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The Bryan Symphony Orchestra at TTU thanks
Cookeville Pathology Laboratory
and
an anonymous Friend of the Orchestra
for their generosity in sponsoring the September 26 concert
Let the word be heard . . . . the Gala has returned!! Preparations for the 22nd Symphony Gala and Auction, to be held on Friday, October 1, have been ongoing for several months now, and it looks as if all who attend are in for a most memorable evening.
The theme this year is "A Stardust Reverie." A wonderful Big Band from Nashville, The Pat Patrick Band, will provide the music for the entire evening for your listening and dancing enjoyment. A scrumptious buffet is being planned, and, of course, there will be some fabulous auction items once again. We have dinners and trips as well as some wonderful art work and numerous interesting items from many area merchants. We are most grateful to them for their generous contributions.
And, this year we will be in a new location, the Upper Cumberland Expo Center, which we think you will find to be a great locale. We are very excited about this renewal of the most sophisticated and stylish event in Cookeville. So, brush off your sequins and press your tux, and prepare yourself for a wonderful time! And don't forget your checkbook . . . . after all, this is how we keep the music going!
Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 2, for a run/walk to begin at 8 a.m. at Bryan Fine Arts Building at the corner of Dixie Avenue and 12th Street. Musical ensembles will be entertaining at street corners along the path of the run. Medals and door prizes will be awarded and all participants who register before September 30 will receive a free T-shirt. For more information, call Amy Dodson, 858-0080.
At 3:00, young artist performances will take place on the outdoor patio at the Bryan Fine Arts Building. The Cumberland Children's Chorus will be among the performers for this concert. Come for the whole day. Enjoy two free BSO concerts, children's educational activities and mini concerts by young performers. A memorable day for the whole family!
Linda Ferreira, Education Chair
As the President of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra Board at Tennessee Technological University, it gives me pleasure to invite everyone to these events. I also want to acknowledge the hard work of the various Committees who have made it possible to bring these events to you. It has been a pleasure to work with these fine people!!
During the coming year, I hope each of you will be able to take advantage of the opportunities that about through the arts at Tennessee Technological University. The concert season will be a rewarding experience for everyone. If you have comments about the Symphony, please let me hear from you. Good lunch and good listening in the coming year.
At the luncheon, composer Robert Jager will show several slides of paintings by Edvard Munch and will talk about composing the "Suite from Edvard Munch," which will be premiered by the orchestra on Sunday, September 26.
Cost of the luncheon will be $5.00, and you will need to make your reservations by calling the symphony office at 372-6088.
You don't want to miss this meeting, as this will be your opportunity to find out what the new Association has accomplished this past year and what our plans and goals are for the future as we continue the work that the Guild started and did so well for so many years. You can also take this opportunity to renew your membership and get yourself involved with the Association.
If you can't attend the meeting, you can renew by mailing in the form attached to your newsletter. In our first year as the Bryan Symphony orchestra Association, we had approximately 110 memberships, the majority of which were family memberships. That was a great start. This year we want to see that number double, but we can't do it without you. So, renew or join anew.
Let's show Cookeville how serious we are about this wonderful resource of ours, the Bryan Symphony Orchestra!
Music by the great Danish composer, Carl Nielsen, begins our concert. The "Overture to the comic opera Maskerade" is a concise, exuberant work. Nielsen's work has grown in esteem throughout this century, and this short overture is an exciting example of his compositional prowess. It has a perfect mix of energy and lyricism that may send you off in search of more of this fascinating composer's music.
Robert Jager's "Suite from Edvard Munch" combines the expressionist tendencies of Norway's famous painter with a lyricism which lends great power to this music. Drawn from the music to a documentary on Munch, the "Suite" focuses upon some familiar Munch paintings including "The Kiss", "The Sick Child" and "The Scream." It is a haunting score, as memorable as the painter whose works it represents. Our performance will be the U.S. premiere of this work.
The finale to our program is Jean Sibelius' dramatic "Second Symphony." Certainly the most popular symphony by this Finnish composer, the "Second Symphony" evokes the landscape of the far north of Europe. It combines clarity of form with great dramatic power and offers some of the most beautiful pages of music in the entire literature.
See you on the 26th!
John Dodson
Concert Preview September 26
You are invited to attend the Concert Preview by
Dr. Catherine Godes
at 2:00 p.m. in Room 223 of the Bryan Fine Arts Building
Robert Jager's "Suite from Edvard Munch" will be premiered by the Bryan
Symphony Orchestra at the September 26 concert.
Jager has over one hundred published works for band, chorus, orchestra, and various chamber combinations.
Composer Jager was born in Binghamton, New York, and received his education at the University of Michigan. For four years he served in the U.S. Navy as Staff Arranger at the Armed Forces School of Music. Currently, he Professor of Music and Director of Composition and Theory at Tennessee Tech.
He has received commissions from the U.S. Marine, Air Force, Army, and Army Field Bands; the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra; and the Universities of Michigan, Arkansas, Illinois, Purdue, and Nebraska Wesleyan.
He is the only three-time winner of the American Bandmasters Association's "Ostwald Award." In addition, he has won the "Roth Award" of the National School Orchestra Association; the American School Band Directors Association's "Volkwein Award"; the "Friends of Harvey Gaul Award"; as well as numerous others.
In 1997, he was the recipient of the prestigious Caplenor Faculty Research Award at Tennessee Tech.
From Duke Ellington to Star Trek - Something for Everyone!
Sunday, October 3
2 p.m. in Wattenbarger Auditorium
(for adults & children 5 or older)
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Percussion selection
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from the "Serenade for Strings
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Between 3 and 4 p.m.
Small ensembles, including the Cumberland Children's Chorus, will be
performing on the patio of Bryan Fine Arts Building, and children's activities
will be taking place inside the building.
4 p.m. In front of Bryan Fine Arts Building
(for adults & children of all ages; bring your blankets or lawn chairs
and sit on the lawn of the President's house - we're blocking off the street
for this event)
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Percussion selection
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from the "Serenade for Strings
Star Trek Through the Years
Duke Ellington Medley
Finale from Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Funding for these concerts and activities was provided in part by grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Upper Cumberland Development District. Our sincere thanks to them for giving us the opportunity to provide quality musical performances to the community.
Reminder . . .
If you are unable to attend a concert, please donate your ticket to the
orchestra for resale by calling the Bryan Symphony Orchestra Office at
372-6088.
First Annual Association Luncheon
Friday, September 24 $5.00 per person
First Presbyterian Church, 20 North Dixie Avenue
Call 372-6088 for Reservations (required)
Bryan Symphony Orchestra
Office: Room 355 372-6088
Bryan Fine Arts Building
e-mail address: jlundy@tntech.edu
Janet Lundy, Executive Director and Co-editor of Notes and Notices
with Carolyn Whitson
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