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To: Ish who wrote (33829)	4/5/1999 10:45:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

When I was a kid in Atlanta in 1937, a group of new graduates in music education from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College came to town and made a deal with the School Board. They would teach instrumental music during elementary school for $.05 an hour per student, and throw in cheap private lessons taught after school. A generation of students grew up with these teachers, and in time, they were appointed music directors at Jr. High Schools and then High Schools, with full-time teachers salaries. They started with community support In-and-around Atlanta Orchestras. Kids were sent off to Interlochen Michigan music camps in summer to perfect their skills. Good directors were hired to direct the IAA Orchestra, and one of them -- Henry Sopkin -- persuaded the community to start a year-round orchestra and appoint him director. Soon, he was hiring the school music teachers and professors from Athens (UGa) as first chairs and section heads. In 1947 the Atlanta Symphony was founded, with many of the first students winning chairs competitively (including me) and directed by Henry Sopkin. This is the Atlanta Symphony of today. A great music organization constructed over a decade by some unemployed teachers and some kids with community support. How do you get to Symphony Hall? Practice!