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

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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…]

Sound Company choir has auditions Saturday

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Members of Sound Company, the Oak Ridge Children’s Performing Show Choir, sing in a concert during the 2012-2013 season. The choir is holding auditions starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. (Photo by Linda Miller Ripley)

Sound Company, the Children’s Performing Choir of Oak Ridge, will be hosting auditions for the 2013-2014 school year starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at High Places Community Church in Grove Center.

The organization is primarily seeking boys and girls in first and second grades as well as boys in grades three through twelve, a press release said. Girls in grades three through twelve are welcome to audition, but there are limited openings. [Read more…]

Sound Company performs greatest hits of past decade this weekend

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The Sound Company Children’s Choir of Oak Ridge will perform their greatest hits of the last 10 years during a performance this weekend. (Submitted photos)

Sound Company Children’s Choir of Oak Ridge will celebrate their 10th anniversary by performing their greatest hits from the past decade this weekend.

There will be three performances, one at 9:30 a.m. Friday, a second at 7 p.m., and a third at 3 p.m. Saturday. All shows will be performed at the Historic Grove Theater at High Places Church.

Organizers have invited all Sound Company alumni to attend and sing a few songs with current Sound Company performers. Here are some of the songs to be performed during this anniversary show: [Read more…]

Music, rowing, politics, fundraisers this weekend

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Activities this weekend include a Friday morning visit to Clinton by Gov. Bill Haslam, music (some of it free), nonprofit fundraisers, and a regatta at Oak Ridge Marina.

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Sound Company’s spring performance this weekend

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Sound Company will perform its spring show at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12.

The show, “One World, One Voice“, will be at The Grove Theater at High Places Church. There will also be a school showing on Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.

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Sound Company performs with Swiss choir

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Sound Company Children’s Choir will have two choral performances this weekend with StimmWerkBande, which is a performing children’s choir from Tamins, Switzerland. Sound Company also sang with this group in December 2010 in Switzerland.

The two choirs will perform at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN, on Saturday, April 14th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the night the Titantic sank. Call 1-800-381-7670 for reservations and other information.

On Sunday, both choirs will present local and international music, as well as original compositions written by Terry Silver-Alford, at The Grove Theater at High Places Church in Oak Ridge. This 3:00 p.m. concert is free to the public, but donations will be accepted at the door.

Sound Company is a multi-age performing choir based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and it is directed by Katy Wolfe Zahn, Terry Silver–Alford, Keith Wheeler, and Kathy Gillenwaters.