Chamber Orchestra String Ensemble String Ensemble. Tomasi , Cox, Brant , Martin , Reed. - photo by Public Relations Office. A Touch of Music . The highlight 0/ the Spring Orthestra Con cert was "Beethouan 's Fifth Piano Concerto " played by the piano soloist , Cheryl Wilburn. - photo by James McCreary , A Sound For Every Season Harding's Chamber Orchestra has progressed greatly in thei r talent of music. Not only was it composed of Harding students, bu t its best quality performances were made possible by further auditions of seve ral members of the Arkansas Symphony. The Orchestra, unde r the direction of Travis Cox, presented two principal concerts during the year. The concert in the spring fea tured several selected works hosted by some Ha rding students. Cheryl Wilburn, Ken Martin , Maureen Tomasi and Terry Lockhart were a few of the members who played outstanding pi eces a t Benson Auditor ium . The Orchestra achieved one of its goals duri ng the Spring Orchestra Concert that was perfomred in April. Its main emphas is was their piano soloist Cheryl Wilburn , who played the Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto. ,Jlr&. A Sound of Music. Trauis Cox directs the Or· chestra as they prepare themselves fo r their spring concert. - photo by Public Relations Office. Besides the activities with Chambe r Orchestra , Travis Cox also directed three small string musica l groups. The String Quartet, the most well known of the three, me t once or twice a week for rehearsals. This was the first year for the string quartet to have an all student quartet. The members were: Ken Martin and Maureen Tomasi on the violin, Patricia Cox on the Viola and Peter Reed on the Cello. The · String Quartet o rigi nated from a larger group , the String Ensemble, which a lso consisted of Harding students . The ensemble included Ken Martin on the Viola and Violin , Maureen Tomasi and Patricia Cox on the violin, Pete r Reed on the cello and Becky Bryant on the harpsichord. Both String Quartet and String Ensemble are very simila r . The ir music consisted of Bee thoven , Dvorak, Mozart , Handel and othe r music ranging from classical to romantic . The groups performed in severa l places such as the AWH meeting in Little Rock, at weddi ngs and chape l. The third string group that also origi nated from the String Ensemble was the String Trio, a lso known as Piano Trio. It consisted of a violinist, Maureen Tomasi; a cellist , Peter Reed ; and a pianist, Sandra Riley. This group did not do much traveling , but enjoyed giving small concerts during chapel. The purpose of these music groups as stated by Travis Cox was " to give opportunity for stude nts and participants of community players a chance to play good symphonic music. " f"~ Th e Chamber Orches tra. Under the direction of Travis Cox, the Orchestra is composed of Harding students as well as members of the Arkan - sas Symphony. - photo by Public Relations Office. 80 Music groups
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