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Your Chamber Orchestra of the SpringsHas been selected as a Finalist for

A $10,000 Award sponsored by the Bee Vradenburg Foundation

and the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

Our Project* “Community in Unison” combines chamber music virtuosity with explosive energy of gospel choir in a concert

of original arrangements of traditional spirituals and gospels.

This special concert will be presented on Friday, September 10, 2010, in association with a Volunteer Fair.

The winner will be selected by public voting atwww.gazette.com/artcreatescommunity

We Need Your Vote by March 14!!!Encourage your friends and other music lovers to vote too!

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience such a memorable concert!

Vote Now!

*In partnership with Gospel Music Workshop of America - Colorado Springs Chapter

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“For the Love of Music”

Thank You!Th e members of the Chamber Orchestra play “for the love of music”, and for you, our au di ence. Our music is brought to you by the support of generous individuals, foun da tions and cor po ra tions who share the vision of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs being a vital part of the artistic life of our community. We are very grateful for their contributions; they are appropriately identifi ed and acknowledged on pages 19 & 21.

Th e Chamber Orchestra of the Springs welcomes corporate sponsorships for its programs and activities. Please contact the Chamber Orchestra at 633-3649, for information on sponsorships and ben e fi ts.

Special Appreciation to...Colorado Springs Symphonic Guild for their support of this concert series

Blueprints, Inc. for printing servicesSylvia Hutson for her work with graphic design and layout

First Christian Church for the use of their wonderful sanctuaryBroadmoor Community Church for the use of their beautiful facilities

Graner Music for distribution of sheet musicKCME-FM 88.7, A Voice for the Arts, for concert publicity

Tom Kratz for the use of the podiumRuth Hjelmstad for professional assistance with accounting

First Lutheran Church for use of their rehearsal space

Thanks for listening! Now we’d like to hear from you! Contact us atchamorch@gmail.com with your questions and comments. We’re all ears!

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Colorado Springs, CO 80933–7911(719) 633–3649

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Th e Chamber Orchestra of the Springs provides a unique opportunity for people in the Pikes Peak region to hear and appreciate the wealth of orchestral music for small orchestras. Th rough discovery, detailed rehearsal and exceptional performances, the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs presents great classical repertoire, uncovers forgotten gems of the past, and brings new music to our community.

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We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the following organizations:

President: Charlease BoboVice President: Lynn Hurst

Secretary: Anita Maresh Treasurer : Jay Norman

Nasit Ari Tori Bardin Michael Grace Bettina Swigger

Phyllis White

Print Media Sponsor Printing Services

Chamber Orchestra of the Springs Thanks the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado

for their Sponsorship of this Concert.

The Yamaha Piano for the February 26 performance provided courtesy of Yamaha Artist Services, Inc., and the Colorado Springs Conservatory

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Th omas Wilson is currently Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Cover Conductor for the New York-based pops show Symphonic Night at the Oscars, serves on the music faculties at Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Conservatory, and maintains an active guest conducting schedule. Mr. Wilson previously conducted for the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony program and founded the Young Concert Artists of Colorado Springs.

Th omas began studying piano at the age of four. Later studies included trumpet, percussion, string bass and voice, before concentrating his eff orts on trumpet, conducting and composition. Th omas graduated summa cum laude from the University of Northern Colorado, receiving the School of Music’s highest honor—the Departmental Scholar Award.

A primary focus of Mr. Wilson’s conducting career has been collaborations between performing arts organizations, which he sees as essential to artistic growth and a unifi ed arts community. Th omas has led the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs in collaborative performances with the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, Young Concert Artists, Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, Pikes Peak Ringers, Th e United States Army Field Band, Ballet Society of Colorado Springs, Peak Ballet Th eatre, Fusion Pointe Dance Company, Ormao Dance Company, and the Colorado Springs Conservatory, just to name a few. Th omas frequently conducts new works by local composers, including the world premier of Mark Arnest’s Pike’s Dream, about the life and times of Zebulon Pike. Th omas’ recent recording projects include the world premier recording of Kevin McChesney’s Ring of Fire and a live, 2-CD release of the Flying W Wranglers with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic.

