There is news of high achievement and
good fortune recently in KSO management. Our fearless Executive
Director, Rachel Ford, was named one of six YWCA Tribute to Women
Honorees. Such honorees are chosen from area businesswomen who are
outstanding in their field and an inspiration to those around them,
by an independent, out-of-town panel of judges. We knew all along the
caliber of woman that we had running our show here at the KSO, but
now there is undisputed proof and recognition of the quality work she
has been doing here for several years. Way to go, Rachel!
A major part of that work is
fundraising, and some major funds have recently risen. A grant by the
Aslan Foundation to the tune of $1,000,000 has come our way, and will
be used over a five-year period to establish the KSO's Woodwind
Quintet as “core musicians,” to fund the Chamber Classics series,
and to bolster ticket revenue for the Masterworks and Chamber Classics. For many
years, the talk was that the Woodwind Quintet would become a core
group of the KSO (just as there is a group of core strings), and now
that day is finally here. The Aslan Foundation was founded in 1994 by
Lindsay Young, for whom the downtown branch of the YMCA
is named, and is dedicated
to preserving and enhancing the natural beauty, assets and history of
Knox County.
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