Kanesville Symphony Orchestra - "Nightmare of Dissonance"

OCT 31 | 3:30PM

August 5th 7:30 HOFF FAMILY ARTS & CULTURE CENTER & 8th 3:30 1001 PM South 6th Street | Council Bluffs, IA 51501 712.890.5601 | www.paceartsiowa.org

Kanesville Symphony Orchestra’s Fall 2021 performance, “Nightmare of Dissonance”, blends old and new musical experiences with a theatrical performance representative of the struggles humanity might go through on any given day. Life is full of as many frustrations as it is of times of joy, but there are very few days where we choose to experience the dark over the light. This time of year gives us the chance to accept the darkness in the present as we look forward to the light of tomorrow.

Music for the concert ranges from older classics such as Die Erlkonig or the well-known Funeral March, to more recent works written by in-house composer James-Michael Sellers. Artwork is provided by PACE Studio Artist, Susan Woodford. Choreography by Alfred Ibsen. The wonderful stage presence, including narration, for this evening is provided by Cork Ramer.

The performance this evening is presented to you as a form of musical theatre, with music, words, and movement joining forces to provide you with nothing more... than a “Nightmare of Dissonance”.

Come join us for our next Spring Concert where we are premiering Dr. Fred Hanna’s Piano Concerto No.1 performed by Dr. Momoro Ono. We also be performing works from the Russian greats César Cui and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

M A R G O PR

FIRST HALF Fossiles by Camille Saint-Saëns

Nimrod from Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar Funeral March by Frédéric Chopin Fragments of Mortality by James - Michael Sellers Come, Sweet Death BWV 478 by Johann Sebastian Bach Meditation on a Prelude by Bach by Charles Gounod

SECOND HALF Lacrimosa dies Lila from Requiem, K.626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Hungarian Dances No. 5 by Johannes Brahms Die Erlkönig by Franz Schubert Inner Melody by James-Michael Sellers Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod

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ORCHES TRA ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Josef Rodriguez FLUTES Jennifer Brickley, & Cheryl Laughlin OBOES Andrea Smith, & Leslie Wrinkle CLARINETS Allison West, & Pat Stronck BASS CLARINETS Laura Baller HORNS Veva Larson, Paula Glade, & Kurt Truesdell TROMBONES Alan Lightbody & Paul Shultz PIANO Kevin Throne VIOLINS Nolan DeVries, Wanisha Clements, Christine Kelley, Karen Frahm, Emma Milbrath, Heather Horst, & Gary Shamblen VIOLAS Betsy Nash & April Corbet CELLOS Joye VanTrimmell, Larry Britton, Seth Orndorff, & Josef Rodriguez BASS Delores Dorland

CONDUCTOR

C I M D I V A D .

DR Dr. David Michael Galant is the Music Director and Conductor of the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra.

The orchestra has recently partnered with the non-profit organization Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE) where they will be performing concerts out of the newly constructed Hoff Family Arts and Culture Center.

Dr. Galant currently is an Assistant Professor of Music at Creighton University where he was appointed the Music Director of the University Symphony Orchestra and teaches Music History, Ear Training and Sight Singing, Music Appreciation, Musical Theatre Lab, and the University Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Galant graduated from the Glenn Korff School of Music at University of Nebraska-Lincoln with high honors while earning a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting.

Dr. Galant is in great demand as a conductor and has previously been invited to conduct at the Dohnányi Conducting Academy in Hungary, the International Institute for Conductors in Bulgaria, the Prague Summer Nights Young Artists Festival in the Czech Republic, the Miami Music Festival in Florida, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in Virginia, and the International Conductors Workshop and Competition in Georgia. This past year Dr. Galant was a finalist in the Serbian Lányi Conducting Competition.

Dr. Galant is known to be an energetic and passionate conductor on the podium and enjoys guest conducting internationally: having worked with the Charleston Symphony, Vidin State Philharmonic Orchestra, Dohnányi Orchestra, Klassische Philharmonie, Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, and Holland Symphony.

Dr. Galant has conducted highly acclaimed productions of Suor Angelica, Carmen, The Magic Flute, The Tender Land, and Helen at the Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium at John Wood Community College while the conductor of the Muddy River Opera Company in Quincy, Illinois. Dr. Galant maintains an active role in making opera productions accessible to the community and was Assistant Conductor with Winter Opera St. Louis in their reputable productions of Die Fledermaus at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade.

T N A L A G L E A CH

Dr. Galant is an accomplished Music Director for musical theatre productions in the Midwest and has conducted productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Highest Yellow, Mamma Mia!, My Fair Lady, Catch Me If You Can, Chess, and Sweeney Todd with respected theatres like the Lincoln Community Playhouse, TADA Theatre, and OmniArts Nebraska.

Dr. Galant has studied under some of the most prominent conductors in the world.

They include Keith Lockhart (Boston Pops Orchestra), Manfred Honek (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra), Semyon Bychkov (Royal Academy of Music), Gerard Schwarz (Seattle Symphony), Victor Yampolsky (Northwestern University), David Effron (Indiana University), Neil Varon (Eastman School of Music), Mark Gibson (Cincinnati School of Music), Ken Lam (Charleston Symphony), and James Burton (Metropolitan Opera House).

While a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dr. Galant was Music Director of the UNL Campus Orchestra, instructed the Beginning Conducting Course, and conducted the newly formed Advanced and Intermediate Opera Scenes Course. Dr. Galant was also instrumental to UNL Opera productions acting as the Assistant Conductor for Don Giovanni, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Little Women, Don Pasquale, Così fan tutte, The Cask of Amontillado, and Far From Heaven.

