Year-End Concert, Art Show Planned at NPCC – North Platte Post Archive

Members of the NPCC select choir practice in the McDonald-Belton Theater on Tuesday. They will be part of a year-end concert April 30. (Courtesy Photo)

North Platte Community College will round out the spring semester with a cultural experience. The music department has planned an “end of the year” concert for 7:30 p.m. April 30 in the McDonald-Belton Theater.

The event will be accompanied by an art show featuring the work of approximately 32 NPCC art students. Both activities are free and open to the public.

“We try to offer a really uplifting concert at the end of the year,” said Elizabeth Peters, music instructor. “We have a lot of students graduating, so we want to send them off with a bang.”

The song, “Best Day Of My Life,” by the indie rock band American Authors is one of many upbeat selections that will be performed by the select choir. The select choir will also sing “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from the movie “Dirty Dancing.”

The jazz band will offers samples of swing, blues and Latin music, and the concert choir will showcase a song from the “Nebraska Sings” concert performed in March at the North Platte High School.

“We wanted to bring ‘Let There Be Music’ to our theater because some people might not have had the chance to hear it the first time around,” said Peters. “The concert choir is also performing a piece based off a text found during the Holocaust and written by a child. It’s all about hope – even when going through the worst conditions. It’s a very moving piece.”

The chamber ensemble will perform the classic, “Danny Boy.” The ensemble, typically directed by Carmen Allen, will have a guest conductor in Ron Daly, who also directs the jazz band.

“We’ve got some guest performers coming in from the community,” said Peters. “They include Gregg Todd, Rob Martinson, Donna Pucket and Tori Daly.”

Peters will direct the concert and select choirs. Pucket will serve as collaborative accompanist on the piano. Todd will play drums, Daly an alto saxophone and Martinson bass.

The jazz band members are:

Walker Baird – tuba

Stephen Capa – alto saxophone

Ryan Carey – trombone

Courtney Nunberg – trumpet

Kato Craig – trumpet

Chamber members:

Violin 1 –Andrew Parish

Violin 2 – Sarah Savage

Clarinet – Elizabeth Peters*

Alto Saxophone – Donna Pucket*

Trumpet – Courtney Nunberg

Tuba – Walker Baird

Cello – Kaylee Payne

The NPPC choir members are (*denotes select choir members):

Soprano:

Autumn Bickel

Jade Higgens

Hannah Hokanson*

Stacy Osbon

Nikki Schmidt*

Sara Savage

Kari Hunt

Leah O’Connor*

Macey Budke

Alto:

Amy Taft

Abby Kurtzer

Bailey Rickertsen

Katie Roessler*

Alex Weinman

Kylie Wroot*

Tenor:

Walker Baird

Ryan Carey*

Steven Keltz*

Bass:

Andrew Parish*

Trevor Pochop

Brett Schmidt*

The art show will consist of pieces from the Drawing I, Drawing II, 2-D Design, Painting I, Painting II, Problems in Painting I, Life Drawing and Photography classes. Art instructor Dik Haneline said exhibits will be set up in the fireplace area of the McDonald-Belton Building as well as in Rooms 135 and 137.