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The Oakwood Chamber Players are turning 40, and we’re ready to celebrate in style! We’ve been bringing vibrant classical and contemporary chamber music to the Madison and Wisconsin communities for nearly four decades. Our talented ensemble of six professional string and wind musicians is excited to keep the music alive and thriving as we mark this incredible milestone!
 
Join us as we continue the celebration with three unforgettable concerts in April, and June. Each performance will be filled with passion, energy, and of course—spectacular music!
 
We can’t wait to share another season of beautiful music with you!
✨ Let’s make this 40th season one to remember!
 
Please find below a listing of all scheduled performances.
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CONCERT DATES

Friday, April 4 at 7:00 pm
Oakwood Prairie Ridge
5565 Tancho Drive, Madison, WI 
Saturday, April 5 at 7:00 pm
Oakwood University Woods
6205 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 
Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm
Arts & Literature Laboratory
111 S. Livingston St., Madison, WI
40th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, June 14 / 2:00 and 7:00 pm
 at MyArts Starlight Theater
 1055 E. Mifflin St., Madison, WI 53703

APRIL CONCERT INFO

A special highlight of the program will be Scenes from Sand County, by Madison composer Doug Hill, a work commissioned for and by the Oakwood Chamber Players in 1999. Hill, a former horn professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, frequently draws inspiration from nature. In this piece scored for nine instruments and narrator, he breathes a new musical life into the writings of the celebrated Wisconsin ecologist Aldo Leopold, widely known for the concept of “land ethic” presented in A Sand County Almanac (1949).
 
 “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” – Aldo Leopold
 
The connection to our earth grows deeper with Jenni Brandon’s contemplative Sequoia Trio, another work with narration, and Adrienne Albert’s vibrant Americana.
PROGRAM
Scenes from Sand County, nonet for strings and winds with narrator, by Doug Hill (b. 1946)
Sequoia Trio for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and narrator, by Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)
Americana for flute/alto flute and string trio, by Adrienne Albert (b. 1941)

SPECIAL GUESTS
Eric Anderson, conductor
Buzz Kemper, narrator
Sahada Buckley, violin
Bethany Schultz, clarinet
Sarah Gillespie, horn
Matthew Boothe, bass

PERSONNEL
Marilyn Chohaney, flute and alto flute
Valree Casey, oboe
Amanda Szczys, bassoon
Marie Pauls, viola
Maggie Darby Townsend, cello

Ticket Prices:
Adults: $25
Seniors: $20
Students: $5
Oakwood Residents: Free of charge (at both locations)
The Oakwood Chamber Players express their deep appreciation and recognition to the Oakwood Foundation for their invaluable support.
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