“Across the Pond: An Olympic Tribute”

Name: “Across the Pond: An Olympic Tribute”
Start: 2024-10-20T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Strauss Performing Arts Center

Schedule

Sun Oct 20 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Strauss Performing Arts Center | Omaha, NE

We invite you to join Music Director Dr. Joshua Kearney, Associate Music Director Keith Davis, guest conductor Sarah Aymond, and the Nebraska Wind Symphony for the first concert of their 48th season on Sunday, October 20th at 7:30 PM at the Strauss Performing Arts Center at University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The program is loosely inspired by the 2024 Olympics and the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and France. This concert features folk and popular music from both countries. The concert begins with the inspirational and unifying anthem of the 1984 Olympics composed by legendary American composer John Williams. Sarah Aymond is conducting Jan Van Der Roost’s four-movement provincial French folk-song suite, Suite Provençale. The audience can look forward to American favorites such as: John Philip Sousa’s Washington Post March, and Omar Thomas’ soulful and contemporary rendition of the classic Shenandoah. We'll also highlight Bernstein's playful and optimistic music from the 1954 comic operetta Candide, based on the French writer Voltaire's satire of the same name, and also includes the exhilarating American In Paris by George Gershwin…listen for the taxi horns!
This is a free concert, but we accept and greatly appreciate donations of any size to support local music. Donations can be given at the door or online at www.nebraskawindsymphony.com