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Lowell Chamber Orchestra (Chamber Orchestra) |
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Founded: 2019 - Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra is the city of Lowell’s first and only professional orchestra. They provide the area with an ensemble that presents music at a very high level, of all styles and time periods, entirely free to the general population. Lowell is a gateway community, rich in cultural diversity but economically challenged in many respects so access to high-quality arts is essential. The interactive nature of the performances, is especially important for audiences who many not have enjoyed arts programming previously.
There is a diverse international and diverse nature of the players as reflective of the Lowell community itself. The ensemble sometimes include, among its professional members, some music students enrolled in local universities, in order to provide them with an opportunity to gain experience and earn some money.
The concerts are preceded by small introductions, given by students enrolled in local higher education institutions, about the pieces to be performed – this engages the students that might be taking such classes. Composers are invited to speak about their own works whenever possible.
The performances take place at Middlesex Community College, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and at other venues around the area. Some of these locations allow students to attend concerts without leaving their respective campuses, and allow the public in general to attend a concert at a proper performance space.
Only in its first season, the LCO presented over three centuries of music, including two local premieres by living composers, a theatre production, partnered with artists for multi-media works, and recorded an album. |
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Members of Lowell Chamber Orchestra: |
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Flute: Wei Zhao
Oboes: Amy Dinsmore, Mary Costello
Clarinet: Wolcott Humphrey
Bassoons: Tracy McGinnis, Em Russell, Lecolion Washington
Horns: James Mosher, Megan Riccio
Trumpet: Richard Watson
Trombone: Kristoffer Danielsen
Violins: Kyra Davies, Alan Hawryluk, Sargis Karapetyan, Shek Wan Li, Karen McConomy, Susanne Powers, Katharina Radlberger, Peter Sulski, Judy Takata, Maureen Taranto, Yen-Chun Angela Wang
Violas: Susan Kirchhausen, Jing Peng, Joseph Simcox, Alexander Vavilov
Cellos: Arianna Falk, Cynthia Forbes, Cam Sawzin, Aron Zelkowicz
Double-basses: Nick Aparo, John Dowd
Percussion: Michael Weinfield-Zell
Harpsichord: Yukiko Shimazaki, Victoria Suchodolski
Piano: Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, Yukiko Shimazaki
Assistant Production Manager: Melaysha Chao-Sar
Personnel Manager: Dirk Hillyer |
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Sources:
Lowell Chamber Orchestra Website & Facebook page
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (December 2020) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Orlando Cela |
Orchestra |
[CV-2] (2020, Video): BWV 212, BWV 211 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra (Official Website)
Lowell Chamber Orchestra page on Facebok |
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