Ijams

Last night the KSO played at Ijams Nature Center for the 24th annual Symphony in the Park fundraiser. It was a beautiful evening.

Cathy Leach, Principal Trumpet, warming up before the concert:


Jill Allard, flute:


John Michael Fox, violin:


The KSO viola section (minus yours truly). Jen Bloch, Bill Pierce, and Eunsoon Corliss:


A somewhat rare picture of me, courtesy of Eunsoon...


First violinists Lisa Muci, Sean Claire, and Yin Wu:


Timpanist Mike Combs with cellist Ihsan Kartal:


Ijams is a beautiful place.




Mark Tucker, our wonderful stagehand Paul, Maestro Richman, and Jennifer Barnett waiting for the concert to begin. Percussionist Clark Harrell is in the foreground looking suspicious of my picture taking...


It was a great night and I think we're all looking forward to the 25th anniversary concert next fall!

Pics from the Stage

Tonight is the KSO's final concert of the regular season. (We still have the Cades Cove and July 4th concerts coming up this summer.) Last night I took some pics to share here.



The view from the stage before the concert.


Principal Trumpet Cathy Leach warming up for Mahler 5. (Great job last night, Cathy!)


Putting the piano away at intermission. This is still my favorite thing about the Tennessee Theater renovation. So neat!

The end of the season has taken it's toll on a few musicians. Assistant principal violist (and my stand partner) Eunsoon Corliss is nursing an injury and couldn't play with us this week, but she came to listen last night. Here we are at intermission.


One of these things is not like the others, one of these things doesn't belong... Just kidding, Jim! Jim Fellenbaum is more often seen on the podium as KSO's resident conductor. This week he was gracious enough to jump into the cello section at the last minute.


This is the marking we have at the top of the last page of the Mahler. (Yup, the viola part is 39 pages long.) I can't think of anything more appropriate for the end of the season than "Music of General Happiness." It has been a great season, and I'm looking forward to '09 -'10!