Talya Buckbinder will be our soloist on January 6th.

She and Larry will present music by Vivaldi and Schubert, and Saint-Saëns “The Swan”. 

Talya’s musical career began at the age of ten, when she picked up the cello for a school project and never put it down. Growing up close to New York City, she attended the Mannes and Juilliard pre-college programs under cellists Barabara Mallow and Bonnie Hampton, and soloed with the Juilliard Preparatory Orchestra. She received her undergraduate degree from the New England Conservatory and her graduate degree at the Juilliard School, her primary mentors being Paul Katz and Natasha Brofsky.

Talya attended the Perlman Music Program and their affiliated residencies from 2007 to 2014 and has participated in summer music festivals at the Banff Centre, Tanglewood, Taos, and Yellow Barn, where she discovered her love for chamber music. Her most memorable experiences are those in which she has worked and performed with renowned musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, the Weilerstein Trio, Alfred Brendel, and members of the Shanghai, Cleveland, Brentano, and Juilliard String Quartets.

Recently, she has performed with east coast-based ensembles, including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York Classical Players, Symphony in C, the Secret Opera Company, Shattered Glass, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. During her time in New York she performed at Carnegie Hall under conductor Alan Gilbert, and was also a member of the Synesthetics, a contemporary band collaborating with The Art of Circus company, as well as the Astoria Tango Orchestra.

In addition, Talya has performed in places such as Israel, China, Brazil, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Neue Galerie, and Thirteen’s Great Performances on the PBS channel. She finds that she can touch audiences best when she offers a lighthearted, yet genuine presence in her concerts, and hopes to use this blend to inspire others with classical music.

Talya’s interests outside of cello include studying foreign languages, the outdoors, and holistic health.

2018 Christmas Schedule

A busy holiday season lies ahead beginning with our worship service on Sunday, December 16th. This is followed by Larry’s 11th “Extraordinary Evening of Music” on Monday night, December 17th and our worship service on Sunday, December 23rd.

We have a special Christmas Eve service planned for Monday, December 24  at 5:30 PM when we will be joined by soprano Ivana Martinic who will provide some special music and a moving service which is a true tradition at CCOV. If you are seeking a way to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, make plans to join us for this special service.

On Tuesday evening – Christmas Day – we will be serving dinner at the UMOM women’s shelter in Phoenix.  All of these events offer a great opportunity to invite friends, relatives, and neighbors to experience the joy of CCOV during the Christmas season.

The next UMOM service opportunity is Christmas Day 2018

We always need 7-8 individuals to serve dinner at this United Methodist Outreach Ministry (UMOM) event and we welcome families with teenagers 14 years old or older to join us. We leave CCOV at 4PM and are usually back around 7:30 PM.

“Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.” 

This is your invitation to live and love as our faith calls us to do.

Plan to meet at CCOV and then carpool to Halle Women’s Center, 3424 East Van Buren.

Contact: Janet at 480-391-3905 if you have any questions or need more information.

The next UMOM service opportunity is Tuesday, November 27th.

We always need 7-8 individuals to serve dinner at this United Methodist Outreach Ministry (UMOM) event and we welcome families with teenagers 14 years old or older to join us. We leave CCOV at 4PM and are usually back around 7:30 PM.

“Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.” 

This is your invitation to live and love as our faith calls us to do.

Plan to meet at CCOV and then carpool to Halle Women’s Center, 3424 East Van Buren.

Contact: Janet at 480-391-3905 if you have any questions or need more information.

Jill Marderness will be our guest soloist on Sunday, November 4th

Jill’s musical journey spans over 30 years with Quintessence Chamber
Ensemble and Michigan’s Bay View Music Festival plus concerto performances
with orchestras across the country. She performed with Chamber Music
Sedona and Red Rocks Music Festival, for children at Matsumoto Gakuen in
Tokyo, Japan and as orchestral musician with Flint Symphony, Duluth
Symphony, Colorado Philharmonic and more. Her awards include Silver Medal
of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition presented by Neville
Marriner and both Fischoff Competition Best Wind Group prize and Munich
Competition semi-finalist selection with Quintessence.

Renowned as an artist teacher, Ms. Marderness addressed “The Performer as
Educator” at Chamber Music America and Music Educators National
Conferences. She taught on the faculties of Saint Cloud State University,
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Grand Canyon
University and for 25 years Arts in Education Roster Artist with the
Arizona Commission on the Arts. At Bay View Music Festival she is resident
bassoonist, private teacher and ensemble coach for college students from
across the nation plus Youth Music Coordinator overseeing the Music &
Munchies family concerts plus Behind the Scenes and Rising Stars Recital
for the Bay View Association summer community.

Ms. Marderness joined Arizona Opera Orchestra as second bassoon in 2000
and is regularly engaged by the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony and
Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra. She is Co-Founder and Director of
Operations for Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place and resides in
Scottsdale with her husband Fred Marderness, percussionist with the
Phoenix Symphony.

The next service opportunity is Tuesday, October 23rd.

We always need 7-8 individuals and we welcome families with teenagers 14 years old or older to serve dinner at this United Methodist Outreach Ministry (UMOM) event. We leave CCOV at 4PM and are usually back around 7:30 PM.

“Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.” 

This is your invitation to live and love as our faith calls us to do.

Plan to meet at CCOV and then carpool to Halle Women’s Center, 3424 East Van Buren.

Contact: Janet at 480-391-3905 with questions.

Sunday, October 7 brings our first guest soloist of the season, violinist Grant Johnson

Sunday, October 7 – Guest Soloist – Please join us on October 7 to help welcome our first guest soloist of the season, Grant Johnson. Grant started on violin at the age of four. He is currently Assistant Librarian with the Phoenix Symphony. With them, he has also appeared as a substitute violinist. A Minnesota native, he studied music at the University of Minnesota where he was concertmaster for multiple orchestras. Grant has worked in the orchestra libraries of the Minnesota Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Aspen Music Festival, and more. He also plays piano and organ, and has appeared as a featured performer for the American Guild of Organists.

Larry and Grant will be presenting a program of Baroque music, including works by Corelli, Purcell, and Dowland.