The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association will celebrate its 73rd season with exhilarating performances by the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, celebrated artists on the Chamber Music Series, and exciting new additions to the Oak Ridge Chorus Series.
“I’m thrilled to begin my 8th season as Music Director of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra,” said Dan Allcott. “We live in area that is rich with musical talent and which fosters the tradition of great performances for the community; we are happy to continue to honor those traditions. Our theme, ‘Child’s Play and Fantasy’ endeavors to look into the minds of great composers as they reflected on children’s themes, fantastical thoughts, riddles, and even involved amateurs in performances. To that end, I look forward to collaborations with Sound Company Children’s Choir of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Chorus, local talents Karen Kartal (violin) and Garrett McQueen (bassoon) – and of course, celebrating children and families with our Free Family Concert, ‘String Fling!’, on September 17!”
Chorus Director Jaclyn Johnson will lead the Oak Ridge Chorus to new heights, with two featured chorus concerts this season. The first, ‘Messiah and More!’, will include music from Handel’s Messiah: Part I, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, and other delightful music to get you in the holiday spirit! The chorus will also present a spring concert, ‘Oak Ridge Goes Broadway’, featuring popular music from the Broadway stage alongside some of the great standards of choral literature.
This season, the Chamber Music Series will feature a diverse offering of rising stars and musical legends, including the Attacca Quartet, Frisson, the Oak Ridge String Quartet, and clarinet virtuoso Richard Stoltzman and his pianist son, Peter John Stoltzman. Each artist on the Chamber Music Series will offer a pre-concert talk, beginning 30 minutes before each performance.
Tickets:
Subscription tickets are on sale now. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (865) 483-5569. Individual tickets will be on sale August 1, 2017.
About ORCMA:
The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association presents professional performances in the Oak Ridge community with its symphony, chorus, and chamber music series. Support for the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association is provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission and WUOT FM 91.9.
2017-18 Season Overview:
Symphony/Chorus Series
Free Family Concert: String Fling!
Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 3:00pm
Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center
The string playing “ecosystem” in Oak Ridge is alive and well! Friends and family of all ages will enjoy this concert celebrating the violin, viola, cello, and bass. All are invited to the instrument “petting zoo” after the concert to get a hands-on experience, and to enjoy more live music and a post-concert snack.
Motor City, Mother Goose, Glitter, and Gloria!
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 7:30pm
Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center
The Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra is joined by virtuoso soprano, Alison Trainer, for a celebratory season opener that can’t be missed! Hailed by the Baltimore Sun for her “voice of radiant beauty”, Ms. Trainer will perform music by Verdi and Bernstein. Ms. Trainer will also be featured in Poulenc’s ‘Gloria’, alongside the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Oak Ridge Chorus.
Here’s a Riddle You Haven’t Heard
Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3:00pm
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge
Enjoy an afternoon of intimate music, featuring Vaughan William’s popular and “quintessentially English” composition for solo violin and orchestra, ‘The Lark Ascending’, performed by Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra concertmaster, Karen Kartal. The concert will also feature bassoonist and WUOT host, Garrett McQueen performing Villa-Lobos’ little-known masterpiece ‘The Riddle of Seven Notes’, as well as delightful symphonic music by Haydn, Puccini, and Gorecki.
Messiah and More!
Friday, December 1, 2017 at 7:30pm
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge
Ring in the holiday season with the Oak Ridge Chorus! The Oak Ridge Chorus will join forces with the University of Tennessee Concert Choir to present an evening of celebration and music. Joined by instrumentalists from the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, the Chorus will perform Messiah: Part I by George Frideric Handel, Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and more. Chorus Director Jaclyn Johnson will also lead an audience sing-along of popular Christmas Carols!
An Opera of Biblical Proportions
Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 7:30pm
Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center
The talented young vocalists from Sound Company Children’s Choir join forces with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra for Benjamin Britten’s acclaimed ‘Noye’s Fludde’, based on the 15th-century Chester mystery play about the Old Testament story of Noah’s Ark. The orchestra will also perform Richard Wagner’s beautiful tribute to his wife and newborn son, Siegfried Idyll.
Oak Ridge Goes Broadway
Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 7:30pm
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
Join the Oak Ridge Chorus for an evening of popular music from the Broadway stage alongside some of the great standards of choral literature. Have fun bidding on our silent auction items, while sipping wine and nibbling hors d’oeuvres during the intermissions!
Fantastique Finale!
Saturday, April 28, 2017 at 7:30pm
Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center
Join the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Oak Ridge Chorus for a grand finale to our 73rd season! Chorus Director, Jaclyn Johnson will lead the orchestra and chorus in Berlioz’s ‘Death of Ophelia’ and ‘Meditation’. Music Director Dan Allcott will lead the orchestra in exciting music by young American composer, Missy Mazzoli, and the concert will conclude with Berlioz’s brilliant and epic ‘Symphonie Fantastique’!
Chamber Music Series
Attacca Quartet
Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 4:00 PM
pre-concert talk begins at 3:30 PM
Pollard Auditorium
A string quartet praised by The Strad as “stunning” and for possessing “a musical maturity far beyond its members’ years,” the Attacca Quartet is currently celebrating its 15th season. From sold out concerts at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall to National Public Radio’s far reaching Tiny Desk Concerts, the Attacca Quartet celebrates the timeless beauty of the string quartet for a broad audience and this sublime art form. The quartet, comprised of violinists Amy Schroeder and Keiko Tokunaga, violist Nathan Schram, and cellist Andrew Yee, will perform music by Caroline Shaw, Felix Mendelssohn, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Frisson
Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 4:00 PM
pre-concert talk begins at 3:30 PM
Pollard Auditorium
Frisson is explosive! A nine-piece chamber ensemble featuring New York City’s finest young classical musicians, Frisson showcases a myriad of rarely-performed masterworks. Listen and enjoy as Frisson expands and contracts into a variety of ensembles, including quintets, sextets, and a small chamber orchestra. The ensemble will perform music by Haydn, Spohr, Strauss, and Martinu.
Oak Ridge String Quartet
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM
pre-concert talk begins at 7:00 PM
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
The Oak Ridge String Quartet returns to the Oak Ridge Chamber Series, with a program featuring compositions that will transport audiences around the world and back again to Tennessee. Formed by the talented string players of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, the quartet includes violinists Karen Kartal and Sarah Ringer, violist Sara Cho, and cellist Theodore Kartal.
Richard Stoltzman & Peter John Stoltzman
Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM
pre-concert talk begins at 7:00 PM
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman‘s virtuosity, musicianship and sheer personal magnetism have made him one of today’s most sought-after concert artists. As soloist with over a hundred orchestras, a captivating recitalist, an innovative jazz artist, and a prolific recording artist, this two-time Grammy Award winner has defied categorization, dazzling critics and audiences alike throughout many musical genres. Richard Stoltzman will be joined by his son, pianist, Peter John Stoltzman, for a program celebrating Leonard Bernstein and also featuring the music of Ives and Gershwin.
