Eight of our current students performed with other young musicians in a side-by-side concert with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. The students participating in the event included David Chyan, violin; John Cooper, viola; Helena DeGrazia, violin; Bailey Holbrook, cello; Katherine Hur,…
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has released the second recording on its own in-house label, ASO Media.The first recording featured Robert Spano (currently celebrating his tenth anniversary as the orchestra’s Music Director) conducting two ASO commissions: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s concerto On A Wire, featuring the chamber ensemble eighth blackbird, and Michael Gandolfi’s choral work…
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The Franklin Pond Too quartet students are slightly younger than the Franklin Pond students but no less enthusiastic. Violinists Charlie Tantillo and Steven Chiou, violist Emma DeJarnette and cellist Mason Johnston have also had two weeks of coaching by The Florida Orchestra violinst Virginia (Ginny) Respess. They are quickly learning it takes a lot of…
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It was great to see the parents, faculty, staff and students all gathered for the start to our summer program Sunday, June 26. Jun-Ching led us through the rehearsal workshop. The “Rehearsal Techniques” workshop notes are posted on the website under the “For Students” section, but, if you need them, you can click here.
We are all set for Jekyll Island again this summer. Concerts are July 30th and 31st. Head to the Georgia coast and listen to some great music.
The students are looking forward to performing at the Mt. Vernon Towers on Wednesday, July 27. We are scheduled to perform at 4:00 p.m.. This will be the third student summer performance.
We have sixteen students in the program this summer The students are divided into a trio, a “two-viola” quintet, and two quartets. There are twelve boys and four girls in this summer’s program. In addition, we have four rising eighth graders, who are part of our new “Franklin Pond, Too” experience. These “Franklin Pond, Too”…
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We are delighted to recognize the newest trustee to our board, Jun-Ching Lin. Jun-Ching has been a faithful and tireless advocate, coach, auditioner, repertoire setter and mentor for Franklin Pond for many years. We are indebted to him for all his work and loyalty. It will be wonderful to have him on the board, too.
Our board member, Alex Simmons, recommends the Kronos Quartet recording of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Tenebrae.” Alex first heard “Tenebrae” performed by the Franklin Pond Quartet. Here is a quote from the composer: “I wrote Tenebrae as a consequence of witnessing two contrasting realities in a short period of time in September 2000. I was in Israel…
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Master classes for the summer of 2011 have been finalized. They are as follows: Vega Quartet (July 5); Natham Schram, violist (July 11); David Coucheron, violinist (July 18); and Janet Horvath, cellist (July 25). We are excited about this summer’s lineup! Be certain to check out the bios of all of our special guests…
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