2019/20 Symphonic Vision

Guest Concert – October 26, 2019 – NISO Guest Program

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

Danza Valenciana	Joaquin Rodrigo
Toccata in G-major	J.S. Bach
from Toccata in D minor – Adagio & Fugue	J.S. Bach
Proseta se Jovka Kumanovka	arr. Maja Radovanlija
Cuatro estampas Andaluzas	Joaquin Rodrigo
Three Finnish Pieces	Maria Kalaniemi
Purple Rain	Prince
StarWaves	Ian Krouse

Fall Concert – November 19, 2019 –NISO Fall Program 2019

The American Dream

Guest Artists: John Walker, piano

Readings by Dordt University Theatre Arts Students

The Star-Spangled Banner	Smith/Damrosch
Hymn for the Heartland	Onsby Rose
Concerto in F for piano	Gershwin
Fanfare for the Common Man	Copland
Ellis Island: The Dream of America	Boyer

Winter Pops Concert – January 19, 2020 (rescheduled January 31, 2020) – NISO Winter Pops Program 2020

NISO in concert with The Texas Tenors

The Texas Tenors Program	The Texas Tenors
Bugler’s Holiday	Anderson

Spring Concert – April 7, 2020

 

Winter Pops Concert – January 27 – NISO Winter Program 2018

Romancing the Violin

Guest Artist:  Jessica Mathaes, violin

Gymnopedie no. 1	Satie (Orch. Debussy)
Romance, Op. 26	Svendsen
Meditation from Thais	Massenet
Main Theme from “Schindler’s List”	Williams
Excerpts from “Fiddler on the Roof”	Bock/Williams
Caravan	Ellington/Ployhar
Allegretto from Palladio	Jenkins
Tango (“Por una Cabeza”)	Gardel/Willaims
Oblivion	Piazzolla/Longfield
Jalousie “Tango Tzigane”	Gade/Naughtin
Medley from “Phantom of the Opera”	Webber/Custer

Guest Concert – March 20 – NISO Guest Concert 2018 Program

Camerata RCO

String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406	Mozart
Souvenirs de Voyage	Bernard Herrmann
String Quintet No. 2, op. 111	Brahms

Spring Concert – April 10 – NISO Spring Program

A Mighty Fortress

Guest Artist:  Richard Steinbach, piano

Russian Easter Overture	Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Concerto No. 2	Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”	Mendelssohn

2016/17 Musical Gems

Fall Concert – November 15 – Fall Program 2016

Here’s The Story

Guest Artist: John Bailey, flute

The Moldau from “Má vlast”	SMETANA
In Good King Charles’s Golden Days	COLEMAN
Fantaisie Brillante on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen	BORNE
Grand Canyon Suite	GROFÉ

Guest Concert – February 4 – Guest Program 2017

Lark Quartet

Chinese Folk Songs for String Quartet	ZHOU LONG
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)	CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106	ANTONIN DVORAK
Five Songs for String Quartet, arranged by Stanley Silverman	GEORGE GERSHWIN

Winter Pops Concert – February 25 – Winter Pops Program 2017

A Night With The Okee Dokee Brothers

Guest Artist:  The Okee Dokee Brothers

Hoe-Down	Copland
Cripple Creek	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson
Can You Canoe	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson
Rosita	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson
Thousand Star Hotel	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson
Through The Woods	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Out of Tune	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Echo	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Jaboree	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Washinton Post March	Sousa
Don’t Fence Me In	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Jackalope	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Mama Don’t Allow	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson
Bullfrog Opera	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. Tommy Barbarella
Boatman’s Dance	Words & Music by Justin Lansing & Joe Mailander; arr. John Wasson

Spring Concert – April 11 – Spring Program 2017

Rocky! An All-Rachmaninoff Program

Guest Artist:  Sean Botkin, piano

Guest Conductor:  Henry Duitman

Vocalise	RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor	RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45	RACHMANINOFF

