Winter Band Concert to Feature University of Dubuque's Concert and Jazz Bands

DUBUQUE, Iowa - The University of Dubuque's Concert Band and Jazz Band will present a Winter Band Concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2025, in John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center.

The Winter Band Concert will include music from a variety of genres and time periods as well as timeless jazz standards. The performance will take audience members on a musical adventure with selections like "Bugler's Holiday," "Count Bubba," "In a Mellow Tone," and more.

Additionally, the concert will include the world premiere of "Rubrical Expressions: Mass for Band and Organ," composed by Graeme Shields, MM, and performed by the UD Concert Band featuring by Charles Barland, DMA, university organist and professor of music at UD, on the John and Alice Butler Pipe Organ. Shields' ability to compose for this specific instrument was essential to making this collaboration a success. His brand-new contribution to the repertoire is significant as masses for wind ensembles are uncommon and works for wind ensembles with organ are uncommon. UD led a consortium of institutions across the United States that funded this project.

The Winter Band Concert will be under the direction of Nolan Hauta, DMA, director of concert bands and associate professor of instrumental music at UD, and Evan Glickman, DMA, director of jazz and athletic bands and assistant professor of music at UD.

There will be four UD student soloists: Chloe Breitbach, a sophomore human health science major from Anamosa, Iowa; Madelyn Dobbeck, a junior digital art and design major from Elgin, Illinois; Brady Potts, a senior music major from Asbury, Iowa; and Mackenzi Young, a senior music education, K-12 major from Epworth, Iowa.

The Winter Band Concert is free and open to the public. No ticket is required.