NMEA All-State Conductors - Nebraska Music Educators Association
NMEA All-State Conductors - Nebraska Music Educators Association
NMEA All-State Conductors - Nebraska Music Educators Association
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NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION – ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS<br />
Band Chorus Orchestra Jazz Band Other<br />
The names of conductors are listed in BOLD type, followed by their school or organization at the time they conducted the ensemble. The colored boxes indicate<br />
individuals who have conducted <strong>NMEA</strong> ensembles more than once. The sequential number of their appearance as a conductor is indicated in parenthesis after<br />
their name.<br />
H. A. Vandercook<br />
(VanderCook School of <strong>Music</strong><br />
– Chicago, IL)<br />
H. E. Nutt (1)<br />
1936<br />
(VanderCook School of <strong>Music</strong><br />
– Chicago, IL)<br />
1937<br />
1938<br />
1939<br />
1940<br />
1941<br />
Carleton Lee Stewart (1)<br />
(Mason City, IA Public School)<br />
Harold Bachman<br />
(University of Chicago)<br />
William D Revelli (1)<br />
(University of Michigan)<br />
Glenn C. Bainum<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
William D. Revelli (2)<br />
(University of Michigan)<br />
Carleton L. Stewart (2)<br />
(Mason City, IA Public School)<br />
Gerald Prescott<br />
(University of Minnesota)<br />
L. Bruce Jones<br />
(Little Rock, AR Public Schools<br />
– President of NBA)<br />
John M. Rosborough<br />
(Cathedral Choir - Lincoln, NE)<br />
Max T. Krone (1)<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
Carol M. Pitts<br />
(Central High School, Omaha)<br />
Max T. Krone (2)<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
Arthur Westbrook<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
Walter Aschenbrenner<br />
(Chicago Symphonic Choir)<br />
Harold A. Decker (1)<br />
(Shurtluff College, Alton, IL)<br />
T. Frank Coulter<br />
(Joplin, MO Public Schools)<br />
Leo Kucinski (1)<br />
(Morningside College)<br />
Leo Kucinski (2)<br />
(Morningside College)<br />
Thor Johnson (1)<br />
(University of Michigan)<br />
1942<br />
Olaf C. Christiansen<br />
Clarence E. Sawhill<br />
Clarence E. Sawhill<br />
Clarence Sawhill conducted both the Band and Orchestra in<br />
(St. Olaf Lutheran Choir,<br />
(University of Illinois)<br />
(University of Illinois)<br />
1942.<br />
Northfield, MN)<br />
1943 No event due to World War II<br />
1944<br />
1945<br />
Ray Dvorak (1)<br />
(University of Wisconsin)<br />
James Robertson<br />
(Springfield, MO)<br />
Noble Cain<br />
(Composer and Conductor)<br />
Alex Zimmerman<br />
(Joliet, IL)<br />
Henri Pensis<br />
(Morningside College)<br />
CPO Robert Landers<br />
(Denver, CO)<br />
1946 No event due to post-war restrictions.<br />
1947<br />
Frederick C. Ebbs<br />
Maynard Klein<br />
Emanuel Wishnow (1)<br />
(Hobart PS - Hobart, IN) (Tulane University)<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
1948<br />
1949<br />
1950<br />
Alvin R. Edgar<br />
(Iowa <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Charles S. Peters<br />
(Joliet Grade Schools, Joliet,<br />
IL)<br />
Paul Painter<br />
(University of Illinois)<br />
Lara Hoggard<br />
(Fred Waring and His<br />
Pennsylvanians)<br />
Warner L. Imig (1)<br />
(University of Colorado)<br />
Harold A. Decker (2)<br />
(Wichita University)<br />
Joseph E. Maddy<br />
(Interlochen <strong>Music</strong> Camp)<br />
Norval L. Church<br />
(Columbia University)<br />
James P. Robertson (1)<br />
(Wichita University)<br />
George Rhoades, Baton Twirling<br />
(Rhoades Studios - Kansas City, MO)<br />
Hal Bergan, Marching Band<br />
(J W Sexton HS – Lansing, MI)
NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION – ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS<br />
1951<br />
1952<br />
1953<br />
1954<br />
1955<br />
