University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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i espite the sweltering ■ J lheat of a July evening, . the community enjoyed a little night music, courtesy of the newly named Shoals Symphony at UNA. Under the baton of Dr. Daniel Hornstein, a relatively new associate professor of music, the symphony played such popular selections as Offenbach ' s Can- Can, a Gershwin medley, songs by Andrew Lloyd Weber and other familiar pieces. It [the concert] was impor- tant because we put ourselves on the map. There were a lot of peo- ple who didn ' t know that, one, there was an orchestra, and two, how good it was. It was also a huge financial ■D success. Mr. Bob Bottimore — I call I him an ' angel ' because he ' s given ■ us a number of scholarships — 5 underwrote the orchestra ' s expens- es, so we cleared more than a thou- % sand dollars, said Hornstein. £ The newly renamed sympho- ny is a town and gown organ: zation — with one foot planted i the community and the other i the university. It had been th community orchestra but ther was some interst in bringing : under the umbrella of the univei sity. 1 believe Dr. [Kaylene] Gebei was a major moving force in thi and President [Robert] Potts we behind it as well. Mr. Bottimon of course, was also in favor of it, Hornstein said. While UNA students wh can take it for academic cred make up about 40 percent of th orchestra, the symphony sti belongs to the larger Shoals con munity, with the advantage c having a separate board respons ble for fundraising and othe daily business. And thanks to the Bottimoi scholarships, Hornstein ha recruited four strong string majoi who are members of the orchesti this year. He feels they will nc only be a great addition to th symphony, but will eventuall

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,.i ' - - ' Wm ■ V -!. when she was given ski jumping K120 bronze medalist Matti Hautamaeki of Finland ' s medal flow- rs. Shortly thereafter, the gold edalist in the same event, Simon kmmann, smiling at Corum, ran into doorway. Aside from all the work and lonors, the group tried to get in as iTiuch sleep as possible. We worked the dress rehearsal or the opening ceremonies and did- K ' t get in till midnight. Then, we turned around and got up at three for A ork, said Hodges. Most of the ime, they were too tired to even go jet something to eat and ended up )rdering pizza. , Whatever you eat out there, [hey ask you if you want cheese on t, said Hodges. Corum ran into the problem of not being able to find her avorite — Dr. Pepper. All in all, the UNA contingent tad a good time. Corum got about a 50-second shot of herself in the Media vlixed Zone broadcast around the ption on NBC during the ski jump- ng event. They helped out with bob- led after ski jumping was finished md took pictures of the Women ' s lurling Gold Medal team from Great Britain. Winter 2002 was not Hodges ' irst time as Venue Press Chief. He erved in 1996 as the Venue Press Chief for volleyball at the Omni dur- ing the Centennial Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta. He has been work- ing with the Olympics through Festivals, Winter and Summer Games, since 1987. — Stacey Arnold 1 t ■ f k 1 r ' r. 1 ■.•■.■•• V--lk., ' ' . i pi As iiiiij|(. mill - - TARTY IN SALT LAKE. Hoy photo) Locals make glory on ice as thousands of volunteers took part in opening ceremonies. IT ' S SO C-O-O-O-L-D. (left) Opening Day of the Olympics was cancelled by 60-mph winds and two feet of snow in two hours. Shivering Corum wore everything she brought. STRUTTING HIS STUFF, (above) Finland ' s Matti Hautamaeki, who gave Corum the flowers from his medal ceremony. READY TO SERVE.( ' o;);)os ft ' page) Dee Corum and Jeff Hodges huddle at the spectator entrance to ski jumping grand stand. 19

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lesli. OfU(y become excellent string teachers. That would benefit music educa- tion, which he said right now is suffering a horrible lack of good string teachers nationwide. This country in the next two years is going to be 5,000 string teachers short; 43 percent of the ijobs in string education have been unfilled because of a lack of string teachers. My idea is to position UNA , with the use of the Shoals Symphony at UNA, to be a center for string music education for the entire South. In addition, Hornstein believes the symphonv will be beneficial to the campus as a whole. You ' re a ' tech school ' if you do not have the performing arts, and a major component of the performing arts is an orches- tra. There is a certain amount of merit, a certain amount of status that attaches itself if you have an orchestra on campus. in addition to his conducting work, being a member of the UNA faculty and serving as presi- dent of the Alabama Orchestra Association, Hornstein also teach- es strings for the Florence school district. He hopes that when those younger students reach college age they will come to UNA and play in the symphony. His goals for the symphony are first to improve artistically and tackle harder music, next do more performances and then, of course, maintain an educational focus. Maybe do things like hav- ing student conductors, so they can have that important type of experience. Further, he said, he hopes to offer both high school students and community adults a chance to learn to plav string instruments. Hornstein sees having the Shoals Symphony at UNA as a cultural benefit to the campus as a whole. It will bring prestige to the campus. I just want to expand the scope and make UNA even more a center for the arts. — Lindsay McGuire HARMONIC CONVERGENCE. UNA students and members of the Shoals com- munity, clockwise from top left (opposite page), Bottimorc string scholar Michael Henry, bassoonists Sue Dura and Selwin Jones, and Bottimorc violin scholars Kimberly Sampson and Lindsey Paoletto rehearse for the perfect pitch under the baton of Dr. Daniel Hornstein (opposite piJgc, bottom right).