2015/16 Symphonic Journey

Fall Concert – November 17 – Fall 2015 Program

Musical Universe

Guest Artist:  John Pennington, timpani

Guest Concert – April 1 – The Rose Ensemble – Guest 2016 Program

The Rose Ensemble

Slavic Wonders

Hospodine, Pomiluj Ny	Anon. 11th c. Czech (attr. Saint Vojtěch)
Svatý Václave	Anon. 12th c. Czech
Heruvímskaya Pesñ	Vasily Titov, ca.1650-ca.1715
Dies est Laetitiae	Anon. 14th c. Czech
Stala sĕ jest vĕc divná	Anon. 15th c. Czech
Beata es Virgo	Mikołaj Zieleński (ca. 1550 – post 1615)
Today the virgin	traditional Ukrainian
Kleszczmy rękoma	Mikołaj Gomołka, b. ca. 1535
Hodie egressa est/Magnificat	plainchant with fauxbourdon
The New Joy	traditional Ukrainian
In Jerusalem	traditional Ukrainian
Decet huius cunctis horis	Jan z Jenštejna, written ca. 1350-1400
Magnificat a 12	Mikołaj Zieleński
Salve pater optime	Anon. 15th c. Czech
Alme presul et beate	Anon. 15th c. Czech
Rozhdestvo tvoye Khriste	early Church Slavonic Nativity Tropar
Dostóyno yest	Vasily Titov
The Heavens and the Earth	traditional Ukrainian

Spring Concert – April 19 – Spring 2016 Program

Czech-Mates

Guest Artist: Christopher Hill, clarinet

Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride	Smetana
Clarinet Concerto in A Major	Mozart
Symphony No. 6 in D Major	Dvorak

2014/15 The Year of the Composer

Fall Concert – November 18 – Fall 2014 Program

Thunder and Lightning

Guest Artists:  Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Co.

Thunder and Lightning Polka	J. Strauss
Peter and the Wolf	Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92	Beethoven

2013/14 The Year of the Composer

Fall Concert – November 12 – Fall 2013 Program

Verdi vs. Wagner

Guest Artists:  Shannon Salyards, Soprano and Russell Svenningsen, Tenor

Guest Concert – March 1 – Guest 2014 program

Euclid Quartet

selections from At the Octoroon Balls	Marsalis
String Quartet No. 1	Ives
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”	Dvorak

Spring Concert – April 15 – Spring 2014 program

The Three B’s

Guest Artists:  Richard Bogenrief, Trumpet; Anna Davis, Flute; Jennifer Frens, Violin; and, Kristi Stanichar, Oboe

Overture to Consecration of the House, Op. 124	Beethoven
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047	Bach
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73	Brahms

 

2012/13 Musical Journeys

Fall Concert – November 6

All-American

Guest Artist: Ksenia Nosikova – piano

American National Anthem	Smith
Variations on ‘America’	Ives/arr. Schuman
American Salute	Gould
Independence Overture	Stanichar
Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’	Copland
Rhapsody in Blue	Gershwin

Winter Pops Concert – February 2

A Night at the Movies

Guest Artists: Pamela De Haan – saxophone and voice; Deanna Wehrspann – piano

Star Spangled Banner	Smith
Hooray for Hollywood	Mercer, arr. Strommen
Over the Rainbow from “The Wizard of Oz”	Arlen, arr. Gold
Pirate of the Caribbean	Zimmer, arr. Ricketts
Moon River from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”	Mancini, arr. Moss
As Time Goes By from “Casablanca”	Humfield, arr. Custer
Raiders March from “Indiana Jones”	John Williams
Highlights from “Jurassic Park”	Williams, arr. Custer
The Pink Panther	Mancini arr. Custer
Theme from “Mission Impossible”	Schifrin, arr. Custer
Forrest Gump-Main Title (Feather Theme)	Silvestri, arr. Lavender
Gabriel’s Oboe from “The Mission”	Morricone, arr. Longfield
Schindler’s List Main Theme	John Williams
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Shore, arr. Whitney
Imperial March from “The Empire Strikes Back”	John Williams
Throne Room and Finale from “Star Wars”	John Williams

Guest Concert – February 23

Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Ernest Richardson, Conductor

The Hebrides, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave”	Felix Mendelssohn
Beyond the Odyssey	Steven Laven
The Frontier	Dave Heath
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417, “Tragic”	Franz Schubert

Spring Concert – April 16

Let’s Go Dutch

Guest Artists: Dordt College Concert Choir; Northwestern College Heritage Singers; Sioux County Oratorio Chorus; Shannon Salyards – soprano; Debora Vogel – soprano; Emily Lodine – mezzo-soprano; Timothy Campbell – tenor; Brandon Hendrickson – baritone; Dr. John Walker – piano

Overture to Flying Dutchman	Richard Wagner
Choral Fantasy	Ludwig van Beethoven
Hallelujah! from Christ on the Mount of Olives	Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony in D Minor	César Franck

 

2011/12 Fabulous Firsts

Guest Concert – October 15

St. Olaf Orchestra

Steven Amundson, Conductor

Fall Concert – November 15

Number One!

