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January, 09 2010 - Chatham Baroque presents 11th Annual Twelfth Night Gala

What: Reception and Performances

Where: Rodef Shalom, Freehof Hall and Aaron Courtyard

When: January 9, 2010

Time: 7:30 PM

Co-Chair(s): Host Committee: Paul & Carol Stockman Planning Committee: S. Alyssa Groom & Brian Harrigan

Executive Director: Joshua P. Foster

Committee Members: David B. Bennett, Cindy Berger & Larry Green, Bob & Judy Bernardini, Nancy Bernstein & Dr. Rocky Schoen, Robyn & Sean Brady, James P. Cassaro, SueAnne Clark, Basil Cox & Jayne Adair, Gregg & Meghan Daily, Christine Dixon-Ernst & Lauren Ernst, Gordon Fisher & Wesley Scott, Dr. Ken & Kathy Glick, Dr. S. Alyssa Groom, Gary Groom, Brian Harrigan & Dr. Paul Hettler, Dr. Rachel Hess & John Koutrouba, Patti Hollingshead, Robert & Selina Johnson, Leslie & Peter Kaplan, Sue & Peter Koehler, Dr. Bernard & Stephanie Mallinger, Anne McCafferty & John Kenstowicz, Nancy & Don Naragon, Sue & S.A. Neff, Jr., Sam Newbury & Jan Myers-Newbury, Bob & Liane Norman, Dr. Manuel Reich & Debra Stahl, Susan Renda & Stephen Winikoff, Sharron& Larry Schaefer, Bill Semins & Hattie Fletcher, Ted Sohier & J. Gurney Bolster, Stephanie & Jeff Swoveland, Carson Walburn & Michael Saporito, Ella Wilder-Slaughter

President(s): Sam Newberry

Attendance: 200 + Guests

Attire: Business

Planning Committee: Robyn Brady, Andrew Fouts, Kenneth Glick, Patricia Halverson, Rachel Hess, MD, Patti Hollingshead, Scott Pauley, Sharron Schaefer

Board of Directors: Samuel C. Newbury, President, William D. Semins, Vice President, Sue Koehler, Treasurer, Susan Renda, Secretary Jean Adams, Bob Bernardini, Robyn Brady, Gregg Daily, Andrew Fouts, Kenneth Glick, M.D., S. Alyssa groom, Ph.D., Patricia Halverson, D.M.A., Brian Harrigan, Patti Hollingshead, Rachel hess, M.D., Anne McCafferty, S.A. Neff, Jr., Scott Pauley, D.M.A.,Sharron A. Schaefer, Ella Wilder Slaughter Ted Sohier Carson walburn

Blacktie Photos by: Jill M. Kummer

Chatham Baroque presents 11th Annual Twelfth Night Gala
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11th Annual Twelfth Night Gala  January 9, 2010

A wonderful evening was has by all as Chatham Baroque welcomed guests to a marvelous evening featuring the Musicians of Chatham Baroque.  Guests wandered throughout Freehof Hall, bidding on Silent Auction items and tasting delectable treats presented by The Culinary Artists.  Desserts were provided by "by Dozen."  Chatham Baroque delighted guests with two performances during the evening in Aaron Courtyard Hall. 

Chatham Baroque, western Pennsylvania’s only professional Baroque  ensemble playing on period instruments, continues to excite audiences with their dazzling technique and artful interpretations. in recent years, Chatham Baroque has taken its internationally renowned concert and education programs to Montreal, Toronto, Mexico City, and the British Virgin islands, as well as twenty-seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Chatham Baroque’s live performances have been recorded and broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today, Harmonia, and Sunday Baroque, generating calls and e-mails from Virginia to Montana, and hawaii to
Denmark. The Chicago Tribune recently called Chatham Baroque “a splendid period instruments ensemble” and applauded its, “charming and vivacious program of 17th- [and] 18th century Spanish and latin American music,” while the Washington Post labeled the trio as “musically impeccable.”

At home, Chatham Baroque has been listed repeatedly among the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “Top 50 Cultural forces in Pittsburgh,” and is regularly listed among the “Ten Best Classical Performances” each year. Chatham Baroque has worked on many collaborative projects with other Pittsburgh-area ensembles and organizations, including four fully-staged Baroque opera productions with the Pittsburgh Opera Center.

Chatham Baroque has released seven best-selling CDs on Dorian Records  to critical acclaim. Both The Scotch Humour and Henry Purcell: Sonatas and Theatre Music received five-star ratings from Europe’s Goldberg magazine. Sweet Desire, its newest CD on the Dorian label, includes selected sonatas from the 17th-century Austro-italian collection Prothimia Suavissima. The ensemble is looking forward to a 2010 CD release of music by the seventeenth-century italian composer and lutenist, giovanni girolamo Kapsperger, which was recorded in Pittsburgh in April of 2009.

Each season Chatham Baroque performs 16 Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions for preschoolers, September through April, as well as a variety of community-outreach concerts in creative and nontraditional venues
across the region. Chatham Baroque is Ensemble-in-Residence at wQEDfM
and Calvary Episcopal Church.

For more information and a performance schedule, please log onto our website at:  www.chathambaroque.org