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Concert BandLuther College

Joan deAlbuquerque, conductor / directoraLynne Postudensek Hart, soloist / solista

2017 SPAIN TOUR

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JOAN deALBUQUERQUE, CONDUCTOR / DIRECTORA

Joan deAlbuquerque empezó como directora de las bandas de Luther College en 2011. Dirige Luther College Concert Band, Wind and Percussion Ensemble y Varsity Band. Antes de trabajar en Luther College, fue subdirectora de bandas

de California State University, Long Beach y directora interina de bandas de Adams State College en Alamosa, Colorado. Además, fue directora de bandas de Pinckney Hich School en Michigan, donde dirigió la banda y enseñó clases de música en la escuela primaria y la secundaria.

LYNNE POSTUDENSEK HART, SOLOIST / SOLOISTA

Saxophonist Lynne Postudensek Hart has been on faculty at Luther College since 2012. Postudensek Hart has extensive performing experience, which includes touring Broadway shows, most recently West Side Story, Porgy and Bess,

Motown, Pippin, Kinky Boots, Beautiful, and La Cage aux Folles. She has played in backup bands for Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, the Temptations, and Sachel Vasandani among other major acts, and with jazz luminaries including Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, and Buddy DeFranco.

Postudensek Hart earned a bachelor of music degree in theory and composition from the University of Minnesota Duluth. She earned a master of fine arts degree in woodwind performance and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. Postudensek Hart currently resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with her husband, Peter, and their children, Stella and Roland. They all play saxophone.

Joan deAlbuquerque was appointed director of bands at Luther College in 2011. She conducts the Luther College Concert Band, Wind and Percussion Ensemble, and Varsity Band. Prior to joining the faculty at Luther College, she served as the associate director of bands at California State University, Long Beach and as interim director of bands at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. An experienced public school teacher, deAlbuquerque was director of bands at Pinckney High School in Michigan, where she led the wind symphony and marching band in addition to teaching instrumental and general music at the elementary and middle school levels.

She earned a doctor of music arts degree in wind conducting from the University of North Texas as a student of Eugene Migliaro Corporon, and holds a master of music degree in wind conducting from Michigan State University, where she studied with John Whitwell. A graduate of Macomb Community College, deAlbuqerque earned a bachelor of music education degree from Michigan State University.

As a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, deAlbuquerque has worked with middle school and high school bands throughout the Midwest, western United States, and Israel. She has presented clinics and workshops for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) and Tau Beta Sigma, and has conducted at conferences for the SCSBOA, California Band Directors Association, College Band Directors National Association national conference (CBDNA), the Music Educators National Conference, and the Iowa Bandmasters Association (IBA).

A regular contributor to the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, published by GIA Publications, deAlbuquerque has also written for the Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Bet Sigma publication The Podium. She is on the board of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association as the college affairs representative and is a member of IBA, CBDNA, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tau Beta Sigma. From 2008 to 2011, she was on the national board of Tau Beta Sigma as vice president of professional relations.

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To be selected from the following:

Flaher (2016)Ben Lee (b.1978)

Big Four on the River (2014)James David (b. 1978)

Summon the Heroes (1996)John Williams (b.1932)arr. Paul Lavendar

High Flight (2009)Joseph Turrin (b. 1947)

Resplendent Glory (2007)Rossano Galante (b. 1967)

Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone (2011)André Waignein (1942–2015)

Candide Suite (1993)Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)adapt. Clare Grundman

Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (1978)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)arr. James Croft

Stars and Stripes (1896)John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)

SPRING 2017 PERFORMANCES

Monday, May 22Aurora, Illinois

Tour of Spain

Friday, May 26Getafe

Saturday, May 27Cullera

Sunday, May 28Buñol

Wednesday, May 31Puerto de Santa Maria

Thursday, June 1Úbeda

Getafe

Buñol

Cullera

Úbeda

Puerto de Santa Maria

Program

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LUTHER DORIAN FESTIVALS AND SUMMER PROGRAMSLuther College hosts hundreds of middle and high school student musicians at seven annual Dorian Festivals and Summer Programs. Participants receive private instruction, ensemble coaching, and performance opportunities in Luther’s Noble Recital Hall and Center for Faith and Life.

