Sponsored by Rangeley Friends of the Arts, the WOODLAND CHAMBER
ENSEMBLE will perform a varied program of concert music for flute,
oboe, English horn, guitar, voice, and piano on Tuesday, August 10 at
7:00 P.M. in the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley.  All of the
music has been chosen for its audience appeal.  Compositions by
Telemann, Fauré, Villa-Lobos, Vaughan Williams, and many others,
including ensemble member Barbara Ulman, will be presented.  Music
for Hugh Ogden’s poem “Fir on the Oquossoc Shore, Singing,” for
voice, English horn, and piano, was composed by Ulman specifically
for members of this ensemble.  Tickets ($15) can be purchased at the
Chamber of Commerce and also at the door.   For further information,
please call Barbara at 864-3629.

Woodland Chamber Ensemble

Sue Downes-Borko has been a high school music teacher in the state of
Alaska, a staff accompanist for the College of New Jersey, and a
member of several flute quartets.   Sue is the director of the
Rangeley Community Chorus and has participated in many local music
productions.  Currently, she operates a private lesson studio and is
the Minister of Music for the Rangeley Congregational Church.

Victor Borko was born and raised in the Philadelphia area.  He
studied classical/jazz guitar and music education at the Philadelphia
College of the Performing Arts and then moved to Alaska, where he was
a music educator.  He has played guitar in many professional
productions and has also played for celebrities including Bobby
Rydell, Don Rickles, and Bob Hope.  He now resides with his wife,
Sue, in Rangeley, where they run Gull Pond Music Studio.  Victor
plays guitar and keyboard at St. Luke’s and Our Lady of the Lakes
churches and enjoys composing and performing sacred music and hymns
on the classical guitar.

Gail Russ teaches instrumental music in Maine School
Administrative District 58, which includes Phillips, Kingfield,
Strong, Stratton and Salem.  Since moving to Maine in 2005, she has
played oboe, clarinet, and English horn for the Camden Pro Musica
Orchestra, Monmouth Theater, Lewiston/Auburn Community Theater, the
Bangor Symphony, and other bands and orchestras in the area.   She
says, “I have the best ‘job’ ever: children and music; I have been
blessed!”

Barbara Ulman began piano lessons at age seven, and has continued an
active musical life ever since.  She earned a B.A. from
Harvard/Radcliffe, while also studying piano chamber music at the
nearby Longy School of Music.  She has spent summers on Rangeley Lake
since birth, and now lives in the foothills near Yosemite National
Park the rest of the year.  In 1989 she completed a second B.A., in
Music Theory and Composition, at California State University, Fresno.
She plays chamber music for fun and for public performance, and also
composes art songs and music for small ensembles and for chorus.

An evening of original compositions by award-winning piano soloist and composer Cody Michaels will be presented at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley on July 27^th at 7PM. For Michaels “the piano is a way to connect with the mystery of creation and every song is a prayer”.

Born in October of 1960, Cody grew up in southeastern New Hampshire. His jazz pianist father introduced him to the piano at the age of three.  Cody’s wide musical tastes, as well as his love of nature, literature and people, are central to his art. Besides classical and jazz, he also enjoys folk, blues, rock, contemporary instrumental, popular, and world music.
At the University of New Hampshire, Cody studied environmental science and became an avid mountaineer.  In 1988, Cody returned to New Hampshire to become an Appalachian Trail caretaker in the White Mountains, and then in the Rangeley Region

Through it all, Cody continuously played the piano as “an emotional, spiritual outlet”. He first appeared in public while in Telluride, Colorado, warming up crowds before movies at the Nugget Theater. He occasionally played for restaurants and clubs in the various places he was stationed along the Appalachian Trail, with the Forest Service, and while in Northampton.

It was during a long walk on the Appalachian Trail in 1997 that Cody vowed to devote the remainder of his life to music. He began to practice more extensively, and made numerous appearances for restaurants, resorts, and clubs in New England, western North Carolina, Colorado, and Leipzig, Germany.
 
Upon settling in New Hampshire’s White Mountains in 2001, Cody launched a career as a concert artist and released his debut CD of original piano solos, “A Creation Prayer”, to high praise. Three more critically acclaimed CD’s have followed: “Primum Non Nocere” (2004), “Autumn Suite” (2007), and “Winter Suite” (November 2009).

Cody’s repertoire now includes more than sixty original works for solo piano, along with a handful of interpretations such as “Over The Rainbow” and “Carol of The Bells”. In the late fall of 2005, Cody relocated to the open spaces of Vermont’s “Northeast Kingdom”. His concerts are in steadily increasing demand in the Northeast USA and beyond.

 The evening sponsored by the Rangeley Friends of the Arts will demonstrate Cody’s creativity as a composer and will be a delight for the audience.  Tickets ($15) are available at the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce 864-5364.

Sidecar Heroes is a six-man a cappella band.  They will be performing at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley on July 24^th at 7PM. The Sidecar Heroes perform function band repertoire using the cheapest instruments which they could find… their voices.  Six men, six unique instruments, all combining to create the tight harmonies and rockin’ rhythms which comprise Sidecar Heroes eclectic repertoire.  They’ve got Rock, they’ve got Doo Wop, and they’ve got Motown and Funk.  No genre is safe from their ever-searching arrangers.  Sidecar Heroes is based out of Southern Maine and currently performs all over Maine and New Hampshire. 

Mac Mullen (tenor) has many ties to the Rangeley region having spent some of his growing up years in Rangeley.  Mac is a graduate of the University of Maine where he was a member of The University Singers and the Maine Steiners.

 Patrick McCarthy (tenor) has been with the group from the beginning.  When not performing or arranging for Sidecar Heroes, Patrick can be found molding young minds at Westbrook High School where he has been the music teacher for the past seven years.

 Jason Paquette (tenor) has been singing a cappella music for the past six years.  Jason is currently the chorus teacher at Morse High School in Bath.  

 Mark Rowe (baritone) has been singing a cappella since high school.  After a brief stint studying computer science, Mark switched majors and studied classical voice at the University of Southern Maine.

 D.B. (Dennis Boyd-bass) holds a BM degree from the University of Maine and is currently the chorus director at Bonnie Eagle High School.  D.B has sung bass with several a cappella groups including Audiologic and Maine Steiners.

 Bill Ellis (percussion) has a music education degree from University of Southern Maine.  Bill has a varied career as a performer, recording studio engineer, theater manager, sound man and graphic designer. He is currently the Director of Marketing at Point Sebago Resort in Casco.

 With their many years of performing experience coupled with some exciting arrangements, Sidecar Heroes offers an exciting and entertaining show that everyone will enjoy.  Tickets ($15) are available at the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce 207-864-5364.