Both she and her husband have been long time supporters of the Erie Chamber Orchestra and the Erie Opera Theatre. As an active participant in the Erie area cultural world, this is the first year that Ms. Guelcher has correctly identified all the composers. She attributes her success to not taking her husband's advice on the name of one composer. Mr. Guelcher missed identifying the composers by one name. This is an event which is anticipated by the concert audience.
Audience members receive a program which has a number of names of composers.
Each composer has a number by their names which must be placed by the listed work that is performed. There are some program notes in the program to give the contestant an idea of who the composer might be, and a narrative is presented to give some additional clues. The orchestra then performs a number of works from unfamiliar and familiar composer's works. This concert has become very popular and has forced the orchestra members to cover the names of the composers on their music placed on their music stands due to people bringing binoculars to read these names. The audience has become very competitive and seems to develop more and more effective means to guess the composers' name.