Our Fall Into Spring manager, Lachlan McBane, conducted a concert of his Bravo Homeschool Strings on Monday, May 10. Tanya Clements played Telemann Viola Concerto with them. The whole evening was really lovely. Good work, Lachlan and Tanya!
Bravo to the students who played on our Fall Into Spring Finale Concert (May 2)! The kids played beautifully with a lot of heart and soul. These groups really bonded through the program. Our two Drew Charter Orchestra groups played a great concert at their school last week and we had one other group that…
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The Franklin Pond Quartet enjoyed performing at Crossroads Community Ministries in April.
Some Franklin Pond faculty members traveled to New York City with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to play at the Robert Shaw 100th Birthday Celebration concert at Carnegie Hall. What an event! They all loved playing there!
On Monday, April 11, we had a great last masterclass of the season for Fall Into Spring with Brad Ritchie, cellist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. It was a cello year! The final concert is Monday, May 2 at 7:00 PM in Heritage Hall of Heritage Sandy Springs on Blue Stone Road.
Mary Horst (2006, 2007, 2008) has been coaching quartets at Drew Charter School for Franklin Pond. The kids love her, and we are so happy she is working with us. Mary is a wonderful cellist and teacher, and we are lucky that she came back to Atlanta to work…for now anyway! Mary’s father, Eddie (now…
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Four members of our faculty and one alumna have been coaching two quartets at Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academies. The Drew Quartet and the Colbert Quartet have been working hard preparing for the Fall Into Spring final concert (Monday, May 2) and a school concert in April. Many kudos to Natalie Colbert, who started…
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Congratulations to Northwestern alumni Wick Simmons (Summers 2009 & 2010) and Danielle Wilson (Summer 2010), who have been accepted to the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and School this summer!
Zach Tseng (Summer 2015) is the 2016 Concertmaster of the GMEA (Georgia Music Educator Association) Middle School All State Orchestra! Read More
Congratulations to alumnus Evan Nicholson (FIS 2013-14, Summer 2014), soloist with the Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra.
