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Soundry Workshop: Theme & Variation
Category: Education • Workshop | Season: Human Condition
Exploring Sound through Theme & Variation.
With classes created for adult learners, we will investigate the classical structure of Theme and Variations, and compose music using non-traditional sounds. No experience required! Soundry is directed by composer and pianist Stacey Barelos and includes expert instructors from Omaha and around the country.
About Stacey Barelos
Omaha native Stacey Barelos is a performer and composer specializing in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Regarding her first solo release, The Midwest American Piano Project, the American Record Guide said, “Stacey Barelos…plays with authority and poetic nuance, her beautiful tone captured vividly in this warm recording…” As a composer, Stacey’s works have been performed across the U.S. and in Europe and Australia. In addition to her concert works, Dr. Barelos frequently writes pieces for her studio. Her recent article, “Composing for Your Students!” encourages other teachers to do the same. Currently, Dr. Barelos teaches piano and composition at the Omaha Conservatory and is the Education Director for the Omaha Under the Radar Festival. For more information, see her website, staceybarelos.com.About Omaha Under the Radar
Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest. They celebrate cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. The festival emerged from a desire to support innovative performers and creators living and working in the Midwest, and to connect this community to other performance communities throughout the United States.Since the first festival, held in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar has presented over 200 artists from more than a dozen cities throughout the United States. They work to represent a multiplicity of genres, ideas, and identities through performances, talks, group discussions and educational opportunities. Omaha Under the Radar is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization. Learn More ->
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Examining French Literature
Category: Education • Workshop | Season: Reality
Learn about the great unknown or forgotten French women in history.
Pack a bag lunch and join Alliance Française d’Omaha’s two-hour workshop on Saturday, September 15th at KANEKO.
History is full of famous men and their accomplishments. So much so that they often overshadow the many women who have contributed to and had an impact on the world. Learn about French women before 1914 who led amazing and trailblazing lives and left the world a richer place. This workshop will be English with an opportunity to improve your French vocabulary.
Requirement: For all levels of French learners.
Instructor: Juliette Parnell was raised and educated in Paris. She is currently a Professor of French at UNO, where she teaches a variety of French classes. She particularly enjoys teaching French history and culture. Last semester, she offered for the first time a class on Francophone West Africa literature and culture.
About Alliance Française d’Omaha
Founded in Paris in 1883, The Alliance Française is the largest network of French language and cultural institutions in the world, with chapters in 138 countries, including 115 chapters in the United States. The Omaha chapter began in 1917 and this year we celebrate our centennial. Our mission is to share and celebrate the French language and the francophone world through cultural and educational programs. Learn More -> -
French Slang Workshop
Category: Education • Workshop | Season: Reality
What they didn’t teach you in French class.
Our patrons attended Alliance Française d’Omaha’s two-hour workshop on Saturday, July 21st at KANEKO.
Every culture has its own way of expressing itself—words, phrases, and idioms that aren’t taught in the classroom. This workshop taught us how the French do it. We explored all aspects of slang, learned how to be cool in French and recited the words one may want to avoid! Learn l’argot française!
Requirement: Must have had prior French knowledge.
Instructor: Samuel Tepanossian is currently a Project Manager and Key Account Manager for the Canadian market at Travers Tool Company. A French-Armenian, Samuel moved to Omaha in the summer of 2017. He received his MBA from ICHEC, and before that was a graduate of Haute École de Lucia de Broukère, where he received a BA in Public relations. Samuel began his career in Brussels, where he specialized in Team Management and Human Resources at the European Institutions, eventually leading to a prominent position at Procter & Gamble where he later became a Brand Ambassador. In 2012 Samuel had the opportunity to move and live in the US. He worked in New York City for a home décor company as an e-Commerce Business Development Manager. Living in different countries has taught Samuel to enjoy meeting new people, trying new cuisines and exploring new cities.
