Young Musicians, Inc., in Evanston has announced five events in the 2008 Uinta County Concert Series. The series is in its second year, the first having been highly successful in 2007. According to the Young Musicians web site, "the purpose of these concerts is to bring high quality music and culture with educational value into Evanston, a somewhat isolated community in southwest Wyoming."
Five different professional groups will perform, a different group each month, from January through May, as part of the series. Each of the concerts will also have an educational component that includes an outreach called "Specialists in the Schools Project," leading up to the concerts. The pre-concert events help build an audience as well as educate audience members so the concerts can be better appreciated. The performing groups were selected to represent a variety of cultures and musical styles that will appeal to a broad range of community members, including children, adults and seniors.
Here's the line-up:
January: Caboose -- world folk music, featuring members if the acclaimed Enoch Train playing a multitude of folk instruments from all around the world. This Series concert will appeal to an audience of all ages, including young children. In addition to the Series concert, this group will also do 4 pre-concert educational performances in elementary schools in Evanston.
February: Molly's Revenge -- super high-energy Celtic style band, featuring Irish flutes, Scottish bagpipes and more. This Series concert will especially appeal to teenagers and young adults. In addition to the Series concert, the group will also do two pre-concert educational performances in Evanston middle schools.
March: Great Basin Street Band -- Dixieland Jazz combo, featuring brass and woodwind instruments, with bass, piano and drums. This ensemble will please concert goers of all ages, including students in local school band programs, and older community members. Band members will do an in-class afternoon, pre-concert workshop on Dixieland Jazz with Evanston High School Jazz Band students.
April: Fry Street Quartet -- Classical style string quartet. Classical music lovers of all ages will enjoy this Series concert, as well as inspire students and their families that are involved with the budding strings program in the area. Quartet members will present a pre-concert outreach the afternoon of the concert, for local strings students in a special workshop to discuss technique, work ethic and goals, and appreciating Classical style.
May: Six Miles Ahead -- Jazz style vocal group. Specializing in vocal jazz, this group will draw audience members of all ages, especially young people and their families, that are involved with the high school vocal Jazz program. The day of their Series concert, members of the group will visit the middle schools and high school for in-class clinics with vocal Jazz students.
