March 17, 2011

Vol 12, Issue 7

DMA Membership Meeting, Monday, March 28 at 5:30 PM

Membership Meeting - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Monday, March 28, 5:30 PM at the DMA Rehearsal Hall

New Member Orientation / Food & Beverages at 5:00 PM

w/ special guest Russell Bannan
The Fight to Save the American Dream

Historic labor efforts playing out in Wisconsin, Ohio and across the country.

Russell Bannan

Russell Bannan, is an activist in the labor, immigration rights, education reform, and peace movements. He is on the Board of Directors for Colorado Jobs with Justice. He is a delegate to the Denver Area Labor Federation and sits on the steering committee for the Colorado Young Workers. Before working for the American Federation of Teachers, he served at the Service Employees International Union and was arrested for civil disobedience calling on congress to reform current immigration laws. He graduated from Presbyterian College in South Carolina, where he majored in Religion and minored in Latin American Studies. He is a correspondent at LabourStart and writes regular commentaries for several labor union blogs.

Russell Bannan was a keynote speaker at the 2/26 labor rally at the Colorado State Capitol. More Info

Second Semester - A local rookie college instructor gets a do-over

By DMA member Jennie Dorris

Published in 5280 Magazine, January 2011

Jennie Dorris

Here's a secret: Most first-time college instructors, like their students, can't wait for finals to be done. I know this because my first semester teaching at a local community college this fall was a frantic haze of creating lesson plans, grading papers, and writing lectures. There were late-night phone calls with other profs to lament painful night classes, and e-mail exchanges revealing our students' funniest test answers (Question: Listen to Purcell's "Dido's Lament." What is Dido lamenting? Answer: Baroque opera.) There was only one thing helping me get through: I would get a redo starting this month, when the second semester begins, with a brand new batch of students-and a chance to correct my mistakes.

Originally, my idea of professorship was based on conventional wisdom-even cliches. I shopped for "teacher clothes" and bought my first blazer, which rolled up casually at the sleeves. I was convinced I would not have to discipline my college students, unlike the rambunctious elementary and high school students I had taught in the past. I thought teaching music classes would make me the "fun" professor; we'd listen to jazz and chat about Count Basie's delicate, articulate piano sound. Even if my students didn't love my class, they were paying tuition so they'd come to class prepared, right?

Wrong. Two months in, I gave an open-book, open-note online quiz that was ignored by two-thirds of my class.

Read On

http://jenniedorris.com/

A Second Chance for the Honolulu Symphony?

Monday, March 14, 2011
By Tiffany Hill
Honolulu Magazine

If all goes according to plan, the 64-member orchestra will once again take the stage of the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall this summer as the newly revamped Honolulu Symphony. Less than six months ago, the former Honolulu Symphony Society lowered the curtain on its 110-year history, after engaging in an emotional year-long Chapter 11 bankruptcy that morphed into a last-minute Chapter 7 liquidation.

Enter the Symphony Exploratory Committee. Led by Oswald Stender, an Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee and former symphony fundraiser, the committee recently became a 501(c)3. It comprises influential business people, including Paul Kosasa, president of ABC Stores, Vicky Cayetano, president of the United Laundry Service Inc. and attorney Ken Robbins, among others.

"We're putting together a financial model and business plan," says Stender. "We hope to have it in place in a couple of weeks and then we'll go public and launch a campaign [to raise awareness and fundraise]."

You can't have a symphony without instruments or sheet music, and the committee has a plan for that too-it is set to buy the former symphony's holdings as a whole. Last Tuesday, March 8, Richard Yanagi, the Chapter 7 trustee for the symphonic organization's assets, agreed to sell everything to the fledgling group for $231,000. Assets include the symphony name itself, the former donor list, the entire music library, some office equipment and instruments, including two grand pianos, one harp, four snare drums, six Chinese gongs and two pairs of kalaau sticks.

