AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF RAPID CITY

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 7:30 PM

SOLD OUT

Cowboys & Aliens

Spacemen and Spaghetti Westerns – Music from Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Dune, The Good, Bad & the Ugly, Magnificent Seven and more!

A stellar way to close out the year!

We always fill our New Year's Eve concert with celebratory surprises - including a performance of Auld Lang Syne.

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Sponsored by 

Dave & Laurie Schaefer and 

South Dakota Trust Company LLC

Program

The Magnificent Seven

Elmer Bernstein — arr. de la Rosa


The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Main Title)

Ennio Morricone — arr. Stanley


Man With a Harmonica from Once Upon a Time in the West

Ennio Morricone — arr. Cunha


The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Ennio Morricone — arr. Cunha


Spaghetti Western (1998) for Solo English Horn and Orchestra

Michael Daugherty

I. Strade Vuote (Empty Streets)

III. Mezzogiorno di fuoco (Noon of Fire)

Soloists: Nancy Olney, English Horn ∙ Chris Hahn, Trumpet ∙ Joel Adams, Tuba


Rawhide

Dimitri Tiomkin — arr. Palmer and Russ


Ghost Riders in the Sky

Stan Jones — arr. Dragon


Intermission


Star Trek Through the Years

Alexander Courage — arr. Custer


Galaxy Quest (Main Title Theme)

David Newman — arr. Halling


The Mandalorian (Main Title Theme)

Ludwig Göransson — arr. Sheehan


Suite from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

John Williams


Dune (Main Title Theme)

Hans Zimmer — arr. de la Rosa

Vocalist: Carrie McIntyre


Theme from E.T.

John Williams — arr. Ployhar


Star Wars Epic Suite II

John Williams — arr. Smith

Auld Lang Syne

by Robert Burns 1788


Verse

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and old lang syne?


Chorus

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.


Verse

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!

and surely I’ll buy mine!

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.


Chorus

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.


Chorus

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.


The Orchestra

  • Violins

    Violin

    1st Violins  

    Amanda Swartz, 

     Concertmaster

    Kolton Arthur 

    Allen Cornford

    Patrick Knowles

    Kayla Giesey 

    Joe Berendse 

    Carol Knowles

    Elizabeth Knowles

    Faith Stevens 

    Jamie St. Clair-Linde

    Jonah Swartz

    Jackson Swartz

    Karina Carley


    2nd Violins

    Marilyn Maxvold, Principal 

    Dori O’Connor 

    Katie Sprague

    Rick Hamilton

    Connor Stuck

    Brady Riker

    Rachael Bunger

    Katie Redinius 

    Shayna Weger

    Claudia Werner

    Alexandria Anderson

    Elsa Stephenson

    Alexander Trujillo


  • Violas

    Viola

    Cullen Knowles, Principal

    Emily Pflaum

    Charlie Savot

    Laura Rehmeier

    Chris Budd

    Jennifer May

    Susan Guthrie

    Dominick Davis 

    Markus Walter




  • Guitars

    Steve Dalton

    Paul Witcamp

  • Harmonica

    Steve Dalton

  • Cellos

    Cello

    Elizabeth Benusis, Principal

    Carlynn Savot 

    Marta Koscak

    Caitlin Gerdes

    Karina Riggert

    Lindy Hinckley

    Jannette Leno-Thomas  

    Abby Stevens 

    Logan Stone

    Kili Cole

  • Double Basses

    Double Bass

    Kraig Long, Principal

    Kate Mathews

    Manuelito Trujillo

    Ben Wheeler

    Sue Griffith

    John Knowles 


  • Flutes

    Flute

    Julie Anderson, Principal

    Helen Van Dam

    Olya Bunger




  • Bass Flute

    Julie Anderson

  • Oboes

    Oboe

    Nancy Olney, Principal

    Paige Kumjian



  • Clarinets

    Clarinet

    Deborah Knowles, Principal

    Jackie Ott


  • Bass Clarinet

    Christine Leichtnam

  • Recorders

    Julie Anderson

    Nancy Olney

    Richard Turner

  • Bassoons

    bassoon

    Richard Turner, Principal

    Heidi Perrett



  • Contra Bassoon

    Steve Dalton

  • Horns

    bassoon

    Skye van Duuren, Principal

    Victoria Palmreuter 

    Jennifer Stelzig 

    Sarah Decker



  • Trumpets

    bassoon

    Chris Hahn, Principal

    Rick Hamil

    Nick Ries 

    Haley Armstrong 




  • Trombones

    bassoon

    David Blauer, Principal 

    Bill Holst

    John Mathews




  • Tuba

    bassoon

    Joel Adams

  • Timpani

    bassoon

    Andrew Simco

  • Percussion

    bassoon

    Carol Gulbransen, Principal

    Alan Temple

    Meredith Meersman 

    Dillon Dahlke

  • Harp

    Jane A Hamman

  • Keyboard

    keyboard

    Diane Ketel


Dakota Choral Union

  • Director

    Ellen Shirley

  • Soprano

    Karen Baumbach

    Angela Drake - soloist,  Ecstasy of Gold

    Duretta Newman

    Teresa Spiess - soloist, Man with a Harmonica

    Patty Tlustos



  • Alto

    Kristin Belsaas

    Marcia Dunsmore

    Megan Mack

    Joy Martin

    Glenda Miller

    Gina Plooster

    Carrie McIntyre - soloist


  • Tenor

    Andrew Belsaas

    Fred Hallstrom - soloist, Ghost Riders

    Ben Newman

    Andrew Spiess



  • Bass

    Tom Bowman

    Lynn DesLauriers

    Brady Jones

    William Merry

    Jay Wickre - soloist, Rawhide



Carrie McIntyre

Carrie is a professional vocalist, actor and music therapist here in the Black Hills. She holds a B.F.A in Theater & Vocal Performance from Cornish College of The Arts in Seattle, WA and a B.M and M.M in Music Therapy from Colorado State University. Carrie has performed on stages and venues in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Minneapolis. You can catch her regularly on the stages here in Rapid City at BHCT, The Catalyst Theater Company and Flutter Productions. Carrie runs her vocal/music studio and therapy practice, Black Hills Music Therapy, in Rapid City.