Reviews


Music on the Rocks with Art is night to remember
By Debra Mayeux The Daily Times

September 11, 2006 — As the babbling Animas River rolled by, the sun shone through the gray clouds slightly illuminating the Bluffs. A giant rainbow made an arch over the mountain, and the San Juan Symphony Chamber Orchestra began to play.

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San Juan Symphony breaks new ground

February 22, 2005 - The San Juan Symphony dazzled a near-capacity audience with a uniquely innovative concert Sunday afternoon at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall.

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Verdi's 'Requiem' is brought to life

November 9, 2004 - Verdi's 'Requiem' is brought to life By Patricia Miller Arts & Entertainment Editor Some spiritual adepts hold that building harmony is the reason for the evolution of the universe. If they're right, the universe should be blooming after this weekend's harmony among more than 225 musicians. And that's only the performers.

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San Juan Symphony opens season with flair

September 28, 2004 - San Juan Symphony opens season with flair By Judith Reynolds Special to the Herald Showbiz, a fiddle and a great head of hair dazzled the locals last weekend at the Community Concert Hall. The San Juan Symphony opened its season Sunday at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall.

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Symphony finale

April 20, 2004 - Symphony finale By Jeff Mannix Special to the Herald The bookends for Maestro Post's final San Juan Symphony concert of the season Saturday night at the Community Concert Hall were deliriously heady compositions by two of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Beethoven and Brahms.

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Symphony strikes high note

February 24, 2004 - Symphony strikes high note By Jeff Mannix Special to the Herald Arthur Post conducts the San Juan Symphony in "Heaven and Earth" on Sunday afternoon at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall.

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San Juan Symphony shines in season debut

October 7, 2003 - By Judith Reynolds Special to the Herald Last Sunday, with music evoking distant stars, a shimmering lake at night and the dry, menacing desert, the San Juan Symphony opened its 2003-04 season. With works celebrating the Southwest, the orchestra declared itself central to the life of this community. Flutist/composer R.

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Symphony gets a little rebellious

February 28, 2003 - By Nathaniel Miller Herald Arts & Entertainment Editor Every musician has to let down his or her hair now and then. And every listener will occasionally need an aural rousting. Arthur Post understands these things.

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The wisdom in picking Post displayed in Sunday concert

February 25, 2003 - The San Juan Symphony concert Sunday afternoon has to have been one of the most imaginative and provocative performed since the late Jan Roshong put the Farmington and Durango orchestras together in 1986, setting out to create a professional institution.

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Sympony shakes up Civic Center

February 2003 - San Juan Symphony music director and conductor Arthur Post had warned everyone who would listen that this “Groundbreakers” program would shake up things a bit, and he wasn’t kidding last Saturday evening when the orchestra performed at the Civic Center.

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