About Alliance Française d’Omaha
Founded in Paris in 1883, The Alliance Française is the largest network of French language and cultural institutions in the world, with chapters in 138 countries, including 115 chapters in the United States. The Omaha chapter began in 1917 and this year we celebrate our centennial. Our mission is to share and celebrate the French language and the francophone world through cultural and educational programs. Learn More -> -
French Pronunciation Workshop
Category: Education • Workshop | Season: Reality
Parlez comme le français.
We packed a bag lunch and joined Alliance Française d’Omaha’s two-hour workshop on Saturday, June 9th at KANEKO.
If you’re like many trying to learn French, sometimes the language seems like more vowels than consonants, some pronounced, some not. Patrons learned how to master those sounds the English language doesn’t use, the right way to pronounce a string of vowels, and the quandary of whether to pronounce a consonant or not. Our instructor, Paul Callahan, guided us through this and made it fun. We left with some tools to make French words seem less daunting.
Requirement: Must have taken French classes and know some French.
Instructor: Paul Callahan has taught French with the Alliance Française d’Omaha for a little over a year. Paul is finishing his fourth year as a high school French teacher and looking forward to his fifth. After spending a couple of years in France, he completed his BA in French at UNL and then went on to finish an MAEd at UNK. He’s working to exploit, to the extent possible, as much of the latest and greatest technology as he can get into his classroom.
About Alliance Française d’Omaha
Founded in Paris in 1883, The Alliance Française is the largest network of French language and cultural institutions in the world, with chapters in 138 countries, including 115 chapters in the United States. The Omaha chapter began in 1917 and this year we celebrate our centennial. Our mission is to share and celebrate the French language and the francophone world through cultural and educational programs. Learn More -> -
Learn French Through Songs
Category: Education • Workshop | Season: Reality
What they didn’t teach you in French class.
Pack a bag lunch and join Alliance Française d’Omaha’s two-hour workshop on Saturday, August 11th at KANEKO.
Enhance your grammar, diction, and love for French language through the lyrics of two beloved French songs: Brel’s Ne me quitte pas and Piaf’s La vie en rose. Discover the rules of “lyric diction” and the distinct differences between singing French and speaking French. Explore the poetry and meaning of the French lyrics, learn word-for-word translations, perfect your pronunciation, and experience la joie de chanter en français!
Requirement: For all levels of French learners. No singing ability required, only a love for French music.
Instructor: Anne Marie Kenny is an Omaha native who lived in Europe for 20 years where she was a professional singer. Anne Marie has performed in concert and cabaret at prestigious venues such as the Paris Ritz Hotel, the Salle Cortot, the Théâtre d’Opérettes de Cannes, the Joslyn Art Museum, and with the Omaha Symphony. In addition to singing and teaching voice lessons, she is fluent in French, and is the immediate past president of the Alliance Francaise of Omaha. Anne-Marie continues her own vocal and musical development with Janine Reiss in Paris, one of the greatest voice coaches of our time.
About Alliance Française d’Omaha
Founded in Paris in 1883, The Alliance Française is the largest network of French language and cultural institutions in the world, with chapters in 138 countries, including 115 chapters in the United States. The Omaha chapter began in 1917 and this year we celebrate our centennial. Our mission is to share and celebrate the French language and the francophone world through cultural and educational programs. Learn More -> -
feedback
Category: feedback • Free • Lectures • Workshop | Season: Reality
Reading. Craft. Conversation.
Teri Grimm & Dan Boster pulled back the curtain on their creative process and invited us to become part of the conversation. We gathered with a community of readers and writers on June 28 from 7 – 9 PM to listen and respond to readings from Grimm and Boster. We dove deeper into our creative process and improved upon our own at a free writing workshop on June 30 from 11:30 – 1:30 PM.
Presented by KANEKO and the Nebraska Writers Collective, feedback is an ongoing series that aims to enliven the conversation about the writing process providing novice and experienced writers an opportunity to collaborate and strengthen their work.
