Woodwind Day is Nov. 2 at 91ÇÑ×Ó
High school students from a wide area are expected to attend the fifth Woodwind Day at 91ÇÑ×Ó State College on Thursday, Nov. 2. The program will be in Memorial Hall.
The event is being hosted by 91ÇÑ×Ó woodwind students and is coordinated by Carola Winkle, director of the woodwinds program at the college.
Five clinicians will open the day with a recital at 9 a.m. They also will give small-group clinics at 11:15
The clinicians are Todd Kahler, Sundance, Wyo., on flute; Nancy Olney, Rapid City, S.D., on oboe; Dave Martinson, Sturgis, S.D., on saxophone; Richard Turner, Casper, Wyo., on bassoon; and Winkle on clarinet.
Also featured during the day will be three of the top clarinet performers at 91ÇÑ×Ó State in recent years. They are 91ÇÑ×Ó graduates Laura Empson and Malinda Sprentall Linegar, both of 91ÇÑ×Ó, and senior Shannon Yetter of Sutherland.
Several 91ÇÑ×Ó woodwind ensembles will present a free concert at 1 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Included will be clarinet quartet that has been selected to perform at the North Central Music Educators Conference/Nebraska Music Educators Conference in Lincoln in November.
Woodwind Day will conclude with a concert involving all the visiting high school musicians at 2:45 p.m. Winkle will direct the concert as it performs selections from “Ten Masterworks” by William Pelz.
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