Cary John Franklin, Conducting
Maria Jette, soprano
Overture to La forza del destino, Verdi
Variations for Orchestra, Argento
Symphony no. 3, Beethoven
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 3:00 P.M.
Location: Wayzata Community Church
Sunday, Oct. 22, 1 p.m.
Landmark Center, downtown Saint Paul
Wagner, Overture, Meistersinger
Messian, The Forgotten Offering (Les Offrande Oublier)
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1,
Soloist: Andrew Staupe, winner of 2006 WAMSO Young Artists Competition
MacPhail Center for the Arts
Saturday, October 28, 3-5 p.m.
Cynthia Phelps, Viola Master Class
Co-presented by Music In The Park Series
Sponsored by Claire Givens Violins, Inc.
$5 general admission at the door/ FREE to MacPhail students
Cynthia Phelps enjoys a versatile career as an established chamber musician, solo artist, and Principal Violist of the New York Philharmonic, a position to which she was appointed in 1992. Her concerto appearances with the Philharmonic have taken her to the major concert halls of North America and Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, Vienna’s Musikverein, London’s Royal Festival Hall. She has also been engaged as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic, among many others. Ms. Phelps is a founding member of the chamber group Les Amies, a flute-harp-viola group recently formed with Philharmonic Principal Harp Nancy Allen, and flutist Carol Wincenc. Ms. Phelps is a first-prize winner of both the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the Washington International String Competition, and is the recipient of the Pro Musicis International award. Ms. Phelps has served on the faculties at The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music.