Although it looks likely that the Symphony Exploratory Committee will end up with the assets to rebuild the symphony-no one else has expressed serious interest-they've still got to go through the motions of an open auction. Per bankruptcy proceedings, an auction will take place this Thursday, March 17 at 10 a.m. in a Waikïkï Resort Hotel ballroom, conducted by Heritage Global Partners (of which will receive $21,000 of the agreed $231,000 for holding the auction).

"We're very hopeful," says Stender, adding that each member of the committee is spending personal money to purchase the assets. The bankruptcy court still has to approve the final sale, but Yanagi doesn't foresee any obstacles.

"It's an excellent group of people," says Jonathan Parrish, the musicians union spokesperson and a French horn player with the former Honolulu Symphony. "The community needs to support this effort. A community without an orchestra is a community without a soul."
Read On

In This Issue

Membership Meeting, 3/28 at 5:30 PM

Second Semester, By Jennie Dorris

Second Chance for the Honolulu Symphony?

EVENTS & PERFORMANCES

Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Juba Juba! 3/18 & 3/26

Colorado Chamber Players, 3/18, 3/20, 3/25 & 3/27

Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, 3/19

Boulder Piano Quartet, 3/1

Englewood Arts Presents, 3/19

Friends of Chamber music Loveland, 3/19 & 3/20

Centerpiece Jazz, 3/20 & 3/24

Dale Bruning & Jude Hibler, 3/26

Whats Cookin' Jazz Band, 3/27

Second Tuesdays at Trinity Concert Series, 4/12

STEADY ENGAGEMENTS

AUDITION & EMPLOYMENT NOTICES

Central City Opera Vacancy for Principal Oboe

GPO Auditions for Concertmaster and Horn

CSO Auditions for Horn and Trombone

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DIA's Future Cultural Programming

Become a Certified Music Practitioner

LABOR & POLITICS

Scott Walker Backlash Boosts Union Support

Michigan Workers Face 'Financial Martial Law'

April 4th Labor Rally in Denver at City Park

COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA & BAND

Ballet Ariel - Augustana Arts, 3/19, 20 & 27

Lakewood Symphony Auditions

Community Band Seeks New Members

Golden Eagle Concert Band Auditions

YOUTH ORCHESTRAS / EDUCATIONAL ENSEMBLES

Young Artists Concerto Competition

Youth Orchestra of the Rockies Seeks Musicians

FOR SALE OR RENT

MEMBER BUSINESS & SERVICES

Contact Info - DMA Officers

Featured Links

AFM Player Conferences

AFM Related Organizations

List of Global Trade Unions

EVENTS & PERFORMANCES

Colorado Symphony

Bowfire: Electric Fiddle

Thu, 3/17 at 7:30PM

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day a new way - with BOWFIRE and the Colorado Symphony. With its energetic fiddlers up front, BOWFIRE sizzles, fusing jazz, classical, bluegrass, Celtic and swing music to produce an epic, never to be forgotten concert.

Beethoven's Violin Concerto

Fri, 3/18 at 7:30PM

Sat, 3/19 at 7:30PM

Peter Oundjian offers a musical potpourri of works by Rossini and Vaughan Williams, including Greensleeves. This is a program of beautiful melodies, also including Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich, whose debut last season caused a sensation.

Peter Oundjian, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
ROSSINI / Overture to La Scala di seta
BEETHOVEN / Violin Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / Fantasia on Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / Symphony No. 4

Classical Top 40

Fri, 4/1 at 7:30PM

This program is for both seasoned veterans and those just discovering the joys of classical music. Favorites like Ravel's Bolero, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries, Rossini's William Tell Overture; Pachelbel's Canon and Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz round out this immensely satisfying program.

