June 14, 2007

CONTACT: Suzanne Samson
(973) 984-7400

Catch Classical Fever with the Colonial Symphony’s 2007-08 Season

Great classical works and creative collaborations will spark the Colonial Symphony’s 2007-2008 season under the baton of Music Director Paul Hostetter. This season will feature four concerts at the Community Theatre in Morristown and a special chamber concert at Drew University’s new concert hall.

Opening the season on Saturday, October 20 at 8 PM will be Lyrical Impressions, a special non-subscription concert at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at Drew University in Madison. The concert will feature chamber music that fits the exquisite space of Drew’s new concert hall. Well-known works include Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Debussy’s Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello, and Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in E flat Major. Also featured will be Harold Meltzer’s Doria Pamphili for Guitar. The Chamber Aesthetic will be the pre-concert talk with Maestro Hostetter, Composer Harold Meltzer and Concertmaster Jorge Avila at 7 PM. All tickets for this concert only are $40.

Harold Meltzer is a nationally renowned composer who will be the Colonial Symphony’s composer-in-residence for 2007-08 season as a result of a Music Alive grant. The Colonial Symphony is one of only eight orchestras in the country to receive a Music Alive grant. Meltzer, a New York resident, will be active in the Morristown community and present three of his works for the Colonial Symphony this season including a world premiere in May in collaboration with New Jersey poet B.J. Ward.

On Saturday, December 8 at 8 PM the Colonial Symphony will present a Holiday Family Concert at the Community Theatre in Morristown including light classics such as Strauss’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve: Polonaise and more by John Williams, Leroy Anderson, Lucas Richman, Randol Bass and others. This is a concert for the entire family to enjoy. Maestro Hostetter’s pre-concert talk Music and Celebration will be at 7 PM.

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A Classical Feast concert on Saturday, February 9 at 8 PM will feature beautiful classical works including Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, George Gershwin’s Lullaby for Strings, and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade in C Major. The concert will also include a new version of Likes and Dislikes for two bassoons and strings by the Colonial Symphony’s new composer-in-residence Harold Meltzer. The work will feature guest bassoonists Peter Kolkay and Jeremy Friedland. An Introduction to the Musical World of Harold Meltzer will be the pre-concert talk with Maestro Hostetter and Harold Meltzer at 7 PM.

On Saturday, March 15 at 8 PM Music’s Life Force concert will feature powerful works by Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. Rising star Pianist Aaron Wunsch will be the guest for Schumann’s Concerto for Piano in A minor. Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings in D Major, Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor, and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony in D Major will also be featured. The Piano Concerto and Its Rich History is the pre-concert talk with Pianist Aaron Wunsch and Paul Hostetter at 7 PM

On Saturday, May 10 The Joy of Genius will feature a world premiere by Colonial Symphony’s Harold Meltzer in collaboration with New Jersey poet B.J. Ward. Beethoven’s masterpiece, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral,” will be a collaboration with the Morris Choral Society directed by R. Wayne Walters with soloists Soprano Meredith Hoffman, Mezzo Soprano Karie Brown, Tenor Jeffrey Behrens, and Bass Marc Webster. B.J. Ward and Harold Meltzer will join Paul Hostetter in the pre-concert lecture Music and Poetry at 7 PM

Save now on subscriptions for a 4-concert series for $180, $145, and $100, or a 3-concert series $130, $105, and $75. Single tickets are $50, $40, and $27.50. Tickets for college and high school students are $15, and students in grades K-8 are $10. For subscriptions, single tickets, group rates or more information, call the Colonial Symphony at 973-984-7400, or log onto www.colonialsymphony.org. All concerts, except the non-subscription October 20 concert, are held at the Community Theatre at 100 South Street in Morristown.