Sept-Oct Newsletter - Knoxville Symphony League
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Sept-Oct Newsletter - Knoxville Symphony League
vol. XXXVII no. 1, September/October 2016 KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY LEAGUE NEWSLETTER Words from the President... T he Aram Era has begun! Maestro Aram Demirjian secured creative command of the baton with his debut performance at the fabulous fourth of July concert in our World’s Fair Park. The Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series begins September 15&16 at the Tennessee Theatre with Russian Passion: Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Individual and season tickets are a mere phone call and credit card number away as are tickets for the Pops Series at the Civic Auditorium and the Chamber Series at the Bijou Theater. 865-291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com. Maestro Demirjian will be the special guest at the September 21st Celebration Luncheon. Look for your invitation coming soon. Aram, a most personable and enthusiastic visionary will meet, greet and speak briefly of his forward thinking leadership of the KSO and its role in the artistic and surrounding community. Lest you think your KSL Board has spent the summer relaxing at the beach or other exotic destinations - not a chance! The Executive Committee, the Ball Committee, the Elegant Dining Committee and the KSL 2017 Designer ShowHouse Committee have been diligently organizing and pursuing their goals with sandals on the ground, cell phones in hand and smiles on their faces. Ball Co-Chairmen Charleene Edwards, Julia Shiflett and Susan White and their committee are enthusiastically planning the RHAPSODY IN BLUE Ball at Cherokee Country Club December third with exciting new twists, entertainment and unusual live and silent auction items procured. Look for your Elegant Dining catalog to arrive in early October announcing events starting in October as organized by Barbara Furlong and Elizabeth Offringa. KSL 2017 Designer ShowHouse Chairman Elizabeth Grant and her team are scouting a most fantastic over-thetop house and are planning new and different methods and events. Hear all about it at the September Celebration Luncheon. The dedication and commitment shown by the Executive Committee and all the Chairmen of our major fundraising committees and their members has me humbled in awe as I learn all those tiny behind the scenes details that fabricate the KSL structure and performance. Each member working in harmony will assure success of our purpose. Always with a hug, Come Meet the Maestro The Knoxville Symphony League invites you and your guests to the Celebration Luncheon Honoring Maestro Aram Demirjian Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:00 a.m. Social Hour 11:45 a.m. Luncheon Cherokee Country Club 5138 Lyons View Pike $45.00 per person Please send checks payable to KSL to Mrs. Carol Jacobs 86O8 Carter Grove Way Knoxville, Tennessee 37923 by September 14, 2016 Please include name of table hostess or requested tablemates with reservation. Join the Knoxville Symphony League in welcoming Aram Demirjian, Music Director and The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Musicians September 16, 2016 – 9:30 p.m. Club LeConte Plaza Tower Serving hors d’oeuvres and wine - Cash Bar $65 per person Payment to: Edie Volk 209 Chota Hills Lane, Loudon, TN 37774-2838 RSVP by September 9, 2016 Club LeConte Hosts – Tom and Evelyn Shaw President, Knoxville Symphony League C H E C K O U T O U R W O N D E R F U L W E B S I T E : w w w. k n o x v i l l e s y m p h o n y l e a g u e . o r g EDUCATION RUSSIAN PASSION: RACHMANINOFF AND TCHAIKOVSKY September 15-16, 2016 • 7:30 PM • Tennessee Theatre Aram Demirjian, conductor; Orion Weiss, piano September 21, 2016 • 12:00 PM • Square Room Featuring the Woodwind Quintet and the Principal Strings Tickets include lunch from Café 4 MOZART AND HAYDN September 25, 2016 • 2:30 PM • Bijou Theatre James Fellenbaum, conductor; Kevin Class, Piano GABRIEL LEFKOWITZ AND FRIENDS September 28 & 29, 2016 • 7:00 PM • Knoxville Museum of Art Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin; Kevin Class, piano PET SOUNDS LIVE: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS October 7, 2016 • 8:00 PM • Tennessee Theatre Enjoy hits from the Beach Boys’ hit album Pet Sounds as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary. VIVALDI’S THE FOUR SEASONS October 13-14, 2016 • 7:30 PM • Tennessee Theatre James Fellenbaum, conductor; Giora Schmidt, violin THE FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES October 30, 2016 • 2:30 PM • Bijou Theatre James Fellenbaum, conductor; Edward Pulgar, violin 2 The Education department has teamed with KSO again this year to provide some great opportunities for our members to participate in the Young People’s Concerts in October. Eleanor Nichols will serve as Principal Usher again and she is looking for people to assist her. Look over the schedule below and see if you can volunteer to usher this year. If