Decatur
Orchestra
Sul Ponticello
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Bringing classical music to the River City
The mission of the Decatur Orchestra Sul Ponticello is the active cultivation of musical life in the River City via a professional chamber orchestra. Our goal is to expand options currently available to area residents and to inspire young musicians to strive to the beautiful possibilities of performing classical music.
inspiration
“We live in a very chaotic world that sometimes just seems like a mess. One of the reasons why we listen to music, and to great classical music in particular, is that everything is in an order and in a place and has a beauty that you see in nature, and that people look for when they look for God.”
— JOSHUA BELL
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
—JOHANNN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
“If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it; that surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die.”
— WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE