2012 Vernell
Gregg Grand
Prize Winners
In addition to
playing with the
Lewisville Lake
Symphony, the
Grand Prize
Winners of the
Vernell Gregg
Young Artists'
Competition
share $1,200 in
prize money.
Pictures:
Top three - Ian
Cleghorn.
Bottom three -
Margaret Nath
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L to R: Claire
Wells, violin,
Rhiana
Caterisano,
clarinet
Ximei Li, piano,
with Maestro
Adron Ming.
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Vernell Gregg,
founder of the
Young Artists'
Competition in
the lobby during
intermission. |
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Symphony
volunteers Peggy
Akerson and R
Neil Ferguson
promote the 88
Keys project to
buy a Steinway
for the Grand.
Next to them are
Vernell Gregg
and Competition
First Place
winner Simon
Lee. |
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Claire Wells
playing Henri
François
Vieuxtemps'
Violin concerto
No.5. |
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Ximei Li gets a
bouquet after
her performance
of Chopin's
Piano Concerto
No. 5. |
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Rhiana
Caterisano
performs Weber's
Clarinet
Concerto. |
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GLAA Angel
Awards
Each year,
organizations in
the Greater
Lewisville Arts
Alliance give
Angel Awards to
exceptional
volunteers.
This year the
event was hosted
by the Symphony
before the
"Veterans
Salute" concert.
Pictures:
Ian Cleghorn
More on awards
given to
Symphony
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The Symphony's
well deserved
2011 Angel is
Margaret Nath,
our always
efficient House
Front Manager,
who is
responsible for
everything that
makes the
audience feel
welcome from
arrival to
departure.
L to R: GLAA
President Neil
Ferguson,
Symphony Chair
Nancy Wright,
Margaret, and Jim
Wear, Manager of
the Grand. |
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The GLAA gave a
special award to
James Kunke.
Lewisville's
Director of
Community
Relations and
Tourism.
The Symphony was
especially
pleased with the
award because
James was highly
instrumental in
making the Grand
a great venue
for the arts.
James got a long
wish list from
the Symphony.
The first three
items just read
'Must have great
acoustics'
followed by a
long list of
other requests.
The architects
delivered on
everything on
the list
including the
first three
items.
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"Veterans
Salute" concert.
Guild President
Lyn Cleghorn
checks with the
control booth as
the audience
starts getting
seated.
The Symphony
lets season
ticket holders
into the
auditorium five
minutes ahead of
the general
audience so they
get an edge in
choosing seats.
Picture:
Ian Cleghorn |
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Volunteers and
Symphony Interns
get ready for
the Friday
performance.
L to R: Mary
Murray, Kathy
Short, Brianna
Luna, Maria
Luna, Jessica
Vo, Seth
Southwell, Suha
Abdullah, Gabe
Taylor, Amy
Deng, Elizabeth
Nath, Katie
Weed, Josh Nath,
Kristen
Gustafson.
Picture:
Margaret Nath |
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One of the two
Sunday door
teams gets ready
to collect
tickets and hand
out programs and
flags.
From the left:
Sisters Julia,
Jennifer and
Jamie St. John,
pupils of House
Front Manager
Margaret Nath
and Symphony
Interns Akeitha
Walton and
Robert Schwartz.
Picture:
Margaret Nath |
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Board Chair
Nancy Wright
speaks to the
audience before
the concert.
Picture:
Ian Cleghorn
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Maestro Adron
Ming performed
as a soloist
with the
Symphony for the
first time in 28
years. He
delivered an
interpretation
of Sousa's
"Liberty Bell
March" filled
with nuance and
emotion.
Assistant
conductor Chao
Li took charge
of the orchestra
for the march.
Picture:
Ian Cleghorn |
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The "Stars and
Stripes Forever"
March
Picture:
Ian Cleghorn |
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Picture:
Margaret Nath |
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Margaret Nath |
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"Veterans
Salute"
rehearsal.
Concertmaster
Jenifer Griffin
readies the
orchestra at the
start of the
rehearsal.
Pictures:
Ian Cleghorn |
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Maestro Adron
Ming turns the
orchestra over
to Assistant
Conductor Chao
Li so he can be
the soloist in
Sousa's "Liberty
Bell March".
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"Veterans
Salute"
Symphony
volunteer Amanda
Anderson holds a
poster prepared
for the lobby of
the Grand.
Amanda is the
mother of a
Marine who has
just returned
from the Gulf.
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Grace Lawrence |
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Lizhen Wu
opens
International
Chamber Series
season.
Flower
Mound's mayor
Melissa
Northern, seen
here with
Symphony Board
member Duane
Johnson, briefly
addressed the
audience before
the concert.
She noted that
the concert was
part of Daniel
Pearl Music Days
and one of
91 concerts held
in 23 countries
on the same
evening.
Pictures: Ian
Cleghorn |
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Lizhen Wu
performed
Beethoven's
Piano Sonata
No.3,
Chopin's Piano
Sonata No.2, and
Liszt's Mephisto
Waltz No. 1.
