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North Iowa Concert Band Director John Klemas

The North Iowa Concert Band, under the direction of John Klemas, will present a Fall Concert on Tuesday, November 25 at 7:30 PM in the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the North Iowa Area Community College campus.

“As we enter our 27th season, I am proud to announce that the band has doubled in size over the last 15 years and has almost tripled its membership since the first concert in 1982.  We have some of the finest student and community musicians involved from all over North Iowa,” Klemas said.

The concert will include great music by some well-known band composers such as H. Owen Reed, E.E. Bagley and Charles Ives.  The evening will be filled with entertainment and a great musical experience.

The program will include:
Circus Band
Charles Ives   

Dancing At Stonehenge
Anthony Suter
   
Variations on “Jerusalem the Golden”
Charles Ives
Brass Sextet:
  Crystal Bell – Trumpet
  Harvey Baker – Trumpet
  Don Lomen – Horn
  Carol Meyer – Horn
  Beth Frenchick – Euphonium
  Brian Stevens – Tuba

Värmland
David N. Miller
Based on the Swedish Folksong “Ack, Värmland, Du Sköna”
  
La Fieasta Mexicana H.
Owen Reed
 Mass
 Prelude and Aztec Dance

National Emblem
E.E. Bagley
   
Members of the North Iowa Concert Band represent communities from all over North Iowa including the towns of Britt, Charles City, Clear Lake, Floyd, Forest City, Garner, Greene, Hampton, Kanawha, Lake Mills, Manly, Marble Rock, Mason City, Nora Springs, Osage, Plymouth, Rockford and Rockwell.  Members include:
Britt: Janel Harms; Charles City: Kate Campbell, Laura Paarmann, Mike Jones and Naomi Bienfang; Clear Lake: Barb Halbach, Brian Bendickson, Dan Djuren, Don Lomen, Donald Thompson, Jeff Griffin, Jess Morton, Jim Larson, Ken Schneider and Richard Winga; Floyd: Eleanor Waid; Forest City: Alicia Klett; Garner: Chelsea Duregger, Chris White and Nathan Boehnke;  Greene: Ann Stark, Kayla Heitland and Lindsay Heitland; Hampton: Amy Holmgaard, Becky Palmer, Brett Ubben and Brian Stevens; Kanawha: Katelyn Trickel; Lake Mills: Caryl Dahn, Franklin Dahn and Kurt Kissinger;  Manly: Amy O’Connell and Sasha Riendl; Marble Rock: Brittany Schrage; Mason City: Aaron Anderson, Abby Ingersoll, Angela Bernier, Beth Frenchick, Bev Brahm, Brett Umthun, Brigitte Nystrom, Carol Meyer, Chad Brunsvold, Chris Bell, Chuck Cooper, Dave Kovarna, David Kropman, Dennis Klemas, Donna Smith, E. Howard Sonksen, Gary Howell, Harvey Baker, Harvey VonWald, Holly Stone, Jake Humburg, Jason Carberry, Jessica Flaherty, Jessica Haag, Jessica Healey, Jil Tell, Jill Dempster, Jon Sime, Josh Foster, Joyce Hanes, Kellie Schultz, Kevin Schultz, Kimber Kleven, Laurel Hain, Liz Kiscaden, Louise Ruschoff, Marissa Barnes, Marques Huesman, Molly Johnson, Nichole Dempsey, Paul Hanson, Paula Schultz, Reed Peterson, Robb Holtz, Sally Slocum, Shavonda Whitmire, Steve VandenBerg and Susan Kovarna; Nora Springs: Scott Birkedal; Osage: Laurie Hoeppner; Plymouth: Jared Barnes; Rockford: Derek Johnson, John Johannsen, Mary Brinkman, Sandra Willman and Tucker Brinkman; and Rockwell: Chris Watt and Jordan Lillibridge.

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. 

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