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Sue Abram         4/18/2010 5:02:48 PM Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony--Pathetique My mother introduced me to classical music while she was taking a music appreciation course at Wittenberg University. Her favorite piece was Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony. I bought her the album for Christmas one year and after listening to it, I had to buy a copy for myself. I often wished I could hear it in person but since the time we moved to the Columbus area, the Symphony hadn't offered it---until now. My sister and I attended the April 17th performance and we were blown away by the performance! This was our first time for attending the Columbus Symphony, but I'm sure after hearing last night's show, it won't be our last. I just wish proper etiquette prevented us expressing our appreciation until the end--I thought the 1st and 3rd movements in particular deserved a standing ovation! Thank you, and "Bravo" to the musicians and the conductor for an exhilirating experience! Submitted By: Sue Abram Dick Swisshelm         2/23/2010 11:15:15 AM Concert on 2-21-10 We attended the CSO concert today. What a treat. I loved all three pieces. Sheri is not too fond of Adams, but I really like his "The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra". Amit Peled was really good. I liked his music better than Yoyo Ma's but that may have been the selected music rather than the soloist. Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 was fantastic. Your brass section was outstanding. The woodwinds and the percussion were also outstanding. If you could see the audience at all, the man who stood up immediately after all three selections in the center section (row A) of the Loge was me. Today's concert was one of the best I can remember in several years. We normally attend about 5-6 concerts a year. Congratulations to all of you and thank you for a great concert. Feel free to pass this Email along to any of your colleagues. Dick Swisshelm Submitted By: Dick Swisshelm Barbara McSheffery         1/19/2010 10:40:25 AM Childrens' concert January 17, 2010 Riffe Center concert was absolutely wonderful. How you kept a bunch of naptime eligible kids entranced for over an hour was outstanding. I am a Womens' Assm Volunteer and am a few years older than the children and their parents (combined ages) but you taught me a thing or two. I was thoroughly entertained and wished I could be a musician too. Keep up the marvelous outreach. Thank you !! Submitted By: Barbara McSheffery Pegi Engelman Linnabary         1/1/2010 6:46:29 AM Jean Harriman Just a note on Jean Harriman -- she was my harp teacher for years. She died on April 12, 1984. She was like a second mother to me. As far as i know, Glen Harriman is still around. He's remarried -- I played at a wedding with him a few years ago. Submitted By: Pegi Engelman Linnabary Chris Saetti         11/22/2009 8:17:38 AM Vivian Warren info request II Sorry, the message bellow was cut off. Here is the rest: Glenn founded and directed the ensemble Trombones Please, has arranged for bands and harp ensembles, and recorded with Dixieland combos. In 1979-80, the Harrimans were chosen the Ohio Musical Family of the Year. He played as a regular member of the Welsh Hills Symphony Orchestra until 2005. Jean Harriman was the harpist for many years back in the 60s and early 70s. She died sometime in the 70s I believe. Glenn also played the bagpipes and performed regularly on that instrument for funerals, weddings, parades, etc. The Harriman's son Jeff was a trumpet major at OSU and band director at Reynoldsburg HS. He retired from there a year or two ago. He would certainly have more information about his parents. We have no info on Mary Lane. Submitted By: Chris Saetti Chris Saetti         11/22/2009 8:06:12 AM Vivian Warren info request Vivian, We found the following info for you: Glenn Harriman (a 1996 bio for the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame) Having taken an M.A. at Ohio State University, Harriman established himself as both a first rate and musician and musical educator. He has taught privately for 56 years and has served the Columbus Public Schools for 32 years, directing bands at South High and Franklin, Starling, and Johnson Park Junior High Schools. He has also served as adjunct professor at Capital and Denison Universities and Otterbein and Wooster Colleges. For 20 years, Harriman was principal trombonist for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He has played with the Fort Riley U.S. Military and 52nd Ordinance Group Bands, as well as the Toronto Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Delta Rhythm Kings, Muscat Ramblers, Woody Herman, Vaud-Villities Orchestra, Cyndi Black Big Band, Elson LeFevre Band, among many others. He founded and directed the ensemble Trombones Please, has arranged for bands Vivian Warren         10/14/2009 9:40:27 AM roster and info. about past CSO musicians I am looking for info. on some of your past musicians. Just idle curiosity. I was looking for info. on Mary Lane, viola and Glenn Harriman, trombone and Jean Harriman, harp. Will you be adding more to your history section. Perhaps you could include rosters with past orchestras. Submitted By: Vivian Warren Barb         7/5/2009 5:37:31 PM 4th of July picnic with the pops concert My husband, son, and I attended the 4th of July concert last night. While I found the tribute to the veterans appropriate, I was very upset with the religious overtones which followed dluring the first part of the performance. The evangelistic song was very inappropriate. This was followed by 3 relligious references made by both the conductor of the symphony and the FOX tv anchor. The Fourth of July is holiday to honor the freedom that our country's forefathers fought to establish and that current soldiers continue to fight for. One of the basic premises is freedom of religiion. Our country does not endorse any particular religion. The audience was filled with people of various relilgious beliefs. I found the reiligious song and these religious references offensive and inapprorpriate for a 4th of July celebration! I spoke to others who shared my discomfort. In the future I would strongly suggest that the organizers of this event show better judgement when compiling the list Richard Small         3/15/2009 4:12:57 PM The introduction to the Musicians of the Columbus Symphony speech The piece is wonderful and I am sending the link to my four sons, one of which graduated from Berklee College of Music. He will gain much inspiration from it, as did my wife and I. Thank you for the wonderful words. Let me also say that my wife and I lead worship in a local assisted living facility in Oregon. We normally have many residents from the memory unit. For about a year, we had Perry. He had lost the ability to speak, but when we sat together and sang the songs he would hold onto my arm and squeeze it in time with the music, his face would flush, and he would weep. He could not articulate a single word, but the music brought a sense of meaning in the midst of his mental darkness. I believe that in that last year of his life Perry's only connection to his past life was through the music. For the past 40+ I have believed that God gave mankind music so that we could express ourselves in worship of Him. To accomplish that purpose music connects us in a subliminal way that trans Bonnie Lindquist         3/10/2009 6:40:13 PM Reply and affirmation To Karl Paulnack Dear Paul, So many times when I practiced piano playing as a young child, I had vague questions about why was I doing this, how long would I do it, and so on. I know a few answers to those questions, but not all of the answers. Your address to students answered those questions and more questions that I had posed over these many years. At 75, it was affirmation to and for why I have shared music all these years. My prayer to God these days is that he allow this body to continue to share his gift to me with others. Please continue your ministry of music to your students for many years to come. I truly appreciate that my friend shared your wisdom with me. When a parishioner shares their feelings and their thankfulness that the music I give, I say first that God gave me a small gift and that when they are moved, I am only the conduit from God to their heart. You affirmed that for me. Long may you wave, Bonnie Lindquist Music Director, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Ca