Please enjoy this most recent feature to our Virtual Performance Series: Beth Feltes performing “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”. This song is composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Richard Stilgoe & Charles Hart. One of the most popular songs in the broadway musical “The Phantom of the Opera”; the song is sung by the character Christine Daaé and is a lament for her father who died seven years previously. It is performed as she walks through the cemetery toward her father's grave.

The Al Opland Singers are a choral group in the United States, based in Pipestone, Minnesota, consisting of 35-55 members from the surrounding region. It is a union of what was formerly the Pipestone Male Chorus and the Pipestone Women’s Chorus. Featured here on the Pipestone Performing Arts Center stage, they are performing Michael Jackson's and Lionel Richie's song "We Are The World".

Please enjoy this most recent feature to our Virtual Performance Series: Ethan VanderWoude performing “The Impossible Dream”. This song is composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The most popular song in the broadway musical “Man of La Mancha”, it speaks about the journey being our destiny, rather than the destination itself. Ethan VanderWoude is a Bass-Baritone vocalist and past local performer on the Pipestone Performing Arts Center stage. His roles in the Calumet Players' musical productions include a Pirate in "Peter Pan", Terk in "Tarzan", Munkastrap in "CATS", the Big Bad Wolf & Cinderella's Prince from "Into the Woods", and Mr. Manningham in the play "Angel Street". He was able to squeeze in one Christmas concert with the Al Opland Singers during High School and also was the featured performer in the "Ethan and Friends" concert in 2016 which helped him fundraise for an overseas college choir trip. He studied Vocal Performance with a focus of Opera at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA and was heavily involved with multiple choirs as well as theatrical productions while a student there. Some of his roles at Wartburg included: Guglielmo from Mozart's "Così fan tutte", John Sorel from Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Consul", and Big Jule from Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls". His most notable performance was his role as Dr. Dulcamara in Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" while taking part in the Brancaleoni International Music Festival during the summer of 2017 in Piobicco, Italy. Ethan has been studying voice privately since graduation in 2018 and as soon as some normalcy returns from the COVID-19 pandemic; he plans to continue his education and pursue his Masters in Opera Performance. Please enjoy!

We have missed the artists and volunteers that occupy our stage, and we can not wait until we can share live arts events with you again, our supporters. 🎭 Because of the global health crisis, we have had to get creative so that we can continue to share the talents of artists and performers with our audience, as well as keeping the mission of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center in the periphery of the community, which is "to continuously engage a passion in the arts". In recent weeks, we have been working with local performers in creating a virtual arts experience straight from the PPAC stage. This is the first series of locally recorded performances. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can give a donation online at https://red.vendini.com/donation-software.html?t=donation&d=74858ab52386e1c3ff9369fe7f347867. "A Safe Place To Land" Written By: Sara Bareilles Performed By: Rachel Kuphal & Anthony McGee "Moonlight" Sonata Composed By: Ludwig Van Beethoven Performed By: Zachary Ploeger "I See The Light" from DISNEY's Tangled Written By: Alan Menken Performed By: Samantha Fleet

Session 2 of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center's Virtual Series. This second release of performances by local artists premieres Sunday, September 27th at 2:00 p.m. Three local artists whose musical gifts are rooted in the classical music genres; Reggie Gorter singing Bernstein, Jeanine Olson performing a Liszt Sonata and Bronwyn Jones rekindling her favorite Andrew Lloyd Weber solo. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can give a donation online at https://red.vendini.com/donation-software.html?t=donation&d=74858ab52386e1c3ff9369fe7f347867 "Dream With Me" from the opera Peter Pan Composed By: Leonard Bernstein Performed By: Regina Moffitt-Gorter "Sonata In B Minor" Composed By: Franz Liszt Performed By: Jeanine Olson "Memory" from the musical CATS Composed By: Andrew Lloyd Weber Performed By: Bronwyn Jones

Session 3 of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center's Virtual Series. This third release of performances by local artists premieres Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 p.m. Three local artists are featured in this presentation: Troy Manzey, Bruce Weigle and Zach Budden. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can send a donation to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center by mailing it to PO Box 100 (Pipestone). Two of the three pieces in this presentation are both written and performed by local artists. Our pursuit in sharing these performances and creating this series has foremost been keeping our local artists working and sharing their work, while ushering the mission of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center which is to continuously engage a passion for the arts. We hope you enjoy. "Our Town" Written By: Randy Newman Performed By: Troy Manzey "Winnewissa Whispers" Composed By: Bruce Weigle Performed By: Bruce Weigle "Remember This Place" Written By: Zach Budden Performed By: Zach Budden

On this Holiest of Nights, we pause to reflect on the year that was. The hindsite of 2020 reveals weary souls daring to have aspirations, gained wisdom, and love manifesting through shared experiences. As a new and glorious morn breaks in 2021, we wish you the thrill of hope proclaimed throughout your lives. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Pipestone Performing Arts Center.

Dear Everyone, this summons is an invitation to listen, reflect, and meditate during this Winter Solstice. Today, is the briefest of days, light fleeting through long, dark nights. This prose is from a time of state wide quarantine, penned by Pipestone author Laura Carrow Wurster, words brought to life by neighbors, and humbly assembled by local artists.