With Gratitude,
2022
Duration: 5:00
Grade 3
To Dr. Jay Gilbert with great respect, admiration, and gratitude, from all the musicians, students, colleagues, and friends you have touched over an illustrious career at Doane University.
Dr. Jay Warren Gilbert
Dr. Jay Gilbert is a native Wisconsinite with degrees from the University of Wisconsin - Madison (BME, ‘79), Northwestern University (MM, ‘86), and Northwestern University (DMA, ‘93). He has public school teaching experience at Evansville Middle School in Evansville, Wisconsin, and Whitefish Bay Junior and Senior High School in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. He served as Assistant Director of Bands at Baylor University before accepting the Director of Bands position at Doane University in 1993.
Jay Gilbert's experiences are vast and varied as he has been an active conductor, clinician, and speaker across the country. He is very active in the Crete, NE community and in his church, as well as in various civic organizations. His unique abilities as a recruiter, builder, and fundraiser has established the Doane band program as an outstanding musical and educational pillar in the state of Nebraska and region. Jay’s incredible musicianship, conducting and rehearsing skills, and his genuine care and love for his University, band program, and students is truly amazing and inspiring. While his incredible contribution to the Doane University band and music program is exemplary, the lasting friendships and legacy he has built will certainly be with us all forever.
The consortium members would like to honor Dr. Gilbert with this Grace Baugher Dunlap composition to show our respect, admiration, appreciation, and gratitude for twenty nine incredible years of music education and music making at Doane University.
Thank you Dr. Jay Gilbert and Mrs. Laura Gilbert for all you have meant to so many organizations, schools, students, colleagues, and communities. We are all better because of you.
Forward by Dr. Frank Tracz
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Consortium
Consortium Led by:
Dr. Frank Tracz & Dr. Alex Wimmer, Kansas State University
Consortium Members:
Jennifer Antonetti & Garrett Jones, Topeka High School
Amber Bock, Omaha North High School
Emily Bond, Lincoln Christian School
Matt Bradford & Philip Kaul, DeSoto High School
Doug Bogatz, Omaha Westview High School
Andrew Brown, Omaha Benson High School
Jordan Brown, Eisenhower High School
Kyle Brubaker, Omaha Burke High School
Leighann Campbell, Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools
Will Cooper, Retired - Baldwin High School
Joann M. Couton, Bishop Neumann High School
Linda Donohue, Friend
Eric Fahrlander, Crete High School
Erin Shelton, Independence High School
Brendon Gibbons, Pleasanton Jr./Sr. High School
Abby Giles, Sterling High School
Joel Gittle, Manhattan High School
Steve Gordon, Maranatha High School
Shelby Goss & Connor Siler, Maize High School
Sarah Gross, Rossville Sr./Jr. High School
Christian Guinn, Osmond Community Schools
Jonathan Halvorsen, Omaha Northwest High School
Damien Johnson, Eudora High School
Travis Johnson, Cheney High School
Shawn Knopp, Friends University
Jay Koupal, Rock Creek High School
Dr. Evan Lee, Grand Island Public Schools
Robert Lee, Iota (KS) Chapter-Phi Beta Mu International
Jayme Malsom, Holton High School
Grant Matthews, Great Bend High School
Terry Meadows, Humboldt High School
Dr. James McAllister & Chris Miertschin, Kansas Wesleyan University
Jaime Minneman, Marysville High School
Don Mordecai, Norton Community High School Band
Cooper Neil, Pittsburg High School
Rosario Nelson, Omaha South High School
Dr. Lance Nielsen, Lincoln Public Schools
Jordan Northerns, Circle High School Concert Band
Braden Oliphant & Brayden Whitaker, Andale High School
Jeff Peabody, Columbus High School
Ben Rajewski, Winfield High School
Chris Richmond & Susan Gartner, Wamego High School
Emily Roth, Nebraska City Pioneer Bands
Kurt Runestad, Doane University
Dr. James Saker, Professor of Music and Director of Bands Emeritus, The University of Nebraska Omaha
Megan Sanger, Forks High School
Chris Scott, Omaha Bryan High School
Nicole Shively and Tom Thorpe, Lincoln East High School
Matt Smoot, Omaha Buena Vista High School
Chiyo Trauernicht & Beth Myers, Omaha Central High School
Mark Vittetoe, Horton High School
Dr. John Wojcik, Chadron State College