A quartet of Franklin Pond Chamber Music alumni performed at the Celebration of 101st National Day of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on Friday, October 5, 2012. The quartet was made up of Steven Chiou, Charlie Tantillo, Mason Johnston, and Matthew Pinder. Great job, alumni! Read more about the event here.
Check out the website of alumnus, Allegra Montanari. Based in Chicago, Allegra is keeping a busy freelance career performing and teaching. http://www.allegracello.com/
Alumni Wick Simmons helped out this week with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra auditions which were held at Sprayberry High School. ASO musicians/coaches of the ASYO were locked out of the Woodruff Arts Center due to a contract dispute, but they served as judges for the auditions so this important program could continue and not be disrupted in…
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We received a wonderful e-mail about one of our alums, John Grigsby (2010), from his viola teacher in Houston, the world-renowned James Dunham. He said that moving to Houston from Atlanta right after his summer at Franklin Pond was difficult for John. “It was hard leaving behind many beloved things including Franklin Pond, the ASYO,…
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Daniel Chyan and his Princeton Facebook team won 1st Prize at the Hackathon held on October 14 at Princeton University! Hackathons are a unique part of our culture that allow the entire company to focus on building new things in a nights’ work. It’s often the birthplace of new products like chat, video, and HipHop…
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It was great to hear from Brian Aladesuyi, a 06 & 07 Franklin Pond cellist, last week. Brian is majoring in cello performance at Indiana University. He will be a senior next year. He coached the Franklin Pond, Too kids in ’09. This year he is coaching chamber music at the IU Jacobs School of Music…
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