Christopher Stanichar – Principal Conductor

Guest Artist: Richard Bogenrief – Trumpet

Leonore Overture No. 1, op. 138	Beethoven
Trumpet Concerto	Arutiunian
Symphony No. 1 in G Minor	Kalinnikov

Winter Pops Concert – January 21

Fabulous 50’s!

Guest Artist: Rave On! – The Music of Budd Holly

Not Fade Away	Music of Buddy Holly
Reminiscing
Ready Teddy
Maybe Baby
I’m Looking For Someone To Love
Early In the Morning
Take You’re Time
You’re So Square
That’ll Be the Day
It’s So Easy
Peggy Sue
True Love Ways
Blue Tango	Anderson
Everyday	Music of Buddy Holly
Raining in My Heart
Heartbeat
Fool’s Paradise
Think It Over
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Peggy Sue Got Married
Oh, Boy! Medley
Johnny Be Goode

Spring Concert – April 17

Magic Carpet Ride

Guest Artist: Maxim Kozlov – cello

Aladdin, op. 34: Seven Pieces	Nielsen
Concerto for Cello No. 1 in A Minor, op. 33	Saint-Saens
Scheherazade, op. 35	Rimsky-Korsakov
From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows	Smetana
Pines of Rome	Respigh

 

2010/11 A Season of Celebration

Fall Concert – November 16

Guest Conductor: Jeffery L. Paul

Guest Artist: John Tompkins – Bassoon

Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2	Respighi
Andante and Hungarian Rondo, op. 35	Weber
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 43	Sibelius

Winter Pops Concert – January 22

Guest Conductor: Timothy McGarvey

LeMars High School Show Choir, MOC-Floyd Valley High School Swing Choir, Sheldon High School Show Choir

Haven’t Met You Yet	arr. Alan Billingsley
The Best of You in Me	arr. Steve Zegree
Faithful	arr. Anita Cracauer
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore	arr. Mark Hayes
Where is Love?	arr. Joshua Shank
One Day More	arr. Mark Brymer
I Can See It	arr. Larry Shackley
It’s My Life	arr. Aric Van Cleave
Anyway	arr. Ly Tartell
You Can Still Rock in America	arr. Eric Van Cleave
Dance of the Comedians	Smetana
Selections from “Porgy and Bess”	Gershwin, arr. Sayre
A Tribute to John Williams	Williams, arr. Lavendar
Armed Forces Salute	arr. Lowden
Irving Berlin – A Symphonic Portrait	arr. Ades

Spring Concert – April 5

Conductor: Christopher Stanichar

Guest Artist: Synchronicity: Carah Landes – percussion, Gregory Landes – piano

Tales from the Vienna Woods	Strauss
Alborada del Gracioso	Ravel
Danzas Argentinas, op. 2	Ginastera
From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows	Smetana
Pines of Rome	Respighi

2009/10 A Noteworthy Season

Fall Concert – November 17

Guest Conductor: Christopher Stanichar

Guest Artist: Uriel Tsachor, Piano

Sunflowers	Stanichar
Piano Concerto No. 1	Chopin
Symphony No. 2	Borodin

Winter Pops Concert – January 30

Guest Conductor: Jungho Kim

Guest Artists: Chris Vadala – Saxophone, Dordt College Jazz Band, Northwestern College Jazz Band

Jazz Piece	Gillespe
Jazz Piece	Ellington
Jazz Piece	Magione

Spring Concert – April 13

Guest Conductors: Timothy McGarvey

Guest Artist: Jessica Mathaes – Violin

‘Candide’ Overture	Bernstein
Violin Concerto No. 3	Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 5	Beethoven

2008/09 New Directions

Fall Concert – November 18

Guest Conductor: Tim McGarvey

Guest Artist: John Thomson – Violin

Entry March of the Boyars	Halvorsen
A Visit to the Summer Mountain Pasture	Bull
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 4	Grieg
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36	Tchaikovsky

