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	FIRST CONCERT OF 2009 THIS WEEKEND
	COLLEGE NIGHT AT THE PHIL
	A MIGHTY EVENT
	FEBRUARY AT THE PHIL
	TAKE NOTE

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FIRST CONCERT OF 2009 THIS WEEKEND

Whether or not your resolution for the New Year includes treating yourself to the wonderful experience of live orchestral music at its finest, the Erie Phil's upcoming concert is surely an opportunity to do just that. On Saturday, January 24, the Phil presents In The Spotlight featuring not only the orchestra's wind section but Mahler's titanic First Symphony.

"Few orchestras can manage the power and passion required to perform Mahler’s epic First Symphony," Executive Director Eric Borenstein said.  "Under Daniel Meyer’s baton, the Erie Philharmonic will present our first performance of a Mahler symphony in nearly 10 years."

Featured Erie Phil musicians who will perform Mozart's Serenade for Winds include Danna Sundet and Heather Wible, Oboe;James East and Andrew Seigel, clarinet; John Gillette and Carolyne Wallace, bassoon; and Christopher Rapier and Scott Bohannon, horn.

Saturday evening's Scott Enterprises Symphonic Series concert begins at 8 PM. Concert goers can learn more about the music on the program by attending Classics in the Evening with Wally Faas at 7:15 in the National City Community Room adjacent to the Warner.  It's also College Night at the Phil (see below for more information).

Tickets can be purchased by calling 455-1375, ext. 4 or visiting the Erie Phil office at 609 Walnut Street. Tickets can also be ordered online. Ticket prices for the show range from $16 - $48. Discounts are available for students, groups, and seniors, and $10 Rush Tickets will be available 15 minutes before show time. Doors open at 7 p.m.

NOTE: Special online ticket sale for this concert only  - now through Friday, January 23 at 5 PM - Buy one admission, get one free.  Tickets can be ordered here.

This Scott Enterprises symphonic concert is also sponsored in part by Eriez Magnetics, WQLN and Jet Radio 1400 and Idearc Media.

SPECIAL OFFER:  If you plan on attending several upcoming Erie Phil concerts, the Phil is offering a special "gift with purchase" now through January 24: Buy tickets to 3 concerts and receive an additional concert free! The gift is the January 24 In the Spotlight concert.

COLLEGE NIGHT AT THE PHIL

Students from area colleges and universities are invited to attend Saturday's In The Spotlight concert and meet Maestro Daniel Meyer. 

According to Executive Director Eric Borenstein, "Student tickets are always only $5 and this weekend we're inviting students to a meet-and-greet with Daniel Meyer and some of our musicians following the performance."

Many music and art appreciation students from Gannon University, Edinboro University, Mercyhurst College and Penn State Behrend regularly attend the Philharmonic's symphonic series concerts. 

"Our relationship with the faculty, staff and students at the local colleges and universities is an integral part of broadening our audience,"  Borenstein added.  "We are pleased that the students attend and love when they're part of our audience."

A MIGHTY EVENT

Erie Phil supporters filled out Dennis and Margaret Unks’ Grand Salon—arguably the most unique living room in Erie—at last month’s “Music for the Holidays.” 
 

The benefit concert, featuring entertainer Ken Double at the Mighty WurliTzer, raised over $6,000 for the orchestra.  Double, a retired sports broadcaster and standing president/CEO of the American Theatre Organ Society, kept nearly 100 audience-members’ toe tapping throughout the afternoon. The impressive concert featured a mix of traditional organ pieces as well as holiday favorites and more recent pop hits from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Delicious refreshments were served after the concert.

The Unks built their home in an effort to create a suitable, acoustically-rich space for the theater pipe organ; for the organ is no small instrument, but a fantastic collection of parts including two organ chambers housing 1,485 individual pipes, percussion instruments and a Woodward Upright Grand Piano.
 

The Erie Phil thanks all of our donors for their support and commitment in making this fundraising event a great success. A special thanks to Margaret and Dennis for being such gracious hosts. (Photo above:  Ken, on left, and Dennis)
 

FEBRUARY AT THE PHIL

Be a Big Shot and take your Uptown Girl to the February 14 Pops concert:  The Piano Man - A Tribute to Billy Joel.  The Erie Phil welcomes back our friends from Ontario, Jeans 'n Classics, to perform favorites of one of today's best-loved singer/songwriters.  You'll hear familiar songs such as An Innocent Man, Honesty, She's Got a Way and, of course, Piano Man. 

Make it a special Valentine's Day:  Get two tickets to the show and dinner at Under the Clock for just $95 (Under the Clock is located in the former Boston Store on State Street). Call the Phil office for information and/or reservations at 455-1375 x 4.  The show begins at 8 PM at the Warner Theatre.

        And. . . take note Billy Joel wanna-be's!   It's another Erie Phil KARAOKE CONTEST and the winner will perform on stage February 14 with the Erie Philharmonic and our guest artists.    Stay tuned for more information. 

 BILLY JOEL TRIVIA:  Be the first person to name the doomed couple in Scenes from an Italian Restaurant and win 2 free tickets to the show.  Reply to this email - quickly!

TAKE NOTE

JAN. 24   Scott Enterprises Symphonic Concert In The Spotlight - 8 PM, Warner Theatre

FEB. 14   Hanes Erie Pops The Piano Man - A Tribute to Bily Joel - 8 PM, Warner Theatre

MAR. 7    Scott Enterprises Symphonic Concert Carmina Burana - 8 PM, Warner Theatre

MAR. 28  Hanes Erie Pops Swing City - Featuring vocal jazz group Monday Off - 8 PM, Warner Theatre