David Nabb: Woodwinds

David B. Nabb woodwinds (Professor) holds both B.M. and M.M. degrees in Multiple Woodwinds Performance from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of North Texas. His greatest source of happiness include his two children, Daniel and Sebastian, as well as his incredible wife, Franziska.

Dr. Nabb has performed on all of the woodwind instruments in a wide variety of settings including classical, jazz, and Broadway-style shows. Beginning in 1987, he participated in a tour as bassoonist for the New York Harlem Opera Ensemble. He has performed at numerous regional and national meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance, and at the World Saxophone Congress in 1983, 2003, and 2006. He appears as a featured performer on Steps to Excellence, an educational videotape produced by Yamaha Corporation, and has recorded for the Educational Music Service label.

Dr. Nabb's students have received recognition at the state, district, and national levels. Prior to joining the U.N.K. faculty, Dr. Nabb's teaching experiences included several years as a public school band director, and three years as Director of Instrumental Music at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He served as Associate Instructor at Indiana University, and was selected to be a member of the Teaching Excellency Fellowship Program at the University of North Texas.

Nabb is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society, and a member of Mortar Board. In 2007 Dr. Nabb was selected Outstanding undergraduate Research Mentor of the UNK College of Fine Arts and Humanities. In 2004, University of Nebrasaka President L. Dennis Smith named Dr. Nabb one of the University of Nebraska's "New Pioneers."

On February 26, 2000, Dr. Nabb suffered a massive stroke which left him completely paralyzed on his left side. He continues to make excellent progress regaining the use of his left arm, the left side of his face and left leg. As he recovers from his illness, he is working to develop a one-handed saxophone. The project was supported by the Nebraska Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Yamaha International Corporation, Stelling Brass and Winds of Kearney, and U.N.K. [One-handed Woodwinds Program.]

 email: nabbd@unk.edu