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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(CHICAGO) March 28, 2006 – There is a new orchestra in town! The Chicago Reading Orchestra, the brainchild of Michael I. Goode professional trumpeter, author and stage fright consultant will play its second public performance April 22 at River Forest’s Grace Lutheran Church at 7200 W, Division in River Forest on Saturday, April 22 at 7pm along with the Oak Park Concert Chorale in works by Handel, the Agrippina and Zadok the Priest Overtures and the Jubilate for the Peace of Utrecht along with specially commissioned hymns for the event, to celebrate the Concert Chorale’s 25^th anniversary. Paul Lindblad, chorus master for the OPCC will be guest conducting the orchestra in place of its regular conductor, Kim Diehnelt.

Tickets for this anniversary concert with the Chicago Reading Orchestra and the Oak Park Concert Chorale are $15 for adults or $10 for seniors and students. Children kindergarten age or younger are admitted free. For ticket information call 708-383-4742 or see www.OakParkConcertChorale.org.

On March 12, the Chicago Reading Orchestra had its debut concert at DePaul Concert Hall at 3pm Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 800 W. Belden in Lincoln Park, Chicago along with the DePaul Community Chorus in a program with Mozart Vesparae and Ave Verum Corpus. The DePaul Community Chorus is conducted by Stephen Blackwelder, and conducted the Chicago Reading Orchestra and his chorus in the Mozart program to a standing room only packed house to an ovation. The orchestra was so well-received that in a break with tradition, guest conductor Blackwelder announced to the crowd after the first piece that the orchestra was so good “that they will be back.”

The orchestra, founded in March 2005 by Mr. Goode, is composed of professional players including former members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other highly regarded ensembles in Chicago and around the world. Its regular conductor, Kim Diehnelt, spent 10 years conducting in Finland and Eastern Europe.

The Chicago Reading Orchestra is unique in the world. It not only performs publicly, but also serves as a professional development orchestra for post-graduate professional players and retired major symphony alumni as well as adult professionals who wish to improve their professional skills as players. The orchestra offers daytime major orchestral repertoire reading sessions twice weekly and mock auditions, as well as individualized audition coaching for major symphonic auditions.

For further information on the Chicago Reading Orchestra www.trumpetworkspress.com or contact Michael I. Goode, General Manager directly at 708-358-1786 or email him at cro@trumpetworkspress.com.