA BURANA (1937/1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orff (arr . Krance) Orff derived the inspiration and texts for his score from a 13th - century anthology of songs and poems written in medieval Latin, German and French by the “goliards” — the vagrant scholars, vagabond poets and wandering monks of seven hundred years ago. The original manuscript collection was rediscovered in the old monastery, Benediktbeuern, in the Bavarian Alps, by Johan Andreas Schmeller who published it in 1847 under the name Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuern). Containing approximately two hundred songs and poems — both sacred and secular — the manuscript ranged in style and content from earthly simplicity to sophisticated symbolism and mysticism, from devotional religious contemplation to unabashed, almost cynical worldliness. The origin of the poems — some of which were definitely intended for singing — is obscure. However, since the goliards tempered their Christianity with secular beliefs, the subjects with which the poems deal are as evident today as they were when the poems were written. They are frank avowals of the earthly pleasures: eating, drinking, gambling, love - making; the beauty of life and springtime; the irony and cruelty of fortune (then referred to as “Empress of the World,” the ancestor of our own “Lady Luck”). In arranging Carmina Burana for concert band, I have attempted to retain the spirit, feeling and overall character of the original score, at the same time modifying its length to a duration suitable for programming purposes. The work begins and ends depicting the crushing anguish of the victims of fortune’s ruthless wheel (O Fortuna; Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi); the remaining sections are devoted to the joys of spring and nature, the pleasures of the tavern and the gaming table, the delights of love, the irony of Fate.

— Program Note by John Krance

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Orchestra Program7:30 p.m. ~ November 18, 2016

All-State OrchestraAnthony Elliott, Conductor

Professor of Cello, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan

Debbie Martinez, Presiding NMEA Orchestra Affairs Chair

Colas Breugnon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dmitri Kabelevsky How perfect to perform the work of Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987) at a conference of music teachers! Kabalevsky was known for his dedication to the field: he was elected to be the head of the Commission of Musical Esthetic Education of Children in the USSR in 1962 and he was awarded the honorary presidency of the International Society of Music Education. These days we know him most for his energetic and tuneful pieces, the most famous of which are his concertos for violin and cello, the Comedian’s Suite, and the piece you hear today, the overture to his 1937 opera, Colas Breugnon. His traditional compositional techniques are obvious compared to other composers around the world at the time, but as a Soviet composer, his ability to adopt a more daring style would have had limits. Symphony No . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Hansen Nebraskans should be very proud of one of its most famous native sons. Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981), born to Swedish immigrants in Wahoo, left Nebraska to study composition in New York and at Northwestern University in Illinois, where he earned a degree in 1916. Five years later, he won the American Academy’s Rome Prize, a three - year fellowship to study in Rome. When he returned to the US, he was appointed to be the director of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, a position he held for 40 years. During his tenure, Eastman rose from relative obscurity to the position it holds today as one of the most respected music schools in the world. While there he championed of music of many American composers, and as for his own works, he is most known for his seven symphonies, especially No. 2 (nicknamed “Romantic”), and No. 4, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944. Symphony No. 2 was commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony in 1930.

Program Notes by Clark Potter

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Jazz Band Personnel

ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND PERSONNEL(as of November 6, 2016)

SaxophonesSimon Bessmer - Westside - 12Grace Calderon - Westside - 11Noah Goodwin - Papillion La Vista South - 12Zach McCarty - Westside - 12Cole Palensky - Papillion La Vista South - 10

TrumpetsGrant Cole - Grand Island - 10Tyler Douglass - Westside - 12Jonah Kelly - Lincoln Southeast - 12Ashleigh Madsen - Westside - 9Jonah Turner - Millard West - 11 TrombonesLuke Anderson - Lincoln Southeast - 10Spencer Banister - Papillion La Vista South - 11Harrison Grasso - Lincoln Southwest - 12Liam Hughes - Lincoln Southeast - 12

PianoSean Lebita - Lincoln North Star - 11 BassGabe Windham - Omaha Central - 12 Drums Parker Sibley - Lincoln Southeast - 10 GuitarJack Jones - Papillion La Vista South - 12 VibraphoneChris Brady - Millard West - 12

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Chorus Personnel

ALL-STATE CHORUS PERSONNEL(as of November 6, 2016)

Soprano I Hannah Akey - Elkhorn - 10Emily Andrews - Scottsbluff - 11Leah Beran - Millard South - 12Kathryn Bohn - Omaha Central - 12Madison Bosak - Sumner - Eddyville - Miller - 9Melody Boyles - Hastings - 11Alexandra Branton - Millard South - 11Alexa Callahan - Millard West - 11Grace Clawson - Hastings - 12Sophia Coniglio - Millard North - 10Bethany Dart - Bellevue West - 12Madeline Daup - Gothenburg - 10Megan Doehner - Marian High School - 11Shelby Fisher - Scottsbluff - 10Marilla Flynn - Nebraska Christian - 12Shanda Fujan - Oakland - Craig - 12Lauren Gebhardt - Grand Island Northwest - 12Rebecca Gernandt - Elkhorn - 11BriAnna Gregson - Davis - Elkhorn - 12Grace Heldridge - Omaha Duchesne Academy - 12Regan Hennings - Wausa - 12Leah Henriksen - Omaha Central - 12Claire Homan - Kearney Catholic School - 12Beth Hoyt - McCook - 11Jackie Jensen - Papillion La Vista - 11Emma Jesse - Norfolk - 11Whiltley Kleveland - Beatrice - 11Sierra Lancaster - Millard North - 11MaKenna Lindgren - Lincoln East - 11Daisy Maessner - Kearney - 11Maya Mathews - Brownell - Talbot - 12Carin Mellick - Ponca - 11Piper Monson - Lourdes Central Catholic - 10Madison Nannen - Blair - 10Bonita Naughtin - Sutherland Public School - 9Jessie Nelson - Columbus High School - 11Annie Plumb - Papillion La Vista - 12Madison Pressler - Lincoln Southwest - 12Justise Propp - Hastings - 11Hannah Rembert - Hartington Cedar Catholic - 12Kennedy Rittscher - Lincoln Southwest - 11Caityn Royal - Syracuse - Dunbar - Avoca - 12Wendy Saavedra - Omaha Central - 12Kaitlynn Schreiner - Grand Island - 12Margaret Schuerman - Millard West - 12Maddy Stark - Westside - 11Rebekah Sweeney - Pius X - 10Kelly Sylvester - Lincoln Southwest - 10