Winter Pops Concert – February 7

Guest Conductor: John Thomson

Guest Artists: The Stoneback Brass and the Stoneback Sisters, Trumpet Ensembles, Dordt College Jazz Band, Northwestern College Jazz Band

Obertura from ‘Los Esclavos Felices’	Arriaga
Intermedio from ‘La Boda de Luis Alonso’	Gimenez
Spanish Dance No. 1	Falla
Bugler’s Holiday	Anderson
Flight of the Bumblebee	arr. Koff
Por la Espana Cani	arr. Mendez

Spring Concert – April 21

Guest Conductors: Jungho Kim, Bradley Miedema

Guest Artist: Gary Reeves

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80	Brahms
Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra	Dukas
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg	Wagner
Symphony No. 8, Op. 88	Dvorak

2007/08 Season of Harmony

Fall Concert – November 27

Guest Artist: Martha Councell – Flute

Fanfare from ‘La Peri’	Dukas
Flute Concerto in G	Stamitz
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1	Enesco
Symphony No. 5, Op. 107, “Reformation”	Mendelssohn

Winter Pops – February 2

Guest Artists: Realtime A Cappella Quartet

Balley Music from ‘Faust’	Gounod
Pavanne	Gould
My Funny Valentine	Rodgers
Rocky Top	Bryant
Superman Returns	Williams
Georgia on My Mind	Carmichael
Loch Lomond	traditional Scottish
Keep the Whole World Singing	Dirkema

Spring Concert – April 19

Guest Artist: Maxim Koslov

Egmont Overture	Beethoven
Variations on a Rococo Theme	Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 3 (Organ)	Saint-Sans

2006/07 Musical Fantasies

Fall Concert – November 7

Guest Artist: David Burgess – Guitar

Patrie!	Bizet
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre	Rodrigo
Symphony No. 32	Mozart
“Carmen” Suite No. 1	Bizet

Winter Pops – February 3

Guest Artist: David Gluck – Percussion/Composer, Dordt College Jazz Band, Northwestern College Jazz Band

Three Dances from the ‘Gayne’ Ballet	Khachaturian
Movie Spectacular	arr. Bocook
Blue Tango	Anderson
Nagaina’s NemesisPremiere performance of this commissioned work	Gluck

Spring Concert – April 24

Guest Artists: Robert Horton – Organ, Stephen Yarbrough – Composer

Fanfare from ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’	Strauss
Credo	Victoria
Serenade No. 1, mvt 1	Brahms
Fantasy for Organ and OrchestraPremiere performance of this commissioned work	Yarbrough
Death and Transfiguration	Strauss
The Turtle Dove	Cassler

2005/06 Magnificent Musical Masterpieces

Fall Concert – November 15

The Americans

Guest Artist: Thomas Alexander – Piano

Buckaroo Holiday from ‘Rodeo’	Copland
Selections from ‘Porgy and Bess’	Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue	Gershwin
Symphony No. 2 (Romantic)	Hanson

Winter Pops – February 5

Broadway on Parade

Guest Show Choirs from Le Mars High School, MOC-Floyd Valley High School, Sioux Center High School

Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 No.7	Dvorak
Broadway on Parade	arr. Sayre
Selections from ‘Oklahoma’	arr. Rosenhaus
‘Oliver’ Selections	arr. Reed
Selections from ‘A Chorus Line’	Hamlisch
A Symphonic Portrait	Berlin
Give My Regards to Broadway	Cohan

April 7 GUEST CONCERT

Rhythm & Brass

Fantasie in C minor	J.S. Bach
Norwegian Wood	Lennon/McCartney arr. Gluck
The Tao of “Heavy D”	Richardson
Two Studies in English Folk Song	Williams, arr. Villarubia
Ballet and Film Music	Shostakovich, arr. Villarrubia
Awakenings (Tuesday Morning)	Shuhan

Selected Music of: The Beatles, Hank Williams, Led Zeppelin, Duke Ellington, Pink Floyd, Louis Armstrong, Stevie Wonder

Spring Concert – April 11

The Russians

Guest Artist: Elayna Duitman-Verhage – Violin

Guest Choirs from Northwestern College, Sioux County Oratorio, Dordt College

Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture	Glinka
Adagio from ‘Spartacus’	Khachaturian
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op.19	Prokofiev
Berceuse and Finale from ‘Firebird’	Stravinsky
Polovtsian Dances from ‘Prince Igor’	Borodin

