Quarter Notes

Greetings BSAV Members!

First and foremost, THANK YOU! As you probably already know, the past Tanglewood season was certainly a success, and thank you for your part in that. We couldn’t do it without you!

While you have read about what has happened elsewhere in this edition, I want to highlight things to come to put on your calendars for the coming months:

Wednesday, November 2, 6pm – Music 101 with yours truly in the Rabb Room, focusing on rhythm, followed by drinks at Westland at 7pm (cash bar)

Saturday, January 21, 8pm – BSAV Named Concert: 7pm Reception in Cabot-Cahners preceding the 8pm concert

Tuesday, February 7, 5:30pm – Zoom Happy Hour (interview with BSO musician TBD/learn about an orchestral instrument)

Tuesday, March 7, 6pm – Music 101 with, again, yours truly, location TBD, focusing on pitch/harmony, followed by drinks at Westland at 7pm (cash bar)

In Memoriam

At the BSAV, we work hard to recognize the passing of valued members of our community and the time and dedication they afforded us. We want to remember the following BSAV members who have passed since our last Quarter Notes issue:

Paul Arnold (TWD)

Miri Colvin (TWD)

Kit Dornbush (TWD)

John Reginald Gobel (TWD)

Shuey (Shirley) Horowitz (TWD)

Esther Kosakoff (TWD)

Norman Moskowitz (TWD)

H. Juergen Reiche (TWD)

Mary E. Voos (TWD)

Marsha Wagner (TWD)

If you know of the passing of a fellow volunteer, please contact the BSAV office at BSAV@bso.org so we may alert other volunteers.

New Volunteers

A huge thank you and welcome to our newest BSAV members who have begun volunteering in 2022!

Mark Alimansky

Lisa Beede

Lauren Behrman

Nicki Belt

Marc Berman

Donna Bernstein

Stephen Brodbar

Cathy Carter

Liyang Cheng

Douglas Clark

Nancy Curme

Bob Cutick

Chet Davis

Laurie Dowling

Joan Dwyer

Burton Edelstein

Susan Erdos

Dena Fisher

Alexandre Franco Garcia

John Gartner

Toni Gartner

Rita Gazarik

Robert Ginsberg

Myles Gordon

Phyllis Greenberg

Carol Gremli

Jack Gremli

Kelly Grems

David Haines

John Halpin

Naomi He

Wally Hersee

Ina Hoffman

Nancy Hoffmeier

Anne Holliday

Sonya Horowitz

Mary Hurley

James Hyun

Veronica Jarek-Prinz

Wendy Jennis

Jeanne Johnson

Mai Keklak-Meacock

Kathy Killeen

Oliver Klapper

Tina Kramer

Amy Laskey

Judith Levenfeld

Barry Meneghelli

Denny Meneghelli

Esther Messing

Harriet Miller

Lori Murphy

Beth Nathan

Sydney Neugebauer

Donna Noyes-Grosser

Nancy Ormsby

Bill Pelosky

Alan Ponanski

Steven Pyenson

Donna Quallen

John Quallen

Jonathan Rosenthal

David Ross

Myra Ross

Lin Saberski

Trish Shuart

Alan Tuckerman

Ashley Wang

Christine Zelehoski

Jeff Zimmerman

Factoids

Fun facts about the Boston Symphony’s history to keep you in the know!

When Serge Koussevitzky came to the United States in 1924 to conduct the Boston Symphony, he was surprised to learn that none of the musicians in the orchestra had received any training on their instruments at music schools or conservatories in this country.

Koussevitzky had always been interested in establishing an academy for advanced musical training for extremely gifted young musicians. He hoped to open such a school when he lived in Moscow, Paris, and Boston. However, it wasn’t until 1940, when Tanglewood and the Tanglewood Music Center opened, that his dream became a reality.

The Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) at Tanglewood is considered the world’s foremost training ground for classical musicians. The TMC offers intensive musical training and performance opportunities for emerging professional instrumentalists, singers, conductors, and composers, who are all taught by a faculty consisting of the finest musicians available. For the first few years, the Maestro himself instructed select conducting students, and Aaron Copland was the head of the composition department, a position he held for 25 years. Although jazz and pop are not included in the classical-focused curriculum, many of those who attend had and have successful careers in these musical genres in addition to classical music.

-from “Mr. Tanglewood,” the late Gabe Kosakoff, former Tanglewood Tour Guide and Tanglewood expert

Thank you all, and happy volunteering!

Erin Asbury
Director of Volunteer Services