Reading
June 28 | 7 – 9 PM
Workshop
June 30 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Teri Youmans Grimm
Teri Grimm received her BFA in poetry at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and her MFA at Vermont College. Her poetry collection, Dirt Eaters, was chosen for the University of Central Florida’s contemporary poetry series and was published by the University Press of Florida. Her second collection, Becoming Lyla Dore, was published with Red Hen Press in the spring of 2016. Her writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Green Mountains Review, The Rumpus, Indiana
Review, South Dakota Review, Connecticut Review, Sugar House Review, EAT and Homegrown in Florida: An Anthology of Florida Childhoods, among other journals and anthologies and she is a contributor for the podcast, Swamp Radio. She is the recipient of a Nebraska Arts Fellowship and has been awarded residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Hambidge Center. She teaches in the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s low-res MFA program.
Dan Boster
Daniel Boster has been teaching English for 21 years, the last 15 at Ralston High School in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also teaches college writing classes. He is a former co-director of the Nebraska Writing Project at the University of Nebraska. His poetry has appeared in, among others, Cream City Review, Trajectory, and the Hiram Poetry Review.
The Nebraska Writers Collective
Founded in 2008, The Nebraska Writers Collective is an Omaha-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that fosters personal empowerment and community-building in the Midwest through creative writing and performance poetry. We pursue this mission through a variety of literary outreach programs, but primarily through hands-on, interactive workshops focused on the creation and performance of original writing.
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Centered
Category: Centered • Lectures • Workshop | Season: Reality
Let us face the reality of our time without panic.
When the circumstances we see in the world are ugly, harsh, and relentless, how do we respond? Is it truly possible to respond with kindness and compassion? How can we learn to meet reality’s 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows with the wisdom that knows when to surrender and when to take action?
Fortunately, it is possible to come to a deeper understanding that informs our skillful response. Join meditation teacher, Johnathan Woodside for this in-depth two-hour instructional presentation on the practice of mindfulness and how this wholesome characteristic of mind can be cultivated through a daily meditation practice to help us meet the reality of our time. To complement this presentation, Ilona, Founder of Life Dimensions will lead you through a couple of ten-minute relaxation and gentle movement sessions with an intro to Tune-Up Therapy. At the start and midst of this presentation, Ilona will offer a practice that is accessible to all individuals in the session. Join this duo as they lead through an evening of knowledge, instruction and light movement together.
About Centered: Centered is a program series that embraces the creative practices by which humans tap into personal healing and wellness through artistic expression, psychological and physiological awareness, and communication. Created in collaboration with Life Dimensions by Ilona, Centered provides unique experiences focused on the healing arts through mind-body therapies, laughter and humor, meditation and spirituality. Led by qualified practitioners and healers, Centered sessions aim to positively impact every participant’s overall wellness.
About Life Dimensions by Ilona: Established in 1998…Founder and Owner Ilona Holland moved from being a Personal Trainer/Instructor to what is today known as Life Dimensions by Ilona. A company built on love, trust, expertise and professionalism. Her own story and passion for holistic wellness, developed into a lifelong mission leading to the establishment of her own company in 2012.
Since the 90’s she has been traveling, studying and practicing a variety of fitness and wellness techniques, geared to helping fulfill her client’s holistic wellness goals. Ilona has now made her stop in Council Bluffs as ThetaHealer, LMT, Relaxation Therapist, Holy Fire Reiki Practitioner, Life Coach, Yoga Teacher & Presenter.
Ilona introduces the team that supports our mission to create a space that permeates, “love, rest, relax, community, understanding, fun and healing”. Our services and workshops provide you with a deeper understanding of the self as we work our way to shining your true light, healing relationship with self & others as well as seeing the Divine in everyone and everything.
About Johnathan Woodside: Johnathan Woodside is the Founder and Executive Director of Mindfulness Outreach Initiative; an Omaha based nonprofit organization established in 2012 that works to make comprehensive meditation instruction and mindfulness training accessible to all.