Samantha Thomas - Westside - 12Andrea Thompson - Kearney - 12Grace Thompson - Omaha Central - 11Abigail Tschetter - Ogallala - 11Stefanie Vanderbeek - Millard West - 12Kaitlyn Vu - Millard West - 12Lilly Weak - Omaha Central – 10

Soprano II Dharian Ahrens - Wynot Public School - 10Sarah Babcock - Millard West - 11Morgan Barner - Wayne - 12Karin Berg - Concordia - 12Justine Blick - Fremont - 12Abigail Bloom - Laurel - Concord - Coleridge - 11Haley Bonge - Omaha Burke - 12Nicole Borcyk - Omaha Burke - 10Kristin Callan - Wahoo - 11Eleanor Carle - Bellevue West - 12Reagan Cisar - Norris - 9Lacee Consbruck - Adams Central - 12Lucy Cordes - Omaha Central - 12Isabel Eberspacher - Friend - 12Jessica Ferguson - Omaha Central - 11Rebecca Fischer - Ord - 11Abigail Fraas - Sidney - 12Emily Gillespie - Omaha Central - 12RuthAnne Hale - Millard South - 10Haley Hatcher - Storm - Millard West - 11Celeste Hellbusch - Lincoln East - 10Lauren Hinton - Lincoln Southwest - 11Amanda Jackson - Omaha Central - 12Mikaela Janis - Scottsbluff - 12Lauren Johnson - Bellevue West - 12Emily Johnson - Papillion La Vista South - 11Lily Kingsley - Hastings - 10Audrey Lausterer - Bellevue West - 12Mary Linscomb - Mead High School - 11Johnna Lowe - Skutt Catholic - 12Ann Magner - York - 11Hannah Miller - Lincoln Southwest - 11Merrill Mitchell - Fremont - 11Abigail Nelson - Pius X - 11Sydnie Niemann - Wayne - 12Lauryn Niemants - Omaha Central - 11Courtney Pelland - North Platte - 12Jocelyn Reyes - Hastings - 12Ashley Robinson - Nebraska City - 11Holly Rockenbach - York - 11Kierra Schmidt - Scottsbluff - 11Holly Schwarting - Bellevue East - 11Camryn Self - Lincoln East - 11

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Chorus Personnel

Alexandria Sunders - Adams Central - 12Emma Thomas - Blair - 12Julianna Thomason - Blair - 12Patricia Triana - Elkhorn - 12Lauren Uhlir - Sidney - 11Anna Wade - Lincoln Southeast - 11Leighton Ware - Lincoln Southwest - 12Vanessa Wergin - Aurora - 11Sarah Wibben - Wayne - 11Emma Wilkinson - North Platte - 12Claire Wolford - Lincoln Southwest - 12Madison Young - Elkhorn - 12 Alto I Madison Allen - Bellevue West - 12Miranda Behrends - Wauneta - Palisade - 12Margeaux Belanger - Gothenburg - 10Emma Bjork - Syracuse - Dunbar - Avoca - 11Sasha Borakove - Lincoln East - 11Bonnie Bouc - Bishop Neumann - 12Jenna Carlson - Blair - 11Ailyn Chaidez - Omaha South - 12Sammy Cope - Millard West - 11Tessa Crew - Lincoln Southwest - 11Alyssa DeLaCruz - Papillion La Vista - 11Natalie Doering - Beatrice - 12Gabrielle Dubas - Hastings - 12Brannon Evans - Millard West - 10Maylee Garcia - Ogallala - 12Eleanor Georgi - Elkhorn - 11Elizabeth Glup - Tekamah - Herman - 11Izekah Goodwin - Omaha Central - 12Olivia Groeteke - Boone Central - 12Nicholle Harstad - Lutheran High Northeast - 11Destiny Hendry - Arlington - 10Sacha Hill - Omaha Central - 12Calista Humphrey - Lincoln Southwest - 12Carly Ingraham - Westside - 12Lexie Jackson - Mitchell - 9Vivian Jacobitz - Westside - 10Lindi Johnson - McCook - 12Jaclyn Kurkowski - Perkins - 11Madeleine Leblanc - Lincoln Southwest - 12Mackenzie Leblanc - Lincoln Southwest - 12Grace Lueders - Blair - 12Alexxis McDade - Bryan - 11Erica McMullen - Syracuse - Dunbar - Avoca - 11Jordan Mescher - Pope John XXIII Central Catholic - 12Payton Murray - Blair - 10Lauren Petersen - Bayard - 12Emma Powell - Millard West - 12

