Red Cedar Chamber Music: Passion & Peril

$20 at the door. Students Free

Red Cedar Chamber Music begins its 29th season with clarinetist Christine Bellomy joining as guest artist. The program opens with Fun and Frolic, a brand-new work from Iowa City composer Peter Bloesch, written especially for this trio. There is a little of everything on this program, from a romantic Serenade by Hans Gál to Gilad Cohen’s Dances of Peril. A set of miniatures called Small & Twisted sets up a joyous return to Michael Kimber’s jazzy variations on the Iowa Corn Song, Iowa Moods which was commissioned and premiered in 2019. This program is jazzy and fun with something for everyone. In all 5 living composers are performed. The program closes with Steve Shanley’s amazing arrangement of Minor Swing with blistering solos from the violin and clarinet.

Thanks to our sponsors: The National Endowment for the Arts, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the City of Marion, Aegon Transamerica Foundation, the Grandon Foundation, the Giacoletto Foundation, and the McIntyre Foundation. Additional support comes from Hills Bank, Farmers State Bank, and GreatAmerica Financial Services.

Artist Sponsorship generously provided by Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC.