TSO Youth concert 1-19 -2011 featured local student pianist Samantha Huang

TSO Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie with TSO Youth Concerto Competition winner, pianist Samantha Huang - January 19, 2011

Samantha is sixteen years old, a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana and has won numerous awards. Her current teacher is TSO member Mary Scott Goode, professor of Music at Texarkana College. When not playing piano she stays busy with volleyball, theatre, the Thespian Society and plans to attend college majoring in pre-med.

She is the daughter of Dawn and Kang Huang

TSO youth concerts

Full house

Marc-Andre Bougie

Pete Haas - "Carnival of the Animals" - the Elephant

Buses arriving with the kids

Between concerts Adrienne and Ken and I

great coffee, muffins and sandwiches



TSO Principal Clarinet Michael Bartnik checking his reed

Nancy and Russell

Diana and Edward

Marc-Andre Bougie

Breakfast with our host Ruth Davis
mmm cheese rolls, egg, cheese and sausage casserole, fruit with coffee and orange juice - Please, do I have to play now?

L-R me with host Ruth Davis

Photo by Dan Santelices, editing by sjwr

Buddy and Russell

Narrator and author of narration for "Carnival of the Animals", Brian Billings

more photos to come

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DON'T FORGET

TSO Master Series concert Saturday night January 22, 7:30 PM at the Perot Theatre, "Sounds of the Voice" featuring soprano Jane Redding, the Texarkana Regional Chorale, the Texarkana College Choir, Shreveport Chorale and your Texarkana Symphony Orchestra conducted by TSO Music Director Marc-Andre Bougie - concert preview 6:45 PM. 

Program includes "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, "Gloria" by Francis Poulenc and the Franck "Symphony in D Minor"

Purchase your tickets at

903.792.4992 or

www.texarkanasymphony.org

Grand presenting sponsor, the Junior League of Texarkana