Gilbert and Sullivan presents "Festa Italiana" May 9 and the Texarkana Symphony presents "An Italian Evening" Saturday May 8

On Sunday May 9th, a special Mother's Day gift will be presented by The Gilbert and Sullivan Society in Shreveport - Festa Italiana - at St Joseph's Church, Shreveport, LA. Concert begins at 3:00 PM. International guest artists will be conductor Pieralberto Cattaneo and Flutist Mario Carbotta with a Chamber Orchestra of area musicians you won't want to miss.

Saturday May 8th TSO will present "An Italian Evening" at St James Church in Texarkana, TX. Concert at 7:00 PM.

Being that I am a Mom and a Grand Mom, I'm sorry I have to experience these concerts from the orchestra side. But that's OK, too. Someone has to make the music.

President of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, John Goddard and TSO Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie were both at the rehearsal tonight and are looking forward to the performances on Saturday and Sunday.

I would like to thank Maestros Cattaneo and Carbotta for giving me permission to take these wonderful photos of them this week-end.

Conductor - Maestro Pieralberto Cattaneo

Flutist Mario Carbotta

Arriving for rehearsal at St Joseph's

John Goddard and 'Cellist Claudia Sullivan

Bassist Peter Haas

St. Joseph's Church - Shreveport

Performance at St. Joseph - Happy Mother's Day

Michael Kenney, Choirmaster and Organist for St. Joseph

Zemma Smith - arts supporter

'Cellist Alex Djnov and John Goddard

Before the performance

Winds w/o me

Concert attendees

The performance at St. Joseph's church

After the concert

Italian is spoken here

Mario Carbotta meets Sally Horak

Michael Kenney, Mario Carbotta, Pieralberto Cattaneo, Marc-Andre Bougie, Candace Taylor and John Goddard at St. Joseph

As per my May concert calendar post last week, The Texarkana Symphony will present this concert program Saturday night May 8, at St James Church, 7:00 PM.

From the Texarkana Concert

St James Episcopal, Texarkana, TX

rehearsing for An Italian Evening

TSO Board President Remica Gray

Roses in St. James' garden

View from St. James' garden - the Courthouse, Confederate Memorial and the state line

performance night at St. James

Marc and friends

The Audio engineer

waiting for the performance

Contractor Gary Bruns

The performance

Pieralberto Cattaneo and Marc-Andre Bougie

TSO General Manager Andrew Clark with Marc-Andre Bougie and guest artists flutist Mario Carbotta and conductor/composer Pieralberto Cattaneo

Here's to next year!