Recently, GSO Music Director and Conductor Timothy Verville and Atlanta cellist-songwriter Okorie “OkCello” Johnson connected with Lois Reitzes from WABE’s City Lights to share about the upcoming performances for You Shall Hear… The segment will air today, February 23rd, between 11am and noon and will rebroadcast at 9pm. Listen to City Lights here>> Haven’t purchased […]
Dear GSO Patron, I encountered the word “Liminal” for the first time when I was in grad school in 2005. It seemed such an elegant and beautiful distillation of a complex concept into a single, pleasurable utterance. It’s two definitions: 1. Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold. “I […]
We are pleased to announce that the Honorable Andrew J. Young will be the keynote speaker at our Annual Celebrity Luncheon. Mr. Young is a civil rights pioneer who served as a member of Congress, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Mayor of Atlanta. He is also an ordained minister and a living legend. […]
Dear GSO Friend, I have been a member of GSO Chorus for a number of years. It is encouraging and exciting to sing music of broad ethnic and racial diversity. Maestro Tim Verville (our music director) appears to choose music with a sense of inclusiveness. Early in his time as our music director, he went […]
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It was serendipitous that I got the solo for Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. I was discussing with my post graduate studies advisor about a piece of music that had some Indigenous characteristics to it, and he asked if they were like those in Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. I told him that I was not familiar with the […]
Dear GSO Patron, I’m so honored to join the GSO community in time for our first classics concert of 2023. The GSO’s Classic Series Concert for February titled “You Shall Hear…” features the works of composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, and Atlanta’s own Okorie “OkCello” Johnson, in collaboration with our own Artistic Director, Timothy Verville. […]