UNK Nafme

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 NAfME Exec Board!

President - Zoey Smallwood
Vice President - Molly Graybill
Secretary/Treasurer - Ike Smith
Historian - Gracyn Jozsa
Chair of Special Projects - Bethany Hulinsky

We want to celebrate our amazing musicians that participated in Nebraska Intercollegiate Band today!

Flute: Kaia Johnson
Clarinet: Douglas Davidchik
Tenor Sax: Olivia Kohmetscher
Trumpet: Micha Feddersen and Ike Smith
French Horn: Cameron Grafel
Euphonium: Chloe Harms
Tuba and String Bass: Avery Reitz
Percussion: Evan Porter

NMEA 2025

A little late but these Lopers had a blast!

Yesterday, UNK NAfME held elections for our Executive Board for the 2025-2026 school year!

Standing on the far left is our new Historian, Gracyn Jozsa!
Next to her is our new Vice President, Zoey Smallwood!
Standing in the middle is the new President, Evan Porter!
Next to him is the returning Secretary, Micah Fedderson!
Standing on the far right is our returning Chair of Special Projects, Kaia Johnson!

Congratulations to everyone, I am excited for next year! Keep up the hard work!

On March 31st, a few lopers went to the capital for the NAfME Hill Day where they were able to talk about music education with our senators!

Here is what Zoey Smallwood, a freshman music education major, had to say about the experience:
"When I went to the capitol I had no idea what to expect. It was a pleasant surprise to find so many people who were passionate for the same cause, and I was able to meet more future music educators. I learned a lot more about how to advocate for the changes I want to see and how to get to know my senator better. I really enjoyed the experience of speaking with the people at the capitol: senators, college students and current educators alike. I would definitely like to go back to do it again to remind myself how important it is to form those personal connections!"

UNK Lopers were all over the midwest last weekend!

The first to leave was the ten lopers selected to participate in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Band! Those ten were Jacob Temme, Evan Porter, Aiden Zaro, Ike Smith, Benjamin Prentice, Daniel McCarty, Avery Reitz, Kaia Johnson, Emily Schwaiger, and Chloe Harms!

Next, we have the UNK Pep Band! They played at the MIAA tournament in Kansas City to cheer on our men's and women's basketball team!

Finally, Rebecca Hoffman and Alana Zimbelman played at the North American Saxophone Region Three Conference in Brookings, South Dakota. Alana played in a masterclass with Dr. Kenneth Tse. Rebecca played in a masterclass with Dr. Ann Bradfield

NAfME is so proud of everyone who performed this week. Everyone did a great job! Go lopers!

NMEA was this past weekend and it was a hit! Congratulations to Emma Schroeder, Sam Heitz, and the UNK Wind Ensemble for their hard work and awesome preformance!

🎉🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🎉 to our 2024 NAfME competition winners, Emma Schroeder, playing Fantasie Brillante, Jean babtise singele, with accompanist Sam Heitz! They will be representing UNK at the NMEA Collegiate recital on November 20th at 4:30! Congratulations, Emma and Sam!

Hello from Capitol Hill! 4 members of UNK NAfME got the opportunity to attend the National NAfME Collegiate Advocacy Summit and Hill Day in Virginia and Washington DC! They attended sessions, accepted awards and advocated for Music Education. 🍎🐝

Happy finals week! In just 5 short days these student teachers will be walking the stage! We are so proud of Hailey West, Ryan Johnson, and Ryan Sims! 💙💛

What a success!!
The fundraiser for the UNK One-handed Woodwinds Program raised a total of nearly $3,600!! This money will go toward the building of a new one-handed woodwind instrument, as well as helping to make leasing the instrument more affordable.

THANK YOU to all who donated, shared, reposted, and spread the word! Thank you to Dr. David Nabb, founder and Jeff Stelling, builder. Thank you to our collaborators in this fundraiser: NMEA (Nebraska Music Education Association) and NAfME Collegiate Chapters from Chadron State College, Concordia University, Doane University, Hastings College, Midland University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Peru State College, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Wayne State College.