Stephen Klaassen selected for national intercollegiate honor band

2016 Dec 22

Stephen Klaassen was one of three Wartburg College students selected for the 2017 College Band Directors National Association Small Band Programs Intercollegiate Band.

Klaassen, a biology major from Broken Arrow, was selected to be a member of the percussion section with the 120-member band representing 59 schools. The band, conducted by Gary D. Green, emeritus professor of music and director of bands at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, will perform March 18 in the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts during the association's annual conference in Kansas City.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to work with other students from around the nation who exhibit a high level of musicianship," Klaassen said.