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    Kenai Peninsula Orchestra
    Kudos to Kenai Peninsula Orchestra
    Kudos to Kenai Peninsula Orchestra
    September 10, 2015 9:33 am

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

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    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
    Wild Shore fest designed to inspire, create new...
    By Emilie Springer • July 23, 2015 10:40 am

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

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    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
    Orchestra plans multifaceted, multimedia performances
    July 16, 2015 10:36 am

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

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    Artistic director Tammy Vollum-Matturro offers insight to musicians during a rehearsal for last Saturday’s Pops concert.-Photo by Sue Biggs
    Orchestra educates, entertains
    By Aryn Young • April 15, 2015 3:02 pm

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

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    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
    Hallelujah! Community sings together again
    By Toni Ross • December 10, 2014 2:38 pm

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

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    KPO Summer Music Festival starts Monday
    KPO Summer Music Festival starts Monday
    July 23, 2014 3:47 pm

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

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    Visitors write on the studio wall during Mary Epperson Day last Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Mary Epperson Day
    June 11, 2014 5:42 pm

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

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    Kudos to city for PARC survey
    Kudos to city for PARC survey
    May 29, 2014 10:28 am

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

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    Kachemak Bay Campus history
    Kachemak Bay Campus history
    May 14, 2014 2:26 pm

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

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    KPO Summer Music Festival starts
    KPO Summer Music Festival starts
    July 24, 2013 2:40 pm

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

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    Many created beautiful music
    Many created beautiful music
    June 5, 2013 5:43 pm

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

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    Event highlights joy of music
    Event highlights joy of music
    November 15, 2012 3:52 pm

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

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    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.
    Carnegie Hall links orchestra with kids
    November 1, 2012 12:05 pm

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

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