Josh Nannestad
HostJoshua Hawkins Nannestad is tenured Associate Professor and Director of Music Education at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, where he teaches methods, literature, and music history. As Associate Director of Choral Activities, he conducts the Morningside Cantabile and the Symphonic Chorus.
A lifelong church musician, he has served a variety of roles in Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian, and UCC congregations, often alongside his wife Joanna Hawkins Nannestad.
Dr. Nannestad currently sits on the boards of KWIT/Siouxland Public Media and the Sioux City Chamber Music Society. He previously served as President of the board of SHARE, the Southeastern Hub for Arts Resources in Education, and as accompanist for the SHARE Children's Choir. He has served as the College and University Resource & Repertoire chair for the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association, as well as a member of the Music Advisory Panel for the Oklahoma Arts Institute.
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Senate Award for Excellence in Scholarship, SOSU School of Arts and Sciences, 2019.
- Faculty Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching, SOSU School of Arts and Sciences, 2018.
- Richard Kegerreis Scholar, Eastern Division ACDA, 2010.
- Allen Lannom Award for Young Conductors, Massachusetts ACDA, 2006.
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An hour of western art music from American composers and poets. Randall Thompson, Aaron Copland, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and more on Listen To This with Dr. J. -
Host Josh Nannestad chats with guests of the Sioux City Symphony: 2025 Compsoer of the Year Dr. Alice Hong talks about "Eden", and Principal Trombone of the Alabama Symphony discusses returning home to play "Pull pin and throw" by Martin Kennedy. -
Listen to This for a Good Friday: We consider the spurious Mozart/Allegri story, hear the famous Miserere from the Cambridge Singers, and the Duccio-inspired violin concerto from Frank Martin, Polyptyque. -
Two works, one small and one large. The middle movement of Mozart's clarinet concerto, and the monumental Third Piano Concerto of Rachmaninoff. It's Listen To This with Dr. J! -
In this episode of Listen To This, Dr. J introduces us to a few composers with a deathly fear of Friday the 13th... with good reason, it turns out! -
March madness! Josh Nannestad moves us smartly forward in step with music of Sousa, Elgar, and Karl King. Unusual submissions from Stravinsky, Liszt, Grieg, and more. -
An hour of chamber music. Schubert and Debussy frame a conversation with Seth May-Patterson, violist. -
During this Black History Month, host Josh Nannestad leads us through exceptional western art music from Black composers and performers. We feature Undine Smith Moore, William Dawson, Florence Price, Randall Goosby, Leontyne Price, Justin Holland, Reginald Mobley, and Scott Joplin. -
Host Josh Nannestad chats with two performers about to visit Siouxland: Darrel Fickbohm of Flower and Flame, and Tim Steele of the Coretta Scott King concert. Music of Mozart, Florence Price, and Leena McLin. -
On this episode of Listen To This: Dr. J takes us through the genre of toccata, through the centuries. Frescobaldi, Bach, Ravel, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Britten and Widor.
