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Official Newsleer of the Symphony Volunteer Council of the Alabama Symphonic Associaon, Inc. President’s Message We start another SVC year and look forward to building on the wonderful work that has been done by our team of officers and volunteers. We are grateful for the team’s service and celebrate its success. The high- lights included raising money at the 2017 Show House and awarding mulple scholarships from the Lois Pickard compeon. We congratulate Mimi Jackson, who was presented with the 2017 Sandra Apolinsky Service Award at the ASO annual meeng in May, for her many years of volunteering for the Symphony. I also want to thank our new officers, listed in the following secons, for their commitment to making our next year a success. We are already planning the events for the fall and spring and will again start with a Kick-off Membership Party on September 12th, from 6 to 8 pm at the 1814 Building, located at 1814 1 st Ave North. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Day and Kim Morgan Jemison Day will be the hosts. This will be a great oppor- tunity for us to bring in prospecve new members and to introduce them to SVC members and our program of acvies. The SVC will then sponsor ASO Masterworks concert, “Opening Night with Brahms and Beetho- ven”, on October 6 th . Please join us for this wonderful event. We are in the process of selecng a home for the 2018 ShowHouse and are open to addional suggesons from our membership. We will be making the final selecon soon. There will be many opportunies to help with our events during the 2017-2018 year. Those opportunies include serving as an usher at a youth con- cert, helping with the Lois Pickard Compeon in January, and luncheon in February, bringing your special goodies for a variety of events, helping with Guest Conductors or Arsts, and volunteering at the Decora- tors’ ShowHouse. There are at least 500 volunteer shiſt opportunies and we need your help. We need to grow our membership this year so that we can connuously improve our work and make it more rewarding as well. I look forward to working with all of you toward another successful year for SVC in service to the Symphony and all that it brings to the community. Char Bonsack, SVC President 2017-2018
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Official Newsletter of the
Symphony Volunteer Council of the
Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
President’s Message
We start another SVC year and look forward to building on the wonderful work that has been done by our
team of officers and volunteers. We are grateful for the team’s service and celebrate its success. The high-
lights included raising money at the 2017 Show House and awarding multiple scholarships from the Lois
Pickard competition. We congratulate Mimi Jackson, who was presented with the 2017 Sandra Apolinsky
Service Award at the ASO annual meeting in May, for her many years of volunteering for the Symphony.
I also want to thank our new officers, listed in the following sections, for their commitment to making our
next year a success. We are already planning the events for the fall and spring and will again start with a
Kick-off Membership Party on September 12th, from 6 to 8 pm at the 1814 Building, located at 1814 1st Ave
North. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Day and Kim Morgan Jemison Day will be the hosts. This will be a great oppor-
tunity for us to bring in prospective new members and to introduce them to SVC members and our program
of activities. The SVC will then sponsor ASO Masterworks concert, “Opening Night with Brahms and Beetho-
ven”, on October 6th. Please join us for this wonderful event.
We are in the process of selecting a home for the 2018 ShowHouse and are open to additional suggestions
from our membership. We will be making the final selection soon. There will be many opportunities to help
with our events during the 2017-2018 year. Those opportunities include serving as an usher at a youth con-
cert, helping with the Lois Pickard Competition in January, and luncheon in February, bringing your special
goodies for a variety of events, helping with Guest Conductors or Artists, and volunteering at the Decora-
tors’ ShowHouse. There are at least 500 volunteer shift opportunities and we need your help.
We need to grow our membership this year so that we can continuously improve
our work and make it more rewarding as well. I look forward to working with all of
you toward another successful year for SVC in service to the Symphony and all that
it brings to the community.
Char Bonsack, SVC President 2017-2018
Executive Board 2017-2018
President Char Bonsack Executive Vice-President Skip Wadhams
Vice-Presidents Education Linda Griggs Mimi Jackson Debbie Reid Vice-Presidents Hospitality Zane Rhoades Robert Raiford Vice-Presidents Member-ship Martha & Bob Black Recording Secretary Rosa Minehan
Corresponding Secretary Sandra Wilson Treasurer Mike Griggs Assistant Treasurer Donna McCauley Parliamentarian Liz Warren Immediate Past President Cheree Carlton
Guest Artist Hospitality Emily Omura Historian Jonnie Venglik Legislative Liaison Diane Ray
New Members
Please welcome
Perry Umphrey and James Altherr, Jo Broadwater, Sally and
Alex Hood, Frances and Jon Clemmensen, Janice Scholl, Jean
Bargerhuff, Jill and Robert Denning, Melinda Thornbury, and
Mary Ann Wade. We now have 344 members.
Approximately 100 members attended the membership meet-
ing & party in June at the home of Lin and Jim
Musgrove. Many thanks to the Musgroves for hosting a such
a wonderful event
in their lovely home in Greystone.
Martha and Bob Black, Vice Presidents Membership
The Symphony Volunteer Council
invites you to attend our
Fall Membership Party
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
At the
Jemison Art Gallery
1814 1st Avenue N
Birmingham, AL 35203
RSVP
Zane Rhoades or Robert Raiford
979-2244
Volume 18, Issue 1 September 2017
Executive Board (continued)
Lois Pickard Chairman Phyllis Davis Sharon Bromberg Rosa Minehan
Orchestra Hospitality Beverly Lisenby Publicity/Facebook Betsy Cooper Volunteer Coordinator Shirley Brown Website Sandra Annonio Decorators' ShowHouse Chairmen Molly Bloetscher Perry Umphrey Keynotes Joyce Wise
Volume 18, Issue 1 September 2017
Fall Orchestra Hospitality Luncheon
Thursday, November 16, 2017, beginning at Noon
in the Patron’s Lounge of the Alys Stephens Center
1200 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35249
Justin Brown will be in town conducting this week.
