NISO Fall Concert features Uriel Tsachor

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- The Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra will perform its Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt College. Composer and conductor Christopher Stanichar leads NISO in its first performance of the season.

The concert begins with Stanichar's "Sunflowers," followed by the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by pianist Uriel Tsachor. The Borodin Symphony No. 2 concludes the concert.

Tickets may be ordered through e-mail at niso@dordt.edu, or by calling (712) 722-6230. They may also be purchased at the door the night of the concert.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The Northwestern College Symphonic Band and a guest saxophone soloist will present the world premiere of a concerto during their concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in Christ Chapel. The public is invited to attend; there is no admission charge.

The concert will feature guest performer Kenneth Tse, professor of saxophone at the University of Iowa. Tse and the Symphonic Band will give the world-premiere performance of Leonard Mark Lewis' "Concerto for Alto Saxophone." The group will perform the first and third movements of the concerto.

The ensemble will be performing five works, including "Redline Tango" by John Mackey and "October" by Eric Whitacre.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Northwestern College's Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in Christ Chapel. The public is invited to attend.

Directed by Dr. Timothy McGarvey, professor of music, the 19-member Jazz Band will perform seven pieces. The ensemble will open its performance with Mark Taylor's "Fat Cat." Other selections include "Bay Side Groovin'" by Michael Sweeney and "The Southeast Sixstep" by Eric Richards. Twelve student soloists will be featured in the concert.

The five-member Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Jon Morin, will perform a marimba arrangement of the first movement of Beethoven's Opus 18, No. 1. "Piru Bole" by John Bergamo is a hand drum composition inspired by East Indian tabla drumming that features improvised solos. The ensemble will close with a high-energy piece, "Equal Fire," by Paul Bissell.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Ann Zimmerman, folk musician from Salina, Kans., will be performing the week of Nov. 8. She is also serving as an artist-in-residence at MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary schools in Orange City and Hospers, sponsored by the schools and the Orange City Arts Council.

Zimmerman and students will sing early American pieces, work on vocal technique, and do some song writing. The public is invited to Nov. 9 assemblies at MOC-FV in Hospers at 8:30 a.m. and MOC-FV in Orange City at 2:15 p.m.

Concerts for the public include: 5 p.m. Sunday, Dalesburg Lutheran Church, rural Vermillion S.D.; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Luther Center, University of South Dakota, Vermillion; 7 p.m. Thursday, De Koffiehoek & Bistro, Orange City; 8 p.m. Nov. 13, The Gathering Place, Cherokee and 2 p.m. Nov. 14, Le Mars Arts Center and 9 p.m., The Hub, Northwestern College, Orange City.

The concerts are free, but free-will offerings are suggested.

Morningside professor to speak on culture and athletics

Heather Reid, professor and chair of philosophy, will speak about the links between Eastern and Western philosophy as it applies to athletics at 11:45 a.m. Nov.11 at Morningside College in the UPS Auditorium, 3627 Peters Ave. This event is free and open to the public.

Reid will discuss how virtue is an important ethical concept in Eastern and Western traditions, and how virtue can be a common ground for discussion on ethical issues.

Reid is author of "The Philosophical Athlete" and numerous scholarly articles and book chapters on ancient Greek philosophy, sport philosophy and Olympic studies.

The Institute of Lifelong Learning will offer two presentations on Nov. 12 on the campus of Western Iowa Tech Community College.

This month's Coffee and Conversation will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Old Cafeteria in the Corporate College Building. Maralyn Grimoskas will discuss "Quilting Myths and More." Individuals are encouraged to bring quilts for a "show and tell."

"Interplanetary Gunslingers Anime-Ted: Western Genre Amine" will be examined at the next Bacon Creek, Back Porch session from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Room, L110. WITCC instructor Helen Lewis will discuss the evolution of Japanese anime into Western genre anime.

Lifelong Learning membership is not required for these free presentations, but registration is requested by calling 274-6404.

Hollywood actor Duffy Hudson makes his third appearance at Western Iowa Tech Community College Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.in the Large Lecture Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

"In The Shadow of the Raven" begins as Edgar Allan Poe rises from the scene of his mysterious death and continues as he pieces together the events of his life. Using a combination of biographical information and the dramatic interpretation of Poe's literature, Hudson provides a unique, in-depth theatrical experience of the life and works of one of America's best-known and enigmatic personalities.

ONAWA, Iowa -- The Monona County Museum Christmas in November will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 14-15 and Nov. 21-22 in the museum complex at the north end of 12th Street. A soup supper will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 13. The trees may be previewed at that time.

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- Ed Lotterman, economist and writer of the Real World Economics newspaper column, will present a lecture at 11 a.m. Nov. 6 at Dordt College in the science building lecture hall SB-101.

His topic will be "Is it too late? National Savings Rates and the Baby-Boom Retirement."

The public is welcome to attend.

WAYNE, Neb. -- David Bohnert of Wayne State College will perform selections on his trumpet during his faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Ramsey Theater in the Peterson Fine Arts Building. There is no admission charge.

Bohnert will perform five pieces during the recital.

"Most of the selections are relatively new to trumpet literature, but very audience-friendly," Bohnert said. "Styles represented include everything from baroque to jazz to mariachi and just about everything in between."

Veterans' Day will mark the opening of "Everyday I Saw You In My Prayers," an exhibition of historic photographs honoring a Lakota school's service during World War I at home and on the front.

The photographs were taken at St. Francis Indian Mission on the Rosebud reservation by the Rev. Joseph A. Zimmerman, S.J., the son of German immigrants and a native of Westphalia, Iowa.

Fr. Zimmerman lived with the Lakota people on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge, S.D., reservations for almost 40 years, beginning in 1914. As a Jesuit scholastic in training he was assigned to St. Francis Indian Mission where he taught fifth through eighth grades and took numerous photographs of mission life.

"Everyday I Saw You in My Prayers" features a group portrait of St. Francis WWI soldiers; an image of another unidentified St. Francis soldier; a photograph of students and their teacher knitting garments for soldiers as part of the school's Red Cross auxiliary; a portrait of the St. Francis School Band which raised money for the Red Cross; and a photograph of Fr. Zimmerman and his students.

"Everyday I Saw You in My Prayers" will be dedicated with a musical tribute composed by Everett School students under the direction of Morningside College music education majors Nick McGraw; Emily Cox; Jaime Parkinson, John Calahan; Kasey Farrell; and their instructor, Jill Wilson. The students will begin their Veterans' Day musical encounter at 9 a.m. Nov. 11.

"Everyday I Saw You in My Prayers" is the first of an ongoing exhibition of Fr. Zimmerman's photographs with research and text by Marcia Poole, director of the Center.

Admission and all programs are free. For more information, visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call (712) 224-5242.

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- The Dakota Wind Quintet will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at Dordt College's B.J. Haan Auditorium

Members of the ensemble are principal wind players in the South Dakota Symphony, with Katherine Vogele on flute, Jeffrey L. Paul II on oboe, Christopher Hill on clarinet, Ryan Gruber on horn, and John Tomkins on bassoon.

The program includes works by Rameau, Reicha, Ravel, Ibert, Schuller, and Running.