Ellie Powers - Malcolm - 11Maddie Rushing - Lincoln Southwest - 10Katie Rusk - Norfolk - 11Emma Schrick - Blair - 10Emily Shafer - Millard South - 11Maleah Sheets - Tekamah - Herman - 10Reese Simons - Elkhorn - 12Addie Swartzendruber - Heartland - 12Tory Tammen - Crofton - 12Jillian Timperley - Westside - 11Allison Tolliver - McCook - 12Shelby Tourney - Shelton - 12Anna Vaughn - Blair - 11Emily Vonderfecht - Adams Central - 12Aysia Webb - Fremont - 12Sydney Wilson - Minden - 12Michaela Winje - Elkhorn - 12Rachel Wolfe - Hastings - 11 Alto II Grace Althouse - Elmwood - Murdock - 12Rachel Bentz - Ponca - 12Kennedy Berreckman - Cozad - 11Alyah Blake - Crete - 12Abby Cameron - Westside - 11Hannah Canady - Springfield Platteview - 12Linh Chau - North Star - 11Alyssa Crall - Millard North - 12Emma Creamer - Elkhorn - 12Nyadet Dojiok - Omaha Central - 12Corrinne Douglass - Lincoln Southwest - 12Masie Dulitz - Kearney - 11Phoebe Dunbar - Hastings - 12Kalan Ferate - Westside - 12Caitlin Gerdes - Millard West - 12Mary Gregory - Millard South - 11Katelyn Grubb - Springfield Platteview - 10Harley Herman - Scottsbluff - 10Lillian Hoy - Westside - 11Violet Hudson - Lincoln Southwest - 10Ashley Jackson - Mitchell - 11Joanna James - Omaha Christian Academy - 11Alyssa Jarabek - Millard North - 11Carissa Jonak - Grand Island Northwest - 12Belle Kendle - Lincoln East - 11Sophie Keplinger - Millard West - 12Madelynn Knudtson - Blair - 11Karleen Kolar - Central Valley - 12Faith LaVoie - Lincoln Southwest - 12Kerstin Leaf - Lincoln Southeast - 11Kennedy Lewis - Kimball - 11Richele Masin - Ord - 10

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Chorus Personnel

Haley Mazour - Hastings - 11Amanda Most - Ogallala - 11Jaelynn Muhr - Scottsbluff - 11Hannah Nelson - Wausa - 12Brittany Oligmueller - Elkhorn - 12Chase Piper - Westside - 10Emmalee Pommer - Wakefield - 11Madison Reiman - Auburn - 12Alexandra Ryks - Bellevue West - 11Jenna Salerno - Scotus Central Catholic - 12Savannah Santos - Hastings - 11Rose Seeman - Pius X - 12Hannah Seidl - Elkhorn - 10Alyssah Shane - Lincoln East - 12Maria Smal - Elkhorn - 12Laura Snider - Kearney - 11Nicole Solberg - Lincoln Southwest - 10Sadie Stackhouse - Millard South - 11Rose Sullivan - Chase County - 12Alexa Thompson - Lincoln Southeast - 12Zowie Vincent - Papillion La Vista South - 12Josie Vote - Papillion La Vista South - 11Jenny Welsh - Springfield Platteview - 11 Tenor I Austin Adam - Southwest - 9Carter Anderson - Oakland - Craig - 9Anthony Beavers - Shickley - 11Harrison Boe - Norris - 10Wyatt Burgess - Omaha Central - 12Milton Castanon - Grand Island - 12Tyler Clay - Adams Central - 11David Ehrke - Alma - 11Anthony Eigenberg - Adams Central - 12Jason Ezell - North Platte - 11Mitchell Fisher - Grand Island Northwest - 12Micah Friesen - Lincoln East - 10Kenyon Gaar - Perkins County - 11Maurice Garrett - Omaha Central - 12Cooper Graham - Gretna - 11Tyler Harpeneau - Gretna - 11Nick Hodge - Lincoln Southwest - 12Austin Infante - Millard North - 11Javier Jiminez - Scottsbluff - 9Ben Keyes - Springfield Platteview - 12Zach Krichau - Millard North - 10Richard Lebeau - Hastings - 11Makena Lindblad - Adams Central - 9Ben Lohrman - Osceola - 10Raymond Manuel - Millard North - 12Joseph McAuliffe - Skutt Catholic - 10Jonathan Meckel - Lincoln Homeschool - 12

