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Thursday, February 18, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Grande Ronde Symphony concert Saturday
■ 2021 Chamber Music Series
features virtual experience
Grande Ronde Symphony Association
A recording of the Feb. 20 concert can be re-watched, and shared
with friends and family, by visiting www.granderondesymphony.org.
LA GRANDE — The Grande
Ronde Symphony Association
is presenting a virtual chamber
concert featuring pianist Gretchen
Longwell of Ontario.
The concert will debut at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 20.
Tune in via Facebook at either
www.facebook.com/GrandeRond-
eSymphonyOrchestra or www.face-
book.com/EasternOregonAliveTV.
To begin the evening, Gretchen
will perform Bach’s Partita No. 1
in Bb Major, a suite of dance music.
This will be followed by three
pieces by Brahms: Ballade in D
Minor, Intermezzo in E Major, and
Intermezzo in A Major.
From the British composer
Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Yellow
Cake Revue, Longwell will play
the famous movement Farewell to
Stromness. Davies wrote Revue to
protest plans to mine uranium ore
on the Orkney Islands where he
lived.
Next up on the program will be
David del Tredici’s Ballad in Yellow
based on a poem by the Spanish
poet Frederico Garcia Lorca.
The concert will conclude with
three pieces fused with Argentine
folklore elements from Ginastera’s
Danza’s Argentinas.
All the pieces will be performed
on Longwell’s refurbished 1870
Chickering Imperial Grand piano.
“This beautiful piano will be eye
candy supporting the ear candy
emanating from Gretchen’s very
talented fi ngers dancing on the
keyboard,” said Patty Sandoz, a
past president of GRSA. “We are
so very excited to offer this vir-
tual concert as part of the Grande
Ronde Symphony chamber concert
series.”
DONATIONS WELCOME
For the 2020-2021 season, the GRSA is bringing music into homes
through virtual concerts.
“We greatly appreciate your patronage in the past,” a GRSA dona-
tion form states, “and look forward to your continuing support to
assure our musical future. Our paramount need now is for donations
to our general operating fund.”
There are several options to support the GRSA: become a patron
with a one-time donation, or become a member of the Sustaining
Circle with recurring donations. Here are the levels:
• Platinum: $1500 or more
• Gold Baton: $1000 - $1499
• Silver Baton: $500 - $999
• Bronze Baton: $250 - $499
• Friend: $50 - $249
• 73rd Season Supporter: $73
• Season Associate: $35
Gretchen Longwell is featured in Saturday’s concert.
According to a GRSA press re-
lease, ,Longwell is “an exceptional
musician and leader, with a broad
range of experiences as a keyboard
artist, choral educator, collaborative
pianist, and program builder.”
She currently teaches choral
music in the Nyssa School District
and prior to that, in the Ontario
School District and Salem Keizer
School District.
She has also taught at institu-
tions of higher learning in Oregon,
Massachusetts, Iowa, Illinois, and
Rhode Island.
Longwell has been recognized
four times as an outstanding
educator. She is an active recitalist
performing throughout the United
States and Europe. She holds
a D.M.A. in organ performance
from the New England Conserva-
WEEKEND OUTLOOK
tory of Music and a M.A. in choral
conducting from the University of
Iowa.
In addition to her work in
education, Longwell served as
an organist and choirmaster in
Milwaukee,Wisconsin and in the
Boston area, both in the Episcopal
Church and in Jewish synagogues.
While in the fi eld of church music,
she was elected as the National
Secretary for the Association of
Anglican Musicians and worked in
many different capacities for the
American Guild of
Organists to encourage both
young organists and singers,
including organizing choral and
organ camps, and presenting work-
shops and courses.
For more information, visit: www.
GrandeRondeSymphony.org.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Grande Ronde Symphony Association is to
support and promote the ongoing music programs of the Grande
Ronde Symphony Orchestra, the Grande Ronde Student Symphony
andYouth Programs, and the Grande Ronde Chamber Series, thereby
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