Sound Investment Have you ever listened
to a favorite symphony or concerto and wondered what life experiences
and inspiration shaped the composer’s ideas, how the orchestra players
reacted upon first reading the new score or how the composer felt
as musicians finally gave sonic life to notes on paper?
When you commission a new work of music through the Alabama Symphony
Orchestra’s Sound Investment program, you can get your own answers,
straight from the artist’s mouth.
In the 2011-2012 Season, the ASO is thrilled to welcome Edgar Meyer as our Composer-in-Residence. Mr. Meyer is hailed as the best bassist performing today in any genre, as well as an innovative composer. He has performed with a wide range of musicians like Garth Brooks, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, the Indigo Girls, Joshua Bell, James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor and the Chieftains. Now he brings his passion for American roots and classical music to Birmingham
Creating a legacy in music, members of Sound Investment each contribute
$250 (or more) toward the composer’s fee and costs of the premiere
concerts. As an “investor,” you and a guest will be invited to a
series of intimate salons where you can meet the composer, hear
excerpts of the score-in-progress and attend a full orchestral rehearsal
of the completed work. Along the way you’ll gain an insider’s view
of the creative process through lively and thought-provoking conversations
with the composer. Membership also includes a pair of tickets to
a premiere performance of the work you helped create and recognition
on the final printed score.
For more information about joining Sound Investment contact Emily Moore, Annual Fund Manager, at
205-314-6912 or click here to email her.
2011-2012 Sound Investment Members
Judy and Hal Abroms
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Bailey
Dr. William A. Bradley and Dr. Sandra H. Gianturco ∞
Will and Maggie Brooke ∞
Jim and Joyce Cauthen ∞
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Coleman ∞
Mr. and Mrs. R Bruce Donnellan ∞
Ellen and Fred Elsas ∞
Dr. S. Edwin and Dr. Naomi Fineberg
Ms. Marianne Griffin
Ms. Lida Hill
Ms. Nancy Jackson
Roger and Linda James
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kristofco ∞
Mrs. Robert Loeb ∞
Diane Rossmeisl
Emily and Hugh Rushing
Rusty and Lia Rushton
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Thompson ∞
Ms. Diane Tucker and Mr. Mark Hobson
Dr. and Mrs. Ray L. Watts ∞
∞ Denotes those members who have sponsored a local music student for participation in the Sound Investment program. For more information, call Emily Moore, Annual Fund Manager at 205.314.6912.
2010-2011 Sound Investment Members
Judy and Hal Abroms
Dr. William A. Bradley and Dr. Sandra H. Gianturco
Jim and Joyce Cauthen
Ms. Amy Chauvin
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Donnellan
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Downs, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Elsas
Lisa and Alan Engel
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Engel
Mrs. Betty Allenberg Goldstein
Ms. Marianne Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Meredyth R. Hazzard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hess
Mrs. Emil Hess
Mr. Leo Kayser, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Kimerling
Sheryl and Jon Kimerling
Karen and Joel Piassick
Dr. and Mrs. David Landy
Mrs. Robert Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Osborne
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rushing
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rushton, IV
