CMMS Salon se Leve

The Salon se Leve evenings are gifts of pure joy from Dr. Paul Wirth, Director of the Central Minnesota Music School. The young artists are selected from among Minnesota's top competition winners. Each featured performer is given an honorarium by the Salon se Leve.

Please contact Dr. Paul Wirth for more information if you or your organization would like to sponsor a future 'Salon' event or provide honoria. Support is welcomed from both individuals and corporations.

Salon se Leve is a program operated by the Central Minnesota Music School which is a nonprofit organization. All contributions are tax deductible under section 501(c)-3 of the IRC. Please may checks payable to Central Minnesota Music School. Suggested donations are $60 for an individual and $120 for a family.

 






October 19, 2002:

Aaron Brown, double bassist and Matthew Peterson, pianist
 “Upright and Grand”
Aaron Brown, last spring’s First Place winner of the Schubert Club Junior High String Division will be paired with Matthew Peterson, also a Schubert Club First Prize winner.  As Aaron demonstrates his virtuosity on the “upright” double bass, Matt (who stands at 6’ 2”) will play the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto. – and together, they will start us off on a real “celestial” musical high!!

November 9, 2002:

Marie Neve, pianist and
Rolf Nicholas Haas, violinist
 “Bravo – Bravissimo!”
Marie Neve, a multi-award winning pianist in her SsL debut teams up with Rolf Haas, a perennial SsL favorite in a dynamic display of musicianship and virtuosity.  Having shared the stage together last spring as winners of the GTCYS Concerto Competition, they will undoubtedly dazzle us with their consummate musicianship and virtuosity – eliciting once again; “Bravo – Bravissimo!!”

January 3, 2003:

 Greg Anderson, pianist, 
Marcus Johnson, cellist and
Holly Stiles, violinist
“Home for the Holidays”
Kick off the New Year with these accomplished young artists who will be “Home for the Holidays” with lots of surprises and favorites for us!  We are so proud of these Minnesotans as they make a way for themselves in the world of music – remembering their “roots” as we “root” for them!!