Patriotic Gala for 9/11, 2018

22^nd Annual Fall Recitals Features a Patriotic Gala for 9/11

By Sara Penny

Fall recitals welcome you to another exciting musical season in Cedar City.  For 22 years the Orchestra of Southern Utah has hosted a community recital series to showcase local talent.  Recitals each Tuesday in September at 7:30 p.m. at a new location:  2111 North Main, near the Lighthouse Restaurant. From jazz to classical this series features celebrates music. 

A Patriotic Gala is set for Tuesday, 9/11 directed by Marla McMaster.  The Beaver Women’s Choir presents World War II favorites including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy with trumpet soloist Rich McMaster.  Blue Moon features a vocal quartet of Sunny Chen, Rimi Fletcher, Marla McMaster, and Kathleen Hutchings

Native American Dancers will perform, as well as the Flute Group from the Paiute Tribe.

Ethan Calvasina plays fiddle music and a brass quartet presents the Marine Hymn, as well as popular music from Super Mario. The group consists of OSU musicians John Ries, Debbie Nollan, Rich McMaster, and Gary Player.

The Color Country Winds directed by Harry Taylor presents music by Holst and Elfman.

You are invited to the recitals each Tuesday in September.  The suggested donation is $8 adults and $5 students.  For more information contact OSU Manager Rebekah Hughes at (435) 592-6051 or osucedarcity@gmail.com

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For Calendars:

Every Tuesday in September at 7:30 pm

21eleven:  2111 N. Main

Suggested Donation- $8 Adults and $5 Students.

More information: (435) 592-6051 or osucedarcity@gmail.com

Full Program:

Star Spangled Banner

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Charlie Tobias, Lew Brown and Sam Stept, Arr. Alan Billingsley

Lullaby by Billy Joel

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Don Raye and Hughie Prince arr. Ed Lojeski

     With Soloist Rich McMaster

Beaver Women's choir: Members:  Ann Marshall, Rimi Fletcher, Marla McMaster, Beverley Randall,    Kathleen Hutchings, and Patrea Faulkner, and Barbara Clausen.

Marla McMaster-Conductor

Co-conductors and rehearsal accompanists:  Ann Marshall and Rimi Fletcher

Sunny Chen- Accompanist

Blue Moon by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
   Vocal Quartet: Sunny Chen, Rimi Fletcher, Marla McMaster, and Kathleen Hutchings

Native American Dancers and Native American Flute Group

Sunrise on the Guinea Farm/Flop-Eared Mule, and

Kiss Me Waltz...... Traditional Fiddle Tunes
           Ethan Calvasina, violin

Amazing Grace Arr Brendan Elliget

Livery Stable Blues

Song for Japan by Steven Verhelst

Super Mario-Overworld- by Koji Kondo

Folk Song Medley by Stephen Foster

Marine's Hymn by Jacques Offenbach

John Ries, Debbie Nollan, Rich McMaster, Gary Player- Brass Quartet

Willow Echoes Cornet duo by Frank Simon duet part written by Gary Player

Gary Player and Rich McMaster Trumpet duet

Holst Second Suite in F - 4th & 2nd Movement 

Theme from How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell

Music for a Darkened Theatre by Danny Elfman

Color Country Winds: Conductor Harry Taylor

Final Program in jpg to download:

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More info and  photos from performers:

Flute ensemble

Paiute dancer

Paiute dancer

Gary Player, trumpet “This was taken in 1996 at the Centennial Celebration in Tremonton, where we were designing their landfill and attended a dance with a big band from Weber State. I sat in for a few solos (In The Mood, etc.).”

Gary F. Player is a geologist and manager with fifty plus years of experience in the application of the earth sciences to problems in exploration, engineering, and the environment. Married to Corrie Lynne
Player, he is the father of nine grown children and forty-four grandchildren. Mr. Player speaks Spanish as a second language.

Richard McMaster

Marla McMaster

John Leslie Ries was born in Salt Lake City on November 18, 1961. He grew up mostly in southern California and northern Virginia. In 1970, he started learning the cello while attending summer school in Fountain Valley, California. He enjoyed the experience so much that two years later, he repeated it, this time taking up the baritone horn. He played both instruments regularly through ninth grade, after which he concentrated his musical efforts on the baritone. He was musically active all the way through high school and college, graduating from George C. Marshall High School (in Falls Church, VA) in 1979 and graduating from George Mason University (BS in Computer Science) in 1988. After completing his collegiate studies, he relocated to San Diego County, California, where he began his career as a computer programmer and continued his musical activities, playing in the Pacific Coast Concert Band and the Pomerado Community Band. He resumed playing cello after his wife Bonnie bought him one in 1995. After relocating to Cedar City in 2004, he became active in the local musical community, starting with the Color Country Winds in 2006, the Orchestra of Southern Utah in 2007, and the Master Singers in 2012. He resides in Cedar City with his wife Bonnie and is self-employed as a statistical computer programmer.

Ethan Calvasina has been playing the violin for seven years under the tutelage of Ms. Marin Colby. He is also seven year member of Cedar City Suzuki Strings. He has participated in the Southern Utah String Festival and a number of regional music camps. In 2015, he performed in the Groove Fest Kids concert. As a member of Suzuki Strings in 2018, he performed with the Piano Guys at SUU. Ethan enjoys all aspects of playing the violin and enjoys playing the piano and guitar too. He is a rising 7h grader at Utah Virtual Academy.

Color Country Winds directed by Harry Taylor