Welcome to our 2008 season!

We continue to feature some of Columbus’ most outstanding musicians and celebrated artists from around the country.

Naumburg Cello Competition winner Clancy Newman returns for the final two concerts of the season and cellist David Cho, from the Iris Chamber Orchestra, debuts on the opening concert. Local performers include Columbus Symphony Orchestra members: Korine Fujiwara, violin & viola; John Ewing, violin; David Thomas, clarinet; and pianist Cameron Bennett, Professor of Piano at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Our opening concert features members of the Carpe Diem String Quartet and Cameron Bennett, piano, as well as Columbus Symphony Principal clarinetist David Thomas. This opening concert - Straight A's - will feature two incredible all-time chamber music favorites: Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Dvorak's Piano Quintet!

Our second week - Spellbound: Romance of Schubert & Brilliance of Virtuosity - features a program that will highlight works of Schubert and virtuoso violin repertoire. Featured works include Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, Rosza's Sonata for Two Violins, Moszkowski's Duo for Two Violins & Piano, and Sarasate's Navarra.The final week - The Golden Section - features cellist Clancy Newman as both performer and composer. The concert will present the World Premiere of Newman's Duo for Violin & Cello as well as Newman being featured in Brahms' Sonata in F major for Cello & Piano. Other works include Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor and the Handel/Halvorson Passacaglia.

Brief commentary from the stage will explain and connect the works on each concert, and possibly give you a new insight into the music as you listen.

Come join us for these outstanding programs. Because we will continue to offer the concerts free of charge, it is vital that if able, you make a contribution. I believe that price should not be a barrier to anyone who wishes to attend these concerts, but only through your generosity will we be able to bring these concerts to life. Stay after the concerts for a modest reception and an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists. Both of our venues, First Community Church in Columbus, and our new venue in Delaware - Asbury United Methodist Church, offer you the chance to hear and experience music in outstanding acoustics, and close enough to the artists to catch every nuance of the performance.

I am counting down the days until June, and I hope you will put our dates on your calendar.

Chas Wetherbee

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