Orchestra Southern Utah holds second Silver and Gold Soirée

On Friday, May 13, the Orchestra of Southern Utah presents its “Silver and Gold Soirée: Silent Auction and Raffle.” Now in its second year, the fundraising event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stonehaven Special Events, located at 647 S. Cross Hollow Road in Cedar City.

“The Orchestra of Southern Utah continues to increase the offerings of live music, but tickets alone cover less than 10 percent of annual costs and we are hesitant to raise those prices because we want to keep the music accessible for our community,” said Hepworth. “Additional funding is therefore essential to helping the orchestra thrive and your support is much appreciated. We are also adding more educational outreach through increased school assemblies and our fourth grade musical passports so more children will experience the excitement of live music.”

OSU musicians will provide live music for the garden party with the Southern Utah String Duet, a brass jazz ensemble under the direction of Bob Gordon and David Bolsover, and a flute trio including OSU woodwind section members. Refreshments will be served, including both non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. Auction items have been donated by local artists and businesses, community arts organizations, and OSU musicians. Directors of the event are OSU musicians Ariel Wolter Rhoades and Suzanne Tegland.

Donations include numerous paintings from the Southern Utah Watercolor Society and items from Artisan’s Gallery. A dinner with the OSU conductors will also be offered in the auction this year. Additional auction items include a violin transformed into visual art by Randy Lawrence Seely, a fine art photo of Cedar Breaks from Gregory Mauger of P&G Photography, two sets of jewelry from Castro & Co., cultural items from Susan Allman, a quilt from LuAnne Brown, a handmade ceramic pitcher by Zach Kunz, art from Lane Twitchell, and more.

Tickets are $10 and available only in advance from Hepworth at (435) 233-8213.

More information about the Silver and Gold Soirée and photos of items are available at osucedarcity.blogspot.com/2016/04/silver-and-gold-soiree-silent-auction.html.