Jazz Ensembles I & II

Program

Jazz Ensemble II

Alexander’s Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin arr. Rob McConnell
From The Big Easter Vaudeville Carnival

Summertime by George Gershwin arr Dave Rivello
From Porgy and Bess

Come Rain or Come Shine by Harold Arlen, arr. Paul Jennings
From St. Louis Woman

I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Cole Porter arr. Peter Blair
From Born to Dance

Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill arr. Dave Wolpe
From The Threepenny Opera

Jazz Ensemble I

Never Will I Marry by Frank Loesser arr Bill Holman
From Greenwillow

My Man’s Gone Now by George Gershwin arr. Bill Potts
From Porgy and Bess

My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers arr. Michelle Fernandez
From The Sound of Music

Baubles, Bangles and Beads by Robert Wright and George Forrest arr. Chico O’Farrill
From Kismet

Old Man River by Jerome Kern arr. Bill Holman
From Showboat

Dean Sorenson is associate professor and director of jazz studies at the University of Minnesota as well as a prolific and highly sought-after composer, arranger, trombonist, educator, and clinician. Sorenson’s latest project is Colors of the Soul, a CD of original music for sextet. His most recent book is First Place for Jazz, a new and innovative method for beginning jazz players published by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. He is frequently featured at festivals and conventions around the country and abroad, and maintains a full schedule of concert and recording dates as a Yamaha performing artist. For more information please visit his website.

Donors

Dean's Circle $1,000+ 

Allegro Fund of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Anonymous Donor (2), Anthony & Laurie Ryan, Ayers & Marian-Ortolf Bagley, Robert & Pearl Lam Bergad, Stephanie Bernstein, Best Buy Employee Giving Program, Matthew Beyer, Michael Bischoff, Blackbaud Giving Fund, Donna & Terry Brau, Robert J Brau Family Foundation, Campbell Foundation, Margot & David Chatterton, D Julia Halberg & Mark Chatterton, Chinese Heritage Foundation, Clark Krikava Family Fund at Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing, Adam Connolly, Bronwen Cound & William Brody, Cy & Paula DeCosse Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, Dalos Grobe, James & Dawn Dibley, Samuel Dudley, Mary Anne Ebert & Paul Stembler, John Erickson, Kelly & Vicki Fellows, D Mark Ferguson & Phyllis Young, D David & Beverly Fleming, Myron Frans & Susan Segal, Charles & Joyce Gauck, George W. Patton & Mary Burnham, Patton Foundation, Meg & Wayne Gisslen, D Stanley & Luella Goldberg, Robert Green & Erin George, Judy Green, Dalos Grobe, Jean McGough Holtenx, Marc Hugunin, Edward & Julie Idzorek*, Gayle Jenni, Ardes Johnson, Beth McGlone & H Eugene Karjala Charitable Fund of the Stablish Foundation, Ann Nugent & Timothy Kelly, Timothy & Leslie Kennedy, Kwonshik Kim Michael & Martha Krikava, Kumagai Family Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, Eileen Lach, Anne Langaard, Rosalind Laskin*, Steven & Janet Lerch, Ross & Bridget Levin, Ross & Bridget Levin Charitable Gift Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, Don Levine, David Lien, Jeanne Lowe, David Malerich, Greg McNeely, Adam Walker & BettyAnn Mocek, Dennis & Nancy Moeller, James & Carmen Mulder, Jon Nelson, Arnold Ness, Jonathan Nygren & Anna Horning Nygren, Timothy & Gayle Ober, Ethel Oda, Beatrice Ohanessian*, Deborah & Lawrence Pastorek, Pat Perkins, Tracy Peterson & Matthew Goettsch, Joan Policoff*, John Riley, Kimberly & George Ritten, Kathy & Patrick Romey, Laurie & Anthony Ryan, D Jeffrey & Patricia Schott, Dennis Schulstad, Richard & Dorothy Seebach, Alan & Linda Shapiro, Janice Sigmund, Jennifer Sivertson, Mike & Amanda Slaggie, Slaggie Family Foundation, Ellen Sorenson & Ronald Rasmussen, Thomas & Katharine Swan, Craig & Janet Swan, Scott & Sue Takekawa, Ming Li Tchou*, Marcus & Nicole Thomas, Steve Tsai & Margaret Simpson, Lori Vosejpka, Craig Voth, Thomas Wallner, Jeri Walseth, Webb Financial Group, Inc., Edward Wellborn, D Curtis Weyrauch & Paula Baker, Patrick Whitcomb & Patty Napier, Kenneth & Winifred Willcox, William R Kennedy Family Foundation, Lee Wurm & Annmarie Cano 