Dorian Middle School Summer CampJune 11–17, 2017

Dorian High School Summer CampJune 18–24, 2017

Dorian Keyboard FestivalNov. 10–12, 2017

Dorian Vocal FestivalJan. 13–15, 2018

Dorian Orchestra FestivalFeb. 11–12, 2018

Dorian Band FestivalMarch 4–5, 2018

Dorian Choral Invitational FestivalApril 10, 2018

For information, contactKayla Scholl, coordinatorDorian Music Festivals and Camps, Luther College(563) 387-1389schoka02@luther.edudorian.luther.edu

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Concert Band Personnel

Piccolo / FlautínMarta Williams, Woodbury, Minn.

biology

Flute / Flauta*Rebekah Leafblad, Spring Grove, Minn.

religion and mathematics, French minorRachel Schwabenbauer, La Crosse, Wis.

music, K–12 music education minorErin Haefner, Byron, Minn.

musicBrenna Sherman, Rochester, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minor

Oboe / Oboe*Rebecca Keller, Brighton, Colo.

musicErin Steward, Fond du Lac, Wis.

French, religion minor+Kierra Blackstad, Lakeville, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minor

English Horn / Corno Inglés+Kierra Blackstad, Lakeville, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minor

Eb Clarinet / RequintoAnna Beamsley, Joliet, Ill.

psychology

Clarinet / Clarinete*Ches Craig, Maquoketa, Iowa

musicJoel Denney, Byron, Minn.

biology, chemistry minorElisabeth Hartmark, Minneapolis, Minn.

music and classicsSamantha Rabang, West Des Moines, Iowa

music and psychologyShannon Meehan, Gurnee, Ill.

biology and environmental studiesCasey Shaw, Spencer, Wis.

music, management minorKendra Peterson, Vinton, Iowa

music and managementLily Zarecky, Colo. Springs, Colo.

English, 5–12 secondary education minorMichael Brehmer, Rosemount, Minn.

mathematicsElise Heiser, Johnsburg, Ill.

nursingTyler Zeimet, Davenport, Iowa

psychology, linguistics minor

Alto Clarinet / Clarinete AltoJoel Denney, Byron, Minn.

biology, chemistry minor

Bass Clarinet / Clarinet Bajo*Jonathan Baccam, Andover, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minorIsaac Heins, Mantorville, Minn.

English, 5–12 secondary education and communication studies minors

Contra Alto ClarinetIsaac Heins, Mantorville, Minn.

English, 5–12 secondary education and communication studies minors

Bassoon / Fagot*Timothy Radermacher, Plymouth, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minorBriana McGrane, Plymouth, Minn.

music, K–12 music education minorJacqueline Congello, Mason City, Iowa

sociology

Alto Saxophone / Saxofón Alto*Hunter Prueger, Ames, Iowa

musicSara Byom, Ettrick, Wis.

music, K–12 music education minor

Tenor Saxophone / Saxofón TenorDavid Blackstad, Lakeville, Minn. music

Baritone Saxophone / Saxofón BarítonoLizzie Primmer, La Farge, Wis.

music, mathematics, K–12 music education and 5–12 secondary education minors

Trumpet / Trompeta*Ryan Ehrhardt, Cedar Falls, Iowa

music, computer science minorSarah Lodge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

music, management minor+Liam Fraser, Urbandale, Iowa

environmental studies, psychology minorCurtis Cook, Urbandale, Iowa

communications studies, music minorBen Davidson, Onalaska, Wis.

physics, mathematics minorTyler Conzett, Galena, Ill.

computer science and musicChloe Beck, Maple Plain, Minn.

data scienceMadison Ihde, Decorah, Iowa

music, K–12 music education

Horn / Trompa*Elyse Grothaus, Oconomowoc, Wis.

elementary educationLuke Berkley, Owatonna, Minn.

musicAlex Carpenter, Appleton, Wis.

biology, music minorNathan Fippinger

music, women and gender studiesMichael Streyle, Rochester, Minn.

data science

J.J. Schrick, Moline, Ill.music

Emily Stifter, River Falls, Wis.music and French

Amani Christenson, St. Paul, Minn.music, K–12 music education minor

Trombone / Trombón*Christopher Lange-Pearson, Rochester, Minn.

music and philosophyTim Sloneker, Minneapolis, Minn.

environmental studies and Nordic studiesLillian Brondyke, Dubuque, Iowa

biology, chemistry minorDaniel Melaas-Swanson, Port Byron, Ill.

music, K–12 music education minor

Bass Trombone / Trombón BajoMason Donnohue, Eagan, Minn.

computer science, music minor

Euphonium / Bombardino*Ben Ostrem, Montezuma, Iowa

musicEthan Harris, Waunakee, Wis.

music, K–12 music education minor

Tuba / Tuba+*Elena Zarecky, Colorado Springs, Colo.

music, K–12 music education minorNoah Reisdorff, Gretna, Neb.

music

Percussion / Instrumentos de Percusión+*Sylvia Kaare, Eden Prairie, Minn.

music, K–12 music education and classical studies minorsLinnea Baas, Elkhorn, Wis.

psychologyTad Guy, Urbandale, Iowa

psychology and managementSam Kottke, Wayzata, Minn.

