NMKSO, together with Hesston Bethel Performing Arts and the Kansas Paraguay Partners, will bring Latin Grammy winning guitarist Berta Rojas to North Newton for a concert on April 8 at 4 p.m. in Bethel College’s Memorial Hall.
Rojas will be featured on the “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo and on two works by Paraguayan composers: “Renacer” by Oscar Cardozo Ocampo, and her own arrangement of “La Balada del Indio” by Ismael Ledesma.
Join the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra for our 61st season “Musical Passports.” Our Fall Classics Concert, “Voyage through the United Kingdom,” will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday October 1, in Bethel College Memorial Hall. Featured will be music by Händel, Mendelssohn and Elgar. Tickets $6-$15, available at Faith & Life Bookstore, 606 N. Main, Newton, or online at www.nmkso.org.
NMKSO will present its Spring Concert “Facets of Memory” at 4:00 P.M., Sunday, March 19, at Bethel College Memorial Hall. The program includes “The Reef” by guest composer Michael Knopf, plus music on remembering and western themes.
The concert is presented as an event of the Newton Area Arts Council’s third annual Spring Into the Arts Festival and in collaboration with the Kauffman Museum’s Spring Gala, which immediately follows at the museum.
The Young Soloist Competition auditions were held Nov. 19, 2016, at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church. First place winner in the college division was Andrew Thiesen, trombone, representing Bethel College. The runner-up was Billie Selichnow, trombone, also of Bethel. Also auditioning was Kento Aizawa, clarinet, representing McPherson College. There were no applicants in the high school division this year. Judges for the competition were James Jones and Nicholas Smith, both of Wichita.
Thiesen will perform with NMKSO at the Winter Classics Concert on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2016 at 4 pm in the Newton High School Auditorium, playing the “Trombone Concerto No. 4, mvt. II, III” by Ferdinand David.
The Fall Alumni Concert invites alumni players to join the orchestra on Handel’s extraordinary Royal Fireworks, then features alumna Kathryn Steely, violist on Suite Hébraïque by Ernest Bloch, and the full orchestra playing Dvorak’s New World Symphony.
The Winter Classics Concert highlights brilliant musicians and composers – featuring Fanfare Sixty by NMKSO alumnus and composer Dwight Beckham and Mozart’s famed Haffner Symphony, plus the winners of the 9th Annual Young Soloist Competition.
The Spring Pops Concert showcases new jewels of contemporary music, with works by former Newtonian, composer Michael Knopf. The season comes to a close with the clarity of Summer Chamber Music.
Community support brings us to this historic point. Please help us move into the future by purchasing your season packages and individual advance tickets today. Your additional gifts are also welcome throughout the season and are greatly appreciated.
We invite you to experience the brilliance of the NMKSO!
Bozza Trois Pieces pour une Musique de Nuit
Debussy Petite Suite for Wind Quintet
Beethoven String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No.1
NMKSO Wind Quintet
Kristin Shaffer
Flute
Cindy Thompson
Oboe
Jill Gatz
Clarinet
Heather Garrison
Bassoon
Melissa LeBlanc
French Horn
NMKSO String Trio
Rebecca Schloneger
Violin
Emily Baldridge
Viola
Seth Girton
Cello
Concert tickets may be purchased online, in person at Faith & Life Bookstore (606 N. Main, Newton) and at the door. We accept all major credit cards for tickets purchased online and at the door.
Adults: $20 at door, $17 advance online, $15 advance at Faith & Life Bookstore
Students: $7
12 and under admitted free with ticketed adult
Buy Tickets Online“Unfinished Journeys”
Bethel College Memorial Hall
Valerie A. Bernhardt
Soprano
Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Gustav Mahler
Songs of a Wayfarer
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Schubert
Nacht and Träume
Tickets for all concerts and $15 advance tickets are available 2 weeks prior at Faith & Life Bookstore and the NMKSO Office, 120 W. 6th St., Ste 120, in downtown Newton. We also accept all major credit cards for tickets purchased at the door.
Adults: $20 at door, $17 advance
Students: $7 at door, $6 advance
12 and under admitted free with ticketed adult
Buy Tickets Online“Arctic Pastoral”
Newton High School Auditorium
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 3
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus Arcticus/Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Dwight Beckham Young Soloists
Tickets for all concerts are available 2 weeks prior at Faith & Life Bookstore and the NMKSO Office, 120 W. 6th St., Ste 120, in downtown Newton. We also accept all major credit cards for tickets purchased at the door.
Adults: $20 at door, $15 advance
Students: $7
12 and under admitted free with ticketed adult
Buy Tickets Online“Mountain Vistas”
Bethel College Memorial Hall
Special Guest: NHS Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness
Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No. 2)
Margaret A. Bonds
The “Montgomery Variations”
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Tickets for all concerts are available 2 weeks prior at Faith & Life Bookstore and the NMKSO Office, 120 W. 6th St., Ste 120, in downtown Newton. We also accept all major credit cards for tickets purchased at the door.
Adults: $20 at door, $15 advance
Students: $7
12 and under admitted free with ticketed adult
Buy Tickets Online