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Beethoven: Overture to EgmontBernstein: Selections from West Side StoryEric Ewazen: Concerto for Bass TromboneBrahms: Academic Festival OvertureBartók: Rumanian Folk DancesBorodin: Polovetsian Dances

NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS2017-2018 CONCERT SERIES

Christopher Stanichar, Principal Conductor

FALL CONCERT: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:30pm in the BJ Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt College

“B is for Bravo!”Guest Artist: Douglas Yeo, bass tromboneAlso featuring Dordt College Choirs

Douglas Yeo, bass trombone

WELCOME________________________ Dear NISO friends, Welcome to the opening concert of our 2017-2018 season, “Symphonic Treasures." Tonight we hear music with the theme “B is for Bravo!” which features well-known music by Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók, Bernstein, and Borodin. We look forward to hearing segments by guest artist Douglas Yeo, bass trombone, and the Dordt College choirs. This is just the beginning of our outstanding season with wonderful treasures from the orchestra and guest artists. We are excited to once again have the Celebrity Conductor Contest during our Winter Pops Concert on January 27. Each contestant will be asking for your support (one dollar = one vote) as a way to raise money for NISO. The person with the most votes will be named the 2018 NISO Celebrity Conductor and will have the honor of conducting a musical piece after intermission. The Winter Pops Concert will center on “Romancing the Violin,” featuring Jessica Mathaes on violin. It will be an evening of inspiration and romance. Please enjoy coffee and truffles at intermission and consider purchasing the NISO 30th Anniversary CD. Thank you for your support of NISO. We appreciate your generosity. Best Regards, Rhonda Pennings NISO Board Chairperson

NISO 30th Anniversary CD

NISO is excited to present our very first CD produced as part of last year’s celebration of our 30th Anniversary. The CD is a sampler of performance highlights from past years. It includes twelve pieces by twelve different composers from eleven different concerts conducted by Henry Duitman, Tim McGarvey, Henry Charles Smith, Jungho Kim, and Christopher Stanichar. The compositions include the lovely Pavane by Fauré, the “Triumphal March” from Aida by Verdi, the dramatic Pines of Rome by Respighi, and nine other concert favorites.

The CD will be for sale at all NISO concerts this season. It is also available in the NISO office; requests for mail orders can be submitted by e-mail. The CD costs $15.00, with proceeds going toward 2017-2018 season expenses.

Further information, including a complete listing of the titles and ordering information, is available at niso.dordt.edu.

Concert Sponsor

WELCOMEDear NISO friends,

Welcome to the opening concert of our 2017-2018 season, “Symphonic Treasures.” Tonight we hear music with the theme “B is for Bravo!” which features well-known music by Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók, Bernstein, and Borodin. We look forward to hearing segments by guest artist Douglas Yeo, bass trombone, and the Dordt College choirs. This is just the beginning of our outstanding season with wonderful treasures from the orchestra and guest artists.

We are excited to once again have the Celebrity Conductor Contest during our Winter Pops Concert on January 27. Each contestant will be asking for your support (one dollar = one vote) as a way to raise money for NISO. The person with the most votes will be named the 2018 NISO Celebrity Conductor and will have the honor of conducting a musical piece after intermission. The Winter Pops Concert will center on “Romancing the Violin,” featuring Jessica Mathaes on violin. It will be an evening of inspiration and romance.

Please enjoy coffee and truffles at intermission and consider purchasing the NISO 30th Anniversary CD. Thank you for your support of NISO. We appreciate your generosity. Best Regards,Rhonda PenningsNISO Board Chairperson

PROGRAM

PROGRAM__________________ THE NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Christopher Stanichar, Principal Conductor Douglas Yeo, Bass Trombone Dordt College Choirs

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BEETHOVEN Overture to “Egmont”

BERNSTEIN (arr. Mason) Selections from “West Side Story”

ERIC EWAZEN Concerto for Bass Trombone & Orchestra

Intermission

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture

BARTÓK Rumanian Dances

I. Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)II. Brâul (Sash Dance)

III. Pe loc (In One Spot)IV. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)V. Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)

VI. Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

BORODIN Polovetsian Dances from “Prince Igor”

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Overture to “Egmont” - Ludwig van Beethoven Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522-1568), was a Flemish nobleman and cousin to the Spanish king who ruled the Netherlands. His position gave him high rank in society and he served the crown faithfully, winning decisive military victories against the French. The reformation, however, brought society crashing down around him, leaving him torn between allegiance to his homeland and his catholic faith. Amid violent iconoclasm by Protestants and the heavy hand of the Inquisition, Egmont traveled to Spain in 1565 to appeal directly to King Phillip II for peace. In response, the king sent Don Fernando de Toledo, Duke of Alva to the Netherlands with an army of 12,000 men and carte blanche to root out heretics. Nicknamed "The Iron Duke" for his brutal repression of Protestants, Don Fernando had Egmont arrested. Despite the intercessions of his wife, Sabina of Bavaria, he was summarily decapitated for treason. Goethe dramatized Egmont's life in a neo-Shakespearean tragedy in 1788. Notwithstanding a liberal reworking of the story (Egmont's wife is replaced by a mistress, Klärchen, who commits suicide when she cannot convince Alva to spare her lover) the play makes a clear political statement, with strong overtones of justice and national liberty evident in the hero's refusal to submit to tyranny. Egmont accepts his fatal destiny and his death as a martyr stands as an ultimate victory against oppression. Beethoven, a great admirer of Goethe, composed incidental music for a Vienna revival of the play in 1809. Of the nine works he composed for the play, the overture remains as a beloved staple of the orchestral canon. Academic Festival Overture - Johannes Brahms

"Gaudeamus igitur juvenes dum sumus. Post jucundam juventutem post molestam senectutem Nos habebit humus" (Let us rejoice therefore while we are young. After a pleasant youth, after the troubles of old age, the earth will have us.)

