For ticket information, please contact the Quick Center box office at (716) 375-2494. Museum galleries will open one hour before each performance and remain open through intermission.
 Friday, September 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm
WIND SOLOISTS OF NEW YORK
The members of the Wind Soloists of New York are among the most esteemed wind players in the United States. All have extensive performance histories and have collectively performed with a wide variety of major orchestras and chamber groups. This special program with four winds – flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon – features works by Debussy and Mozart. Fresh from appearances in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, the Wind Soloists of New York open the 29th season of Good Music in Olean.
Friday, October 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm
JOSE OBANDO AND MUSICIANS: Ceremonial Origins of Salsa
Salsa is an American music genre amalgamated by the Puerto Ricans in Spanish Harlem of New York City. The Puerto Rican migration become the major adherent of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican music, readily absorbing new elements without losing any of the music’s identifying factors. The program presents instruments, music, and lyrics used in the African, Taino and Spanish Catholic rituals that provide a base for Salsa. Jose Obando, the Salsa Consultant for the Musical Instrument Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and his musicians perform a concert which will make the audience want to dance!
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:30 pm
CALMUS VOCAL ENSEMBLE
First Prize Winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition
Founded in 1999 in Germany, this a-cappella quintet embodies the rich choral tradition of Leipzig, the city so closely associated with Bach and Mendelssohn. What captivates critics and audiences is not only the group’s riveting stage presence and sublime technique but also a diverse repertoire conveyed with great respect, joy and fun. Calmus programs seamlessly link works by the renaissance and baroque masters with great German romantic works, as well as contemporary pieces and popular songs.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 6:30 pm
THEATREWORKS USA presents: A Christmas Carol
This musical interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, captures both the humorous and touching moments of the classic story with witty dialogue and fresh new songs, conveying Dickens’ original message that the Holiday season should be a “kind, forgiving, charitable time,” a sentiment which still rings true today.
 Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Holiday Jazz with COMBO NUVO
This eclectic improvisational ensemble is comprised of some of New York’s leading jazz artists. The group combines influences ranging from jazz and classical to blues and world music. Led by Dave Schroeder, the director of the Jazz Studies Program at New York University, and featuring among others Lenny Picket, the musical director for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, the band will perform some of their original compositions from their latest CD “Nouveau Sketches” interspersed with their own arrangements of beloved Holiday songs.
 Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 3:00 pm
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA KREMLIN OF MOSCOW
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, founded and led by Mischa Rachlevsky, has earned national and international recognition as one of Russia’s leading ensembles. In addition to an active schedule of presenting concerts and festivals in Moscow, the orchestra tours regularly in North and South America, Europe and the Far East. Their catalog of over 30 CD’s has won numerous awards. The program will include Tchaikovsky’s passionate masterpiece Serenade for Strings, op. 48.
 Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm
THE CASHORE MARIONETTES: Simple Gifts
The Cashore Marionettes are unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America. . The program, Simple Gifts, is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to music by such composers as Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven and Copland.
Wednesday, March 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm
US Air Force Band of Liberty’s Bay State Winds clarinet quartet
The Bay State Winds, provides musical support for a wide variety of military and civilian functions, and presents concert tours across the Northeast since 2001. Drawing on years of professional experience, these four accomplished musicians present an exciting and polished program that will appeal to audiences young and old alike. The group’s repertoire features something for all musical tastes: classical, contemporary, patriotic, as well as original pieces for clarinet quartet. THIS PROGRAM IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm
SIMPLE GIFTS
Three women plus twelve instruments equals one good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, this award-winning trio plays everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original compositions written in a traditional style. These women will raise the roof of the Quick Center on this return visit.
 Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm
SYRACUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The concert of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra has become an annual highlight of the Friends of Good Music/Quick Center performance season. Music Director Daniel Hege returns to Olean to conduct Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and the acclaimed violinist Corey Cerovsek performs Wieniawski’s Second Violin Concerto. An international recording star, Mr. Cerovsek has also appeared on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the PBS special Musical Encounters.
 Friday, April 29, 2011 at 7:30 pm
AMBER WAGNER, soprano: Opera Recital
Amber Wagner is a winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finals and was featured in the documentary film The Audition which opened to audiences nationwide in 2009. L.A. Splash Magazine lauded Wagner for her “powerful and radiant voice, which carried effortlessly over the orchestra.” Already off to an international career, Miss Wagner comes to St. Bonaventure following her performances in the leading soprano role of Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
TICKETS FOR ALL PERFORMANCES
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