Program: May 20, 2001

Program Serenade for Wind Instruments

Arthur Bird

Adagio Allegro energico

Serenade in E flat, Opus 7

Richard Strauss

CVRO Wind Ensemble Sebastian Tackling, Conductor Time Piece

Steven Amundson

Serenade for Strings in E, Opus 22

Antonin Dvorak

Moderato

Capriol, Suite for String Orchestra

Peter Warlock

Basse-Danse Pavane Tordion Bransles Pieds-en-L’Air Mattachins

Paul Niemisto, conductor and founder of the CVRO in 1979, is a member of the St. Olaf College music faculty. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received additional conducting training at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg and at the American Symphony Orchestra League Institute. While in Canada during the 1970s he was a conductor of the Prince Edward Island Symphony and the South Shore Orchestra and was a playing member of the CBC Halifax Orchestra. Recently, he has been a regular summer traveler to Finland, where he teaches courses in conducting, performs in brass festivals, and conducts bands and orchestras. Since 1991 he has directed a Finnish-American brass ensemble, “Boys of America,” which has traveled widely and made recordings in the U.S. and Scandinavia. Sebastian Tackling, guest conductor for a portion of today’s program, came from Lehrberg Germany to attend St. Olaf College, where he is a junior music education major and plays bassoon in the St. Olaf Orchestra and Band. In the past he has sung in the Chapel Choir; recently he became director of the Valhalla Band, a student organization. His plans include graduate study in conducting and a career in conducting both professional and collegiate groups. * * *

CVRO String Ensemble Paul Niemisto, Conductor * * * Acknowledgments We are grateful to the Valley Grove Preservation Society, Ken Sahlin, president, for the use of the Valley Grove Church and to the Northfield Arts Guild for its support. We extend thanks also to the Northfield Community Education and Recreation Department and the music staff at Bridgewater Elementary School for providing rehearsal space for the CVRO and to Sebastian Tackling for assisting us during a very busy period at St. Olaf. This concert is made possible in part by grants provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. We greatly appreciate support by the Community National Bank

Donors to the Fund for the Purchase of Tympani for the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Carl and Joan Behr Grace and Jon Buck Edwin and Gertrude Chambers Sophie Dahle Jacqui Dorsey Robert Hanson and Debbie Hada Valborg Hallan David and Vanessa Hazelton Gary Iseminger Joann and Richard Kleber Jane McWilliams Janet Mitchell Elizabeth Muir

Harry Nordstrom Charlotte and Gordon Rasmussen David and Judy Reitz Dennis and Jane Rinehart Brynhild Rowberg Marilyn and Sy Schuster Mary Zoe Scott Greta and John Smith VFW Tim and Jean Vick Eileen Young Mary Zard

Personnel

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CVRO String Ensemble Violin Trish Beckman Adam Casper Gerry Casper Bob Hanson Karin Larson

Pam Mount Gail Nelson Hannaah Reitz

Cello Carrie Melby Tom Niemisto Jane Rinehart

Viola Meg Hargreaves John Metz

Bass Matt Pollick

CVRO Wind Ensemble Flute Sue Carlson Mary Zard

Clarinet Jesse Streitz Kathy Szydlo

Oboe Hartley Clark Erin Vos

Bassoon Bill Child Thea Groth

Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Paul Niemisto,Conductor SebastianTackling, GuestConductor

Horn Joan Behr Trish Culbert Rob Risch Barb Wornson Bass Matt Pollick

Coming events for the Canon Valley Regional Orchestra

Cannon Valley Spring Concert

Summer outdoor concerts: Tuesday, August 21, 7 p.m., Northfield Central Park Thursday, August 23, 7 p.m., Faribault Central Park Celebration of the 125 th anniversary of the Defeat of Jesse James Days: September 8, evening, Carleton College Campus Fall Concert: November 17, evening, Sheldon Theater, Red Wing

Valley Grove Church, Nerstrand Sunday, May 20, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.