Upcoming Events


The Unitarian Universalist Congregation Series

Unitarian Universalist Congregation
4027 E. Lincoln Dr.
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253


Tickets:
Adults $18
Seniors/Students $15
Call (602) 923-0300


May 22nd, 2009
Haydn Festival Bicentennial Concert
Four Seasons Orchestra Auditorium Friday Evening 7:00 PM
Music by Joseph Haydn and other composers in honor of
his 200th anniversary

Soloists:

Catalin Rotaru, double bass, joined the School of Music at Arizona State University, in 2005. Mr. Rotaru is in demand as a performer and clinician throughout the world. He is a licentiate of the National University of Music from Bucharest, Romania and holds a Master’s degree in music performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously he was Associate Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, taught at Millikin University, and at the University of Illinois. He has performed both solo classical and jazz bass throughout Europe, the United States, South America and Japan.

He served as associate principal bass in the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, principal bass in the Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra, Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra of Bucharest, Danville Symphony Orchestra, Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, associate principal and principal bass in Sinfonia Da Camera, and principal bass of the Orchestra Sinfonica Europea.

Eileen Mager - Soprano Soloist
Cleveland-born concert and recording artist Eileen Mager made her debut as a recitalist in Chicago, and has been performing concerts in the Valley for more than 20 years.  She has appeared as featured soloist with the Four Seasons Orchestra, The Singers of Cantemus, the Harp Consortium, Desert Foothills Choral Foundation, and for many Valley churches.  She is Staff Soloist for Christ Anglican Church in Carefree.  Ms. Mager has been the Artistic Director for several of the Arizona Vivaldi Festivals, and a featured performer in many of the Festival concerts and the American premieres of two of Vivaldi's operas.  A few years ago, she sang the world premiere of eight songs by French composer Germain Desbonnet for Phoenix’s French Week. 

Her repertoire is very broad — everything from opera to jazz, Broadway to folk, classical religious works to spirituals and gospel.  Her performances have included works of more than 80 composers, and she has sung in 16 languages.   Her seven CDs -- “Christmas Treasures,” “Classic French Songs,” “Vivaldi a Due Voce,” “Broadway: Love & Laughter,” “Operatic Vivaldi: Passion, Intrigue, Revenge, & Joy,” “Jazzin’ Around,” and “Songs of Life” -- have won her an enthusiastic following among audiences and reviewers alike.  She is the recipient of the Art Renaissance Initiative’s Artist of the Decade Medici Award.

Cathy Worcester, Concertmaster of the Four Seasons Orchestra of Arizona, studied violin at Boise State University with Kathryn Mitchell.  At Arizona State University she studied with Eugene Lombardi where she received her Bachelors Degree in music performance.  Ms. Worcester earned her Masters in Violin Performance at Indiana University where she studied with Josef Gingold.  She has served as concertmaster and soloist for various orchestras in Arizona including the Mesa Symphony, Sun City Symphony, and the Arizona Opera.  Ms. Worcester performs as a recitalist in Opus 2, a duo ensemble with Don Seitz.  She performs in numerous string quartets including the Four Seasons String Quartet.  She also teaches a large studio of violin students in Mesa, Arizona.