President's Message - February 2012
Dear Members and Friends,
In the last letter I reminded everyone of some new CCPAS initiatives underway. One of these was our new Student Chapter. The chapter now has 14 very enthusiastic student members! Their next concert will be coming up on February 12 - a great opportunity to hear these young musicians - so put this date on your calendar.
We are growing our list of group members. Both the Gold Coast Chamber Players and the Mt. Diablo Music Education Foundation joined CCPAS in January. Their concert dates and announcements will be added to our Events Calendar as they become available, so I advise you to look out for changes in the Calendar each month.
Not only are our concert standards remaining as high as ever, but we are seeing quite a bit of contemporary music and even some new compositions. This music is of high quality and some of it can't be heard anywhere else at the present time. In January, Cheryl Keller performed a set of unpublished songs by the San Jose composer Robert Hurd, who was present at the concert. The performance was warmly received by the audience. Later, at our monthly Friday concert, Cantos performed a woodwind quintet of Irvin Fine, another warmly-received concert.
One area we need to improve is the attendance at our concerts. Considering the diversity of our musical offerings and the high quality of performance, it is astonishing there are not more music lovers present to enjoy them. We need to spread the word around! Please invite your family and friends to our concerts. They will appreciate the invitation, have a wonderful experience, and the performers will enjoy sharing their music with a larger public.
Diane