Boulder Chamber Orchestra

An Evening for the Senses

2005-05-12T09:58:00.000-07:00

Boulder Chamber Orchestra is holding a special benefit event to celebrate our inaugural season, and prepare for another fantastic line-up in 2005-06. Whether you are new to BCO, or a regular at our concerts, this is a rare opportunity to experience exceptional chamber music in a uniquely intimate and artistic setting. The evening promises to reveal the true soul of art and music, and enliven all your senses.

Please join us for
“An Evening for the Senses”

Indulge your soul in this multi-sensory art experience!

For your ears, the sound of exceptional chamber music
For your eyes, the sight of alluring fine art and sculpture
For your tongue, the taste of delicious cuisine and wine

Sunday, May 22 nd 2005
at the
Art and Soul Gallery
1615 Pearl Street in downtown Boulder
from
7:00-10:00 pm
8:30 recital by BCO's own musicians
Cocktail Attire

$50 Per Person
Includes appetizers, dessert, open bar,
and interactive sensory experiences.

All proceeds benefit Boulder Chamber Orchestra's
education, outreach, and programming activities

Support Boulder 's thriving arts community!
Complete the Boulder Chamber Orchestra RSVP form at:
http://www.boulderchamberorchestra.org/fundraising.html

Boulder Chamber Orchestra is a non profit arts organization committed to providing exceptional chamber music

Seasons Finale, Press Release

2005-04-28T09:50:00.000-07:00

PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release

Contact Person: Morgan Keay, Executive Director, Boulder Chamber Orchestra
Tel: (303) 583-1278, E mail: morgan@earthnet.net

Premiere Boulder Musical Ensemble Wraps up Inaugural Season

“Seasons Finale”
Presented by Boulder Chamber Orchestra
Friday, May 6th 2005 at 7:30 pm
First Baptist Church of Boulder
1237 Pine Street
Tickets start at $10
Free parking & child care available

Boulder, Colo.-- It’s been a year of amazing firsts for Boulder’s premiere chamber music ensemble, Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO). With three nearly sold-out concerts on record, the new arts organization plans to celebrate and wrap-up their successful inaugural season on May 6th, with an appropriately named event, “Seasons Finale,” featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Indulge your senses as BCO brings new life to this well-loved classical composition that explores the seasons through imaginative melodies. “No matter how many times you’ve heard Four Seasons, seeing it live is like hearing it for the first time,” says BCO conductor and Music Director Bahman Saless. Local favorite, Gregory Walker will join the ensemble as their guest violin soloist.

To compliment the masterpiece, the orchestra will also be performing selections from Tchaikovsky’s famous suite, The Seasons.

As always, the event includes a complimentary reception, with goodies provided by local merchants such as Izze Beverage Company and others. BCO’s community-friendly atmosphere (and pricing) sets the orchestra apart from other classical groups in the area, and makes an evening of music as appealing as a spring day in Boulder.

Join BCO, for the conclusion of the 2004-05 Season, and a celebration of the seasons on May 6th at 7:30 pm, at Boulder’s First Baptist Church in downtown Boulder. Tickets start at $10, and are available online or at the door. Visit www.boulderchamberorchestra.org, or call (303) 583-1278 for more information or to purchase tickets.

daily camera announcement

2005-03-07T11:56:00.000-08:00

This is the latest newspaper feature of Boulder Chamber Orchestra

CLASSICAL

'Stabat mater' with Saless
The new Boulder Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Bahman Saless, presents the third concert of its inaugural season at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, 1237 Pine St. The concert, titled "Souvenirs from Italy," features works from the Italian baroque and pre-classical periods. The centerpiece will be Pergolesi's "Stabat mater" with guest soprano soloists Lee Ann Scherlong and Catherine Nix. Also on the program are Albinoni's "Adagio for Organ and Strings" and the "Grand Duo Concertante" for violin and double bass by Bottessini. Tickets — $10 — are available at www.boulderchamberorchestra.org or by calling (303) 583-1278. Pre-ordering is recommended.
— Kelly Dean Hansen

Daily Camera article

2005-02-28T10:24:00.000-08:00

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra is recieving praise from the Boulder Community. In a recent article published in The Daily Camera, they wrote about the BCO and its remarkable pull of music fans from the annual Bach festival at BCO's last concert. To learn more about BCO and to read this article you can go the The Daily Camera's website at http://www.dailycamera.com or link directly to the article at http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/music/article/0,1713,BDC_2468_3577122,00.html.

Souvenirs from Italy

2005-02-23T11:03:00.000-08:00

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra is holding there next concert on March, 11, 2005. It is titles, "Souvenirs from Italy," and will feature soprano solists Lee Ann Scherlong and Cathernie Nix. The orchestra will be preforming a rare performance of Pergolisis's stabat mater, which is scarcely performed. Dont miss the great oppurtunity to witness this exceptional performance. If you would like to learn more about Pergolisis's stabat mater visit http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14239b.htm. We hope to see you there!

