ALTON'S ORCHESTRAL AND PHILHARMONIA OF GREENSBORO COMMENTS PAGE

Thought it would be a good idea to have a page for Alton to make comments about orchestral literature that he especially likes and his ideas as to what would be good orchestral programs for concerts in Greensboro and area and other areas. And also have an Orchestral and Philharmonia of Greensboro comments page for Alton's comments and information about PG schedules for rehearsals, concerts, trips, and other activities. Also, I will use this page for information about my plans and situation relating to my attendance at Philharmonia of Greensboro rehearsals, concerts, trips, and other activities as well as any other orchestra or orchestra project I may be participating in or working on.

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I think the LISZT PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 IN A MAJOR was an excellent selection for the Philharmonia to do this fall. Also I am really curious about that BAWIR PIANO MOVEMENTS FROM SYMPHONY OF THE AGES and looking forward to learning about it. I'm also looking forward to hearing Belgian Pianist Patrick Deheur perform those selections.

It is interesting that Russian Pianist Vladamir Mischauk will be performing the Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major. That concerto is a less familiar one than the Tschaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor. So I am looking forward to learning more about that one and playing in the orchestra next March.

My main suggestion for a symphont selection for the Philharmonia to do is Schumann's Second Symphony. I like the Scherzo of that Symphony. Listen to this Scherzo
. Hope you like it and will vote on performing this symphony sometime. Maybe we could at least read it in one of our reading rehearsals.

Another suggestion for a symphony selection for the Philharmonia to do next year is Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Antarctica Symphony." The RVW Sixth Symphony would be good to do also. How about the Hindemith Symphony in Eb

My main suggestion for a concerto selection for the Philharmonid to do next year is Beethoven's Violin Concerto or another one of the Paganini Violin Concertos or a Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto or maybe the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

What would be the problem with the Philharmonia performing a symphony like the First Shostakovich Symphony. How about Hindemith's Symphony in Eb or the Vaughan Williams Sixth Symphony? How about a viola concerto like the Berlioz Harold in Italy or the Bartok or Walton Viola Concerto? How about a Shostakovich Piano Concerto? How about a Wagner overture like the Flying Dutchman Overture?

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Here is a list of the members of the Greensboro Concert Band. Let me start with the FLUTE PLAYERS: Jane O'Hara, Michelle Amodeo, Jessica Bauman, MdGee Carroll, LAuren Collins, Anne Deutsch, Angela Hough, Drisana Jackson, Susan Mosher, Shelly Patrick, KAthryn Shirley, Jodie Taylor, Laura Todd, Jowayne Twiddy, Lola Weikel, Amy Zielinski, Tom Zirker. PICCOLO: Anne Deutsch. OBOE: Jennifer Hance, Gertrude Beal, Jennifer Vicarioli. ENGLISH HORN: Jennifer Hance. CLARINET: Debby Jones, Bruce Bailer, Shannon Blanton, Annette Carpenter, Alton Corpening, Kim Council, Diane Derrick, Megan Hansen, Nina Heard, Stepheni Heggedal, Melinda Lee, Florence Mason, Chuck Nance, Sandi Nance, Lauren Polinsky, Tony Roberts, Angie Quandt-Smith McNeil Smith, Gary Stephenson, Jackie Thompson, Sam West. BASS CLARINET: Chuck Cronham, Susie Piper, Katie Sparks. CONTRABASS CLARINET: Jim Furman, ALTO SAXOPHONE: Harry Shipman, Larry Sewell, Liz Stephens: TENOR SAXOPHONE: Max Sharpe, Richard Sprecker. BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Brad Sparks. FRENCH HORN: Laura Malone, Gail Hornaday, Susan Hunt, Wayne McElveen, Brenda Thompson. TRUMPET: Steve Gasiorek, Judy Coates, John Farmer, Randy Faust, Tara Hanby, Chrisopher Henry, Robin Hrdlicka, Tim Hutchinson, Richard Jones, Gordon Kellogg, David Limburg, Larry Millican, Jonathan Raper, Alan Smith, Richard Smith, Charles Van de Zande, Ernest Whichard. TROMBONE: Gene Bates, Mark Baran, Dan Booher, Don Bowden, Robyn Douglas, Jac Grimes, Bob Marlowe, Robert Myers, Tracy Tidwell. BASS TROMBONE: Roger Carmichael. EUPHONIUM: Keith Burroughs, Gary Anderson, Dick Lockwood, Jamie Meade, Jason Nichols, Laurie Rand, Ray Thompson. TUBA: Jeff Hrdlicka, Carl Collozzi, Randy Mintz. PERCUSSION: Jane Whichard, Jeremy Carter, Jason Elder, ERic Knoerr, Mike Lasley, Richard Sprecker. LIBRARIAN: Susan Hunt. So that is the Greensboro Concert Band Roster for this past November 14, 1998. These are people with whom I hope to continue to play my clarinet and get to know real well.

