Sept-Oct Newsletter - Knoxville Symphony League

vol. XXXVII no. 1, September/October 2016
KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY LEAGUE NEWSLETTER
Words from the President...
T
he Aram Era has begun! Maestro Aram
Demirjian secured creative command of
the baton with his debut performance at the
fabulous fourth of July concert in our World’s
Fair Park. The Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series begins September 15&16 at
the Tennessee Theatre with Russian Passion:
Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Individual
and season tickets are a mere phone call and
credit card number away as are tickets for the
Pops Series at the Civic Auditorium and the Chamber Series at the Bijou Theater. 865-291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com. Maestro
Demirjian will be the special guest at the September 21st Celebration
Luncheon. Look for your invitation coming soon. Aram, a most personable and enthusiastic visionary will meet, greet and speak briefly of
his forward thinking leadership of the KSO and its role in the artistic
and surrounding community.
Lest you think your KSL Board has spent the summer relaxing at
the beach or other exotic destinations - not a chance! The Executive
Committee, the Ball Committee, the Elegant Dining Committee and
the KSL 2017 Designer ShowHouse Committee have been diligently
organizing and pursuing their goals with sandals on the ground, cell
phones in hand and smiles on their faces. Ball Co-Chairmen Charleene
Edwards, Julia Shiflett and Susan White and their committee are
enthusiastically planning the RHAPSODY IN BLUE Ball at
Cherokee Country Club December third with exciting new twists,
entertainment and unusual live and silent auction items procured.
Look for your Elegant Dining catalog to arrive in early October
announcing events starting in October as organized by Barbara Furlong
and Elizabeth Offringa. KSL 2017 Designer ShowHouse Chairman
Elizabeth Grant and her team are scouting a most fantastic over-thetop house and are planning new and different methods and events.
Hear all about it at the September Celebration Luncheon.
The dedication and commitment shown by the Executive Committee and all the Chairmen of our major fundraising committees and
their members has me humbled in awe as I learn all those tiny behind
the scenes details that fabricate the KSL structure and performance.
Each member working in harmony will assure success of our purpose.
Always with a hug,
Come Meet the Maestro
The Knoxville Symphony League
invites you and your guests to the
Celebration Luncheon
Honoring Maestro Aram Demirjian
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
11:00 a.m. Social Hour
11:45 a.m. Luncheon
Cherokee Country Club
5138 Lyons View Pike
$45.00 per person
Please send checks payable to
KSL to Mrs. Carol Jacobs
86O8 Carter Grove Way
Knoxville, Tennessee 37923
by September 14, 2016
Please include name of table hostess or
requested tablemates with reservation.
Join the Knoxville Symphony League
in welcoming
Aram Demirjian, Music Director and
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Musicians
September 16, 2016 – 9:30 p.m.
Club LeConte Plaza Tower
Serving hors d’oeuvres and wine - Cash Bar
$65 per person
Payment to: Edie Volk
209 Chota Hills Lane, Loudon, TN 37774-2838
RSVP by September 9, 2016
Club LeConte Hosts – Tom and Evelyn Shaw
President, Knoxville Symphony League
C H E C K O U T O U R W O N D E R F U L W E B S I T E : w w w. k n o x v i l l e s y m p h o n y l e a g u e . o r g
EDUCATION
RUSSIAN PASSION:
RACHMANINOFF
AND TCHAIKOVSKY
September 15-16, 2016 • 7:30 PM • Tennessee Theatre
Aram Demirjian, conductor; Orion Weiss, piano
September 21, 2016 •
12:00 PM • Square Room
Featuring the Woodwind Quintet and the Principal Strings
Tickets include lunch from Café 4
MOZART AND
HAYDN
September 25, 2016 • 2:30 PM • Bijou Theatre
James Fellenbaum, conductor; Kevin Class, Piano
GABRIEL LEFKOWITZ AND FRIENDS
September 28 & 29, 2016 • 7:00 PM • Knoxville Museum of Art
Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin; Kevin Class, piano
PET SOUNDS LIVE:
A TRIBUTE TO THE
BEACH BOYS
October 7, 2016 • 8:00 PM • Tennessee Theatre
Enjoy hits from the Beach Boys’ hit album
Pet Sounds as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
VIVALDI’S THE
FOUR SEASONS
October 13-14, 2016 • 7:30 PM • Tennessee Theatre
James Fellenbaum, conductor; Giora Schmidt, violin
THE FOUR SEASONS
OF BUENOS AIRES
October 30, 2016 • 2:30 PM • Bijou Theatre
James Fellenbaum, conductor; Edward Pulgar, violin
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The Education department has teamed with KSO again this year
to provide some great opportunities for our members to participate in
the Young People’s Concerts in October. Eleanor Nichols will serve as
Principal Usher again and she is looking for people to assist her. Look
over the schedule below and see if you can volunteer to usher this year.
