Friday, May 27, 2011
JSO on WKAR May 31
The Jackson Symphony Orchestra, directed by Nathaniel Parker, will perform the Love Duet and Children's Dance from Howard Hanson's opera "Merry Mount", Tuesday, May 31 at about 12:10pm on 90.5 Classical. It was recorded March 2008 at Jackson Community College.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Golden Baton Award Recipients 2011
John Cross
John Cross, a certified public accountant in Jackson and owner of Cross & Associates, has donated time to the JSO for decades.
“When I first became involved with the JSO — to keep the books — we had office and rehearsal space in the Commercial Exchange Building, thanks to the generosity of Bob and Laurie LaZebnik. The accounting records consisted of a checkbook and spreadsheets,” he said.
Cross said he feels privileged to be a part of the many positive changes that have taken place since then, including the Capital Campaign that provided a permanent home for the JSO in downtown Jackson, the development of the music school and the steady flow of talented leadership on the JSO board.
“Personally, my family and I have enjoyed the high quality performances,” he continued. “Both my children learned to play musical instruments, and my daughter was a member of the JSO children’s choir. But most of all, we cherish the friendships we’ve developed because of our association with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.”
Rick Davies
Rick Davies, who served as JSO Board president from 2000-2002, is retired as president of the Jackson region of Comerica Bank, Inc. He began working with Comerica in 1969. During his banking career he has been a municipal credit analyst, a bond portfolio manager, manager of bank liability positions, securities trader, commercial loan officer and commercial lending group manager.
When Davies was a member of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra board, he helped relocate the orchestra to the former J.C. Penney building downtown, then owned by Comerica, and subsequently was instrumental in Comerica’s gift of the building to the JSO.
Carl English
Carl English, vice chairman of American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, is a native of Jackson who contributed time, money and inspiration to many of the cities organizations, including the JSO. He was president and chief executive officer of the gas division at Consumers Energy from 1999 until 2004.
“I've had an association with the JSO since the early 1960s when my sister, Guyla, played in the orchestra,” English said. “At that time, I was just in the audience of the JSO, but became much more active through an association with Ty Cross, with whom I worked at Consumers Power Co. Through that association, I became a board member in the 1980s and ultimately board chair.”
“Since my youth, I have enjoyed classical music, and consequently have enjoyed the JSO offerings over the years,” English said. “The JSO is a wonderful combination of style and quality with Stephen and Mary bringing an excellent combination of artistry and good business sense, which has provided a unique blend for success for many years for the benefit of the Jackson Community.”
Mark Rosenfeld
Mark Rosenfeld served as Chairman of the JSO Board of Directors in the 1980s and spearheaded the recent Jackson Symphony Orchestra Endowment Campaign. Until 1996, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Jacobson’s Stores, headquartered in Jackson. Now he is Chairman and President of Wilherst Developers in Tampa, Fla. The company is a commercial real estate development and brokerage firm.
Rosenfeld said that the JSO was the leading cultural entity in Jackson when he and his wife lived here and they appreciated the sense of community the JSO offered.
“The JSO enhanced the quality of life in Jackson for my family and my business associates,” he said. “We enjoyed music, had season tickets, and contributed to the Jackson Symphony, including the fund for the new building.”
Mary Spring
Mary Spring, the JSO’s Development Director, has a very long association with the orchestra as both a volunteer and an employee.
“My first taste of the Jackson Symphony came when Nathan Rosenfeld offered discounted tickets to his employees, of which I was one,” she said “The next year we bought season tickets and the following year I was asked to serve on the Guild’s board of directors, which I did for nearly 10 years.”
In 1991, she worked to develop the JSO’s Community Music School.
“It was then that I learned the importance of arts in the community and that the JSO was uniquely suited to serve in many areas, not simply on the concert stage,” she said. “In 1992 I was hired as the JSO Development director, along with my work in the music school, and the rest is history!”