Scott O'Neil, associate conductor
RAVEL / Bolero
BACH / Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
MOZART / Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
WAGNER / The Ride of the Valkyries
ROSSINI / Overture to William Tell
PACHELBEL / Canon in D
STRAUSS / Blue Danube Waltz
www.coloradosymphony.org

Juba Juba! 3/18 & 3/26

Juba Juba! is back! Did you miss us? After a 6 month hiatus, we're excited to be sharing Grateful Dead music again! We have 3 shows scheduled for March. Hope to see you at one of them!

Friday, March 18, 9:00 PM

Next Door Bar
217 4th Street
Castle Rock, CO 80104
(303)688-1860
http://www.castlecafe.com/ndb/news.php

Saturday, March 26, 9:30 PM

Ollie's Pub & Grub
620 Main St
Frisco, CO 80443
(970)668-0744

Colorado Chamber Players, 3/18, 3/20, 3/25 & 3/27

The CCP is delighted to announce our March concerts! Click on links below for locations, parking, tickets and directions.

Friday, March 18, 2011 -

Mendelssohn Octet, at Longmont Senior Center

Sunday, March 20, 2011 -

CCP performs with Veronika Quartet at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center

Friday, March 25, 2011 -

Mendelssohn Octet at St. John's Cathedral, with the Veronika String Quartet

Sunday, March 27, 2011 -

CCP performs with Veronika Quartet at Packard Hall, Colorado College

Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, 3/19

50% OFF Reflections in Glass concert w/ Colorado Saxophone Quartet - THIS SATURDAY

This Saturday, experience a mesmerizing concert with flowing, contemporary works by the iconic composer Philip Glass and Tchaikovsky's intense, sensual Sixth Symphony, one of the greatest symphonic works of all time.

Get 50% OFF TICKETS for the March 19 concert by entering the promo code SAX4TET at checkout.

Sat., March 19 - 7:30 PM

Macky Auditorium, CU Campus

Colorado Saxophone Quartet - Tom Myer (soprano sax), Andrew Stonerock (alto sax), Pete Lewis (tenor sax), Clare Church (baritone sax)

Philip Glass - Interlude from Orphée

Philip Glass - Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra

Peter I. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" | Listen

Enter the code SAX4TET at checkout for 50% OFF TICKETS.

Offer is based on availability. You can also call 303-449-1343, ext. 2.

http://www.boulderphil.org/

Boulder Piano Quartet, 3/19

We would like to invite you to a performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C Major featuring the strings from the Boulder Piano Quartet with special guests Lina Bahn, Asst. Professor of Violin, CU Boulder and Joseph Johnson, Principal Cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Please join us this Saturday, March 19 at 2:00pm in Hampden Hall, Englewood Civic Center, Englewood, CO. See the add below or visit the website at www.englewoodarts.org for more information.

Englewood Arts Presents, 3/19

Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm

ENGLEWOOD ARTS PRESENTS continues its Chamber Music of the Masters series with a performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C major. Often referred to as the 'Cello Quintet,' the instrumentation for this work is 2 violins, 1 viola and 2 cellos.

Written just two months before Schubert's death, this remarkable quintet is regarded as "deeply sublime with moments of transcendent beauty."

Colorado Symphony Orchestra cellist, Thomas Heinrich, will serve as host for this concert, in addition to performing in the ensemble.

We hope you will join us in the intimacy of Hampden Hall to hear this beautiful work.

Matthew Dane, Elizabeth Kipper, Thomas Heinrich,

The Players:
Strings from the Boulder Piano Quartet:
Elizabeth Kipper, violin; Matthew Dane, viola; Thomas Heinrich, cello
With special guests: Lina Bahn, violin; Joseph Johnson, cello

Website: www.englewoodarts.org

Facebook: Englewood Arts Concert Series
Sign up/in to become a friend, see more information about our concerts, and find links to our fun new videos!

