NSU BAND CLINIC CLINICIANS 2007
Staff Sergeant Matthew
C. Erickson performs on bass trombone with
the Brass in Blue brass ensemble and Ceremonial
Band of the USAF Heartland of America Band,
Offutt Air Force Base,
Nebraska. Administratively, Sergeant Erickson is
the Noncommissioned Officer-In-Charge and Music
Director of Brass in Blue, as well as the Drum
Major for the Ceremonial Band. He also serves as
the Unit Fitness Program Monitor. Sergeant
Erickson has performed with Offutt Brass and The
Noteables on tenor and bass trombones and
euphonium. Brass in Blue, Offutt Brass, The
Noteables and the New Horizons clarinet ensemble
have all employed his arranging talents.
Sergeant Erickson graduated from Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn
High School, Iowa, in 1996. In May 2000, he
graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of
Music Education degree from the University of
South Dakota. In July 2000, he graduated from
Air Force Basic Military Training as an Honor
Graduate and the Most Outstanding Airman for the
323rd Training Squadron. Sergeant Erickson
graduated from Airman Leadership School in
November 2004 with the highest leadership and
academic honor, the John L. Levitow Award. He
was also chosen as the USAF Heartland of America
Band's 2004 Airman of the Year and the USAF Band
and Music Program's 2004 Airman of the Year.
Sergeant Erickson was a featured soloist with
the Concert Band on two tours and a guest
soloist with numerous local community bands and
universities. In March 2002, he was featured
with the Augustana College, S.D., Trombone Choir
at the 2002 Eastern Trombone Workshop in
Washington, D.C.
He is currently persuing a Masters of Music in
trombone performance degree at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Terry Beckler currently serves as Director of the Concert Band and assistant director of the Marching Wolves at Northern State University. Prior to his appointment at NSU, Mr. Beckler served as Director of Bands at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN and Director of Bands at Huron University. He also has ten years of public school experience as band director for the Red Rock Central (Lamberton, MN) and Sioux Valley (Volga, SD) school districts. Mr. Beckler has been a member of the 147th Army Band based in Mitchell, SD for twenty years. He enlisted in 1986 as a percussionist and since 1998 has served as commander/conductor of this group. In January of 2006 the 147th Army Band was awarded the Howard Citation of Musical Excellence administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Mr. Beckler currently holds the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. He is an active clinician in South Dakota and Minnesota and a former member of the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps. Dr. Beckler's degrees include a BME from South Dakota State University, MM from the University of Northern Colorado, and a PhD in Music Education at the University of Minnesota. |
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A native of Brookings, South Dakota, Boyd Perkins earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Iowa. Additional degrees include a Master of Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Iowa and a BME from South Dakota State University. With successful public school teaching experience in Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota, Dr. Perkins has developed a strong multifaceted reputation as a music educator in the areas of concert band, marching band, and jazz. He maintains an active adjudication and clinician schedule in all three areas. Dr. Perkins’ duties at NSU include low brass studies, instrumental conducting, marching band, symphonic band, marching band techniques, and music administration. Most recently under Dr. Perkins’ leadership, the NSU Marching Wolves were the lone selection from South Dakota in the 2006 Holiday Parade commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In 2005 the Marching Wolves were one of eight collegiate bands selected to appear in the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. In addition to the NSU Marching Wolves, Dr Perkins writes marching band shows for numerous high school bands and has written shows for The University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band. As a euphonium performer, Dr. Perkins has been the runner up in the national MTNA-Wurlitzer Brass competition, and has appeared as a soloist with numerous high school and community bands, as well as with The University of Iowa Symphony Band, the South Dakota State University Symphonic Band, and the South Dakota State University Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Dr. Perkins has been the featured soloist on three European tours, including the Midwest Ambassadors of Music and Iowa Ambassadors of Music. He is currently the Band Chair for the South Dakota Music Educators Association. |