Joshua Nymeyer to Tour With Dordt College Band and Orchestra

2013 Feb 21

Joshua Nymeyer of Sioux Center, Iowa, will spend the spring break on a music tour with the Dordt College Concert Band and Concert Orchestra. He is part of the Concert Band. Nymeyer is a senior majoring in accounting and business administration with emphases in finance and accounting. He also has a minor in mathematics.

The tour will perform in South Dakota, Montana, Alberta, Washington state, Idaho, and Colorado.

The two instrumental groups will perform a variety of pieces under the direction of Bradley Miedema. The band will perform works by Gustav Holst, Johann Sebastian Bach, Adam Gorb, and more. The orchestra will perform pieces by William Boyce, William Walton, Norman Dello Joio, and more.

Dordt College has approximately 300 U.S. and international students who participate in the music program, with opportunities to perform in four choral groups, two orchestras, and three bands. Music scholarships are available to qualified students.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. At Dordt, 98 percent of enrolled students receive financial aid, thanks in part to generous alumni committed to the mission of the college. Dordt offers more than 90 programs of study to a student body of approximately 1,400. See www.dordt.edu for more information.