Apr 17, 2024

NPCC music department to present final concert of the year

Posted Apr 17, 2024 12:00 AM
North Platte Community College student Anja Tejral plays the flute during a performance at the college. NPCC’s end-of-year concert will be April 30.
North Platte Community College student Anja Tejral plays the flute during a performance at the college. NPCC’s end-of-year concert will be April 30.

Heather Johnson

NPCC

The North Platte Community College music department will have its end-of-year concert April 30. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Theater on the NPCC South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd., in North Platte.

The “We Are One” themed multicultural concert will feature performances by the Jazzy Knights, Knightingales and Knightly Singers.

The Sioux Nation, Israel, Norway, South Africa and American jazz will all be represented in the song selections.

The performers will be:

  1. Gothenburg - Dustin Cartmill and Forrest Millsap
  1. Imperial - LaReina Colton
  1. McCook - Trenton Emmons
  1. North Platte - Morgan Greenwood, Don Kurre, Breanna Lundgreen, Lisa Picket, Cai Simpson and Anja Tejral

“Our final concert will feature talented and hardworking musicians who have bright futures in music,” said Kristin Simpson, music instructor. “We will hear a solo from sophomore Trenton Emmons on tenor saxophone, performing a selection from his upcoming sophomore recital. Additionally, I am excited to present three of the musicians with well-earned awards: Outstanding Musician, Outstanding Instrumentalist and Musician of the Year.”

The concert is free and open to the public. There will be a reception afterward in the fireplace area of the McDonald-Belton Building.