Fine Arts String Orchestra celebrates musical diversity May 4, 3 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

The Fine Arts String Orchestra will end the season with a program that celebrates the huge diversity of music that is available for String Orchestra-from the rococo pleasures of Boyce's lovely Sonata, to the accompanying simplicity of Vivaldi's Concerto (with a surprise bassoon solo in the slow movement!) to the romantic musings of the Schoek and the exuberant peasant dances of Bartok (think Eastern European bluegrass!) you will be amazed the variety of sounds that can be conjured by the a string orchestra!
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MusicaNova Orchestra ends the season with a concert featuring music by Arizona composers
June 1, 4 p.m., Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

The final concert of the MusicaNova season will feature music by Arizona composers. Both Judith Zaimont and Ron Nelson took up residence in Arizona after distinguished careers elsewhere, but they are very much part of the current compositional landscape here. Zaimont's evocative "Stillness", shows the composer grappling with the problem of creating interest through music that is fundamentally static, and shows her remarkable handing of orchestral color. The Ron Nelson work is a gorgeous evocation of the innocence and sweetness of "first love". Our two works by native Arizona composers include Ken Lafave's Percussion Concerto, written for Flagstaff Symphony percussionist Maria Flurry and Ulysses Kay's Suite for Orchestra-a work that won a prize in 1948 from the Phoenix Symphony for the "Best Work of the First Half of the Twentieth Century by a native Arizonan" shortly after it won the BMI Award for Composition for 1945. Despite these honors it has rarely been performed in recent years, although Kay still retains his status as probably the finest composer ever born in this state.
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MusicaNova recordings of Arnell Symphonies 4 and 5 NOW AVAILABLE for purchase through this website.

It is an exciting time at MusicaNova as the MusicaNova Orchestra recordings of Richard Arnell's Symphonies # 4 and 5 were released this week.  You can purchase them online here for $15.00 plus shipping and handling.  

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FAQ -- by Warren Cohen

Just how does the MusicaNova conductor choose the works the orchestra performs. What does it take for a piece of music to end up in a MNO concert?  Click here to read his answers and learn what makes MusicaNova so special!