{"id":12254,"date":"2012-08-20T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2012-08-20T00:12:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T05:12:41","slug":"gateway-chamber-orchestra-begins-new-season-with-new-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/08\/20\/gateway-chamber-orchestra-begins-new-season-with-new-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Chamber Orchestra Begins New Season with New Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GatewayClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Gateway Chamber Orchestra, which kicks off its third subscription season at 7:30pm on August 30th, can\u2019t be accused of lacking ambition.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to be one of the world\u2019s great chamber orchestras,\u201d Dr. Gregory Wolynec, the ensemble\u2019s conductor, said recently. \u201cThere is a great symphony orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, 45 minutes down the road. We offer something different. The energy and spirit of this group has been just magical.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gateway Chamber Orchestra<\/p><\/div>\n

In a bid to become one of the world\u2019s pre-eminent chamber orchestras, the group is taking a bold step this year by moving out from under the umbrella of Austin Peay State University, where it was founded, and creating its own identity as a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hope is that this will become a stand alone cultural institution within the Clarksville community,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cIf you look around the country at cities our size, there are many cities that are significantly smaller than us that have symphony orchestras that perform as often as we do. It seems that this is the right time. We have the right players in place for us to head off on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n

The orchestra is beginning a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds to sustain the ensemble, as well as seeking corporate and community donors. Wolynec said it shouldn\u2019t be a hard sell, given the national notoriety the ensemble has received in the last few years. The orchestra\u2019s debut CD, \u201cWind Serenades,\u201d was recognized with a producer of the year Grammy nomination in 2010. Fanfare magazine called the group \u201ca top-notch performing ensemble,\u201d and the nationally-recognized American Record Guide praised the \u201cbeautiful oboe and clarinet solos\u201d on the \u201cWind Serenades\u201d CD.<\/p>\n

The orchestra\u2019s second CD, \u201cChamber Orchestras,\u201d was just released in May, and it\u2019s already garnering critical praise. The album will be reviewed in an upcoming issue of Fanfare, and the record label has placed it in four categories for Grammy consideration for this year.<\/p>\n

[320left]Still, Wolynec and the other Gateway musicians don\u2019t want to take any chances, so they\u2019re presenting their most ambitious season to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of the concerts, people will see an orchestra of about 30 onstage, and we\u2019re planning some bigger concerts,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n

The August 30th concert, \u201cOpening Night,\u201d follows the orchestra\u2019s now famous \u201cthree-legged stool\u201d approach to programming, with the performance featuring an established masterwork, an overlooked masterwork and a piece by a contemporary American composer.<\/p>\n

The concert will open at the APSU Music\/Mass Communication Concert Hall with German composer Felix Mendelssohn\u2019s \u201cThe Fair Melusine Overture.\u201d The work puts to music a popular children\u2019s tale of a freshwater mermaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cMendelssohn was profoundly influenced by music that came before him \u2013 Bach, Haydn, Mozart \u2013 but he was also known as a composer of the Romantic Era, which was really fascinated with nature and the realm of fantasy,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n

The second piece on the program will be American Composer Michael Torke\u2019s \u201cAshe\u201d \u2013 one of the series of \u201ccolor\u201d pieces he wrote in the late \u201880s and early \u201890s.<\/p>\n

[320right]\u201cIt\u2019s a great pairing with Mendelssohn because it sounds like the music of Mendelssohn and the music of Bach sort of met up with some sort of \u201870s or \u201880s dance mix,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cIt even involves a synthesizer part. It makes more sense than it would sound like. It\u2019s constant energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cOpening Night\u201d concert will close with the orchestra\u2019s first ever performance of a Beethoven Symphony \u2013 Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fourth is a little bit more melodic, but it still has the heroism and drive that Beethoven is known for,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n

The rest of the season will include several innovative new concerts, including a performance of HK Gruber\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein!!\u201d that will be accompanied by a live visual arts display by artists and APSU professors Kel Black and Barry Jones, a \u201cWinter Baroque\u201d classics concert in December at Madison Street United Methodist Church and a two-day performance of works by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most difficult season for us to make happen,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cWe\u2019re leaving the nest, so to speak. Funding for the next year is the most difficult to put together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ensemble is launching a new website on August 20th, www.gatewaychamberorchestra.com<\/a>, which will allow patrons to buy tickets online and also provide information on how to offer financial support to the group. For additional information on the ensemble, check with that website after August 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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