NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS 2019-2020 CONCERT SERIES SYMPHONIC VISION FALL CONCERT: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2019 AT 7:30PM in the BJ Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt University THE AMERICAN DREAM Guest Artist: John Walker, piano Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Onsby Rose: Hymn for the Heartland Gershwin: Concerto in F Guest Artist: John Walker, piano Peter Boyers: Ellis Island: The Dream of America Readings by Dordt University Theatre Arts Students John Walker, piano Christopher Stanichar, Principal Conductor CONTRIBUTORS___________________ CONCERTCONCERT SPONSOR SPONSORS GRANT SPONSOR GRANT SPONSORS MEDIA SPONSORS Dordt Univeristy KWIT FM 90.3/KOJI FM 90.7 KDCR FM 88.5 Iowa Information Publications MAESTRO ($1000+) Jim & Marilyn Dean Norma Snyder Jones Smithfield Foods Stan & Nancy Speer SOLOIST ($500 to $999) Beaver Eye Care People’s Bank Van Den Hul Asset Management Drs. Erik & Barb Hoekstra Thomas A. Snyder Judy Winkel CONCERTMASTER ($250 to $499) Farmers Mutual Insurance, Hull Marion & Darlene Mouw Dale & Eileen Vander Wilt Eric & Kim Forseth Premier Bank The Van Engelenhoven Agency Interstates John & Sheryl Slegers Orv & Arlene Van’t Hul Iowa State Bank Dr. Christopher & Kristin Stanichar Harold & Emily Vonk Carl & Ellen Klompien Greg & Dawn Steggerda Todd & Leah Zuidema John R. & Betty Kreykes Ken & Dorothy Vanden Brink PRINCIPAL ($100 to $249) Curt & Pat Ahrenholz Kroese & Kroese, P.C. Jerry & Kim Van Es Willis & Joanne Alberda Roger & Jerilyn Lueders Arlin & Janene Van Gorp – Countryside Del & Ann Broek John & Victoria MacInnis Body Shop Jonathan & Eileen Buiter Rockne & Joan McCarthy Lyle & Mary Van Ravenswaay Casey’s General Store, Sioux Center Dr. Verne & Gidge Meyer Marion & Jan Van Soelen Creative Living Center Neal Chase Lumber Co. Marvin & Audrey Van Vuuren Bob & Rebecca De Smith Northwestern Bank Stan & Beth Vanden Berg Bernie & Kathy De Wit No Streaking, Inc. Gary & Joan Vander Hart Driesen Eye Center Savings Bank – Primghar, Hartley, Dennis Vander Plaats George & Jo Faber Lake Park Gezena Vander Werf Lee & Eleanor Feenstra Cliff & Joanne Soodsma Valley Machining Co. Diana Gonzalez Alethea & Jack Stubbe Glen & Betty Vermeer Katie Lynn Haan Mark & Emily Sybesma Vogel Foundation Nanci Jahn John & Loretta Thomas Jack & Anita Vogel Arnold & Carolyn Koekkoek Bert & Sandra Van Batavia Greg & Beth Westra John & Sheryl Kooiker Herm & Dawn Van Den Hul Kenton & Melanie Witt Henry & Dee Kramer Brian & Stephanie Van Engen Dr. Ronald Zoutendam WELCOME ROGRAM PROGRAM Dear NISO friends, P __________________ Welcome to our Fall Concert entitled THE NORTHWEST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The American Dream. We are pleased to ChristopherROGRAM Stanichar, Principal Conductor/Music Director have guest pianist John Walker join the AngelaP Holt, Assistant__________________ Conductor orchestra on the Gershwin Piano Concerto JohnTHE Walker,NORTHWEST Piano IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Readings by Dordt University Theatre Arts Students in F. A special thank you to the Dordt Christopher Stanichar, Principal Conductor University Theatre Department for their RichardKaitlyn Steinbach Baljeu, Piano work in reading the stories of immigrants Johanna Christensen coming through Ellis Island. You are sure Hans Dykstra to enjoy experiencing the emotions in the 10 KatherineApril 2018 Fictorie Dakota Klein music as well as the theater production. It Zach Sanford will be a spectacular performance. Renee Seam We look forward to our Winter Pops November 19, 2019 Concert featuring the Texas Tenors on RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture January 18, 2020. Please tell your friends SMITH/DAMROSCH The Star-Spangled Banner and family -- this should be a popular concert for the upcoming year, so be sure to purchase tickets in advance! SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 ROSE Hymn for the Heartland I. Allegro Thank you to everyone who has generously supported NISO. We II. Andante appreciate your financial assistance and GERSHWIN Concerto in F for piano III. Allegro I. Allegro commitment to bringing high-quality II. Adagio - Andante con moto music to Northwest Iowa. Be sure to III. Allegro agitato support Friends of NISO by buying Presentation of 2018-2019 NISO Concert Season coffee and truffles at intermission. Please Intermission consider buying a NISO CD for your listening pleasure. Intermission COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man Best regards, Rhonda Pennings Chair of the NISO board BOYER Ellis Island: The Dream of America MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation” Prologue I. AndanteWords – Allegro of Helen con Cohen, fuoco emigrated from Poland in 1920 II. AllegroInterlude vivace 1 CONCERT SPONSOR Words of James Apanomith, emigrated from Greece in 1911 Good evening and welcome to the 2019 Fall III. AndanteInterlude 2 Concert, The American Dream, with guest IV. AndanteWords con motoof Lillian – Allegro Galleta, vivace emigrated – Allegro from Italy