Don’t miss this very special concert!

We are thrilled to announce that the world-acclaimed Trio Solisti will be returning to the Ouray County 4-H Event Center on Sunday,  June 23 to perform an intimate evening of exquisite chamber music. The program for this annual OCPAG-sponsored concert includes:

• Beethoven Trio, Op. 11

• Saint-Saens Trio no 1 in F major, Op 18

• Smetana Trio in G minor

Described by The New York Times as “consistently brilliant and compelling” and praised by The Washington Post for its “unrelenting passion, tender lyricism, zealous abandon and transparency”, Trio Solisti has established itself as a leading voice in American chamber music.  Buy Tickets »     Learn more »

Special Screening of ‘Orchestra of Exiles’

On Monday, June 24, the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild and the Friends of the Wright Opera House are proud to announce a special screening of the documentary, “Orchestra of Exiles” directed by Josh Aronson, husband of Maria Bachmann of Trio Solisti.  The film will be presented at the Wright Opera House at 7:30 p.m. and is the story of a remarkable man, Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish violinist who, in the 1930s, saved some of the world’s most gifted Jewish musicians from Hitler’s extermination camps by  bringing them to Israel and the forming the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra, later to become the Israeli Symphony.  Mr. Aronson will be in attendance to share his experiences and answer questions.  Tickets are $10 each, but ½ price coupons will be given out at the Trio Solisti concert the previous evening.  This historic movie is particularly appropriate for teens and above.  www.orchestraofexiles.com