Donna, Signe, Lisa and Deb performed 8/15/10 at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception downtown as part of the Summer Music at the Cathedrals series. We played Requiem of Peace by Mario Pearson, music minister at the Cathedral. There are some really lovely moments in that piece! And fun to catch up with some other musicians in KC I haven’t seen in awhile.

Rene’, Signe and I are playing in the orchestra accompanying these amazing young Suzuki artists at Ottawa University chapel (1001 S. Cedar St, Ottawa, KS 66067 at 7:00 p.m.). It’s hard to believe kids in junior high and high school are performing at this level! On the program are concerto movements by Lalo, Barber, Prokofiev, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Weiniawski and Saint-Saens. The finale is the last movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto played by Brian Lewis and 5 students – very impressive!

Finally, good weather for an outdoor wedding! Last weekend’s wedding was cold and rainy. We’re at Simpson House in their beautiful garden tomorrow for a 7:00 ceremony. Signe and Deb – see you there!

John Leavitt, well-known choral composer who is in residence at MANU, is conducting a concert of his music. Several Serenade musicians will be in the orchestra. Anyone who sings in a church choir will probably hear something they’ve sung before! The performance is at 3:30 Sunday April 25 at MANU in Olathe.

Lisa Jackson is playing a performance in honor of Rockhurst University’s Centennial April 18 at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church in Kansas City. The program consists of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore.

Lisa Jackson is playing with the Kansas City Symphony April 9 and 10 at the Lyric Theater at 8 p.m. and on April 11 at 2 p.m. at Yardley Hall on the campus of Johnson County Community College. The program consists of Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, Barber’s Knoxville – Summer of 1915 and Mahler’s 4th Symphony. The vocal soloist for the Barber and Mahler is Heidi Grant Murphy. This program includes some of my favorite music.

Lisa Jackson is playing with the Kansas City Symphony Chamber Players on Friday, March 26 at 8 p.m. at the MidAmerica Nazarene College Bell Cultural Center in Olathe. The string orchestra performance will include Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

It’s hard to believe Allegro Children’s Choir has been around 10 years already! We’ve played at every performance for the last 3-4 years! The performance is on 3/27 at 7:00 at Colonial Presbyterian Church at 95th and Wornall. I think we’ll be premiering another piece by Andrea Ramsey!

I’m excited about playing in the newEar concert tonight. This concert was created by ChinYi and will feature all composer’s from China, including herself and her husband Zouh Long who are on the faculty at University Missouri Kansas City.  On one of the pieces I get to tap my feet in syncopated rhythm while I am playing!  It is a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Go to:

www.newear.org

for more information!