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Will you invest in the Arts?

TODAY is the last day to donate for tax year 2024.

This campaign has brought in $3,775 from 17 donations, so far! (THANK YOU!)

Any size helps. Can you donate the cost of a cup of coffee or the cost of a meal?

We don't have any matching grants, so every single donation counts!

Thank you! Wishing you a happy and healthy new year!

SONOS Chamber Orchestra is back!

Our latest news is that we just completed a 5-day development workshop in New York City of "Grandfather Camp," a SONOS Chamber Orchestra commissioned work for 3 actors and orchestra!

"Grandfather Camp: An Orchestral Fantasy" (based on the writings of Dr. Ruth Westheimer) is a new 50-minute hybrid theatrical/orchestral piece which treats the grandparent/grandchild relationship and uses both original songs and lots of excerpts of orchestral repertoire that we've fiendishly deconstructed. It's aimed at family concert audiences. It was commissioned by SONOS Chamber Orchestra, and the composer/lyricist team is made up of Tom Chapin and John Forster.

This concert program harnesses the almost limitless emotional power of a full orchestra to dramatize the grandparent-grandchild relationship, in all its complicated glory. The cast includes a grandchild actor, a grandfather actor, a magical "Grandmother to the World" actor and the SONOS Chamber Orchestra.

Read more on the SONOS Chamber Orchestra website.

THE NEXT STEP

Our next step is to raise enough money that we can produce a concert in New York City, followed by a recording, as well as an illustrated book.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We need your help to make this project move forward.

In 2017, SONOS Music Director Erik Ochsner was appointed Principal Touring Conductor of La La Land: Live in Concert. In this format, the complete fim is shown above the symphony orchestra on a large screen; the original dialogue and sound effects are heard from the recording; and the symphony orchestra performs the complete, original soundtrack live, synchronized to the film. Erik Ochsner is recognized as one of the leading conductors of this format worldwide!

To date he has conducted 50 perfomances of La La Land and 21 other films, including four Star Wars films, and the world premiere of Mary Poppins Live in Concert in the Sydney Opera House!

He has also recently been a guest conductor with the Beethoven Academy Orchestra (Krakow, Poland), the Filmharmonique (Montreal), the Louisville Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.

Read more on his ErikOchsner.com website.

1. SONOS is a flexible and versatile project-based group of professional musicians devoted to the promotion and performance of under-appreciated works from the traditional repertoire, along with innovative new works showcasing the talents of dedicated contemporary composers
2. SONOS strives to be a vibrant member of the diverse and populated New York City cultural landscape
3. SONOS commissions composers, like Brian Grundstrom and Fredrik Sixten, and also helps to develop awareness of Scandinavian music and its composers.