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Kudos to Kenai Peninsula Orchestra

The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra performance here on Aug. 8 was simply stupendous. This assemblage of dedicated, all-volunteer performers…

Chicago-based and Grammy Award winning ensemble “eighth blackbird” will be the featured guest artists at this year’s Wild Shore Festival for New Music Aug. 5-11.-Photo provided

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Wild Shore fest designed to inspire, create new music

What do you hear when the tide rushes in or deviously trickles out? A soothing change of pace?…

Armin Abdihodzic, professor of music from the University of Alaska Anchorage, will be the featured guitar soloist during the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival’s gala concert on Aug. 7 at the Mariner Theatre.-Photo provided

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Orchestra plans multifaceted, multimedia performances

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Tomoka Raften’s name and to show…

Artistic director Tammy Vollum-Matturro offers insight to musicians during a rehearsal for last Saturday’s Pops concert.-Photo by Sue Biggs

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Orchestra educates, entertains

For Mellisa Nill, participating in the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra is all about the personal connection with both fellow…

Choir members sing during a 2007 rehearsal of “The Messiah”  at Homer High School, the last time the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra performed Handel’s oratorio.-Homer News file photo

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Hallelujah! Community sings together again

Feel like singing? This Monday at the Homer High School Winter Concert an old tradition will make an…

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KPO Summer Music Festival starts Monday

The annual Kenai Peninsula Summer Music Festival starts Monday with noon time concerts in Homer and Kenai-Soldotna. Upcoming…

Visitors write on the studio wall during Mary Epperson Day last Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Mary Epperson Day

A standing-room-only crowd jammed into the Homer Council on the Arts last Friday to share music and appreciation…

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Kudos to city for PARC survey

Every year, the City of Homer allocates general operating funds to the non-profit sector through an application process…

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Kachemak Bay Campus history

July 1, 1964: University of Alaska Board of Regents approves request by the Kenai City School District to…

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KPO Summer Music Festival starts

The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival starts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with a Garden Party fundraiser at…

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Many created beautiful music

On behalf of Pier One Theatre, and the nearly 180 participants of last month’s Brahms Requiem, I want…

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Event highlights joy of music

Last Sunday our students had the opportunity to perform alongside the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra on the Mariner Theater…

Tammy Vollom-Matturro, Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s artistic director and conductor, prepares McNeil Canyon Elementary Students for a concert at Mariner Theatre at 2 p.m. Sunday.

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Carnegie Hall links orchestra with kids

The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, in conjunction with Carnegie Hall, will present two concerts that include area students this…