Spring was Guild president from 1993 until 1994. In 1999, she received the Jenny Spiesberger Distinguished Service Award for her volunteer service to the Guild.
“It is my belief that music can play a major role in the lives of community residents of all ages,” she said. “The JSO stands as a beacon, a resource that brings unbelievable talent into the community, a resource for community musicians, an education center for all ages and most importantly provides an atmosphere that works to create intersections between residents and artists. The JSO is an organization of which I am extremely proud to be a part.”
John Cross, a certified public accountant in Jackson and owner of Cross & Associates, has donated time to the JSO for decades.
“When I first became involved with the JSO — to keep the books — we had office and rehearsal space in the Commercial Exchange Building, thanks to the generosity of Bob and Laurie LaZebnik. The accounting records consisted of a checkbook and spreadsheets,” he said.
Cross said he feels privileged to be a part of the many positive changes that have taken place since then, including the Capital Campaign that provided a permanent home for the JSO in downtown Jackson, the development of the music school and the steady flow of talented leadership on the JSO board.
“Personally, my family and I have enjoyed the high quality performances,” he continued. “Both my children learned to play musical instruments, and my daughter was a member of the JSO children’s choir. But most of all, we cherish the friendships we’ve developed because of our association with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.”
Rick Davies
Rick Davies, who served as JSO Board president from 2000-2002, is retired as president of the Jackson region of Comerica Bank, Inc. He began working with Comerica in 1969. During his banking career he has been a municipal credit analyst, a bond portfolio manager, manager of bank liability positions, securities trader, commercial loan officer and commercial lending group manager.
When Davies was a member of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra board, he helped relocate the orchestra to the former J.C. Penney building downtown, then owned by Comerica, and subsequently was instrumental in Comerica’s gift of the building to the JSO.
Carl English
Carl English, vice chairman of American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, is a native of Jackson who contributed time, money and inspiration to many of the cities organizations, including the JSO. He was president and chief executive officer of the gas division at Consumers Energy from 1999 until 2004.
“I've had an association with the JSO since the early 1960s when my sister, Guyla, played in the orchestra,” English said. “At that time, I was just in the audience of the JSO, but became much more active through an association with Ty Cross, with whom I worked at Consumers Power Co. Through that association, I became a board member in the 1980s and ultimately board chair.”
“Since my youth, I have enjoyed classical music, and consequently have enjoyed the JSO offerings over the years,” English said. “The JSO is a wonderful combination of style and quality with Stephen and Mary bringing an excellent combination of artistry and good business sense, which has provided a unique blend for success for many years for the benefit of the Jackson Community.”
Mark Rosenfeld
Mark Rosenfeld served as Chairman of the JSO Board of Directors in the 1980s and spearheaded the recent Jackson Symphony Orchestra Endowment Campaign. Until 1996, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Jacobson’s Stores, headquartered in Jackson. Now he is Chairman and President of Wilherst Developers in Tampa, Fla. The company is a commercial real estate development and brokerage firm.
Rosenfeld said that the JSO was the leading cultural entity in Jackson when he and his wife lived here and they appreciated the sense of community the JSO offered.
“The JSO enhanced the quality of life in Jackson for my family and my business associates,” he said. “We enjoyed music, had season tickets, and contributed to the Jackson Symphony, including the fund for the new building.”
Mary Spring
Mary Spring, the JSO’s Development Director, has a very long association with the orchestra as both a volunteer and an employee.
“My first taste of the Jackson Symphony came when Nathan Rosenfeld offered discounted tickets to his employees, of which I was one,” she said “The next year we bought season tickets and the following year I was asked to serve on the Guild’s board of directors, which I did for nearly 10 years.”
In 1991, she worked to develop the JSO’s Community Music School.
“It was then that I learned the importance of arts in the community and that the JSO was uniquely suited to serve in many areas, not simply on the concert stage,” she said. “In 1992 I was hired as the JSO Development director, along with my work in the music school, and the rest is history!”
Spring was Guild president from 1993 until 1994. In 1999, she received the Jenny Spiesberger Distinguished Service Award for her volunteer service to the Guild.
“It is my belief that music can play a major role in the lives of community residents of all ages,” she said. “The JSO stands as a beacon, a resource that brings unbelievable talent into the community, a resource for community musicians, an education center for all ages and most importantly provides an atmosphere that works to create intersections between residents and artists. The JSO is an organization of which I am extremely proud to be a part.”
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Golden Baton Award
The Jackson Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors cordially invites you to the Golden Baton Award Dinner honoring
John Cross ~ Rick Davies ~ Carl English
Mark Rosenfeld ~ Mary Spring
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Country Club of Jackson
Jackson, Michigan
6:00 p.m. Social Hour • 7:00 p.m. Dinner
Cash Bar
Entertainment
$100 per person - $75 tax deductible
The Golden Baton Award is given to individuals who, through their extraordinary generosity and years of dedicated service, have significantly advanced the vision and mission of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
All proceeds of this event will go to support the JSO Community Engagement Program
RSVP 517-795-2895 - Donna Lake
John Cross ~ Rick Davies ~ Carl English
Mark Rosenfeld ~ Mary Spring
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Country Club of Jackson
Jackson, Michigan
6:00 p.m. Social Hour • 7:00 p.m. Dinner
Cash Bar
Entertainment
$100 per person - $75 tax deductible
The Golden Baton Award is given to individuals who, through their extraordinary generosity and years of dedicated service, have significantly advanced the vision and mission of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
All proceeds of this event will go to support the JSO Community Engagement Program
RSVP 517-795-2895 - Donna Lake
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Review of Sunday's Concert
“When I taught German, I wanted my students to know something about German culture, too. So we had a unit on German art. They practiced adjective endings while describing paintings of German artists. For some reason, music seemed to be harder to include in regular class work. Finally I settled on having them write impromptu themes to music by the famous German composers. The only problem was that they only wanted to write to Bach – no Beethoven, Mozart, or any other German composers. All I can add to Sunday afternoon’s concert is that there would have been 20 years of delighted third and fourth year German students, as well as their teacher. It was a wonderful concert!”
Val Bullen
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
JSO on WKAR April 28
Music Director Stephen Osmond will lead the Jackson Symphony Orchestra in Respighi's "The Pines of Rome" at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday, April 28 on 90.5 WKAR. The Orchestra was recorded live in concert October 13, 2007 at Jackson Community College's Potter Center Music Hall.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Talented local musicians in spotlight at JSO concert
The Jackson Symphony Orchestra’s grand finale for the 2010-2011 season will feature six of the JSO’s regular orchestra members as soloists, plus the world premiere of Dr. Bruce Brown’s composition titled Conversations and Dreams.
Also on the program are Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Joseph Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, Charles Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Orchestra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to the opera Cosi fan tutte.
Soloists include principal flute, Richard Sherman, and other key members of the orchestra — Clyde McKaney, viola; Ji Hyun Kim, violin; Daniel Thomas, cello; Steven Newton, bassoon; and Jan Eberle, oboe.
Brown, who is composer-in-residence for the JSO, previewed portions his composition at the first four concerts of the season. The work has an unusual twist which is a secret until the performance.
“It has been most enjoyable to share the creative process with the audience this year and to have them looking over my shoulder as Conversations and Dreams took shape,” Dr. Brown said. “The piece grew out of my fascination with the ways that men and women communicate with each other, and sometimes fail to, despite their best intentions!”
“The first, third and fifth movements - Date Night, Shopping and Could It Be Love? — have some fun with conversation between men and women, which some have called a cross-cultural experience. As I worked with the music, the concept grew to include some things that I feel are among the most important in life,” Dr. Brown explained. “The Daydream movement explores our hopes, the secret things we long for and may be afraid even to tell our closest friends about. The Nightmare deals with our fears, the things we dread at our most vulnerable moments. The finale, Soaring, celebrates those joyous moments when we experience the healing and fulfilling power of love.”
