What fun it was to have our Alumni Quartet, all young professionals, with us for the Berry retreat. They worked really hard, rehearsing for the concert and acting as counselors for the students. They were always willing, helpful, and cheerful, and played oh so beautifully! Lee Sheehan subs with the ASO on a regular basis. …
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The retreat at Berry was a week of hard work, new friendships, and hard work – oh, did it say that? – and fun. There were, of course, the group coachings by our ASO faculty, Jun-Ching Lin, Carolyn Hancock, Lachlan McBane, Bill Johnston, and Brad Ritchie, along with individual practice time. Added to these activities…
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Summer has kicked off with the first session of Franklin Pond Too, a quartet of rising 5th and 6th graders. This year, as has happened in a few previous years, we have a wonderful quartet of young musicians who were too young to apply to our Summer program. We designed an abbreviated program for them called Franklin…
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Franklin Pond alum cellists Wick Simmons (2009, 2010 now at Northwestern University) and Sam Viguerie (2012, 2013 now at St. Olaf College) meet again at the Centre D’Arts Orford in Quebec for a summer of study, great music, and good friends.
The final concert for the 14-15 Fall Into Spring program was May 18, 2015. Four groups performed works by Mozart, Beethoven, Ibert, Berlioz, and Shostakovich in Heritage Hall of Heritage Sandy Springs to a full house. Many thanks to all the students, parents, and coaches (Lachlan McBane, Jun-Ching Lin, Carolyn Hancock, Sou-Chun Su, Brad Ritchie,…
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The four student groups of our Fall Into Spring program took part in a masterclass led by ASO violinist Christopher Pulgram May 4th. Christopher is the founder and violinist with the Peachtree Quartet that performs regularly around the Atlanta area. The masterclass served also as a dress rehearsal for the final concert, May 18th…
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Our Franklin Pond Quartet is very busy this month! April 18, ASO Decorators’ Showhouse April 25, 6:45pm, Teen Night at the ASO in the Teen Lounge, Center Space of Woodruff Arts Center
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra trio (all FP alums – Pheobe Liu, violin (2014), Laurent Boudard, cello (2012), Matthew Pinder, viola (2012 on viola, 2014 on pian0 & viola) performed for Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC.
Alum Sarah Park Chastain had a baby boy Enzo, born in October of 2014. She still plays with the ASO on a regular basis. Congrats, Sarah!
3 of our Franklin Pond alums, Lee Sheehan, Sarah Park Chastain, and Jim Larson, subbed with the ASO a few weeks ago. They are all also alums of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra so I’m sure they felt at home on this stage! Sarah and Lee have been subbing for quite some time, but this…
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