Jared Broussard joins Bemidji State Wind Ensemble for spring concert

Jared Broussard’s appearance with the Bemidji State University Wind Ensemble carries a personal connection that reaches beyond campus. Broussard is the nephew of Scott Guidry, Bemidji State’s associate professor of instrumental music and director of bands, turning the spring concert into a family-linked moment for the university’s music program and for Bemidji.

The Wind Ensemble is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in Bangsberg Main Theater on the Bemidji State campus. The concert is listed as the ensemble’s final performance of the 2025-2026 school year, giving the event added weight as a season capstone for a group long recognized as one of the finest programs in the region.

Bangsberg 200, the campus theater space, has a seating capacity of 261, which gives the concert an intimate scale even as the program reaches beyond a typical student recital. Bemidji State describes the Wind Ensemble as a longstanding ensemble that performs twentieth-century pieces and contemporary works, with a roster that includes music majors, non-music majors and community members. That mix helps explain why the group remains one of the university’s most visible cultural touchpoints in Beltrami County.

Broussard brings a résumé that matches the occasion. Lamar University lists him as assistant professor of trumpet. It also says he earned a DMA and MM from the University of Texas at Austin and a BM from Virginia Commonwealth University. His performance history includes touring with The Temptations and appearing with Maria Schneider, John Clayton, Joshua Redman and Wycliffe Gordon, giving the concert a guest artist with substantial professional experience rather than a ceremonial cameo.

For Bemidji listeners, that combination matters. The concert offers a chance to hear the Wind Ensemble in one of the campus’s most compact performance spaces, with repertoire that spans twentieth-century and contemporary music and a guest trumpeter whose career has ranged from jazz to touring stages with a major R&B act. It also keeps the campus connected to the broader community at a time when Bemidji State’s arts programming remains one of the university’s most visible links to local families, students and longtime supporters.

The performance is part of Bemidji State’s 2025-2026 Music Performance Calendar, which notes that the schedule is subject to change. As planned, though, the April 25 concert stands out as both a family story and a season-ending live event for Bemidji.