KEYN TES. Letter from the President A U G U S T 2018

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KEYN TES Letter from the President Summer has been sizzlin and so has the CSOL!

Hope you renewed your membership in time so that your name and current information is properly recorded.

Don t miss this opportunity to greet your friends following our summer break and the opportunity to meet a few new

So, feel free to invite someone you know who might be interested in what we do.

will sell for $25 (a 63% discount) get a start on holiday gift giving or just keep it for yourself!

October 6 th is the date for our Swanky Southern Soiree.

There will be valet parking and the Club is in a most centralized location.

to purchase from Paris and Rome and other opportunities to support the Symphony and our music scholarships.

Keep in mind: The number of attendees is limited.

A U G U S T 2018 We need many docents, members to sell advertising for the tour program, many cooks and/or bakers,

1 KEYN TES Letter from the President Summer has been sizzlin and so has the CSOL! The 2018/2019 Edition of the CSOL Directory is being published as I write. Hope you renewed your membership in time so that your name and current information is properly recorded. Our Fall Tea will be held on Wednesday, September 12th. Don t miss this opportunity to greet your friends following our summer break and the opportunity to meet a few new ones. This tea is open not only to members, but also to prospective members. So, feel free to invite someone you know who might be interested in what we do. And, bring cash or checks we have 8 mystery swag bags, each has $65 worth of CSOL-logo merchandise and each bag will sell for $25 (a 63% discount) get a start on holiday gift giving or just keep it for yourself! The celebration to open our new season is shaping up to be a grand affair. October 6 th is the date for our Swanky Southern Soiree. Festivities begin at 6:30 pm at The Country Club of Charleston. There will be valet parking and the Club is in a most centralized location. We will be serving delicious food (southern style), entertainment by Joe Clarke, a Silent Auction, curated gifts to purchase from Paris and Rome and other opportunities to support the Symphony and our music scholarships. Add the date to your calendar. Reservations can be made now, online at csolinc.org. Keep in mind: The number of attendees is limited. November 3 rd is the date for the Tour of Island Homes headed up by Sharon Bartshe. A U G U S T 2018 We need many docents, members to sell advertising for the tour program, many cooks and/or bakers, etc. Please contact Sharon at sharonbartshe@bellsouth.net to let her know how you will help. The opening Masterworks is the weekend of September 21 and 22. The first POPS of the season is scheduled for September 29 th. Hope you have your tickets! In case you missed it, the CSOL was able to donate a grand total of $210,000 to the Charleston Symphony this past season. We also dispersed approximately $33,000 in scholarships. Let s keep up the good work -- one and all -- by supporting our fundraising projects. Keep reading for full details on upcoming events and volunteer. Looking forward to seeing all of you really soon. Your Faithful President, Kitty Reid

CSOL SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES Over the summer, CSOL members were asked to recall the year they joined the organization (or in the alternative, who the

) Although not everyone responded, we did learn the following: 40+ years Joanna Latto - 52 years Julie Lamson-Scribner - 48 years Mary Ellen Ondo - 46

Creasman Shirley Harris Gail McGinnis Jean Matthews Nita Swann Marlies Tindall Jean Berner Sheila Christie Julie Fenimore Kathy Glick Sandra Gordon

If your name isn t listed, please email Lyn Magee, VP of Membership, at lynmagic@gmail.com with your information so that we can update our database.

experience. Meanwhile, the boutique s name also needs a facelift a boutique is what it is, not who it is. (We can do better).

com Thank you to August Keynotes contributors: Julie Fenimore, Sue Ingram, Lyn Magee, Kitty Reid, Karen Kichline Ruef, David Savard From Karen

B e c a u s e in J u n e, y o u c a n h a v e t h e s e l o v el y f l o w e r - f i l l e d p o t s on y o u r o t h e r w i s e b a r r e n p o r c

2 CSOL SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES Over the summer, CSOL members were asked to recall the year they joined the organization (or in the alternative, who the heck was president the year you joined?) Although not everyone responded, we did learn the following: 40+ years Joanna Latto - 52 years Julie Lamson-Scribner - 48 years Mary Ellen Ondo - 46 years 30+ years 20+ years Linda Manning Helen McCarthy Debra McKinley Marie Palmatier Lolita and Robert Reilly Sylvia Stallings Mary Whyte Erble Creasman Shirley Harris Gail McGinnis Jean Matthews Nita Swann Marlies Tindall Jean Berner Sheila Christie Julie Fenimore Kathy Glick Sandra Gordon Edith Haman Dottie Hardin Mary Nance Huff Please join us in congratulating and thanking our legacy members. If your name isn t listed, please Lyn Magee, VP of Membership, at lynmagic@gmail.com with your information so that we can update our database. Have a favorite recipe from Music, Menus & Magnolias, the CSOL s classic cookbook? which recipe and why you like it: jodiebeth@jbgalos.com We ll publish your favorites. The boutique at the 2919 Designer Showhouse is undergoing an update and for those of you who like to shop, we promise a unique and well-curated experience. Meanwhile, the boutique s name also needs a facelift a boutique is what it is, not who it is. (We can do better). The winner of the contest will be given $15 off their first Not-The-Boutique purchase. Submit your suggestions to jodie-beth@jbgalos.com Thank you to August Keynotes contributors: Julie Fenimore, Sue Ingram, Lyn Magee, Kitty Reid, Karen Kichline Ruef, David Savard From Karen Kichline Ruef: Why bid at the CSOL Swanky Southern Soiree Silent Auction on October 6? B e c a u s e in J u n e, y o u c a n h a v e t h e s e l o v el y f l o w e r - f i l l e d p o t s on y o u r o t h e r w i s e b a r r e n p o r c h, c o u r t es y of W e n d y S a n g, p r o p r i et o r of G a r d e n P i x i es, w h o d o n a t e d h e r s er v i c e s as an a u ct i o n i t e m at J a n u a r y s G a l a. ( I n a d d i t i o n to p l a n t i n g t h e f l o w e r s, W e n d y g r o u p e d t h e p o t s in a m a n n er t ha t was d i f f e r en t f r o m a n y t hi n g I t r i e d t h e j o y of w o r k i n g w i t h an e x p er t. ) G e t r e a d y to b i d s o o n on t he S w a n ky S o u t h er n S o i r e e s f a n t a s t i c s e l e c t i o n of u n u s u a l i t e m s!