Winner of international recognition as a trumpeter, Mr. Wilson has extensive experience performing and recording with orchestras, ensembles, and artists. He is one of only three trumpeters ever selected as a fi nalist for both the International Trumpet Guild Orchestral and Solo Performance Competitions in the same year. As a composer and arranger, Th omas has dozens of published titles and is currently arranging new artist features and a Big Band jazz program for the Philharmonic.

Mr. Wilson has been called “someone to watch” and “a very exciting conductor” by Michael Tilson Th omas, one of the foremost conductors of our time.

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Supporters

Th e Chamber Orchestra of the Springs makes every attempt to list our donors accurately. If your name was inadvertently omitted or listed incorrectly, we sincerely regret the error and ask that you contact us at (719)633-3649 or chamorch@gmail.com

Friend (continued)Patricia LiptonRichard and Jean McChesneyMary Elizabeth McKinleyBecky and Jon MedvedMs. Dion F. MercierStan MortonAnn J. Nelson

Jay NormanDeborah Perlet & Gloria Kondrk In Memory of Daniel KautzmanTed and Phyllis RothDavid and Barbara St. AndreJohn and Elaine SartorisLt. Col. Murl SickbertBettina Swigger and Aaron Retka

Charles Guy Th eriotFrederica A. Th rashWilliam TunstillEric UmenhoferKaren WagnerMary C. Wieger

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Presented by the Colorado Springs Symphonic Guild Proud Supporters of the Colorado Springs Chamber Orchestra

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April 25 “A Final Treat”

Liadov • Holst • Brahms

David RutherfordConductor

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The Colorado Springs Conservatory

(719)577-4556 1600 North Union Blvd.

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THE MISSION of the Colorado Springs Conservatory is to inspire, motivate, and challenge all students to aspire to their highest potential as artists and as human beings through arts immersion studies and community arts advocacy participation.

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in the diverse and stimulating

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Chamber Orchestra of the Springs?

Here is your chance. Chamber Orchestra of the Springs

announces openings for: Concertmaster • Principal Viola

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To obtain excerpts and sign up for an

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Wjsuvptjuz"Friday, February 26, 2010 7:00 p.m. Family of Christ Lutheran Church

Saturday, February 27, 2010 7:00 p.m. Broadmoor Community Church Sunday, February 28, 2010 2:30 p.m. First Christian Church

Franz Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:105(1732-1809) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro con spirito Nancy Brown, oboe Greg Brown, bassoon Desiree Cedeno-Suarez, violin Ramona McConkie, cello Carl Maria von Weber Symphony No. 1 in C Major, J.50(1786-1826) I. Allegro con fuoco II. Andante III. Scherzo: Presto IV. Finale: Presto

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 10 in G Major, K.74 (1770)(1756-1791) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro Movements I & II played without pause. Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 21(1810-1849) I. Maestoso II. Larghetto III. Allegro vivace Paul Romero, piano 2003 Amateur Pianists International Winner

Th is weekend’s performances are dedicated to the memory of Dimitir Gotseff , a friendof the Chamber Orchestra who loved listening to music as much as we love making music.

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SupportersTh e following members of our 2009-2010 Season audience are as passionate about the activities of the

Chamber Orchestra of the Springs as are its players and Board of Directors. We off er them our heartfelt gratitude.

Season Underwriter: $5,000 to $9,999Th e Bee Vradenburg Foundation

Concert Sponsor: $2,500 to $4,999Colorado Springs Symphonic GuildTh e Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

Conductors Circle: $1,000 to $2,499Th e Dusty and Kathy Loo Fund of the Pikes Peak Community FoundationGiddings FoundationNasit Ari & Libby RittenbergNorton BainJohn Carter and Virginia Snow Samuel and Mary Alice Hall

Benefactor: $500 to $999Raymond and Barbara BrownSusan and Michael GraceTh e Progressive Insurance Co.Anita MareshPamela T. MarshJames Montgomery In honor of Carol and Jim MontgomeryDr. and Mrs. Darryl Th atcherTh omas G. Wilson

Sustainer: $250 to $499Judy Bridewell BiondiniCharlease BoboRaymond and Barbara BrownRichard and Sandra Hilt

Sheldon and Betty JonesDoris KneuerTerry and Elizabeth LillySara McDanielLisa and Bob Rennick