Said one veteran
musician in the
audience, "I
can't remember
being so
mesmerized by a
pianist. His
dynamics in the
Beethoven were
amazing!
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R Neil Ferguson,
Vice-Chair of
the Symphony
board, talks to
Lizhen's mother
through
translator Dr.
Taihe Deng,
Chemistry-Physics
Professor at
Dallas El Centro
College
Ms. Wu lives in
China and is
visiting America
for the first
time.
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One of the
audience helps
Duane Johnson by
drawing the
winning raffle
ticket in a
drawing for a
CD.
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Lizhen and his
mother after the
concert. |
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Sen. Jane
Nelson narrates
Copland's
"Lincoln
Portrait"
Sen.
Nelson and Board
Vice Chair R
Neil Ferguson
waiting for the
Thursday
rehearsal to
begin
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Photo
credits:
Ian Cleghorn |
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Maestro Adron
Ming opens the
new season by
leading the
audience in "The
Star Spangled
Banner." |
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Senator Nelson
narrates
"Lincoln." The
audience was
gripped by the
opening words,
resonating
across a century
and a half,
where Abraham
Lincoln
addresses a
Washington
held in low
esteem. “Fellow
citizens, we
cannot escape
history.
We of
this Congress
and this
Administration
will be
remembered in
spite of
ourselves. No
personal
significance or
insignificance
can spare one or
the other of us.
The fiery trial
through which we
shall pass, will
light us down,
in honor or
dishonor, to the
latest
generation. We –
even we here –
hold the power
and bear the
responsibility.” |
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During the
intermission
Senator Jan
Nelson talked
with member of
the audience
including Leland
Mebine (age 98)
former Deputy
Assistant
Secretary for
the U.S. Air
Force, the
civilian
equivalent of a
three-star
general.
Mr.
Mebine, is an
Emeritus
Director of the
Symphony
although no
longer an active
volunteer. "When
I became 90," he
says, "I gave up
all my positions
because I
thought younger
people should
have the
opportunity to
do these
things.”
On the
left is Bill
Lawrence, former
mayor of
Highland Village
and at back
Norman Orthwein,
longtime
Symphony
supporter.
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Senator Nelson
and husband Mike
join the
audience before
Beethoven's 5th
begins the
second part of
the concert.
Photo
credit:
Margaret Nath |
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Symphony Interns
recognized with
post season
pizza party
Photo credits:
Ian Cleghorn |
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The Lewisville
Lake Symphony
selects its
Symphony Interns
from students in
the 8th through
12th grades. “We
were looking for
a select number
of students who
are excited by
great music,”
says Ms.
Margaret Wells,
Chair of the
Symphony’s Civic
Relationships
Group. “In
return for
helping the
House Front team
at performances,
the Interns get
community
service credits
and an
opportunity
during final
rehearsals to
sit on stage
among members of
the LLS
all-professional
orchestra under
the baton of
maestro Adron
Ming. |
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2011 Symphony
Association
Annual Meeting
and Volunteer
Appreciation
Gathering
Photo credits:
Ian Cleghorn and
Margaret Nath |
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Nominating
Committee Chair
Bill Collins
introduces the
slate of new
directors prior
to the vote by
the Association
members. |
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Ticket Office
Manager and new
Symphony
director Kirsten
Brown receives
an award from
Guild President
Lyn Cleghorn and
Board Chair
Nancy Wright |
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Neil and Jeanne
Ferguson get a
special award.
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Andrew Ard,
house manager
for the
International
Chamber Series
gets
recognition. |
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Ian Cleghorn
receives The
Igor Award from
Nancy Wright.
Lyn Cleghorn
looks on.
How
The Igor got its
name |
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Music
Director/Conductor
Adron Ming
enjoys the
gathering.
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Long time
members of the
orchestra, bassoonist
Charlie Hall,
maestro Adron
Ming,
oboist Cici Lagarenne
, and husband
cellist Jim
Higgins.
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[Clockwise]
Volunteer MiWon
Brown, Front
Office Manager
Margaret Nath,
Symphony Intern
Claire Ferguson,
composer Tim
Brown. One of
Tim's
compositions was
performed last
year by the
Symphony and the
combined choirs
of five LISD
high schools. |
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[Clockwise] Jasamine
Laidler, new board
member Cynthia Wunsch, Lyn
Cleghorn, Neil
Ferguson, Clare
Ferguson playing
a Tim Brown
work. |
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Symphony
performs
Copland's
"Appalachian
Spring" with
world premiere
of a new Alan
Kinzie ballet
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Also on the
program was Kurt
Weil's "Threepenny
Opera Suite"
which required,
for the first
time in the
orchestra's
history, both an
accordion and a
banjo among the
instruments.
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Photo credits
Pictures above:
Masrgaret Nath
Pictures below:
Ian Cleghorn |
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House Front
Manager Margaret
Nath takes a
pictures of her
crew of
volunteers and
Symphony
Interns.
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Margaret Nath
celebrates a
hitch-free
concert |
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Box Office
Manager Kirsten
Brown and
volunteer Ron
Harris. |
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