I just got back from the post-concert drinks after our annual Evelyn Nagel Donor Appreciation Concert (ENDAC) at the Newmark Theater.\u00a0 For years, ENDAC was an orchestra concert by the full orchestra, with most all of the orchestra’s donors invited.\u00a0 Last year, Elaine Calder suggested (I believe) that the concert feature smaller groups of musicians performing chamber works in a more intimate space.\u00a0 The concert was successful enough that the formula was repeated, but with the donor level extending down to the $100 and above.\u00a0 We had quite a full house this time around, which was great, and a wide variety for ensembles performing, ranging from the full brass section to just two violins.\u00a0 Musicians signed up to participate, and the Carlos Kalmar and Gregory Vajda chose which ensembles would perform and what the program order would be.<\/p>\n
Just a word about that brass section, by the way, we’re lucky to have an absolutely world-class brass section here, and that was supremely evident at tonight’s event.\u00a0 In addition, many of our incredible wind section also played, and reminded me of how versatile and musical they all are.\u00a0 We’re lucky to have them.\u00a0 The string section was represented by less numbers of musicians, but the performances were all great, we’ve got tremendous depth in our string section, with some real stars, too.<\/p>\n
I’ve got a pops rehearsal in the morning, and it isn’t getting any earlier, so that’s all for now.\u00a0 On Friday I’ll print the complete program and performer list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just got back from the post-concert drinks after our annual Evelyn Nagel Donor Appreciation Concert (ENDAC) at the Newmark Theater.\u00a0 For years, ENDAC was an orchestra concert by the full orchestra, with most all of the orchestra’s donors invited.\u00a0 Last year, Elaine Calder suggested (I believe) that the concert feature smaller groups of musicians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[148,136,2],"tags":[2161,3666,3668,3662],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-chamber-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-evelyn-nagel-donor-appreciation-concert","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-14q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4127,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/26\/complete-endac-program-and-roster\/","url_meta":{"origin":4118,"position":0},"title":"complete ENDAC program and roster","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As promised, here's a pdf file of the program page from Thursday evening's Evelyn Nagel Donor Appreciation Concert. 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