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Surprise Guest Conductor Announced
Opening the October 4, 2003 concert by the Bartlesville Symphony will
be a surprise guest conductor, continuing the tradition of featuring a
symphony supporter in this enviable role. Music Director Lauren Green
has announced that this year’s conductor will be none other than
Juanita Green, popular former music teacher and also quite coincidentally
Lauren’s wife.
Each year at the Symphony Society’s Symphony Ball, the Silent Auction
offers symphony patrons a chance to bid for the opportunity to conduct
the symphony in concert. Past years have seen conductorial debuts from
ranging from diligent, well-studied efforts to conductors wielding leaf
blowers or large toothbrushes!
For many years Juanita had expressed to her conductor husband her desire
to get her chance on the podium, so at the 2002 ball, Lauren and Juanita
once again bid for the chance and were finally victorious. Juanita was
for many years a member of the orchestra’s horn section, so she
is looking forward to seeing the orchestra from the front instead of the
back for a change!
Since Juanita’s years as a band and choir director (not to mention
the accessibility of private coaching) have given her a slight advantage
over a number of previous guest conductors, she has selected a fairly
major work to conduct on the concert, William Walton’s Orb and Scepter
March, written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
The upcoming symphony ball is scheduled for November 2003, and will once
again include a chance for the next budding Maestro to bid on the opportunity
to demonstrate his/her podium prowess.
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