Sunday, December 14, 2014

FBC Minden - an encore Christmas performance Sunday 12-14-2014

Come join us for an encore Christmas performance tonight at First Baptist Church Minden, LA downtown.  Alecia and Todd Dubose music ministers. 

Service begins at 6:00 pm in the church sanctuary with  the Girls Youth Choir, 5 pianists and orchestra





the Brass section

more photos to follow










Sunday, November 30, 2014

Black Bayou Brass Christmas program Tue Dec 2, 2014



Black Bayou Brass, ULM School of Music Resident Faculty Brass, in concert Tuesday evening December 2, 2014 
Christmas with the Bayou Brass
7:00 pm concert

Grace Episcopal Church, Monroe

sjwrogers photos from February 2014 recital

Horn, Dr. James Boldin
 Trumpet, Dr. Aaron Witek
Trombone, Dr. James Layfield

Black Bayou Brass, resident faculty brass ensemble in the ULM Department of Music, will present their annual Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00pm at Grace Episcopal Church in Monroe. The ensemble is comprised of Department of Music faculty, Aaron Witek (trumpet), James Boldin (horn), and James Layfield (trombone). Special guest artist this year will be Dr. Richard Seiler, organ and piano.This yearly concert is a tradition in the community, and will feature a number of holiday favorites arranged for brass. Admission is free and open to the public, although donations will be gladly accepted.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

East Texas Symphony Orchestra 2014-2015 concert season


From the website of the East Texas Symphony

2014-2015 Season
Join Us!
Subscribe Today!

http://www.etso.org/

Join Richard Lee and the ETSO for an exciting new season of concerts

Highlights include

Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8

Dueling Fiddles with
Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster
and ETSO concertmaster Mark Miller

Mahler: Symphony No. 4

The Royal Family of Guitar: The Romeros
and much more.

5 concert subscriptions start at $38
3 concert subscriptions start at $27


2014-2015 ETSOA @ Liberty Hall

Learn more about the East Texas Symphony Orchestra Association
2014-2015 season of events at Liberty Hall in Downtown Tyler
Order by calling 903-566-7424.

Monday, June 23, 2014

the Arkansas Symphony 2014-2015 season begins with Rachmaninoff, Brahms and Corigliano Sept 27,28



FROM the webpage of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Philip Mann, Music Director


Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto
Brahms symphony No. 2

Philip Mann, conductor
Andrew Staupe, piano


September 27, 2014
Saturday at 7:30 PM


September 28, 2014 Sunday 3:00 pm
Program 


    CoriglianoPromenade OvertureAbout this piece
    RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18About this piece
    BrahmsSymphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73About this piece




Sunday, June 22, 2014

the New Orleans Philharmonic sets the 2014-2015 Classic's season first concert Fri 9-19 "A Strauss Odyssey"


FROM the WEBSITE of the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra


2014: A Strauss Odyssey

Friday, September 19, 2014 - 7:30pm



STRAUSS: Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare

STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra

Opening Night of the LPO's 2014-2015 season blasts off with an exciting program featuring the music of Richard Strauss! Acclaimed soprano Susanna Phillips joins music director Carlos Prieto and the LPO for an unforgettable "Strauss Odyssey"


Friday, June 20, 2014

San Antonio Symphony Orchestra sets 2014-2015 season - first guest artist Renee Fleming 9-20-14


FROM the SAN ANTONIO ORCHESTRA WEBSITE




RENÉE FLEMING

September 20, 2014


AN EVENING WITH RENÉE FLEMING


September 20, 2014, 8:00 p.m.
H-E-B Performance Hall at the Tobin Center
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor | Renée Fleming, soprano

Four-time Grammy® winner Renée Fleming returns to San Antonio to open our 
2014-2015 season at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts.  In September of 2013,
Ms. Fleming released her much-anticipated recording featuring romantic arias and songs with conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing.  

Be part of this historic season opening performance
 with the San Antonio Symphony as we begin a new era at our new home.

Sponsored by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts

Single tickets to our 2014-2015 season will go on sale later this summer.  
Please join our email list to receive up to the date information. 
 For more information, call the box office at (210) 223-8624 or email us at tickets@sasymphoy.org.
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Fleming

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Lake Charles Symphony Summer Pops July 12, 2014




FROM THE WEBPAGE OF THE LAKE CHARLES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

Pops with guest conductor Carl Tupilow


Summer Pops - July 12!

Lights! Camera! Action!  The Lake Charles Symphony goes to the movies (with videos projected above the orchestra) in Hollywood favorites including Gone with the Wind, Rocky, Forrest Gump, Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean. Equally at home in the symphonic and pops world, guest conductor Carl Topilow combines his experience as a conductor, skills as a clarinetist, and outgoing personality to present an innovative and interactive concert for the whole family  on Saturday, July 12th!



Friday, May 23, 2014

Happy Summer Time to all you ArkLaTexans out there and have fun at the summer festivals you have planned to attend 2014


For those of you who may have noted there have been NO NEW posts on this Musicians Blog for several weeks, it's a matter of slow attrition by VIRUS death caused by my 12 year old XP Windows OS computer system which no longer is supported in Windows OS. And everything I hate about Windows 8 and 8.1 has stopped me from buying a new one so far. Not into laptops.

