...performSeven Forestview Middle School students and two Brainerd South Campus students, selected by the Minnesota Band Directors Association for the state honor band, to perform April 20 for an all day rehearsal followed by a concert at 2 p...
...Smith were selected for membership in the Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA) ninth-10th Grade Honor Band...and then perform a concert at 2 p.m. on April 21.Band director Jessica Moats said, "I am so proud of all the hard...
...Smithsonian, the new Martin Luther King Memorial, Ford Theater, and the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. WDC band director Lisa Weniger and choir director Mike Ortmann extended their appreciation to parents, the community and friends of...
...Why the euphonium: "In fifth grade, I wanted to play the trumbone, but I was told my arms were too short, so the band director told me to play this (euphorium). I didn't know what it was. The summer before the sixth grade, I saw it for...
...honor band will be directed by Robert Ouren, retired band director from Edina High School and named the 2011 Educator of...the state selected for the honor band. The Minnesota Band Director's Association coordinates and sponsors the event...
...honor," said Lisa Weniger, band director at WDC Middle/High School...convention was in 1957, with Wadena band director Glenn Evensen.Weniger selected six...conductors, Jim Iverson, retired band director from Fergus Falls, and Dwight...
...The fact that it's Christmas is just a bonus." First, she called Terry Bradley, the retired Bemidji High School band director who played in both the North Dakota 188th Army National Guard band and Rough Cut, a country-rock band made up of...
...Police and fire trucks escorted the band's three buses out of town as they left about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Band director Scott Kummrow addressed the students at sendoff and asked them to follow the band's progress on Twitter. KBRF-AM...
...of the funds this year will be raised to help with the BHS band trip to Chicago over spring break.Chris Fogderud, band director, said the BHS band program was nominated in early 2012 to participate in the 2013 Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival...
...Minnesota Music Educators Association state convention in February."This is such a great honor," said Lisa Weniger, band director at WDC High School. "It's wonderful because we will be able to showcase our band for Wadena and the surrounding...
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