GJ SYMPHONY GUILD NOTES
Fall 2019
Lunch Bunch
Getting together just the
Friday before a concert isn’t
enough. That’s why we make
room for Lunch Bunch on our calendars. It’s a
time set aside for non-business catch-up and
conversation. Plan on arriving at 11:30 am for
lunch at Octotillo Restaurant at Mesa Golf
Course next on Oct. 10. Let Cathy Zippert know
two days in advance so our table will be set up
for the correct number. Later Lunch Bunch
dates will be announced.
Maestro Matters
Maestro Latshaw posted this striking black and
white photo of Music Under the Stars on his
Facebook page.
Charles will again hold a New Dimensions class,
“Orchestra Conductors and What They Do:
Demystifying the Maestro.” Put into simpler
terms, according to Charles, “see how the
sausage is made.” Class attendees will also be
invited to a rehearsal of “Franckly Vivaldi.”
Member Note
Facing new health challenges, Jane Schmoll has
moved to a Solstice Senior Living apartment.
Send a “Best Wishes” card or note to her at
3260 N 12th St, #312, Grand Junction 81506.
New Member Profile
Sherry Bright moved to
Fruita in 2018 from
Evergreen in the Front
Range, where she’d lived for
the prior 12 years. She is
semi-retired as a consultant,
mostly in health care, in
areas of performance
improvement and strategy, following a long
career within hospital systems. She and her
husband Alan Rowe look forward to fully
engaging in the Grand Valley community.
Pencil in on your calendar these
upcoming Guild and Symphony-
events.
Oct. 6 – Oktoberfest
Nov. 9 – Boots, Buckles and Bling
Nov. 21 – Hot Sardines
Dec. 5 – Candlelight Dinner
Dec. 20 – Sinners and Saints
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Office manager Quiz Answers

Amanda
Chipchase and
husband Jack
welcomed baby
August on
Aug. 26. He
weighed a healthy
seven pounds, 5
ounces, was 20 ¼
inches long, and
sports an
incredible head of
black hair.
2019– 2020 GJ Symphony Guild Officers

President – Sheryl Fitzgerald,

Sheryl Fitzgerald presented a $25,000 check
from the Guild to a grateful Kelly Anderson at
our September meeting.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to
go far, go together.
243-6006, buttolph@bresnan.net
Vice-President – Sharon Lovell,
994-9698, ablovell@yahoo.com
Secretary—Sandy Peterson,
(303) 653-1941, sjp.88@outlook.com
Treasurer – Lynne O’Connell,
(510) 798-2527,
lynneoc0131@gmail.com
Events Coordinator – Susan Hanson,
(630) 253-5360, shanson55@att.net
Membership Coordinator – Mica Quint,
462-4261, mica@brayandco.com
President Advisor – Barbara Burgeson,
270-9975, burgy4@gmail.com
Board meetings are generally once a month.
If you have something you’d like discussed
at a general meeting, contact Sheryl
Fitzgerald so it can be put on the agenda.
You are welcome to sit in on board
meetings, Let Sheryl know if you plan to
attend.

African proverb
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Fabulous Find
A gem of a restaurant
is Chez Lena.
Operated by students
and instructors of the
culinary arts program of Western Colorado
Community College, Chez Lena offers a lunch
menu that reads like one from a three-star
restaurant. Single entrees are $8 and $9, and a
prix fixe lunch of salad, chef’s menu entrée and
dessert is just $14.99. Open Monday through
Friday, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, Chez Lena is in a
WCCC building at 2508 Blichmann Ave.
Rehearsal Invitation
One of the benefits of Guild
membership is the
opportunity to sit in on
orchestra rehearsals. See and
hear how a concert comes
together at a Tuesday
rehearsal. Room 005 in CMU’s
Moss Performing Arts Center allows for an
upfront and personal experience unlike that
from a seat in the theatre.
Rehearsals run from 7 – 9:30 pm, but only the
musicians must stay the entire time. Just follow
the music when you get to the building. Parking
is free in the university garage and surface
parking lots after 6 pm. The schedule is –
Oct. 15* – “Franckly Vivaldi”
Feb. 4 – “Beethoven and Haydn”
Feb. 25 – “Still and Strauss”
March 31— “Schubert the Great”
May 5— “Ode to Joy”
* New Dimensions students also invited.
Fall 2019
Music at Noon
A Little Noon Music is back at the First United
Methodist Church (5th and White) for another
season of free concerts on the second
Wednesday of the month. Performances begin
at 12:15 pm and last 30 to 40 minutes. We’ll
especially want to attend the December
performance with Kelley Latshaw. You’ll also
recognize many orchestra members among the
performers. Upcoming are –
Oct. 9 – Brian Hanly on violin and
William David on piano
Nov. 13 – CMU Vocal Arts Ensemble
and Orchestra
Dec. 11 – Kelley Latshaw on flute and
Arthur Houle on piano
Jan. 8 – John Ahern, flute and
harpsichord
Feb. 12 – Brian Krinke, violin and piano
March 11 – Jun Watabe, clarinet and
saxophone, and Susan Ellinger, piano
April 8 – Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello, and
Phoenix Park-Kim, piano
May 13 – CMU Vocal Arts Ensemble
When you have something
you’d like to share—happy news or sad, an
upcoming event, a local “find,” a photo
memory, whatever – please drop a line to
newsletter editor Carolyn White at
cswhite60614@yahoo.com or call her at
549-0439.
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Match the Musician and the Quote

1 All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song. a. Bela Bartok

2 To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not b. Thomas Beecham
quite enough time.
3 I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have c. Keith Richards
to.
4 Competitions are for horses, not artists. d. Louis Armstrong

5 It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is e. John Cage
touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will
play itself.
6 There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and f. Robert Schumann
finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in
between.
7 Let me be clear about this: I don’t have a drug problem. I have g. Igor Stravinsky
a police problem.
8 In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune h. Duke Ellington
that nobody else has thought of.
9 Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. i. Johann Sebastian Bach

10 I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that j. Paul McCartney
every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to
my left and another to my right.
11 There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song k. Elvis Presley
that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts
longer.
12 I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m l Leonard Bernstein
frightened of the old ones.