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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 2. 2022
Atlanta Symphony woodwind
quintent performs here June 6
Submitted by Calvert
Johnson, Casual Classics
The Atlanta Symphony
Woodwind Quintet is fea
tured as the closing concert
of the 2021 -22 season of Ca
sual Classics Concert Series,
Monday June 6, 7 p.m. at
Fellowship Presbyterian
Church, 389 Bent Tree
Drive, Jasper. The perform
ers in this ensemble are the
first chair players in the sym
phony on flute, oboe, clar
inet, French horn, and
bassoon.
The repertoire for wood
wind quintet dates from the
eighteenth century by such
composers as Haydn,
Beethoven, Danzi and
Stamitz, and continues to be
a favored ensemble today
because of the colorful pos
sibilities of these different
wind instruments, in contrast
with the more uniform tim
bres of violin, viola and cello
forming a string quartet.
Works on the program will
include contemporary works
by Ibert, Rostov, and Gersh
win.
There will be an opportu
nity to mingle with the artists
over coffee provided by Red
Bean Coffee before the con
cert, and during intermis
sion.
• Christina Smith is one
of the most sought-after
flutists in the country as an
orchestral player, soloist,
chamber musician, and
teacher. She joined the At
lanta Symphony Orchestra
as Principal Flute in 1991.
Smith serves on the faculty
at Kennesaw State Univer
sity and Emory University.
She performs on a vintage
flute made of 14K white
gold, handmade in 1950 by
Verne Q. Powell, and is
proud to be a Powell artist.
She lives in Atlanta with her
husband and two daughters.
• Elizabeth Koch Tis-
cione joined the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra as
Principal Oboe at the begin
ning of the 2007-08 season.
She currently holds the
George M. and Corrie Hoyt
Brown Chair.
Tiscione has a love for
teaching, and is currently a
faculty member at Kenne
saw State University. She
also has a small private stu
dio in Atlanta.
• Clarinetist Laura
Ardan was the youngest
principal clarinetist to join a
major symphony orchestra
when she became principal
clarinet with the Atlanta
Symphony in 1982. She has
been featured soloist with
the orchestra in works by
Mozart, Weber, Debussy,
Finzi, Copland, Shaw and
Rossini.
She is a founding mem
ber of the Emory Chamber
Music Society of Atlanta,
and teaches at Emory Uni
versity.
“Ardan’s clarinet demon
strated all the molten gold
color, the coloratura agility,
the suppleness in moving be
tween registers, the ability to
swell and expand a phrase
for expressive purposes that
characterize great singing.
She dazzled the ear with her
superb control of dynamics
and color.” (Boston Globe,
2002)
• Jaclyn Rainey is the
Principal horn of the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. Be
fore her appointment in
2020, Jaclyn was the Associ
ate Principal horn with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Third horn with the Atlanta
Symphony for four seasons,
Acting Principal horn with
the Naples Philharmonic as
well as Associate Principal
hom with the Louisiana Phil
harmonic. Rainey has toured
with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in
New York City and across
Europe, and with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic in
Asia, Europe and Mexico.
When not performing,
Ms. Rainey is an Artist affil
iate at Emory University, has
served on the faculty of
Georgia State University in
addition to maintaining a pri
vate teaching studio.
• Principal bassoon with
the ASO since 2016, An
drew Brady previously
served as principal bassoon
with the Louisiana Philhar
monic in New Orleans.
Brady is from Johnson
City, TN, where he began his
musical studies on saxo
phone but switched to bas
soon at age 14, after seeing
the quirky instrument at a
band clinic.
Four years later he per
formed on NPR’s From the
Top; and in 2010 he received
the Grand Prize in the
Pasadena Showcase House
for the Arts Competition, ad
judicated by members of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In January 2011, Brady per
formed Mozart’s Bassoon
Concerto with the Seattle
Symphony under invitation
from then Music Director
Gerard Schwarz.
While in Seattle, he gave
free public concerts as well
as interactive demonstrations
in area schools.
There is no charge for ad
mission, although contribu
tions are gratefully received;
donations from the series’
patrons cover the expenses
Andrew Brady,
Basson
of these concerts.
Following protocols es
tablished at the church, all
those attending are strongly
encouraged to wear masks
while inside the facility and
during the concert.
Casual Classics was es
tablished in 2007 by
Suzanne Shull, then a resi
dent of Bent Tree and mem
ber of Fellowship
Presbyterian Church. Over
the years, the series has fea
tured many soloists and en
sembles associated with the
Atlanta Symphony Orches
tra, faculty at Kennesaw
State University, and emerg
ing artists. With Suzanne’s
move to Atlanta, Calvert
Johnson stepped up to be the
new Concert Manager, be
ginning with the 2018-19
season. Members of the
Board of Directors include
Kelly Lohman, Lloyd Mc
Donald, Marc Unger,
Richard White, and Suzanne
Shull as past director.
For additional informa
tion, contact Calvert Johnson
at 404-373-0748 or
calvertjohnson@gmail.com.
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione,
oboe
Christina Smith,
flute
Jaclyn Rainey,
French horn
Laura Ardan,
clarinet
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Tate students get safety lessons
before the summer vacation
Everybody knows every
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children, so it’s nice to be
able to make a relationship
with each child and their par
ents.”
Now that the year is end
ing Tallant hopes all the chil
dren will come back next
year safely to see her again
and is excited to see the next
batch coming up as some of
them graduate to the middle
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Nurse Libby Tallant with students left to right:
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By Alex Goble
Staff Writer
agoble@pickensprogress.com
Libby Tallant, the school
nurse at Tate Elementary,
spent the final days of school
promoting summer safety.
She promoted bike, water,
and sun safety with what she
calls “goofy” ideas to make
the point stick with children.
“Kids remember stuff
when you do something
goofy,” she said. In an effort
to capture that, Tallant wore
her helmet, elbow pads, and
knee pads for the bike safety
day and on sun safety day
she wore a big wide-
brimmed hat with what she
called her “big funny sun
glasses.”
“When I talk to some of
the kids I hear ‘I don’t ever
wear a helmet,”’ she shud
dered. “It’s scary. And I’ve
had quite a few children
come in really burned from
the sun...I just try to figure
out ways to make them think
about it.”
Throughout the week at
Tate Elementary Tallant
spoke to the children over the
intercom each morning about
safety and sent flyers home
to parents about things like
watching for melanoma, how
to properly fit your bike hel
met and how to properly fit
your life jacket.
Then she spent the after
noons being silly in the car
line, to the enjoyment of
many as they passed on their
way home for the day and
eventually for the summer.
This is the first program
like it that anyone in the
school can remember
brought in by a nurse who’s
finishing up her first year at
Tate.
“It’s kind of like May
berry and I’m the new kid,”
Tallant said, explaining she
just started in August. “I
came to this and thought, this
is my perfect spot. As soon
as you walk in here you’re
comfortable and you feel like
you’re at grandma’s house.
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giving me the opportunity to serve our kids
and community through this important role as
a member of our Pickens School Board. I’ve
been blessed and encouraged the last few days
as many have reached out with their
congratulations.
Your vote has proven that the majority of our citizens, along with
myself, are dissatisfied with the behavior of three existing school board
members and their actions taken last year. I’m going to spend time
between now and the end of the year preparing myself for this role. I
look forward to working with our other new and existing school board
members towards our Pickens School system being the best it can be. I
desire your prayers for wisdom, discernment, and understanding as I
prepare for this role and step into it in January. With Cod’s help I will
seek to do my best for our kids and community and work with our
other board members to restore credibility and integrity to our Pickens
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