The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Potter Center at Jackson Community College. Titled Our Own Back Yard, this concert is one in a series featuring the many talented musicians who currently play in our orchestra or grew up in Jackson.
Willis & Jurasek, CPAs & Consultants, are sponsoring the concert. Melling Automotive is the sponsor for the guest artists.
Individual tickets for the May 7 concert are $18, $27, $32. They may be purchased online at www.JacksonSymphony.org; by phone at 517-782-3221; or in person at the JSO Box Office, 215 W. Michigan Ave., downtown Jackson. All ticket holders are invited to attend the complimentary and highly acclaimed pre-concert lecture that Dr. Brown hosts. Backstage Glimpses, sponsored by Allegiance Health, takes place at 7 p.m. in the Federer Rooms off the main floor lobby in the Potter Center.
NOTE: The Jackson Symphony Orchestra is a community resource providing performances of the classics and popular music, a community music school with private and group instruction and numerous educational programs for students of all ages. The organization owns a 30,000-square-foot facility in the heart of downtown Jackson which not only serves as an administrative, rehearsal, and recital performance space for the orchestra but also is home to the Jackson Youth Symphony, the Jackson Chorale and Children's Choir, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and JSO Community String Ensemble. The orchestra primarily performs at the world-class Music Hall of the Jackson Community College Potter Center and other venues in town including several churches, the County Fairgrounds and Michigan Theatre.
Also on the program are Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Joseph Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, Charles Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Orchestra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to the opera Cosi fan tutte.
Soloists include principal flute, Richard Sherman, and other key members of the orchestra — Clyde McKaney, viola; Ji Hyun Kim, violin; Daniel Thomas, cello; Steven Newton, bassoon; and Jan Eberle, oboe.
“It has been most enjoyable to share the creative process with the audience this year and to have them looking over my shoulder as Conversations and Dreams took shape,” Dr. Brown said. “The piece grew out of my fascination with the ways that men and women communicate with each other, and sometimes fail to, despite their best intentions!”
“The first, third and fifth movements - Date Night, Shopping and Could It Be Love? — have some fun with conversation between men and women, which some have called a cross-cultural experience. As I worked with the music, the concept grew to include some things that I feel are among the most important in life,” Dr. Brown explained. “The Daydream movement explores our hopes, the secret things we long for and may be afraid even to tell our closest friends about. The Nightmare deals with our fears, the things we dread at our most vulnerable moments. The finale, Soaring, celebrates those joyous moments when we experience the healing and fulfilling power of love.”
The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Potter Center at Jackson Community College. Titled Our Own Back Yard, this concert is one in a series featuring the many talented musicians who currently play in our orchestra or grew up in Jackson.
Willis & Jurasek, CPAs & Consultants, are sponsoring the concert. Melling Automotive is the sponsor for the guest artists.
Individual tickets for the May 7 concert are $18, $27, $32. They may be purchased online at www.JacksonSymphony.org; by phone at 517-782-3221; or in person at the JSO Box Office, 215 W. Michigan Ave., downtown Jackson. All ticket holders are invited to attend the complimentary and highly acclaimed pre-concert lecture that Dr. Brown hosts. Backstage Glimpses, sponsored by Allegiance Health, takes place at 7 p.m. in the Federer Rooms off the main floor lobby in the Potter Center.
NOTE: The Jackson Symphony Orchestra is a community resource providing performances of the classics and popular music, a community music school with private and group instruction and numerous educational programs for students of all ages. The organization owns a 30,000-square-foot facility in the heart of downtown Jackson which not only serves as an administrative, rehearsal, and recital performance space for the orchestra but also is home to the Jackson Youth Symphony, the Jackson Chorale and Children's Choir, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival and JSO Community String Ensemble. The orchestra primarily performs at the world-class Music Hall of the Jackson Community College Potter Center and other venues in town including several churches, the County Fairgrounds and Michigan Theatre.
