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CONCERTMASTER IN THE SPOTLIGHT 
The Erie Philharmonic launches into 2008 on Saturday, January 26, with music that sparks the imagination. Music Director Daniel Meyer returns to the Warner Stage with In the Spotlight featuring Erie Phil Concertmaster Ken Johnston performing the magnificent Barber Violin Concerto. This is the third consecutive season that includes a concert that spotlights one of the orchestra’s outstanding musicians. Ken Johnston is active both as a performer and a teacher of the violin. In addition to performing as Concertmaster of the Erie Philharmonic, he has played with the Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Cleveland Pops Orchestras of Ohio, as well as the Virginia Symphony and the Wheeling Symphony of West Virginia. He has served on the faculty of Mercyhurst College and currently teaches in Cleveland where he maintains a private violin and fiddling studio. In Lake Lazerne, New York, he is also on the faculty of the Luzerne Chamber Music Festival and is a performer with the Luzerne Chamber Players. Other music on the program includes Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture which Meyer describes as “replete with boisterous college tunes and drinking songs. . . mixes joy and exuberance with a refinement that only Brahms could be capable of creating.” Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra will also be performed, a piece “tinged with nostalgia, humor, joy, fear, anger and ultimately hope. . . testimony to one of the twentieth century’s most inspired and fertile musical imaginations.” Ticket prices for the show range from $15 - $47. Discounts are available for students, groups, and seniors, and $10 Rush Tickets will be available 15 minutes before show time. Doors open at 7 p.m. The 2007-2008 inaugural season of Daniel Meyer is presented by Scott Enterprises. This concert is sponsored in part by WQLN, Jet Radio 1400, Verizon Yellow Pages and Eriez Magnetics.
Music Director Daniel Meyer will make his debut at the Brevard Music Festival in Brevard, NC on August 1 and 3. The concert on August 1 is a student concerto competition winner program, and the Sunday matinee on the 3rd is a full-length classical program with the professional/student orchestra (Saint Saens 3rd Symphony "Organ" and soloist TBA.) He will make his debut with the Chautauqua Symphony on Thursday, July 17, at 8:15 PM (program and soloist TBA). "The Chautauqua Institution is an amazing combination of arts, culture, literature, and natural beauty," Meyer said. "They field a full summer season of professional symphony, opera, chamber music, and guest speakers. I'm thrilled to be a part of it."
Who doesn't know The Jetsons theme! Or the theme from Jeopardy. Those pieces and much more will be featured in the next Erie Phil Pops concert on Saturday, February 16. That's So Retro is an audio/visual trip down memory lane. Kurt Anderson, Leroy Anderson's son, treats the audience to an evening of fun-filled music showing the romantic and elegant side of the 50's and 60's with his father's Syncopated Clock, Henry Mancini's Moon River and more. From cartoons to westerns, the audience will enjoy a love affair with the golden era of Pops music. By the way, this year marks the 100th anniversary of Leroy Anderson's birth. The first three people who can identify a Leroy Anderson song, other than the popular Sleigh Ride, will win two tickets to this concert. Respond with your answer to this email. 
Mark your date book for Saturday, April 27. That's when Beethoven Lives Upstairs visits the Warner Stage with the Erie Phil. This family musical event/fundraiser is an imaginative way to introduce young audiences and their families to the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven. The highly-acclaimed production features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his uncle. Their subject is the "madman" who has moved into the upstairs apartment of their Vienna home. Through a touching correspondence and beautifully performed excerpts, Christoph comes to understand the genius of Beethoven, the beauty of his music and the torment of his deafness. In addition to the 50-minute concert, the Warner lobby will be filled with music-related activities for 90 minutes before the show. Look for more information to follow.
The Phil's website, www.eriephil.org, posts various polls in which visitors can participate. A recent question asked users if they knew the percentage of ticket sales that make up the orchestra's budget. Nearly half of the respondents answered 40%. And that's correct! The breakdown, simplified, looks like this:
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In addition, you may choose to:
January 26 In the Spotlight Symphonic Concert & Post Concert Subscriber Reception January 27 Erie Phil on the Move - Struthers Library Theatre, Warren February 16 That's So Retro Pops Concert March 8 Sister Act Symphonic Concert March 29 Big Band Bash Pops Concert
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