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NOV 05 | PACE SPEAKER SERIES Archeology Talk w/ Troy Stolp | 7PM-8PM NOV 6, 13, 20 | PACE ART CLASS PACE Youth Ceramics | 1PM PACE Youth Painting | 2:30PM PACE Youth STEAM Makers Lab | 4PM NOV 11 | PACE POP-UP RESTAURANT | Art Dish | 6:30PM-8PM NOV 19 | PACE ART CLASS | Carols & Crafts | 8PM-9PM NOV 20 | AMERICAN MID-WEST BALLET | The Nutcracker | 7:30PM

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R E S O P M O C T RESIDEN JAMES-MICHAEL SELLERS, is the Resident Arranger, Orchestrator, and Composer of the Kanesville Symphony Orchestrator. He has been creating new original works and arrangements for various instrumentations, from chamber ensembles to larger ensembles, for over two decades.

Over the last ten years, he has become well known within the Flute Choir circle, having many works premiered both in his adopted hometown of Omaha with the Heartland Community Flute Choir and at the yearly National Flute Association conventions. While much of his time is devoted to creating works for publication to fill the void in chamber ensemble music, he has spent recent years as the Music Director for the Elkhorn Community Theatre, allowing him the opportunity to work with his secondary love of musical theatre.

FEATURED ARTISTS SUSAN WOODFORD, I design and fabricate large metal exterior, and smaller interior artworks for public, corporate, and private installation and collection. With the ideology that the arts are for everyone, I use inexpensive metals such as steel, stainless steel, and copper to create one of a kind and series artwork. Expressing the importance of: communing with the beauty of our natural world; the strength of a united community; and holding a heart of gratitude are underlying themes in all my art. Collaboration with the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra for the Nightmare of Dissonance is one of the many attributes of being a Hoff Center resident Artist on 3rd floor. This unique multidisciplinary arts and culture facility provides a superior opportunity for you, our patrons, to enjoy an array of creative talents and explore your own gifts. Please visit www.susanwoodford.com to see an expansive portfolio, find a gallery near you, view classes available, or learn more about outreach programs and collaborative projects.

CORK RAMER is a character actor that has been part of the Metro theatre scene for several decades now; He spent 20 years with the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, and toured for 18 years as Scrooge in the Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s touring production of “A Christmas Carol”.

Representative Roles; Thenardier in “Les Miserables” at OCP. Bernadette in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” at the Blue Barn Theatre.

Don Quixote in “Man of LaMancha” at OCP. Feste in “Twelfth Night” with NSF. King of France in “King John” with NSF. Sir in “The Dresser” with Bridget St. Bridget Theatre.

Cork was also the voice of The Purple Pie Man in the Strawberry Shortcakes series. And, the voice of George Washington and about 20 others in the animated series “Liberty’s Kids”. And, none of this would have been possible without the amazing love and support of my wife. Thanks, Babe.

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KSO TECH BIOS BRENDAN GREENE-WALSH, is an educator, technical director and theatrical designer based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Brendan currently works as the technical director with the theatre department at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

He is excited to return to the HOFF Center as the Lighting Designer after previously working on PACE Interactive in 2021. He has worked as the production manager for the Great Plains Theatre Commons, the technical director for Nebraska Shakespeare, the lighting director for Omaha Fashion Week as well as a free lance scenic, lighting and sound designer. He completed his undergraduate studies at Creighton University and received a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

WESLEY A. HOUSTON, is a stage manager and performing arts administrator based in Omaha, Nebraska. Wesley is currently the Production & Marketing Coordinator and Resident Stage Manager for American Midwest Ballet.

Wesley received his bachelor’s degree in Theatre from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has acted as the stage manager for multiple productions in area organizations including the Omaha Community Playhouse, Chanticleer Theater, SNAP! Productions, NTC Productions, Omaha Symphony, PACE, and Opera Omaha. Wesley has worked previously as the Director of Production and Communications for Nebraska Shakespeare, and has taught courses in stage management and introduction to theatre at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

ANNABEL DIRKSEN, is a Programming Specialist here at the HOFF Center and is very excited to be running the light board for The Nightmare of Dissonance. Annabel has been doing theater since the 3rd grade and being a part of live performance is one of the things she loves doing the most. When she is not at PACE helping art come alive she is making jewelry, spending time with her husband and cats, and working towards her Masters in Organizational Leadership. She hopes you enjoy the show!

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About Pace

ABOUT PACE

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment (PACE) is strengthening, developing and promoting arts, cultural and historical institutions and organizations, and activities in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County and throughout the region.

The following annual programming is available through PACE at low or no cost to the community: Chanticleer Community Theater / Chanticleer, managed by PACE, has five theater productions with over 20 performances.

Kanesville Symphony Orchestra / KSO, managed by PACE, hosts a threeconcert series.

Educational Programs / PACE has over 50 classes and programs for youth, adults, and families. Classes include pottery, painting, photography, and culinary arts.

Gallery Exhibitions / PACE curates the nearly 8,500 square-foot Exhibition and Gallery Floor, which includes our Grant Wood murals, traveling exhibits, and works from local artists.

Artist Studios / PACE subsidizes five artist studios where artists are encouraged to create and participate in art exhibitions and teach classes and workshops.

Community Programs / PACE hosts programs to activate community spaces, including the Music in the Park series.

Public Art / PACE, partners with local artists to help to improve the image and identity of our community.

PACE is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and depends on the support of donors and sponsors that share our values to ensure the arts continue to thrive and be in service to the community.

Support PACE and the arts today at https://www.paceartsiowa.org/donate.

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