Once again, Sister Jean Wolbert an, music instructor at Sacred Heart Catholic School was our only winner at our year 2003 "Guess the Composer" Concert. She has performed with such choral organizations as the Presque Isle Choral, Erie Philharmonic Chorus and the Erie Opera Theatre. Sister Wolbert has correctly identified all the composers for a number of years with a system that everyone is trying to learn. She is pictured above with several of her music students.

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  This year the above six participants 
 choose the five correct composers from the following list: 

  Leroy Anderson  
Josef Myslivecek
Giovanni Martinu
Johann Friedrich Reichart
Wolfgang A. Mozart
    Domenico Cimarosa      
   Falsche Wahl      
Johann Graun   
Kaspar Fritz
Leonard Bernstein
Giovanni Paisiello

Josef Myslivecek        - Sinfonia No. 1 in D Major
    Leroy Anderson                           - Summer Skies    
          Johann Friedrich Reichart    - Sinfonia in G Major          
        Giovanni Paisello                  - Sinfonia in D Major         
 Kaspar Fritz                  - Sinfonia No. 1 In B Major 

                              Winner - Brian O'Leary         Soloist - Mary Ann Saylor - Viola/ Brian O'Leary/
                                                                      Soloist - Harry Jacobson - Bass

Brian O'Leary was the only person to correctly identified all of the composers in the Erie Chamber Orchestra's Annual "Guess the composer."

Guess the Composer Concert

 Pictures from the February 18, 2000 Concert
Annmarie George       Sister Jean Wolbert
              Program Narrator       Guess the Composer Winner
    

               
 
 

  
Friday -February 18, 2000
7:30 p.m.
 Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel
 Gannon University
 512 Peach Street
 Erie, Pennsylvania 16541

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    Composers performed on
February 18, 2000

Giovanni Paisiello  - Barber of Seville Overture
Giacomo Puccini                    - Minuet No. 1 in A
C. Cannabich -      Concert flute/ oboe/ bassoon
CPE Bach                          - Symphony No. 3 in F
Karl F. Abel        - Little Symphony in F, Op. 1/5
Alessandro Scarlatti           -  Sinfonia No. 1 in F
Luigi Boccherini     - Sinfonia, Op. 22/1 in B flat

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Sister Lucille DeStefano is an Associate Professor in Fine Arts at Gannon University. She is also an instructor for piano and has served as Organist for the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel. Sister DeStefano has often correctly identified all of the composers and has been known to give subtle clues to the students in her msuci class. This year Sister DeStefano was able to identify all of the composers from the program notes before the the works were performed by the orchestra.

Cheryl Jordan is a graduate of Baldwind-Wallace College Conservatory and has performed with the Erie Playhouse and Erie opera Theatre. Ms. Jordan is the music instructor at Stairways center for Arts and Culture and directs the Chancel Choir at Girard Presbyterian Church. This is also the second year that Ms. Jordan has identified each composer.
 

Sister Jean Wolbert is the music instructor for Sacred Heart Catholic School.Sister Wolbert has performed with such choral organizations as the Presque Isle Choral, Erie Philharmonic Chorus and the Erie Opera Theatre. This is also the second year that Sister Wolbert has identified all the composers.

Elizabeth Ann Guelcher is the wife of Robert T. Guelcher MD. Both she and her husband have been long time supporters of the Erie Chamber Orchestra and the Erie Opera Theatre. As an active participant in the Erie area cultural world, this is the first year that Ms. Guelcher has correctly identified all the composers. She attributes her success to not taking her husband's advice on the name of one composer. Mr. Guelcher missed identifying the composers by one name.

Each February the Erie Chamber Orchestra performs its "Guess the Composer" concert. This is an event which is anticipated by the concert audience. Audience members receive a program which has a number of names of composers. Each composer has a number by their names which must be placed by the listed work that is performed.

There are some program notes in the program to give the contestant an idea of who the composer might be, and a narrative is presented to give some additional clues. The orchestra then performs a number of works from unfamiliar and familiar composer's works. At the end of the concert, the conductor reviews the correct composers and those that have the right answers receive a "Music Certificate."

The next "Guess the Composer" performance will take place on February 20, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gannon University/ Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel/ 512 Peach Street/ Erie, Pennsylvania.

This concert has become very popular and has forced the orchestra members to cover the names of the composers on their music placed on their music stands due to people bringing binoculars to read these names. "The audience has become very competitive and seems to develop more and more effective means to guess the composers' name. Thus far the orchestra members have proven to be above bribery, however..."