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LINDSBORG — A new music ensemble is debuting in Lindsborg next month, the Chamber Orchestra of the Smoky Valley! Supported by one of Bethany College's Presidential Strategic Grants and further supported by the Lindsborg Arts Council, the chamber orchestra is an auditioned, regional ensemble of professional musicians that includes not only some Bethany faculty members, but players from Wichita, Salina, and Hutchinson as well.
Seeking to educate and engage audience members through the performance of orchestral masterworks, the ensemble will be under the musical direction of Dr. Keith Dodson, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at Bethany, and led by concertmaster Ann Samuelson, Instructor of Upper Strings.
While there are many symphonic orchestras in the central Kansas area, this ensemble is unique in terms of its smaller size. The size allows the group to create a level of intimacy in their performance and venues that creates a different concert experience from the large halls of symphonic orchestras.
The Chamber Orchestra of the Smoky Valley will perform their first concert on Sunday, October 24th, at 3:30 p.m. at the Swedish Pavilion of the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum. The concert will feature works by Richard Wagner, Frank Bridge, and Ludwig van Beethoven. The concert will be free to the public but donations are welcomed and encouraged.
You can get reminders of upcoming events by following the group on its Facebook page.