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The Santa Fe Community Orchestra’s concert was slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. on a recent Sunday afternoon, but Oliver Prezant, its music director for the past 18 years, had its 23-member string section assemble an hour and a half earlier for one final rehearsal.
The Santa Fe Community Orchestra closes its season with a free concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, at St. Francis Auditorium. Every year this nonprofessional but enthusiastic orchestra holds a competition for new symphonic compositions, and it will premiere the latest winner in this concert: The Ruins of Quivira by Santa Fe pianist-and-composer Charles Blanchard.
The wealthy, noble Sheremetev family owned approximately 200,000 serfs in 18th-century Russia, including Praskovia Kovalyova. At age eight, she began training with the opera company that her master, Count Peter Sheremetev, was putting together with his son, Nicholas. She became one of the most famous opera divas of her time — known as the Pearl — but it was still considered socially unacceptable for her to be romantically involved with Nicholas, the richest aristocrat in the country.
Santa Feans looking for some romantic fun on Valentine’s Day should make a beeline for Let’s Dance!, which features lots of great music and plenty of room to swing, swirl, and sashay on the vast dance floor at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.
The Santa Fe Community Orchestra, an ensemble of accomplished amateurs, bucks the trend of the month by presenting a concert that has nothing to do with holiday music.
Oliver Prezant leads the Santa Fe Community Orchestra
