The Western Nebraska Winds will be hitting the open road later this month.
Figuratively speaking, that is.
The Western Nebraska Winds, a group comprised of Western Nebraska Community College
students and community members, will be performing its annual spring band concert
April 29 at the Midwest Theater at 3 p.m. There is no cost to attend.
"We just want people to come out because we want to share our music with them," said
Dr. Nathaniel Johnson, WNCC's instrumental activities director.
This year's theme - North American Road Trip - builds around the event's soloists
of Gina Johnson and Austin Sailors, both adjunct faculty at WNCC.
Gina Johnson, who plays the oboe, will be performing "Souvenir of Old Quebec," which
was transcribed by her former graduate school professor specifically for her.
"It will be the second performance of that piece ever in that arrangement, as far
as I'm aware," Nathaniel Johnson said. "Gina was the soloist at the first performance,
too."
Meanwhile, Sailors, a saxophone player, will be performing "Georgia On My Mind."
"These adjunct faculty are some of the best I've worked with in my career, so I'm
just really excited to be able to feature them in the concert," Nathaniel Johnson
said.
The Western Nebraska Winds tie the soloist performances together with a variety of
pieces featuring cities and states throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
A few of the songs performed by the group include "St. Louis Blues March," "New York
State of Mind," and "America" from "West Side Story."
Western Nebraska Winds is open to any WNCC student for course credit, or all interested
community members. For more information on Western Nebraska Winds or its upcoming
spring band concert, contact Johnson at johnsonn@wncc.edu.
