MARK MCCOY WILL BE FEATURED GUEST AT NOV. 16 PRE-CONCERT LUNCH If you’re attending our Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown on November 17 you can get a preview of the performance at a luncheon the day before. The luncheon will be held at Shepherdstown’s Bavarian Inn on Friday, November 16 at 12 noon. […]
Tickets are still available for the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra’s Tenth Anniversary concert in Shepherdstown on Saturday, November 17. However, seating will be limited and those who wish to attend are advised to purchase tickets soon. The concert, which is sponsored by Friends of Music, will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. […]
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR NOVEMBER 17 ORCHESTRA CONCERT IN SHEPHERDSTOWN The Friends of Music will celebrate the tenth anniversary of their Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra with a concert in Shepherdstown on Saturday, November 17. The concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “Nostalgia and Longing,” it will feature four […]
Ludwig van Beethoven (Born in Bonn in 1770; died in Vienna in 1827) String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 1. Allegro con brio 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 3. Scherzo: Allegro molto 4. Allegro In 1792, when he was 22 years old, Beethoven came to Vienna to study composition with […]
FRIENDS OF MUSIC ANNOUNCE NEW CONCERT SEASON The Friends of Music have announced the schedule for their 2018-2019 performance season. The season will run from October 2018 through May 2019. It will include a total of five concerts: three by the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, one by a small ensemble, and an organ recital. All […]
The Friends of Music announced today they have received an arts grant totaling $8,306. The grant was awarded by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. The funds will be used to support the Friends’ Two Rivers […]
FRIENDS OF MUSIC GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THREE BERKELEY COUNTY STUDENTS The Friends of Music have awarded $500 scholarships to three graduating seniors at Berkeley County high schools. The scholarships were presented during the intermission of a Friends concert last Saturday, May 19, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown. The recipients were Allyson Hager and Shelby […]
Charles-François Gounod (Born in Paris in 1818; died in Saint-Cloud, France in 1893) Petite Symphony, Op. 216 1. Adagio – Allegretto 2. Andante cantabile 3. Scherzo – Allegro moderato 4. Finale – Allegretto French composer Charles Gounod is mainly remembered today as an opera composer. Indeed, in his day (the second half of the 19th […]
George Frideric Handel (Born in Halle, Germany in 1685; died in London in 1759) Handel was born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, and along with his friend and contemporary, Georg Philipp Telemann, the four share honors as several of the greatest of the Baroque composers. Unique among these four […]
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