Abigail
Brower
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Upcoming Engagements
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John Adams - The Chairman Dances
Erich Korngold - Suite from the Sea Hawk
Ottorino Respighi - Fountains of Rome
Ottorino Respighi - Pines of Rome
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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In 2018, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther quickly became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what Super Hero films could be. Rolling Stone raved, “The film lights up the screen with a full-throttle blast of action and fun. That’s to be expected. But what sneaks up and floors you is the film’s racial conscience and profound, astonishing beauty.” Now you can relive the excitement of T’Challa becoming king and battling Killmonger all while your wcfsymphony performs Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar®-winning score live to film.
Abigail Brower
Harp
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Recent Highlights
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Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Alice Mary Smith - Andante
Paul Reade - Victorian Kitchen Garden
Camille Saint-Saens - Clarinet Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 167, mvt. I
Ernst Stahl - Romanze
Giovanni Giuliani - 12 Nocturnes-No. 6
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Six Studies in English Folk-Song, No. IV & No. V
Skaila Kanga - Six American Sketches
Abigail Brower
Harpist
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Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Leonard Bernstein - Selections from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein - Suite for Orchestra from Candide
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Florence Price - Symphony No. 3
Jerod Impichchaachaha' Tate - Lowak Shoppala’ (Fire and Light): Clans
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Stories and styles converge in Hungarian composer Béla Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin Suite, opening with wonder and excitement. Continuing along the Silk Road, Orchestra Iowa’s Principal Cellist, Philip Bergman, performs Tan Dun’s evocative Crouching Tiger Concerto. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition wraps up the musical journey with its infamous booming fanfare at the Great Gate of Kiev.
Abigail Brower
Second Harp
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Arr. Bob Krogstad - The Bells of Christmas
Steven Amundson - Angels' Dance
Sam Hyken (2015) - Chanukah 5776
Arr. Lari Goss and Michael Lawrence - Overture of Joy
Alan Silvestri - A Christmas Carol (Main Title)
Arr. Matt Riley - Greensleeves
Bill Holcombe - T'was The Night Before Christmas
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Sparks will fly when Joan Ellison brings the Golden Age of studio recording back to life with a swinging celebration of the most dazzling singers, songwriters, and arrangers of the mid-twentieth century. The performance will feature timeless hits by Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, and many more!
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Jonathan Schwabe - I Became a Traveler in My Dream (world premiere)
Gustav Mahler - Rückert-Lieder with Megan Esther Grey, contralto
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 5 with Northern Iowa Symphony
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Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
Abigail Brower
Harpist
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John Adams - Tromba Lontana
Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin, Movements I, II, and IV
William Grant Still - Festival Overture
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Vasily Kalinnikov - Symphony No. 1 in G minor
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Principal Harp
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Abigail Brower
Second Harp
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Principal Harp
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Polina Nazakinskaya - Winter Bells
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Jennifer Higdon - Blue Cathedral
Ottorino Resphighi - Trittico Botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures)
Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Abigail Brower
Principal Harp
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Biography
Abigail Brower has been plucking her way into the hearts of her audience since the start of her classical harp training in 2007. An active orchestral and solo performer currently based in Eastern Iowa, she is available for private events such as receptions, cocktail hours, and other social events in the areas surrounding Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. During and immediately following her undergraduate degree, she performed with Southern Indiana area ensembles and taught private lessons for students of all ages. Her most recent performances have been with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, including Debussy's La Mer for their 2022-23 season opener. A graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Abigail performed regularly with the university's orchestras and other ensembles while maintaining an active gig schedule and competing in area instrumental competitions. In 2015, she received an Honorable Mention in the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Young Artist Competition, earning the privilege of performing alongside the US Army Orchestra and fellow competitors. She was a member of the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra’s Philharmonic Orchestra and harp ensemble during her junior and senior years of high school and won second place in the Young Artist Division of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Harp Competition in 2014. During her time at Indiana University, Abigail was a student of Professor Elzbieta Szmyt, with one semester of study with Anneleen Lenaerts in Vienna, Austria. She recently graduated with a Master of Science in Performing Arts Leadership and Management from Shenandoah University and spends her weekdays working in arts administration with a local orchestra.