As a meditation teacher following the Vipassanā (Insight Meditation) tradition, Johnathan is engaged in bringing mindfulness and self-inquiry into the mainstream of wellness programs and daily life through his personal interactions and teachings.
Introduced to practices of self-awareness and self-inquiry in his pre-teens, he has been exploring different forms of meditation for the past three decades. His enthusiasm for introspection matured into a formal meditation practice nearly two decades ago and reached a degree of unwavering commitment over the past ten years. He has been publicly teaching meditation since 2011 and encourages his students to approach meditation with practicality and diligence.
Johnathan is an influential leader in the development and support of Omaha’s growing community of meditators. He inspires individuals to practice meditation daily and to live mindfully with kindness, generosity, and wisdom. Johnathan teaches classes and retreats on mindfulness meditation for individuals to explore and deepen their understanding of the practice and he provides mindfulness training through his community outreach efforts.
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Centered
Category: Centered • Lectures • Workshop | Season: Reality
Let us face the reality of our time without panic.
When the circumstances we see in the world are ugly, harsh, and relentless, how do we respond? Is it truly possible to respond with kindness and compassion? How can we learn to meet reality’s 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows with the wisdom that knows when to surrender and when to take action?
Fortunately, it is possible to come to a deeper understanding that informs our skillful response. Patrons joined meditation teacher, Johnathan Woodside for this in-depth two-hour instructional presentation on the practice of mindfulness and how this wholesome characteristic of mind can be cultivated through a daily meditation practice to help us meet the reality of our time. To complement this presentation, Ilona, Founder of Life Dimensions lead us through a couple of ten-minute relaxation and gentle movement sessions with an intro to Tune-Up Therapy. At the start and midst of this presentation, Ilona offered a practice that is accessible to all individuals in the session. We joined this duo as they lead us through an evening of knowledge, instruction and light movement together.
About Centered
Centered is a program series that embraces the creative practices by which humans tap into personal healing and wellness through artistic expression, psychological and physiological awareness, and communication. Created in collaboration with Life Dimensions by Ilona, Centered provides unique experiences focused on the healing arts through mind-body therapies, laughter and humor, meditation and spirituality. Led by qualified practitioners and healers, Centered sessions aim to positively impact every participant’s overall wellness.
About Life Dimensions by Ilona
Established in 1998, founder and owner Ilona Holland moved from being a Personal Trainer/Instructor to what is today known as Life Dimensions by Ilona. A company built on love, trust, expertise and professionalism. Her own story and passion for holistic wellness, developed into a lifelong mission leading to the establishment of her own company in 2012.
Since the 90’s she has been traveling, studying and practicing a variety of fitness and wellness techniques, geared to helping fulfill her client’s holistic wellness goals. Ilona has now made her stop in Council Bluffs as ThetaHealer, LMT, Relaxation Therapist, Holy Fire Reiki Practitioner, Life Coach, Yoga Teacher & Presenter.
Ilona introduces the team that supports our mission to create a space that permeates, “love, rest, relax, community, understanding, fun and healing”. Our services and workshops provide you with a deeper understanding of the self as we work our way to shining your true light, healing relationship with self & others as well as seeing the Divine in everyone and everything.
About Johnathan Woodside
Johnathan Woodside is the Founder and Executive Director of Mindfulness Outreach Initiative; an Omaha based nonprofit organization established in 2012 that works to make comprehensive meditation instruction and mindfulness training accessible to all.
As a meditation teacher following the Vipassanā (Insight Meditation) tradition, Johnathan is engaged in bringing mindfulness and self-inquiry into the mainstream of wellness programs and daily life through his personal interactions and teachings.
Introduced to practices of self-awareness and self-inquiry in his pre-teens, he has been exploring different forms of meditation for the past three decades. His enthusiasm for introspection matured into a formal meditation practice nearly two decades ago and reached a degree of unwavering commitment over the past ten years. He has been publicly teaching meditation since 2011 and encourages his students to approach meditation with practicality and diligence.
