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| Press Release: Executive of the Year Award Luncheon on Wednesday, January 20 (1/22/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JANUARY 2010
ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT EXECUTIVES ANNOUNCES PHYLLIS ERICSON AS NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Contact: Arts Incorporated, 402-477-8446, anpe@artsincorporated.org
The Association of Nonprofit Executives (ANPE) would like to announce Phyllis Ericson from Nebraska Community Blood Bank as the winner of the 2009 ANPE Nonprofit Executive of the Year Award. The award, sponsored by US Bank, was presented at the ANPE annual awards luncheon held on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Cornhusker Marriott.
Each year the Association of Nonprofit Executives recognizes the ‘Nonprofit Executive of the Year.’ This award recognizes leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, direction, and vision, with the winner of the award receiving $500 and the nonprofit organization they represent also receiving $500. US Bank representative Barry Gates presented this year’s award. Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy was the keynote speaker for the ANPE Awards luncheon, with Rod Fowler as the Master of Ceremony. Entertainment for the luncheon was provided by pianist Jim Williamson.
Phyllis Ericson joined the Nebraska Community Blood Bank in 1989, and became the Chief Executive Officer in 1995. As a clinical chemist, Phyllis has ensured that the Nebraska Community Blood Bank has stayed abreast of changing regulatory standards and policies, making the blood supply safer than ever before. For the past 20 years, Phyllis has led and developed the organization tripling blood collections and blood donor participation. In 2009 the Nebraska Community Blood Bank distributed over 80,000 blood products for transfusion to patients in Nebraska, the United States, and worldwide. Phyllis is a member and past Board member of America’s Blood Centers, member of the American Association of Blood Banks and the American Association of Clinical Chemistry. She participates and supports many community organizations including the United Way, the Lincoln Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), the Lincoln Berean Church. She is the president of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society and a 10 gallon blood donor.
Past winners of the ANPE Executive of the Year Award include Susanne Blue, Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach; Robert Downey, Capital Humane Society; Jonathan Krutz, NE Hospice & Palliative Care Partnership; Susan Scott, YWCA Lincoln; Wayne Svoboda, Volunteer Partners; Deb Weber, Lincoln Arts Council; René Ferdinand, ARC of Nebraska; Nancy Ferneau, LMEF Cancer Resource Center; John Chapo, Folsom Children’s Zoo; Renee Johnson, Community Services Fund; Mala DeBerg, Fresh Start; Dean Haist, Nebraska Jazz Orchestra; Gayle Andres, University Place Art Center and Marilyn Gorham, Lincoln Children’s Museum.
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For more information please see the ANPE Home Page. |
| Press Release: Nebraska Jazz Orchestra "Sax & the City" concert 2-5-10 (1/20/2010)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JANUARY 2010:
NEBRASKA JAZZ ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES SAX & THE CITY CONCERT
Contact: Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, 402-477-8446, njo@artsincorporated.org
Join the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra as they present the third concert of the 2009-2010 season, Sax & the City, featuring UNL Director of Jazz Studies, Paul Haar on saxophone. This performance will also feature the 2010 Young Lions All-Star Band.
Sax & the City will be held Friday, February 5, 2010, at the Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. Priority seating for season ticket holders and Jazz Club members is at 7:00 p.m., with general admission seating beginning at 7:15 p.m. Single admission tickets are $20 for Adults and $10 for Students and may be purchased by contacting the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra business office at (402) 477-8446 or njo@artsincorporated.org.
Paul Haar is Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music where he teaches applied saxophone and directs UNL Jazz Ensemble I. Prior to his appointment in 2004, Dr. Haar held positions at the University of Tennessee, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kansas. Specializing in a variety of aspects of saxophone performance and pedagogy, Dr. Haar maintains an active career as a soloist, clinician and adjudicator, appearing throughout the United States and Canada. He has performed with such artists as Dave Brubeck, James Moody, The Manhattan Transfer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Donald Brown, and has backed such noted entertainers as the Temptations, The Chiffons, 5 by Design, Jerry Lewis and Bob Newhart. He has recorded on the Sea Breeze label (as a member of the Boulevard Big Band) with vocalist Kevin Mahogany and saxophonist Eric Marienthal. In addition to being an active member of The North American Saxophone Alliance, Music Educators National Conference and The International Association for Jazz Education, Dr. Haar serves as the personal director for the annual IAJE conference and is a member of the editorial board for the Jazz Educators Journal. A contributing writer to The Saxophone Journal and Jazz Times Magazine, he has also published pieces in The Instrumentalist, and Tennessee Musician magazines.