Supporter: $100 to $249Susanne and Michael AnselmiLarry and Eve BarrettWilliam BeckerCharles and Anne Bobo In honor of Charlease BoboElizabeth BockstahlerMartha Hopkins BoothWalter and Harriet BrooksJudy and Duncan BurdickDavid CampbellDr. Robert CarltonJudy and Chris CunninghamDr. and Mrs. Donald DickensonJane DillonMary Eiber In memory of Gary EiberJudy Fair-SpauldingJoanna and Lindsay FischerAndrea FlakCarla and Jim GreenhalghWalter and Esther HarderMr. and Mrs. Dunning Idle IVDan and Dorothy KautzmanJay and Marty KelleyCherry and Jack KinneyDr. Lorence T. and Shirley KircherAlison and Duncan Kruse In Memory of Daniel KautzmanBonnie S. LinderDr. and Mrs. George L. Merkert Jr.Margorie J. MerrittLynne MillerOliver S. and Gerda NickelsMs. Betty J. Rickel

Col. Jim RynningColonel and Mrs. Charles ShayPeggy Houston ShiversEdie Green and Alan SiegelHerb and Rhea SiegelChristopher and Wendy SeglemMargaret SmithJoyce and Steve StiversLt. Col. Robert H. TaylorDarrell and Beverly WeaverDon and Marilyn WerschskyPhyllis WhiteHarry and Louise WilsonAnonymous

Friend: $1 to $99Barbara M. ArnestAnn AxelrodDavid BallJudith BentonJ.W. BolinAnn BroshDale and Gundi BrunsonMrs. A.N. ChampionKathleen Fox CollinsKathleen CookePaul and Janet DavidsonPhyllis DeHartSteve D’Ippolite Dorothy FarthingElaine FreedTimothy and Kalah FullerDon and Barbara GazibaraAdam and Alicia Gold In honor of Sam and Mary Alice HallSherry L. HallIngrid HartCoral and Kyle HealeyFrank and Elfriede JoppMarilyn KastelMrs. Helene KnappJohn and Linda LeFevre

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CConcerts: Marley’s Ghost, Friday March 19, 7:30pm Venue 515, BAC, 515 Manitou Ave. Manitou Springs

Three Ring Circle, Friday April 30, 7:30pm Venue 515, BAC, 515 Manitou Ave. Manitou Springs

Open Stages w/Feature Acts: Safe Harbor, Friday March 12, 7:00pm Honey Don’t, Friday March 26, 7:00pm Small Potatoes, Friday April 9, 7:00pm The Cantrells, Friday April 23, 7:00pm

All Open Stages take place at the Black Forest Community Center, Black Forest Rd @ Shoup Rd

All jams take place at the Colorado Springs Charter Academy, 2577 N Chelton Rd.

Jam calendar:

March 2010 4 - Gospel Jam, 7:00pm 11 - Fiddle Jam, 7:00pm 13 - Kid’s Jam, 10:00am 18 - Radio Oldies Jam, 7:00pm 25 - Bluegrass Jam, 7:00pm 27 - Kid’s Jam, 10:00am

April 2010

1 - Gospel Jam, 7:00pm 8 - Songwriter’s Circle, 7:00pm 10 - Kid’s Jam, 10:00am 15 - Radio Oldies Jam, 7:00pm 22 - Bluegrass Jam, 7:00pm 24 - Kid’s Jam, 10:00am 29 - Fiddle Jam, 7:00pm

Find out more about our concerts, open stages and jams at www.blackroseacoustic.org

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First Violin*1Desiree Cedno-Suarez

Linda CarmonaKay WehoferTerri MoonSara Miller

Erika DevinsAlexander Magalong

Second Violin*2Kelly Dean Pilarcyzk

Lydia CampbellCynthia Robinson

Nathan BurnsBarbara GreenleeCharlease Bobo

Viola*2Anita Maresh

**Matthew CantyDiana ZombolaDeborah WeltzerRebecca Harrison

Cello*Ramona McConkie

Tori BardinNorah Clydesdale

String Bass*2Cathy Camp-

DavidsonDaniel Kiser

Flute*Phyllis WhiteCheryl Stauff er

Oboe* Nancy Brown

Carla Scott

Bassoon*Greg BrownJohn Lawson

Th omas WilsonConductor

The Players of the

Chamber Orchestra of the Springs

*1 Acting Concert Master*2 Acting Principal* Principal** Asst. Principal

Timpani *Carl Cook

TrumpetDan Bell

Craig Ketels

French Horn Christina Schwartz-Soper

Randy Powers

Clarinet*Jay Norman

Pam Diaz

Bass TromboneRoger Yunker

Th e Chamber Orchestra of the SpringsAcknowledges With Great Th anks Music Donations Made For Th is Concert:

