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|| Venue Information ||
Omaha, NE
Date: May 31, 2006
Venue: Holland Performing Arts Center/Peter Kiewit Concert Hall
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Seating Capacity: 2005
|| Highlights ||
For the penultimate stop on the inaugural "Song of America" tour, the Library of Congress traveled to Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha community welcomed Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and the "Song of America" team to the "Cornhusker State" with an opening dinner at the Omaha Country Club on Monday, May 29, 2006. On Tuesday, May 30, Thomas Hampson conducted a Master Class with TSgt Kenneth Maxwell at the Joslyn Art Museum.
The "Song of America" concert, featuring Thomas Hampson and pianist Wolfram Rieger, was held at the Holland Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Included on the program was a repeat performance of Stephen Paulus's song cycle A Heartland Portrait, previously debuted by Thomas Hampson during the "Song of America" concert held on January 17, 2006, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The evening was especially memorable due to the presence of Ted Kooser, the current U.S. Poet Laureate and a Nebraska resident, whose poetry was set by composer Paulus for the song cycle. Concert attendees also enjoyed "Treasures on Tour," a display of rarely seen original manuscripts from the Library's Music Division.