Tenth Anniversary Season – 2007

This is the first photo of the musicians who would eventually become known as the Red Cedar Trio – the photo was taken in November 1996. It was after the Trio's first concert together that Jan Boland and John Dowdall began exploring the posibilites of incorporation. Less than a year later, Red Cedar Chamber Music was created.

It’s Red Cedar Chamber Music’s tenth season!

CRST International is the sponsor of Red Cedar Chamber Music’s Tenth Anniversary Season. Tenth Anniversary festivities open with A Celebration of Community Recognition Banquet on June 14, 2006, and culminate with a Gala Birthday Party at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on June 2, 2007. In between, savor the warmth and hospitality of rural Iowa through Iowa Inspirations bus trips to Spillville and Ainsworth. Hold Red Cedar Chamber Music in the palm of your hand with our Tenth Anniversary customized deck of playing cards!

Our 2006-2007 Concert Series is brimming with beautiful music and features the return of your favorite guest artists performing the best of Red Cedar’s nineteenth-century literature on period instruments. After all, this is what makes Red Cedar so unique.

So, come join in the fun! Season tickets are available for only $30. Celebrate with us Red Cedar’s first decade and our commitment to continue providing wonderful chamber music for generations to come.

Tenth Anniversary Events:

June 14, 2006: A Celebration of Community Recognition Banquet under a tent along the Cedar River on the Red Cedar River Way, Cedar Rapids. Thirty-one people without whom Red Cedar would not exist will be honored. Guest speaker is Margaret Lioi, Executive Director of Chamber Music America. We invite the community to help us celebrate! $30. Call 377-8028 for your invitation.

October 21, 2006: Mozart's Mentor. Kick-off concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids. 8 p.m.Sponsored by D.C. Taylor Company.

Bus Trips: One-day bus trips to Iowa's coolest small towns. Bus trip to Spillville, Protivin and Quasqueton takes place on Sunday, October 8, 206. Bus trip to Ainsworth/Kalona takes place on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The experiences are accompanied by chamber music. Contact Charles Munro cmunro@attglobal.net for details. Or call (319) 862-1739. See more information below.

February 24, 2007: More Ries's pieces, please! Concert at First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids. Sponsored by George J. Naxera, Jr. 8 p.m.

June 2 , 2007: To Chocen, with Love. Concluding Concert and gala Birthday Party. At the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids. Sponsored by GreatAmerica Leasing. 7 p.m.

Tenth Anniversary Mementos:

What's the deal?
We've trumped the customary commemorative history book with a unique,
fun and slightly wacky keepsake - custom playing cards. Our elegant Red Cedar logo is on the back, but on the front - surprise! You'll find pictures of Red Cedar supporters, concert goers, musicians, composers, kids, and even John in his hippie days.

Iowa Inspirations Bus Trips

Come share the inspiration!
Okay, we thought for the Tenth Anniversary Season we might take you all to Prague. Instead, we decided – why not explore the riches of our own backyard? Join Jan and John and friends of Red Cedar for trips to inspirational rural Iowa communities, discovered on our Rural Outreach Concert tours.
Tour guide, historian and storyteller extraordinaire Michael Zahs takes you behind the scenes to reveal secrets of Iowa, unknown to the average tourist! Savor delicious ethnic meals and intimate chamber music by Jan & John in unique settings.

Sunday, October 8, 2006 – Anton Dvorak Country
Depart Cedar Rapids at 6:00 a.m. after coffee & kolaches from Sykora Bakery. Return at 6:00 p.m.
• Head for Spillville-- hear Mass at St. Wenceslaus Church where Dvorak played the organ, and walk Dvorak’s path along the Turkey River.
• Feast on specially prepared Bohemian fare in Protivin.
• Tour the Quasqueton home of Frank Lloyd Wright, then share inspirations of the day around a fire circle on the Wapsipinicon River.

Saturday, April 21, 2007 – Amish & Ainsworth
Depart Cedar Rapids at 8:30 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.
• View the inspired work of Amish quilters and experience real Amish “home cooking” in an Amish home in Kalona.
• Traverse a 200-foot-long swinging bridge and learn the archetecture of barns of rural Iowa.
• Relax at the Ainsworth Opera House with dinner, chamber music and a unique sampling of early silent films -- all topped off with birthday cake and ice cream.

Let Iowa inspire you! Space limited to 30 people per trip. The cost is only $75 per trip-- includes transportation, guided tours, meals, and live chamber music!