Gold Star Marching Band Staff

Dr. Sigurd Johnson
Director, Gold Star Marching Band

D.M.A., University of Memphis
M.M., Northwestern University
B.A., Concordia College

    Dr. Sigurd Johnson is Director of Athletic Bands and an Associate Professor of Music at North Dakota State University, in Fargo ND. Prior to his appointment at NDSU, he served as Director of Bands and Percussion at Valley City State University in Valley City, ND; Director of Bands and Instrumental Music at Rust College in Holly Springs, MS; and as a percussion arranger and instructor on the staff of the University of Memphis Marching Band.

    While living in the mid-south, Dr. Johnson was a member of the percussion section of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, an active jazz and theater freelance performer and a clinician/adjudicator. He also spent four years teaching and performing in Norway. Currently, Dr. Johnson spends a portion of his summer teaching percussion at the International Music Camp, where he is also an executive member of the IMC board and vice-president of the US Corporation. Johnson is the East Region Band Representative for the North Dakota Music Education Association, is a past president of the North Dakota National Band Association; and has served as North Dakota State Chair for the collegiate chapters of the Music Educators National Conference. He is active in the upper Midwest as a percussion, jazz ensemble and concert band clinician and adjudicator, as well as a guest conductor of Festival and Honor bands. Dr. Johnson is a Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets artist.

Wade Stalbroeger
Drumline Instructor

Lisa Odens
Color Guard Choreographer

Kohei Kameda
Graduate Assistant

Kyle Norris
Graduate Assistant

2010-11 Student Leadership

Ryan Barry Drum Major

Blake Segerholm Drum Major

Mandy Vogel Drum Major

Jennifer Blodgett Flute Section Leader Jenny Kuchynski Flute Section Leader

Jake Gilbertson Clarinet Section Leader Teresa Beach Clarinet Section Leader Abby Sims Clarinet Section Leader

Morgan Fredrickson Saxophone Section Leader Matt Lunde Saxophone Section Leader

Antoine Poitras Saxophone Section Leader

Megan Quiring Mellophone Section Leader Laura Vaske Mellophone Section Leader

Alyssa Johnson Trumpet Section Leader Amy Schaaf Trumpet Section Leader

James Soltis Trumpet Section Leader

Matt Fellows Trombone Section Leader

Dan Franz Trombone Section Leader

Brent Nerenz Trombone Section Leader

	Lynlee Halvorson Baritone Section Leader
	David Hedden Baritone Section Leader

Jared Gratzek Sousaphone Section Leader Geoff Solomonson Sousaphone Section Leader

Tom Boden Drumline Section Leader

Jon Olsen Drumline Section Leader

Peter Buller Drumline Section Leader

	Erin Daly Front Ensemble Section Leader
	Britta Johnson Front Ensemble Section Leader

Randa Dufault Color Guard Section Leader

Erica Imsande Color Guard Section Leader

Marie Kastella Color Guard Section Leader

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