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Show Farmington sets Concert in the Park Woodland Park will be the site of the Farmington Centennial Composers Concert in the Park. The event, sponsored by the Farmington Performing Arts Committee in conjunction with Composers Guild, will be held Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. Featuring original music by seven Farmington Farm-ington composers: Cori Connors, Carla Eskelsen, Ruth Gatrell, Mickey Jones, Marili Nielsen, Will Schryver and Teresa Wood, the concert is open to the public without charge. "Bring a lawn chair or blanket and relax to an evening of music, or come early for a family picnic before enjoying this delightful concert in the park," said organizer, Ruth Gatrell. This unique event is under the direction of Composers Guild President Ruth Gatrell. Tapes and sheet music by Farmington composers com-posers will be available at the concession stand. In the event of rain, the concert will be in Farmington City Hall. Cori Connors, vice president of Utah Songwriters and chairman of the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Songwriters Seminar to be held July 10-1 10-1 1th, and her partner, Merlyn Schofield, will sing "The Old Singer Sewing Machine,' "Gallagher's Well" and "The Builder." The last song has been recorded by Linda Ronstadt. The popular duo wtere first place winners in Future Stars of America, and will do a showcase at the Bluebird in Nashville in September. Four publishers are requesting Connors songs. She won first place in the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Songwriters' and the Louisville Songwriters' competitions as well as awards in Children's and Popular Categories in Composers Guild Annual Composition Contests. Con-tests. Carla Eskelsen will play a short suite for the autoharp consisting of "The St. George Valley," "Sweet Water" and "Benjamin Wind." Then she will be joined by her husband hus-band David for the songs "Freemont" and "Roll on Home. The couple has been singing sing-ing together for 15 years, and has performed many times for the Utah Arts Festival, Brown Bag concerts and the Intermountain Accoustic Music Association. They are co-editors co-editors of the "Intermountain Accoustic Musician.' Along with Doug Parish, they have been known as the Willow Valley Trio for the past ten years. The Ruth Gatrell Singers will perform "Frustration, "Ballad of the Dead Cat" and "Let Freedom Ring. They have performed per-formed at Temple Square, the Dickens Festival Fes-tival "many church and civic functions. They perform at a concert in City Hall Oct. 23 for the Farmington Centennial Celebration. As sident of Composers Guild, Gatrell inaug Jed the Americana and New Sounds for Christmas concerts. She recently won first and third places in Vocal Solo and se- I 'Frustration' "Ballad of the Dead Cat" I and "Let Freedom Ring." They have per- I formed at Temple Square, the Dickens Fes- I tival 'lmany church and civic functions. I They X perform at a concert in City Hall I Oct. 23 for the Farmington Centennial I Celebration. I As ttident of Composers Guild, Gatrell I inaug ed the Americana and New Sounds I for Christmas concerts. She recently won - I first and third places in Vocal Solo and se- I cond in Choral in the National League of I American Pen Women contest and second in I Gospel in the Southern Songwriters Contest. I A three-time winner in Relief Society I Song Contests, Gatrell has also garnered first I prizes for Children's and Popular categories, I as well as awards in Arrangements, In- I strumental and Vocal Solo in Composers I Guild Contests. Recognition for Gatrell in I Nashville's MCSF contests include ninth in the nation for her "I Love America." I "Clouds and Tears," "Without You" and I "Come Monday Morning" will be Mickey I Jones' contribution to the program. He was a I successful band leader and I trumpettrombone player in Los Angeles for I 25 years. Among his band members were I Karen and Richard Carpenter, Larry Knecko I and John Horn. His dance band here in Utah I is Solid Sound (formerly Salt Lake Sound). I He has also directed and composed for his I ward choir. I Marili Nielsen was bom in southern I Alberta, Canada, but has lived in Farmington I for six years. She has been writing poetry I and composing songs since she was a child I and has had numerous requests for her songs I for the last eight years. She "reads" music I by color and intervals, rather than by notes. I Mother of three teen-age boys, she will open I the program singing "An Eagle in Flight," I "Well Done," "Come Unto Me" and I "Eternal Shall Be My Joy." I Will Schryver was bom and raised in I Farmington. While there was always music I in the home (Wilda Madsen, his mother, was I one of Fannington's best known piano and I organ players), he considers himself self- I taught, as he has had no formal music I lessons until recently studying with Farm- I ington guitarist Rex Shupe. Although he I considers himself primarily a pianist, he I didn't really start to play the piano until it I became a necessity whUe on a church mis- I sion. Schryver will play "End of the World I Blues," "When the Fire Goes Out" and "I I Am a Native Son ' on his guitar. I "Many Good Years," "Is It My Imagina- I tion7" and "Rain for the Garden, Love for I the Soul ' ' will be sung by Teresa Wood, who I will accompanying herself on her guitar. She I has been composing songs since she was 14, I and writes about her own experiences. I Teresa said that writing songs is like keeping I a diary or journal a way of expressing her I deep feelings. In addition to being a mother I of five active children, she is involved with I Utah Songwriters. I This concert is one of many activities I sponsored by the Farmington Performing I Arts Committee, chaired by Terry Benedict, I during the Centennial Celebration of Farm- I ington ' s incorporation in 1 892. Americana 92, to be held July 16 in the I Salt Lake City 10th Ward, 420 S. 800 East, is I the next concert scheduled by the Composers I Guild. It will feature original compositions I by area composers and promises to be an I excellent opportunity to hear their music and " meet the composers. r |