The Central State Chamber
Orchestra, directed by founder David Becker, will present its final concert
this May at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Free and open to the public, the
concert will be held Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall in the
Noel Fine Arts Center. A reception will be held immediately following. In its
15th season, the orchestra is made up of advanced, junior high and
high school-aged string players from central Wisconsin. This will be the final
performance for the group and Becker, who is retiring from the Aber Suzuki
Center at UW-Stevens Point at the end of the academic year.
The
concert will include works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Leroy Anderson, Camille
Saint Saens and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The orchestra will be joined by
dancers from the Point Dance Ensemble in a work called “Choreography – three
Dances for String Orchestra” by Norman Dello Joio. Pamela Luedtke,
director and founder of the Point Dance Ensemble, is the choreographer, and
dancers include Katelyn Altmann, Amy Suthiemer,
Chelsey Becher and Signe Johnson. This work was performed by the orchestra and
Point Dance Ensemble in 2010.
The Central State Chamber Orchestra will be replaced by the Central Wisconsin Youth
Symphony Orchestra Program. This group will include winds, brass and percussion
for grades 9-12, a string ensemble for grades 6-8 and a junior wind ensemble
for grades 7-9.
For
more information about these programs, go to www.uwsp.edu/suzuki or call 715-346-3033.
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