Brazos Chamber Orchestra Concert's November 17 and19

Brazos Chamber Orchestra is to begin it's 12Th Season Concert Series, November 17 at the First United Methodist Church in Burleson Texas at 7:30 PM and November 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the First Baptist Church Cleburne, Texas! For more information on how you can get involved or support the Brazos Chamber Orchestra! We invite you to visit the BCO's website and click on "A Season Of Growth."

The Brazos Chamber Orchestra is dedicated to bringing it's community quality music and a fun evening out with family and friends!

We are always looking for team players! Play an instrument? Want to volunteer with behind scenes? Or have ideas on how we can better promote the Brazos Chamber Orchestra?
We gladly accept willing hearts! Contact information is located on the BCO website!

Brazos Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert

Concert Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:30 pm First Baptist, Cleburne

The Brazos Chamber Orchestra will be part of the Keene Texas Chamber of Commerce July 4th Celebration -- Fly Over Callicott Student Park.

Spring Orchestra Concert

Come join the Brazos Chamber Orchestra for their Spring Orchestra Concert Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:30 PM at the First Baptist, Cleburne or Sunday April 27, 2008 3:00 PM Acton United Methodist Church. The BCO is committed to giving back to our communitie's through music! Featured Soloist is Dr. Dennis, the new band Professor at Southwestern Adventist University.

Brazos Chamber Orchestra brings Christmas to Cleburne

The Brazos Chamber Orchestra will be presenting a Christmas concert on Monday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. It will be performed in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Cleburne, 105 E. Willingham, two blocks north of the courthouse square. The concert will be free to the public. This Christmas gift from the orchestra to the community will be a great family treat.

The BCO is a 45-piece orchestra that performs enjoyable music for its audiences. Whether you like Bach and Beethoven or Gershwin and John Williams, you will love the Brazos Chamber Orchestra. Each concert is designed to please everyone.

On this Christmas concert you will hear many of your seasonal favorites. The orchestra will be performing In the Bleak Midwinter, A Christmas Festival, The Christmas Waltz, O Holy Night, God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, Sleigh Ride, Christmas at the Movies and the always-beautiful Stille Nacht, featuring cellist Todd Evans of Cleburne.

The music director and conductor, David Anavitarte and his wife Kathy, founded the orchestra in 1999. Maestro Anavitarte is the Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene and is Director of the Choral Program at SWAU. The goal of the Brazos Chamber Orchestra is to bring orchestral fine arts to the communities that it serves. It has been accomplishing this goal for 10 seasons.

The members of the orchestra are professional and semi-professional players from Cleburne as well as Fort Worth, Arlington, Granbury and other cities in the area. Dr. Kurt Sprenger, the concertmaster, performs with the Fort Worth Symphony and is the conductor of the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra.

If you would like more information about the Brazos Chamber Orchestra, contact Todd Evans, Business and Personnel Manager, at 817-938-4356 or etevans4@aol.com. If you would like to receive timely updates on concert information, please ask to be included on the BCO Patron list. The BCO is a non-profit organization and donations are gladly accepted. Todd will be glad to receive your tax-deductible donations to help fund one of Cleburne’s finest musical organizations.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the upcoming spring concert also. It will be on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. You won’t want to miss it.

Please join the Brazos Chamber Orchestra on Monday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. for this wonderful evening of Christmas joy. Your whole family will truly enjoy it.

Written by Todd Evans, BCO Manager.

Brazos Chamber Orchestra Presents "American Classics" Concert

The Brazos Chamber Orchestra is excited to announce the 2006-2007 season’s Spring concert “American Classics”, featuring guest soloist Scott Marosek. BCO audiences may remember Mr. Marosek’s recent exciting performance of a movement from the Brahms Piano Concert No. 2 in B major, Op 83. He will once again join forces with the BCO in a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:00 pm at First Baptist Church, Cleburne. The combination of Gershwin’s music and Mr. Marosek’s playing is certainly something you don’t want to miss.

This program will also feature music from America’s 20th century including Copland’s Variations on a Shaker Melody, a medley of Hoagy Carmichael tunes, Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm, and a collection of music by Leroy Anderson. So that the movies have their part of the concert, audiences will hear selections from Mission Impossible and Raiders of the Lost Ark. This program will be repeated on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 3:00 pm at Acton United Methodist Church in Acton. Both of these programs are free to the public.

The BCO, a 45 piece orchestra now in its 9th season, continues its tradition of programming a cross section of classical and popular works that audiences will recognize and enjoy. David Anavitarte, Music Director and Conductor and his wife Kathy, web site design and marketing, founded the Brazos Chamber Orchestra in 1999. Anavitarte is the Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene and is Director of the Choral Program at SWAU. Dr. Kurt Sprenger will once again lead the orchestra as its concertmaster. Dr. Sprenger, who routinely performs with the Fort Worth Symphony and conducts the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, is a violinist that is truly worth coming to hear.

Pianist Scott Marosek is currently the Adjunct Professor of Piano at the Southwestern Adventist University Department of Fine Arts and Music. Mr. Marosek has performed in many cities around the world including Beijing, Guangzhou, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. He was the pianist for Shreveport Symphony Orchestra for the 2005-2006 season. Mr. Marosek is on the faculty of the University of North Texas Community Music School and the Eastern U.S. Music Camp, and taught for three years at the University of North Texas, where he is completing his Doctorate study in piano performance.

The Brazos Chamber Orchestra performs in Cleburne and other cities in the region. Many of the members of the orchestra live in and around Cleburne. Many also come from the Fort Worth and Arlington areas. The BCO is a non-profit organization whose goal is to bring orchestral fine arts to Cleburne and the other communities it serves. Any one interested in more information on the Brazos Chamber Orchestra can call 817-938-4356 or visit the BCO web site at http://www.brazoschamberorchestra.com/. If you would like to be on the BCO patron e-mail list so that you can receive timely updates on concert information, please send an e-mail to etevans4@aol.com. Mark you calendars and come join the Brazos Chamber Orchestra for some great classical music!


Brazos Chamber Orchestra – Spring Concert Series


First Baptist Church, Cleburne
April 28, 2007
8:00 pm

Acton United Methodist Church, Acton
April 29, 2007
3:00 pm

Mozart Requium

Brazos Chamber Orchestra, Southwestern Adventist University Mizpah Choraliers and members of Huguley Memorial Medical Center's vocal ensemble, Healing Heart, will perform the Mozart's Requium under the direction of David R. Anavitarte. There will be 0ver 100 voices and 28 instruments.

The performance is Friday April 13, 2007 at 8:00 pm in the Keene Seventh-Day Adventist Church.