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Seth Montfort is a pianist and founder of the "San Francisco Concerto Orchestra" which is a non-profit organization composed of classical musicians. He is also the brother of Matthew Montfort, musician and founder of Ancient Future. ==History== At an early age Montfort originally aspired to be an Olympic gymnast but gave up on the notion after an arm injury. Later, he won his first piano contest at the age of eleven by playing ragtime pieces by Scott Joplin. When Montfort was sixteen he debuted his career as a pianist when he played "Concerto for the Left Hand" with the Denver Symphony.〔Seth Montfort http://www.jeansmagazines.org/GrabIt/MontfortSeth/Bio.htm〕 Throughout his life Montfort has accumilated twelve different local, national, and international awards.〔Romantic Seranades for Guitar and Piano http://www.ancient-future.com/pdf/7_25_09_music_inside_out.pdf>〕 In 1989 Montfort founded the "San Francisco Concerto Orchestra". The non-profit organization's main objective is to allow classical musicians to alternate soloist opportunities so they can perform music that suits their interests. Since its conception over four hundred concerts have been performed involving more than five hundred musicians. At any give time the size of the orchestra ranges from fifteen through seventy-five musicians.〔Seth's Travels http://www.sfconcerto.org/about.htm>〕 Monfort moved the operations to Guerneville, California in what was formerly a mortuary. The "San Francisco Concerto Orchestra" then became "The Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville". This name change was suggested by John Moran, performing and literary arts manager for the Sonoma County Arts Council. In addition to the name change, the now "Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville" also had a new venue to perform at. The original name for the venue was the "Russian River Performing Arts Center〔Music & Night Life: Pianist Seth Montfort: The Russian River Performing Arts Center http://www.metroactive.com/bohemian/04.16.08/arts-0816.html>〕" but was later renamed to "Music Inside Out & Center" at some unspecified point. The move was also encouraged by Montfort's desire to have more time to practice his twenty-plus hours of memorized classical musical scores.〔Calendar http://www.sfconcerto.org/Calendar.htm>〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seth Montfort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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