A native of Fremont, Nebraska he holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from The University of Texas at Austin (2004) where he studied with the renowned saxophonist Harvey Pittel, a Masters of Music Degree (1996) and Bachelors of Music Degree (1994) from The University of Kansas where he studied with Vincent Gnojek, Dan Gailey and Dick Wright.
Young Lions All-Star Band - This all-star student band is an auditioned group comprised of outstanding student musicians from Nebraska and surrounding states. Students under the age of 21 are eligible to audition, and the most promising young musicians are selected to rehearse and perform at the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra’s Learning from the Master concert with their renowned guest artist. The Young Lions All-Star Band is one of the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra’s many educational outreach programs
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For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: Capital Jazz Society announces 2010 winter and spring lineup! (1/18/2010)
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Friends of the Capital Jazz Society,
Kick off the new year right! The Capital Jazz Society announces its ongoing series of events for winter and spring of 2010. The Monday Night Big Band performances feature a 17-piece big band and the Wednesday Night Jazz Series features an array of local and regional jazz artists including Capital City Dixieland Preservation Society Jazz Band, Bryan McCune, Steve Helfand, Jazzocracy, Kerry Strayer, Group Sax, and Son del Llano.
All events are held at Brewsky’s Jazz Underground, 201 North 8th Street, Lincoln, NE, from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for students with valid ID, or $3 if you bring an instrument and sit in with the band (Mondays only).
Food and full beverage service is available.
For more information please contact the business office of the Capital Jazz Society, 402-477-7899 or cjs@artsincorporated.org.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday, January 25, 2010
Bob Krueger, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Son del Llano
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, February 1, 2010
Jeff Patton, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Jazzocracy
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, February 8, 2010
Dean Haist, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Bob Krueger quartet
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, February 15, 2010
Bob Krueger, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Q.E.D.
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, February 22, 2010
Marc LaChance, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
UNL Jazz Combo I
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, March 1, 2010
Jeff Patton, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Steve Helfand combo
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, March 8, 2010
Dean Haist, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Capital City Dixieland Preservation Society Jazz Band
Special Event
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monarch Jazz Orchestra
Special Event
(Papillion LaVista High School - Michael Pollock, director)
Wednesday, March 17
SPRING BREAK (no jazz)
Monday, March 22, 2010
Bob Krueger, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Andy Hall combo
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, March 29, 2010
Pete Madsen, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Bryan McCune combo
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, April 5, 2010
Dean Haist, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Group Sax
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, April 12, 2010
Terry Rush, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Kerry Strayer combo
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, April 19, 2010
Jeff Patton, director
Monday Night Big Band
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Peter Bouffard Jazz Group
Lincoln Jazz Series
Monday, April 26, 2010
Nebraska Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble
Special Event
(Dean Haist, director)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Columbus Community Jazz Band
Special Event
(Rob Hartung, director)
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For more information please see the CJS Home Page. |
| Press Release: Executive of the Year Award Luncheon on Wednesday, January 20 (1/7/2010)
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The Association of Nonprofit Executives is pleased to invite you to the ANPE Executive of the Year Award Luncheon on Wednesday, January 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Cornhusker Marriott.
This informal luncheon will be a great opportunity to meet community leaders, and find out what is happening through various nonprofit organizations. Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy will present the keynote address, and Rod Fowler will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the luncheon.
The Executive of the Year Award Luncheon will also honor the Nonprofit Executive of the Year for 2009. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, direction and vision. The executive recognized and the nonprofit they represent each receive a cash prize of $500, for a total award of $1000. This year’s award is sponsored by US Bank. Past winners have included Susanne Blue (Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach), Robert Downey (Lincoln Capital Humane Society), Jonathan Krutz (NE Hospice & Palliative Care Partnership), Susan Scott (YWCA Lincoln), Wayne Svoboda (Volunteer Partners), and Deb Weber (Lincoln Arts Council).
You do not have to be a member to attend! To make a reservation, you may print the attached invitation and return the RSVP slip with your $25 check payable to Association of Nonprofit Executives, 315 South 9th St., Suite 110, Lincoln, NE 68508-2283, or call the ANPE office at (402) 477-8446 to pay by credit card. Luncheon reservations must be postmarked by Monday, January 11, 2010 or phoned in by 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2010.
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For more information please see the ANPE Home Page. |
| Press Release: Silent Auction Items--one more chance to bid! (12/22/2009)
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Thank you to everyone who contributed items, volunteered their time, and helped make the Nebraska Brass and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra silent auctions this month so successful.
