Tri-Cities’
premiere chamber music ensemble
dedicated to promoting artistic
excellence, providing performance
opportunity for local chamber artists in
Northeast Tennessee and Southwest
Virginia, sharing chamber music with
local audiences, and ensuring that
chamber music is a vital part of life in
our communities.
We are a non-profit
organization in the state of Tennessee
and have received tax exempt status from
the IRS. All donations are tax
deductible to the fullest extent of the
law.
The
Paramount Chamber Players have enriched the
musical life in our area in ways too
numerous to mention…–
Laura Ann Warner, President
of The Bristol Music Club
GREAT STANDARD
MASTERWORKS
Fri., Oct. 19,
7:30pm
First Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, TN
Sat., Oct. 20,
7:30pm
Paramount Center,
Bristol, TN
Sun., Oct. 21,
3pm
Sinking Spring Presbyterian,
Abingdon, VA
Ludwig van
Beethoven: Piano Trio op. 70, no. 2
Robert
Schumann: Fantasiestück
op. 88
Dimitri
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet op. 57
The Paramount Chamber Players
is Tri-cities’ premier chamber music
ensemble presenting chamber music for the
Mountain Empire. This concert, Great
Standard Masterworks, features
repertoire for piano and strings. You will
hear the power and majesty of Beethoven’s
Piano Trio op. 70, no. 2 juxtaposed against
the wit and whimsy of Schumann’s Fantasy
Pieces for piano trio. Adding a second
violin and viola to the piano trio, the
ensemble will present the astounding
Shostakovich Piano Quintet, a musical
comment on the power of the artist to
overcome tyranny and repression. Appearing
in this performance: Cherylonda Fitzgerald,
cello; George Figueroa, violin; Kimberly
Ziegler Ray, violin; Luis Casal, viola; and
Craig W. Combs, piano.
WORDS AND
WORLDS OF MUSIC
The Paramount Chamber Players
presents Words and Worlds of Music
featuring American composers and their
music: Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs
and Kenton Coe’s 5 Pieces for 2 Flutes
and Piano. In addition, we present a
rarely heard and unrecorded work by Louis
Moyse, French composer and mentor of our own
flutist, Rebecca Paluzzi, celebrating the
composer’s centennial. The second half of
the concert, we present the brilliant and
romantic first piano trio by Robert Schumann
whose composition presents many worlds of
sound within each movement.
Appearing in
this performance: Mark Davis, voice;
Cherylonda Fitzgerald, cello; George
Figueroa, violin; Luis Casal, violin &
viola; Vicki Fey, piano; Craig W. Combs,
piano; Rebecca Paluzzi, flute; and guest
flutist, Schery Collins
LASTING IMPRESSIONS
Fri., April
26, 7:30pm
First
Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, TN
Sat., April
27, 7:30pm
Paramount Center for
the Arts, Bristol, TN
Sun., April
28, 3pm
Sinking Spring Presbyterian,
Abingdon, VA
Aaron
Copland: Old American Songs
George
Phillip Telemann: Partita no. 6
Nino Rota:
Trio for flute, violin, piano
Antonín Dvořák: Quintet in
A Major, op. 81
Lasting Impressions
presents an unusual mix of
music. Mark Davis will present a second set
of Aaron Copeland’s Old American Songs
followed by an unusual pairing of ancient
repertoire with a modern instrument – the
Telemann Partita No. 6 performed on the
clarinet by Eugene Jones. Continuing our
tour of unique impressions, we present a
flute trio by Nino Rota, the composer of the
film score for The Godfather trilogy;
and finish with one of the great works of
sheer beauty in chamber music repertoire –
Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81.
Also appearing in this performance: Rebecca,
Paluzzi, flute; Cherylonda Fitzgerald,
cello; Alice Keith Knowles, violin; George
Figueroa, violin; Luis Casals, viola; Vicki
Fey, piano; Craig W. Combs, piano.
