北爱荷华合唱团假日音乐会将于12月10日举行
North Iowa Choral Society presents its Annual Christmas Holiday Concert, “Christmas Dreams,” on Sunday, December 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the North Iowa 博天堂娛樂城 Auditorium. 仅限试镜的SATB合唱团由Linda Ferjak指挥，Emily Overy伴奏。 由北爱荷华地区博天堂娛樂城大学（NIACC）赞助的该乐团自1994年成立以来，在罗伯特·戴维斯（Robert Davis）的指挥下，与北爱荷华地区的观众分享了美妙的音乐。 The ensemble performs sacred and secular music from various genres (classics, spirituals, musical theater, jazz, swing, blues, etc.) and has performed at Iowa Choral Directors Conventions, the Choral Symposium, KCMR Live Christmas, Waldorf 表演艺术系列, NIACC’s Candlelight Christmas and Holiday Pops, and in NIACC’s 表演艺术系列 with Shirley Jones in 2002.
Linda Ferjak毕业于沃特堡学院（BME）和北爱荷华大学（MM）。 She is a lifetime resident of Iowa and recently completed her 45th year of teaching music in Iowa Schools. Ferjak最近从爱荷华州阿尔戈纳主教加里根7-12年级声乐总监的职位上退休。 High school choirs under Ferjak’s direction have earned multiple Division I ratings in both large and small group contests, performed for numerous church and community events, and have represented their schools in the Iowa All State Chorus. 她的合唱团曾在华盛顿特区的圣马修斯大教堂、芝加哥的圣名大教堂和纽约的瓜达卢佩圣母教堂演唱。 2005年，她担任北爱荷华州青年合唱团的联合总监，参加了卡内基音乐厅的驻地演出，并于2012年秋季担任北中区荣誉合唱团和爱荷华州OPUS荣誉合唱团的客座指挥。 Ferjak是高中音乐协会的评审，并曾担任爱荷华州合唱总监协会中北部地区一年级教师的导师。 在她的教学生涯中，她还指导过几个博天堂娛樂城的教堂合唱团和博天堂娛樂城合唱团。
Some of the featured musical selections include “The Nutcracker Suite” (Tchaikovsky), “See Amid the Winter’s Snow” (Forrest), “O Salutaris Hostia” (Esenvalds), “The World for Christmas” (Edenroth), “This Christmastide” (Fraser), “Brightest and Best” (Kirchner), “The First Noel” (Huish), “Believe” (Silvestri & Ballard), “Peace, Peace” (Powell), and “Let There Be Peace on Earth” (Miller & Miller). In the words of Linda Ferjak, “We are excited to share the gift of music with our North Iowa communities. Our theme, “Christmas Dreams,” reflects the feeling that believing can bring joy to everyone, both young and old.” 合奏团还将有几位独奏家和一些当地的乐器演奏家演奏几首精选的音乐。
The children’s ensemble will perform “This World is Full of Beauty” (Shelton) and “If Wishes Had Wings” (Caldwell & Ivory). The children’s ensemble will also join the adult choir on “Believe,” “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” and “Peace, Peace”. Children’s ensemble members include Paryn Boehman, Kiara Cunningham, Grace Davis, Kallie Gibbons, Ishnoor Harpeet, Grace Healey, Katie Hilton, Riley Navarette, Avery Patterson, Keira Udelhofen, Ashton Young, and Brooklyn Young. 这些孩子分别来自汉普顿-杜蒙中学、杰斐逊小学、约翰·亚当斯中学、林肯中学、纽曼学校和家庭学校。 几名儿童也将担任独奏家。
成人合唱团由以下歌手组成：女高音I-Kayla Halfpap*， Becky Hosmer, Victoria Schmidt； 女高音II-Marta Eenhuis， Lori Quinlan*, Christine Schmitt, Darlene Schroeder； Alto I-Lea Calvert, Mary Groh, Julie Taylor*+； 奥托二世-苏·伦凡兹、莱斯利·斯隆； 男高音I-Lowell Gangstad， John Hosmer； 二级男高音-丹尼尔·卡尔弗特、e·霍华德·森克森*+； 巴斯·i -卡尔顿·肖、罗杰·蒂金斯； Bass II-Chuck Grove*, Dave Richardson（*特许成员，+顾问委员会成员）。
从9月到4月，北爱荷华合唱协会在周日晚上5:博天堂娛樂城-7:博天堂娛樂城在NIACC声乐室排练。 NIACC为大学生合唱协会会员提供学分，为需要继续教育认证时间的地区声乐教师提供继续教育学分。 如有兴趣成为会员，请致电641-529-6039与合唱协会主席朱莉·泰勒联系。 You may also visit the ensemble on NIACC’s website at /academics/departments/vocal-music/nics/. 票价为5元，可向任何合唱团会员购买，或在演出当晚到门口购买。
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