2004/05 Kaleidoscope of Sound

Fall Concert – November 16

Guest Artists: Emily Monica Mitzel – Flute, Jessica Shoemaker – Piano

Overture to ‘The Barber of Seville’	Rossini
Concerto No. 9 for Flute and Orchestra	Devienne
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished)	Schubert
Piano Concerto in A Minor	Grieg
Ha¡ry Ja¡nos Suite	Kodaly

Winter Pops – February 5

Guest Artists: The Brass Section, The Siouxland Boys Choir

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld	Offenbach
Highlights from Harry Potter	Williams/Story
Medley from Aladdin	arr. Moss
A Tribute to MGM	arr. Nagle
Sonata for Two Trumpets and Brass	Purcell/Mills
Highlights from Phantom of the Opera	Webber
Somewhere Out There from American Tale	arr. Chinn
Newsies	Menken/Emerson
Believe from The Polar Express	arr. Huff
Pirates of the Caribbean	Badelt/Ricketts
Chicago	Ebb & Kander/Lopez
The Sound of Music	Rodgers & Hammerstein/Bennett

April 13 GUEST CONCERT

The Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Conductor, Ernest Richardson

 

Guest Artists: James Buswell, Violin and Carol Ou, Cello

La Muse et le Poéte	Saint-Sans
Havanaise	Saint-Sans
Symphony No. 5 in e minor	Tchaikovsky

2003/04 Fantastic Musical Journeys

Fall Concert – November 18

Symphony 104 (London)	Haydn
Walk to the Paradise Garden	Delius
Evening Prayer from ‘Hansel & Gretel’	Humperdinck
The Planets (Mars, Saturn, Jupiter)	Holst

Winter Pops – January 31

Guest Artist: Rex Richardson, Trumpet

Guest Jazz Bands from Sioux Center Community High School, MOC-FV Community High School, Northwestern College, Dordt College

Concerto for Trumpet	Tartini
The Hollow Men	Persichetti
Marche Militaire Francaise	Saint-Sans
Selections from ‘Les Mis’	Schonberg/Lowden
Summon the Heroes	Williams/Custer

March 6 GUEST CONCERT

The St. Olaf OrchestraConductor, Steven Amundson

Spring Concert – April 29Guest Artist: Emily Lodine – Mezzo-soprano

Overture to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’	Mozart
Der Wesendonck Lieder	Wagner
Symphony No. 2* (American Premiere)	Villem Kapp

2002/03 Pictures Old and New

Fall Concert – November 12

Pictures from the Old World

Guest Artists: Teresa Walters – piano

Hungarian Dances 5 & 6	Brahms
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana	Mascagni
Lieutenant Kije	Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)	Beethoven

Winter Pops – January 18

Portraits of Patriotism!

Guest Artists: The Valley Male Chorus and the Sioux Valley Singers

America the Beautiful

Landsighting by Grieg

Armed Forces Salute

Hymn to the Fallen by John Williams

God Bless America

and more

March 25 7:30 GUEST CONCERT

The Omaha SymphonyConductor, Victor Yampolsky

Photographs from the New World!

Alleluias for Orchestra	Yarbrough
An Outdoor Overture	Copland
The New World Symphony	Dvorak

2001/02 A SEASON OF NEW BEGINNINGS

Fall Concert – November 7

Rivers, Horses, and Other Suprises!

Guest Artists: Erika Van Den Hul – violin, Grace Kim – piano

Light Cavalry Overture	von Suppe
Introduction and Rondo Capricioso	Saint-Sans
Suprise Symphony (No. 94)	Haydn
Piano Concerto No 2, mvt 1	Rachmaninoff
The Moldau	Smetana

Nov 27 7:30 GUEST CONCERT

The Omaha Symphony Chamber OrchestraNISO strings join to play Adagio for Strings by Barber

Gershwin and All that Jazz!

Guest Artist: Thomas Brantley, tromboneConductor, Timothy McGarvey

Area Jazz Bands

Trombone Opener	arr. Moore
Selections from Porgy and Bess	arr. Sayre
Trombone Concertino	David
Gershwin in Concert	arr. Sayre

Spring Concert – May 1

Orchestra Showcase!

Distinguished Guest Conductor: Henry Charles Smith

Consecration of the House Overture	Beethoven
Pavanne	Ravel
Symphony No. 2	Sibelius

2000/01 AN INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION…

Fall Concert – November 7

…to Holland!

