11-01-09 E Mail update to seniors and facilities
Greetings from ElderAudience! More updates for you…
**A Big THANK YOU to Friends of Chamber Music, who are listed on
ElderAudience, for their continuing generosity in providing complimentary
tickets for some of their events! Recently, 18 tickets were given to music
lovers who enjoyed hearing Thomas Hampson, famed baritone, and the
Borealis String Quartet. We are most grateful!
**Lee Wallace is a vocalist of popular songs from the 20′s through the
60′s, a la Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Al Jolson, and
other well-known songs of the Big Band era. He presents an hour long show
with accompanist Ardeth Fullmer, and guarantees you will enjoy their
presentation! Also, Lee offers a special Holiday show! Check out Lee’s
listing under Music and Holidays.
**Have you booked Rick Meyers’ Old Time Music Show yet? Rick presents a 60
minute show featuring old-time singalongs and a variety of lesser-known
instruments including the spoons, musical saw & jewsharp, along with banjo
& guitar. Lots of audience participation. Guaranteed to bring back loads
of fond memories! Sound system provided by request.Read more about The Old
Time Music Show in Music, Novelty or Variety Shows categories on
ElderAudience.
**Flutist Dawn Weiss has some exciting upcoming projects! She is editing a
piece for a CD, with her chamber music group “Trillium Winds.” It will be
a solo and chamber music CD that may be out by Christmas. Also, Dawn and
her brothers will be performing as the “Weiss Family Woodwinds” at
University of Southern California, where Dawn’s brother is on faculty.
Dawn recently submitted an application to the National Flute Association
for the “Weiss Family Woodwinds” to perform at their annual convention.
Read more about Dawn Weiss in our Music category, and arrange to have her
play at your facility or special event!
**Two upcoming PYP Concerts!!Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP), which is
the country’s oldest youth orchestra, is presenting a FALL CONCERT on
November 14, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, downtown Portland, at
7:30 p.m.Highlights include pieces by Verdi,Beethoven,Debussy,Bloch, and
Prokofiev. The Youth Philharmonic’s CONCERT-AT-CHRISTMAS takes place
December 26, 2009 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., and
features music by Rodgers and HAmmerstein, among others. Senior ticket
pricing available for all PYP concerts.Also,special prices for groups of
10+. Please contact PYP at (503)223-5939 or go to their website at
www.portlandyouthphil.org for more information. Portland Youth
Philharmonic Orchestra is listed in ElderAudience’s under Music and
Music-Classical.
That’s it for now.
Best Wishes!
Pam
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