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AT PRACTICE Normand Poulshock, conductor, leads the Klamath I The orchestra meets every Thursday night.
) Community Orchestra in a practice session at Sacred Heart Auditorium.
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DIRECTOR Normand Poulshock, director of string
music in Klamath Falls elementary schools, is director
of the orchestra.
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SOLOIST A feature attraction of the program will be
several piano solos by Barbara Shields, Klamath Falls
piano tutor.
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CLASSICAL SOLOIST Dr. Art Compton will delight
the festival audience with a repertoire of numbers in
' classical guitar style.
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VIOLA SECTION Comprising the viola section are Dorothy Hawley, Ellen Sweet-
land and Janet Jolly. All sections will be enlarged when
"recruitment" program.
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FAMILY AFFAIR - Margaret Jolly, right, and daughter Joyce make up the orchat
tra' cello section. Another daughter, a twin of Joyce, is Janet, who is in the viola
section.
Members of Klamath Commu
nity Orchestra, under the direc
tion of Normand Poulshock, this
week began intensive practice ses
sions in preparation for a bene
fit Music Festival at Mills School
Auditorium May 14. Poulshock is
director of string music in Klam
ath Kails elementary schools.
Appearing on the same p r o
gram will be other community
musicians in soloist and group
oles. They include Barbara
Shields, pianist; Mary Van Vac
lor, piano; Dr. Arthur Compton
classical guitarist, as soloists, and
Barbara Poulshock, LaMar Jen
sen and Normand Poulshock in an
instrumental trio. Mrs. Poulshock!
will also appear as a vocalist.
Tickets are on sale at Klamath
Falls music stores, and can be
purchased from representatives of
Klamath Falls civic organizations
which are acting as sponsors of I
the event.
The benefit performance is be
ing arranged to raise funds to
initiate a Klamath Community
Symphony, which will be headed
by Poulshock. Community musi
cians will be invited to take part
in the symphony by Poulshock
when organization is undertaken
later this year. Funds will be used
to buy music and special equip
ment needed to start and main
tain the proposed symphony
group.
The Klamath Community Or
chestra group originally was
tarted under the auspices of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women, with Helen O'Neill
instigating the project as an In
strumental study group. Later,
under Poulshock's direction, oth
er nieces w-ere aoaea 10 me
group, and it was finally decided
that the community possesses
enough music talent to warrant a
symphony group.
Sponsors of the Music Festival
include the AAUW, ' Library
Club, Lions Culb, downtown and
Linkville Kiwanis, Rotary Club
Sot-optimists, Quota Club and
Business and Professional Worn
en. Representatives nf the or
sanitations comprise a special
sensors' committee headed by
Ken Blackmail, chairman, anil
William Swcetland, vice chair
man. Secretary is Helen Blanas
"Organization of a Klamath
Community Symphony in Klam
alh Falls is a step lorward in
expanding the aesthetic values of
the community and tile Klamath
area, Poulshock explained.
, " A symphony group, no mat
ter how modest in size, can lead
to the fulfillment of desires to
participate in group music by
graduates ol high school orches
tras and music departments, who
otherwise might not have an op
portunity to continue in music.
In adriilion, the symphony group
will oiler an opportunity lo adults
uho are desirous of continuing in
music participation as a hobby
and as entertainment," Poulshock
added.
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VIOLIN SECTION Comprising the second violin
section are Eva Simmons, Dee Blaclcman, Frances Strick
land and Judy Korsn, shown her. Another member of
the section is Martha Schwarti. The orchestra offers
opportunity for high school graduates and adults to
continue in muiic as a hobby.
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FEATURED ROLES Taking the spotlight during the program will be Pat Isensee,
orchestra concertmistress, and Mary Van Vactor, who will be piano soloist in ons
of the orchestra numbers.
YOUNG VIOLINISTS Playing first section violins will be Pat Isensee, Stephanie
Spetz, Kenton Colahan and Barbara Cofer,
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VERSATILE TRIO A "faculty trio" Barbara Poulshock, piano, LaMar Jensen,
clarinet, and Normand Poulshock. viola will join forces at an instrumental trio in
the program.