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Grammy-winning guitar quartet to play Oak Ridge on Saturday

Posted at 9:17 am November 13, 2013
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The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will play in Oak Ridge on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will play Saturday evening at the New Hope Center in Oak Ridge.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the New Hope Center, which is on Scarboro Road near the front entrance to the Y-12 National Security Complex. It’s part of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s Chamber Concert Series.

A press release said the guitarists consistently play to sold-out houses worldwide. [Read more…]

ORCMA opens season with ‘Double Dose of Awesomeness’ in October

Posted at 3:00 pm September 4, 2013
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The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s 70th musical season, “Excellence to the Second Degree, Bringing you Music that Matters,” will offer Oak Ridgers performances from the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Series of concerts, and the Oak Ridge Chorus.

The orchestra, under the direction of conductor Dan Allcott, will open the season in October with “A Double Dose of Awesomeness” featuring music by Johannes Brahms with violinist Wei Tsun Chang and cellist Wesley Baldwin performing the Brahms’ Double Concerto. That performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the performing arts center at Oak Ridge High School. [Read more…]