Season 48, 2018-2019
Pops in the Park
Saturday Sept 8, 2018 • 5:00 pm at the Cedaredge Town Park
Sunday Sept 9, 2018 • 5:00 pm at the Cobble Creek Golf Course in Montrose
Orchestra and Chorus
For their only outdoor concerts of the season, the orchestra and chorus will perform a range of popular or “pops” and contemporary music styles, including Americana, movie music, rock ‘n’ roll, Broadway tunes, and traditional marches.
“This ‘lighter fare’ appeals to all ages, as we’ll be doing everything from ‘Harry Potter’ movie music to selections of early Broadway numbers like ‘Porgy and Bess’ and lots in between,” said Orchestra Director Michael Kern. He explained that the VSA is comprised of “your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, and fellow citizens. We look to the regional community to support us, and we hope you’ll bring your friends along for a pleasant afternoon of popular music.”
Masterpieces from 1700 to Today
Sunday October 28, 2018 • 3:00 pm at the Montrose Pavilion
Orchestra
Our 48th season’s opening concert celebrates four centuries of great music. The selections will highlight masterworks of the Baroque period (Bach), the Classical era (Mozart), Romanticism (Schubert and Massenet), and the 20th (Copland) and 21st centuries (Harbinson).
Christmas by Candlelight X
Saturday Dec 1, 2018 • 7:30 pm and
Sunday, Dec 2 • 3:00 pm at the Montrose Pavilion - SOLD OUT
Orchestra and Chorus
Our annual holiday concert to celebrate the sounds of the season. The orchestra and chorus come together to perform old favorites and create new holiday memories with the audience. Over 100 musicians, ranging in age from 14 to 92 and hailing from the Uncompahgre and North Fork Valleys, share the stage for the event.
The Music of Mozart: Selections from Amadeus
Sunday February 24, 2019 • 3:00 pm at the Montrose Pavilion
Orchestra
This concert will highlight selections from the award-winning 1984 film, Amadeus, an opulent tale and fictionalized biography of Mozart. We welcome back soloist Susan Ellinger, who will perform her wonderful piano artistry on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, which played over the film’s closing credits. A free screening of the movie Amadeus is open to the general public and starts at 9:15am that morning at the Pavilion. (The film is rated R.) An artist’s reception with light appetizers and a cash bar will immediately follow the performance.
It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
Sunday March 24, 2019 • 3:00 pm at the Montrose Pavilion
Chorus
Tight harmonies, swingin’ rhythms, and lively instruments make up our spring choral concert. Featuring members of local jazz band Take 5, the chorus will liven up your afternoon with songs from Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, and more! Combining classic standards with jazz renditions of the not-so-classic, this show promises to take you back to the cool, free days of jazz, and swing you to the modern rainbow of harmonies of modern jazz.
Broadway from Hair to Hamilton
Sunday April 14, 2019 • 3:00 pm at the Montrose Pavilion
Orchestra
The final orchestra concert of the year showcases the brilliant work of iconic Broadway composers—old and new—like Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Today’s selections include some of the best-known theater music of the last 60 years, so sit back and enjoy these instantly recognizable, toe tapping, sing-along songs and medleys from many of the longest-running plays of all time.
Montrose Press article about our principal cellist, Barbara Campbell