2017 CVCMF Brochure

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Welcome In my mind, the ways in which music and dance overlap parallel the relationship of writing and language. Of course music itself is a form of written language, but how each combines heuristic means of self-expression cannot be

2017 Festival Schedule Single Concert Admission $20/adults and free for students 23 and under.

overstated and, indeed if I stop to meditate on how humanity interacts with the world through music, dance,

7/15 Open Rehearsal, CF Woman’s Club (9am - 11am)

writing, and language (both through history and in the present day), I am constantly left in a state of

Rural Outreach performance: Charles City (7pm)

wonderment.

Our theme this summer nods to dance and how it has

7/16 Concert #1, CF Woman’s Club (3pm)

shaped musical meaning through the ages. It has been used as a defining expression of social class, gender

7/17 CVCM on IPR Studio One (12pm)

identity, and community building. While I won’t ask you to physically dance this summer, this festival is motivated by

7/18 Open Rehearsals, downtown Waterloo

building community through shared audience experiences.

Thus the title for 2017, “Shall WE Dance?”, continues this festival’s mission to invite audience participation through

@ id8 and COR & 220East (1pm - 5pm)

CVCM Solo Night @ Limestone Lounge (7:30pm)

7/19

Concert #2, the Grout Museum (7pm)

7/22

Rural Outreach Performance, Marshalltown (3pm)

7/23

Concert #3, GBPAC Lobby (3pm)

hearing great classical music in intimate spaces around the Cedar Valley. So come be our dance partner this summer because, as they say, “it takes two to tango.”

Sincerely, Hunter Capoccioni Artistic Director

Concert #1 Dancing

An afternoon that highlights Czech nationalism from

Czech to Czech

the late

Sunday, July 16, 3:00 Cedar Falls Woman’s Club

through the

nineteenth early twentieth centuries.

Program

While close in

Suk: String Quartet Movement (1915)

styles of these

Schulhoff: Concertino (1925) Dvorak: String Sextet, Op. 48 (1878)

chronology, the works couldn’t be more different! However, beneath the variance in style is a thematic link around the use of folk melodies aimed to promote Czech identity during peaceful

Sponsors:

and turbulent times in European history where Nationalism was increasingly on the

Dr. Kent and Barb Opheim

rise.

2017Artists

2017 Outreach

David Bjella, cello

We are proud to announce partnerships with the following organizations and communities as part of this season’s outreach initiative:

Julia Bullard, viola Hunter Capoccioni, double bass

Bryan’s on 4th The Boys and Girls Club of the Cedar Valley The Cedar Falls Woman’s Club

Michelle Cheramy, flute

Cedar Valley Friends of the Family

Nathan Cook, cello

Trinity United Methodist Church of Charles City

Daniel Friberg, clarinet

Friendship Village Community

Michelle Gasworth, viola Mia Hagarty, violin

Iowa Public Radio Studio One Landmark Commons The Orpheum Theater of Marshalltown

Zo Manfredi, violin

The Western Home Communities

Emily Osinski, violin

UNI Suzuki School Verismo Program

Katie Wolfe, violin Hear our interview from Studio One 7/17/17 at 12pm discussing the 2017 season

YWCA of Blackhawk County

Concert #2

Dancing with the Tsars Wednesday, July 19, 7:00 Grout Museum, Veterans Lobby, Waterloo.

Program Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 35 (1894) Tchaikovsky: Arioso and Lensky’s Aria (1879) Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 (1881) Sponsors:

A concert of Russian music from the age of Chekov, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky. Russia

in

the era of czars and their courts were defined by elegance and sophistication, grace and charm.

The harsh winters remain outdoors but inside the fireplace lights the marble dance floors of the court ballrooms.

Concert #3 “Dirty” Dancing Sunday, July 23, 3:00 GBPAC Grand Lobby, UNI. Program Lanner: Die Mozartisten Walzer (1842) Golijov: Last Round (1996) Bruce: Gumboots (2008) Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of

Sponsor:

Buenos Aires (1965-1970)

Our final concert explores multiple definitions of “dirty.” On the one hand it refers to the idea of risqué and pushing the limits of social norms and sexual expression. On the other it simply means well…dirty. A program from across the globe taking you from the Austrian dance halls, to Argentinian night clubs, to South African coal mines ends our 2017 season.