Scheherazade
Saturday, May 3rd, 7:30 pm - Empire Arts Center
Sunday, May 4th, 2:00 pm - Empire Arts Center
Red River Chamber Music Festival
The Red River Chamber Music Festival is an intensive training program for young musicians from across the nation, dedicated to performance at the highest artistic level and increased awareness of chamber music through energetic engagement with the community. RRCMF offers intermediate and advanced student musicians aged thirteen and older a week-long program of chamber music and strings study. The program is held on the campus of the University of North Dakota; it includes ensemble practice and coaching, student and faculty concerts, and opportunities to experience the cultural and recreational activities in the area.
Tuition, including room and board, is $600. This covers instruction, music use, three daily meals, housing in University of North Dakota student dormitories, and all camp activities.
For more information and more detailed descriptions of RRCMF, please visit our website at www.rrcmf.org.
Summer Strings 2008
Summer Strings is a two-week program consisting of chamber music day camps for students completing grades 5 - 8. Students will gain chamber-ensemble experience as they work with coaches and other musicians at their playing level. This program will help students develop rehearsal techniques, musical concepts, and a team approach to playing. Summer Strings will take place August 4 - August 14 and will be held at Hughes Fine Arts Center, UND. The two-week session will culminate in a public performance on August 14.
Fee (covers instruction, music use, and T-shirts): Intro to Chamber Music - $55 ($65 after May 22), Intermediate Chamber Music - $65 ($75 after May 22)
For more information and to print an application please see click here.
Summer Strings is accepting applications for string chamber music coaches for both the Introduction to Chamber Music and Intermediate Chamber Music Day Camp Programs. Both run August 4th-14th. High School, college, and adult coaches with chamber music playing and/or coaching experience are preferred. Go to http://summerstrings.ggfso.org for more information.
Please return applications to Naomi Welsh, 2303 Belmont Rd, Grand Forks ND 58201. Call Naomi at 746-9969 or Jennie at 330-2847 with any questions or for further information.
Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra
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SYMPHONY’S 99TH YEAR ENDS WITH CELLO CONCERTO One of this country’s leading cellists, Parry Karp, will be the guest artist at the Greater Grand Forks Symphony’s concert on May 3rd and 4th at the Empire Arts Center. Mr. Karp will be the soloist in Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo. The concert also includes Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite, Scheherazade. It is the final concert of the Symphony’s 99th “Legends and Fantasies” season under the direction of Maestro James Hannon. |
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"Legend of the Keyboard" Jan '08 Concert GGFSO with Ralph Votapek, the first winner of the coveted Van Cliburn Award. Votapek plays Rachmaninov’s Rhasody on a Theme of Paganini. |
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"Spooky Nights" Nov '07 Concert The Greater Grand Forks Symphony's 99th Season featuring Kayla Johnson, Nicholas Hagen and Make Me a Maestro winner, Terry Dullum |
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"Down a River of Time" Sept '07 Concert Opening night - The Greater Grand Forks Symphony's 99th Season 2007-2008 premiere performances at the Empire. |
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SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES COMPETITION WINNERS September 22, 2007 Casselton native, Kayla Johnson, a 19-year old student at North Dakota State University, was awarded the Elton Barnum Award Saturday evening at the Greater Grand Forks Symphony’s Annual Young Artist Competition at Hughes Fine arts Center on the UND Campus. |
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