so, please contact Eleanor and let her know your choice of days. (5791699 cell 256-1699 or email [email protected]) The theme is KSO Kids’ Guide to the Orchestra. WED. OCTOBER 26 • 9:30 & 10:45 AM • CIVIC AUDITORIUM THUR. OCTOBER 27 • 9:30 & 10:45 AM • CIVIC AUDITORIUM FRI., OCTOBER 28 • 9:30 AM only • CIVIC AUDITORIUM You will also have an opportunity to sign up at the September Board meeting on Wednesday, September 21. We will be supporting the Scholarship Fund for KSYO again this year as well. Margie Carico, VP for Education KSL RHAPSODY IN BLUE BALL SILENT AUCTION The Silent Auction Committee is well underway and we are truly excited about this year’s theme, RHAPSODY IN BLUE! Committee members will be contacting you about vendors/donations from last year’s Ball. You may bring any items to the KSL Board meetings and luncheons. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please feel free to contact Shelley Molen (865-604-0674) or via e-mail at [email protected]. We have already started securing items and are excited about all of them! We are looking forward to a great KSL Silent Auction. Shelley Molen, Silent Auction Chair SAVE THE DATE December 3, 2016 RHAPSODY IN BLUE BA LL 2017 E L E G A N T D I N I N G The 2016-2017 Elegant Dining Committee has been hard at work since early June on the new season of Elegant Dining. We hope to equal or better our 2015-2016 season that raised more than $49,000! We plan to mail the book by early October, but want to pique your interest by mentioning our first two events: Jan Crawford is hosting a “Obituary Party” at her home that promises to be fun and light-hearted on Friday, October 14. ($50) Audrey Duncan is hosting Bob Overholt, MD who will impart his wisdom “How to Live to 150” on October 20th at Cherokee Country Club. ($60) Fran Dunn has graciously agreed to take “early” reservations for these 2 events. Please email her with your reservation requests at [email protected] before the website is updated! Thanks for your continued support of Elegant Dining! Barbara Furlong and Elizabeth Offringa Elegant Dining Co-Chairs E L E G A N T D I N I N G Hoping you all enjoyed summer. I know everyone is buzzing now that we have our new music director, Aram Demirjian, and are entering into a new chapter for the KSO. And just in time to celebrate our 30th consecutive ShowHouse! (or is it visa versa?) We, the search committee, have been working very hard and hitting the pavement this summer to obtain a house. I am hoping by the time you read this edition of “Notes” our contract will have been signed and we’ll be well on our way making preparations for a designer walk through! We’ve had a wonderful response from our members who wish to be involved with our event in April of 2017 – but we still have room for volunteers. Most chair & co chair positions are filled, with a few still in need of exuberant volunteers for this project. I think when you hear what we are planning you will want to get on board! Also, I am excited to report we’ve had a KSL board approved change of title for our event. We are now known as the “KSL Designer ShowHouse” (note the spelling) putting a “brand” with our event that is easily recognizable as the Knoxville Symphony League’s ShowHouse, not to be confused with any other show case/house tour/model home. Also, we have all been brainstorming and have many creative ideas to report. I hope to see everyone at our first KSL Celebration Luncheon this September 21st. I will be happy to share ideas and new exciting plans in our 2017 KSL Designer ShowHouse. Thank you. Elizabeth Grant, 2017 KSL Designer ShowHouse Chair WELC0ME N E W CATHY BRISCOE 1513 Buxton Dr Knoxville TN 37922 [email protected] 865-232-9078 Mobile Sponsor: Linda Haynes DEANNA COOPER 8941 Hemingway Drove Cir Knoxville TN 37922 [email protected] 865-531-9421 Home 865-256-9445 Mobile Sponsor: Rose Mosley BARBARA FRANK 5519 J Riley West Rd Greenback TN [email protected] 865-621-7107 Mobile Joined: August 8, 2016 Sponsor: Mary Ellen Sweeney M E M B E R S SUSAN HYDE 9130 British Station LN Knoxville TN 37922 [email protected] 865-806-7339 Mobile RONALD C MITCHELL 504 Echo Valley Rd Knoxville TN 37923 [email protected] 865-691-6347 Home 865-384-6341 Mobile Sponsor: Dee Henning CYNTHIA NELSON 1016 Stagecoach LN Friendsville TN 37737 [email protected] 865-995-2103 Home 865-776-3805 Mobile JENNIFER PAYNE 3619 Clayfield Ln Knoxville TN 37931-2159 [email protected] 865-927-5895 Home Sponsor: Rhonda Webster SUSAN SCHNEIDER 404 Schooner Ln Knoxville TN 37934 [email protected] 865-344-0445 Home Sponsor: Judy Henry JOSEPHINE WARD 1949 Maple Hill Ln Loudon TN 37774 [email protected] 865-458-0708 Home 412-983-1601 Mobile Sponsor: Cyndi Klassen DIANA ZELTNER 7900 Grousemoor Dr Knoxville TN 37919 [email protected] 914-263-2429 Mobile EVELYN SHAW 215Conkinnon Dr Lenoir City TN 37922 [email protected] 865-697-7775 Office 865-963-9835 Mobile Sponsors: Becky Paylor & Edie Volk 3 Calendar of Events SEPTEMBER 11 Symphony in the Park at Ijams Nature Center 5:30 pm | Ijams Nature Center 