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14 | NOVEMBER 12, 2016 | DISCOVER! Holiday PHOTO CARDS starting at 43¢ a piece! Web & Digital printers Local service. Competitive prices. 100 predesigned cards starting at 43 cents a piece, or custom designed cards starting at 63 cents a piece! 712.324.5347 • printshop@iowainformation.com Stop in at 227 Ninth Street • Downtown Sheldon, IA
DISCOVER! | NOVEMBER 12, 2016 Sounds | 15 KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER A story told through MUSIC Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra concert on Nov. 15 Music surrounds us and some of that music has a story to tell. That is what the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the 2016-2017 season at the BJ Haan Auditorium at Dordt College on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., is all about. The title of this concert is “Here’s the Story.” The concert will feature “The Moldau” by Smetana, “In Good King Charles’s Golden Days” by Linda Robbins Coleman (an Iowa composer), “Fantastic Brillante on Themes from ‘Carmen’” by Borne featuring John Bailey on the flute, and “Grand Canyon Suite” by Grofe. And, according to principal conductor Christopher Stanichar, each of these pieces has a story to tell. “Orchestra music is broken down into two categories: concert music or absolute music. It’s more abstract and it’s music for music’s sake,” Stanichar explained. “Like a Brahms’ or Beethoven symphony. They don’t have a story attached to it.” On the other hand, programmatic music comes with a story. “Programmatic music is like a lot of music. Sometimes it’s associated with a movie, play or ballet. Sometimes there is some kind of story to it like a theme, or the music tells the story of an event or a place,” Stanichar said. “For example, we’ll be playing the ‘Grand Canyon Suite,’ which is very descriptive of the canyon at different times of day, during a storm, at sunrise and sunset. You get immersed into that place by the music. It’s just like you are really there in the Grand Canyon.” This year, the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra is composed of around 90 members and they have been practicing for this concert for weeks. “I always like to push the orchestra to play harder music and sometimes that can be frustrating for the less advanced players, but is fun for the professionals,” Stanichar said. “This is the most prepared they’ve sounded for a concert in a few years.” The Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra features musicians in their adult years as well as some gifted musical students in middle school through college. Some of those students receive scholarships from the Friends of NISO for continuing music lessons. Multiple concerts are given every season, and the November concert is always the Concert for the Children where selections from the concert are played throughout the day for young students. “We have around 1,100 kids coming during the day and we play parts of the concert for them. We explain the music to the kids in the audience,” Stanichar said. “We always host this day because we want to encourage involvement with the future of the orchestra, which is these kids.” F At a Glance: WHAT: Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra Concert WHERE: BJ Haan Auditorium, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 COST: $15 for adults, $5 for students CONTACT: 712-722-6230 ONLINE: www.niso.dordt.edu Concerts Fall Concert: Nov. 15 Guest Concert: Feb. 4 Winter Pops Concert: Feb. 25 Spring Concert: April 11 Sioux Center | Iowa
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