Heritage Landing Concert Series in July
Saturday, May 9, 2025 7 PM
Frauenthal Center, Muskegon
in Partnership with Shoreline Community Orchestra
Concert Program
Shoreline Community Orchestra
Nick Mosley, Conductor
Huapango
JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO
Leyenda del Quetzal y la Serpiente / Legend of the Quetzal bird & the snake
JOSÉ ELIZONDO
Kauyumari
GABRIELA ORTIZ
Paconchita
OSCAR NAVARRO
featuring guest artist Steve Harris
——————— INTERMISSION ———————
(15 minutes)
West Michigan Concert WINDS
Gail A. Brechting, Conductor & Artistic Director
Symphonic Dance #3 "Fiesta"
CLIFTON WILLIAMS
Brian J. Olian, Guest Conductor
La Bamba de Vera Cruz ("Mexican Dance")
TERIG TUCCI
Transcribed for Band by Donald Hunsberger
Of Endless Miles and Empty Rafts
MICHELE FERNÁNDEZ
In honor of displaced persons regardless of origin, and for my parents, Rosario and Jorge
Children of Sanchez
CHUCK MANGIONE
Arr. Naohiro Iwai
Danza Final (Malambo) from Estancia Dances
A. GINASTERA
Arr. David John
Meet the Conductors
Shoreline Community Orchestra
Nick Mosley, Conductor & Musical Director
Nick Mosley is proud to be a part of the thriving West Michigan music community. In fall of 2021, Nick became the music director of the Shoreline Community Orchestra, based in Muskegon, Michigan. He is also in his 21st year as a school music educator, with the last eleven years as the orchestra director at Mona Shores Middle School. In addition to his school ensembles, he also directs a thriving middle school fiddle program and summer strings camp. Nick has served on the board of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District VII, and was named the MSBOA District VII 2022-23 Orchestra Teacher of the Year. He currently serves on the board of the Michigan Chapter of the American String Teacher Association, and has presented at the Michigan Music Conference.
Nick holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and organ performance from Western Michigan University, and earned his master’s degree in conducting from Southern Oregon University. He also serves at Forest Park Covenant Church as the Assistant Director of Worship, regularly accompanies students at Solo & Ensemble Festivals, and is a frequent performer in the community. Nick and his wife, Maggie, have two string-playing children, Alexander and Eliana, and reside in Grand Haven.
West Michigan Concert Winds
Gail A. Brechting, Conductor & Artistic Director
Gail Brechting is in her twenty-ninth year as the conductor of the award-winning West Michigan Concert WINDS. Under her direction, the WINDS received the John Phillip Sousa Foundation’sSudler Silver Scroll Award, America’s most prestigious community concert band award. She has organized five international tours with the WINDS, most recently to Scotland and Ireland. She
has had the privilege of conducting the WINDS in Chicago’s Symphony Hall, as well as the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City. Before becoming conductor, Mrs. Brechting was principal trombone with the WINDS and performed with many area music ensembles including the Traverse City Symphony, the Lansing Concert Band, The Lake Effect Brass, and the West Shore Symphony.
From 1996-1999 Mrs. Brechting represented MSBOA as the State Representative for the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. For forty years, she has been an active district and state level adjudicator for low brass, band and orchestras as well as teaching private trombone and tuba lessons to students of all ages.
She has been the guest conductor with the Acadia Winds in Louisiana, Hot Springs Community Band in Arkansas, was the featured conductor with the Louisiana Middle School Honors Band, and served as guest clinician and conductor with the Winter Park High School in Florida. She is the 2019 & 2022 recipient of the Harry Begian Conductor Scholar Award, through Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
Mrs. Brechting is the Past President of the Association of Concert Bands, an international organization serving adult community bands, serving two previous terms on their board of directors. She is the Lifelong Arts Program Director with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, serving since 2019. She is a member of the National Band Association, the College Band Directors Association, an Emeritus member of Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, P.E.O. and the Women Band Directors Association. She is the first woman selected by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to serve on the Sudler Silver Scroll Award selection committee, and presently chairs this committee. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Arts degree from Western Michigan University. Mrs. Brechting is a past music faculty member of Muskegon Community College. She retired in 2019, after a 40-year public school music education career, 34 of those with the Reeths-Puffer Schools in Muskegon, MI. In her spare time, she trains to compete as a US Masters swimmer, loves to play golf and travel.
Mrs. Brechting lives in Spring Lake with her engineer/pianist husband Frank. Their daughter Annelise, is a Physician Assistant in Greenville, SC.