If so, please contact Eleanor and let her know your choice of days. (5791699 cell 256-1699 or email haljr8@comcast.net)
The theme is KSO Kids’ Guide to the Orchestra.
WED. OCTOBER 26 • 9:30 & 10:45 AM • CIVIC AUDITORIUM
THUR. OCTOBER 27 • 9:30 & 10:45 AM • CIVIC AUDITORIUM
FRI., OCTOBER 28 • 9:30 AM only • CIVIC AUDITORIUM
You will also have an opportunity to sign up at the September Board
meeting on Wednesday, September 21.
We will be supporting the Scholarship Fund for KSYO again this
year as well.
Margie Carico, VP for Education
KSL RHAPSODY IN BLUE BALL
SILENT AUCTION
The Silent Auction Committee is well underway and we are truly
excited about this year’s theme, RHAPSODY IN BLUE! Committee
members will be contacting you about vendors/donations from last
year’s Ball. You may bring any items to the KSL Board meetings and
luncheons. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please
feel free to contact Shelley Molen (865-604-0674) or via e-mail at
smolen@knology.net. We have already started securing items and are
excited about all of them! We are looking forward to a great KSL
Silent Auction.
Shelley Molen, Silent Auction Chair
SAVE THE DATE
December 3, 2016
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
BA
LL
2017
E L E G A N T
D I N I N G
The 2016-2017 Elegant Dining Committee has been hard at
work since early June on the new season of Elegant Dining. We
hope to equal or better our 2015-2016 season that raised more
than $49,000! We plan to mail the book by early October, but
want to pique your interest by mentioning our first two events:
Jan Crawford is hosting a “Obituary Party” at her home that
promises to be fun and light-hearted on Friday, October 14. ($50)
Audrey Duncan is hosting Bob Overholt, MD who will
impart his wisdom “How to Live to 150” on October 20th at
Cherokee Country Club. ($60)
Fran Dunn has graciously agreed to take “early” reservations
for these 2 events. Please email her with your reservation requests
at elegantdiningres@aol.com before the website is updated!
Thanks for your continued support of Elegant Dining!
Barbara Furlong and Elizabeth Offringa
Elegant Dining Co-Chairs
E L E G A N T
D I N I N G
Hoping you all enjoyed summer. I know everyone is buzzing now
that we have our new music director, Aram Demirjian, and are entering
into a new chapter for the KSO. And just in time to celebrate our 30th
consecutive ShowHouse! (or is it visa versa?)
We, the search committee, have been working very hard and hitting
the pavement this summer to obtain a house. I am hoping by the time
you read this edition of “Notes” our contract will have been signed
and we’ll be well on our way making preparations for a designer walk
through! We’ve had a wonderful response from our members who wish to
be involved with our event in April of 2017 – but we still have room for
volunteers. Most chair & co chair positions are filled, with a few still in
need of exuberant volunteers for this project. I think when you hear what
we are planning you will want to get on board!
Also, I am excited to report we’ve had a KSL board approved
change of title for our event. We are now known as the “KSL Designer
ShowHouse” (note the spelling) putting a “brand” with our event that is
easily recognizable as the Knoxville Symphony League’s ShowHouse, not
to be confused with any other show case/house tour/model home. Also,
we have all been brainstorming and have many creative ideas to report.
I hope to see everyone at our first KSL Celebration Luncheon this
September 21st. I will be happy to share ideas and new exciting plans in
our 2017 KSL Designer ShowHouse. Thank you.
Elizabeth Grant, 2017 KSL Designer ShowHouse Chair
WELC0ME
N E W
CATHY BRISCOE
1513 Buxton Dr
Knoxville TN 37922
asbcat@yahoo.com
865-232-9078 Mobile
Sponsor: Linda Haynes
DEANNA COOPER
8941 Hemingway Drove Cir
Knoxville TN 37922
dddc507@aol.com
865-531-9421 Home
865-256-9445 Mobile
Sponsor: Rose Mosley
BARBARA FRANK
5519 J Riley West Rd
Greenback TN
dddc507@aol.com
865-621-7107 Mobile
Joined: August 8, 2016
Sponsor: Mary Ellen Sweeney
M E M B E R S
SUSAN HYDE
9130 British Station LN
Knoxville TN 37922
hyde.susanhyde@gmail.com
865-806-7339 Mobile
RONALD C MITCHELL
504 Echo Valley Rd
Knoxville TN 37923
ronaldcmitchell@att.net
865-691-6347 Home
865-384-6341 Mobile
Sponsor: Dee Henning
CYNTHIA NELSON
1016 Stagecoach LN
Friendsville TN 37737
Apple5893@yahoo.com
865-995-2103 Home
865-776-3805 Mobile
JENNIFER PAYNE
3619 Clayfield Ln
Knoxville TN 37931-2159
Jenpayne55@gmail.com
865-927-5895 Home
Sponsor: Rhonda Webster
SUSAN SCHNEIDER
404 Schooner Ln
Knoxville TN 37934
susan@unitedcapitallending.com
865-344-0445 Home
Sponsor: Judy Henry
JOSEPHINE WARD
1949 Maple Hill Ln
Loudon TN 37774
jos@quotereward.com
865-458-0708 Home
412-983-1601 Mobile
Sponsor: Cyndi Klassen
DIANA ZELTNER
7900 Grousemoor Dr
Knoxville TN 37919
dianazeltner@aol.com
914-263-2429 Mobile
EVELYN SHAW
215Conkinnon Dr
Lenoir City TN 37922
evelyn@thermallabelwarehouse.com
865-697-7775 Office
865-963-9835 Mobile
Sponsors: Becky Paylor & Edie Volk
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Calendar of Events
SEPTEMBER