- De Brevitate Vitae ("On the shortness of life"), Bologna, 1287 -

In 1853, Robert Schumann opined that the young Johannes Brahms was "destined to give ideal expression to the times." By the 1870s, this had clearly come to pass. Starting with the successful premiere of his Deutsches Requiem in 1868 and continuing in a string of successful compositions, Brahms was an acknowledged master in Europe. Small wonder then that the University of Breslau awarded Johannes Brahms an honorary doctorate in 1879. In appreciation (and with tongue firmly planted in cheek) Brahms marked the occasion with an ideal composition. His Akademisches Festouvertüre includes a masterful demonstration of that most "academic" of musical disciplines: counterpoint. Blending multiple horizontal lines of music was, by this time, a rite of passage inflicted on young music students. Brahms, however, brings this thoroughly professorial technique to bear on a medley of student drinking songs, including the celebrated Gaudeamus igitur. Still sung in some European schools today, Gaudeamus is a rollicking hymn to ribaldry that includes a generous mix of dog latin and an ode to "easy and shapely virgins...and mature women, too." Concerto for Bass Trombone & Orchestra - Eric Ewazen

“His music is unabashedly tonal, yet sprinkled with touches and glimpses of many other styles.” Bruce Duffie, interview with Eric Ewazen (1998)

Cleveland native Eric Ewazen teaches composition at the Julliard School of Music. He holds degrees from Julliard and the Eastman School of Music, and has served as composer-in-residence for the New York City’s Orchestra of St. Luke, lecturer for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series, and Vice-President of the League of Composers. With the present work, composed in 1997 for tubist Karl Kramer, Ewazen welcomes the listener into an expansive world of neo-tonal fantasy. Glimpses of styles pass by on parade: film scores, folk songs, video games. All are mustered in an admirable showpiece for the tuba or, in tonight’s performance, the bass trombone. Rumanian Dances - Bela Bartók

I. Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance) II. Brâul (Sash Dance)

III. Pe loc (In One Spot) IV. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum) V. Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)


A child prodigy said to have discerned dance rhythms before speech, Bela Bartok entered the Budapest Conservatory at age 18 as a student in piano and composition. Strongly influenced by Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms, his initial trajectory seemed pointed towards a conventional career in art music. Two key events changed this: Age 25, Bartok heard a Transylvanian caregiver, Lidi Dósa, singing folk songs to the children in her care. At age 30, he composed an opera (Bluebeard’s Castle) only to see it rejected by state authorities. Disillusioned with convention, Bartok pursued a lifelong dedication to folk music. With his colleague Zoltan Kodaly, he began travelling the Romanian countryside, documenting traditional Magyar folk melodies and finding in them parallels to traditional melodies of Anatolia, central Asia, and the far east. The outbreak of World War I forced Bartok to return from the countryside. He began working his newfound material into his composition, writing the present work for piano in 1915 and revising it for orchestra in 1917. Here, Bartok rejects the studied and genteel conventions of the conservatory, instead offering the listener a series of richly colored miniatures from the countryside. Selections from ‘West Side Story’ - Leonard Bernstein (arr. Jack Mason)

“The radioactive fallout from ‘West Side Story’ must still be descending on Broadway this morning.” - Walter Kerr, New York Herald Tribune (September 27th, 1957)

- The classic tale of star-crossed lovers, translated to the grit and poverty of a racially balkanized New York City. Arthur Laurents’s novel, reworked by Stephen Sondheim, choreographed by Jerome Robbins and scored by Leonard Bernstein, reigns today as a pure classic. West Side Story has run and continues to run in thousands of productions for audiences all across the globe. Close on the heels of its Broadway debut in 1957, West Side Story opened in Europe (1958), went on a national tour (1959), played in Australia (1960), was made into a feature length film (1961), won a Grammy award for its score and spent a record 54 weeks at the top of Billboard magazine’s chart. Bernstein himself would later go on to create a standalone orchestral score entitled “Symphonic Dances from West Side Story”. Prior to this, however, orchestras could already perform the present arrangement by Jack Mason. A staff arranger active during the 1950’s with Vic Schoen (arranger for the Andrews Sisters) and Johnny Warrington, Mason assembled the present arrangement in 1958 while the original production was still playing on Broadway. After an initial cry of “Maria”, Mason’s arrangement gives the

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listener a tour of six popular tunes: “I Feel Pretty”, “Something’s Coming”, “Tonight”, “One Hand, One Heart”, “Cool”, and concluding with a jubilant rendition of “America”. Polovetsian Dances - Alexander Borodin

“Let us begin this narration, brethren, from the old times of Vladimir to this present time of Igor, who strengthened his mind with courage, who quickened his heart with valor and, thus imbued with martial spirit, led his valiant regiments against the Kuman land in defense of the Russian land.”

“The Lay of Igor’s Campaign” Illegitimate son of a Georgian prince, Alexander Borodin was discretely named for one of his father's servants. His mother saw to it that he received a good education and he showed talent in both music and science. Borodin obtained a doctorate in chemistry and toured Europe as a lecturer noted for his work with aldehydes. In 1862, he took a professorship at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Medicine. Settled in his teaching duties, Borodin could devote some (though never much) time to music. He joined with a group of four other musicians in Saint Petersburg known today as the "Mighty Handful" and began composing. Following the success of Borodin’s first symphony in 1869, a friend suggested he write an opera based on the epic, "Prince Igor." Borodin started but, frustrated that he couldn't produce a workable libretto, ultimately gave up and left the opera unfinished. His colleague Rimsky-Korsakov worked out a passable conclusion after Borodin's death, but the opera as a whole never entirely came together. Rimsky-Korsakov extracted what he could from the first and second acts, arranging the present work as a concert piece for orchestra with or without choir. “Prince Igor” is a popular tale in Russian culture and describes a fateful battle between Igor Svyatoslavich, a 12th century prince of the Rus people in what is today Ukraine, and Khan Konchak who had united the Polovtsi (also known as the Cumans) to the east. With the Khan’s raiding parties devastating local villages, Svyatoslavich mustered an army to meet Konchak in battle near the Donets River. The Khan’s archers rained arrows on the Prince’s forces for three days. In the end, Igor’s men were slaughtered and the prince himself was taken captive. Accordingly, much of Borodin’s opera—and all of the dances in the present work—takes place in the camp of Khan’s Polovtsi. Polovetsian maidens glide through the camp to a melody later immortalized in the popular song “Stranger in Paradise.” Polovetsian warriors follow with a wild chorus and Polovetsian boys lend a raucous, thumping dance of their own. When performed with a chorus, the camp thunders with a hymn to their triumphant leader:

“Sing songs of praise to the Khan! Sing!” Notes by Robert Horton, 2017

ARTISTS__________________ARTISTS_________________________

DOUGLAS YEO was Professor of Trombone at Arizona State University from 2012-2016, a position he assumed after a 27-year career as bass

trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1985-2012. Upon his retirement from ASU, he was given the title of Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music in recognition of his service to the University. Before coming to Boston, he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a free-lance musician in New York City where he was a member of the Goldman Band, and a high school band director. A graduate of Wheaton College, Illinois–where he studied trombone with Edward Kleinhammer (Bass Trombonist of the Chicago Symphony, 1940-1985)–and New York University, Douglas Yeo was the recipient of the International Trombone Association’s highest honor, the 2014 ITA Award, given to him “in recognition of his distinguished career and in acknowledgement of his impact on the world of trombone performance.” He has written dozens of articles for many publications including the Historic Brass Society Journal, The Galpin Society Journal, the International Trombone Association Journal and The Brass Herald. He is the author of “The One Hundred: Essential Works for the Symphonic Bass Trombonist” (Encore Music Publishers) and co-author (with Edward Kleinhammer) of “Mastering the Trombone” (Ensemble Publications). Presently, he is at work on books to be published by Oxford University Press and University of Illinois Press. International Music, G. Schirmer, Southern Music, Ensemble Publications, De Haske Music and Sarastro Music publish his many arrangements of music for trombones and other brass instruments. As a teacher, Douglas Yeo has given trombone master classes on five continents and has held residencies around the world including the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival (Japan), the International Trombone and Tuba Festival (China), the Banff Center (Canada), and the Dutch Bass Trombone Open (Netherlands). He has been a frequent guest artist at the International Trombone Festival (International Trombone Association) and has been soloist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras on many occasions, playing solo works of Alan Hovhannes, Christopher Brubeck, and John Williams among others. He is a recognized authority on historical low brass instruments including the sackbut, buccin, serpent, and ophicleide, and has championed these instruments as a performer, scholar, and author. His website, yeodoug.com (1996), was the first website on the Internet devoted to the trombone, and his blog, thelasttrombone.com, was launched in 2016. Douglas Yeo is an International YAMAHA Performing artist and has worked closely with YAMAHA in the design of the YAMAHA 822-G bass trombone and mouthpiece that he plays.

CHRISTOPHER STANICHAR is the Principal Conductor of the Northwest Iowa Symphony, an ensemble of some of the finest musicians in

northwest Iowa and southeast South Dakota. Stanichar was appointed to this position in 2011, following a number of guest appearances. Stanichar has continued NISO’s tradition of artistic excellence, innovative programming, and collaborations with guest artists from the region and beyond. Stanichar leads NISO in three concerts per season, in addition to the annual Concert for Children. He has been praised for “his obvious energy, great joy directing, and outright enthusiasm.” (Peter Wagner, Northwest Iowa Review).

In addition to his position with Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Stanichar conducts the Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra in Minnesota. Stanichar has conducted professional orchestras in Europe, Russia, Mexico, and the United States, including the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Sochi Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Orquesta Sinfónico Juvenil del Estado de Veracruze (Mexico), and many orchestras in the United States.

Stanichar earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he was a student of Gerard Samuel. In 1996 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study conducting in Slovakia, where he appeared as a guest conductor of many top orchestras in that country. In 1997 he was appointed Conducting Assistant for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where he was mentored by maestros Jesús López-Cobos and Erich Kunzel.

Stanichar is an active composer; his works have been commissioned and performed throughout the world. His Trisagion was used in the Ric Burns’ PBS documentary, Andy Warhol. More recent projects include a full-length cantata, St. Mark Passion, written as part of a Granskou grant for the 150th anniversary of Augustana College. His Variations on a Theme by Handel for string orchestra is featured in the independent film, Dust of War. TrevCo-Varner Music has published several of his works for English horn.

THE NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA comprises the finest musicians in the tri-state area. Teaching principals are of a

professional caliber and function as first chair players and teachers in sectional rehearsals. The orchestra’s 80 members include adults of all ages as well as gifted music students from area high schools, middle schools, and colleges. Five of the middle school and high school students are recipients of scholarships from Friends of the Symphony for the purpose of continuing their private music instruction. NISO presents three concerts each season in addition to the annual Concert for Children, which is given each November for over 1,000 area 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students.






ARTISTS_________________________

DOUGLAS YEO was Professor of Trombone at Arizona State University from 2012-2016, a position he assumed after a 27-year career as bass

trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1985-2012. Upon his retirement from ASU, he was given the title of Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music in recognition of his service to the University. Before coming to Boston, he was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a free-lance musician in New York City where he was a member of the Goldman Band, and a high school band director. A graduate of Wheaton College, Illinois–where he studied trombone with Edward Kleinhammer (Bass Trombonist of the Chicago Symphony, 1940-1985)–and New York University, Douglas Yeo was the recipient of the International Trombone Association’s highest honor, the 2014 ITA Award, given to him “in recognition of his distinguished career and in acknowledgement of his impact on the world of trombone performance.” He has written dozens of articles for many publications including the Historic Brass Society Journal, The Galpin Society Journal, the International Trombone Association Journal and The Brass Herald. He is the author of “The One Hundred: Essential Works for the Symphonic Bass Trombonist” (Encore Music Publishers) and co-author (with Edward Kleinhammer) of “Mastering the Trombone” (Ensemble Publications). Presently, he is at work on books to be published by Oxford University Press and University of Illinois Press. International Music, G. Schirmer, Southern Music, Ensemble Publications, De Haske Music and Sarastro Music publish his many arrangements of music for trombones and other brass instruments. As a teacher, Douglas Yeo has given trombone master classes on five continents and has held residencies around the world including the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival (Japan), the International Trombone and Tuba Festival (China), the Banff Center (Canada), and the Dutch Bass Trombone Open (Netherlands). He has been a frequent guest artist at the International Trombone Festival (International Trombone Association) and has been soloist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras on many occasions, playing solo works of Alan Hovhannes, Christopher Brubeck, and John Williams among others. He is a recognized authority on historical low brass instruments including the sackbut, buccin, serpent, and ophicleide, and has championed these instruments as a performer, scholar, and author. His website, yeodoug.com (1996), was the first website on the Internet devoted to the trombone, and his blog, thelasttrombone.com, was launched in 2016. Douglas Yeo is an International YAMAHA Performing artist and has worked closely with YAMAHA in the design of the YAMAHA 822-G bass trombone and mouthpiece that he plays.

CHRISTOPHER STANICHAR is the Principal Conductor of the Northwest Iowa Symphony, an ensemble of some of the finest musicians in

northwest Iowa and southeast South Dakota. Stanichar was appointed to this position in 2011, following a number of guest appearances. Stanichar has continued NISO’s tradition of artistic excellence, innovative programming, and collaborations with guest artists from the region and beyond. Stanichar leads NISO in three concerts per season, in addition to the annual Concert for Children. He has been praised for “his obvious energy, great joy directing, and outright enthusiasm.” (Peter Wagner, Northwest Iowa Review).

In addition to his position with Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Stanichar conducts the Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra in Minnesota. Stanichar has conducted professional orchestras in Europe, Russia, Mexico, and the United States, including the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Sochi Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Orquesta Sinfónico Juvenil del Estado de Veracruze (Mexico), and many orchestras in the United States.

Stanichar earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he was a student of Gerard Samuel. In 1996 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study conducting in Slovakia, where he appeared as a guest conductor of many top orchestras in that country. In 1997 he was appointed Conducting Assistant for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where he was mentored by maestros Jesús López-Cobos and Erich Kunzel.

