Day 2 was mostly a continuation of the work I started Monday. Aside from a meeting with Ms. Haddock, who went over expectations and rules regarding working with the Symphony, I spent the most of the day continuing my research for the education concert booklets. Research subjects of the day included Georges Bizet, a French romantic era composer, J. Rosamond Johnson, an American composer from the Harlem Renaissance, Anthony Kelley, a contemporary American composer who is currently a professor at Duke, and Arturo Marquez, a contemporary Mexican composer.
Knowledge of not only the music written by the super traditionally famous names, but also of the more diverse composers throughout history is both really interesting and important, so it’s cool to see the effort the Symphony puts into that when planning these concerts.
Nearing the end of the day, after I finished my research for the booklets, I worked on finding contact information for music teachers in schools from counties that the NC Symphony’s education program has not yet been able to extend to and organizing the information in a spreadsheet. Even though the Symphony’s education program has reached counties all over the state, the organization aims to reach every single one, so hopefully some of the information I compiled will be useful in continuing that mission!