But, hey, thanks to some comments by new friends and colleagues I am going to stick with Windows OS and so have just ordered a new Windows 7 home premium with Photoshop software and Word and EXCEL Business office. Hurrah!!!!. Soon as I have all existing info transferred to the new Windows 7 unit, I am ready to ROCK and ROLL to promote next season's music events


I will be playing some of these concerts, as many as I can, staying in shape with hours 



of practicing every week. New Printer/scanner, tons of memory and ports, new audio  
 video system and speakers. Photos, photos and more photos. All should be ready for take off by May 30 when my new system arrives and we test it.

44th wedding anniversary 7-7-07



where my husband and his expanding family lived for several years after WW II until the late 1950's before immigrating to the the US through N.O. and on to Bossier City eventually establishing H.D.Rogers and Sons, Import and Classic Auto Specialists



Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra - - a week-end with THE James Taylor - - May 3 and 4, 2014

FROM the web page of the ASO, Philip Mann Music Director




Shower the People: The Music of James Taylor
Location: Robinson Center Music Hall (directions)
Price Range: $18 - $59


May 3, 2014
Saturday at 8:00 PM





May 4, 2014
Sunday at 3:00 PM





Program

Join the ASO to pay tribute to the career of superstar James Taylor. Enjoy songs like Fire and Rain, you’ve Got a Friend, and Carolina in my Mind as the ASO backs up the band, Jeans ‘n Classics - How sweet it is!



Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra - Pops III and Fireworks in the sundown concert Sunday May 9, 2014 - 7.30 pm

FROM the website of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Jackson



image

Meet the Conductor, Crafton Beck


More info
Pepsi Pops

Pepsi Pops III Sunday May 9 7:30 pm

Our annual sundown concert of star-spangled favorites followed with a sky full of fireworks.
More info

Symphony News

MSO performs 3 concerts statewide in May!

McComb, Canton and Vicksburg
More info


Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra concludes the Investar Bank Masterworks Series next Thursday 5-8-2014

FROM the BRSO web page


BRSO Music Director Timothy Muffitt




For single tickets and special events, click here 

Investar Bank Masterworks Series
Thursday, May 08, 2014, 7:30pm
River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts

Masterworks VII - Closing Night

Yi-Jia Hou, Violin                    
HE/CHEN - Butterfly Lover's Concerto
RAVEL - Daphnis and Chloe

Mozart Requium tonight (April 29 2014) at Trinity Episcopal church, Longview TX - LV Orchestra and ET Chorus


From the web page of the Longview Symphony Orchestra


East Texas Community Chorus
&
The Longview Symphony Orchestra
under the baton of Dr. Jim Taylor

Mozart Requiem

Alyssa Marshall, soprano
Virginia Lile-Boaz, mezzo-soprano
Jon Starling, tenor
Horace English, bass

Tonight, April 29, 2014
7:30PM

Trinity Episcopal Church
906 Padon St., Longview, TX

No Charge for Admission

During the summer of 1791 Mozart was approached 
by a mysterious stranger with a commission for a 
Requiem Mass, under the stipulation that Mozart never attempt 
to learn the identity of the commissioner. Mozart worked assiduously 
on the Requiem, and as his health deteriorated he became convinced 
that the Requiem would be his own. The Requiem was incomplete 
at the composer’s death, but his pupil, Süssmayr, filled in the gaps 
so that Mozart’s widow could collect the commission. The work has been 
surrounded by mystery since its creation, and its incredible beauty and 
compositional excellence have endeared it to succeeding generations 
of singers and listeners alike.



LONGVIEW SYMPHONY  |  P.O. BOX 1825
LONGVIEW, TX 75606

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The Northeast Louisiana Horn Ensemble at University of Louisiana Monroe April 28 2014


Photographed after our performance tonight



Thanks to the college students, the pros, the teachers, high school students and to Dr. James Boldin our director for taking the time to work with us to make it all come together  :-)

ready to play



I know that water is somewhere in here 

I think I have to breathe now    







Just waiting around

in the mirror

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Easter Brass and Timpani at St Marks Episcopal Cathredral, Shreveport, Sunday April 20,2014


EASTER SERVICE AT 10:30 am

St Marks Episcopal Cathedral
corner of Fairfield and Kings Hwy

Music Ensemble

Trumpet - Ty Hood, David Densmore
Horn - Susan W Rogers
Trombone Andrew Eden
Bass Trombone - J.Mark Thompson
Timpani - Chandler Teague

Canon for Cathedral Music - Bryan Mitnaul


Bryan rehearsing with the choir in the choir room






Michael rehearsing the Vidor

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Faure' Requiem - - FUMC and Cumberland Presbyterian Church Apr 16 and 17 in Marshall TX

 EASTER TIDE

The combined choirs of First United Methodist Church, Marshall, TX and Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Marshall, present the Faure' Requiem with orchestra and solists Wednesday and Thursday this week, April 16 and 17.

WED April 16 -  6:30 pm @ First United Methodist Church 300 East Houston, downtown Marshall conducted by Mark Crim

THU April 17 -  7:00 pm @ Cumberland Presbyterian Church 501 Indian Springs Rd conducted by Ray Herman


Music Ministers CPC - Ray Herman and FUMC - Mark Crim
congratulations to both of you

rehearsal and performance photos