Campus Bands
2128 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Nahal Javan, conductor
Carter Barse, undergraduate conductor
Muhamad Yusri Bin Mohamed Ali, conductor
Nathan Orcutt, undergraduate conductor
Rose Craig Tyler, conductor
Emmett Borton, undergraduate conductor
This School of Music event is free & open to the public. A livestream will be available (click on the Ted Mann Concert Hall link in the right callout box).
Campus Bands Program (opens PDF, an accessible version is found below).
North Star
“A Look Outside”
Wilderness (2021), Cait Nishimura (b.1991)
Undertow (2008), John Mackey (b.1973)
April (2012), Aaron Perrine (b.1979)
Postcard from Sequoia (2019), Nicole Piunno (b.1985)
American Riversongs (1991), Pierre LaPlante (1943-2024)
Gold Band
“Exploring Down Under”
The Visionaries (1995) by Brian Hogg (b. 1953)
Peace Dancer (2017) by Jodie Blackshaw (b. 1971)
Gold! (1998) by Adrian Hill
Simple Song (2003) by Ralph Hultgren (b. 1953)
Invercargill March by Alexander Lithgow (1870 - 1929)
Maroon Band
“Time and Space”
Panoramic Landscapes (2015), Tyler S. Grant (1995)
Monarch Migration (2023), Nubia Jaime-Donjuan (b. 1984)
Open Space (2014), Brian Balmages (b. 1975)
I. Launch
II. Floating, Yet Falling
III. Spacewalk
Lightning Field (2015), John Mackey (b. 1973)
Sang! (1993) Dana Wilson (b. 1946)
Rose Craig Tyler is a wind band conducting doctoral candidate. Rose holds a masters degree in wind band conducting from the University of Minnesota and dual bachelor degrees from the University of Illinois in Instrumental Music Education and Piano Pedagogy. From 2017-2022, Rose served as band director at Matthews Middle School in Wauconda, Illinois. Rose currently serves as conductor of the UMN Maroon Campus Band. Outside the university, Rose is a professional collaborative pianist, serves as associate conductor of LadyBand Minneapolis, and is the Visiting Director of Symphony Band at Carleton College.
Muhamad Yusri Bin Mohamed Ali is a doctoral candidate in Conducting with a wind band emphasis. He serves as a teaching assistant in the School of Music and Band program. Prior to coming to the U.S., Yusri completed his Master of Education (Music) at the Nanyang Technological University and also the Specialist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Music) from Kingston University and Bandmaster Certificate from the Royal Military School of Music in the United Kingdom. Yusri served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Band for 18 years, rising from a Musician to becoming the Director of Music of the SAF Central Band. He was also conductor of the Republic Polytechnic Wind Symphony. Yusri is a Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellow for 2025 and recently was appointed as the Principal Conductor of the Twin Cities Gamer Symphony Orchestra.
Nahal Javan is a masters candidate at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, pursuing a degree in conducting with a wind band emphasis. Prior to her graduate studies, Javan served as the band director at Northfield High School, in Northfield, Minnesota from 2021-2025, leading their Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and the Jazz I ensembles. During her time at Northfield HS, the Concert Band was invited to perform at the 2024 Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Clinic. Javan received her bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education from St. Olaf College in 2020.
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The School of Music, a unit of the College of Liberal Arts, is a leading institution for the education of successful performers, composers, teachers, administrators, and scholars. The School interacts with the larger university and Twin Cities communities through classes, participatory performing opportunities, community engagement activities, and more than 300 public performances each year. The students and faculty of the School are grateful for the continuing interest and support of parents and friends. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. For further information or to apply to the School of Music, visit music.umn.edu or email [email protected]. A complete calendar of events and a digital, mobile-friendly copy of this program is available at z.umn.edu/music-events.
GerShun Avilez, Dean, College of Liberal Art
Patrick Warfield, Director, School of Music
We want to acknowledge that the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is built within the traditional homelands of the Dakota people. It is important to acknowledge the peoples on whose land we live, learn, and work as we seek to improve and strengthen our relations with our tribal nations. We also acknowledge that words are not enough. We must ensure that our institution provides support, resources, and programs that increase access to all aspects of higher education for our American Indian students, staff, faculty, and community members.