Stanichar is an active composer; his works have been commissioned and performed throughout the world. His Trisagion was used in the Ric Burns’ PBS documentary, Andy Warhol. More recent projects include a full-length cantata, St. Mark Passion, written as part of a Granskou grant for the 150th anniversary of Augustana College. His Variations on a Theme by Handel for string orchestra is featured in the independent film, Dust of War. TrevCo-Varner Music has published several of his works for English horn.

THE NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA comprises the finest musicians in the tri-state area. Teaching principals are of a

professional caliber and function as first chair players and teachers in sectional rehearsals. The orchestra’s 80 members include adults of all ages as well as gifted music students from area high schools, middle schools, and colleges. Five of the middle school and high school students are recipients of scholarships from Friends of the Symphony for the purpose of continuing their private music instruction. NISO presents three concerts each season in addition to the annual Concert for Children, which is given each November for over 1,000 area 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students.






POLOVETSIAN DANCES__________________Choir text

Dance of Young GirlsOn the wings of gentle zephyrs,seek thou, O tender song, my native country,the land where many a time I used to listento songs most sweet and dear to freeborn maidens.Where soft airs around us were so gently wafted,where in the leafy woods the birds are singing,where berries sweet are early ripe.To that land, haste thee, my song!

Dance of the Men[No choir]

General DanceGlory, honor to our chieftain, hail!Glory, honor to our master, hail!Hail our chief, Khan! Hail, all hail, hail him!Bright as sunlight is his mighty power!Nowhere shall you find his equal! Hail!

Dance of the Female SlavesSire, thy maidens hail thee, praise theeas their master, hail thee as their mighty lord!Glory! Honor!Glory, honor to our master! Hail!Comes the Khan, far flies the foe!Nowhere shall you find his equal! Hail!Bright as sunlight is our mighty Khan!

Dance of the Little Boys[No choir]

Dance of the MenLike thy forefathers art thou famous,great, mighty Khan! Khan Kontchak!


Dance of the MenHail, O Khan! Khan Kontchak!

Dance of the Young GirlsOn the wings of gentle zephyrs,seek thou, O tender song, my native country,where once I heard the songs that fell so sweetly,so dear to freeborn maidens that would sing thee.Where soft airs around us were so gently wafted,where the mountains slumber by the sea, enwrapped in clouds,or in turn greenclad the mountains,glowing in waves of light, are bathed in sunshine;where roses blow and scent the air around them,and in the woods the nightingales are singing,where the early berries grow.To that land, haste thee, my song!


Dance of the MenLike thy forefathers art thou noble,Khan Kontchak!Like thy forefathers art thou strong,our great Khan, Khan Kontchak!


Dance of the MenHail, our Khan! Khan Kontchak!

General DanceFor the pleasure of your masterdance ye maidens, sing ye maidens!For your master’s pleasure, maidens,sing and dance and all be joyful!Dance ye sprightly maidens, dance nowfor your noble prince!Dance ye sprightly maidens, gaylyfor your master’s pleasure, gaylydance ye now before him, lovely maidens!Sing and dance for the Khan!For the pleasure of your masterdance ye maidens,all hail, O Khan!

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** Concertmistress * Teaching Principal p Assistant Principal + Scholarship recipient

NISO Members Years of Service: ♩5+ years ♪10+ years ♬15+ years ♮20+ years ♯25+ years

FIRST VIOLIN Daniel Amin, Dordt College Kinza Brue, Dordt College♩

+ Erika Buiter, Unity Christian HS Holly Hiemstra, Dordt College Dasol Kim, Dordt College

** Lisa Miedema, Sioux Center♮ Kirbee Nykamp, Sioux Center♪ Tim Rylaarsdam, Sioux Center♯

+ Heather Shih, Boyden-Hull HS Tara Tilstra, Dordt College Kylie Van Wyhe, Dordt College p Jill Wigton, Merrill SECOND VIOLIN Matt Augustine, Dordt College Corinne Efflandt, Dordt College * Jennifer Frens, Sioux Center♮ Miranda Hulstein, Dordt College Rebecca Mangold, Orange City

Rebecca Nymeyer, Dordt College Katrina Regnerus, Dordt College McKenzie Roselle, Dordt College Stan Spaulding, Sioux Center Janelle Van Der Zwaag, Hospers♪ Ashley Verhoef, Dordt College VIOLA + Marissa Beaty, MOC-FV HS Kristin Buskohl, Sioux Falls

* Fei Chen, Sioux Falls Meagan DeGraaf, Dordt College

Katie Fictorie, Dordt College Caleb Herman, Dordt College Rachel Louwerse, Dordt College Gary Vander Hart, Sioux Center♯

CELLO Matthew Boer, Dordt College

Jack Bonnecroy, Orange City Jaren Brue, Dordt College + Max Foster, Akron-Westfield HS Dane Hibma, Sioux Center♬ Haley Moss, Dordt College♩ Jonathan Nyman, Dordt College Jessica Setiawan, Dordt College Joseph Slegers, Orange City♪ Cathie Tien, Orange City♩ * Andrew Travers, Sioux Falls♩ STRING BASS Colin Attema, Canton♪ * John Casey, Sioux Falls♩ Marian Casey, Sioux Falls♩

Nicholas Grossmann, MOC-FV HS + Hannah Hulstein, MOC-FV MS

FLUTE/PICCOLO Shannon Abels, Sioux Falls♩

* Anna Davis, Spencer♩ Sue De Haan, Orange City♬ Ellen Podhajsky, Northwestern College

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Ronja Jung, Sioux City

* Kristi Stanichar, Sioux Falls♩ Joe Vannatta, Cherokee

CLARINET * Beverly Gibson, Sioux Falls♩ Shirley Van Engen, Boyden♪ Katy Wilson, Dordt College♩ BASSOON Mindy Braithwaite, Sioux Falls Lois Estell, Orange City♩

* Chris Haak, Sioux Falls♩

FRENCH HORN Michael Digatono, Sioux Falls Sharon McGarvey, Alton♯

* Tim McGarvey, Alton♯ * Rebekah McLaughlin, USD Melanie Witt, Orange City♯

TRUMPET * Richard Bogenrief, Merrill♮ Dan Mangold, Orange City♩ Karissa Van Surksum, Dordt College

TROMBONE Matt Honken, Orange City * Vance Shoemaker, Hawarden♯

Jason Roseth, Sioux Falls Emily Wehde, Sioux Falls

TUBA * Peter Boerema, Sioux Falls♪

PERCUSSION * Jason Domonkos, Omaha Sabrina Fox, Alton Becca Nelson, Dordt College Cody Tucker, Sioux City

HARP Anna Blauw, Dordt College Maggie Burgsma, Dordt College CELESTE/PIANO Ranita Badudu, Dordt College John MacInnis, Sioux Center

