We are about to be bombarded with “holiday music” from the car radio to the piped in stuff at the mall. While this may sound like a great way to get into the holiday spirit, the best way to hear it is live... from real instruments played by professional musicians. Cypress Creek FACE has the perfect answer... come hear Holiday Brass. They are a quintet of Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet musicians that will perform at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Their program will include holiday music from the 16th century to the present, and popular music from traditional Christmas carols, ballets, Broadway musicals, and television shows.
The group members are: Jim Vassallo, trumpet, is currently principal trumpet with the Houston Ballet Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra in addition to teaching at the Moores School of Music; Randal Adams, trumpet, is Associate Professor of Trumpet at Sam Houston State University and currently a member of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Sarah Cranston is principal horn with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and 4th horn with the Houston Ballet Orchestra; Thomas Hultén, trombone, teaches trombone and euphonium at Houston Baptist University and is currently acting Principal trombone with the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet; and Mark Barton, currently principal tubist with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra, and the Moores Brass Quintet, Mark is a faculty member at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he serves as the Brass Area Chair.
Concert tickets are just $12 adult, $10 senior, $6 student, and $8 for groups of 6 or more. For a holiday treat, we serve cookies and punch before and after the concert. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear the sounds of the season! Call 281-440-4850 or go online at www.CypressCreekFACE.org to order tickets.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
New Year's Eve program announced
Looking ahead to our next Star-Lit! Concert, the Houston Symphony will perform on New Year’s Eve. Brett Mitchell will conduct the program featuring:
First Half: Great Party Scenes
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Ravel: Tzigane with violin soloist, Assia Dulgerska
Grofé: “Mardi Gras” from Mississippi Suite
Strauss, Jr., J.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Second Half: Great Symphonic Jazz
Nelson, Ron: Savannah River Holiday
Bernstein: Fancy Free - Three Dance Variations (Galop, Waltz, Danzon)
Ellington/Custer: Duke Ellington! (A Medley for Orchestra)
Gershwin: An American in Paris (excerpt)
About Assia Dulgerska...
Violinist Assia Dulgerska recently moved to Houston to join the Houston Symphony following her selection as assistant concertmaster during auditions in January. Assia has been receiving intensive instruction on the violin for more than 2 decades. Beginning in 1984, she spent 14 years at the Plovdiv School of Music in Bulgaria. She did her undergraduate work at Louisiana State University while studying with Kevork Mardirossian, and then went on to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music from 2003-2005. Her teacher during that time was Paul Kantor.
Assia has been a prize winner in several competitions. She performed Tchaikovsky and Brahms violin concerti to twice win the Louisiana State University concerto competition. In 2000, she won first prize in the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist String Competition.
Assia has been an active participant in several festivals. In 2006, she was selected to join the prestigious UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, an ensemble of outstanding young talent from all over the world. She toured the world with that ensemble, performing with conductors Claus Peter Flor and Herbert Blomstedt and violinist Hilary Hahn. She participated in the Aspen Music Festival for 2 summers, serving as concertmaster of the "Sinfonia" ensemble there in 2004. She has also taken part in the Round Top Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.
First Half: Great Party Scenes
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Ravel: Tzigane with violin soloist, Assia Dulgerska
Grofé: “Mardi Gras” from Mississippi Suite
Strauss, Jr., J.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Second Half: Great Symphonic Jazz
Nelson, Ron: Savannah River Holiday
Bernstein: Fancy Free - Three Dance Variations (Galop, Waltz, Danzon)
Ellington/Custer: Duke Ellington! (A Medley for Orchestra)
Gershwin: An American in Paris (excerpt)
About Assia Dulgerska...
Violinist Assia Dulgerska recently moved to Houston to join the Houston Symphony following her selection as assistant concertmaster during auditions in January. Assia has been receiving intensive instruction on the violin for more than 2 decades. Beginning in 1984, she spent 14 years at the Plovdiv School of Music in Bulgaria. She did her undergraduate work at Louisiana State University while studying with Kevork Mardirossian, and then went on to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music from 2003-2005. Her teacher during that time was Paul Kantor.
Assia has been a prize winner in several competitions. She performed Tchaikovsky and Brahms violin concerti to twice win the Louisiana State University concerto competition. In 2000, she won first prize in the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist String Competition.
Assia has been an active participant in several festivals. In 2006, she was selected to join the prestigious UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, an ensemble of outstanding young talent from all over the world. She toured the world with that ensemble, performing with conductors Claus Peter Flor and Herbert Blomstedt and violinist Hilary Hahn. She participated in the Aspen Music Festival for 2 summers, serving as concertmaster of the "Sinfonia" ensemble there in 2004. She has also taken part in the Round Top Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Cypress Creek FACE was created for days like this.
At 10 a.m. this past Saturday, hundreds of children and their parents and grandparents filled The Centrum to enjoy Houston Grand Opera's Opera to Go! performance of "Strega Nona" as part of our Free Children's Series.
Ten hours later, more than 800 people were taking a trip to the past with the tireless tunes of The Kingston Trio as part of the headline Star-Lit! Series.
Combined, Cypress Creek FACE brought the arts home to more than 1,200 patrons from infants in baby carriages to senior citizens in wheelchairs.
During the day, we celebrated The Centrum Arts League, whose members raise money to support FACE and pay for the Free Children's Series. We applauded the community service of Nancy and Irv Grayson & the Grayson-Patton Team, whose sponsorship of The Kingston Trio helped make it possible. We watched in amazement as the mother and daughter volunteers from the local National Charity League chapter transformed The Centrum sanctuary ready for worship to a first-class performance hall. And we admired the tireless volunteer work of the FACE ushers as they made sure The Centrum was ready for Sunday morning services of Cypress Creek Christian Church.
The old proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village to raise Cypress Creek FACE to be able to bring days like Saturday to our community in northwest Harris County.
Thanks to all of you who make up the Cypress Creek FACE village. We exist for days like Saturday and look forward to sharing many more.
Nanci
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Welcome to Cypress Creek FACE
Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts & Community Enrichment (or FACE) is a non-profit presenting organization whose mission is to provide top quality concerts and educational opportunities for all members of the community. We offer concerts in four different series: Star-Lit!, Promenade, Family and the Free Children’s.
Star-Lit! Series concerts feature national or international performing artists. The Promenade Series features regional and local performing artists. The Free Children’s Series performances are presented on Saturday mornings and feature regional performing artists whose shows are designed specifically for children. The new Family Series presents artists who are perfect for all members of the family, from 3 to 103, and feature regional and national artists.
With this blog, we hope to keep you up-to-date with what's happening at FACE.
Star-Lit! Series concerts feature national or international performing artists. The Promenade Series features regional and local performing artists. The Free Children’s Series performances are presented on Saturday mornings and feature regional performing artists whose shows are designed specifically for children. The new Family Series presents artists who are perfect for all members of the family, from 3 to 103, and feature regional and national artists.
With this blog, we hope to keep you up-to-date with what's happening at FACE.
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