Concordia's Wind Symphony to Embark on 2024 Spring Tour

by Hope Nelson

Seward, NE (03/20/2024) — Concordia's Wind Symphony will travel to Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa from April 11-15 on their 2024 spring tour.

The concert's selections draw from both sacred and secular realms of music and focus on the theme of joy: joy in life, joy in death, and joy eternal. Audience members will have the opportunity to hear pieces like Antonin Dvorak's "Slavonic March," Frank Ticheli's "Joy Revisited," Alfred Reed's "Alleluia! Laudamus Te," and Robert W. Smith's "Precious Lord," among many others.

Additionally, the Wind Symphony will perform Benjamin Culli's "Bless the Lord, O My Soul!", a piece newly commissioned for the ensemble.

The Concordia Wind Symphony is under the direction of Professor Robert Cody. Cody graduated from Concordia in 2014 with a degree in K-12 music education. At Concordia, he was a member of the symphonic band and A Cappella choir. He received his master's from Colorado State University in 2020, focusing on music education with a conducting emphasis.

Admission to the concerts is free. Free-will offerings will be collected at each concert to assist with tour expenses.

Itinerary:

Thursday, April 11

Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Wichita, KS

7 p.m. concert

Friday, April 12

Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Charles, Mo.

7 p.m. concert

Saturday, April 13

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Rockford, Ill.

7 p.m. concert

Sunday, April 14

Trinity Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa

7 p.m. concert

Monday, April 15

Concordia Junior/Senior High School, Omaha, Neb.

2:30 p.m. assembly

Members of the Wind Symphony include:

FLUTE:

Sadie Henson, junior, Herrin, Ill.

Abby Kandt, senior, Wake Forest, N.C.

Karalynn Pingel, freshman, Janesville, Wis.

Psalm Richters, junior, Utica, Neb.

OBOE:

Walker Ranada, senior, McKinney, Texas

CLARINET:

Bailey Bianco, freshman, Loveland, Colo.

Arabella Blakeley, freshman, Havana, Ill.

Ellie Lehr, sophomore, Omaha, Neb.

Katheryn Rice, junior, Bellevue, Neb.

Caleb Zeckzer, senior, New Haven, Ind.

BASS CLARINET:

Hannah Ethridge, sophomore, Fulda, Minn.

Isabella Schmid, junior, Rockford, Ill.

ALTO SAXOPHONE:

Grace Donnelly, sophomore, Three Forks, Mont.

Nathan Hoft, senior, Eldridge, Iowa

Nathan Sollberger, freshman, Louisville, Neb.

TENOR SAXOPHONE:

Megan Endorf, sophomore, Columbus, Neb.

Taylor Rogers, freshman, Plainville, Kan.

BARITONE SAXOPHONE:

Logan Walgate, junior, St. Charles, Mo.

TRUMPET:

Taylor Beal, freshman, Wichita, Kan.

Samuel Dunbar, junior, Lambertville, N.J.

Matthew Feusse, senior, Clearwater, Neb.

Bailey Hidy, freshman, Trenton, Neb.

Abbey Kudrna, freshman, Omaha, Neb.

Madeline Peters, junior, Sioux Falls, S.D.

HORN:

Nathan Feusse, sophomore, Clearwater, Neb.

Kayla Kisker, senior, Platte City, Mo.

Alannah Stahl, senior, Saginaw, Mich.

TROMBONE:

Nathaniel Demlow, senior, St. Paul, Minn.

Miriam Ganoung, sophomore, Halsey, Neb.

Matthew Guilford, sophomore, Lincoln, Neb.

Jackson Munter, junior, Ithaca, Neb.

EUPHONIUM:

Joshua Jurchen, sophomore, Seward, Neb.

Caleb Schlichting, freshman, Lyons, Neb.

Lydia Schultz, senior, Bay City, Mich.

Micah Scott, freshman, El Lago, Texas

TUBA:

Jonah Carter, freshman, McKinney, Texas

Colin Thuringer, junior, Sioux Falls, S.D.

PERCUSSION:

Aleksa Chambers, freshman, Wilber, Neb.

Ethan Gillespie, junior, Random Lake, Wis.

Timothy Mars, junior, Cody, Wyo.

Shasta Tonniges, sophomore, York, Neb.

Aaron Wulff, sophomore, St. Charles, Mo.

About Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod located in Seward, Nebraska, which currently serves more than 2,500 students. Concordia offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu.

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