NYS Music 202​2

Tag: cayuga chamber orchestra

  • Cayuga Chamber Orchestra to perform “Carnival of the Animals” on November 19

    The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra will hold its second Orchestral Series Concert of the 2022-23 season on November 19 at Ford Hall at Ithaca College, under the direction of Interim Music Director, Grant Cooper. The program will open with Rameau’s Overture from Zaïs and will feature the world premiere of local composer Sally Lamb McCune’s Spiral, a piece commissioned by the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra to honor the resilience of the orchestra, its patrons and wider community  for continuing to come together in celebration of live music.  

    Carnival of the Animals Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
    Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Special Guest Artists: Harris Andersen and Muse Ye, Piano

    The second half of the program will showcase two works of Camille Saint-Saëns: the whimsical  Carnival of the Animals and the powerful Symphony No. 2. Carnival of the Animals will include newly composed verses by Interim Music Director Grant Cooper and an appearance by the delightful piano duo, Muse Ye and Harris Anderson. 

    The CCO was founded in 1976 and is officially designated “Ithaca’s Orchestra.” Each season includes an Orchestral  Series, Chamber Music Series, a Holiday concert, free Family Concerts, and the long-standing Willard Daetsch  Youth Outreach Program, which earned the 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Educator award. In 2017, the CCO  added a Youth Orchestra program for advanced students. In 2019, a new Diversity Career Fellowship program was  established to provide opportunities for college students from communities that have been historically 

    Interim Music Director Grant Cooper and composer Sally Lamb McCune

    The CCO will hold its Holiday Celebration concert on Saturday, December 17 at 7:30 pm, also in Ford Hall at Ithaca College. 

    For more information and subscriptions / single tickets visit CCOithaca.org

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2h5IQphTjI

  • The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra to Open 2022-23 Season With a Bang

    Ithaca’s Orchestra, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, will open its 46th season on Saturday, October 29. The opening night for the orchestra’s 2022-2023 will feature acclaimed pianist Max Levinson. 

    The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1976, but has come a long way since. In the past decade alone, the CCO added a Youth Orchestra and a Diversity Career Fellowship program, which creates opportunities for college-aged musicians in underserved communities. Each CCO Season promises an orchestral series, chamber music series, holiday concert and free family concerts. This season will see five orchestral concerts and three chamber music concerts in the next months. In November, March and June, be on the lookout for the CCO’s family concert and storytime programs, as well as shows from the Youth Orchestra.

    max Levinson, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra

    Max Levinson will play Mendelssohn’s “Fingal’s Cave,” Respighi’s “The Birds,” and finish with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5: “Emperor.” Levinson is a highly awarded musician — he was the first American to win First Prize at the Guardian Dublin International Piano competition, he won the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and has been praised in such esteemed papers as the Boston Globe. 

    Levinson comes to the CCO under new Interim Music Director Grant Cooper. This is Cooper’s first season with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, he is also a Visiting Professor and conductor at Ithaca College.

    Opening night begins at 7:30 on October 29 in Ford Hall at Ithaca College. Tickets are $10-$30 and can be purchased here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnGiBl9V8c