Mozart: Symphony # 10 Donated by Lon and Deb Weltzer in memory of Doris Luckey Nelson

Haydn: Sinfonia ConcertanteDonated by Anita Maresh in memory of Lynette Diers Cohen

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which, at that time, was critical to any composer’s survival. As such, Mozart died young, ill, poor, and relatively unappreciated … only to become the mostly widely acknowledged orchestral composer in history.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 10 in G major, K.74, was probably written during his fi rst journey to Italy in the spring of 1770. Th e symphony is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings, and is really an overture in the fast-slow-fast Italian style, with the fi rst two movements played without a break. No tempo assignments appeared in the autograph score, but the Italian overture form made frequent appearances in Mozart’s works and easy enough to distinguish. Th e autograph also bears the remark “Ouverture zur Oper Mitridate” (Overture to the opera Mitridate) by the hand of Johann Anton André, which is struck out except for the word “Ouverture”. An early publisher of Mozart’s works, André was under the impression that this piece was originally planned as an overture to Mitridate, re di Ponto (which has an overture of its own, diff erent from this symphony).

Th e piano bard, the piano rhapsodist, the piano mind, the piano soul is Chopin. Tragic, romantic, lyric, heroic, dramatic, fantastic, soulful, sweet, dreamy, brilliant, grand, simple: all possible expressions are found in his compositions, and all are sung by him upon his instrument.—Anton Rubinstein

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was born in Warsaw to a French father and Polish mother, and although his Polish heritage was essential to him throughout his life, he would spend nearly the last half of his life in Paris. He began his piano studies with Adalbert Zwyny, who focused primarily on the music of Bach and Mozart at a time when their music was far from fashionable. Nonetheless, it gave the young Chopin a fi rm

foundation in music and unique perspective for his compositions. At twelve, he enrolled at the Warsaw Conservatory, studying composition with Josef Elsner. He left in 1829 but immediately composed his Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 21, which he premiered the following year. He soon left Poland, where he met Schumann and also learned of the Russian invasion of Poland, which aff ected him deeply. At the end of 1831, he left for Paris, where he was a major success. He met free-thinking novelist Aurore Dudevant (better known today as George Sand, despite her gender) in 1838. Dudevant was a major infl uence on his work and they carried on a turbulent relationship that would last until 1847, after which Chopin composed very little. Having long suff ered from tuberculosis, Chopin fi nally succumbed in October, 1849.

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Love Classical Music and Kids? Th e Colorado Springs Philharmonic is recruiting

docents for its Spring Philharmonic Kids Concert.

Elementary teachers count on docent visits to help their students develop a deeper relationship with

music in preparation for these concerts.

Maestro Th omas Wilson and other experienced docents will be training new docents on March 30 at the Julie Penrose House,

1661 Mesa Ave.

2 Training Sessions: 9:00 AM – 12 noon & 5:00 PM –8:00 PM.

Time commitment is very minimal.

Can we count on you? Questions: Please contact the Docent Coordinator,

Gloria Slayton at: d49_gslayton@yahoo.com

Two Sunday Services8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Upcoming ConcertsSaturday, April 17, 7:00 p.m.

Chamber Orchestra of the SpringsSeason Finale

6:15 p.m. Pre-Concert lecture by Chuck Cabell

Sunday, April 18, 3:00 p.m. Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale

Pacem - A Celebration of Peace

Coming March 28!the vienna boys choir

7:00 p.m., Sunday, March 28

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FEATURED artistsNancy Brown, oboeNancy Brown is enjoying her second season as principal oboe in the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, and was actually a founding member when she lived here in the 80s. She can be heard regularly in performances around town, including the Colorado Springs

Philharmonic, First Presbyterian Church, and with her husband Greg as Crystal Creek Music, in which she plays oboe and recorder on all styles of Celtic and folk music. She is a full-time oboe teacher, many of her students having won positions in All-State and solo competitions, and gone on to successful college and professional music careers. Over the course of her career, it is estimated she is responsible for the clear-cutting of 5 acres of reed cane in southern France. As if all that weren’t enough, she’s also a truly wonderful person and a great cook (this bio was written by Greg).