Nate Mitchell - Lincoln Southwest - 11Foster Moon - Lincoln Southwest - 10Keegan Morrow - Norris - 11Jesse Moss - Gordon - Rushville - 11Derek Nelson - Hastings - 12Garrett Osman - Hastings - 12Lukas Oswald - Allen Consolidated - 9Garrett Reese - Pius X - 12Gabe Reiman - Adams Central - 9Aaron Reyes - Lincoln Northeast - 11Kennedy Ronne - Scottsbluff - 9Austin Roth - Allen Consolidated - 12Richard Sanchez - Lincoln Southwest - 11Caleb Sandall - Blair - 11Samir Sedky - Elkhorn - 10Micah Sessions - Omaha North - 11Noah Snurr - Beatrice - 12Andrew Sorensen - Blair - 10Anthony Sprunk - Scotus Central Catholic - 12Zacheus Stewart - Fremont - 12Jonas Turman - Westside - 11Juan Valdovinos - Omaha South High Magnet - 10Nicholas von Rentzell - Gretna - 12Ben Ward - Oakland - Craig - 12Zane Watanabe - Westside - 12William Wetherington - Aurora - 11Evan Wohlers - Millard North - 12Bennett Wright - Elkhorn - 11 Tenor II Tyler Banark - Westside - 11Jedediah Bond - Crete - 11Nathan Bonsall - Kearney - 11Bailey Branson - Mitchell - 12Samuel Bruckner - Wayne - 11Benjamin Bugenhagen - Norfolk Catholic - 9Colton Burpo - Chase County - 12Nolan Dawson - Blair - 10Mark Deleon - Scottsbluff - 12Zachary Dente - Heartland Community - 10Juan Diaz - Fremont - 11Jacob Fee - Elkhorn - 11Taylor Gierhan - Pius X - 12Zachary Hangman - Omaha Central - 11James Hardin - Elkhorn - 12Kaleb Heckens - Millard North - 11Colin Hoatson - Sutherland - 10Eli Hoefer - Beatrice - 12Garret Jackson - Papillion La Vista - 11Benjamin Johnson - Aurora - 12Reeve Johnson - Millard West - 12Kaden Kneifl - Wayne - 10

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Chorus Personnel

Tanner Langemeier - Bishop Neumann - 10Grant Mannschreck - Millard West - 10Lane Mongeon - Milford - 11Haydn Muir - Elkhorn - 12Xavier Nelson - Papillion La Vista - 11Zachary Ochsner - North Platte - 11Kenny Osten - Humphrey - 12Jason Peterson - Papillion La Vista - 12Brady Porter - Southwest - 11Isaiah Pucket - North Platte - 11Greg Ritter - Millard North - 12Christopher Rosenlund - Grand Island NW - 12Zeke Rouse - Conestoga - 12Payton Rusk - Wakefield - 11Sean Ryan - Papillion La Vista - 12Joshua Schmidt - Bellevue East - 12Ben Schuessler - Waverly - 11Taylor Sorenson - Elkhorn - 12John Spilker - Beatrice - 10Nathan Spilker - Beatrice - 12Josh Stallbaumer - Millard West - 11Micah Swedberg - Wallace School Dist . 65 - R - 10Cole Tessendorf - Columbus Lakeview - 12Nicholas Thomas - Lewis - Kimball - 11Justin Thorne - Nebraska City - 12Jonah Turner - Millard West - 11Dylan Tyrrell - Lincoln Southwest - 11Sam Vazzano - Westside - 12Ian Wear - Westside - 12Reilly Williams - Lincoln East - 12Daniel Wilson - Omaha Christian Academy - 10Scott Wright - Boone Central - 10Henry Zander - Lincoln Southeast - 11 Bass I Trenton Allen - Lincoln East - 12Spencer Anderson - Oakland - Craig - 12Turner Anderson - Papillion La Vista South - 10Brett Andreasen - Millard North - 11Devin Bedke - Kearney Catholic - 12Elliot Brummond - Norfolk - 12Nathan Colling - South Sioux City - 12Grant DeFor - Norfolk - 11Garret Drews - Fremont - 11Matthew Duhs - Lincoln East - 10Gabe Eisenmenger - Fremont - 12Matthew Farho - Omaha Central - 12Joseph Gallardo - Lincoln East - 12Tyler Garder - Blair - 12George Gipe - North Platte - 12Matthew Hakel - Lincoln Southwest - 12Ethan Hall - Heartland Community - 12

Christian Hansen - Alma High School - 11William Hastreiter - Elkhorn - 12Rylan Hurd - Gordon - Rushville - 11Rohit Jacob - Elkhorn - 11Haven Kahn - Papillion La Vista South - 9Austin Kelly - Hastings - 12Nathan Kemling - Perkins County - 11Avery Kesar - Concordia - 12Zack Knapp - Crofton - 12Michael Knudsen - Elkhorn - 12Dawson Langholdt - Gretna - 12Spencer Langholdt - Gretna - 11Hayden Lassek - Yutan - 11Justin Leenerts - Papillion La Vista - 11Christian Lichti - Shickley - 12John Lim - Omaha Christian Academy - 10Chuol Lual - Grand Island - 11Aaron Marlatt - Aurora - 12Jacob Mason - Norris - 10Isaac McPhillips - Scotus Central Catholic - 10Ethan Milleson - York - 12Izzy Miranda - South Sioux City - 11Kyle Peterson - Lincoln Southeast - 12Andrew Popelka - Papillion La Vista - 11Trevor Ratzburg - Bellevue East - 12Riley Reisig - Mitchell - 11Gabe Reynoso - Mitchell - 12James Riva - Sidney - 12Alex Rownd - Lincoln Southeast - 12Benjamin Saul - Papillion La Vista South - 12Tim Schreiber - Plattsmouth - 11Noah Shane - Lincoln East - 12Adam Shields - Westside - 11William Stout - Millard North - 11Ben Stuart - Lincoln Southwest - 12Aiden Sweeney - Lincoln East - 11Jacob Wayman - Kearney - 11Jordan Williams - Lincoln Southwest - 12 Bass II Christopher Anderson - Gibbon - 12Brenden Avery - Westside - 12Lucas Barnes - Omaha Christian Academy - 10Nathan Becker - Waverly - 11Luke Bender - Pius X - 12Ryan Bromm - Elkhorn - 11Aiden Busselman - Elkhorn - 12Danny Clanton - Lincoln Southwest - 12Kyle Cunningham - Omaha South High Magnet - 12Christian Deepe - Hampton - 12Leo Dunlap - Creighton Preparatory - 11Dante Farris - Hampton - 12