Tickets:
* General Admission: $15.00 Adults | $12.00 Seniors (60+) | $5.00 under 18
* Available:
· At the door (box office opens 45 minutes prior to concert)
· Online at www.englewoodarts.org
· In advance by calling 303.806.8196
* Cash, checks, Visa or MasterCard accepted
Location:
Hampden Hall
Englewood Civic Center | 2nd level
1000 Englewood Parkway (Hampden & S. Jason)
* Ample FREE parking in south lot of Englewood Civic Center
* Directly adjacent to Englewood RTD & Light Rail stations
* Wheelchair accessible

Friends of Chamber music Loveland, 3/19 & 3/20

Friends of Chamber music Loveland to present concerts of the music of Franz Peter Schubert. The Friends have been in organization in Loveland the the Norther Colorado are for 23 years providing concerts in private homes and other venues. This concert will feature the Oktett Opus 166 in F for strings and three winds with musicians of the Norther Colorado area. Because Schubert is the only Viennese master native of this city, guests will have opportunity to learn of his supreme masterpieces: orchestral, chamber music, as well as lieder, his rich vein of melody gives expressive harmony throughout the heart of his compositions, in a way that music before him had not known.

Concerts Saturday Evening March 19, 7:00 PM at the Loveland Good Samaritan Spiritual Life Center, 2101 South Garfield, in Loveland. Sunday Afternoon March 20, 3:00 PM, 7220 Stadler Court, Ptarmigan, Fort Collins. Questions: 970 663 7928.

Centerpiece Jazz, 3/20 & 3/24

SHE'S BACK! Joni Janak is back from Las Vegas where she was vacationing and singing with some of Las Vegas' finest musicians.

She will be appearing with Centerpiece Jazz (Ron Moewes - drums and vocals, Ed Stephen - guitar and vocals, and Colin Gieg on bass) at the Denver Jazz Club concert on Sunday, March 20th from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at the Westminster Elks Lodge. $5.00 cover for members, $7.00 cover for non-members. Rich Chiaraluce on flute, clarinet, and tenor sax will be their special guest.

And on Thursday, March 24, Centerpiece Jazz will be appearing at Cafe del Sol, 6th and Garrison, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Fun, food, libations, and music. Call 303 238 7999 for reservations.

Hope to see you soon. Thanks for your support! Ron

Dale Bruning & Jude Hibler - The Timeless Music of Johnny Mercer, 3/26

JLE partners Dale Bruning & Jude Hibler present
The Timeless Music of Johnny Mercer

Jazz Link Enterprises is home to jazz guitarist Dale Bruning and writer Jude Hibler. Just like the essence of jazz, we keep evolving and changing the various facets of our presentation to the Internet world. We hope you like what you see and hear.

We will be presenting The Timeless Music of Johnny Mercer on March 26th, Saturday at Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge, 930 Lincoln in Denver. Reservations can be made at info@dazzlejazz.com or by calling 303-839-5100. Dale's February show at Dazzle is sold out. Make your March reservations early to ensure your attendance.

PLEASE NOTE THE SHOWS WILL BE EARLIER THAN USUAL. THE FIRST SHOW BEGINS AT 6 PM AND THE SECOND SHOW STARTS AT 8 PM. Tickets are $15.

Dale's quartet will include Ron Miles, Mark Simon, and Paul Romaine.

Lyricist, composer and singer Johnny Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1909 and died in Los Angeles in 1976. Please join us as Jude tells stories about Mr. Mercer and the songs he composed or wrote lyrics for. Some of his hit songs included in this concert will be

I Thought About You, Skylark, Charade, Emily, The Days of Wine and Roses, and Dream, among others.

Please join us for an exciting and elegant evening of jazz taken from the Mercer pages of The Great American Songbook.

http://www.jazzlinkenterprises.com
mailto:info@jazzlinkenterprises.com

Whats Cookin' Jazz Band, 3/27

Gene Smookler

The Whats Cookin' Jazz Band will be performing at Jazz at Jacks on Sunday, March 27th from 5 to 7 P.M.

NO COVER!!! Meters are free on Sundays--- Jacks is a great club with great sound. Age is 21 and up.