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Erika Buiter, Dordt College ** Jennifer Frens, Sioux Center♮ Holly Hiemstra, Dordt College Brianna Miedema, Unity Christian HS Kirbee Nykamp, Sioux Center♪

Tara Tilstra, Dordt College + Janna Vanden Brink, Unity Christian HS Kylie Van Wyhe, Dordt College p Jill Wigton, Merrill SECOND VIOLIN Miranda Hulstein, Dordt College Rebecca Mangold, Orange City

+ Lexie Merley, Sheldon HS * Lisa Miedema, Sioux Center♮ Rebecca Nymeyer, Dordt College Katrina Regnerus, Dordt College McKenzie Roselle, Dordt College p Amie Smit, Sioux Center♩ Stan Spaulding, Sioux Center Adri Tilstra, Dordt College Abby Vander Werf, Dordt College Kendra Wieringa, Dordt College VIOLA + Marissa Beaty, MOC-FV HS * Fei Chen, Sioux Falls♩ Meagan DeGraaf, Dordt College Caleb Herman, Dordt College David Riadi, Dordt College Kristin Stanichar, Sioux Falls

Gary Vander Hart, Sioux Center♯

CELLO Jack Bonnecroy, Orange City Jaren Brue, Dordt College Nic Herman, Dordt College Dane Hibma, Sioux Center♬ Nicole Kaemingk, Dordt College Sam Kim, Dordt College Haley Moss, Dordt College Daniel Munson, Dordt College Jonathan Nyman, Dordt College Jessica Setiawan, Dordt College Joseph Slegers, Orange City♪ Cathie Tien, Orange City♩ * Andrew Travers, Sioux Falls♩ Jeshua Witt, Dordt College STRING BASS Trevor Carlson, Sioux Falls♩

* John Casey, Sioux Falls♪ Marian Casey, Sioux Falls♪ + Hannah Hulstein, MOC-FV MS Hudson Nitzel, Dordt College Noah Pollema, Dordt College FLUTE/PICCOLO Shannon Abels, Sioux Falls♩ * Anna Davis, Spencer♩ Sue De Haan, Orange City♬

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Ronja Jung, Sioux City Ashley Lamfers, Dordt College

* Brandy Trucke, Bronson

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET * Beverly Gibson, Sioux Falls♪ Amanda Long, Orange City

BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON Mindy Braithwaite, Sioux Falls♪ Adam Curry, Sioux Falls

* Chris Haak, Sioux Falls♩ FRENCH HORN Ben Jacobsma, Dordt College Xiola Koile-Paxton, Vermillion Amy Laursen, Vermillion

* Rebekah McLaughlin, Vermillion♩ Joseph Mullin, Alton Melanie Witt, Orange City♯

TRUMPET * Richard Bogenrief, Merrill♯ Dan Mangold, Orange City♩ Karissa Van Surksum, Dordt College

TROMBONE Matt Honken, Orange City♩

Jason Roseth, Sioux Falls * Vance Shoemaker, Hawarden♯

Emily Wehde, Sioux Falls♩


PERCUSSION * Jason Domonkos, Omaha Josh Dykstra, Dordt College Sabrina Fox, Alton + Caleb Smit, Unity Christian HS Noah Woolston, Dordt College

HARP Anna Blauw, Dordt College Maggie Burgsma, Dordt College

DORDT COLLEGE CHOIR MEMBERS__________

DORDT COLLEGE CHOIR MEMBERS

SOPRANO I Yovela Belicia Jessica Cheney Anna Christians Elizabeth Helmkamp Sarah Krysl Kendra Nydam Emily Schuiteman Mary Van Wyk Anna Vander Griend Jalyn Vander Wal

SOPRANO II Bailey Braaksma Janelle Cammenga Ellie Jasper Rebecca Nelson Alexandra Rexford Annika Rick Brianna Schueller Staci Seaman Kourtney Te Brake Amanda Van Tol Kathryn Van Weelden Olivia Vande Polder DaNae Van’t Hul

ALTO I Katie Bousema Dareen Christabel Andrea De Bruin Destiny De Hoogh Morgan De Ruyter Elizabeth Eckels Lisa Gordon Katie Kooiman Sheridan Moss Selena Munson Amy Spoelstra Ellie Steensma Jenna Van Ravenswaay Tairin Van Tol Rachel Ver Meer Allison Visser

ALTO II Hannah Bonnema Shianne Borchers Abbey Bos Kaylee Dykstra Caitie Fagen Inioluwa Junaid Kenedie Kats Kate Lodewyk Bethany Van Eps Amanda Vander Ploeg Hayley Visser Jenna Veenstra Josie Venhuizen Allison Wordes

TENOR I Rainanda Badudu Jacob Brouwer Brandyn Brummel Ethan Brummel Mason Buwalda Joseph Bylsma Adam De Boer Joshua Dorsett Noah Krommendyk Nicolas Kuperus Nate Muyskens Jesse Richards Joshua Van Eps

TENOR II Heath Brower Zach Dirksen Joshua Fopma Damon Groen Connor Kemink Foster Popken Nate Pryor Nicholas Schnell Daniel Seaman Morgan Spoelstra Erik Vander Laan Dylan Van’t Hul Kenden Veenstra Nicholas Zylstra

BASS I Benjamin Bouwkamp Derek De Vries Michael Howe Kade Krosschell Dylan Runia Youseob Shin Mitchell Siebersma Cody Speh Zach Steensma Cory Van Gilst Tristan Van Leeuwen Jon Van Ravenswaay Hayden Veurink

BASS II Dale De Jong Eli Dykstra Aaron Lenz Nathan Mulder Jamesdavid Ryan Trey Schemper Garth Servis Jr. Jordan Severson Kent Te Velde Aaron Van Beek Michael Vander Wal Ashton Veenstra Adrian Visser

NISO 30th Anniversary CDNISO is excited to present our very first CD produced as part of last year’s celebration of our 30th Anniversary. The CD is a sampler of performance highlights from past years. It includes twelve pieces by twelve different composers from eleven different concerts conducted by Henry Duitman, Tim McGarvey, Henry Charles Smith, Jungho Kim, and Christopher Stanichar. The compositions include the lovely Pavane by Fauré, the “Triumphal March” from Aida by Verdi, the dramatic Pines of Rome by Respighi, and nine other concert favorites.



