Lopez musicians are presenting a night of their favorite Baroque music during a community concert at Grace Episcopal Church.

Celia Rosenberger, who will appear on the violin, is organizing the performance with Sand Dalton on oboe and flute, Rose Jeffries, soprano, Tom Jeffries, trumpet, and Marjorie Stensrud, who will play the organ. Rosenberger’s advanced violin students Nia Bartolucci, Rona de Graf, and Chase Schober will also perform. Featured works during the Saturday, April 18 concert include arias from Handel’s Messiah, Biber’s Passacaglia for solo violin, Handel’s Trumpet Concerto based on the Water Music, and many works by Bach. The performance begins at 4 p.m. Donations are requested to help support maintenance of the church’s organ.

“Putting on a concert is a lot of work–reserving a time at the church, talking to the newspaper, setting up rehearsals, learning the music, writing and printing a program, choosing the pieces to play…so I keep putting it off,” Rosenberger said, the mastermind behind the event. “But I realized at Leta Marshall’s funeral service that I wanted to share my music with my friends and neighbors while we were all still here to enjoy it! And we have musicians here on Lopez who are of as high a caliber as any of our visiting performers: Sand Dalton, one of the only professional Baroque oboists in the world; Marge Stensrud, whose organ playing I prefer over anyone else’s; Tom Jeffries, former principal trumpet of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Rose Jeffries, a young singer with an exceptionally lovely voice.”

Rosenberger worked hard to find a date that worked for everyone, as well as devoting herself to compiling a program that would delight an audience musically. Rose will sing two favorites from Handel’s Messiah: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach the Gospel of Peace, and I Know that My Redeemer Liveth. Both are scored for soprano, violin, and organ. Rosenberger will play a work for unaccompanied violin, the Passacaglia by H.

von Biber that is a commentary on the life of Christ. Rosenberger and Stensrud will also play a sonata for violin and continuo by J.S. Bach, with beautiful melodies and energetic dance movements. A flugelhorn will be featured on a piece by J.S. Bach and a suite by G.F. Handel will be performed on piccolo trumpet, as well as two sets of dances by Bach for violin and organ.

For further information call Celia Rosenberger at 468-2377 or visit her website at www.celiamusicstudio.com

Lopez musicians are presenting a night of their favorite Baroque music during a community concert at Grace Episcopal Church.

Celia Rosenberger, who will appear on the violin, is organizing the performance with Sand Dalton on oboe and flute, Rose Jeffries, soprano, Tom Jeffries, trumpet, and Marjorie Stensrud, who will play the organ. Rosenberger’s advanced violin students Nia Bartolucci, Rona de Graf, and Chase Schober will also perform. Featured works during the Saturday, April 18 concert include arias from Handel’s Messiah, Biber’s Passacaglia for solo violin, Handel’s Trumpet Concerto based on the Water Music, and many works by Bach. The performance begins at 4 p.m. Donations are requested to help support maintenance of the church’s organ.

“Putting on a concert is a lot of work–reserving a time at the church, talking to the newspaper, setting up rehearsals, learning the music, writing and printing a program, choosing the pieces to play…so I keep putting it off,” Rosenberger said, the mastermind behind the event. “But I realized at Leta Marshall’s funeral service that I wanted to share my music with my friends and neighbors while we were all still here to enjoy it! And we have musicians here on Lopez who are of as high a caliber as any of our visiting performers: Sand Dalton, one of the only professional Baroque oboists in the world; Marge Stensrud, whose organ playing I prefer over anyone else’s; Tom Jeffries, former principal trumpet of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Rose Jeffries, a young singer with an exceptionally lovely voice.”

Rosenberger worked hard to find a date that worked for everyone, as well as devoting herself to compiling a program that would delight an audience musically. Rose will sing two favorites from Handel’s Messiah: How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them That Preach the Gospel of Peace, and I Know that My Redeemer Liveth. Both are scored for soprano, violin, and organ. Rosenberger will play a work for unaccompanied violin, the Passacaglia by H.

von Biber that is a commentary on the life of Christ. Rosenberger and Stensrud will also play a sonata for violin and continuo by J.S. Bach, with beautiful melodies and energetic dance movements. A flugelhorn will be featured on a piece by J.S. Bach and a suite by G.F. Handel will be performed on piccolo trumpet, as well as two sets of dances by Bach for violin and organ.

For further information call Celia Rosenberger at 468-2377 or visit her website at www.celiamusicstudio.com