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Chorus Personnel

Jared Fitzgerald - Omaha Central - 11Ean France Coleman - Lincoln Southwest - 10Dominick Goben - Elkhorn - 10Noah Griffin - Chase County - 11David Grover - Papillion La Vista - 11Adam Hedican - Brownell - Talbot - 12Maxwell Heyden - Omaha Central - 10Justin Hultquist - Elkhorn - 11Eric Johnson - Adams Central - 12Ruchir Khazanchi - Millard North - 12Isaiah Kluver - Elmwood - Murdock - 12Andrew Kresin - Omaha Central - 11Turner Linafelter - Lincoln East - 10Logan Mears - Millard South - 11Matthew Meisenheimer - Hartington - Newcastle - 9Luke Meyer - Lincoln Southwest - 11Regan Monhollon - Norris - 12P .J . Mooney - Creighton Preparatory School - 10Billy Mosher - Scottsbluff - 9Ross Mosier - Aurora - 12Avery Muff - Adams Central - 11Nathan Muilenburg - Aurora - 11Zach Nannen - Blair - 12Jack Osnes - Wayne - 11Garrett Paxton - Elkhorn - 9Dominic Pelini - Norris - 11Danny Petersen - Lincoln Southwest - 11Jonny Quezada - South Sioux City - 11Dalton Rath - Randolph Public - 11Isaac Redding - Wahoo - 11Aaron Redding - Wahoo - 11Patrick Render - Omaha Central - 12Jackson Ronne - Scottsbluff - 11Thomas Schnell - Westside - 12Jacob Schoening - Lincoln East - 12Wyatt Smith - Brownell - Talbot - 12Anthony Sumpter - Papillion La Vista - 11Kyle Trivilino - Westside - 11Joseph Turco - Blair - 10Andrew Voss - Lincoln East - 11Dalton Wirges - Omaha Christian Academy - 12Trevor Wolfe - Kearney - 12Adam Zastrow - Pius X - 12

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Band Personnel

ALL-STATE BAND PERSONNEL(as of November 6, 2016)

Flute Sarah Barta - Bellevue West - 11Riley Bender - Norfolk - 9Tara Brockman - Lincoln East - 12McKenna DeNier - Bellevue West - 12Arden Fechtmeister - Gretna - 11Erica Flores - Millard North - 12Jessica Ha - Lincoln East - 12Anna Johnson - Hastings - 11Skye Kusler - Papillion - La Vista - 10Angela Li - Westside - 9Ruike Liang - Millard North - 9Vincent Lin - Papillion - La Vista - 9Darby Paige Michaud - Papillion La Vista South - 10Samantha Moore - Bellevue East - 11Lauren Qiu - Millard North - 10Emily Tanner - Elkhorn - 10Emma Ulrich - Millard North - 10Cassandra Wilson - Bellevue West - 12 Oboe Elisa Dorsey - Fremont - 12Bryn Groenjes - Elkhorn - 11Chaz Maschman - Waverly - 11Alyssa Soppe - Millard South - 12 Bassoon Ian Allen - Bellevue West - 11Aaron Boone - Papillion - La Vista - 11Stephen Sobota - Blair - 12Alyssa Thompson - Millard West - 11 Clarinet Jessica Alcorn - Fremont - 9Daniel Anderson - Gretna - 9Katherine Anderson - Millard South - 12Catherine Belcher - Bellevue East - 12Ben Bonacci - Fort Calhoun - 11Samantha Byrd - Ogallala - 9Jadyn Cattau - Aurora High School - 11Christian Dahlman - Lincoln Southwest - 10Raelyn DeVries - Ogallala - 12Jacob Earl - Lincoln Southwest - 11Jared Echternach - Bellevue West - 10Hannah Fowler - Blair - 11Ben Franco - Creighton Preparatory - 12Rafael Gutierrez Jr . - Creighton Preparatory - 12Kaitlyn Horst - Gretna - 11Mackenzie Jeppesen - Bennington - 12

Elizabeth Kaffenberger - Elkhorn South - 12Hayli Kent - Lincoln East - 11Jack Krejci - Creighton Preparatory - 10Mackenzi Kugler - Millard West - 11Elley Lawson - Westside - 11Anna Lee - Lincoln Southwest - 12Kayla Martin - Gretna - 10Jack McGowan - Lincoln East - 11Macy Miller - Norris - 12Grace Mortenson - Marian - 12Melanie Nissen - Millard West - 12Reese Pike - Westside - 9Sarah Qualsett - Fremont - 11Abigail Robinson - Norfolk - 12Sarah Schrader - Skutt Catholic - 12Anna Stednitz - Gretna - 9Edgar Torrres - Scottsbluff - 10Cassandra VanOeveren - Gretna - 10Kaitlan Wong - Millard West - 11Haley Wooge - Lincoln Southeast - 11Hannah Wooge - Lincoln Southeast - 11Anita Zhou - Millard West - 11 Bass Clarinet Sheridan Blanco - Gering - 11Kaitlyn Bohlman - Gering - 9Joseph Brady - Gering - 10Eva Gorzkiewicz - Bellevue West - 9Faye Hanes - Bellevue West - 11Jet Paronable - Skutt Catholic - 11Jude Peal - Creighton Preparatory - 12Jaycee Rice - Gering - 12 Alto Saxophone Logan Beck - Millard North - 10Jacob Cahill - North Platte - 10Karissa Goosic - Lincoln Southwest - 10Sydney Holdsworth - Wahoo - 11Tamara Intia - Fremont - 11Anthony Palmesano - Millard West - 11Troy Scheer - Gretna - 11Allison Young - Millard North - 11 Tenor Saxophone Margaret Lashier - Blair - 11Jacob Mann - Gretna - 11Carly Poskochil - Palmyra - 12Hayley Schmidt - Pender - 11