1956<br />
1957<br />
1958<br />
1959<br />
1960<br />
1961<br />
1962<br />
1963<br />
1964<br />
1965<br />
1966<br />
1967<br />
1968<br />
Donald A. Lentz<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
Hugh McMillan<br />
(University of Colorado)<br />
H. E. Nutt (2)<br />
(VanderCook College of <strong>Music</strong><br />
– Chicago, IL)<br />
Donald I. Moore<br />
(Baylor University)<br />
Raymond F. Dvorak (2)<br />
(University of Wisconsin)<br />
Frank Piersol (1)<br />
(Iowa <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Charles Minelli<br />
(Ohio University)<br />
Weston Noble (1)<br />
(Luther College – Decorah, IA)<br />
Leo W. Moody<br />
(Gonzaga University –<br />
Spokane, WA)<br />
William E. Rhoads<br />
(University of New Mexico)<br />
James Kerr<br />
(University of Wichita)<br />
Paul Van Bodegraven<br />
(New York University)<br />
Manley Whitcomb<br />
(Florida <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
John Paynter<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
Arnald D. Gabriel (1)<br />
(US Air Force Band &<br />
Orchestra, Washington DC)<br />
Harry Begian<br />
(Wayne <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Detroit, MI)<br />
J. R. McEntyre<br />
(Odessa PS – Odessa, TX)<br />
Donald H. Hartman<br />
(Fredonia <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Fredonia, NY)<br />
George Howerton<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
Robert McCowan (1)<br />
(Knox College, Galesburg, IL)<br />
David Foltz<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
George F. Krueger<br />
(Indiana University)<br />
Harry Robert Wilson<br />
(Columbia University)<br />
Robert W. Milton<br />
(Kansas City, MO Public<br />
Schools)<br />
Dallas Draper<br />
(Louisiana <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Louis Diercks<br />
(Ohio <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Don Craig<br />
(Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY)<br />
Margaret Hillis<br />
(American Choral Foundation<br />
– New York)<br />
Clayton Krehbiel<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Gene Kenney<br />
(Texas Tech College)<br />
Lloyd Pfautsch<br />
(Southern Methodist<br />
University)<br />
Robert McCowen (2)<br />
(Iowa <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Warner Imig (2)<br />
(University of Colorado)<br />
George Lynn<br />
(Westminster Choir College<br />
– Princeton, NJ)<br />
Elmer Copely<br />
(Bethany College – Lindsberg,<br />
KS)<br />
Roger Tenney<br />
(Owatonna HS – Owatonna,<br />
MN)<br />
Gerhard Schroth<br />
(St. Louis Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra – Chicago, IL)<br />
Joseph E. Skornicka<br />
(Milwaukee PS – Milwaukee,<br />
WS)<br />
A. Clyde Roller (1)<br />
(Amarillo Symphony Orchestra –<br />
Amarillo, TX)<br />
Leo Kucinski (3)<br />
(Sioux City Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Raymond Gerkowski<br />
(Flint Symphony Orchestra,<br />
Flint, MI)<br />
Richard Duncan<br />
(Omaha Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Emanuel Wishnow (2)<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
James Robertson (2)<br />
(Wichita University)<br />
Thor Johnson (2)<br />
(Northwestern University)<br />
George C. Wilson<br />
(National <strong>Music</strong> Camp –<br />
Interlochen, MI)<br />
Emanuel Wishnow (3)<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong>)<br />
Joseph Levine<br />
(Omaha Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Marvin Rabin (1)<br />
(Boston University)<br />
Jaroslav P. Holesovsky<br />
(Kettering PS – Dayton, OH)<br />
Robert Hargreaves<br />
(Ball <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
A. Clyde Roller (2)<br />
(Houston Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Abraham Chavez, Jr.<br />
(University of Colorado)<br />
Marvin J. Rabin (2)<br />
(University of Wisconsin)<br />
Shari McKim, Baton Twirling<br />