C S O L 2018-2019 B O A R D W H A T S I N T H E B A G?

$25 PER BAG. Be one of the lucky ones get a head start on your holiday shopping (or just keep the swag yourself. That works too). Checks and cash only.

David Savard Jodie-Beth Galos Sue Ingram Patti Tully Lorraine Perry Don and Kitty Reid Bob and Ornella Gebhardt Sharon Bartshe, Becky Hilstad Jodie-Beth Galos Susan Leggett Karen Kichline Ruef 2018

benefiting the $45 Special Rate Tickets through November 2; $50 on day of the tour Free Concert by the Charleston Symphony at 5 pm, East Beach Conference Center, Kiawah Island Courtesy of the Town of

3 C S O L B O A R D W H A T S I N T H E B A G? $65 of Mystery Merchandise At the September 12 Fall CSOL Membership Tea, 8 lucky members will take home shopping bags filled to the brim with mystery CSOL-themed merchandize, valued at $65+ for ONLY $25 PER BAG. Be one of the lucky ones get a head start on your holiday shopping (or just keep the swag yourself. That works too). Checks and cash only. E x e cutive C o mmittee President Treasurer Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary VP Long Range Planning VP Projects VP Membership VP Education Past President Parliamentarian Standing Committees Advocacy Audience Development Bylaws Communications Newsletter Member Events Nominating Sponsorship Special Committees Car Sponsorship Gala Island Tour of Homes Merchandising Pursuit of the Podium Revels Kitty Reid Claudia Porter Faye Griffin Peggy Cross Susan Leggett Kathy Pease Lyn Magee Caroline Thibault Becky Hilstad Linde Mills Mary Davis Julie Fenimore Karen Kichline Ruef David Savard Jodie-Beth Galos Sue Ingram Patti Tully Lorraine Perry Don and Kitty Reid Bob and Ornella Gebhardt Sharon Bartshe, Becky Hilstad Jodie-Beth Galos Susan Leggett Karen Kichline Ruef 2018 SYMPHONY TOUR OF ISLAND HOMES Saturday, November 3 10 am 4 pm Sponsored by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League, Inc. benefiting the $45 Special Rate Tickets through November 2; $50 on day of the tour Free Concert by the Charleston Symphony at 5 pm, East Beach Conference Center, Kiawah Island Courtesy of the Town of Kiawah Island Arts and Cultural Events Fund (No ticket required) ATTEND THE 14TH ANNUAL S O V A R O U N D T A B L E The Greensboro Symphony Guild invites you to Greensboro, NC for the 2018 Southeastern Orchestra Volunteer Association Roundtable on Monday, October 8th and Tuesday, October 9th at the O'Henry Hotel. *Early arrivals arts crawl for Sunday, October 7. SOVA s mission is to support and share ideas, best practices, resources, expertise, skills and strategies for audience development, fundraising and marketing. Special room rate for the Roundtable is $185 per night and will include a buffet breakfast every morning and a $10 voucher to the onsite restaurant or one of the other restaurants in the corporation. For more information, go to the SOVA website 3

CSO Spotlight: Interview with Kellen Gray Kellen Gray recently joined the Charleston Symphony as Assistant Conductor and Music Director of the CSYO.

2016-18. Before leaving Chicago, Kellen made his Chicago Symphony Center debut.

