Letter from T. Stephen Wager

Kudos to FC Orchestra

It has been a curious and satisfying experience over seven concerts between August 2022 and October 2023 to see audiences grow for such a beautiful orchestra as Fenimore Chamber Orchestra. Beverly Sills once averred that a symphony orchestra and a great opera house are the hallmarks of a very civilized society. That may very well be part of the case. In support of another part of the case, if the growing audiences for Fenimore Chamber Orchestra are any indication, people crave excellent, live music-making. Fenimore Chamber Orchestra is definitely a fine jewel and finds its home in Cooperstown. Both these attributes are to be treasured and supported. An orchestra of such youth and excellence does not arrive on the scene very often and is to be treasured and supported.

T. Stephen Wager
Cooperstown