October 2019
Concordia Orchestra concert with the Itasca Strings Program students
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Wilcox Theater
Free and open to the public
The Concordia Orchestra from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., will present a joint concert with the Itasca Youth Chamber Orchestra. The concert is sponsored by the Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program, The Reif Performing Arts Center, Edward Jones (Kristina Gaalaas) and St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. The concert is open to the public free of charge.
This concert is part of the orchestra’s 2019 regional tour which also includes stops in Alexandria, Bemidji, Duluth and Stillwater, Minn., and Grand Forks, N.D.
The 2019 Concordia Orchestra, conducted by director of orchestral activities, Kevin F.E. Sütterlin, will perform Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”; “The Life of King David: Concerto for Marimba”, written by Concordia associate professor Russell Peterson and featuring faculty soloist Dr. David P. Eyler, professor of percussion and director of percussion studies; “Dances in the Canebrakes” by Florence B. Price; and Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
One of the college’s most distinctive performing groups, The Concordia Orchestra is an outstanding 66-member symphony orchestra that has earned national and international acclaim.
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A handful of Standing Room Only tickets are available for $30
Rumours is the premier Fleetwood Mac tribute band in the country. Based in Atlanta, GA, Rumours captures the energy of Fleetwood Mac at the height of their career by blending perfect harmonies, precise instrumentation, and a visually engaging stage show. Rumours’ dedication to recreating the Fleetwood Mac experience has skyrocketed their popularity, garnering a loyal fan base. Playing to sold out audiences and packed houses at private engagements and major venues across the country including House of Blues, the legendary Daryl Hall’s Club, and a one week residency at Epcot for Disney’s wildly popular “Sounds Like Summer” concert series, Rumours has earned its place as one of the top tribute bands around today.
Itasca Symphony Orchestra Concert
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Wilcox Theater at the Reif Performing Arts Center
The Itasca Symphony Orchestra debuts its first concert of the 2019-2020 season Saturday, November 2. The program will honor our veterans and celebrate former Itasca Strings Program student and Deer River native Olivia Skaja who returns to Grand Rapids from St. Olaf College to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Concerto with the orchestra. The orchestra will also perform two works adapted from renowned operas: the eerie yet beautiful prelude to Verdi’s Macbeth and a suite of selections from Bizet’s boisterous opera Carmen where vocal lines are picked up by instrument voices.
The Symphony wishes to give special recognition to Air Force veteran Mike Wourms who is retiring as principal trumpet for the Itasca Orchestra after 20 years. Tickets for veterans for this concert are $5 as a small token of gratitude for their service to our country.
Tickets:
$17 adults
$15 seniors
$5 students
$5 veterans
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Here it comes. Everyone’s favorite game show is on its way to you, along with the chance to win a share of the more than $10 million in cash and fabulous prizes we’ve given away! Alongside our Celebrity Host, randomly-selected contestants play everyone’s favorite games like Plinko™, Cliffhangers, The Big Wheel and even the fabulous Showcase. Lucky audience members can even win prizes right from their seat. Generations of fans all across America have made The Price is Right Live™ the perfect family entertainment experience. And the next contestant might be YOU!
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Triple Espresso tells the story of three guys whose bid for showbiz fame and fortune ended in 4-minutes of magnificent failure on national television. Hugh Butternut, Buzz Maxwell, and Bobby Bean tell their rags-to-rags story earnestly, with hysterical results. Butternut is a musician, a vulnerable soul with a lounge lizard smile; Maxwell is an uncertain magician with an attitude; and Bean is an irrepressible, all-over-the-map entertainer with big dreams.
This activity is made possible by voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Mnnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Arts, crafts, homemade goods, entertainment, cooking demonstrations and more for those who do not participate in the Minnesota deer hunting season and are looking to get a jump-start on holiday shopping.
Tickets are not needed for this FREE event!
Bill & Kate Isles are an acoustic singer/songwriter duo based in Duluth, Minnesota. Using a wide variety of musical styles, their performances carry audiences through a broad landscape of experiences from metaphorical worlds to small town family stories and to zany comedy. Consummate performers, they are known for their catchy melodies and memorable songs. They have a deep-seated love for the audience, and each other, and it shines before, during, and after the performance.
Sponsored by: Katy Johnson – In Memory of Darrel Johnson
Singer-lyricist David Huckfelt is a founding member of Minneapolis’ Transcendental Folk band “The Pines.”
Native American singer/songwriter Annie Humphrey was born and raised on an Ojibwe Indian reservation in Minnesota, the daughter of author Anne Dunn. Her father taught her to play the guitar when she was in the first grade, and two years after that she taught herself piano and began writing songs.
Record release celebration for Humphrey’s “eat what you kill”!
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Based on the 2018 Broadway musical, the show brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage. Featuring all the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs. Featuring the talents of area 3 – 12 graders who are part of the Theatre Education Program.
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Long known as one of the best live acts in the business, BoDeans continue to tour year round and continue to deliver amazing, high-energy performances. Chart topping songs like “Fadeaway,” “Only Love,” and “Dreams” won them Rolling Stone‘s readers’ poll for Best New American Band in 1987, and they were part of a small contingent of bands that inspired a new radio format known as Adult Alternative, Album Rock-Triple A.
Featuring opening act Moors and McCumber
James Moors and Kort McCumber grew up in different places and listening to different kinds of music – classical, rock, bluegrass, you name it. But when they met ten years ago they knew they’d found something golden. Since then, they’ve been cultivating their wide-ranging musical influences in songs that delve into love and life through haunting lyrics, soaring harmonies, and dazzling instrumentals. As Grammy award-winning producer Lloyd Maines put it, “These guys should be playing every major festival in the country. They bring it all to the stage and deliver it in a big way.”
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