Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra - “Mostly Mozart”

November 4, 1:44 PMBoulder Cultural Events ExaminerShoshana Fanizza

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Daniel Silver, CU Faculty Clarinetist
Photo courtesy of Pro Musica Colorado

For those of you that enjoy classical chamber music, this Saturday there is a concert that you will not want to miss. The Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra is having a "Mostly Mozart" concert on Saturday, November 7,  7:30 pm, at the Mountain View United Methodist Church (355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO). There will be a pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm to give the audience a better perspective on the pieces that will be performed.

CU faculty clarinetist Daniel Silver   joins Pro Musica for his interpretation of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Also on the program are Mozart's Symphony No. 27, Jennifer Higdon's Celebration Fanfare, and Musica Celestis by Aaron Kernis. 

Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is one of his last completed works, written for his friend Anton Stadler, a very distinguished musician. “In this piece, we hear Mozart in his prime, writing in the most inspired way for a special musician and friend,” says Cynthia Katsarelis, Music Director and Conductor of Pro Musica Colorado. “We are so delighted to be joined by clarinetist Daniel Silver. Dan has the broadest range of musical expression, which is ideal for the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.”

For more information about the pieces programmed: Click Here. Also, tonight at 7 -8 pm (Wednesday, November 4), Charley Samson, producer of Colorado Spotlight on KVOD will be talking with Katsarelis about this concert. Listen here at 7 pm!

A special open rehearsal is planned the day before that is free to students on Friday, November 6, 7:00 pm at Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, 200 East Baseline Road, Lafayette, Colorado 80026, Founders Hall. Tickets for adults are through the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra. Admission is $10 Adult, free for students.

Founded as Lafayette Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, they are an orchestra of full-time professional musicians, based in Lafayette, CO, and they hold performances across the Front Range of Colorado. Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra is committed to performing music that is classic to cutting edge.

Cynthia Katsarelis has served with the Cincinnati Symphony, Pops and May Festival, the Greensboro (N.C.) Symphony, and has conducted many professional, college, and youth orchestras. She has assisted James Conlon, Keith Lockhart, Erich Kunzel and Michael Christie, most recently conducting the offstage brass and percussion for CMF’s performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony. Katsarelis is a graduate of Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studied both violin and conducting.

For more information about Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra and their upcoming concert events, please visit their website at www.promusicacolorado.org.

Event Details:
What: Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra performs "Mostly Mozart"
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:30 pm, Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30 pm
Where: Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO
Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students; available online at www.promusicacolorado.org, or by calling 303-776-5355
 

Shoshana Fanizza is the founder of Audience Development Specialists.  For writings specifically about audience development, please visit the Audience Development Blog.