Calvary Lutheran Church

Join Us For Our Seventeenth Annual Season!
2009-2010 Series
Concert Hall ~ Calvary Lutheran Church
716 South Avenue – Eureka

~PROGRAMS~

Friday, October 9, 2009
7:30 p.m.

THE RAPHAEL TRIO

† Former winners at Carnegie Hall of the Concert Artists Guild Award, the Raphael Trio has become a regular in the leading concert halls of the United States and abroad.

† They have been a special part of ECMS from the beginning!

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Friday, October 23, 2009
7:30 p.m.

DAEDALUS QUARTET

† Winner Grand Prize and swept all the special prizes at the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition.

† Selected by Carnegie Hall to participate in the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) Rising Stars Program 2004-2005, appearing in the major European Concert Halls.

† Named by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be the CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY TWO QUARTET for 2005-2007 seasons.

† They are the Quartet-in-Residence at Columbia University and Visiting Artists at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Friday, November 6, 2009
7:30 p.m.

PARKER STRING QUARTET

† Winner, 2005 Concert Artists Guild International String Quartet Competition.

† Winner, 2005 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.

† Concerts in US and abroad.

† The New York Times calls the Parker String Quartet "something extraordinary."

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Friday, January 29, 2010
7:30 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER SINGERS

† Don't miss the most exciting, young voices of today! Come and enjoy "SF Opera" right here in Eureka!.

A "Meet the Artists" Reception
will follow each concert

Individual Ticket Prices:
Adult: All single tickets .................................... $30.00
Series: seven performances

Discount Prices:
Calvary Lutheran Church Members................ $15.00
Students: High School & College ....…........... $ 5.00

ADULT SERIES: SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE:

Seven Concerts:

Season Subscription ………………………… $200.00

INCLUDES BONUS!

Three Free Tickets: Your choice of concert(s)!

Friday, February 19, 2010
7:30 p.m.

ANTON NEL - PIANIST

† Winner First Prize: Naumberg Competition and Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition.

† Prizes in the Pretoria and Leeds International Piano Competitions.

† Appearances with many of the world’s great orchestras and hailed by critics as a pianist of exceptional sensitivity and stylistic discrimination.

† Anton Nel is a longtime favorite of ECMS!

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Friday, March 19, 2010

7:30 p.m.

ARIANNA STRING QUARTET

† Grand Prize winners, Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

† First Prize both Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions.

† Laureates in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.

† The Internationally acclaimed Quartet are Artists-Teachers and String Quartet in residence at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

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Friday, April 16, 2010

7:30 p.m.

CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET

† Winners of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition

† First Prize at Finland's Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition.

† Major awards at the Chamber Music Competitions in Bordeaux, London and Osaka.

† The LondonTimes hailed the Carducci Quartet as "stunning ... clearly musicians of high intelligence."

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We deeply appreciate these outstanding artists being with us for our Seventeenth season!

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Supporting gifts are sought on the following levels:

Special Donor ............ $800.00 and above

Angel ....................... $600.00 and above

Benfactor .................. $400.00 and above

Underwriter ............... $250.00 and above

Patron ...................................... $100.00

Sponsor ..................................... $ 50.00

Friend ........................................ $ 35.00

All donors will be acknowledged in our programs.

We are sincerely grateful for your interest.

For further information, please call (707) 445-9650