(National Champion Twirling Instructor –<br />
Cleveland, OH)
NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION – ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS<br />
1969<br />
1970<br />
1971<br />
1972<br />
1973<br />
1974<br />
1975<br />
1976<br />
1977<br />
1978<br />
1979<br />
1980<br />
1981<br />
1982<br />
1983<br />
1984<br />
Francis McBeth<br />
(Ouachita Baptist University –<br />
Arkadelphia, AR)<br />
Frank A. Piersol (2)<br />
(University of Iowa)<br />
Robert Werner<br />
(Director, CMP Project)<br />
C. Dwight Oltman<br />
(Baldwin-Wallace<br />
Conservatory of <strong>Music</strong> –<br />
Berea, OH)<br />
Lt. Col. Jimmy Roland<br />
(Retired)<br />
SAC – Offutt Air Force Base<br />
William Mack<br />
(Park Hill HS – Kansas City,<br />
MO)<br />
Robert E. Foster<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Arnald D. Gabriel (2)<br />
(US Air Force Band –<br />
Washington, DC)<br />
Christopher Izzo<br />
(Western Illinois University)<br />
Alfred Reed<br />
(University of Miami)<br />
John Upchurch<br />
(Brevard College – Brevard,<br />
NC)<br />
Tom Lee<br />
(University of Texas)<br />
Eugene Corporon (1)<br />
(University of Northern<br />
Colorado)<br />
Richard Strange<br />
(Arizona <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Claude T. Smith (1)<br />
(Composer – Kansas City, MO)<br />
Kenneth Bloomquist<br />
(Michigan <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Charles Hirt<br />
(University of Southern<br />
California)<br />
Rodney Eichenberger<br />
(1)<br />
(University of Washington)<br />
Alan Lehl<br />
(Drake University)<br />
Dale E. Warland<br />
(Macalester College – St. Paul,<br />
MN)<br />
Frank Pooler<br />
(California <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Long Beach)<br />
Rodney Eichenberger<br />
(2)<br />
(University of Washington)<br />
James S. Ralston<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Paul Salamunovich<br />
(Loyola Marymount University<br />
– Los Angeles, CA)<br />
Weston Noble (2)<br />
(Luther College, Decorah, IA)<br />
Douglas McEwen<br />
(Arizona <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Eph Ehly (1)<br />
(University of Missouri –<br />
Kansas City)<br />
Karle Erickson<br />
(Gustavus Adolphus College –<br />
Saint Peter, MN)<br />
Howard Swan<br />
(University of California –<br />
Irvine)<br />
Bev R. Henson<br />
(Sam Houston <strong>State</strong><br />
University – Huntsville, TX)<br />
Carlyle Weiss<br />
(University of Wyoming)<br />
Lee Kjelson<br />
(University of Miami)<br />
Harry John Brown<br />
(New York <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Yuri Krasnapolsky<br />
(Omaha Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Carmen Dragon<br />
(Glendale, CA Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Richard Sieber (1)<br />
(University of Minnesota)<br />
John Giordano<br />
(Fort Worth Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Clarence Drichta<br />
(Rockwood School District –<br />
Eureka, MO)<br />
Vilem Sokol<br />
(University of Washington)<br />
Robert A. Emile<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong> -<br />
Lincoln)<br />
Vincent C. LaGuardia, Jr<br />
(Lamont School of <strong>Music</strong> –<br />
Denver, CO)<br />
William L. Jones (1)<br />
(Greater Twin Cities Youth<br />
Orchestras)<br />
Mischa Semanitzky<br />
(Kansas <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Glenn Block<br />
(University of Missouri – Kansas<br />
City)<br />
Jay Decker<br />
(Wichita <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Henry Charles Smith (1)<br />
(Minnesota Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Richard E. Sieber (2)<br />
(University of Arkansas)<br />
David Katz<br />
(Elgin Area Youth Orchestra –<br />
Elgin, IL)<br />
Robert A. Harris,<br />
College/University Honor Choir<br />
(Northwestern University)
NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION – ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS<br />
1985<br />
1986<br />
1987<br />
1988<br />
1989<br />
1990<br />
1991<br />
1992<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
1998<br />
1999<br />
Robert Fought<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong> -<br />
Lincoln)<br />
Claude T. Smith (2)<br />
(Composer – Kansas City, MO)<br />
James Croft<br />
(Florida <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Miles Johnson<br />
(St. Olaf College, Northfield,<br />
MN)<br />
Myron Welch<br />
(University of Iowa)<br />
James Curnow<br />
(Composer)<br />
<strong>All</strong>an Bonner<br />
(US Air Force Band –<br />
Washington, DC)<br />
Col. Lowell E. Graham<br />
(US Air Force Band)<br />
Timothy Mahr<br />
(University of Minnesota)<br />
Gerald King<br />
(University of Victoria,<br />
Canada)<br />
David M. Becker<br />
(Lewis and Clark College –<br />
Portland, OR)<br />
Richard Floyd<br />
(Interscholastic League –<br />
University of Texas)<br />
Anthony J. Maiello<br />
(George Mason University –<br />
Fairfax, VA)<br />
Victor A. Markovich<br />
(Wichita <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Gary Green<br />
(University of Miami)<br />
Richard Weymuth<br />
(Northwest Missouri <strong>State</strong><br />
University)<br />
Eph Ehly (2)<br />
(University of Missouri –<br />
Kansas City)<br />
Dennis Cox (1)<br />
(University of Maine)<br />
Gregory K. Lyne<br />
(California <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Long Beach)<br />
Lucinda Thayer<br />
(Smith College –<br />
Northampton, MA)<br />
Steven Parker<br />
(Black Hills University,<br />
Spearfish, SD)<br />
Paul Torkelson<br />
(Wartburg College – Waverly,<br />
IA)<br />
Brian Breed<br />
(Purdue University)<br />
Craig D. Jessop<br />
(Heartland of America Band –<br />
USAF – Offutt Air Force Base)<br />
Charlene Archibeque<br />
(San Jose <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
André Thomas<br />
(Florida <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Dale Grotenhuis<br />
(Dordt College – Sioux Center,<br />
IA)<br />
James C. Stegall<br />
(Western Illinois University –<br />
Macomb, IL)<br />
Rodney Eichenberger<br />
(3)<br />
(Florida <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Paul E. Oakley<br />
(East Carolina University –<br />
Greenville, SC)<br />
Joyce Johnson-Hamilton<br />
(Napa Valley Symphony –<br />
Yountville, CA)<br />
David Becker<br />
(University of Wisconsin –<br />
Madison)<br />
Dean Angeles<br />
(Loyola University – New<br />
Orleans, LA)<br />
Donald Chen<br />
(Roosevelt University, Chicago,<br />
IL)<br />
Gordon Childs<br />
(University of Wyoming)<br />
William LaRue Jones (2)<br />
(Greater Twin Cities Youth<br />
Orchestras)<br />
Gerald R. Doan<br />
(University of Cincinnati)<br />
Jack Ranney<br />
(University of Illinois)<br />
Steven Amundson (1)<br />
(St. Olaf College – Northfield,<br />
MN)<br />
James M. Klein<br />
(California <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Stanislaus)<br />
Yong-yan Hu<br />
(Duluth-Superior, MN and<br />
Lincoln Symphony Orchestras)<br />
Kate Tamarkin<br />
(Vermont and North Texas<br />
Symphony Orchestras)<br />
Joseph Giunta<br />
(Des Moines Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Ernest Richardson<br />
(Omaha Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Kevin Noe<br />
(Duquesne University –<br />
Pittsburgh, PA)<br />
Rusty White<br />
(University of <strong>Nebraska</strong> -<br />
Lincoln)<br />
Chris Gallagher<br />
(Morehead <strong>State</strong><br />
University – Morehead,<br />
KY)<br />
Richard Dunscomb<br />
(Purdue University)<br />
Ronald C. McCurdy<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Gene Aitken<br />
(University of Northern<br />
Colorado)<br />
Doug Beach (1)<br />
(Elmhurst College –<br />
Elmhurst, IL)<br />
Frank Mantooth<br />
(Oak Park, IL)<br />
