Many thanks to our Franklin Pond Quartet and pianist/ASO music director Robert Spano for their gift to Franklin Pond and it’s audience of a superb concert January 29th in Kellett Chapel of Peachtree Presbyterian Church. And kudos to our Fall into Spring trio of students — Olivia Holladay, Lihua Shu and Nicholas Lindell — who…
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One of our Fall into Spring quartets played at the Norcross Welcome Center Saturday, January 29th. Welcome Center Coordinator Cate Kitchen organized the event beautifully. The quartet included Charlie Tantillo and Steven Chiou on violin, Emma DeJarnette on viola, and Mason Johnston on cello. The quartet introduced their pieces and Emma even played a couple…
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The Franklin Pond Quartet began a busy month of performances on Jekyll Island January 14th. Richard Deane, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra horn player, joined them on the Mozart Horn Quintet, then the quartet continued the stunning concert with works by Puccini, Piazzolla and Schubert. Ticket holders were treated to a gourmet dinner and wine before the…
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Twenty-eight alumni from many years of Franklin Pond came together in December to read chamber music, connect with friends, and have a pizza and a good time together. It’s always fun to see the mixture of younger kids, high school, college and even professionals play together and trade stories. This is an annual event not…
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The Prokofiev quartet welcomed ticket buyers at the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert Auguest 13th at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater with a half hour of classical and light music in support of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra “When I Play Music” campaign http://wheniplay.org/. Yet another group of young people proving that supporting our kids in music is…
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The Farmer’s Market event August 13th was a great success. The weather held perfectly until 20 minutes after the group stopped playing when it decided to pour. The audience at the market was very grateful and complimentary. Several people took away information about the program and left some tip money! The kids had a good…
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August 5 our Schubert quartet represented the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra youth, playing in the Woodruff Center galleria before the Jackie Evancho concert. We were very happy to be part of the ASO “When I Play Music” campaign and hope all our supporters will also support the ASO in its youth programs. (Click http://wheniplay.org/ to donate…
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Tired as everyone was from the wonderful Jekyll weekend, students and faculty showed up at Kellett Chapel the next day for a dress rehearsal and were excited and primed to play a stellar final concert that evening. It was a special evening. The student groups and the Franklin Pond Quartet were at the top of…
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This was our 7th year on Jekyll Island. Along with two days of intense coaching, rehearsing and concerts, we had time for the beach, swimming, biking, and roaming around the Historic District. The Franklin Pond Quartet (faculty) gave a beautiful concert Saturday night and the students played their concert Sunday evening, both to packed houses…
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The audience at Mt. Vernon Towers in Sandy Springs is always a joy. They are very supportive of the students and very welcoming. The sun porch is a lovely room with windows all around and they always have things set up beautifully for us. The boys had to learn the trick of turning the microphone…
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