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Band Personnel

Bari Saxophone Cory Bugiel - Blair - 11Connor Paintin - Omaha Central - 10Cassidy Whitney - Lincoln - 11 Trumpet James Berry - Waverly - 11Jackson Brettmann - Fremont - 10Josh Brooks - Hastings - 11Ethan Carlson - Norfolk - 11Megan Douglass - Westside - 10Gracie Fagan - Millard North - 10Michael Feldmann - Papillion La Vista South - 11Adam Flowers - Gering - 9Kyle Fuxa - Creighton Preparatory - 11Emily Green - Alliance - 12Sam Harre - Kearney - 12Cole Hobza - Wayne - 9Elijah Hopkins - Lincoln North Star - 12Samip Karki - Millard West - 11Ben Miller - Omaha Burke - 9Meredith Ollerich - Skutt Catholic - 11Alex Plowman - Bellevue East - 11Jonathan Quiros - Creighton Preparatory - 11Gabi Rock - Omaha Central - 10Jordan Sauer - Creighton Preparatory - 10Bentley Tonniges - Waverly - 11Jacob Wigodsky - Westside - 12Maddy Williams - Elkhorn South - 11 French Horn Tavia Bruxellas - Falls City - 11Samuel Christensen - Elkhorn - 12Brianna Davis - Elkhorn South - 10Robert Delahoyde - Waverly - 12Sarah Ference - Gretna - 10Connor McFayden - Springfield Platteview - 12Caitlin Murphy - Exeter - Milligan - 9Luke Partsch - Lourdes Central Catholic - 9Kayla Pracht - Waverly - 11Tessa Seifried - Elkhorn - 10Kelly Speltz - Bellevue East - 12Noah Welchans - Creighton Preparatory - 11 Trombone Brooke Brewer - Blair - 12Zack Cheek - Elkhorn - 11Austin Collins - Millard West - 11Dalton Elliott - Grand Island Northwest - 12Caleb Geiger - Lee - Millard West - 11Tanner Kalinowski - Bellevue West - 9Charles Maas - Millard North - 11

Dylan Miller - Elkhorn - 10Ethan Morton - Bellevue West - 10Clara Rangel - Millard West - 12Elliot Roth - Blair - 12Kalvin Schreiner - Grand Island - 12Daniel Simerly - Millard West - 12 Baritone Blake Ellis - Creighton Preparatory - 12Tristin Korinek - Lincoln Southeast - 12Aleia Kumm - Osmond - 11Nestor Pelayo - Lincoln Southwest - 12Samuel Polk - Elkhorn South - 12Aidan Posey - Elkhorn South - 12 Tuba Samuel Babe - Plattsmouth - 12Ryan Ehlers - Lincoln - 12Kason Fiedler - Lincoln Southwest - 11Greg Garro - Creighton Preparatory - 11Noah Klemp - Concordia - 12Chuol Lual - Grand Island - 11Patrick Osborn - Gretna - 9Alex Porter - Southwest - 11Lukas Stelzle - Millard West - 11Brandon Unverferth - Raymond Central - 11 Snare Drum Lucas Bogus - Columbus - 12Zachary Clark - Bellevue West - 11Gabriel Codling - Elkhorn South - 12Samantha Lydiatt - Bellevue West - 11Billy Svolos - Omaha Central - 10 Mallet Percussion Courtney Cameron - Elkhorn - 12Luke Esola - Westside - 12Connor Frank - Elkhorn - 12Madison Gulizia - Gretna - 10Gene Mannewitz - Gretna - 9 Timpani Connor Lemke - Elznic - Winside - 12 Piano Cindy France - Westside - 9Jessie Guo - Elkhorn South - 12

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Orchestra Personnel

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL(as of November 6, 2016)

Violin Celia Abolafia - Bellevue East - 11Tate Anderson - Lincoln Home School - 12Nora Barker - Sacred Heart - 12Morgan Bennett - Omaha Central - 12Lindsey Brown - Elkhorn South - 12Mariah Buettner - Grand Island - 12Isaiah Butler - Omaha Central - 12Verenice Castillo - Norfolk - 12Ethan Chen - Millard North - 10Lucy Collins - Lincoln Southeast - 12Marissa Cooley - Lincoln Christian - 9Owen Gong - Millard West - 11Drew Griess - Millard West - 12Hannah Grove - Millard South - 11Rachel Hall - Brownell Talbot - 12Jesse Hansen - Lincoln Home School - 12Alexander Harrison - Omaha Central - 10Ethan Harrison - Omaha Central - 10Caroline Hilgert - Skutt Catholic - 11Ojus Jain - Lincoln East - 12Ryan Jhi - Kearney - 12Kai Johnson - Omaha Burke - 12Kelley Kim - Millard North - 9Laura Lienemann - Omaha Homeschool - 10Jae Hyun Lim - Lincoln Southwest - 11Arjun Maudhoo - Millard West - 11Vishnu Menon - Millard North - 11Shae Monaghan - Millard North - 11Austin Nguyen - Millard North - 11Steven Pruss - Benson - 10Grace Pugh - Lincoln Southeast - 12Sophia Revesz - Lincoln Southeast - 12Johanna Schubert - Lincoln - 10Jamison Sutula - Omaha North High Magnet - 11Anh Tran - Lincoln Northeast - 12George J . Varghese - Millard North - 11Betty Wang - Millard North - 12Renee Wehrle - Millard North - 12Helen Whetstine - Millard North - 12Enya Zhu - Lincoln East - 10 Viola Talitha Armbrust - Omaha Area Youth Orchestras - 11Jacob Cleveland - Omaha North High Magnet - 11Elijah Denton - Lincoln Southwest - 12Grace Dowd - Lincoln Home School - 12Victoria Hartley - Springfield Platteview - 12Cassidy Jones - Millard North - 12

