(*First Christian Church Concert Series - free will offering)
Cascade & Platte downtown, Colorado Springs
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2010 Concert Dates
*July 18, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
On
Sunday, July 18 at 3:00 p.m., First Christian Church will host the Colorado
recital debut of its music director, Mr. Ray Killian, with “American
Anthem”, a concert of vocal music to benefit the Interfaith Hospitality
Network’s outreach to homeless families in our community. As Mr. Killian
completes his first year of music leadership at the historic downtown
church, “We thought it was very fitting to celebrate Ray’s gifts and his
commitment to our community and those in need in a unique musical fashion,"
says the Rev. Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor of First Christian Church.
July
18 is also Colorado Springs Pride Day, and the concert will include gay
composers who "have used their gifts to bring beauty and thoughtfulness to
our world," says Mr. Killian. Included in the program will be art songs by
Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Samuel Barber and renowned lyricist Gene Scheer,
who wrote the libretto for the opera An American Tragedy. Mr. Killian
will be performing songs by John Denver and others with guitar and piano in
the second half of the program.
Ray
Killian has performed as soloist with Sir David Willcocks, Robert Shaw,
Joseph Flummerfelt and Don V. Moses. He has performed in Germany, Italy, The
Netherlands, France and throughout the mid-Atlantic states. His choral
groups have been recognized for their "choral felicity" (Washington
Post). Mr. Killian notes: "I am so pleased to be able to share
this new program with the Colorado Springs community. Living here has
inspired me. As a child, I heard John Denver speak about how music can
change the world. That perspective stuck with me and informs me to this
day."
Accompanying Mr. Killian on the piano is Carol Wilson, organist at FCC, who
is known to music lovers all over the Colorado Springs area. A celebration
of Ms. Wilson’s 21st anniversary with the church will also be
included.
There
is no admission charge, but a free will offering for IHN will be collected.
Please bring a non-perishable food item. All are invited to a reception
following the concert.
* September 19, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Heidi Basarab is
an amateur pianist who returned to music in 2004 after a 15-year hiatus. She
began piano lessons at age six, and owes her early development as a pianist
to her mother and first teacher, Marcia Basarab. In high school, she
attended weekend classes through the New England Conservatory Extension
Division, where she studied with the avant garde pianist Kathleen Supové. At
17, Heidi became a piano performance major at Oberlin Conservatory, but she
dropped out after six months. She instead received a BA in English from
Simmons College in Boston and an MFA in creative writing from Colorado State
University.
In 2006, Heidi won
first prize in Metro State College’s Mozart Concerto Competition for
Amateurs and Independent Piano Teachers. She subsequently performed
Mozart’s D Minor Piano Concerto with the Metro State Orchestra under
conductor Adam Flatt. In 2009, Heidi placed second in the Rocky Mountain
Amateur Competition in Colorado Springs. Heidi juggles a full-time career as
a copywriter/editor with her piano practice. She works for the American
Humane Association, a nonprofit that protects children and animals from
abuse and neglect. She lives in Denver with her supportive boyfriend and her
neurotic but adorable rescue dog.
Heidi
will be playing J.S. Bach's
Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major,
Mozart's Fantasy
K. 475
and Sonata in C
Minor
K. 457, and
Beethoven's Sonata
quasi una Fantasia in E-Flat Major.
* October 31, 2010 at 3:00p.m
"Pipe Screams" - Halloween concert presented
by members of the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Guild of
Organists in costume.
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