Greg Brown, bassoonGreg Brown is excited to rejoin the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs as principal bassoon, having been a founding member in the early 80s. He started playing the bassoon the year before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. After college in So. California, Salzburg, and Boston, and studies with

John Steinmetz, Sherman Walt, and Milan Turkovic, he performed for 20 years with the Air Force Academy Band and Th e USAF Band in Washington DC. He has performed in orchestras, chamber groups, and as a soloist across the United States, and performs locally with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and in musicals at the Fine Arts Center. After a while, not being content with playing one relatively obscure instrument, he also took up the hammered dulcimer. Married to Nancy, the Chamber Orchestra’s principal oboist, they perform as Crystal Creek Music, specializing in Renaissance, celtic, and world folk music. Greg’s musical goals include being able to play a heart-rendingly beautiful phrase, and one day making a really good bassoon reed.

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Desiree Cedeno-Suarez, violinOriginally from Venezuela, Desiree started violin lessons when she was 10 yrs old in the Boulder Public Schools. She received her Bachelor in music from the University of Northern Colorado, and then went on to graduate school

in the University of Minnesota. In Minnesota she studied with Jorja Fleezanis. She won a position as a fellow of the New World Symphony - the leading orchestral academy in the United States, and has been a soloist with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boulder Youth Symphony, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Her orchestral experience has taken her to all diff erent parts of the world, from Korea, to Latin America, as well as Europe. She has worked with world renown conductors such as Michael Tilson Th omas, Eiji Oue, Jean- Pascal Tortelier, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Robert Spanno, and Zdenek Macal. Along the Front Range she has performed with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Boulder Philharmonic, the Fort Collins Symphony, and the Cheyenne Symphony. She is currently residing in Denver, where she is enjoying being close to her family for the fi rst time in 10 years, as well as acquainting herself with her nephew and niece, Ethan and Elina.

Ramona McConkie, celloRamona Jacob McConkie is currently the principal cellist of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and performs with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. As the 9th of eleven children in a musical family, she began performing at the age of three. She

has soloed with the Utah Symphony, the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Orchestra, the Utah Valley Symphony, and the BYU Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras in Europe and the US. She was selected to perform at the World Cello Congress in 1998. With her passion for chamber music, she won 2nd place with the Weishaar piano trio in the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition in 2001. She currently performs with the Briar Rose String Quartet after leaving the North Potomac Trio in Washington, D.C.

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followed the tradition of Mozart to write a new Italianesque symphony: elegant orchestration, operatic melodies, grace over boldness, a strict adherence to form, and virtuosity in every phrase. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, J.50 was dedicated, on its publication in 1812, to Gottfried Weber, who befriended Weber after his dismissal from Württemberg in 1810. Th e fi rst three movements were completed by Christmas Eve 1806, while the fi nal Presto was fi nished at midnight on January 2, 1807. Weber’s operatic sensibility pervades the entire work, which unfortunately was overshadowed by Beethoven’s revolutionary symphonies and did not fi nd a place in the repertoire until the mid-twentieth century.

I declare to you before God, and as an honest man, that your son is the greatest composer I know, either personally or by name. –Joseph Haydn, to Leopold Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) showed such a prodigious talent for music in his early childhood that his father, also a composer, dropped all other ambitions and devoted himself to educating the boy and exhibiting his accomplishments. Between ages six and fi fteen, Mozart was on tour over half the time. By 1762, he was a virtuoso on the clavier—an early keyboard instrument and predecessor of the piano—and soon became a good organist and violinist as well. He produced his fi rst minuets at the age of six, and his fi rst symphony just before his ninth birthday, his fi rst oratorio at eleven, and his fi rst opera at twelve. His fi nal output would total more than 600 compositions. Much has already been said and studied in the popular media about Mozart’s roguish lifestyle and apprehension of conformity. It was this aspect of his personality that never won him the support of royalty or the church,

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with the piano and included lessons with Franz Joseph Haydn’s brother Michael in Salzburg.

