Due to the popularity of Salem Chamber Ochestra’s Summer Soirees, now they are all year round! Be sure to buy your tickets early as these fun and intimate musical events tend to sell out!
Tickets for each Soiree:
$25 Adults/Seniors in advance, $30 at the door (pending availability)
$15 Students in advance, $20 at the door (pending availability)
Tickets are available at Travel Salem at 181 High St NE in downtown Salem, by calling 503-581-4325, or online.
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:30pm – Buy Tickets!
Home of Slate & Davida Wilson in Salem
■Michelle Mendoza, KAMA Voice teacher, soprano
■Mitch Iimori, banjo & guitar
■Noreen Murdock, piano
Come enjoy a fun-filled and intimate evening of American music! Soprano Michelle Mendoza and pianist Noreen Murdock will perform a selection of songs by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and other arrangements of American folk songs. SCO’s principal oboist Mitch Iimori, known as the “Multi-Instrumentalist”, will join the program to play some favorite tunes on the banjo and guitar. You’ll even have the opportunity to sing along! After the recital, enjoy a reception of autumn treats – caramel apple bites, pumpkin pie, hot apple cider, and Starbucks coffee! Proceeds benefit the Salem Chamber Orchestra.
Michelle Mendoza graduated from Willamette University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, where she studied voice with Allison Swensen-Mitchell. Ms. Mendoza performed with the Salem Chamber Orchestra as a winner of the Willamette Solo & Aria Competition in both 2005 and 2006. Ms. Mendoza currently sings with the Willamette Master Chorus and teaches voice at Keizer Academy of Music & Arts. Roles: Fiordiligi, Così Fan Tutte (2009), title role, Suor Angelica (2007), Countess, Act II of The Marriage of Figaro (2006), all at Willamette University.
In addition to being Executive Director of Salem Chamber Orchestra, Noreen Murdock is an accomplished pianist. A graduate of Willamette University music program, she has participated in the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz (2007), was a staff accompanist at Willamette University from 2005-2008, and was the accompanist/coach for the Dramatic Vocal Arts (opera) program there. She coached Willamette’s productions of Suor Angelica, die Fledermaus, Cosi fan tutte, and accompanied several opera scenes productions.
Mitch Iimori, SCO’s principal oboist since 2000, was born and raised in Kanagawa, Japan. He started playing the piano at age seven, and classical guitar at eight. Later he taught himself banjo and it has been his main instrument to this day. He reluctantly picked up oboe at age 13 by his older brother’s command. He graduated from Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Music. Mitch now plays over 50 instruments and performs at least ten instruments professionally (check out his MySpace page, “Mitch, the Ultimate Multi-Instrumentalist”). You may have heard him outside the SCO; his flute and clarinet are heard daily on OPB in the theme music for “Oregon Experience.”
Silk Mountain Project
Fireside Jazz
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
7:30pm - Buy Tickets!
Gaiety Hill House
Home of Tom & Jessica Andersen
■Silk Mountain Project: Danny Seidenberg & Daryl Silberman, violas; Noah Seitz, cello; and Chris Woitach, guitar
The Silk Mountain Project was created in 2009 to advance the cause of chamber jazz/pop/rock improvisational crossover styles played by strings… and in particular to celebrate the unique voice of the viola. There’s a style for everyone, a fun and eclectic mix. Silk Mountain is the English translation of the name “Seidenberg.” It all finds inspiration in the beautiful mountains of Oregon.
Also enjoy readings from author Jessica Maxwell’s new book, Roll Around Heaven. Ms. Maxwell’s book is currently the best-selling spiritual book at Powell’s Books! She will be on hand to custom autograph your new copy, and a portion of all books sold that night will be donated to Salem Chamber Orchestra! Also, the first twelve people to buy a book gets a special treat courtesy of Itsy Bitsy Bakeshop.
