An important concert coming up

The Milwaukee Festival Brass will be celebrating their 30th anniversary with a special concert on Sunday February 22nd at the Pius IX Performing Arts Center on 76th street just a few blocks north of I-94.  They are trying to reach anyone who has performed with the group over the last 30 years to not only attend the concert, but perform with the current MFB. 

First, be sure to mark your calendar for  February 22nd.  It will be an excellent concert.  I'll post the concert preview next week.

Second, if you performed with the MFB or know someone who has, please contact the MFB via their web site.  It would  be great to have the stage filled with current and former members.

Dinner concert - Menomonee Falls Symphony

The Menomonee Falls Symphony presents their annual Valentines Dinner Concert at the Silver Spring Country Club on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14.  The buffet dinner begins at 6 PM with the concert following.  This is always a nice evening to spend with your loved one.

This year, Maestro Mike Kamenski has created a program of Top 10 Love Songs.  I'm sure there will also be some light classics as well.  And there are always special raffle baskets of goodies, that are donated by the members of the orchestra.

Tickets are $50 per person for the dinner and the concert, and can be obtained via mail order. Please send your name, address, phone number and email address, as well as the number of tickets needed, the payment check, and a self addressed stamped envelope to:

 

MFSO

W181 S6593 Muskego Drive

Muskego, WI  53150

If you are looking for a Valentine's Surprise, this event might be just the thing!  For more information, please check the MFSO web site.

And don't forget the chamber music concert presented by the Concord Chamber Orchestra on Sunday the 25th.  See the CCO web site for more information.
 

 

 

Concert Preview - Concord Chamber Orchestra

The Concord Chamber Orchestra presents Tapas, a concert of chamber music.  Music Director Jamin Hoffman has this preview.
 

Like the meal this concert is inspired by, the Tapas Concert is a sampling of different, smaller musical ensembles playing a variety of styles that together bring you a complete musical experience.

Sample the traditional music of Bach and Mozart. Hear the rich harmonies of romantic compositions. Feel the spicy syncopation of contemporary rhythms. With so many options, you are sure to be musically satisfied.

Menu:

• String Quartet in G by Simon Sechter
• Six Bagatelles for Woodwind Quintet by Gyorgy Ligeti
• Clarinet Quintet, mvt. 1 by W.A. Mozart
• Chrysanthemums by Giacomo Puccini
• Pavane pour une infante defunte by Maurice Ravel
• Concerto for Oboe d'Amore by J.S. Bach
  arranged for woodwind sextet arranged by Keith MacGaffey
• Selections from Don Giovani by W.A. Mozart
  arranged for woodwind octet by Josef Triebensee

The concert begins at 1:30 at Nicolet High School in Glendale.  Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.  For more information, please check the CCO web site.

A new year of concerts

As promised, here is the list of concerts I have for community music groups for the second half of the concert season.

January

• Sun. 25 1:30 Concord Chamber Orchestra at Nicolet High School performing Chamber Music

February

• Fri. 13 6:30 Menomonee Falls Symphony at Silver Spring Country Club, Valentines Dinner Concert
• Sat. 14 6:30 Menomonee Falls Symphony at Silver Spring Country Club, Valentines Dinner Concert
• Sun. 22 3:00 Milwaukee Festival Brass at Pius XI High School, 30th Anniversary Gala Concert

March

• Sun. 8 4:00 Lakeshore Symphonic Band at Cedarburg Performing Arts Center
• Sat. 21 8:00 Concord Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Sun. 22 3:00 Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band at Wisconsin Lutheran College

April

May

•  Fri. 1 7:30 Waukesha Area Symphonic Band at Carroll University featuring the winner of the Concerto Competition
• Sun. 10 4:00 Lakeshore Symphonic Band at Cedarburg Performing Arts Center featuring the winner of the Young Artist Competition
• Sat. 16 7:30 Menomonee Falls Symphony at Mount Carmel Lutheran Church performing French Revolutions including the Saints-Seans Organ Symphony #3
• Sat. 16 8:00 Concord Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Sun. 17 Milwaukee Festival Brass at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Brookfield
• Mon. 24 4:00 Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band at Milwaukee County War Memorial performing a Memorial Day Observance