Weber began composing when he was twelve, and composed his fi rst opera at thirteen, though the manuscript was destroyed in a fi re just after it was completed. At seventeen, he won a post as Kapellmeister of the Breslau theatre, but had to resign from the hectic schedule after two years when he accidentally drank engraver’s acid. He would then embark on a career as a virtuoso pianist until 1813, when he was given the directorship of the Prague opera house. In 1817, he was appointed Royal Saxon Kapellmeister in Dresden. His primary focus in Dresden was the development of a new style of German opera, which met with much antagonism as Italian opera was all the rage. Everything changed with the premier of Weber’s Der Freischütz in 1821 in Berlin, which was a complete success and immediately swept through Germany and much of Europe.

Sadly, Weber would never have another major operatic success, since he would never have a libretto as good as Der Freischütz. Just after the premiere of Oberon in London in 1826, his long years of ill health caught up with him and he died the day before he was to return home. He was buried in Moorfi elds Chapel, but Wagner arranged for his body to be moved to Dresden in 1844.

Th e realm of symphonic composition was a treacherous place when Weber wrote his two symphonies. Beethoven’s Th ird Symphony had changed everything and his Fourth was powering its way through Europe when Weber completed his two symphonies in 1807. In the shadow of Beethoven, Weber’s symphonies can be seen as an act of bravery, yet Weber didn’t opt for the unconventional or attempt to compete with Beethoven on his own turf. European tastes, which often shifted faster than composers could write, were taken with the Italian style, so Weber

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Save the Date for

“A Garden Idyll”

The annual COS garden party

fundraiser will be held

Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 6PM

at Hillside Gardens and Nursery,

1006 S. Institute St.,

Colorado Springs.

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FEATURED artistsAs a scholarship recipient, she was elected to study in Germany with Julius Berger, Augsburg Conservatory Director, and spent one year with Evelyn Elsing, cello professor at the University of Maryland. She has received coachings from the Guarneri String Quartet and Igor Gruppman, concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic. She holds a degree in cello performance from Brigham Young University and is currently a private cello instructor. Ramona resides in Colorado Springs with her husband and three small children.

Paul Anthony Romero, PianoPaul Anthony Romero enjoys a wide-ranging music career that includes composing classically-oriented symphonic music for popular computer games, movies, television programs and documentaries. Romero also creates orchestrations for rock band recordings and in recent years has become a popular musicology lecturer for the Los

Angeles Philharmonic. Paul has won the grand prix at 4 international piano competitions including the Paris International Competition for Outstanding Amateur Pianists, Th e Washington DC , the Van Cliburn, and the Rocky Mountain International Piano Competition for Amateur Pianists. As a result of his winning streak, Romero has been fortunate to be invited to give concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Palais de Francais-Amerique in Paris, the Philharmonik Hall in Berlin, and most recently at the Military Academy Hall in Rio de Janiero. Romero has also had the privilege of performing at New York’s Lincoln Center, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Chateau de Fontainebleu in France, Th e Brevard Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Bukka-kan Hall in Tokyo.

Paul Anthony Romero was born and raised in Southern California and began to teach himself to play the piano at the age of 3. Romero gave his fi rst professional concert at the age of 11 playing a Mozart piano concerto with the Santa Monica Symphony. Romero went on to compose his fi rst original piano

concerto at the age of 13 and was subsequently invited to debut this concerto at the Yamaha Music Festival in Japan. Th e Yamaha Music Foundation ultimately arranged for Paul to perform his original concerto with the National Symphony under legendary conductor/cellist Mstislav Rostropovich for a internationally televised UNICEF benefi t concert which was fi lmed at the United Nations General Assembly Hall. Th is concert was also recorded and released on the Yamaha Record label in Japan. At the age of 15 Romero accepted a full scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he was fortunate enough to study under such stellar musicians as Ned Rorem, Vladimir Sokoloff , the Guarneri String Quartet, Jorge Bolet, and Peter Serkin. Romero continued his musical education in Europe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and at the Paris Conservatorie.