Well, I thought I might as well go ahead and post the members of the Philharmonia of Greensboro on this same page. So here it is - THE PHILHARMONIA OF GREENSBORO: VIOLIN I: Jane York, Frank Barefoot, Carla Boardman, Pamela Carrington-Holder, Karen Gilbert, John Gooch, Michelle O'Connor, Tiffany Sutherland, Jarrard Williams. VIOLIN II: Theresa Fox, Tom Berry, Michelle Clontz-Surles, Lilla Robinson, Sharon Web. VIOLA: Angela Toney, Alton Corpening, Liz Gillette, Bob Moyer, Martha Shannon. CELLO: Kellie Keyser, Nancy Clark, Hanna Kim, George Mavonikolas, Peggy Rooks, Rosemary Troxler. BASS: Dan Cook, Heather Lewis. FLUTE: Chuck Coltrane, Bethany Gertner-Kent, Laura Morgan. OBOE/ENGLISH HORN: Jim Bain, Julie Snyder. CLARINET: Michael Greene, Elly Saltzman. BASSOON: Larry Thee, Philip Atkins, Jacky Miller. FRENCH HORN: Robin Ergenzinger, John Horn, Tavick Linder, Catherine Seymour. TRUMPET: David Garrett, Stephanie Wilson. TROMBONE: Jim Martin, Matt Townsend, David Wulfeck. PERCUSSION: Lee Ponting, Eric Knoerr. LIBRARIAN: Jim Bain. This list is the members of the Philharmonia who played in the February 28, 1998 concert. Most of the members play regularly in the Philharmonia of Greensboro and some have been playing in ever sincd the orchestra came into existence and other players get back with the Philharmonia to play in other concerts.

Here are the e-mail addresses of some of the members of the Philharmonia: Return-Path: Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 20:37:37 -0500 From: "Nancy H. Clark" Reply-To: nanhcl@nr.infi.net Organization: InfiNet To: "Arnold, Mike" , "Barefoot, Frank" , "Berry, Tom" , "Cook, Dan" , "Corpening, Al" , "Dorsey, Sarah" , "Garrett, David" , "Gilbert, David" , "Gilbert, Karen" , "Gooch, John" , "Greene, Kristen" <"kayek@mindspring.com,kayek13"@hotmail.com>, "Greene, Michael" , "Gutter, Robert" , "Kent, Bethany" , "Moyer, Bob" , "Ponting, Lee" , "Rooks, Peggy" , "Stevenson, Jack" , "Thee, Larry" , "Toney, Angela" , "Vaughan, Brandon" , "Webb, Sharon" , "Weymann, Catherine" , "Wilson, Stephanie" , "York, Jane" Subject: Re: Wed. night rehearsal 12/7/98 Hello, Philharmonia members (with email)! In case you missed last week's rehearsal, here is a reminder...there is no rehearsal this week, Dec. 9th. Everyone have a great holiday...see you January 6, 1999!

Here are two e-mail addresses of a couple of my friends in Durham Dr. Charles Beauchamp: beauchamp.charles@durham.us.gov Sharon Sudarshan: ss35@acpub.duke.edu