Monday, March 29, 2010

Dress rehearsal and performance with the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra March 27, 2010

TSO "Carmina Burana" soloists - tenor William Parsons, soprano Candace Taylor and baritone Tom Irwin - with Board of Director's President Remica Gray and Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie

 Congratulations to all the musicians and the many participating choirs for a super performance! And, thank you, sponsors.

Susan W. Rogers - photographer


The choirs, chorales and choruses

Texarkana Regional Chorale
Texarkana College Choir
Shreveport Chorale
Veritas Academy Treble Chorus







Board President Remica Gray and concert sponsor
Dr. George W. English, III - members of the chorale

MORE TSO Musicians (see previous TSO blog)

protecting your hearing







Lunch break at the Dixie Grill on State Line - good home cooking and a bit of wall nostalgia

Pre-Concert preview with Marc-Andre Bougie
a look at two German composers, Carl Orff and Richard Wagner

There will be 175 instrumentalists and singers on this stage

- - - - Time for the show to begin - - - -

Keep checking for the 2010-2011 TSO season on the TSO webpage and Facebook network.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Texarkana Symphony and Chorale present Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" March 27

"Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff coming to Texarkana Saturday March 27 7:30 PM at the Perot Theatre. With the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, the Texarkana Regional Chorale, Texarkana College Choir, the Shreveport Chorale and the Veritas Academy Treble Chorus, it promises to be "the" grand finale to the 2009-2010 season. Vocal soloists are:

Candace Taylor - Soprano
William Parsons - Tenor
Tom Irwin - Baritone

Marc-Andre Bougie, Music Director

Concert preview at 6:45 PM

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In rehearsal for Orff's Carmina Burana and Wagner's The Meistersinger

Susan W. Rogers - photographer

baritone Tom Irwin and soprano Candace Taylor
choirs in rehearsal

"Carmina" Soloists William Parsons, Candace Taylor, Tom Irwin
singers from the Veritas Academy Treble Chorus

The choirs



the Carmina men's sextet

'Cellist Pam Martin

TSO Principal Trumpet Clayton Harris

trombonist Ed Grissom and brass

horn player Craig Pratt and bassist Les Sellers

Three keyboardists - Mary Scott Goode and Amanda Roberts on piano

Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie - pre-concert review