Faculty > Conducting
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Ken Meints
Conductor and Trombone
Ken Meints has experience conducting orchestras in Illinois, California and Omaha and is a doctoral candidate in Orchestra Conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds a Master of Music in trombone from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
His teaching experience spans the entire musical spectrum from preschool general music to university courses in trombone, theory, and performing ensembles. He currently serves as director of orchestras at Brownell-Talbot and the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Additionally, he has been appointed music director of Orchestra Omaha, a community ensemble dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the community through high quality orchestra concerts presented free to the public.
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JoAnna Cochenet
Viola, Violin, Conducting
JoAnna Cochenet, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, holds a Masters in Music in Viola Performance and Orchestral Conducting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM, 2010), a Bachelor’s of Music with certification in Instrumental Music Education and a Performer’s Certificate in Viola from Coe College (2008), situated in Cedar Rapids, IA. She received numerous awards, scholarships, and grants to study at both institutions. JoAnna studied conducting with Margery Deutsch, Dr. William Carson, the late Richard Hoffman, and Dr. Marc Falk and received coaching from Dr. Sharon Hansen and Dr. John Climer. Her formal viola studies were with Lewis Rosove, Dr. Michael Kimber, and Beth Hoffman.
She has taught privately since 2004, subs with the Omaha Symphony, and plays with Orchestra Omaha and the Kronberg Ensemble, a budding midwestern string chamber ensemble. Find more information about her on her website.