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Celebrating our 46th season of providing musical opportunities and enjoyment to the community! |
| The Chamber Music Society
of Oregon is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is devoted to promoting musical opportunities for persons
of all ages. Our flagship performing ensemble, the Oregon Sinfonietta, is a full symphony orchestra of community
musicians, conducted by Dr. Donald L.
Appert, which presents a series of four free concerts each season. For the past 46 years the Oregon Sinfonietta has consistently
offered a superb selection of the classical music repertoire, as well as presenting outstanding young musicians, winners of the yearly
CMSO Concerto Competition in performances of full concertos, and performances by world-class professional soloists. |
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Bravo to the winners of the 2017 – 2018 CMSO Concerto Competition: Oboist Ben Price, cellist Paul Lee, and pianist
Kenji King, all of whom gave wonderful performances. Kenji King wrote to Dr. Appert, "Thank you so much for
granting me the opportunity to play with your orchestra last month! Playing music with you was a wonderful
experience, throughout the rehearsals and at the final concert. . . . the more I rehearsed with you and your
sinfonietta, the more confident I felt leading up to the performance. I'm very fond of your conducting style. You
never made me feel uncomfortable or under pressure. Performing at the final concert proved very enjoyable, more
than I expected." |
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The 2018 – 2019 season will have performances of Debussy's Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet, Prokofiev's Violin
Concerto No. 1, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor," by talented young artists. (Please see our
Concerts page for when the young artist winners will be performing.) The winners of the Concerto Competition
each receive a $1,000.00 honorarium, made possible with the addition of a generous donation by the Jerry and
Donna Smith Family Foundation. (Please see the Concerto Competition page for information about the 2018 – 2019
competition.) |
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| We are pleased
to announce the 2018 – 2019 season of the Oregon Sinfonietta. We hope you will join us for these exciting concerts
as we celebrate 46 years of providing free musical opportunities and enjoyment to the community. (Details can be
found on the Concerts page.) Our collaboration in March 2016 with world-renowned violist Brett Deubner for the
première of Dr. Appert's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra was one of the many highlights of that season. The
2018 – 2019 season is sure to have many more memorable moments and highlights! |
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| To see a video
recording of Mr. Deubner performing Dr. Appert's viola concerto, please go to the Videos/Recordings page. New
to the Videos/Recordings page are video recordings of the Oregon Sinfonietta's January 21, March 18, and
May 20, 2018 concerts. The Videos/Recordings page also includes videos/recordings of past Oregon Sinfonietta
concerts, as well as the orchestra's performance of Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for
which the orchestra placed as a semi-finalist in the 2016 The American Prize competition for Orchestral
Performance – Community Orchestra Division. |
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