Brian J. Olian, Guest Conductor
Brian J. Olian, Guest Conductor
Brian J. Olian is currently in his twenty-first year at Reeths-Puffer Schools in Muskegon, Michigan. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Michigan State University (2004) and a Master of Music Degree from Sam Houston State University (2010). Mr. Olian is the current conductor of the Reeths-Puffer Middle School Bands. During his time at Reeths-Puffer, he has been the Director of the High School Symphony Band, assistant Director of the Marching Band, and has overseen the growth of the beginning band program at Reeths-Puffer Intermediate School. In addition to his work with the students at Reeths-Puffer Schools, Mr. Olian has been an active member of the conducting faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a position he has frequently held since the summer of 2005. In 2011-2012, Mr. Olian was honored to be selected as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Harry Begian Conducting Fellowship at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Mr. Olian has also been a guest conductor with the West Michigan Concert Winds and has conducted the Winds at both the Red Cedar Festival and the Motor City Brass Band Festival, and in 2016 he guest conducted the Winds at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Mr. Olian has also served as the conductor of West Michigan Concert Winds’ Summer Sousa Band. In 2008, he was chosen as the conductor of the District 7 Middle School Honors Band, and in 2009 a recipient of the ASBDA’s Outstanding Potential Award for early career excellence in band education.
Flute / Piccolo
Anita Lauterberg
Allison Langlois
Suzanne Lavin
Oboe
Michele Wheeler
Susan Stoltzfus
Clarinet
Paula Whisman
Jim Brunner
Bassoon
Jane Holt
Miriam Acosta
Horn
Allen Beck
Elizabeth Johnson
Ken Kloet
Susan Peeples
Amy VanderLaan
Trumpet
Craig Bourdon
Dan Whisman
David Meyers
Noah Boyden
Trombone
Judah Weeks
Ryan Bouman
Bill Price
Tuba
Rob Hardenburgh
Timpani / Percussion
Sandy Beck
Taylor Hirvo
Hannah Merdzinski
Martin O’Toole
Michelle Wazny
Keyboard
Frank Brechting III
Violin I
Holli Stack
Kimberly Brayton
Cali Flock
Diane Gordon
Lynn Khadija
Mark Thogerson
Violin II
Kara Olson
Ava Crago
Sally Dunn
Maggie Holmberg
Zuri LaBrenz
Paul Shorkey
Michael Stanley
Viola
Diane Lewis
Seth Bozik
Leina Kaehr
Peggy Smith
Monique Stansell
Cello
Carol Briggs-Erickson
Diane Goss
Katy Highwind
Sarah Merdzinski
Betty Stuart
Bass
Josh Bourdon
Lucas Johnson
Nick Voyt
* Indicates Principal Player
Flute/Piccolo
Kelyn Celeskey
Roxanne Diebel
Sarah Graham
Marijo Johnson
Kathleen Johnston
Susan Kiehl
Stella Liang
Anita Lauterberg*
Suzanne Lavin
Rachel Martineau
Jenny VanDen Heuvel
Jillaena Weesies
Oboe
Michele Wheeler*
Susan Stoltzfus
English Horn
Michele Wheeler
Bassoon
Michael Hanley
Jane Holt*
Evan Peterson
Nick Verbanic
Clarinet
Jane Bednarz
Jim Brunner
Carolyn Buboltz
Cathy Lintula
Matthew Lintula
Laurie Lubbers
Terri Jo Parker
Lynne Paul
Tom Schurino
Amy Towell
Angela Vis
Paula Whisman*
Alto Clarinet
Tom Oatmen
Bass Clarinet
Judy Hardenburgh
Mike Hill*
Alto Saxophone
Justin Auten*
Jaydon Castillo
Martin O’Toole
Shaun Skibinski
Steven Vitto
JR Whitby
Tenor Saxophone
Rebecca Gierhart
Amanda Serocke
Baritone Saxophone
Dave Lintula
French Horn
Allen Beck
Judy Fuller
Terrie Hampel
Elizabeth Johnson
Ken Kloet
Jennifer Reeths
Amber Russell
Carrie Sorensen
Amy VanderLaan*
Judith Wagley
Trumpet
James Baker
Craig Bourdon
Kim Brayton
John Highhill
Thom Lemon
Gary Oberlin
Gary Smith*
Sean Sweany
Trevor Watrin
Ian Wright
Trombone
Sara Adams
Thomas Allport
Ryan Bouman
Keith Danielson
Chuck Hornung
T Rose
Dale Smith*
Bass Trombone
Bill Price
Tom Weaver
Euphonium
Dan Horton
Robert Tuttle*
Stephen Westfield
Tuba
Rob Hardenburgh
Kim Reynolds*
Richard Rothe
Bret Wazny
Bass Guitar
David Martin
Piano
Frank J. Brechting III
Percussion
Sandy Beck*
Frank J. Brechting III
Emily Cihos
Dan Cole
Chuck Hodson
Nolan Johnson
Margaret Shay
Andrew Susalla
Support the WINDS and SCO
Support the WINDS and SCO
Please consider supporting the Shoreline Symphony Orchestra and the West Michigan Concert Winds by making a donation.
Upcoming SCO Concerts
Strings Across the Sea - with the Langford Lads
July 8, 2025 7PM Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven
July 9, 2025 7PM Heritage Landing, Muskegon
Upcoming WINDS Concerts
"Make Mine a Michigan Summer" - July 16, 2025 7PM
Heritage Landing, Muskegon
"Makin’ Music With My Friends" - July 23, 2025 7PM
Heritage Landing, Muskegon