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Dr. Michael Golemo

The North Iowa Concert Band, under the direction of Mr. John Klemas, will present a Spring Concert on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 PM in the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the campus of North Iowa Area Community College.

As a very special feature of this Spring Concert there will also be a performance by the Iowa State University Wind Ensemble under the direction of their conductor, Dr. Michael Golemo.

The ISU Wind Ensemble features sixty of the finest student wind and percussion players on the Iowa State campus.  Its repertory includes challenging music from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, from smaller chamber groups to the full ensemble.  The Wind Ensemble regularly commissions new works and often features renowned guest conductors and soloists, including Simon Estes, Timothy Reynish, Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, and Leigh Howard Stevens.  The have performed for the College Band Directors National Association North Division convention and numerous times for the Iowa Bandmasters Association convention.  Under the direction of Michael Golemo, the Wind Ensemble has performed in Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and Omaha's Holland Center for the Performing Arts.  The Wind Ensemble has toured Europe three times (2003, 2005, 2007), with performances in Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Brussels and Stüttgart.  The group recently received an invitation from the Russian Ministry of Culture and Cinematography to perform in St. Petersburg in March 2009.

Michael Golemo is the director of bands and chair of the department of music at Iowa State University.  A native of Chicago, he received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University where he studied conducting with John Paynter and saxophone with Frederick Hemke.  He completed his doctorate in wind conducting at Michigan State University under Kenneth Bloomquist and John Whitwell.  He previously served as assistant director of Bands at The University of Akron (OH), and prior to that as director of bands at Albion College (MI).  Earlier this month, Dr. Golemo was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.

Members of the North Iowa Concert Band represent communities from all over North Iowa including the towns of Britt, Charles City, Clear Lake, Fairbank, Floyd, Forest City, Garner, Greene, Hampton, Kanawha, Lake Mills, Manly, Marble Rock, Mason City, McIntire, New Hampton, Nora Springs, Osage, Riceville, Rockford, Rockwell, St. Ansgar, Stacyville, Sumner and Owatonna, MN.

Tickets for the performance are $3 for adults and can be obtained at the NIACC Business Office (641) 422-4188.  Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the concert.  All students will receive free admission.  There will be a reception in the Muse-Norris Conference Center following the concert. 

North Iowa Concert Band Program, John Klemas - Conductor
“Lauds (Praise High Day)”, Ron Nelson;  “Down A Country Lane”, Aaron Copland, Transcribed for band by Merlin Patterson;  “American Riversongs (A Folksong Setting for Band)”, Pierre La Plante;  “Sleep”, Eric Whitacre;  “Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2”, Gustav Holst, I. March, II. Song without Words “I’ll love my love”, III. Song of the Blacksmith, IV. Fantasia on the “Dargason”  

North Iowa Concert Band Personnel
Flute:  Tammy Aberson, Clear Lake; Chelsea Duregger, Garner; Alicia Kozak, Stacyville; Laura Paarmann, Charles City; Sasha Reindl,  Manly; Amy Schilling, New Hampton;  Oboe: Kimber Kleven, Mason City;  Clarinet: Marissa Barnes, Mason City; Naomi Bienfang, Charles City; Amber Colby,  Owatonna,MN; Caryl Dahn, Lake Mills; Jill Dempster, Mason City; Laurel Hain, Mason City; Jessica Healey, Mason City; Amy Holmgaard, Hampton; Gary Howell, Mason City; Abby Ingersoll, Mason City; Ann Kostelnick, Mason City; Jim Larson, Clear Lake; Becky Palmer, Hampton; Louise Ruschoff, Mason City; Donna Smith, Mason City; Harvey Von Wald, Mason City; Sandra Willman, Rockford; Richard Winga, Clear Lake;  Bass Clarinet: Ashley Stone, Mason City; Ben Thompson, Mason City; Bassoon: Laurie Hoeppner, Osage; Susan Kovarna, Mason City;  Alto Saxophone: Janel Harms, Britt; Kayla Heitland, Greene;  Brittany Schrage, Marble Rock; E. Howard Sonksen, Mason City; Tenor Saxophone: Brian Bendickson, Clear Lake; Tyler Meyer, Sumner;  Baritone Saxophone: Paul Norris, Mason City; Ken Schneider, Clear Lake;  Trumpet: Harvey Baker, Mason City; Chris Bell, Mason City; Becky Dahn, Lake Mills; Robb Holtz, Greene; Mike Jones, Charles City; Dennis Klemas, Mason City; David Kropman, Mason City; Melissa McCarthy, McIntire; Sarah Olson, Riceville; Aaron Phillips, Clear Lake; Bethany Pint, Fairbank;  Lissa Pohlman, Mason City; Ann Stark, Greene; Katelyn Trickel, Kanawha; Chris Watt, Rockwell;  Horn: Kate Campbell, Charles City; Josh Foster, Mason City; Barb Halbach, Mason City; Abby Kissinger, Lake Mills; Don Lomen, Clear Lake; Carol Meyer, Mason City; Amy O'Connell, Manly; Kellie Schultz, Mason City; Eleanor Waid, Floyd;  Trombone: Chad Brunsvold, Mason City; Reid Clagett, St. Ansgar; Ryan Dee, Clear Lake; Paul Hanson, Mason City; John Johannsen, Rockford; David Kovarna, Mason City; Jordan Lillibridge, Rockwell; John Paul Meyer, Mason City; Reed Peterson, Mason City; Kevin Schultz, Mason City; Jon Sime, Mason City; Steve VandenBerg, Mason City;  Euphonium: Chuck Cooper, Mason City; Frank Dahn, Lake Mills; Beth Frenchick, Mason City; Matt Risting, Mason City;  Tuba: Dan Djuren, Clear Lake; Kurt Kissinger, Lake Mills; Tristan Lund, Forest City; Brian Stevens, Hampton; Brent Ubben, Hampton;  String Bass: Derek Johnson, Rockford;  Percussion: Aaron Anderson, Mason City; Jared Barnes, Mason City; Scott Birkedal, Nora Springs; Jason Carberry, Mason City; Adam Grayson, Mason City; Joyce Hanes, Mason City; Derek Johnson, Rockford.

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