Guest Artists: Elayna Duitman Verhage – violin, Zeger Verhage – clarinet

Roman Carnival Overture	Berlioz
Concerto for Clarinet in A	Mozart
Conzon duodecimi toni	Gabrieli
Violin Concerto in d	Sibelius

Winter Pops Concert – February 3

…to Folk Music of Other Lands! 

 

The Siouxland Boys Choir, Joan Van Holland – conductor, soprano, Norman Grimm – Tenor

Dance of the Commedians	Smetana
Broadway on Parade
Themes from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Theme from ‘New York, New York’

Spring Concert – April 24

…to Korea!

Guest Artists: Seo Kyoung-Suk – soprano, Kwag Sung-Sup – tenor, and an Opera Chorus

Symphony No. 8	Dvorak
* Fantasie for Flute and Chamber Orchestra	Fauré
Dove Sono from Figaro	Mozart
Che gelida manina from La Boheme	Puccini
O soave fanciulla from La Boheme	Puccini
Parigi, o cara from La Traviata	Verdi
Recondita armonia from Tosca	Puccini
D’amor sull’ ali rosee from Il trovatore	Verdi
Nessun dorma from Turandot	Puccini
Final chorus from Turandot	Puccini
Brindisi from La Traviata	Verdi

1999/00 SHOWCASING…

Fall Concert – November 9

…The Music of Spain and Latin America!

Guest Artist: David Burgess – guitar

Ritual Fire Dance	de Falla
Concierto de Aranjuez	Rodrigo
Malagueña	Lecuona
Carmen Suite No. 1	Bizet
Danzón No. 2	Marquéz

Winter Pops Concert – February 5

…A Trumpet Virtuoso!

Guest Jazz Bands from MOC-FV High School, Sioux Center Community High School, Northwestern College, Dordt College

Hungarian March	Berlioz
Trumpet Concerto in Eb	Hummel
Mack the Knife	Weill/Sayre
Granada	Lara/Sayre
Jazz Bands with Rex

Spring Concert – April 18

…Orchestra Soloists!

Guest Artists: Charles Dibley – tuba, John Erickson – flute, Berta Graham – oboe, Karen DeMol – clarinet, Julie Hulstein – French horn, Loretta Thomas – bassoon

Concerto in a for Violin, mvt. I (arr for tuba)	Bach/Dibley
* Fantasie for Flute and Chamber Orchestra	Fauré
Sinfonia Concertante, mvt. I	Mozart
Symphony No. 4	Tchaikovsky
*conducted by Assistant Conductor Tim McGarvey

1998/99 CATCH THE SPIRIT…

Fall Concert – November 18

…of Russian Music!

Student Artist: Jessica Shoemaker – piano

Guest Artist: Eric Grossman – violin

Gayne: Sabre Dance	Khachaturian
Piano Concerto No. 3, mvt 1	Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto	Glazunov
Symphony No. 2	Borodin

Winter Pops Concert – February 13

…of the American Spiritual!

Guest Choir: The Valley Male Chorus

Hungarian Dances 5 and 6	Brahms
Gershwin in Concert	Gershwin/Sayre
When the Saints and Gimme That Old Time	arr David Itkin
Shall We Gather and Down By the Riverside	arr David Itkin
Swing Low Sweet Chariot	arr David Itkin
An American Spiritual Festival	Rosenhaus

Spring Concert – April 20

…of British Music and More!

Guest Artist: Emily Lodine – mezzo-soprano

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1	Elgar
Five Variants on ‘Dives and Lazarus’	Vaughan Williams
Overture to ‘Der Freischatz	von Weber
*Scherzo alla Marcia	Vaughan Williams
Sea Pictures	Elgar
*conducted by Assistant Conductor Tim McGarvey

 

 

1997-98 A YEAR OF CELEBRATION!

Fall Concert – November 18

Celebrate American Music!

*American Salute	Gould
Prairie Night & Celebration	Copland
The Plow That Broke The Plains	Thomson
Hoe-Down	Copland
Symphony No. 2 (Romatic)	Hanson
*conducted by Assistant Conductor Tim McGarvey

 

Winter Pops Concert – January 31

Celebrate Jazz with Rhythm & Brass!

