The Brown County Civic Music Association invites you to celebrate its 90th Anniversary with a reception in the West High School cafeteria following the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert on April 29, 2017. Join us for refreshments and reminisce with past presidents, members and fellow concert-goers.
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Pre-concert talk
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Saturday, April 29
6:30 to 7 p.m.
Lars Thune Center
Green Bay West High School
Join Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra assistant conductor Yaniv Dinur for a pre-concert lecture in the Lars Thune Center (adjacent to the auditorium lobby at West High School) from 6:30 to 7 p.m. before the group’s concert on the Saturday, April 29. This is an excellent opportunity to more deeply enjoy the performance for having gained some insights about the program prior. This talk is free to attend.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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Professional symphony orchestra! — For the tenth consecutive spring, we at Civic Music are proud to close our season with the brilliance and power of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a Wisconsin cultural treasure. Under the musical direction of Maestro Edo de Waart, the 68 full-time professionals of the MSO bring the full measure of symphonic beauty to the Green Bay stage.
Please note change of date
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert, originally scheduled for May 6, 2017, has been rescheduled one week earlier, Saturday, April 29, 2017.
Bonus concert!
Purchases of the 2017-18 season membership prior to (right up to showtime!) include extra tickets to the final concert of our 2016-17 season. Details here.
Pre-concert talk 6:30-7 p.m.
- with Yaniv Dinur, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conductor
- in the Lars Thune Center (small auditorium/lecture space on the right, when in the lobby facing the auditorium doors)
Civic Music at Artstreet 2017
The Brown County Civic Music Association will be at Artstreet again this year! Look for the BCCMA booth on Cherry Street near Bosse’s Newstand Friday, August 25 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, August 27 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Stop by and say hello to our friendly volunteers, learn about our non-profit organization, find out what musicians we have lined up for the 2017-18 concert season, sign up for e-notes, and enter for your chance to win tickets to one of our shows!
The Civic Music Artstreet prize drawing will be for a pair of tickets to one BCCMA concert of your choice. A total of 10 will win. Names will be drawn after the Artstreet booth closes on Sunday and the winners will be notified shortly thereafter. No purchase necessary to win.
A huge thanks to Marketing Committee Chair Les Heckman for organizing the booth!
Congratulations to our Artstreet winners!
Brown County Civic Music Association had a booth at Artstreet again this year. Les Heckman and his volunteers did a fabulous job. Visitors to the Civic Music booth were invited to enter a drawing for two tickets to the concert of their choice. Our ten winners are listed below. If you see them at a concert this season be sure to say hello and invite them to become members next season.
- Colleen McCurley, De Pere, WI
- Diane Nagy, Green Bay, WI
- Ruth Griffie, Manitowoc, WI
- Ze Thompson, Green Bay, WI
- Jerilyn Mackey, Green Bay, WI
- Randel Steele, Green Bay, WI
- Judith Bragelman, Green Bay, WI
- Barb Winn, Green Bay, WI
- Karen Mason, Green Bay, WI
- Karen Ronk, Luxemburg, WI
‘Dine to Donate’ Perkins fundraiser continues
You can benefit Civic Music by patronizing our partners at Perkins Restaurant, at the corner of Military and Shawano, between 5 and 8 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. Their “Dine to Donate” program donates 10 percent of all proceeds to Civic Music.
Want to volunteer?
We’d love it if you would volunteer. Everything associated with Civic Music’s concerts – with the exception of the professional, world-class musicians – is the product of an amazing team of volunteers. From greeters and ushers to backstage hospitality, program booklet preparation and booking the talent, members like you make the difference. Email Christopher Sampson at CSampson@new.rr.com if you’d like to offer your assistance.
Bonus concerts in Marinette-Menominee
A bonus of your Civic Music membership is reciprocity with our sister organization in Marinette-Menominee. That means your membership is actually good for six concerts – our five PLUS one of the four offered by River Cities Concerts. Their series offers the Anderson & Roe piano duo, Oct. 19; Forever Young, Feb. 6; Roy and Rosemary piano and violin, March 22; and Glen Miller Orchestra, April 24. Contact the Civic Music Office to reserve a spot on the pass list. Visit RCConcerts.com for concert information.
Post-concert reception
Please join us for a post-concert reception at Titletown Brewing Company, the former railway depot at 200 Dousman St.
Russian String Orchestra – Program
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Russian String Orchestra
Misha Rachlevsky, Music Director
Friday, October 13, 2017
String Sonata No. 3 — Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Rossini’s six string sonatas were written during the summer of 1804 when the composer was just twelve years old!
Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 — Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The pieces, composed between 1915 and 1917, are whimsical musical vignettes and, although dissonant, are pleasant, effervescent, and bright.
* * * Intermission * * *
Romance in F, Op. 50 — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Composed in 1803, the sweet, innocent melodies may have provided solace when Beethoven’s awareness of his deteriorating hearing was at its most acute.
Yuliya Smead, violinist
Serenade for strings, Op. 48 — Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1993)
Written in 1880, Tchaikovsky confided to a friend that the Serenade was “a heartfelt piece, and so, I dare to think, is not lacking in real qualities.”
I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina
II. Valse
III. Élégie
IV. Finale (Tema russo)
