Kanesville Symphony Orchestra Wet Ink Program

Kanesville Symphony Orchestra

WET INK

August 5th 7:30 & 8th 3:30 PM

“Wet Ink unmasks the relevance of contemporary orchestral composition in the 21st Century. Stories without words, the basis of musical language, often addresses the human condition in a way that speech cannot. This concert is a platform for local composers to tell their stories using an instrumental paintbrush or narrative.”

“We will journey through the history of music starting in the Baroque era leading to the present. This concert will display the evolution of the symphony orchestra, the expansion of instrumentation, and how harmony has generally transformed away from consonance to dissonance.”

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PACE PROGRAMMING IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY DENISE AND BOB PUTMAN

McCormick's 1894 Open Fridays 5 PM-10 PM

Orchestra Flute:

Jennifer Brickley, Cheryl Laughlin

Oboe:

Andrea Smith

Clarinet:

Allie West, Pat Stronck

Bass Clarinet: Laura Baller

Horn:

Paula Glade, Veva Larson

Trombone:

Alan Lightbody, Paul Shultz

Percussion: Walt Glade

Violin:

Nolan DeVries, Karen Frahm, Emma Milbrath, Wanisha Clements

Viola:

April Corbet, Betsy Nash, Ella Etchison

Cello:

Heather Horst, Joye VanTrimmell, Larry Britton, Seth Orndorff

Bass:

Delores Dorland

Dr. David Michael Galant 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.

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.

21-22 SEASON

The Music Man

By Meredith Wilson September 10-12 & 17-19, 2021

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber December 10-12 & 17-19, 2021

A Streetcar Named Desire

By Tennessee Williams January 7-9 & 14-16, 2022

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Book and Lyrics By Robert L. Freedman Music and Lyrics By Steven Lutvak March 11-13 & 18-20, 2022

The 39 Steps

By Patrick Barlow, John Buchan May 13 – 22, 2022

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UPCOMING EVENTS August 6 | Pop-Up Restaurant Featuring Chef Around the Block August 7, 14, 21, 28 | PACE Youth Ceramics August 20 | PACE Jewelry Making Class August 27 | PACE Ceramics Class - Mud and Merlot August 27 | PACE Fourth Fridays

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THEATER Chanticleer Community Theater / THEATER //Chanticleer Community Theater /

Chanticleer Children’s Theater / Classes and Workshops

Chanticleer Children’s Theater / Classes and Workshops MUSIC / Kanesville Symphony Orchestra / Music in the Park / Live Music at McCormick’s 1894 Live Music at McCormick’s 1894 ART / Anne & John P. Nelson Gallery and Exhibition Floor / ART / Anne & John P. Nelson Gallery and Exhibition Floor / Public Art / Classes and Camps Public Art / Classes and Camps

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James Michael Sellers Composer

James-Michael Sellers is the Resident Arranger, Orchestrator, and Composer of the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra. 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.

April Corbet Composer

April Corbet is a multi-instrumentalist who joined the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra in 2019. Over the last several years she has helped create and direct music for various creative projects, including Murder in a Jerkwater Town (2018) and a Christmas Orchestra that played for retirement homes (EChO, 2020). She enjoys using music as a way to connect with people and bring them joy.

Heather Horst Composer

Heather Horst is a multi-instrumentalist who joined the Kanesville Symphony Orchestra in 2018. Her love for stringed instruments began in 1991 when she started playing violin in grade school. She continued playing as an adult, performing in UNO’s Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra, attending Mark Wood’s Rock Orchestra Camp, and fronting her metal band, Human Teeth Parade. Heather has performed and recorded with numerous Omaha-area songwriters, bands and artists over the past decade.

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Alfred Ibsen II

Choreographer and Dancer

Alfred has been dancing for the last 5 years in Omaha, NE. He has danced in shows for Creighton Dance Company and Omaha Academy of Ballet as well as studied dance, acting, and singing at Creighton University. He has his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Creighton and is now working on choreography and finding performance opportunities in Omaha.

Alec Brown Dancer

Alec Brown has been dancing for seventeen years.

He is classically trained in Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. He is a four-time national champion and has done professional work such as the Nutcracker with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and A Midsummer’s Night Dream with Ballet Nebraska, now known as the American Midwest Ballet.

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traditional orchestra repertoire Hallelujah Chorus Symphony No. 40, Movement 1 Octet for Winds Carmen Prelude October

contemporary original works Kanesville Overture Darkest Hour, Brightest Light Lonely Town Sunday Afternoon Dichotomy

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.

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PACE MEMBERSHIPS Pottawattamie Arts, Culture and Entertainment’s mission is to strengthen, develop and promote arts, cultural and historical institutions, organizations and activities in Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County.

A major artistic movement is under way in our community - and we want you to be a part of it!

Pottawattamie Arts, Culture and Entertainment (PACE) is cultivating a robust cultural landscape with strategic art and cultural partners at the Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center and throughout Southwest Iowa. Your PACE membership gets you discounts on classes, invitations to special events, and so much more!

Centrally located in downtown Council Bluffs, the 95,000 square foot Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center combines historic renovation and new construction and is home to five arts and culture nonprofits: PACE, American Midwest Ballet, Chanticleer Community Theater, Kanesville Symphony Orchestra, and Kitchen Council. Together, we provide an impressive array of arts and programs for all to enjoy.

Plus, your annual membership to PACE supports and promotes arts, culture, and entertainment in our community, and keeps PACE programming affordable and accessible to everyone.

Learn more about our membership opportunities at paceartsiowa.org/get-involved.

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