Cassville resident to make orchestra debut
December 9, 2020
Jeremy Krause rocks in a 2010 photo, above.
Sheila Harris
Jeremy Krause, of Cassville, says he’s not well-known as a musician, then confesses he’s never been into classical music: a strange remark for one preparing to make his debut performance with the Ozark Festival Orchestra this weekend.
“I’ve been playing the guitar since 1999,” Krause, now 37 years old, said. “I was always a rock & roller until Jake Stogdill put a mandolin in my hand and told me I had to learn how to play it. I said okay, bought a book that covered the basics, then taught myself to play bluegrass for the Crazy Mule Band in 2007. I really enjoyed it.”
Crazy Mule disbanded when Jake Stogdill’s father, Boyd Stogdill, passed away in 2017. Since then, Krause has played with several different bands, until, he said, real life happened and full-time employment took precedence over music.
“Music’s been on the back-burner,” Krause said, “until my mother-in-law, Leana Colf (a flutist for the Ozark Festival Orchestra), recently texted me and asked me if I’d take a look at a piece of music for the orchestra’s Christmas concert. ‘They need an electric guitar,’ she told me.”
Krause was intrigued.
After pulling up a Youtube performance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” the piece for which a guitarist was needed, Krause committed to playing for the Christmas concert.
“I will have practiced with the orchestra a total of five times, by the time of the concert,” he said, “but I’m looking forward to it. I’ll leave the ball in director Todd Borgmann’s court to decide if he ever wants me to play for them again.”
“A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s arrangement of the Trepak Ukrainian dance from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.” Oboist Julie Bishoff said the piece really hits you out of the blue.
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra arrangement will be the finale in a concert containing more traditional seasonal pieces.
The concert will take place in the Monett High School Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m., Sunday, December 13. The price for admission is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens. There is no charge for children high school age and under.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, a decision has been made to cancel the orchestra’s concert scheduled for February, but the orchestra will plan to perform at the Monett Park Casino April 25 for their annual Pops in the Park/Marty Beckwith Memorial Concert.
Jeremy Krause, of Cassville, says he’s not well-known as a musician, then confesses he’s never been into classical music: a strange remark for one preparing to make his debut performance with the Ozark Festival Orchestra this weekend.
“I’ve been playing the guitar since 1999,” Krause, now 37 years old, said. “I was always a rock & roller until Jake Stogdill put a mandolin in my hand and told me I had to learn how to play it. I said okay, bought a book that covered the basics, then taught myself to play bluegrass for the Crazy Mule Band in 2007. I really enjoyed it.”
Crazy Mule disbanded when Jake Stogdill’s father, Boyd Stogdill, passed away in 2017. Since then, Krause has played with several different bands, until, he said, real life happened and full-time employment took precedence over music.
“Music’s been on the back-burner,” Krause said, “until my mother-in-law, Leana Colf (a flutist for the Ozark Festival Orchestra), recently texted me and asked me if I’d take a look at a piece of music for the orchestra’s Christmas concert. ‘They need an electric guitar,’ she told me.”
Krause was intrigued.
After pulling up a Youtube performance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” the piece for which a guitarist was needed, Krause committed to playing for the Christmas concert.
“I will have practiced with the orchestra a total of five times, by the time of the concert,” he said, “but I’m looking forward to it. I’ll leave the ball in director Todd Borgmann’s court to decide if he ever wants me to play for them again.”
“A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s arrangement of the Trepak Ukrainian dance from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.” Oboist Julie Bishoff said the piece really hits you out of the blue.
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra arrangement will be the finale in a concert containing more traditional seasonal pieces.
The concert will take place in the Monett High School Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m., Sunday, December 13. The price for admission is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens. There is no charge for children high school age and under.
Due to COVID-19 concerns, a decision has been made to cancel the orchestra’s concert scheduled for February, but the orchestra will plan to perform at the Monett Park Casino April 25 for their annual Pops in the Park/Marty Beckwith Memorial Concert.