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Spring Masterworks Concert
Lipinski Auditorium
at UNC -Asheville
Ssturday, April 26, 2008 ---- 7:30 p.m.
Scandinavian Romance
featuring Stefani Collins, Violin
Tickets: $15.00 for adults
$10.00 for students & seniors
$5.00 for children 12 and under
FREE for UNCA students, faculty, staff and
UNCA Friends of Music with valid ID
P R O G R A M
“SCANDINAVIAN ROMANCE”
PEER GYNT SUITE #2 – GRIEG
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA – SIBELIUS
Stefani Collins, violin
Intermission
THE SWAN OF TUONELA – SIBELIUS
PEER GYNT SUITE #1 - GRIEG
Ron Clearfield, conductor and music director
of the Blue Ridge Orchestra, is a local
talent
who works professionally as a cellist,
composer,
conductor and recording artist. An
honors
graduate from the New England Conservatory
of Music, Ron also conducts the Asheville
Youth Orchestra. Formerly a member
of the
Indianapolis Symphony and the Miami
Philharmonic,
he's also now a member of the Asheville
Symphony.
A recording artist with the EverSound
record
label in California, Ron has performed
with
pop notables George Benson, Judy Collins
and Linda Ronstadt as well as with
classical
luminaries Leonard Bernstein, Erich
Leinsdorf,
Aaron Copland, and Seiji Ozawa.Since its beginnings in 1999, The Blue Ridge Orchestra has established itself in the arts and education community with annual presentations of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf in conjunction with the Asheville Ballet to thousands of elementary school children. The orchestra, composed of fine musicians from Western North Carolina, performs in venues throughout the region with concerts ranging from light, popular fare to masterworks concerts of challenging orchestral literature.
For More Information, contact:
| Ron Clearfield at 683-4425 or Ron Lambe at
252-0643 http://www.blueridgeorchestra.org/ |
Since its inception in 1999, the Blue Ridge Orchestra's mission has been to perform symphonic music for its communities and schools as well as spotlighting regional talent. In conjunction with the Asheville Ballet, the group has reached over 10,000 school children in concerts introducing the four families of the orchestra with performances of Peter and the Wolf. In past seasons, local greats like bluegrass superstar Bobby Hicks, pianist Hwa-Jin Kim and violinist Ginger Kowal have all appeared with BRO. This year, along with Bill Martin, the orchestra will showcase Asheville's renowned harpist William Jackson in an "All Celtic" concert on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:00PM in Diana Wortham; on Saturday, April 26, 2008, 7:30PM in Lipinsky will be featured violin prodigy, Stefani Collins, from the NC School of the Arts in a performance of the Sibelius violin concerto. BRO has also brought symphonic music to a variety of our local communities, including Waynesville, Burnsville, Columbus, Mars Hill and of course, here in Asheville.
for more information
call 828-683-4425 or 828-252-0643
