"Colorado"
For Immediate Release
World Preiere of New Concerto to be Performed by the Greater Princeton
Youth Orchestra
Princeton, New Jersey - Composer Tim Keyes' just completed
concerto "Colorado" will be premiered by the Greater Princeton
Youth Orchestra, under the accomplished direction of Maestro Fernando
Raucci, on May 15th, at Richardsion Auditorium, Princeton University at
8:00 P.M. The Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, now in its 42nd year
of offering professional orchestral performance to talented young musicians,
is honored to have been selected by Keyes to premiere this magnificent
violin concerto.
Inspired by the spectacular scenery of the American West, "Colorado",
a concerto for violin and orchestra, is composer Tim Keyes' newest work.
This majestic violin concerto in five movements, takes the listener from
the vast great plain to the front range of the Rocky Mountains through
Aspen groves, to a pristine mountain lake. The work concludes as the listener
is brought to the summit of the Continental Divide. This concerto was
composed for violinist Hope Cannon, member of GPYO, who will perform the
violin solo, and to whom Keyes has dedicated this extraordinary concerto.
Hope
Cannon, who will perform the violin solo for Colorado, is currently a
senior at Montgomery High School in Skillman, New Jersey. Cannon is also
concert mistress with the Montgomery High School Orchestra and Giovani
Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble, under the direction of Eric Jorgenson. Cannon
has be a member of the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, the GPYO Chamber
Orchestra and the GPYO String Quartet for three years, and is currently
GPYO's concert mistress. Cannon is also concert mistress with the St.
Charles Borromeo Orchestra in Skillman, under the direction of Tim Keyes.
Cannon has studied violin for 12 years, most recently under the tutelage
of Ruotao Mao.
GPYO's May 15th concert at Richardson Auditorium is the finale for its
overwhelmingly successfull 2003-2004 season. Sponsored by the Princeton-Pettoranello
Foundation, this event will be GPYO's traditional Italian-American Cultural
Exchange Concert. In celebraation of both countries, GPYO will perform
"Pini di Roma" by Respighi, contrasted by Keyes' "Colorado".
These two great works will underscore the majesty, spendor, and beauty
of both Italy's and America's great landscapes.
Advance tickets to this concert can be obtained by calling:
General admission tickets are $15.00; Senior and Student Tickets are $10.00.
For more info on the GPYO visit:
www.gpyo.org