maestoso in 1928 pianist John Walker. It is my pleasure on behalf Interlude 3 of American State Bank to thank you for your Words of Lazarus Salamon, emigrated from Hungary in 1920 continued support of the Symphony. Also, Interlude 4 thank you to the musicians who use their time Words of Helen Rosenthal, emigrated from Belgium in 1940 and talent to enrich Northwest Iowa! Interlude 5 Words of Manny Steen, emigrated from Ireland in 1925 Sincerely, Interlude 6 Stanley W. Speer Words of Katherine Beychok, emigrated from Russia in 1910 Epilogue: "The New Colossus" (Emma Lazarus, 1883) CPresident,ONTRIBUTORS___________________ American State Bank CONCERT SPONSORS Please Note:Please Note: Flash photographyFlash photography and the use and of recordingthe use of recording devicesdevices is prohibited is prohibited during NISO during concerts. NISO concerts. Please disablePlease alldisable cell phones all cell and phones pagers. and pagers. GRANT SPONSORS MEDIA SPONSORS Dordt Univeristy KWIT FM 90.3/KOJI FM 90.7 KDCR FM 88.5 Iowa Information Publications MAESTRO ($1000+) Jim & Marilyn Dean Norma Snyder Jones Smithfield Foods Stan & Nancy Speer SOLOIST ($500 to $999) Beaver Eye Care People’s Bank Van Den Hul Asset Management Drs. Erik & Barb Hoekstra Thomas A. Snyder Judy Winkel CONCERTMASTER ($250 to $499) Farmers Mutual Insurance, Hull Marion & Darlene Mouw Dale & Eileen Vander Wilt Eric & Kim Forseth Premier Bank The Van Engelenhoven Agency Interstates John & Sheryl Slegers Orv & Arlene Van’t Hul Iowa State Bank Dr. Christopher & Kristin Stanichar Harold & Emily Vonk Carl & Ellen Klompien Greg & Dawn Steggerda Todd & Leah Zuidema John R. & Betty Kreykes Ken & Dorothy Vanden Brink PRINCIPAL ($100 to $249) Curt & Pat Ahrenholz Kroese & Kroese, P.C. Jerry & Kim Van Es Willis & Joanne Alberda Roger & Jerilyn Lueders Arlin & Janene Van Gorp – Countryside Del & Ann Broek John & Victoria MacInnis Body Shop Jonathan & Eileen Buiter Rockne & Joan McCarthy Lyle & Mary Van Ravenswaay Casey’s General Store, Sioux Center Dr. Verne & Gidge Meyer Marion & Jan Van Soelen Creative Living Center Neal Chase Lumber Co. Marvin & Audrey Van Vuuren Bob & Rebecca De Smith Northwestern Bank Stan & Beth Vanden Berg Bernie & Kathy De Wit No Streaking, Inc. Gary & Joan Vander Hart Driesen Eye Center Savings Bank – Primghar, Hartley, Dennis Vander Plaats George & Jo Faber Lake Park Gezena Vander Werf Lee & Eleanor Feenstra Cliff & Joanne Soodsma Valley Machining Co. Diana Gonzalez Alethea & Jack Stubbe Glen & Betty Vermeer Katie Lynn Haan Mark & Emily Sybesma Vogel Foundation Nanci Jahn John & Loretta Thomas Jack & Anita Vogel Arnold & Carolyn Koekkoek Bert & Sandra Van Batavia Greg & Beth Westra John & Sheryl Kooiker Herm & Dawn Van Den Hul Kenton & Melanie Witt Henry & Dee Kramer Brian & Stephanie Van Engen Dr. Ronald Zoutendam PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES NOTES___________________________________ The Star-Spangled Banner – Key/Smith/Damrosch The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem, “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” written on September 14, 1814, by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and amateur poet, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag at the time, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. The poem was set to the tune To Anacreon in Heaven, a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men’s social club in London. The tune was renamed The Star-Spangled Banner and soon became a well-known U.S. patriotic song. The Star-Spangled Banner was recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889, and by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. Hymn for the Heartland – Onsby Rose (b. 1975) Hymn for the Heartland is an orchestral fanfare written to celebrate the 80th anniversary season of the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra in Newark. Ohio. In the spring of 2019, my mentor, and NGSO Conductor, Dr. Russel C. Mikkelson, asked me if I would be willing to compose a fanfare to open their anniversary season. I was honored to do so and began by going to God in prayer. During my prayer time I saw many visions of the Ohio countryside. Newark, Ohio sits in a rural area just east of Columbus, Ohio. When driving out of Columbus on I-70, you enter this rural and beautiful setting. The music should bring to mind possibly a Friday afternoon when one would be leaving the city for the weekend. The opening fanfare takes us out of the Columbus metropolis, and we enter the Ohio countryside as the strings present a flowing and restful melody. As we traverse the countryside the orchestra brings to mind the beauty of the land. As we proceed, the music provides rest but eventually brings us back to the reality that we must soon return to the city. The opening fanfare now returns as we also return from our excursion, rested, and ready to take on a new day. Although written with visions of rural Ohio in mind, Hymn for the Heartland could easily represent any of the beautiful midwestern towns found throughout this wonderful region of the United States.