The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes will perform at the Rockwell Museum in Corning for the first time in three years with the 2022-23 Musicians’ Choice Chamber Series on Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes offers a concert season of five full orchestra concerts, including a side-by-side Young People’s Orchestra and professional musician collaboration, the Musicians’ Choice Chamber Music Series, concerts by the Chorus of the Southern Finger Lakes, the youth ensembles, and educational outreach programs. The orchestra is guided by distinguished Music Director and Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada, helping to highlight the musical achievements of the youth in the area.
The concert at the Rockwell Museum in Corning, the only Smithsonian Affiliate in Upstate New York, will feature principal players Emily Dobmeier (clarinet) and Rosanna Moore (harp) presenting “From a British Point of View.” Both received doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music and have been
playing together for over five years.
This concert features three works by living and recent British composers. The first piece is the melodic Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite by Paul Reade, which became popular in the 1980s when a BBC show aired by the same name. The second piece on the program is Arcadian Sketches, composed a decade
later by John Marson. The final piece, Sonata for Clarinet and Harp by Andy Scott, written in 2002, is influenced by Eastern European folk rhythms and jazz harmony.
Other concerts on the Musicians’ Choice Chamber Series will be held at the Rockwell Museum in Corning on Feb. 3 and at North Presbyterian Church on March 31. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the Jan. 13 show, and tickets are on sale now.
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