Jazz at Jacks is located at 500 16th Street in the Pavillions by Maggianos on the third floor across from the Movie Theatres.

As many of you know Whats Cookin' is a terrific Jazz Band featuring Jazz and Fusion performed by many of the best musicians in the Metro Area.

Come have fun and tell and forward this message to your friends.
Best, Gene Smookler

Second Tuesdays at Trinity Concert Series, 4/12

The Second Tuesdays at Trinity Concert Series is pleased to feature pianist Crystal Lee in concert April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Miss Lee began playing piano in South Korea at the age of eight, and then moved with her family to the United States in 1984. She studied at the University of Colorado at Boulder under Professor Larry Graham on a full scholarship from 1988 to 1992 obtaining her Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance. She then attended Indiana University studying under Professor Edward Auer from 1992 to 1994 on full scholarship and she earned her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance. She has since taught and assisted at both Indiana University and CU Boulder. Ms. Lee has performed in numerous solo engagements, and currently has a private studio in Boulder. Her students have garnered many awards in local, state, national, and international competitions. She has sent numerous students on to prestigious college piano programs including Juilliard, Indiana, Eastman, Oberlin, and many others.

The concert will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 7755 Vance Drive, Arvada, 80005

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. To make a reservation, please call 303-422-3656 x25 or visit the church website, www.tpcarvada.org, and click on the "2nd Tuesdays at Trinity" button on the home page.

STEADY ENGAGEMENTS

Bob Montgomery - Al Hermann Quartet, Last Thursday of every month  6 to 9 pm @ Treppeda's Italian Ristorante, 300 2nd Avenue in Niwot, CO. 303-652-1606      http://www.treppedas.com

Scott Martin, Sundays
pianist Scott Martin and the band Sundays at Vic's
Vic's Espresso, 2680 Broadway, Boulder
Boulder's longest (7yrs.) ongoing live jazz gig
Sundays from noon to 2 pm
www.SundaysAtVics.com

David Brussel, Selected Thursdays
Performing on selected Thursdays at the Mercury Cafe, 7 p.m.
2199 California St.
Denver CO 80205
303-294-9258

James Hyatt, Tuesdays
Pete and I are performing at Trailside every Tuesday for awhile. We start at 7:30 so it won't be a late night. Stop in and say hello.
10360 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO - 303-457-0660

Jeffrey Straach, Mondays
Every Monday, 6-9 PM at the Bliss Café
7501 Grandview, Arvada     Convergence, First Friday of every month
7 & 9pm Convergence Denver's All-Star band, now performing every 1st Friday! Featuring Paul Romaine, John Gunther, Eric Gunnison, Marc Simon, Mark Patterson, and Greg Gisbert! $10
Dazzle Restaurant, 930 Lincoln St.    Queen City Jazz Band, 3rd and 5th Sundays
QCJB plays regularly on 3rd Sundays, and on the 5th Sunday when there is one, approx 4x/year.
6pm, Bull & Bush Pub, 4700 Cherry Creek South Dr, Glendale, 303.759.0333
Complete QCJB Schedule at Queen City Jazz Band    Purnell Steen and LeJazz Machine
Join us every third Wednesday through July at Crossroads at Five Points!
call 303-832-0929 for reservations

Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra - First Sunday of every month, 8:00pm -11:00pm
Mercury Cafe, 22nd & California Street, Denver
Info: 303-369-6890 Hot Tomatoes Website    Jennifer Lane - Rock & Soul duo - Thurs thru Sat
Elway's Steakhouse
1st and University in Cherry Creek
Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's, 7pm - 11pm
Call for info and reservations @ 303-399-5353 www.jenniferlaneonline.com    Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra Presents
Every month, MJO features two different high school jazz ensembles in concert at Dazzle! Playing the second and third Monday of each month (with some exceptions), the school plays one set followed by a set from MJO. The big finale includes both bands on stage featuring soloists from both groups. One of MJO's missions is to support jazz in the schools and this program, in our 6th year, continues to be wildly successful. Reservation ALWAYS recommended at Dazzle (303-839-5100). Great food, great atmosphere and always a great night of big band music! Check our website (MetropolitanJazzOrchestra.org) for our calendar and to confirm each month's schedule.

