Salt Creek Song Festival is proud to close out the 2024 Festival Season with another commission making its world premiere, Song of Myself , by Philip Daniel, using text from the beloved Walt Whitman poem of the same name (excerpted by performers Jared Hiscock and Bill Shomos). Scored for three baritones (Brandon Bell, Jared Hiscock, and Bill Shomos) felted piano, grand piano, and electronic components (Philip Daniel), this concert is not one to be missed. This performance, like all SCSF Festival Week Concerts, is free and open to the public. A reception will immediately follow the concert, sponsored and hosted by Fariner Bakery.

Aleia González and Genaro Méndez perform exciting songs written for classical guitar and tenor featuring a Salt Creek Song Festival commission composed by returning artist Aric Vyhmeister!

Many thanks to The Beanery for sponsoring our Pop-up concerts.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2024 Festival Program.

Returning Salt Creek Song Festival artists Alyssa Nance and Aric Vyhmeister will give the regional premiere of this new vocal work by Cecilia Livingston, who uses the text of poet and novelist Anne Michaels to tell important stories whose messages are timeless. This performance, like all SCSF Festival Week Concerts, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held immediately following the concert, sponsored and hosted by Chris and Alex Nellis-White.

Aleia González and Genaro Méndez perform exciting songs written for classical guitar and tenor featuring a Salt Creek Song Festival commission composed by returning artist Aric Vyhmeister!

Many thanks to The Beanery for sponsoring our Pop-up concerts.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2024 Festival Program.

After Life in the Woods concludes, head over to Willow Point Gallery for a drink and just a little more music. Soprano Alyssa Nance and pianist Aric Vyhmeister will perform Samuel Barber’s Mélodies passagères.

Many thanks to Willow Point Gallery for hosting our Art Song After Hours series, and to Glacial Till for providing beverages.

Based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau, Gregory Spears’s song-cycle,Walden, explores the experience living in solitude, reflecting on nature, society, and the human condition. Returning Salt Creek Song Festival Artist Brandon Bell will perform this song cycle with pianist Philip Daniel. Dance Lab Omaha, choreographed by Katrinka Stayton, will join this intimate performance. This performance, like all SCSF Festival Week Concerts, is free and open to the public. Concert will be followed immediately by an Art Song After Hours reception hosted by and at Willow Point Gallery.

Get adventurous with this vocal chamber work by Aaron Jay Kernis, "Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky," conducted by Clark Potter. This captivating song cycle for baritone (Jared Hiscock), piano (Eva Nikolaidou), violin (Jenna Ferdon), and percussion (Hannah Weaver) comes to life with lush melodies and evocative imagery, exploring the wonders of nature, love, and the human spirit.This performance, like all SCSF Festival Week Concerts, is free and open to the public.

A reception will be held at Postscript immediately following the concert.

After the When They Come Back concludes, head over to Willow Point Gallery for a drink and just a little more music. Genaro Méndez and Alejandro Avila perform will perform some beloved Lieder (German songs) by Franz Schubert, 4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister'.

Many thanks to Willow Point Gallery for hosting our Art Song After Hours series, and to Glacial Till for providing beverages.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

1625 Adams St, Ashland, NE

“In the dark times, Will there also be singing?"

Our final concert of the 2023 season will be a world premier composed by Charlie Leftridge called In the Dark Times, which uses poetry of all Nebraska poets: Ted Koozer, Marjorie Saiser, Clarissa Bucklin, and Mary K. Stillwell.

This collection of songs, specially crafted soprano and string quartet seeks to answer Bertold Brecht's question: "In the dark times, Will there also be singing?"

All Salt Creek Song Festival events are free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2023 Festival Program.

Many thanks to our sponsors for the evening, Chris Nellis-White with CMG Financial and Alex Nellis-White with Omaha Marriott Regency.

Aleia González and Genaro Méndez perform exciting songs written for guitar and tenor!

Many thanks to The Beanery for sponsoring our Pop-up concerts.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2023 Festival Program.

Watch the artists prepare for the concert that evening in an open and informal setting.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2023 Festival Program.

Many thanks to Fariner Bakery for generously hosting this event.

Mezzo-soprano Naomi Brigell and bass-baritone Timothy Madden will each perform works by composers Kurt Knecht and David von Kampen, and will be joined at the piano by none other than the composers themselves!

Enormous thanks to Sidrony Jewelers for generously underwriting this concert, and to Fariner Bakery for sponsoring the evening's reception.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2023 Festival Program.

All SCSF events are free and open to the public.

Aleia González and Genaro Méndez perform exciting songs written for classical guitar and tenor!

Many thanks to The Beanery for sponsoring our Pop-up concerts.

For a more complete look at our events, please check out our 2023 Festival Program.

Watch the artists prepare for the evening’s concert in an open and informal setting.