AUBURN - Since 2000, Festive Music, a group of local musicians, has been providing music of all genres for numerous occasions, from weddings to parties to the halls of Willard Chapel.
Jill Connor / The Citizen
The Vivos Trio, Marg DePalma, on flute, Chris Gutelius, on cello, and Erin Champion, on violin, perform Joseph Haydn's “London Trio No. 1 Allegro Moderato” at Willard Chapel in Auburn on Sunday.
The Vivos Trio, Marg DePalma, on flute, Chris Gutelius, on cello, and Erin Champion, on violin, perform Joseph Haydn's “London Trio No. 1 Allegro Moderato” at Willard Chapel in Auburn on Sunday.
On Sunday members of the group returned to Willard Chapel after an absence in performing at the chapel.
“We used to play here quite frequently,” Marg DePalma, flutist and director of the group, said. “We haven't played here in a while. It is such a nice venue we wanted to come back and play here again.”
DePalma explained that several members of Festive Music had found themselves performing together at various functions over the years, but by 2000, the musicians decided to form a group, pooling their diverse talents into one group, with many combinations.
DePalma said that over the past several years, the group has been comprised of the same core group of musicians with new members joining from time to time.
Collectively, the group is comprised of vocalists, cellists, guitarists, pianists, as well as oboes and harp.
Sunday afternoon's performance highlighted a small sampling of the possible configurations of the group.
DePalma was joined by guitarist Bob Vanderhoof in a classical duo, performing pieces such as “Laudate Dominum” by Mozart and “Zorro's Theme” by James Horner.
Again DePalma was joined by fellow musicians, Erin Champion, violin, and Chris Gutelius, cello, for pieces such as “London Trio No. 1” by Haydn and “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton”, a Scottish folk song.
Vocalist Shari Del Favero took the stage with pianist Barb Mushock, performing “All I Ask” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, as well as joining DePalma and Vanderhoof to close the show with “The Rose” and “The Prayer”.
The show was designed to highlight the diverse talents of the group and what it has to offer for any occasion.
“We do all types of music,” DePalma said. “Classical, Celtic, contemporary. Everything we did here today is part of our repertoire; we do music of several different genres.”
With pieces ranging from the somber to the festive, those in the audience were impressed with the performance.
“I enjoyed it very much,” Margaret Mosher said. “There was some familiar music and some that was completely new to me and I really enjoyed that.”
While the group was able to use the afternoon performance as a means to showcase their talents, DePalma said that funds raised from the performance were going to support Willard Memorial Chapel. That was a fact that also interested those in attendance.
“It is beautiful music in a beautiful setting,” Mary Ann Finn said. “I knew that them playing here was going to be a very refined, cultural event.”
To learn more
For more information on Festive Music, visit www.festivemusic.net
“We used to play here quite frequently,” Marg DePalma, flutist and director of the group, said. “We haven't played here in a while. It is such a nice venue we wanted to come back and play here again.”
DePalma explained that several members of Festive Music had found themselves performing together at various functions over the years, but by 2000, the musicians decided to form a group, pooling their diverse talents into one group, with many combinations.
DePalma said that over the past several years, the group has been comprised of the same core group of musicians with new members joining from time to time.
Collectively, the group is comprised of vocalists, cellists, guitarists, pianists, as well as oboes and harp.
Sunday afternoon's performance highlighted a small sampling of the possible configurations of the group.
DePalma was joined by guitarist Bob Vanderhoof in a classical duo, performing pieces such as “Laudate Dominum” by Mozart and “Zorro's Theme” by James Horner.
Again DePalma was joined by fellow musicians, Erin Champion, violin, and Chris Gutelius, cello, for pieces such as “London Trio No. 1” by Haydn and “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton”, a Scottish folk song.
Vocalist Shari Del Favero took the stage with pianist Barb Mushock, performing “All I Ask” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, as well as joining DePalma and Vanderhoof to close the show with “The Rose” and “The Prayer”.
The show was designed to highlight the diverse talents of the group and what it has to offer for any occasion.
“We do all types of music,” DePalma said. “Classical, Celtic, contemporary. Everything we did here today is part of our repertoire; we do music of several different genres.”
With pieces ranging from the somber to the festive, those in the audience were impressed with the performance.
“I enjoyed it very much,” Margaret Mosher said. “There was some familiar music and some that was completely new to me and I really enjoyed that.”
While the group was able to use the afternoon performance as a means to showcase their talents, DePalma said that funds raised from the performance were going to support Willard Memorial Chapel. That was a fact that also interested those in attendance.
“It is beautiful music in a beautiful setting,” Mary Ann Finn said. “I knew that them playing here was going to be a very refined, cultural event.”
To learn more
For more information on Festive Music, visit www.festivemusic.net
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