Internationally-recognized artists: Rhythm & Brass
Duke Ellington Tribute
Bolero	Ravel

 

Spring Concert – April 21

Celebrate the Orchestra!

Egmont Overture	Beethoven
An Outdoor Overture	Copland
Berceuse and Final from ‘Firebird’	Stravinsky
Symphony No. 32	Mozart
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2	Bizet

 

1996-97 A BANNER YEAR!

Fall Concert – November 19

Guest choirs: The Sioux County Oratorio Chorus & The Unity High School Chamber Singers

Zadok the Priest	Handel
The White Peacock	Griffes
Karelia Suite	Sibelius
The Pines of Rome	Respighi

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 15

Movie Music Classics with a “Tribute to Music Educators”

Dances with Wolves	Jurassic Park
Batman	Star Wars
2001 A Space Odyssey	Robin Hood
The Pink Panther	Mr. Holland’s Opus

 

Spring Concert – April 29

Internationally-recognized artist: Chiu-Ling Lin, piano
*Chester	Schuman
Piano Concerto in Eb (K. 271)	Mozart
Symphony No. 2 in D Major	Brahms
*conducted by assistant conductor, Tim McGarvey

 

1995-96 SPOTLIGHT ON TALENT!

Fall Concert – November 14

Student Artists: Jennifer Van Den Hul – viola, Erika Van Den Hul – violin, Grace Kim – piano

Guest Choirs: The Dordt College Concert Choir and Chorale, Benjamin Kornelis – conductor

Slavonic Dances, opus 46 No. VII	Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), mvt. I	Schubert
Piano Concerto in A Minor, mvt. I	Grieg
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb (K. 364), mvt. I	Mozart
Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”, No. 17	Borodin

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 17

Broadway Classics with The Siouxland Boys Choir and Joan Van Holland – soprano

Fiddler on the Roof	Give My Regards to Broadway
Oklahoma!	Sound of Music
A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe	Phantom of the Opera
Oliver

 

Spring Concert – April 24

Guest Artist: Elayna Duitman – violin

*Overture for the End of a Century	Larsen
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor	Bruch
Symphony No. 3 in G Minor (Organ)	Saint-Sans
* conducted by assistant conductor, Tim McGarvey

 

1994-95 Season

Fall Concert – November 15 The Five-Year Anniversary Celebration of Orchestranimals

Student Artists: Adam Grimm and Ryan Wynia, boy sopranos

Guest Composer: Irene Eugen-Raisen

Narrator: John Hofland

Plus many orchestral soloists

Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1	Enesco
Hansel and Gretel–Evening Prayer and Dream	Humperdink
Orchestranimals	Grieg
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb (K. 364), mvt. I	Mozart
Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”, No. 17	Borodin

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 11

Sweets and Suites

A Night in Old Vienna

Spring Concert – April 26

Guest Artists: The Sioux County Brass Quintet

Canzon duodecimi toni	Gabrieli
Overture to ‘Poet and Peasant’ (Brass Quintet)	von Suppe/Mills
Intermezzo from ‘Cavalleric Rusticana	Mascagni
Lieutenant Kije Suite	Prokofiev
Fanfare from ‘La peri’ (Brass Quintet)	Dukas
La Rejouissance from ‘Water Music’ (Brass Quintet)	Handel/Siepp
Symphony No. 8 in F Major	Beethoven

 

1993-94 Season

Fall Concert – November 16

Guest Artist: Roy Samuelsen – bass.

Guest Choirs: Sioux Valley Singers, Lyle Kroon director and the Dordt College Male Chorus, Dale Grotenhuis director.

Also a special appearance by the SCO flute quartet: Lavila Nelson, John Erickson, Kathy Jimenez, and Lisa Vander Wilt

 

Hoberg Suite Prelude – Allegro Vivace	Grieg
Two Songs – The Journey Home , A Vision	Grieg
Peer Gynt Orchestra Suites	Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar	Grieg
Rigaudon	Grieg
Three Songs	Grieg
Landsighting (Landkjending)	Grieg

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 19

Suites and Sweets Pops in the Sioux Center Mall

Spring Concert – April 24

 

PATRIE! Overture Dramatique	Bizet
Symphony No. 12 in E Major	Haydn
*Sheep May Safely Graze	Bach
Hary Janos Suite	Kodaly
* conducted by assistant conductor, Tim McGarvey

 

1992-93 Season

Fall Concert – November 10

Guest Artists:Scott Olson, Richard Bogenrief,
Trumpets; Simon du Toit, Jerelyn Schelhass, David Schelhass,

Presenters of Shakespere’s tale; and the Sioux County Brass Quintet.

