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"kid" in you? Second Chance Christmas is just the

ticket. And for pure enterlainment with a hoiiday

glow, A Very Merry Holiday Pops and singer supreme Syivi3 iu4.*u'r, starring in an AS0 New
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HANDEL'S MESSIAH
December 3 &
5

Defining the sacredness

of the season

and

resonating anew every time the ASO performs it,

the awe-inspiring h4essiah is a naturai opener.

Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie conducts the ASO Chamber Chorus in the Christmas portion

and'Hailetujah" Chorus, and also leads the Bach

Christmas Oratorio, Part lll.

ASO GOSPEL

A KID'5 CHRISTMAS
December 6

CHRISTMAS
)ecember'4 & 5 join the roof-raising AS0
Gospet Choir, comprised

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Christmas, an Attanta
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A Kid's Christmas presents the uplifting story

of Second Chance
favorite

SymphonyYouth Orchestra commission and

of leading singers lrom

metro Atlanta churches

of

audiences. Snowbound and

and directed by

Lerov

stranded in a small, depressed town that has forgotten Christmas, the ASYO ralties around Second Chance, which rediscovers the ioys of the holiday, :hanks :o the exuberance and positivity of the youthful piayers. This heartwarming, new Christmas classic is told in Seuss-like rhyme.
Dr.

Henderson, in lraditional and contemporary songs lrom the soul. Conductor

Chelsea Tipton Il, a pop-

ular fixture at Christmas in

Gospel

recent

years, guides the ASO.

threatening medicai emergency, but Piedmont

Hospital saved my life. Since then, I haven't taken anything for granted. I am thankful to
God for preserving my life.
I am also

thankful to Robert Shaw, Louis Lane,

Yoel Levi, Robert Spano and Donald Runnicles

for teaching the Attanta Symphony the comprehensive repertoire that we play. We have recorded more contemporary 2oth-century
music than any other orchestra in America. All

of our conductors have chalienged us, never allowing us lo Eit on our laurels. lhey har,'e always broadened our horizons from "A" to "Z".
What piece would you most lil<e to see inctuded on a future ASO program? Quite a lot olrepertoire, I wouid say. I padicuLarty tike the Mahler Symphony No. 6 we played

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FirstViolin
When did you decide that you wanted to
make concert music your career?

this past April with Donald Runnicles. lt showcases what our Orchestra ls capabie of. The
Attanta Symphony has acconplished in 6o'plus years what took most American orchestras r5o.

"Bravo!" to all of nry colieagues and staff.

We are the Susan Boyles in America!
I understand

When I saw two women perform-ASO bass player Jane Little, and violinisl Teresa Harth iperforming the Bach Double Concerto with

that you have a passion for

dark chocolate! Would you be willing to share your secrets ofwhere we can find the best in Atlanta?
I am

her husband). I realized that both played as

well as, or better than, ali lhe men I had seen

or heard. lt

vvas

then that I reatized that

musical career was within my grasp, or that at the very least, I should "go for it." I have never turned down an opportunity to play or advance my repertoire. What changes have you seen during your tenure with the ASO? I have played in the AS0 for 39 years on the vioiin and 25 years on the keyboard (piano,
celeste, organ, and harpsichord). I used to joke

into more heatthy snacks now. At Christ-

mas time I found a popcorn company in Ohio

and of course an orange and grapefruit com-

pany in Florida. Everyone knows the best

chocolates come from Europe. I have not found

a comparable company in Atlanta. although Godiva and Chocolate Truffles come close. Then there are purple chocolates that violist Marian Kent gets from Hershey's l(isses. And violinist Martha Reaves Head alwavs gives us
l(isses for participating in Fducatlon Outreach.
I

that I ptayed five instruments for the ASO for the price of onel Some years ago, I had a Life-

guess l'm stiLl a chocoholicl

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