Friends $100-$999 

Wemimo Abbey, Barbara Allan, Martha & Franklin Altemose, Andersen Corporation, Ronald & Susan Anderson, Kristin Anderson & Robert Reilly, Mark Annis, Anonymous (2), Erin Arndt, Michael & Tanya Baier, Dennis & Jerrice Barrett, Elaine & Laurence Baumann, Bradley & Jacqueline Baumgard, Deborah & Robert Bendzick, Benevity Community Impact Fund, John & Jill Benson, Jon & Denise Beusen, Jane Bingham, Kathleen Bischel Beddow, Jeanne Blaskowsk, Bloomington Crime Prevention Association, George & Jennifer Bohrnstedt, Richard & Kim Bonczek, Dean Borghorst, Boston Scientific Employee Giving, Deborah Boughton, David Braden, Marcus Bradt, Ralph & Mary Brindle, Robert Bruininks & Susan Hagstrum, Anna Buboltz, Richard Bucholtz, Skeeter Burroughs, William Bushnell, Mary Bydlon, Kay Cahill, James Carroll, Wayne Cernohous, Anne Cernohous Borchardt Music, Scholarship Fund of the River Falls Community Foundation, Pamela & Douglas Christensen, Louis & Alissa Clark, Tia Clasen, Linda Cohen, Steve Cole, Michael & Cathy Crane, David & Rachel Croson, Emily Curran, Mary & Richard Davenport, Ira & Laurie Davis, Kirt & Laura Davis, Larry & Karen Day, Gary Dirlam, Patrick & Allison Duffy, James & Jayne Early, Diane Eggers, Eric Elert, Jason & Jessica Etten, Laura Farvour, Mark Ferkul, Maggie Flaten & Clint Schoeck, Sydney Floyd, Vickie & Anthony Foster, Salvatore Franco, Richard & Carol Frazier, Lisa Fritze, Renee & Paul Gallup, Mardie Geiser, General Mills & General Mills Foundation, Daniel Gerdes, Kristen Gerzina, Cynthia Gessele, Callihan Gibbons, Thomas & Erica Giorgi, Gerilee & Robert Greeley, Stewart Gregg, Terrill & Karen Grill, Ronald & Stephanie Grogg, Jean Grosso, Natalie Grosso Lutfiyya, James & Mary Ball Hammill, Holly Hansen, Richard & Linda Hanson, Brian Hanson, Johanna Hargreaves-Kwong & Roger Kwong, David & Mona Harmann, Claire Harvey, Leslie Hawrysz, John & Sharon Hiemenz, Marian Hoffman, Mary Jane Horner, Sondra Howe, Lucinda Hruska-Claeys, Florence Humphrey & Harry Kennedy, Cynthia & Martin Iker, Joseph & Michelle Jansen, Bonita Jellinek, James &, Nancy Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Jo Ann Johnson, Kirk & Jenifer Juergens, Eugene & Miriam Junker, Kathleen & Mark Jurkovich, Brian & Carolyn Kanne, Michael Kanne, Becky Karel, Karen Karkula, Christian & Katherine Karsten, Sarah Kasel, Laura Kavanaugh, Mary & Tom Kerns, Karen Kittell, Dale Kivimaki, John Kivimaki & Lauren Lehman, Ellen Kniebel, Jenine Knoll, Benjamin Koch, James Kortz, W & Carol Kramer, Mark & Deborah Kravik, Brian Krueger, Marlys & Gary Kupferschmidt, Ho Yin Kwok, David Laden, Kathryn Lamp, John & Shirley Lausen, Heidi Lawson, Nancy Leathers, Cassian & Kim Lee, Robert Lehmann, Lance Leupold, Dianne Lev, Mary Jeanne Levitt, Syressa Lewis, Michael & Lisa Lewis, Michael Lien, Barbara Lind & Craig Poeschl, Barbara & Jerry Lindberg, Marian Linoff-Thornton, Susan Litecky, Frederick & Pamela Lott, Richard* & Juanita Bolland Luis, Jeanne Lundholm, Benjamin Maas, Scott MacDonald, Deborah & Brian Madson, Jewell & Allan Malerich, Aaron Marks, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Lawrence Mascotti & Earlene Hackenmiller, Thomas & Dee Dee McKinney, David & Carleen McMillan, JoAnne & Richard McNamara, Robert McPartlin, Charles McPherson, Medtronic & Medtronic Foundation, Judith & Carl Meincke, Rebecca & David Menken, Catherine Meyer & Mark Frankowski, Susan & John Mina, Nicholas Minetor, John & Joyce Myers, Denise & Tom Myers, James Nastoff, Steve Nelson, Diane Nelson, Merritt Nequette, Viet Nguyen, Janet Nielsen, Bill Nolan, David & Judith Nordan, Peter Nordquist, Note-Able Music Therapy Services of MN, LLC, Paul Nyquist & Ann Bechtell, Richard Oelfke, Oh My Ears, Brian & Marilee Olin, Patricia Olson, Craig Olzenak, Daniel Patenaude & Roxanne Markoff, Elizabeth Paulson, Aaron & Emily Peter, Sandra & Gary Peterman, Jennifer Peterson, Merle & Betty Peterson, Lila Peterson, Thomas Peterson, Adam Peterson, Lois Pfeffer, Kristin & Bradley Pierskalla, Joy Plaisted, Emily & Scott Prawalsky, Maja Radovanlija, Kirsten Rasmussen-Kells & Ryan Kells, Andrew & Lynne Redleaf, Janet RevorJulie Richmond, Timothy Robinson, Benjamin & Dawn Roelofs, Tiffany & Henry Roemer, Rosemary Johnson Fund of Thrivent Charitable Impact &, nvesting, Scott Ruetten & Edith Brandt, Ericha & Adam Rupp, Jonathan & Chelsea Rustad, Donald Ruzin & Veronica Ivans, Kenneth & Ari Sachs, Marie Saunders, Donna Schares, Bruce & Sharyn Schelske, Lowell & Mary Schiebe, Sara Schmidlkofer, Lawrence & Andrea Schussler, Byron & Mary Schwab, Steve Sheldon, Danny & Janet Shockley, Mark Sielaff, Michael & Teressa Silverman, Mary & Steven Slette, Scott Sorenson & Dorothy Vogel, Standard Insurance Co, Janet & Michael Stanzak, Andrew & Angeline Staut, Cynthia Stokes, Thomas & Wendy Stoudt, Eric & Cynthia Swanlund, Tennant Foundation, Edward & Kristina Terhaar, Douglas &, Lisa Thain, Marcia Thoen & Arthur Smith*, Barbara Thorkelson, Thomas Thornton, Eric Tollefsrud & Lisa-Marie Rousseau, Charles Tombarge & Linley Bizik, Brent & Karen Turner, Steven Tyacke, Thomas & Mary Undlin, Michael Unger, Betsy & Jacob VanScoy, Karen Vinje, Anthony & April Wagner, Ting-Yu Wang & Szu Ling Wu, Larry Ward, Patrick & Kirsten Warfield, Susan Weinacht, Aaron & Runa Welch, Seth Welna, Nicholas Welna, Stefni Westphal, Amelious Whyte, Dennis & Sylvia Wilson, Anne Wiltscheck, Mark Wise, Lynneia Wojtysiak, David Wolfe 

