This weekend, RSQ will be performing on QVC for 4 shows for the BOSE Corporation. Look for us on QVC this Sat, May 9 at 3, Sun., May 10 at 4 and 10 PM and Monday, May 11 at 6 PM!
Join us at St Peter’s Church in Merchantville, NJ for a special mass on May 17 at 3 PM, where music will be featured throughout the service
St. Peter's in Merchantville, NJ
Wedding season is upon us, and RSQ will be playing for weddings throughout the region! This past weekend RSQ played at Plymouth Country Club, Trinity Church in Solebury, Bucks County, Broad Street Ministry in Center City and the United Methodist Church in Bala Cynwyd. This weekend? besides QVC we will be playing at the Westin in Center City and at Jarrettown United Methodist Church in Dresher, PA!
Rittenhouse Orchestras will be returning to Ocean Grove, NJ this summer on July 30. Stay tuned for details!
The concert on March 30 featuring KAREN BANOS at the Church of the Advent in Kennett Square raised $2300 for the arson victims of Coatesville, PA!
Jack Hill - photo by Lori M. Nichols (NJ.com)
On April 29 Rittenhouse Orchestras played a wonderful concert with the choir at Clearview Regional High School. The Faure Requiem was the featured piece, and it was the final performance of choir director Jack Hill, who is retiring at the end of this school year. RSQ has had a longstanding collaboration with Jack Hill, and his outstanding choirs have been a privelege to work with. We look forward to seeing what he will be doing in retirement!!
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
Wedding Season approaches, photo from http://www.blumen.com
Wedding season is coming up!!
Dates are filling in and we are booking up quickly. It is an exciting time for RSQ, and it appears that even with the economy slumping, people are still enjoying live music.
If you would like to hear us live, you can join us Easter Sunday at St Peters Church in Merchantville, NJ.
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
Tags: attila glatz, auld lang syne, austria, blue danube, dancers, kennedy center, Neujahrskonzert, new year's, orchestra, rittenhouse, salute to vienna, singers, strauss, waltz
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Our first time to the First Presbyterian Church of Phoenxville and we hope it is the first of many. David Nicol was delightful to work with and the choir were very good and incredibly nice people. We really enjoyed being guests there, and hope to be invited back soon!!
The First Presbyterian Church of Phoenixville
WOW! Two Liberty Place luxury condo are AMAZING! We played for the resident holiday reception and met some wonderful people and were able to experience the absolutely phenomenal setting of this residence.
The residences at TwoLiberty are on the 41st through the 57th floor. Photo from condo.com
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
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