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Oakwood Chamber Players

media release: The Oakwood Chamber Players invite you to bridge the gap from the long, dark winter to eagerly awaited springtime with a musical program anchored in the present, yet informed by the past. Their palette of strings, woodwinds, and piano will perform at Oakwood Villages Prairie Ridge (5565 Tancho Drive) on Friday, March 13, and University Woods (6205 Mineral Point Road) on Saturday, March 14, both at 7 p.m.  Note: 3/15 at Arts + Literature Laboratory canceled due to weather forecast. 

“Century Dances,” a woodwind trio by British composer Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951), serves as a framework for the program, tracing a lineage of contrasting dance forms from the 18th century through the contemporary age. Prefaced by the quote, “I have only known love through the misfortune it causes,” Mikhail Glinka’s (1804-1857) “Trio Pathetique,” is a brooding work written for a heavier, darker combination of clarinet, bassoon, and piano. GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) beckons listeners to contemplate the ways light is reflected in humankind, in her work “Light Refracted” featuring clarinet, strings, and piano. Finally, audiences will get a taste of “Paris in the springtime” with the cheeky and eloquent “Quartet” for English horn and string trio by French composer Jean Françaix.

Oakwood Chamber Players serve as the professional resident ensemble for the Oakwood Village senior living community. Artistic Directors Valree Casey (oboe/English horn), Nancy Mackenzie (clarinet), Amanda Szczys (bassoon), Marie Pauls (viola), and Maggie Townsend (cello) will be joined by guest violinist Holly Wagner.

Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 seniors, and $5 for students. Run time, 75 minutes, no intermission. For more information and advance ticket sales, visit oakwoodchamberplayers.com.