* In remembrance

We gratefully acknowledge the 239 donors who gave $1-99 last year 

This listing recognizes donors who made gifts to the School of Music and Athletic Bands in fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025). Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If your name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please accept our apology. For corrections or information about giving, please contact the Director of Development, Clayton Smith, at 612-323-4128 or [email protected]. 

School of Music Heritage Society 

Recognizes donors who have included the School of Music in their estate plans. 

* is In remembrance 
§ is New Heritage Society member 

Steven & Kathryn Anderson, Anonymous (5), Ayers & Marian-Ortolf Bagley*, Geoff & Velda, Graham Bell, Dean Borghorst, Benjamin Brody, Louis & Joan Cecil, Cy & Paula DeCosse, Mary Anne Ebert & Paul Stembler, John Erickson, Robert Foster, Dalos Grobe, Fred Hearth, Jean McGough Holten, Marc Hugunin, Ardes Johnson, Steve & Sarah Kumagai, Anne Walker Langaard §, Don Levine, Richard* & Susan Lyman, Laurie Hatcher Merz, Catherine Meyer &, Mark Frankowski, Valerie Meyer & Mitchell DeJong, Dennis & Nancy Moeller, James Nastoff, Arnie & Judy Ness, Barbara & Douglas* O'Brien, John* & Pat Perkins, James* & Judith Preston, Ellen Sorenson & Ronald Rasmussen §, Jeffrey & Patricia Schott, Dennis & Pamela* Schulstad, Dick Seebach, Sue Shepard, Charles & Susanne* Smith, Glenn & Mary Steinke, Monica Stoch, Cynthia Swan, Anthony Thein, Lori Vosejpka, Craig Voth, Adam Walker & BettyAnn Mocek §, Timothy* & Jeri Walseth, Larry Ward, Patrick Whitcomb & Patty Napier, Sarah Wigley, Winnie & Ken Willcox