Jason Kim - Millard North - 12Anna Kruse - Lincoln East - 10Maya Langer - Lincoln East - 11Ilana McNamara - Omaha Central - 10Jenna Reynard - Omaha North High Magnet - 11Alyssa Schwinck - Lincoln East - 10Jarod Schwinck - Lincoln East - 11Mya Sears - Lincoln East - 11Addisson Stugart - Millard North - 12Ethan Valencia - Millard West - 9Valeria Whitmore - David City Aquinas - 11Victoria Whitmore - David City Aquinas - 12 Cello Todd Brown - Elkhorn South - 10Julia Haack - Lincoln - 12Andrew Havens - Millard South - 11Ruby Hoffman - Lincoln - 11Emma Jewell - Lincoln East - 11Eric Lesiak - Lincoln - 10Sydney Maddox - Lincoln East - 10Georgia Maly - Lincoln - 10Annika Novotny - Lincoln - 11Trevor Petersen - Omaha Central - 12Andrew Smith - Lincoln East - 12Johnston Smith - Omaha Central - 10Samuel Stanley - Lincoln Southeast - 12Sarah Tindall - South Sioux City - 9Anne Wiltfong - Lincoln Southwest - 11Jamie Youn - Millard North - 10 String Bass Jonah Bennett - Kearney - 12Ellie Broesch - Millard West - 11Shane Clegg - Lincoln East - 12Tariq Douglas - Omaha Central - 9Emily Dresbach - Lincoln East - 10Lilia Fromm - Lincoln - 11Beatrice Hammel - Westside - 11Colin Hedges - Stoops - Benson - 11Molly Johnson - Millard South - 10Adam Kester - Norfolk - 10Caleb Rittscher - Norfolk - 10Erik Strickland - Lincoln East - 11 Flute Katherine Gullett - Bellevue West - 12Marcos Labrado - Bellevue East - 10Rena Li - Millard North - 11Jooeun Song - Lincoln East - 12Jill Tucker - Westside - 11

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Orchestra Personnel

Oboe Aaron DeLay - Millard West - 12Leah Swaney - Bellevue West - 9Shleby Warrick - Lincoln East - 12 Clarinet Ava Bowman - Westside - 12Jenna Hakenewerth - Auburn - 11Mia Hartley - Waverly - 11Megan LeClere - Bellevue West - 12Dayton Linhardt - Gretna - 10Nick Swerczek - Creighton Preparatory - 12 Bassoon William Holke - Gretna - 9Jackson Parks - Elkhorn South - 11Grace Vollmuth - Elkhorn South - 10Evan Wheeler - Lincoln Southwest - 11 French Horn Hannah Birtell - Holdrege - 12Alfred Grenon - Bellevue West - 11Sydney Kimnach - Gretna - 11Grace Leuschen - Palmyra - 10Joshua Lindenberger - North Platte - 12Nicholas McDonald - Millard West - 12Tyler McLaughlin - Yutan - 11Dalin Plog - Millard North - 10 Trumpet Miranda Bowser - Bellevue West - 12Nate Iverson - Millard South - 12Brianna Juma - Millard West - 12Noah Ludwick - Elkhorn South - 12Eliseo Torres - Bellevue West - 11Camron Wren - Papillion - La Vista - 10 Trombone Joshua Begeman - Bellevue West - 12Jonah Bricker - Gretna - 9Jackson Hardin - Millard North - 12Alex Hoffman - Millard West - 10Landon McClintock - Omaha Burke - 12Chris Morse - Lincoln Southeast - 12 Tuba Adam Eddy - Adams Central - 11Nathan Novak - Gretna - 12 Harp Cecilia Walker - Lincoln - 12Corinne Watters - Millard South - 11

Snare Drum Dietrich Hitt - Lincoln - 11Ryan Kimball - Papillion - La Vista - 12Paul Matthews - Creighton Preparatory - 11 Mallet Percussion Kaitlyn Ryan - Gretna - 11 Timpani Keeli Wagner - Lincoln Southeast - 12

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NMEA Hall of Fame

1979 InducteesR . Cedric AndersonIvan CaldwellDonald ChildsB .A . “Bud” JohnsonKenneth JohnsonWalter OlsenArt SchrepelMatthew ShoemakerRobert Yanike

