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20-606: The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, formally designated as the "Official Orchestra of the City of Ithaca," has been bringing a wide variety of classical music to audiences of all ages for over three decades. The Orchestra was founded by Charles E.L. McCary in May 1976 when a group of local professional musicians debuted as the Finger Lakes Orchestra. Distinguished conductor and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Karel Husa , became music director of

40-584: A welcome addition to opera companies in America, where the French style had become something of a lost art. Beyond stage work, he proved, both early and late, a persuasive interpreter of the French symphonic literature. He was known as a gentle perfectionist, rarely raising his voice in rehearsal. Jean Fournet's career extended over an extraordinarily long period. His final concert was conducted in January 2005, at age 91, with

60-543: Is the release of a commercial CD of music by American composer Charles Bestor. Upon the announcement of his departure from the CCO so that he could focus on his position with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra , Marcelletti said, "These past six years were the most memorable years for me with any music ensemble. The CCO is, as I always say and insist, a hidden jewel and every time I stand in front of my fellow musicians, I feel

80-696: The Cor anglais with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra from 1977. He served as music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1968-1973, and the newly created Orchestre National de l’Île de France 1973-1982. He was the conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra 1983-1986 (he was given the title Honorary Conductor in 1989, and on his death in 2008 he was honored again with

100-703: The Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron , an international professional music fraternity. In 2012, Husa received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Louisville . In his final years, Husa resided in Apex, North Carolina . Husa and his wife Simone were married for 64 years. The couple had four daughters, Annette, Catherine, Elizabeth and Caroline. His widow and daughters survive him. The Prague Symphony Orchestra ,

120-545: The École Normale de Musique de Paris and at the Conservatoire de Paris . His conducting teachers included Jean Fournet , Eugène Bigot and André Cluytens . He subsequently divided his career between composing and conducting. Husa's String Quartet No. 1 received its premiere in June 1950, and won him international attention, as well as the 1950 Lili Boulanger Award and the 1951 Bilthoven Festival Prize. Other performances in

140-552: The CCO expanded its offerings from six to ten concerts per season. In 1987-88 the Chamber Music Series was added, and in December 1988, a new holiday event, Caroling by Candlelight, was introduced. Mr. St.Clair stepped down as music director in 1991 but continued as Artistic Advisor while the search for his successor was undertaken. During 1992–93, six finalists led full-orchestra concerts, and in May 1993, Heiichiro Ohyama became

160-423: The CCO's third music director. Maestro Kimbo Ishii-Eto was the next music director for the CCO, and helped lead the milestone celebrations of the CCO's 25th season, and the 30th anniversary season in 2006–2007. Ishii-Eto was instrumental in working with several local groups and artists in collaborative performances, including highly distinguished artists such as Steven Stucky , Rachel Lampert, Steven Doane , and

180-615: The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble. Ishii-Eto's final performance as music director for the CCO was in April 2007, when he conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Bailey Hall with the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club. On April 19, 2008, the CCO announced that Lanfranco Marcelletti would be taking the podium for the 08-09 Season as the next CCO Music Director. Among the notable accomplishments and collaborations during his tenure,

200-841: The Paris Opéra-Comique 1944-1957. He was also a professor of conducting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris 1944-1962. In 1949, and again in 1950, he was guest conductor with the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra . His debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra was in 1950. The Netherlands became Fournet’s second home. He became principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Hilversum 1961-1968, where he also taught conducting. He married Miriam-Hannecart Jakes, an American who performed

220-1001: The aftermath of these prizes included the International Society for Contemporary Music in Brussels (1950), festivals in Salzburg (1950), Darmstadt (1951), and the Netherlands (1952) as well as at various concerts in Germany, France, Sweden, England, Switzerland, Australia and the United States. Other compositions written by Karel Husa during his time in Paris include Divertimento for String Orchestra, Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, Évocations de Slovaquie , Musique d'amateurs , Portrait for String Orchestra, First Symphony , First Sonata for Piano, and Second String Quartet . Throughout this period,

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240-562: The composer's underlying preoccupation and interest was style, which was primarily influenced by Vítězslav Novák , Leoš Janáček , Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky . From 1954 until 1992, Husa was a professor at Cornell University , eventually holding the Kappa Alpha chair in music. Composers who studied with Husa include Steven Stucky , Leonard Lehrman , Christopher Rouse , John S. Hilliard , Jerry Amaldev , Christopher Kaufman , Ann Loomis Silsbee , David Conte , and Byron Adams . He

260-519: The most professional performer of Husa's symphonic work in his native Czech Republic, premiered or recorded a number of his compositions. Music for Prague 1968 has become a regular part of the repertoire of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. Jean Fournet Jean Fournet (14 April 1913 – 3 November 2008) was a French flautist and conductor . Fournet was born in Rouen in 1913. His father

280-476: The orchestra in 1977 and served until 1984. He led the CCO in over 50 performances including ballet, oratorios, commissioned works, premieres, and many of his own works. During an interim period from 1984 to 1986, the CCO was led by guest conductors while the organization searched for a new musical leader. In March 1986, the Board of Directors appointed Carl St.Clair Music Director. Under the leadership of Mr. St.Clair,

300-457: The program introduces the instruments and classical music to hundreds of second grade students. Karel Husa Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech -born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition . In 1954, he emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959. Husa learned to play

320-535: The same excitement and admiration I felt in my very first rehearsal in March of 2008." Since 2016, the music director is Cornelia Laemmli Orth. In recognition of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra's continuing commitment to music in education and community engagement, the CCO's long-standing Willard Daetsch Youth Outreach Program was a recipient of a 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Education Partnership Award. Each year,

340-638: The title Permanent Honorary Conductor). His debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago was in 1965 with a double bill of Carmina Burana and L'heure espagnole , and his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York was on 28 March 1987, when he conducted Samson et Dalila . Fournet was also president of the jury of the Besançon International Conductor's Competition for many years. He proved

360-764: The violin and the piano in early childhood. After passing his final examination at high school, he enrolled in the Prague Conservatory in 1941, where he studied with Jaroslav Řídký , and attended courses in conducting led by Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček. After the end of the Second World War, Husa was admitted to the graduate school of the Prague Academy, where he attended courses led by Řídký and graduated in 1947. He then continued composition and conducting studies in Paris. In 1947, he studied with Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulanger . He studied conducting at

380-687: Was a flutist who gave him some instruction on the flute and music theory. Fournet was then trained at the Conservatoire de Paris in flute by Gaston Blanquart and Marcel Moyse , and conducting by Philippe Gaubert (himself a flutist). He performed on the flute at age fifteen with the Orchestra of the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen . He first established himself as a conductor in his native country conducting in Rouen 1936-1940, Marseilles 1940-1944, and then as director of

400-526: Was also a lecturer at Ithaca College from 1967 to 1986, and served as the first Director of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra from 1977 to 1984. Husa composed Music for Prague 1968 , a work in memory of the 1968 Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia , which became one of his most celebrated compositions. His String Quartet No. 3 won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. Husa was the 1993 recipient of

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