Symphony Volunteer Council Salutes
Our Lois Pickard scholarship winners
at Carnegie Hall
Hauen Kim of Hoover, 16, was chosen as First Place
winner in the Strings Category of the Lois Pickard
Music Scholarship, sponsored by the Symphony Vol-
unteer Council. Hauen was also chosen as the Grand
Prize Winner and invited to play with the Alabama
Symphony Orchestra in March.
This summer she auditioned and participated as one
of 116 bright and gifted young musicians from across
the country in the National Youth Orchestra which
performed at Carnegie Hall in July and toured in Mexico, Ecuador, and Columbia. Hauen attends
Indian Springs School and was Concert Master of the Alabama Youth Symphony Orchestra 2016-
2017.
K'mya Burrell, 17, was chosen as Second Place Winner in the Brass/Winds category and was invit-
ed to be a part of the National Youth Orchestra02 this summer.
The NY02 provides the opportunity to work closely
with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The
NY02 performed in side by side concerts with select
members of the Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadel-
phia and at Carnegie Hall.
K'mya, a student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts,
was awarded first place in the Woodwind Category
at the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs in Hunts-
ville and was Principal Clarinet of the Alabama Youth
Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017.
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December Member & Guest Event
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
329 Park Ave, Hoover.
Hosted by Robert Raiford & Zane Rhoades
RSVP to Zane Rhoades 979-2244 or [email protected]
Guest Artist Hospitality Committee
We need a few more members for the guest artist driving committee. It's fun to
meet the guest artists that come to town (and to hear them compliment our sym-
phony, which they almost always do!). Artists pick up from the airport works
best for teams of two so one person can wait in the temporary lot while the other
meets the flight
For more information and to help, please contact
Emily Omura at 205.967.4782 or [email protected]
SEPTEMBER 2017
Maestro's Ball September 8, 2017 Carlos Izcaray, conductor
Daniel Szasz, violin
Sensory Friendly Concert September 17,
2017
Presented by ASO Junior Pa-
trons, KultureCity, and Autism
Society of Alabama
Explorer Concerts September 2017
For our youngest audience. 19, 20, 21, & 26
Chris Confessore, conductor
50th Anniversary Celebration The Beatles Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
September 22, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Black Jacket Symphony
50th Anniversary Celebration of The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Huntsville) September 29, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Black Jacket Symphony
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OCTOBER 2017
Symphony 30 Picnic October 1, 2017 Tong Chen, conductor
Carlos Conducts Brahms 1 October 6, 2017 Carlos Izcaray, conductor
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Opening Night with Carlos, Brahms, & Beethoven
October 6 & 7 2017
Carlos Izcaray, conductor
Wendy Warner, cello
Ragtime Revelations October 10, 2017 Daniel Szasz, violin
Kathleen Costello, clarinet
Anthony Pattin, piano
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™ in Concert
October 20 & 22 2017
Justin Freer, conductor
The Fantastic French Horn October 27 & 28 2017 Kensho Watanabe, conductor
Andrew Bain, horn
ASO Chorus, under the direction
of Dr. Philip Copeland
ASO Concert Calendar
NOVEMBER 2017
Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
November 10, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Kristi Tingle Higginbotham,
soloist
Rich Ridenour, pianist
Baroque Explorations: music for trumpets,
timpani, violin and organ
November 14, 2017
Daniel Szasz, violin
John McElroy, Ryan Beach,
Nicholas Ciulla, Alexandru
Szasz, trumpets
Jay Burnham, timpani
Jeff McClelland, organ
Justin Brown Returns! Mozart & Beethoven
November 17 & 18, 2017
Justin Brown, conductor and
pianist
ASYO Fall Concert
November 18, 2017
Dr. Blake Richardson,
conductor
DECEMBER 2017
Christmas with Act of Congress
December 1, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Act of Congress, guest artists
ASYO Holiday Concert
December 3, 2017
Dr. Blake Richardson,
conductor
Handel's Messiah & Bach's Magnificat
December 15, 2017
Carlos Izcaray, conductor
Amy Little, Magdalena Wor,
Roderick George, Won Cho,
soloists
ASO Chorus, under the direc-
tion of Dr. Philip Copeland
The Music of Star Wars
December 17, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Celebrate! The New Year's Eve Concert
December 31, 2017
Chris Confessore, conductor
Michelle Amato, soloist
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ASO 2018 Concerts
JANUARY 2018
Bach & Mozart for the New Year
January 5 & 6, 2018
We Are the Champions
January 20, 2018
Carlos Conducts Ravel's Bolero
January 26 & 27, 2018
FEBRUARY 2018
Ravishing Rachmaninoff
February 9 & 10, 2018
Young People's Concert: Celebrate Al-
abama
February 14 & 15, 2018
Birmingham Does Broadway February 17, 2018 at 8pm
MARCH 2018
Swan Lake March 2 - 4, 2018
Contemporary Visions March 6, 2018
Gershwin in Hollywood March 10, 2018
Gounod's Romeo & Juliet March 23 & 25, 2018
APRIL 2018
Carlos Conducts Faure's Requiem
April 6 & 7, 2018
Quartet for the End of Time
April 12, 2018
Violins of Hope Concert
April 14, 2018
Scheherazade
April 20 & 21, 2018
MAY 2018
Leonard Bernstein Centennial
Celebration
May 4 & 5, 2018
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
May 18 & 19, 2018
ASYO Spring Concert
May 19, 2018
JUNE 2018
The Firebird and Tchaikovsky's Sixth:
Russian Masterpieces
June 1 & 2, 2018
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