Steve Houghton<br />
(Composer, Clinician)<br />
Dan Gailey (1)<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Bill Gibson<br />
(Augustana College –<br />
Sioux Falls, SD)<br />
Bob Lark<br />
(DePaul University –<br />
Chicago)<br />
Robert Baca<br />
(University of Wisconsin –<br />
Eau Claire)<br />
Neil Slater<br />
(University of North<br />
Texas)<br />
Doug Beach (2)<br />
(Elmhurst College –<br />
Elmhurst, IL)<br />
Dan Gailey (2)<br />
(University of Kansas)<br />
Jim Ellsberry, Vocal Jazz<br />
(Midland Lutheran College – Fremont)<br />
Doug Anderson, Vocal Jazz<br />
(McMinnville, OR)<br />
2000<br />
Joseph P. Missal (1)<br />
(Oklahoma <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Eph Ehly (3)<br />
(University of Missouri –<br />
Kansas City)<br />
William LaRue Jones (3)<br />
(University of Iowa)<br />
Dominic Spera<br />
(University of Indiana)
NEBRASKA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION – ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
2011<br />
Mark Camphouse<br />
(Radford University, Radford,<br />
VA)<br />
Michael Haithcock<br />
(University of Michigan)<br />
Charles T. Menghini<br />
(VanderCook College of <strong>Music</strong>)<br />
John Carnahan<br />
(California <strong>State</strong> University –<br />
Long Beach)<br />
Frank Tracz<br />
(Kansas <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Paula Crider<br />
(University of Texas)<br />
Michael Golemo<br />
(Iowa <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Quincy C. Hilliard<br />
(University of Louisiana –<br />
Lafayette)<br />
Joseph P. Missal (2)<br />
(Oklahoma <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Robert W. Smith<br />
(Troy University – Troy, AL)<br />
Eugene Corporan (2)<br />
(University of North Texas)<br />
Paul Gulsvig<br />
(Onalaska High School –<br />
Onalaska, WI)<br />
Sigrid Johnson<br />
(St. Olaf College – Northfield,<br />
MN)<br />
David Rayl<br />
(Michigan <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Aimee Beckmann-Collier<br />
(Drake University)<br />
Jing Ling-Tam<br />
(University of Texas at<br />
Arlington)<br />
Dennis Cox (2)<br />
(University of Maine)<br />
Betsy Cook Weber<br />
(University of Houston)<br />
James Rodde<br />
(Iowa <strong>State</strong> University)<br />
Elena Sharkova<br />
(Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale,<br />
San Jose, CA)<br />
Edith Copley<br />
(Northern Arizona University)<br />
Eph Ehly (4)<br />
(University of Missouri –<br />
Kansas City - Retired)<br />
Henry Charles Smith (2)<br />
(South Dakota Symphony<br />
Orchestra)<br />
Andrews Sill<br />
(Lubbock Symphony Orchestra)<br />
Huw Edwards<br />
(Seattle Youth Orchestras)<br />
Keith Brown<br />
(Indiana University)<br />
Mark Laycock<br />
(Chapman University – Orange,<br />
CA)<br />
Steven Amundson (2)<br />
(St. Olaf College – Northfield,<br />
MN)<br />
E. Daniel Long<br />
(School for Performing Arts –<br />
Ann Arbor, MI)<br />
Louis Bergonzi<br />
(University of Illinois)<br />
William LaRue Jones (4)<br />
(University of Iowa)<br />
Thomas Wilkins<br />
(Omaha Symphony Orchestra)<br />
David Barg (Omaha<br />
Conservatory of <strong>Music</strong>)<br />
Willie Hill<br />
(University of<br />
Massachusetts–Amherst)<br />
James Ketch<br />
(University of North<br />
Carolina – Chapel Hill)<br />
Pat Harbison<br />
(Indiana University)<br />
Steve Haines<br />
(University of North<br />
Carolina – Greensboro)<br />
Fred Sturm<br />
(Lawrence University –<br />
Appleton, WI)<br />
Robert Washut<br />
(University of Northern<br />
Iowa)<br />
Steve Owen<br />
(University of Oregon)<br />
Ellen Rowe<br />
(University of Michigan)<br />
Chris Vadala<br />
(University of Maryland)<br />
Joey Tartell<br />
(Indiana University)<br />
Glenn Kostur<br />
(University of New<br />
Mexico)<br />
John Jacobson, Children’s Choir
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