CHAMBER PLAYERS PLAN CONCERTS

The Southeast Chamber Players will open their 1999-2000 concert season at 3 p.m. Dec. 5 with a public concert in Old St. Vincent' s Church.

The ensemble, which was formed in 1990, is comprised of Southeast faculty and students as well as area music teachers and has distinguished itself not only with local performances and school workshops but also with a performance for the Missouri Music Educators Association at Tan-Tar-A.The Dec. 5 program will open with a transcription for 10 winds of one of Franz Joseph Haydn's most popular symphonies, the "Oxford Symphony." Such transcriptions were not only common during the 18th century but were often, as was the case with this transcription, approved by the composers themselves. The second selection on the program will be Ludwig van Beethoven's "Rondino" for pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons. Even though this is one of Beethoven's lesser known works, it is a prime example of the work of a mature and experienced composer.

The concert is free to the public.