Join Us For Our Sixteenth Annual Season!
2008-2009 Series
Concert Hall ~ Calvary Lutheran Church
716 South Ave. – Eureka

~PROGRAMS~

Friday, September 26, 2008
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.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

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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Friday, January 30, 2009
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!.

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Friday, February 20, 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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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, March 6, 2009
7:30 p.m.
TIAN YING -Piano

† Internationally known prize winner - Van Cliburn Piano Competition. Hailed by critics as a true "poet" of the piano repertoire.

† Presently professor of piano at University of Miami, Florida, Tian Ying is a long time Eureka favorite, and has participated in ECMS since the first season.

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Friday, March 20, 2009

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 17, 2009

7:30 p.m.

DAEDALUS QUARTET and GUEST CLARINETIST

† Winner Grand Prize and swept all the special prizes at the 2001 Banff International Sting 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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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 porgrams.

We are deeply grateful for your interest.

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