AUDITION & EMPLOYMENT NOTICES

Central City Opera Vacancy for Principal Oboe

ANNOUNCING PRINCIPAL OBOE VACANCY:

Central City Opera will hold auditions for Principal Oboe on April 25, 2011. This is a tenure-track position. Candidates will be asked to play oboe and English horn at the audition. Dates for the 2011 season are June 15 through August 7. Deadline to receive deposit checks is April 11, 2011. For information please email a one page professional performance resume to kpeoria@centralcityopera.org.

For information about the 2011 season please go to www.centralcityopera.org

GPO Auditions for Concertmaster and Horn- 6/4

The Greeley Philharmonic announces auditions for:

Concertmaster*
and
3rd/Associate Horn*

Employment is to commence with the start of the 2011/2012 season.

DATE: June 4, 2011
LOCATION: Foundation Hall, Greeley, CO
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 9, 2011
More details and the rep list may be found soon at:
http://www.greeleyphilharmonic.com/
*If the position is won by a current member the resulting vacancy may be offered.

TO APPLY: Please email a ONE page resume to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg, GPO Personnel Manager
GPOmanager@gmail.com

Please include current address, email address and phone number.
Communication via email is greatly preferred, but if necessary, you may also FAX to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg's home office FAX # for 970-204-1552

Colorado Symphony Auditions for Horn and Trombone

The Colorado Symphony Announces auditions for:

3rd/Associate Horn (one-year position - possible tenure track)

Assistant Horn (tenure track position)

Auditions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 9th and 10th, 2011. Employment to begin September 2011

Principal Trombone (tenure track position)

Audition is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 16th and 17th, 2011. Employment to begin September 2011.

Return information will be sent after February 10.

Highly qualified applicants mail or FAX a one-page resume to:

Larry Brezicka, Personnel Manager

THE COLORADO SYMPHONY

Boettcher Concert Hall - 1000 14th Street, #15

Denver, CO 80202

FAX 303-293-2649

Applications must be received by April 1st, 2011

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

*The Colorado Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Psst! Stake Your Claim to DIA's Future Cultural Programming!

DIA needs your input regarding your personal experiences with the airport and its art program. A survey, which can be found at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/399625/DIAartandculture

, provides an opportunity for you to offer your favorite recollections of flying through Denver, and will give DIA's art master planning team insight into how air travel connects people to a specific region.

The survey results will provide one source of information that will ultimately influence recommendations for the overall direction and priorities of the airport's art program, and may be used to make specific suggestions for future projects. DIA will release the findings and recommendations developed by the master planning team for public review during the first half of 2011.

Become a Certified Music Practitioner, Modules beginning March 19 & 20

2011 MHTP, Denver, CO Module Dates beginning March 19 & 20

Are you interested in becoming a Certified Music Practitioner so that you will be trained and meet the certification requirements so that you can play by the bedside in hospitals, hospitals and other healthcare settings? The Music for Healing and Transition Program has been offering its certification Program since 1995 and currently has 14 training sites nationwide. The Denver based series of Modules will begin the weekend of March 19, 2011. MHTP is accredited by the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians.

For further information or to apply on line, please refer to www.mhtp.org

LABOR & POLITICS

Walker Backlash Boosts Working America and Union Support

by Mike Hall, Mar 16, 2011

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) attack on workers' rights and middle-class jobs is having what is surely an unintended effect, as far as he is concerned-building support for workers' rights.

Amanda Terkel at The Huffington Post reports today that after Walker zeroed in on workers' collective bargaining rights, more than 20,000 Wisconsinites have joined Working America, the AFL-CIO's community affiliate for people without a union. Also, faculty members at two University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses have voted to join AFT-Wisconsin.