WELCOME________________________ Dear NISO friends, Welcome to the opening concert of our 2017-2018 season, “Symphonic Treasures." Tonight we hear music with the theme “B is for Bravo!” which features well-known music by Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók, Bernstein, and Borodin. We look forward to hearing segments by guest artist Douglas Yeo, bass trombone, and the Dordt College choirs. This is just the beginning of our outstanding season with wonderful treasures from the orchestra and guest artists. We are excited to once again have the Celebrity Conductor Contest during our Winter Pops Concert on January 27. Each contestant will be asking for your support (one dollar = one vote) as a way to raise money for NISO. The person with the most votes will be named the 2018 NISO Celebrity Conductor and will have the honor of conducting a musical piece after intermission. The Winter Pops Concert will center on “Romancing the Violin,” featuring Jessica Mathaes on violin. It will be an evening of inspiration and romance. Please enjoy coffee and truffles at intermission and consider purchasing the NISO 30th Anniversary CD. Thank you for your support of NISO. We appreciate your generosity. Best Regards, Rhonda Pennings NISO Board Chairperson

NISO 30th Anniversary CD

NISO is excited to present our very first CD produced as part of last year’s celebration of our 30th Anniversary. The CD is a sampler of performance highlights from past years. It includes twelve pieces by twelve different composers from eleven different concerts conducted by Henry Duitman, Tim McGarvey, Henry Charles Smith, Jungho Kim, and Christopher Stanichar. The compositions include the lovely Pavane by Fauré, the “Triumphal March” from Aida by Verdi, the dramatic Pines of Rome by Respighi, and nine other concert favorites.



Concert Sponsor

OFFICERS: Katie Lynn Haan, Sally Jongsma, Joanne & Cliff Soodsma, Emily Sybesma, and Beth Vanden Berg

MEMBERS: Curt & Patricia AhrenholzJoanne AlberdaDallas & Carol ApolArt & Phyllis AttemaHoward & Marge BeerninkDave BloemendaalGert BoerJim & Lavonne BolkemaJim & Glenda BosDel & Annafeen BroekMark & Miriam BussJim & Marilyn DeanDale & Karen Den Herder

Bernie & Kathy De Wit Verlyn & June De WitGeorge & Jo Faber Diana GonzalezKatie Lynn HaanHoward & Vicki HallGreg & Laura HaverdinkDaryl & Deb HibmaGregg & Brenda Hooyer Gerald & Shirley IsaksonCalvin & Sally JongsmaCarl & Ellen KlompienArnold & Carol Koekkoek James & Sally KoldenhovenBen & Pat KornelisHenry & Dee KramerJohn & Betty KreykesShirley MatheisRockne & Joan McCarthy

Darlene MouwDave & Phyllis Netz Dennis & Carla NibbelinkLee & Audrey PlasierEric & Lora RankinDean & Darlene ReichertDennis & Susan Rockhill Cornie & Dolores RylaarsdamRon & Karen RyndersJohn & Sheryl SlegersCliff & Joanne SoodsmaMark & Emily Sybesma Shirley Sybesma Yette Te PaskeBarbara TopBert & Sandra Van BataviaRon & LuAnn Van Den Berg Herm & Dawn Van Den Hul Louis & Tina Van Dyke

Jerry & Kim Van EsNolan & Dorenda Van Gaalen Perry & Jo Van Gorp Lyle & Mary Van RavenswaayMarvin & Audrey Van VuurenKyle & Cindy Van WyheJake & Trena Van Wyk Joan Van’t HofOrv & Arlene Van’t HulAnne Vande HoefStan & Beth Vanden BergNancy Vanden BoschKen & Dorothy Vanden BrinkJoan Vander HartDennis Vander PlaatsDelmar & Lois Vander Zee David & Janis Versluis Elaine Wassink Bev Zwart

FRIENDS of NISO__________________

Tonight’s Intermission Feature: Gourmet coffee and truffles. Consider joining Friends and helping with rehearsal refreshments, ushering, serving coffee/truffles,

and selling tickets to benefit the orchestra.

PERSONNEL__________________

PERSONNEL_______________________




+ Erika Buiter, Unity Christian HS Holly Hiemstra, Dordt College Dasol Kim, Dordt College

** Lisa Miedema, Sioux Center♮ Kirbee Nykamp, Sioux Center♪ Tim Rylaarsdam, Sioux Center♯

+ Heather Shih, Boyden-Hull HS Tara Tilstra, Dordt College Kylie Van Wyhe, Dordt College p Jill Wigton, Merrill SECOND VIOLIN Matt Augustine, Dordt College Corinne Efflandt, Dordt College * Jennifer Frens, Sioux Center♮ Miranda Hulstein, Dordt College Rebecca Mangold, Orange City

Rebecca Nymeyer, Dordt College Katrina Regnerus, Dordt College McKenzie Roselle, Dordt College Stan Spaulding, Sioux Center Janelle Van Der Zwaag, Hospers♪ Ashley Verhoef, Dordt College VIOLA + Marissa Beaty, MOC-FV HS Kristin Buskohl, Sioux Falls

* Fei Chen, Sioux Falls Meagan DeGraaf, Dordt College

Katie Fictorie, Dordt College Caleb Herman, Dordt College Rachel Louwerse, Dordt College Gary Vander Hart, Sioux Center♯

CELLO Matthew Boer, Dordt College

Jack Bonnecroy, Orange City Jaren Brue, Dordt College + Max Foster, Akron-Westfield HS Dane Hibma, Sioux Center♬ Haley Moss, Dordt College♩ Jonathan Nyman, Dordt College Jessica Setiawan, Dordt College Joseph Slegers, Orange City♪ Cathie Tien, Orange City♩ * Andrew Travers, Sioux Falls♩ STRING BASS Colin Attema, Canton♪ * John Casey, Sioux Falls♩ Marian Casey, Sioux Falls♩

Nicholas Grossmann, MOC-FV HS + Hannah Hulstein, MOC-FV MS

FLUTE/PICCOLO Shannon Abels, Sioux Falls♩

* Anna Davis, Spencer♩ Sue De Haan, Orange City♬ Ellen Podhajsky, Northwestern College

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Ronja Jung, Sioux City

* Kristi Stanichar, Sioux Falls♩ Joe Vannatta, Cherokee

CLARINET * Beverly Gibson, Sioux Falls♩ Shirley Van Engen, Boyden♪ Katy Wilson, Dordt College♩ BASSOON Mindy Braithwaite, Sioux Falls Lois Estell, Orange City♩

* Chris Haak, Sioux Falls♩

FRENCH HORN Michael Digatono, Sioux Falls Sharon McGarvey, Alton♯

* Tim McGarvey, Alton♯ * Rebekah McLaughlin, USD Melanie Witt, Orange City♯

TRUMPET * Richard Bogenrief, Merrill♮ Dan Mangold, Orange City♩ Karissa Van Surksum, Dordt College

TROMBONE Matt Honken, Orange City * Vance Shoemaker, Hawarden♯

Jason Roseth, Sioux Falls Emily Wehde, Sioux Falls


PERCUSSION * Jason Domonkos, Omaha Sabrina Fox, Alton Becca Nelson, Dordt College Cody Tucker, Sioux City