11 Symphony in the Park at Ijams Nature Center
5:30 pm | Ijams Nature Center
15, 16 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series
Russian Passion: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre
16 A KSL Welcome for Aram Demirjian, Music Director
& the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
9:30 pm | Club LeConte
21 Wednesday KSL Board Meeting
9:00 am KSL Executive Committee
9:30 am KSL Board Cherokee Country Club
11:00 September Luncheon
21 Q SERIES AT THE SQUARE ROOM
12:00 pm | The Square Room at Café 4
25 Chamber Classics
Mozart & Haydn
2:30 pm | Bijou Theatre
28, 29 Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series:
Gabriel Lefkowitz and Friends
7:00 pm | Knoxville Museum of Art
OCTOBER
7 News Sentinel Pops Series
Pet Sounds Live – A Tribute to the Beach Boys
at 8:00 pm | Tennessee Theatre
13, 14 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series
Vivald’s The Four Seasons
7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre
19 October KSL Board Meeting
9:30 am Cherokee Country Club
30 Chamber Classics
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aries
2:30 pm | Bijou Theatre
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES SEND TO:
KSLNOTES@GMAIL.COM OR CONTACT
LINDA HAYNES AT 865-209-0120
Sad Notes
LAURIE PELOT GOOCH
daughter of Merit Board member, Barbara Pelot
EUDENA KIRKHAM
mother of Board member Barbara Furlong
FRANK BARNETT
husband of past president Carolyn Barnett
LILLIAN O. JONES
former Board member
CHRIS (BARBARA) CHRISTENBERRY
Past-President and Merit Board member
CAAJ GREEBE
husband of Yellie Greebe, long time KSL member and former Board member
Are you on Facebook? If so, please “like” the Knoxville Symphony League
on Facebook. We are posting many new photos of our activities as well
as posting information on upcoming events! If you have photos you would
like to share please e-mail them to either Linda Haynes at Haynes3500@
yahoo.com or Jenny Kitts at jennyktts214@gmail.com.
Many of the Knoxville Symphony League members generously make a donation to the KSL in
memory or honor of a person who has been a supporter of music and/or the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
This donation goes directly to the Knoxville Symphony in support of their programs. The honorees names
appear in the KSO playbook given out at every concert.
If you are interested in honoring a friend or family member in this way, you may send your donation
to Linda Royston, 1831 Pine Ridge Road, Seymour, Tennessee 37865 indicating the name of the person
honored or memorialized. When you are making a donation, please make sure you include the contact
information of the family of the memorialized or honored person so that all may be informed of the donation.
Please report any serious illnesses, surgeries, or deaths to our Corresponding Secretary, Erma Prather
(eprather09@comcast.net or (865) 254-5063.) This will allow us to send proper responses in a timely manner.
Changes to the Membership Book Distribution
Because of postal regulation changes and changes to the processing
of bulk mail, your membership book will be mailed to your address.
We have to also change the binding. I am working with the printer to
make the binding as flexible as possible. We currently have XXX paid
members. XXX have resigned for various reasons. This means we need
to get busy and get new members to help us with our mission. Please be
patient as we try to comply with the rules of the post office.
2016/2017 KSL OFFICERS
President:........................................................................Rhonda Webster
President Elect:..........................................................Charleene Edwards
Executive Vice President:........................................................... Edie Volk
Treasurer:........................................................................... Linda Royston
Assistant Treasurer:.............................................................. Susan White
Recording Secretary:....................................................... Barbara Furlong
Assistant Recording Secretary:............................................... Judy Henry
Corresponding Secretary:.................................................... Erma Prather
Parliamentary Advisor:........................................................ Cynthia Sowa
Vice President, Communications:........................................ Linda Haynes
Vice President, Education:.................................................. Margie Carico
Vice President, Hospitality:........................................................Gail Smith
Vice President, Membership:............................................... Peggy Wilson
Vice President, Public Relations:...........................................Angela Pugh
Vice President, Season Tickets:............................................... Debby Fox
Vice President, Ways and Means:.........................................Stacy Moody
Merit Board Advisor:............................................................. Susan Yanno
Chairman, Nominating Committee:...................................... Becky Paylor