Friday, November 1, 2013

Trib.com: Casper College Chamber Orchestra Performs 'The Prince and the Mermaid Suite' of William Grant Still 3 PM Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013


William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.  The listing for The Prince and the Mermaid Suite includes this recording:

CD: Oregon String Quartet [Kathryn Lucktenberg, Fritz Gearhart, violins; Leslie Straka, viola; Steve Pologe, cello]. Koch International 7546 (2002; Oregon festival of American music).

Casper Star-Tribune

Casper College Chamber Orchestra fall concert is Saturday

The works of Aaron Copland, Gustav Holst and William Grant Still will fill the concert hall at Casper College this weekend, as the school's chamber orchestra presents its fall concert, "Autumn String Serenade."
Jennifer Cowell-DePaolo, string and class piano instructor, will lead the orchestra through "Hoe Down from 'Rodeo' for String Orchestra" (Copland); “A Moorside Suite, Scherzo" (Holst); “Don Quixote Suite” (G.P. Telemann); “The Prince and the Mermaid Suite" (Still).

If you go...

* When: 3 p.m. Saturday 
* Where: Richard E. and Linda S. Wheeler Concert Hall in the new Music Building
* TicketsFREE

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