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Fall/Winter  2013

Vol 3,  Issue 3

 
In This Issue
B'fast @ Nordstrom
Fall Meeting
Symphony Yes
SOVA
Guild 101-Fall
What is MPZ?
 
Quick Links

 

Symphony Guild

    Facebook Photos!

   

Charlotte Symphony

   Purchase Tickets! 

 

Youth Orchestras

   CSYO/JYO Pics

   Like Us on Facebook!

 

Southeast Orchestra Volunteer Association  

      Member Events*  

 

League of American Orchestras

  GoldBookOnline

  Volunteer Notes

 

 

* A calendar of events supporting symphonic music throughout the Southeast, updated version coming soon

Inspiration Alley 

Zach Warren
Class of 2013



Click
Q&A
with Mary Gilbert

 

 

Save The Dates!

    

Dec 17   4:30 pm

President's Reception

Moody Residence

 

Dec 18  7:30 pm

Handel's Messiah

Belk Theater

 

Jan 4   11:00 am

Musical Petting Zoo

ImaginOn

 

Jan 10-11  8:00 pm

Classics:  Brahms No. 2

Belk Theater

 

Jan 16   9:30 am

Connections:  Mah Jongg

Southminster

 

Jan 21   11:30 am

Guild Board Meeting

Pfeiffer University

 

Jan 24   7:30 pm

KnightSounds:   Sights &

     Sounds of America

Knight Theater

 

Jan 31-Feb 1   8:00 pm

Pops:  Heart of Motown

Knight Theater

 

Feb 1   11:00 am

Lollipops:  Tubby the Tuba

Knight Theater

 

Feb 7-8   8:00 pm

Classics:  Schumann & Haydn

Belk Theater

 

Feb 11   11:30 am

Guild Winter Meeting

Bonterra

 

Feb 15   8:30 am

Young Artists Competition

Fine Arts Center, Queens

 

Feb 15   8:00 pm

Special:  Itzak Perlman

Belk Theater

 

Feb 21-22   8:00 pm

Pops:  Broadway Rocks!

Knight Theater

 

Feb 22  11:00 am

Musical Petting Zoo

ImaginOn 

 

Feb 28-Mar 1   8:00 pm

Classics:  Symphonie  

     Fantastique

Belk Theater

 

Mar 3   7:30 pm

CSYO Winter Concert

Halton Theater, CPCC

 

Mar 14-15   8:00 pm

Classics:  Dvorak No. 8

Belk Theater

 

Mar 18   11:30 am

Guild Board Meeting

Pfeiffer University

 

Mar 28   7:30 pm

KnightSounds:  A Little Knight  

     Music

Knight Theater

 

Mar 29  11:00 am

Musical Petting Zoo

ImaginOn  

 

Make New Friends,
Keep the Old

   

Our New Members  

2012-2013 

Catherine Andreou

Taylor Boyles*  

Patti & Richard Bramhall

Hilda Bye

Ellen Caldwell 

Linda Christopher

Tammy Cohen

Dianne Correll 

Cheryl DeMaio 

Caitlin Donley*

 Elsie Erneston

Shaun Fellers 

Stacey Ferraro

John Fetner  

Kelly Franson*

Vanessa Garcia 

Whitney Greene*

Jody Hoffman

Evelyn Jones 

Julie Layne 

Maureen Leighty

Deborah Neuhs

 Jane Parrish

Ted Phillips* 

Mike Rutledge* 

Linda Sakaluk

Barbara Speir

Renner St. John

Dianne Stewart 

 Kelly Thomas

Alex Zsoldos &

Jordan Kvanvig* 

 

*35 & Under

 

Returning Friends!

Roberta Gaines

Sally Golden

Bev Hacker

Susie Lake 

Pat O'Neal   

 
Breakfast at Nordstrom Kicks Off
     Festival of Trees
This Holiday Children's Fashion Show
kicked off the 3rd annual Festival of Trees on Nov 16.  The fashion show was held in Nordstrom's Children's department and Guild members, along with their children and grandchildren, modeled fashions for women and children.

Former CSO staff member Quoinesha Jones with
daughter Sanaa - Sanaa naturally stole the show!

WBTV's Kelly Franson, a new Guild member, emceed the runway show.  The show kicked off the display of decorated trees at SouthPark, and also was a fundraiser on its own ... 
 
   
 
Fall Meeting Smashing Success 
Over 50 seasoned and new members
enjoyed an exciting new venue for the fall meeting on Oct 9 - the Mahlon Adams Pavilion in Freedom Park.  Musicians from the CSYO played during the social hour as everyone enjoyed delicious food and wine provided by a host of Guild members. 
l. to r.: Roberta Gaines, Mary Staton and Sally Golden
share a story and some big smiles
Sallie Moody, president, welcomed everyone and introduced the executive committee.  She then introduced Emith Smith, chair of the CSO board of directors who gave an update on the Charlotte Symphony and the Say Yes ....
Read more ... 
   
 
Say YES to Symphony Yes
     Gatherings
Looking for a way to help your friends 
experience the excitement of the Charlotte Symphony and share in the future of symphonic music in our community?  Then say "YES" to a Symphony Yes gathering. 

CSO Board member, Chris Teat (l.) with Maestro Christopher Warren-Green share the joy at Catherine & Wilton Connor's YES gathering 

Symphony Yes is a series of intimate events hosted by friends of the Charlotte Symphony. Events have ranged from cocktail parties to English tea, and have been very successful in garnering financial support for the CSO.

 Read more ...
 
Interested in hosting a Yes Gathering? 
Have questions?  Talk to Tia Wackerhagen at the CSO - click here for email or call 704 714 5105.

CSO principal harpist, Andrea Mumm, performed at the Connors YES gathering 
 
Guild Plays Key Role in 9th
     Annual SOVA Roundtable 
The Southeastern Orchestra Volunteer Association  (SOVA) was founded in 2001
 as a unique networking and support organization for symphony and orchestra volunteer groups and their members. The purpose is to affect the exchange of ideas and resources among symphony orchestra volunteer organizations throughout the southeastern US.

Guild member and SOVA board member, Melissa Woolf, leads Roundtable discussion of SGC Overture luncheon

A key event on the SOVA calendar is the annual Roundtable conference hosted by various member organizations. This year, the 9th annual Roundtable took place in Myrtle Beach SC, hosted by the Long Bay Symphony Guild ..... 

 

Read More ...  

   

Fall 101 Tells All to New Members
"Everything you ever wanted to know about the Guild" was the theme of the Fall Guild 101, held at the home of Mary Staton, president-elect, on Oct 27.  Dina Kim, co-chair of New Members/Mentors organized the event.
Mary Gilbert shows new members the tricks of the marketing trade. l. to r. Ellen Caldwell, Dianne Correll, Evelyn Jones,
Bev Hacker and Dianne Stewart

Besides being a fun social gathering, the event was an education session for new members.  Following a welcome by Sallie Moody, president, the new members divided into groups, and the vice presidents or their representatives rotated ....
 
 
What is the Musical Petting Zoo?
The Guild introduces some 2,000 children
each year to the Musical Petting Zoo, a collection of instruments that acquaint children with the four major sections of an orchestra - brass, strings, percussion, and woodwinds.  It's hands-on fun for both the children and the teachers.  You don't need experience with an instrument to work the zoo, but it always helps.

You don't see a recorder quartet every day!

If you can blow a razz berry on your hand, you can teach a child to blow a note ...

 
 

 

Volunteers Supporting Today's Symphony and Tomorrow's Musicians

 

The Symphony Guild of Charlotte
338 So. Sharon Amity Road - PMB 308, Charlotte, NC 28211 
704.525.0522             www.symphonyguildcharlotte.org