Western Slope Chamber Music Series

N i n t h ~ S e a s o n

2007-2008 Concert Season

Classical Guitar David Burgess, guitar Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, October 5, 2007, 7:30 PM Paonia: Paradise Theater Saturday, October 6, 2007, 7:30 PM One of today’s finest guitarists, Mr. Burgess’s worldwide concerts include appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. Winner of many competitions, he was awarded the Andres Segovia Fellowship, and studied for three years with the legendary Segovia. South American music has a particular appeal to Mr. Burgess, and on his many concert tours to that continent he has discovered fresh, intriguing music. His own arrangments of this, as well as standards from the Spanish and Latin repertoire will create a fiery evening of virtuoso guitar!	Shakespeare & the Piano Andrew Todd, piano Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, November 2, 2007, 7:30 PM Paonia: Blue Sage Center Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:30 PM Virtuoso pianist Andrew Todd will present an evening of romantic piano music - every piece inspired by The Bard!The program will range from sacred music by Baroque composer Buxtehude, to Beethoven’s famous “Tempest” sonata Debussy’sbeautiful “Suite Bergamasque” which contains his famous “Clair de Lune”, and finally, an unbelievable arrangement of Prokofiev’s great Ballet, “Romeo and Juliet”. Mr. Todd has been heard in concert throughout the USA. As winner of the Artists International Piano Award, he made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall. His performances have been featured nationally on radio. Don’t miss this “eloquent” and exciting performance!	A Night of Rhapsodies FEAST Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, November 30, 2007, 7:30 PM Paonia: Paradise Theater Saturday, December 1, 2007, 7:30 PM Audrey Solomon, violin Kathryn Mientka, piano, Tyme Mientka, cello, & David Alderdice, percussion FEAST returns this season with stunning program of rhapsodies! This dramatic program will include rhapsodies by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Enesco, Bartok, and even Queen! This is classical music like you’ve never heard it! Consisting of violinist Audrey Solomon, cellist Tyme Mientka, pianist Kathryn Mientka, and percussionist David Alderdice, FEAST has created a new sound in music. This summer saw them performing at the Mountain Fair in Carbondale and the Irish Festival in Silverplume; in the coming season they will be touring Germany! This is a concert for the whole family, and every musical taste.
Opera Night Eclatant, piano, tenor, soprano Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:30 PM Paonia: Blue Sage Center Saturday, January 12, 2008, 7:30 PM Eclatant presents an exciting mix of operatic drama, sassy musical theater and favorite love songs in one elegant package. Soprano Amy Andersson, tenor Rick Patterson and pianist Deborah Schmit-Lobis will perform an evening of opera “classics”, including excerpts from “La Boheme” and “Traviata”. For the musical theater lover the program will include old favorites as well as new, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked” and more! Ms. Andersson and Mr. Patterson have performed with such companies as Central City Opera, Kansas Opera, and Passaggio Opera Company. Ms. Schmit-Lobis, an unparalleled opera pianist, has worked with the likes of Luciano Pavarotti. Join us for an evening full of romance and fun!	Keyboard Revelations Karina Sabac, piano Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, February 22, 2008, 7:30 PM Paonia: Blue Sage Center Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:30 PM Romanian pianist Karina Sabac returns for a triumphant third recital with more delightful commentary and brilliant playing - this time tackling the great virtuoso works of Franz Liszt and Frederick Chopin! Included on the program will be the diabolically difficult “Mephisto Waltz” by Liszt. Born in Bucharest, Ms. Sabac began her university training at the age of 15, in Berlin. She is a prize winner of many competitions in Romania, France, England, Italy, Holland, and the USA. She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras in Europe and the USA. She currently resides in Holland. Her concerts last year were sell-outs, so get your tickets early!	Global Percussion Jon Seligman, percussion with David Alderdice, percussion Tyme Mientka, cello Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church Friday, April 4, 2008, 7:30 PM Paonia: Paradise Theater Saturday, April 5, 2008, 7:30 PM Brilliant percussionist Jon Seligman will be joined by Western Slope favorite David Alderdice for an amazing evening of world drums. Assisted by Tyme Mientka on cello, you will be led on a fascinating journey across the planetexperiencing more percussion instruments than you knew existed! Mr. Seligman has vast experience in classical, jazz, and world music,and is an award-winning jazz composer as well. He teaches at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. David Alderdice’s unique style of drumming has been heard in such venues as the Kennedy Center, and has been recorded countless times. Join us for atotally unique, surprising evening!

Classical Guitar
David Burgess, guitar

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, October 5, 2007, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Paradise Theater
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 7:30 PM

One of today’s finest guitarists, Mr. Burgess’s worldwide concerts include appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. Winner of many competitions, he was awarded the Andres Segovia Fellowship, and
studied for three years with the legendary Segovia. South American music has a particular
appeal to Mr. Burgess, and on his many concert tours to that continent he has discovered fresh,
intriguing music. His own arrangments of this, as well as standards from the Spanish and Latin
repertoire will create a fiery evening of virtuoso guitar!

Shakespeare & the Piano
Andrew Todd, piano

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, November 2, 2007, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Blue Sage Center
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:30 PM

Virtuoso pianist Andrew Todd will present an evening of romantic piano music - every piece inspired by The Bard!The program will range from sacred music by Baroque composer Buxtehude, to Beethoven’s famous “Tempest” sonata Debussy’sbeautiful “Suite Bergamasque” which contains his famous “Clair de Lune”, and finally, an unbelievable arrangement of Prokofiev’s great Ballet, “Romeo and Juliet”. Mr. Todd has been heard in concert throughout the USA. As winner of the Artists International Piano Award, he made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall. His performances have been featured nationally on radio. Don’t miss this “eloquent” and exciting performance!