Find us on the web

2005-02-08T10:18:00.000-08:00

You can now find the Boulder chamber orchestra on all the main search engines on the web. For example, MSN, Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and most meta crawler web sites.

The links are as follow:

www.google.com
www.msn.com
www.yahoo.com
www.askjeeves.com

We are doing this to make it easier for people like you to find out about people like us.

What A Show!

2005-01-25T10:58:00.000-08:00

On Friday night men and women, young and old, gathered at the First Baptist Church in Boulder to listen to the breathtaking music of the boulder chamber orchestra.

At the begining of the evening the church was filled with friends and family chattering about their days, but as the music started all fell silent. The orchestra played pieces composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni, and Bach. Everyone seemed impressed at the talent of every member in the orchestra. And talented they are!

Bahman Saless, the conductor, made a joke during the performance when he said, "you probably won't ever see another orchestra anywhere with four doctorate physicists." The orchestra memebers are truly gifted.

At intermission every gathered in the reception room, and gobbled down cookies and tea. All were awaiting to see the second half of the show.

As the night came to end everyone applauded the orchestra and praised them for an exceptional performance, telling the members they will be back for more.

The boulder chamber orchestra is holding their next performance on March 11, 2005.

ITS ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY!

2005-01-19T13:01:00.000-08:00

This Friday at 7:30 the Chamber Music Society of Boulder is "Going Baroque" at the First Baptist Church.

Tickets will be sold at the door and you can also purchase them online at http://boulderchamberorchestra.org/concerts.html. It should be a great show, and you don't want to miss it. What better way to spend a Friday night!

Hope to see you there.

Article in Boulder Women's Magazine

2005-01-06T11:54:00.000-08:00

Please check out the January issue of Boulder Women's Magazine. They interviewed several people about our new orchestra and wrote a very nice article.

Here is the link
http://www.boulderwomensmag.com/articles/2005/01/06/news/the_scene/scene.txt

Incase the link does not work I copied and pasted the article in the Blog
Please check out the Boulder Women's Magazine website though to give them hits for us!!

Chamber Music Society of Boulder: New Non-profit Orchestra
By BRITTA KALLEVANG

Why are there so many more women musicians than men?" I asked Bahman Saless, musical director of the Chamber Music Society of Boulder. "I have no idea," he replied.

Out of about 20 Chamber Music Society (CMS) musicians, 16 are women. They're wonderful in every way. But the story behind the special gifts that the new group offers the community is not about female/male ratio. CMS is about beautiful, quality music played by a group of musicians who play for fun, not 401K plans. The story is a celebration of the women involved in supporting CMS in every aspect, a story to catch your attention and draw your support, regardless of gender.

Chamber music is a rarity in the Boulder area. Comprised of 20-25 string and wind musicians, chamber music is performed in an intimate setting, as the name implies. CMS performs in the First Baptist Church of Boulder, which, aside from its limited audience capacity, produces the desired acoustical effect.

Saless hypothesizes that the challenge of "find[ing] an appropriate venue," might be the reason behind the lack of chamber music in Boulder. He explains that chamber performer's musicality is "more exposed."

It seems ironic that Boulder's music culture has only begun to embrace chamber music. The combination of intimacy, communal support and enjoyment allows the musicians' individualities to successfully shine. These are exactly the qualities community musical groups offer.

"It's a shame," Saless says about the over-due revitalization of the special music genre. "There's so much good music. We don't get to hear it."

But, now we do. The repertoire for the CMS January 21st concert will feature music by Albinoni, Bach and Vivaldi. Although, "Boulder has been missing a chamber orchestra for a long time," Saless says that, "we've had tremendous interest."

For their first concert, on October 29th, there was standing room only; the First Baptist Church with filled with more than 300 people. Saless points out how the event, "shows how hungry people are for a venue like this."

Community orchestras are composed of local musicians, and supported by volunteers. The musicians are real people, living busy lives, who maintain real passion for music performance and community. Boulder's CMS is made up of computer scientists, physicists, book editors, teachers, and software programmers, all donating their time and hearts.

In addition to locality, the musicians are all involved in different orchestras. They are CMS musicians because they want to be. Saless is on the same page. "I'm not in it for the money." There is no money.

CMS, while being a community orchestra, does have a size limitation because of its distinction as a chamber musical group. Saless describes the challenge CMS meets in striking a balance between its goals. CMS works to, "accommodate everyone," and "always get better." Because it's small, not just anyone can join. Saless maintains, however, that CMS, "gives a priority to community players." The selection process is based on the tight network Saless has developed in his long involvement in professional music.

CMS owes much of its support to the network established by women like Emily Morton. Morton has become a woman of immeasurable value to the group. She puts all her experience as a Pre-K teacher seeking extra funding for class materials, her passion as a musician, and interest in people to work as a volunteer. Morton finds fulfillment in assisting with admin. work, supplying food at rehearsals, and networking for funding.

