Orchestrating Success; Junior Symphony of Vancouver Gives Young County Musicians Outlet for Their Talents
The Columbian › December 20, 2005
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In Columbia Arts Center's basement on a stormy Thursday night, three young musicians settle sheet music on their stands.
"Let's play a little Beethoven," said Victoria Racz, an oboist who directs the Junior Symphony of Vancouver with her husband, Timoteus. With her red hair arranged as precisely as measures of Ludwig van Beethoven's piece, she prepares her wind players for the Dec. 3 "Winter Concert."See the full content of this document
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Orchestrating Success; Junior Symphony of Vancouver Gives Young County Musicians Outlet for Their Talents
The musicians flutist Erin Lowry, 16, clarinetist Christopher Smith, 14, and Quinn Middleman, a 14-year-old oboist draw deep breaths, start in, and for 10 minutes, play the Allegro movement from Trio Op. 87, glancing up enough to watch Victoria's subtle count-keeping and to track one another's phrasing. They don't hit every note perfectly, but they play with an understanding of the piece, its pauses, its dynamics, its changes from fortissimo and pianissimo.
As young as they are, they are dedicated musicians. And they are from Clark County Ridgefield, Camas, Battle Ground, Vancouver, Brush Prairie. It wasn't until 1999, when the Junior Symphony of Vancouver formed, that young classical musicians found kindred spirits during weekly practices at St. Luke's Epi...See the full content of this document
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