Members of RSQ have been invited by the Center City District to do a few FREE lunchtime performances in Chestnut Park! Located on 17th street between Market and Chestnut Streets, Chestnut Park is an adorable little park in the heart of Center City. We’ll be there in various combinations from 12:00 - 1:30 PM on August 19, 25, 25 and September 3rd. Stop by and say hello!
- Live music in Chestnut Park!
Last night we performed for the opening gala of the Ancient Rome and America exhibit at the National Constitution Center!! The exhibit is fascinating as any other, and we had a great time playing, as usual! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area - it will be on display through April.
In other news, we are booking up fast for Spring and Summer! We’re excited to dive into another season of beautiful weddings. Please take a look at our calendar page as there are many opportunities to our see ensembles perform live over the next few months!
From the archives: Here is a clip of Rittenhouse Orchestras performing with the choir of St. Luke’s in Germantown in October 2009!
Rittenhouse Orchestra with the choir of St. Luke’s in Germantown
Salute to Vienna 2010
Rittenhouse Orchestras rang in the new year once again with the Salute to Vienna concert series! Performing 4 days straight in 4 different cities, our 65-piece orchestra performed a lively concert of waltzes, polkas and operettas in the spirit of the world famous Viennese Neujahrskonzert. Under conductor Niels Muus we accompanied soprano Akiko Nakajima and tenor Karl Michael Ebner as well as members of the Vienna Dance Project. We travelled to the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ, The Lincoln Center in New York City, The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD and finally back to the Kimmel Center right here in Philadelphia. We have performed for this concert series for the past 8 years and it’s always a wonderful experience full of lively spirit and culture. Check out our calendar throughout the year to see next years tour dates!
A Community Concert of Classical Music will be held to benefit the victims of arson in Coatesville on Sunday, April 5th at 5 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Advent, 401 N. Union Street in Kennett Square.
The Community Concert will be lead by Advent’s own Emmy award winning pianist and composer Wilson Somers and will feature selections from John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children”, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G and two ‘first performance’ sections from Somers’ Requiem 9/11.
Karen Banos, Violin
Featured local artists include former mayor of Kennett Square Leon Spencer (bass soloist), Karen Banos (violin), Theresa Pierce soprano soloist) and Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Cellist Doug McNames (cello soloist). They will be joined by the combined choirs from the Tatnall School in Wilmington, DE and Advent’s Choir.
This is a great opportunity to enjoy classical music for a great cause. The concert is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are needed, but a free will offering is suggested. Proceeds will benefit the victims of arson in Coatesville.
For more information or directions, please visit our website at www.church-of-the-advent.com
Location:
Episcopal Church of the Advent
401 N. Union Street
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348
Karen Banos, Violin and David DiGiacobbe, Flute
Friday, March 6 we had the opportunity to be a part of a wonderful recital series in Mt Airy. It is held on First Fridays at Mt Airy Presbyterian Church on Mt Pleasant Avenue.
Joined by David DiGiacobbe, flute, the quartet concert was wonderfully received by an audience of about 60 people. We played music by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Handel and Gershwin. There were students, adults and RSQ fans in attendance and we want to thank you all for coming!
Salute to Vienna in DC 1/3/09 - photo by Kevin H
A Review of our January 3rd concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC by Kevin H.
“The Neujahrskonzert, or New Year’s Concert, is a traditional Viennese performance of the music of the Strauss family and other Austrian composers held annually on January first. DC’s version of this tradition is part of a series of coordinated concerts across North America called Salute to Vienna and it’s held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts a few days after New Year’s. This year it was held tonight and I went.
I’d never been to this before, but I’d been wanting to for a while. It’s not just a classical music concert, it’s a sort of performing arts sampler platter. In addition to the philharmonic part (btw, if your last name is Harmonic then I think you should be required to name your child either Phillip or Phyllis), there are arias from Austrian operettas and excerpts from ballets. The Kennedy Center used to stage a similar ’survey class’ each year as part of the Kirov Festival, but they haven’t done that the last few years. Bummer.
Tonight’s performance was held in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall and featured the Strauss Symphony of America, ebullient guest conductor Sascha Gotzel, the Budapest Ballet, and a pair of ballroom dancers. As you can see from the photo, my seat was in one of the stage boxes. I’d never sat up here before but it’s very cool and I’m definitely going to keep this in mind the next time I attend something at the Concert Hall. It’s kind of like a home plate seat at a baseball game, minus the annoying netting. You’re right on top of the orchestra and you can’t see much of the rest of the crowd, so it’s like they’re performing just for you. Plus from that vantage point you can really see musicians’ technique and the conductor’s facial expressions.
I really enjoyed this concert. It was light and joyous and lively and it had a great mix of performance pieces. The part where the conductor conducts the audience’s applause during the ‘Blue Danube’ encore might seem a bit cheesy or contrived, but it’s actually quite fun. The New Year’s Concert/Salute to Vienna is certainly worth keeping in mind when next January rolls around, especially if you can luck into getting a seat in Box 60 like I did. Then it’s just pure awesomeness.” — review by Kevin H
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We got into the holiday spirit this weekend at the First Presbyterian Church of Woodbury New Jersey. The choir has gotten better and better over the years, and we always love working with Jack Hill, their music director.
- Presbyterian Church of Woodbury, NJ
We also went back to the Corinthian Yacht Club in South Philadephia for the fourth year in a row for the Crozer-Keystone holiday party. The decorations at the Yacht Club are really lovely and this is always a pleasant event. We appreciate our longstanding relationship with Crozer-Keystone!
We performed at the College of Physicians last night. (otherwise known at the Mutter Museum) If you have not visited this museum, it is a must see! The exhibits are extraoridnary and the architecture of the building is beautiful. It is always a pleasure to perform here.
- College of Physicians; Photo: www.son.jhmi.edu
We played at the Ritz Carlton for the Phialdephia Convention and Visitors Bureau last night. We remembered opening this Ritz Carlton, providing live music in their lobby 7 days a week for the first year the hotel was open. It is a beautiful hotel and gorgeously decorated for the holidays!
Ritz Carlton Lobby; Photo: GoPhila.com
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Just finished a successful run with Trans Siberian Orchestra! This was our first time working with Anna on lead violin. What a showman! (and a warm, kind person as well). Looking forward to next year with TSO.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Photo by Gary Gustafson
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