Philadelphia Musical Academy - Da Capo Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Chamber Orchestra The Philadelphia Musical Academy ' s Chamber Orchestra, formerly called the Collegium Musicum, is composed of eight to twenty members, depending on the works to be performed. It is directed by Maurice Kaplow. This group, like other school organizations, has been very successful this year in regard to their performances: at the Van Pelt Auditorium of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 15th and March 22nd, an din Cheltenham High School, March 5th, as a feature demonstrating musical form in the third of a series of five concert- lectures given by Joseph Castaldo. They also performed Gluck ' s Orfeo on May 7th with the school ' s chorus and soloists. The highlight this year was the Chamber Or- chestra ' s WHYY television performance of Wagner ' s Siegfried Idyll and a composi- tion by Corelli over the Christmas Holidays. Among the works they have played are Octet for Winds by Stravinsky, Morgen- musik by Hindemith, Brandenburg Con- certo No. 5 in D major by Bach, S ' m- phony No. 5 in B flat major by Schubert. The members of a small group such as this gain excellent experience in learning to appreciate tones of individual instruments rather than in hearing a mass sound.

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The Philadelphia Musi- cal Academy String Quartet, under the artistic direction of Dr. Jani Szanto, has in a short time become a popular Chamber group. The Quartet performed for the Grace Bumbry Reception at the Bellevue Stratford, and has been playing in various con- certs around Philadelphia with much success. String Quartet Woodwind Ensemble The Academy ' s Woodwind En- semble, under the direction of VCayne Raper, is not new, but it has accomplished much this year in gaining good sound and professional ease. It is comprised of eleven pieces: three clarinets, one bass clarinet, four flutes, one French horn, one bassoon, and one oboe. The ensemble is working on such compositions as Hindemith ' s Klei- nekammer , Trois Pieces by Jacques iDert, and Beethoven ' s Quintet .