There were some items left unsold at the Nebraska Brass and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra silent auctions, and we would like to offer you another opportunity to make a bid on these remaining items. Proceeds will go to the organization to which each item was donated.
Please see the attached flyer describing these available items. I have listed the opening bid amounts that were given at the silent auctions, however, we are willing to consider other offers.
Please email carrie@artsincorporated.org by December 29 if you are interested in helping the organizations by purchasing any of these great items!
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For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: NJO presents "Christmas & All that Jazz" Tuesday, December 15 (12/10/2009)
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Celebrate the holidays with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra at its most popular concert of the year. Let the NJO inspire the holiday mood during this annual concert of seasonal favorites, including “Christmas Time is Here,” “We Three Kings,” “I'll Be Home for Christmas,” “Carol of the Bells,” and “White Christmas.”
“Christmas & All That Jazz” will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. and will include a silent auction fundraiser to support the programs of the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra.
Single admission tickets are $20 for Adults and $10 for Students and may be purchased by contacting the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra business office at (402) 477-8446 or njo@artsincorporated.org.
Come celebrate with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra next Tuesday! |
For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: NJO announces "Christmas & All that Jazz" Tuesday, December 15, 2009 (11/23/2009)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 2009
NEBRASKA JAZZ ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES "CHRISTMAS & ALL THAT JAZZ"
Contact: Nebraska Jazz Orchestra 402-477-8446, njo@artsincorporated.org
Celebrate the holidays with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra as it continues its 2009-2010 series of events with its most popular concert of the year. Let the NJO inspire the holiday mood during this annual concert of seasonal favorites, including "Christmas Time is Here," "We Three Kings," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Carol of the Bells," and "White Christmas." This concert is sponsored by Lincoln Benefit Life, Cooper Foundation and Union Bank.
"Christmas & All That Jazz" will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. and will include a silent auction fundraiser to support the programs of the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. Priority seating for season ticket holders and Jazz Club members is at 7:00 p.m., with general admission seating beginning at 7:15 p.m. Single admission tickets are $20 for Adults and $10 for Students and may be purchased by contacting the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra business office at (402) 477-8446 or njo@artsincorporated.org. Season tickets are still available for purchase. |
For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
| Press Release: Nebraska Brass to present "A Nebraska Brass Christmas" (11/13/2009)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 2009
NEBRASKA BRASS PRESENTS: “A Nebraska Brass Christmas”
Contact: Nebraska Brass: (402) 477-7899, nb@artsincorporated.org
Celebrate the holiday season with music at “A Nebraska Brass Christmas,” the second concert series in the 2009-2010 Nebraska Brass season. At its most popular event of the year, the Nebraska Brass will perform traditional holiday favorites and festive arrangements that are sure to warm the hearts of audiences on even the coldest Nebraska nights. The final “A Nebraska Brass Christmas” concert at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 6, 2009, will include a silent auction fundraiser to support the programs of the Nebraska Brass.
Music selections for this festive concert will feature “Carol of the Bells” by Leontivich, arranged by Snell, “The Holly and the Ivy” a traditional piece arranged by Iveson, “I Saw Three Ships,” a traditional piece transcribed by Snell, “Christmas Time Is Here” by Guaraldi, arranged by Jay Pralle, “Jolly Old St. Nicholas” a traditional piece arranged by Slechta, and “Jingle Bells” by Pierpont, arranged by Bergler.
Tickets are available at the door before the concerts or in advance by contacting the Nebraska Brass business office at (402) 477-7899 or nb@artsincorporated.org.
Tickets to the concert at the Minden Opera House are only available by contacting the Minden Opera House at
(308) 832-0588.
Nebraska Brass Concert Information:
Sunday, November 29, 2009 ● 2:00 pm
Cozad High School
1710 Meridian, Cozad, NE
Sunday, November 29, 2009 ● 7:30 pm
First United Methodist Church
614 North Hastings Avenue, Hastings, NE
Thursday, December 3, 2009 ● 7:30 pm
First Lutheran Church
2146 Wright Street, Blair, NE
Friday, December 4, 2009 ● 7:30 pm
Minden Opera House
322 East 5th Street, Minden, NE
Saturday, December 5, 2009 ● 7:30 pm
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
2650 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE
Sunday, December 6, 2009 ● 3:00 pm
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
8550 Pioneers Blvd. Lincoln, NE
Ticket Prices:
Lincoln/Omaha: Adult $15 • Senior $12 • Students Free
Other Communities: Adult $12 • Senior $10 • Students Free
Minden: All tickets $15 |
For more information please see the NB Home Page. |
| Press Release: Capital Jazz Society presents UNO Jazz Ensemble with Jimmy Haslip and Peter Graves (11/10/2009)
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Friends of the Capital Jazz Society,
Join us for a special performance by the UNO Jazz Ensemble with special guests Jimmy Haslip and Peter Graves. As part of their residency, Jimmy and Peter will be performing both Big Band and combos at this concert. The Big Band performances will be a tribute to the music of Jaco Pastorius featuring music from Jaco's famed Word of Mouth Band from the 1980's. Combo performances will feature tunes made popular by the award winning Yellowjackets for whom Jimmy has been the bass player for over 25 years.
