Dallas Symphony Orchestra League

6^th VP-Education & Community Engagement

Roberta Corbett

Cecil & Ida Green Youth Concerts
Annell Williams

TASO/Juanita Miller Concerto Competition
Jane Beard

Friedlander Competition
Jaclyn Braddy and Susan Vaughn

Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition
Robin Green

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Anne Bell with the Opsina family:Jorge, Cristina, Carlos, Ana Marie. The Ospina's come regularly to help with the concerts.

Cecil & Ida Green Youth Concerts
The DSO performs thewnty-four concert for over 40,000 elementary students each year at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Music and narration introduce children to the orchestra and free curriculum materials provide teachers with related classroom activities.

Dates:
              2009, October 6, 7, 13 & 15
              2010, February 2 & 4
                      March 26 & 31
                      April 1 & 13


TO VOLUNTEER contact Annell Williams at 214-696-0379 or annellhw@aol.com.

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Patsy Donosky, daughter of the late Juanita Miller, with the 2009 Grand Prize Winner Sahun Hong, a 14 year old student at TCU.

2010 Juanita Miller Concerto Competition

The Juanita Miller Concerto Competition will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010, in the Caruth Auditorium at SMU’s Owen Art Center.
In 1997, Juanita and Henry S. Miller provided the initial underwriting and subsequent gifts to fund this youth competition, which now bears her name. In this the 13th year of hosting the competition, Texas Association of Symphony Orchestras (TASO) continues to employ a professional approach for selecting the winners by choosing outstanding judges from across the country.

Jane Beard will be chairing the Hospitality for the event.

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Jamie Allen, Director of Education, with 2008 winners: Adrien May, 1st place winner and winner of the Chataqua Scholarship, Jane Beard, Deborah Brown.

2010 Friedlander Competition
The 2010 Friedlander Competition for Young Strings will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 1 to 4 p.m., Horchow Hall, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Sponsored by the League in memory of DSO musician Janet Friedlander, the competition is dedicated to support the young Strings program, and is open to Finale Division Young Strings students in good standing. The competition provides an opportunity for students to compete for scholarships to assist them in funding college tuition, summer study, or even the purchase of a new instrument.

First Place $1000

Second Place $700

Third Place $500

Bonelli Scholarship $1000 (given to highest placing junior)

Chataqua Scholarship $1500 (given to highest placing senior)

Scholarships will be paid directly to the appropriate institution at the direction of the student and their teacher. Small achievement awards for Overture Division students will also be awarded at the Spring Recital, based upon the recommendation of their teachers.

Jaclyn Braddy and Susan Vaughan are Co-Chairmen this year.

Robin Green - Chairman Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition

2010 Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition
The 2010 Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition will be held on Saturday, April 24th at SMU's Caruth Auditorium.
The Lynn Harrell Competition includes a five-state region where applicants send a recording of their performance. Judges chose eight finalists to come to Dallas to compete.

Past underwriters for the event have included: Roberta and the late Tom Corbett, Rita Sue & Alan Gold, Lynn Harrell, Nancie Rissing, Nancy Nasher & David Haemisegger, SMU and DSO Volunteers.

TO VOLUNTEER contact Chairman, Robin Green 214-521-3269 robingreen@mac.com

Honorable Mention Yuebing Lin, 2nd place Zhang Cheng, Lynn Harrell, 3rd place John-Henry Crawford, 1st place Adam Wu, DSO Director of Education Jamie Allen.

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2008 Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition Winners