http://www.imuaonline.org/top-stories/2009/12/21/a-love-note-to-the-symphony/ The School Newspaper of Iolani School Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.imuaonline.org/top-stories/2009/12/21/a-love-note-to-the-symphony/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Tim Leong Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:08 +0000 http://www.imuaonline.org/?p=763#comment-2502 Thank you Akari for such a beautiful letter. I know that I speak for all my colleagues in the symphony when I say that your appreciation and love of music is what binds us all and gives us the strength and the courage to move forward. Like you I grew up in the symphony audience never dreaming that one day I would be a member of such a fantastic group of musicians. This would have been my 29th year with the orchestra; each and every year I looked forward to having some of our talented youth from our community join our ranks in the professional level. I hope that our community and its leaders will find a way to continue to make this possible for our orchestra and especially for our youth. Your sentiments, which I am sure are shared by many in this community, are the most powerful reason for us to work towards that goal! Thank you Akari for such a beautiful letter. I know that I speak for all my colleagues in the symphony when I say that your appreciation and love of music is what binds us all and gives us the strength and the courage to move forward. Like you I grew up in the symphony audience never dreaming that one day I would be a member of such a fantastic group of musicians. This would have been my 29th year with the orchestra; each and every year I looked forward to having some of our talented youth from our community join our ranks in the professional level. I hope that our community and its leaders will find a way to continue to make this possible for our orchestra and especially for our youth. Your sentiments, which I am sure are shared by many in this community, are the most powerful reason for us to work towards that goal!

]]> http://www.imuaonline.org/top-stories/2009/12/21/a-love-note-to-the-symphony/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Valerie Ossipoff Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:50:03 +0000 http://www.imuaonline.org/?p=763#comment-2469 What a lovely and moving tribute. I share your feelings as I had my first season ticket (thanks to very wise parents) at the age of 6 and now sing with the Honolulu Symphony Chorus. While we will miss hearing the live music during this period of reorganization, I have every faith that we will have the Honolulu Symphony back live again and as wonderfully rewarding and nourishing as ever. What a lovely and moving tribute. I share your feelings as I had my first season ticket (thanks to very wise parents) at the age of 6 and now sing with the Honolulu Symphony Chorus. While we will miss hearing the live music during this period of reorganization, I have every faith that we will have the Honolulu Symphony back live again and as wonderfully rewarding and nourishing as ever.

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