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STORY BY DAWNE LEIKER<\/span><\/p>\n

Twenty-four hours before Tuesday\u2019s Encore Series performance, FHSU faculty and students began readying themselves to take the stage as temporary members of the Russian String Orchestra. Because the orchestra\u2019s cellists, who had purchased seats for their cellos on their flight to the U.S., were forbidden to fly with their instruments, the orchestra arrived in Hays Tuesday sans cellos and cellists.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make it possible for the \u201cshow to go on,\u201d Department of Music Chair Ben Cline assembled a local group of musicians to fill in for the missing cellists. FHSU students Natalee Thomas and Clara Kachanes, violin; Jayce Milburn, viola; Tanner Callis, Megan Rayl, and high school senior Carl Rorstrom, cello; along with Cline and Sunnat Ibrahim, adjunct professor of cello from Pittsburg State, performed Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cSerenade for Strings\u201d during the show\u2019s second half. The local musicians became a seamless addition to the orchestra, in what was an expressive and beautifully performed work.<\/span><\/p>\n

With only two hours of practice with the orchestra, from 5 to 7 p.m. prior to the 7:30 performance, the local musicians were able to showcase their abilities together with the expertise of the Russian String Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was very proud of the students,\u201d Cline said. \u201cThey handled their nerves and stress well, and it was a wonderful opportunity for them to work with seasoned professionals. They were brave and took a chance and it paid off. Even though one of them said it felt like \u2018preparing for battle.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The flurry of last minute program changes, along with the entry of new performers didn\u2019t detract from the evening\u2019s show. For me, the adaptation was a reminder of how live music is always a unique, yet shared experience between audience and performers.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the first half of the program, the orchestra performed Mozart\u2019s Adagio K. 322, with its haunting melodies, and Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cSnow Maiden,\u201d a lyrical yet stately piece. Then the group rounded out the set with upbeat renditions of Leroy Anderson\u2019s \u201cPizzicato Polka\u201d and \u201cFiddle Faddle:\u201d songs that conductor Misha Rachlevsky pointed out, are typically reserved for curtain calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachlevsky, although his frustration was often visible, kept a whimsical outlook during the much-adapted performance, pointing out, tongue-in-cheek, at the end of the evening that: \u201cWe did everything we could.\u201d Indeed. And those efforts were greatly appreciated by the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next Encore event will be Mary Shelly\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Beach Schmidt Performing Arts Center.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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