Adult Education 103: Encountering Music beyond the Concert Hall
Encountering Music beyond the Concert Hall
We hear music in many situations outside of the concert hall, but often in ways that enhance and are enhanced by our experience with live performances. This series of conversations will develop some observations about our encounters with music and bring them back to our experience of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
1: Music in the Church
Western art music has its roots in the Church and has continued through much of its history to deal with religious issues. This lecture explores some of the more familiar examples of music in the Church, but brings in some surprises as well.
2: Music in the Home
Much of our experience of music is remarkably private, in our homes, in our cars, or even, with the advent of portable personal music systems, in our heads. We’ll question how this way of experiencing music changes our sense of music as a social act, and we’ll contrast it with earlier home music experiences, which have traditionally involved shared experiences in intimate surroundings.
3: Music in the Community
Organizations like the Jackson Chorale or Community Strings provide us with a kind of musical experience quite different from that found with professional ensembles. Members of the audience are often related to members of the ensemble, and the border between ensemble and audience is often blurred. Being able to identify with the makers of music can change our perspective on our experience of hearing them play or sing.
4. Music in the Theater
Whether we are listening to an opera or watching a movie, when we encounter music in a theatrical context, we understand it as a way of enhancing our insights into a group of characters interacting in a story. And things can get even more complex if those characters themselves are listening to music!
5. Revisiting the Concert Hall
With the insights we develop in our first four conversations, we will return to the concert hall, in the hope that what had seemed familiar and well understood can be heard anew as fresh and strange.
Monday evenings, May 9, 16, 23, June 6 and 13
JSO Board Room - 215 W. Michigan
7 to 8:30 PM
$50 per person for entire series (includes materials)
Anyone can attend - you do not need to have attended previous classes.
Register 517.782.3221 ext. 118 or sign up online http://www.jacksonsymphony.org/tickets_events/tickets.html
Taught/lead by Dr. Andrew Mead, professor of Music Theory, University of Mchigan. He is also an active composer, church organizst, member of the JSO Board of Directors and resident of Brooklyn.
We hear music in many situations outside of the concert hall, but often in ways that enhance and are enhanced by our experience with live performances. This series of conversations will develop some observations about our encounters with music and bring them back to our experience of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
1: Music in the Church
Western art music has its roots in the Church and has continued through much of its history to deal with religious issues. This lecture explores some of the more familiar examples of music in the Church, but brings in some surprises as well.
2: Music in the Home
Much of our experience of music is remarkably private, in our homes, in our cars, or even, with the advent of portable personal music systems, in our heads. We’ll question how this way of experiencing music changes our sense of music as a social act, and we’ll contrast it with earlier home music experiences, which have traditionally involved shared experiences in intimate surroundings.
3: Music in the Community
Organizations like the Jackson Chorale or Community Strings provide us with a kind of musical experience quite different from that found with professional ensembles. Members of the audience are often related to members of the ensemble, and the border between ensemble and audience is often blurred. Being able to identify with the makers of music can change our perspective on our experience of hearing them play or sing.
4. Music in the Theater
Whether we are listening to an opera or watching a movie, when we encounter music in a theatrical context, we understand it as a way of enhancing our insights into a group of characters interacting in a story. And things can get even more complex if those characters themselves are listening to music!
5. Revisiting the Concert Hall
With the insights we develop in our first four conversations, we will return to the concert hall, in the hope that what had seemed familiar and well understood can be heard anew as fresh and strange.
Monday evenings, May 9, 16, 23, June 6 and 13
JSO Board Room - 215 W. Michigan
7 to 8:30 PM
$50 per person for entire series (includes materials)
Anyone can attend - you do not need to have attended previous classes.
Register 517.782.3221 ext. 118 or sign up online http://www.jacksonsymphony.org/tickets_events/tickets.html
Taught/lead by Dr. Andrew Mead, professor of Music Theory, University of Mchigan. He is also an active composer, church organizst, member of the JSO Board of Directors and resident of Brooklyn.
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