One union leader tells Terkel:

The increase in Working America numbers provides one of the first real-world examples of what we've seen, which is increased interest nationally and in Wisconsin of supporting workers' rights.

Working America organizer Kevin Pape says people continually approached Working America members-easily spotted in their red T-shirts- at the rallies and marches protesting Walker's attacks. He tells Terkel:

People are just thirsty for a connection to a labor movement. This is an avenue to join the labor movement, and they're just jumping at it.

Read On

Michigan Workers Face 'Financial Martial Law'

March 16, 2011

Workers in Michigan today will hold a massive rally to protest Gov. Rick Snyder's (R) new "financial martial law" powers that allow him to declare a "financial emergency" in a city or school district and appoint a manager with broad powers. The manager would be able to fire local elected officials and break teachers' and public workers' contracts. The Michigan attack is the latest in the unprecedented and coordinated nationwide assault on workers' rights and middle-class jobs.

Read On

"We Are One" April 4th Labor Rally in Denver at City Park

Don't miss the "We Are One" labor rally, April 4th at Denver City Park. The rally begins at 5:30 and is being organized by the Colorado AFL-CIO. Live music TBA.

Please download event FLYER for more details, and be sure to distribute as far and as wide as possible. WE ARE EXPECTING THOUSANDS!

COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA & BAND
Note: Organizations submitting postings agree to not unfairly compete for commercial engagements.

Ballet Ariel - Augustana Arts, 3/19, 20 & 27

AVOCA - A TALE OF MOLLY BROWN

Ballet Ariel brings to life the amazing story of Colorado heroine Margaret "Molly" Brown. Molly Brown House Museum will provide narration for the ballet and costumed docents will be in the lobby prior to the performance. The ballet will be dance to a wonderful score of 20th centruy music performed live by the wind quintet Gossamer Winds.

March 19, 2011

Saturday - 7:30 pm

March 20, 2011

Sunday - 3:00 pm

at
Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre
119 Park Avenue West, Denver

March 27, 2011

Sunday - 3:00 pm

at
Rock Canyon High School Theatre
5810 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch

$19 Adult / $15 Senior / $15 Student
Information and Tickets:
303-945-4388
or
www.balletariel.org available in advance. www.evergreenchamberorch.org, 303-670-6558

Lakewood Symphony auditions for all strings and substitutes

Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for all strings. Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals on Tuesdays, 7:30-10, Sept thru May at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303 - 980-0400 for requirements, appointment, and further information.

Community Band Seeking New Members (Edgewater/Lakewood)

Our non-profit Mile High Community Band seeks musicians of all ages, teen through adult, and at all levels of accomplishment, to join us for rehearsals on Thursday nights in Edgewater (just west of Denver).

Our organization's mission is to provide rewarding music education and performance opportunities for youth and adults at all skill levels. We have various bands for different skill levels, beginning through advanced, including jazz/blues and concert bands. In particular, we welcome additional brass and woodwind musicians.

We meet Thursday evenings at Jefferson High School in Edgewater for rehearsals. Monthly memberships begin at $25-$35/month, but we can waive fees and provide instruments for those who need them - no one with an interest in playing music will be turned away. Family discounts also available.

Feel free to drop by and check us out at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, or check out milehighcommunityband.net for more information. E-mail mjlucas@aol.com if you have other questions!

