TSO gives back to community with youth education concerts at Perot Theatre

Educational Concerts sponsored by Target Stores - January 22-2010 Violist Marcus Rose of Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA

TSO Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie rehearsing with the Educational Concert soloist violist Marcus Rose

Marcus Rose and his teacher violist Borys Smolaga

More info. and photos coming up.

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra delivers Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff

"Isn't it Romantic"

The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra came of age yesterday in its home at the historic Perot Theatre in downtown Texarkana, delivering a high volume concert (literally) that might have taken off the roof were it any louder. Mary Scott Goode, a founding member of the TSO four years ago gave an impassioned exhibition of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, a favorite with audiences around the world. The second half of the program featured Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, another romantic giant which offers every emotion you could ever want to hear and feel in a symphonic piece of music except boredom. And by the time the end of the 4th movement arrives in a huge loud horn call sound of cascading brass, winds, strings and timpani, the audience is literally overwhelmed and waiting to leap to its feet as the last notes finally disappear into the roof of the concert hall.

As musicians, we share a gift with the community every time we take the stage to play great works of music. It is what we do, it is who we are.

TSO presents Mary Scott Goode

Scott Joplin's home town

Horn player Jeff Taylor and bassoonists Todd Goranson and Josh Bumgardner

Uh, I think I have a stand problem

Marc-Andre and the faces of Tchaikovsky 5

Clarinetists Michael Bartnik and Sandra Clark

Inside the Perot Theatre

Pre-concert lecture w/ Marc-Andre Bougie

about Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, 2 Romantic composers

Mary Scott Goode warming up before the concert

horn players Craig Pratt and Susan Richardson

Guest Concertmaster Kiril Laskarov

Pianist Mary Scott Goode and

Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie

standing ovation for the TSO

FUMC Marshall Christmas program 2009

I have been contracting the orchestra for FUMC, Marshall, Tx for many years now and I always look forward to the Christmas program with the choir. The church was built in the mid-1800's and is located in downtown Marshall just on the edge of the square which now features an ice skating rink during the end of the year holidays. The square in which are located the old courthouse, shops, restaurants and old antique stores as well as newer banks and law offices is ablaze with holiday lights. Makes you feel as though you have been transported back in time to another century and a more simple and uncomplicated life.


FUMC Marshall, TX

Galindo Rodriguez and Anthony Robinson

Harpist Karen MaGarrett

trombonists Tom and Heather Mensch and Mark Thompson

Tom Schodowski and brass section

choir members

Mmmm - Brunch with the orchestra members

FUMC choir members

Longtime FUMC member Shirley Handler and her neighbor

Principal Trumpet Michael Scarlato

Choir Director Kenneth Sprinkler

The FUMC choir - another program well done

Horns - Colin Mcrea and Susan Rogers

Office entrance

Refurbished old Marshall Hotel on the square