Vocal
 + University Choir
 + Chamber Singers
 + Touch of Class
 + Opera
 + Men's Glee
 + Women's Choir
 + Lincoln Civic Choir
Instrumental
 + Symphonic Band
 + Jazz Ensemble
 + Pep Band
 + Small Ensembles
 + Lincoln Civic Orchestra

Voice
 + Boyd Bacon
 + Amy Guevara
 + Jana Holzmeier
 + Dawn Pawlewski Krogh
 + Jon Peterson
 + Janene Sheldon
 + Stephanie Varilek
 + William A. Wyman
Keyboard
 + Masako N. Bacon
 + Jean E. Henderson
 + Larry E. Jones
 + Mollie Manner
 + Richard Morris
 + Lynn Schlater
 + Tamara R. Wyman
Instrumental
 + Kara L. Baxter
 + Joyce Besch
 + Betsy Bobenhouse
 + Dean W. Haist
 + Jean E. Henderson
 + Richard K. Jones
 + Matthew Manning
 + Susan Mausolf
 + Ric Ricker
 + Tobin Stewart
 + Nancy Vogt
 + Lisa Watkins
 + Tamara R. Wyman
 + Pance Zaev
 + Sam Zitek
Academics
 + Boyd Bacon
 + Maxine Fawcett-Yeske
 + Jean E. Henderson
 + Jana Holzmeier
 + Larry E. Jones
 + Burton Schernikau
 + David Young
 + Jeannette Young


Vocal Studies

The Vocal Program of Nebraska Wesleyan's Music Department attracts many of the finest young singers in the Midwest as well as throughout the nation. Each year the NWU Voice Program participates in the Nebraska State NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) contest, frequently entering more students than from any other college or university in the state. Generally Wesleyan's voice students comprise 30% of the contest finalists and 25% of those finalists who place.

Faculty

Boyd Bacon, MM
Applied Voice, Choral Music Arranging, Music Theatre, Choral Ensembles

Amy Guevara, MM
Applied Voice

Jana Holzmeier, DMA
Applied Voice, Opera, Vocal Diction, Vocal Literature, Vocal Pedagogy, High School Solo Voice Workshop

Dawn Pawlewski Krogh, DMA
Applied Voice, Opera

Janene Sheldon, DMA
Applied Voice, Choral Ensembles, Vocal Diction, High School Solo Voice Workshop

Stephanie Varilek
Applied Voice

Tamara R. Wyman, MM
Choral Accompaniment, Opera Coaching

William A. Wyman, DMA
Director of Choral Activities, Choral Ensembles, Applied Voice, Opera Theatre

Facilities
The Vance D Rogers Fine Arts Building houses Nebraska Wesleyan's Department of Music. 14 practice rooms are available for student use without reservation during all open hours of the building. The choral ensembles rehearse in a spacious rehearsal room complete with listening equipment and a full-wall mirror for coreography instruction. Solo recitals and choral performances are held in O'Donnell Auditorium, a 1500-seat hall that offers an excellent acoustic.

 

Ensembles

Five ensembles are open to student audition each year providing the opportunity for nearly any student to have a wonderful choral experience. The University Choir is the most visible of the choral ensembles with its annual US tours and frequent international tours. The "Touch of Class" jazz choir also tours annually throughout the states and frequently holds clinics for area and Nebraska high school and junior high swing choirs. The Chamber Singers ensemble performs the annual Elizabethan Feast Celebrations and frequently holds clinics for high school madrigal and chamber choirs. The Men's Glee and Women's Chorus offer fine choral ensemble experience to majors and non-majors alike.

Every year the Department of Music, sometimes in conjunction with the Theatre Department, auditions students for roles in the spring Opera or Musical Theatre Production; and each semester the voice department produces several opera scenes in Opera Workshop, giving students experience with operatic repertoire.

Nebraska Wesleyan is also home to the Lincoln Civic Choir, an amateur adult choir consisting of members from the Lincoln community.

For further information contact:
   Jana Holzmeier
Vocal Studies
Nebraska Wesleyan University
5000 St. Paul Avenue
Lincoln, NE 68504
Phone: (402) 465-2284
E-mail: jjh@NebrWesleyan.edu 		Dr. William A. Wyman
Director of Choral Activities
Nebraska Wesleyan University
5000 St. Paul Avenue
Lincoln, NE 68504
Phone: (402) 465-2288
E-mail: waw@NebrWesleyan.edu


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 Nebraska Wesleyan University
Department of Music
5000 St. Paul
Lincoln, NE 68504