Openings in the Golden Eagle Concert Band Auditions

The Golden Eagle Concert Band, a 50 piece adult community concert band in the Denver are is looking for some additional players to fill open chairs in the band. We have openings for the following:

Bassoon 1 & 2 (needed immediately)
Clarinets - 2-3 chairs open(Needed immediately)
Primary Mallet Percussion - 1 chair open(Needed immediately)
2nd Oboe - 1 chair open
Trumpet - 1-2 chairs open

If you have wind ensemble experience or have played in high school or college and would like to join a very good adult concert band, please contact John Williams at 303-695-8800. There are no dues. We are not a "pay to play" organization. We would love to talk to you to see if you would like to join us, so please give me a call. We are a your round performing organization. We have a fun summer schedule. Check out our web site at www.gebb.org

YOUTH ORCHESTRAS / EDUCATIONAL ENSEMBLES

Boulder Phil Young Artists Concerto Competition

The Young Artists Concerto Competition is a great opportunity for young musicians. About 35 talented music students participate in this competition each year; the first place winner receives the opportunity to perform with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, and the top three winners will receive a $100 gift certiificate for Boulder Philharmonic Masterworks concerts! This year's performance will take place on May 1, 2011 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village.
More Information

Youth Orchestra of the Rockies, Bach to the Baroque Festival, 5/31-6/5

The Youth Orchestra of the Rockies is excited to present a hands on festival featuring music and historical performance practices of the Baroque Era. Students participate in rehearsals, workshops, and performances for six days with Dr. Alexandra Eddy and Maestro Thomas A. Blomster. The festival includes a concerto competition with the winners performing with the festival orchestra. Opportunities for students to perform outreach concerts of solo works with harpsichord accompaniment and/or chamber groups are available. Private coaching sessions with Dr. Eddy and Maestro Blomster are also included. The festival is from May 31 - June 5 in Fort Collins at Trinity Lutheran Church. For more information and applications, please email or call. yormusicdirector@gmail.com or (970) 690-5512.

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Youth Orchestra of the Rockies Seeks Musicians

The Youth Orchestra of the Rockies (YOR) seeks a trombone/bass trombone as well as violins and violas for the spring semester. Rehearsals are on Sunday afternoons from 3 - 5:30 PM at Ridgeview Classical School in Fort Collins. The repertoire for our spring concerts in April includes Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture and Respighi's The Pines of Rome. There is a tuition charge. Please see our website for more a calendar and information: http://www.fortnet.org/YOR/ or contact Music Director Thomas A. Blomster at:yormusicdirector@gmail.com or cell: 970-690-5512.

FOR SALE OR RENT / EQUIPMENT WANTED

Rare Small Cello For Sale

4/4 'Petite' Violincello Description: Small pattern full-size cello. Label: Antonio Stradivari fecit Prague 1876

Contact: Vicki Cotton 970-221-5071, grace42c@gmail.com, Fort Collins, CO

Bach 42 trombone

The instrument is in very good condition and is the horn that I played the last seven years that I was Principal Trombone in the Phoenix Symphony. I am asking $1,000.00. If you or any of your students have interest, contact me. The instrument is in the old French style case with a case cover made by Leather Specialities.

(Mr.) Gail Eugene Wilson

Gail.Wilson@cox.net

Gail.Wilson@ASU.edu

1960 Buffet Crampon Clarinet $1,000 Serial #62516

Includes - Attributes -

· Frank Wells C3 mouthpiece Clear centered tone

· Cordier Reed Trimmer Mechanically sound

· Selmer barrel 68mm for A Clarinet Plays all notes

· German silver No cracks

· Wooden case with blue velvet lining Original mint condition

· Tooled leather cover Bore pristine - not raised

Inspected and recommended by Andrew Stevens of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Call Paula Faulkner @ 303-263-9522 to make appointment.

Good, Affordable Car Wanted

One of our members just had her vehicle stolen. If you have a dependable car that you're looking to sell, please contact Steve Erickson at 303-960-5487 or email: erictheredviolin@netzero.com

Gemeinhardt 3SHB Flute for sale

French key mechanism (open hole)

* Solid silver headjoint * Silver plated body and key mechanism * B footjoint * Professionally padded * Stainless steel springs

Great condition and ready for a new home to be heard! Please call or email me with questions:

Jennifer

303.353.9575

jennifer.abbenhaus@gmail.com