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  Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:30 PM Western New York Chamber Orchestra with conductor Glen Cortese Soloists: Barry Crawford, flute; Sonja Inglefield, harp This popular ensemble from Western New York includes outstanding players from the faculty at the Fredonia School of Music at SUNY Fredonia as well as professional musicians from the Buffalo, Rochester, and Erie areas and beyond! The orchestra returns with a program of works by Debussy and Mozart and with an exciting new composition by Maestro Cortese in its world premiere performance: “Voyager, a Journey to the Stars.”

The Western New York Chamber Orchestra, conducted by artistic director Glen Cortese and with guest solo pianist Philip Edward Fisher, will perform at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.  This is the sixth presentation in the Friends of Good Music’s 2018-2019 performance season.  The program, titled “Ebony and Ivory,” opens with Cortese conducting Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3,” followed by Fisher performing Haydn’s “Piano Concerto in C-Major.” After intermission, Fisher will be joined by trumpeter James Francisco in a performance of Shostakovich’s “Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra.” The Western New York Chamber Orchestra has a 32-year history of excellence serving Chautauqua County. The musicians’ love of music and of this orchestra brings them from all over Western New York and Pennsylvania to rehearse and perform together. This ensemble of outstanding players includes ...