English and religion, 5–12 secondary education minorIsaac Highum, Waterville, Minn.

biologyThomas Perkins, Kenosha, Wis.

undeclared

Harp / ArpaElizabeth Bolthouse, Palatine, Ill.

undeclared

Piano / PianoLinnea Baas, Elkhorn, Wis.

psychologySamantha Rabang, West Des Moines, Iowa

music and psychology

* principal / solista+ officer / directivo

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The Luther College Concert Band was formed in 1878, laying the foundation for what would become the college’s long-standing tradition of musical ex-cellence. Directed by Joan deAlbuquerque, Concert Band is now one of the oldest touring organizations in the nation and ranks among the country’s outstanding undergraduate college bands.

From its beginnings as a student-directed brass and per-cussion ensemble formed with instruments from a discon-tinued community band, Concert Band rose to its current position of prestige with deAlbuquerque through the influ-ential directorships of Carlo Sperati (1905–1943), Weston Noble (1948–1973), and Frederick Nyline (1973–2011).

The ensemble is rich in tradition, most apparent through the inclusion of the selections “Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just” and “Stars and Stripes Forever” at the end of almost every concert. Throughout its long history, Concert Band has enjoyed unrivaled performance opportunities in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The en-semble tours every year, with international travel every four years. In 2013 the band traveled to Iceland and Norway, and this year Concert Band heads to Spain.

Luther College Concert Band se formó en 1878 y cimentó las bases de las tradiciones musicales de la universidad. Dirigida por Joan deAlbuquerque, Concert Band hoy es una de las bandas en gira más vie-jas en los EEUU, y una de las más espectaculares a nivel universitario.

Empezó como una banda dirigida por estudiantes, pero ganó mucho prestigio debido a los directores influyentes Carlo Sperati (1905–1943), Weston Noble (1948–1973), y Frederick Nyline (1973–2011).

El conjunto tiene muchas tradiciones ricas, como la inclu-sión de las piezas Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just y Stars and Stripes Forever al final de casi cada concierto. La banda ha tenido muchas oportunidades para tocar en los EEUU, Europa y Japón. Hacen una gira cada año, y cada cuatro años hacen un viaje internacional. En 2013 la banda viajó a Noruega y Islandia, y este año va a España.

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Music at Luther

Martin Luther—our namesake—believed music to be “one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.” For more than 130 years, Luther students have been sharing this marvelous gift with audiences across the country and around the globe.

Music is much more than a gift, though. It’s an integral part of the community of faith and the community of learning on campus. The arts are fundamental to the liberal arts experience at Luther; they help to define what it means to be human. Here, creative scholarship, personal growth, worship, and social relations merge to create an under-standing of the wholeness of life.

The vibrancy of Luther’s music program is rooted in a bal-ance between the academic rigor of our acclaimed music major and the numerous opportunities for study and per-formance by students from all disciplines across campus.

The Luther campus is alive with the sounds of six choirs, three bands, three orchestras, two jazz bands, and nearly 1,000 student musicians. Our students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons, and master classes. More than 300 music majors study music theory/ear training, history, education, jazz, composition, church music, and performance.

For more information about Luther’s music program, visit the Luther College music website, music.luther.edu.

Luther CollegeFounded in 1861 by Norwegian immigrants, Luther College provides its 2,150 students with a classic liberal arts education.

Luther offers more than 60 majors and preprofessional and certificate programs leading to the bachelor of arts degree. The college’s strong academic program includes internships, professional semesters, and extensive study-abroad opportunities. Dedicated and talented faculty help Luther students develop solid research, writing, and critical-thinking skills, while the close-knit community im-bues its members with a service ethic.

The Phi Beta Kappa college is bolstered by its Lutheran foundation, celebrated for its vibrant music and arts tradi-tion, and enriched by its strong athletic program.

More than 60 dedicated and distinguished faculty teach in Luther’s music department (we use no teaching assistants).

Music/arts performance venues include the Center for Faith and Life, with a 1,600-seat main hall (above) and a 200-seat recital hall; Jenson-Noble Hall of Music, with a 325-seat recital hall; Center for the Arts, with a 225-seat black-box theatre.

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