College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Broadening Musical Experiences rchestra - l credit hour, said the course catalog. It didn't seem like much for four hours of rehearsals a week plus per- formances and practicing, yet that didn't keep these dedicated musicians from signing u . Eight ofthem were not even students, so they didiirt even get that one college credit. They worked regular Jobs during the da , and came to Ewell Hal two nights a week to re earse with the rest of the Col- lege!Cornmunity Orchestra, under the direction of gr. Edgar Warren Williams. What made them all o it? I call it fate, says Sharon Reed, Assistant Registrar for the College. Twenty- one years after her high school orchestra days, she saw an ad Dr. Williams had placed in the William and Mary News: Desperate for cellistsl She began taking lessons again, auditioned, and has been an i I- active member ofthe orchestra for two years now. Like the others, she is enthusiastic: I love it! Kae Brown. string bass player and Registered Nurse, has a similar story. or her, starting a family and career took prece- dence over music after high schoolg eighteen years later, she decided to play again. She had per- formed in Sinfonicron. Backdro J, and other musi- cal roductions as well as the orc estra. In addition to t ese numerous obligations. she served as ad- viser to Delta Omicron, the womens professional music fraternity. The orchestra gave me a chance to broaden my musical experience and meet new people. said Linda Baumgarten. a has- soonist who works as Curator of Textiles in Colo- nial Williamsburg. She too had stopped playing for years after high school: when she joined the or- chestra in September, she brought with her Leslie Brown, curatorial fellow in Ceramics and Glass for CW, who wanted to get back to playing her violin. Another violinist. Mary Selby. who works at the Christmas Sho in CW and plays in the Peninsula Sym hony. cal ed the orchestra exciting She en- joyeg the 'new' music favored by Dr. Williams. es- ecially the newest program which included works y Hindemith and Prokoiiev. And what would a William and Mary story be without a little tradition thrown in? David Vogan, who works with klennings Archi- tectural Firm. layed the cello during his tyesl W X NI days tclass o N lEl74l. After spending several years in Minnesota, he returned to Williamsburg and the orchestra last year. linioying both the new people and the new music. he decided to stay. Other nienihers from the communityincluded Clhristopher Nlathers. a Nllillg bass player and music teacher at tlloucester Nlitltlle School. and Yalesca 'l'iel'el. an eiglnli gratler .ind oboist. Although younger than most tml the other members. Yalesca was recruited during .in olioe shortage prior to Parents' Weekend Cont ert in C it - toher. Like the others she enioy ed the opportinnty to play and meet new people. Uwe ttilllllllll don iy lllllilll them. said Dr. Williams ol liis non4XN'illi.nn .intl Mary musicians. 'llie ort hestra reiptiretl tnne. commitment. patience and talent lroin .ill ns nn-in' hers. 'lihis group yvlls es mei ially lortnnaie to li.iy e in these eight inetnhers I ie kind ol entlnisiasn that comes lrom making nnisit purely lor plcasin ti, lnni ly'el'f I of Nl.ig.i,f'iin 0

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