The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society
P.O. Box 6682, Kamuela, HI 96743
www.kamuelaphil.com

Kaori Mitani, 808-896-2153 kaorim@aloha.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KAMUELA PHILHARMONIC ANNOUNCES 2007 WINTER CONCERT

The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra announces its 2007 winter concert on Sunday, January 7. The performance starts at 4 p.m. at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Kahilu Theatre is located behind the Parker Ranch Center in Waimea at 67-1186 Lindsey Road. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 2004 by Madeline Schatz, music director and conductor, to bring classical symphonic music to Big Island music lovers. The orchestra began with only 15 musicians, but in two years it has become the largest community orchestra on the island, with more than 40 members.

During its January 7 concert, the orchestra will feature Wanda Beck as soloist in the in Telemann's Viola Concerto. The orchestra will also play Beethoven Symphony No.2 and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.

Wanda Beck is currently principal viola and featured soloist and ensemble leader with the Evergreen Chamber Orchestra in Golden, Colorado (founded by her and her oboist husband, Larry in 1982). She has been a principal viola of Jefferson Symphony in Golden since early 1970s, and recently performed Berlioz' "Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra" as a soloist. Wanda has played viola through the years with Ken Staton in the former Kona Symphony, the Volcano Chamber Players, and is a current violist and Board member in the Kamuela Philharmonic. She and her husband Larry, an oboist, also play in musical ensembles at the Hokuloa Church in Puako on Sundays when they are on the Island. Wanda has been an occasional performer with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and has toured with musical ensembles in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Scandinavia, and the British Isles.

Madeline Schatz, the conductor and director of Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, moved to the Big Island in 2002, after a successful 35-year career as a concert violinist/violist and orchestra conductor. She studied violin with Eudice Shapiro, Josef Gingold, and Henryk Szeryng; viola with William Primrose, David Dawson, and Milton Thomas; piano with Jack Previn and John Crown; and conducting with Michael Tilson Thomas, Daniel Lewis, and Paul Vermel. Schatz has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the California Chamber Symphony, and has guest-conducted orchestras in Utah, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, and in London. She has recorded CDs with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. She now lives in Waimea, where she teaches music at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy and maintains a studio of private students in violin, viola, cello and piano.

About the concert:

Symphony Number 2 in D Major, (Op. 36)
by Ludwig Van Beethoven
About the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/beethoven
About the music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_%28Beethoven%29

Viola Concerto in G, TMV 51:G9
by Georg Philipp Telemann
About the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemann

Siegfried Idyll
by Wilhelm Richard Wagner
About the composer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner
About the music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Idyll

For more information, please contact Kaori Mitani 808-896-2153, kaorim@aloha.net