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ATL SYMPHONY MUSICIANS

Atlanta Symphony Musicians Offer to Perform for Free with Choral Groups

8/17/2012

36 Comments

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
CONTACT: Colin Williams (404) 275-4997 [email protected] www.ATLsymphonymusicians.com 
Facebook: ATLSymphonyMusicians 
Twitter: @ATLSymMusicians

ATL Symphony Musicians Offer to Perform for Free With Choral Groups

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players’ Association has sat by in dismay for the past several days observing the ASO management’s disintegrating relations with Lassiter, Walton, and Grady High Schools, and the whole community.

As musicians who love to play with the talented choruses at these schools, we want to help resolve these ongoing issues.

To that end, the Musicians are making the following offer to Lassiter High School, Grady High School, and Walton High School: We, the ATL Symphony Musicians, will perform for free with the Lassiter, Walton, and Grady choral groups at their schools. Each school can use these performances as fundraisers and keep all of the proceeds for their benefit.

These good people are our children, our students, and our future colleagues and audiences. In short, the ATL Symphony Musicians are one community with them.

We look forward to these fun and exciting performances with some of the top student groups in America.

Colin Williams is available for interviews at the phone number and e-mail address above.

36 Comments
Minde
8/17/2012 09:29:18 am

Thank you for being a class act. You bring honor to Atlanta. :)

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Michael Smith
8/17/2012 11:46:24 am

This is awesome! Thanks for showing real class in this!

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John
8/17/2012 11:59:08 am

As a professional musician I am impressed with the proposals and reactions to the management's inept positions on these negotiations. Bravo to my colleagues for taking the high road!

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Kate link
8/17/2012 12:01:09 pm

WOW. What a wonderful offer. There is sanity in this town!

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Harry Hagan link
8/17/2012 01:34:16 pm

What a wonderful, grand, gesture on the part of the players!
Excellent! Many thanks. This will be long remembered, I'm sure.
Are there any grownups in mgmt? Awfully strange behavior, I must say.

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Davis Kirby link
8/17/2012 02:29:32 pm

That's class.

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Barb
8/18/2012 01:56:50 am

What a great way to show how much the professional musicians care about the important things --sharing the joy of creating music with younger musicians and mentoring them!

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Ariane Anderson
8/18/2012 04:08:26 am

Thank you, thank you! What integrity and class you are showing. You give me faith.

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Clay
8/18/2012 08:05:12 am

This makes me proud that I have moved to Atlanta!!!

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Nancy
8/18/2012 08:27:19 am

BRAVO! What a classy response to management's debacle.

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Joyce
8/18/2012 08:56:39 am

Thanks for bringing sanity back into the world of music! I, too, am a professional musician, as well as a parent of former Lassiter and Walton students. I applaud your decision to handle this situation with class and dignity.

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Carol
8/18/2012 09:13:52 am

Be sure to publish dates of concerts. We should fill the auditoriums with music lovers.

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mmty
8/18/2012 09:22:49 am

Thank you Jesus. There still some common sense left in our world.

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Jim
8/18/2012 09:45:25 am

Outstanding! Proud of you and all the musicians who support this. I think we should have a fundraiser for all of you as well with the money going directly to the players.

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Renee
8/18/2012 09:54:59 am

You guys are the best. Thank you for supporting reason with action!

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Lynn
8/18/2012 09:56:44 am

Simply awesome!

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Karen
8/18/2012 10:29:09 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAA so this is after you wouldn't let them (the kids) preform because there were too many whites??

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TheMadKing
8/18/2012 04:14:21 pm

Um, Karen, it was the ATL leadership, NOT the musicians, that made that call. Stay classy, not to mention so well-informed.

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DEEBEE
8/19/2012 01:18:01 am

Karen, is that lead word Alcoholics Anon many times over? Have you fallen off the wagon again?

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karen
8/18/2012 10:31:42 am

I am glad you changed you position.