"I know how to ask for things," she says. Setting up contacts for potential donors brings joy to her work as she, "meet[s] interesting people and see[s] the way things connect."

A violin and guitar musician herself, Morton finds inspiration in the aptitude of the CMS performers. She appreciates that her volunteering allows the musicians, "to focus on their music." The magic Morton gets from volunteering returns to CMS and the Boulder community full-circle.

Morton speaks on behalf of other women involved. She sees, "the various ways [their skills] complement each other." Morton says that these women make CMS a "stand-out non-profit."

Another ballast to CMS is Chesley McColl, Saless's wife. Morton cheers, "[McColl] was super-woman" for the first concert! McColl designed a PowerPoint presentation to enhance the performance, giving the audience a taste for the architecture and artistry of the period. She also organized the food and threw an inaugural party for CMS donors.

CMS is currently funded solely on community support. Saless wants to see, "more volunteers; we love to have them around." Those interested are encouraged to contact Emily Morton at emorton@boulderchamberorchestra.org, or call 888-397-6952.

Please check out the CMS website: www.boulderchamberorchestra.org for director Bahman Saless's bio, a complete list of the musicians and their bios, performance schedule, and additional information on how to support the CMS.

Upcoming Concert: Let's go Baroque

2004-12-02T13:52:00.000-08:00

Let's Go Baroque!

Come enjoy chamber music in the beautiful First Baptist church in Boulder at 13th and Pine. January 21, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.

Our program includes music by Albinoni, Bach and Vivaldi. The music is timeless and the virtuosity is assured. Immerse yourself in the live experience of chamber music.

Refreshments will be provided at intermission by our wonderful business donors, Celestial Seasonings and Izze.

Visit our website for more information: www.boulderchamberorchestra.org

Wonderful Concert - Bright Beginning for Boulder Chamber Orchestra

2004-11-01T08:09:00.000-08:00

The inaugural concert for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra was a huge success. The house was packed and we were scrambling to find a few more chairs for the back of the hall.

The concert was striking for two different reasons, one was the music selection. There were a few people in the audience that were not your typical chamber music or classical music lover and they were all excited to discover that they did like chamber music based on performance.

With only four rehearsals under their belt - the audience was amazed at the quality of the performance. Most people were surprised they had not practiced together more. Music Director, Bahman Saless has done a fine job inspiring this group of musicians to aspire to excellence and it show.

The second reason this concert was unusual was the infusion of a slide show that corresponded to the tempo and time period of the music. Subtly displayed on the side of the stage - it offered an unique feel to this unique group.

Their next concert is scheduled for Jan. 21, 2005
Check out the website for more information
www.boulderchamberorchestra.org

Thank You To Our Business Donators

2004-10-29T09:07:00.000-07:00

The Chamber Music Society of Boulder would like to Thank the following local companies for their generous donations!

Celestial Seasonings for delicious tea http://www.celestialseasonings.com/index.php
Izze's for their fabulous juice drinks http://www.izze.com/DesktopDefault.aspx
Partyland for the festive balloons http://www.partyland.com/

Also a special thank you to People Productions http://www.peopleproductions.com
for video taping the performance tonight. Look for DVD's of our first concert to be on sale in December ... just in time for Christmas! They will make excellent stocking stuffers for the classical music lover on your list!

Excellent rehearsal primes group for Performance

2004-10-29T08:11:00.000-07:00

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra rehearsal last night was awesome the group has really come together and their sound is amazing. The orchestra is very excited about the concert tonight.

The Boulder Daily Camera has an article in today's paper concerning our debut performance. Check it out
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/music/article/0,1713,BDC_2468_3285727,00.html

We look forward to seeing Boulder come out tonight to experience Chamber Music at it's best in the intimate setting of the First Baptist Church in Boulder at 13th and Pine. The concert is at 7:30, we almost have a full house to get your tickets online now at
http://www.boulderchamberorchestra.org

Tonight promises to be magical!!

Chamber Music Society of Boulder

2004-10-27T10:44:00.000-07:00

Chamber Music Society of Boulder

Both this domain and www.boulderchamberorchestra.org should work to pull up the website now.

Inaugural Concert: From Time To Time

2004-10-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

The first concert for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra is Friday! There is a lot of excitement and a lot to do! The City of Boulder has really opened her arms to us. It is obvious that there is a strong interest in Chamber music, and a definite void to fill. We've had numerous donations, both from individual contributors and local businesses. We really found a great venue in the First Baptist Church of Boulder. We recently got our website up, although it's been a work in progress and will continue to be so. http://boulderchamberorchestra.org The concert starts at 7:30 and tickets are $10. Come out and support the Arts! We'll see you there!

This is the information if you want to attend:
Inaugural Concert: From Time To Time
Compositions from Bach, Britten, Jenkins and Marcello
October 29, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church of Boulder located at 1237 Pine Street