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Arizona/Western States Composer Concert

Musica Nova

June 1, 2008

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MusicaNova Orchestra will perform a concert of music written by Arizona composers, including works by Arizona natives Ulysses Kay and Kenneth LaFave and current Arizona residents Judith Zaimont and Ron Nelson. LaFave's Canto de Alba is a percussion concerto which will feature Flagstaff Symphony Principal Maria Flurry. An exciting feature of this concert will be a reading session of works by emerging Arizona composers under the age of 20. In this way we celebrate the past, present and future of music in Arizona. The Suite for Orchestra by Ulysses Kay was voted 'the finest piece of music written by a native Arizonan in the first half of the twentieth century' in a 1948 contest held by the Phoenix Symphony, although the piece has remained almost unperformed since then. Ron Nelson's gorgeous Sarabande was written in 1954, while Zaimont's 'Stillness' and the LaFave Concerto are creations of the past few years. With the excerpts from the works of the young composers we will hear the future of orchestral music; for these talented young people it will be the first time they hear a professional orchestra perform their music. This program has been supported by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Scottsdale League for the Arts.

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  Tickets: $30/Each, $25/Students with ID

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  Dates:
  June 1, 2008

  Times:
  Sunday 4:00pm

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  Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

  25120 North Pima Road Scottsdale, AZ 85255

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  Scottsdale

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