Category: Lyra Vivace
May – August Performances
In Praise of Music Ensembles and Musicians in Performance
May – August, 2013
Musicians Celebrating Music
Please support us and our presenters by attending our performances, spreading the word about our activities, and sending gifts to our presenters designated for the hiring of professional instrumentalists.
Note, please that a few of the listed events are private. We include them in the list so that you can see the variety of things we are doing for the next several months.
May
Duo Intermezzo
- Ruth Berry, cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- Saturday, May 2, 2013: 6/7:00pm (private)
- First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA: Banquet for Choir Members
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Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra
Friday, May 3, 2013, 7:30 pm
- Memorial Hall: College St., Erskine College, Due West, SC
Sunday, May 5, 4:00 pm
- First Presbyterian Church 108 East Cambridge Ave, Greenwood, SC
- Erskine College Choraleers, Robert Glick, organ, Mark Nabholz, director
Program:
- Organ Concerto in C (Hob. XVIII:10) – Haydn
- Andante in C for Flute & Orchestra, K. 315 – Mozart
- Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in B-flat, WoO6 – Beethoven
- Mass No. 15 in C Major ("Coronation"), KV317 – Mozart
Contact: Erskine College Choraleers or (864) 379-8827
Trio Intermezzo
- Kelly Odell, oboe; Ruth Berry, cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- Tuesday, May 7, 7:00 pm
- Location: Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2261 Walton Way, Augusta, GA
- Program: A Service for Healing Mind and Spirit: An Interfaith service sponsored by the Coalition for Mental and Spiritual Health Ministries and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Trumpet Soloist
- Fabio Mann, Trumpet
- Sunday, May 12, 11:15 am
- Location: Thomson First United Methodist Church, Tom Watson Way, Thomson GA
- Jeanie Joesbury, Music Director, Dale Hesse, Organ
Custer’s Last Band
- Carl Purdy, banjo; Jennifer Parker, mandolin, Billy Dukes, guitar, Laura Tomlin, violin, Travis Shaw, double bass
- Friday, May 17, 2013, 7:30 pm and Sunday, May 19, 2013, 3:00 pm
- Aiken Choral Society, Maureen Simpson, director
- Program: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass (composed by Carol Barnett)
- Location: Cornerstone Baptist Church, Aiken, SC
- Contact: Aiken Choral Society
Weddings and Receptions
Reception: Trio Intermezzo
- Carl Purdy, viola/violin: Ruth Berry, Cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- May 18 (private), Augusta Country Club
Wedding and Reception:
- Magellan String Quartet (Jonathan Aceto, Ryan Kho, Carl Purdy and Ruth Berry) with Fabio Mann and Josh Workman, Trumpets; Samantha Osteen, Harp; Nancy Sutton, organ
- May 18 (private): Vann-Rainsford Wedding,
Church of The Most Holy Trinity, Augusta, GA
Magellan String Quartet
- Jason Economides, violin and mandolin; Jonathan Aceto, violin; Carl Purdy viola, guitar and vocals: Ruth Berry, cello
- Monday, May 20: 7:30 pm
- Program: Music Changes With The World: Musical Treasures of the Americas
- Location: Georgia College – Max Noah Recital Hall (in Porter Hall), 210 Wilkerson Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061
- Contact: 478-445-8289
Duo Intermezzo
- Ruth Berry, cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- Tuesday, May 28, Noon (private)
- First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA: Faith@Work; Fellowship Lunch
June
Trio Intermezzo
- Jonathan Aceto, violin; Ruth Berry, cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- Saturday, June 1, 2:40 pm Prelude and 3:00 pm ceremony
- Augusta Preparatory School: Graduation
Duo Intermezzo
- Christopher Connolly, cello; Kevin Pollock, piano
- Saturday, June 1, (evening, private)
- Wedding: Trinity on the Hill Methodist Church
Wedding:
- String Trio: Jonathan Aceto, violin; Carl Purdy, Viola; Ruth Berry, cello
- Saturday, June 1 (private)
- Smith Wedding (Old Medical College)
Wedding: String Quartet and Trumpet
- Ceremony: Jonathan Aceto and Laura Tomlin: violins: Carl Purdy, Viola; Ruth Berry, Cello
Josh Workman, trumpet - Reception: Kevin Pollock, piano
- Saturday, June 15 (private)
- Buchanan Wedding, Aiken First Presbyterian/Wilcox Inn
Percussion, Choir, Organ, Piano
- First Baptist Church, Aiken, SC
- Sunday, June 2, 11:00 am
- James Bennett, Music Director
- "Beginnings" by Buryl Red. For choir,organ, piano, and three percussionists.
