Upcoming Programs

Liederabend

3.14.08 (Fri) - First Baptist Church 8:00pm
$10 Adults / $7 Seniors / $5 Students
Free Pre-Concert Student Recital at 7:00pm

Lieder are perhaps the most intimate form of chamber music: An Evening of Songs by Brahms and Vaughan-Williams feature MU faculty Tiffany Blake, Jo Ella Todd and Dan Urton, joined by pianist Janice Wenger. Oboist Dan Willett is also prominently featured in Williams’ Ten Blake Songs. Mozart couldn’t resist making an appearance in an evening like this: he is featured in a charming, instrumental chamber work, Adagio and Rondo.

The N-E-W Trio

3.18.08 (Tue) - First Baptist Church 7:00pm
$15 Adults / $10 Students and Seniors
* One free adult admission with Odyssey Season Passport

In anticipation for the upcoming national 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition, we welcome the return of the N-E-W Trio, the 2007 First Prize winner of the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in the Piano & Strings category and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. Based in New York City, the N-E-W Trio members are all scholarship graduate students of the Juilliard School. They captured our attention at the competition last year, and were also awarded the coveted Audience Prize. $15/$10 at the door, or one FREE adult admission with Odyssey’s Season Passport.

Plowman Chamber Music Competition: Finals Concert

3.30.08 (Sun) - First Baptist Church 7:00pm
$15 Adults / $10 Students and Seniors
Reception & Awards Ceremony to follow.

The First Baptist Church has generously offered to sponsor Missouri Symphony Society’s 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition and its much anticipated Finals Concert, in which maximum of top five ensembles compete for the coveted $5000 Grand Prize. Don’t forget to vote for the Audience Prize, where you as a listener get to choose your favorite group. After an elaborate reception, Awards Ceremony provides an exciting, guaranteed climax for everyone! $15/$10 at the door, or receive $5 off one Plowman ticket with Odyssey’s Season Passport.

Creation of the World

5.9.08 (Fri) - First Baptist Church 8:00pm
$10 Adults / $7 Seniors / $5 Students
Free Pre-Concert Student Recital at 7:00pm
Reception to follow.

Welcome to our Season Finale! Concert titled after Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, this ambitious program features more contemporary composers who have helped shape our art music today. Featured are percussion favorites, Crumb’s An Idyll for the Misbegotten and Stockhausen’s Kreutzspiel, as well as Previn’s Sonata featuring bassoon virtuoso Rod Ackmann, and Eric Street’s coquettish Chocolate Kisses, featuring a hilarious interplay of soprano and horn! We conclude the season with Milhaud’s “Creation of the World,” and our annual post-finale concert reception in the foyer.