Some of Romero’s most acclaimed soundtracks include his award-winning orchestral/operatic scores for Ubisoft’s popular computer game series “Heroes Of Might And Magic”. Romero is also the creator of the orchestral soundtrack scores for Sony’s world-wide hit “Everquest”. Romero is currently composing a 4-hour long orchestral and ethnic soundtrack score for the much anticipated “Heroes Of Telara” created by Trion World Network. “Heroes Of Telara” is the fi rst massively played online computer game that streams entirely from the network. Th is project has been four years in the making and is one of the most expensive computer games created. Romero is in the process of completing his fi rst full-length classical symphony entitled “Heroes”, which is based on the best musical material from his “Heroes Of Might And Magic” soundtrack scores. Computer-game fans across the world are eagerly awaiting the debut of this symphony since it will be the fi rst classical symphony ever based on a computer game series. Romero’s other hobbies include collecting Russian, French, and modern art as well as hiking, weight training, swimming, entertaining, and traveling. Romero lives in Southern California with his partner, Dr. Brock Summers.

Paul is thrilled to be performing the Chopin 2nd Piano Concerto for the fi rst time in Colorado Springs.

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Gabriel Fauré Ballade in F-Sharp Major, op. 19 Susan Grace, piano

Louis Gottschalk Grande Tarantelle for Piano & Orchestra, op. 67 Susan Grace, piano

Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-fl at Major, op. 60

“For the love of music”

Saturday at 7:00 p.m.Broadmoor Community Church

315 Lake Ave.Pre-Concert lecture at 6:15 p.m.

Sunday at 2:30 p.m.First Christian Church, 16 E. Platte

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Virtuosity!I know that God has bestowed a talent upon me, and I thank Him for it. I think I have done my duty and been of use in my generation by my works. Let others do the same. —Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was born in the Austrian town of Rohrau, and in 1761, after a conspicuously ordinary early life, was engaged as vice-Kapellmeister by Prince Paul Esterházy, a Hungarian nobleman. He remained exclusively in that family’s employment for the next thirty years, working for Prince Paul and then for his son Nikolaus. Unlike Mozart, whose relationships with his patrons were neither easy nor consistent, Haydn lived happily within the confi nes of his master’s world and benefi ted enormously from seclusion and from having a permanent orchestra with which to work. Haydn later remarked, “Th ere was no one there to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.” In 1790, Nikolaus died and the court musicians were dismissed by his successor. Haydn moved to Vienna, but shortly afterward received an invitation to visit England, where he proved incredibly successful in 1791-92. Oxford University even gave Haydn an honorary degree. Having returned from London, he bought a house in Vienna where he taught Beethoven and others, but in 1794 he returned to England, this time with even more success. He returned to Europe again in 1795, returning to employment with the Esterházy family and concentrating all of his time on composing. His health began to fail in 1802, and after a long struggle, Haydn died in 1809. In some ways, Haydn was more radical than Mozart, experimenting with unusual-length phrases and using unconventional forms in his symphonies. Above all, Haydn is the most humane and comforting of composers. In his own words, he wrote music so that “the weary and worn, or the man burdened with aff airs, may enjoy a few moments of solace and refreshment.”

It was during Haydn’s London years, while he was writing his greatest symphonies, that the Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major, Hob.I:105 was fi rst heard at a concert on March 9, 1792, at the Hanover Square Rooms. Haydn’s pupil Ignace Joseph Pleyel had been engaged by William Cramer to lead a rival series of concerts in London, also at the Hanover Square Rooms, and provided works in this unusual but popular form. Th is probably prompted Johann Salomon, the impresario who had brought Haydn to London, to ask Haydn to write something of the same kind. Haydn’s new concerto for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon was premiered with Salomon playing the violin solo. Declared by the Morning Herald as “profound, airy, aff ecting and original,” the piece would nonetheless fall into obscurity until the renewed interest in Haydn’s music after World War II. Th e work is a masterpiece of its genre, with graceful melodies, brilliant orchestration, and a well-balanced dialogue between the four soloists and the ensemble.

Th ere never was a more German composer than you; … the Briton does you justice, the Frenchman admires you, but only the German can love you. You are his own, a bright day in his life, a drop of his blood, a particle of his heart.—Richard Wagner, in a funeral oration for Carl Maria von Weber.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was born near Lübeck in Northern Germany to a musical and theatrical family, and was a cousin of Mozart’s wife Constanze. Th e fact that his childhood circumstances—raised in music and theatre—were similar to those of Richard Wagner is all the more signifi cant, given that Weber is seen as the pioneer of German Romantic opera who paved the way for Wagner. Weber’s music studies began