{"id":805,"date":"2024-09-28T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:36:07","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/?page_id=805","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Amadeus Chamber Symphony<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has been performing in St. Cloud and surrounding areas, since 1990. Most of the members of the ensemble are musicians from Central Minnesota, and many have been with the ensemble since its beginnings. The orchestra&#8217;s roots go back to 1971, when Axel Theimer, then in his second year on the CSB\/SJU Music Department faculty hired an orchestra to be part of the choral department\u2019s performance of Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s \u2018Requiem\u2019. Harvey Waugh was concertmaster, Dave Ernest played oboe, and Jim Johnson played viola or violin. All three were SCSU professors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, many of the finest instrumentalists from Central Minnesota have contributed to the success of the ensemble, whose main mission remains to perform music written specifically for chamber orchestra, but also includes programming of major symphonic works by composers such as Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and chamber orchestra gems by Finzi, Barber, Dello Joio, Warlock, Delius, Wagner and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many years we have invited recommended high school Seniors from Central MN to join us for our annual \u201cShare a-Stand\u201d concerts. It gives students the opportunity to participate in the performance of major symphonic works \u2013 alongside the \u2018permanent members\u2019 of the orchestra \u2013 they share a stand, as they share their love for making music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Former Concertmasters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harvey Waugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Marion Judish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In-Memorium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harvey Waugh, founding Concertmaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Ernest, oboe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Bryce, violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gretchen Vork, horn, cello<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beverly Williams, violin\/viola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan Dubin, Principal 2nd Violin, viola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cecilia Diffley, viola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R. Dennis Layne, clarinet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jana Kelly, viola\/violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cropped-great-hall-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cropped-great-hall-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cropped-great-hall-1.jpg 984w, http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/cropped-great-hall-1-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amadeus Chamber Symphony\u00a0has been performing in St. Cloud and surrounding areas, since 1990. Most of the members of the ensemble are musicians from Central Minnesota, and many have been<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/?page_id=805\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HISTORY<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amadeuschambersymphony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}