50 years of making music

Cosmopolitan Music Society (CMS) is celebrating its 50th anniversary season and invites you to join in the festivities. Offering a program of excellence in community music education and performance, CMS is home to over 250 adult musicians. Three concert bands: novice, intermediate and advanced levels will play selections from Broadway and pops to military marches and commissioned works. The popular Cosmopolitan Chorus boasts over 80 singers and welcomes all adult voices to its non-auditioned community choir. Music director Garry Silverman has the season well in hand, delighted that conductors Rita Burns and Jamie Burns are also continuing this fall. Cosmo returns to the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 9 for the Lest We Forget concert, jointly presented with the Royal Canadian Legion. Two popular and often sold out in-house concert series, at Christmas and in the spring, have additional performance dates added this season at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre to accommodate the large audiences. The 50th Anniversary Gala concert is at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music on Saturday, June 3, 2014. The esteemed featured artist is Edmonton’s own world-renowned clarinetist James Campbell, a Cosmo alumni. CMS will also premiere a newly commissioned piece from Edmonton composer Alan Gilliland. What other community music program can put you on the best stages in Edmonton, with such exciting and original programming? Be a part of the band or chorus in Cosmo’s 50th season. Registration is now open. Call the CMS office for more information at 780.432.9333 or check out the website www.cosmopolitanmusic.org.