Last season's program was full of familiar faces, fresh talent, old favorites, and new works combined for another unforgettable season of concerts and events.
We welcomed Beau Benson, Edward Dixon, Wesley Schulz, and Anthony Spain to the Vert Auditorium as our Conductors!
Blue Mountain Community College - Bob Clapp (Pioneer) Theatre
A Sharp Finale
Come and hear the wonderful sounds of music education in action with the A Sharp Players Orchestra, Preludes Ensemble and Young Voices of Eastern Oregon, as they showcase their talents under the guidance of Conductors Bruce Walker and Shauna Altman. Indulge yourself in mystery with the Phantom of the Opera, enjoy a classic with Mozart Symphony #41 and take home a little bit of showbiz to hum on.
Enjoy this FREE concert and support our
hard working Pendleton Youth ensembles. Seating is on a first come basis.
The concert is sponsored by A Sharp Painters, the Pendleton Rotary Club and the Pendleton Kiwanis Club.
Saturday April 30, 2011 – 7:30 pm at Blue Mountain Community College, Bob Clapp Theatre
Red, Hot and Blue
Learn to love a little jazz at our final OES concert for the season. Join us for a special evening of Latin, contemporary, blues and jazz standards courtesy of LaGrande based band Red, Hot and Blue. Vocalist Karen Lee Deusch will soothe all your cares away to the tinkle of Matt Coopers ivory keys. Tap your toes to Alan Feves bass tones and wiggle your hips with a little Latin pizzazz as Teun Fetz shakes it all up on percussion.
Indulge yourself in the sultry tones of Greg Johnson’s saxophone for an evening you are sure to remember.
Sunday, October 3, 2010 - 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church
Back to Broadway Concert
Featuring popular local artists in a performance to benefit the OES Guild
Saturday, October 16, 2010 – 7:30 pm Venue TBD
Silver Anniversary Concert and Party
J.D. Kindle and the Eastern Oregon Playboys Jam with the Symphony
Pendleton’s original rock with a symphonic twist
Party down and kick off our 25th Anniversary season
Featuring Young Artist Competition Winners
Tasha Sitz (cello) performing Elegy by Gabriel Faure and
Rebecca Stamm (violin) performing Concert Fantasy for Violin by Rimsky-Korsakov.
An original Movie Medly by Chris Thomas.
Dvorak’s New World Symphony #9 op. 95.
With Guest Conductor Dr. Beau Benson
Hallelujah—Handel’s Messiah
Celebrate the season with the OES Chorale and orchestra performing
Handel's wonderful Messiah (Christmas Selections)
With wonderful local soloists Lezlee Flagg, Emily Muller Callender,
Dr. Bart Adams and Steve Muller
and Guest Conductor Candidate Dr. Edward Dixon
Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 5 pm
Dixieland Dreams -An OES Silver Soiree
Join us for and evening of your favorite Jazz
Wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, desserts & live auction
at the Pendleton Center for the Arts
Tickets available January 10 $35 each
Sunday January 16, 2011- 3:15 pm FREE CONCERT
Blue Mountain Community College - Pioneer Theatre
The A Sharp Players, Preludes and Young Voices of Eastern Oregon in Concert
Come and support our OES Youth as they strut their stuff on the stage
You don't want to miss the hilarious Mr Bruce Walker in action either!
Sunday March 13, 2011 – 3:15 pm at the Vert Auditorium
Arias for the Soul
Featuring Emily Muller Callender, mezzo soprano
singing selections from Saint-Saens "Samson and Dalila" and Bizet's "Carmen"
Mendelssohn's Son and Stranger Overture
Bizet - Carmen Suite 1 - Intermezzo
Beethoven Symphony #4
with Guest Conductor Candidate Dr. Wesley Schulz
With Guest Conductor Candidate Dr.Anthony Spain and featuring Audrey Marier, violin
Conductor Anthony Spain, of Seattle’s Northwest Orchestra,
has selected the wonderful Brandenburg Concerto #3 by Bach, as his debut
offering. Concert soloist, Audrey Marier (violin) is originally from
Pendleton and excels as a graphic designer in Chicago. The sweet strains
of her violin will charm us with a beautifully orchestrated audiovisual and
musical interpretation of The Lark Ascending, by Ralph Vaughan
Williams. The concert will dance with delight as the rhythms of one
of Beethoven’s most popular symphonies, #7, take flight and soar to a
tumultuous finale.
This wonderful concert is sponsored by a grant from The Wildhorse Foundation, Pendleton Internal Medicine, Denise, Paul and Emily Campagna, Marcia and Henry Lorenzen and George and Sue Nelson