- Percussionists Matthew Fallin, Michael Katterjohn, Rebekkah Nordan
July
Fenimore String Quartet
- Ruotao Mao and Sue Rabut: Violins; Dee Dee Fancher, Viola, Ruth Berry, ‘Cello
- Repertoire will include:
- Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 ("Sunrise")
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K. 285 (with Linda Greene, flute)
- Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 51
- Artworks Concert Series in Cherry Valley, New York
- Sunday, July 28, 7:30 pm
- The Foundry,
44 Main St.,
Cherry Valley, NY - Contact: Cherry Valley Artworks
August
Fenimore String Quartet
- Ruotao Mao and Sue Rabut: Violins; Dee Dee Fancher, Viola, Ruth Berry, ‘Cello
- Repertoire will include:
- Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 ("Sunrise")
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K. 285 (with Linda Greene, flute)
- Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 51
- Unity Hall Concert Series, in Barneveld, New York
- Tuesday, August 6, 2013 8:00pm
- 101 Vanderkemp Ave, Barneveld, NY, 13304
- Contact: (315) 520-8231 or Unity Hall
- More information: The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and The Glimmerglass Festival
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Upcoming Performances
In Praise of Music Ensembles in Performance, November 25 – December 24, 2012
Please support In Praise of Music and our presenters by attending our performances, spreading the word about our activities, and sending gifts to our presenters designated for the hiring of professional instrumentalists.
Vonda Darr, Harp Soloist
- December 6, 7:30 pm and December 9, 3:00 pm at Cornerstone Baptist Church, Aiken, SC: Britten Ceremony of Carols with the Aiken Choral Society, Maureen Simpson (director)
Robert Foster, Flute
- December 9, 6:30 pm at Thomson First United Methodist Church, Jeanie Joesbury (director)
Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra
- November 25, 5:00 pm at The Messiah at 1st Baptist Church, Thomson, GA: Thomson-McDuffie Choral Society, Mark Bowers (director)
- November 30, 7:30 pm at The Messiah at The Pope Center, Washington, GA: Washington-Wilkes Choral Society/Washington Little Theatre, Shirley Gunter (director)
- December 2, 4:00 pm at Reid Memorial Presbyterian, Augusta, GA: Augusta Opera Holiday Concert, Richard E. Cook (director)
- December 9, 11:00 am at First Baptist Church, Aiken, SC: Hal Hopson (Come Ye Faithful), James Bennett (director)
- December 9, 5:00 pm at Aldersgate Methodist Church, Augusta, GA: Hal Hopson (Come Ye Faithful), Linda Bradberry and Sandra Prichard (directors), combined choirs of Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and Aldersgate Methodist
- December 9, 6:30 pm at First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA: Stan Pylant (director)
- December 15, 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Augusta, GA: The Augusta Choral Society performing The Messiah, Bach Magnificat, works by Finzi and Bass, Porter Stokes (director)
- December 16, 6:00 pm at Christ Church Presbyterian, Evans, GA: Mark Nabholz (director), chorus and orchestra
- December 24, 5:00 pm at First Baptist Church, Augusta: Stan Pylant (director)
Magellan String Quartet (as solo ensemble and as accompaniment for choirs)
- December 2, 8:30 am and 11:00 am at Aldersgate Methodist Church, Augusta, GA: Linda Bradberry (director)
- December 16, 4:40/5:00 pm at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA: Richard E Cook (director)
- December 23, 11:00 am at Sandersville Methodist Church: Shane McDonald (director)
Kiokee String Quintet
- December 16, 11:00 am at Aiken First Presbyterian Church: The Messiah, Ken Courtney (director)
- December 24, 3:40 pm and 5:15 pm at Warren Baptist Church, Augusta, GA: Kevin Pollock (director)
Augusta Opera Holiday Concert
The classy concert tradition continues!
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 4:00 pm at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, GA. A reception will follow the performance.
- The Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra: opening the concert with their new rendition of J.S. Bach Sleeper’s Awake
- The Augusta Opera Chorus: featured in O Holy Night and selections by Handel and Britten
- Great Vocal Soloists Melissa Larkin, Diane Haslam, Jamison Walker and Isaac Holmes: selections include famous Duets from Lakme and the Pearlfishers, along with Ave Maria, and other traditional holiday songs
- Richard E. Cook: conductor
Recent Spring Concerts
Holiday Concert
The Lyra Vivace Chamber Orchestra will perform several (unconducted) instrumental works, in addition to accompanying the fabulous Augusta Children’s Chorale (under the direction of Linda Bradberry), in a lovely Holiday concert performance at the historic Church of the Most Holy Trinity.
FREE ADMISSION (donations welcome).
December 4, 4:00 pm, 720 Telfair St., Augusta, Georgia.
