Wanna See Me Totally Embarrass Myself?
Well, not exactly, but I wanted to get your attention. I kept meaning to post about the upcoming Dudley House Orchestra concert, which both my husband and myself are playing in, and forgot.
This Sunday, 4pm, at the Sanders Theatre at Harvard U (Cambridge), you can, for very little money, listen to a fabulous orchestra (the best I have ever had the pleasure of playing with) with featured cello soloist Alan Stepansky. I’m being objective when I say this is a great concert, with high quality music. The program will consist of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, which features Stepansky, and “Dvorak’s final symphonic work, the rarely played A Hero’s Song, and the rousing Symphony No. 1 of Vasily Kalinnikov, a favorite of Tchaikovsky’s and Rachmaninoff’s.”
From the soloist’s bio: “Alan Stepansky is a world-renowned performer and teacher. After graduating from Harvard (A.B. ‘82), he was named principal cello of the Boston Pops, before moving on to the New York Philharmonic, where he served as associate principal and acting principal cello for nine years. His chamber music recordings have earned critical praise from Gramophone magazine, the New York Times, and the BBC. Mr. Stepansky is currently head of the cello department of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, in addition to working at music festivals throughout the world.”
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the May 4th concert are available at the Harvard Box Office (in person or online). $12 (general public), $9 (students, seniors, Harvard affiliates). Tickets also available at the door, but be sure to arrive a little early to account for the line at the door.
Additional info, directions, and more.
Anyone who is a classical music fan should not miss this! Plus as an added bonus, you get to make faces at me trying to get me to screw up my part. 
