On Saturday, July 28 at 7:00pm, the Franklin Pond Quartet Concert featured Atlanta composer Michael Kurth on bass, performing his own music with the quartet plus music by Bach, Mozart and Brahms. Mistletoe Cottage in the Historic District Jekyll Island, Georgia On Sunday, July 29 at 7:00pm, FPCM presented the Student Showcase Concert featuring works by Mozart, Brahms,…
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Alums Drew Forde (2007,08,09,10), Tim Richardson (2008, 09), Mary Horst (2006,07,08) and Thomas Sulkoske (2009, 10) helped out with coaching the four Franklin Pond groups on their Community Concert music July 10th. What fun it was to have them here as teachers and see how far they have come in their own music studies in college. …
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Ivo’s plane was delayed 3 hours in Chicago so the class started an hour late! Everyone entertained themselves in the living room and Ivo rushed in and started teaching. About 10:30 a massive thunderstorm rolled in and just before the last person started to play the electricity went out (it stayed out for about 2…
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On July 2, Franklin Pond Chamber Music hosted a master class with the Vega Quartet, quartet in residence at Emory University. To view more photos from this week’s masterclass, check out our facebook album. For more information on this class and other masterclasses, visit 2012 Master Class Artists.
In May of this year, Franklin Pond was named Arts Ally by Art Sandy Springs for it’s commitment to the arts in Sandy Springs. We want to thank all our Sandy Springs friends for their support and look forward to a long relationship with the people and organizations of Sandy Springs.
Incoming Summer Student, Grace Yang, was featured in an article in the Georgia Bulletin on May 10, 2012. Through Music, Holy Spirit Prep Senior Finds Healing STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Preparatory School senior Grace Yang has experienced the healing power of music firsthand. Diagnosed with autism at the age of four, Yang overcame…
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At 7:30 p.m., April 30, 2012, the students of the Fall into Spring program presented their Season Finale concert. The concert was held at Heritage Sandy Springs. Four student groups performed chamber music by Haydn, Boccherini, David Stone, and Dvorak. The program’s faculty of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians (Jun-Ching Lin, Ronda Respess, Jessica Oudin, and…
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On Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., the Franklin Pond Quartet (Jun-Ching Lin, Caroyln Hancock, Paul Murphy and Danny Laufer) played a beautiful one-hour informal concert at the Abernathy Arts Center as part of the ArtSprings celebration. ASO Richard Deane joined them on a Mozart Horn Quintet and the quartet played a movement of Schubert…
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David Nesmith (www.poisedforlife.com) came to Atlanta from Columbus, Ohio where he plays horn and teaches Alexander Technique at Denison University. David had a full schedule of private students here in Atlanta and a Saturday class. This was a terrific opportunity for Atlanta musicians (it was open also to non-musicians) to learn about their bodies and…
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In the words of Suzanne Shull, the Concert Manager: “The Franklin Pond String Quartet, along with horn player, Richard Deane gave the Jasper GA Casual Classics everything they have come to expect and more – from the pithy commentary of Jun-Ching Lin to the lyricism found in the Mozart horn melodies and Puccini’s “Crisantemi” quartet;…
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