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Madrigal
Music students from
Iowa Lakes Community College will host their Annual
Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste in December. While dining in
high Renaissance style, attendees will marvel and enjoy the
audience-oriented performances of the Royal Iowa Lakes
Chamber Singers, Her Majesty’s Recorder Consort, The King’s
Brass Ensemble, Ye Olde Percussion Ensemble and My Lady of
the Lakers Hand Bell Ringers.
Individuals attending will be treated like Royalty by
indulging in a delicious five course meal fit for a King (or
Queen!). Along with many English customs such as the
procession of the Boar’s Head, a Jester, flaming pudding,
and the strolling carolers, the evening also includes
wassail, and a special Royal Dessert.
The
college’s madrigal feast is a true to form re-enactment of a
Renaissance English dinner, with one small exception: guests
will have access to silverware! This dinner is based on
what a person might have encountered in the 16th Century.
During that time, a Lord and Lady would host a party for
area Royalty. The guests, in this case, are the audience.
Brett Fuelberth, Director
Carol Ayres, Director
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Musical
In alternating years, the Iowa Lakes’ Music Department joins
with area community members to produce a musical. Recent
productions have included: The Music Man, The
Fantasticks, The Melody Lingers On, Damn
Yankees, and Once Upon a Mattress. This year, the
musical is You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
SPRING MUSICAL ANNOUNCED!!!
If you’re a fan of the “Peanuts”
comic strip, than this is the musical for you! You’re a
Good Man, Charlie Brown which is based on "an average
day in the life of Charlie Brown" will be performed by the
Iowa Lakes Community College music students. The average
day is really just that, a day made up of little moments
picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's
Day to the baseball season, from wild optimism to utter
despair, all mixed in with the lives of his friends (both
human and non-human) and strung together on the string of a
single day, from bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit
evening. Mark your calendars now and join us for our
productions on March 25, 26 and 27, 2010! Performances start
at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the gymnasium of the
Estherville campus. Reserved tickets may be purchased by
calling Judy at 712-362-7972 or emailing Judy at
jklunder@iowalakes.edu. Tickets are $12 for adults and
$6 for students 12th grade and under.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown is based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles
M. Schulz. Book, Music and Lyrics are by Clark Gesner;
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer; Additional Music and
Lyrics by Andrew Lippa; Original Direction for this version
of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" by Michael Mayer;
Originally Produced in New York by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene
Persson. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is presented
through special arrangement with Tams-Whitmark Music
Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
www.tams-whitmark.com.
Coffeehouses
If you can hear it on the radio, you can perform it at the
Iowa Lakes Coffeehouse! From Shania Twain to Chopin to
Frank Sinatra, it’s all on the program! The coffeehouse is
an opportunity to perform solo voice, piano, instruments,
poetry or anything else you would like to perform. The
coffeehouse is open to all students and community members.
Call the music department if you’d like to
participate!
Brett Fuelberth, Coordinator
Special Events
Annual Church Choir Festival
When Thanksgiving approaches, Iowa Lakes Community College
hosts the Annual Church Choir Festival. The concert is
traditionally the Sunday before Thanksgiving at a different
church each year. Area residents are invited to come and
sing with a mass “Festival Choir.” Each participating church
choir has the option of performing one selection
individually as well as joining in one mass choir for three
festival pieces.
This festival provides a chance for the public to hear some
of the area’s best church choirs and share in the joys of
music worship. It also provides an opportunity to hear a
large festival choir that in past years has been around 100
singers strong. The choirs will rehearse together at 2 p.m.
in the afternoon, and anyone who would like to sing in the
festival choir is invited to come to the rehearsal. The
concert starts at 4 p.m. A free will donation will be taken
with the money going to a local charity.
Brett Fuelberth, Director
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