Check out Willamette Master Chorus's upcoming performances too! KAMA voice teacher, Michelle Mendoza sings alto in the choir.
http://www.willamettemasterchorus.org/concerts.html
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Keizer Big Band!
I'd like to invite you to a great band concert this Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3 PM in Russell Tripp Performance Center, located in Takena Hall, on the campus of Linn Benton Community College just south of Albany on Highway 99E. The free concert is the annual Veterans Day Patriotic Pops Concert with a theme of Popular Music of World Wars I and II. Featured guest soloists will be The Girls from Company B, a vocal trio of three young women who have music degrees from WOU, who specialize in the recreation of the sound and songs of the popular Andrews Sisters of the 1940's. The group will sing Rum and Coca Cola, Stardust and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Selections from World War I will include a medley of popular songs from that era: Keep the Home Fires Burning , It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary and George M. Cohan's Over There. The band will also play Sabre and Spurs March and Willow Blossoms written by John Philip Sousa.
Music from the World War II era will include Victory at Sea by Richard Rodgers and The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II. Also included will be In The Miller Mood, a medley of well known Glenn Miller Band tunes featuring a group of saxophones and clarinet in the Miller style. Also on the program will be Big Band Dixie featuring a small Dixieland combo playing tunes popular during WW I and II.
More traditional Veterans Day music will include: Eternal Father Strong to Save by Claude Smith, a stirring arrangement of the U.S.. Naval Hymn; Where Valor Proudly Sleeps, illustrating composer Robert Longfield's musical impressions of a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and American Anthem by Scheer, from the soundtrack to the Ken Burns TV documentary, The War, a history of WW II. There will also be a salute to membership of the U.S. Armed Forces with the playing of each of the branch's official songs.
The band will also play marches by Sousa and Alford including Stars and Stripes Forever.
The concert is sponsored by Russell and Duffy Tripp but donations will gladly be accepted after the concert to help continue the band's patriotic concerts that honor military veterans.
The Willamette Valley Concert Band, a community ensemble based in Albany, was formed in 1970. Its membership includes about 55 musicians ranging from teens to senior citizens from Benton, Linn, Marion and Polk counties.
The band director and assistant director are, respectively, Dr. Richard Sorenson, emeritus director of bands at WOU and Christine Barreto, a retired Lebanon music teacher.
Hope to see you at the concert.
Music from the World War II era will include Victory at Sea by Richard Rodgers and The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II. Also included will be In The Miller Mood, a medley of well known Glenn Miller Band tunes featuring a group of saxophones and clarinet in the Miller style. Also on the program will be Big Band Dixie featuring a small Dixieland combo playing tunes popular during WW I and II.
More traditional Veterans Day music will include: Eternal Father Strong to Save by Claude Smith, a stirring arrangement of the U.S.. Naval Hymn; Where Valor Proudly Sleeps, illustrating composer Robert Longfield's musical impressions of a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and American Anthem by Scheer, from the soundtrack to the Ken Burns TV documentary, The War, a history of WW II. There will also be a salute to membership of the U.S. Armed Forces with the playing of each of the branch's official songs.
The band will also play marches by Sousa and Alford including Stars and Stripes Forever.
The concert is sponsored by Russell and Duffy Tripp but donations will gladly be accepted after the concert to help continue the band's patriotic concerts that honor military veterans.
The Willamette Valley Concert Band, a community ensemble based in Albany, was formed in 1970. Its membership includes about 55 musicians ranging from teens to senior citizens from Benton, Linn, Marion and Polk counties.
The band director and assistant director are, respectively, Dr. Richard Sorenson, emeritus director of bands at WOU and Christine Barreto, a retired Lebanon music teacher.
Hope to see you at the concert.
Ballet/Modern Combo. Class Pic!
Hannah, Savannah, Lilla, and Dana, during our Ballet/Modern Combo Class, taught by Allie Boyden on Mondays at 4pm. Space is still available and enrollment is ongoing! Join us!
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