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The current season of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra continues with a program titled “Powdered Wigs,” to be performed at Christ Church on March 18 at 3 p.m. Graphic provided An Upstart Orchestra’s Progress Continues in the New Year STAFF REPORTCOOPERSTOWN Fenimore Chamber Orchestra produced three programs in 2022. They’ve been working hard all winter to bring the community new productions in 2023. “Much has happened since our first concerts,” said Thomas Wolf, chair of the FCO Board of Directors. “The incredible…
Virtuosity in Festive Style From Fenimore Chamber Orchestra By T. STEPHEN WAGERCOOPERSTOWN - In its third appearance at Christ Church, Fenimore Chamber Orchestra offered a brilliant beginning to the holiday season with “Festive Strings.” Before the December 3 concert began, Thomas Wolf—founder and chair of the orchestra’s governing board—paid a touching tribute to all those present who have helped in the success of the orchestra. The concert itself began with one of the most daunting and demanding works for a…
Winds Concert ‘a Musical Triumph’ by Karolina Hopper The recent performances by the Fenimore Chamber Orchestra on October 8 at Christ Church in Cooperstown featured the winds section of the orchestra and revealed some rarely heard and as well as some well-known works. This balance between the rare and well-known seems already an established norm for this very stylish orchestra.The beginning of the concert brought two complete rarities. The Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, far better known for his late…
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra Returns With ‘Music for Winds’ By T. Stephen Wager The Fenimore Chamber Orchestra performed its inaugural concert at Cooperstown’s Christ Church on August 27, and it was a huge success. Now they are gearing up for another concert at the same location on Saturday, October 8. “When we all have time to actually sit and think about what happened in August, we are proud of the work we did and the exceptionally high quality of the performances,”…
Brilliant Debut of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra By T. Stephen Wager Maestro Maciej Żółtowski with members of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra In these days when so much strife is to be found seemingly everywhere in the world, the genesis of any new orchestra is a unifying element to the human spirit. This was how Thomas Wolf described it on August 27 during the opening celebrations of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra at its debut concert. Mr. Wolf is Chair of the Governing Board of…
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra Starting Strong Thomas Wolf and Rosemary Summers Rosemary Summers brings a lot of experience to the new Fenimore Chamber Orchestra. “I actually got my start in the music business with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and the Catskill Conservatory back in the 70s,” Ms. Summers, Chief Operations Officer of the new orchestra said. “Everything that is involved in the physical production of a concert is what I am in charge of. Hiring theappropriate musicians, securing the venue, providing…
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra Coming To Area “I am a busy man!” said Maciej Żółtowski. “I am still the Music Director at Catskill Symphony Orchestra and am now the Music Director at Fenimore Chamber Orchestra!”, he said. “It’s not unusual to be music director for two or three companies. I remember my first meeting with Thomas Wolf, Executive Director, and we developed a fruitful relationship. It just all grew from there.“ “In every organization, the music director is always the conductor…
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra prepares August inaugural performance Thomas Wolf, Fenimore Chamber Orchestra's governing board Chair Talk only for a few minutes with Thomas Wolf and one realizes this is a person who does nothing by half measure – even an idea in the middle of a global pandemic with two like-minded friends to found a chamber orchestra with a home base in Cooperstown. After two years of the grunt work – filing as a corporation in New York, forming a…
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