Suk wrote his serenade at the suggestion of his teacher Dvorak. It was Suk’s first great success with long tuneful melodies. Czech folk tunes are suggested throughout – but never used. It is an ...

When I saw the poster design for the Iowa City Community String Orchestra’s spring concert on Sunday April 14 at 3 p.m., I wept tears of joy. It was still freezing out, snow and ice were everywhere, ...

Antonin Dvorak helped revive string-orchestra music with a famous serenade in 1875. A few years later, Tchaikovsky followed in his footsteps with his own Serenade for Strings, which we feature, ...

This weekend at the Wortham Center, Mercury-the Orchestra Redefined offers an evening of music for strings featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Artistic Director Antoine Plante ...

The Iowa City Community String Orchestra celebrates the opening of our 40th season with a free concert at the Englert Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. Founded in 1979 by a group of amateur chamber ...