A Night of Rhapsodies
FEAST

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, November 30, 2007, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Paradise Theater
Saturday, December 1, 2007, 7:30 PM

Audrey Solomon, violin
Kathryn Mientka, piano,
Tyme Mientka, cello, &
David Alderdice, percussion

FEAST returns this season with stunning program of rhapsodies! This dramatic program will include
rhapsodies by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Enesco, Bartok, and even Queen! This is classical music like you’ve never heard it! Consisting of violinist Audrey Solomon, cellist Tyme Mientka, pianist Kathryn Mientka, and percussionist David Alderdice, FEAST has created a new sound in music. This summer saw them performing at the Mountain Fair in Carbondale and the Irish Festival in Silverplume; in the coming season they will be touring Germany! This is a concert for the whole family, and every musical taste.

Opera Night
Eclatant, piano, tenor, soprano

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Blue Sage Center
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 7:30 PM

Eclatant presents an exciting mix of operatic drama, sassy musical theater and favorite love songs in one elegant package. Soprano Amy Andersson, tenor Rick Patterson and pianist
Deborah Schmit-Lobis will perform an evening of opera “classics”, including excerpts from “La Boheme” and “Traviata”. For the musical theater
lover the program will include old favorites as well as new, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked” and more! Ms. Andersson and Mr. Patterson have
performed with such companies as Central City Opera, Kansas Opera, and Passaggio Opera Company. Ms. Schmit-Lobis, an unparalleled opera pianist, has worked with the likes of
Luciano Pavarotti. Join us for an evening full of romance and fun!

Keyboard Revelations
Karina Sabac, piano

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, February 22, 2008, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Blue Sage Center
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:30 PM

Romanian pianist Karina Sabac returns for a triumphant third recital with more delightful commentary and brilliant playing - this time tackling the great virtuoso works of Franz Liszt and Frederick Chopin! Included on the program will be the diabolically difficult “Mephisto Waltz” by Liszt.
Born in Bucharest, Ms. Sabac began her university training at the age of 15, in Berlin. She is a prize winner of many competitions in Romania, France, England, Italy, Holland, and the USA. She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras in Europe and the USA. She currently resides in Holland. Her concerts last year were sell-outs,
so get your tickets early!

Global Percussion
Jon Seligman, percussion
with David Alderdice, percussion
Tyme Mientka, cello

Grand Junction:
Canyon View Vineyard Church
Friday, April 4, 2008, 7:30 PM

Paonia: Paradise Theater
Saturday, April 5, 2008, 7:30 PM

Brilliant percussionist Jon Seligman will be joined by Western Slope favorite David Alderdice for an
amazing evening of world drums. Assisted by Tyme Mientka on cello, you will be led on a fascinating journey across the planetexperiencing more percussion instruments than you knew existed! Mr. Seligman has vast experience in classical, jazz, and world music,and is an award-winning jazz composer as well. He teaches at
McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. David Alderdice’s unique style of drumming has been heard in such venues as the Kennedy
Center, and has been recorded countless times. Join us for atotally unique, surprising evening!

Western Slope Concert Series
Ticket information

Printable Season Ticket Order Form
Printable Individual Ticket Order Form
2007 - 2008

We are happy to announce that the 6 concerts of the
Western Slope Chamber Music Series will be performed at:
Grand Junction: Canyon View Vineyard Church
736 24 1/2 Road
Paonia: Blue Sage Center, 228 Grand Avenue - or-
Paradise Theater, 215 Grand Avenue

Tickets can be used at any location.

Ticket outlets are:
Grand Junction: Roper Music
Delta: Bill's Music
Paonia: Paonia Farm & Home
Montrose: Simpson Gallery
Hotchkiss: Hardin's Natural Foods

QUESTIONS? Call Tyme Mientka at
(970) 241-0741
e-mail: Tyme Mientka

Ticket Prices:
Adult: $12 in advance, $15 at the door,
Student: $5

Reduced rate Season Tickets:
Adult: $60 Student: $25
Membership to Amadeus
Musical Society:
(minimum $50.00)

Western Slope Chamber Music Series 2007-2008

Season Ticket and Amadeus Music Society order form

Buy your season tickets now for our exciting 2007-2008 season!
Your purchase at this time will help us to get our next season ready to go!
We will be having six spectacular concerts, with internationally known artists.
Dates will be announced in August, and season tickets sent at that time. You
will receive a letter verifying your purchase right now. You may simply
purchase your season tickets with this form, or consider supporting at a
higher level by joining the Amadeus Musical Society now! (All donations
are tax-deductible, we are a non-profit organization.)
- Basic Amadeus Musical Society membership is $50
- With a $200 Select Membership, you will receive 2 sets of season tickets
- With a $500 Patron Membership, you will receive 3 sets of season tickets.
- With a $1000 Benefactor Membership, you will receive 4 sets of season tickets.
- Underwrite a concert for $2500
We thank you for your support of the Western Slope Chamber Music Series!

Season tickets: $60 adults, $25 students ( A wonderful savings !
Tickets are $12 for adults in advance at our outlets,
$15 at the door; students are $5)

Name: _________________________________________

Mailing address: ______________________________________________

Email (if you wish to receive concert reminders): ___________________
Number of adult season tickets: ________
Number of student season tickets: ________
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Please enclose this form with your check payable to:
Western Slope Chamber Music Series
Mail to: 3410 Ponderosa Court
Grand Junction, CO 81506

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