MASON CITY – The North Iowa Area Community College Instrumental Music Department is excited to host two upcoming performances in the North Iowa Community Auditorium.
The first performance will take place on Wednesday, November 7, as the Jazz Ambassadors from the U.S. Army Field Band perform at 7:30 p.m.
The Jazz Ambassadors, America’s Big Band, consists of a 19 member ensemble performing swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals, and patriotic selections. Formed in 1969, the band has appeared in all fifty states.
With all service bands the concert is free, but you must have a ticket. Tickets are available at the NIACC Box Office, Globe Gazette, and First Citizens National Bank locations.
The second performance will be a piano recital on Sunday, November 11, at 2:00 p.m. Dr. Daniel Rieppel, from Southwest Minnesota University, will be performing compositions by the Romantic pianist/composer Franz Liszt.
Dr. Rieppel, a native Minnesotan of Austrian descent, holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. As a DAAD Scholar in Munich, Germany, he was a member of the Meisterklasse of the eminent pianist Gerhard Oppitz. Upon relocating to the Twin Cities in 1990, Dr. Rieppel made his Ordway debut recital, which was broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio. He has worked often as a chamber musician with members of the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and his new chamber ensemble, The Schubert Trio. As a soloist, he has appeared with the South Dakota Symphony, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, among many others.
Dr. Rieppel serves as Associate Professor of Piano at Southwest Minnesota State University and Music Director of the Southeast Minnesota Orchestra. He also serves on the faculties of Webster University, Vienna and the St. Paul Conservatory of Music.
This recital is free and does not require a ticket.