1980 InducteesVernon A . ForbesArthur HarrellDuane E . JohnsonJames M . KingKenneth Molzer

1981 InducteesDonald A . Lentz

1982 InducteesRandall G . McEwenAl RemboldLawrence Romeiser

1983 InducteesOscar “Pop” BennettHarry E . McNees

1984 InducteeAmelia Peterson

1985 InducteesMillard CatesGeorgene DiersRobert E . LeighDuane SchulzJean Stutt

1986 InducteesPaul AustinHarry HolmbergVictor JindraDon JohnsonDorothy Kozak

1987 InducteesJane ChapmanHarvey Snider

1988 InducteesGlenn J . KocaVerle StraatmannMerton Welch

1989 InducteesAlfred R . BlindeLeonard E . PaulsonJack R . SniderPaul R . Swanson

1990 InducteesRussell E . AndersonBettelee Lewis

1991 InducteeEmanuel Wishnow

1992 InducteesAllen BarnardLeo KellyWilliam L . Kelly

1993 InducteesVernon J . ForbesRaymond H . KeltonDuane “Bud” MillerHarold WelchFrancis R . Wilson

1994 InducteesGerald L . BaconDonald GoodrichCarolyn R . LeighMary R . WrightDavid R . Young

1995 InducteesJoe ChapmanCharles HarringtonEarl “Pete” JenkinsRichard “Dick” JorgensenLarry MaupinLouis C . Trzcinski

1996 InducteesJoy Ann MaagRobert OlsenJon I . Peterson

1997 InducteesCornell RunestadDarwyn “Tony” SnyderMarion Thayer

1998 InducteesDuane Forrest BoothL . Dean MaxwellJ . Rodney Wendell

1999 InducteesKenneth E . FoustJoseph L . Slavik

2000 InducteesJ . Earl GreenWilliam A . LynnDwaine Price

2001 InducteesRod SchmidtDon Schumacher

2002 InducteesMorris CollierDean DahlkeBill Rischling

2003 InducteesDavid CecilAlice JohnsonMichael Veak

2004 InducteesJames ElsberryDennis SchneiderWilliam A . Wyman

2005 InducteesJim JohnsonDon Reimer

2006 InducteesJohn MoranWilliam Winkle

2007 InducteesBruce BartelsCheri Helmer - RienscheRita E . Stinner

2008 InducteesGlenn E . NiermanChrista Speed

2009 InducteesGary DavisLinda DonohueWilliam Roehrs

2010 InducteesPatty NiemannJames R . Saker

2011 InducteeDave Klein

2012 InducteeDale D . Duensing

2013 InducteesBryan R . JohnsonBob Maag

2014 InducteeJoyce Patch

2015 InducteeByron Braasch 2016 InducteesTom Jaworski Lance Nielsen

NMEA Presidents

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Arthur Harrell . . . . . . 1937-1940M .H . Shoemaker . . . . . 1941-1944R . Cedric Anderson . . . . . . . .1945Walter Olsen . . . . . . . . 1946-1947Kenneth Johnson . . . . 1948-1949Vernon Forbes . . . . . . . 1950-1951H . Arthur Schrepel . . . 1952-1953Ivan Caldwell . . . . . . . 1954-1955Russell Cummings . . . . . . . . .1956Louis Burkel . . . . . . . . 1957-1959Don Helzer . . . . . . . . . 1960-1961Lawrence Romeiser . . . 1962-1963Duane Schulz . . . . . . . 1964-1965Ron Becker . . . . . . . . . 1966-1967B .A . Johnson . . . . . . . . 1968-1969Robert D . Yanike . . . . 1970-1971Duane E . Johnson . . . . 1972-1973Kenneth Molzer . . . . . . 1974-1975Donald W . Schumacher 1976-1977Randall McEwen . . . . . 1978-1979

Dean Dahlke . . . . . . . . 1980-1981Donald B . Johnson . . . 1982-1983Lyman Anderson . . . . 1984-1985Steve Baker . . . . . . . . . 1986-1987James Saker . . . . . . . . 1988-1989Carolyn Leigh . . . . . . . 1990-1991Gary Davis . . . . . . . . . 1992-1993Jon I . Peterson . . . . . . 1994-1995John H . Kloecker . . . . 1996-1997Brian Anderson . . . . . . 1998-1999Joyce Patch . . . . . . . . . 2000-2001William A . Roehrs . . . . 2002-2003Glenn E . Nierman . . . . 2004-2005Lance Nielsen . . . . . . . 2006-2007Rex Barker . . . . . . . . . 2008-2009Neal Schnoor . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010Rex Barker . . . . . . . . . 2010-2011Judy Bush . . . . . . . . . . 2012-2013Sam Zitek . . . . . . . . . . 2014-2015Fred Ritter . . . . . . . . . 2016-2017

NMEA Succession Of Presidents

NMEA is a state federated unit of NAfME the National Association for Music Education

For today’s students to succeed tomorrow, they need a comprehensive education that includes music taught by exemplary music educators.

Thanks to NMEA’s Gold Member Corporate Sponsors

Doane UniversityHastings College Department of Music

Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityThe ARTS at Midland University

University of Nebraska Kearney Music & Performing ArtsUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music

NMEA Student Music Grants

Donations made byNebraska Music Educators Association

Bettelee Lewis

Dennis L. Schneider

The NMEA music grant fund was established in 1988, with the assistance ofThe Nebraska Music Educators Association (NMEA) and the Nebraska Music Dealers and Exhibitors Association (NMDEA) are co-sponsors of the NMEA/NMDEA Music Grants . In past years, several hundred high school grants have been awarded to outstanding musicians in the NMEA All-State performing ensembles . In 2002, the grant fund was expanded to include grants for student teachers in a Nebraska college or university with an active National Association for Music Education (NAfME) collegiate student chapter . In 2015, the grant was designated solely for student teachers .

Donations – including memoriam donations – can be sent to Annette Belitz Peters, NMEA Executive Director, PO Box 85362, Lincoln, NE 68501 .