HARP Anna Blauw, Dordt College Maggie Burgsma, Dordt College CELESTE/PIANO Ranita Badudu, Dordt College John MacInnis, Sioux Center

PERSONNEL_______________________




Erika Buiter, Dordt College ** Jennifer Frens, Sioux Center♮ Holly Hiemstra, Dordt College Brianna Miedema, Unity Christian HS Kirbee Nykamp, Sioux Center♪

Tara Tilstra, Dordt College + Janna Vanden Brink, Unity Christian HS Kylie Van Wyhe, Dordt College p Jill Wigton, Merrill SECOND VIOLIN Miranda Hulstein, Dordt College Rebecca Mangold, Orange City

+ Lexie Merley, Sheldon HS * Lisa Miedema, Sioux Center♮ Rebecca Nymeyer, Dordt College Katrina Regnerus, Dordt College McKenzie Roselle, Dordt College p Amie Smit, Sioux Center♩ Stan Spaulding, Sioux Center Adri Tilstra, Dordt College Abby Vander Werf, Dordt College Kendra Wieringa, Dordt College VIOLA + Marissa Beaty, MOC-FV HS * Fei Chen, Sioux Falls♩ Meagan DeGraaf, Dordt College Caleb Herman, Dordt College David Riadi, Dordt College Kristin Stanichar, Sioux Falls

Gary Vander Hart, Sioux Center♯

CELLO Jack Bonnecroy, Orange City Jaren Brue, Dordt College Nic Herman, Dordt College Dane Hibma, Sioux Center♬ Nicole Kaemingk, Dordt College Sam Kim, Dordt College Haley Moss, Dordt College Daniel Munson, Dordt College Jonathan Nyman, Dordt College Jessica Setiawan, Dordt College Joseph Slegers, Orange City♪ Cathie Tien, Orange City♩ * Andrew Travers, Sioux Falls♩ Jeshua Witt, Dordt College STRING BASS Trevor Carlson, Sioux Falls♩

* John Casey, Sioux Falls♪ Marian Casey, Sioux Falls♪ + Hannah Hulstein, MOC-FV MS Hudson Nitzel, Dordt College Noah Pollema, Dordt College FLUTE/PICCOLO Shannon Abels, Sioux Falls♩ * Anna Davis, Spencer♩ Sue De Haan, Orange City♬

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Ronja Jung, Sioux City Ashley Lamfers, Dordt College

* Brandy Trucke, Bronson

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET * Beverly Gibson, Sioux Falls♪ Amanda Long, Orange City

BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON Mindy Braithwaite, Sioux Falls♪ Adam Curry, Sioux Falls

* Chris Haak, Sioux Falls♩ FRENCH HORN Ben Jacobsma, Dordt College Xiola Koile-Paxton, Vermillion Amy Laursen, Vermillion

* Rebekah McLaughlin, Vermillion♩ Joseph Mullin, Alton Melanie Witt, Orange City♯

TRUMPET * Richard Bogenrief, Merrill♯ Dan Mangold, Orange City♩ Karissa Van Surksum, Dordt College

TROMBONE Matt Honken, Orange City♩

Jason Roseth, Sioux Falls * Vance Shoemaker, Hawarden♯

Emily Wehde, Sioux Falls♩


PERCUSSION * Jason Domonkos, Omaha Josh Dykstra, Dordt College Sabrina Fox, Alton + Caleb Smit, Unity Christian HS Noah Woolston, Dordt College

HARP Anna Blauw, Dordt College Maggie Burgsma, Dordt College

DORDT COLLEGE CHOIR MEMBERS__________

THANK YOU TO: DORDT COLLEGE for its generous provision of rehearsal and performance space, support staff, and office accommodations.CONTRIBUTORS for their sustaining appreciation of fine music and their continuing support of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra.FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY for ushering, ticket sales, and refreshments at our rehearsals.

THE STAFF: Christopher Stanichar, ConductorBradley Miedema, Music Director Angela Holt, Assistant ConductorKaren De Mol, General ManagerMary Hulstein, Administrative Assistant

CREDITS__________________

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Daniel Finley – Sioux CenterSally Jongsma - Sioux CenterBonnie Meier, Vice-Chairperson – Orange CityRhonda Pennings, Chairperson - Orange CityLee Schneider – HullT.J. Speer – Sioux CenterBert Van Batavia - BoydenHerm Van Den Hul – Sioux Center

Brian Van Engen, Treasurer – Sioux CenterLyle Van Ravenswaay - HullNancy Vermeer, Secretary - Sioux Center

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSONS: Norma Snyder JonesBernie Weidenaar Yette Te Paske

MEDIA SPONSORS Color FXKDCR FM 88.5KWIT FM 90.3/KOJI FM 90.7Iowa Information PublicationsEvie’s HallmarkJubon Juweelen

MAESTRO ($1000+) Jim & Marilyn DeanW. Dale & Karen Den HerderNorma Snyder JonesYette Te Paske

SOLOIST ($500 to $999) Beaver Eye CareCitizens State Bank of Sheldon & BoydenKaren A. DeMolFarmers Mutual Insurance, Hull, IAErik & Barb HoekstraDick & Pat JongewaardBill & Ila Jean MouwNorthwest Bank

People’s BankLee & Audrey PlasierSmithfield FoodsThomas A. SnyderDr. Christopher & Kris StanicharVan Den Hul Asset ManagementMarvin & Joy VogelJudy Winkel

CONCERTMASTER ($250 to $499) Howard & Marge BeerninkFormosa Food Co.Drs. Eric & Kim ForsethKatie Lynn HaanCarl & Ellen KlompienJohn R. & Betty KreykesMarion & Darlene MouwHenrietta MuilenburgJohn & Sheryl SlegersTJ & Lisa SpeerMarvin & Audrey Van Vuuren Ken & Dorothy Vanden BrinkDale & Eileen Vander Wilt

The Van Engelenhoven AgencyOrv & Arlene Van’t HulEvan & Nancy VermeerScott A. VisserHarold & Emily VonkDennis & Donna WalstraWalstra Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

PRINCIPAL ($100 to $249) Curt & Pat AhrenholzWillis & Joanne AlberdaClarice AlonsB & B Plumbing & Heating, Inc.Del & Ann BroekJerry & Carol ButeynJohn & Marian CaseyCasey’s General Store, Sioux CenterMartin DekkengaGarold & Donna Den HerderBob & Rebecca De SmithBernie & Kathy De WitVerlyn & June De WitDriesen Eye CenterGeorge & Jo Faber

