Quarter Notes

Greetings BSAV Members!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for a fabulous summer, and also for a great kick-off to the 2023-24 BSO season!

This summer at Tanglewood, we exceeded our sales goals, late summer had a nine-city, twelve-concert European tour, and following this, Chad T. Smith joined the BSO as our new CEO. We do not have a shortage of bright spots these days, and I look forward to many more to come.

While you have mostly read about what has happened, I wanted to highlight things to come and to put on your calendars for the coming months:

Monday, November 6, 6pm – Music 101 with yours truly in Rabb Room. Rhythm Review, introduction to pitch. Yes – we will all be ‘singing’. In my terms, that is essentially vocalizing pitch, so no fabulous singing voice needed!

Wednesday, January 24, 6pm – Music 101 with again, yours truly, in the Rabb Room. Pitch and intro to harmony. And yes, we will be singing in harmony.

Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2pm – BSAV Named Concert: 1pm Reception in Cabot-Cahners, 2pm concert

October 16-22 was National Estate Planning Awareness Week! Did you know that planned gifts of any amount made to the BSO, Tanglewood or Boston Pops in your will, trust, or as a beneficiary of your retirement plan will make a lasting impact? Visit bso.org/plannedgiving to learn more!

In Memoriam

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

Paul Barresi (Boston)
Stan Feld (Tanglewood)
Ann Hunter (Tanglewood)
Emma Kennedy (Tanglewood)
Mordy Lapin (Tanglewood)
Laurie Carter Noble (Boston)
Renee Rotta Pollack (Tanglewood)
Jean Marie Ryan (Tanglewood)
Richard T. Smith (Tanglewood)
Maryellen Tremblay (Tanglewood)

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.

Congratulations to our Tanglewood Year of Service Awards

5 YEARS OF SERVICE
Jackie Anapolle
Miriam Bazeley
Amelia Bergquist
Jane Brady-Close
Debbie Burke
Vivian Cunningham
Fran Farkas
Jeremy Farkas
Lisa Feldman
Fredric Friedman
Sarah Hatch
Janet Hinderliter
Helen Hodys
Penny Hudnut
Barbara Kiddle
Steven Krich
Michelle Kuzia
Vera Lecocq
Cathy Demain Mann
Anne Most
Barbara Myers
Gary Roosma
Loretta Scheel
Edna Schenkel
Leonard Schiller
Barbara Silverstein
Stanley Sokol
Laurie Spar
David Speyer
Arthur Starr
Linda Starr
Deborah Terrell
Carolyn Vandervort
Harriet Warshaw
Melvin Warshaw
Don Weisberg
Aviva Wichler
Todd Wolleman

10 YEARS OF SERVICE
Bill Ayres
Ruthann Bromley
Lisa Donovan
Mary Beth Eldridge
Stephen Foley
Nancy Kramer
Dorothy Lerner
Harvey Lerner
Peter McCallion
Michele Mestman
Steve Mestman
Carlos Murawczyk
Susan Murawczyk
Stan Nikkel
Len Price
Joyce Schwartz
Monica Sinclair
Sue Snyder
Mark Tully

15 YEARS OF SERVICE
Judy Boehr
Stephanie Gertz
Barbara Greenbaum
Curt Pader
Valerie Sheehan

20 YEARS OF SERVICE
Barbara Barron
Barbara Blank
Judith Hall
Lois Hobbs
Judi Kalmanson
Ken Kalmanson
Naomi Schwartz
Freya Segal
Tony Segal
Jill Sheer

25 YEARS OF SERVICE
Bob Inglis
Dean Inglis
Alice Levitus
Helen Radin
Arlene Schoen
Mel Schoen

30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Joyce Bacharach
Karen Carmean (car-MEAN)
Judith Corell
Eileen Jacobs
Carol Maynard
Doane Perry (Doughne)
Sabina Rosenblum

35 YEARS OF SERVICE
Moni Lapin

40 YEARS OF SERVICE
Herb Blum

60 YEARS OF SERVICE
Terrillyn Geer

50+ YEARS
Marvin Smith - 58 Years
Judy Stolzberg - 67 Years

New Volunteers

A huge thank you and welcome to our newest BSAV members who have begun volunteering in 2023!

Margaret Apkin
Stanley Axelrod
Craig Berger
Diane Bogdan
Michael Boyes
Yvette Branson
Claudia Brown
David Burstein
Kenyatta Cantrell
Susan Cohen
John Cramer
Sandy Divis
Dorothy Elkin
Jean Friedman
Mark Gilbert
Sharon Gilbert
Harriet Goldberg
Kimberly Gray
Ted Grems
Elizabeth Heller
Patricia Jennings
Heidi Johnstone
Elliot Koffman
Sally Laufer
Margot Lee
Sherry Levin
Mathew Lo
Derek Lynch
Haley Markos
Grace McMahon
Paul Menitoff
Rita Menitoff
Nancy Milbauer
Lisa Milberg
Debra Morris
Denise Murphy
Sean Ndungu
Robyn Newhouse
Jeff O'Donnell
Barbara Orville
Bruce Ostrow
Doyun Park
Barbara Petroulis
Kristen Reifsynder
Roberta Reynes
Judy Ruderman
Julie Ruth
Debbie Schneider
Ron Schneider
Mark Schulz
Michael Scotto
Suraag Srinivas
Pat Stanton
Arnie Stark
Joan Stark
Debbie Surowicz
Maureen Sweeney
Suzanne Towne
Barbara Trainor
Judy Turtz
Tong Wang
Liz Wedge
Caroline Wittschen
Rebecca Wolin
Susan Wolkoff
Linda Wooten
Kathleen Worthington
Elizabeth Zuch

Factoids

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

How a Saint may have been born on the Tanglewood Grounds

One of my personal favorites, and lesser-known stories about Tanglewood, is the story of Rose Hawthorne, later known in life as Mother Mary Alphansa. Rose is indeed the daughter of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was born in the little red cottage on Hawthorne Road near the Lion’s Gate that we currently use as study and workspace for composers.

Rose was raised in a home that did not practice any religion in particular, although her father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, did frequently include religious undertones in his work and is associated with Transcendentalism. After a failed marriage, Rose converted to Catholicism. Not only did she convert, but she became a nun. Not only did she become a nun, but she founded a religious order, which is still active and known as the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who serve terminally ill cancer patients.

Rose passed away in 1926, and in 2003 she was declared a “Servant of God”, which is the first step towards canonization (aka becoming an official Saint in the Catholic Church). In 2013, a “Decree of Validity” from the Vatican confirmed she is in consideration for sainthood.

Her Wikipedia article is HERE, and an interesting video of her history is HERE told by a current member of the order she founded. Disclaimer – the end is a little religious, but more explanatory as to why she did the work she did.

Thank You All, and Happy Volunteering!

Erin Asbury
Director of Volunteer Services