An excellent performance of the Telemann Viola Concerto performed by Max Lowery on viola with the Camerata Chicago Academy Orchestra. Max is the Academy Orchestra’s Principal Viola. Learn more about the Camerata Chicago Academy and watch the video of Max’s performance. Congratulations Max!
Mara Gallagher, Music Director and Anjie Riley, Chief Editor and Director for Grants, were interviewed by NCTV focusing on the Never Too Late to Play Chamber Music Workshop. Watch it on YouTube!
Another NCTV Business Connection Clip will be airing May 27 – June 10th on Channel 17 in Naperville (Comcast and Wow); and on Channel 99 (AT&T).
This interview focuses on the Never Too Late to Play Chamber Music Workshop; and representing OPUS are:
- Mara Gallagher, Music Director
- Anjie Riley, Chief Editor and Director for Grants
See the NCTV website for more information.
Naperville’s Community TV (www.nctv17.com; Channel 17 on Comcast) is airing the OPUS 2014 Chamber Music Camp’s final concerts recorded on August 9, 2014 throughout May and June. There are split into six parts, approximately 30 min each.
The best way to find out when they are running the program is to visit their website http://www.nctv17.com/schedule/.
Once again, Naperville Community TV invited OPUS for an interview. Music Director Mara Gallagher and Chair of Community Outreach and Development Denise West will appear on NCTV’s Business Connection Hosted by Liz Spencer regarding various beneficial chamber music programs OPUS offers to young musicians and the community. Beginning April 15th, the interview may be viewed any time on NCTV17’s Business Connection or on NCTV17’s YouTube channel.
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2014 OPUS Holiday Concerts Video
On his 103rd birthday, the arthritis doctor could still play a nice tune on the violin. Music is was not his best love, but it was his first love, and it was the muse that accidentally launched him on an illustrious career in medicine.
“Maybe I should have stayed in music but I didn’t, and I’m glad I didn’t,” Dr. Ephraim Engleman said as he celebrated his March 24 birthday at his San Mateo home. “Music is not a great profession. It’s a luxury and a pleasure. And furthermore, I don’t think I was ever quite that good.”
But the San Jose native was still good enough to play Joseph Haydn’s Opus 64, No. 6, on Monday night with the San Andreas Quartet, a group of friends who play every week at his San Mateo home. As they settled in, Engleman, who plays violin, felt some tightness in his hands from old injuries. Read the full article…