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Musical Building Blocks
Oboe and clarinet will play composer n this concert, the melodic variety of the wind quintet teams up beautifully with and oboist Alvin Etler’s Duo from 1945. Then, Carl Reinecke’s the delightful Trio for Oboe, Horn and sonorities of the piano, Piano adds a latecreating an array of Winds and Piano romantic flourish. “building organic Finally, the smaller blocks” of sound. The in Combination “building blocks” are audience will hear Music by then fully assembled for compositions from the Hindemith, Etler, Reinecke, the concert finale, late 19th and 20th cenGordon Jacob, Villa-Lobos, and composer British turies featuring delightHovhaness. Gordon Jacob’s magful combinations of Directed by num opus, Sextet (1956). these melodic instruoboist Peter Lemberg, with Peter Lemberg ments. Jeffrey Gallagher, Lars plays oboe and English Paul Hindemith’s Johannessen, Jane Orzel, John horn with the San masterpiece for wind Orzel, and Ivan Rosenblum. Francisco Chamber quintet, “Kleine Orchestra and with Kammermusik” opens many other orchestras the program. The ensemble then performs in smaller combi- in the Bay Area as well, most notably the San Francisco Opera. nations both with and without piano.
Lars Johannessen, flute, is an active performer and teacher in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. He also performs Celtic, Swedish and other traditional music. Jeffrey Gallagher, clarinet, also performs on flute, oboe, English horn, bass clarinet and soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones Jane Orzel, bassoonist, plays Principal bassoon with the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Symphonies and is Music Director and organist for the First United Methodist Church in Salinas. John Orzel is a member of the Santa Cruz County Symphony and is also a composer. Mr. Orzel, is a scholar of folk music primarily Polish, Hungarian and Romanian music. Ivan Rosenblum, pianist-teacher-composer-arranger, taught education and
music at UCSC from 1970-1980, and maintains an active piano and chamber-music coaching studio in Santa Cruz. n ••• Performances Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 5, at 3 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Drive, Aptos (exit Hwy. 1 at Freedom Blvd) Tickets: Available at the door 1/2 hour before performance and at www.santacruztickets.com (831) 420-5260 Contact (831) 425-3149 or email m@scchamberplayers.org and at www.santacruztickets.com (831) 420-5260
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Taxpayers can e-file their tax returns one of three ways: through a tax return preparer, through self-preparation software or through IRS Free File. The IRS does not charge for efile. Many tax return preparers and software products also offer free e-filing with their services. Free File offers free tax preparation and free electronic filing. Taxpayers are encouraged to use tax return preparers who offer IRS efile. Taxpayers should also only use paid preparers who sign the returns they prepare and enter their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs). Preparers are required to sign the returns they prepare and include their PTINs. Although paid preparers sign returns, taxpayers are legally responsible for the accuracy of every item on their return. Preparers are also required to give taxpayers a copy of their returns.
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IRS e-file: Taxpayers Can File their Forms Immediately
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 electronic tax return filing season reminding taxpayers that e-file remains the best way to get fast refunds and ensure accurate tax returns. The electronic transmission system revolutionized the way the IRS processes tax returns and made speedy refunds possible. More than 112 million income tax returns were e-filed last year, or 77 percent of all individual returns filed. “E-file is the best option for taxpayers. E-file enables taxpayers to file more accurate returns and receive their refunds quickly and safely,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. E-file has proven itself year in and year out as a safe and secure method of filing a tax return and has a proven track
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