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THE 2009–2010 SEASON

September 11 & 13
November 6 & 8
January 22 & 24
April 16 & 18

This year Third Chair Chamber Players will be performing LIVE at a new venue, Studio One at NET.

“It's always a new and interesting bag when you attend a Third Chair concert. The music, the musicians and the crowd just seem to make a magical moment of good music happen on the spot.”

—John Cutler, arts reviewer for the Lincoln Journal-Star

“Third Chair Chamber Players truly embodies the spirit and definition of chamber music, performing in an intimate setting which allows the audience to be close enough to see and feel the sensations of the players signaling and breathing together...”

—Lora Black, NET-Radio announcer and enthusiastic audience member

TCCP’s 2009–2010 lineup fulfills all expectations of unique, noteworthy and listenable chamber music. You won’t want to miss a single concert!

SEPTEMBER 11 & 13 • “Strings and Friends”

The 14th season begins with an evening of lush Romantic quintets. TCCP strings Donna Carnes, Clark Potter and Tracy Sands, along with violinist Kim Salistean and Graham House on horn, perform the beautiful Horn Quintet by Edwin York Bowen, an English composer whose works are gaining in popularity. Pianist Sheri Ericksen joins the strings to perform Antonin Dvorak's Quintet in A major, considered by many one of the great piano quintets. A Divertimento for violin, cello and high horn by Franz Joseph Haydn rounds out the program.

NOVEMBER 6 & 8 • “All-American Trios”

A celebration of living American composers, including Lincoln native Christian Ellenwood. TCCP's clarinet-cello-piano trio—Ed Love, Tracy Sands and Sheri Ericksen—perform a trio plus several jazz-oriented pieces by Ellenwood and "Ombres de Novembre" by Rick Sowash. Guest trumpeter Deb Bouffard, violinist Donna Carnes and pianist Sheri Ericksen explore both mellow sonorities and strong rhythms in Eric Ewazen's trio. Normand Pepin's "Sweet Suite" provides a new take on the baroque-style suite. And the driving energy of Ginastera is evident in an arrangement of "Danza del gaucho matrero" for piano, strings and marimba.

JANUARY 22 & 24 • “Enchanted Harp”

TCCP is proud to join NET's 20th anniversary celebration with a performance broadcast LIVE from Studio One on Friday, January 22nd! This concert features harpist Katie Wychulis in music by Australian composer Dulcie Holland, Frenchman Jacques Bondon, Netherlands-born Henri Zagwijn, and Englishman (with strong Irish influence) Arnold Bax. Performing with Katie are Becky Van de Bogart, flute; Ed Love, clarinet; Clark Potter, viola; and Sheri Ericksen, piano.

APRIL 16 & 18 • “Romantic Winds”

A veritable pot au feu of wind music. We dug down deep into the woodwind quintet repertoire and found a gem by the great composer Ottorino Respighi, best known for such wonderful orchestral works as Pines of Rome and Fountains of Rome. Our bassoonist, Jeff Campell, pointed us to a flute-bassoon-piano trio by jazz legend Chick Corea, and to a set of Bagatelles for bassoon and marimba by Justin Rubin, a colleague of his at the University of Minnesota–Duluth. And no season is complete without a work by our in-house favorite, Tristan Fuentes.

Tickets available online, by phone, or by snail mail!

Tickets available in advance or at the door. Visa and Mastercard are accepted for advance reservations. SAVE by ordering a season pass, which is good for four admissions to any combination of our 8 season concerts, for any combination of people. To order tickets online, click here.

Concert Times: Friday 8 pm • Sunday 3 pm
Doors open 30 minutes prior to performance
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages served before the concert and during intermission

All performances at NET Studios, 1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, Nebraska Parking is free, and near the front door

For a copy of our season brochure in PDF form, click here.