 

Concerto for Two Trumpets	Vivaldi
The Walk to the Paradise Garden	Delius
Overture to: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”	Nicolai
Quintet No. 2 Movment II – March	Ewald
Symphony No. 36 “Linz”	Mozart

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 13

Valentine Suites and Sweets Pops in the Sioux
Center Mall

with the Dordt College Male Chorus and the Sioux County Brass Quintet.

Spring Concert – April 13

Guest Artist: Elayna Duitman, violin

 

Violin Concerto No. 2 in d minor	Wieniawski
Symphony No. 9 in e minor (from the “New World)	Dvorak

 

1991-92 Season

 

Guest conductor, Peter Van Ooyen

Fall Concert – November 5

 

Overture to “Idomeneo”	Mozart
Soiree Musicales (Five Movements from Rossini)	Britten
Peterloo (Overture for Orchestra)	Arnold
Suite from “The River”	Thomson

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 8

Valentine Sweets and Suites In the Sioux Center Library with Lisa Vander Vliet, Paul and Jeff Beekhuizen, Leah Schreurs and Elayna Duitman.

Spring Concert – April 14

Guest Artist: Chiu-Ling Lin, Piano

Eight Russian Folk Songs op. 58	Liadov
Pavane	Faure
Two Hungarian Dances	Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18	Rachmaninoff

 

1990-91 Season

Fall Concert – November 14

 

Overture to “Cosi fan Tutti”	Mozart
Overture to “der Freischutz	von Weber
Overture to “The Barber of Seville”	Rossini
Scherzo [Sioux County Brass Quintet]	Cheetham
Suite from the Water Music	Handel
Jubilee	Nelson

 

Winter Pops Concert – February 8

Valentine Sweets and Suites In the Sioux Center Library with Lisa Duitman, Karen De Mol, Lorretta Thomas and Sue Blom

Spring Concert – April 14

Guest Artist: James Buswell, vioin

 

Scherzo all Marcia for 16 Wind Intruments	Vaughan Williams
Concerto No. 1 in A Major	Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo Capriccio	Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 5 in d minor, “Reformation”	Mendelssohn

 

1989-90 Season

Fall Concert – November 14

Student Artists: Carmen Klungel, Brad Miedema, Lisa Van Vuuren and Elayna Duitman, violin

The Double Violin Concerto in D Minor	Bach
The Unfinished Symphony	Schubert
The Light Cavalry Overture	Suppe
Orchestranimals	Eugen

 

Pops Concert – February 9

Annual Sweets and Suites in the Sioux Center Library, “A Night in Old Vienna”

Spring Concert – April 17

Guest Artist: Herbert Winslow, French Horn

Overture to “Titus”	Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major	Strauss
The Firebird Suite	Stravinsky
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor	Beethoven

 

1988-89 Season

Fall Concert – November 16

 

Sonata from “Die Bankelsangerlieder”	anonymous
Gayne: Three Pieces	Khachaturian
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2	Bizet
Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London)	Haydn

 

Spring Concert – April 17

An Outdoor Adventure	Copland
Night on Bald Mountain	Mussorgsky
The Emperor Waltzes	Strauss
Symphony No. 8 in G. Major	Dvorak

 

1987-88 Season

Fall Concert – November 11

Guest Artist, Sophia Silivos, violin

 

American Salute	Gould
The Plaw That Broke the Plains	Thomson
Movements from “Billy the Kid” and “Rodea”	Copland
Violin Concerto in e minor	Mendelssohn
Hungarian March	Berlioz

 

Spring Concert – April 21

 

Fanfare from “La Peri”	Dukas
Adagio for Strings	Barber
Symphony No. 32 in G Major	Mozart
Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64	Tchaikovsky

 

1986-87 Season

Fall Concert – November 12

 

Slovanic Dances No. 8	Dvorak
Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)	Haydn
Serenade No. 1 (selected movements)	Brahms
Finlandia	Sibelius

 

Spring Concert – April 18

Guest Choir: Sioux County Oratorio Chorus

 

Symphony No. 5 in B flat	Schubert
Messiah (selections from parts II and III)	Handel