Classical
Quest is a 30-minute video program featuring the young musicians of
the Starling Chamber Orchestra. Designed by music educators, the video demonstrates
the fun and timeless appeal of classical music.
The Starling Chamber Orchestra, directed by Kurt Sassmannshaus, conveys the connection between written music and the challenges, joys, and rewards for those who pursue it today.
Classical Quest is also available at Amazon.com.
Fast-paced and colorful, Classical Quest examines the interplay of the composers, conductor, players, instruments, and audience. Quest reveals the enjoyment and satisfaction derived by young players practicing and perfecting their performance skills while also showing them engaged in sports, other kinds of music and the regular friendships that are part of growing up.
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Classical Quest
Executive Producer: Bruce I. Petrie Sr.
Producer: On Location Multi Media, Inc.
Director: Melissa Godoy
Starling Chamber Orchestra: Kurt Sassmannshaus, Director
Project Team: Francesca Blasing, Managing Director, Starling Project Foundation; Rosemary Koepfle, music teacher and past president of the Ohio Music Teachers Association; Donald Metz, Ph.D., professor of music education at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; Robert Monroe, Ph.D., music coordinator, Princeton High School, Cincinnati.
Photography: Scott Osswald, Andrew Dahmann, Roger Holliday
Audio: Thomas Haines
Graphics: Brad Bowman, Joe Busam
Post-production: Jeff Glaza, John Farinnaci
Featured score: The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
Approximate running time: 30 minutes
This project was made possible by Ohio foundations and many generous private donors.
Copies of the video and 16-page teacher guide are available by sending a check for $15 payable to the Starling Project Foundation, Inc., 105 E. Fourth Street, #725, Cincinnati, OH 45202, or via a secure online paypent through PayPal.
