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<p class=MsoNormal>To my dear performing arts friends:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As you may know, I direct the TrueNorth Symphony. We
will present our annual Symphonic Music Concert at TrueNorth at French Creek
Nature Center at 7:30 pm on Friday, February 26, and Saturday, February
27. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at <a
href="http://www.TNCArts.org">www.TNCArts.org</a>, or by calling 440-949-5200,
or at the door the night of the concert, unless sold out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Our centerpiece work will feature James and Cassandra
Clouser on the Bach Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords. James was the
outstanding pianist playing for “Side by Side by Sondheim”
presented at TrueNorth last November. His equally gifted wife joins him
for this rarely played double concerto. With Bach as the centerpiece, the
theme of the concert is “ABC’s of Symphonic Music,” and most
works being presented are by composers whose name begins with A, B, or C.
Other “B” composers’ works being showcased are Georges
Bizet’s well-known “Carmen Suite #1” and a solo performance by
harpist Cecilia Ilg McKay of the Beethoven “Sonata Pathétique.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> The “A” composer is the popular Leroy
Anderson, and the Symphony will play “Blue Tango,”
“Syncopated Clock,” and more. Who doesn’t like Leroy
Anderson?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The “C” composer is the distinguished American
composer Aaron Copland, featuring excerpts from his “Billy the Kid”
and “Rodeo” suites, including the familiar
“Hoe-Down.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Symphony will premier a new work by one of our own,
William Rayer, a composition dedicated to the tragic Challenger mission,
“In Memory of STS 51L.” Also featured will be flutist Sarah
Holmes in a performance with the Symphony of Franz Doppler’s virtuosic
work, “Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise.” (We have given Sarah an
ovation every time we have rehearsed, if that tells you anything.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The concert will be dedicated to the memory of James F.
Meyers, a well beloved cellist who played with the TrueNorth Symphony and
many other orchestras. He died suddenly in January and will be sorely
missed. Jacqueline Black will perform the Prelude and Sarabande from Bach’s
Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello as a tribute to the life of Jim Meyers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I hope we will have a large turnout for this event.
I’m really excited about this concert and am eager to share it with all
of you. The French Creek Nature Center is on Route 611 in
Sheffield Village, 2.7 miles north and west of the I-90 interchange. The
address is 4530 Colorado Ave., Sheffield Village.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hope to see you all there! Feel free to forward this to
your friends as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";
color:purple'>Jim Traxler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";
color:purple'>Director, TrueNorth Symphony<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:jtraxbay@oh.rr.com"><span style='color:blue'>jtraxbay@oh.rr.com</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell
440-554-4519</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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