Johnathan is an influential leader in the development and support of Omaha’s growing community of meditators. He inspires individuals to practice meditation daily and to live mindfully with kindness, generosity, and wisdom. Johnathan teaches classes and retreats on mindfulness meditation for individuals to explore and deepen their understanding of the practice and he provides mindfulness training through his community outreach efforts.
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Soundry Institute
Category: Education • Performances • Workshop | Season: Reality
Omaha Under the Radar is proud to bring you the Soundry Institute.
Soundry is a week-long summer institute for any interested in exploring modern classical music. The institute will include sessions on composition, improvisation, and professional development given by renowned Omaha Under the Radar Festival artists and guests.
Soundry is suited for ages 18 & up (ages 14 – 18 will be admitted with permission). Registration is required and space is limited for this program.
Deadline to register is July 1st!
Instructors
Guests and instructors are drawn from the phenomenal Omaha Under the Radar Festival line-up.Past contributors
Allison Balcetis
Anthony Donofrio
Chicago Academy of the Arts – New Music Ensemble
Danny Clay
David Smooke
Hasco Duo
Jason Webb
Jay Kreimer
Leanna Keith
New Muse Duo
Ray Evanoff
Stacey Barelos
Soundry is directed by composer and pianist Stacey Barelos, and includes expert instructors from Omaha and around the country.
Omaha native Stacey Barelos is a performer and composer specializing in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Regarding her first solo release, The Midwest American Piano Project, the American Record Guide said, “Stacey Barelos…plays with authority and poetic nuance, her beautiful tone captured vividly in this warm recording…” As a composer, Stacey’s works have been performed across the U.S. and in Europe and Australia. In addition to her concert works, Dr. Barelos frequently writes pieces for her studio. Her recent article, “Composing for Your Students!” encourages other teachers to do the same. Currently, Dr. Barelos teaches piano and composition at the Omaha Conservatory and is the Education Director for the Omaha Under the Radar Festival.
Omaha Under the Radar
Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest. We celebrate cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. The festival emerged from a desire to recognize and elevate the adventurous and innovative performers and creators living and working in the Midwest, and to connect this community to other performance communities throughout the United States. Since the first festival, held in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar has presented over 200 artists from more than a dozen cities throughout the United States. We work to represent a multiplicity of genres, ideas, and identities through performances, talks, group discussions and educational opportunities. Omaha Under the Radar is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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Soundry Workshop: Instrument Building
Category: Education • Workshop | Season:
Explore music making through an experimental lens.
This Soundry workshop explored the magic of instrument building. Attendees were able to create, play and take home their very own instrument!
With classes created for adult learners, we investigated the art of sound installation, instrument building and 21st Century compositional techniques. This workshop was open to ages 18 and up. No music experience required. Soundry is directed by composer and pianist Stacey Barelos, and includes expert instructors from Omaha and around the country. Of course!
Photos include original instruments created by Jay Kreimer.
About Stacey Barelos
Omaha native Stacey Barelos is a performer and composer specializing in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Regarding her first solo release, The Midwest American Piano Project, the American Record Guide said, “Stacey Barelos…plays with authority and poetic nuance, her beautiful tone captured vividly in this warm recording…” As a composer, Stacey’s works have been performed across the U.S. and in Europe and Australia. In addition to her concert works, Dr. Barelos frequently writes pieces for her studio. Her recent article, “Composing for Your Students!” encourages other teachers to do the same. Currently, Dr. Barelos teaches piano and composition at the Omaha Conservatory and is the Education Director for the Omaha Under the Radar Festival. For more information, see her website, staceybarelos.com.About Omaha Under the Radar
Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest. They celebrate cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. The festival emerged from a desire to support innovative performers and creators living and working in the Midwest, and to connect this community to other performance communities throughout the United States.Since the first festival, held in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar has presented over 200 artists from more than a dozen cities throughout the United States. They work to represent a multiplicity of genres, ideas, and identities through performances, talks, group discussions and educational opportunities. Omaha Under the Radar is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization. Learn More ->