2024 / 2025 – 41st Season
Follow the links below to buy your tickets. We can’t wait to see you. If you have any questions about tickets or shows, email us at contact@rcmc.org.
October 25, 2024 | 7:05 PM
October 26, 2024 | 4:05 PM & 7:05 PM
JEWELL ON CAPITOL
Come hear the music play! Join us as we showcase the tremendous solo and small group talent within the River City Mixed Chorus. It’s a little bit cabaret and a whole lot of musical fun. Three chances to catch this incredible show!
December 7, 2024
Holland Performing Arts Center
7:05 PM
Get ready to rock-n-roll into your holiday season by joining RCMC at the Holland for our annual Winter show! Hear radio favorites old and new, all performed in joy-filled, four-part harmony by 160+ singers dedicated to creating music that makes a difference all year long.
February 21, 2025 | 5:30-9:00 PM
Scott Hall | Holland Performing Arts Center
Join us for Momentum – our inaugural Gala fundraiser, an enchanting evening supporting the River City Mixed Chorus. Immerse yourself in a night of elegance and entertainment as we host a spectacular dinner event featuring a silent auction with amazing prizes. Be a part of this unforgettable experience and help support our mission of promoting inclusivity and diversity through music. Get your tickets now and be a part of something truly special! Only 250 tickets will be available!
April 5, 2025
Holland Performing Arts Center
7:05 PM
Join RCMC and special guests for the world premiere of Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray, a multi-movement composition that chronicles the life and work of American civil rights activist, Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray. This unsung hero was a trailblazer in the fight for equality for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.
June 1, 2025
Holland Performing Arts Center
7:05 PM
In collaboration with the Omaha Symphony, RCMC is proud to premiere the mixed chorus version of Disney PRIDE in Concert! This family-friendly, multimedia production draws inspiration from Disney films and celebrates LGBTQ+ life, love, family, and perseverance through timeless songs and movie clips from the Disney songbook, accompanied by personal stories from the chorus. Kick off national PRIDE month by joining us for this special concert.
Past Performances
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From Our Past Performances
2024 - 2025
Season 41
2023 - 2024
Season 40
2022 - 2023
Season 39
2021 - 2022
Season 38
River City Mixed Chorus
P.O. Box 3267
Omaha, NE 68103
402-341-7464
contact@rcmc.org
Mission
Creating exceptional musical experiences to support diversity, inspire change, and empower communities.
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Katie Kresha
Executive Director
Katie Kresha brings more than 35 years of experience in the Omaha arts scene, performing in her first community theater musical at age 4. She has worked professionally as an actor and singer, touring the country with the Omaha Theater Company for Young People. Katie has her Bachelors of Arts in Theater, with a focus in Acting and Directing, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and a Masters in Public Administration from Bellevue University.
In her professional life, Katie has served the nonprofit community for nearly twenty years, working in higher education and community-based nonprofits. She served as Executive Director of City Sprouts for nearly four years and as Development Director for Great Plains Theater Commons, after many years leading in the International Programs department at UNO. Katie has extensive experience in grant writing and management, program development and implementation, nonprofit management, and strategic planning.
Katie joined RCMC in 2023 as a singing member and as Executive Director in 2025. She dedicates her singing contributions to the choir in remembrance of her dear friend, Brad Fuglei, lost to suicide in 2001, whose legacy she has worked to honor through her advocacy work in the LGBTQIA+ community. She is truly humbled and grateful to serve as the inaugural Executive Director of such a historic and impactful organization.
Adam Witte
Assistant Artistic Director
Adam Witte has never been one to shy away from a music genre or musical instrument. His tastes, talent, and curiosity run far and wide, taking him on adventures across Europe playing euphonium solos with the University of Nebraska-Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble, offering him the chance to play piano on a piece with the Omaha Symphonic Chorus and Omaha Symphony, and leading him to conduct both the University Chorus and Chamber Choir at Creighton University. He is now the Designated Director of Worship and Arts at Countryside Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska, the Christian partner of the Tri-Faith Initiative. In his role there, he conducts the choir and handbell choir in addition to supervising the worship jazz ensemble. After joining as a singing member of River City Mixed Chorus in 2015, he was named Assistant Artistic Director a short year later. River’s Edge, the RCMC small group he conducts, made its Festival debut at the international GALA Festival in Minneapolis in July of 2024. In addition to his work with RCMC and Countryside, Adam is also Assistant Conductor with local semi-professional chorus Résonance.
Dr. A. Barron Breland
Artistic Director
With degrees in Music Theory and Choral Conducting from the University of Georgia and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Dr. A. Barron Breland has a diverse background in many different fields of music, including the piano and saxophone. Currently, he is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Fine & Performing Arts at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, conducting their premiere ensemble, the Creighton University Chamber Choir, and teaching classes in music theory, history, and conducting.
Breland is in demand throughout the Midwest as a conductor, chorusmaster, clinician, and adjudicator, and he has prepared choruses for Grammy and Tony-winning artists such as Laura Benanti, John Mellencamp, Brian d’Arcy James, and conductors Dale Warland and Ted Sperling. Breland has also served as Chorusmaster and prepared numerous works for the Omaha Symphony, including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Elijah, Messiah, and many others.
Breland’s first exposure to professional choral music was as a member of the Atlanta Boy Choir where he performed with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, as well as in tours and festivals throughout Europe. Today, besides his leadership of the Creighton University Chamber Choir and RCMC, he is also the Music Director of Résonance, a semi-professional chorus whose debut album Pilgrimage was released in July 2020 on the MSR Classics label.
Breland became the Artistic Director of the River City Mixed Chorus in January 2011, and in his 10-year tenure with the organization the ensemble has grown to over 120 active singing members, has headlined conferences and performed alongside Grammy-winning Conspirare, and has taken the stages of historic and iconic venues around the region. All of the ensembles under Breland’s leadership perform regularly with the Omaha Symphony, and all have performed at state and regional ACDA, and NMEA conferences.
Travis Mullins
Chorus Manager
Unlike the majority of RCMC’s members, Travis Mullins is never one for the spotlight. If he had it his way, he would forever remain behind the scenes (and curtains), busy working on managing the chorus’s day-to-day operations.
So how does a reserved intellect who doesn’t sing and prefers the audience seat to the stage find himself as the manager of a performance organization? For starters, he’s a big proponent of the arts and the positive effects it has on the community. He also believes that, as the state’s first and currently only LGBTQ+ chorus, RCMC’s messages need to be heard. And, his husband happens to be RCMC’s Artistic Director, Dr. A. Barron Breland, so the chorus was a part of his life before he became a part of its life.
Travis first served for four years as treasurer on RCMC’s Board of Directors while also volunteering his time on the chorus’s fundraising and marketing committees. His management experience and accounting skills didn’t go unnoticed, and in 2016 he was hired on with the official title Chorus Manager. During his free time, you can find him attending rehearsals and performances, proudly watching on as his favorite performers sing their hearts out.
Keith Hart
Collaborative Pianist
Keith Hart was a public school music teacher in a previous life. As much as he loved the job and working with kids, he felt an undeniable tug from the theater world. He set his sights on a graduate degree in theatre, and worked on productions at various theaters in Kansas City.
With production experience under his belt, Keith moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he has worked as a pianist, musical director, and scenic designer for numerous theatrical productions. He also holds down a day job as Manager of Programs at Joslyn Castle.
The piano has been a constant in Keith’s life. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in music education with an emphasis in piano from Northwest Missouri State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. His love of accompanying and playing with a wide range of soloists, ensembles, and choirs led him to River City Mixed Chorus in 2015, joining the organization as Collaborative Pianist.