15, 16 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series Russian Passion: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky 7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre 16 A KSL Welcome for Aram Demirjian, Music Director & the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra 9:30 pm | Club LeConte 21 Wednesday KSL Board Meeting 9:00 am KSL Executive Committee 9:30 am KSL Board Cherokee Country Club 11:00 September Luncheon 21 Q SERIES AT THE SQUARE ROOM 12:00 pm | The Square Room at Café 4 25 Chamber Classics Mozart & Haydn 2:30 pm | Bijou Theatre 28, 29 Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series: Gabriel Lefkowitz and Friends 7:00 pm | Knoxville Museum of Art OCTOBER 7 News Sentinel Pops Series Pet Sounds Live – A Tribute to the Beach Boys at 8:00 pm | Tennessee Theatre 13, 14 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series Vivald’s The Four Seasons 7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre 19 October KSL Board Meeting 9:30 am Cherokee Country Club 30 Chamber Classics The Four Seasons of Buenos Aries 2:30 pm | Bijou Theatre NEWSLETTER ARTICLES SEND TO: [email protected] OR CONTACT LINDA HAYNES AT 865-209-0120 Sad Notes LAURIE PELOT GOOCH daughter of Merit Board member, Barbara Pelot EUDENA KIRKHAM mother of Board member Barbara Furlong FRANK BARNETT husband of past president Carolyn Barnett LILLIAN O. JONES former Board member CHRIS (BARBARA) CHRISTENBERRY Past-President and Merit Board member CAAJ GREEBE husband of Yellie Greebe, long time KSL member and former Board member Are you on Facebook? If so, please “like” the Knoxville Symphony League on Facebook. We are posting many new photos of our activities as well as posting information on upcoming events! If you have photos you would like to share please e-mail them to either Linda Haynes at Haynes3500@ yahoo.com or Jenny Kitts at [email protected]. Many of the Knoxville Symphony League members generously make a donation to the KSL in memory or honor of a person who has been a supporter of music and/or the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. This donation goes directly to the Knoxville Symphony in support of their programs. The honorees names appear in the KSO playbook given out at every concert. If you are interested in honoring a friend or family member in this way, you may send your donation to Linda Royston, 1831 Pine Ridge Road, Seymour, Tennessee 37865 indicating the name of the person honored or memorialized. When you are making a donation, please make sure you include the contact information of the family of the memorialized or honored person so that all may be informed of the donation. Please report any serious illnesses, surgeries, or deaths to our Corresponding Secretary, Erma Prather ([email protected] or (865) 254-5063.) This will allow us to send proper responses in a timely manner. Changes to the Membership Book Distribution Because of postal regulation changes and changes to the processing of bulk mail, your membership book will be mailed to your address. We have to also change the binding. I am working with the printer to make the binding as flexible as possible. We currently have XXX paid members. XXX have resigned for various reasons. This means we need to get busy and get new members to help us with our mission. Please be patient as we try to comply with the rules of the post office. 2016/2017 KSL OFFICERS President:........................................................................Rhonda Webster President Elect:..........................................................Charleene Edwards Executive Vice President:........................................................... Edie Volk Treasurer:........................................................................... Linda Royston Assistant Treasurer:.............................................................. Susan White Recording Secretary:....................................................... Barbara Furlong Assistant Recording Secretary:............................................... Judy Henry Corresponding Secretary:.................................................... Erma Prather Parliamentary Advisor:........................................................ Cynthia Sowa Vice President, Communications:........................................ Linda Haynes Vice President, Education:.................................................. Margie Carico Vice President, Hospitality:........................................................Gail Smith Vice President, Membership:............................................... Peggy Wilson Vice President, Public Relations:...........................................Angela Pugh Vice President, Season Tickets:............................................... Debby Fox Vice President, Ways and Means:.........................................Stacy Moody Merit Board Advisor:............................................................. Susan Yanno Chairman, Nominating Committee:...................................... Becky Paylor