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Wes
8/18/2012 10:32:17 am

The ASO musicians RAWK!

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Robert WiLLbanks link
8/18/2012 11:01:28 am

As a musician and former school band instructor, I commend the ASO musicians for their decision to make music with these three fine musical groups. I always taught that music, as the truly international language represented the connected diversity of humanity. Too bad the front office has been blinded by political correctness. If more people would just shut up; play and sing, there would be less dissension in our world. From my podium, I always emphasized the content of the musician's character over the color of skin or social station. It was all about aspiring for the best performance possible. By stepping up to resolve this public relations screw up and allowing these very talented young people to perform with the ASO for their school mates, you are serving the highest calling of being musicians.

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Rick Madison
8/18/2012 12:51:10 pm

Thank You!

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Fred Doane
8/18/2012 04:15:11 pm

Standing Ovation for the play that the ASO Player's Association made. It is in fact about the kids and the music, not the politics. Imagine how the kids felt until this announcement came out. Shame on the front office...

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Eric
8/18/2012 04:43:19 pm

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players’ Association has class.

ASO management...not so much.

Bravo to the musicians.

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stonedome
8/18/2012 04:49:35 pm

being a musician myself, i think this uncovers the integrity and class that so many people think are attributes that musicians don't possess...seems the opposite is the case.
these typical short-sighted bureaucrats had better be careful, all of those rich white people might stop attending along with their money...

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gsublh
8/18/2012 05:00:12 pm

Thank you for this statement...the arts future depends on the young and old who appreciate it...30 years ago I would watch y'all practice (yes I said "y'all") during the summer when my mom worked there, boy that is a great memory for me, that I did not realize until a few years ago...great music and art leaves such a lasting impression when it finally reaches you....so stunned by your senoir management's position, you'd think Lester Maddox was running the show over there...shame on you ASO mgmt...can't imagine how those kids feel at Lassiter and Walton, they just probably love singing and they are pretty good at it...and they couldn't sing cause they're too white....wow !

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Doodad Pro
8/18/2012 05:33:05 pm

Bravo! Thanks for sending a message about the true nature of music -- that it knows no race or color, only beauty.

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Born Free
8/18/2012 07:24:44 pm

What an inspirational example to set! Go ASO musicians!

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John Littleton
8/18/2012 08:17:34 pm

I'm so happy you are doing this for these young people. What a wonderful response to the nonsense decision someone made. Kudos.

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Richard Sullivan
8/18/2012 08:26:57 pm

Bravo! Brava! Bravo!

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LaurieK
8/18/2012 09:47:46 pm

...and so class and community spirit triumph over the pathetic banalities of political correctness. Bravo Atlantic Symphony Musicians -- your city is blessed to have you as its musical ambassadors.

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DEEBEE
8/19/2012 01:18:39 am

BRAVO!

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Big D
8/20/2012 10:54:13 am

After looking at a photo of the ATL symphony, y'all might be looking for new jobs. Not a lot of diversity.
Because merit is no longer the goal of the ASO but rather skin color, the new ASO will give us diverse looking atonal noise.

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Boat
8/21/2012 02:11:03 am

This shows TRUE class and buts my faith back in the ASO, which is to say the people that actually create the music.
About the only way this could have been at all better handled would have been to demand a resignation (or two... or three) in management, albiet that would have lowered the impact of how classy this was handled on the musicians part.

I've only attended the cobb symphony orchestra, and not the ASO, due to their being closer to my residence.. but after this I really must treat myself.

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stringchick
9/1/2012 12:03:44 pm

yes, of course, the ASO musicians want TO PLAY and be an integral and important part of the ATL scene. They are ambassadors for this community, and for our state. There is not another orchestra of this caliber within many hundreds of miles. But ....they do have to get paid enough to live here and support themselves and their family and keep up an expensive instrument - their axe. They cannot live on less and be expected to stay in Atlanta - there are other orchestras that would be thrilled to have them.

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