Ithaca Community Orchestra

Saturday, May 14th
7:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church
In Dewitt Park

Cayenna Ponchione, music director
Diana Geiger, assistant conductor

Made possible with grant support from the Community Arts Partnership

The Pictures Project celebrates the intersection of visual and musical arts by commissioning four new musical pictures based on existing works of art and new works of art in response to music by Mussorgsky and Vivaldi.

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THE MUSIC
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in g minor
Claude Lamothe and Leah Kaller, soloists

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Tuschmalov)
Some movements to be played on Organ by Christopher Morgan Loy

Four new "musical pictures" by local composers based on existing works by area astists will be added to the composition.

Composers
Kay Adams
Carly Hodes
Max Shuhan
Christopher Morgan Loy
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THE ART
A gallery of art will be on display at the concert.

Artists whose works were the basis for the new "musical pictures"
Gurdon Brewster
Monica Franciscus
Barbara Mink
Elzbieta Sadza

Student artwork from Enfield's 4th grade art classes
Christine Finnigan's students listened to movements of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and translated their impressions into abstract and realistic landscapes.

Artwork created in response to the Vivaldi
by Kathy Free

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Refreshments served after the concert for all to enjoy!

There is a suggested $5 donation at the door.

The Ithaca Community Orchestra was founded in 2000 by composer and conductor John Webber and in 2005 Cayenna Ponchione was engaged as the new music director. The ICO presents concerts for the general public, plays at community events, and is dedicated to performing at local residential institutions such as nursing homes. The orchestra gives avocational string players the opportunity to be part of a large ensemble and gives avocational wind players an opportunity to play the orchestral literature. more...

The ICO meets every Wednesday during the school year from 7:00-9:30 p.m. at the Cayuga Ridge retirement center on Route 96 near the Cayuga Medical Center. All instrumentalist are encouraged to enquire as we have openings in winds, brass, strings and percussion. For more information email cayenna@cayennaponchione.com.