4 CSO Spotlight: Interview with Kellen Gray Kellen Gray recently joined the Charleston Symphony as Assistant Conductor and Music Director of the CSYO. Previously Kellen served as Project Inclusion Freeman Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor at Chicago Sinfonietta while fulfilling duties as Associate Conductor of the Columbus Ballet (GA) from Before leaving Chicago, Kellen made his Chicago Symphony Center debut. From , Kellen was Assistant Conductor at the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Valdosta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Also in 2016, he was one of eight Conducting Fellows at the Eastern Music Festival. Since 2015, Kellen has been a frequent Guest Conductor for the Georgia Independent Schools Association All- Select Honors Orchestra. Kellen received his earliest musical training from the public school system of South Carolina. He earned an undergraduate degree in Violin Performance and an Artist s Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University (GA), and his Master s degree in Orchestral Conducting from Valdosta State University. Q: Did you grow up conducting imaginary orchestras? A: [Laughs] No. I wanted to be a paleontologist, studying dinosaurs or a herpetologist, studying amphibians. I was the kid with all the snakes, frogs and lizards. In 6th grade music class, I was introduced to the violin, and mostly taught myself until the age of 17. When it was time to apply for college, I realized I didn t love math but I did love music. Q: That s a leap. A: Because I lacked formal training, getting into college to study music was going to be a stretch but I was lucky: One of my father s former college professors heard me play, decided I was talented and took me under his wing. We worked really, really hard to get me ready for auditions in a fairly short period of time. Q: Your background as a conductor is unconventional state schools, no big name conservatories. A: Yes, I took the unpaved roads to a music career, but I had great mentors. I found strength in that sense of otherness. But I m glad -- it s what made me an advocate for diversity, inclusion and equality in classical music. But, (at the risk of sounding weird), I had another experience that impacted my thinking about orchestras: I was a beekeeper for a number of years. Q: Huh? A: I worked for the Savannah Bee Company for about four years. Honeybees are the most selfless creatures. (An ill bee leaves the hive so not to infect the others, for example). As a musician and wouldbe conductor, my experiences as a beekeeper changed me: I began listening across the ensemble more, not just to me. I love that as a conductor, I also help connect the orchestra and the audience. It s all about community; I feel I contribute more civically as a conductor than I was capable as a violinist. Q: Tell us about your focus on youth orchestras. Kellen Gray A: I didn t play in one growing up the nearest youth orchestra was 30 miles away and I couldn t have afforded to go. But, when I look at the role music has played in my world, music gave me a chance to have a far better life than I d otherwise have had. As a guest speaker at the League of American Orchestras, I discussed how difficult it is to become something that you can t see. Kids need to see diverse role models in order for them to dream of becoming conductors, herpetologists, you-name-it. Q: What do you bring to the symphony and the CSYO? A: One of the things that Ken [Lam] said to me early on was, At the symphony, we each wear many hats. If you re good at something you ll get to do it a lot. For the youth orchestra, the heritage that birthed music is extremely important -- like the soil is to a seedling. Music is more than sounds. Music has meaning and these young musicians need to understand how a piece was relevant when it was composed but also how it reflects today s world. Since this is about being part of an ensemble, a community, I want to help students take their experiences from the real world and translate them as a group into something powerful in the auditorium. But I also want the reverse: Learning that goes from the stage to the real world. Like being a beekeeper provide the basics and the bees thrive on their own. My job is to provide the conditions for success; these student-musicians will do the rest.

5 M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S! D A T E EVENT L O C A T I O N T I M E 9/12/18 CSOL Fall Membership Tea Hosted by Ledlie Bell, 1 Johnson Road, The Crescent, Charleston :00 4:00 pm 9/20/18 Feed the Musicians CCPL Calhoun Street Library 12:00 pm 10/6/18 Swanky Southern Soirée Country Club of Charleston 6:30 10:30 pm 10/8-9/18 SOVA Roundtable O Henry Hotel, Greensboro, NC All Day 10/13/18 Instrument Petting Zoo: Star Wars CCPL Calhoun Street Library TBD 10/25/18 Feed the Musicians Spoleto Office 12:00 pm 10/26/18 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 11/3/ Symphony Tour of Island Homes (They re Beauties!) 10:00 am 4:00 pm 11/3/18 Free Charleston Symphony Concert Sponsored by the Town of Kiawah Arts & Cultural Events Fund East Beach Conference Center, Kiawah Island 5:00 pm 11/16/18 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 11/17/18 CSYO Concert Gaillard Center 2:00 pm 12/12/18 CSOL Membership Holiday Tea TBD 2:00 4:00 pm 1/4/19 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 1/19/19 Instrument Petting Zoo: Saltwater Sounds SC Aquarium 9:30 11:00 am 2/1/19 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 2/23/19 Instrument Petting Zoo: Saltwater Sounds SC Aquarium 9:30 11:00 am 3/1/19 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 3/3/19 CSYO Concert Lightsey Chapel, North Charleston 3:30 pm 3/19-4/19 Designer Showhouse TBD 10:00 am -- 4:00 pm 3/23/19 Instrument Petting Zoo: Saltwater Sounds SC Aquarium 9:30 11:00 am 3/29/19 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 4/19/19 Coffee with the Maestro CCPL Calhoun Street Library 10:00 am 5/5/19 Student Scholarship Recitals TBD TBD 5/20/19 CSYO Concert Piccolo Spoleto Location TBD TBD

KEYN TES. Letter from the President

KEYN TES. Letter from the President KEYN TES D E C E M B E R 2018 Letter from the President At this time of the year, just about everyone is in the throes of holiday activities. It s all very exciting as well as very exhausting. I trust,