Press Release Body = Sponsor needed to revive Florida Philharmonic
Title: Sponsor needed to revive Florida Philharmonic
Released by: By ANDREA FREYGANG
Release Date: 2006-03-31 20:36:26
Summary: Local conductor plans concert for 2006
For_Immediate_Release:
The Weekly News - May 2005
Many remember the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, which played all
over South Florida for more than 30 years. It was considered one
of Florida's largest performing arts groups and was the resident
orchestra for the tri-county area. Millions enjoyed FPO concerts
before they disbanded a few years ago due to a lack of leadership
and funding."Now they are bringing the Cleveland Orchestra here
for a winter residency," says Geoffrey Hale, who played second bassoonist
with the FPO. "Although that may help a few concert goers, it doesn't
help the community or universities find good music teachers because
after FPO broke up, a lot of them left town." Recently though, Donald
Covert, a West Palm Beach resident who studied under themusical
genius of Leonard Bernstein, has been trying to raise the funds
needed to revive the FPO. He says he's hoping to conduct a "world-famous
orchestra."
Covert, who first started conducting in his room as a young boy
by listening to records and waving a baton, was trained all over
Europe and leads every concert from memory, never using a score
to guide him through a show. He has already hired 40 members of
the original FPO, including Hale. The bassoonist says he's a little
skeptical; but he would love to see the orchestra re-emerge because
it represents a full-time job for all the players with pensions
and health coverage."I'd love someone to restart it, but it's a
very long road from one concert to putting 84 musicians back to
work," Hale says. Covert is confident; he has set a date of Jan.
8, 2006 for the first concert."I've already given the players a
deposit to ensure they will come and play," he says. "Right now,
what I'm looking for is someone willing to invest some time and
money into the event - an investor, a sponsor, mainly to cover the
cost of advertising the event." Covert, who describes himself as
Bernstein's successor, is specifically looking forat least $5,000
for advertising in the Miami Herald."If I get this sponsor or investor,
it's going to be a fabulous success - just like Bernstein in his
day - and if someone wants to put in more money, we can get even
more players to play the just over an hour concert featuring Wagner's
'Siegfried Idyll' and Schubert's Fifth Symphony, B-Flat," Covert
says. "I really want to work with FPO because they are some of the
world's best players and I get along well with all the players,
not to mention that I hear they always show up to play." ORCHESTRAL
MANEUVERS: Donald Covert of West Palm Beach is a conductor who trained
under Leonard Bernstein and is working to revive the Florida Philharmonic
Orchestra.
The concert is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m., Jan. 8, 2006 at
the Artime Theater in Miami. Tickets will be available through Ticket
Center in Miami for approximately $30. Tickets can be reserved,
but the official seating chart will not be ready until the end of
May. Call (305) 358-8888 or (866) 358-8889 to purchase tickets.
If you're interested in sponsoring or investing in the Florida Philharmonic
Orchestra revival, e-mail Donald Covert at flphilharmonic@aol.com
or visit the Web site at www.freewebs.com/floridaphilharmonic
.
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