Lee & Eleanor FeenstraGreenworld, Inc.Howard & Vicki HallDr. King & Kecia HickmanHi-Way Chevrolet-Buick Inc.Brent & Mary HulsteinNanci JahnFran KoetsJim & Sally KoldenhovenHenry & Dee KramerRoger & Jerilyn LuedersRockne & Joan McCarthyLee & Bonnie MeierDr. Verne & Gidge MeyerAndy & Joan MiedemaBradley & Lisa MiedemaMouw Motor Company, Inc.Neal Chase Lumber Co.Northwestern BankNo Streaking, Inc.Don & Joyce OosteninkKenneth E. SabersSavings Bank – Primghar, Hartley, Lake ParkCliff & Joanne SoodsmaGreg & Dawn SteggerdaJack & Alethea StubbeMark & Emily Sybesma

Team Realty Services, Inc.Bert & Sandra Van BataviaRon & LuAnn Van Den BergHerm & Dawn Van Den HulLou & Tina Van DykeBrian & Stephanie Van EngenJerry & Kim Van EsArlin & Janene Van GorpPerry & Jo Van GorpMarion & Jan Van SoelenStan & Beth Vanden BergJanet & Doug Vander Berg Dr. Dennis Vander PlaatsGary & Joan Vander HartLoretta Vander LindenBill & Jo Vander WerfValley Machining Co.Glen & Betty VermeerDrew & Jean VogelPiet & Nelene WesterbeekWest Rock Construction Op. Inc.; Tim & Carrie Maassen

CONTRIBUTORS __________________CONTRIBUTORS___________________ CONCERT SPONSORS

American State Bank

GRANT SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS Color FX KDCR FM 88.5

KWIT FM 90.3/KOJI FM 90.7 Iowa Information Publications

Evie’s Hallmark Jubon Juweelen

MAESTRO ($1000+) Jim & Marilyn Dean W. Dale & Karen Den Herder

Norma Snyder Jones Yette Te Paske

SOLOIST ($500 to $999) Beaver Eye Care Citizens State Bank of Sheldon & Boyden Karen A. DeMol Farmers Mutual Insurance, Hull, IA Erik & Barb Hoekstra Dick & Pat Jongewaard

Bill & Ila Jean Mouw Northwest Bank People’s Bank Lee & Audrey Plasier Smithfield Foods Thomas A. Snyder

Dr. Christopher & Kris Stanichar Van Den Hul Asset Management Marvin & Joy Vogel Judy Winkel

CONCERTMASTER ($250 to $499) Howard & Marge Beernink Formosa Food Co. Drs. Eric & Kim Forseth Katie Lynn Haan Carl & Ellen Klompien John R. & Betty Kreykes Marion & Darlene Mouw

Henrietta Muilenburg John & Sheryl Slegers TJ & Lisa Speer Marvin & Audrey Van Vuuren Ken & Dorothy Vanden Brink Dale & Eileen Vander Wilt The Van Engelenhoven Agency

Orv & Arlene Van’t Hul Evan & Nancy Vermeer Scott A. Visser Harold & Emily Vonk Dennis & Donna Walstra Walstra Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

PRINCIPAL ($100 to $249) Curt & Pat Ahrenholz Willis & Joanne Alberda Clarice Alons B & B Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Del & Ann Broek Jerry & Carol Buteyn John & Marian Casey Casey’s General Store, Sioux Center Martin Dekkenga Garold & Donna Den Herder Bob & Rebecca De Smith Bernie & Kathy De Wit Verlyn & June De Wit Driesen Eye Center George & Jo Faber Lee & Eleanor Feenstra Greenworld, Inc. Howard & Vicki Hall Dr. King & Kecia Hickman Hi-Way Chevrolet-Buick Inc. Brent & Mary Hulstein Nanci Jahn

Fran Koets Jim & Sally Koldenhoven Henry & Dee Kramer Roger & Jerilyn Lueders Rockne & Joan McCarthy Lee & Bonnie Meier Dr. Verne & Gidge Meyer Andy & Joan Miedema Bradley & Lisa Miedema Mouw Motor Company, Inc. Neal Chase Lumber Co. Northwestern Bank No Streaking, Inc. Don & Joyce Oostenink Kenneth E. Sabers Savings Bank – Primghar, Hartley, Lake

Park Cliff & Joanne Soodsma Greg & Dawn Steggerda Jack & Alethea Stubbe Mark & Emily Sybesma Team Realty Services, Inc.

Bert & Sandra Van Batavia Ron & LuAnn Van Den Berg Herm & Dawn Van Den Hul Lou & Tina Van Dyke Brian & Stephanie Van Engen Jerry & Kim Van Es Arlin & Janene Van Gorp Perry & Jo Van Gorp Marion & Jan Van Soelen Stan & Beth Vanden Berg Janet & Doug Vander Berg Dr. Dennis Vander Plaats Gary & Joan Vander Hart Loretta Vander Linden Bill & Jo Vander Werf Valley Machining Co. Glen & Betty Vermeer Drew & Jean Vogel Piet & Nelene Westerbeek West Rock Construction Op. Inc.; Tim & Carrie Maassen

Walmart Sioux Center

Premier Communications Foundation

Sioux Center Recreation & Arts Council

CONTRIBUTORS___________________ CONCERT SPONSORS

American State Bank

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CONTRIBUTORS___________________ CONCERT SPONSORS

American State Bank

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CREDITS___________________________ THANK YOU TO:

DORDT COLLEGE for its generous provision of rehearsal and performance space, support staff, and office accommodations. CONTRIBUTORS for their sustaining appreciation of fine music and their continuing support of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra. FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY for ushering, ticket sales, and refreshments at our rehearsals.

THE STAFF: Christopher Stanichar, Conductor Bradley Miedema, Music Director Angela Holt, Assistant Conductor Karen De Mol, General Manager Mary Hulstein, Administrative Assistant

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Daniel Finley – Sioux Center Sally Jongsma - Sioux Center Bonnie Meier, Vice-Chairperson – Orange City Rhonda Pennings, Chairperson - Orange City Lee Schneider – Hull T.J. Speer – Sioux Center Bert Van Batavia - Boyden Herm Van Den Hul – Sioux Center Brian Van Engen, Treasurer – Sioux Center Lyle Van Ravenswaay - Hull Nancy Vermeer, Secretary - Sioux Center

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSONS:

Norma Snyder Jones Bernie Weidenaar Yette Te Paske

Symphonic Treasures Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra Concerts

Christopher Stanichar, Conductor

WINTER POPS - Saturday, January 27, 2018 – 7:30PM GUEST CONCERT - Tuesday, March 20, 2018 – 7:30PM SPRING CONCERT - Tuesday, April 10, 2018 – 7:30PM

Northwest Iowa Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerts


Saturday, December 9, 2017, 3:00pm Saturday, April 14, 2018, 3:00pm

Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra 498 4th Ave NE, Sioux Center, IA 51250

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