Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Bedford’s Elizabeth Connors is preparing for the newly-formed Carlisle Chamber Orchestra’s first performance in Carlisle on the evening of Friday, December 5.
Connors, a graduate of the University of Lowell and The New England Conservatory of Music, will be the ensemble’s principal clarinet. She is a music teacher by training and has performed with large ensembles as well as in chamber music venues throughout New England. Also a coach for chamber music groups, Connors has taught private pupils at MIT, Harvard, and the John Glenn Middle School. She is a member of the Silver-Ebony-Ivory Trio.
About the orchestra’s inaugural performance on December 5
The Carlisle Chamber Orchestra’s first performance will take place on Friday, December 5, at 8 pm in the Carlisle Congregational Church, 147 School St.
Alan Yost will conduct the Beethoven Symphony No. 2, Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 1, and the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring pianist Kathleen Forgac. Closing the program will be an audience sing-along to a medley of favorite carols, led by Katya Anoshkin and members of the Carlisle Community Chorus.
The orchestra is offering free admission to its inaugural concert as a gift to the community, although donations will be gratefully accepted to defray expenses. Click CCO Poster to print or view the poster for the concert.
About the Carlisle Chamber Orchestra
The Carlisle Chamber Orchestra is a newly formed chamber ensemble of approximately 35 accomplished musicians, dedicated to the performance of works for small orchestra. When the term “orchestra” is used, most people think of a full symphonic orchestra with large percussion and brass sections. In earlier musical history, many great composers of the past, especially during the Baroque and Classical periods, wrote for orchestra with a small chamber orchestra in mind. This included composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.
Although the orchestra has been formed by musicians with the desire to play challenging music, the musicians also feel an obligation to make the music programming accessible to a mainstream audience, in the hopes of becoming an integral and indispensable part of the fabric of the community. Affordable concerts will feature artists and programs with music that is interesting to an audience of all ages and feature the talents of local musicians in concertos.
Conductor Alan Yost has served as the music director for local musical productions, including three fully staged operas, and special events at the performing arts center in Concord, MA. Alan has conducted many concerts of chamber music with the Concord Ensemble and the Minuteman Chamber Orchestra, and in the last several years has been engaged as guest conductor for the Evergreen, Jefferson, and Longmont Symphony Orchestras in Colorado
For more information, please visit the orchestra’s website www.carlislechamberorchestra.org/
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