RANGELEY — The Woodland Chamber Ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, in the Church of the Good Shepherd.  

Sponsored by the Rangeley Friends of the Arts, the concert will feature musicians Sue Downes-Borko, flute, piano and voice; Lee Lenfest, French horn; Helen Plotkin, cello; Henry Plotkin, violin and viola; Gail Russ, oboe, clarinet and English horn; and Barbara Ulman and Andrea Keirstead, pianists.

The concert will encompass compositions from the Baroque era through classical to contemporary. It will include Mozart’s trio for clarinet, viola and piano; a Haydn trio for flute, violin and cello; a piece for flute, oboe, viola, cello and keyboard by Baroque composer Janitsch;  Gaubert’s “Tarentelle” for flute, oboe, and piano, a perpetual motion depiction of a myth about tarantulas; and compositions by Randall Thompson and ensemble member Barbara Ulman.

Downes-Borko is the director of the Rangeley Community Chorus and has participated in local music productions.  She operates a private-lesson studio and is minister of music for the Rangeley Congregational Church.

Keirstead, of Farmington, teaches at Mt. Blue Regional School District and has performed on the piano for many events in the area.  Recently she was the pianist for “Footloose” in Rangeley.

Lenfest a retired civil engineer, is principal horn with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra and University of Maine – Farmington Concert Band and has had engagements at Monmouth Theater and the Waterville Opera House.

Helen Plotkin grew up in a musical household, playing cello with her father (Henry) and other family members. She spends her summers on Lake

Henry Plotkin is a chamber music enthusiast who has played his violin and viola in ensembles in Rangeley as a summer resident and in his home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.  After acquiring his Oquossoc home in 1992, he became a competitor in the Rangeley Fiddlers Contest and later participated as a judge.

Russ teaches instrumental music in SAD 58, 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 and the Bangor Symphony.  

Ulman began piano lessons at age 7. She has spent summers on Rangeley Lake all her life at a camp that has been in her family since 1915.   She plays chamber music for fun and for public performance and also composes art songs and music for small ensembles and for chorus.

Tickets for the concert ($15) can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce and at the door on Aug. 10.   For more information, call Barbara at 864-3629.

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