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Local HVCO Orchestra to put on Free Concert.


Join the Heber Valley Choir and Orchestra on Tuesday, March 13 for a free concert featuring stirring music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of Penzance, and the William Tell Overture at Rocky Mountain Middle School.
The musicians of HVCO will share a stage with the Rocky Mountain Middle School band and orchestra as the two groups celebrate “Music in Our Schools” month. The Music in Our Schools program was created by the National Association for Music Education and is designed to integrate education, practice, and performance of music into local schools.
According to the NAfME, this initiative “is an opportunity for music teachers to bring their music programs to the attention of the school and the community, and to display the benefits that school music brings to students of all ages.”
For the past two years the HVCO has been participating in this program to help encourage young people to start and continue to play music, as well as show the community the valuable role music has in our schools and community.
Heather Thaxton, director of the HVCO, said many of the orchestra and choir members started playing and singing in elementary and junior high programs. Though most have gone on to have other careers, music has always been apart of their lives, and events like these helps foster a new generation of musicians.
“It’s very important that these students see how music, singing or playing, can be something they take with them for a lifetime,” said Thaxton.
The HVCO and RMMS Band and Orchestras will perform next Tuesday, March 13 at 6 pm at the Rocky Mountain Middle School auditorium. The concert is free to attend, and all are invited and encourage to come celebrate Music In Our Schools Month.
You can also catch an encore performance on Monday, March 19 at the Wasatch County Senior Citizen Center at 6 pm. For more information about upcoming concerts or joining the choir and orchestra visit hvchoirandorchestra.weebly.com.
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Home Grown Orchestra Wows at Cowboy Poetry

10/27/2016

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​On Thursday, October 27, 2016 the Heber Valley Orchestra performed with renowned Country Western singer Michael Martin Murphey at this year’s Heber Valley Western Music and Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
The 40-piece orchestra performed along sing Murphey as he sang some of his most well know songs, such as What’s Forever For, Streets of Laredo and Wildfire, to a crowd of 1,100.
Murphey-who has been coming to the Gathering for several years-told the sold-out crowd how great he thought it was to “have a home grown” orchestra performing at the gathering. Ted Caldwell, director of the Gatherings, agreed with Murphey when after the show he told the orchestra that this performance was one of the best.
“It’s as best we’ve ever had perform with Michael Martin Murphey,” said Caldwell.
The opportunity to debut at the gathering was has been a year in the making. Mary Kelly, one of the Gathering’s organizers, has many responsibilities at the Gathering one of the most daunting is lining up the entertainers. When Murphey said he wanted to come back and do a symphony show, Kelly turned to the Heber Valley Orchestra.
“It was a little bit of leap of faith when we asked the orchestra, because we hadn’t heard them play yet,” said Kelly.
Once given the green light, the orchestra knew this was a chance not to pass up.
“The orchestra did such an amazing job. We are so glad to have such talented local musicians,” said Kelly.
"The opportunity to play for our home community for an event like Heber Valley Cowboy Poetry was something we’ve been waiting for,” said Stacey Eaton, violinist and orchestra board member.
According to Eaton the orchestra is a relatively young group. They are going on their third season of performing in the Heber Valley, so when they were asked to play with Murphey at Cowboy Poetry they were a little taken aback.
"Cowboy Poetry draws in people from all over our community, state and country. This was big for our orchestra,” said Eaton.
Playing for the Gathering is an important step in the growth and success of the orchestra, but more importantly than the exposure for the Heber Valley group was the chance to help the audience connect to the emotions and memories the music brought back.
"They just love this music. Music has a powerful way of connecting audiences through generations, and I think that happened tonight,” said orchestra conductor Heather Thaxton of the evening.
Heber Valley Choir and Orchestra is a made up of some 40 vocalists and musicians who enjoy playing and honing their craft. They hope to inspire the community and their audience as well as promote performing arts in the Heber Valley.
For more information about the Heber Valley Choir and Orchestra and to find out more about upcoming performances visit hvchoirandorchestra.com.

​-Dallin Koecher in the "Wasatch Wave"
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