You won't want to miss this!
UNO Jazz Ensemble w/ Jimmy Haslip & Peter Graves
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:30-10:00pm
Brewsky's Jazz Underground
201 N. 8th Street, Lincoln
$6 public/$5 with valid student ID
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Jimmy Haslip
Currently residing in Los Angeles, Jimmy Haslip is one of the most in-demand electric bassists in the world. Influenced by Jimmi Hendrix, Shostakovich, the Beatles, Penderecki, James Brown, Mozart, Berg, and Ellington, Jimmy briefly studied with Jaco Pastorius in the mid-1970's when he had just joined Weather Report. Jimmy Haslip has been the bassist with the award-winning Yellowjackets for over 25 years and has performed/recorded with Pat Metheny, Randy Brecker, Kevin Mahagony, Bela Fleck, the Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Branford Marsalis, Diane Reeves, Bill Evans, and many more. He has also recorded three CDs as leader of his own group.
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Peter Graves
Peter Graves is a bass trombonist, producer, and band leader hailing from Florida. Recognizing the innovative talent of a young Jaco Pastorius, Graves hired Jaco to play in the Peter Graves Orchestra in southern Florida from 1970-1975. For five years Jaco turned the Peter Graves Orchestra's rhythm section into a dynamo of unprecedented energy and innovation-expanding the role and the potential of the bass from merely a supporting voice to that of a lead player, yet never violating the integrity of the big band. Jaco's tenure with Graves served as his first steps toward redefining everything that the bass was and exploring everything that it could be. Graves recognized the seemingly limitless depth and scope of Jaco's talent early on-in the back rooms of clubs as much as on the stage. Jaco eventually became one of the primary writers and arrangers for the Peter Graves Orchestra. In 1982 the protege became the teacher, with Graves and others from his orchestra performing and recording with Jaco's Word of Mouth Band. Peter Graves served as the musical director of Jaco's Word of Mouth Band in the early 1980's.
Peter Graves has dedicated an enormous amount of time and energy to honoring Jaco's legacy. He is the producer and conductor of the 2003 CD release Word of Mouth Revisted, as well as its follow-up CD The Word Is Out! Both CDs feature an impressive lineup of bass virtuosity assembled to remember Jaco's prowess as a composer. Under the name "Jaco Pastorius Big Band" an all-star cast conducted by Graves revisits and reinterprets Jaco's best compositions in these landmark recordings.
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Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987)
Jaco Pastorius' ascendance in the 1970's was a singular phenomenon in the evolution of jazz, with an impact that continues to transcend genres and resonate among his disciples more than two decades after his untimely passing. Beginning with his solo debut, Jaco Pastorius, and through his work with Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Weather Report, and subsequently his own Word of Mouth Bands, Jaco single-handedly shattered the boundaries of the electric bass and redefined its potential across all idioms of music. After spending his early years with the Peter Graves Orchestra, Jaco made his debut solo recording in 1976. He then joined the famed and influential jazz/fusion group Weather Report before leaving in 1982 to form his own band. While Jaco’s chops alone have secured his status as one of the greatest electric bass players of the 20th century, his writing is just as significant in the annals of modern jazz-perhaps even more so in the final analysis. |
For more information please see the CJS Home Page. |
| Press Release: NJO announces Young Lions All-Star Band auditions (11/4/2009)
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The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra is pleased to announce auditions for the 2010 Young Lions All-Star Band!
Students selected for the band will perform in concert with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra and saxophonist Paul Haar, on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln. This is an outstanding opportunity for students to perform with some of the greatest jazz musicians in Nebraska.
We hope you will share this email with all who may be interested.
An audition flyer with all the details is attached. Please feel free to make copies of the flyer as needed. You may also direct students to our website at www.artsincorporated.org/njo, where they can download the flyer. |
For more information please see the NJO Home Page. |
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